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Tour de Fat is back in Fort Collins. See photos, videos and more from the 2022 event.
Fort Collins’ largest street party returned after a three-year absence Saturday with the return of the Tour de Fat, an annual bicycle parade and party started by the New Belgium Brewery to kick off the Labor Day weekend.
An estimated 20,000 people, mostly in costumes, participated in the morning bicycle parade along Mountain Avenue while bands played in the grass median and spectators cheered and danced. Some even had elaborate pot-luck meals set up on tables alongside the trolley tracks.
“I’ve lived in Fort Collins for 57 years, and it’s a fun event to come and watch,” said Pamela Goodman, who was watching the festivities with her husband and marveling at the creativity of some of the participants.
There was a tandem bicycle with nine riders, pedal-powered floats and bike and trailer combos designed as a street car, old Volkswagen microbus and a variety of other vehicles. There were more than three dozen pirates, at least two dozen bananas and Waldos from the “Where’s Waldo” books and far too many princesses, fairies and wizards to count
One couple went as Aladdin and Jasmine from the popular Disney movie, “Aladdin,” riding skateboards disguised as magic carpets.
The Tour de Fat, which began in Fort Collins but has since expanded to other cities across the country, was canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing Matt Kaufman and Alan Kunish to wait an extra year to debut the old-school, all metal bicycle they had built with two giant wheels and a seat in between for the rider.
Kaufman rolled the wheels with his gloved hands, while Kunish followed on foot, with two guidelines to help steady and steer the contraption and rubber-soled shoes to use as brakes, as necessary. They built it during their free time at work at Forney Industries, using tools and equipment they had available in their warehouse.
“We built this last year, but the Tour de Fat got canceled, so we’ve been saving it outside till this year,” said Kaufman, 56, a lifelong Fort Collins resident. “We’ll see if it stays together.”
It did, and he and Kunish appeared no worse for the wear after completing the roughly 2 ½-mile loop.
“We build something special for this event each year and wanted to do something crazy, but this is the biggest one that we’ve built so far.”
The parade route followed Mountain Avenue, from Howes Street just west of College Avenue, to City Park and back, with westbound revelers on one side of the road and eastbound on the other, giving spectators along the median prime viewing spots. Several participants did multiple laps along the parade route, no doubt waiting for the start of the post-race party at New Belgium Brewery.
The street was closed to vehicle traffic during the parade as were all of the streets crossing Mountain Avenue along the route, with police, paramedics, firefighters and others manning the roadblocks.
Fort Collins police and officials working one of the roadblocks provided the estimate of 20,000 participants.
Others stopped to hang out and dance to the music of the four to five live bands along the route or the tunes a live deejay was spinning near the starting point.
“It’s so great to have this back again,” Goodman said.
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3 takeaways: Colorado State football team can’t hang with top-10 Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Well, Michigan wasn’t down to host much of a welcome party for the Air Raid.
The No. 6/8 Wolverines showed some of everything in their depth of quality as the 2021 College Football Playoff game brushed aside Colorado State in front 109,575 fans at the Big House Saturday.
The final score was 51-7 as the Michigan defense overwhelmed CSU’s new-look Air Raid offense and the Wolverines wore down the Rams defense.
Here are three takeaways from the game as CSU opens 2022 0-1 and Michigan moves to 1-0.
Michigan far too good, CSU couldn’t match
There were obviously going to be roster mismatches in this one, but a couple key areas highlighted the gap.
CSU’s offensive line has experience individually, but not as a group. Further, Brian Crespo-Jaquez at left tackle was making his first career start and Jacob Gardner was playing his first game at the center spot. Throw in a redshirt freshman quarterback in Clay Millen who hadn’t started since playing just two games as a high school senior in 2020 and it was bound to be rough at times.
Michigan’s defensive line is stacked with size and strength and it showed. Millen rarely had time to throw and a few times held it too long, even taking sacks when he could throw the ball away. It was like going from zero to 100 for the group. Too big, strong and fast for CSU’s offense.
The biggest example was when Millen was sacked on a fourth-down attempt inside the CSU half early in the second half. He fumbled and it was returned for a touchdown.
CSU’s defense actually showed well at times, three times holding Michigan to field goals when the Wolverines were in the red zone.
But the defense wore down and allowed some big plays as well. Cade McNamara hit Roman Wilson on a swing pass early in the game and CSU defenders were blocked out of the play and outran to the end zone for a 61-yard TD.
None of the strength, speed and skill gaps were particularly surprising. Michigan was a College Football Playoff team last season and will likely be favored in every game excluding Ohio State this season.
A playoff team vs. a rebuilding Mountain West team was always unlikely to be close and it wasn’t.
By late in the third quarter and into the fourth the game was over. CSU's defense was wiped out and it turned even more lopsided. Michigan had 440 yards of total offense.
CSU's Air Raid showed a small glimpse of what the Rams hope is coming this season when Millen hit Tory Horton on a 34-yard touchdown pass midway through the fourth quarter. It's the first career TD for Millen.
Millen's line was actually fine. When he wasn't getting smoked he was hitting CSU receivers for the most part. Millen's final line was 16-of-20 for 137 yards, a touchdown and an interception. He was sacked seven times.
CSU football gets experience, money from Michigan
The message in the film room will be something along the lines of “if you use the strain it took to try and handle Michigan and play with that each week, we’ll be good.” No one on CSU’s schedule will come close to the talent and physicality the Rams saw Saturday.
The hope is that this will be a great learning experience. Once you’ve tried to block Michigan; or tackle Michigan; or throw passes against Michigan…well, it should make you feel faster and more composed against everyone else. Time will tell how that plays out.
Lytle:Big House was an opening party, but real Fort Air Raid is just about to begin
The hope is that CSU did not end up on the wrong end of injuries that could impact the rest of the season. Multiple key Rams (including defensive end Mohamed Kamara and left tackle Crespo-Jaquez) left the game at one point. Kamara did come back in.
The injury updates won’t be known until later but that’s the biggest concern in a game like this.
Another thing CSU gained: Cash. This “buy game” netted a big $1.8 million pay day for CSU, a big number for a guarantee game. For a Group of 5 program, that kind of money is important for the books.
Real season starts next game
The reality of this game is that it was never likely to be a contest. Another truth is that it doesn’t really tell us what the rest of the season will be for the Rams.
The fact that they won’t see Michigan or anything like this roster again doesn’t guarantee that CSU will have a great 2022. But losing in such a lopsided way equally doesn’t show some terrible sign of bad things to come.
Jay Norvell has said as much. Through camp he talked up the opportunity of playing Michigan but also knows it’s a big outlier.
“This game is our first game. The bulk of our season is behind this game. I don’t think I’m telling anybody anything they don’t know, this team we’re getting ready to play this first game is really different than the rest of the teams we’re going to play on our schedule,” Norvell said in the leadup to the game.
We’ll learn a lot more about this CSU team next week when the Rams host Middle Tennessee.
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CSU football vs. Michigan: Who are the game officials?
The Colorado State football team faced No. 8 Michigan in each team's first game of the 2022 NCAA season at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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The CSU Rams finished the 2021 season at 3-9, including 2-6 in the Mountain West.
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The Michigan Wolverines finished the 2021 season at 12-2, including 8-1 in the Big 10, losing the Orange Bowl 34-11 to Georgia Dec. 31.
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View the roster of officials for the game below.
CSU football vs. Michigan Wolverines: Officiating crew
Referee: Ron Hudson
Umpire: Roger Day
Head Linesman: Marc Shield
Line Judge: Calvin Diggs
Field Judge: Kendal Smith
Side Judge: Ken Cloud
Back Judge: Paul Stout
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FORECAST: Off and on storms for Labor Day weekend
WEATHER HEADLINES
- Storms likely tonight
- Numerous thunderstorms through Monday
- Heavy rain at times could cause flooding
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Not a complete washout this evening, but scattered showers and storms remain in the forecast tonight. Heavy downpours are possible.
Muggy overnight with lows in the upper 60s and near 70 degrees. We expect more slow moving showers and storms on Sunday, but there will be breaks in the rain.
High rainfall rates and slow moving storms could cause flooding issues. Highs will top out in the 70s and low 80s. A few showers and storms are possible for Sunday night.
Temperatures fall into the 60s and near 70 degrees. On Monday, we will be dodging rain and thunderstorms for Labor Day.
Rivers and streams could be running high with plenty of moisture for heavy rainfall at times. Highs will be in the upper 70s and low 80s.
We’ll see storm chances going down after Labor Day, but we still expect a few on the radar, just not as many compared to the weekend.
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Officer involved crash on Westport Road
Published: Sep. 3, 2022 at 5:14 PM EDT|Updated: 46 minutes ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - An off-duty officer was involved in an accident Saturday afternoon on Westport Road near Ahland.
According to the Louisville Metro Police Department, the off-duty officer was traveling westbound on Westport Road and was hit by a woman traveling eastbound.
The woman crossed the center median on Westport Road and struck the officer’s marked vehicle. Both parties received minor, non-life threatening injuries and were taken to UofL hospital.
LMPD’s Traffic Unit is investigating the crash.
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Four Swiss Air Force F-5E Tiger II aircraft from the Patrouille Suisse aerobatic team fly in formation over the Airpower 22 air show in Zeltweg, Austria, Sept. 2, 2022. This multi-national event showcased the capabilities of over 20 nations to over 275,000 spectators from around the world, and provided an opportunity for the U.S. Air Force to continue to strengthen international partnerships. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Long)
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Erin Whiteside, University of Tennessee
Of the many outstanding components of her game, Serena Williams may best be known for her commanding serve. Those serves, unleashed over the course of a 27-year professional career, arguably heightened the power and intensity of the women’s game, forcing her opponents to game plan for each wicked volley.
To those chronicling her exploits as one of the world’s best tennis players, Williams served up a different challenge. As a scholar of sports journalism, I have observed how its practitioners have struggled to find their footing when it comes to establishing consensus about what exactly constitutes good sports journalism.
Williams’ presence as a Black woman in a historically white, patriarchal sport, her commitment to activism and her willingness to bare her personal challenges to the public forced sports journalists to reevaluate professional norms that urged them to focus only on what happened between the lines.
Apolitical origins
Sports journalism emerged in the late 19th century and fully established itself as a distinct journalism genre when newspaper publishers, in an effort to attract wider audiences, moved away from being partisan party organs. Sports quickly became a lucrative way to sell newspapers.
Those apolitical origins shaped its future trajectory. Success often depended on access to players and front office personnel, as well as cozy relationships with league officials. Chief among the outcomes of that arrangement was the general reluctance among sports journalists to cast a critical eye toward the role sports plays in our communities and greater society.
In general, Americans often imagine sports as aligned with the values they hold dear. Journalists and public officials regularly talk about sports as the embodiment of a meritocracy and a reflection of the power of the individual to overcome any biases or challenges.
Such media narratives fail to address how sports, despite all their feel-good moments, play a role in contributing to forms of discrimination and alienation.
Reporters play in the toy box
By the late 20th century – just when Williams was emerging as a tennis star – the industry had turned into an enormous multimedia profit-making enterprise at a time when newspapers’ ad revenue was starting to crumble.
Sports journalists had come to be seen by their news peers as playing in a proverbial “toy box” within the wider newsroom. That is to say, their colleagues saw them as frivolous, lacking in a serious approach. They weren’t there to serve as watchdogs or contribute solutions, through their reporting, to issues affecting the nation or local communities.
Instead, sports journalists simply became known as sports gurus adept at parsing the finer points of a football receiver’s routes or debating the merits of a basketball team’s zone defense.
And so when Williams turned professional in 1995 at the age of 14, early coverage sidestepped conversations about the unique kinds of gendered racism that a Black girl from a working-class California neighborhood might face on the professional tour. As sociologist Delia Douglas has explained, tennis has a history as being accessible only to people who can afford to play at resorts, country clubs and tennis academies. It is also a sport with different rules for men and women, a practice that contributes to stereotypes about women athletes as weak, or less interesting, than their male peers.
But the context of Williams’ entry into professional tennis often went unacknowledged. Coverage instead focused on the efforts of her father to train his daughters, the passing of the baton from Venus to Serena, and the sisters’ style of play. Moreover, woven through that coverage was an underlying suggestion that Serena Williams did not fit within the definition of respectable tennis, as reporters commented on her fashion choices or wondered if her style of play was damaging the women’s game.
Sports don’t happen in a vacuum
Practicing sports journalism by “sticking to sports” leaves reporters ill-equipped to cover news events that demand a wider lens. Such was the case in 2001 when fans at the Indian Wells tennis tournament subjected the Williams sisters to traumatizing racist insults, an experience that led the duo to boycott the event for 14 years. Researchers who studied the event found that most of the ensuing media coverage focused solely on the incident itself and provided little insight to address the forms of whiteness and patriarchy ingrained in pro tennis.
This type of journalism is often described as episodic, in that it casts a light solely on the singular event, divorcing it from the forces that contributed to the specific situation. This framing technique is not uncommon in sports journalism. Coverage of the U.S. women’s gymnastics coach Larry Nassar, who was convicted of abusing dozens of athletes under his care, tended to focus on individual victim stories, while framing Nassar as “one bad apple.” And stories chronicling intimate partner violence committed by NFL players have a history of being framed similarly – a crime carried out by a singular individual, separate from a system that may foster violence toward women.
But Williams demanded sports journalists do more than analyze her serve. She has spoken publicly from her own experiences about the tragedy of subpar maternal care for Black women. She asked journalists assembled at her post-championship match news conference at the U.S. Open in 2018 – where she had argued with the judge and been deducted a point – whether a man would be so acutely penalized for doing the same thing.
She has pushed the boundaries of women’s tennis, and in doing so, has insisted that women be treated better by journalists and event organizers, calling for an end to the pay disparities between men and women on the professional tours.
Scholarship on sports journalism suggests the boundaries of the genre are rapidly changing. And the field is shedding its stick-to-sports ethos, in part, due to activist-minded athletes like Serena Williams.
Erin Whiteside, Associate Professor of Journalism and Electronic Media, University of Tennessee
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Something’s got to give Sunday at Banc of California Stadium.
The Los Angeles Football Club, making a brief stop at home after closing August on a three-match road losing skid, meets Real Salt Lake, victims of five consecutive defeats against their hosts, the worst stretch versus an opponent during the Utah club’s 18-year history.
RSL’s poor results facing LAFC were evidenced Aug. 6, when the Black & Gold rolled into Rio Tinto Stadium and scored several impressive goals in a 4-1 win.
Thirty days ago, this marauding version of LAFC was on its way to a club-record seven consecutive victories. As the calendar turned to September, LAFC still tops the Supporters’ Shield standings (tied on points with Philadelphia, with a game in hand). However, their nine-point cushion is gone, as is their chance of a stress-free ride into the postseason.
Coping with the recent spell, which LAFC general manager and co-president John Thorrington described as a “speed bump,” the club’s head of soccer operations noted there isn’t internal hand wringing regarding the potential negative side effects of adding players at this point of a strong season.
“The danger in pro sports is to look very short term and ride the highs and then drop to the lows,” Thorrington said. “Both those are probably extreme and you need to make unemotional decisions and maintain a steady hand when there is some turbulence. I think that is what we’ve done.”
Thorrington argued the timing of LAFC’s roster alterations to the team’s disconnection on the pitch was coincidental, not causal. Whether the setback is a result of turnover in the dressing room, or a lack of focus on matchday, or unfortunate luck when they have created goal-scoring chances, or poor officiating, LAFC rationalized its string of bad play as merely a fact of life for MLS teams.
“I think it’s natural in a long season, especially after successful runs,” LAFC head coach Steve Cherundolo said. “The good thing about this team is it’s a team of trends. So when you’re trending positive and doing little things right, results will also trend positive.”
Real Salt Lake has consistently given LAFC opportunities to trend upward. LAFC is 9-2-0 all-time against RSL, whose lone victory in L.A. came during the 2018 MLS Cup playoffs. RSL’s five-match losing streak against LAFC dates to 2020.
Heading into the weekend sitting sixth in the Western Conference, RSL (11-8-9, 42 points) collected a significant three points against Minnesota on Wednesday. They are unbeaten in their past three league contests.
LAFC (18-7-3, 57 points) will play without midfielder Kellyn Acosta due to yellow card accumulation, and fullback Franco Escobar, who suffered a head injury in the 2-1 midweek defeat at Houston.
The Black & Gold’s respite from the road won’t last long.
After playing RSL in the final match of this weekend’s MLS schedule, LAFC heads out of town for back-to-back matches over four days in Dallas and Minnesota.
“For me the only thing that matters is Salt Lake,” Cherundolo said. “In other words, I have no idea who we’re playing after that.
“Maybe we got a little away from that the last three weeks.”
Real Salt Lake at LAFC
When: 7:38 p.m. Sunday
Where: Banc of California Stadium
TV/Radio: KCOP 13, Estrella TV 62/710 AM, 980 AM
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PASADENA — It took a while and a bit of a scare, but UCLA opened a season featuring high expectations with a 45-17 win over Bowling Green on Saturday, as a record-low 27,143 fans made the trip to the Rose Bowl in triple-digit temperatures.
UCLA trailed 17-7 at one point, but outscored Bowling Green – the first MAC team to play in the Rose Bowl in the FBS era – 38-0 the rest of the way for a season-opening win. The Bruins put up more than 600 yards of offense, and the defense pitched a shutout in the second half.
Dorian Thompson-Robinson was 32 of 43 for 298 yards and two touchdowns, including an eight-yard score on the first play of the fourth quarter that put the game away. Zach Charbonnet opened the season with a 100-yard rushing game — 111 yards on 21 carries with a touchdown.
The Bruins dominated the stat sheet, but early mishaps forced them to play from behind for much of the first half. UCLA committed two turnovers in the first quarter, a blocked punt returned for a touchdown and an interception, along with another turnover on downs.
Bowling Green capitalized, with Charles Rosser scooping and scoring off the blocked punt from 11 yards out. Bobo muffed a punt at his own 10-yard line, leading to a field goal. And early in the second quarter, McDonald dumped a 22-yard pass off to Christian Sims for a touchdown as part of an eight play, 73-yard drive.
Thompson-Robinson had UCLA’s only big play early in the game, a 68-yard scamper for a touchdown that tied the game at 7 in the first quarter.
The Bruins looked more like themselves in the second quarter, taking the lead thanks to a pair of catch-and-run scores by Kazmeir Allen and Keegan Jones for a 24-17 halftime lead.
Charbonnet punched in a 4-yard touchdown run on UCLA’s opening drive of the second half. It was a drive that featured him heavily with five runs and a pass reception.
UCLA pulled Thompson-Robinson and Charbonnet midway through the fourth quarter, with Ethan Garbers quarterback playing the rest of the way.
More to come on this story.
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ALAN, YOUR TEAM WON THE REGULAR-SEASON AND YOU HAVE MOMENTUM HEADING INTO THE PLAYOFFS. HOW DO YOU KEEP THAT MOMENTUM UP? IS THERE ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PLANNED FOR THE PLAYOFFS?
“You certainly want to keep performing at a high level. You just always try to find a little bit extra in the details when the playoffs come. It’s a long, 10-week push that you just go all in. Just a little bit more effort, a little bit more detail, and a little bit more focus. At least try to save some extra throughout the regular-season so you have that opportunity.
We’re ready to go and we certainly think we’re in a position to do that. But there’s a long way to go and a lot of races left.”
IN PAST YEARS, YOU’D PROBABLY HAVE ALL YOUR CARS SCHEDULED OUT FOR THE PLAYOFFS.. LIKE THIS CAR IS GOING TO THIS RACE TRACK, THIS CAR IS GOING TO THAT TRACK. DO YOU HAVE THAT AT ALL WITH THIS CAR?
“No.. what you’re describing, we typically would have our cars laid out and we would typically try to add some new cars into the fleet. INAUDIBLE..
All of that is kind of gone, really, with inventory and inventory restrictions. Basically schedule the cars so it’s most effective and efficient for shop flow, more so than performance.”
WITH A SEASON YOU’VE HAD, WHERE YOU’VE WON THE MOST RACES AND YOU WON THE REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE BY A MARGIN.. IF YOU DON’T GO ON A DEEP PLAYOFF RUN AND MAKE IT TO PHOENIX, DO YOU LOOK IT AS A DISAPPOINTMENT OR DO YOU JUST NOT LOOK AT THAT WITH JUST THE FORMAT AND THAT IT’S UNPREDICTABLE.
“If we don’t make it to Phoenix, I would be disappointed in any circumstances. That’s always the goal and there are steps along the way; things you want to achieve, benchmarks you want to make. Certainly we’ve checked quite a few of those boxes. But ultimately regardless, if we didn’t get bonus points from points positions and only made it in on points, been in Ryan Blaney’s position, Austin Dillon’s or whoever; if we were in that same position, our expectation would be to make it to Phoenix. The position we’re in now, that’s certainly the case.”
I’M DOING A STORY ON THE HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS’ PIT CREW COMBINE AND HOW THEY PUT THE TEAMS TOGETHER. DO YOU EVER SEE THE COMBINE ITSELF AND WHAT THE CREW GUYS GO THROUGH TO BECOME A PART OF THE PIT CREW AT HMS?
“Yeah, I’ve seen that. Not in a while, but yes. It was kind of revolutionary.. the timeframe is hard for me to think about, but probably 10 years ago or so. We do a lot of recruiting from colleges; bring guys in that have really no car experience or racing experience whatsoever. When I started, everyone on the pit crew worked on the cars and had some shop job or road job. We started transitioning out of that and bringing more dedicated athletes. Kind of moved the opposite direction.. instead of having guys that knew how to work on cars and train them how to pit, we got guys that knew how to pit and trained them how to work on cars.
We’ve got some great pit crew members, team members, out of that program and it’s been pretty successful for us. It’s a good opportunity for people to get involved in the sport.”
THIS WEEK, NASCAR ANNOUCED THE DVP CLOCK IS GOING FROM SIX TO 10 MINUTES. WHAT DOES AN ADDITIONAL FOUR MINUTES MEAN AND WHAT KIND OF AN IMPACT CAN IT OR CAN IT NOT MAKE?
“Yeah, I think Charlotte would be the best example. We had minor damage.. we had a tie rod that was bent. The bolt was twisted in the mount and we didn’t get it out in time. I think in those situations, you’ll have an opportunity to make those repairs at least and be back in the race. I don’t know that, in extreme situations, it’s going to make a big difference, but I do think in some situations. That’s the best example that I have.. you have a car that basically has no damage be out of the race probably isn’t the best thing in the world. That was their point to rectify that. It’s not going to encompass all cases, but it certainly opens up some opportunity.”
A COUPLE THINGS IN REGARDS TO CAR INVENTORY. YOU TALKED ABOUT IT BEING EFFICIENT AND MORE FOR THE SHOP. OBVIOUSLY THIS CAR IS GOING TO GET BEAT UP THIS WEEKEND, BUT IF YOU GET THROUGH IT FINE, HOW QUICKLY COULD THIS CAR GET TURNED AROUND? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE USED IN THE SECOND ROUND OR THIS CAR WOULDN’T BE READY UNTIL THE THIRD ROUND?
“It’s just based on your circumstances. If that was the only car we had, we could race it next week. It’s just how deep do you want to go into it, how far do you want to take it apart and what do you want to do. You don’t have to do those things. You could ultimately – if you don’t have damage – you could take it to the car wash, wash it off and race it again. It’s up to you and how deep you want to take it. Ultimately, we could turn it around as quick as we wanted to turn it. To me, we don’t do that because we don’t need to and it would make life more difficult.
I don’t know BJ’s (McLeod) situation, but I’ll just use BJ as an example. If you’re BJ and you probably don’t have the full allotment of inventory, then certainly his circumstances are much different and he’s handling it in different ways. For us and I’m sure every car in the playoffs; they have a full allotment of cars, so there’s really no reason to turn it fast. That’s just going to put more strain on your work load that you really don’t need.
Pick a race and we could have it ready, it’s just do you want to.”
IF YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT AND YOU LOSE A CAR JUST FROM HAVING TO DO SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS TO A CAR AND IT KIND OF FALLS OUT OF THE ROTATION, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT A TEAM IN THE PLAYOFFS?
“We’re quickly approaching a number that it’s not going to matter because you’re going to have enough cars to make it with running each one of your cars a single race. So I don’t think it’s super significant at all right now. It was really more of a hindrance early in the season when you had less inventory. When you have inventory now, in a few races here, we’ll be able to run every race to the end with the cars we have. I don’t see where anybody should be in a bind. Yeah, if you go on a streak and wreck a car every one of those first three races, then your inventory is probably in trouble, but you’re going to be out anyway.”
YOU’VE ALWAYS HAD A WINNING STRATEGY BEFORE IN THESE PLAYOFFS. HOW DOES THE NEW CAR PLAY INTO THAT STRATEGY? DOES IT CHANGE IT OR DO YOU STILL DRAW ON THINGS THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL LAST TIME?
“I think just the biggest difference is we would always try to line up some technological advancements that made our cars run better or you’d want to unveil some upgrades throughout the playoffs throughout the different rounds so you could continuously get into a better position in comparison to your competition. Now, obviously that’s not happening. It’s still about refining the car to best operate for the track conditions and knowing how to take those same parts and pieces and make them a little better.
The difference now is, instead of coming out with something new or something you’ve evolved to, you’re just trying to find a little bit better way to put it together better than the competitors; try to get the balance of the car just a little better and get better every run.
It’s different, but similar.”
CHASE HAS A LOT MORE EMOTIONS IN THE RACE CAR THAN WE’VE EVER SEEN. HOW HARD DO YOU HAVE TO WORK TO KEEP THOSE IN CHECK OR IS IT A GOOD ENOUGH THING THAT YOU KIND OF LEAVE HIM ALONE?
“Maybe .001 percent of my time goes to trying to regulate him. He’s super easy and he handles himself really well. He’s a human being.. certainly there are things that affect him. As friends, we talk through some of those things; just try to be there either to listen or give my advice. But yeah, he’s by far the easiest driver I’ve ever been around. It’s not even close to comparison.”
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After starting on the pole in spring event at Darlington Raceway Joey Logano was able to sweep the poles in 2022 to start on the front row once again for tomorrow night’s Southern 500. The last time the pole was swept at Darlington was back in 1992 when Sterling Marlin was able to do it.
“It’s obviously nice to start up front. We got a taste of what that first pit stall means here at Darlington and it’s nice, for sure. It’s definitely really close to that pit out line and you don’t have to get all the way back up to speed, so there are definitely spots available in the pit stall. You can let the pit stall do the work and feel really good about that. It’s nice to be able to get that, but it’s just a start." Said Logano
Logano with a lap time of 29.181 at 168.521 mph was good enough to take it over Christopher Bell who was tracking at one point to run for the pole but lost it on the final lap to end up second with a lap time of 29.190 at 168.469 mph.
Byron, Reddick, Ky. Busch, Cindric Larson Wallace Blaney and McDowell would round out the top-10.
Suarez was the only playoff driver that was unable to qualify due to multiple failures to start in 36th. Suarez will also be penalized with a pass-through penalty tomorrow night once the green flag falls further putting the driver of the No. 99 at a disadvantage.
Former Southern 500 winners Hamlin, Truex and Harvick will start 10th, 17th, and 18th respectively.
Full starting lineup for tomorrow night’s Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway: https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72601-cook-out-southern-500-starting-lineup-at-darlington-raceway
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TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR DESI9N TO DRIVE PROGRAM AND THE SPECIAL PAINT SCHEME YOU HAVE THIS WEEKEND.
“Yeah, for sure. I think most of you guys are versed on everything that’s going on. It’s an initiative that we’ve been doing for the past five years and has grown a lot. NAPA was nice enough last year to take this program to the next level and actually have a patient help design our car; help with auction items, grow the program and grow the initiative.
Dani (Gamel) Cuevas, who’s a patient at Children’s, designed our car. A young lady that’s going to be coming out with her family tomorrow and I’m looking forward to hosting them. I’m excited to see her imagination come to life this weekend on our car; and obviously it’s a big time of year with Playoff things starting and the final 10 races getting going.”
WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLAYOFFS, ARE YOU SOMEONE THAT MINIMIZES OUTSIDE DISTRACTIONS, WHETHER IT’S HANGING OUT WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS, THAT KIND OF THING AND JUST FOCUS ON RACING; OR IS IT JUST BUSINESS AS NORMAL FOR YOU?
“I’m always focused on racing. Not a whole lot really changes for me.”
YOU’VE BEEN COMING HERE SINCE YOU WERE A KID, SO THIS PLACE MEANS A LOT TO YOU, WITH THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT, WATCHING YOUR DAD HERE AND NOW YOU RACING. WHAT’S IT LIKE COMING BACK TO SUCH AN OLD SCHOOL PLACE LIKE THIS?
“There are certain tracks that I remember going to more than others and this wasn’t really one of them. I don’t remember coming over here. I don’t have any memories at all being here prior to racing in 2014. I know I was, but nothing really stood out as a kid for whatever reason. Maybe I just didn’t spend much time here with the way the date was and how school worked. It could have been something as simple as that.
I’ve always enjoyed watching this race and I’ve always appreciated the Southern 500 for what it is, and being, I think, one of the iconic events on our schedule. I view it as one of those races that – I’m sure every driver is this way – when I get done racing or get told I’m done racing, I want to have this one on the list of race wins. It’s a big deal I think. Two of those events are in this round. I think the Bristol night race is one of those that everybody wants to have checked off, as well.
When people ask me about going to races, Bristol and Darlington are two of my top picks for them because I’ve enjoyed those races a lot as a fan. So I think because of that, it has extra – I don’t want to say significance because they’re all significant – but just a little different feel I guess for how cool the races are.”
HOW DOES THE NEXT GEN CAR CHANGE THE PLANNING OR STRATEGY THAT YOU GUYS DO COMPARED TO THE LAST TIME YOU WERE GOING INTO THE PLAYOFFS?
“I honestly don’t know that it does, really. I think that the year has changed a lot, just from the competition aspect. I know we’ve talked about it a lot this week at Media Day, but just how tight the field has gotten over the last six months is pretty significant. At the beginning of the year, obviously you had cars that were superior. If your car was driving pretty good, you could kind of drive your way up through the field. It seems like as the year has gone, everybody has just gotten closer to together, which is expected and we kind of saw that coming, and that’s going to continue as time goes. So now you’re getting to these final 10; everybody is driving a similar car and now a similar balanced car, in a lot of ways, and it’s difficult to be different. That’s a tough thing to do when we’re all driving the same thing. As time goes on, it’ll probably get more and more in that direction. And as that happens, you’re going to start to put more pressure on the little details to find an advantage, such as a pit stop advantage and qualifying well. Like all those little things are going to end up mattering more and I think we’ve arrived to that point of time. It makes it competitive, tough and can be fun in some ways too.”
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Alberto Naska scored his fourth career NASCAR Whelen Euro Series win at Autodrom Most thanks to a strong overtaking maneuver on reigning EuroNASCAR 2 Champion Martin Doubek on lap 2 and extended his championship lead. The driver of the #88 CAAL Racing Chevrolet Camaro will keep the red Whelen banner on his windshield and open the gap on Liam Hezemans, who crashed his car on lap 11.
Several incidents forced race control to deploy the safety car three times during the 14-lap race at the 4.2 kilometer Bohemian track. Naska fended off all attacks by the local hero and sped to victory. Naska leads the championship now with 30 points ahead of Hezemans, while Vladimiros Tziortzis ended up third to score his 5th podium in the 2022 NWES season.
“I was truly going to vomit inside the car because we spent half an hour warming up the tires!” joked Naska in the Victory Lane. “It was really hard to keep focus because even though it was a long race, I think I have the better pace so there was no problem in that but four restarts, it’s really hard! I spent the entire race with Doubek, who was always starting better than me, so that was really hard but the car was great. The team did an incredible job because yesterday we were struggling a lot and today the car was amazing.”
Naska and Doubek fought all race long for the lead, but the Hendriks Motorsport driver never found the space to attack the championship leader. When the checkered flag waved, only 0.585 seconds separated the two contenders who had clashed at the NASCAR GP Italy in Vallelunga before the summer break. Naska also topped the standings in the Rookie Trophy.
Finishing fourth was Speedhouse driver Paul Jouffreau, who battled his way to the front with a damaged car as he also took second in the Rookie Trophy. The Frenchman took advantage of a frantic last lap to overtake several cars in a couple of corners.
Marko Stipp Motorsport’s Yevgen Sokolovskiy also snuck into the top-5 for the first time in his NASCAR career and took the win in the Legend Trophy for drivers aged 40 and more. Claudio Cappelli was sixth overall, third in the Rookie Trophy and second in the Legend Trophy. Gil Linster fell back at the start but climbed back to seventh in an eventful race.
Aliyyah Koloc, another local driver for the Czech top team Buggyra ZM Racing, topped the standings in the Lady Trophy by finishing eighth overall. The driver of the #29 Ford Mustang edged Tuomas Pontinen, who drifted through the gravel trap and grass several times during the race. Alina Loibnegger fought her way into the top-10 for the first time in her career and took second in the Lady Trophy ahead of Arianna Casoli, who ended up 16th overall. Matthias Hauer completed the Legend Trophy podium in 11th place.
Hezemans suffered a heavy setback as he crashed into the car of Doubek and fell back to 18th overall, 6 laps down after his retirement. The young Dutchman was visibly upset with the outcome of his race. Patrick Schober, Michael Bleekemolen, Kasparas Vingilis and Luli Del Castello also had to retire after being involved in a crash in EuroNASCAR 2 Round 7.
The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series will return to action on Sunday for another day of exciting racing at the NASCAR GP Czech Republic. While the EuroNASCAR 2 race will go live at 10:35 am CEST, the EuroNASCAR PRO drivers will hit the track at 2:30 pm CEST. All races will be broadcast live on EuroNASCAR’s YouTube channel, Motorsport.tv and several TV services from all around the world.
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Josef Newgarden made yet another statement of intent about winning his third Astor Challenge Cup as he led practice for the Grand Prix of Portland on Friday at Portland International Raceway.
2017 and 2019 NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Newgarden was quickest with a lap of 58.5769 seconds in the No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet. The top lap continued a recent resurgence for Newgarden, who pulled to second in the championship standings – within three points of leader and teammate Will Power – after winning the last event Aug. 20 at World Wide Technology Raceway.
SEE: Practice Results
The 75-minute practice took nearly three hours to complete due to three red flags for minor on-track incidents and another one lasting one hour, 21 minutes for a hydraulic issue on a large video screen adjacent to the front straightaway.
“Strange day,” Newgarden said. “Odd red today. But we all waited it out and got on track and felt really positive to start the weekend. I was really happy with our car and our start point.
“The test (last Friday at Portland) was very productive for us. We learned a lot about the track here specifically in different temperatures, and that paid dividends today. Feeling confident tomorrow and think we can have a good run in qualifying.”
NTT P1 Award qualifying is scheduled for 3:05 p.m. ET Saturday. A 45-minute practice will precede qualifying at noon ET, and a 30-minute final practice will conclude a hectic Saturday for drivers and teams at 7:15 p.m. ET. Qualifying and both practice sessions will be broadcast live on Peacock Premium and the INDYCAR Radio Network.
Another American driver continued a recent upswing during practice Friday, as rookie David Malukas was second at 58.7024 in the No. 18 HMD Honda on the 12-turn, 1.964-mile road course. Malukas finished a career-best second behind Newgarden at WWTR.
Scott McLaughlin helped Team Penske take two of the top three spots as he ended up third at 58.7156 in the No. 3 Freightliner Team Penske Chevrolet. McLaughlin is sixth in the standings, 54 behind leader Power, and one of seven drivers still eligible to win the championship with two races remaining.
Alexander Rossi was fourth at 58.7639 in the No. 27 NAPA AUTO PARTS/AutoNation Honda, as the top four drivers in practice each were quicker than Alex Palou’s pole-winning lap of 58.7701 from last year.
Colton Herta helped Andretti Autosport land two drivers in the top five as he was fifth at 58.8246 in the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda.
Newgarden and McLaughlin were the only two among the seven drivers still in contention for the Astor Challenge Cup to end up in the top five of the time sheet today.
Points leader Power was 10th at 59.0287 in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, while third-place Scott Dixon (-14 points from lead) was 11th at 59.0325 in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.
Fourth place Marcus Ericsson (-17) was 16th at 59.2860 in the No. 8 PNC Bank Honda, with fifth place and reigning series champion Palou (-43) ninth at 58.9988 in the No. 10 Ridgeline Lubricants Honda. Seventh place Pato O’Ward (-58) was 22nd at 59.6261 in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet.
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The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series crowned its 25th EuroNASCAR PRO race winner at Autodrom Most in the Czech Republic. Driving the #69 Team Bleekemolen Ford Mustang, Sebastiaan Bleekemolen grabbed his maiden NASCAR win after fending off several attacks brought by Alexander Graff. The Dutchman took over the lead after an incident in turn 2 on lap 1 and then led all remaining 16 laps of an eventful EuroNASCAR PRO Round 7.
The race started with Martin Doubek turning pole setter Alon Day around in turn 2, causing a typical NASCAR “Big One”. While the Czech was given a drive through penalty for causing a collision, Bleekemolen took the lead and defended his position after the restart on lap 6. The 44-year-old survived another restart and impressed in an intense battle with Graff in second. The Swede didn’t find a way to get past the Dutchman and therefore Bleekemolen celebrated with his crew and family in Victory Lane. Bleekemolen became the fifth different winner in EuroNASCAR PRO in 2022.
“It was an amazing race, it was a little bit easy to defend after I got to the front at the start!” said the first time winner Bleekemolen in the Victory Lane. “I was a little bit lucky, but I could stay out of trouble and was controlling the race. Alexander was really fast, but I think we were the faster car of the two on-track so I’m really happy!”
Before the start of the race, Bleekemolen said in a pre-race interview that surviving turn 1 would be a crucial factor towards the race. As it turns out, surviving the “Big One” was exactly what allowed Bleekemolen to move to the lead and eventually score his maiden victory in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.
“We spoke before the start that it’s always surviving turn 1 and it happened again! I believe Martin Doubek hit Alon Day, and then he spun and I managed to get past them both. In the next lap I saw bumpers over there, gravel over there, it was a mess on the track so it was a wise decision to put in the safety car,” said Bleekemolen about what happened at the start.
Graff tried to find his way past Bleekemolen as he thought the Speedhouse Chevrolet was faster on several parts on the track, but he wasn’t able to make a move. With the bigger picture in mind, Graff was happy with second place. He made important ground on Day, who made an amazing comeback during the race after falling to the back of the field.
The Israeli passed car after car and almost made it to the podium. Day went from 16th into the top-10 in two laps at the final restart and then carved his way up into the top-5 until he got stuck behind his rival Gianmarco Ercoli in the #54 CAAL Racing Chevrolet Camaro. The duo that already clashed at Brands Hatch made contact again but the Italian stayed ahead of Day to take third, while the PK Carsport driver finished fourth.
Two-time NASCAR Whelen Euro Series race winner Yann Zimmer made an impressive comeback with Racingfuel Motorsport. The Swiss driver, who was among the top drivers in the 2013 and 2014 seasons, stormed to fifth place to complete the top-5. He beat Max Lanza, who took the win in the Challenger Trophy for bronze and silver drivers in EuroNASCAR PRO with the sixth place. Frederic Gabillon, who lost his back bumper during the race, ended up seventh.
Fabrizio Armetta and Yevgen Sokolovskiy rounded out the Challenger Trophy podium by finishing eighth and ninth respectively with Riccardo Romagnoli finishing tenth to score a double top-10 finish for The Club Motorsport. Vittorio Ghirelli came from the back of the grid to finish in 13th ahead of Romain Iannetta and Aliyyah Koloc, who scored her maiden victory in the Junior Trophy in front of her home crowd. She was joined on the podium by Jonne Rautjarvi and Liam Hezemans.
Apart from Day and Doubek, several championship contenders were also involved in the “Big One”. Among them were Giorgio Maggi and Nicolo Rocca, both drivers ending up several laps down in 20th and 24th respectively after making a visit to the pits.
While the EuroNASCAR PRO drivers will be back in action on Sunday at 14:30 CEST, the EuroNASCAR 2 stars will hit the track on Saturday at 17:35 CEST. All races will be broadcast live on EuroNASCAR’s YouTube channel, Motorsport.tv and several TV services from around the world.
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Scott McLaughlin led a Team Penske power play during qualifying for the Grand Prix of Portland, capturing the NTT P1 Award to lead a 1-2-3 performance by the team.
McLaughlin drove to his third career NTT INDYCAR SERIES pole – all this season – with a top lap of 58.2349 seconds in the No. 3 Freightliner Team Penske Chevrolet.
SEE: Qualifying Results
New Zealand native McLaughlin is one of seven drivers eligible for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship with two races remaining, 54 points behind teammate and leader Will Power. A driver must be within 54 points of the leader after this event to stay eligible for the title Sunday, Sept. 11 at the season-ending Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
“When the team wins, we all win,” McLaughlin said. “For me, I’ve just got to focus on what I’m doing. If I can be at the front and take points off others and win the race, that’s exactly what we want to do. Until I’m mathematically out of it, I want to keep going hard and keep trying to win races.”
McLaughlin earned his first career victory from pole at the season opener in late February on the streets of St. Petersburg and finished second after claiming his second career pole in August on the streets of Nashville. Live coverage of the 110-lap race at PIR starts at 3 p.m. ET Sunday on NBC and the INDYCAR Radio Network.
Two-time series champion Josef Newgarden qualified second at 58.3129 in the No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet, but he will start eighth in the race Sunday due to a six-spot grid penalty for an unapproved engine change after the race Aug. 20 at World Wide Technology Raceway. Newgarden is second in the championship, trailing Power by three points.
Power qualified third at 58.4254 in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet but will start on the front row next to teammate McLaughlin.
The dominance by Team Penske may have been paved by a private, multiteam test session Friday, Aug. 26 at the 12-turn, 1.964-mile PIR road course during which Power was quickest, Newgarden third and McLaughlin fifth overall. Last year at this race, Power qualified 14th, McLaughlin 15th and Newgarden 18th.
“Credit to everyone at Team Penske,” McLaughlin said. “We weren’t great here last year, but we’ve come back here this year with three hot rods. We’re all pushing each other.”
Rookie of the Year points leader Christian Lundgaard was the quickest non-Penske driver, qualifying fourth at 58.4482 in the No. 30 Mi-Jack Honda fielded by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Lundgaard earned a third consecutive spot in the Firestone Fast Six this season as RLL continued its second-half resurgence.
Reigning series champion and 2021 Portland race winner Alex Palou qualified fifth at 58.5075 in the No. 10 Ridgeline Lubricants Honda. Palou is fifth in the standings, 43 points behind Power.
Fellow title contender Pato O’Ward rounded out the Firestone Fast Six with a top lap of 58.6090 in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet. O’Ward is seventh in the championship, 58 points behind Power.
Five of the seven drivers in contention for the Astor Challenge Cup advanced to the Firestone Fast Six. Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Scott Dixon and Marcus Ericsson were the exceptions, halting after the first round.
Six-time series champion Dixon, 14 points behind Power in third, qualified 16th at 58.2628 in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Ericsson, 17 points behind Power in fourth, ended up 18th at 58.3064 in the No. 8 PNC Bank Honda.
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Martell Webster, a former National Basketball Association player for the Portland Trail Blazers and Pacific Northwest high school basketball legend from Seattle, Wash., will be the grand marshal for Sunday’s Grand Prix of Portland at Portland International Raceway (PIR).
Webster, a small forward who played in the NBA for 10 seasons, was selected by the Trail Blazers directly from high school with the sixth overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft after starring at Seattle Preparatory School. He played in Portland for five seasons (2005-2010), averaging 8.5 points and 3.1 rebounds per game and spent his final NBA season with the Washington Wizards during the 2014-15 campaign.
"I'm a race fan and love to drive. I find getting lost riding motorcycles or driving sports cars is the best way to find myself," said Martell Webster. "It’s going to be a memorable vibe being a part of such an amazing INDYCAR race here in Portland."
"We are thrilled to announce that Martell (Webster) is joining us as grand marshal for the Grand Prix of Portland," said Jerry Jensen, vice president and general manager of the race event. "Martell is admired in the Pacific Northwest both as an athlete and for his contributions off the court in the community, and we look forward to the excitement he’ll add to the race weekend."
In addition to Sunday’s featured 110-lap (216.04 miles) NTT INDYCAR SERIES race, the ARCA Menards Series West is the Saturday headliner with a 5:30 p.m. PT green flag start. The Labor Day event weekend also includes races from all three series comprising the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires.
Other honorary positions will be filled by Olympic and world champion sprinter Fred Kerley and Teresa Wheeler, a community outreach representative from Columbia Credit Union. Kerley will help lead the NTT INDYCAR SERIES field to the green flag in the Ruoff Mortgage Fastest Seat in Sports, and Wheeler will serve as the race’s honorary starter waving the green flag at 12:30 p.m. PT on Sunday (Sept. 4th).
Tickets are still available for this weekend’s event and can be found at portlandgp.com. Children 12 and under receive free general admission to the event when attending with a ticketed adult. This also includes complimentary access to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES Paddock throughout the weekend.
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Gas City I-69 Speedway got the Labor Day weekend off to a roaring start Friday with a four-division show that saw Tye Mihocko of Peoria, Ariz., post his second 25-lap non-wing sprint car feature victory of the year at the Grant County quarter-mile oval. He won here on May 13 too.
Bryce Massingill of Troy, Ohio also did the double, as he won the 20-lap USAC SpeeD2 Midwest Thunder midget feature like he did here on July 29. Both of those shows were Hoosier Auto Racing Fans (HARF) nights at Gas City too.
Derek Losh posted his fifth Gas City modified feature victory of the season in that 20-lapper. It was the Rensselear, Ind.-based driver’s 21st feature win of the year overall.
Newcomer Ken Ferman of Metamora, Ind., found everything to his liking, as he won the 15-lap hornet main event.
Non-Wing Sprint Cars
Colin Grissom of Anderson, Ind., started second in the sprint car feature and passed polesitter Travis Hery of Hilliard, Ohio with a move to the outside in Turn 2 on the first lap to nab the early lead.
A little further back Jack Hoyer of Frankfort, Ind., was going like gangbusters. He started ninth, but was sixth on lap one, fifth on lap two, fourth on lap three and third on lap five. On lap six he passed both Grissom and Mihocko, who had started third, to vault from third to the lead.
By lap 10 Hoyer had a 2.098-second advantage over the field.
Grissom and Mihocko were duking it out for second at that point, while Colten Cottle of Kansas, Ill. was fourth and defending track champion Scotty Weir of Marion, Ind. was running fifth.
Cottle got third on lap 11 but Mihocko took the spot back on lap 13, and then Mihocko charged into second by passing Grissom to the outside in Turn 4 on lap 16.
With all that dueling for positions behind him, Hoyer enjoyed a 2.130-second lead on lap 21 when the race’s only yellow waved after a car got off the track in Turns 1 and 2 but somehow kept going.
That set up a four-lap dash to the finish and allowed Mihocko to close right up behind Hoyer. Hoyer held him off initially, but Mihocko got by at the start/finish line on lap 23 and went on to post a 0.746-second victory over Hoyer.
Anton Hernandez of West Lafayette, Ind. started fifth but dropped as far back as ninth on lap five before rebounding to finish third. Cottle placed fourth and Weir rounded out the top five. Grissom finished sixth and could take heart in the fact that he set the fastest lap of the race. Kyle Shipley of Lebanon, Ind., was seventh. Scott Hampton of Greenfield, Ind. celebrated his wedding anniversary by finishing eighth followed by Brandon Spencer of Nashville, Ind. and Hery.
Mihocko drove Jamie and Michelle Paul’s DRC Foxco sponsored by High Asspirations Farms, Rumpke and Olde Schoolhouse Winery.
USAC SpeeD2 Midwest Thunder Midgets
Massingill started on the pole in the feature for the USAC SpeeD2 Midwest Thunder midget series, which is sponsored by Performance Electronics, but he had to take a back seat to Michael Magic of Winder, Ga. and Zach Wigal of Belpre, Ohio in the early going of that 20-lapper.
Magic, who won a similar race here on Aug. 12, started second but passed Massingill for the initial lead with a move to the outside at the start/finish line on lap one. Magic survived a restart with three laps down after Tom Fedorczyk of Warren, Mich. slipped over the cushion in Turn 4 to bring out the first of four yellows, but Wigal, who started third, passed him for the lead on lap six right before the second yellow. That one was necessary after Josh Yenser of Plain City, Ohio stopped in the middle of Turn 4.
Magic got by Wigal to retake the lead on lap seven in the same spot he had passed Massingill earlier. That didn’t set well with Wigal, who passed Magic back on lap nine to regain the lead. Wigal had a 0.639-second lead over Magic with Massingill in third when the third yellow waved with 11 laps down after Carl Peterson of Waterford, Wis. stopped on the backstretch.
Massingill dipped under Magic in Turn 4 for second place following that restart to take second on lap 12. At that point Wigal’s night went from great to not so great, as he spun in Turn 2 while leading to bring out the last yellow.
That gave Massingill the lead and the 17-year-old driver stayed in front the rest of the way. Jakeb Boxell of Zanesville, Ind., who started fifth, was always close and he moved into third due to Wigal’s misfortune. Boxell passed Magic for second on lap 15 and went on to finish second, taking the checkered flag 0.667 of a second after Massingill did.
Magic finished third. Chris Dickey of Westfield, Ind. turned a seventh-place starting spot into a fourth-place finish, while point leader Stratton Briggs of Anna, Ohio rounded out the top five.
Wigal ended up 12th.
Massingill’s midget is a Boss chassis with a Mike Wallace-prepped engine. It is sponsored by Carbrite, Double Jay Construction and Sroufe’s Painting of Troy, Ohio.
Modifieds
Polesitter Clayton Bryant of Yoder, Ind. led the first five laps of the 20-lap modified feature. Losh started fourth but he was already second with one lap complete.
Losh passed Bryant right before a yellow with two laps down, but the lap hadn’t been completed so he had to give the spot back.
Losh passed Bryant again with a move to the outside on the backstretch as the pair powered into Turn 3 on lap six. There was a yellow right after that too, but that pass stuck and Losh led the rest of the race.
Losh had stretched his lead to 3.535 seconds over Bryant on lap 13 when the driver who was third, Todd Sherman of Churubusco, Ind., came to a smoking stop between Turns 1 and 2, leaving a line of antifreeze on the track.
Bryant never stopped trying, as he set his fastest lap of the race on the last lap, but Losh took the checkered flag 1.523 seconds before he did. Tony Anderson of Lima, Ohio started third and finished third. Nick Richards of Anderson, Ind. placed fourth and Dylan Woodling of Warsaw, Ind. finished fifth.
Losh’s No. 21 is a Longhorn by Loenbro chassis with a Mullins engine. The team is sponsored by Superior Sales and Service, R & R Transmission, Aggressive Graphics and Rensselaer Iron and Metal.
Hornets
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Gage Allen of Warren, Ind. led the first third of the 15-lap hornet feature, but the big news in that one was six-time feature winner Landon Arcaro of Brookville, Ind. hit the outside fence in Turn 4 with three laps down while running second and was a DNF.
Unfortunately for Allen, he was to join Arcaro back in the pits prematurely too, as Allen slowed on the frontstretch with five laps down and pulled into the infield.
That gave the lead to Ferman, who had started third, and he led the rest of the way chased by Jeremy Jones of Gas City, who started fourth and finished second. Emily Johnson of Upland, Ind. started sixth and finished third.
Alexes Spaulding of Roanoke, Ind. was running fourth when she stopped in Turn 2 with one lap remaining to bring out a yellow, but she still finished in that position. Ferman had nearly a 5 second lead over Jones at that point, but due to the yellow his margin of victory over Jones one lap later was only 0.232 of a second.
Polesitter Jonathon Moeller rounded out the top five.
Ferman’s car is a Pontiac Sunfire with an EBJ-prepped engine. It’s sponsored by Total Package Express, John Arcaro Builders, and Jumpin Style Fitness.
Red Flags
Tyler Watkins of Marion, Ind., flipped in Turn 2 with three laps down in the third D2 midget heat while running sixth. He got out of his midget under his own power.
What’s Next?
Only three nights of racing remain on Gas City’s 2022 schedule, and they’re all big shows.
The nation’s eyes will be on the track on Thursday, Sept. 22 for the James Dean Classic featuring both USAC AMSOIL national sprint cars and USAC NOS Energy Drink national midgets in one blockbuster program.
The fourth annual Gas City Fall Festival of Speed will close the season on Friday and Saturday nights, Oct. 21-22.
On Friday, Oct. 21 non-wing 410 sprint cars, IRA Wisconsin wingless sprints, USAC SpeeD2 Midget Thunder midgets and non-wing micro-sprints will provide plenty of action.
The following day non-wing sprint cars, IRA Wisconsin wingless sprint cars, modifieds, street stocks and hornets will be featured for the season finale.
For more information see the track’s social media outlets, as the track’s website is undergoing some changes. It is on Facebook (GasCitySpeedwayOnTheGas) and Twitter (@GasCitySpeedway).
Gas City I-69 Speedway is located on State Road 22, approximately a half-mile west of exit 259 of Interstate 69, about halfway between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Ind.
The results:
Non-Wing Sprint Group 1 Qualifying: 1. Anton Hernandez, 11.919; 2. Ryan Barr, 12.206; 3. Colin Grissom, 12.206; 4. Scott Hampton, 12.216; 5. Kyle Shipley, 12.242; 6. Brayden Clark, 12.315; 7. Tom Davies, 15.487.
Non-Wing Sprint Group 2 Qualifying: 1. Colten Cottle, 11.860; 2. Matt Goodnight, 12.099; 3. Evan Mosley, 12.133; 4. Travis Hery, 12.144; 5. Zack Pretorius, 12.187; 6. Brady Click, 13.178.
Non-Wing Sprint Group 3 Qualifying: 1. Jack Hoyer, 11.875; 2. Scotty Weir, 11.935; 3. Brandon Spencer, 12.027; 4. Tye Mihocko, 12.181; 5. Dustin Ingle, 12.295; 6. Levi Winget, 14.233.
Non-Wing Sprint Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. Anton Hernandez, 2. Colin Grissom, 3. Scott Hampton, 4. Kyle Shipley, 5. Ryan Barr, 6. Brayden Clark, 7. Tom Davies.
Non-Wing Sprint Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. Colten Cottle, 2. Travis Hery, 3. Matt Goodnight, 4. Evan Mosley, 5. Zack Pretorious, 6. Brady Click.
Non-Wing Sprint Heat 3 (8 laps): 1. Tye Mihocko, 2. Scotty Weir, 3. Jack Hoyer, 4. Brandon Spencer, 5. Dustin Ingle, 6. Levi Winget.
Non-Wing Sprint Feature (25 laps, with starting position in parenthesis): 1. Tye Mihocko (3); 2. Jack Hoyer (9); 3. Anton Hernandez (5); 4. Colten Cottle (4); 5. Scotty Weir (6); 6. Colin Grissom (2); 7. Kyle Shipley (10); 8. Scott Hampton (7); 9. Brandon Spencer (12); 10. Travis Hery (1); 11. Dustin Ingle (15); 12. Matt Goodnight (8); 13. Zack Pretorius (14); 14. Brayden Clark (16); 15. Ryan Barr (13); 16. Brady Click (17); 17. Evan Mosley (11); 18. Levi Winget (18); 19. Tom Davies (19).
Lap Leaders: Laps 1-5, Grissom; laps 6-22, Hoyer; laps 23-25, Mihocko.
Margin of Victory: 0.746 seconds.
Fastest Race Lap: Grissom, 12.438 seconds, lap 2.
USAC SpeeD2 Midget Qualifying Session 1: 1. Jakeb Boxell, 12.869; 2. Wes Pinkerton, 12.976; 3. Bryce Massingill, 12.999; 4. Ian Creager, 13.070; 5. Bill Dunham, 13.505; 6. Page Perrine, 13.509; 7. Jim Jones, 13.858.
USAC SpeeD2 Midget Qualifying Session 2: 1. Zach Wigal, 12.996; 2. Michael Magic, 13.202; 3. Matt Lux, 13.311; 4. Josh Yenser, 13.372; 5. Carl Peterson, 13.510; 6. Luke Lemons, 13.666; 7. Tommy Kouns, 13.764; 8. Cody Dye, 13.901.
USAC SpeeD2 Midget Qualifying Session 3: 1. Stratton Briggs, 12.802; 2. Gunnar Lucius, 13.063; 3. Cory Guingrich, 13.321; 4. Tom Fedorczyk, 13.665; 5. Tyler Watkins, 13.771; 6. Bryce Dues, 14.279; 7. Mark Nieft Jr., 14.430.
Performance Electronics USAC SpeeD2 Midget Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. Bryce Massingill, 2. Jakeb Boxell, 3. Chris Dickey, 4. Wes Pinkerton, 5. Ian Creager, 6. Bill Dunham, 7. Jim Jones, 8. Page Perrine.
Brewhouse Drive-Thru USAC SpeeD2 Midget Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. Michael Magic, 2. Zach Wigal, 3. Matt Lux, 4. Josh Yenser, 5. Carl Peterson, 6. Luke Lemons, 7. Tommy Kouns, 8. Cody Dye.
K & M Tool & Die USAC SpeeD2 Midget Heat 3 (8 laps): 1. Stratton Briggs, 2. Cory Guingrich, 3. Gunnar Lucius, 4. Tom Fedorczyk, 5. Mark Nief Jr., 6. Tyler Watkins, 7. Bryce Dues.
USAC SpeeD2 Midwest Thunder Midget Feature (20 laps, with starting position in parenthesis): 1. Bryce Massingill (1); 2. Jakeb Boxell (5); 3. Michael Magic (2); 4. Chris Dickey (7); 5. Stratton Briggs (4); 6. Matt Lux (8); 7. Wes Pinkerton (10); 8. Ian Creager (13); 9. Cory Guingrich (6); 10. Gunnar Lucius (9); 11. Cody Dye (23); 12. Zach Wigal (3); 13. Josh Yenser (11); 14. Bill Dunham (16); 15. Mark Nieft Jr. (15); 16. Jim Jones (19); 17. Carl Peterson (14); 18. Tom Fedorczyk (12); 19. Page Perrine (22); 20. Luke Lemons (17); 21. Tommy Kouns (20); 22. Bryce Dues (21); 23. Tyler Watkins (18).
Lap Leaders: Laps 1-5, Magic; lap 6, Wigal; laps 7-8, Magic; laps 9-12, Wigal; laps 13-20, Massingill.
Margin of Victory: 0.667 seconds.
Fastest Race Lap: Wigal, 13.231, lap 6.
PPC Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Dye, +12.
Modified Qualifying Session 1: 1. Derek Losh, 12.911; 2. Dylan Woodling, 13.297; 3. Todd Sherman, 13.300; 4. Steven Hogue, 13.687; 5. Brian Post, 13.838; 6. Wayne Gibson, 14.092; 7. Anthony Carter, 14.297; 8. Dan Snyder, 14.353; 9. Jacob Jones, no time.
Modified Qualifying Session 2: 1. Cole Sink, 13.272; 2. Clayton Bryant, 13.329; 3. Tony Anderson, 13.348; 4. Andy Bishop, 13.527; 5. Nick Richards, 13.543; 6. Josh Betts, 13.837; 7. Bill Griffith, time unknown; 8. Bruce Hile, 14.711.
Modified Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. Derek Losh, 2. Todd Sherman, 3. Dylan Woodling, 4. Steven Hogue, 5. Brian Post, 6. Dan Snyder, 7. Anthony Carter, 8. Wayne Gibson, 9. Jacob Jones.
Modified Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. Tony Anderson, 2. Clayton Bryant, 3. Nick Richards, 4. Josh Betts, 5. Cole Sink, 6, Bill Griffith, 7. Bruce Hile, 8. Andy Bishop.
Modified Feature (20 laps, with starting position in parenthesis): 1. Derek Losh (4); 2. Clayton Bryant (1); 3. Tony Anderson (3); 4. Nick Richards (6); 5. Dylan Woodling (5); 6. Brian Post (9); 7. Andy Bishop (16); 8. Josh Betts (8); 9. Dan Snyder (11); 10. Wayne Gibson (15); 11. Cole Sink (10); 12. Anthony Carter (13); 13. Bill Griffith (12); 14. Todd Sherman (2); 15. Bruce Hile (14); 16. Steven Hogue (7); 17. Jacob Jones (DNS).
Lap Leaders: Lap 1-5, Bryant; laps 6-20, Losh.
Margin of Victory: 1.523 seconds.
Fastest Race Lap: Losh, 13.135 seconds, lap 6.
Hornet Group Qualifying Session 1: 1. Alexes Spaulding, 15.874; 2. Landon Arcaro, 15.910; 3. Ken Ferman, 16.101; 4. John Arcaro, 16.121; 5. Brandon Lines, 16.621.
Hornet Group Qualifying Session 2: 1. Gage Allen, 15.891; 2. Jeremy Jones, 15.973; 3. Jesse Arenas, 16.711; 4. Emily Johnson, 17.473; 5. Jonathon Moeller, 19.262; 6. Tracey Runion, 24.308.
Hornet Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. Landon Arcaro, 2. Ken Ferman, 3. John Arcaro, 4. Brandon Lines.
Hornet Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. Jeremy Jones, 2. Gage Allen, 3. Jonathon Moeller, 4. Emily Johnson, 5. Jesse Arenas.
Hornet Feature (15 laps, with starting position in parenthesis): 1. Ken Ferman (3); 2. Jeremy Jones (4); 3. Emily Johnson (6); 4. Alexes Spaulding* (8); 5. Jonathon Moeller (1); 6. Gage Allen (2); 7. Landon Arcaro (5); 8. Jesse Arenas (7); 9. John Arcaro (DNS); 10. Tracey Runion (DNS); 11. Spaulding’s #06 (DNS).
Lap Leaders: Laps 1-5, Allen; laps 6-15, Ferman.
Margin of Victory: 0.232 seconds.
Fastest Race Lap: Arcaro, 15.193 seconds, lap 2.
* Changed from #06 to #1 and started on rear.
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Saturday’s steady rainfall has forced the postponement of the USAC Silver Crown Series Ted Horn 100 presented by MiteXstream to Labor Day, September 5. A huge field of Silver Crown cars is expected for the popular race, which is now set to take the green at 1:00 PM Monday.
The Rust-Oleum Automotive 100 for the ARCA Menards Series is still scheduled to run Sunday night, September 4 as well as preliminary action for the DIRTcar Modifieds.
ARCA’s Sunday, September 4 event schedule will begin with practice at 4:15, qualifying at 6:00, Modified racing at 6:30, and the Rust-oleum Automotive 100 at 8:00 PM.
USAC’s Monday, September 5 schedule will see pits opening at 7:00 AM, grandstands at 10:00, hotlaps 10:00-10:45, qualifying 11:00, Modifieds at 11:45, USAC last chance 12:00PM, Modifieds 12:30, and Ted Horn 100 at 1:00 PM.
Tickets will be available on race day or by calling the Du Quoin Fair office at 618-542-1535. Info can also be obtained by calling the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200 or visiting the website at www.trackenterprises.com.
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Darlington Raceway announced today that the grandstands are sold out for the 73rd running of the Cook Out Southern 500® NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race. Infield camping and suites are also at capacity for the Shriners Children’s Darlington Labor Day Race Weekend. This is the first Cook Out Southern 500 without any pandemic restrictions since 2019’s race, which was also sold out.
“As the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs start at Darlington Raceway, we are proud to share that our loyal fans have sold out the crown jewel Cook Out Southern 500,” said Kerry Tharp, Darlington Raceway President. “From NASCAR’s return to race during the pandemic to today, we are immensely grateful to our fans and partners for their overwhelming support of our great sport. When the green flag waves for the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, we look forward to sharing another memorable moment with a capacity crowd at the track Too Tough To Tame.”
The Cook Out Southern 500 sellout marks yet another Cup Series sellout this season. Other 2022 sellouts include The DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway, Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and Cup Series races at Watkins-Glen International (grandstands), Worldwide Technology Raceway, and Phoenix Raceway’s spring Cup Series race and fall’s Cup Series Championship race.
The green flag for the first race of the Cup Series Playoffs in the Cook Out Southern 500 waves on Sunday at 6:19 p.m. The race will be broadcast on USA Network, MRN Radio and SiriusXM Radio.
For fans looking to buy or sell reserved seats for the Cook Out Southern 500, visit the Official Ticket Marketplace of NASCAR, SeatGeek. For more about information on Cook Out Southern 500 tickets on SeatGeek, visit here.
Stay connected to Darlington Raceway on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and the all-new NASCAR Tracks App.
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Clements: After a shocking win in Daytona last weekend South Carolina’s own Jeremy Clements was hit with a penalty when the intake manifold of the car was found to be out of compliance. The team would get hit with a 75 points driver and owners penalty on top of a $60,000 fine and the loss of the win to count towards a locked in playoff spot. Clements and team will go to work once again this weekend as a small locally owned family team to get another win in hopes of locking themselves into the postseason playoffs.
Post season playoff clinch stats provided by NASCAR:
Already Clinched
The following seven drivers have clinched a spot in the 12-driver postseason field: AJ Allmendinger, Ty Gibbs, Justin Allgaier, Noah Gragson, Josh Berry, Austin Hill, Brandon Jones.
Can Clinch Via Points
If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being 111 points above the fourth winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Riley Herbst, Sam Mayer or Daniel Hemric.
- Riley Herbst: Could only clinch with help
- Sam Mayer: Could only clinch with help
If there is a new winner from Landon Cassill or another winless driver lower in the standings but still eligible to advance to the playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being 111 points above the third winless driver in the standings.
- Riley Herbst: Could only clinch with help
Can Clinch Via Win
The following drivers would clinch on their win alone: Riley Herbst, Sam Mayer, Daniel Hemric, Landon Cassill, Ryan Sieg, Sheldon Creed, Anthony Alfredo, Brandon Brown
The following drivers could clinch with a win:
- Myatt Snider: Could only clinch with help
- Jeb Burton: Could only clinch with help
Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell: Hamlin was once again scheduled to take on Darlington Raceway in double duty but earlier in the week the team and Hamlin dropped out of the Xfinity Series event at Darlington after experiencing lingering issues from his wreck in Daytona that left soreness in his back and neck. In an effort to be ready for 500 miles on Sunday evening, Christopher Bell will now take over the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing car for today’s Xfinity Series event. | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/xfinity-series-news/72600-nxs-what-to-watch-for-in-the-vfw-help-a-hero-200-at-darlington-raceway | 2022-09-03T22:28:04Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/xfinity-series-news/72600-nxs-what-to-watch-for-in-the-vfw-help-a-hero-200-at-darlington-raceway | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ChargePoint (CHPT) might have been affected by the supply chain snags impacting scores of companies recently, but that didn’t stop it delivering a beat on the top-line in its fiscal second quarter 2023 results.
The company’s revenue haul increased by 93% year-over-year to reach $108.29 million, above consensus at $103.2 million. With demand still outstripping supply, that figure would have been higher but for the supply chain woes.
Networked charging systems revenue reached $84.1 million, a 106% YoY uptick from the $40.9 million delivered during the same period last year, while subscription revenue hit $20.2 million, up by 68% from the $12.1 million generated in F2Q22.
The bottom-line performance, however, was unable to withstand the macro elements; along with the aforementioned issue, higher costs related to stock-based compensation and logistics led to EPS of -$0.28 a $0.04 miss vs. the Street’s call for -$0.24.
Looking ahead, for FQ3, ChargePoint exepcts sales of roughly $130 million, while the company reiterated its target for FY23 revenue between $450-$500 million – the same as the Street had expected.
The fact the company stuck to its guidance is not to be sniffed at in the current environment. Even so, Needham’s Vikram Bagri thinks ChargePoint might be playing it safe here.
“We see multiple potential sources of upside to FY23 guidance,” the analyst said. “This includes momentum in return to work policies, which should drive recovery in the commercial segment. In addition, guidance does not reflect a meaningful benefit from infrastructure bill spending this year, which could drive estimates higher. Furthermore, fleet billings could be a source of strength as partnerships represent a ~15mm vehicle opportunity. Finally, conversion of backlog sooner than expected could also be a driver of upside.”
Highlighting the company’s ability to “consistently exceed expectations due to strong execution,” Bagri maintained a Buy rating along with a $24 price target, suggesting shares will climb 65% higher in the year ahead.
Looking at the consensus breakdown, 4 analysts remain on the fence here but 6 others join Bagri in the bull camp, all providing this name with a Moderate Buy consensus rating. The forecast calls for one-year returns of 52%, considering the average price target comes in at $22.07. (See ChargePoint stock forecast on TipRanks)
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With so much wear and tear on our bodies, a little prevention goes a long way towards preventing injuries. Life Kit presents tips on improving our posture, with stretches from a physical therapist.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kristi P. Fedinick, Executive Director of the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy, about her research into water violations in predominantly communities of color.
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Start Planning Out Your Marketing Strategy
As with any business, it's important to prepare for such a critical point in time for your business. A well-thought of market strategy can help your business see better profits. Your strategy should include the goals you have in mind, your ideal clients and information on your competitors.
Take Advantage of Consumer Feedback
Nothing gives you better insight on how people view your company than word of mouth. Always make sure to read all the reviews left by your previous clients. See what they loved about your services. If you see anything negative, don't just blow it off as an insult. Some clients do give genuine feedback on their reviews that go over a few issues they had. Try to adapt your services in a way, so you don't accidentally leave the wrong impression on people.
Optimize Your Fleet
Being a snow plowing business, you're going to have your own fleet. This fleet is how you provide your services. But most fleet these days are made up of fuel-dependent vehicles. Not only can gas cost money, the emissions from the exhaust pipe causes immense harm to the environment itself. In fact, it's one of the reasons why climate change is becoming more problematic. However, you can play your part by switching out your gas-dependent cars with electric vehicles. Since electric vehicles are the future, they're a far cleaner and safer alternative for transportation. They're also a fantastic way to reduce the cost of fleet operating costs and are very cost-effective.
Prepare Your Advertisements
If you want to be seen, you're going to need the help of advertisements. But advertisements aren't what they used to be. In the past, you had to resort to posting fliers and using phonebooks to get your business noticed. These days, however, it's all digital. To be more specific, social media is what you want to use. It's no longer a place where people go to talk about their current status and post pictures. Social media has evolved into a business owner's best friend. There are various platforms you can use to spread the word with the most trending one being TikTok. TikTok is the go-to choice for advertising because of its ease of access and short videos.
But just to be thorough, you do have other alternatives such as Facebook and Instagram. Facebook is known for its ad system, which is cheaper than you'd expect. Instagram went from being a place for people to share cool and unique photos to being a haven for influencers. Each platform has its uses, so be sure to think before using one. Ideally, you want to try and use all three, but if you're just starting to use social media for advertising purposes, your best bet is TikTok.
Make Any Necessary Updates to Your Services and Prices
You're probably already aware, but you're going to have some fierce competition when winter hits. While you still have the time, make sure to update your website with new services and prices. This type of business can be fore anywhere ranging from residential snow removal to salting and sanding. Furthermore, you can also make yourself more flexible by adding places you can do service for as well as adding ice removal. The more you have to offer, the more likely customers will choose you. | https://www.yesweekly.com/how-to-prepare-your-snow-plowing-business-for-this-winter-season/article_6baa02bc-2b93-11ed-ac50-c7b7017a08e9.html | 2022-09-03T22:32:36Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/how-to-prepare-your-snow-plowing-business-for-this-winter-season/article_6baa02bc-2b93-11ed-ac50-c7b7017a08e9.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Blind Tiger petitions court for restraining order against ABC Board
Attorneys for the Blind Tiger are asking a judge to issue an order allowing the Greensboro music venue to resume serving alcohol until the owner has his day in court.
ABOVE VIDEO - The attorney for the Blind Tiger held a press conference to discuss the motion they filed to get their alcohol permit back. WFMY News 2
Their motion filed Thursday with the Guilford County division of the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings requests that the court issue a temporary restraining order against the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, which on August 5 suspended the venue’s alcohol licenses pending an administrative hearing.
The motion listed William Michael Boyer, Amiel J. Rossabi, and Glenn B. Lassiter as attorneys for petitioner Blind Tiger of Greensboro, and included an affidavit from co-owner Bradford McCauley and independent security contractor Justus Ellis.
The petition disputed statements made by the ABC Commission when suspending the club’s alcohol license on August 5 and called that ruling “arbitrary, capricious and an abuse of discretion.”
The suspension followed a homicide at the establishment. In the early hours of July 31, bouncer Jason Leonard, who was not licensed to be armed, fatally shot 19-year-old Pedro Alegria during an altercation that began in the club and continued outside after both sides were ejected together.
The petition from The Blind Tiger’s attorneys alleges that “much of the information” from the four GPD officers and two ALE investigators who responded to the shooting “is conclusory and/or general in nature and/or irrelevant or incompetent as evidence in support of the ultimate issue in this captioned case; i.e., whether the Petitioner's ABC permits should be suspended or revoked for a legally sound reason.” It also alleges that the ABC commission “has no formal framework in place to consider such action”, as there “are no administrative rules and on information and belief, no written or other formal policies governing the process.”
The petition alleged that the ABC commission “omits or misrepresents statements made in the Affidavits regarding prior calls for service occurring at the Petitioner's premises.”
Along with the suspension order, the ABC commission released affidavits from four GPD officers, who were identified only by surname and initials. Officer E. P. Edmonds stated that an employee barred his way when he attempted to enter the club. Officer L. Jordan stated, “I was denied entry by two ‘managers’ standing outside.” Officers Jordan, T. T. Simmons, and J. Young all used the identical phrase “a disorder such as this one is not unusual at this location.”
The petition from the club’s attorneys argued that, even if violations “are proved or relied upon” by the ABC Commission, that is not “sufficient grounds for cancellation of the Petitioner's ABC permits.”
The petition concluded by alleging that the ABC Commission “has and continues to deny Petitioner its basic and fundamental rights” and that the Blind Tiger “has and continues to suffer irreparable injury without means of adequate legal redress unless the Temporary Restraining Order is granted.”
The attached affidavit from Blind Tiger co-owner Bradford McCauley stated that, on the evening of the shooting, “Wendy Sandoval of OtroPedo Promotions hosted an event at the Business headlined by a Mexican-American country band scheduled from 11:00 p.m. until 2:30 a.m.” In preparation for this event, wrote McCauley, McCauley’s business had staffed “ten (10) unarmed independent security contractors.”
McCauley stated that around 2:30 a.m. on July 31, 2022, he received a call from his general manager Donald “Doc” Beck, informing him of the shooting. He then received a call from a GPD officer stating that the shooting had occurred outside the Blind Tiger’s front door, the victim was deceased, and McCauley was instructed to meet the officer at the club.
Beck has been charged by the GPD for allegedly hiding several guns in his office after the police arrived, as well as Failure to Superintend, Resisting Public Officer, and two counts of Allow Conduct on Licensed Premises. In his affidavit, McCauley stated:
“Donald Beck has as of the date hereof also been terminated from his employ at the Business for conduct radically departing from those standards the Business has set forth for its staff, regardless of whether the firearm he helped hide from law enforcement was even used in the shooting.”
He also stated that “not only did the Business and its staff cooperate with responding law enforcement, but we voluntarily provided law enforcement with the video surveillance footage almost immediately upon the securing of the premises, and directly assisted with the identification of the shooter as Jason Leonard.”
McCauley alleged that, upon learning that a desk in his manager’s office “was housing a firearm potentially connected with the events described, and further that another of the unarmed independent contractor security personnel had retrieved a firearm from his personal vehicle at some unknown point during the events described,” McCauley then “disclosed the information, and identified the individual responsible.”
Along with the affidavits of officers and investigators, the ABC commission released that of the 17-year-old girlfriend of 19-year-old victim Pedro Alegria, who stated that she, Alegria, and their friends were not required to show ID, but only asked when they were born.
In his affidavit attached to the petition from his attorneys, McCauley stated that, upon “carefully reviewing surveillance footage,” he observed that Pedro Alegria and his party were “subject to the procedure for determining whether they were of suitable age to purchase and consume alcohol.” Then, he alleged, “members of Mr. Alegria's group appear to destroy a security mechanism that had been affixed to the opening of a spirituous liquor container, removing the mechanism entirely from the container allowing the group to briefly consume from that container without scrutiny of the waitstaff.”
When, according to McCauley, an altercation broke out between Alegria’s party and “an unrelated group of patrons,” it was “quickly suppressed by the Business's unarmed independent contract security, with both groups then being escorted outside the Business.”
McCauley also described what he alleged to have seen on the video of Alegria’s death. The affidavit of ALE special investigator B. Watson stated that the video showed Leonard, the security guard arrested for second-degree murder at the scene, stepping outside the bar and shooting Alegria from five feet away.
McCauley’s affidavit alleged that, on the video, Leonard “appears from around a corner holding a firearm and that a member of the group who had been fighting outside the entrance “appears to make inadvertent contact with the arm holding the firearm, which coincides with the discharge thereof resulting in the gunshot strike to Pedro Alegria.”
McCauley described the Blind Tiger as “not economically viable or feasible without the authorization afforded by its ABC permits. As a result, the Business has and continues to suffer substantial injury, economic and otherwise.”
He alleged that “I have personally received death threats and verbal abuse,” as have his staff, due to what he claimed was misinformation released by the ABC commission. Furthermore, as this is the venue’s “busiest, most productive time of year,” if he cannot sell alcohol, he will be forced to permanently close.
McCauley concluded by requesting a temporary restoration of the Blind Tiger’s ABC licenses, as this “will at least afford it the ability to generate the resources necessary to adequately defend itself in this action and mitigate against the irreparable injury it has already sustained.” | https://www.yesweekly.com/music/blind-tiger-petitions-court-for-restraining-order-against-abc-board/article_0e649060-2b96-11ed-abac-df1bd330c937.html | 2022-09-03T22:32:42Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/music/blind-tiger-petitions-court-for-restraining-order-against-abc-board/article_0e649060-2b96-11ed-abac-df1bd330c937.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Greensboro College Women's Triathlon Team to Race in First Team Competition
The inaugural season of the Greensboro College Women's Triathlon Team kicks off this weekend with two competitions.
The Pride will compete in the Ridgewood Try a Tri for Hospice Saturday, September 3rd. The sprint triathlon consists of a 200 meter swim, 10 mile bike and 2 mile run at Ridgewood Swim and Tennis Club.
On Sunday the team will be in competition again at the Bulldog Super Sprint Triathlon at Wingate University. The race consists of a 300 yard swim, 8K bike and 2.25K run. The team will compete against Wingate, Emmanuel, Newberry, and Guilford College.
Greensboro College is thrilled to cheer on its first two triathletes Alex Prillaman, a senior Rocky Mt. VA and Sophia Walter, a senior from Wallduern Germany.
Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.
Founded in 1838 and located in downtown Greensboro, the college enrolls about 1,000 students from 29 states and territories, the District of Columbia, and seven foreign countries in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and six master's degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities. Learn more at greensboro.edu. | https://www.yesweekly.com/sports/greensboro-college-womens-triathlon-team-to-race-in-first-team-competition/article_15f68f9c-2b94-11ed-9830-cf7f0839f73a.html | 2022-09-03T22:32:48Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/sports/greensboro-college-womens-triathlon-team-to-race-in-first-team-competition/article_15f68f9c-2b94-11ed-9830-cf7f0839f73a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Boat safety during Labor Day weekend at Barren River Lake
LUCAS, Ky. (WBKO) - Labor Day weekend has arrived and many families are hitting the waters for a relaxing three-day weekend.
With an influx of people celebrating the holiday weekend on the water comes an increase of boats on the water.
Gracie Delk, the Boat Rental Manager at the Barren River Lake State Park Marina, says safety is the number one priority for Barren River Lake employees.
“It’s really important,” says Delk. “We want to make sure that everybody on the water is taken care of. We want everyone to have a fun time without any emergencies, so we try to stress that to everyone that comes in (to the lake).”
Delk also says that boaters should have no worries if they have the proper safety equipment on board with them, and if they know how to communicate with other boaters in the event of an emergency.
“You want to make sure that you have your basic standard life jackets, emergency throw, fire extinguisher, all your basic just emergency equipment.” Delk says.
“While you’re out there, you want to make sure that you’re watching other boaters while you’re also watching yourself. You don’t want to cross paths or get too close, especially if you’re pulling tubers or skiers”
If an accident or emergency does occur, boaters should be aware of the proper procedures and measures to take.
“You want a basic first-aid kit in case anything does happen or if there is an accident on the water. You want to have your emergency throw, a paddle,” says Delk. “You want to ensure that you have that many life jackets on the boat as well. Then, of course, if you have anyone 12 and under they need their fitted ski vests as well.”
Just remember whatever you are doing, if you and the family are hitting the waters this weekend, always remember: safety first.
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Furious residents of Manhattan’s Jacob Riis Houses blasted the city Saturday for keeping them in the dark on the arsenic that has contaminated their drinking water.
“It’s scary,” said Daisy Ayala, 35, a mother of six who was incensed about the potential effect of the dangerous heavy metal on her young children.
“We used it the other day, we used it the day before. What are we supposed to do?” Ayala demanded.
Ayala lined up with her neighbors Saturday morning to claim boxes of city-supplied bottled water — but said that the amount she received would never cover her family’s needs.
“I have an 11-month-old,” she complained. “They only gave me two boxes … when I have a family of eight.”
Residents disputed NYCHA officials’ claims that water tests revealing unsafe levels of arsenic at the huge East Village complex only came to light on Friday.
“They knew about this for two weeks and they only came to tell us last night about it,” a tenant named Evelyn charged. “They knew about the water coming out brown and rusty and they didn’t do anything … Look what we’re going through now.”
Officials at the Department of Environmental Protection did not respond to questions about how arsenic — a cancer-causing metal that is toxic at low levels — could be found in city drinking water, which flows from a heavily protected watershed in the Catskill Mountains.
The test result is “a mystery,” said David Soll, an environmental studies expert whose book “Empire of Water” is the definitive history of New York City’s water system.
“Usually, arsenic is associated with well water,” Soll told The Post. “It can be found in small community water systems that draw from aquifers and wells, not in a reservoir system like New York’s.”
The DEP’s 2021 report on the city’s water system found no arsenic in any of the 45,000 samples it analyzed that year.
“These concerns are limited only to Riis Houses at this time,” a mayor’s office spokesperson said. “New Yorkers throughout the city can continue drinking and using tap water as they usually do.” | https://nypost.com/2022/09/03/nycha-residents-vent-as-experts-puzzled-over-mystery-arsenic-in-tap-water/ | 2022-09-03T22:50:39Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/03/nycha-residents-vent-as-experts-puzzled-over-mystery-arsenic-in-tap-water/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
No.21 seed Petra Kvitova returned to the fourth round of the US Open for the seventh time after saving two match points to beat No.21 seed Garbiñe Muguruza 5-7, 6-3, 7-6[10] in 2 hours and 38 minutes.
The clash of two-time Grand Slam champions, the seventh edition of a rivalry dating back to 2015, was a barnburner to the end. Muguruza served for the match at 5-3 in the third set and held two match points on Kvitova's serve at 6-5, but the Czech escaped both situations to eventually convert her own fourth match point in the super-tiebreak.
Kvitova's best US Open performances to date are a pair of quarterfinals in 2015 and 2017, and she will get the opportunity for a third against No.8 seed Jessica Pegula. The American rebounded from missing a match point in the second-set tiebreak to defeat qualifier Yuan Yue 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-0 in 2 hours and 3 minutes. Kvitova has won both of their previous meetings in straight sets, including a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the 2020 US Open third round.
Petra 🆚 Pegula for a spot in the quarterfinals! pic.twitter.com/XgiI3sr3TQ
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 3, 2022
Here are the key takeaways from Kvitova and Pegula's wins:
Form and history won out: Midway through the grass swing, Kvitova's 2022 record was in the red at 10-13. But a title in Eastbourne has turned her season around: since then, the 32-year-old has gone 15-3, also including a runner-up showing in Cincinnati two weeks ago.
By contrast, Muguruza came into New York in somewhat catastrophic form, having compiled a 9-14 season record. Since winning the 2021 WTA Finals Guadalajara, the Spaniard had neither defeated a Top 30 opponent nor strung together three consecutive victories -- both of which were on the line for her here.
A pair of wins over two highly-touted teenagers, Clara Tauson and Linda Fruhvirtova, had arrested Muguruza's slide this week, to an extent. But though she fought to the bitter end, ultimately the dénouement saw Muguruza falter ever so slightly while Kvitova came up with the biggest shots.
The result was also in line with the pair's history. Kvitova has now won six of their seven meetings, with Muguruza's only win in the series being their first encounter at the 2015 WTA Finals.
Pure joy for @Petra_Kvitova! pic.twitter.com/YBXafdanT0
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 3, 2022
Explosiveness won over steadiness: Kvitova's highs were breathtaking, but the oscillations in her level were also far greater than her opponents. The two-time Wimbledon champion struck 43 winners to Muguruza's 21, and at times seemed unplayable -- such as the three consecutive forehands with which she sealed the match's first service break for 4-2 in the first set.
But in the blink of an eye, Kvitova also seemed able to throw the match away. Two double faults and two forehand errors gave that break back immediately, and another disastrous trio of double faults at 5-5 gifted Muguruza another break. Kvitova would ultimately tally 12 double faults.
Amidst Kvitova's wild swings in form, Muguruza remained consistent. The former World No.1 ticked off the majority of her service games with little fuss, landing 67% of her first serves and winning 65% of those points. She backed this up by judicious forays to net, with the backhand drive volley key to closing out the first set.
A single service break decided the second set, with Kvitova nailing a bullet of a forehand winner to go up 4-2. But at the same stage of the third, that stroke let her down again to put Muguruza up 4-2.
Muguruza blinked on serve only once -- when she stepped up to close out the match at 5-3. She started with a double fault of her own, was lured into error by Kvitova's sudden strategic use of the slice, and was broken on a forehand shank.
The climax of the match saw Kvitova successfully walk her game's tightrope. She survived a 10-minute game to force the super-tiebreak, saving one match point with an ace and the second as a Muguruza forehand found the net. She was unable to take her own first three match points, but a spectacular running forehand winner brought up a fourth, converted as Muguruza netted another forehand.
👌@JLPegula defeats Yuan in 3 sets, setting up a mouth-watering R4 clash against our friend beneath this tweet! 😊#USOpen https://t.co/w0wOpW4jHc pic.twitter.com/W5CXsZ5NBk
— wta (@WTA) September 3, 2022
Pegula proves reliable again, but Yuan is one to watch: The lowest-ranked of the record four Chinese women in the US Open third round, 23-year-old qualifier Yuan faced a mismatch on paper. The World No.142 had never faced a Top 20 opponent before, let alone a player with Pegula's proven consistency at the biggest tournaments: two Grand Slam quarterfinals, one WTA 1000 final and two WTA 1000 semifinals this year alone.
The first set went as expected. Yuan's ferocious hitting garnered her four winners, but also buried her with 11 unforced errors. Meanwhile, smartly contained aggression saw Pegula tally eight winners to five unforced errors.
But Yuan began to display greater patience to hit her spots in a high-quality second set. She powered out to a 4-1 lead, and even when Pegula inched her way back into the set held firm at its climax. Yuan overturned a 5-2 deficit in the tiebreak, saving a match point with a terrific backhand winner on the line and swatting away a drive volley on her first set point -- her 12th winner of the set.
Pegula was able to reset for an efficient third set, though. The World No.8's serve had been the lynchpin of her success, and she only dropped one point behind it in the decider. Indeed, Pegula only lost 10 points on serve in total -- four of which came in Yuan's break to love in the second set. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2778910/takeaways-kvitova-saves-two-match-points-to-meet-pegula-at-us-open | 2022-09-03T22:55:40Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2778910/takeaways-kvitova-saves-two-match-points-to-meet-pegula-at-us-open | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Former World No.1 Victoria Azarenka reached the US Open Round of 16 for the seventh time in her storied career with a commanding 6-3, 6-0 win over Petra Martic on Saturday.
No.26 seed Azarenka, a three-time US Open finalist in 2012, 2013 and 2020, took 1 hour and 21 minutes to defeat 54th-ranked Martic, who was seeking her third trip to the US Open Round of 16 in the last four years.
2022 US Open: Scores | Order of play | Draw
Words from the winner: "I felt like I started very solid and I kind of kept my foot on the gas pedal and just really kept raising my intensity, game after game," Azarenka said, after her win.
"I felt that I played really good in also important moments," Azarenka continued. "On break points I really took my chances, was really effective from defense to offense, kind of changing and shifting the game from one, two shots. I think that worked really well."
Fast facts: This was the first meeting between tour veterans Azarenka and Martic in a decade, with 33-year-old Azarenka improving to 2-0 against 31-year-old Martic. Azarenka had handily won their only previous clash on the indoor hard courts of Linz in 2012.
The Vika effect 🤩
— wta (@WTA) September 3, 2022
Flawless from @vika7, defeating Martić 6-3 6-0 to reach R4 in Flushing Meadows!#USOpen pic.twitter.com/awcyEyCyQA
Two-time Australian Open champion Azarenka is one of seven active players with over 100 Grand Slam main-draw wins. 44 of those Grand Slam wins have come at the US Open; among players in this year’s draw, only Serena Williams and Venus Williams have more match-wins in Flushing Meadows.
Match breakdown: Former Top 15 player Martic claimed the fourth Top 5 win over her career in the previous round when she upset No.4 seed Paula Badosa, but she could not oust another seed as Azarenka exhibited top form.
Azarenka had 22 winners in the match, doubling Martic's 11, and the victor converted five of her 11 break points.
After an early exchange of breaks in the opening set, Azarenka notched the decisive lead by converting her fifth break point of a lengthy game with an error-forcing forehand to lead 4-2.
Martic upped the ante with relatively frequent forays into the net, but Azarenka executed deft passes when she needed to, and Azarenka reeled off 10 of the last 11 games to clinch victory.
Next up: Azarenka awaits the winner of Saturday’s upcoming match between last year’s Olympic champion Belinda Bencic and another former World No.1, Karolina Pliskova.
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NEW YORK -- A quick snapshot of women’s tennis might suggest a youth movement is underway. With the departure of the 40-year-old Serena Williams and the swift emergence of 18-year-old Coco Gauff, it’s easy to get that impression.
But if there’s a movement occurring at this US Open, it’s going in the opposite direction. A number of so-called older players are making deep impressions in the draw. With the exception of Gauff and 19-year-old Zheng Qinwen, youth is being served all right -- right off the court.
Each of Sunday’s Round of 16 matches from the bottom half of the draw feature at least one older player who happens to be playing some of the best tennis of her career:
- Ajla Tomljanovic, a 29-year-old Australian, played in 25 majors without making a quarterfinal -- and now she’s reached back-to-back quarters at Wimbledon and advanced to the Round of 16 here with a memorable victory that sent Williams into retirement.
- Carolina Garcia, 28, won the title a few weeks ago in Cincinnati, her first WTA 1000 win in five years.
- Ons Jabeur, also 28, played in this year’s Wimbledon final and just reached the second week of US Open for first time. “Finally,” she said, smiling.
- Zhang Shuai, 33, will be looking to reach only the third major quarterfinal of her career when she meets Gauff, 15 years her junior.
Last year Zhang teamed with Sam Stosur to win the US Open women’s doubles title, beating Gauff and Catherine McNally in the final.
“We played together in Stuttgart and reached the final and we are sometimes training together in Stuttgart,” Zhang told reporters. “Because I know her already a couple years ago, I still feel she’s 14 or 15.
Azarenka sweeps into US Open Round of 16
“Because I think I’m 20. I’m never feeling I’m 33 years old, that’s why I can play on tour. Never think about your age.”
The average age of the Hologic WTA Tour Top 10 is 26, and Simona Halep is the only 30-something player featured. The average of the eight remaining players in the bottom half of the draw -- including 32-year-old Alison Riske-Amritraj -- is one year older.
And consider the case of France’s Alize Cornet, the poster child for late bloomers. She was playing in her 63rd Grand Slam overall at this year’s Australian Open when she reached the quarterfinals -- for the first time in a major. Here in New York, playing in her 63rd consecutive Grand Slam, a record, she took down defending champion Emma Raducanu in the first round.
All the feels…
— wta (@WTA) September 3, 2022
All of them 🥰@Petra_Kvitova | #USOpen pic.twitter.com/WaY24eBnQt
“Yeah, we’re seeing more `older’ players play well -- the ‘older’ in quotation marks,” Pegula said after defeating qualifier Yuan Yue. “I think maybe just because in today’s world there are so many more things we have to deal with as far as social media, there is a lot of maturity that comes with dealing with the world today.
“I think maybe you’re seeing the more mature players -- and I don’t mean that in a negative, I just mean because we’re older, have been through a lot, have dealt with a lot -- you see us kind of being able to handle a lot of that stuff, maybe not better, but showing the experience shine through.”
Takeaways: Kvitova saves two match points, to meet Pegula at US Open
Pegula also credits advances in science and nutrition for creating greater longevity.
Meanwhile, Petra Kvitova and Victoria Azarenka, both 32 and both two-time Grand Slam singles champions, play Monday in top half matches.
Kvitova smiled when a question on aging surfaced in her press conference.
👌@JLPegula defeats Yuan in 3 sets, setting up a mouth-watering R4 clash against our friend beneath this tweet! 😊#USOpen https://t.co/w0wOpW4jHc pic.twitter.com/W5CXsZ5NBk
— wta (@WTA) September 3, 2022
“It’s not easy questions today, guys,” she said. “Definitely I’m glad that I’m one of them, for sure. Yeah, Coco Gauff, [is overshadowing us] a little bit, but otherwise, I’m very happy for me, for Vika, and this kind of age.
“I feel like it’s good to have, for sure, because we are on the tour so many years, and I’m just happy that we could still manage it and still facing young generation.”
Garcia, who faces Riske-Amritraj and has produced erratic results in recent years, seems to have found an equilibrium. She won titles in Warsaw and Cincinnati and, including qualifying, has won 16 of her past 17 matches.
The calm, the clarity is something new.
“It is something we are really working on, trying to really be focus one point at a time,” Garcia said. “If I make a mistake, or if the other one play great, just forget about it and focus on the next point. Every point, to be ready to play it 100 percent. It’s definitely paying off to have this mindset.
And the key to this approach?
“Yeah, it’s to shut my mouth. That’s it,” Garcia said. “Sometimes I feel frustrated by myself. But I know if I start to speak and be mad, it’s not going to work out. The last couple of weeks I have been able just trying to let go and focus on the next point. It prove me it was working.”
Cornet, who has a reputation for being fiery on the court, was the model of cool in beating Raducanu.
“I guess it’s just called ‘maturity,’” Cornet said. “You have to wait for it. It came this year. Maybe because I know is my last year, my last two years, that I won’t have the chance to play so many Slams after that, I’m really trying to soak in the moment, to enjoy it, to have fun.
“That’s how I handle my emotion a bit better and I think it helps my tennis overall. I’m happy it finally happened.” | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2779474/older-and-wiser-veteran-players-thriving-at-this-year-s-us-open | 2022-09-03T22:55:52Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2779474/older-and-wiser-veteran-players-thriving-at-this-year-s-us-open | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
President Muhammadu Buhari has on behalf of Federal Executive Council (FEC) and his family, sent warm greetings to Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Gidahyelda Mustapha, on his 66th birthday.
A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), on Saturday, said the President extolled “the political leader and diligent public servant for his dedication to nation building since his youthful days in the ’80s, staying active in legal practice, politics and governance, with distinctions in every assignment.”
According to the statement, President Buhari noted the commitment of the SGF in ensuring fluidity of ideas, teamwork and harmony, and efficient transitions of policies into gains for Nigerians, affirming that his historic leadership roles, like chairing the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, will continue to stand him for recognitions.
It added that as the former Managing Director of Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority turns 66, the President joined family, friends and political associates, particularly members of All Progressives Congress (APC), in celebrating with the legal luminary.
President Buhari prayed for the well-being of Mustapha and his family.
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Buhari hails Boss Mustapha at 66 | https://tribuneonlineng.com/buhari-hails-boss-mustapha-at-66/ | 2022-09-03T22:58:25Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/buhari-hails-boss-mustapha-at-66/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
OLYMPIA, Wash.-
As of September 1, 2022, people 65+, blind or disabled will begin seeing an increase in the amount of money they receive.
The program for low-income Washingtonians increased the monthly payment from $197 to $417 for single individuals. For married couples, the change is from $248 to $528.
The change comes after the Department of Social and Health Services requested to better support people 65 and older, blind or disabled. This ensures the program's payment aligns with other state assistance programs.
The increase in funding comes with support from the state's 2022 supplemental operating budget.
The program is best known as ABD and provides cash grants and referral to the Housing and Essential Needs Programs to those eligible. This includes people who are likely to meet requirements for Supplemental Security Income disability criteria based on the past 12 months.
People who qualify for ABD also apply for Federal SSI benefits.
The increase to ABD benefits is the first since 2011 after reducing the amount from $339 to $197 because of budget cuts.
Often those part of the ABD program live the furthest in Washington's communities and could continue to do so with the increase.
Washingtonians dependent on the ABD program for income are expected to receive a max payment of $417 per month. That's about $5,000 a year and approximately 37% of the Federal Poverty Level.
Recipients who transition to federal SSI disability benefits will get a payment of $841 per month, or $10,000 a year, which is about 74% of the Federal Poverty Level.
These dollar amounts however, don't meet the standard cost of living in the state of Washington.
Washingtonians with disabilities and living on the fixed income are struggling to meet basic needs. Last year, nearly 1/3 of ABD Recipients were experiencing homelessness and more than half had a mental health disability.
To learn more about ABD grant qualifications and to apply, visit washingtonconnection.org, visit a local DSHS Community Services Office or call 877–501–2233. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/cash-assistance-programs-increase-grants-supporting-low-income-washingtonians-65-blind-or-disabled/article_8902e840-2bcc-11ed-8208-5b15a7d47f88.html | 2022-09-03T22:58:47Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/cash-assistance-programs-increase-grants-supporting-low-income-washingtonians-65-blind-or-disabled/article_8902e840-2bcc-11ed-8208-5b15a7d47f88.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Watch Arkansas wide receiver Trey Knox make a one-handed, airborne TD catch vs. Cincinnati
Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson went airborne during the Razorbacks' game against the Cincinnati Bearcats on Saturday
Jefferson connected with receiver Trey Knox on a one-handed catch in the end zone and gave the Razorbacks a 14-0 lead with 17 seconds remaining in the first half.
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HIGHLIGHTS: Arkansas Razorbacks football vs. Cincinnati Bearcats highlights
Jefferson scored the first touchdown during the season opener, and rushed into the end zone for 15 yards in the first quarter. The Bearcats didn't respond with any scores in the first half.
Cincinnati, one of the Razorbacks' ranked opponents this season, is struggling to defend Arkansas' rushing game. Sophomore running back Raheim Sanders leads the team with 10 carries for 82 yards, followed by Jefferson with seven carries for 54 yards and a touchdown. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/football/2022/09/03/arkansas-football-trey-knox-airborne-td-catch-vs-cincinnati/65472136007/ | 2022-09-03T23:02:48Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/football/2022/09/03/arkansas-football-trey-knox-airborne-td-catch-vs-cincinnati/65472136007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Arkansas Razorbacks football vs. Cincinnati Bearcats highlights
Arkansas Razorback football is opening the season at home against the Cincinnati Bearcats.
After finishing at 8-4 and defeating Penn State in the 2022 Outback Bowl, No. 23 Arkansas football has high expectations going into this season. Junior quarterback KJ Jefferson will lead the team in the season opener against their ranked opponent, No. 22 Cincinnati on Saturday.
Take a look at the game highlights.
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Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Cincinnati game highlights
TOUCHDOWN ARKANSAS with 17 seconds left in the half
Jefferson connects with tight end Trey Knox on a jump pass in the end zone. Razorbacks take a 14-0 lead to end the first half.
TOUCHDOWN ARKANSAS with 6:18 left in the first quarter
Arkansas 7, Cincinnati 0. Quarterback KJ Jefferson rushes for 15 yards to give the Razorbacks their first score of the season.
INTERCEPTION at 7:31 left in the first quarter.
Arkansas defensive back Dwight McGlothern picks off Ben Bryan, escapes for 51 yards. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/football/2022/09/03/arkansas-razorbacks-vs-cincinnati-bearcats-highlights/65471968007/ | 2022-09-03T23:02:53Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/football/2022/09/03/arkansas-razorbacks-vs-cincinnati-bearcats-highlights/65471968007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Who are the Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Cincinnati Bearcats officials, referees?
Dani Mohr
Fort Smith Times Record
Jason Autrey is lead official for the Arkansas Razorbacks' season opener against the Cincinnati Bearcats at Razorback Stadium on Saturday.
Last season, Arkansas was 8-4, while Cincinnati finished the regular season undefeated 12-0. The Bearcats lost to Alabama in the 2022 College Football Playoff Semifinal.
Here's a full list of all the officials for the Week 1 ranked matchup.
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COLLEGE GAMEDAY: What Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit said about Arkansas football vs. Cincinnati | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/football/2022/09/03/who-are-the-arkansas-razorbacks-vs-cincinnati-bearcats-officials/65471961007/ | 2022-09-03T23:02:53Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/football/2022/09/03/who-are-the-arkansas-razorbacks-vs-cincinnati-bearcats-officials/65471961007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BOSTON (AP) — Hackers stole personal data including Social Security numbers, addresses and account numbers of home mortgage holders at KeyBank, the bank reports, in the breach of a third-party vendor that serves multiple corporate clients.
The hackers obtained the information on July 5 after breaking into computers at the insurance services provider Overby-Seawell Company, according to a letter that Cleveland-based KeyBank sent to affected residential mortgage customers.
KeyBank, which operates in 15 states and has close to $200 billion in assets, would not say how many of its customers were affected or answer any other questions about the breach. In a statement, it said it was notified of the data theft on Aug. 4 and KeyBank systems and operations were unaffected.
Overby-Seawell did not respond to phone messages and emails sent to executives seeking comment. In the statement sent Friday to The Associated Press, KeyBank said Kennesaw, Georgia-based Overby-Seawell “suffered a cybersecurity incident that compromised data of its corporate clients.” It did not elaborate.
According to its website, Overby-Seawell’s customers include banks, credit unions, mortgage servicers, finance companies and property investors. Its products include a tracking system for real-time insurance monitoring that can be integrated with other financial industry software platforms.
It is a subsidiary of the Breckenridge Group, also of Kennesaw.
In an Aug. 26 letter shared with the AP by an affected mortgage-holder, KeyBank said the information acquired in the Overby-Seawell breach related to their mortgage includes their name, address, mortgage account number and the first eight digits of their nine-digit Social Security number.
That’s plenty of information for identity thieves to commit serious fraud.
“We take this matter very seriously and have notified all affected individuals,” KeyBank said in the letter.
KeyBank said Overby-Seawell had notified law enforcement and was investigating the breach with the help of third-party cybersecurity experts. It encouraged the mortgage holder to sign up for free fraud monitoring. | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/ap-keybank-hackers-of-third-party-provider-stole-customer-data/ | 2022-09-03T23:04:53Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/ap-keybank-hackers-of-third-party-provider-stole-customer-data/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 25 |
BOSTON (AP) — Hackers stole personal data including Social Security numbers, addresses and account numbers of home mortgage holders at KeyBank, the bank reports, in the breach of a third-party vendor that serves multiple corporate clients.
The hackers obtained the information on July 5 after breaking into computers at the insurance services provider Overby-Seawell Company, according to a letter that Cleveland-based KeyBank sent to affected residential mortgage customers.
KeyBank, which operates in 15 states and has close to $200 billion in assets, would not say how many of its customers were affected or answer any other questions about the breach. In a statement, it said it was notified of the data theft on Aug. 4 and KeyBank systems and operations were unaffected.
Overby-Seawell did not respond to phone messages and emails sent to executives seeking comment. In the statement sent Friday to The Associated Press, KeyBank said Kennesaw, Georgia-based Overby-Seawell “suffered a cybersecurity incident that compromised data of its corporate clients.” It did not elaborate.
According to its website, Overby-Seawell’s customers include banks, credit unions, mortgage servicers, finance companies and property investors. Its products include a tracking system for real-time insurance monitoring that can be integrated with other financial industry software platforms.
It is a subsidiary of the Breckenridge Group, also of Kennesaw.
In an Aug. 26 letter shared with the AP by an affected mortgage-holder, KeyBank said the information acquired in the Overby-Seawell breach related to their mortgage includes their name, address, mortgage account number and the first eight digits of their nine-digit Social Security number.
That’s plenty of information for identity thieves to commit serious fraud.
“We take this matter very seriously and have notified all affected individuals,” KeyBank said in the letter.
KeyBank said Overby-Seawell had notified law enforcement and was investigating the breach with the help of third-party cybersecurity experts. It encouraged the mortgage holder to sign up for free fraud monitoring. | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/ap-keybank-hackers-of-third-party-provider-stole-customer-data/ | 2022-09-03T23:04:53Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/ap-keybank-hackers-of-third-party-provider-stole-customer-data/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 25 |
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan upped his rhetoric against Greece on Saturday, threatening to “come down suddenly one night.”
Erdogan has previously used that phrase to hint at looming military operations into Syria and Iraq against Kurdish militants that Turkey deems existential threats. He made good on that threat several times.
Speaking at an aerial technology festival in Samsun where Turkey showcased the prototype of an unmanned fighter jet, Erdogan lashed out at neighboring Greece amid political and military tensions.
Turkey has accused Greece of using Russian-made S-300 missile systems in Crete to lock onto Turkish jets in August. Ankara has also said Greek F-16s harassed Turkish jets by putting them under a radar lock during a NATO mission over the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey is submitting complaints with NATO. Athens has also accused Turkey of violating its airspace.
Although both NATO members, Turkey and Greece have decades-old disputes over an array of issues, including territorial claims in the Aegean Sea and disagreements over the airspace there. The friction has brought them to the brink of war three times in the last half-century.
Turkey claims Greece is violating international agreements by militarizing islands in the Aegean Sea.
“You occupying the islands doesn’t bind us,” Erdogan said Saturday. “When the time comes, we’ll do what’s necessary. As we say, we may come down suddenly one night.”
He added: “Look at history, if you go further, the price will be heavy.”
“We have one sentence to Greece: Don’t forget Izmir,” Erdogan said, in a reference to a crushing defeat of occupying Greek forces in the western city by the Turkish military in 1922.
Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held rare talks over lunch in Istanbul in March but that positive trend diminished soon after. In May, Erdogan said he would no longer speak with Mitsotakis after the Greek premier visited Washington where he pushed to acquire F-35 stealth fighter jets while lobbying against Turkey’s attempts to upgrade its F-16 fleet.
Erdogan said in July that Turkey didn’t have interest in war with Greece, but said the country should stop violating Turkish airspace. | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/ap-turkish-leader-erdogan-ups-rhetoric-on-greece-amid-tensions/ | 2022-09-03T23:05:00Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/ap-turkish-leader-erdogan-ups-rhetoric-on-greece-amid-tensions/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 21 |
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan upped his rhetoric against Greece on Saturday, threatening to “come down suddenly one night.”
Erdogan has previously used that phrase to hint at looming military operations into Syria and Iraq against Kurdish militants that Turkey deems existential threats. He made good on that threat several times.
Speaking at an aerial technology festival in Samsun where Turkey showcased the prototype of an unmanned fighter jet, Erdogan lashed out at neighboring Greece amid political and military tensions.
Turkey has accused Greece of using Russian-made S-300 missile systems in Crete to lock onto Turkish jets in August. Ankara has also said Greek F-16s harassed Turkish jets by putting them under a radar lock during a NATO mission over the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey is submitting complaints with NATO. Athens has also accused Turkey of violating its airspace.
Although both NATO members, Turkey and Greece have decades-old disputes over an array of issues, including territorial claims in the Aegean Sea and disagreements over the airspace there. The friction has brought them to the brink of war three times in the last half-century.
Turkey claims Greece is violating international agreements by militarizing islands in the Aegean Sea.
“You occupying the islands doesn’t bind us,” Erdogan said Saturday. “When the time comes, we’ll do what’s necessary. As we say, we may come down suddenly one night.”
He added: “Look at history, if you go further, the price will be heavy.”
“We have one sentence to Greece: Don’t forget Izmir,” Erdogan said, in a reference to a crushing defeat of occupying Greek forces in the western city by the Turkish military in 1922.
Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held rare talks over lunch in Istanbul in March but that positive trend diminished soon after. In May, Erdogan said he would no longer speak with Mitsotakis after the Greek premier visited Washington where he pushed to acquire F-35 stealth fighter jets while lobbying against Turkey’s attempts to upgrade its F-16 fleet.
Erdogan said in July that Turkey didn’t have interest in war with Greece, but said the country should stop violating Turkish airspace. | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/ap-turkish-leader-erdogan-ups-rhetoric-on-greece-amid-tensions/ | 2022-09-03T23:05:00Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/ap-turkish-leader-erdogan-ups-rhetoric-on-greece-amid-tensions/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 21 |
NEW YORK (AP) — “National Cinema Day” on Saturday brought the big screen to moviegoers for a small price — no more than $3 — as American theaters looked to fill seats during the late summer lull.
The one-day nationwide promotion was being offered on more than 30,000 screens in more than 3,000 theaters, including the major chains of AMC and Regal Cinemas. The Cinema Foundation, a nonprofit arm of the National Association of Theater Owners, announced the plan Aug. 28 and said all major film studios also were participating.
Labor Day weekend is traditionally one of the slowest weekends in theaters.
National Cinema Day is intended to flood theaters with moviegoers and prompt them to return in the fall, inspired by a sizzle reel of upcoming films from A24, Amazon Studios, Disney, Focus Features, Lionsgate, Neon, Paramount, Sony Pictures Classics, Sony, United Artists Releasing, Universal and Warner Bros.
After more than two years of pandemic, movie theaters rebounded significantly over the summer, seeing business return to nearly pre-pandemic levels. Films like “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Minions: Rise of Gru,” “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and “Jurassic World Dominion” pushed the domestic summer box office to $3.3 billion in ticket sales as of Aug. 21, according to data firm Comscore.
But that trails 2019 totals by about 20% as exhibitors have had about 30% fewer wide releases this year. Cineworld, which owns Regal Cinemas, cited the scant supply of major new releases in confirming recent discussions of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing.
Organizers of National Cinema Day described the event as a trial that could become an annual fixture. While some other countries have experimented with a similar day of cheap movie tickets, the initiative is the first of its kind on such a large scale in the U.S.
“After this summer’s record-breaking return to cinemas, we wanted to do something to celebrate moviegoing,” said Jackie Brenneman, Cinema Foundation president, in an Aug. 28 statement. “We’re doing it by offering a ‘thank you’ to the moviegoers that made this summer happen, and by offering an extra enticement for those who haven’t made it back yet.”
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Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/jakecoyleAP | https://www.wpri.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-on-national-cinema-day-movie-tickets-are-just-3/ | 2022-09-03T23:05:30Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-on-national-cinema-day-movie-tickets-are-just-3/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A man was killed by Milwaukee officers after he led them on a chase into a busy downtown bar district, then got out of his vehicle and opened fire on them, police said.
One bystander, a 22-year-old Hudson woman, was hit by gunfire in the Friday night shootout, police said. Authorities said they did not immediately know if she was shot by police or by the man; police said her injuries were not life-threatening and she was treated at a local hospital. No officers were hit by gunfire.
Police said the 47-year-old Milwaukee man was wanted in a homicide and police had spotted him in a vehicle and tried to stop him at about 11 p.m. Friday when he fled. When the chase ended downtown, police said, the man got out of his vehicle and “fired several shots at officers.” Several officers shot back, killing him, police said.
A video circulating on social media shows at least five police cars chasing a pickup truck before multiple shots are heard. In another video, multiple people can be seen standing on the sidewalk as police cars drive by with lights and sirens, then they scatter as gunshots ring out.
Police have not released the names of the man or the injured bystander, who they say was not involved. Police said the man’s firearm was recovered, but they did not release details about what kind of firearm it was.
The eight officers involved have been placed on administrative duty, as is routine in police shootings. The officers range in age from 22 to 47, and have varying levels of experience, ranging from more than three years to more than 12 years with Milwaukee Police Department.
The Oak Creek Police Department is leading the investigation and said Saturday that they had no additional details to release, citing the ongoing investigation. The Milwaukee Police Department referred questions to the medical examiner and to Oak Creek police. | https://www.wpri.com/news/breaking-news/ap-top-news/ap-man-dies-in-shootout-with-milwaukee-police-bystander-hurt/ | 2022-09-03T23:06:01Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/breaking-news/ap-top-news/ap-man-dies-in-shootout-with-milwaukee-police-bystander-hurt/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Juliana Macedo do Nascimento signed up for an Obama-era program to shield immigrants who came to the country as young children from deportation, she enrolled at California State University, Los Angeles, transitioning from jobs in housekeeping, child care, auto repair and a construction company.
Now, a decade later at age 36, graduate studies at Princeton University are behind her and she works in Washington as deputy director of advocacy for United We Dream, a national group.
“Dreamers” like Macedo do Nascimento, long a symbol of immigrant youth, are increasingly easing into middle age as eligibility requirements have been frozen since 2012, when the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was introduced.
The oldest recipients were in their early 30s when DACA began and are in their early 40s today. At the same time, fewer people turning 16 can meet a requirement to have been in the United States continuously since June 2007.
The average age of a DACA recipient was 28.2 years in March, up from 23.8 in September 2017, according to the Migration Policy Institute. About 40% are 30 or older, according to fwd.us, a group that supports DACA.
As fewer are eligible and new enrollments have been closed since July 2021 under court order, the number of DACA recipients fell to just above 600,000 at the end of March, according to government figures.
Beneficiaries have become homeowners and married. Many have U.S. citizen children.
“DACA is not for young people,” Macedo do Nascimento said. “They’re not even eligible for it anymore. We are well into middle age.”
Born out of President Barack Obama’s frustration with Congress’ failure to reach an agreement on immigration reform, DACA was meant to be a temporary solution and many saw it as imperfect from the start. Immigration advocates were disappointed the policy didn’t include a pathway to citizenship and warned the program’s need to be renewed every two years would leave many feeling in limbo. Opponents, including many Republicans, saw the policy a legal overreach on Obama’s part and criticized it as rewarding people who hadn’t followed immigration law.
In a move intended to insulate DACA from legal challenge, the Biden administration released a 453-page rule on Aug. 24 that sticks closely to DACA as it was introduced in 2012. It codified DACA as a regulation by subjecting it to potential changes after extensive public comment.
DACA advocates welcomed the regulation but were disappointed that age eligibility was unchanged.
The rule was “a missed opportunity,” said Karen Tumlin, an attorney and director of Justice Action Center. DACA, she said, was “locked in time, like a fossil preserved in amber.”
The administration weighed expanding age eligibility but decided against it, said Ur Jaddou, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which administers the program.
“The president told us, ‘How do we preserve and fortify DACA? How do we ensure the security of the program and how best to do that?’ and this was the determination that was made after a lot of thought and careful consideration,” Jaddou said Monday in Los Angeles.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considering a challenge to DACA from Texas and eight other states, asked both sides to explain how the new rule affects the program’s legal standing.
Texas, in a court filing Thursday, said the rule can’t save DACA. The states conceded that it’s similar to the 2012 memo that created the program but that they “share many of the same defects.”
The executive branch has “neither the authority to decide the major questions that DACA addresses, nor the power to confer substantive immigration benefits,” the states wrote.
The Justice Department argued the new rule — “substantively identical” to the original program — renders moot the argument that the administration failed to follow federal rule-making procedures.
DACA has been closed to new enrollees since July 2021 while the case winds its way through the New Orleans-based appeals court but two-year renewals are allowed.
Uncertainty surrounding DACA has caused anxiety and frustration among aging recipients.
Pamela Chomba, 32, arrived with her family from Peru at age 11 and settled in New Jersey. She worries about losing her job and missing mortgage payments if DACA is ruled illegal. She put off becoming a mother because she doesn’t know if she can stay in the U.S. and doesn’t want to be a “burden” on her children.
“We’re people with lives and plans, and we really just want to make sure that we can feel safe,” said Chomba, director of state immigration campaigns for fwd.us.
Macedo do Nascimento was 14 when she arrived with her family from Brazil in 2001. She has not seen a brother who returned to Brazil just before DACA was announced in 10 years. International travel under DACA is highly restricted.
Like Biden and many DACA advocates, she believes legislation is the answer.
“Congress is the ultimate solution here,” she said. “(Both parties) keep passing the ball between each other.
The uncertainty has affected her, the eldest of three siblings.
“The fear of being deported has come back,” Macedo do Nascimento said, because “you never know when this policy is going to end.”
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Sainz reported from Memphis, Tennessee. | https://www.wpri.com/news/breaking-news/ap-top-news/ap-no-longer-young-dreamers-uneasily-watch-a-legal-challenge/ | 2022-09-03T23:06:09Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/breaking-news/ap-top-news/ap-no-longer-young-dreamers-uneasily-watch-a-legal-challenge/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — Larry Mitko voted for Donald Trump in 2016. But the Republican from Beaver County in western Pennsylvania says he has no plans to back his party’s nominee for Senate, Dr. Mehmet Oz — “no way, no how.”
Mitko doesn’t feel like he knows the celebrity heart surgeon, who only narrowly won his May primary with Trump’s backing. Instead, Mitko plans to vote for Oz’s Democratic rival, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a name he’s been familiar with since Fetterman’s days as mayor of nearby Braddock.
“Dr. Oz hasn’t showed me one thing to get me to vote for him,” he said. “I won’t vote for someone I don’t know.”
Mitko’s thinking underscores the political challenges facing Trump and the rest of the Republican Party as the former president shifts to general election mode with a rally Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the first of the fall campaign.
Hours before Trump was to speak, the crowd streamed into the 10,000-seat Mohegan Sun Arena, filling most of it.
Oz, Doug Mastriano, the GOP’s hard-line nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, and Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia warmed up the crowd with stump speeches.
Perhaps the biggest ovations of the night were when Greene repeated Trump’s lie about the 2020 election — “President Trump won the 2020 election,” she said to a standing ovation — and when Mastriano promised to bus “illegals” across the Pennsylvania border to President Joe Biden’s house in Delaware. “He can have them,” Mastriano said.
While Trump’s endorsed picks won many Republican primaries this summer, many of the candidates he backed were inexperienced and polarizing figures now struggling in their November races. That’s putting Senate control — once assumed to be a lock for Republicans — on the line.
In addition to Oz, among the others are author JD Vance in Ohio, venture capitalist Blake Masters in Arizona and former football star Herschel Walker in Georgia.
“Republicans have now nominated a number of candidates who’ve never run for office before for very high-profile Senate races,” said veteran Republican pollster Whit Ayres. While he isn’t writing his party’s chances off just yet, he said, “It’s a much more difficult endeavor than a candidate who had won several difficult political races before.”
The stakes are particularly high for Trump as he lays the groundwork for an expected 2024 presidential run amid a series of escalating legal challenges, including the FBI’s recent seizure of classified documents from his Florida home. Investigators also continue to probe his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
This past week, Biden gave a prime-time speech in Philadelphia warning that Trump and other “MAGA” Republicans — the acronym for Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan — posed a threat to U.S. democracy. Biden has tried to frame the upcoming vote, as he did the 2020 election, as a battle for the “soul of the nation.” Biden’s Labor Day visit to Pittsburgh will be his third to the state within a week, a sign of Pennsylvania’s election-year importance.
While Republicans were once seen as having a good chance of gaining control of both chambers of Congress in November, benefitting from soaring inflation, high gas prices and Biden’s slumping approval ratings, Republicans have found themselves on defense since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision protecting abortion rights.
Some candidates, like Mastriano, are sticking with their primary campaign playbooks, hoping they can win by turning out Trump’s loyal base even if they alienate or ignore more moderate voters.
Mastriano, who wants to outlaw abortion even when pregnancies are the result of rape or incest or endanger the life of the mother, played a leading role in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election and was seen outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as pro-Trump rioters stormed the building.
But others have been trying to broaden their appeal, scrubbing from their websites references to anti-abortion messaging that is out of step with the political mainstream. Others have played down Trump endorsements that were once featured prominently.
The shifting climate has prompted rounds of finger-pointing in the party, including from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who last month cited “candidate quality” as he lowered expectations that Republicans would recapture control of the Senate.
Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who leads the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said those who complain about the party’s nominees have “contempt” for the voters who chose them.
Trump, too, fired back, calling McConnell a “disgrace” as he defended the party’s candidate roster.
Democrats have also piled on.
“Senate campaigns are candidate versus candidate battles and Republicans have put forward a roster of deeply flawed recruits,” said David Bergstein, the Senate Democratic campaign committee’s communication director.
He credited Trump with deterring experienced Republicans from running, elevating flawed candidates and forcing them to take positions that are out of step with the general electorate. A Trump spokesman did not respond to requests for comment.
In Pennsylvania, Republicans are hoping Oz’s shortcomings as a candidate will be overshadowed by concerns about Fetterman, who suffered a stroke just days before the primary and has been sidelined for much of the summer. He continues to keep a light public schedule and struggled to speak fluidly at a recent event.
Republicans acknowledge that Oz struggles to come off as authentic and was slow to punch back as Fetterman spent the summer trolling him on social media and portraying him as an ultrawealthy, out-of-touch carpetbagger from New Jersey.
While Fetterman leads Oz in polls and fundraising, Republicans say they expect the money gap to narrow and are pleased to see Oz within striking distance after getting hammered by $20 million in negative advertising during the primaries.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is helping finance a new round of Oz’s television ads, and the Senate Leadership Fund, a McConnell-aligned super political action committee, says it added $9.5 million to its TV buy — boosting its overall commitment to $34.1 million by Election Day.
A super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says it has made $32 million in television ad reservations in the state.
Oz has won over some once-skeptical voters, like Glen Rubendall, who didn’t vote for the TV doctor in his seven-way primary — a victory so narrow it went to a statewide recount — but said he’s come around.
“I’ve been listening to him speak, and I have a pro-Oz view now,” said Rubendall, a retired state corrections officer.
Traci Martin, a registered independent, also plans to vote for Oz because she opposes abortion, despite ads that aired during the primary featuring past Oz statements that seemed supportive of abortion rights.
“I hope he is (anti-abortion),” Martin said, “but the sad part is we live in an age when we see politicians say one thing and do another.”
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Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writer Brian Slodysko in Washington contributed to this report.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali state media and residents say the extremist group al-Shabab killed at least 20 people and burned seven vehicles transporting food in the Hiran region Saturday morning, and the government’s drought envoy called it “devastating” for communities in the grip of a severe drought.
Residents said the attack was in retaliation for a local mobilization against the al-Qaida-affiliated group that holds significant parts of central and southern Somalia. The extremist group’s presence complicates an already challenging response to the drought that has killed thousands of people. Some areas are on the brink of famine.
Drought envoy Abdirahman Abdishakur noted that al-Shabab also had blown up wells for water in Hiran in recent days.
“The victims were drivers and passengers transporting food supplies from Beletweyne to Mahas and a total of seven trucks carrying food and vehicles used by the passengers were set ablaze,” resident Hassan Abdulle told The Associated Press by phone.
The attack came a day after government forces destroyed landmines that al-Shabab had planted on the busy road connecting Beletweyne and Mataban with the intent to target travelers.
Al-Shabab confirmed the attack and claimed to have killed 20 locally mobilized militia members.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali state media and residents say the extremist group al-Shabab killed at least 20 people and burned seven vehicles transporting food in the Hiran region Saturday morning, and the government’s drought envoy called it “devastating” for communities in the grip of a severe drought.
Residents said the attack was in retaliation for a local mobilization against the al-Qaida-affiliated group that holds significant parts of central and southern Somalia. The extremist group’s presence complicates an already challenging response to the drought that has killed thousands of people. Some areas are on the brink of famine.
Drought envoy Abdirahman Abdishakur noted that al-Shabab also had blown up wells for water in Hiran in recent days.
“The victims were drivers and passengers transporting food supplies from Beletweyne to Mahas and a total of seven trucks carrying food and vehicles used by the passengers were set ablaze,” resident Hassan Abdulle told The Associated Press by phone.
The attack came a day after government forces destroyed landmines that al-Shabab had planted on the busy road connecting Beletweyne and Mataban with the intent to target travelers.
Al-Shabab confirmed the attack and claimed to have killed 20 locally mobilized militia members.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — A British con artist who is the subject of a Netflix documentary has been arrested in Belgium after fleeing from neighboring France, where he had injured two police officers, authorities said
Robert Hendy-Freegard, 51, was expected to appear before a Belgian judge on Saturday, a day after he was arrested on a highway in Groot-Bijgaarden, east of Brussels, Belgian federal police said.
Hendy-Freegard had been on the run since last week, when he hit two officers with his car as he was fleeing a police raid at his home in the village of Vidaillat in central France.
Gilles Blondeau, spokesperson for the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Halle-Vilvorde disctrict, said Saturday that “about a week ago, the person in question was supposed to undergo a checkup by the police and he fled. He also hit two policemen, one of whom was very seriously injured.”
France had issued a European arrest warrant. The country’s prosecutors have open an investigation for “attempted murder” on police officers.
Blondeau said Hendy-Freegard had been located through the license plate on his vehicle.
“The East Flanders road police were able to intercept the man in Groot-Bijgaarden, and it turned out that it was indeed this person and the wanted vehicle,” he said.
Netflix streaming service released a documentary this year called “The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman” about the life of Hendy-Freegard. In the 1990s and the early 2000s, the con artist ruined numerous lives while posing as an undercover MI5 agent in Europe. He spent 10 years emotionally manipulating his victims into giving him their money, their trust and eventually their freedom by running away with him, according to Netflix.
Arrested in 2002, Hendy-Freegard was convicted of kidnapping, theft and deception and sentenced to life in prison in 2005 in the United Kingdom. He appealed against the kidnapping conviction and got his sentenced reduced to nine years. He was released from prison in 2009.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the country’s economic crisis, returned to the country early Saturday after seven weeks.
Rajapaksa flew into Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport around midnight Friday from Bangkok via Singapore. On being welcomed by lawmakers in his party, Rajapaksa left the airport in a motorcade heavily guarded by armed soldiers and reached a government-owned house allocated to him as a former president at the center of the capital, Colombo.
On July 13, the ousted leader, his wife and two bodyguards left aboard an air force plane for the Maldives, before traveling to Singapore from where he officially resigned. He flew to Thailand two weeks later.
Rajapaksa has no court case or arrest warrant pending against him. The only court case he was facing for alleged corruption during his time as the secretary to the Ministry of Defense under his older brother’s presidency was withdrawn when he was elected president in 2019 because of constitutional immunity.
For months, Sri Lanka has been in the grips of its worst economic crisis, which triggered extraordinary protests and unprecedented public rage that ultimately forced Rajapaksa and his brother, the former prime minister, to step down. The situation in the bankrupt country was made worse by global factors like the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but many hold the once-powerful Rajapaksa family as responsible for severely mismanaging the economy and tipping it into crisis.
The economic meltdown has seen monthslong shortages of essentials such as fuel, medicine and cooking gas due to a severe shortage of foreign currency. Though cooking gas supplies were restored through World Bank support, shortages of fuel, critical medicines and some food items continue.
The island nation has suspended repayment of nearly $7 billion in foreign debt due this year. The country’s total foreign debt amounts to more than $51 billion, of which $28 billion has to be repaid by 2027.
On Tuesday, President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took over after Rajapaksa resigned, and his administration reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a $2.9 billion bailout package over four years to help the country recover.
Rajapaksa, a former military officer, was elected on promises to uplift the country’s economy and ensure national security after Islamic State-inspired bomb attacks killed some 270 people in churches and hotels on Easter Sunday 2019. He relinquished his American citizenship when he contested the election because laws at the time made dual citizens ineligible from holding political office.
As a top defense official, he is accused of overseeing human rights violations by the military during the country’s three-decade civil war with the now-defeated Tamil Tiger rebels who fought for an independent state for the country’s ethnic minority Tamils.
In April, protesters started camping outside the president’s office in the heart of Colombo and chanted “Gota, go home,” a demand for Rajapaksa to quit, which quickly became the rallying cry of the movement.
The demonstrations dismantled the Rajapaksa family’s grip on politics. Before Rajapaksa resigned, his older brother stepped down as prime minister and three more close family members quit their Cabinet positions.
But the country’s new president, Wickremesinghe, has since cracked down on protests. His first action as leader included dismantling the protest tents in the middle of the night as police forcibly removed demonstrators from the site and attacked them.
There is genuine fear among people who want to protest now, said Bhavani Fonseksa, with the independent think tank Center for Policy Alternatives.
“Whether people will take to the streets to demonstrate again is still to be seen, especially since there’s been so much repression since Ranil Wickremesinghe came to power. Several protesters have been arrested so there is genuine fear,” she said.
Dayan Jayatilleka, a former diplomat and political analyst, said the ruling SLPP party will welcome him back, but didn’t think his return would spark people to flood the streets again. “They will be sour — it is still far too early for him to return,” he said.
“There is no way Gotabaya will be forgiven for his transgressions but I think now there is more bitterness than public rage that awaits him,” Jayatilleka added.
For Nazly Hameem, an organizer who helped lead the protest movement, the former president’s return isn’t an issue “as long as he is held accountable.”
“He is a Sri Lankan citizen so no one can prevent him from coming back. But as someone who wants justice against the corrupt system, I would like to see action taken — there should be justice, they should file cases against him and hold him accountable for what he did to the country.”
“Our slogan was ‘Gota, go home’ — we didn’t expect him to flee, we wanted him to resign. As long as he doesn’t involve himself in active politics, it won’t be a problem.”
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Halloween makeup ideas you can do at home
The Addams Family’s deadpan daughter Wednesday is getting her own Netflix show, “Wednesday,” starring Jenna Ortega as the iconic goth teenager. With her famous braided pigtails, prim black costume and minimal makeup, the most difficult part of being Wednesday Addams for Halloween will be mastering her deadly stare. Wednesday isn’t the only popular Halloween look trending this year — here’s what you need to pull off her look and other Halloween favorites.
What you need for Halloween makeup looks
How do Wednesday Addams makeup
Wednesday’s look isn’t as dramatic as her equally iconic mother Morticia, but it’s high-impact and easy to create. Fill in your brows with black pomade or eyebrow pencil and use a mauve or gray eye shadow to accentuate your crease and under-eye area. Depending on how grim you want to go, you can wear either nude or black lipstick. Complete the look with a braided black costume wig.
Wednesday Addams makeup products
Benefit Cosmetics Precisely, My Brow Pencil Waterproof Eyebrow Definer
Available in 12 shades, including two black tones, this eyebrow pencil offers up to 12 hours of waterproof color and definition. It features a twist-up ultrafine-tipped pencil and an attached spoolie to distribute color evenly.
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Sephora Collection Cream Lip Stain Liquid Lipstick in Night Bird
Long-lasting and budget-friendly, this black liquid lipstick goes on smoothly for thorough yet comfortable color coverage. It’s formulated with avocado oil to prevent drying and cracking.
Sold by Sephora
How to do vampire makeup
Create this spooky Halloween classic look by doing a smokey eye with shades of black and gray. Blend out a red eye shadow in your crease to add depth. Add a smear of red liquid lipstick “blood” near your mouth and two dots on your neck. Take this look up a level with red contacts and dramatic brows.
What you need for vampire makeup
Danessa Myricks Beauty Colorfix Eye, Cheek and Lip Cream Pigment In Primary Red
This award-winning multipurpose cream can be blended out as part of a smoky eye or swept onto lips as classic true-red lipstick. It can even be used to create a sharp, dramatic red eyeliner wing. It’s long-wearing — up to 24 hours — and a little goes a long way.
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Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick in Pioneer
Your bloodthirsty makeup accents won’t budge thanks to the long-lasting staying power of this liquid lipstick. The arrowhead-shaped brush makes application easy and precise, and the vibrant shade of classic red will get plenty of use the rest of the year.
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How to do black cat makeup
This look is classic for a reason: it’s easy to pull off, and you only need a couple of products. Fill in the underside of your nose with black liquid eyeliner, then use the same eyeliner to draw on whiskers or even tiger stripes. For extra realism, contour your nose and draw lines with softer black eyeliner to create the shape of a cat nose. Finish the look with a cat-eye wing and your favorite lipstick and you’re ready to prowl.
What you need for black cat makeup
KVD Beauty Super Pomade Vegan Eye Liner, Shadow and Brow Pigment in Graphite
Creamy and highly pigmented, this waterproof product can act as eyeliner, brow filler and eye shadow. For Halloween cat makeup, use this black shade to draw on a feline nose and whiskers.
Sold by Ulta Beauty and Sephora
Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner
This cult-favorite liquid eyeliner pen features a user-friendly felt tip for thin or bold lines. It comes in seven satin-finish shades. It’s waterproof, transfer-proof and smudge-proof. It’s also ophthalmologist-tested and safe for contact lens wearers.
Sold by Amazon, Sephora and Ulta Beauty
How to do fairy makeup
If you’re feeling more magical than scary this Halloween, a fairy costume lets you play with the beautiful colors in your makeup drawer that may not get much use the rest of the year. Start with a sparkly cut crease and add a corresponding colorful lipstick. Add even more magical sparkle with a shimmery highlighter, feathery eyelashes, or face jewels.
What you need for fairy makeup
Nyx Professional Makeup Ultimate Shadow Palette in Brights
The bright rainbow hues in this palette offer vivid color payoff for a range of fairy-inspired looks. The palette includes 16 matte and metallic shades that easily blend into a rainbow of looks.
Sold by Amazon and Ulta Beauty
Dior Diorshow Waterproof Mascara in Catwalk Blue
Transform your eyelashes from the everyday into the magical with this bright blue, waterproof mascara. Its large, fluffy brush helps lift and separate eyelashes with the buildable formula for dramatic, clump-free volume.
Sold by Sephora
How to do scarecrow makeup
With just one eyeliner pencil and your favorite fall eye shadow palette, it’s easy to create a Halloween scarecrow look. Use brown or orange eye shadow to create the illusion of fabric patches over your nose and one eye, then use a brown or black eye pencil to outline the patches with stitches. Draw smiling stitch lines on either side of your face and over your lips. Finish with your favorite fall lipstick.
What you need for scarecrow makeup
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on Waterproof Eyeliner Pencil in Whiskey
This creamy, matte brown pencil is easy to use to sketch on scarecrow stitches. The formula applies soft and smooth, but it won’t budge once it’s set. Moisturizing ingredients such as vitamin E, jojoba oil and cottonseed oil make this eye pencil comfortable to wear.
Sold by Ulta Beauty, Sephora and Amazon
Tarte Tartelette Toasted eye shadow Palette
Featuring a warm mix of 12 mattes and shimmers, this palette is perfect for all your Halloween and fall looks. Amazonian clay in the eye shadow formula makes each color smooth, creamy and long-wearing.
Sold by Ulta Beauty, Amazon and Sephora
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TOKYO (AP) — Three bottlenose dolphins were released into the open sea in Indonesia Saturday after years of being confined for the amusement of tourists who would touch and swim with them.
As red and white Indonesian flags fluttered, underwater gates opened off the island of Bali to allow Johnny, Rocky and Rambo to swim free.
The trio were rescued three years ago from their tiny pool in a resort hotel to which they had been sold after spending years performing in a traveling circus.
They regained their health and strength at the Bali sanctuary , a floating pen in a bay that provided a gentler, more natural environment.
Lincoln O’Barry, who worked with the Indonesian government to set up the Umah Lumba Rehabilitation, Release and Retirement Center, said dolphins are wild animals that should live free.
“It was an incredibly emotional experience to see them go,” O’Barrry said.
The center was initiated in 2019 by the Bali Forestry Department and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry. “Umah lumba” means “dolphin” in Indonesian.
For some time after the gates opened, the dolphins looked at the opening, uncertain of their next move. But after about an hour, they were on their way, sometimes jumping over choppy waves.
The Associated Press watched their release through an online livestream. O’Barry is documenting the release with drones and underwater footage for a film.
The Indonesian government supported the dolphins’ rescue, working with Dolphin Project, founded by Lincoln’s father Ric O’Barry, who was also at the release.
Ric O’Barry had been the dolphin trainer for the 1960s TV show “Flipper,” but later came to see the toll exacted on the animals. He has since devoted his life to returning dolphins to the wild.
Center workers clapped as the dolphins swam out. Wahyu Lestari, rehabilitation coordinator at the center, said she was a bit sad to see them go.
“I’m happy they are free, and they are going back to their family,” she said. “They should be in the wild because they are born in the wild.”
The freed dolphins will be monitored out at sea with GPS tracking for a year. They can return for visits to the sanctuary, although it’s unclear what they will do. They may join another pod, stay together, or go their separate ways.
Dolphins in captivity are carted from town to town, kept in chlorinated water, held in isolation or forced to interact with tourists, often leading to injuries.
Johnny, the oldest dolphin, had teeth that were worn down to below the gum line when he was rescued in 2019. Earlier this year, dentists provided him with dolphin-style dental crowns so that he can now clamp down on live fish.
Johnny was the first of the three dolphins to swim out to sea.
Ric and Lincoln O’Barry have spent half a century working on saving dolphins from captivity in locations from Brazil to South Korea and the U.S. Saturday’s release was their first in Indonesia.
The Indonesian government’s decision to rescue the dolphins followed a decade-long public education campaign that included billboards, artwork, school programs and a drive asking people not to buy tickets to dolphin shows.
A government minister was at hand to raise the gate at the sanctuary Saturday.
Lincoln O’Barry said the Indonesian sanctuary will continue to be used for other captive dolphins. Similar sanctuaries are in the works in North America and Europe, as more dolphin shows close. With virtual reality and other technology, appreciation of nature doesn’t have to involve a zoo or a dolphin show, he said.
Yet dolphin shows are still popular in China, the Middle East and Japan.
In Japan, the father and son have drawn attention to the dolphin hunt in the town of Taiji, documented in the 2010 Oscar-winning film “The Cove.” Every year, fishermen frighten and corral dolphins into a cove, capture some to sell to dolphin shows and kill others for food.
Whale and dolphin meat is considered a delicacy in Japanese culinary tradition. But Taiji has prompted protests by conservationists for years, including some Japanese.
The three dolphins released in Indonesia were soon miles (kilometers) away in the waters. But before their departure, they circled around the sanctuary.
“They turned back around and came back to us one more time, almost to say thank you and good-bye. And then they headed straight out to open ocean and disappeared,” Lincoln O’Barry said.
“Where they head next, we don’t know. But we wish them a good long life.”
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SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Lucy Li played with a lead for the first time on the LPGA Tour and the 19-year-old was up to the task Saturday, recovering from a sluggish start for a 4-under 67 and a one-shot lead in the Dana Open.
Li was 2 over through seven holes and quickly fading from the picture at Highland Meadows when she responded with five birdies over the next 10 holes to regain the lead and set up a final round filled with possibilities.
Lexi Thompson ran off three straight birdies late in the round for a 65, while Caroline Masson of Germany also had a 65. They were one shot behind.
Six other players were three shots back, including Lydia Ko, a two-time tournament winner who had the low round of the day at 64.
“I was probably a little nervous. It wasn’t anything crazy, but haven’t felt nervous in a long time,” Li said. “Actually making those bogeys might have helped a little, just getting that out of the way and knowing that I could just freewheel it out there a little.”
Li was at 14-under 199, and the final group offers a pair of prodigies.
Thompson was 12 when she first qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles. Seven years later, Li broke her record when she qualified for the 2014 Women’s Open at Pinehurst No. 2.
“It’ll be great,” Thompson said. “I played with her a little bit — not so much out here. But I think everybody knows how amazing of a player she is. Just speaks wonders to the amount of work that she’s put into her game, just the amount of talent she has.”
Li recalls playing a practice round with Thompson in the ‘14 Women’s Open.
“She outdrove me by like 60 yards. She probably still outdrives me by 20 yards,” Li said. “I haven’t spent that much time on the LPGA, so I haven’t really gotten to know her that well. She’s a lot — quite a bit older than me.”
Thompson is 27.
This week already has felt like a bonus for the California teen. Li secured her LPGA Tour card for next year with two wins and a runner-up finish on the Epson Tour, which offers LPGA cards to its leading 10 players.
Li received a sponsor’s invitation in Canada last week and tied for ninth in the CP Women’s Open, which got her into the field in Ohio. Now she has a chance to win and join the LPGA Tour for its final two months of the season.
But it will require navigating through a traffic jam of key players, a list that includes four major champions. Also in the mix is Nasa Hataoka, the defending champion, who had a 67 and was part of the big group at 11-under 202.
Equally daunting is Ko, who won at Highland Meadows in 2014 and 2016 and had a great chance in 2020 until a bogey on the par-5 closing hole.
Ko started on the back nine and after a bogey on the 11th, she holed out for eagle on No. 12 and ran off a series of birdies. She had a chance to go even lower on her final hole, the reachable par-4 ninth. But her chip from right of the green didn’t get up the hill, she chipped strong and missed the par putt.
“They moved the tee forward a little on 12 and I was just, ‘Hit driver off the tee.’ I only a gap wedge,” she said. “It’s not the greatest finish. … I did what I needed to do.”
For Thompson, the No. 7 player in the women’s world ranking, it’s another chance to end more than three years without winning.
“I go into every tournament wanting to win. Yeah, it has not worked out the way I want it to in a few events, but that’s golf,” Thompson said. “I think you never lose; you’re always learning. There is always something to build on and learn from those days.
“It’s golf. I mean, it’s a crazy game. It can be with you one day and not the next.”
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Portland, a highly scenic small island off the UK’s southern coastline, has announced plans to invest £26 Million into a significant berth development.
Portland became well known during the end of the pandemic as a popular port of call for major cruise ships sailing from two nearby cruise homeports, Southampton and Portsmouth. The investments mean that soon Portland will be able to welcome two 350-meter cruise ships.
Portland UK Invests In Cruise Dock Extension
Portland, a small island off the southern coast of the United Kingdom, has released plans for a massive £26 Million dock extension. The projects involve several extensions and new build additions to the existing docks. They will ultimately lead to the island being able to welcome two cruise ships with a length of 350 meters each.
Alex Hayes, Landside General Manager at Portland Port: “This is a key investment for the port and demonstrates our commitment to the continued development of our infrastructure. The project has taken a lot of time and planning to take it from its initial conception through to implementation. There is still a lot of work to be done before the project is complete, however, the outcome will be a milestone for the port and its future.”
The port already has one existing dock where cruise ships can berth. This dock will see a 74-meter extension to the primary cruise berth, the Outer Coaling Pier (OCP). Ultimately, the port will have more than 16,000 square meters of additional quayside space.
Preparations for the work are already underway and, once completed, will include 380,000 tonnes of locally sourced infill material and 4,800 tonnes of steel. Work is expected to be completed between October 2023 and February 2024.
UK Cruise Industry Continues to See Extensive Growth
The choice for Portland to extend its cruise docks is not surprising given the UK’s cruise industry’s growth, particularly in the last 18 months.
The cruise industry in the United Kingdom is taking on a much more prominent place in the tourism industry each year. With Southampton, the country has one of the busiest cruise ports in Europe.
This port, close to Portland, has been steadily gaining ground on popular cruise ports in the Mediterranean, such as Barcelona, Civitavecchia, and Palma de Mallorca.
There are several important reasons for this growth. First, the United Kingdom was one of the first countries worldwide to open up cruises during the pandemic. With so-called Seacations, the country offered cruise companies the chance to start operations from ports such as Southampton when cruising in the United States and much of Europe was still essentially banned.
This meant that several cruise lines, including Royal Caribbean, Virgin Voyages, Princess Cruises, Disney and Cunard, and MSC Cruises sent ships to the UK. This proved incredibly popular as many people saw cruising as a chance to have a vacation break for the first time since the pandemic.
Second is the growth of the biggest UK cruise line and start-up operations from companies such as Ambassador Cruise Line.
P&O Cruises has seen some of the most significant investments from parent company Carnival Corporation, leading to the cruise line ordering two state-of-the-art cruise ships in the Excellence class, Iona and Arvia. Combined, the two LNG-powered cruise ships add more than ten thousand berths to UK-based cruise lines.
With around 90 cruise ship calls scheduled to Portland in the coming 18 months, and the UK’s cruise industry seeing positive growth, the investment from Portland Port will significantly boost income from cruise ship tourists. Combined, it looks like the port will be profiting from the investments soon. | https://www.cruisehive.com/uk-cruise-port-announces-huge-multi-million-investment/80564 | 2022-09-03T23:10:33Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/uk-cruise-port-announces-huge-multi-million-investment/80564 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans will host the Uvalde high school football team and wear “Uvalde Strong” decals on their helmets when they open the season Sept. 11 against Indianapolis.
A contingent from the team, including coach Lovie Smith and linebackers Christian Kirksey and Kamu Grugier-Hill, visited Uvalde on Thursday night and surprised the team with new uniforms provided by Nike during a team dinner.
“It was just special to see the smiles on their faces because we know this city was impacted drastically,” Kirksey said in a television interview. “Being a leader and not just being a football player but being somebody that can be an extra shoulder to lean on, it definitely warmed something in my heart… (and) we’re just going to be here with the city and let them know that we support them in every way and we’re going to be here for them.”
This is part of the team’s continuing support for the community. The Texans donated $400,000 to the Robb Elementary School memorial fund after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a shooting there in May.
During the visit, the Texans also announced that they were joining with grocery store chain H-E-B to pay for the high school team to travel to the opener and take in the NFL game from a suite.
Kirksey and Grugier-Hill showed the team the decal on a Texans helmet during an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
“You guys will be with us, and we’ll be with you,” Grugier-Hill told them while holding the helmet. “Words can’t even describe or help anything you’ve been through, so we can only try to empathize (with) you guys and be there for you guys.”
The visit continued Friday when team owners Cal and Hannah McNair joined members of the organization in town and the team hosted football camps and clinics for hundreds of children before attending Uvalde’s home opener.
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HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Canada and the United States set up another showdown in the final of the women’s ice hockey world championship after blowout wins in Saturday’s semifinals.
Canada routed Switzerland 8-1 after the Americans beat the Czech Republic 10-1.
Since the inaugural women’s worlds in 1990, Canada and the U.S. have faced each other in every final except 2019, when the Americans beat Finland for the title.
Canada has won the world championship 11 times and the United States nine times. They go at it again on Sunday.
Canada beat the U.S. in overtime in last year’s final in Calgary, which ended a run of five straight titles by the Americans. Canada also beat the U.S. in the Olympic final in Beijing in February but the U.S. topped the Canadians 5-2 on Tuesday in the group stage.
Amanda Kessel scored a hat trick to help the U.S. keep alive its streak of reaching the final at every worlds.
The U.S. led the Czechs, playing their first semifinal, 6-0 after the first period and added two more goals in each of the second and third periods.
Taylor Heise had two goals and three assists, and Hilary Knight scored twice to extend her own all-time tournament records to 89 points and 53 goals.
Klara Hymlarova made it 7-1 midway through the second.
Canada had seven different scorers against Switzerland, with Marie-Philip Poulin the only player to net twice.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):
5:59 p.m.
Andrey Rublev won the final point in a match that lasted more than four hours and beat No. 19 Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (10-7).
The ninth-seeded Rublev is set to play No. 7 Cameron Norrie in the fourth round.
Rublev hit only only 38 winners and had nine aces to Shapovalov’s 76 winners had 23 aces. Rublev needed five match points to finally win the match. The Russian collapsed on the ground and buried his face in his hands in exhaustion as the grandstands crowd went wild following one of the best matches in the first week of the tournament.
Rublev advanced to the U.S. Open quarterfinals in 2017 and 2020 and also lost in the fourth round in 2019.
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4:59 p.m.
Carlos Alcaraz has become became the youngest man since Pete Sampras in 1989 and ’90 to reach the fourth round in consecutive U.S. Opens. The 19-year-old Alcaraz knocked off Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Alcaraz reached the quarterfinals last year at 18.
Alcaraz was down 3-0 in the third set until he won six straight games to take off and top Brooksby. Brooksby was 20 last year when he went to the fourth round, where Novak Djokovic eliminated him in four sets.
Alcaraz, always hustling, on the move, appeared to blow out a pair of sneakers and needed a change of shoes during the match. He gave away another pair of sneakers to fans in celebration of the victory.
Alcaraz advances to play the winner of Marin Cilic vs. Daniel Evans.
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2:40 p.m.
Jessica Pegula reached the fourth round at the U.S. Open for the first time by beating qualifier Yuan Yue 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-0 in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The eighth-seeded Pegula wasted a chance to close it out when she held a match point in the tiebreaker but rolled through the third set in a half-hour.
Pegula, a 28-year-old American whose parents own the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, finished with nearly twice as many winners as Yuan, 35-18.
Next for Pegula: She faces two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova on Monday with a quarterfinal berth on the line.
Pegula came into Saturday with a 0-2 record in third-round matches at Flushing Meadows, losing at that stage to Kvitova in 2020 and to Belinda Bencic in 2021.
Pegula started her Grand Slam career by going 3-8. She’s gone 22-7 since, including runs to quarterfinals at the Australian Open each of the past two years and the French Open this year.
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2:05 p.m.
Petra Kvitova erased a pair of match points and converted her fourth to edge Garbiñe Muguruza 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (12-10) in a showdown between two-time major champions.
Kvitova reached the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the seventh time. She last made it to the U.S. Open quarterfinals in 2017.
She kept coming back — after dropping the first set, after trailing 5-2 in the third, after being a point from defeat twice at 6-5.
Here’s how close this one was: Kvitova won 109 total points, Muguruza 108.
It took the new format final-set tiebreaker to determine the winner. The four Grand Slam tournaments agreed to adopt a uniform system this year, with the third sets of women’s matches and fifth sets of men’s decided by a first-to-10, win-by-two formula; the U.S. Open used to have the more traditional first-to-seven setup.
Kvitova, a left-hander who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014, overcame 12 double-faults with 14 aces and 50 total winners. She improved to 6-1 against No. 9 seed Muguruza, the champion at the French Open in 2016 and Wimbledon in 2017.
No. 21 Kvitova next will face No. 8 Jessica Pegula, who beat qualifier Yuan Yue 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-0.
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11 a.m.
Serena Williams is gone from the U.S. Open, but the show must go on.
The third round is scheduled to wrap up Saturday at Flushing Meadows, with Grand Slam champions such as Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek in action at night.
Two other owners of multiple major titles will get things started in the morning in Louis Armstrong Stadium when Garbiñe Muguruza faces Petra Kvitova.
On Friday night, Williams — by far the biggest star of Week 1 at the year’s last Grand Slam tournament — lost what is expected to be the last match of her career. Ajla Tomljanovic beat her 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 in front of a loud sellout crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The first match in Ashe on Saturday is due to begin at noon EDT, with No. 8 seed Jessica Pegula of the U.S. up against Yuan Yue of China.
They’ll be followed by No. 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz, who is 19, against unseeded American Jenson Brooksby, who is 21.
At night, Nadal takes a 17-0 head-to-head record into his matchup against Richard Gasquet in Ashe, while the top-ranked Swiatek meets American Lauren Davis in Armstrong.
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RIPLEY, Miss. — An airport worker who knew how to take off but not land stole a small airplane Saturday and threatened to crash it into a Walmart, circling for five hours over unnerved Mississippians before ending the flight safely in a soybean field where police arrested him.
Cory Wayne Patterson, 29, was uninjured after the rough landing shortly after posting a goodbye message to his parents and sister on Facebook, authorities said at a news conference. The message said he “never actually wanted to hurt anyone."
After an anxious morning of watching the plane's meandering path overhead, Tupelo Mayor Todd Jordan called the resolution “the best case scenario.”
No one was injured.
Patterson was employed fueling planes at the Tupelo Regional Airport, giving him access to the twin-engine Beechcraft King Air C90A, police Chief John Quaka said.
It was not immediately known why, shortly after 5 a.m., the 10-year Tupelo Aviation employee took off in the fully fueled plane. Fifteen minutes later, Patterson called a Lee County 911 dispatcher to say he planned to crash the plane into a Tupelo Walmart, Quaka said. Officers evacuated people from the Walmart and a nearby convenience store.
“This is more likely a crime of opportunity,” said Quaka, adding that the airport's tower is not staffed until 6 a.m.
Police negotiators were able to make contact during the flight and convince Patterson to land, but he didn't know how. He was coached by a private pilot into nearly landing at the Tupelo airport but he aborted the attempt at the last minute and resumed the flight, authorities said.
A negotiator re-established contact around 10 a.m., and learned Patterson had landed in a field and was uninjured, Quaka said. The plane landed near Ripley, Mississippi, about about 85 miles (140 kilometers) southeast of Memphis, Tennessee, and about 45 miles (70 kilometers) northwest of Tupelo.
“There’s damage but believe it or not, the aircraft is intact,” the chief told reporters.
Patterson, whose Facebook page said he is from Shannon, was charged with grand larceny and making terroristic threats. Quaka said federal authorities also could bring charges. Police said Patterson is not believed to be a licensed pilot but has some flight instruction.
Jordan said Patterson contacted family members during the flight. The mayor said he hopes Patterson “will get the help he needs.”
“Sorry everyone. Never wanted to actually hurt anyone. I love my parents and sister this isn’t your fault. Goodbye,” read Patterson's Facebook message posted at about 9:30 a.m.
Peter Goelz, former managing director at the National Transportation Safety Board, said the vulnerability of small airports, which cater to small planes and corporate jets, has worried security experts for years.
“If you’ve got a trained pilot who can get in and grab a business jet, you’ve got a pretty lethal weapon there,” he said.
Ripley resident Roxanne Ward told The Associated Press she had been tracking the plane online and went to her father-in-law’s house with plans to go into the basement for safety. She said she heard the thud as the plane hit the ground on her father-in-law’s property.
She and others got onto four-wheelers to ride over.
“As soon as it crashed, police were there and waiting,” said Ward, who watched from a distance. “Police coaxed him out. They yelled at him, ‘Arms in the air.’” She said the pilot got out of the plane without resisting police.
Michael Canders, director of the Aviation Center at Farmingdale State College in New York, called the incident “a wake-up call” for general aviation airports and their staff.
The Transportation Security Administration requires annual training emphasizing a “see something, say something” approach to try and prevent a scenario like what police believe occurred in Tupelo — an employee with access to aircraft, Canders said.
“This very thing is discussed in the course, the potential for somebody gaining access and intent on damage,” he said. “It’s dependent on all of those who work at an airport. If you see someone you don't recognize or some unusual activity, you’re supposed to report that.”
An online flight tracking service showed the plane's swirling path through the sky early Saturday.
Leslie Criss, a magazine editor who lives in Tupelo, woke up early and was watching the situation on TV and social media. Several of her friends were outside watching the plane circle overhead.
“I've never seen anything like this in this town,” Criss told AP. “It's a scary way to wake up on a Saturday morning."
Goelz said the FAA and Department of Homeland Security would likely examine the incident and issue guidance focused on tightening up security, a potentially costly prospect.
“For an airport like Tupelo, for them to crank up security for Saturday morning at 5 a.m., when their tower doesn’t open until 6 — that’s expensive,’’ Goelz said. “They’re not going to have the funds unless the feds are going to provide it.’’
The airplane drama unfolded as tens of thousands of college football fans were headed to north Mississippi for Saturday football games at the University of Mississippi in Oxford and Mississippi State University in Starkville. Tupelo is between those two cities.
Jane and Daniel Alsup stood out in their front yard near where the plane landed and watched it circle low over the pine and oak trees.
“He left for a while, then we heard him come back. Just a few seconds later, we heard a big old ‘flump’ and he landed out in the soybean field,” Jane Alsup said.
Daniel Alsup said the plane landed on the other side of some trees, so they did not see it hit the ground.
“This was the best place it could have happened,” he said of the rural landing site. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/crash-threat-over-mississippi-skies-ends-with-pilots-arrest/article_43e4e152-2bd9-11ed-bc89-2f64782f15ff.html | 2022-09-03T23:20:30Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/crash-threat-over-mississippi-skies-ends-with-pilots-arrest/article_43e4e152-2bd9-11ed-bc89-2f64782f15ff.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt this week to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. The inaugural flight is now off for at least a few weeks, if not months.
The previous try on Monday at launching the 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA, was also troubled by hydrogen leaks, though they were smaller. That was on top of leaks detected during countdown drills earlier in the year.
After the latest setback, mission managers decided to haul the rocket off the pad and into the hangar for further repairs and system updates. Some of the work and testing may be performed at the pad before the rocket is moved.
With a two-week launch blackout period looming in just a few days, the rocket is now grounded until later this month or even October. NASA will work around a high-priority SpaceX astronaut flight to the International Space Station scheduled for early October.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stressed that safety is the top priority, especially on a test flight like this where everyone wants to verify the rocket's systems “before we put four humans up on the top of it.”
"Just remember: We’re not going to launch until it’s right," he said.
NASA already has been waiting years to send the crew capsule atop the rocket around the moon. If the six-week demo succeeds, astronauts could fly around the moon in 2024 and land on it in 2025. People last walked on the moon 50 years ago.
Launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson and her team had barely started loading nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the Space Launch System rocket at daybreak when the large leak cropped up in the engine section at the bottom.
Ground controllers tried to plug it the way they handled previous leaks: stopping and restarting the flow of super-cold liquid hydrogen in hopes of closing the gap around a seal in the supply line. They tried that twice, in fact, and also flushed helium through the line. But the leak persisted.
Blackwell-Thompson finally halted the countdown after three to four hours of futile efforts.
Mission manager Mike Sarafin told journalists it was too early to tell what caused the leak, but it may have been due to inadvertent over-pressurization of the hydrogen line earlier in the morning when commands were sent to the wrong valve.
“This was not a manageable leak,” Sarafin said.
During Monday's attempt, a series of smaller, unrelated hydrogen leaks popped up in the rocket. Technicians tightened up the fittings over the following days, but Blackwell-Thompson had cautioned that she wouldn't know whether everything was tight until Saturday's fueling.
Hydrogen molecules are exceedingly small — the smallest in existence — and even the tiniest gap or crevice can provide a way out. NASA's space shuttles, now retired, were plagued by hydrogen leaks. The new moon rocket uses the same type of main engines.
Even more of a problem Monday, a sensor indicated one of the rocket's four engines was too warm, but engineers later verified it actually was cold enough. The launch team planned to ignore the faulty sensor this time around and rely on other instruments to ensure each main engine was properly chilled. But the countdown never got that far.
Mission managers accepted the additional risk posed by the engine issue as well as a separate problem: cracks in the rocket's insulating foam. But they acknowledged other trouble — like fuel leaks — could prompt yet another delay.
That didn't stop thousands of people from jamming the coast hoping to see the Space Launch System rocket soar. Local authorities expected massive crowds because of the Labor Day long weekend.
The $4.1 billion test flight is the first step in NASA's Artemis program of renewed lunar exploration, named after the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology.
Years behind schedule and billions over budget, Artemis aims to establish a sustained human presence on the moon, with crews eventually spending weeks at a time there. It’s considered a training ground for Mars.
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DOVER, Del. — At least two students were injured at Delaware State University early Saturday morning.
A DSU alert, which was sent out around 5:21 a.m. originally said four people were shot in front of the Wellness and Recreation Center around 1:45 a.m.
According to University Spokesperson, Carlos Holmes, and in a letter sent to members of the DSU community from University President, Dr. Tony Allen, only two students were injured.
The students were transported to the BayHealth Kent Campus.
University police and local law enforcement are investigating the crime.
In the letter Dr. Allen, says there will be a forum on Tuesday, Sept. 6, to provide updates and "make sure all of your voices are heard."
Dr. Allen went on to say, "At Delaware State University, we are a family. An event that affects the safety of one of us affects all of us. When moments like these emerge, they are understandably fraught with anxiety and indignation. I share your feelings, and, at the same time, I can assure students and families that the University is committed to creating and maintaining a safe campus environment."
There will also be additional security at all home games.
"We will pursue justice in this matter. Our commitment to ourselves and each other leads us to respond to any challenge made against our collective and individual senses of security," the letter says.
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Saturday night: Partly cloudy. Lows: 66-67° Winds: SE 5-7 mph
Sunday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 86-87° Winds: SE 5-7 mph
Sunday night: Partly cloudy. Lows:67-69 Winds: SE 5 mph
Monday: Partly sunny. Highs: 83-86° Winds: SE 5-7 mph
Monday night: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Lows: 83-86°
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the evening. Highs: 77-82° Lows: 69-73°
Wednesday: Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the evening. Highs: 77-80° Lows: 65-71°
Thursday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 76-82° Lows: 62-69°
Friday: Sunny. Highs: 80-85° Lows: 64-68°
Saturday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 84-86° Lows: 66-70°
Forecast Discussion:
Good Saturday evening Delmarva! It was a fantastic day on Delmarva although a little warm if you were outside for an extended period of time this afternoon. The evening will cool down nicely. Temperatures will fall to the mid to upper 60s and having a light jacket might be a good idea later in the morning.
We will have a sunny Sunday thanks to the high pressure that will remain over the region through the weekend. Temperatures will be making it from the upper 60 to the mid to upper 80s by the afternoon. Sunny skies will continue throughout the day and we will be under clear skies overnight. Temperatures will fall to the upper 67s.
Labor will start partly sunny as a cold front approaches from the north and cause chances of showers and thunderstorms to increase in the afternoon. The morning temperatures will start in the upper 60s and by the afternoon will be in the low to mid-80s. The evening will be under mostly cloudy skies as temperatures fall to the upper 70 to low 60s.
Tuesday will have a chance of an isolated shower in the evening. Temperatures will start in the upper 60s to the low 70s and warm to the low 80s by the afternoon. The evening will be upper partly to mostly cloudy skies and the temperatures will fall to the mid to upper 60s overnight.
The average temperature for late August is 83 degrees for a high and a low of 64 degrees. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-updated-on-saturday-september-3-2022-at-5-50-pm/article_49095142-2bd2-11ed-a79a-db76dce3b275.html | 2022-09-03T23:26:37Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-updated-on-saturday-september-3-2022-at-5-50-pm/article_49095142-2bd2-11ed-a79a-db76dce3b275.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Celebrating Labor Day weekend at the beach Sunday? Stay out of Lake Michigan
CHICAGO - Chicago-area residents are being warned to stay out of Lake Michigan if they go to the beach on Sunday to celebrate the Labor Day weekend.
The National Weather Service said that "choppy waves will make swimming dangerous at Lake Michigan beaches [Saturday] evening through Sunday. Stay dry when waves are high!"
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The "High Swim Risk" area stretches from Northwest Indiana through Chicago all the way through Lake County to Kenosha and Racine Counties in Wisconsin.
Lake Michigan will be hazardous for swimmers and boaters alike, the NWS said.
They recommend staying out of the water, and avoiding piers, breakfronts and lakeshore trails. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/celebrating-labor-day-weekend-at-the-beach-sunday-stay-out-of-lake-michigan | 2022-09-03T23:27:19Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/celebrating-labor-day-weekend-at-the-beach-sunday-stay-out-of-lake-michigan | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Sunken steamboat exposed once again after drought in Missouri River
A steamboat that sunk in the Missouri River in 1870 has been exposed again after a recent drought in South Dakota.
The Missouri National Recreation Center posted on its Facebook that the vessel, North Alabama, sank after she hit a snag and ended up at the bottom of the "Mighty Mo."
A posted picture showed the remains, including broken wooden beams.
It was first uncovered in 1904 when water levels dropped and again in 2004.
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According to a 2013 YouTube video, the North Alabama was a 220-ton wooden packet steamboat. It was headed from Sioux City, Iowa, to Yellowstone County in Montana to deliver supplies such as flour and whiskey to miners in the Rocky Mountains in Montana.
Officials said the steamboat was trying to make its way from the South Dakota shoreline to the Nebraska shoreline to pick up more wood for the voyage.
But then the captain felt the ship hit a snag as the vessel approached Nebraska, creating a hole in the bottom of the boat that was about 2 feet wide and 8 feet long.
Cargo valued at more than $12,000 (estimated to be more than $300,000 today) went down with the ship with no insurance to help cover the financial losses.
"Who knows when the North Alabama will appear again?" officials asked in the 2013 video.
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Two Chicago firefighters injured fighting fire in Archer Heights neighborhood
CHICAGO - Two Chicago firefighters were injured fighting a fire in Archer Heights overnight Friday into Saturday.
The fire in a factory at 3865 West 41st Street started around midnight.
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One firefighter was taken to Saint Anthony Hospital in good condition. Another was taken to Stroger Hospital with minor injuries'.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/two-chicago-firefighters-injured-fighting-fire-in-archer-heights-neighborhood | 2022-09-03T23:27:49Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/two-chicago-firefighters-injured-fighting-fire-in-archer-heights-neighborhood | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
I think it’s safe to say that Marquette‘s defense was the difference on Friday night in the Valley. The one goal of the game came by way of a penalty kick, and keeper Chandler Hallwood had to make six saves to keep South Florida scoreless as the Golden Eagles picked up a 1-0 victory. With the win, Marquette is now 2-1-0 on the year, with the only loss coming against #11 Tulsa.
The first half was a nice half of soccer, decent pace back and forth, plays on both ends. USF had the shot advantage, 6-5, while Marquette had the edge in corner kicks by the same margin. Saves? Two each, so you can easily say that things were even through 45 minutes.
Things stayed even-ish after halftime with Marquette outshooting USF 3-2 through the hour mark of the match. The whole thing turned when the Bulls were whistled for a handball in the box in the 65th minute. That gave Zyan Andrade a turn at the penalty spot, and he deftly put it in the net.
65' | GOOOOALLLLL MARQUETTE!!
— Marquette Soccer (@marquettesoccer) September 3, 2022
Zyan Andrade punches in the PK following a USF handball. MU leads 1-0!#WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/bWbxEEdaga
That gives the Brazilian three goals on the year already after scoring three goals total in 27 matches of his Marquette career before the 2022 campaign started.
As you’d expect, that propelled the Bulls into pushing the issue. The next five shots of the game all came by way of a South Florida foot, and Hallwood had to make four of his saves in this stretch. This is all in a little more than 11 minutes of action on the field. But he did make those saves, and it was still a 1-0 match as we passed into the 78th minute. Of note for Hallwood’s performance is that this was his season debut. Freshman Ludvig Malberg played every minute of MU’s first two matches of the season, and the announcing crew noted that Hallwood was working his way back from a wrist injury. If his saves are any indication, he’s ready to go full time.
That’s when a scuffle transpired leading to a yellow card on USF’s Brian Schaefer, and as noted by the announcing crew, teammate Oscar Resano was a force for good to bring things back under control. Then, after a foul committed by USF along the left sideline, the referee signaled Marquette free kick.... and then turned, walked up to Resano, pulled the yellow card, and then showed the red as well. Whatever Resano was doing, it was off camera so I don’t know what it was.... but it had to be pretty egregious because it happened in what amounts to a stoppage in play as MU set up for the free kick. When the camera moved to catch Resano, there wasn’t a Marquette player within yards and yards of him, so I have to guess that it was for language towards the official, but that’s just a guess.
The quiet highlight of it? The referee allowing MU captain Lukas Sunesson to act as enforcer to start escorting Resano off the field.
There would be just three more shots in the match as Marquette protected their lead for the final 12 minutes and the Bulls attempted to mount a comeback while down a man. The visitors did end up with the shot advantage, getting two in the final five minutes including one right before the horn, but both missed high.
Up Next: Marquette will get a week off to rest and rejuvenate before their next contest. They’ll have one more home date in this four match stretch to start the season, and that will be a Friday night encounter with Michigan Wolverines on September 9th. The Wolverines are 1-2-0 this season, but they’ll host Bowling Green on Monday before coming to Milwaukee. | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/3/23335748/marquette-golden-eagles-mens-soccer-recap-usf-south-florida-bulls-andrade-hallwood | 2022-09-03T23:39:09Z | anonymouseagle.com | control | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/3/23335748/marquette-golden-eagles-mens-soccer-recap-usf-south-florida-bulls-andrade-hallwood | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
For a fleeting moment on Friday night, it looked like Marquette volleyball was on the verge of knocking off a top 15 team on the road for the second time in this still very young season. But #6 Wisconsin is ranked in the top 10 for a reason, and the Badgers came up with the 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21) victory against the Golden Eagles at the Field House in Madison. Marquette is now 2-1 on the season.
In retrospect, Marquette letting a 19-18 lead late in the first set looks like a very big deal. At the time? Eh, more of a “well, you really shouldn’t do that against the #6 team in the country in their building” kind of a thing, but the point of the story is that Marquette looked like they were going to give the Badgers a competitive match.
That’s not the story of the match, though. The story of the match starts after the Golden Eagles managed to close out the Badgers in the second set. 20-18 Marquette got tied up at 20, and then 21, and then 23, but a kill from Aubrey Hamilton and an error by UW’s Sarah Franklin let Marquette knot the match at one set each. Set #3? Well, a 11-4 Golden Eagles run put the visitors up 13-5. That’s exactly the kind of start to the set that you want after you slammed the door on the second set right in Wisconsin’s face.
The next 61 points of the match? 41-20 favoring the Badgers. They won the third set 25-21 and then opened up a 21-12 lead on the Golden Eagles deep into the fourth frame. If you want it a bit more boiled down, you could just look at the 28-11 disparity that led to Wisconsin going up 8-3 very early in the fourth. That’s the whole match right there. Mix in a healthy dash of “y’know, y’all should probably have been up 2-0 going into the third,” and that is one that Marquette is going to absolutely want back.
It’s hard to be truly upset about it, because winning on the road against a top 10 team is hard! Plus, MU already has a road win over the SEC favorites in their back pocket, so it’s not like they needed the win to prop up their NCAA tournament profile. It’s just a match that’s going to linger in MU’s minds for a while. The key for the Golden Eagles, particularly for the coaching staff, is to keep it in the forefront of everyone’s minds, I think. “Hey, we were 5% away from being able to beat the #6 team in the country. Play like that every night, and we’re going to be very good.”
Marquette was led on the night by 15 kills from Jenna Reitsma, who hit a totally fine .256 on 39 attacks and added 12 digs for a double-double. Ella Foti was great, particularly for a converted setter with 12 kills. Both Hamilton and Yadhira Anchante joined Reitsma in double-double town with 11 kills/10 digs and 41 assists/11 digs respectively. Carly Skrabak averaged exactly four digs a set in the match to finish with 16 on the night.
How about some highlights, courtesy of Big Ten Network and GoMarquette.com?
Up Next: Marquette will be back in action on Sunday evening when they square off with High Point in Madison. That will be MU’s only game of the day with a 6pm Central start, while the Panthers will tangle with Wisconsin at 1pm CT. HPU moved to 4-1 on the season after playing twice on Friday as they beat Furman 3-1 but then got swept by Kennesaw State in a pair of contests hosted by KSU. | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/marquette-volleyball/2022/9/3/23335815/marquette-golden-eagles-volleyball-recap-wisconsin-badgers-reitsma-foti | 2022-09-03T23:39:16Z | anonymouseagle.com | control | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/marquette-volleyball/2022/9/3/23335815/marquette-golden-eagles-volleyball-recap-wisconsin-badgers-reitsma-foti | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
32-year-old man dies in a motorcycle crash in Monroe
MONROE TOWNSHIP (Middlesex) – A 32-year-old man died in a motorcycle crash today on Mounts Mills Road, said Monroe Township Police Lieutenant Sergeis Jangols.
Around 6:50 a.m. Sept. 3, township police responded to a private property off Mounts Mills Road near Country Club Drive on a 911 call reporting a motorcycle crash. Upon arrival, police and EMS determined that the motorcycle driver was deceased, according to authorities.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the motorcycle was traveling east on Mounts Mills Road approaching a curve in the road just east, on the intersection with Country Club Drive, and then crossed the double yellow center line, crossed the westbound lane of Mounts Mills Road, left the roadway to the left, struck a tree and the driver was ejected from the motorcycle, Jangols said.
It is believed that this crash occurred sometime between midnight and 6:50 a.m. this morning.
The cause of the crash is currently under investigation.
Anyone with information should contact the Monroe Township Police Traffic Safety Division at 732-521-0222 ext. 224. | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/2022/09/03/monroe-nj-32-year-old-man-dies-in-motorcycle-crash/65472035007/ | 2022-09-03T23:42:18Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/2022/09/03/monroe-nj-32-year-old-man-dies-in-motorcycle-crash/65472035007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
St. Joseph football opens with win fueled by strong defense and versatile offense
METUCHEN – After 45 summer practices with all the sweat and conditioning, St. Joseph unveiled its new era under head coach Bill Tracy and showed a team sprinkled with talent Saturday in a 30-6 win over New Brunswick.
The tone was set from the beginning.
On the game’s second play, quarterback Daniel DeGennaro went deep to Jeremy DeCaro, who dove but the ball just went beyond his finger tips. Still, the crowd cheered and it signaled what’s to come this season for the Falcons.
“I think it showed the crowd that we’re not just a typical Wing-T run up the middle all game,” DeCaro said. “We have a lot of plays where we could hit you deep. Hit you short. Hit you in the mid-range, so we can attack the defense in a lot of ways and I think that was just a little sniff of what we can do deep.”
Spoken like a true receiver, DeCaro added, “It was definitely there, it was a catch I should have made. … I felt that we knew it was open. We knew we would have plays downfield so even though we didn’t complete it, it led us feel like we’re going to be fine. We’re going to be able to attack.”
DeGennaro added that a positive was “just the overall energy of the first drive. A lot of good things happened."
Saturday, St. Joseph showed a diverse offense behind the line and a big-play defense. The Falcons led 23-0 at halftime and had three interceptions.
DeCaro scored on a 47-yard interception return and Omari Jones caught an 18-yard touchdown from DeGennaro and added a 3-yard TD run. JoJo Huntley scored on an 11-yard run and Tyler Huseth kicked a 22-yard field and goals three extra points.
Tyler Colonna added two interceptions in the win.
New Brunswick scored with 2:39 left in the game on a 14-yard pass from Joshua Ponce to Samaad Hicks.
What it means
It was a good start for St. Joseph, under Tracy who had success at Ridge and Livingston. New Brunswick fell to 0-2, but the Zebras cut down on their penalties from the opening week loss to Colonia and showed promise at times.
Key plays
St. Joseph took a 3-0 lead on the opening drive after Huseth’s 22-yard FG at 8:32. Fueled by two turnovers, the Falcons scored three touchdowns in the final 4:16 of the quarter to take a 23-0 lead.
The left-handed DeGennaro rolled to his left and threw to an open Jones, who charged into the end zone for a 10-0 lead with 4:16 left in the quarter. With 2:29 left, DeCaro at strong safety read the play and stepped in front of the receiver for a 47-yard TD with 2:29 left and a 17-0 lead.
Two plays later, Colonna intercepted a pass off a New Brunswick tip at the Zebras 27-yard line. Huntley closed the drive with an 11-yard touchdown run on the final play of the quarter for a 23-0 St. Joseph lead.
Game balls
St. Joseph’s defense excelled. Linebacker Christian Magliacano made several big plays and lineman Dan Bellavia, among others, put pressure on the quarterback in the team effort. The offensive linemen of Rodney Fanning, Kai Martinez, Elias Scott, Jake Tulli and Joey Tulli gave the offense plenty of time.
New Brunswick got three interceptions -- by Tyjay Henderson near midfield with 3:57 left in the first half; Eli Rodriguez off a tip on the final play of the first half and Jihad Bright snagged a ball in the third quarter.
The Zebras’ offense was often bottled up, but among the biggest plays were a 23-yard completion from Ponce to Eli Rodriguez in the first quarter, and a 21-yard pass to Hicks early in the third quarter.
They said it
Bill Tracy said, “Guys played well. Really excited for them. They worked very hard. We had a lot of practices in the summer. They made all of them. I was pleased that their hard work was rewarded on the scoreboard today. New Brunswick is a tough team. His kids played hard and made a lot of nice plays out there as well. So it was a real good test, I thought.
“… I’m really happy with our personnel offensively and then we just have to tighten up some of the assignments and we’ll work on that this week.”
DeGennaro, a junior, said on the win and the team’s diverse offensive schemes, “We worked really hard over the offseason and we feel really good about the win. Me personally, I felt like I could have done a little better, but it was my first varsity start. First ever pass thrown on varsity. I did all I could do. Couldn’t ask for anything else.
“… We definitely have that strong run and then we can air it out on you once you start coming in. So that versatility of the offense gives us a lot of advantages.”
What’s next
Friday, St. Joseph travels to Somerville for a 7 p.m. game and New Brunswick hosts Sayreville at 7 p.m. | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/09/03/big-central-football-conference-st-joseph-wins-opener/65462846007/ | 2022-09-03T23:42:24Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/09/03/big-central-football-conference-st-joseph-wins-opener/65462846007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — In Pawtucket Saturday, residents protested the city’s plan to pave Morley Field and turn it into a parking lot.
The protestors say they do not want a parking lot and instead want a green space for residents to enjoy.
Candidate for Rhode Island house district 59, Jennifer Stewart, was at the protest and said the plan does not seem fair.
“This community of Woodlawn, it needs to hold onto green space,” said Stewart, “having green space is an important aspect of having a goof quality of life and the people in Woodlawn deserve a good quality of life.”
The mayor’s office said the redevelopment plans would still leave a green space and would prevent the property from becoming a dumping ground for hazardous materials. | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/residents-protest-plan-to-turn-morley-field-into-a-parking-lot/ | 2022-09-03T23:57:29Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/residents-protest-plan-to-turn-morley-field-into-a-parking-lot/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Updated September 3, 2022 at 6:48 PM ET
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has delayed any new launch attempt for the Artemis moon mission until at least Sept. 19 after scrapping a planned launch on Saturday.
The decision on Saturday morning was the second time in a week the launch had been postponed.
The official scrub announcement from Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson came around 11:19 a.m. ET after several unsuccessful attempts to stop a leak of liquid hydrogen fuel.
Officials announced Saturday afternoon that they wouldn't attempt another launch during the current launch period, which ends on Tuesday. Instead they said the earliest they could try for another launch would be late September.
"We do not launch until we think it's right," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said.
The space agency's first effort to launch this rocket had to be scuttled on Monday morning after a sensor indicated that one of the rocket's four engines didn't seem to be cooling down to the proper temperature of approximately minus-420 degrees Fahrenheit.
After studying the problem and troubleshooting, officials said it's clear the engine was actually fine and a sensor was giving a false temperature reading. "We know we had a bad sensor," said John Honeycutt, program manager for this rocket at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Then on Saturday, as crews worked to fuel up the rocket, they repeatedly detected a liquid hydrogen leak that caused them to stop and start the fueling process several times.
NASA made three unsuccessful attempts to repair the leak before falling so far behind schedule that Blackwell-Thompson ultimately waived off the launch.
Speaking Saturday afternoon, Artemis mission manager Mike Sarafin said the hydrogen transfer line was inadvertently overpressurized but suggested it was too early to tell if that was the cause of the leak.
Officials said they would have to roll the rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building unless they could get a waiver to remain on the launchpad until the next attempt.
It wasn't the first time hydrogen leaks have bedeviled efforts to fuel this rocket. Similar ones appeared during dress rehearsals and the first try at launch, though officials described the leak on Saturday as much larger. NASA officials are now studying the problem and discussing next steps.
Artemis comes a half century after the last moon landing
It's been almost 50 years since the space agency last launched a vehicle designed to carry people to the moon. NASA has named its new moon program Artemis, after the twin sister of the Greek god Apollo, and has vowed to put the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface.
No astronauts will be on board the Artemis rocket during its long-anticipated first mission, but this flight will be a critical test of how NASA's new vehicle will perform in space and during the fiery return to Earth.
Once this rocket successfully lifts off, it will send a crew capsule called Orion on a journey to orbit the moon, coming within about 60 miles of the lunar surface. After more than five weeks, it will return home and splash down in the Pacific Ocean.
The next flight of this rocket will carry people, but it isn't scheduled until 2024. The agency is targeting a 2025 moon landing — although most space watchers expect delays, as this rocket is already years behind its original schedule. Congress had wanted it to fly in 2016, just five years after NASA retired its aging fleet of space shuttles.
Nelson said on Saturday that despite the most recent Artemis 1 delays, NASA was still planning to launch Artemis 2 in 2024 and Artemis 3 in 2025.
Critics say the Artemis program will be too expensive to be sustainable if NASA depends on this rocket and capsule, which come with a hefty price tag. NASA's inspector general has said that each of the first few flights will cost more than $4 billion, and that doesn't include billions of dollars in development costs.
Meanwhile, the private company SpaceX, which currently ferries astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, is developing its own megarocket and space vehicle called Starship. This rocket is expected to have its first flight soon and is designed to be both reusable and inexpensive. NASA has already said it will rely on SpaceX to develop Starship as a lunar lander, to get its astronauts from lunar orbit down to the surface.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.klcc.org/npr-science-environment/npr-science-environment/2022-09-03/nasa-wont-try-to-launch-the-artemis-1-moon-mission-again-for-at-least-a-few-weeks | 2022-09-04T00:00:49Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/npr-science-environment/npr-science-environment/2022-09-03/nasa-wont-try-to-launch-the-artemis-1-moon-mission-again-for-at-least-a-few-weeks | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Gabriel Testerman is seen in a picture provided by the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office. Testerman is a sergeant with the Wyoming Highway Patrol, but has been on administrative leave since May 2 pending a Laramie County criminal investigation, according to WHP. He was arrested Aug. 30.
CHEYENNE — A Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper arrested earlier this week is no longer in custody, a Laramie County jail official said Thursday.
Sgt. Gabriel Testerman bonded out Wednesday, Laramie County jail Capt. Don Hollingshead told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Testerman’s bond had been set at 10% of $100,000 at his initial appearance Wednesday in Laramie County Circuit Court, Hollingshead said.
Testerman was arrested Tuesday, according to a WHP news release distributed that day. He was stationed in Cheyenne. He was placed on administrative leave in early May after the agency learned of a Cheyenne Police Department investigation involving him, the news release said.
It’s unclear exactly what Testerman has been charged with. A Laramie County Circuit Court employee said Thursday that they “don’t have any information about that case.” No public documents had been filed in the case as of late Thursday afternoon, according to a WTE records search.
On Wednesday, Cheyenne Police Department Sgt. Kevin Malatesta told the WTE the law limits what the department can say about the case. He cited Wyoming statute 6-2-319(a), which prohibits a public employee from releasing information about an alleged perpetrator before charges are filed in district court.
Wyoming statute 6-2-319 applies to charges of sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual assault of a minor and soliciting.
Malatesta said he wasn’t sure why Testerman’s name was included in the Highway Patrol news release, but that “it was probably an attempt for transparency.”
The statute does say that “the actor’s name may be released to the public to aid or facilitate an arrest. This subsection shall not apply if release of the name or information is necessary to enforce an order for protection against the alleged actor.”
“We look at every allegation seriously – we’re investigating this just as we would any other,” Malatesta told the WTE on Wednesday. “The fact that this person is a law enforcement officer does not give them preferential treatment. We do our investigation in the same manner and with the same professionalism.”
On May 2, the Highway Patrol was contacted by the Cheyenne Police Department about an investigation involving a trooper, according to Tuesday’s news release. It said the trooper, Testerman, was immediately removed from service and placed on administrative leave pending the investigation.
WHP spokesperson Sgt. Jeremy Beck said Testerman has been with the agency since August 2005. Beck declined to provide any details about Testerman’s job duties.
An investigation is ongoing. The Highway Patrol is “cooperating fully with the investigation,” the news release said. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/trooper-no-longer-in-custody-at-laramie-county-jail/article_98fd6c38-2ae7-11ed-97dc-53564e84113c.html | 2022-09-04T00:04:29Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/trooper-no-longer-in-custody-at-laramie-county-jail/article_98fd6c38-2ae7-11ed-97dc-53564e84113c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Jake Johnson, left, and Don Jones make sure the aviator statue, donated by Caren Murray and Edward Murray III as a part of The Capitol Avenue Bronze Project, fits in its stand on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, on the corner of Capitol Avenue and 22nd Street in downtown Cheyenne. The Capitol Avenue Bronze Project was originally conceived by Harvey Deselms, a local art gallery owner and curator of the project. Rhianna Gelhart/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
CHEYENNE – The Capitol Avenue Bronze Project will install six new statues downtown here on Tuesday, including four historic figures and four representations of marine and wildlife.
“As Labor Day approaches, Cheyenne has many reasons to be proud," Mayor Patrick Collins said in an announcement Friday. "This community has shown immense pride in remaking the face of downtown and honoring the heritage of the city and the state. I can’t wait to see the installation of Major General Grenville Dodge, the founder of Cheyenne."
In addition to Maj. Gen. Dodge, the Bronze Commission is also installing statutes that highlight Wyoming’s contribution to arts and letters: Mary O’Hara, who wrote one of her most famous novels outside of Cheyenne on the Remount Ranch; J.E. Stimson, who captured the most iconic photographs of people and places in Wyoming; and the explorer John Colter.
The public is welcome to attend. The following statues will be installed beginning at 9 a.m.:
“Major General Grenville Dodge, Founder of Cheyenne”
Artist: Gaudalupe Barajas
Location: The Southwest corner of Capitol Ave. and Lincolnway
Donor: Larry & Kim Sutherland
“Mary O’Hara”
Artist: Joel Turner
Location: Southeast corner of Capitol Avenue and 20th Street
Donor: Paul & Carla Bankes, Matt & Stephanie Seebaum, and Pat Spieles, in memory of Carol McMurry | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/capitol-avenue-bronze-project-to-install-six-statues-tuesday/article_b13da43a-2b09-11ed-8e9c-2366741f99b7.html | 2022-09-04T00:04:35Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/capitol-avenue-bronze-project-to-install-six-statues-tuesday/article_b13da43a-2b09-11ed-8e9c-2366741f99b7.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Fuel prices increased by about 30% across Indonesia on Saturday after the government reduced some of the costly subsidies that have kept inflation in Southeast Asia’s largest economy among the world’s lowest.
Indonesians have been fretting for weeks about a looming increase in the price of subsidized Pertalite RON-90 gasoline sold by Pertamina, the state-owned oil and gas company. Long lines of motorbikes and cars snaked around gas stations as motorists waited for hours to fill up their tanks with cheaper gas before the increase took effect on Saturday.
The hike — the first in eight years — raised the price of gasoline from about 51 cents to 67 cents per liter and diesel fuel from 35 cents to 46 cents.
President Joko Widodo said the decision to increase the fuel prices was his last option as the country’s energy subsidy had tripled this year to 502 trillion rupiah ($34 billion) from its original budget, triggered by rising global prices of oil and gas.
“The government has tried its best as I really want fuel prices to remain affordable,” Widodo told a televised address announcing the fuel hike. “The government has to make decisions in difficult situations.”
He said that the flow of subsidies to the public was not well targeted — about 70% of subsidies were benefiting middle and upper classes — and the government decided instead to increase social assistance.
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said authorities were monitoring the impact on inflation and economic growth of the rise in fuel price.
Inflation has been relatively modest with the shock being mostly absorbed through a budget bolstered by energy subsidies. Inflation hit 4.6% in August as Bank Indonesia, the central bank, has said it would reassess the inflation outlook in response to the government fuel price policy.
Indrawati said in a separate news conference that the government would provide 150,000 rupiah ($10) cash handouts to cushion the impact of the fuel price increase on 20.6 million poor families until the year end. The total cost of the handouts will be 12.4 trillion rupiah, which will be reallocated from the budget for energy subsidies.
She said the government will also spend 9.6 trillion rupiah ($644 million) on salary assistance to about 16 million low paid workers, and 2.17 trillion rupiah ($145 million) will go to subsidizing transport costs, particularly for motorcycle taxi drivers and fishermen.
“We hope this can reduce pressure of rising prices and help reduce poverty,” Indrawati said.
The government has subsidized fuel for decades in Indonesia, the vast archipelago nation of more than 270 million people.
Fuel prices are a politically sensitive issue that could trigger other price hikes and risk student protests. In 1998, an increase in prices sparked riots that helped topple longtime dictator Suharto. | https://www.wwlp.com/business/ap-business/ap-indonesia-hikes-fuel-prices-by-30-cuts-energy-subsidies/ | 2022-09-04T00:09:58Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/business/ap-business/ap-indonesia-hikes-fuel-prices-by-30-cuts-energy-subsidies/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Unexploded ordnance detonated Saturday in southern Afghanistan killing four children and injuring three others after the kids brought it inside their school, police and a doctor said.
The incident in Helmand province happened when the children discovered an unexploded shell and brought it inside their religious school and started playing with it, according a statement from the provincial police chief’s office.
The children were ages 7 to 14 and at least three others were injured, according to the police statement.
Afghanistan has suffered from decades of war and remains highly dangerous for children, who often collect scrap metal to sell to support their families. Many are killed or maimed when they come across unexploded ordinance.
Three of the children in Saturday’s explosion were killed immediately and a girl later died from her wounds at the hospital in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, according to a doctor there. The physician spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to address the media. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/ap-4-afghan-kids-playing-with-unexploded-shell-killed-in-school/ | 2022-09-04T00:10:34Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/ap-4-afghan-kids-playing-with-unexploded-shell-killed-in-school/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions this year backing proposed ballot initiatives to expand voting access, ensure abortion rights and legalize recreational marijuana in Arizona, Arkansas and Michigan.
Yet voters might not get a say because Republican officials or judges have blocked the proposals from the November elections, citing flawed wording, procedural shortcomings or insufficient petition signatures.
At the same time, Republican lawmakers in Arkansas and Arizona have placed constitutional amendments on the ballot proposing to make it harder to approve citizen initiatives in the future.
The Republican pushback against the initiative process is part of a several-year trend that gained steam as Democratic-aligned groups have increasingly used petitions to force public votes on issues that Republican-led legislatures have opposed. In reliably Republican Missouri, for example, voters have approved initiatives to expand Medicaid, raise the minimum wage and legalize medical marijuana. An initiative seeking to allow recreational pot is facing a court challenge from an anti-drug activist aiming to knock it off the November ballot.
Some Democrats contend Republicans are subverting the will of the people by making the ballot initiative process more difficult.
“What is happening now is just a web of technicalities to thwart the process in states where voters are using the people’s tool to make an immediate positive change in their lives,” said Chris Melody Fields Figueredo, executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, which has worked with progressive groups sponsoring the blocked initiatives.
“That is not the way our democracy should work,” she added
Republicans who have thrown up hurdles to initiative petitions contend they are protecting the integrity of the lawmaking process against well-funded interest groups trying to bend state policies in their favor.
“I think the Legislature is a much purer way to get things done and it represents the people much better, rather than having this jungle where you just throw it on the ballot,” said South Dakota state Rep. Tim Goodwin, who has perennially targeted the initiative process with restrictions.
About half the states allow citizen initiatives, in which petition signers can bypass a legislature to place proposed laws or constitutional changes directly before voters. But executive or judicial officials often still have some role in the process, typically by certifying that the ballot wording is clear and accurate and that petition circulators gathered enough valid signatures of registered voters.
In Michigan this past week, two Republican members of the bipartisan Board of State Canvassers blocked initiatives to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution and expand opportunities for voting. Each measure had significantly more than the required 425,000 signatures. But GOP board members said the voting measure had unclear wording and the abortion measure was flawed because of spacing problems that scrunched some words together.
Supporters have appealed both decisions to the Michigan Supreme Court, which consists of a majority of Democratic-appointed judges.
The Arkansas Supreme Court, whose justices run in nonpartisan elections, is weighing an appeal of an August decision blocking an initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana for adults.
The State Board of Election Commissioners, which has just one Democrat among its many Republicans, determined that the ballot title was misleading because it failed to mention it would repeal potency limits in an existing medical marijuana provision. Because the deadline has passed to certify initiative titles, the Supreme Court has allowed the measure on the general election ballot while it decides whether the votes will be counted.
A lawsuit by initiative supporters contends a 2019 law passed by the Republican-led Legislature violates the Arkansas Constitution by allowing the board to reject ballot titles.
“The (initiative) process in Arkansas has gotten consistently harder each cycle, as the Legislature adds more and more requirements,” said Steve Lancaster, a lawyer for Responsible Growth Arkansas, which is sponsoring the marijuana amendment.
It would get even harder if voters support a legislatively referred amendment on the November ballot that would require a 60% vote to approve citizen-initiated ballot measures or future constitutional amendments.
In Arizona, the primarily Republican-appointed Supreme Court recently blocked a proposed constitutional amendment that would have extended early voting and limited lobbyist gifts to lawmakers. The measure also would have specifically prohibited the Legislature from overturning the results of presidential elections, which some Republicans had explored after then- President Donald Trump’s loss in 2020.
After a lower court initially ruled the measure could appear on the November ballot, Arizona’s high court instructed the judge to reconsider. Then it upheld a subsequent ruling throwing out enough petition signatures to prevent the initiative from qualifying for the ballot.
Still on the ballot are several other amendments referred by Arizona’s Republican-led Legislature. Those measures would limit initiatives to a single subject, require a 60% supermajority to approve tax proposals and expand the Legislature’s authority to change voter-approved initiatives.
Those proposals come after Arizona Republicans have spent the past decade enacting laws making it more difficult to get citizen initiatives on the ballot. State laws now require petition sheets to be precisely printed and ban the use of a copy machine to create new ones. Other laws require paid circulators to include their registration number on each petition sheet, get it notarized and check a box saying they were paid.
“The effect is to make it much harder, much more expensive to get the signatures to put one of these propositions on the ballot,” said Terry Goddard, a Democrat who served as the state’s attorney general from 2003 through 2011.
After years of trying, Goddard finally succeeded this year in getting an initiative on the ballot that would require nonprofit groups that spend large amounts on elections to reveal their donors.
Earlier this summer, South Dakota voters defeated a measure that would have made it harder to pass initiatives on taxes and spending. The proposal from the Republican-led Legislature would have required a 60% vote to raise taxes or spend over a certain amount of money. Voters rejected the measure by 67%.
“This just seems like a way to suppress voters. honestly,” Joshua Matzner, a Democrat, said after voting against it.
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Associated Press writers Bob Christie in Phoenix and Stephen Groves in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, contributed to this report.
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — Larry Mitko voted for Donald Trump in 2016. But the Republican from Beaver County in western Pennsylvania says he has no plans to back his party’s nominee for Senate, Dr. Mehmet Oz — “no way, no how.”
Mitko doesn’t feel like he knows the celebrity heart surgeon, who only narrowly won his May primary with Trump’s backing. Instead, Mitko plans to vote for Oz’s Democratic rival, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a name he’s been familiar with since Fetterman’s days as mayor of nearby Braddock.
“Dr. Oz hasn’t showed me one thing to get me to vote for him,” he said. “I won’t vote for someone I don’t know.”
Mitko’s thinking underscores the political challenges facing Trump and the rest of the Republican Party as the former president shifts to general election mode with a rally Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the first of the fall campaign.
Hours before Trump was to speak, the crowd streamed into the 10,000-seat Mohegan Sun Arena, filling most of it.
Oz, Doug Mastriano, the GOP’s hard-line nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, and Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia warmed up the crowd with stump speeches.
Perhaps the biggest ovations of the night were when Greene repeated Trump’s lie about the 2020 election — “President Trump won the 2020 election,” she said to a standing ovation — and when Mastriano promised to bus “illegals” across the Pennsylvania border to President Joe Biden’s house in Delaware. “He can have them,” Mastriano said.
While Trump’s endorsed picks won many Republican primaries this summer, many of the candidates he backed were inexperienced and polarizing figures now struggling in their November races. That’s putting Senate control — once assumed to be a lock for Republicans — on the line.
In addition to Oz, among the others are author JD Vance in Ohio, venture capitalist Blake Masters in Arizona and former football star Herschel Walker in Georgia.
“Republicans have now nominated a number of candidates who’ve never run for office before for very high-profile Senate races,” said veteran Republican pollster Whit Ayres. While he isn’t writing his party’s chances off just yet, he said, “It’s a much more difficult endeavor than a candidate who had won several difficult political races before.”
The stakes are particularly high for Trump as he lays the groundwork for an expected 2024 presidential run amid a series of escalating legal challenges, including the FBI’s recent seizure of classified documents from his Florida home. Investigators also continue to probe his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
This past week, Biden gave a prime-time speech in Philadelphia warning that Trump and other “MAGA” Republicans — the acronym for Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan — posed a threat to U.S. democracy. Biden has tried to frame the upcoming vote, as he did the 2020 election, as a battle for the “soul of the nation.” Biden’s Labor Day visit to Pittsburgh will be his third to the state within a week, a sign of Pennsylvania’s election-year importance.
While Republicans were once seen as having a good chance of gaining control of both chambers of Congress in November, benefitting from soaring inflation, high gas prices and Biden’s slumping approval ratings, Republicans have found themselves on defense since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision protecting abortion rights.
Some candidates, like Mastriano, are sticking with their primary campaign playbooks, hoping they can win by turning out Trump’s loyal base even if they alienate or ignore more moderate voters.
Mastriano, who wants to outlaw abortion even when pregnancies are the result of rape or incest or endanger the life of the mother, played a leading role in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election and was seen outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as pro-Trump rioters stormed the building.
But others have been trying to broaden their appeal, scrubbing from their websites references to anti-abortion messaging that is out of step with the political mainstream. Others have played down Trump endorsements that were once featured prominently.
The shifting climate has prompted rounds of finger-pointing in the party, including from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who last month cited “candidate quality” as he lowered expectations that Republicans would recapture control of the Senate.
Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who leads the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said those who complain about the party’s nominees have “contempt” for the voters who chose them.
Trump, too, fired back, calling McConnell a “disgrace” as he defended the party’s candidate roster.
Democrats have also piled on.
“Senate campaigns are candidate versus candidate battles and Republicans have put forward a roster of deeply flawed recruits,” said David Bergstein, the Senate Democratic campaign committee’s communication director.
He credited Trump with deterring experienced Republicans from running, elevating flawed candidates and forcing them to take positions that are out of step with the general electorate. A Trump spokesman did not respond to requests for comment.
In Pennsylvania, Republicans are hoping Oz’s shortcomings as a candidate will be overshadowed by concerns about Fetterman, who suffered a stroke just days before the primary and has been sidelined for much of the summer. He continues to keep a light public schedule and struggled to speak fluidly at a recent event.
Republicans acknowledge that Oz struggles to come off as authentic and was slow to punch back as Fetterman spent the summer trolling him on social media and portraying him as an ultrawealthy, out-of-touch carpetbagger from New Jersey.
While Fetterman leads Oz in polls and fundraising, Republicans say they expect the money gap to narrow and are pleased to see Oz within striking distance after getting hammered by $20 million in negative advertising during the primaries.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is helping finance a new round of Oz’s television ads, and the Senate Leadership Fund, a McConnell-aligned super political action committee, says it added $9.5 million to its TV buy — boosting its overall commitment to $34.1 million by Election Day.
A super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says it has made $32 million in television ad reservations in the state.
Oz has won over some once-skeptical voters, like Glen Rubendall, who didn’t vote for the TV doctor in his seven-way primary — a victory so narrow it went to a statewide recount — but said he’s come around.
“I’ve been listening to him speak, and I have a pro-Oz view now,” said Rubendall, a retired state corrections officer.
Traci Martin, a registered independent, also plans to vote for Oz because she opposes abortion, despite ads that aired during the primary featuring past Oz statements that seemed supportive of abortion rights.
“I hope he is (anti-abortion),” Martin said, “but the sad part is we live in an age when we see politicians say one thing and do another.”
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Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writer Brian Slodysko in Washington contributed to this report.
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Plenty of off-season questions arose about who would be named Kansas football’s starting quarterback before the Jayhawks’ first game of the 2022 season against Tennessee Tech. But junior quarterback Jalon Daniels seemingly answered those questions after leading Kansas to an overwhelming victory over the Golden Eagles.
Daniels took over the starting role with complete confidence in the Jayhawks’ home opener on Friday night as Kansas dominated Tennessee Tech in a 56-10 win. While Kansas had an all-around performance, it’s no question that Daniels inserted himself as the spark plug for the Jayhawks’ offense that led them to the victory.
“I thought he played well and made solid decisions—maybe a couple of plays in the second half where he got a little greedy, but I thought he had good command,” head coach Lance Leipold said.
The junior from Lawndale, California, led the game in passing yards, finishing with 189 yards and a passing touchdown while completing a very efficient 15 passes on 18 attempts. Daniels showcased his accuracy all night long, despite throwing an interception late in the third quarter.
Daniels not only showed off his arm but managed to use his legs to get the team out of trouble. He finished fourth on the team in rush yards, rushing three times for 29 total yards, adding a rush touchdown to the box score.
The junior quarterback showed his maturity as he managed to stay calm on the field and make the right plays. Daniels led Kansas on a late scoring run in the first half with just 1:36 left on the clock, throwing a two-yard pass to senior tight end Mason Fairchild to put the Jayhawks up 32 points before halftime.
“I think he is more comfortable in the situation; he’s more comfortable on the field, all the things that you could kind of see and something that you really want to see transpire in a game like this,” Leipold said.
After playing just six games last season for the Jayhawks, Daniels looks to take control of the starting spot and cement himself as the leader of this football team.
“I’ve seen him grow a lot as a leader. Him able to keep his poise, even with his mistakes. You know we all make mistakes. His poise, his character out there, his leadership, really fantastic to watch,” sophomore running back Devin Neal said.
Daniels has received the backing from his teammates, such as redshirt-sophomore running back Daniel Hishaw Jr., after showing improvement since his first year on the team.
“I’ve seen what everybody else has seen. I’ve seen leadership, seen a great QB, seen a QB that’s developed a lot since his freshman year. He’s got a lot of confidence now. He leads the team in a great way,” Hishaw said.
Redshirt-senior quarterback Jason Bean would eventually replace Daniels to start the fourth quarter after an insurmountable 39-point lead. Bean tacked on a 7-yard rush touchdown, ultimately putting the game away for the Jayhawks.
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To kick off the 2022 season, Kansas football hosted Tennessee Tech in a blow out contest, taking down the Golden Eagles, 56-10.
The Jayhawks defense was immediately off to a hot start, keeping the Golden Eagles to three-and-out on the first drive to begin the game, with Tennessee Tech gaining only one yard on the drive.
With junior quarterback Jalon Daniels getting the start for the Jayhawks, the team was easily able to move down the field to make their mark first in the game. With the help of a 21-yard dart to redshirt senior wide receiver Lawrence Arnold and 19-yard rush from sophomore running back Devin Neal for the touchdown gave Kansas the early lead 7-0 after a successful extra point attempt from redshirt junior kicker Jacob Borcila.
For the Jayhawks' next drive, it only took two plays to continue their early success. Daniels sailed it right down the field for 56-yards to redshirt sophomore wide receiver Quentin Skinner, and redshirt sophomore running back Daniel Hishaw brought it to the house on the next play. After a 49-second drive, Kansas found itself up 14-0.
When the Golden Eagles finally put themselves into a position to score on a field goal, Kansas continued to hold them scoreless on a successful block by junior defensive line Jereme Robinson. Sophomore cornerback Cobee Bryant ran it back for a 61-yard return, and Borcila’s extra point kick brought the first quarter lead to 21-0.
As the first half was winding down, Kansas tallied another touchdown with seven seconds left in the second quarter. Daniels’s pass to senior tight end Mason Fairchild and the extra point brought the score up to 35-3 as halftime approached.
Kansas held possession to open up the second half, but the nearly six-minute drive fell just short as Borcila missed the 40-yard field goal attempt. In 2021, Borcila posted a 60% field goal completion, making nine of his 15 kicks.
With his second touchdown of the game, Neal brought it to the house on the first play of the drive at 4:34 for an 80-yard rushing touchdown as the Jayhawks continued to pile on to the score, 42-3.
The Jayhawks led off the final quarter to another hot start. Redshirt sophomore running back Sevion Morrison totaled 41 rushing yards on the first drive of the quarter, including the 11-yard rushing touchdown. This play and extra point brought the Jayhawks lead to 46 points, 49-3.
Kansas added one more touchdown in the fourth, and ultimately took down the Golden Eagles 56-10.
Daniels ended his night going 15-18 and 189 passing yards, one passing touchdown and one rushed.
Though the offense was the star of Kansas’s Friday night win, the defensive talent is still worth noting. As the Jayhawks held the Golden Eagles to three points in the blow out win, the defense posted 63 tackles, one interception, and five sacks– Three of which are accredited to redshirt junior defensive end Lonnie Phelps.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has endorsed Harriet Hageman, the Trump-backed opponent of incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming -- a rare endorsement from leadership in a divisive GOP primary, and one that marks the culmination of a simmering feud between the two powerful Republicans battling over the future of their party.
The tension between the two began in the wake of the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol when Cheney called for her party to move on from former President Donald Trump and voted to impeach him, while McCarthy chose to cozy up to the former President. Cheney's criticism of Trump led to his backers in the House to successfully push for her to be removed from her position as the chairwoman of the GOP Conference. It was a move McCarthy initially resisted, but ultimately backed.
"I am proud to endorse Harriet Hageman for Congress," McCarthy said in a statement Thursday. "[Throughout] her career, Harriet has championed America's natural resources and helped the people of Wyoming reject burdensome and onerous government overreach."
McCarthy explained his endorsement in remarks to Fox's Sean Hannity.
"Wyoming deserves to have a representative who will deliver the accountability against this Biden administration. Not a representative that they have today that works closer with Nancy Pelosi, going after Republicans instead of stopping these radical Democrats from what they're doing to this country," the California Republican said.
Hageman responded to the endorsement in a statement, saying, "I am very grateful for Leader McCarthy's strong support, and I pledge that when I am Wyoming's congresswoman, I will always stand up for our beautiful state and do the job I was sent there to do."
McCarthy's endorsement was first reported by the Federalist.
Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York -- the GOP's highest-ranking woman who, after ousting Cheney from the role last spring, holds the No. 3 leadership job in the GOP -- also announced on Friday she is endorsing Hageman.
The policy of the National Republican Congressional Committee is that they do not get involved in primaries with incumbents, but individual members of leadership are free to do as they please. Still, McCarthy has generally stayed out of these intraparty battles. His gamble is that the goodwill this endorsement will earn him with Trump and his backers will outweigh the risk that Cheney could win and thereby show that his support is not that valuable. That dangerous calculus is generally why leaders stay out of primaries.
However, as CNN reported earlier month, McCarthy is facing increased pressure from the Trump-aligned wing of the GOP conference that is pushing for him to take action against Cheney and fellow Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois for their roles on the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. While McCarthy has held off intense efforts to boot the duo out of the Republican conference, he ultimately was able to convince members of the hardline Freedom Caucus that a better course of action would be to become active in the primary of Cheney. Kinzinger has decided not to run for reelection.
Initially, McCarthy refused to say if he planned to endorse Hageman.
While McCarthy's decision will be welcomed by members of the Freedom Caucus and could help him stave off a potential challenge for the speaker's gavel should Republicans win back the majority, it won't come without a cost. Many rank-and-file Republicans are uncomfortable with members of the party turning on each other and fear it could ultimately hurt their efforts to win elections in competitive districts.
"I think the party should try and continue to work with them," said Texas Rep. Pete Sessions. "I think this is a fight between Donald Trump and (Kinzinger and Cheney), not the party."
It will also make life even more difficult for the 10 Republican members who voted to impeach Trump. The former President has made a pledge to take each one of them out and has already recruited and endorsed candidates in several other races.
Rep. Dan Newhouse, a Washington state Republican who is among the group that voted to impeach Trump for inciting the Capitol attack, said: "I would hate to see that happen," referring to GOP leaders potentially backing Cheney's primary foe. "This is a distraction that we shouldn't be engaged in," Newhouse said. "We should be focused on truly who our opponents are."
And while siding with Cheney's opponent may help McCarthy to calm the concerns of the far-right Republicans in his caucus but it is by no means a guarantee they will all back him in a potential bid for speaker. During a recent episode of his podcast, GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, one of McCarthy's biggest critics, gleefully agreed when former Fox host Lou Dobbs suggested that either Gaetz or Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan should run for speaker.
"I personally believe him to be a RINO," Dobbs said of McCarthy while Gaetz nodded in agreement. "The party needs strength, it needs vision, it needs vibrancy, it needs new blood. It needs new leadership, it is just that simple."
For her part, Cheney has continued on with her campaign undeterred, outraising Hageman by large sums and drawing support from traditional Republicans like her father the former Vice President Dick Cheney and former President George W. Bush.
The Cheney camp downplayed the significance of McCarthy's support for Hageman.
"Wow, she must be really desperate," Cheney spokesman Jeremy Adler said.
This story has been updated with additional comments from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Elise Stefanik.
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Kansas cross country held its 2022 season opener on Saturday at the Bob Timmons Classic at Rim Rock Farms. The Jayhawk women’s team finished with 43 points, while junior Chandler Gibbens led the Kansas men to first place with 22 points.
Kansas would come in first, followed by Kansas State taking second place, with Kansas City taking third place and Oral Roberts taking fourth for the men’s 6k race. Kansas State would take first place for the women’s 5k, followed by Kansas at second, Kansas City at third and Oral Roberts in fourth.
Gibbons won the men’s 6k race with a time of 18:21.63. Three Jayhawks also finished top-five overall, including freshman Tanner Newkirk who finished in 4th with a time of 18:40.28, and freshman Tanner Talley who finished in 5th with a time of 18:40.28.
On the women’s side, Kansas junior Lona Latema won the women’s 5k with a time of 17:28.74. The Jayhawk Women placed second in their season opener.
“I thought the men’s team did a great job of executing the team approach, and they competed well throughout the race. They ran with a lot of confidence and focus,” Assistant Coach Michael Whittlesey said following the men’s victory, according to KU Athletics.
Six Jayhawks would finish in the top 10 overall for the men's team. Freshman Quenton Walion placed seventh overall with a time of 18:46.99, followed by freshman Christopher Stone in ninth in 18:57.01 and junior Sam Hubert in 10th in 18:57.71.
Sophomore Kenadi Krueger placed seventh overall in the women’s race with a time of 19:03.85, while freshman Tori Wingrove made her debut on the Kansas team with a 10th place finish and a time of 19:18.24. Freshman Eden Schwartz came in 12th at 19:30.40.
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The Connecticut Sun are finally returning home after spending almost two weeks on the road.
The Sun will host the Chicago Sky for the next two games of their WNBA playoffs semifinal series, which is tied 1-1. Game 3 is Sunday and the fourth game is Tuesday.
Connecticut went to Dallas in the first round and beat the Wings in the decisive Game 3 to advance to the semifinals. Instead of coming home, the Sun flew to Chicago to get ready for the series with the Sky. Connecticut won the opener before falling 85-77 in Wednesday’s Game 2.
Now, the team has had a chance to sleep in their own beds and will play in front of their home fans Sunday.
“It’s a huge game, opportunity for us.” Sun head coach Curt Miller said. “We understand what Game 3s look like around our league.”
For the Sun to be successful, they’ll have to figure out a way to slow down Candace Parker, who has been dominant on both ends of the court during the first two games of the series — averaging 20.5 points, 11 rebounds, 4.5 blocks and 2.5 steals.
“She’s had so many different great games. Even when she’s having less stats, she’s still doing so many great things on the court like being a great leader,” Chicago’s Emma Meesseman said of Parker. “I don’t think there’s enough words. I think that’s your job to find them.
“To just describe what she’s been doing on the court, she’s everywhere. Defense, offense. Off-court, she has been very vocal. I’m happy to be with her in this series because going against her is not fun, I think.”
Here are a few other storylines for Game 3:
AWARD WINNER
Brionna Jones was honored as the league’s Sixth Player of the Year on Thursday. She received 53 of 56 votes from a national media panel. Chicago forward Azura Stevens got two votes and Washington’s Myisha Hines-Allen the other one. Jones came off the bench in 29 of the Sun’s 36 games and averaged 13.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals.
TURNNG BACK TIME
Parker knows how difficult it is to win a championship — she got her first title in 2016 with Los Angeles and won her second with Chicago last season.
“It took me nine years to get to the Finals,” she said. “You have an opportunity. This team has an opportunity so we can’t not seize the opportunity. If we’re not going to do it, let’s not do it because they’re just way better than us. And so let’s go out and just play basketball. And I think that’s the way that we lead is that we just have to have the right mindset coming in and we have to be the ones that set the tone.”
The 36-year-old forward is trying to lead the Sky to a repeat — something that hasn’t been done in 20 years. She scoffed at the idea that she’s playing better now than when she was younger.
“I don’t think so,” Parker said after the Game 2 win. “I think younger CP in the playoffs was more dominant. But I think just mentally understanding moments and things that I didn’t understand when I was fighting to get to the Finals or fighting to win in the playoffs.”
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AP freelance writer Gavin Good contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):
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Andrey Rublev won the final point in a match that lasted more than four hours and beat No. 19 Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (10-7).
The ninth-seeded Rublev is set to play No. 7 Cameron Norrie in the fourth round.
Rublev hit only only 38 winners and had nine aces to Shapovalov’s 76 winners had 23 aces. Rublev needed five match points to finally win the match. The Russian collapsed on the ground and buried his face in his hands in exhaustion as the grandstands crowd went wild following one of the best matches in the first week of the tournament.
Rublev advanced to the U.S. Open quarterfinals in 2017 and 2020 and also lost in the fourth round in 2019.
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4:59 p.m.
Carlos Alcaraz has become became the youngest man since Pete Sampras in 1989 and ’90 to reach the fourth round in consecutive U.S. Opens. The 19-year-old Alcaraz knocked off Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Alcaraz reached the quarterfinals last year at 18.
Alcaraz was down 3-0 in the third set until he won six straight games to take off and top Brooksby. Brooksby was 20 last year when he went to the fourth round, where Novak Djokovic eliminated him in four sets.
Alcaraz, always hustling, on the move, appeared to blow out a pair of sneakers and needed a change of shoes during the match. He gave away another pair of sneakers to fans in celebration of the victory.
Alcaraz advances to play the winner of Marin Cilic vs. Daniel Evans.
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2:40 p.m.
Jessica Pegula reached the fourth round at the U.S. Open for the first time by beating qualifier Yuan Yue 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-0 in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The eighth-seeded Pegula wasted a chance to close it out when she held a match point in the tiebreaker but rolled through the third set in a half-hour.
Pegula, a 28-year-old American whose parents own the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, finished with nearly twice as many winners as Yuan, 35-18.
Next for Pegula: She faces two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova on Monday with a quarterfinal berth on the line.
Pegula came into Saturday with a 0-2 record in third-round matches at Flushing Meadows, losing at that stage to Kvitova in 2020 and to Belinda Bencic in 2021.
Pegula started her Grand Slam career by going 3-8. She’s gone 22-7 since, including runs to quarterfinals at the Australian Open each of the past two years and the French Open this year.
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2:05 p.m.
Petra Kvitova erased a pair of match points and converted her fourth to edge Garbiñe Muguruza 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (12-10) in a showdown between two-time major champions.
Kvitova reached the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the seventh time. She last made it to the U.S. Open quarterfinals in 2017.
She kept coming back — after dropping the first set, after trailing 5-2 in the third, after being a point from defeat twice at 6-5.
Here’s how close this one was: Kvitova won 109 total points, Muguruza 108.
It took the new format final-set tiebreaker to determine the winner. The four Grand Slam tournaments agreed to adopt a uniform system this year, with the third sets of women’s matches and fifth sets of men’s decided by a first-to-10, win-by-two formula; the U.S. Open used to have the more traditional first-to-seven setup.
Kvitova, a left-hander who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014, overcame 12 double-faults with 14 aces and 50 total winners. She improved to 6-1 against No. 9 seed Muguruza, the champion at the French Open in 2016 and Wimbledon in 2017.
No. 21 Kvitova next will face No. 8 Jessica Pegula, who beat qualifier Yuan Yue 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-0.
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11 a.m.
Serena Williams is gone from the U.S. Open, but the show must go on.
The third round is scheduled to wrap up Saturday at Flushing Meadows, with Grand Slam champions such as Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek in action at night.
Two other owners of multiple major titles will get things started in the morning in Louis Armstrong Stadium when Garbiñe Muguruza faces Petra Kvitova.
On Friday night, Williams — by far the biggest star of Week 1 at the year’s last Grand Slam tournament — lost what is expected to be the last match of her career. Ajla Tomljanovic beat her 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 in front of a loud sellout crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The first match in Ashe on Saturday is due to begin at noon EDT, with No. 8 seed Jessica Pegula of the U.S. up against Yuan Yue of China.
They’ll be followed by No. 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz, who is 19, against unseeded American Jenson Brooksby, who is 21.
At night, Nadal takes a 17-0 head-to-head record into his matchup against Richard Gasquet in Ashe, while the top-ranked Swiatek meets American Lauren Davis in Armstrong.
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GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the World Cup in Qatar have finalized a policy to serve beer with alcohol to soccer fans at stadiums and fan zones in the Muslim-majority country.
FIFA said Saturday fans will be allowed to buy Budweiser beer with alcohol within the eight stadium compounds — though not at concourse concession stands — before and after games, and during evenings only at the official “Fan Festival.” That is being held in a downtown Doha park.
Game tickets promising access to Champagnes, wine, liquor and beer for hospitality clients at Qatari stadiums have been on sale since February 2021 as part of corporate packages offering “premium beverages.”
The beer policy affecting most fans was announced just 11 weeks before the first game and finally fulfills an expectation since Qatar campaigned 12 years ago to be the first World Cup host in the Middle East.
Budweiser has been the exclusive World Cup beer brand since 1986 and parent company AB InBev renewed its deal through 2022 with FIFA in a 2011 signing after Qatar was confirmed as host.
FIFA said Saturday that Budweiser with alcohol will be sold “within the stadium perimeter prior to kickoff and after the final whistle.”
“Inside the stadium bowl ticket holders will have access to non-alcoholic Budweiser Zero,” soccer’s world body said. “At the FIFA Fan Festival, Budweiser will be available to purchase from 6.30 p.m.”
Qatar’s organizing committee and AB InBev declined comment Saturday on the issue.
Alcohol is more available in Qatar than some Middle East states though it is served only in hotel restaurants and bars that have licenses. It is illegal to consume it elsewhere.
Still, Qatar has had to relax its regulation of alcohol for the 29-day tournament starting Nov. 20. It is expected to attract more than 1 million visitors including fans from 31 other nations to the tiny Emirate.
Qatar has tested its alcohol policies at games soccer including the 2019 Club World Cup that featured Europe’s then-champion Liverpool, South American champion Flamengo and Mexican club Monterrey.
Qatar is not the first World Cup host to ease its stance on alcohol. Before the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, pressure from FIFA led local lawmakers to pass a special bill exempting the tournament from a ban on selling alcohol at stadiums.
Qatar beat four rival bids, including the United States, to win a World Cup hosting contest where candidates were expected to respect FIFA’s deals with commercial partners.
At the time of the FIFA hosting vote in 2010, those World Cup deals included MATCH Hospitality selling corporate packages and AB InBev. Both firms re-upped with FIFA one year later.
“It is important to remember,” MATCH Hospitality executive chairman Jaime Byrom told The Associated Press in a recent interview, “that the entire bid process of the FIFA World Cup is designed to deliver the kind of World Cup experience that all fans from around the world have a reason to expect and to look forward to.”
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The Mets are stepping up to the plate.
The first-place Kings of Queens are foodies — and they can often be found chowing down near Citi Field and in other NYC neighborhoods.
The city’s culinary lineup “was a huge bonus” to signing with the team last year, said outfielder Mark Canha, who chronicles his eating adventures on his @bigleaguefoodie Instagram.
“My wife and I are big food people,” the San Jose, Calif. native, who now lives on the Upper West Side, told The Post.
Canha, 33, is even open to fan suggestions on places to try.
“A lot of people in New York actually have reached out to me and given me their list of favorite restaurants,” he explained. “I have a whole list of places in Queens that I need to get to.”
He already has his picks in Manhattan, where he and wife Marci spend fancy date nights at Le Bernardin, or dine with their two daughters at Nice Matin on West 79th.
“They’ll eat French fries and they let them color on the tables there because they have paper tablecloths,” he said.
When Brooklyn native Adam Ottavino joined the Mets in March, he already had his favorite pizza and bagel joints.
“Growing up, I used to get excited to go to Spumoni Gardens [the Bensonhurst Sicilian pizza mecca] and La Bagel Delight which is on 7th Avenue in Park Slope,” the pitcher said.
Ottavino, 36, now lives in Westchester with wife Brette and their two kids. “We like to go to places in the city, so Italian-wise, like a Carbone or Rubirosa or Cipriani … maybe Elio’s,” he said.
Pitcher Trevor May, who was added to the Mets’ roster in 2020, thinks Amore Pizzeria in Flushing hits it out of the park.
“I’ve had Amore quite a bit and it is phenomenal. It’s probably my favorite place in the general vicinity,” he said, noting he’s “an old-fashioned pepperoni guy.”
The 32-year-old, who lives in Long Island City, said his wife Kate gives him a hard time about his basic pizza order.
“My wife gives me crap about that all the time. But I’m one of those people that knows exactly what they like and will just order it until they’re sick of it,” he said. “She needs to look at the menu at McDonald’s — like you don’t know everything they have already?”
The couple gets more adventurous for dinner, hitting Vernon Boulevard for pub food at Woodbines or sushi at Dai Hachi.
“Sushi’s my go-to, that’s what I’ll do if I really want to have a nice dinner,” he said.
When he wants a sandwich, he orders the Michelangelo, a chicken cutlet hero topped with fresh mozzarella, bacon, Cajun chipotle mayo and avocado at Benateri’s Italian deli in College Point.
“Early this season I popped in and nobody recognized me and I didn’t say anything,” he said. “I’m very from my house to the field, back to my house to the field, but when I’m feeling frisky, that’s the place I’ll pop in.”
First baseman Pete Alonso, 27, who lives in Manhattan, said his go-to bagel place is Sadelle’s bakery in Soho. For a slice he goes to Prince Street Pizza.
When they’re in the mood for Italian, he and wife Haley go to Il Triangolo and Park Side, both in Corona.
Of course, at the ballpark, “Polar Bear” Pete goes for his namesake burger — which consists of a Pat LaFrieda black truffle blended burger patty, caramelized onions, smoked gouda and claw sauce — calling it his “favorite thing in the stadium.”
For team dinners, Ottavino said, “nine times out of 10 in the big leagues, it’s always a steakhouse.”
Third baseman Eduardo Escobar is a fan of the Brazilian steak chain Fogo de Chao, which has an outpost on 53rd Street. “They love him, he’s like an ambassador for that restaurant or something,” Canha said of Escobar. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/03/foodie-mets-players-dish-on-their-favorite-nyc-spots/ | 2022-09-04T00:21:12Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/03/foodie-mets-players-dish-on-their-favorite-nyc-spots/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Retired jockey and former Sky Racing presenter Libby Hopwood is making a bold career move after revealing earlier this week she was launching an OnlyFans.
Following in the footsteps of the likes of former Supercars driver Renee Gracie who claims to earn $500,000 a month from the adult subscription website.
Although available for all types of performers, OnlyFans is synonymous with adult content.
Hopwood was a jockey until a horror fall in 2014 left her with bleeding on the brain, broken collarbone, a fractured shoulder blade and fractured vertebra.
In 2016, her comeback was shelved after she became a form analyst at Sky Racing, where she worked for five years.
Hopwood also has her own business and is still at the horse stables each day.
Having worked in the horseracing industry for the past 20 years, Hopwood said it made sense to continue doing what she does best, but in lingerie.
“I was enjoying a bit more of a sexually liberated life,” Hopwood said.
“I met my partner and he has helped me become who I am. We were taking some cute pictures but you can’t share them on normal social media so I thought why not show them on OnlyFans.
“It’s a collage of any cute and sexy pictures that I can share and not be a violation of internet rules.
“It progressed from there.”
Hopwood goes by the name Foxy Miss on OnlyFans and told The Daily Telegraph she has “hundreds of people now paying for her content”.
“I’ve got lingerie pictures and some pictures of my private shenanigans and things we get up to,” Hopwood said.
“I’ve started a form segment wearing just lingerie. I like doing form so I thought why don’t I do it in lingerie. I’m using my 20-odd years in the industry and trying to share it with a sexy, funny twist.”
It’s not the first time Hopwood has bared the flesh either, having posed naked in 2017 to raise awareness for wearing helmets while horseriding.
Speaking to Just Horse Racing, Hopwood said she couldn’t believe more people hadn’t followed suit going down the OnlyFans route.
“It’s obviously risqué because of the connotations connected to the platform but at it’s very core, it’s social media you can monetise and frankly it seems crazy to me that other people aren’t using it,” she said. “Your platform is only what you choose to make it.
“Anyone that actually knows me as a person isn’t going to change their opinions of me because I posted a few racey pics. It’s been a surprise sure, but not too left of field for me.”
Hilariously, she posted a photo of herself from the stables on Friday morning with “The face you make when you’re at work and your Nan sends you a picture of your boobs in the paper”.
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Man, it was a scorcher.
The 2022 summer has been one of the hottest seasons ever with records set across the country, Fox Weather reported.
Data from the Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC) showed the average temperature nationwide was around 74 degrees, putting it on par with summer 2021 and the 1936 Dust Bowl.
Persistent heat waves made 26 cities across the US — including: Newark, NJ; Tampa; Salt Lake City; San Antonio, Texas, and Cheyenne, Wyoming — report their all-time warmest summers.
The Big Apple set a handful of daily highs during the summer’s heat waves.
On June 25, temperatures reached a record 90 degrees in Central Park. On July 20, 23 and 24, the mercury spiked to 95 degrees. And on Aug. 9, the thermometer topped out at 97 degrees.
US summers are heating up by a rate of 1.23 degrees every century, NOAA said.
Fox found the only region that saw temporary relief from the summer’s extended heat was the desert Southwest, where a significant monsoon season produced plenty of cloud cover and heavy rains.
Despite all the rain, however, Death Valley in California is currently experiencing a treacherous heat wave, and on Thursday the barren desert reached a record 127 degrees, making it the hottest place on the planet that day. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/03/us-feels-the-heat-as-26-cities-report-hottest-summers-ever/ | 2022-09-04T00:21:55Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/03/us-feels-the-heat-as-26-cities-report-hottest-summers-ever/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 31, 2022) Sailors assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) conduct a vertical replenishment with an MH-60R helicopter, assigned to the “Spartans” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 70, during flight operations, Aug. 31, 2022. USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul is scheduled to participate in Fleet Week Maryland 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Juel Foster)
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It has been almost a month since the arrival of Nick Cannon’s son Legendary with model Bre Tiesi - and Cannon is expecting his ninth child.
Cannon posted an Instagram video of him posing for maternity photos with model Brittany Bell, confirming his third child with her.
“Time Stopped, and This Happened…” Cannon captioned the post showing the two being affectionate and playing with their 5-year-old son Golden and 1-year-old daughter Powerful.
He also included the hashtags “Sunshine” and “SonRISE” in the post, which could be an indicator that the two are expecting another baby boy.
Cannon held Bell’s stomach in the video while they wore coordinated outfits. Golden and Powerful also joined them in a few pregnancy announcement photos too.
Cannon admitted in June that he wanted to have more children.
In addition to his children with Bell and Tiesi, he is also the father of 11-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with his ex-wife Mariah Carey, 1-year-old twins Zion and Zillion with Abby De La Rosa, who is currently pregnant and hasn’t revealed who the father of the child is yet. In December 2021, Cannon’s 5-month-old son Zen with Alyssa Scott died from a malignant brain tumor diagnosis. | https://www.stlamerican.com/arts_and_entertainment/hot_sheet/nick-cannon-expecting-his-tenth-child-a-month-after-having-a-newborn-son/article_f42280d6-2767-11ed-a38b-6fa2d16427cb.html | 2022-09-04T00:33:25Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/arts_and_entertainment/hot_sheet/nick-cannon-expecting-his-tenth-child-a-month-after-having-a-newborn-son/article_f42280d6-2767-11ed-a38b-6fa2d16427cb.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Offset’s is suing his label, Quality Control Records, as he continues a solo career. He accuses Quality Control of ignoring a negotiation contract in January 2021, according to documents secured by TMZ.
He claims he paid “a generous amount” for his solo artist rights, but QC will not recognize the deal. He contends the label is “inaccurately maintaining his new music,” including his Baby Keem-produced single, “54321.”
Offset is preparing to release his sophomore solo album, the follow-up to 2019’s “Father of 4.” He will drop his new song “Code,” featuring Moneybagg Yo, on Motown Records, the label he signed with as a solo act.
Although he’s signed to QC in partnership with Migos, he wants the court to state that QC doesn’t own rights to any music he’s created since Jan. 15, 2021.
Migos’ future is undetermined. In May, the group sparked disbandment rumors after unfollowing one another on Instagram and later backed out of their performance at the Governors Ball, stating there was a scheduling conflict.
All three members are pursuing respective solo careers, with Quavo and Takeoff now performing as the duo Unc & Phew. They’ve released the songs “Hotel Lobby” and “Us Vs. Them,” featuring Gucci Mane. | https://www.stlamerican.com/arts_and_entertainment/hot_sheet/offset-sues-quality-control-over-solo-music-career-rights/article_66a61d58-2767-11ed-9db2-8775da9367f8.html | 2022-09-04T00:33:31Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/arts_and_entertainment/hot_sheet/offset-sues-quality-control-over-solo-music-career-rights/article_66a61d58-2767-11ed-9db2-8775da9367f8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hockey
U.S. faces Canada in women’s worlds final
HERNING, Denmark — Canada and the United States set up another showdown in the final of the women’s ice hockey world championship after blowout wins in Saturday’s semifinals.
Canada routed Switzerland 8-1 after the Americans beat the Czech Republic 10-1.
Since the inaugural women’s worlds in 1990, Canada and the U.S. have faced each other in every final except 2019, when the Americans beat Finland for the title.
Canada has won the world championship 11 times and the United States nine times. They go at it again on Sunday.
Canada beat the U.S. in overtime in last year’s final in Calgary, which ended a run of five straight titles by the Americans. Canada also beat the U.S. in the Olympic final in Beijing in February but the U.S. topped the Canadians 5-2 on Tuesday in the group stage.
Amanda Kessel scored a hat trick to help the U.S. keep alive its streak of reaching the final at every worlds.
The U.S. led the Czechs, playing their first semifinal, 6-0 after the first period and added two more goals in each of the second and third periods.
Taylor Heise had two goals and three assists, and Hilary Knight scored twice to extend her own all-time tournament records to 89 points and 53 goals.
Tennis
Alcaraz advances to quarterfinals
NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz has become became the youngest man since Pete Sampras in 1989 and ’90 to reach the fourth round in consecutive U.S. Opens. The 19-year-old Alcaraz knocked off Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Alcaraz reached the quarterfinals last year at 18.
Alcaraz was down 3-0 in the third set until he won six straight games to take off and top Brooksby. Brooksby was 20 last year when he went to the fourth round, where Novak Djokovic eliminated him in four sets.
Alcaraz, always hustling, on the move, appeared to blow out a pair of sneakers and needed a change of shoes during the match. He gave away another pair of sneakers to fans in celebration of the victory.
Andrey Rublev won the final point in a match that lasted more than four hours and beat No. 19 Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (10-7).
Petra Kvitova erased a pair of match points and converted her fourth to edge Garbiñe Muguruza 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (12-10) in a showdown between two-time major champions.
Jessica Pegula reached the fourth round for the first time by beating qualifier Yuan Yue 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-0 in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Motor sports
F1 heads debate Super License system
Colton Herta’s name continues to spin throughout the Formula One paddock and did so again Saturday in a debate on the American’s ability to obtain the Super License required to compete in the global series.
The 22-year-old Californian and IndyCar star frequently has been mentioned as a candidate for a seat next season with AlphaTauri. A sticking point continues to be Herta’s lack of a Super License and speculation that F1’s governing body may consider granting Herta an exemption.
That idea received pushback from team principals at the Dutch Grand Prix.
Drivers need to accumulate 40 points to obtain a Super License based on their best three performances over the previous four seasons. Herta is expected to have just 32 points ahead of 2023, and although he can gain points by participating in F1 practice sessions, he doesn’t currently have any sessions scheduled this year even though he’s got a testing contract with McLaren.
Verstappen take Dutch GP pole: Max Verstappen produced a brilliant final lap to take pole position for Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix just ahead of Charles Leclerc.
The Red Bull driver edged Leclerc’s Ferrari by just .021 seconds to huge roars from Verstappen’s Orange Army of fans.
Team Penske sweeps Portland qualifying: Team Penske powered its way around Portland International Raceway in a 1-2-3 qualifying sweep that poised the championship leaders for a big swing against Ganassi in the title fight.
Scott McLaughlin won the pole — his third of the season — and picked up a point for that to help his long shot title chances. McLaughlin goes into Sunday’s race ranked sixth in the standings, 53 points behind Penske teammate and IndyCar points leader Will Power.
Briefly
Baseball: Yankees left fielder Andrew Benintendi went on the 10-day IL with right wrist inflammation. ... Rays shortstop Wander Franco is set to resume his minor league rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham.
Soccer: Organizers of the World Cup in Qatar have finalized a policy to serve beer with alcohol to fans at stadiums and fan zones in the Muslim-majority country. ... Sophia Smith scored a pair of first-half goals and the U.S. women’s national team defeated Nigeria 4-0 as both teams prepare for next summer’s World Cup.
Golf: Talor Gooch had a 5-under 65 for a one-shot lead at the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston. ... Lucy Li played with a lead for the first time on the LPGA Tour, shooting a 4-under 67 for a one-shot lead at the Dana Open. ... Ross McGowan slipped into a four-way tie for the lead of the European Tour’s Made in HimmerLand.
Cycling: Richard Carapaz hung on to win the mountainous 14th stage of the Spanish Vuelta while Primoz Roglic reduced the gap to Remco Evenepoel after the race leader wilted on the final ascent. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/morning-briefing-sept-4-2022/article_e5481eba-2bd9-11ed-b4ba-2b8dd3e83f7a.html | 2022-09-04T00:37:24Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/morning-briefing-sept-4-2022/article_e5481eba-2bd9-11ed-b4ba-2b8dd3e83f7a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LOS ANGELES — Central Washington survived a big rally Friday and then cruised to its third straight win in Los Angeles Saturday morning.
The Wildcats started strong and then recovered from some struggles just in time to eke out a 25-23, 25-20, 21-25, 11-25, 15-11 win over Chaminade in a rematch of last year’s NCAA first round, which CWU also won. Biola couldn’t do much of anything against the Wildcats as they rolled to a 25-18, 25-13, 25-14 sweep.
Sophomore outside hitter Ashley Kaufman scored a team-high 14 kills and added 15 digs for Central’s defense vs. Chaminade. West Valley graduate Alyssa Smith’s kill capped off a pivotal 5-0 run in the final set and she ended the match thanks to Ellensburg graduate Tia Andaya’s 28th assist.
Emma Daoud-Hebert turned in two more strong performances at the net for Central with nine blocks against Chaminade and six more against Biola. Kylie Thorne contributed 20 kills over the two matches and added four aces against Biola.
Central won five of seven matches to start the season for the first time since 2018 and completed its nonconference schedule against No. 7 Cal State San Bernardino in Los Angeles on Saturday. The Wildcats will start GNAC play next Saturday at Northwest Nazarene.
CWU highlights vs. Chaminade: Sydney Remsberg 21 assists, 7 digs; Alyssa Smith 6 kills; Emma Daoud-hebert 4 kills, 9 blocks; Ashley Kaufman 14 kills, 2 aces, 15 digs; Hannah Stires 5 aces, 20 digs; Marianna Payne 8 kills, 3 blocks, 5 digs; Kylie Thorne 11 kills, 3 blocks, 7 digs; Tia Andaya 9 kills, 28 assists, 3 blocks, 6 digs.
CWU highlights vs. Biola: Remsberg 21 assists; Amith 5 kills, 3 blocks; Daoud-Hebert 6 blocks; Kaufman 4 blocks, 8 digs; Stires 9 digs; Payne 5 kills, 5 blocks; Thorne 9 kills, 4 aces, 6 digs; Andaya 9 kills, 11 assists, 3 blocks, 6 digs.
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Yaks snap losing streak at Highline
DES MOINES — Yakima Valley ended a four-match losing streak to start the season in its last match of the Highline Fall Classic.
The Yaks swept Green River 25-12, 26-24, 25-18 with the help of Jessica Mariscal's 12 kills and six digs. Bethany Hunt added eight kills and nine digs for YVC.
The Yaks opened on Friday with a 26-24, 25-20, 23-25, 25-10 loss to Lower Columbia despite 16 kills from Hunt and 38 assists for La Salle graduate Courtney Standley. She added 10 more assists to go with 15 digs, eight kills and three blocks in a 26-24, 25-17, 25-18 loss to Highline.
Zillah grad Brynn Widner came up with a team-high 17 digs for the second straight match in a 25-10, 25-20, 24-26, 25-12 loss to Linn-Benton Saturday morning.
YVC highlights vs. LC: Brynn Widner 14 digs; AshNe’a Anderson 7 digs; Dale Schrier 7 kills, 6 digs, 4 blocks; Courtney Standley 38 assists, 7 digs; Jetta Johnson 4 aces; Alandra Acido-Pastor 32 digs; Bethany Hunt 16 kills, 12 digs; Jessica Mariscal 10 kills, 12 digs.
YVC highlights vs. Highline: Widner 17 digs; Anderson 12 digs, 3 blocks; Schrier 6 kills; Standley 8 kills, 10 assists, 15 digs, 3 blocks; Acido-Pastor 21 digs, 19 assists; E. Mariscal 5 kills, 3 blocks; J. Mariscal 9 kills, 14 digs.
YVC highlights vs. Linn-Benton: Widner 17 digs; Anderson 7 digs; Schrier 3 kills, 4 blocks; Standley 10 assists, 7 digs; Acido-Pastor 14 assists, 2 aces, 17 digs; Hunt 6 kills, 13 digs, 4 blocks; J. Mariscal 7 kills, 4 digs.
YVC highlights vs. Green River: Widner 18 digs; Schrier 3 kills, 4 digs, 2 blocks; Standley 8 kills, 14 assists; Acido-Pastor 14 assists, 5 digs; Hunt 8 kills, 9 digs; J. Mariscal 12 kills, six digs.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Central picks up first winELLENSBURG — Emily Darcy’s late goal gave Central Washington coach Lindsey Lee her first collegiate win Saturday afternoon in Ellensburg.
The Wildcats knocked off San Francisco State 2-1 thanks to a pair of goals by Darcy. She gave Central an early lead off an assist from Stacia Conely before SF State answered just two minutes later.
Central’s set to play its first road match Wednesday at Colorado Springs.
First half: 1, CWU, Emily Darcy (Stacia Conely), 14:00; 2, SFSU, Samantha Shim (Emily Fraye), 16:00.
Second half: 3, CWU, Darcy, 80:00.
PREP CROSS COUNTRY
Selah Halftime Dash
BOYS
Top 5: Eric Swedin (Selah) 9:43 (2 miles), Nicolas Spencer (Selah) 9:47, Benjamin Michael (Selah) 10:52, Asa Norman (Davis) 11:00, Baysam Ruiz (Davis) 11:01.
GIRLS
Top 5: Brooke Miles (Naches Valley) 12:25, Taryn Huck (NV) 12:28, Isabella Escamilla (Selah) 12:44, Kieryann Mattson (Selah) 12:47, Katrina Feriante (NV) 12:51. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/college_sports/cwu_sports/college-report-central-washington-volleyball-extends-winning-streak-to-three-in-la/article_f4f532a0-2b0a-11ed-ada2-6b82bcea22ef.html | 2022-09-04T00:37:36Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/college_sports/cwu_sports/college-report-central-washington-volleyball-extends-winning-streak-to-three-in-la/article_f4f532a0-2b0a-11ed-ada2-6b82bcea22ef.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Renegade Raceway
DIESEL TRUCK DRAGS
Friday's Results
Big Rig — Winner: David Ruelas (19.50 DI, 19.944 ET, 70.23 MPH). Runner-up: Cameron Buckles (21.60, 19.968, 65.18). Semifinals: Alan Bade.
Medium Duty — Winner: Carl Fry (26.30, 26.438, 52.27). Runner-up: Treigh Taylor (19.75, 19.958, 69.27). Semifinals: Andy Wagner.
Pickup — Winner: Kyle Sisk (16.60, 17.035, 76.01). Runner-up: John Larson (16.98, 16.713, 80.19). Semifinals: Matt Rowland, Jake Carron. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/on_track/renegade-raceway-results-sept-4-2022/article_114daada-2b57-11ed-94d7-db8473af34e3.html | 2022-09-04T00:37:42Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/on_track/renegade-raceway-results-sept-4-2022/article_114daada-2b57-11ed-94d7-db8473af34e3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Reserve Bank of Australia statement is due at 0430 GMT on 6 September 2022.
Earlier previews are here:
- RBA monetary policy meeting Tuesday September 6 - preview (TL;DR +50bp hike coming up)
- Poll of analysts - RBA to hike its cash rate by 50bp on Tuesday 6 September
Scanning through some of the comments on what Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA - one of Australia's 'big four' banks) is expecting ahead. In summary:
- says the RBA is broadly expected to continue to raise the cash rate
- CBA's base forecast is for a further 75 basis points of rate hikes over coming months
- cash rate to peak at 2.6%, late in 2022
- there is a risk of a higher terminal rate, around 2.85%
CBA then has the earliest projection (of the big 4 Australian banks) of when the RBA will stop hiking and actually cut the cash rate.
- CBA points out its 2.6% peak forecast is the most conservative among analysts
- expects the RBA to cut the cash rate by 50 basis points in H2 of 2023
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BENTON COUNTY, Wash. -
The fire started just before 10:40 Saturday morning at a shop in Badger Canyon off Badger Canyon Rd.
Fire crews from Benton County Fire district 1 and 4, Franklin County Fire District 3, Richland Fire and Benton County Sheriff's Office were on scene.
When firefighters arrived on scene, the shop was in flames. No injuries were reported.
Crews remained on scene to mop up and prevent any potential flare ups. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/fires/frew-crews-on-scene-of-an-early-morning-fire-off-badger-canyon-rd/article_45076ec0-2bd8-11ed-8401-c34291d81bb2.html | 2022-09-04T00:59:09Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/fires/frew-crews-on-scene-of-an-early-morning-fire-off-badger-canyon-rd/article_45076ec0-2bd8-11ed-8401-c34291d81bb2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
COLLEGE PLACE, Wash. -
You may have heard of little free libraries, the small boxes in neighborhoods where people can take and put books.
Now some little free libraries are being built or converted into little free pantries.
Little food pantries give back to the communities they are set up in by providing nonperishable food in.
Chris Lueck and his wife have had a little book library outside their home since before they moved to the Walla Walla County area.
After moving to college place, they noticed people in the community needed more than access to books.
"We saw a need for people who were struggling," Lueck said.
They have two little free libraries for books and another for nonperishables outside of their home.
The boxes give community members an opportunity to use them whenever they need it.
"So it's a little different than food banks or to her food programs in that there are no set times you can come by whenever you are in the area it's totally autonomous," Lueck said.
The food box is refilled in the morning when they wake up. And Lueck said they often finding that a lot of the food is taken at night.
When their garden has food they put out fresh produce for people to take as well.
Lueck said for those that can afford it, it's a good way to help the community.
When asked about cost he said, "with inflation we're spending 200-300 dollars a month, prior to the inflationary cycle I don't know it was probably 150-225 and that's something my wife and I can afford to do so we do it."
Lueck says all it took was ordering a box and putting it together to get it started.
They're also putting school supplies to help students this school year. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/the-little-food-pantries-helping-communities/article_0109c3ba-2bda-11ed-9a0d-b3b9769673d6.html | 2022-09-04T00:59:15Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/the-little-food-pantries-helping-communities/article_0109c3ba-2bda-11ed-9a0d-b3b9769673d6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Mississippi Man Steals Plane, Threatens to Crash Into Wal-Mart: Officials
By Saturday afternoon, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves tweeted that the plane, which had been circling the northern part of the state, was down without incident.
The threat of a plane’s pilot intentionally crashing a small aircraft into a Mississippi Wal-Mart Saturday sent people into fear and shock–especially those in the area.
By Saturday afternoon, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves tweeted that the plane, which had been circling the northern part of the state, was down without incident.
According to CBS News, the pilot, named Cory Wayne Patterson had been arrested and charged with grand larceny and making terroristic threats.
The 29-year-old is reportedly not a pilot, does not have a pilot’s license, nor does he have experience landing a plane. He was able to get access to the plane, a Beechcraft King Air C90A, because Patterson has reportedly been working at an airport in Tupelo refueling planes for the last decade.
Patterson reportedly snuck into the Beechcraft at 5 a.m., while the air traffic control tower was unmanned and took off.
Twenty minutes later, authorities say Patterson called 911 to make them aware of his hellish plan. As a result, streets were closed and the Walmart was evacuated.
On Facebook, the Tupelo Police Department kept the public aware of the situation.
“TPD has worked with Wal-Mart West and Dodges on West Main to evacuate the stores and disperse people as much as practical. TPD also has been able to begin talking with the pilot directly,” police said.
Patterson was in the air for more than five hours before police were able to safely talk him down.
While he was in the aircraft, Patterson uploaded a now-deleted Facebook post, saying, "Sorry everyone. Never actually wanted to hurt anyone. I love my parents and sister this isn’t your fault. Goodbye."
Then the plane started running low on gas.
A private pilot was able to tell Patterson how to land the plane about 30 minutes later in a field near Riley, Mississippi.
Fox News reports Patterson may also face federal charges.
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Serena Williams Grateful to Sister Venus After U.S. Open Loss
Widely considered to be the best tennis player in history, Williams lost in the third round of the Open late Friday night.
In a dazzling sparkly black ensemble with a matching headband, Serena Williams took command of the court at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York during the US Open.
Arguably the greatest athlete of all time and widely considered to be the best tennis player in history, Williams lost in the third round of the Open late Friday night, 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, after spending three hours and five minutes facing off against her opponent, 29-year-old Australian Ajla Tomljonavic.
This may be the very last time Williams will compete in a tournament.
"It's been the most incredible ride and journey I've ever been on in my life. I'm just so grateful to every single person that's ever said 'Go Serena' in their life. I'm just so grateful because you got me here," she told reporters after the match.
The 40-year-old has been vocal about stepping away from the court to focus her attention on her family and growing business empire, including her venture capital firm.
Williams doesn’t have anything left to prove– she leaves the court as one of the most decorated athletes: she has earned four Olympic gold medals, is a 23-time grand slam champion, holds the record for the most women's singles matches won at the majors with 367. She is the only tennis player, male or female, to win three of the four Grand Slams at least six times. This does not begin to scratch the service and does not even include her numerous ESPYs, WTA, Forbes and BET awards.
The Williams sisters were responsible for ushering a new era of how women were perceived and paid.
In 2006, Venus’ push to be paid equal prize money at Wimbledon, led to then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair to back her argument. In February of the following year, Wimbledon announced equal prize money for competitors of any gender in all rounds. The French Open followed suit the day after Wimbeldon made that announcement.
Through tears Friday night, Serena paid tribute to her legendary big sister. “I wouldn’t be Serena if there wasn’t Venus, so thank you, Venus. She’s the only reason that Serena Williams ever existed.”
In her victory speech, Tomljanovic also counted Serena among her inspirations.
"She embodies that no dream is too big, and it doesn't matter where you come from, the circumstances, you can do anything if you believe in yourself, you love what you do and you have an incredible support system and family around you," she told the U.S. Open.
After 27 years playing on the world’s most elite stages at the highest levels, one might wonder– will we ever see Serena leave it all out on the court again?
"I don't think so, but you never know," she smirked.
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LOS ANGELES – Blake Treinen is a religious man and he has no doubts about who is responsible for him pitching again this season.
For the first time Saturday, Treinen revealed the specifics of the shoulder injury that sidelined him for nearly five months and threatened to end his season in April. He said he was diagnosed with a partial tear in the front of his shoulder capsule, an injury that often requires surgery which would have sidelined him until 2023.
“It was certainly challenging going in and seeing Doc ElAttrache and seeing that I had a partial tear in my capsule. He was telling me my season was over,” Treinen said.
Treinen said he and his wife “just felt the need to seek God in prayer, see kind of what his hand is in the recovery process.” The result was a decision to go with a platelet-rich plasma injection and a rehab program rather than surgery in the hope that he would be able to return before the end of the season.
When Treinen went for a physical before signing a contract extension with the Dodgers in late May, he said he underwent a physical “and come to find out that scarring had already happened” in the injured area.
“That gave me the miracle I needed,” Treinen said. “God healed me over and gave me some scarring in my capsule, I think to the surprise of a lot of people that it had happened so soon.”
Pitching coach Mark Prior went through similar injuries during his playing career and “was a huge help,” Treinen said, as he worked to return. The final step was a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City where he made six appearances before rejoining the Dodgers on Friday.
“Learning to actually throw the crap out of the ball – for lack of a better term – in long toss instead of just guiding my arm to a slot and trying to keep it from having soreness or pain,” Treinen said of the first challenge in his recovery. “Once we got over that hurdle, there were no issues with trust.
“It’s literally like trying to play catch in December and build yourself back up for spring training and be ready for the season. I kind of view myself right now as if I were in opening week.”
During those rehab outings, Treinen’s velocity was inconsistent at times and did not reach the 97.7 mph average of his fastball in 2021. He said he is not sure why that was the case – but he’s also not worried about it.
“I think some of it has to do with adrenaline (that only comes in big-league games) but you know, some of it too is just feeling things out,” he said. “Some days I’m focused on trying to execute sliders so I’m guiding my breaking balls and my intensity is down and my velo takes a hit. Or one day it was such a soggy day out – and I don’t know if that’s a factor or not – but if you can’t leverage your front side, it makes it really hard.
“We’ll see. My thing too is the fact that I’m throwing this year is such a miracle that if my velo is down – I don’t accept that – but it is what it is. And if I can compete with the right action, to me it doesn’t matter if my velo is averaging 95-96 (mph) versus 96-98 (mph). It wouldn’t matter to me as long as I can execute and have the action I had in the past.”
LUX DOWN
The problem in his upper back/neck area that has been bothering Gavin Lux for over a week flared up again after the cross-country flight back from New York and he received a cortisone injection.
It will likely be “five, six days until we’re having a conversation about getting him in the lineup,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. But Roberts maintained optimism that a trip to the Injured List will not be necessary.
“He felt … that he could play (all three games in New York),” Roberts said. “And then we got back the other night and he showed up and said his neck was just in a worse place.”
Lux being out of the lineup could create playing time for Miguel Vargas. Vargas made his first big-league start in left field Saturday but could also play at first, second or third base, Roberts said.
“I think certainly with Gavin being down for, let’s call it a week, I think that will give Miggy some opportunities,” Roberts said.
GRATEROL STATUS
Reliever Brusdar Graterol said the MRI taken of his sore elbow on Friday showed only inflammation, no ligament damage. The plan is for him to possibly start a throwing program Sunday or Monday. When he gets back in a game – and how ready he will be for the postseason – won’t be determined until after he starts throwing again.
“First I just have to rest,” he said through an interpreter. “Then when I feel 100 percent I’ll be ready.
“That’s just baseball. You have to keep your mentality strong and just go with it.”
ALSO
Ryan Pepiot will be added to the roster and start Sunday against the Padres. Pepiot has not been down the required 15 days since his most recent start so he will have to replace another pitcher who goes on the IL. …
Yency Almonte threw a bullpen session Saturday. He will throw another before facing hitters. He has been out since August 3 with a sore elbow.
UP NEXT
Padres (RHP Mike Clevinger, 5-5, 3.59 ERA) at Dodgers (RHP Ryan Pepiot, 2-0, 4.02 ERA), Sunday, 4 p.m., ESPN, 570 AM
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A UCLA player attempts to cool off on the sidelines during the first half against Bowling Green with temperatures over 100 degrees at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UCLA fans Heather Phillips, left and her mother, Mary Phillips of El Segundo sit in an ice freezer under the stands at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena as they attempt cool off as temperatures rise over 100 degrees during the football game between Bowling Green and UCLA on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UCLA fans attempt to stay cool in the shade of nearby trees as temperatures rise over 100 degrees during the football game between Bowling Green and UCLA at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A lone UCLA fan sits in the sun on the east side of the Rose Bowl as others attempt to stay cool in the shade of nearby trees as temperatures rise over 100 degrees during the football game between Bowling Green and UCLA at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UCLA fans wear hats and use portable fans as they attempt to stay cool as temperatures rise over 100 degrees during the football game between Bowling Green and UCLA at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UCLA’s Martin Andrus, Jr., right, attempts to block a pass by Bowling Green’s Matt McDonald, right, during the first half at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A UCLA fan wears a towel and a hat as he attempts to stay cool as temperatures rise over 100 degrees during the football game between Bowling Green and UCLA at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A UCLA fan attempts to stay cool as temperatures rise over 100 degrees during the football game between Bowling Green and UCLA at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UCLA fans wear hats and use portable fans as they attempt to stay cool as temperatures rise over 100 degrees during the football game between Bowling Green and UCLA at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
As Bowling Green’s Cashius Howell, left, gets blocked by UCLA’s Raiqwon O’Neal, UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson runs 68 yards for a touchdown during the first quarter Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UCLA’s Stephan Blaylock, left, attempts to tackle Bowling Green’s Jamal Johnson, right, during the first half at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Bowling Green’s PaSean Wimberly, left, is congratulated by a teammate after scoring a touchdown following a blocked punt early in the first quarter against UCLA at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022.(Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The UCLA defense stops Bowling Green’s Jake Rogers, #14, during the first half at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The UCLA defense stops Bowling Green’s Odieu Hiliare, #1, during the first half at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UCLA fans wear hats and use portable fans as they attempt to stay cool as temperatures rise over 100 degrees during the football game between Bowling Green and UCLA at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A UCLA fan pours water over his head as he attempts to stay cool as temperatures rise over 100 degrees during the football game between Bowling Green and UCLA at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UCLA’s quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, right, runs up the field for a touchdown past Bowling Green’s Deshawn Jones, Jr., #4, and Walter Haire, #56, during the first half at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UCLA’s Jay Toia, left, attempts to block a pass by Bowling Green’s Matt McDonald, right, during the first half at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UCLA’s Zach Charbonnet runs up the sideline past Bowling Green defenders during the first half at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Bowling Green celebrates scoring a touchdown following a blocked punt early in the first quarter against UCLA at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022.(Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Bowling Green’s PaSean Wimberly is congratulated after scoring a touchdown following a blocked punt early in the first quarter against UCLA at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022.(Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UCLA fans celebrate a touchdown by UCLA’s quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson during the first half against Bowling Green at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
PASADENA — The hit song “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals blared over the speakers at the end of the first quarter Saturday at the Rose Bowl as the temperature soared above triple digits.
It wasn’t a late night in the middle of June, but the sweltering heat wave encompassing Southern California on this Labor Day weekend appeared to fake out many fans from attending UCLA’s season opener against Bowling Green in-person.
“I don’t know if it was a factor in the game, but you could feel it down there,” head coach Chip Kelly said. “It was as hot as I’ve been at a game.”
UCLA announced an attendance of 27,143, a record low at the Rose Bowl that was below the previous mark of 32,513 set in 1992. There was, however, the context of the heat, USC also playing at home Saturday, students not being on campus yet and the opponent coming from out-of-conference.
Last year, UCLA tarped off the north end of the stadium above the student section. This year, a second set of tarps was added on the south end, with another 12 sections covered on the other side of the field.
That decreased the maximum capacity from around 69,747 to 53,390, putting the attendance at half of the new capacity, a UCLA spokesperson told the Southern California News Group. Without either set of tarps, the maximum capacity would be over 90,000.
Last year, 32,982 fans attended UCLA’s home opener against Hawai’i, which was the lowest attendance for a home game since 1992.
The temperature at kickoff was 100 degrees, and there were much fewer than 100 fans seated along the north side of the stadium under the tarps when the game started. By the time the fourth quarter started, the entire north end was practically empty.
“I’m from the Central Valley, so I’m seeing 105 almost every day,” receiver Kazmeir Allen said. “It was still hot. I ain’t gonna downplay it. It was still hot.”
On the field, the heat appeared to have an impact on Bowling Green more than UCLA, with several Bowling Green players going down.
Linebacker Carl Jones counted eight Bowling Green players cramping up.
“I feel like they were just burning timeouts,” Jones said.
Kelly could see it too, and in a sense, the heat forced him to test his team’s depth as he sought to keep players fresh.
“We had one or two, but there were a few times where they had four or five guys down,” Kelly said. “They were legit cramping. That makes it difficult. So your depth in a game like this will get tested. I think that our depth kind of shone through as the game went along.”
UCLA players said they felt well-prepared for the heat, crediting team nutritionist Ross Shumway for keeping them hydrated.
Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who scampered for a 68-yard touchdown in the first quarter for UCLA’s first points of the season, thought he almost got heat exhaustion after that run.
But the sideline was prepared for the elements, with Shumway giving out snacks and plenty of water being tossed around.
“Couldn’t be more grateful for them because they really kept us in the game,” Thompson-Robinson said. “If it wasn’t for them, I think we all would’ve be dying.”
The forecast for next week’s game against Alabama State at the Rose Bowl calls for a high of 82 degrees.
It should feel hotter, with a 2 p.m. kickoff. But after Saturday’s game, it would be safe to expect very little complaining – and perhaps more fans in the seats.
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