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In Melissa Clark's kitchen — which she calls "messy," but is actually beautiful — cooking dinner is fun, not fussy, ideally done while listening to the B-52s, and best when it takes as few dishes as possible.
Clark, whose New York Times column is called "A Good Appetite," has written dozens of cookbooks. In her latest — Dinner in One — Clark offers 100 recipes that can be made in a single container, be it pot, bowl, skillet or slow cooker.
"Imagine like writing a haiku," Clark says. "You want to express the biggest thought with the fewest amount of words. ... The end goal was when I'm finished cooking, there's like three things in the sink."
There are recipes in this cookbook for miso-glazed salmon with roasted sugar snap peas, cheaters chicken and dumplings, even one-bowl cakes.
NPR wanted to put Dinner in One to the test, so Clark chose a recipe to try out: cheesy baked pasta.
"Normally when you make a baked pasta, you boil the pasta in one pot, you drain it in a colander, so therefore messing up two things already," she explains. "But what I'm doing here is I'm going to cook the pasta ... right in the sauce."
Getting all of the ingredients ready
First, Clark lines up all of the ingredients on the counter including pasta, tomatoes, three kinds of cheese, sausage, and spices and herbs from not one but three jam-packed spice drawers.
"Here's another thing," she says, pulling out oregano, red pepper flakes, fennel, garlic and bay leaves. "You can leave half of these herbs out. It's going to taste the same."
That's the thing about this cookbook — it's not one bit fussy, and all of the recipes are flexible. If you want to add vegetables to this dish, Clark suggests tossing in spinach. If you're lactose intolerant, Clark says add more sausage and cut out the cheese. Hate slicing garlic? Use some from a jar!
"If it tastes good, it's not bad," she says.
How she got her start
Before she was the winner of multiple James Beard awards, Clark was a coat-checker and a hostess at a restaurant called American Place. That job was her first peek behind the scenes at a professional kitchen.
"I knew I wanted to be a food writer at that point," she says. "This was right at the beginning of food blogs coming out on the internet. ... And I thought, along with a lot of other people, hey, you know, I want food to be my lens for looking at the world. I want food to be how I tell my story and how I tell other people's stories. ... To really understand someone, to understand their soul and their mind, I really feel like you need to see what they eat."
So what does her soul say?
"Definitely says I grew up in Brooklyn," Clark says. "Especially if you catch me on a bagels and lox Sunday."
For the recipe test, Clark pulls a 12-inch skillet off the wall, adds the olive oil, and the sausage, which she squeezes out of its casing like toothpaste. It drops, sizzling, into the pan. She cooks the sausage until it has a nice, browned crust.
"That brown crust on a sausage is what's going to give you extra flavor," she explains.
Meanwhile, she crushes the fennel with a mortar and pestle and adds that, plus the garlic — thinly sliced, not from a jar — and the other spices and herbs.
"I'm also going to add some salt right now," Clark says. "Because I want the garlic to absorb it. If you add salt as you go, it seasons it better rather than adding it all at once."
She's full of these kinds of cooking gems.
Another example: "If something smells good to you, you'll probably like the taste."
And: "What grows together goes together."
Explaining things — like how thinly slicing the garlic will make it taste sweeter in the dish — is one of Clark's favorite parts of what she does.
"I love talking to people about food and answering questions and figuring out how they're comfortable cooking and how I can make it easier for them," she says. "I really love cooking. I mean, I really do. And I really want everyone else to love it, too."
And it's OK not to cook, too
But don't get her wrong — sometimes she prefers takeout just like everyone else.
"I like to do takeout on things that takeout does better than me," she says. "Like sushi. Takeout does sushi better than me. I'm not afraid to tell you."
Clark pours the tomatoes into the pan, and once that sauce has gotten thick, she adds the pasta. Then she folds in about a third of the mozzarella, plops the rest on top, adds spoonfuls of ricotta, then a little more ricotta and sprinkles the whole thing with Parmesan.
Finally, she sticks the skillet in the oven to bake.
Clark counts how many utensils she used for this dish. The total?
The real test, though, is how it tastes.
When the cheese is brown and bubbling, Clark takes the skillet out of the oven, plucks some fresh basil, and serves the pasta on her back deck, overlooking the garden.
"Two thumbs up?"
Two thumbs up.
Cheesy Baked Pasta with Tomato, Sausage, and Ricotta
Like a cross between baked ziti and a meaty lasagna, this golden-topped pasta is rich with brawny bits of sausage, creamy ricotta, and crushed tomatoes, all seasoned with plenty of garlic, oregano, and fennel seed. It's a certified crowd-pleaser that's easy to adapt.
SERVES 4
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
12 ounces hot or mild Italian sausage (pork, chicken, or turkey)
½ teaspoon fennel seeds
4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes (optional), plus more for serving
1 (28-ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes
1 (14-ounce) can crushed or strained tomatoes
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons kosher salt
12 ounces pasta (small shells, farfalle, or other small shape)
8 ounces fresh mozzarella, torn into bite-size pieces
6 ounces (about ¾ cup) whole-milk ricotta
⅓ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Freshly ground black pepper, for serving
¼ cup slivered fresh basil
DIRECTIONS
1. Heat the oven to 425ºF.
2. In a 12-inch ovenproof skillet or Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Remove the casings from the sausage and crumble the meat into skillet, using a spoon to break it up. Cook, stirring, until it's starting to brown, 5 to 7 minutes.
3. Using a mortar and pestle or the flat side of a chef's knife and a cutting board, lightly crush the fennel seeds. Stir them into the pan along with the garlic, oregano, and red pepper flakes, if using, and cook another 1 to 2 minutes.
4. Stir in the whole tomatoes, using a spoon to break them up. Add the crushed tomatoes, bay leaves, and salt and bring to a simmer. Cook for 10 minutes to thicken it slightly.
5. Stir in the pasta and 1 cup water and return the sauce to a simmer. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring to make sure the pasta doesn't stick to the pan. Remove from the heat, remove the bay leaves, and fold in a third of the mozzarella.
6. Top the pasta with the remaining mozzarella and dollops of ricotta. Sprinkle with the Parmesan. Bake until the pasta is tender when poked with a fork, and the cheese is bubbly and golden, 18 to 22 minutes. (If you'd like a browner topping, run the pan under the broiler for 1 to 2 minutes.) Let cool slightly before serving with black pepper and basil on top, and more red pepper flakes on the side.
VEGETARIAN UPGRADE
You can leave out the sausage entirely or substitute a plant-based sausage.
VEG IT UP
You can add 8 ounces of sliced mushrooms along with the sausage in Step 2. Increase the cook time until the moisture evaporates from the pan and everything is very browned.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.klcc.org/npr-food/npr-food/2022-09-04/when-melissa-clark-cooks-its-dinner-in-one | 2022-09-04T12:15:28Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/npr-food/npr-food/2022-09-04/when-melissa-clark-cooks-its-dinner-in-one | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
How not to behave during a job interview
We were jumping off cliffs into Lake Superior that was so frigid you lost your breath as you plunged into the water. But we didn’t care. It was August, it was hot, we were young and dumb and trying to impress girls and college classes were still a few days away. We had nothing but time on our hands.
And then I remembered I had a job interview that afternoon. Panicked, I quickly told everyone I had to leave and they, of course, assaulted me with insults. After all, we had just played hours of softball and were cooling off in the lake and getting ready to hit the bars. And it was a long day already.
So I rushed to my dorm room, quickly changed and headed to my interview in hopes of becoming the next janitor of University Hall. I greeted my future boss, apologized for being late and proceeded to answer his questions. But it was dark in his office. And really warm. And I remember him talking about squirrels or raccoons or some other furry creature before I did the unthinkable during a job interview: I nodded off.
Now, he was a great guy. And he quickly became worried that I was falling sick or something. But I explained that I hadn’t eaten all day or something. So he took the fan on his desk and aimed it at me. I collected myself and he still gave me the job. It was my first of three different campus jobs.
I look back now and think if some kid comes to me and falls asleep during a job interview, I wouldn’t offer him a stick of gum. But back then, on a college campus, the folks were easygoing. They knew I had no money.
Being a janitor was a great experience. Because I was a student, my boss did not require me to do the toilets. Thank God. But he did require me to work most of my hours on Saturday nights. So while all my buddies were out whooping it up for the weekend, I spent most of my Saturdays vacuuming the cafeteria and sweeping the hallways until midnight. I didn’t like it, but it kept me out of trouble.
I had to work that job on Saturdays because I had two others during the weekdays. One was at the library and the other at the administration building. I needed those hours to help pay for my tuition, books and room and board. Taking out a loan back then never occurred to me.
My dad was already gone by that time, but my parents hated loans. My dad moved us into a suburban ranch house that was small, but newly built. He paid off the mortgage (and the new garage and concrete driveway) in 10 years. And they never, ever had a credit card.
I graduated from college without taking out one student loan. Funny, but I learned about credit cards years after graduation and got sucked in to the notion of buying a bunch of stuff and paying for it later. It was a bad idea. Almost as bad as falling asleep during a job interview.
Ray Kisonas is the regional editor of The Monroe News and The Daily Telegram. He can be reached at rayk@monroenews.com. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/09/04/ray-kisonas-how-not-to-behave-during-a-job-interview/65466983007/ | 2022-09-04T12:15:33Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/09/04/ray-kisonas-how-not-to-behave-during-a-job-interview/65466983007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Book-burners want to control what children read
The temperature at which books burn is 451 degrees Fahrenheit; "Fahrenheit 451" is the title of the famous (banned) book about a society that turns book-burning into a goal and destroys itself in the process. Fiction? Not so much: in Michigan’s nearby Jamestown Township, the Patmos library may have to close because some people disapproved of a book!
Why should anyone care what books you pick up from the shelves of your local library any more than they should care if you prefer Froot Loops to Corn Flakes from your grocery?
Why should a few people decide what readings a well-trained, thoughtful professional educator assigns her students? When students read "The Odyssey," the class is not being taught to believe in Zeus or that it’s OK to sneak off with another man’s wife and start a war. If an elementary class reads about the Star-Belly Sneeches, kids are learning what fun language can be but are not likely to tattoo stars on their tummies.
A recent CBS News/YouGov poll showed “…a sweeping majority of Americans don’t think books that discuss race, depict slavery, criticize U.S. history, or represent political ideas they disagree with should be banned from schools.”
American schools are public schools, and not all our students are Christian; not all our families are two-parent straight; not all children are certain about their identities; not all students are white; many are challenged in a variety of ways. If you homeschooled during the pandemic, you surely were happy to return your kids to the capable and hard-working dedication of their classroom teachers. You saw first-hand how difficult teaching can be. Trusting professionals with decisions about education should not be hard. They have trained through more years of college than many other professionals and continue training beyond their degrees. Many have been in classrooms more years than the book-banners have been adults. Teachers do more than pass out papers; teachers actually know stuff! They are experts in their fields, and they understand age-appropriate learning. They have chosen hard work and low pay because they believe in children — all children — and not just the ones who look like ours or behave like ours or believe like ours.
We see the Taliban denying education to girls and are shocked. Those are definitely not public schools. But in American society there are areas where the public good outweighs a small group’s beliefs. Traffic laws and food safety laws come to mind. If our schools are truly “public,” then equality of respect for values and equality of expectations should guide teachers and parents who value them. Libraries serve everyone; they too are a public good. But some intolerant groups here want to dictate what other people’s children can learn, what books everyone reads. What will that teach children — when they see the adult world hiding truths from them?
I believe in this young generation. Their teachers and their parents have done their jobs well. Today’s teens and young adults are more tolerant, more inclusive, more concerned about the environment, more willing to learn and grow, more mature than the adults trying to stifle their education. I have seen young active adults on both sides of the political divide: for Roe and for choice, for Black lives and LGBTQ+ rights, for religious beliefs, for the environment, for better gun laws. They read banned books.
Today’s young adults will both respect their parents’ values and forge their own. We should learn to trust youngsters, not cocoon them in bubble-wrap. Adults underestimate this generation if they choose to spoon-feed them some prettied-up version of our history or shelter them from otherness. These strong young people are ready and able to deal with the facts; they understand we all must move forward together, forearmed with knowledge and looking for wisdom.
Sharon Kourous is a member of Stronger Together Huddle, a group engaged in supporting the common good of all. She is a retired teacher who lives in Monroe. She can be reached at mcneil@icloud.com. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/09/04/sharon-kourous-book-burners-control-children-read/65464822007/ | 2022-09-04T12:15:39Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/09/04/sharon-kourous-book-burners-control-children-read/65464822007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Mother's advice: Bacon grease is the key
Mother would have been so proud!
It all began Saturday morning at downtown Monroe’s fabulous Farmer’s Market, located each Tuesday evening and Saturday morning near the corner of N. Monroe and E. Willow Streets.
Renee and I had only recently returned from our “winter and spring from hell” (more about that later) for a short time when we heard that lifelong friend, David Manning, was singing there that morning, so we went.
We unloaded my wheelchair and began our visit. The place was packed and immediately we ran into old friends we hadn’t seen in ages. It was also immediately obvious the planned quick in-and-out trip was not going to happen.
“Uh, can we get some help over here?” I kidded at the first booth where our good friend (and one of Renee’s former haircutters at the salon she ran for 25 years), Darlene Parran, was hustling to keep up with customer demand.
Concerned, she turned to see who was complaining; when she saw it was me she flashed her beautiful smile and came to greet us.
“These ears of corn are huge!” Renee exclaimed.
“That’s how we grow them in Ida,” Darlene responded as she filled a bag with a dozen “roasting ears” as my father called them.
On we strolled, slowly circling the old building that first housed the market in the early 1930s. We greeted market manager Denice Lewis selling her scrumptious baked breads and goods.
David’s music filled the air and gave the market a festive feel; we made sure to help fill his tip jar.
I stocked up on the red popcorn I love (and seem to only be able to find there) and when we came to the always incredible assortment of flowers, herbs and spices I was thrilled to find basil, rosemary, thyme, mint and sage still available. (That, however, was tempered by news that our friend who used to sell the flowers, Pat Gretzler, had passed in February).
Normally we return from Florida in May and I plant my herbs and spices then, but this year I was waylaid by an infected knee replacement that needed replacement. After that successful operation an infectious disease doctor prescribed antibiotics so powerful they triggered the neurological disorder that took my legs away and put me in a wheelchair 10 years ago.
It was great to see market regular Ida’s Bill Stotz and his beautiful wife, Delores, again; I bought their fresh peppers and got a loaf of fresh-baked bread from another regular, David Charlesworth.
We had such a good time visiting the market and needed to make multiple trips to the van to unload the bags of goodies we had purchased.
Yesterday those giant ears of Darlene Parran’s corn were calling to me so I shucked and silked eight before cutting the corn off the cobs, just as Momma had taught me long ago.
I then began scraping the cob with my knife — just as Momma had taught me — causing the creamy "milk" of the corn to come bleeding down the cob and into the pan.
I heated bacon grease and butter into a skillet — just as Momma had taught me — then heaped my corn into the pan and for 15 minutes I tended to my mixture, occasionally scooping a spoonful into my mouth to test its flavor and doneness.
I sliced up some tomatoes from Gwen Hehl’s garden, and Renee and I sat down to as fine of a meal as I’ve had in ages.
“Your momma would be so proud,” Renee tenderly assured me.
My eyes watered as I reflected in that moment of the love I still have in my heart for my sweet mother and all the wonderful things she taught me in our short time together, including how to make Southern fried sweet corn cut off the cob.
“Don’t forget,” she would say. “Bacon grease is the key.”
I didn’t forget, and my corn was wonderful. Why? Because mothers are always right.
But, what do I know.
Tom Treece is a Monroe native and musician. Contact him atrttreece@aol.com. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/09/04/tom-treece-mothers-advice-bacon-grease-is-the-key/65464867007/ | 2022-09-04T12:15:45Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/09/04/tom-treece-mothers-advice-bacon-grease-is-the-key/65464867007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Veggie pasta is healthy - and delicious
Pasta is always a big hit at my family table.
But let’s speak to healthy vegetable pasta using healthy noodles that prompt your guests to ask “seconds please”.
But first, we must identify these healthy noodles. I am of the opinion that veggie noodles are your best bet for healthy/clean eating. Veggie noodles are gluten-free, thus cutting carbohydrates. They contain Vitamin A, which is great for your vision, and immune system; Vitamin C, which is good for skin and bones; Vitamin E, which helps protect against heart disease; and Vitamin K, which is a great for your blood, bones, fiber, digestion and cardiovascular health.
If you investigate, you can find packaged, ready-to-boil vegetable noodles. But you can also find many recipes to make these beauties at home. There are zucchini, carrot, sweet potato, squash, broccoli, parsnip and turnip noodles.
To top the pasta, we need to find healthy sauce alternatives. I have a fewpersonal favorites you may want to try in your home kitchen. I know you willenjoy the flavors, and when combined together, they provide a delectable, fabulous and healthy meal.
I have found that healthy vegetables and plant-based items have become a way of life for me. Although I still enjoy a splurge once a week, you will find you can feel better along with an exercise regimen that you enjoy.
Have fun in the kitchen! Go vegetable heavy. Reverse your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.
With all of this, I could not agree more!
Jacqueline Iannazzo-Corser is a contributing writer to The Monroe News, writing about food and recipes. She is a chef, co-owner of Public House, Culinary Specialist at the Opportunity Center at the Arthur Lesow Community Center, and an adjunct professor of culinary arts at Monroe County Community College. She can be reached at jcorser@monroeccc.edu.
Veggie Sauce #1
Serves 16
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp. oil of choice (I like olive oil always)
- 1 small yellow, white, or red onion diced
- 2 tsp. salt and pepper to taste.
- 2 tsp. garlic powder
- 2 tbsp. Italian seasoning
- 4 cups zucchini or yellow squash grated (mixed if desired)
- 3 cups carrots grated
- 1 bell pepper diced - any color
- 4 cups chopped spinach (if small leaves do not chop)
- 2 - 28 oz. can of crushed tomatoes (fresh or can)
- 4 tbsp. tomato paste
- 1 cup vegetable stock or broth
- veggie pasta
Directions:
- In a large saucepan heat oil over medium heat.
- Add the onions, garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste, and Italian seasoning.
- Sauté for about 3 to 4 minutes or until onions are translucent.
- Add zucchini, carrots, bell pepper, and spinach to the pan.
- Sauté the veggies until they are softened 2 to 3 minutes
- Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, and stock to the pot.
- Stir until combined then cover.
- Once sauce starts to boil, lower heat to low and cook uncover for an additional 15 minutes.
- Top with parmesan cheese.
Note: This sauce is intended to be chunky. If you would like to puree thesauce, do so in a blender. You may also use an immersion blender. Serve with a crisp salad and feature with lemon dressing.
Veggie Sauce #2
Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients:
- 12 oz. veggie pasta of choice
- 4 tbsp. of olive oil
- 1 cup chopped onions of your choice
- 1 pound of zucchini and yellow squash chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 tsp. dried or fresh oregano
- 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes-optional
- 2 tbsp. tomato paste
- 1 – 28 oz. can or fresh whole peeled tomatoes –cut
- 5 to 6 cups of spinach
- 1 to 1 ½ cups of fresh mushrooms
- One 12-ounce jar roasted red peppers drained and cut into 1/2-inch pieces = 1 Cup
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Parmesan cheese
- Dry basil or a handful of fresh
Directions:
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
- Add onion and cook stirring occasionally until translucent 4 to 5 minutes.
- Add zucchini, yellow squash, garlic, oregano, red pepper flakes, and
- Salt and pepper to taste stir until softened cook al dente.
- Stir in the tomato paste and cook another minute.
- Add the roasted red peppers, tomatoes and mushrooms.
- Bring to a low simmer and cook until the liquid has thickened and reduced by half approximately 10 minutes.
- Take the sauce off of the heat
- Stir in the spinach and basil.
- Add additional salt and pepper for taste.
- Toss in the cooked veggie pasta to absorb sauce.
- Serve with Parmesan mixed throughout pasta and sauce.
Note: I like the versatility of this dish and you can add or change ingredients as you desire. When you thicken no lid allows water to evaporate, serve with a crisp salad and try the homemade lemon dressing recipe.*Cooking times may vary
10-minute Lemon Dressing
Serves 6
Ingredients:
- ¼ cup of lemon juice
- 1 tsp. of Dijon mustard
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 garlic clove minced fresh or jar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- ½ tsp. honey
- ½ tsp. parsley or another herb of your choice optional
Directions:Whisk contents and serve. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/09/04/veggie-pasta-is-healthy-and-delicious/65467302007/ | 2022-09-04T12:15:51Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/09/04/veggie-pasta-is-healthy-and-delicious/65467302007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As a teenager working in downtown Kansas City in the 1990s, Theresa Santos found herself spending her breaks and spare time at the Italian Gardens restaurant on 12th and Baltimore, she recalled.
Growing up in New York City and infatuated with Italian culture and food, Santos quickly became friends with the staff — then the owners themselves: the DiCapo family.
“Before I knew it, we were super close. The entire Italian Gardens’ family watched over me and supported me… We’ve stayed in contact all these years. So when a pizzeria spot at Parlor opened up, a lot of different pizzerias auditioned to get to [the space]. I had the idea of taking the owners of Parlor to Italian Gardens for lunch, and they fell in love with it,” said Santos, the owner of Khalia’s Pizzeria and Ting’s Filipino Bistro, both inside Parlor’s East Crossroads food hall.
Khalia’s Pizzeria, which opened in July, is inspired by Italian Gardens — blending generational recipes of the DiCapo family with original dishes by the Khalia’s Pizzeria team.
“I wanted to keep it true to the Sicilian tradition that Italian Gardens had — their square pizzas, the homemade sauce, homemade everything,” Santos said. “They’ve had the same recipes passed down from generation to generation. Khalia’s offers a lot of their staples, and then we experimented with Italian concepts and created some of our own favorites.”
Passing down Italian Gardens
The original Italian Gardens location was opened in 1925 by John Bondon and was owned and operated by various members of the family for five generations until 2003 when the restaurant’s downtown location closed.
John David DiCapo — the son of well-known restaurateur Carl DiCapo — started DiCapo Foods with his mother, Anita Louise, in 1997. The duo began hand-making Italian cookies that took off and sold in grocery stores across the metro, John David DiCapo recalled.
“My mom’s 87, and she’s been here from the beginning,” DiCapo shared. “Of course I couldn’t have made it this far without her.”
Needing a kitchen to fill the high demand, the mother-son duo secured a spot in Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts Center in 1999. That spot later became known as both Italian Gardens Pizzeria and DiCapo Foods, serving as both a restaurant and order fulfillment center.”
“I’ve been in the family business for 50 years now, and I’m really tired from it,” DiCapo admitted. “So when Theresa approached me asking if we would consider partnering on the pizzeria in Parlor, I said, ‘I will do it on one condition.’”
Dicapo’s request: Santos would buy the Italian Gardens Pizzeria and DiCapo Foods’ cookies business from him.
“I’ve known Theresa for a long time, and she is driven,” DiCapo said. “The restaurant business is not for everyone, but someone like her, who has grown up in the industry, knows what it’s going to take. She already has a couple of successful businesses [such as Ting’s Filipino Bistro], so this will be just the icing on the cake for her.”
Santos considered the offer an honor, she shared, noting that DiCapo has been her mentor for many years. And, he will continue to be in the picture.
“We need to keep DiCapo [Foods’] cookies and Italian Gardens Pizzeria successful, so I’m going to keep my eye on her,” he teased, laughing. “I’m not just going to sell it and run down the street. I’ll still be here to consult with and help her through the transition.”
Italian Gardens Pizzeria/DiCapo Foods in the East Crossroads will be rebranded to Khalia’s Pizzeria inspired by Italian Gardens and is set to open in fall 2022.
The restaurant part of the business is currently closed and will remain closed until Santos finalizes ownership of the business, DiCapo noted.
Named after Santos’ youngest daughter, Khalia’s Pizzeria is a celebration of family and staff, Santos said — noting that hiring a solid team and treating them like family is something she learned from the DiCapos.
“A lot of the staff [at Italian Gardens] stayed with them for 40, 50 years because they took care of them,” Santos said. “I want to have that same type of relationship and culture with my staff. We have a really amazing team right now, and we are looking to hire more members going into the holiday season.”
A year of unprecedented growth
Santos opened her first restaurant, Ting’s Filipino Bistro, in Parlor in January 2022. By the end of 2022, she’s set to be the owner of four restaurants across the metro: two Khalia’s Pizzeria locations and two Ting’s locations — one in Parlor and the other in the City Market.
“Ting’s City Market location has a lot more street food options because people are walking around to shop at the farmer’s market — you need a lot more handhelds,” Santos noted.
Ting’s on 39th Street was set to open this summer, but because of unanticipated structural issues within the build, the opening is being put on pause, Santos said.
The past year has been met with many ups and downs, she shared, but owning and operating her own restaurants has ultimately been a dream come true.
“I’ve always wanted a Filipino restaurant, but it was such an honor for John to offer me to take over the Italian Gardens’ business,” Santos said. “Anyone who grew up in Kansas City knows exactly what Italian Gardens means to this community. I can only hope I represent them to the best of my ability and as long as I can. This is me paying homage to Italian Gardens.”
This story was originally published on Startland News, a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. | https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2022-09-04/a-century-old-family-pizzeria-is-being-passed-to-a-rising-star-in-kansas-citys-food-scene | 2022-09-04T12:15:53Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2022-09-04/a-century-old-family-pizzeria-is-being-passed-to-a-rising-star-in-kansas-citys-food-scene | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Letter: Raid on Mar-a-Lago was justified
Mr. Treece's loyalty to Trump is what is outrageous. My local news agency reports Trump was asked to surrender documents. He did some, his lawyer signed a letter stating there were no more documents, but we know now that was another untruth.
The raid on Trump was justified. Republican supporters of Trump will try any ridiculous excuse to justify EVERYTHING he says or does. Testimony has shown Trump knew the terrorist group brought arms to D.C. and more than just bear spray. They busted into the Capitol building while Congress was in session and a number of people were killed. The Republican Party writes this off as "legitimate political discourse" defying any type of common sense. Trump has buried that trait so deep, his supporters can't find it. Please.
Mr. Treece wants other issues — like the Portland riots and Hillary's emails — addressed as much. Trump ordered the DOJ to investigate the email situation, but no charges were made. In Portland, charges were made but I have not seen penalties. Now a Republican senator says if Trump is jailed there will be riots in the streets. According to the DOJ, Trump brought thousands of our most dangerous terrorists to D.C. and we should forget the treason because this group may object. He enjoyed the show for over three hours. Please.
Trump supporters have questioned what good Biden has done. In my opinion, the best thing he did was to get Trump out of office in a totally fair election. Trump supporters forget he told everybody he had done such a great job the only way he could lose is if there was fraud. So the election officials, including his supporters, went to work to made sure there was no fraud. After some 60 court filings, claiming fraud and dozens of recounts, the election stands.
I don't like high gas prices or inflation. I believe price gouging is a big part of the problem. Businesses raise prices because of higher business costs and then again for personal costs. I still believe Trump was the worst president in history for his mishandling of the pandemic, costing many lives, and for his efforts to overthrow the election.
If he had convinced his supporters to get the vaccine, instead of a choice, a rate of 85% vaccinated could have easily resulted. Jan. 6 needs the "needle for treason" as the penalty.
Donald E. Beeler
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Early in the morning, when the sun has barely risen over the City Market, Craig Hansen of Hillside Farms is already hard at work prepping and bagging his elephant garlic when customers start beelining to his stand.
For almost two decades, he’s been driving the two and a half hours from Carthage, Missouri, to the market to sell his garlic, which can be two to three sizes larger than regular garlic.
“The best part about the market is engaging with people,” said Hansen. “People walk by my stand and if they kind of glance at my table, I'll invite them to smell the garlic. If I get them to smell it, about one out of three will buy it. About half my sales on a given day are people who I catch new and others are people that are coming back for more garlic.”
Beyond his salesmanship, the slight difference in taste between elephant garlic and its smaller cousins keeps his customers buying bags at a time. Elephant garlic is actually a member of the leek family, which makes it sweeter and less potent than regular garlic.
That taste is what first piqued Hansen’s interest more than 27 years ago. In 1995, he and his wife Kendra were living in Austin, Texas, while he worked on his master’s degree at the University of Texas. The city is also the headquarters of Whole Foods, which at the time had a farm-to-market tour to showcase the farmers whose goods were sold in stores. At one of the stops, Hansen convinced a garlic farmer to give him two precious cloves.
“I planted the two cloves and then the next summer I had two bulbs, each had six cloves,” he said. “I had 12 cloves and I planted all those in the fall of 1996 — it just multiplied from there.”
Many of his customers end up planting their own cloves like Hansen did. He’s heard of his garlic being grown as far as Russia and Jerusalem.
Even with decades of experience farming and selling the crop, often while wearing a garlic-themed shirt, Hansen doesn’t plant his identity in garlic farming. That, he said, comes from his relationships with God, his family, and his friends.
“I wouldn't say my life is dedicated to it,” he said. “Being retired, I have sufficient income without the garlic sales. I just do it because it's fun to do. I like being outside, it helps get me active, so I do it, um, more out of pleasure than I do out of need.”
Due to the high demand for his garlic, Hansen and his family limit how many bulbs they keep for themselves. Still, if they catch him at the right time, he’ll often give customers recipes and tips on how to use it at home.
“I have customers that buy more garlic than we eat in our house,” he said. “So I know there are people that use it quite heavily, yeah, in their diets.”
He doesn’t have the largest stand to sell from, but his pickup holds hundreds of pounds of garlic. And as the City Market’s primary seller of the bulb, plenty of people seek him out.
“I don't know why other people aren't growing it but they're not, so this is my niche,” Hansen said.
At one point, Hansen grew 13,000 bulbs of garlic — more than he could sell direct-to-consumer. But these days he’s planting less, and after this season he’s winding down his sales in Kansas City.
Hansen retired from the Children’s Division of the Missouri Department of Social Services last year and also sells at the Webb City Farmers Market closer to home.
“I can easily sell my entire stock in Webb City and never even come back to Kansas City,” he said. “But I like this market, I have a lot of loyal customers here — I’m not gonna ditch 'em.”
But the Labor Day weekend was his last at the market this year.
Though he’ll no longer rent a regular spot, he still plans to come up a few times next year with enough garlic in tow to hold everyone over.
Hansen doesn’t know exactly what weekends he’ll make the drive to Kansas City, but he’s promised to keep his loyal fans updated through the Hillside Farm Facebook page.
“I would be sad if I wasn't coming at all, so I'm coming enough to satisfy my appetite to be in Kansas City,” he said. “I think three or four times a year would be good.” | https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2022-09-04/kansas-city-will-see-less-of-this-city-market-vendor-and-his-elephant-garlic | 2022-09-04T12:15:59Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2022-09-04/kansas-city-will-see-less-of-this-city-market-vendor-and-his-elephant-garlic | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WINDSOR — Kim Henderson tidies up four modest log cabins tucked a few blocks behind Main Street in this small town 90 minutes southeast of Kansas City.
“I’ve told people so many times — and I still mean it — I did the cabins more for Windsor than I did for myself,” Henderson said.
Windsor, with a population of about 2,900, is where the Katy Trail and the 47 miles of existing Rock Island Trail meet. Both are two former railroad corridors. One is now a world-famous outdoor recreation attraction. The other is only one-fourth completed.
Henderson, now a small business owner, has lived in Windsor for more than 30 years. She’s seen the benefits the Katy Trail has delivered to her community.
“It brings people here that never would have come to Windsor, Missouri,” Henderson said.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources officially acquired the 144 remaining miles of undeveloped Rock Island corridor in 2021. The plan for the trail has been in motion for much longer. Henderson eagerly awaited the creation of the Rock Island Trail and has followed the outlining maps in anticipation.
“I watched the dotted line of the 47 miles for 15 years,” Henderson said. “I watched that dotted line ... and I waited.”
When former Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon made the commitment to finish the first 47 miles of Rock Island Trail before he left office, Henderson bought two plots of land near where it intersects with the Katy Trail. She began renting out her first cabin in 2015.
“My first guests weren’t even cyclists,” Henderson said.
A local Amish carpenter built two more cabins for Henderson two years later. She furnished them with items from the family-owned furniture store in Windsor. In 2018 the fourth cabin was installed, and Henderson quit her full-time job as city administrator.
“Kim’s Cabins” are often booked solid. She estimates about half her guests are cyclists. The rest are families visiting Windsor for funerals or weddings, traveling nurses, vendors of the Missouri State Fair, construction workers and folks traveling through mid-Missouri.
“I put these in thinking cyclists,” Henderson said. “... I never imagined how many people I would have that come for every other reason now, because the cabins are here.”
$69 million to zero
This spring Gov. Mike Parson announced a historic investment for the Rock Island corridor: $69 million to convert another 78-mile section into trail. He planned to use money from the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
If and when the trail is complete, due to its intersection with the Katy Trail in Windsor, it would become the longest rails-to-trails path in the world.
But Parson’s plan didn’t survive the legislative session. The Senate brought the Rock Island budget down to $0.
Legislators cited the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ backlog of deferred maintenance in other state parks and concerns from landowners along the corridor as their reasons for cutting the money.
Communities along the trail are forging ahead despite the absence of legislative support.
Mac McNally leads the volunteers who make up the Missouri Rock Island Trail group. He said lawmakers’ decision to cut funding was disheartening but by no means the end of the road.
“We’ve faced challenges before,” McNally said. “We’re going to continue to try to help source funding to get the trail built.”
The group comprises local public officials, business owners, bike and pedestrian advocates, and anyone who cares about the completion of the trail. They’re motivated by the growth they’ve seen the 240-mile Katy Trail bring to adjacent communities. A 2012 report, the latest DNR analysis, found the trail brought more than $18 million into the state of Missouri.
“It can mean a huge amount of economic stimulus for the small communities that have kind of been left by the wayside after the railroads stopped operating 30-plus years ago,” McNally said.
It’s not just local volunteers looking for funding. Representatives from the DNR and the National Parks Service have stepped in to help connect communities to grants to complete their section of trail.
“The National Park Service is proud to be a partner on this and to serve Missourians in this way,” Ashley Newson said. She works for the National Parks Service’s Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program.
Newson spent the summer helping interested communities along the trail hold meetings, identify grants and design trailheads. She said constructing portions of the trail is a great way to build momentum for the project.
Eventually each section of the trail will need to be connected. But Newson said the piece-by-piece approach shows commitment.
“That’s an important component for getting that grassroots support to then show the county or the state, like, hey, we’ve got it developed through all of our towns. Now we just need it to connect through these areas,” Newson said.
Potential to rejuvenate rural communities
Kelly Thompson describes the used book collection at her shop in downtown Windsor.
“I’m pretty heavy in the classics. I think you can’t always please everybody when they come in to get books,” Thompson said, “but if you have classics, there’s a common ground.”
Thompson moved to Windsor two years ago. Her husband, Donavan, followed a year later. Native to Southern California, they’ve lived and worked in Nevada and Saline County, Missouri.
“We’re Missourians by heart,” Donavan Thompson said.
The Thompsons opened their new shop, The Pour Poet, last month. They sell coffee, tea, pastries, used books and antiques. Kelly Thompson explains the eclectic mix.
“All of these are my passions. Everything that I have in here is my passion.”
The Thompsons bought numerous properties in Windsor, and they plan to renovate and restore all of them. Some of the properties have been vacant so long that they found newspapers from the 1940s and ’50s littered about.
Donavan Thompson had a career in construction and does all the renovations. Several people wondered: Why bother?
“Everybody tells me it was derelict and it needs to be tore down,” he said.
The back corner of one building collapsed a few months ago. Thompson took it in stride. He cleaned it up then built a new foundation and wall.
“I’m gonna fight to save it.”
Kelly Thompson said the trail was a huge factor in their decision to relocate and open small businesses in Windsor. She found a ton of information about the trail while researching the area.
“And the only place they meet is in Windsor, Missouri,” Kelly Thompson said. “That went ding, ding, ding, ding. You got a winner there.”
The Thompsons have plans for a small inn, a restoration shop and office space for the remaining properties.
“There’s a lot of plans. It’s going to take some time,” Kelly Thompson said, “but we’re not going anywhere.”
As Amish buggies roll down Main Street just outside The Pour Poet’s front windows, the Thompsons explain how they fell in love with the people and character of Windsor, and they know others will, too. They believe the Rock Island Trail expansion can breathe life into other small towns along the route.
“There’s so much heart in this town. There’s a lot of pride. There’s a lot of history,” Kelly Thompson said. “And honestly, it’s really about bringing it back.”
The end, for now
The existing Rock Island Trail meets a paved road behind the Windsor City Park and stops. Across the road is a former railroad corridor so overgrown with brush and weeds you can barely see past the first dozen feet.
Henderson is passionate that the trail is the next chapter for Rock Island towns. Trains haven’t come through for 40 years, and without access to the interstate, reusing the corridor in this way is Windsor’s best bet.
“We’re not going to have big industry again, so small towns have to think outside the box,” Henderson said.
Henderson and other trail advocates are adamant that a trail improves quality of life not only for travelers but also for residents of the small towns they bisect. Henderson can attest to the demand for lodging and thinks the intersecting trail would attract more amenities to Windsor.
“I mean it’s just a huge opportunity because we are the crossroads,” Henderson said.
Henderson’s advocacy for the trails led her to become vice president of the Missouri Rock Island Trail group. She said small towns can’t go extinct because they are “where family and friends come back to.”
After seeing the success of the Katy Trail firsthand, Henderson hopes there is more to come.
“I’ve watched the trails for so long, and known what it can do for for small towns.”
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State legislatures see record number of first-generation immigrants
A record number of first-generation Americans are serving in state legislatures across the country, motivated in part by the anti-immigrant rhetoric and the policies of the Trump years.
Why it matters: First-generation Americans comprise 10% of the voting population in the U.S. They are among the fastest-growing portions of the electorate, yet are vastly underrepresented at all levels of elected office.
What we're watching: This year, 296 naturalized citizens serve in U.S. state legislatures, making up 4% of the 7,383 legislative seats, according to a new report from New American Leaders, a group that helps elect first and second generation immigrants to office.
- That's up from 258 legislative seats in 202o, when naturalized citizens made up 3.5% of state legislatures.
The big picture: As the country's demographics change, both parties are contending to be the party that can build a multi-racial coalition of voters and candidates.
"A lot of the gains that you see are in places where there are investments in new American leadership and new American communities — whether it is voter access or having new Americans on the ballot," Ghida Dagher, president of New American Leaders and New American Leaders Action Fund, told Axios.
- New York had the largest total increase, adding 9 state legislators who are naturalized citizens. California added 5, and Iowa and Vermont each went from having zero to having to one.
- "That was a turbulent period in American politics everywhere. We had a lot of new Americans—that haven't necessarily been consistently part of the political process—come out to vote," said Georgia state Rep. Marvin Lim, a Filipino elected in 2020.
By the numbers: 90% of the naturalized citizens serving in state legislatures are Democrats.
- 42% are Latino, 35% percent are AAPI and 15% are Black.
- Eight states have no naturalized citizens in their state legislatures.
Driving the news: New American Leaders hosted a training this past weekend for first and second generation immigrants interested in running for office or joining a campaign.
- Carli Fettig, finance director for Rep. Susie Lee's campaign (D-Nev.), provided a crash-course on the basics of leading a campaign's fundraising efforts, including managing call-time, staffing fundraising events and managing donor relationships.
- "Every time I come to one of the trainings, I get a little bit closer to 'Yes! [I will run for office],'" said Florida Hoxha, a foreclosure prevention attorney based in New York City and one of two dozen participants in the program.
But, but, but: Although the number of immigrant lawmakers rose to historic levels in 2022, some decided not to pursue reelection due to barriers they faced while in office, including low pay and a lack of support for caregivers, the report warns.
What's next: The growing demographic of naturalized citizens could significantly influence the outcome of this year's midterm elections. | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/04/state-legislatures-see-record-number-of-first-generation-immigrants | 2022-09-04T12:30:57Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/04/state-legislatures-see-record-number-of-first-generation-immigrants | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The last 16 of the 2022 US Open is set. Here are all the key numbers and statistics from Day 6.
US Open Day 6: Petra Kvitova, Jessica Pegula set meeting | Victoria Azarenka to face Karolina Pliskova | Iga Swiatek advances | Danielle Collins defeats Alizé Cornet | Martina Navratilova pays tribute to Serena Williams | Zhang Shuai reflects on success | Veteran players thriving
Scores | Order of play | Draw
12-10 - The longest first-to-10 super-tiebreak scoreline played in a Grand Slam main draw to date, won by Petra Kvitova over Garbiñe Muguruza for a 5-7, 6-3, 7-6[10] victory. The super-tiebreak was instituted at the 2019 Australian Open at 6-6 in the third set, and at Wimbledon 2019 at 12-12 in the third set. This year, it was standardised across all four Slams at 6-6 in the third set.
The scoreline is the joint second-longest Grand Slam super-tiebreak overall. Four qualifying matches have also been decided by a 12-10 super-tiebreak: Astra Sharma over Irina Khromacheva 5-7, 7-6(7), 7-6[10] in the 2019 Australian Open third round; Sharma over Jessika Ponchet 1-6, 6-2, 7-6[10] in the 2022 US Open first round; Varvara Flink over Panna Udvardy 6-2, 2-6, 7-6[10] in the 2022 US Open first round; and Clara Burel over Misaki Doi 2-6, 6-4, 7-6[10] in the 2022 US Open third round.
However, the longest super-tiebreak scoreline to date decided Maddison Inglis' marathon 6-3, 0-6, 7-6[17] win over Rebecca Sramkova in the first round of 2020 Australian Open qualifying.
11-9 - The longest regular tiebreak scoreline of this year's US Open so far, won by Danielle Collins for a 6-4, 7-6(9) victory. It is the second-longest regular tiebreak of this year's Grand Slams so far, only behind Martina Trevisan's 7-6(10), 7-5 win over Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the fourth round of Roland Garros. Across the Hologic WTA Tour as a whole, the year's joint-longest tiebreak scorelines were won by Barbora Krejcikova over Anett Kontaveit 0-6, 6-4, 7-6(12) in the Sydney semifinals and Elena-Gabriela Ruse over Wang Qiang 7-6(6), 7-6(12) in the Birmingham first round.
3 - Number of times Petra Kvitova has won from match point down this year -- the most of any player in main-draw matches in 2022. Kvitova saved two match points serving at 5-6 in the third set against Garbiñe Muguruza; previously, she staved off two match points to beat Arantxa Rus 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 in the Sydney first round, and one to beat Jil Teichmann 6-7(2), 7-6(6), 6-3 in the Cincinnati first round.
Great Escapes 2022: Winning from match point down
Five players have won from match point down twice in 2022: Leylah Fernandez, Jessica Pegula, Ons Jabeur, Kristina Mladenovic and Olga Danilovic.
6 - Months since Danielle Collins last won three consecutive matches. The American did so twice in her first three tournaments of 2022 to reach the Australian Open final and Miami quarterfinals, but thereafter won just three of her next eight matches as she struggled with a neck injury.
Collins did not compete between Lausanne in July, where she lost to wild card Simona Waltert in the first round, and the US Open. After defeating Naomi Osaka in the first round this week, she explained that she had needed a timeout for a training block instead of playing tournaments.
108 - Jule Niemeier's ranking, the lowest of any player in the last 16. However, the 23-year-old German has now reached the second week twice in her first three Grand Slam main draws. At Wimbledon, she upset Anett Kontaveit en route to the quarterfinals, but received no ranking points for this run.
27.19 - The average age of the 16 remaining players. It is the second highest average age for the Round of 16 at the US Open in the Open Era, behind only 2020 (27.5).
10 - Years since Victoria Azarenka had last played Petra Martic. Azarenka won their only previous meeting 6-2, 6-2 in the 2012 Linz quarterfinals, and reprised that result 6-3, 6-0 to reach the fourth round here.
7 - Consecutive wins for Petra Kvitova over Garbiñe Muguruza. The Spaniard won their first meeting 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in the 2015 WTA Finals round robin stage, but this week marked just the third set she has won from Kvitova since.
2 - American players who have made the second week of the US Open for the first time after reaching that stage at three majors elsewhere. Danielle Collins previously reached the 2022 Australian Open final, 2019 Australian Open semifinals and 2020 Roland Garros quarterfinals; Jessica Pegula was an Australian Open quarterfinalist in 2021 and 2022, and a Roland Garros quarterfinalist in 2022. Both are now just missing Wimbledon to complete a full house of Grand Slam second weeks.
7 - Appearances in the second week of the US Open for both Petra Kvitova and Victoria Azarenka -- the joint most of any player remaining. Azarenka has converted three of her previous six into runner-up showings, but Kvitova has yet to progress beyond the quarterfinals. This week marks Azarenka's 26th overall Grand Slam second week, and Kvitova's 22nd.
2022 US Open: The last 16
[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) vs. Jule Niemeier (GER)
[21] Petra Kvitova (CZE) vs. [8] Jessica Pegula (USA)
[26] Victoria Azarenka vs. [22] Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
[19] Danielle Collins (USA) vs. [6] Aryna Sabalenka
Zhang Shuai (CHN) vs. [12] Coco Gauff (USA)
[17] Caroline Garcia (FRA) vs. [29] Alison Riske-Amritraj (USA)
[5] Ons Jabeur (TUN) vs. [18] Veronika Kudermetova
Liudmila Samsonova vs. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2779697/us-open-day-6-by-the-numbers-kvitova-s-tiebreak-record-and-more | 2022-09-04T12:37:54Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2779697/us-open-day-6-by-the-numbers-kvitova-s-tiebreak-record-and-more | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Let’s talk about IPOs, the most common route for companies to enter the public trading markets. Last year, and the year before, saw record-breaking and record-setting numbers, in total number of public offerings, and in capital raised, but that blistering pace has slowed down this year.
The first half of 2022 saw a mere 92 IPOs raise some $9 billion, and analysts are projecting that this year will see a total of 184 companies go public through initial offerings. For comparison, just the first quarter of 2021 saw 395 IPOs raise a total of $140 billion. The drop-off is clear.
The slowing IPO activity can be traced back to the 6 month bear market we went through in 1H22, to the increased market uncertainty and the overall economic downturn. In such an environment, start-up firms are more reluctant to enter the public markets, and investors are more cautious about where they put their money. From both sides, we’re more likely to find a ‘wait and see’ attitude, as companies and investors watch to see how the markets will shake out.
From the investor’s perspective, what all of this really means is that the homework is now more important than ever. Learning the details of the IPO before the event and finding the firms with strong underwriting for the offering are good first steps. They can be followed by checking in with the Street’s analysts – these are the objective professionals who publish regular research notes on the stock markets, and their research can point the way toward hidden gems.
We’ve opened up the TipRanks database to find 3 recent IPO stocks that the analysts say are looking up. These are all companies that went public in May of this year, but have since picked up some Street love. Here are the details, along with the analysts’ commentary.
PepGen, Inc. (PEPG)
We’ll start in the biotechnology sector, where PepGen is a clinical-stage firm working on oligonucleotide therapeutics, a new generation of drug candidates that promise to transform the way we treat severe neuromuscular and neurological diseases. The company uses a proprietary development platform, based on Enhanced Delivery Oligonucleotides (EDOs), to create a line of drug candidates; these are now entering clinical trials.
The leading candidate, PGN-EDO51, is under investigation as a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and the company started dosing patients in a Phase 1 study this past April. The current trial is focused on healthy normal volunteers, testing safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics. The company expects to release data by the end of this year.
The company’s second leading drug candidate is PGN-EDODM1, a potential treatment for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). It showed promise in preclinical testing, and the company is planning an IND submission during 1H23, in advance of initiating a Phase 1/2 clinical trial.
PepGen has another three drug candidates in the discovery and preclinical phases – but the shift to human clinical trials is expensive. To raise the capital for that, the company held its IPO in May of this year. The event saw the PEPG ticker start trading on May 6, with initial pricing at $12 per share and first-day’s close at $12.89. The IPO successfully raised the $108 million expected, although the shares have fallen by 24% since then.
SVB analyst Joseph Schwartz covers this relatively new stock, and he sees the leading drug candidates as superior to competitors’ assets, writing, “We view PEPG’s lead candidate — PGNEDO51 for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients with Exon 51 mutations — as de-risked based on clinical data from SRPT’s SRP-5051…. PGN-EDO51’s Ph.1 healthy volunteer readout is guided to occur by year-end and will include safety, PK and exon 51 skipping data. We view this as an underappreciated catalyst that will establish baseline expectations for patients and also has potential to demonstrate PGN-EDO51’s best-in-class capabilities when compared to SRP-5051’s HV study results…. We note that DM1 represents a large market opportunity — we currently model peak (2035E) gross WW sales of ~$730M for PGN-EDO51 and ~$2.5bn for PGN-EDODM1.”
Schwartz gives PEPG shares an Outperform (Buy) rating, along with a $40 price target that implies a one-year upside potential of a huge 3o9%. (To watch Schwartz’s track record, click here.)
Over the past 3 months, 3 analysts have weighed in on this stock, and they are all positive, giving it a unanimous Strong Buy consensus rating. The shares are selling for $9.78 and their $27 average target indicates a strong 176% upside for the coming year. (See PepGen’s stock forecast at TipRanks.)
ProFrac Holding Corporation (PFHC)
Next on our list, ProFrac, is a holding company whose subsidiaries offer a range of services and solutions to the North American hydrocarbon industry. ProFrac’s offerings include services and products to enable hydraulic fracturing and well completion services in both the oil and gas exploration and production sectors.
Back in May, the PFHC ticker hit the markets through an IPO that opened on the 13th of the month. The stock closed that day at $18.11, a shade above the $18 opening price. The company successfully raised $441.6 million through the IPO, and since the first day’s close, the shares are up 9%.
Last month, ProFrac released its second quarterly financial report as a public entity – and the first one to show results achieved since the firm went public. The 2Q22 report showed a top line quarter-over-quarter gain of 40%, with revenues coming in at $589.8 million. Net income was reported at $70.1 million, and the company reported a cash position of $73.7 million as of June 30. Overall, the company reported $88 million in total liquidity at the end of Q2.
Stephen Gengaro, 5-star analyst with Stifel, was duly impressed by this company’s performance ‘out of the gate,’ and notes the quarterly results as key points in his review of the stock: “Bolstered by strong pressure pumping fundamentals, solid execution, and the positive benefits of its vertical integration, ProFrac delivered its second consecutive upside surprise since its IPO…. We continue to expect strong pressure pumping fundamentals to drive rising profitability at least through 2023, and likely longer.”
Gengaro rates these shares as a Buy and gives a target price of $29, implying a potential upside of 46% on the one-year horizon. (To watch Gengaro’s track record, click here.)
This energy/industrial stock has gotten attention from 7 Wall Street analysts, and their reviews include 6 to Buy and 1 to Hold, for a Strong Buy consensus rating. The current trading price of $19.79 and the average price target of $26.93 combine to give a 36% upside in the next 12 months. (See ProFrac’s stock forecast at TipRanks.)
Hanover Bancorp, Inc. (HNVR)
For our last stock, we’ll shift focus again – this time, to the financial world. Hanover Bancorp was established recently, in 2009, as a one-bank holding company; that is, it’s sole subsidiary is Hanover Community Bank, a small bank with some $1.6 billion in assets and operations in New York/New Jersey. Hanover Bank has 8 physical branches, in metropolitan NYC, on Long Island, and in Freehold, New Jersey.
Like many local banks, Hanover provides full services to smaller customers, including retail and small business clients. Services include checking and saving accounts, debit cards, money markets and CDs, banking advisory services, personal and business loans, mortgages, and online and mobile banking.
Hanover Bancorp held its IPO from May 11 to May 13, with the stock opening on May 11 at $21; since then, the shares have dropped a little – by ~5%.
On June 30, the company ended its 3Q of fiscal year 2022, with net income of $5.3 million, or 80 cents per diluted share. This compares to a year-ago result of just $221,000 and 5 cents per diluted share; the y/y jump is substantial. Revenue also increased substantially, by 50% from the same period last year to $16.65 million. The company’s $1.6 billion in assets are up from $1.54 billion at the end of the year-ago quarter. These assets included $133 million in cash.
Banks and bank holding companies typically pay out regular dividends, and Hanover Bancorp has paid out three common share divs, in February, June, and August of this year. The payments, of 10 cents per common share, annualize to 40 cents and give a yield of 2%, almost exactly the average dividend found among peer companies.
Covering this stock for Piper Sandler, analyst Mark Fitzgibbon sees this bank’s loan performance as the differentiator. Following the FQ3 print, he wrote, “Total loan balances grew 10% Q/Q, while total balance sheet footings rose 9% from the linked quarter. Loan growth from the linked quarter was seen across each of their three major loan buckets: Multifamily (+23% Q/Q), commercial real estate (+11% Q/Q), and residential mortgages (+2% Q/Q). Each of these loan categories represent >25% of their calendar 2Q22 loan portfolio composition. Our conversations with management lead us to believe Hanover will benefit from a strong pipeline in 3Q22. We think residential mortgage could see better growth than other loan categories as they look to further diversify the balance sheet.”
In Fitzgibbon’s view, this justifies an Overweight (Buy) rating, and his price target, set at $26, suggests room for 30% share appreciation in the year ahead. (To watch Fitzgibbon’s track record, click here.)
While there are only 2 recent reviews of this new bank holding company, they both agree that it’s a Buy, making the Moderate Buy rating unanimous. Shares in HNVR are priced at $20.01 while the $25.75 average price target is almost identical to Fitzgibbon’s objective. (See Hanover Bancorp’s stock forecast at TipRanks.)
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Ukrainian port city, Kharkiv come under Russian shelling
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling hit the southern Ukraine port city of Mykolaiv during the night, damaging a medical treatment facility, the city’s mayor said Sunday.
Mykolaiv and its surrounding region have been hit daily for weeks in the conflict. On Saturday, a child was killed and five people were injured in rocket attacks in the region, governor Vitaliy Kim said. Mykolaiv city mayor Oleksandr Senkevych did not specify whether there were any injuries in the overnight attack, which he said also damaged some residences.
Mykolaiv, on the Southern Bug River about 30 kilometers (20 miles) upstream from the Black Sea, is a significant port and shipbuilding center.
In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, Russian shelling late Saturday set a large wooden restaurant complex on fire, according to the region’s emergency service. One person was killed and two injured in shelling in the region, governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the eastern Donetsk region where Russian forces have been trying to take full control, said four people were killed in shelling on Saturday.
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine was disconnected from its last external power line but was still able to run electricity through a reserve line amid sustained shelling in the area.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi said in a statement that the agency’s experts, who arrived at Zaporizhzhia on Thursday, were told by senior Ukrainian staff that the fourth and last operational line was down. The three others were lost earlier during the conflict.
But the IAEA experts learned that the reserve line linking the facility to a nearby thermal power plant was delivering the electricity the plant generates to the external grid, the statement said. The same reserve line can also provide backup power to the plant if needed, it added.
“We already have a better understanding of the functionality of the reserve power line in connecting the facility to the grid,” Grossi said. “This is crucial information in assessing the overall situation there.”
In addition, the plant’s management informed the IAEA that one reactor was disconnected Saturday afternoon because of grid restrictions. Another reactor is still operating and producing electricity both for cooling and other essential safety functions at the site and for households, factories and others through the grid, the statement said.
The Zaporizhzhia facility, which is Europe’s largest nuclear plant, has been held by Russian forces since early March, but its Ukrainian staff are continuing to operate it.
Vladimir Rogov, the head of the Russia-installed local administration in Enerhodar, the city where the plant is located, was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying there had been no new shelling of the area on Sunday as of midday.
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Since the beginning of time remembered, coupledom has existed. However, the phrase, “We were made for each other,” has not always had the same romantic connotation it has nowadays.
It is only recently that love was a factor in deciding to enter into a marital contract. In fact, until more modern times, this union was not at all about the man and the woman. Instead, it was a way to make strategic alliances and expand the family labor force.
Those of us who grew up reading Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, or more lately, viewers of “Downton Abbey,” have vicariously witnessed a taste of the way marriage was arranged in the past.
The romantic in us cringed as those who fell in love were often torn apart in favor of more practical arrangements focusing on increasing family empires. More devastating than this were those situations where women were not lucky enough to be contractually bound so as to ensure their financial future.
In these cases, they were victims at the behest of family members or the closest male heir to the family estate who would take them in, or become modestly employed in roles such as governess to others’ children.
Divorce, by the same token, has not always circled around love – or a loss thereof.
In ancient times, increasing the labor force and making strategic alliances was often a matter of just adding another wife (or wives) and a few concubines. However, even then, if a man felt strongly, for example, if a wife turned out to be barren and thus unable to produce a son to carry on the lineage, certain cultures would allow divorce simply by acknowledging it, if the husband in question said, “I divorce you,” three times.
Again, women were at the behest of the menfolk, which is no doubt why many females tolerated polygamy, rather than be banished to the desert with nothing. Later on, one of the most celebrated divorces, that of Henry VIII and Catherine d’Aragon, was also driven by the king’s quest for a male heir. (Catherine was unable to produce a son for him.) His desire was also boosted by his lust for his next wife, the younger and prettier Anne Boleyn.
These days, marriage is most often the desire of those who fall in love, with little regard for any strategic alliance. Historic, also, is that same-sex marriages are becoming widely recognized. So the concept of the marital union is morphing. As well, divorce is on the rise. Most first marriages wind up in divorce at least 50% of the time, with “irreconcilable differences” cited as the chief reason most give for ending the marital contract.
This month, our writers have been sharing information and tips on how to protect yourself in case of divorce. As colleague Teresa Rhyne said, “No one goes into a marriage expecting to divorce.” And although I am not a marriage therapist, part of my expertise is in conflict resolution for high-stakes relationships, and it is from this platform that I’d like to ask the following question for reflection — if you are waffling between staying or going.
What’s the real problem in the relationship?
In my work, I am sometimes called in to mediate between colleagues who have come to a standoff in the way they deal with each other. It starts with a beginning to “major in minors” – giving too much focus to the small stuff that doesn’t really matter – which causes a poor shift in their relationship.
It then snowballs into bias, and the tension between these colleagues becomes worse to intolerable. When I am called in, it happens that sometimes these colleagues cannot even remember how the relationship started to go downhill. Romantic couples also experience this.
Often couples begin to obsess on little things that irritate them in the other person, and in doing so, forget the bigger picture. They disregard the positive and focus on anything negative that they perceive in their partner. Bias forms and is reinforced over time.
I invite those who are experiencing this to sit back and recall those things you loved in the other person when you first got together. What if you could enjoy those things again? Granted, it takes two. Both of you have a responsibility in this.
But since we are on the subject, here, ask yourself if the real problem isn’t that the two of you simply need to start the reset button and begin, again – together. What’s your next move? It could be worth the effort.
Patti Cotton serves as a thought partner to CEOs and their teams to help manage complexity and change. Patti@PattiCotton.com.
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Today’s litigation lesson: try not to cite a source that directly contradicts your argument.
You can find a recent example to avoid in a ruling by a federal judge in the Southern District of Illinois in which the plaintiff cited a cookbook written by “one of today’s leading authorities on fudge” who recommended using butter and milk when making fudge.
In case you’re wondering, the lawsuit claimed that General Mills Sales had misled consumers with a “Fudge Brownie Mix” that did not contain butter and milk.
Unfortunately for the plaintiff, the judge — who will now be referred to as the Fudge Judge — dug up the cookbook and read it. This is dogged legal research at its finest.
From the ruling: “Her recipe for peanut butter and chocolate fudge includes only coconut butter, maple syrup, peanut butter, vanilla extract, and dark baking chocolate, and her recipe for cayenne fudge almond milk, margarine, sugar, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and pepper.”
So you don’t have to have milk and butter. The lactose-intolerant among you may rejoice.
I’m guessing the Fudge Judge has been doing some cooking at home.
A war over world peace. Fans of long-running family drama and big-money disputes will enjoy a recent 52-page District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruling in a dispute over control of the Unification Church and related entities that’s been continuing for a decade. And it’s not over yet.
Two sons of the late Reverend Sun Myung Moon have sued each other, and one of them has sued their mother. The mother has also sued the other son. There’s lots of money involved and even a Swiss “foundation” set up so that a bunch of that money could be transferred to it. You know, church donations need to go to Switzerland to keep them safe.
They’re also supposedly fighting over whether the church — or what used to be the church — should be nonsectarian or “denominational.” I have no idea whether to take this seriously.
My favorite part is this: "The record also includes evidence of other donations to secular entities, such as a private school in New York attended by Rev. Moon’s children, a martial arts organization, several anti-communist organizations, and a firearms manufacturer.”
Your basic religious activities.
I should note here that the case is called Moon v. The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. I think that means the martial arts and firearms are for peacekeeping.
Be that as it may, the court spent most of its ruling explaining why it wasn’t going to decide a religious dispute, and you had the feeling that meant the court cases were going to be over — until you get to the very end, and the ruling says the whole thing can go back to the trial court to decide if there was some fraud.
Many lawyers are making a career out of this.
Strange warfare. Almost anything can be turned into a weapon — but some weapons are stranger than others.
This appeared in a recent Maryland federal judge’s ruling: “Plaintiff and Ms. Ham argued, and plaintiff maintains that Ms. Ham then rammed a crib occupied with a baby into plaintiff’s leg. Thereafter, plaintiff pushed the baby-occupied crib back as Ms. Ham.
“After the baby-occupied-crib-shoving incident, plaintiff complained….”
I have no idea why the baby isn’t the plaintiff.
Tactical error? I usually sympathize with protesters against injustice but every now and then I wonder about their methods.
This is from an excessive force/false arrest suit filed in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois against the Village of Dolton last week:
“Police targeted and arrested Plaintiff immediately after, through a bullhorn, he expressed his opinion that Officer Jeffrey Davis was a ‘fascist pig’ and that Sergeant Harris was a ‘fucking pig.’”
Seems like some of this unpleasantness could have been avoided.
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Seven people, including several college students, were hospitalized after a shooting nearly Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia early Sunday, authorities said.
Norfolk cops responded around midnight to a call for a shooting on the 5000 block of Killiam Avenue, less than a mile from the campus, officials said.
Two of the seven sustained “life-threatening” injuries, police said.
“Several” of the victims are students at Norfolk State University on the opposite end of town, the school said on Twitter early Sunday morning.
The school’s tweet referred to the shooting as an “isolated off-campus” incident.
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The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday that the grand jury investigating the Loudoun County school system can continue.
The grand jury was convened earlier this year by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, fulfilling an executive order from Gov. Glenn Youngkin and a campaign promise to investigate their claims the school system covered up a sexual assault by a student at one high school, which allowed the teen to be transferred to a second school where he assaulted another girl.
The Loudoun County School Board had filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the grand jury, claiming it was unconstitutional.
The court in its decision Friday upheld a lower court’s ruling to allow the grand jury to continue. They rejected the school board’s contention that the grand jury infringed on the right of the elected board to supervise the county’s schools, as set out in the state constitution.
“The school board has offered no convincing argument for why the grand jury investigation infringes this provision,” the court wrote. “The school board will continue to oversee the county’s schools exactly as before. The constitutional power to administer a school district does not bring with it immunity from investigation for violations of the criminal law.”
The school system argued the special grand jury wasn’t limiting its questions to potential criminal wrongdoing, and was focusing on things ranging from transgender issues to Facebook posts.
The court ruled that the school system hasn’t been harmed by the investigation so far, and if the grand jury does overreach, there are remedies available, such as moving to quash subpoenas.
Miyares said in a statement, “We are pleased with the court’s ruling and ready to move forward. This is yet another win for both Loudoun families and the commonwealth in our fight for justice and answers.”
The then-15-year-old boy was found responsible in juvenile court for both of last year’s assaults, which took place in a restroom at Stone Bridge High in May and in an empty classroom at Broad Run High in October. He’ll be in juvenile detention until he’s 18.
“Loudoun County Public Schools appreciates the Supreme Court’s consideration of the unusual circumstances regarding this special grand jury,” the school system said in a statement. “While LCPS is disappointed in the results, it will continue to comply with the special grand jury’s requests and awaits the results of its investigation.”
WTOP’s Neal Augenstein contributed to this report.
Rick Massimo came to WTOP, and to Washington, in 2012 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child. He went to George Washington University as an undergraduate and is regularly surprised at the changes to the city since that faraway time. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/virginia-high-court-rules-grand-jury-investigation-of-loudoun-schools-can-continue/article_90165e02-2c29-11ed-9ef8-afffaf17af5b.html | 2022-09-04T13:02:46Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/virginia-high-court-rules-grand-jury-investigation-of-loudoun-schools-can-continue/article_90165e02-2c29-11ed-9ef8-afffaf17af5b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A proposal to charge the city’s grocery shoppers 5 cents per plastic is tangling opinions in Virginia Beach. The Virginian-Pilot reports that local officials are torn between wanting to protect the environment while not unduly burdening residents with another tax. The struggle to reach a consensus came to light at a council meeting Aug. 23 when a consultant reported the outcome of recent meetings about reducing the use of plastic bags with retail industry representatives, environmental advocates and residents. Mary Jo Burchard, of Concord Solutions, said all of them said that this was an urgent need to be addressed, but they did not agree on the approach. | https://www.wboc.com/news/opinions-tangled-on-plastic-bag-tax-pitch-in-virginia-beach/article_d1851308-2c45-11ed-807d-5741dbeae1a0.html | 2022-09-04T13:11:02Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/opinions-tangled-on-plastic-bag-tax-pitch-in-virginia-beach/article_d1851308-2c45-11ed-807d-5741dbeae1a0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The unemployment rate has fallen again. Locally, the unemployment rate is 4.5%. Statewide, it’s 3.6% — the lowest rate for July since the state began recorded data electronically in 1976.
Nationally, the unemployment rate is even lower at 3.5%. This means that employment and the unemployment rate have both returned to pre-pandemic levels. In fact, there are now almost two open jobs for every unemployed person.
Why? There is no easy answer. Many baby boomers retired during the pandemic. Families found that they could make ends meet on one income — or they could not afford child care, so mom or dad have left the job market altogether.
Whatever the reason, the COVID shutdown changed American workers. People of all ages have realized that work is only part of life, and many are no longer putting it ahead of families, travel, vacation, etc.
Businesses of every size and industry are recruiting. If you want a job or you’re ready to make a career change, now is the time.
To help businesses and job seekers meet, the South Central Workforce Council and WorkSource have partnered to organize a job fair at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Yakima Convention Center. More than 45 companies from across the Valley and the state are planning to participate.
Job seekers will have the chance to explore career opportunities with manufacturers, hospitality, health care organizations, social service agencies, education, food processors, staffing agencies and much more.
People tend to size each other up in less than six seconds, so come dressed to impress (no sweats, shorts, leggings or baseball hats). Make a first impression that counts. Smile and make eye contact.
Companies expect that you will know what they make/do, so go online before the job fair. Find out what companies are coming (facebook.com/WorkSourceSouthCentralWA) and Google them. This will help you make conversation when networking. Beware! Asking what a company does or saying, “I’ll do anything” may end your chances for an interview.
If you have a resume, bring copies with you. If you don’t have a resume, visit WorkSource and they can help. WorkSource Yakima is located at 1205 Ahtanum Ridge Drive in Union Gap. WorkSource Sunnyside is at 1925 Morgan Road across from DSHS.
Thurday’s job fair is open to all job seekers. Most employers require workers to be at least 18 years of age. Because of space limitations, we have had to turn some businesses away.
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DELMARVA FORECAST
Sunday: Warm, with a mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid to upper 80s.
Sunday night: Partly cloudy. Isolated fog possible after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s.
Monday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 80s.
Tuesday: Scattered showers likely, with a few rumbles of thunder possible. Some gusty downpours are possible. Highs in the low to mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Wednesday: Scattered showers early, then partly cloudy. Highs around 80°F. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Thursday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the low to mid 80s.
Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
Saturday: Mostly sunny and unseasonably warm. Highs in the upper 80s.
FORECAST DISCUSSION
Normal high: 83°F. Normal low: 64°F.
As high pressure continues to slowly slide off the New England coast, winds today will be light, but shifting to a more southeasterly direction, which will slowly increase humidity.
On Sunday, we'll see a mix of sun and clouds, and it'll be a little warmer, as temperatures climb into the upper 80s.
A cold front will approach on Labor Day, and recent guidance is coming together to suggest that rain chances will shift more toward Tuesday. So for Labor Day, expect partly cloudy skies with warm afternoon temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. Showers will develop late into the overnight.
We'll expect scattered showers and cooler temperatures on Tuesday. Some thunder is possible with a few embedded gusty downpours, but it looks like most rain will be of the lighter variety.
The cold front will then likely stall out along the East Coast, keeping shower chances in the forecast through early Wednesday.
Then, partly to mostly sunny skies round out the rest of the week.
In the Tropical Atlantic, we're tracking two named storms.
Hurricane "Danielle" is back to hurricane strength after being briefly downgraded to a tropical storm Saturday afternoon. The storm is nearly stationary in the central Atlantic, and is not expected to have any direct effects on land.
Tropical Storm "Earl" is located north of the Leeward Islands, and will bring gusty downpours to parts of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico before turning north, and then eventually out to sea. "Earl" is not expected to produce any direct effects on the U.S. East Coast, save for some high surf.
A tropical wave in the deep tropics has a low chance of development in the next five days, but then it will enter an area of more favorable development. At this point, we're just watching this. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/labor-day-weekend-continues-dry-and-warm/article_6bcaa2f8-2c36-11ed-9216-db0367cdd480.html | 2022-09-04T13:11:04Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/labor-day-weekend-continues-dry-and-warm/article_6bcaa2f8-2c36-11ed-9216-db0367cdd480.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As waves of COVID swelled last year, short-handed schools across the Northwest struggled to stay operational. Principals stepped onto the playground to monitor recess or into the cafeteria to help serve lunches. Districts hired community members holding emergency substitute licenses, often with no teaching experience, to ensure classrooms had adequate supervision. In the most extreme circumstances, schools canceled classes for a day or more, as happened in Oregon’s Salem-Keizer and Idaho’s Nampa districts, among others.
The demands on staff were unprecedented, many educators said.
Joaquín Rodríguez, who is going into his third year of teaching, remembers last year as a juggling act between his regular duties, filling in for absent colleagues during his prep periods and offering extra support to students wrestling with pandemic-related trauma.
“Hopefully we’ll never see something as challenging as that again,” said Rodríguez, a multilingual science teacher at Franklin High School in Seattle.
This year isn’t expected to be much better. Many educators and administrators across the Pacific Northwest are bracing for only slightly abated staffing challenges as they return to campuses in August and early September.
“When I come into this next year, my worry is that if we can’t find a way to really address these issues in a meaningful way and meet the needs of our community, many educators … are going to be looking for elsewhere to work,” Rodríguez said.
Officials from large urban school districts and rural districts in the region report ongoing challenges hiring a variety of essential staff, from bus drivers to special education teachers.
In the Hillsboro School District, Oregon’s fourth-largest school district west of Portland, bus drivers and classified staff such as custodians are most in demand, officials said.
This month, the district was seeking to fill nearly 50 bus driver vacancies — about 25% of the necessary workforce.
By contrast, teacher vacancies five weeks before the school year were in fact “not too bad,” said Beth Graser, Hillsboro district spokesperson. Only 20 teaching positions were unfilled — about 2% of approximately 1,230 licensed positions in the district.
But hiring for those positions now is also more challenging.
“In the spring, the applicant pool is much deeper — we would get anywhere from five to 50 applications for each position,” Graser said by email. “At this point, the pool is much shallower with only a handful of people applying.”
Staffing problems drove headlines during the last school year. At the time, district officials sought the help of legislators and sweetened their offers, from hiring and retention bonuses to increased benefits and pay.
Meanwhile, researchers studying the education labor market stress the importance of determining precisely where the needs are greatest and which barriers stand in the way of districts hiring and retaining employees.
“These are problems that, if we talk about it in a very generic way, I don’t know if policymakers end up implementing solutions that kind of move the ball forward,” said researcher Dan Goldhaber, director of the Center for Education Data and Research at the University of Washington. He is an author of a 2021 report that analyzed job postings from 216 Washington school districts to establish a real-time snapshot of which positions were going unfilled most frequently.
His research showed special education teachers, English language teachers, coaches and paraprofessionals, who are classified employees who assist students in the classroom, made up the majority of staff that schools were struggling to hire. Those trends, which were broadly true even before the pandemic, likely persist this year, Goldhaber said.
Since Oregon, Washington and Idaho all lack comprehensive, real-time data on school districts’ hiring needs, the states have largely pursued more broad-brush solutions, such as additional funding schools can use in a variety of ways.
Oregon state Sen. Michael Dembrow, D-Portland, who chairs the Senate Committee on Education, said a workgroup first convened in 2021 is still looking at midrange and long-term solutions, including ways to implement robust data collection.
“I think what’s going to be important for us is to be able to move beyond anecdote and get a clear sense of what’s out there,” he said.
Ongoing need for subs
Caitlin Tumlinson, who teaches Spanish at Lakeside High School in the Nine Mile Falls School District northwest of Spokane, estimated she was asked to sub for absent colleagues during her prep period around 15 times in the last school year.
“In a 180-day school year, that’s a large percentage,” she said. But she wasn’t the only one stepping up outside of her normal duties. Classified staff who held bachelor’s degrees and the district’s chief financial officer became certified substitutes to help out.
About 15% to 20% of needed substitute positions were going unfilled on a typical day last year, according to data Tumlinson provided from the Nine Mile Falls District.
That’s similar to Hillsboro in Oregon, where about 20% of teacher absences were unable to be filled by a sub on an average day, Graser said.
Short- and long-term substitutes are still in high demand as the new school year begins.
New Jersey-based company Education Solution Services, which 21 Oregon school districts partner with, is looking to hire 2,500 substitutes statewide in addition to the 1,300 already on the books. The company is offering bonuses for referrals that lead to hires and bonuses tied to various lengths of service.
In Washington and Oregon, emergency certifications for full-time teachers and substitutes have allowed more people from local communities to step into the classroom and help. More than 1,100 emergency substitutes were hired in Oregon during the last school year, according to data from the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission that was first reported by the Oregon Capital Chronicle.
The emergency certifications have drawn criticism from some, since applicants weren’t required to have any teaching experience. And in Oregon, neither of the emergency certifications require a bachelor’s degree. Its emergency substitute license was approved in 2021, just weeks after the school year began.
State leaders, Dembrow said, “came to realize what thin margins the schools were operating on. People had to be away because of COVID, and there were no reserves for them.”
Oregon earlier this year extended the emergency substitute certification option through the coming school year, recognizing that schools’ needs for substitutes has not abated in time for the coming year.
Michael Fuller, a Portland civil rights attorney who first got his emergency substitute certification this past spring, said he began the process in February after reading news stories about the impact of substitute shortages on students and full-time staff. It took him about a month to complete a background check, take the necessary trainings and be cleared to substitute
“It’s been incredibly rewarding,” Fuller said. “It’s a very unique opportunity, and I think people would be impressed with the quality of students in Oregon schools right now.”
A dearth of data
During those strained initial months of last school year, Goldhaber’s research shed light on the fact that some positions were much more in demand than others.
Goldhaber, who is based in Seattle but conducts research across the nation, set out last fall to compile data that would show which types of employees — not just teachers — Washington schools were most in need of hiring.
His report, released in November 2021, showed that hiring needs varied with the size of the district and the poverty level in the community it serves.
Across all job categories, rural districts generally had a greater need for all staff compared to more urban districts. Higher-poverty districts also had more needs than lower-poverty school districts.
Notably, positions seeking classroom paraprofessionals were nearly double that of teacher postings statewide, Goldhaber observed.
Listings for special education teachers also vastly outpaced other specializations.
Goldhaber and his research colleagues wanted to draw out these insights on the education labor market in Washington because the state does not yet compile such data itself.
Media coverage of hiring challenges often deals with the shortage “as if it exists everywhere for all teachers and all schools, and that is not at all the way it is,” Goldhaber said. “It’s really clear there are much more extreme challenges to hiring teachers in certain specialty areas, such as STEM and special ed and [English-language learners], and that different kinds of districts and schools also have a much more challenging situation.”
It’s that sort of nuance, he said, that can help inform leaders’ search for solutions.
As an example, Goldhaber pointed to other states that have implemented pay incentives to hire more special education teachers, such as Hawaii, which began offering those teachers a $10,000 bump in their annual salary in 2020. A year later, the state’s special education vacancy rate had halved from 2019.
But more commonly, Goldhaber said, “a lot is being spent in generic ways and not targeting (specialties).”
State leaders in the Pacific Northwest expressed growing interest in such data to better tailor funding and support.
Washington’s Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for example, is “working to improve our educator workforce supply and demand data systems so we can more accurately estimate teacher vacancies,” spokesperson Katy Payne said in an email.
In March, Oregon legislators tasked the Oregon Department of Education and the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission with creating a more streamlined job application database that will make it easier for educators to apply for jobs in multiple school districts at the same time. That could also increase the likelihood of collecting statewide data on school staff vacancies.
Relief on the way
Still, school leaders pointed to bolstered state funding that should provide some relief.
In Oregon, that included a funding increase of $78 million that school districts can use to fund teacher recruitment and retention initiatives. They can also reimburse substitute teachers and paraprofessionals for past and future training costs through January 2024.
“I am really looking forward to seeing how those plans play out over the next few months to see which strategies we want to build on,” Dembrow said.
Idaho’s Legislature pushed more than $100 million into increased teacher salaries this year. And in a more targeted move, it passed a law to establish incentives for teachers to stay in rural or high-poverty schools. In the first year, 750 teachers could qualify for $1,500 each. The incentives will increase each year over four years.
Washington elected to provide schools with a 5.5% cost-of-living increase for all staff this spring. In some districts, that money will automatically be passed through to teachers. In other districts, unions and districts are bargaining over it.
The Legislature also approved an increase to the per-student funding level for mental health professionals, which could enable districts to hire more psychologists and counselors. Based on current projections, it will cost the state around $114 million in the first year.
Julie Popper, Washington Education Association spokesperson, said bringing in more mental health professionals also helps retain teachers.
“A lot of our educators are saying that since the pandemic, more and more students are showing up with acute behavioral and mental health needs that get in the way of their learning,” Popper said. “Sometimes that can get in the way of learning for the whole classroom. So those services are really critical to educators being able to do the kind of teaching they need to do on the curriculum.”
Meanwhile, other positions remain stubbornly difficult for schools to staff. Bus drivers are one. And paraprofessionals, who are historically paid lower wages, are being drawn off to better-paying jobs in other fields.
But the picture isn’t all bleak. Tumlinson, the Spanish teacher in the Nine Mile Falls district, said she is heading into the new year feeling better rested after this summer than after the last two. And she’s less worried about the impact of changing COVID policies disrupting schedules.
“Personally, I am optimistic that this is going to be more normal in a way we haven’t seen in the last couple of years,” Tumlinson said.
Rodríguez also said he feels some pressures have eased, but he’s more guarded about how this year could go.
“There’s definitely work we need to do to make sure there’s protection and corrections in our system,” he said. “That workload hasn’t necessarily gone away, and I don’t know if we have the ability to create more hours in a day, so we definitely need more hands.”
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The Savoy Apartments building at 322 W. Yakima Ave. was boarded up Aug. 23, 2021, and — at least from the outside — looks much the same a year later. The main level entrances are covered by sheets of plywood; windows on the upper floors are boarded up, broken or wide open; and the concrete stairs that lead to a lower level are strewn with needles, lighters, foil and litter.
City spokesperson Randy Beehler said the owner of the building, Aaron Stewart, had a year to initiate repairs at the Savoy.
“Up to this point, there haven’t been any permits applied for to do the work there that needs to be done,” Beehler said in August.
He said the city is still evaluating what to do with the building. Staff members are reviewing options included in the International Property Maintenance Code, which sets minimum health and safety requirements for buildings and outlines how to address violations. It’s the same code used to address damaged and dangerous buildings throughout the city.
All options, whether the end result is repair or demolition, will involve the court, since the deadline to initiate repairs was not met, Beehler said.
Beehler said communication from the owner since the building was condemned has not been adequate.
“Whatever communication we’ve had has not been sufficient enough to get the process of repairing the building started,” he said. “We would have hoped by now we would have seen more progress.”
The Savoy property and another property owned by Stewart, the Senator Apartments at 31 N. Front St., are up for sale after a judgment in Yakima County Superior Court.
The sale has been postponed several times since March, according to a public notice of sale from the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office. The sale was most recently postponed to Sept. 16, but Bre Story with the Sheriff’s Office said the sale has to be completed or canceled by Sept. 21, and attorneys are seeking an extension.
The plaintiff in the sale, Seattle commercial real estate firm Kidder Mathews, is apparently interested in purchasing the property, according to the sale notice. Attorneys for the firm did not respond to a request for comment.
Prior to the Savoy building being condemned, the city received multiple reports of health and life safety deficiencies in the building. This prompted city inspectors to visit the building, where they found holes in walls between units, a nonfunctioning fire escape, broken windows and exterior doors that were not secure.
Former residents also described flood stains, rotted beams and mold from broken plumbing, overflowing toilets and insect infestations.
The building was condemned April 23, 2021, and the city contacted Stewart about the violations, but the deficiencies were not brought up to code.
Stewart has a history of violating city codes at the Savoy Apartments and other properties. The Senator building and the Cascade apartment building formerly owned by Stewart were both condemned under Stewart’s ownership. The Savoy was previously condemned after a fire in 2017.
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Brits are being warned of a new scam that sees criminals tricking victims into giving away their National Insurance number. The warning was released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) following a rise in the number of such reports being made to Action Fraud.
The scam centres on National Insurance (NI) numbers - which everyone receives automatically before their 16th birthday, writes the Daily Record. Fraudsters are ringing people and pretending to be checking details and, ultimately, asking them for their NI numbers.
However, the DWP says it and other agencies would never ask for this. Instead, the DWP says it is a scam.
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It said: "Be 'fraud aware' and protect your personal details at all times. Your information could be used by criminals to commit benefit and other fraud.
"DWP never use an automated call system for contacting customers. If you receive an automated message about your National Insurance number, it is probably a scam. If you believe you have been targeted, contact Action Fraud."
The warning comes just a year after a similar scam involving National Insurance numbers made headlines. The fraudulent calls saw people receiving messages that their NI numbers had been compromised and that they needed a new one.
However, this was all a scam in a bid to gain people’s details to commit benefit fraud. People are now being urged to be careful with any calls relating to National Insurance. A series of tips have been issued to help people stay safe.
Anyone who receives an unexpected phone call, text message, or email that asks for their National Insurance number or other details, including bank details, should never give them out. Instead they should:
- Stop: Take a moment to stop and think before giving the information.
- Challenge: Question whether it could be fake and stand your ground if unsure. Criminals will try to rush or panic their victims, but people should not worry.
- Protect: Anyone who has given personal details to someone over the phone and now knows it to be a scam should contact their bank immediately and report it to the police.
Anyone who believes they have fallen victim to fraud should call police on 101. Alternatively, call Action Fraud on 0800 123 2040.
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If you were in Telluride on Saturday night, there was only one premiere to be at. Jeremy Strong, Anne Hathaway, James Gray, Rooney Mara, and Paul Mescal were all part of the enormous crowd in attendance to get their first look at TÁR, Todd Field’s ambitious exploration of artists, power and success, told through the journey of conductor Lydia Tár.
They were also there to witness its star, Cate Blanchett, receive the festival’s medallion, an honor bestowed onto just three people this festival, and often an early indicator of a strong awards run to come.
Read ongoing dispatches from Venice and Telluride in our liveblog.
TÁR, which landed at Telluride after glowing reviews in Venice, sees Blanchett deliver a bombastic performance as the head conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, who has reached the highest pinnacle of success in her field. "She'd made a commitment to herself very, very early on that she would transform herself into something great,” Blanchett said of the character during the Q&A after the screening. “And then what you see in the film is the fact that she's on that pinnacle, and the only next steps you can possibly make is down — and in artistic life, that is the greatest step you can possibly make.”
In the beginning of the film, the audience is let in on the many habits in Lydia’s life, from her tailored suits and ultra-chic Berlin home to her obsessive handwashing and her intense pre-performance rituals. Blanchett said that she was able to embody Lydia’s flaws because she relates to the anxiety that every performer faces before stepping out onto a stage. “I think that's the thing that the audience doesn't see — they think about performers as being supremely confident,” she said. “Performers are riddled with doubt, and the supreme act is coming out and channeling the thing through them, not for themselves, but for you guys.”
Blanchett elaborated more on the way that every performance is a risk, a feeling she’s had in her own work, especially when she’s performed in plays. "Sometimes it may not lift off, but that's the exciting, dangerous thing,” she said. “And I think that's the thing that people forget is there's not some certainty that we know how to do this. Every single time you go on set, every single time you step on stage, every time you step on the podium in front of an orchestra—it may be okay, but it may not be the best they can do."
And for the extremely small number of major female conductors, there are even more challenges. As Blanchett, who spoke to numerous female conductors in preparation for the role, pointed out: "When they step on the podium, 70% is a political act and they have to spend 70% of their energy pushing aside the fact that they're female, simply so they can be musicians.”
The further you get into TÁR, the more you begin to realize that all is not well in the life that Lydia has built, and that her past misdeeds may be about to make her life unravel. In the era of #MeToo, Field is using this story to at least in part explore those abuses of power. "Artists are complicated people – they live in the gray areas,” said Blanchett. “And I think these are all the questions that the film asks: in the pursuit of greatness, what do we condone and who supports those things that might destabilize other people?"
TÁR, which Focus will release into theaters on October 7, is sure to spark debate with the themes it explores. But after its big debut at Telluride, the story here is clearly Blanchett’s career-best performance, which will likely land her an eighth Oscar nomination. She's won twice before — in 2004 for supporting actress in The Aviator and in 2013 for lead actress in Blue Jasmine. If she wins a third acting Oscar, she would join a very exclusive club that now only includes Meryl Streep, Ingrid Bergman, and Frances McDormand. (Katharine Hepburn still holds her own record with four). There’s a long journey ahead, but the double-header of Telluride and Venice has Blanchett off to the best possible start. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/awards-insider-cate-blanchett-telluride-tar | 2022-09-04T13:20:45Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/awards-insider-cate-blanchett-telluride-tar | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Peter Coshan: Body found in search for former Edinburgh Fettes College teacher
A body has been found in the search for retired Edinburgh teacher Peter Coshan.
Police hunting for the 75-year-old, who taught at Fettes College in the Capital, made the discovery this morning near the village of Kirkwhelpington in Northumberland.
Officers had been pictured scouring woodland close to the A696 earlier this week – more than 80 miles away from his home in the Capital’s South Learmonth Gardens.
The body has yet to be identified but the family of Dr Coshan have been informed.Detective Superintendent Andrew Patrick, of Police Scotland's Major Investigation Team, said: "Our thoughts remain with Peter’s family at this incredibly difficult time and we are continuing to provide them with support.“I would like to take the opportunity to pass on our thanks to everyone who has come forward with information which has helped our investigation.”Two men, aged 27 and 63, have been arrested and charged with the pensioner’s murder. | https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/peter-coshan-body-found-in-search-for-former-edinburgh-fettes-college-teacher-3830663 | 2022-09-04T13:20:47Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/peter-coshan-body-found-in-search-for-former-edinburgh-fettes-college-teacher-3830663 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford calls for armed police review in rural areas after Skye 'shooting'
SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has called for a review of the way armed police are deployed in rural areas, in the wake of an alleged multiple shooting in the Highlands and Islands in August.
One man died after an incident on Skye last month, prompting armed police to be reportedly sent on an 80-mile drive from Inverness.
With a higher gun ownership rate in rural areas, Mr Blackford said that a review is needed to ensure that officers in the Highlands and Islands are best prepared in the event of being deployed to rural or remote areas.
An investigation is currently underway, into the way officers responded, by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC).
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According to the Sun, the Ross, Sky and Lochaber MP said: “I think the key thing we need to do after what happened is to take stock.
“On the basis of what’s happened on Skye we need to review preparedness and what we should be doing to keep our police, front-line workers and communities safe.
“I think it’s right that we review the deployment of armed officers in the rural areas.
“But I recognise until we get the PIRC report, it will be too early to make a judgement on that.”
Three people were taken to hospital following a series of incidents, some of which involved a gun, on Wednesday, August 10.
Officers were called to a property in the Tarskavaig area of Skye shortly before 9am where they found a 32-year-old woman with serious injuries, who was then taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
About half an hour later, gun shots were reported at another property in the Teangue area of the island, about eight miles away, where a 47-year-old man, later named as John MacKinnon, was pronounced dead when emergency services arrived.
Police later confirmed an arrest and a man was charged in relation to the incidents.
Finlay MacDonald appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court charged with the murder of Mr MacKinnon and attempted murder in relation to three other people.
The 39-year-old did not enter a plea and was remanded in custody.
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Mumbai: Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was killed on Sunday when his car hit a road divider on a bridge in Maharashtra's Palghar district neighbouring Mumbai, a senior police officer said.
Mistry (54) and another person travelling in the Mercedes car were killed on the spot while two others, including the driver, identified as Anayta Pandol, were injured.
Mistry was travelling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai when the accident occurred at around 3.15 pm on the bridge on the Surya river, the officer said.
The accident occurred on the bridge over the Surya river, killing Mistry and another person on the spot while two others have been shifted to Gujarat for further treatment, said Palghar district superintendent of police, Balasaheb Patil.
Four persons, including Mistry, the driver, and two others were travelling in the car.
A Kasa police station officer said the accident occurred at Charoti Naka when Mistry's car hit a road divider on the Surya river and dashed against the retention wall, killing him and another person on the spot.
The bodies of Mistry and Jahangir Pandol have been shifted to the Kasa Rural Hospital for postmortem.
The police officer said the injured occupants of the car - Anayta Pandol, who was driving the car, and Daryus Pandol - have been shifted to a private hospital in Vapi in Gujarat for treatment.
Palghar Police officer Sachin Navadkar said the local police are carrying out a further investigation. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/04/former-tata-sons-head-cyrus-mistry-dead.amp.html | 2022-09-04T13:29:22Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/04/former-tata-sons-head-cyrus-mistry-dead.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Mumbai: Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was killed on Sunday when his car hit a road divider on a bridge in Maharashtra's Palghar district neighbouring Mumbai, a senior police officer said.
Mistry (54) and another person travelling in the Mercedes car were killed on the spot while two others, including the driver, identified as Anayta Pandol, were injured.
Mistry was travelling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai when the accident occurred at around 3.15 pm on the bridge on the Surya river, the officer said.
The accident occurred on the bridge over the Surya river, killing Mistry and another person on the spot while two others have been shifted to Gujarat for further treatment, said Palghar district superintendent of police, Balasaheb Patil.
Four persons, including Mistry, the driver, and two others were travelling in the car.
A Kasa police station officer said the accident occurred at Charoti Naka when Mistry's car hit a road divider on the Surya river and dashed against the retention wall, killing him and another person on the spot.
The bodies of Mistry and Jahangir Pandol have been shifted to the Kasa Rural Hospital for postmortem.
The police officer said the injured occupants of the car - Anayta Pandol, who was driving the car, and Daryus Pandol - have been shifted to a private hospital in Vapi in Gujarat for treatment.
Palghar Police officer Sachin Navadkar said the local police are carrying out a further investigation. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/04/former-tata-sons-head-cyrus-mistry-dead.html | 2022-09-04T13:29:28Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/04/former-tata-sons-head-cyrus-mistry-dead.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Puducherry: A student died after consuming juice laced with poison near Karaikal in Puducherry on Saturday.
The deceased is Balamanikandan, an eighth-grade student of a private school in Nehru Nagar, Karaikal.
His classmate's mother Saharani Victoria was taken into custody over the tragic incident.
Saharani reportedly poisoned the drink after becoming envious of the student's excellent performance in his studies.
Balamanikandan was getting better marks than her son in examinations and this irked her.
A CCTV footage revealed that she entrusted the school's security guard to hand Balamanikandan the juice box.
The boy collapsed soon after returning home and died Saturday night while undergoing treatment.
Meanwhile, the boy's relatives attacked the hospital alleging that he did not get the best treatment.
The Nagapattinam-Chennai highway was also blocked for several hours. A detailed investigation is on. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/04/puducherry-mother-irked-by-high-scores-of-son-classmat-poisons-him.amp.html | 2022-09-04T13:29:35Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/04/puducherry-mother-irked-by-high-scores-of-son-classmat-poisons-him.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
U.S. and British Army Soldiers detonate an obstacle while conducting multinational breach training during Noble Partner at the Vaziani Training Area, Georgia. Noble Partner is a cooperatively-led multinational training exercise in its sixth iteration between the Georgian Defense Forces (GDF) and U.S. Army Europe and Africa. (U.S. Army photo by: Staff Sgt. Jeron Walker)
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New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday took a swipe at the BJP government on the issue of price rise, saying unemployment and inflation were its "two brothers", with Rahul Gandhi blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the problems being faced by the common people.
"The king is busy with the earnings of friends, people are suffering from inflation.
"Today, people have to think 10 times before even buying items they need. Only the Prime Minister is responsible for these problems. We will keep adding voices against inflation and the king will have to listen," Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
Addressing the Mehngai par Halla Bol rally' at Ramlila maidan here, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said the party made all efforts to hold a debate on price rise in the Parliament and the government kept avoiding it.
He said the government did agree for a debate after they fought from Parliament to streets under Rahul Gandhi's leadership, but got only five hours to discuss it, of which Congress was allocated just 28 minutes.
"GST has been increased on daily use items such as curd. Unemployment and prices are rising on one hand and on the other hand the rupee's value is going down vis-a-vis the dollar.
I want to ask Modi ji what are you doing as unemployment, prices are rising and China is also attacking us. But he does not respond to these issues," Kharge said.
Speaking at the rally, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said, The people in the BJP are fascists, they only wear the mask of democracy.
"The situation of the entire country is very concerning, the constitution is being destroyed, democracy is in danger. Modi has forgotten the things he had said during UPA rule," he said.
"The credibility of Gandhis is highest and even more than yours (Modi's), as no one in the Gandhi family has held any position in the government including being the prime minister," he said.
Gehlot said there is an atmosphere of hatred and violence in the country and thus the need for uniting people, and the Bharat Jodo Yatra.'
He claimed that wonderful work was done under the UPA government under Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh and it was made to go through a conspiracy.
"An atmosphere was created against the government by discrediting it through a conspiracy," he said.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel slammed the BJP over its "revdi" remark in which the party recently disparaged the freebie politics.
Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said input costs for farmers were increasing and their income was decreasing.
He said unemployment has reached such proportions that even for the post of peon thousands of graduates and post graduates apply. Hooda also slammed the Agnipath scheme of the government.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said it is easy to come into the Congress and leave, but it is very difficult to stay on and fight. His apparent dig was at Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the party recently blaming the leadership.
Ahead of Sunday's 'Mehngai par halla bol' rally of the party at the Ramlila Maidan here, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the rally was not being held as with 2024 elections in mind, but to highlight the two "biggest challenges of inflation and unemployment to the people.
"Modi government has two brothers - unemployment and inflation. Modi government has two brothers - ED and CBI," the Congress leader went on to say.
"We had protested against this even on August 5. About 70 MPs were detained, including Rahul Gandhi. People from 12-13 states are coming and we want to send an effective message to the insensitive Modi government that people are suffering from this back-breaking inflation and unemployment and solutions should be found for them," Ramesh said.
Asked about Ghulam Nabi Azad's rally in Jammu on Sunday, Ramesh said he would speak about the Congress rally not that of the BJP.
On BJP's allegation that the Congress was trying to divert people's attention from the issue of corruption, Ramesh said the party has been protesting against rise in prices for over a year.
"A rally was held in Jaipur. About 70 MPs were detained from Vijay Chowk. We have raised these issues inside and outside Parliament. We have held protests in various states. This rally is part of that series of protests.
"On September 7, we will begin the Bharat Jodo Yatra' which too will have the economic disparity as the biggest issue," Ramesh said.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and a host of party leaders are slated to address the rally. Party workers from Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, and other parts of the country, are converging for the event.
The rally comes ahead of the opposition party's 3,500-km Bharat Jodo Yatra' which will traverse the length of the country from Kanyakumari to Kashmir starting September 7.
The Congress has said the rally's aim is to highlight the issues of price rice and unemployment, and promote communal harmony in the country.
The party said its workers will continue to raise these issues as a responsible opposition and will take to the streets to fight for the cause of the common people. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/04/unemployment-inflation-modi-govt-brothers-congress-delhi-rally.amp.html | 2022-09-04T13:29:47Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/04/unemployment-inflation-modi-govt-brothers-congress-delhi-rally.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday took a swipe at the BJP government on the issue of price rise, saying unemployment and inflation were its "two brothers", with Rahul Gandhi blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the problems being faced by the common people.
"The king is busy with the earnings of friends, people are suffering from inflation.
"Today, people have to think 10 times before even buying items they need. Only the Prime Minister is responsible for these problems. We will keep adding voices against inflation and the king will have to listen," Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
Addressing the Mehngai par Halla Bol rally' at Ramlila maidan here, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said the party made all efforts to hold a debate on price rise in the Parliament and the government kept avoiding it.
He said the government did agree for a debate after they fought from Parliament to streets under Rahul Gandhi's leadership, but got only five hours to discuss it, of which Congress was allocated just 28 minutes.
"GST has been increased on daily use items such as curd. Unemployment and prices are rising on one hand and on the other hand the rupee's value is going down vis-a-vis the dollar.
I want to ask Modi ji what are you doing as unemployment, prices are rising and China is also attacking us. But he does not respond to these issues," Kharge said.
Speaking at the rally, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said, The people in the BJP are fascists, they only wear the mask of democracy.
"The situation of the entire country is very concerning, the constitution is being destroyed, democracy is in danger. Modi has forgotten the things he had said during UPA rule," he said.
"The credibility of Gandhis is highest and even more than yours (Modi's), as no one in the Gandhi family has held any position in the government including being the prime minister," he said.
Gehlot said there is an atmosphere of hatred and violence in the country and thus the need for uniting people, and the Bharat Jodo Yatra.'
He claimed that wonderful work was done under the UPA government under Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh and it was made to go through a conspiracy.
"An atmosphere was created against the government by discrediting it through a conspiracy," he said.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel slammed the BJP over its "revdi" remark in which the party recently disparaged the freebie politics.
Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said input costs for farmers were increasing and their income was decreasing.
He said unemployment has reached such proportions that even for the post of peon thousands of graduates and post graduates apply. Hooda also slammed the Agnipath scheme of the government.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said it is easy to come into the Congress and leave, but it is very difficult to stay on and fight. His apparent dig was at Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the party recently blaming the leadership.
Ahead of Sunday's 'Mehngai par halla bol' rally of the party at the Ramlila Maidan here, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the rally was not being held as with 2024 elections in mind, but to highlight the two "biggest challenges of inflation and unemployment to the people.
"Modi government has two brothers - unemployment and inflation. Modi government has two brothers - ED and CBI," the Congress leader went on to say.
"We had protested against this even on August 5. About 70 MPs were detained, including Rahul Gandhi. People from 12-13 states are coming and we want to send an effective message to the insensitive Modi government that people are suffering from this back-breaking inflation and unemployment and solutions should be found for them," Ramesh said.
Asked about Ghulam Nabi Azad's rally in Jammu on Sunday, Ramesh said he would speak about the Congress rally not that of the BJP.
On BJP's allegation that the Congress was trying to divert people's attention from the issue of corruption, Ramesh said the party has been protesting against rise in prices for over a year.
"A rally was held in Jaipur. About 70 MPs were detained from Vijay Chowk. We have raised these issues inside and outside Parliament. We have held protests in various states. This rally is part of that series of protests.
"On September 7, we will begin the Bharat Jodo Yatra' which too will have the economic disparity as the biggest issue," Ramesh said.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and a host of party leaders are slated to address the rally. Party workers from Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, and other parts of the country, are converging for the event.
The rally comes ahead of the opposition party's 3,500-km Bharat Jodo Yatra' which will traverse the length of the country from Kanyakumari to Kashmir starting September 7.
The Congress has said the rally's aim is to highlight the issues of price rice and unemployment, and promote communal harmony in the country.
The party said its workers will continue to raise these issues as a responsible opposition and will take to the streets to fight for the cause of the common people. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/04/unemployment-inflation-modi-govt-brothers-congress-delhi-rally.html | 2022-09-04T13:29:53Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/04/unemployment-inflation-modi-govt-brothers-congress-delhi-rally.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Holley (left holding flag), an infantryman assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment, and others from 1st Platoon pose for a photo with a flag belonging to Holley’s grandfather at The Joint Multinational Readiness Training Center in Hohenfels, Germany February 23, 2022. 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment is currently serving in Kosovo as part of the approximately 3,600 troops serving with the NATO-led Kosovo Force mission. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Matthew Damon)
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Louisville on track for third-highest year of homicides, anti-gun violence advocate says
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - An advocate against gun violence said the city is on track to break the record for the third highest year of homicides.
In the month of August, Louisville Metro Police data said there were 10 total homicides, bringing the city’s total for 2022 to 111.
Christopher 2X, executive director for the nonprofit Christopher 2X Game Changers, said the number is fast approaching 2016′s 117 homicides, the third highest yearly number for the city.
“One homicide is one too many, but when you consistently have more than 100, it’s just hard to believe how there can be so much violence,” 2X said in a release.
Over the past two years, Louisville Metro broke its record number of homicides per year. In 2020, the city reached 173 homicides, and the record was broken again the following year with 188 homicides.
This year, in addition to the homicide numbers, there have been a total of 306 people injured by gunfire. In August, 43 people were reported injured due to shootings.
“All this violence is devastating for families,” 2X said in a release. “Growing numbers of kids are suffering because they’ve lost someone close, know someone hurt. Kids suffer trauma just being around the sound of gunfire.”
Through the Game Changers organization, 2X continues to work with families and victims affected by gun violence. 2X also tracks shooting numbers to bring awareness of the severity of gun violence within the city.
For more information on the Christopher 2X Game Changers organization, click or tap here.
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WEST MICHIGAN — Meteorological fall began September 1, and astronomical fall begins about three weeks later on September 22. However, the days leading up to fall, won't necessarily feel like fall.
The Climate Prediction Center issues weekly discussions on the forecast outlooks regarding temperature and precipitation. In the most recent update, West Michigan has been placed in the Above Normal category.
It's no secret that West Michigan has been warmer than average. In August 2022, we broke a temperature record and had several days that were above average. Our upcoming week also hints at warmer weather, with temperatures in the lower to mid 80s. Usually this time of year our daily highs are around 79 degrees.
The CPC also releases a Precipitation Outlook. West Michigan is looking to be near normal headed into the next two weeks as well. | https://www.fox17online.com/weather/weather-articles/a-warmer-trend-is-anticipated-for-september-cpc-places-west-michigan-in-above-normal-category | 2022-09-04T13:42:17Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/weather/weather-articles/a-warmer-trend-is-anticipated-for-september-cpc-places-west-michigan-in-above-normal-category | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with musician Yungblud about his new eponymous album, featuring songs that focus on the importance of self-acceptance. Note to listeners: This interview mentions self-harm.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with musician Yungblud about his new eponymous album, featuring songs that focus on the importance of self-acceptance. Note to listeners: This interview mentions self-harm.
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Kochi: The Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has instructed the Mahatma Gandhi University to frame fresh guidelines within one month to conduct interviews for appointments to assistant professor posts in colleges affiliated with it.
The High Court nullified the order issued by the university dated October 30, 2021, making changes to the existing guidelines and by fixing 50 marks as the maximum points for the interview to the post.
The Division Bench observed that as per the UGC rules, the selection process should be based solely on the performance in the interview. Factors such as teaching experience and the number of research publications should be considered only for shortlisting the candidates.
The High Court Division Bench, consisting of Justice P B Suresh Kumar and Justice C S Sudha, gave the ruling in an appeal filed by Dr Smitha Chacko with regard to the criteria fixed by the MG University for appointment to the post of Hindi professor.
Smitha moved the High Court after a single bench rejected her petition challenging the new university order and the appointment of Dr Lija Achama George in the Hindi Department of Pathanamthitta Catholicate College.
The Division Bench nullified Dr Lija's appointment and asked the college to conduct a fresh interview to the post within one month as per the revised guidelines.
The petitioner contended that the notification for filling up the particular post had clearly laid down that the selection would be based on the marks received in the interview and the maximum marks for the interview would be 20. The college asked her to appear for the interview on November 16, 2021. But in the meantime, the university issued a new notification, fixing the maximum marks for interview as 50. Besides, the university also fixed separate marks for teaching aptitude (10 marks) and research aptitude (20 marks).
The petitioner argued that the University's appointment notification went against the provisions of the UGC rules.
The Division Bench accepted the contention of the petitioner that the appointment in question was not done on the basis of the marks scored in the interview. Moreover, marks were granted to the selected teacher for teaching experience and research publications. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/04/high-court-asks-mg-varsity-to-frame-new-criteria-for-asst-professor-appointment.html | 2022-09-04T13:51:25Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/04/high-court-asks-mg-varsity-to-frame-new-criteria-for-asst-professor-appointment.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted isolated heavy rain in Kerala on Sunday. A yellow alert was sounded in five districts -- Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam, Idukki, Malappuram and Wayanad.
According to the weather office, the state is likely to receive rainfall between 64.5 mm and 115.5 mm in the next 24 hours.
A yellow alert has been issued for the following districts till September 8:
September 5: Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Malappuram and Wayanad.
September 6: Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod.
September 7: Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad.
September 8: Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad.
Lakshadweep fishermen directed to exercise caution
The IMD warned fishermen on Lakshadweep coast against venturing into the sea on Sunday and Monday. However, there is no such restriction for fisherfolk along the Kerala-Karnataka coast. In Lakshadweep, winds up to 50 km/h followed by rough weather are expected on these days. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/04/isolated-heavy-rain-warning-kerala-five-districts-yellow-alert.html | 2022-09-04T13:51:38Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/04/isolated-heavy-rain-warning-kerala-five-districts-yellow-alert.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Met Office has issued an eight-hour yellow weather warning for thunderstorms. The alert comes in from 8pm tonight (September 4) and will last through to 4am on Monday morning (September 5).
The storm "may cause some localised disruption" and locals have been told what to expect. According to the Met Office, there is a "good chance" driving conditions will be affected by spray, standing water, locally gusty winds and hail.
There could be "some damage to a few buildings and structures from lightning strikes and gusty winds". Some short-term loss of power and other services could also be a possibility.
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The warning mainly covers western areas of the county. It starts from the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells, stretching across towards Sevenoaks and up to Orpington.
In a statement, the Met Office said: "Heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop across southwest England on Sunday evening and move north across parts of Wales and Northern Ireland, clearing during the early hours of Monday morning.
"A separate area of thunderstorms is likely to develop across central southern England late evening, moving north into the Midlands overnight. Whilst some places may not see much rainfall, a few places may see 20-30mm fall in under an hour.
"Frequent lightning, hail and locally gusty winds are additional hazards that may accompany stronger thunderstorms, particularly across southwestern parts of England and Wales."
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Five arrested after brawl outside Wetherspoons in Canterbury city centre | https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/kent-weather-met-office-issues-7545182 | 2022-09-04T13:59:33Z | kentlive.news | control | https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/kent-weather-met-office-issues-7545182 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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There are many times having a scanner would be convenient, but how many of those times take place next to an actual scanner? If you need a quick digital copy of a document, you may not want to waste time fussing with a regular scanner, and you might not have one at all. However, iPhone users could just turn their cameras into a scanner. iScanner for iOS is a high-quality point-and-shoot document scanner, and it’s just $39.99 for a lifetime subscription.
A scanner that fits in your pocket
Have you ever been given a big packet to read and wished life had a search function? There’s no button you can press on a hard copy to find specific terms, but iScanner is an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) scanner, meaning your scanned documents may also be searchable. If someone hands you a thick tome to read through at work or school, scan each page into one document, then search for what you need.
“I am using it for scanning the documents of my small business. Scans are very detailed and precise, it is easy to use and has all features one can imagine. You should definitely consider buying it if you have many documents you would like to save digitally,” writes reviewer Philip F. If you’re making scans for your business, iScanner also makes it easy to share your documents with the rest of your team. Attach scans to email or share and upload to Dropbox, Evernote, or Google Drive.
iScanner App: Lifetime Subscription, $40, original price: $200
iScanner doesn’t just scan documents. If you’re in the market for a new apartment or home, you probably know all the tricks you have to deal with: fisheye photos that make rooms appear larger, “rounded up” dimensions, the works. Instead of pulling out a tape measure for every room you walk into, use iScanner for a quick calculation of a room’s total area. You could also calculate a specific object’s dimensions, or just point your phone at a written or typed math problem and get an answer.
With iScanner, the same app you use to access QR code menus at restaurants could tell you if your “walk-in closet” is all it’s cracked up to be. Or, as one user noted, you could use iScanner to keep records of all your expenses in order: “This scanner is a must have especially for people who wish to keep track of their receipts, it includes counter, and a great UI.”
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One scan of iScanner’s list of functions and you might be sold. For a limited time, get iScanner App: Lifetime Subscription on sale for $39.99 (Reg. $199).
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Germany's coalition parties agreed to a €65 billion package to shied consumers and businesses from energy price hikes on Sunday. The package will be paid for via an energy windfall tax and bringing forward a planned 15% global minimum corporate tax.
Energy prices are likely to spike further on Monday after Gazprom announced that Nord Stream 1 would stay shut after maintenance.
The costs of the package could rise with energy prices. So far the government has spent €95 billion on subsidies since the Ukraine war began in contrast to about €300 billion during the pandemic.
In other German news that could impact markets, the Green party announced it will stop opposing nuclear power. That should clear the way for an extension of Germany's three remaining plants. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/germany-unveils-65-billion-package-to-subsidize-energy-prices-20220904/ | 2022-09-04T14:22:25Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/germany-unveils-65-billion-package-to-subsidize-energy-prices-20220904/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Local News Briefs
ODOT working on U.S. 22, I-70
ZANESVILLE − The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced that State Street should reopen on Sept. 9, depending on weather, related to work part of the Interstate 70 reconstruction through Downtown Zanesville.
ODOT also announced that Jackson Road will be closed for culvert replacement at the intersection of U.S. 22 from Sept. 6 to 14. The suggested detour is Jackson Road to Sonora Road to U.S. 22 and reverse for the other direction.
Chamber luncheon planned
JUNCTION CITY − The Perry County Chamber of Commerce will have its monthly luncheon at noon Sept. 20 at Top Hat Restaurant, 202 W. Main St., Junction City.
Guest speaker will be Scott Berry of New Dimension Travel on travel trips and how to make your next trip more enjoyable with less glitches.
Cost is $15 with reservations due by Sept. 14. Call the chamber at 740-342-3547 or email pcccofc@yahoo.om for registration.
Kat Dodson event planned
NEW LEXINGTON − The 16th annual Kat Dodson Foundation event will be at noon Sept. 24 at St. Rose Parish, 309 N. Main St.
The event will feature food, raffles, Chinese auction with more than 150 items and a live auction from 6 to 10 p.m.
Admission is free. Proceeds will benefit the Perry County Cancer Alliance. For more information, call Carol at 740-621-0336 or Cheryl at 740-504-0340.
Fundraiser to aid library program
NEW LEXINGTON − A fundraiser for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Perry County will be from 5 to 11 p.m. Sept. 24 in the parking lot of Ludowici Roof Tile, 4757 Tile Plant Road, New Lexington.
Live music will be from Tim Norman, Mike Boley and Sweet Misery. Beer and wine will available to buy. Tickets can be purchased on the Ludowici Community Foundation's Facebook page.
Chalfant Church homecoming set
DRESDEN −The annual Chalfant Church homecoming will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 11 with a carry-in dinner at the church on County Road 439, just north of Dresden.
The program at 2 p.m. will feature a message from the Rev. Donna Edsall of Muskingum Church. The CosMus Hill String Pickers will perform. Chalfant was the first established church in Coshocton County.
The Wilds earns accreditation
CUMBERLAND − The Wilds recently earned full accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
At nearly 10,000 acres, The Wilds is one of North America's largest wildlife conservation centers. The Wilds provide wide open pastures for various rare and endangered animals from around the world to roam and coexist.
To be accredited, The Wilds underwent a thorough review to assure it has and will continue to meet rising standards in every aspect of its operations; including animal care and wellbeing, veterinary medicine, wildlife conservation and research, conservation education and safety. AZA requires facilities to complete this rigorous accreditation process every five years.
There are currently 241 AZA-accredited facilities and 15 AZA-certified related facility members throughout the U.S. and 12 other countries. | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2022/09/04/local-news-briefs/65468671007/ | 2022-09-04T14:26:00Z | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com | control | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2022/09/04/local-news-briefs/65468671007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
'Zanies from Zanesville' appeared in old movie
Despite being exhausted after a hard day's work, it was still two hours before my normal bedtime, so I turned on an old movie that had been recorded several nights previously. “Kansas City Princess,” which was released on Oct. 13, 1934. It starred Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell as two gold-digging blondes on the run from the gangster boyfriend of Blondell's character, Rosie Sturges.
After disguising themselves as Girl Scouts, the ladies traveled to New York City by train only to be spotted by the spurned lover who had followed them. In their frantic attempt to escape the gangster, the women hopped into a cab already occupied by two men who were heading for a vacation in Paris, France. Almost immediately the men's childish and boorish behavior irritated the women, especially the character played by Blondell.
One of the passengers, Alderman Sam Warren, played by Hobart Cavanaugh, then introduced his buddy: “This is my friend, Alderman Jim Cameron (T. Roy Barnes) from Zanesville.” With that last word, my sleepy eyes opened widely and my ears perked up. Did I actually hear him say “Zanesville?”
By re-running that section of the film I confirmed the guys in the taxi were indeed from Zanesville. Shortly thereafter came more confirmation. Although the two men in the cab seemed to be wealthy, the Sturges was not impressed. Indeed, she insisted to her friend they should quickly get away from those “Zanies from Zanesville.”
Blondell was born Rose Joan Bluestein on Aug. 30, 1906, in New York City. Active in her chosen profession from 1927 to 1979, she was married three times. Her husbands were Mike Todd, Dick Powell,and George Barnes. She died on Christmas Day, 1979, at the age of 73. She's buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Unfortunately, I found no evidence Blondell ever visited Zanesville so she could have had the wonderful opportunity to experience firsthand some of us real, down-to-earth “zany Zanesvillians.”
Amazingly, this was not the only time Zanesville has been mentioned in movies or TV programs.
For example, in 1949, a Bob Hope movie, “The Great Lover,” was released. Playing the part of Freddie Hunter, a newspaperman (perhaps he worked for the TR), Hope escorted several Boy Scouts to Paris. Throughout the movie, Hope commented on how the city was much different from his home in North Zanesville. At one point he quipped: “Where do you think I'm from, Kokomo? I'm from North Zanesville, brother! The big town!”
Zanesville even gained a bit of publicity in a “M*A*S*H*” episode from the late 1970s. Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger, (played by Jamie Farr), a man who was willing to do almost anything to get discharged, wore a T-shirt that proclaimed “Toledo: Gateway to Zanesville.”
Perhaps it's not surprising to hear the name of Zanesville occasionally appearing on movie screens and TV sets, for several radio, TV and movie personalities have come from this town. They include Richard Basehart, Ted Ross, Addison Richards, Otis Harlan and Dan Patrick. Perhaps over dinner, they shared information about their hometown with producers, directors and script writers, who in turn liked the sound of the word “Zanesville.” (Of course, “nerds from Newark” or “lunatics from Lancaster” also would have worked in the “Kansas City Princess” movie.)
Zanesvillians were well acquainted with Blondell. For example, on March 14, 1934, she appeared in a Times Recorder ad for Lux Toilet Soap. In the ad she said, “I have to admit that Lux Toilet Soap does make your skin simply ravishing. And men do fall for a beautiful complexion every time.” (I do.)
Just a few days later, on March 28, the Quimby Theater ran an ad for the movie, “I've got your Number,” starring Blondell. Her co-stars were Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell (who would also play her sidekick in “Kansas City Princess”), Allen Jenkins and Eugene Pallette. An adult ticket was 25 cents, while a child could purchase one for only a dime.
You might remember Blondell's performance in the 1978 smash hit “Grease,” which starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. At the time she was in her early 70s and was dealing with serious health problems.
Although “Kansas City Princess” was released in October of 1934, it did not reach Zanesville until Dec. 27, appearing at the Liberty Theater for only two days. The advertisement in the Times Recorder stated: “A 'wow' of a comedy! The comedy stars of 'Dames' in a big hit all their own!”
The Zanesville Signal said the movie “has laughs” and then continued: “A fast-moving, wise-cracking comedy, 'Kansas City Princess' heads the screen program and has Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert and Robert Armstrong in the leading roles.” Unfortunately, neither the Times Recorder nor the Signal mentioned the use of our town's name in the film.
Sadly, Zanesville is not mentioned in such classics as “Gone with the Wind,” and this is a pity, for in my humble opinion, using our town's name would have tremendously improved any movie:
Rhett Butler: “Scarlett, I'm leaving you and this plantation! I'm moving to Zanesville, where they have the best doughnuts, ice cream and pizza.”
Scarlett O'Hara:: “Frankly my dear, I don't give a ding-dang, for I prefer grits!”
Now that's what I call a real Hollywood ending.
Lewis LeMaster is a retired school teacher of the Zanesville area. | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2022/09/04/zanies-from-zanesville-appeared-in-old-movie/65396118007/ | 2022-09-04T14:26:06Z | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com | control | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2022/09/04/zanies-from-zanesville-appeared-in-old-movie/65396118007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Roundup: John Glenn, New Lex pick up volleyball wins
Volleyball
John Glenn 15, 25, 25, 25, New Philadelphia 25, 23, 16, 18: Kara Fields had eight kills and Hannah DeMattio and Emma Briggs chipped in six kills apiece, as the Muskies (2-6) overcame a first-set loss to earn a road win.
Briggs also made 12 digs, Lauren Blair totaled 25 assists and 12 digs, Aleea Musselman collected 11 digs with four kills, Emma Dolan had 10 digs, four aces and three kills and Sydney White and Graceann Hitchcock added 10 digs apiece for the winners.
John Glenn reserves (4-4) lost 25-14, 25-18, as Lily Robinson had three kills, five assists and three digs, Alaiah Johnson six digs and Sophia Derry three kills and four blocks, while the JG freshmen (1-3) also lost 25-20, 25-19, as Delaney Woodard totaled six aces, two kills and three blocks, Addison Moore nine digs and Addi Babcock three assists and four digs.
New Lex 25, 25, 25, Reedsville Eastern 6, 10, 19: Lizzie Ellis served nine aces with 22 assists and five digs and Nora Duperow drilled 11 kills with four digs to lead the victorious Panthers.
Jerilynn Koehler added seven kills, five digs and three blocks, Trinity Cook had six kills, six digs and four aces and Chloe Dick chipped in five kills and five digs for the winners.
Jorja Burkhart collected six aces and nine assists, Caroline Dupler four kills, three aces and two digs and Addison Wycinski six digs, two aces and two kills for the New Lex reserves, who won 25-15, 25-7.
Fort Frye 25, 18, 25, 25, Philo 19, 25, 13, 8: Aleigha Busse hit eight kills and made 13 digs as did Olivia Winland in the Electrics' four-set loss to the Cadets.
Brooklyn Ferrell collected five kills, four digs and 1.5 blocks, Delany Carmichael passed out nine assists, Addyson Khune had seven assists and four digs, Megan Tom made nine digs, Winland and Briannah Wolfe had four kills apiece, Wolfe was also 100% serving with five digs and two blocks for Philo (2-5).
Madyson Long tallied 24 kills, Kasey Lang set out 25 assists, Jaz Castro added eight digs and seven aces and Kianna O'Brien served four aces with 10 kills to lead Fort Frye.
Philo reserves won 25-9, 24-26, 25-20, as Parker Hina had eight kills and 11 digs, Lauren Morehouse 12 digs and six kills with 100% serving, Halli Harris 17 assists, seven digs and two aces and Olivia Fink five digs, three kills and two blocks.
Girls Soccer
Rosecrans 9, Fisher Catholic 0: Chloe Zemba knocked in five goals and assisted another, as the Lady Bishops moved to 6-1.
Sydnee Maxwell added a goal and an assist, Caitlyn Wilson, Jenna McLaughlin and Jaleigh Stoneburner also had goals and Avery Maxwell chipped in an assist for the winners, who travel to play the Columbus School of Girls on Wednesday.
Hiland 5, John Glenn 1: The Hawks scored the final three goals to top the Muskies at Crew Stadium.
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West Holmes 9, Philo 0: Allie McMillen and Averee Troyer had two goals apiece, as the Knights topped the Electrics.
Cross Country
John Glenn boys claim Newcomerstown Invite title: The Muskies totaled 24 points in the Big School Division, as Kody Clendenning took first place in 17:12 and Braylon Buchanan was second in 17:40.
Meadowbrook's Kendell West placed third (17:48), River View's Drew Tumblin fourth (17:58) and John Glenn's Caiden Lake fifth (18:15). Ian Davis also added a seventh (18:24) and Ethan Zell 12th (19:26) for the Muskies.
Crooksville was fifth (124) in the Big School boys race with Grayson Houk in 18th (20:31), Preston Hunter 29th (23:31), Dawson Dyer 30th (23:33), Denver Dyer 31st (23:37) and Cameron Beaver 41st (27:57).
The John Glenn girls were third in the Big School race with 45 points, as Brea Wilfong posted a winning time of 20:46, edging Meadowbrook's Karrah Singleton, who was second in 20:47. Mackenzie Welch finished ninth (22:48), Waverly Yurco 10th (22:51), Laurie Baughman 12th (23:03) and Alivia Lake 13th (23:10) for the John Glenn scoring. Maysville's Emerson Williams was 42nd (35:49) in that race.
West Muskingum's Jacob Agin came in eighth (18:23) in the Boys Small School race, while the Crooksville girls were ninth (192) in the Small School Division. Hannah Sheets came in 14th (22:41), Angelina Wood 41st (25:10) and Grace Sheets 46th (25:53) for the Ceramics, while the Tornadoes' Sydney Bollinger was 48th (26:00).
Philo's Lytton places top 10 at Highland Invite: Jenna Lytton ran a time of 25:02 to finish seventh in the high school girls open race at Sparta Highland.
Emma Swope came in 27th (27:09), Kassydi Harris 34th (27:51) and Kennedy Rinkes 64th (35:13) to round out the finishers for the Electric girls, while AJ Layton placed 80th (22:40) and Julian Boylan was 82nd (22:44) to highlight the boys' effort.
Morgan competes at Warren Invite: Emily Pinkerton finished third in the girls race with a time of 21:50 to highlight the Raiders' effort at Vincent. Elizabeth Bankes was also 26th (28:50).
Cody Young led the Raider boys in sixth in 18:23, while Trayton Nelson came in 17th (20:08), Jude Garber 34th (23:24), Clark Smith 35th (23:30) and Clayton Blackburn 36th (23:30).
New Lex runs at Circleville: Zander Miller was 70th among 209 runners in 19:45 to pace New Lexington at the Circleville Kiwanis Invitational.
Eli McCord was 142nd (22:30.4), Cole Furbee 197th (27:52.1) and Taven Shirkey 207th (34:10.6).
Fairfield Union's Marcus Runkle won the meet in 16:14 and teammate Anrdrew Walton was third in 16:30.3, as the Falcons won with 28 points. Liberty Union's Teddy Jencson was second (16:26.6) to pace the runner-up Lions.
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Suspect charged in kidnapping of Memphis jogger Eliza Fletcher
Police have arrested a suspect in connection to the kidnapping of a woman who went missing in Memphis, Tennessee earlier this week.
The latest: In confirming the news on Twitter early Sunday morning, Memphis police noted that the woman, Eliza Fletcher, has not yet been located and the investigation into her whereabouts is ongoing.
Who is Eliza Fletcher?
Eliza Fletcher, 34, is a junior kindergarten teacher at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis and a mother of two children.
- She was last seen on a jog near the University of Memphis at 4:30 a.m. on Friday when she was approached by an "unknown individual" and reportedly forced into a dark SUV, according to a statement from Memphis Police.
- Authorities described her as white, with brown hair and green eyes, and about 5'6". She was last seen wearing a pink jogging top and purple running shorts, police said.
- Fletcher's smashed cell phone and water bottle were later discovered in front of a home on the street where she was abducted, WMC-TV reported.
Who has been arrested?
The Memphis Police Department announced in a Twitter thread early Sunday that they had located the "vehicle of interest" in the case and detained the man who was in the car.
- Cleotha Abston, 38, “has been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence,” in connection to Fletcher's abduction, Memphis Police said Sunday in a tweet.
- A second man, Mario Abston, 36, was arrested during the investigation on drug and firearm charges, but is not believed to be connected to Fletcher's kidnapping.
- "This remains to be an active and ongoing investigation," police wrote.
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Happy Sunday!
Try and take advantage of the dry and warm weather today because we have showers and a cool down in the forecast for Monday!
Early this morning was dry and not as cool with lows in the 60s and a decent amount of sunshine. This afternoon, however, will feature increasing clouds. It looks like we’ll be dry throughout most of the day today, but a stray shower is certainly possible as we head into the early evening.
Thinking of beaching it? Take advantage of the dry weather today because tomorrow will be cloudy, cool and rainy. With increasing clouds throughout the afternoon at the beaches, today’s highs will be in the upper 70s with increasing humidity.
Clouds will continue to thicken throughout this evening and later tonight, after about 10 pm, some showers might begin to pop up and roll across the area.
Showers will continue off and on through the day on Monday as a stationary front wobbles north and south overhead.
Some of the rain throughout the day Monday will be heavy and could lead to some localized flooding so please use some extra caution when you are out on the roads.
The tail end of the moisture will begin to clear out Tuesday morning.
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13-year-old boy wounded in Lawndale shooting
CHICAGO - A 13-year-old boy was shot and wounded early Sunday in the Lawndale neighborhood.
The teen was walking on the sidewalk about 1:30 a.m. in the 700 block of South Kostner Avenue when he heard gunshots and felt pain, Chicago police said.
The teen was shot in the left knee and was taken to West Suburban Medical Center, where he was listed in good condition, police said.
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Amazon to close, scrap plans for dozens of warehouses amid slowing sales growth: report
Amazon is reportedly scrapping plans to build dozens of warehouse facilities across the United States amid slowed sales growth.
The consulting firm MWPVL says that the online retail giant is either closing or abandoning plans to open 42 facilities across the country totaling almost 25 million square feet of usable space, Bloomberg reported.
The firm says that Amazon has also delayed opening 21 other locations and canceled several European projects, mostly in Spain.
"Amazon is a dynamic business and we are constantly exploring new locations," Amazon spokesperson Maria Boschetti told Fox News Digital. "We weigh a variety of factors when deciding where to develop future sites to best serve customers. We have dozens of fulfillment centers, sortation centers and delivery stations under construction and evolving around the world. It’s common for us to explore multiple locations simultaneously and adjust timetables based on needs across the network."
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The report comes after it was announced the company is closing two delivery stations in Maryland that employ more than 300 people.
Amazon posted its slowest growth rate in more than 20 years in July but ultimately posted better results than expected which caused the stock to jump 12%, the New York Times reported.
"Despite continued inflationary pressures in fuel, energy and transportation costs, we’re making progress on the more controllable costs we referenced last quarter, particularly improving the productivity of our fulfillment network," Andy Jassy, Amazon’s chief executive, said in a statement at the time.
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Amazon announced earlier this year that it would begin subleasing some warehouse space as online shopping numbers have been slowing down.
Spokeswoman Alisa Carroll said subleasing allows the company to "relieve the financial obligations associated with an existing building" that no longer meets its needs.
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According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon plans to sublease at least 10 million square feet of warehouse capacity and is looking at options to end or renegotiate more of its leases.
The extra space includes facilities in New York, New Jersey, California and Georgia, Bloomberg News reported.
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Women onboard viral video of pilot asking passengers to stop airdropping naked pics speak out
HOUSTON - Two Houston women onboard a flight when a pilot threatened to turn the plane around at Hobby Airport if a person airdropping naked pictures didn't stop, spoke out about what happened.
BACKGROUND: Pilot threatens to end flight after someone sent nudes via AirDrop: 'Quit sending naked pictures'
Teighlor Marsalis, a Houstonian who owns an online boutique called Rae’s Closet tells FOX 26, she was taken aback after seeing what all the commotion was about.
"We sat down, and we didn’t even get buckled in or anything, and then everyone got an Airdrop," says Marsalis.
A now-viral video of the incident has garnered more than 2.6 million views on TikTok after being posted. Marsalis says she was on the plane with her best friend since elementary school, Dallis Cannon. The ladies were traveling with a group of friends on their way to Cabo San Lucas for a fun trip.
"When we opened it, it was just full view," says who was on the plane with her best friend since elementary school, Dallis Cannon,
"It wasn’t just the member, it was everything from down below to like objects; to legs in the air," says Teighlor Marsalis. "They tried to Airdrop multiple photos. But after the first one, everyone was declining them."
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Marsalis says she didn’t accept, but her long-time friend, Dallis Cannon says she did, along with the women who were sitting in front of them.
"The girls in front of us did too and then everyone was gasping, '' says Marsalis. "The girls in front of us showed us the picture, and I was like oh wow."
"It wasn’t just the member, it was everything from down below to like objects; to legs in the air," Marsalis added. "They tried to Airdrop multiple photos. But after the first one, everyone was declining them."
The cyber flash, soon got the attention of the pilot and Marsalis says after the pilot went over the intercom, the photos stopped.
"They obviously saw it was serious, so they stopped," says Marsalis.
"I’m looking around, and I saw three guys sitting in a row, and they’re kind of slouching down, and I was like, ‘I bet it’s them,’" says Cannon. "And then when the pilot came on, they definitely sank down."
The women say the pilot handled the situation perfectly. Some who commented on the video said the pilot was giving off "major dad vibes."
"The pilot did nothing wrong, Southwest did nothing wrong," says Marsalis. "It was just this random dude who thought he just took a really great nude, and he just wanted to show it."
"There was pride, there was pride in that picture, he was very like; man I nailed it here," says Cannon. "He didn’t have anything to be ashamed about, I'll say that, other than it being wildly inappropriate."
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Slonina makes 9 saves in Chicago Fire's scoreless draw with Crew
COLUMBUS - Gabriel Slonina made a career-high nine saves for the Chicago Fire in a 0-0 draw with the Columbus Crew on Saturday.
It was Slonina’s 12th shutout, third-most in Major League Soccer this season. The 18-year-old signed with Chelsea in August, but is remaining with the Fire for the rest of the season on loan.
Crew goalkeeper Eloy Room made one save for his 10th shutout.
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Chicago Fire defender Mauricio Pineda (22) makes a shot as Columbus Crew midfielder Aidan Morris (21) attempts a block during the first half in a match between the Columbus Crew and the Chicago Fire on September 3, 2022, at Lower.com Field in Columbu (Graham Stokes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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Allen, Torchio help No. 18 Badgers rip Illinois State 38-0
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin teammates John Torchio and Braelon Allen created a couple of truly memorable moments in an otherwise forgettable season-opening matchup.
Allen had a 96-yard touchdown scamper for the longest run from scrimmage in program history and Torchio had the school’s longest interception return as the 18th-ranked Badgers trounced Championship Subdivision program Illinois State 38-0 on Saturday night.
The two record-setting touchdowns showcased Wisconsin’s big-play ability across its roster.
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"You guys saw it tonight," said Allen, who rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries. "Not even just on the offense. We had the longest interception return for a touchdown as well. I think both sides of the ball have explosive playmakers."
Wisconsin running back Braelon Allen (0) heads off on a 96 uard touchdown run during a college football game between the University of Wisconsin Badgers and the Illinois State University Redbirds on September 3, 2022 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madiso (Lawrence Iles/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Torchio opened the scoring with a 100-yard interception return late in the first quarter after Illinois State had reached the red zone.
According to outside linebacker Nick Herbig, Torchio predicted the interception before the ball was snapped.
"I’m getting lined up, and Torch says, ’Hey, Herbie, I’m about to pick this one," said Herbig, who had two of Wisconsin’s four sacks. "I’m like, ‘All right.’ So I’m pass rushing, and I turn around and sure enough, there’s Torch with the ball in his hand. He’s called the ‘Jewelry Thief’ for a reason."
Torchio broke the record previously held by Joe Ferguson, who scored on a 99-yard interception return in a 59-10 victory over Utah State in 2017. Wisconsin’s longest run from scrimmage before Allen’s breakaway was James White’s 93-yard burst in a 51-3 triumph over Indiana in 2013.
Illinois State was facing a Big Ten team for the first time since 2016, when the Redbirds won 9-7 at Northwestern on a field goal as time expired.
But the Badgers took the suspense out of this one early.
Illinois State lost its main weapon on offense when running back Cole Mueller was carted off the field on the Redbirds’ second series with an injured left leg. Mueller rushed for a team-high 977 yards last season.
"It’s pretty serious," Illinois State coach Brock Spack said. "We’ll obviously see when we get home, but he’s in a cast right now and I don’t think it looks good for this year anyways."
The Redbirds did make things interesting for a little while.
Illinois State outgained Wisconsin 78-6 and possessed the ball for over 13 ½ minutes in the first quarter, but still trailed 7-0 because of Torchio’s interception.
The Redbirds faced second-and-10 from the 12 when Minnesota transfer Zack Annexstad attempted to throw across the middle to tight end Tanner Taula, who was standing around the goal line.
Torchio picked off the pass, headed to his right and capitalized on downfield blocks from teammates Max Lofy and Hunter Wohler to make it to the other end zone.
"He forced a ball in where it shouldn’t have gone," Spack said. "That’s what you learn in a game like this. You make that kind of mistake, a great player on a good football team can turn it into 100 yards the other way."
The Badgers produced their next record-setting play 90 seconds into the second quarter.
Wisconsin had first-and-14 at its own 4 when Allen took a handoff and looked for running room. Illinois State outside linebacker Zeke Vandenburgh had his hands on Allen in the backfield, but the 18-year-old sophomore broke out of his grasp and found a huge hole on the right side of the line.
"I ran into somebody, bounced off him and there was nobody left," Allen said.
Cornerback Franky West tried to chase the ball carrier down and made a diving attempt at an ankle tackle inside the 10, but Allen made it into the right corner of the end zone.
Wisconsin had one other big play aside from the two record-setting touchdowns.
Chimere Dike caught a pass around the line of scrimmage and turned it into a 74-yard gain, the longest completion of third-year starter Graham Mertz’s career. Mertz found Dike all alone in the left corner of the end zone three plays later for a 16-yard touchdown.
This marked the first time a Bowl Subdivision team had a run, pass completion and interception return of at least 70 yards in the same game since Middle Tennessee did it in a 51-17 victory over Old Dominion in 2018. No Big Ten team had done it since 2003.
Mertz went 14 of 16 for 219 yards.
"Just trusting my reads, just doing my job," Mertz said.
THE TAKEAWAY
Illinois State: Annexstad went 16 of 24 for 186 yards but also threw two interceptions. The Redbirds could have trouble running the ball as long as Mueller is out. Mueller ran three times for 21 yards before his injury. The rest of Illinois State’s players combined for 36 yards on 23 carries.
Wisconsin: The most encouraging sign for the Badgers was the efficient performance of Mertz, who threw more interceptions (11) than touchdown passes (10) last season.
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A victory over an FCS team likely won’t move Wisconsin up more than one or two spots.
UP NEXT
Illinois State: Hosts Valparaiso on Saturday in the first of three straight home games.
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(iSeeCars) – Electric cars have soared in popularity in the wake of high gasoline prices. While improvements in vehicle battery technology have led to increased battery range, consumers are still left wondering how long they can expect their vehicle battery to last. After all, the battery pack is the most expensive part of an electric car, with a new battery costing upwards of $20,000.
So what can you expect for an electric vehicle’s battery lifespan? We have the important answers.
What are EV Batteries?
Internal combustion engined cars are powered by gasoline, while EVs are powered by a battery pack driving one or more electric motors. The batteries that power electric cars are rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which is the same type of battery found in cell phones and other consumer electronics. Lithium-ion batteries have a higher energy density than lead-acid or nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries, which means they don’t take up as much space while providing an equivalent level of power. A vehicle’s battery capacity is measured in kilowatt hours (kWh), so a vehicle with a higher kWh rating means it has more range.
How Long Does an Electric Car Battery Last?
The lifespan of an EV battery depends on a number of factors. While battery life can vary, EV manufacturers are required to issue a warranty for at least 8 years or 10,000 miles. However, some manufacturers offer longer warranties. Kia offers a battery pack warranty for 10 years or 100,000 miles, and Hyundai provides warranty coverage on EV batteries for the vehicle’s entire lifetime. Battery warranties vary not only by time but also the nature of the coverage. Some automakers will only replace the battery if it completely dies, while other brands like BMW, Tesla, and Volkswagen will cover a battery if battery capacity falls below a certain percentage.
As battery technology continues to evolve, companies are creating larger batteries with increased range. For example, the first generation Nissan LEAF had a maximum range of 84 miles, while the newest LEAF has a maximum range of 212 miles. The advanced technology of these larger batteries also reduces their degradation. Even as they degrade, they will still maintain a long battery range. Moreover, a Tesla Model S only loses an estimated five percent of battery capacity over its first 50,000 miles.
This means that while every electric car battery pack will degrade over time, modern electric car batteries likely won’t require a battery replacement. And as engineering continues to evolve, batteries are designed to last the entire life of the vehicle.
An EV battery is expected to last 10-20 years depending on maintenance and care.
How to Prolong the Life of Your Electric Vehicle Battery
Just like there are preventative maintenance measures to extend the life of your gasoline vehicle, there are EV charging measures you can take to prolong your EV’s battery life.
1. Avoid parking in extreme temperatures
Lithium batteries have thermal management systems that will heat or cool themselves, which in turn uses energy and drains EV battery packs. Try to park in the shade if possible on hot days and inside in extreme cold temperatures to assist battery longevity.
2. Don’t Charge Your Car Too Much or Too Little
Modern electric cars are equipped with management systems that avoid charging and discharging at the maximum and minimum charging levels. You should avoid charging your vehicle above 80 percent or below 20 percent to extend EV battery life.
3. Minimize Use of Fast Charging Stations
DC fast charging stations can bring your battery level up to 80 percent in as little as 30 minutes. With this convenience comes a strain on your EV battery. For optimal battery life, you should limit how often you plug in to these fast charging stations for occasional scenarios, like road trips.
4. Maintain Optimal State of Charge While Vehicle is Stored
If you are planning on storing your vehicle for a long time, make sure that your battery does not have an empty or full charge. With a timed charger, you can set it to maintain the charging level between 25 and 75 percent.
Second Life of EV Batteries
When an automotive EV battery’s performance dips below 70 percent, it can have a second life when it is no longer useful to power a vehicle. There are many applications to repurpose EV batteries for renewable energy sources including home battery storage systems and powering manufacturing plants. In Japan, Toyota has installed EV batteries to store power generated from solar panels.
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Bottom Line
While an electric car’s battery life can vary, advancements in technology have helped ensure that it typically lasts for the lifespan of a vehicle. The main factor for prolonging a battery’s lifespan is to limit the number of charging cycles each battery cell goes through. Battery cells die when a battery reaches its empty or full state of charge for too long, so make sure you charge your vehicle according to the manufacturer’s instructions to minimize battery degradation.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — On a quiet Saturday in an Omaha hotel, about 50 people gathered in a ballroom to learn about elections.
The subject wasn’t voter registration drives or poll worker volunteer training. Instead, they paid $25 each to listen to panelists lay out conspiracy theories about voting machines and rigged election results. In language that sometimes leaned into violent imagery, some panelists called on those attending to join what they framed as a battle between good and evil.
Among those in the audience was Melissa Sauder, who drove nearly 350 miles from the small western Nebraska town of Grant with her 13-year-old daughter. After years of combing internet sites, listening to podcasts and reading conservative media reports, Sauder wanted to learn more about what she believes are serious problems with the integrity of U.S. elections.
She can’t shake the belief that voting machines are being manipulated even in her home county, where then-President Donald Trump won 85% of the vote in 2020.
“I just don’t know the truth because it’s not open and apparent, and it’s not transparent to us,” said Sauder, 38. “We are trusting people who are trusting the wrong people.”
It’s a sentiment now shared by millions of people in the United States after relentless attacks on the outcome of the 2020 presidential election by Trump and his allies. Nearly two years after that election, no evidence has emerged to suggest widespread fraud or manipulation while reviews in state after state have upheld the results showing President Joe Biden won.
Even so, the attacks and falsehoods have made an impact: An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll from 2021 found that about two-thirds of Republicans say they do not think Biden was legitimately elected.
Events like the one held Aug. 27 in Nebraska’s largest city are one reason why.
Billed as the “Nebraska Election Integrity Forum,” the conference featured some of the nation’s most prominent figures pushing conspiracy theories that the last presidential election was stolen from Trump through widespread fraud or manipulation of voting machines. It was just one of dozens of similar events that have been held around the country for the better part of a year.
Despite the relatively light attendance, the events are often livestreamed and recorded, ensuring they can reach a wide audience.
Over eight hours with only a brief lunch break, attendees were deluged with election conspiracies, complete with charts and slide shows. Speakers talked about tampering of voting machines or the systems that store voter rolls, ballot-box stuffing and massive numbers of votes cast by dead people and non-U.S. citizens — all theories that have been debunked.
There is no evidence of widespread fraud or tampering with election equipment that could have affected the outcome of the 2020 election, in which Biden won both the popular vote — topping the Republican incumbent by more than 7 million nationwide — and the Electoral College count. Numerous official reviews and audits in the six battleground states where Trump challenged his loss have upheld the validity of the results. Judges, including some appointed by Trump, dismissed numerous lawsuits making various claims of fraud and wrongdoing.
Trump’s former attorney general, William Barr, and other advisers and top government officials told him there was no evidence of widespread fraud. As part of the U.S. House committee’s investigation of the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Barr told congressional investigators that the claims by Trump allies surrounding voting machines were disturbing but also were “made in such a sensational way that they obviously were influencing a lot of people.” He added that the false claims were doing a “grave disservice to the country.”
Many local and state election officials have said the conspiracies have already led to rampant misinformation, vitriol aimed at election workers and calls to toss out voting equipment. Trey Grayson, a former Republican secretary of state in Kentucky who is critical of those spreading conspiracy theories, said previous election-year attacks were focused on candidates or political parties but now are targeted at election administration.
“There are a lot of really bad actors here that are trying to undermine confidence in a system. It is dangerous,” he said.
Despite all the evidence that the 2020 election was fair and the results accurate, the conspiracy theories have persuaded many Republicans otherwise — with real world consequences.
In New Mexico this year, fears of voting machines being manipulated led one rural county commission to threaten that it would vote against certifying the results of its primary election even though the county clerk insisted the results were accurate. In Nevada, a rural county is pushing ahead with a plan to count by hand its thousands of ballots this November, a lengthy and painstaking process that ironically could lead to errors.
At the Omaha conference, evidence of an accurate election was ignored as speaker after speaker told attendees that machines are rigged and elections are stolen. One of the event’s headliners was Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock.com who said he has spent some $20 million of his own money since 2020 trying to prove that voting machines were manipulated in that election and remain susceptible to tampering.
Wearing jeans and a black suit jacket over a yellow T-shirt, Byrne began his presentation by saying voting machines are vulnerable to hacking and outlining various security failures associated with them.
That any technology is vulnerable, including voting machines, is not in dispute. State and local election officials throughout the U.S. have focused on improving their security defenses with help from the federal government. After the 2016 election, the government designated voting systems as “critical infrastructure” — on par with the nation’s banks, dams and nuclear power plants. Government and election security experts have declared the 2020 election as “the most secure in American history.”
But Byrne and some of the other speakers said they believe government has been corrupted and cannot be trusted. In his remarks, he complained about those who say fraud did not occur in 2020 and about journalists who report that, labeling them “election fraud deniers.”
He accused critics of “trying to incite violence” and later told the attendees that China is planning to take over the U.S. by 2030.
“I can promise, every nice home in the United States, there’s someone in China who already has a deed to your home,” Byrne said, eliciting gasps from the crowd.
Another main speaker at the Omaha event was Douglas Frank, an Ohio math and science educator who has been traveling the country engaging with community groups and meeting with local election officials, offering to examine and analyze their voting systems.
Commonly known as Dr. Frank because of his doctorate in chemistry, he gives off a professorial vibe with his signature bow tie and glasses. He peppers his presentations with algorithms, line graphs and charts that he claims prove elections are corrupt. Frank said he has been to 43 states over the past 20 months.
He had harsh words for some of those who oversee elections at the state level.
“I like to tell people that we have evil secretaries of states,” Frank said. “We have a few of those in our country, and it’s sort of like World War II — when the war’s over, we need to have Nuremberg trials and we need to have firing squads, OK? I’m looking forward to the trials, OK?”
The crowd applauded.
State and local election officials have faced a barrage of harassment and death threats since the 2020 election. That has led some to quit or retire, raising concerns about a loss of experience heading into the November general election, along with worries that their replacements may seek to meddle in elections or tamper with voting systems.
Also addressing the audience was Tina Peters, the clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, who has been charged in a security breach of voting systems in her election office. She has claimed she had an obligation to investigate and produced reports purporting to show tampering with voting systems, but her claims have been debunked by local authorities and experts.
During her remarks over video conference, Peters impugned the integrity of judges who have rejected dozens of legal efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential results. She urged citizens to join in the fight.
“You can’t be afraid of going to jail,” Peters told the crowd. “They can’t get us all. Be bold. Be courageous. The Lord is on our side.”
Frank, in an online post after the event, apologized for remarks he made during the forum about Nebraska’s chief election official, Secretary of State Bob Evnen. Frank had called Evnen, a Republican, incompetent and said the official had “made a fool of himself” by refuting Frank’s assertions that called into question the security of Nebraska’s election.
One of the organizers of the event was Robert Borer, who unsuccessfully challenged Evnen in Nebraska’s GOP primary this year. Borer said he ran because he was convinced that state election officials were not doing enough to address fraud and he believes the 2020 election was stolen.
“The whole objective of that election was to take down Trump,” he said.
Since losing his bid to become the state’s top election official, Borer has launched a campaign for Nebraska governor as a write-in candidate. This means his name will not appear on the November ballot, which, for him and his supporters, is entirely the point.
“We don’t want the machines to count our votes,” Borer said. “If someone casts a write-in vote, the machine has to kick that out. It cannot read that vote, so they have to count that manually.”
The Omaha conference was sponsored by American Citizens & Candidates Forum for Election Integrity, which has hosted more than a dozen such gatherings since the 2020 election.
The event was a study in contradictions.
Speakers insisted the issue of election integrity transcended party politics, with many repeating “this is not about Republicans or Democrats,” before maligning both Democrats and so-called RINOs — an acronym for “Republicans in name only” — as “evil“ or “criminal.”
Speakers insisted that they rejected violence, yet they were throwing out menacing terms.
“I believe we’re in a civil war,” Graham Ledger, a conservative television show host, told the crowd at one point. “It’s an unconventional, asymmetrical civil war, but it’s red state versus blue state now.”
Mark Finchem, the Republican nominee for secretary of state in Arizona, appeared remotely and spoke about his efforts to compel his state to ditch voting machines and switch to hand-counting ballots. Election experts say that process is time-consuming, will delay results and is unnecessary due to the rigorous testing that occurs before and after an election to ensure the equipment is working correctly.
“We have a fight on our hands,” Finchem told attendees. “The establishment and the Democrats want to do everything they can to subvert our elections.”
The speakers urged those in attendance to take action. That includes getting to know their local election officials and local sheriff, and to volunteer to be poll watchers for the November election with the goal of reporting any activity they think could be fraudulent.
Omaha resident Kathy Austin said she recently submitted her name to serve as a poll worker, but has not heard back from local election officials. She is convinced that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump.
“I had not really been involved in politics before the 2020 election,” said Austin, 75. That began to change after she saw posts making claims of election fraud on the social media platform Telegram, which is popular with Trump supporters.
“Then I talked to different people,” she said. “And the more I learned, the more it became clear there is a problem.”
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Cassidy reported from Atlanta. | https://www.wpri.com/news/breaking-news/ap-top-news/ap-us-election-conspiracies-find-fertile-ground-in-conferences/ | 2022-09-04T14:48:40Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/breaking-news/ap-top-news/ap-us-election-conspiracies-find-fertile-ground-in-conferences/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BEIJING (AP) — Cities in eastern China suspended ferry services and classes and flights were canceled in Japan on Sunday as Typhoon Hinnamnor, the strongest global storm this year, blew its way past Taiwan and the Koreas with fierce winds and heavy rains.
Shanghai grounded ferry services and deployed more than 50,000 police officers to aid with rescues and guide traffic away from danger areas. The eastern business hub of Wenzhou ordered all classes suspended on Monday.
Hinnamnor is forecasted to move gradually northward into the East China Sea with maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers (109 miles) per hour, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.
Evacuations and flight cancellations have been ordered in Japan’s southern Okinawa Island. The typhoon is also expected to bring intense rainfall to the Korean Peninsula, bringing the possibility of flooding.
China’s National Meteorological Center issued a yellow typhoon warning at 10 a.m. Sunday, and warned of heavy rains in northeastern Zhejiang, Shanghai and self-governing Taiwan.
Ships were told to return to port to take shelter from the wind, and the center also urged people against large gatherings both indoors and outdoors.
In Japan, the typhoon lashed Okinawa and nearby islands with heavy rain and fierce winds, threatening flooding and grounding more than 100 flights connecting the islands and parts of the main southern island of Kyushu.
Footage on Japan’s NHK national television showed trees violently shaken by the storm, with fierce rainfall hitting the pavement. A greenhouse for mangoes on Ishigaki Island was knocked down. On the main Okinawa island, two elderly people fell down and were slightly injured, according to media reports.
Officials said the slow-moving typhoon could add to rainfall and risks of flooding in the southern region where dense rain clouds have been stuck.
In Taiwan, over 600 residents in New Taipei, Taoyuan and Hsinchu counties were evacuated to shelters on Saturday amid the heavy rain and strong winds, according to the island’s Central News Agency.
The typhoon caused a landslide in Miaoli county and blew over some 100 roadside trees. About 40 flights and more than 100 ferry services across Taiwan were also canceled Saturday. | https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/ap-china-japan-ground-ferries-flights-as-typhoon-approaches/ | 2022-09-04T14:49:12Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/ap-china-japan-ground-ferries-flights-as-typhoon-approaches/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan could lift crushing debt burdens from millions of borrowers, but the tax man may demand a cut of the relief in some states.
That’s because some states tax forgiven debt as income, which means borrowers who are still paying down student loans could owe taxes on as much as $10,000 or even $20,000 that was taken off their bill. In Mississippi, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arkansas and North Carolina, forgiven student loans will be subject to state income taxes unless they change their laws to conform with a federal tax exemption for student loans, according to a tally by the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.
That dismays Cathy Newman, a Louisiana State University graduate who just took a job teaching freshman biology at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. She figures she could end up owing a few hundred dollars of money that she could have kept had she stayed in Louisiana.
Newman said she can come up with the cash because she has a good job, but she knows of a lot of other borrowers who will still be stuck in difficult financial positions even with their loans forgiven.
“If they stay in the state, they could end up with a pretty hefty tax burden if things don’t change,” Newman said. “I won’t be happy if I have to do it. I can do it. But a lot of people can’t.”
More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt cut or eliminated under the forgiveness plan Biden announced late last month. The president is erasing $10,000 in federal student loan debt for individuals with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households that earn less than $250,000. He’s canceling an additional $10,000 for those who also used federal Pell Grants to pay for college. But it only applies to those whose loans were paid out before July 1, which leaves out current high school seniors and students who will follow them.
Although having $10,000 or $20,000 in loan payments eliminated will be a boon over the long term to borrowers who qualify, those in the affected states might be required to declare that as income. Depending on a state’s tax rates, the taxpayer’s other income and the deductions and exemptions they’re able to claim, that could add up to several hundred extra tax dollars that they’ll owe.
Spokespeople for tax agencies in several states — including Virginia, Idaho, New York, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky — told The Associated Press that their states definitely won’t tax student loans forgiven under Biden’s program. Revenue officials in a few other states said they needed to do more research to know.
Newman, 38, went into debt to pay for graduate school. She had already set herself up for relief under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, though that requires five more years of teaching on top of the five she already taught at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Biden’s program would cut $10,000 off her debt load when it takes effect, but under existing Mississippi tax law, the relief won’t come free.
“It’s not a huge burden for me, but it could be for a lot of other people, which is what I’m worried about, especially if it’s unexpected, and I think a lot of people don’t realize that,” Newman said.
Any relief in states that would tax the forgiven debt would have to come from their Legislatures. Leaders of the Minnesota Legislature and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz have indicated in recent media interviews that there’s broad support for a fix, which could come during the 2023 session, or even earlier on the remote chance of a special session.
In Wisconsin, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration plans to propose a fix in the state budget next year, but that would have to be approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature. And Evers needs to get reelected in November before he can formally make that request. Republican legislative leaders and Evers’ GOP challenger, Tim Michels, did not reply to messages seeking comment on the student loan tax issue.
However, in Mississippi, the chairman of the state Senate committee in charge of taxes said he’s willing to take a look when the Legislature convenes next year. Republican state Sen. Josh Harkins, of Brandon, said he needs to learn more about what his state’s tax laws say on debt forgiveness.
“I’m sure people will want to look at adjusting that or making some changes in the law, but a lot of factors have to be considered,” Harkins said, noting that Mississippi enacted its biggest-ever tax cut earlier this year and adding that he wants to gauge the impact of inflation before making big tax policy decisions. “This all just hit in the last week.”
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Binkley reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Emily Wagster Pettus in Jackson, Mississippi, and Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, contributed to this story. | https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/ap-some-states-could-tax-bidens-student-loan-debt-relief/ | 2022-09-04T14:49:51Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/ap-some-states-could-tax-bidens-student-loan-debt-relief/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Director General of Voice of Nigeria and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osita Okechukwu, has faulted claim by the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu that the ruling party was instigating the crisis in the main opposition party.
Speaking with newsmen at the weekend, Okechukwu who accused the PDP chairman of buck-passing, urged him to look inwards for the architects of the crisis of confidence rocking the PDP.
“Methinks that Dr. Ayu, being a social scientist is experienced enough to know that once covenant of national integration is breached, it unleashes antithesis of unimaginable proportion naturally on the culprits.
“The PDP national chairman should leave APC out of the confusion he plunged his party into when he deliberately betrayed the South and Governor Nyesom Wike by extension. Blame game and transfer of aggression are not the answer to Ayu’s Odd Consensus.”
The APC chieftain tasked the PDP chairman to surrender to those insisting that he must step down as national chairman to give the Southern part of the country a sense of belonging in the main opposition party.
“Ayu’s Odd Consensus is the willing unpatriotic breach of the subsisting rotation of power from North to South convention by Ayu and his presidential candidate, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar.
“Secondly, the duo has reached the odd consensus that Atiku is not likely to win the 2023 presidential election. This is why they rejected the minor palliative of placating Governor Nyesom Wike and others that were hurt by the breach.
“Otherwise, if they are sure of victory, Ayu could have willingly stepped down long ago, and wait for more juicy slots post-2023 presidential election victory like SGF. Hence close the huge failure fracture starring them in the face consequent upon the betrayal of the South.”
“Thirdly, Ayu and his co-travelers odd consensus heavy reliance to raise votes via fault lines is being blocked by patriots like PDP’s Children, APC’s Northern Governors Forum, Prof Ango Abdullahi, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and host of others who reason that it is not fair and just for North to hand over to North.”
He noted that analysis by pundits suggest that PDP’s children; Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of NNPP and Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) are Achilles heel whittling down the expected support base of Atiku, especially the sophisticated far Northern electorate whom he never represented and the Southern electorate, who yearn for power shift, the traditional stronghold of the PDP since 1999.
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Gunmen kidnap 32 burial guests in Ondo
• security operatives on the trail of abductors
Security operatives in Ondo State are on the trail of some unknown gunmen who reportedly kidnapped 32 people in a coastal bus while returning from Benin City, Edo State on Saturday evening.
The 32 victims who were kidnapped were returning to Akure, after attending the burial ceremony and were stopped by the hoodlums along Benin-Ifon road.
The victims were said to be traveling with others in two other vehicles when their coastal bus was stopped but the drivers of the other vehicles stopped while the occupants in the two vehicles jumped out and fled into the bushes.
It was gathered that the kidnappers marched the victims out of the vehicles and whisked all occupants including the driver of the coastal bus to an unknown destination in the forest.
It was further learnt that some of the occupants escaped while being taken to the kidnappers’ den but the source disclosed many of the victims are still with the kidnappers.
However, security operatives in the state including, the state security outfit, Amotekun are on the trail of the kidnappers, combing the Benin-Ifon to Owo forest in the state in search of the 32 persons reportedly kidnapped in a coastal bus.
The state Police Command confirmed the development while the Commander of Amotekun in the state, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, also confirmed the abduction.
Adeleye, in a telephone chat, said the command would do all within its power to rescue the victims and rid the state off criminals.
Adeleye explained that men of the Amokekun corp and other security agencies had been briefed and had since the commenced search for the victims.
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- Gunmen kidnap 32 burial guests in Ondo | https://tribuneonlineng.com/gunmen-kidnap-32-burial-guests-in-ondo/ | 2022-09-04T14:53:10Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/gunmen-kidnap-32-burial-guests-in-ondo/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Central Basin Municipal Water District’s board president, vice president and general counsel met privately following the indictment of General Manager Alex Rojas and unilaterally determined the eight-member board did not need to take any action against Rojas at this time, according to a redacted copy of a memorandum obtained by the Southern California News Group.
In response, Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, D-Bell Gardens, whose district overlaps with Central Basin, is urging the water district to review its financial procedures to make sure there are safeguards “in place to protect our taxpayer dollars.”
“The District Attorney’s charges against General Manager Alex Rojas are damaging to our community and the political system,” she said in a statement. “I believe that the core reason why our Democracy works is trust and when that trust is broken, at any level, the whole institution suffers.”
Garcia passed a bill in 2016 that installed three appointed members to Central Basin’s board in response to a state audit criticizing the water district’s “poor leadership” and questionable contracting practices. Rojas was brought in as general manager in 2020 to reform the district following another period of turmoil that ended with the firing of two-thirds of the district’s staff.
The partially redacted Sept. 2 memo from Rojas to Central Basin’s board downplays the allegations against him. Prosecutors allege he took $400,000 in bribes from a contractor while serving as the superintendent of the La Puente-based Bassett Unified School District in 2015. The unredacted portion does not make any mention of the bribery allegations and largely criticizes the internal report that sparked the initial criminal investigation.
“As you may already be aware there were some serious accusations made against me stemming from a so-called internal report prepared by the general counsel of a former employer,” Rojas wrote. “The basis of this report is that a consultant defrauded the district while I was employed by the former employer. I did not hire the consultant as I wasn’t employed by the district until 2014 and I believe the consultant was hired by my former employer in 2006.”
The general manager’s missive states similar allegations of fraud, filed in a civil suit by Bassett against the Del Terra construction management company, were thrown out already.
“It is unfortunate that even though the allegations of fraud have recently been dismissed in court, the district attorney still filed charges using this same so-called internal report as a basis for the accusations,” Rojas wrote. “I have an attorney and look forward to clearing my name as quickly as possible.”
Craig Missakian, Rojas’ attorney, declined to provide clarification about the dates listed in the memorandum because, according to Missakian, the memo is privileged and should not have been disclosed to a reporter.
Rojas, who was hired by Bassett in 2014, was the superintendent when Del Terra received the multimillion-dollar construction management contract that is the foundation of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office’s case.. Prosecutors allege Rojas brought the contract to the school board, where it was approved, without the involvement of the school district’s general counsel, and that it included clauses that allowed Del Terra to bill the district for more than $1 million in extra work without the proper documentation to back up the expenses.
Missakian has denied the allegations on Rojas’ behalf.
Prosecutors allege bank records show Rojas began receiving payments from two companies tied to a family member of Del Terra’s CEO roughly a month after Bassett approved the management contract, according to the District Attorney’s Office. The payments totaled $400,000 over roughly a year-and-a-half-long period that ended in January 2017. Rojas left Bassett later that same year.
In a prior interview, Missakian said his client has worked as a public and private consultant since 2012 and whatever he was paid was “appropriate in amount and for services rendered in good faith.”
The District Attorney’s Office, however, alleges Rojas had a “financial interest” in the Del Terra contract and committed perjury by not reporting the consulting income on three years of annual financial disclosures. The other charges against both men allege they committed money laundering in the course of carrying out the bribery scheme.
After a reporter contacted Missakian, Central Basin’s attorney, Robert Baker, sent a separate email to the reporter asking him not to disclose the information as it is “protected by the Closed Session portion of the Brown Act.”
Central Basin’s board has not met in closed — or open — session, or even scheduled a meeting, since the charges against Rojas were made public.
Central Basin board member Leticia Vasquez-Wilson, a frequent opponent and vocal critic of Rojas, is calling on the District Attorney’s Office to expand its investigation to include Central Basin. The other board members, she alleges, have ignored her requests to schedule a meeting to discuss the charges and she worries about his continued handling of district funds.
“The Central Basin board of directors has an obligation to review his performance, including conducting a full audit of the district’s finances,” she said.
Central Basin is a water wholesaler that serves nearly 2 million people in 24 cities and unincoporated county areas stretching from East Los Angeles on the north, Signal Hill on the south, Carson on the west and La Habra Heights on the east. Its service area is 227 square miles.
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Last week,we discussed the profound effect of ageism on longevity, physical and cognitive health, recovery from illness and more. This week we will continue the discussion and address different forms of aging and some beginning thoughts on what we can do about it.
Ageism comes in many forms, according to helpguide.org.
Interpersonal ageism. This takes place between groups of two or more individuals. For example, a supervisor doesn’t give you an assignment because of your age. A family member says, “We don’t expect that you can keep up with us” or “I don’t think you will understand what we are talking about.” And then there is elder speak, which is simplifying language while raising your voice. It’s speaking to older adults as if they were children.
Self-directed or personal ageism. That’s when we think about our own aging in negative ways that can easily lead to self-doubt. For example, you misplace your keys, lose an item or forget a person’s name and believe it’s the first sign of dementia. You don’t exercise because you are too old or don’t use a computer because you believe you are too old to learn new technology. These attitudes reinforce negative stereotypes about older people.
Institutional ageism. These are practices by institutions with laws, rules, social norms and policies and practices that systematically restrict opportunities for older adults simply based on their age. They can be so subtle that is difficult to identify them. Institutional ageism occurs in the workplace when older workers are denied opportunities for which they are well qualified. It occurs when older adults are underrepresented in health-related research studies and in clinical trials. It occurs when mental health professionals receive less training on how to effectively work with older adults.
One way to counteract ageism is to begin with ourselves and look at our own beliefs. If we are astute and self-aware, could we possibly harbor ageist attitudes? The answer is “yes.” Dr. Robert N. Butler, the highly regarded psychiatrist, geriatrician and founding director of the National Institute on Aging coined the word “ageism.” He suggests in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Why Survive? Being Old in America” (Harper & Rowe, 1975), that in addition to lack of knowledge and contact with older adults, there is another reason for ageism. Butler wrote, “there is another powerful factor operating – a deep and profound prejudice against the elderly which is found to some degree in all of us.”
So how do we know if we have ageist beliefs?
Psychologist and author Tracey Gendron, chair of the Gerontology Department, Virginia Commonwealth University in Virginia writes in “Aging Unmasked: Exploring Age Bias and How to End it,” (Steerforth Press, 2022), to ask ourselves the following questions:
- “How do you feel about yourself as an aging person?”
- “Are you hyper-focused on appearance?”
- “What feelings and emotions surface when you realize that you, along with the rest of us are aging?”
- “How do you feel in your own skin compared to five, 10, 15 or even 20 years ago?”
The answers may give us a beginning clue about how we feel about aging and how our own feelings and beliefs might expand beyond ourselves.
Gendron further recommends we think about where we learned about aging. Did we have any role models? Were they positive or negative? How have they influenced us? She suggests saying our thoughts aloud or writing them in a journal.
Finally, she suggests we think about our experiences and how they have brought us to this day; how we have grown and matured and give ourselves credit for it. By answering these questions, Gendron writes that we can rearrange our thinking about aging and even rewire our brain to challenge assumptions that aging is only about loss.
To help determine if we have ageist beliefs, check out the quiz by the Australian advocacy campaign EveryAGE Counts that is tackling ageism against older Australians with the “Am I Ageist?” quiz.
Another resource is the book, “This Chair Rocks; A Manifesto Against Ageism” (Celadon, 2019), by activist and author Ashton Applewhite who also provides a comprehensive clearinghouse on ageism resources. Her blog, “Yo: Is this Ageist?” answers individual questions about whether or not a situation, advertisement, movie and even a thought is ageist.
There’s more. October 7, 2022, is Ageism Awareness Day which is part of the United Nation’s Day of Older Persons. Expect lots more on this important topic in October.
That’s it for now. Stay well and be kind to yourself and others.
Helen Dennis is a nationally recognized leader on issues of aging and the new retirement with academic, corporate and nonprofit experience. Contact Helen with your questions and comments at Helendenn@gmail.com. Visit Helen at HelenMdennis.com and follow her on facebook.com/SuccessfulAgingCommunity
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With a hundred pennies a year and a will to serve the poor in Los Angeles, they continue to do their “Mother’s” work.
They feed the hungry on the streets, run a food bank, provide a shelter for pregnant women, visit the women’s Century Regional Detention Facility jail in Lynwood, teach catechism and run youth programs.
They are the Missionaries of Charity Sisters of Lynwood. They wear trademark saris weaved by lepers and designed by their Catholic mother after she gave up her habit to fit in with the poor in Kolkata, India.
A homeless man receives food from the Missionaries of Charity Sisters in Watts. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A cross swings on the rearview mirror before a picture of Mother Teresa as the Missionaries of Charity Sisters head to Downey to feed day laborers at Home Depot. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Missionaries of Charity Sisters and volunteer Eliseo Ramos pray with homeless men in the Los Angeles’ Florence-Graham neighborhood before feeding them. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Missionaries of Charity Sisters and volunteers feed people in a Los Angeles homeless encampment. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Eliseo Ramos, second from right, a volunteer with Missionaries of Charity Sisters, leads a prayer and blessing for people in a Watts homeless encampment before feeding them with the sisters. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Missionaries of Charity volunteers Celia Chan, center, and Jose and Beatrice Perez work in the sisters’ pantry at St. Emydius Church in Lynwood. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Missionaries of Charity Sister Xaveria brings Jacqueline Ramirez and her 11-year-old daughter Evelyn Contreras from their motorhome to the sister’s van for food in the Los Angeles’ Florence-Graham neighborhood. The sisters have been helping the family for the past two years while they live on the streets. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Missionaries of Charity Sister Xaveria brings Jacqueline Ramirez in her motorhome some extra supplies after giving the family food. The sisters have been helping the family for the past two years while they live on the streets. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Alicia Velarde, 22, who is staying in the Missionaries of Charity’s shelter, joins in a prayer with Sisters Andrew, left, and Twisa as they travel to feed the poor in Los Angeles.(Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Missionaries of Charity Sisters Xaveria and Andrew pray with Alexandra Alvarez and Carlos Lopez before feeding them at a Huntington Park homeless encampment. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Missionaries of Charity Sisters hold a daily prayer in their chapel at St. Emydius Church in Lynwood. The sisters pray a total of four hours a day. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Missionaries of Charity Sisters hold a daily prayer in their chapel at St. Emydius Church in Lynwood. Mother Teresa’s image is always near. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A Missionaries of Charity Sister prepares to enter the chapel for a daily prayer at St. Emydius Church in Lynwood. The sisters pray a total of four hours a day. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Missionaries of Charity Sisters live at the convent at St. Emydius Church in Lynwood which Mother Teresa opened in 1989. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Missionaries of Charity Sister Suzane, who helped open many homes with Mother Teresa, lives in the convent at St. Emydius Church in Lynwood which Mother Teresa opened in 1989. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Missionaries of Charity Sister Andrew shows Alicia Velarde, 22, who is staying in the Missionaries of Charity’s shelter, books on Mother Teresa at St. Emydius Church in Lynwood. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Missionaries of Charity Sisters live at the convent at St. Emydius Church in Lynwood which Mother Teresa opened in 1989. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
The sisters accept food donations, do not use government grants or money from the church and have devoted volunteers. They live on “whatever God provides,” says Sister Andrew.
The Missionaries of Charity, founded in 1950 by Mother Teresa of then-Calcutta, has homes all over the world where the sisters vow chastity, poverty, obedience — and to serve the poorest of the poor. In Lynwood, Mother Teresa established a convent at St. Emydius Church more than 30 years ago and was there for the opening. Sister Suzane, who helped open many homes with Mother Teresa, continues to live there.
One recent day, after a morning of prayer and chores, the sisters travel in their van full of prepared lunches and food bags for the needy. They make a stop to offer food to day laborers and then many stops for homeless people.
Out of respect for the sisters, many men put on shirts and women tidy up as they approach the van. At each stop the sisters or their volunteers lead a prayer and blessing before serving those in need.
One woman they help is 22-year-old Alicia Velarde, who came to the sister’s shelter for a week to heal after delivering a stillborn infant by c-section. Velarde, who had been homeless since running away at age 15, is living in the shelter and spends time with the sisters preparing and handing out meals to day laborers and those living on the streets of Greater Los Angeles.
Velarde joins them as they pray for the poor. “It’s a positive influence being around the sisters they make me not want to go back to where I was and go forward with my life,” she said. She’s taking classes at adult school for her high school diploma and is trying to get her life situated.
“If I can find my way to God, they can find their way to God too,” she says of the homeless people she encounters with the sisters.
The 25th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s death is September 5, known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta feast day after Pope Francis made her a saint. The sisters will be celebrating.
Sarah Reingewirtz is a photojournalist for Southern California News Group where she covers a variety of assignments from breaking news to features in Greater Los Angeles. She is a Cal State Long Beach graduate with a degree in Journalism/Photojournalism and Anthropology who began her career in newspapers at the Orange County Register and The Bakersfield Californian. Sarah is amazed by how many people have let her into their lives and invited her into their homes while on assignment. Her photo project, "Dorothy’s Journey," about how a woman’s life was forever changed by the housing first movement after being found on the streets of Pasadena, was nominated for a Pulitzer by the Southern California News Group. Sarah loves newspapers and reads one every day with coffee.
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Micky Dolenz is suing the FBI. And rightly so.
The bureau has a file on the Monkees, the 1960s teen idol TV pop band. A seven-page document from the file was declassified and released about ten years ago, but it is heavily redacted, giving only a few hints of why the FBI thought the band posed a threat to the national security of the United States. The bit of text that is not blacked out reveals that the Monkees were “connected with the film industry in the Hollywood area,” something about “additional activities denouncing the U.S. policy in the war in Vietnam,” and a notation that the “quite successful” TV series “features four young men who dress as ‘beatnik types.’”
Dolenz and his attorney filed a Freedom of Information Act request in June to see the unredacted, complete file and any files on the band’s individual members. The law requires the FBI to comply within 20 working days, but that didn’t happen. It will take a lawsuit and a court order to see the FBI file on the Monkees.
That should give you an idea of how FBI leadership gets away with outrageous conduct. They have something on everybody.
In addition to files on performers who criticized the Vietnam War while dressed as beatnik types, the FBI maintains a vast library of background-check files. There’s probably one on everybody who works in or around government, from elected officials to cabinet secretaries to judges to military contractors. Background checks collect a lot of information that is unverified, such as rumor or gossip from neighbors who answered an investigator’s questions ahead of a confirmation hearing or for a security clearance.
During the Clinton administration, there was a scandal over hundreds of FBI background investigation files finding their way to the White House. “We know the files were in the hands of political operatives, non-professionals, volunteers, teen-agers in proximity to a photocopier, and individuals without security clearances,” a congressional committee reported following an investigation. “We know there was virtually no supervision over this sensitive process.”
Perhaps that gave the Clintons something on everybody.
By closely cooperating with a press corps that will protect a confidential source until death, the FBI can change the course of history. When Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were writing their Watergate stories, the source they called “Deep Throat” was Mark Felt, the associate director of the FBI. Felt was passed up for the job of director when J. Edgar Hoover died in 1972, and after that, he secretly fed information to Woodward.
Now let’s talk about what the FBI did ahead of the 2020 election.
In mid-October 2020, the New York Post published a completely true report about emails found on a laptop computer that belonged to Hunter Biden. The emails contained details of alleged business deals between Hunter and various foreign companies, including one with ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Presidential candidate Joe Biden was potentially implicated in an influence-peddling scheme when one of Hunter’s business partners, Tony Bobulinski, stated that an email describing “10 held by H for the big guy” was a reference to a ten percent equity stake in the deal for Joe Biden.
Immediately, Twitter blocked the Post’s story from being shared and locked the newspaper out of its account. Facebook also took action to suppress the visibility of the story.
Now we’re learning that the FBI led an effort to ensure that the Post’s reporting about the Biden family was effectively censored and wrongfully discredited.
In an interview last week with podcast superstar Joe Rogan, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that before the 2020 election, the FBI communicated with Facebook employees and told them to be on the lookout for “some kind of dump” of something similar to “Russian propaganda.”
Who ran this operation at the FBI? In July, Sen. Chuck Grassley sent a letter to FBI director Christopher Wray informing him of whistleblower reports that two bureau employees, assistant special agent in charge Timothy Thibault and intelligence analyst Brian Auten, allegedly schemed to “undermine derogatory information connected to Hunter Biden by falsely suggesting it was disinformation.”
Thibault had been on leave for a month following those allegations, and last week he resigned.
His resignation removes any possibility that the Justice Department’s inspector general can investigate him. An IG can only investigate current government employees, not former ones.
Separately, Sen. Ron Johnson said last week that his office has received whistleblower reports alleging that the FBI intentionally slow-walked an investigation into the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop. Although the bureau had obtained the laptop in December 2019, the examination of its contents did not begin until after the 2020 presidential election.
Meanwhile at Mar-a-Lago, the FBI showed up on August 8 with a search warrant so broad that it allowed the agents to seize all records and papers from the Trump presidency. This would include the binder of Crossfire Hurricane documents that Trump declassified before leaving office. Crossfire Hurricane was the code name of the FBI’s years-long counterintelligence investigation into Trump-Russia collusion, allegations that special counsel John Durham has now exposed as a total fabrication cooked up by the Hillary Clinton campaign and fed to the FBI and the press by her lawyers.
In March, Donald Trump sued Hillary Clinton over those false allegations and the damage they caused. The FBI may have seized attorney-client communications related to that lawsuit. The former president is currently fighting in court to have all the seized documents reviewed by a special master in order to keep privileged confidential documents out of the hands of the FBI.
It’s a little late. By now, FBI leadership has probably seen everything related to the case, including the background investigation file on the judge.
Something on everybody. It’s quite the business model.
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Prince Charles ‘moved beyond words’ by allergy death as he hosts global symposium in Scotland
The Prince of Wales has said he was “moved beyond words” by the death of a teenager who died from an allergic reaction to a Pret baguette.
Charles is hosting a global symposium of allergy scientists at Dumfries House in Scotland organised by The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation.
The foundation was set up by the parents of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died from anaphylaxis – the most severe form of an allergic reaction.
Natasha died on July 17, 2016 aged 15 after eating a Pret a Manger artichoke, olive and tapenade baguette before boarding a flight at Heathrow with her father and best friend.
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A coroner concluded she would not have eaten the baguette if the sesame seeds – to which she was severely allergic – had been included on the label.
The idea of bringing the world’s leading allergy and environment experts together was first raised by Charles following the 2018 inquest into Natasha’s death, which highlighted the growing allergic epidemic, particularly among children and young people.
The two-day global symposium on September 6 and 7 will see Charles take part in a roundtable discussion with the scientists and Natasha’s parents Nadim and Tanya Ednan-Laperouse.
Seventeen world leading allergy experts from the UK, US, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong and Denmark will attend the event.
Charles said: “I was moved beyond words by the tragic death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse and the way her parents have selflessly dedicated themselves to preventing other families suffering in the same way.
“That is why my Prince’s Foundation is hosting leading scientists and experts in the field to tackle the environmental causes of allergic disease, so that no more lives are needlessly lost due to allergic reactions.”
Mr Ednan-Laperouse, co-founder of Natasha’s Foundation, said: “We are deeply grateful to HRH The Prince of Wales for inspiring and hosting this momentous event, which will involve many of the world’s leading allergy experts.
“By bringing the scientists together in one room, we hope to identify the most important and effective ways of tackling the allergy epidemic, to prevent other families from enduring the loss and heartbreak that we have had to endure following Natasha’s death.
“This is a real opportunity to draw up a blueprint to make allergy history and will help define the next major research intervention to be supported by Natasha’s Foundation.”
In October, "Natasha's Law" was brought in, making allergy information a requirement for food made on site.
The parents of Ms Ednan-Laperouse have separately set up a clinical trial to make "food allergies history".
The trial will see whether commonly available food products, such as milk and peanuts, can be used under medical supervision to treat those with food allergies.
After a 12-month desensitisation period, those involved will be tracked for two further years.
The £2.2 million trial is being funded with the help of major food giants such as KFC, Greggs and Lidl.
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Championship focus: Ex-Hibs ace Scott Allan sent off as Arbroath remain winless, Dundee fret over injury
Last season’s cinch Championship runners-up Arbroath remain winless after six matches, with manager Dick Campbell lamenting a red card to Scott Allan in the 2-0 defeat at home by Partick Thistle.
The former Hibs midfielder was sent off for two tackles in the space of 30 seconds on the 50-minute mark and the ten men could not hold on for a point against the Jags, with Anton Dowds and Cole McKinnon scoring in the last four minutes.
After last season’s efforts, the Gayfield outfit already look like a team fighting relegation and Campbell admitted Allan’s red card was borne out of frustration.
"The referee got it right,” said Campbell. “That's not why I brought Scottie Allan here, to tackle. I brought him to create but he's frustrated. He wants to help the team and he's trying to show everybody that he's wanting to work hard and tackle and that's not his game.
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"It was a stupid thing to do and I've already told him that. Getting sent off didn't help us.
"Partick Thistle were better than us today but we defended resolutely with ten men and I was disappointed to lose two late goals.”
The Jags remain second in the table, a point behind leaders Ayr United, who won 2-1 away at Morton. Goals from the in-form Dipo Akinyemi and Mark McKenzie secured the victory for Lee Bullen’s men.
Dundee recorded their second 3-0 win in a week by overcoming Queen’s Park at Dens Park, although they suffered a blow with an injury to striker Zak Rudden. "Hopefully Zak's knee injury isn't too bad,” said their manager Gary Bowyer. “I thought it was a bit of a bad challenge from behind. I thought that you weren't allowed to make those challenges any more."
Dundee are now joint third with the Spiders, with Inverness Caledonian Thistle up to fifth following a 2-0 win away at Raith Rovers. The Highlanders showed good spirit to recover from a midweek 4-0 reversal by Motherwell in the Premier Sports Cup. “It's been a long, hard week, in terms of the physical effort we put into the Motherwell game, which was incredible,” said their manager Billy Dodds. “I could not be any more proud of them.”
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Cyrus Mistry, an Indian-born Irish businessman and former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Sons, died in an accident on Sunday after his car crashed into a road divider in western India, police said. He was 54.
The crash occurred on a river bridge in Maharashtra state’s Palghar district near Mumbai, police officer Prakash Gaekwad told reporters.
Mistry served as Tata Sons chairman for five years until he was removed by the board in October 2016. He challenged the board’s decision, but India’s top court upheld his dismissal.
Politicians and business leaders reacted with shock to news of Mistry’s death.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Mistry was a promising business leader who believed in India’s economic prowess. “His passing away is a big loss to the world of commerce and industry,” he said.
“I was convinced he was destined for greatness,” said Anand Mahindra, an Indian business leader. “If life had other plans for him, so be it, but life itself should not have been snatched away from him.”
Mistry owned an 18.4% stake in Tata Sons through his company, Cyrus Investments Pvt. Ltd. In 2018, his net worth was approximately $10 billion.
Mistry joined the family construction company, Shapoorji Pallonji and Co. Ltd., as managing director in 1991.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling hit the southern Ukraine port city of Mykolaiv during the night, damaging a medical treatment facility, the city’s mayor said Sunday.
Mykolaiv and its surrounding region have been hit daily for weeks in the conflict. On Saturday, a child was killed and five people were injured in rocket attacks in the region, governor Vitaliy Kim said. Mykolaiv city mayor Oleksandr Senkevych did not specify whether there were any injuries in the overnight attack, which he said also damaged some residences.
Mykolaiv, on the Southern Bug River about 30 kilometers (20 miles) upstream from the Black Sea, is a significant port and shipbuilding center.
In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, Russian shelling late Saturday set a large wooden restaurant complex on fire, according to the region’s emergency service. One person was killed and two injured in shelling in the region, governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the eastern Donetsk region where Russian forces have been trying to take full control, said four people were killed in shelling on Saturday.
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine was disconnected from its last external power line but was still able to run electricity through a reserve line amid sustained shelling in the area.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi said in a statement that the agency’s experts, who arrived at Zaporizhzhia on Thursday, were told by senior Ukrainian staff that the fourth and last operational line was down. The three others were lost earlier during the conflict.
But the IAEA experts learned that the reserve line linking the facility to a nearby thermal power plant was delivering the electricity the plant generates to the external grid, the statement said. The same reserve line can also provide backup power to the plant if needed, it added.
“We already have a better understanding of the functionality of the reserve power line in connecting the facility to the grid,” Grossi said. “This is crucial information in assessing the overall situation there.”
In addition, the plant’s management informed the IAEA that one reactor was disconnected Saturday afternoon because of grid restrictions. Another reactor is still operating and producing electricity both for cooling and other essential safety functions at the site and for households, factories and others through the grid, the statement said.
The Zaporizhzhia facility, which is Europe’s largest nuclear plant, has been held by Russian forces since early March, but its Ukrainian staff are continuing to operate it.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — When John Tierre launched his restaurant in Jackson’s derelict Farish Street Historic District, he was drawn by the neighborhood’s past as an economically independent cultural hub for Black Mississippians, and the the prospect of helping usher in an era of renewed prosperity.
This week he sat on the empty, sun-drenched patio of Johnny T’s Bistro and Blues and lamented all the business he has lost as tainted water flows through his pipes — just like other users in the majority Black city of 150,000, if they were lucky enough to have any pressure at all — and the revival he and others envisioned is very much in doubt.
“The numbers are very low for lunch,” Tierre told The Associated Press. “They’re probably taking their business to the outskirts where they don’t have water woes.”
Torrential rains and flooding of the Pearl River in late August exacerbated problems at one of Jackson’s two treatment plants, leading to a drop in pressure throughout the city, where residents were already under a boil-water order due to poor quality.
Officials said Saturday that service had been restored to most customers. But the water crisis has compounded the financial strain caused by an ongoing labor shortage and high inflation. And the flow of consumer dollars from Jackson and its crumbling infrastructure to the city’s outskirts hits Black-owned businesses hardest, the owners say.
Another Black entrepreneur who has taken a hit is Bobbie Fairley, 59, who has lived in Jackson her entire life and owns Magic Hands Hair Design on the city’s south side.
She canceled five appointments Wednesday because she needs high water pressure to rinse her clients’ hair of treatment chemicals. She also has had to purchase water to shampoo hair to try fit in whatever appointments she can. When customers aren’t coming in, she’s losing money.
“That’s a big burden,” she said. “I can’t afford that. I can’t afford that at all.”
Jackson can’t afford to fix its water problems. The tax base has eroded over the past few decades as the population decreased, the result of primarily white flight to suburbs that began about a decade after public schools integrated in 1970. Today the city is more than 80% black and 25% poor.
Some say the uncertainty facing Black businesses fits into a pattern of adversity stemming from both natural disasters and policy decisions.
“It’s punishment for Jackson because it was open to the idea that people should be able to attend public schools and that people should have access to public areas without abuse,” said Maati Jone Primm, who owns Marshall’s Music and Bookstore up the block from Johnny T’s. “As a result of that, we have people who ran away to the suburbs.”
Primm thinks Jackson’s longstanding water woes — which some trace to the 1970s when federal spending on water utilities peaked, according to a 2018 Congressional Budget Office report — have been made worse by inaction from Mississippi’s mostly white, conservative-dominated Legislature.
“For decades this is a been a malignant attack, not benign. And it’s been purposeful,” Primm said.
Political leaders have not always been on the same page. Jackson’s Democratic mayor, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, has blamed the water problems on decades of deferred maintenance, while Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has said they stem from mismanagement at the city level.
Last Monday the governor held a news conference about the crisis, and the mayor was not invited. Another was held later in the week where they both appeared, but Primm said it’s clear that the two are not in concert.
“The lack of cooperation speaks to the continued punishment that Jackson must endure,” she said.
Under normal circumstances, Labor Day Weekend is a bustling time at Johnny T’s. The college football season brings out devoted Jackson State fans who watch away games on the bistro’s flat-screen TVs or mosey over from the stadium after home games. But this weekend many regulars were busy stocking up on bottled water to drink or boiling tap water to cook.
Even as revenue plummeted, Tierre’s expenses increased. He has been spending $300-500 per day on ice and bottled water, not to mention canned soft drinks, tonic water and everything else that would typically be served out of a soda gun. He brings staff in a few hours earlier than usual so they can get a head start on boiling water to wash dishes and stacking the extra soda cans.
In total, Tierre estimated, he’s forking over an added $3,500 per week. Customers pay the price.
“You have to pass some of this off to the consumer,” Tierre said. “Now your Coke is $3, and there are no refills.”
At a water distribution site in south Jackson this week, area resident Lisa Jones brought empty paint buckets to fill up so her family could bathe. In a city with crumbling infrastructure, Jones said she felt trapped.
“Everybody can’t move right now. Everyone can’t go to Madison, Flowood, Canton and all these other places,” she said, naming three more affluent suburbs. “If we could, trust me, it would be a dark sight: Houses would be boarded up street by street, neighborhood by neighborhood.”
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(KTLA) – Tens of thousands of fans left Los Angeles’ SoFi stadium in disappointment Saturday night after The Weeknd stopped his performance just three songs into his set. The pop star told the audience he had lost his voice.
“I want to personally apologize to the audience,” The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, told to the crowd. “I don’t know what happened when I screamed, but I just lost my voice. This is killing me. I don’t want to stop the show but I can’t give you the concert I want to give you right now.”
“I’m going to make sure everybody’s good and (you) get your money back, and I’ll do a show real soon,” he said to gasps and boos.
The Weeknd later shared this message on social media:
“My voice went out during the first song and I’m devasted. Felt it go and my heart dropped. My deepest apologies to my fans here. I promise I’ll make it up to you with a new date.”
No new concert date has been announced.
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(KTLA) – Tens of thousands of fans left Los Angeles’ SoFi stadium in disappointment Saturday night after The Weeknd stopped his performance just three songs into his set. The pop star told the audience he had lost his voice.
“I want to personally apologize to the audience,” The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, told to the crowd. “I don’t know what happened when I screamed, but I just lost my voice. This is killing me. I don’t want to stop the show but I can’t give you the concert I want to give you right now.”
“I’m going to make sure everybody’s good and (you) get your money back, and I’ll do a show real soon,” he said to gasps and boos.
The Weeknd later shared this message on social media:
“My voice went out during the first song and I’m devasted. Felt it go and my heart dropped. My deepest apologies to my fans here. I promise I’ll make it up to you with a new date.”
No new concert date has been announced.
The “Blinding Lights” singer was visiting Sofi Stadium on his “After Hours Til Dawn” tour. His next scheduled tour date is Sept. 13 in Sweden. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/the-weeknd-abruptly-ends-concert-after-losing-his-voice/ | 2022-09-04T15:06:53Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/the-weeknd-abruptly-ends-concert-after-losing-his-voice/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 14 |
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Great skin can be everything. It can help our inner beauty shine outward and make us feel good about ourselves. But getting there can be challenging for those of us with sensitive skin. Constant redness or irritation can take its toll on self-esteem, no matter how well you take care of your skin.
Exfoliating can help, especially when done in moderation. Exfoliating mitts provides a way to remove dead skin cells without chemicals, offering a way to scrub off excess layers of dry skin, leaving behind radiant, soft skin. This is a great option for those suffering from keratosis pilaris, aka chicken skin, or looking for a deep exfoliation in preparation of a spray tan. On Amazon, we found an inexpensive exfoliating glove with a strong average rating from more than 23,000 users so far.
Seraphic Skincare Korean Exfoliating Mitts ($8)
These Korean exfoliating mitts are made entirely of plant-based viscose fiber, which helps it remove dead skin while buffing and smoothing out the texture. It’s 8 1/2 inches long and 6 inches wide and will shrink slightly when wet. One reusable mitt costs less than $8 on Amazon.
The brand recommends using only water with the mitt and to soften the skin naturally first by taking a shower or bath for 15-20 minutes. Then dampen and wring out the glove and run it in circular motions along your body, away from water. Customize the rate of your exfoliation based on how much pressure you put on your mitt. (Start off lightly, especially on delicate, thin-skinned areas like the backs of your hands.) The company recommends steering clear of any open wounds or sunburned areas and to avoid the face.
For optimum results, you should use exfoliating mitts two to four times per month and follow up each session by applying good lotion.
These exfoliating mitts can help you prep for and remove spray tans, prevent ingrown hairs, improve lotion absorption and unclog pores. You might even witness dead skin rolling off during your microdermabrasion session.
People have remarked on Amazon how quickly these Korean exfoliating mitts worked. Take a verified buyer who goes by the name PH, for example, who wrote that they’ve struggled with bumps on their arms and legs for over a decade before trying this method.
“I’ve used brushes for years because loofahs don’t give me the kind of scrub I want, but they never solved the bump problem,” they wrote on Amazon. “This did. My skin feels so incredibly smooth and clean. I follow up with a good lotion after the shower and I feel great.”
Mynabyrd wrote in another review that they love how all their ingrown hairs vanished the day after first using this mitt. And we love how one woman said this was the first summer in years that she felt confident wearing shorts without feeling self-conscious, thanks to using the mitt.
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The Cedar Creek fire burning east of Oakridge grew more than 7,000 acres between Friday and Saturday to 16,303 acres. It remained at 12% containment.
Several campgrounds and recreational areas near Waldo Lake and off Aufderheide Drive (Road 19), were placed on Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation orders Friday and Saturday.
Faolan Adams of Eugene was camping with her family at Waldo Lake’s Shadow Bay Campground when the evacuation orders came in. She told KLCC they arrived Friday and “The next morning on Saturday around 8:30 a.m. the camp host came over and let us know that they were now at a Level 3 for all three of the campgrounds and they were going to be evacuating everybody. She also let us know that we were not in immediate danger. They just wanted to get everyone out by early afternoon. But there was really no need to rush or be worried.”
Smoke from the Cedar Creek Fire, as well as the Rum Creek Fire has been settling over some areas of Central Oregon. With moderate to unhealthy smoke in the air, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issues an Air Quality Advisory for Deschutes and Wallowa counties until 3:00 p.m. Tuesday.
The Willamette National Forest and Deschutes National Forest are planning additional forest closures to be enacted within the next week.
Residents are encouraged to monitor www.LaneCountyOR.gov/CedarCreek for evacuation information and maps.
Current evacuation notices:
LEVEL 3 (Go Now) EVACUATION NOTICES:
- Shadow Bay Campground and the area to the southwest of Bobby Lake.
- Islet Campground, North Waldo Campground and Harralson Horse Camp
- All dispersed camping and recreation in the area east of the Waldo Lake shoreline between the United State Forest Service forest closure to the north, and south to Shadow Bay Campground, and east to the Charlton Lake and Taylor Lake areas.
- Forest Service Road 19 (Aufderheide Drive) from milepost 20 (just east of Kiahanie Campground) to milepost 35 (south of Roaring River Campground). This includes the Box Canyon Campground, Box Canyon Staging Area/Horse Camp and Skookum Creek Campground and all surrounding dispersed camping areas.
- Irish and Taylor Lake campgrounds and dispersed camping in the Charlton and Taylor lakes areas and north along the Pacific Crest Trail to Lindick Lake.
Level 3 (Go Now) means leave immediately! Do NOT take time to gather things. GO NOW. There is immediate and imminent danger and you should evacuate immediately.
LEVEL 2 (Be Set) EVACUATION NOTICES:
- The area southwest of Bobby Lake following the county line to Highway 58
- The area between Taylor Lake and Lemish Lake along the Taylor Burn Road, including the Many Lakes and Metolius-Windigo Trailheads.
- All areas east of the current Level 3 Evacuation Area out to approximately 2 miles including Johnny Lake, Clover Meadow, Lemish Lake, Many Lakes Trailhead north to the line between Township 19 and 20 (Just south of Winopee Lake).
Level 2 (Be Set) means you must prepare to leave at a moment’s notice, and this may be the only notice that you receive.
Public safety personnel cannot guarantee they will be able to notify you if conditions rapidly deteriorate. Continue to closely monitor your phone, local media and www.LaneCountyOR.gov/CedarCreek for information.
LEVEL 1 (Be Ready) EVACUATION NOTICES:
- All areas east of the current Level 2 Evacuation Area, north of FS 4290, west of Cascade Lakes Hwy, and South of the line between Township 19 and 20 (just north of Corral Swamp). Cultus Lake Resort, Cultus Lake Campground and Little Cultus Lake Campground are excluded from this Level 1 Evacuation at this time, but could be included if conditions change.
Level 1 (Be Ready) means you should be aware of the danger that exists in your area, monitor local media outlets and telephone devices to receive further information. This is the time for preparation and precautionary movement of persons with special needs, mobile property, pets and livestock. People should make the best possible decisions for their safety. | https://www.klcc.org/disasters-accidents/2022-09-04/campgrounds-evacuated-as-cedar-creek-fire-grows | 2022-09-04T15:13:42Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/disasters-accidents/2022-09-04/campgrounds-evacuated-as-cedar-creek-fire-grows | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Lewis & Clark College continues to hold classes while mourning a student who died Monday following an accident on the Southwest Portland campus. Members of the campus community gathered Thursday night, and college administrators have been spreading the word about the availability of counselors and other supports for students who need them. Many questions surrounding the incident are still unanswered — including if there might be a lawsuit against the school and if it would be successful.
The accident occurred the first night of the fall semester. According to accounts from Portland Fire & Rescue and the college, six students attached hammocks to free-standing brick columns that are part of the campus’s historic Grape Arbor. One of the columns fell, killing a 19-year-old male student and injuring two 18-year-old female students.
On Tuesday, Lewis & Clark President Robin Holmes-Sullivan said the two female students were recovering in the hospital.
None of the students’ names have been released as their families have requested privacy. It is not clear yet if any of the students’ families might take legal action against the college.
Shannon Ragonesi is on the board of directors at Keating, Bucklin & McCormack — a law firm in Washington. Although Ragonesi does not know the details of the Lewis & Clark incident, she is familiar with cases regarding potential wrongful death and personal injury in educational settings.
“The school generally owes a duty to use reasonable care to keep students safe from reasonably foreseeable dangers,” Ragonesi said.
According to Ragonesi, those “reasonably foreseeable dangers” really depend on the individual incidents.
“Was there a condition on the property that was open and apparent and dangerous? Did the school have notice of a dangerous condition? Or should the school have known based on standard practice?” Ragonesi said.
Ragonesi said in wrongful death and personal injury cases, juries also pay attention to the age of the injured person and whether the risks of their actions were obvious to them.
“Really, it’s dependent on the facts and who the individuals involved are,” she said.
Following Monday night’s incident, some students have cited safety concerns on the private college’s campus.
“One of the things that’s at least on my mind, and I think on other students’ minds, is the stability of our campus in general,” Venus Edlin, a Lewis & Clark student and editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper, told OPB Tuesday.
Lewis & Clark has not responded to questions related to building and structural safety since the incident.
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SIOUX CITY, IA (KCAU)- A Siouxland couple has been featuring a unique kind of artform at ArtSplash over the weekend.
Gregory MacDonald and Mell Smith create wood carvings and paintings and they’re sharing their work with the Siouxland community in support of the art center.
“A book on carving Santas, that’s how I learned to carve. And I started doing some shows like this part-time and they started selling for me right away. So I figured, why mess with it.” Said Gregory MacDonald.
Gregory MacDonald said he has 35 years of experience carving cottonwood bark into unique things and they have made a living with their craft.
“We’re just in the studio every single day, sometimes 12 hours or more a day, and then about half the weekend of the year, we’ll be out on the road doing shows. And then we work while we are at the shows too.” Said Gregory MacDonald.
MacDonald says he makes between 12 hundred and 15 hundred wood carvings a year. However, none of this would be possible without his wife mell smith. They said that while Gregory carves, Mell is right by his side painting.
“I usually have 5 to 10 going at a time so I do the basic painting, you know. Faces, beards, or jack o’lantern faces, and then I go for the details.” Said Mell Smith.
Smith stated that each day, she spends more than 7 hours painting wooden figures.
“You get worn out creatively in a day, but I never not want to work. We work every day in the studio, every day. Even if it’s for two hours and I’m done.” Said Mell Smith.
When it comes to being part of this year’s ArtSplash, the couple indicated that the long hours and tireless work pay off.
“It’s close for us, it’s a nice show and they really treat their vendors exceptionally well, the art center does.” Said Gregory MacDonald.
Smith says her personal record for most figurines pained in one day is 22 | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/siouxland-couple-showcases-wood-carving-skills-at-artsplash/ | 2022-09-04T15:15:18Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/siouxland-couple-showcases-wood-carving-skills-at-artsplash/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Conversation) – Abortion travel isn’t new. People have been crossing national and state borders to get abortion care since the 1960s, when air travel became more common and affordable.
The number of people who need to travel and the distances they must travel for care will increase following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade.
As a sociologist who studies gender, reproduction and health, I have interviewed hundreds of women who have sought abortions, many of whom had to travel for care. My recent study on the experiences of people who had to travel across state lines for abortion care can help people better understand what costs abortion patients face when they have to travel.For those living in states that have restricted abortion, traveling for a procedure can be expensive, daunting and lonely.
1. Why do people travel for abortion care?
People travel for medical care for many reasons. In the case of abortion travel, they are typically traveling because abortion is either legally restricted or unavailable in their home area. To get an abortion, they have no choice but to travel.
As of late August 2022, about half of the states in the U.S. have already restricted or are expected to heavily restrict abortion. Abortion seekers in those states may opt to travel to another state where abortion remains legal, as many Texans did following the implementation of their state’s highly restrictive law in 2021.
2. What are the main costs of traveling for abortion care?
Most people rightly anticipate that abortion travel entails expenses like gas money or plane tickets and hotel charges. As research shows that most abortion patients are at or just above the federal poverty line, it is easy to see that these costs alone could represent a substantial burden.
But traveling for an abortion often also includes numerous other costs. For instance, most abortion patients are already parenting children, so they must figure out child care logistics when they have to travel for abortion care. People who do not have access to a reliable vehicle may need to rent a car to make a long-distance drive across state borders.
Abortion funds – nonprofit organizations that provide practical and financial support to people seeking abortion care – can help people who are financially struggling navigate some of these costs. But often this aid isn’t sufficient to cover all costs. There are also real questions about whether funds can meet the growing demand.
And then there is the issue of lost wages during the time a patient must spend traveling. For many people engaged in hourly work, when you don’t work, you don’t get paid.Some companies, like Starbucks and Dick’s Sporting Goods, are offering financial support to employees who travel for an abortion.
Abortion travel can also entail emotional costs. I’m currently working on a new study based on interviews with 30 women from around the U.S. about the emotional impacts of having to travel out of state for abortion care. Based on these interviews, I’ve learned that having to travel for abortion care can mean the stress of having to navigate a new place. For some people, this could be their first time in that city or even away from home. It also means being removed from their usual support systems and the physical and emotional comforts of home. This, too, can take an emotional toll.
And, of course, having to travel means having to explain to others – including co-workers and family members – why they are traveling, which can also come at a high personal and emotional cost.
3. Are there any positives to traveling for abortion care?
There is not much work on this question to date. Most research on abortion travel has focused on its negative aspects. But in my research, some of the women who had to travel for abortion care talked about how much they appreciated the emotional support they received in their destination clinic – especially after the hostility to abortion they had experienced in their home communities.
Seeking out nonjudgmental, compassionate care might motivate someone to prefer to travel for abortion care. But in the post-Roe landscape, few will have that luxury. Rather, travel will be a necessity, not a choice. Even with the possibility of emotional benefits, travel for abortion care exacts clear and substantial costs. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/what-to-know-about-the-costs-of-traveling-for-abortion-care-in-the-us/ | 2022-09-04T15:15:37Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/what-to-know-about-the-costs-of-traveling-for-abortion-care-in-the-us/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Happy Sunday! Labor Day tomorrow is expected to bring more sunshine and fewer clouds just in time for the holiday. The upper-level pattern will retreat slightly bringing us a brief relief from the rainy activity we've been experiencing. We are expecting a high of 91 and a low in the mid 70s with partly sunny skies.
Posted at 9:41 AM, Sep 04, 2022
and last updated 2022-09-04 09:41:37-04
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We are now tracking three tropical disturbances in the Tropics. Danielle has regained its strength and hurricane status. Hurricane Danielle, currently a Category 1 hurricane, is expected to push northward into the Atlantic by Friday. It is anticipated that Tropical Storm Earl will bring heavy rainfall to parts of the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico today. The low pressure disturbance east of the African coast has a low 20% chance of development over the next five days.
Posted at 10:15 AM, Sep 04, 2022
and last updated 2022-09-04 10:15:43-04
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DIRECTOR
Olivia Wilde Needs to Be in Charge
Olivia Wilde has come a long way from the teenager who played the bratty, bisexual bad girl on The O.C. Today, she’s a full-blown movie star who directed the award-winning comedy Booksmart, and this fall will level up with Don’t Worry Darling, a Slim Aarons–inspired erotic thriller starring Florence Pugh and Wilde’s real-life boyfriend Harry Styles. Someone who knows what life is like on both sides of the camera is The Lost Daughter director Maggie Gyllenhaal, who met Wilde at a Paris hotel to talk all about it.
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MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL: Okay, I’m recording.
OLIVIA WILDE: Perfect. What if my entire personality changed? Like, I have a slight accent and everything about me changes, do you mention it?
GYLLENHAAL: [Laughs] No, listen, we just hand them the tapes. You are who you are, starting right now.
WILDE: Got it.
GYLLENHAAL: So, I’m really curious how similar our experiences were. Basically, film school for me was acting in movies. Do you feel that way?
WILDE: Completely. It helps me navigate any feelings about movies that I don’t think are great when I look back on them, and it helps me understand them within the context of my proxy film school experience. I’ve made like 5,000 times more shitty movies than you have.
GYLLENHAAL: No, you just don’t know about my shitty movies. Look them up!
WILDE: But I’ve been in some really bad ones, and now I think, “I did those to learn all the cautionary tales that would help me define myself as a director: how I will never speak to a crew, how I will never speak to actors, how I will never schedule a movie.” All of that comes from those bad experiences.
GYLLENHAAL: Absolutely. I know so much about how the rhythm of a day feels just from having spent so many days on a set. And sometimes I look at a schedule as an actress and I’m like, “What? Why are we doing it like this?”
WILDE: I remember making this tiny horror movie with Mark Duplass many years ago, and he was so understanding of this really terrible schedule that we had. The movie was very challenging for all these seemingly avoidable reasons, so I’d go back to the trailer and want to talk mad shit. And Mark said, “Until you direct a movie, you really can’t understand how difficult it is. Go direct, go produce, and then you’ll understand,” and he was right.
GYLLENHAAL: What was it like acting in the film that you were directing?
WILDE: It was out of necessity. We basically ran out of money and I needed someone who would take a really low salary, but I wanted it to be someone who understood the role. It got to the point where it was down to the wire and our casting director was like, “Olivia, why don’t you just do it?” The funny thing is, when I asked director friends how that experience would be, I just happened to ask a bunch of dudes, and they all said, “Oh, it’s so great.”
GYLLENHAAL: Who said that?
WILDE: Bradley Cooper was a great supporter. He said, “It’s going to be really wonderful to be able to direct from within the scenes.” But what I realized once I started was that all of these men had done this in comfortable shoes, and I swear part of it is that I was in a fucking bustier and heels and a wig. They were coming at me doing these necessary but frustrating touch-ups at every second, and I was like, “I need to be at the monitor, I need to be in charge.” I found that to be really hard.
GYLLENHAAL: Also you were in glam makeup.
WILDE: Full glam! But I did find that being in solidarity with the actors— particularly on a shoot that’s difficult because it’s long, and we’re in the desert, and it’s a thriller so the emotions are running high, and there’s the COVID of it all—felt important. That I could say, “We, the cast, are really going through it,” and I’m not just the director in comfortable sweats sitting over there in the air-conditioned video village, being like, “You guys good?”
GYLLENHAAL: I haven’t worked with a studio as a director. How did it feel working with a company that had notes and ideas?
WILDE: In a way, you’re proving yourself at several different stages, and I found that because it was working well, they were giving me a lot of leeway and trust. If my instincts weren’t panning out, I would’ve had to go against my instincts to try to fit what they needed, which would’ve been hard.
GYLLENHAAL: How do you do it? I don’t know how to direct against my instincts.
WILDE: That’s what I think would be impossible, and what I’m still scared of. Luckily, this time it worked out. There were conversations— like, our film leaves the audience with a question at the end that we don’t answer, and it led to an interesting discussion between myself and the studio about whether or not it’s okay to leave the audience wanting more. Ultimately, they allowed it to remain a question, but I learned how to play ball.
GYLLENHAAL: Right. What kind of work did you do on the screenplay?
WILDE: Katie Silberman, my dear friend and writing partner, wrote the scripts for Booksmart and Don’t Worry Darling, but we worked very closely together. I find that the job of the director is always going to be to write, because you can’t direct without telling the story yourself, but having a partner in that was different than being the sole screenwriter. I could say to her, “I think we should change everything, take this and put it here,” and she would say, “But for the structure we need this, there needs to be a balance,” which kept me in line at times. She also has an amazing sense of character and humor, so anytime I let something get way too pretentious, she just brings it right on back. The blank page terrifies me, so having a partner was offsetting the fear of being responsible for what goes on that blank page.
GYLLENHAAL: I remember my DP, when I first started talking to her, was asking me about the light in the very beginning of the movie. I thought, “Oh, I don’t know. Light is not my territory.” But then I was like, “Actually, I completely know what the light is. This is how I want it to be, and this is what the road looks like with the light coming from above,” and it’s because of writing. Then, like we’re saying, all these other people come in with brilliant ideas and it starts to shape the imaginary picture more.
WILDE: I love the fact that, depending on who you cast, it’s a completely different movie. It’s like, I know what the movie is, but until the actors start acting, I don’t really know what it is because their part in it is going to completely shift the energy, and the chemistry between them will change everything.
GYLLENHAAL: Speaking of which, Florence Pugh is really brilliant in your movie. What was it like working with her?
WILDE: She’s ferociously talented. She was so dogged in her pursuit of the most authentic version of every moment. She also knew that my real goal was to create a love story that felt so sincere between her and Harry that people would be incapable of not falling for them as a couple. It had to be a love that felt real—it had to be passionate, but textured. I wanted so badly to have a nuanced, layered relationship that people would buy into despite knowing at times in the film that they shouldn’t. Even when the movie suggests you should question them, I wanted you to fight it.
GYLLENHAAL: I think that happens.
WILDE: And it was because of them. They’re both very loving people, and they knew that it’s the little moments that differentiate a performative love from an authentic love.
GYLLENHAAL: How was it working with Harry?
WILDE: Wonderful. I love working with musicians and dancers because in their work, you have no choice but to go 100 percent. If a dancer doesn’t go 100 percent, they get hurt. If a musician doesn’t go 100 percent, it doesn’t work. I was directing a Red Hot Chili Peppers music video and I noticed that the band, even on the 20th take, was going all out in their bodies, through their fingertips, because the song actually doesn’t work if you sing it at 50 percent. I remember thinking, “Man, if actors thought about it that way, would that change some of what we see out there?”
GYLLENHAAL: I think I feel that way when I’m acting.
WILDE: That’s why you’re really fucking good. The thing is, it’s scary and exhausting to go all the way. But working with Harry, who’s obviously a musician, it was like there was no other option for him than to work as hard as possible and to commit to the scene as hard as possible. He never holds back. Oftentimes when it’s not your scene, and you’re in a supporting role, people give 80 percent. But even if he was way off camera, he was so there for everyone, and for the crew and production. The tone that he set was just a very positive force. Chris Pine was the same. Chris, who I’ve known for, like, 20 years, probably agreed to do the movie at first as a favor to an old buddy, and then he really took it and ran with it.
GYLLENHAAL: Yeah, he’s wonderful.
WILDE: Terrifying. We based that character on this insane man, Jordan Peterson, who is this pseudo-intellectual hero to the incel community. You know the incels?
GYLLENHAAL: No.
WILDE: They’re basically disenfranchised, mostly white men, who believe they are entitled to sex from women.
GYLLENHAAL: Oh, right.
WILDE: And they believe that society has now robbed them—that the idea of feminism is working against nature, and that we must be put back into the correct place.
GYLLENHAAL: Well, they must be psyched. Things are going really well for them.
WILDE: Yeah, they’re actually succeeding in many different ways. But this guy Jordan Peterson is someone that legitimizes certain aspects of their movement because he’s a former professor, he’s an author, he wears a suit, so they feel like this is a real philosophy that should be taken seriously.
GYLLENHAAL: Wow.
WILDE: Yeah. But it was a dream to work with all these evolved men on this movie who understood what we were trying to say.
GYLLENHAAL: It doesn’t feel pedantic or overly simplistic.
WILDE: Good. I wanted it to be a hot movie that’s a good time and that if later it leads to some conversations, that’s great. But I was trying to create that world of Slim Aarons’s version of 1950s, ’60s Palm Springs, and so, as a female director, it was quite funny for me to be the one saying, “I need more bikinis, more tans. I want everybody sexy, sexy, sexy.”
GYLLENHAAL: There’s a scene with all the women saying goodbye in the morning to the guys in their cars—it’s very stylized, and Florence is in a man’s white shirt, so it’s a trope and a fantasy cliché. But because I know it’s directed by you, that’s a part of my viewing of the movie, so I was like, “How is this going to come back around and be bigger than this image of this hot girl in her boyfriend’s shirt?” And then when that same shot does come back later when you have way more information, you’re like, “Yes, I was waiting for it!” It’s very satisfying.
WILDE: There are a lot of little things like that I hope people pick up on, and it was an interesting exercise to not worry too much about whether they did or not. You want to have the confidence to be like, “I don’t care if you don’t get it,” but then I also want to have a little companion booklet that goes with the movie, that’s like, “So this is a reference to this and this is a reference to that.”
GYLLENHAAL: All of that Busby Berkeley [the director and choreographer] stuff is really interesting. Where does that come from? That was one of my favorite things.
WILDE: Well, Busby Berkeley fascinates me because he was, first of all, a really complicated figure in his own life and had a lot of issues with women. And he, to me, kind of defined beauty in the most misogynistic way possible.
GYLLENHAAL: Yeah, legs, legs, legs.
WILDE: And complete uniformity, homogeny, women as one mechanism working together, predictable and completely without individual power. He turned them into machines, as a group of 60 dancers who had to be so precise. To work with him, apparently, was murder. He would torture these dancers, but what it created was so beautiful. So the idea was, we love to watch Busby Berkeley films and yet, when you look beyond just the beauty, it’s like, “How punishing, and also how problematic as a message.”
GYLLENHAAL: It’s like the platonic example of objectification.
WILDE: Exactly.
GYLLENHAAL: There’s dance in the thing I’m writing, so I was really compelled by watching it in your film. And I think this is really true of your film, too: Almost never is it literal, or is what the film is about actually spoken out loud. You have to put a few elements together in order to understand it, and they vibrate into something that articulates something new.
WILDE: I have a fantasy of one day making a movie where the rehearsal period is spent choreographing a nonverbal version of the entire movie so that everyone has to understand their performance in a totally physical way first. Not how you’re actually going to physicalize the character, but if you had to respond to every instinct your character was having in a physical way. So, for instance, in a scene where there’s a difficult, frustrating moment, you would flop on the ground and bang on it, and then when you do the real version, it’s a process of fighting those instincts. Because the camera can pick up on not only action, but the resistance to action.
GYLLENHAAL: When I made my film, it was my first and I was not vetted yet, so I didn’t entirely feel entitled to work in the way that I wanted to, but I gently, kindly insisted on it. At this point, even though it’s unusual, you could have that rehearsal process that you imagined.
WILDE: I think we do have the right to create an environment conducive to the work that we are trying to get out of everybody. You can do it any way you want. In a tiny way, on Booksmart, I did. We had four weeks of night shoots, and these were all very young people, and I had to keep the energy up, so the whole movie had to be like a party. I realized that I needed to have loud music playing at all times, which meant everyone on the crew changing the way they worked. But for the actors, I kept a pulsing energy. On Don’t Worry Darling, it was trickier. I had to figure out, “What can we do to make this feel a little bit more authentic so that everyone can relax?” So, for instance, the opening scene is a party, and we shot it last because I thought, “Then everyone will be so comfortable with each other.” And so much of it is improvised, because I realized what was going to be necessary for that scene.
GYLLENHAAL: Even a great first AD is going to say, “No, no, no, you can’t shoot it on the last day, this is how it’s going to work best.” And sometimes you have to say, “No, this is just as important.” And you’ll sacrifice something else. Getting the vibe in the first scene of your movie is invaluable.
WILDE: It does feel like most of the time, performance is the last priority on the list. And if a director has been an actor, we can fight for it to be a bit higher up, while acknowledging logistics. I want to get confident enough to create an experience where actors know if they’re coming to work for me, it’s going to be really focused on their performance and comfort. And, you’re so right, if we realize we can just do it our own way, then we will actually be constantly satisfied by the process and not feel like we’re just getting more and more obedient.
GYLLENHAAL: Right. Because obedience, I don’t think, has a lot of value in making movies.
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Hair: Ali Pirzadeh at CLM
Makeup: Siobhan Furlong at LGA
Production: theArcade
Manicure: Simone Cummings at CLM
Photography Assistant: Ali Forough
Fashion Assistants: Naomi Phillips and Ryan Wohlgemut
Hair Assistant: Tommy Stayton
Makeup Assistant: Riley Kate | https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/olivia-wilde-needs-to-be-in-charge | 2022-09-04T15:33:55Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/olivia-wilde-needs-to-be-in-charge | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 49ers might have the best linebacking group in the NFL this season between Fred Warner, Azeez Al-Shaair, Dre Greenlaw, and the rest of the crew.
Linebackers coach Johnny Holland and defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans deserve a lot of credit for the development of this position group, considering there aren’t any high draft picks or splash free-agent signings.
Another person who deserves credit for setting the tone in that linebacker room is Kwon Alexander.
All-Pro Fred Warner and his wife Sydney Warner participated in an interview earlier this week, in which they took turns asking each other 20 questions.
One of the questions for Sydney was regarding Fred’s favorite teammate of all time, and with no hesitation, they both agreed that it was Kwon Alexander.
#49ers’ LB Fred Warner mentioned in an interview with his wife that his favorite teammate of all time is Kwon Alexander.
— Akash Anavarathan (@akashanav) September 1, 2022
I know his contract was criticized and he was here for a short time, but Alexander really helped take Warner’s game to the next level. #HotBoyz
Coming into 2019, Fred Warner was a second-year linebacker who had all the physical tools to be successful but didn’t quite have the reckless abandon that Warner has in 2022.
Enter: Kwon Alexander — one of the most fearless, reckless linebackers in the last handful of years. He completely changed the identity and personality of the position group, even nicknaming them “Hot Boyzz” while rocking custom t-shirts during warmups.
That season, Warner started to come into his own and, in the next few seasons, turned into an All-Pro and the best linebacker in the NFL. A lot of folks criticized Kwon Alexander’s contract and restructure amidst his injuries, but he brought so much to the team on and off the field that made it worth it.
Alexander saw Warner’s comments earlier this week and responded via Twitter:
My brudda 5eva! https://t.co/BcapehiqrE
— Kwon Alexander (@kwon) September 1, 2022
Despite Alexander bouncing around a few teams post-injury and release from the 49ers, the love for him from this team and fan base certainly runs deep. Hot Boyzzz forever. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/4/23335312/san-francisco-49ers-fred-warner-kwon-alexander-favorite-teammate-of-all-time | 2022-09-04T15:34:33Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/4/23335312/san-francisco-49ers-fred-warner-kwon-alexander-favorite-teammate-of-all-time | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Barrows: Trey Lance’s leash, 49ers’ depth chart at tailback and more: Mailbag (paywall)
“Since for the moment, the running backs room is nothing but big boys, do think there’s a chance Shanahan might scheme up a few scatback-style plays with McCloud or one of the other quick guys? — John F.
I’m not allowed to reveal any strategic elements of practice. (But if you could see my face, you’d notice I’m blinking conspicuously).”
Steve Young on Trey Lance/Jimmy Garoppolo situation: “This is hairy stuff”
“In some ways, Jimmy being there, holds your own feet to the fire that can be productive,” Young told Inman in what seemed to be an incessant effort to characterize a possibly leaking glass as half full. “It depends how he takes in in. It seems he takes in productively, and it can be thought in of the positive.”
Trotter: Why 49ers QB Trey Lance won’t have to look over his shoulder
“They should be one of the best defenses in the league this season, and therefore, Kyle Shanahan is not going to have to put a lot of pressure on Trey Lance to go out and quote-unquote win games. You can bet that, early in the year, he will ask him essentially to manage these games, make a couple of plays when they need it to be made, and not get in the way of this defense doing what it does....So I think the situation is perfect for Trey Lance in terms of his development, in terms of this team still being able to win. Also, by the end of the year, we will see a vastly different quarterback than we see in Week 1.”
What Young thinks is Lance’s ‘nearly impossible’ job as starter
“Let’s be honest about it, and it’s been proven by the number of people who have been able to do it effectively,” Young said regarding the team’s past quarterbacks. “You can count on two hands in the last 10 years. This is a nearly impossible job in a nearly impossible city to do it, and that’s a fact.”
“The guys love him ... when he makes a play, everybody, you hear it,” Lynch continued. “Despite the challenges of being a little smaller, when you have hard fight ... he has ability, those guys tend to make it.” | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/4/23336303/49ers-news-week-one-steve-young-trey-lance-jimmy-g-trade-contract-extension-resign-nfl-draft-bosa | 2022-09-04T15:34:40Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/4/23336303/49ers-news-week-one-steve-young-trey-lance-jimmy-g-trade-contract-extension-resign-nfl-draft-bosa | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
I was en route to The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering — an awkward name if you ask me — cutting across some side streets to avoid traffic when I saw it humming along ahead of me. A Ferrari F50 finished in black, one of four produced in the color and one of only two originally earmarked for US soil. In other words, approximately $4 million dollars, just driving casually down the road.
These sort of sightings are entirely normal during Monterey Car Week, but they do have the tendency to set the bar pretty high.
When this and the countless other rare classics and various exotics are your warm-up as you approach the general vicinity of a car show, the show itself better be really, really good.
Luckily, it was. Although a bit less ‘motorsports’ than I was anticipating and hoping for, The Quail was such an awesome look not only at the history of motoring enjoyment, but its future as well.
Looking to tomorrow, a bit everything was represented. The send-off of Bugatti’s 8.0-liter, quad-turbocharged, 1,600 horsepower W16; Lucid’s performance-oriented Sapphire line that produces 1,200 horsepower from a set of those mysterious blue boxes above; or the eerily organic shapes of the 3D-printed components that make up California-based Cziner’s AI-designed supercars. If you think that alien-esque upright above is just some strange gimmick, bear in mind that the Czinger 21C bested the Laguna Seca track record — previously held by a McLaren Senna — by two seconds.
Looking back to yesterday, The Quail had you quite adequately covered there, too. After having your wristband scanned wirelessly as you crossed the threshold, you were immediately greeted with copious amounts of champagne and a Formula 1 display that included an ex-Senna car along with the 1995 McLaren MP4-10 that was piloted by both Mika Häkkinen and Nigel Mansell. Lewis Hamilton’s old race-winning chassis was there, too.
The heavy motorsports influence also carried over to the plethora of street cars that dominated the greens at The Quail. Everything was fast, rare, an engineering marvel, and (I can only imagine) an absolute dream to drive, each in their own way. I already covered a few of my own literal poster cars from the event, and many more at the show easily could have been included there.
This time around, I’ve gathered more than 100 photographs from The Quail for you to scroll through. From the Ferraris to the food, to the manufacturer displays, to the water closets, from the start to the end – it’s all here in the gallery below.
Pull it up on your largest device, engage full-screen mode, and take a walk with me. Or don’t; it should be consensual.
Trevor Ryan
Instagram: trevornotryan
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CHEYENNE – Thunder Basin knocked off Cheyenne South in swimming, Saturday morning, 97-79.
South’sJaneah Brown and Hannah Fisher took home first and second place, respectively,in the 50-yard freestyle. Brown finished in 28.42 seconds, while Fisher needed 29.11.Brown also swam a 1:13.73in the 100-yard fly to finish in second place. Fisher also placed second in the 100 backstroke (1:12.92).
PaulaMusslickwon the 100-yard freestyle with a final time of 1:03.88. She also was second in the 200 individual medley (2:43.78). Keely Henderson was the team’s final first place finisher, winning the 500-yard freestyle with a final time of 6:26.82.
Central wins four duals in Laramie
CHEYENNE – Cheyenne Central picked up four dual victories Saturday in Laramie.
The Lady Indians bet Laramie (107-79), Kelly Walsh (107-73), Jackson (134-51) and Douglas (125-52).
Emily Meares and Izzy DeLay both won one event and placed second in another. Meares won the 100-yard butterfly (1 minutes, 4.51 seconds) and was second in the 50 freestyle (26.62 seconds). DeLay won the 200 individual medley (2:17.53) and touched second in the 100 free (55.38).
Senior Brinkley Lewis won 1-meter diving (235.5 points). Jaesa Whitesell won the 100 breaststroke (1:13.01). DeLay, Meares, Sydney Gough and Andie Prince formed the winning 200 medley relay team (1:57.56).
East take fourth at Green River Invite
CHEYENNE – Junior Sydni Sawyer placed second in one event and fourth in another to help the Cheyenne East girls swimming and diving team place fourth at the Green River Invitational on Saturday.
Sawyer was second in the 200-yard individual medley (2:27.13) and fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:16.64).
She also joined Macradee Jackson, Shannon Bailey and Nzelle Ayokosok on the third-place 200 medley relay team (2:06.00). They also were third in the 200 freestyle relay (1:54.71).
Bailey finished fourth in the 100 free (1:00.81) and fifth in the 50 free (27.73 seconds). | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/high_school/cheyenne_south/girls-swimming-thunder-basin-knocks-off-south/article_42dce600-2bbc-11ed-890b-c373df70a204.html | 2022-09-04T15:57:49Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/high_school/cheyenne_south/girls-swimming-thunder-basin-knocks-off-south/article_42dce600-2bbc-11ed-890b-c373df70a204.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Sunday: Winds SE 5-10 kts. Waves 2 feet.
Monday: Winds SE 5-10 kts. Waves 2 feet.
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Sunday: Winds S 5-10 kts. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
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*Small Craft Advisory from 6 p.m. Sunday until 2 a.m. Monday*
Sunday: Winds S 5-10 kts. Gusts to 20 kts late. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
Monday: Winds S 5-10 kts. Waves 1 to 2 feet. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/marine-forecast-for-september-4-2022/article_15900df2-2c53-11ed-be70-a7d665be969a.html | 2022-09-04T15:58:14Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/marine-forecast-for-september-4-2022/article_15900df2-2c53-11ed-be70-a7d665be969a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Can you imagine a moment lasting a lifetime? My reference here is understanding the phrase, “living in the moment.”
My point and what I’m trying to get at is the reality of faith that knowing the truth is forever and that truth stays with you like it happened this morning.
My example? Have you ever had a moment when you found out something was true? Can you remember the moment you fell in love with someone, when you knew there was no Santa Claus or when you found out somebody didn’t love you? It probably didn’t happen over a period of time.
More than likely, it happened in the blink of an eye, a touch of a hand, a smile, a hug, a glance, maybe just remembering a series of events. Whatever it was, I’m sure the knowing piece was a momentary conviction you knew instantly.
If you could capture that moment and hold onto it, then you would begin to see what I’m talking about. If you could measure time in that moment, I believe you might see a little of what eternity looks like.
Time passes but that moment lasts forever. It remains in your mind. We are taught that God loved us before we even existed in time, that is, before we were born.
God’s love for his people is a universal truth. His faithfulness cannot be questioned. I would like to take a moment and try to illustrate what happens in that moment that we try to be faithful back to Him.
Wouldn’t it be awesome to live in the moment of your own salvation? I mean, stay in the exact moment that you found the Lord.
I can’t speak for your experience, but I know mine was incredibly deep. For an instant, for one fleeting moment, I knew without question that God was the answer to everything. I knew that I knew that I knew.
The emotional turmoil that followed was overwhelming. Guilt, sorrow, anxiety, helplessness, fear and above all love. It all came down to me at the same time. To be honest, it scared the hell out of me, and heaven took its place.
They say when you’re about to die, your life flashes before your eyes. I’m here to witness to you that the same thing happens when you’re saved.
Your old life flashes before you in preparation for the new one to come. It really is a joyful experience. Back to my original question. Can you imagine a moment lasting a lifetime?
If you can look into the moment of your own salvation, I believe it’s the first step towards comprehending the difference between God’s time and your own.
I know I’m on thin ice here, but that moment of salvation gives such insight into the meaning of faith. How long does it take for a thought to occur? How long does it take to replace a lie with the truth?
One might say in no time at all, or some might say time is irrelevant. I choose to believe that time, God’s time, is forever, here, and now at this very moment.
For me to make sense of this to myself, I just try to remember the moment of my own salvation and know that it was in the making forever. Concentrate on your moment of faithfulness.
May God bless and keep you forever.
The commentary was originally published in The Atlanta Voice. | https://www.stlamerican.com/religion/inspirational_message/oh-to-live-in-the-nirvana-of-salvation/article_bf63a152-2c32-11ed-82a7-0bde5da07eeb.html | 2022-09-04T16:05:41Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/religion/inspirational_message/oh-to-live-in-the-nirvana-of-salvation/article_bf63a152-2c32-11ed-82a7-0bde5da07eeb.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Traffic in the 5700 block of Brainerd Road near Greenway Drive in Chattanooga was backed Saturday afternoon after shots were fired, and Chattanooga police are searching for those responsible.
Officers say numerous shell casings were found on the scene outside Hibbett's Sports.
Two uninvolved vehicles collided with one another while trying to avoid the gunfire. One driver involved in the crash was transported to a medical facility with minor injuries.
Eyewitness Brian Clay was visiting a friend when he heard the sound of gunfire outside the Rimtyme Custom Wheels and Tires store. He said everyone inside quickly dropped to the ground.
"All three of us hit the floor in the store and next thing we know we heard glass shatter on the side of the building here," he said.
There were reports of several vehicles struck by bullets.
Chattanooga Police is asking anyone with ANY information regarding this incident to call (423)-643-5100 or submit a tip via the Atlas One App (Formerly the CPD Mobile App).
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CPD has confirmed that their is an active investigation and that crews are working to clear the debris of several bullet casings.
Police say crime units have been sent to the scene.
Local 3 News is on the scene and will keep you up to date as this story develops. | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/saturday-shooting-on-brainerd-road-leaves-police-searching-for-answers/article_ba65cc38-2bcf-11ed-861c-6fc268ff01e5.html | 2022-09-04T16:16:21Z | local3news.com | control | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/saturday-shooting-on-brainerd-road-leaves-police-searching-for-answers/article_ba65cc38-2bcf-11ed-861c-6fc268ff01e5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A man has been charged in connection with the disappearance of a Memphis teacher investigators believe was abducted while she was out for a jog Friday morning, police said.
Cleotha Abston, 38, was charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence, according to a tweet from the Memphis Police Department posted early Sunday.
"Eliza Fletcher has not been located at this time. MPD Investigators and officers, along with our local and federal partners, continue searching for Mrs. Fletcher," the post said.
Fletcher, 34, was jogging around 4:30 a.m. Friday when an unidentified person approached her, police have said. She was forced into a mid-sized dark SUV and taken from the scene, police said.
Abston was arrested Saturday after police found a vehicle they had been looking for in the case.
"The vehicle of interest has been located and a male who was occupying the vehicle has been detained," police announced on Twitter.
Photos released by police show Fletcher running in the neighborhood near the University of Memphis. She was last seen wearing a pink jogging top and purple running shorts, police said in an alert.
Fletcher is White, 5 feet 6 inches tall, with brown hair and green eyes, police said. She weighs 137 pounds.
The teacher's damaged phone was found near the scene where she is believed to have been abducted, CrimeStoppers Executive Director Buddy Chapman said, according to a news release obtained by CNN affiliate WHBQ.
The family of the mother of two is offering a $50,000 reward through CrimeStoppers for information leading to an arrest in the case, WHBQ reported.
"We look forward to Eliza's safe return and hope that this award will help police capture those who committed this crime," her family said in a statement shared by Chapman.
In a post on Twitter, St. Mary's Episcopal School said Fletcher is a junior kindergarten teacher.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a tweet it is assisting Memphis police in the investigation.
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Scientists at the Florida Aquarium have made a breakthrough in the race to save Caribbean coral: For the first time, marine biologists have successfully reproduced elkhorn coral, a critical species, using aquarium technology.
It's a historic step forward, and one they hope could help revitalize Caribbean ecosystems and could pay humans back by offering extra protection from the fury of hurricanes.
Elkhorn coral once dominated the Caribbean. But, just as other vital coral ecosystems are degrading around the world, elkhorn are now rarely seen alive in the wild. This species — so important because it provides the building blocks for reefs to flourish — has been until now notoriously difficult to grow in aquariums.
Which is why scientists were thrilled when they saw their reproductive experiment was a success.
"When it finally happened, the first sense is just sheer relief." said Keri O'Neil, the senior scientist that oversees the Tampa aquarium's spawning lab. "This is a critical step to preventing elkhorn coral from going extinct in the state of Florida."
O'Neil's colleagues call her the "coral whisperer" because she has managed to spawn so many varieties of coral. Elkhorn marks the aquarium's 14th species spawned inside the Apollo Beach lab, but the team ranks it as its most important yet.
O'Neil estimates there are only about 300 elkhorn coral left in the Florida Keys Reef Tract — but the spawning experiment produced thousands of baby coral. She expects up to 100 of them could survive into adulthood.
Named for its resemblance to elk antlers, the coral thrives at the top of reefs, typically growing in water depths of less than 20 feet. This makes their colonies crucial for breaking up large waves. During peak hurricane season, reefs are a silent but powerful ally that protects Florida's coastlines from storm surges, which are growing larger as sea levels rise.
"As these reefs die, they begin to erode away and we lose that coastal protection as well as all of the habitat that these reefs provide for fish and other species," O'Neil said. "Now there are so few left, there's just a few scattered colonies. But we're really focusing on restoring the elkhorn coral population for coastal protection."
The Florida Aquarium's news comes after scientists reported in early August that the Great Barrier Reef was showing the largest extent of coral cover in 36 years. But the outlook for coral around the world is grim — studies have shown that the climate crisis could kill all of Earth's coral reefs by the end of the century.
Elkhorn coral was listed as federally threatened under the US Endangered Species Act in 2006 after scientists found that disease cut the population by 97% since the 1980s. And ocean warming is its largest threat. As ocean temperature rises, coral expels the symbiotic algae that lives inside it and produces nutrients. This is the process of coral bleaching, and it typically ends in death for the coral.
"They're dying around the world," O'Neil told CNN. "We are at a point now where they may never be the same. You can't have the ocean running a fever every summer and not expect there to be impacts."
'You know that's impossible'
Elkhorn coral seem to have something analogous to a fertility problem. Its reproduction is sporadic in the wild, making it difficult to sustain a much-needed increase in population. Because of its low reproductive rate, genetic diversity can also be very low, making them more susceptible to disease.
"You could say they're successfully having sex, but they're not successfully making babies [in the wild]," O'Neil said. "Terrestrial animals do this all the time. When you have an endangered panda or chimpanzee, the first thing you do is start a breeding program, but coral reproduction is super weird."
The most challenging part for O'Neil's team was doing the unprecedented — getting the coral to spawn in a lab. O'Neil said other researchers doubted they could pull it off.
"We faced a lot of criticism from people," she said. They would say "'you can't keep those in an aquarium. You know that's impossible!'"
They were right. At first.
Elkhorn coral only spawn once a year. In the lab's 2021 experiment, the environment was strictly controlled to imitate natural conditions. Using LED lights, they accurately mimicked sunrise, sunset and moon cycles. But the coral didn't spawn.
We "realized that the timing of moonrise was off by about three hours," O'Neil said.
After that frustrating failure, the aquarium's scientists knew they had a much better shot this year. And, with support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Restoration Center and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Florida Aquarium did in August what was thought impossible by some peers.
The spawning could be a game-changer, according to Thomas Frazer, the dean of the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida, and it could lead to a future where coral is more resilient to the dramatic changes brought by the climate crisis.
"This type of work really matters," Frazer told CNN. "Corals selected for restoration might, for example, be more resistant to warmer ocean temperatures and bleaching, exhibit skeletal properties that are able to withstand more intense wave energy, or traits that might make them more resistant to disease or other environmental stressors."
Margeret W. Miller is a coral ecologist who has focused on restoration research for more than two decades. Miller co-authored a study in 2020 that found the elkhorn rate of reproduction in the Upper Florida Keys was so low, it would indicate the species was already "functionally extinct" and could be wiped out in six to 12 years.
Miller said the Florida Aquarium's breakthrough will open new doors to tackle the larger restoration effort.
"Because this species is an important restoration target, the capacity for spawning under human care opens lots of research opportunities to develop interventions that might make restoration efforts more resilient to climate change and other environmental threats," Miller told CNN.
Miller said more research needs to be done to make sure lab-spawning elkhorn coral is reasonably safe and effective, to be used in species conservation.
"This sort of captive spawning is not a tool that directly addresses widespread coral restoration at the global scale that would match the scale of the need. Indeed, no current coral restoration efforts meet that scale, and none will truly succeed unless we can take serious action to ensure that coral reef habitats can remain in a viable condition where corals can thrive," Miller told CNN.
The climate crisis is the ultimate problem that needs to be solved, Miller said. The rapid increase in ocean temperature needs to be addressed, along with threats to water quality. Still, she said, the ability to grow elkhorn in a lab is an important tool in the restoration effort.
"The research on coral propagation and interventions that can be enabled by captive spawning efforts can, however, buy time for us to make such changes effectively before corals disappear from our reefs completely," Miller said.
Buying time
Elkhorn branches can grow as much as five inches per year, making it one of the fastest-growing coral species, according to NOAA. And based on observations from the Florida Aquarium scientists, their new elkhorn coral babies will take three to five years to become sexually mature.
Within a year or two, scientists intend to replant these lab-grown corals in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
In the race to restore the reefs, scientists agree this breakthrough is only a first step.
"We are really buying time," O'Neil said. "We're buying time for the reef. We're buying time for the corals."
The ultimate goal is a breeding program where scientists could select for genetic diversity and breed more resilient coral capable of withstanding threats like pollution, warming ocean waters and disease.
Then nature can take the wheel.
"There is hope for coral reefs," O'Neil said. "Don't give up hope. It's all not lost. However, we need to make serious changes in our behavior to save this planet."
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If it weren't for her student loan debt, Lark Abelson would already be retired.
The 63-year-old took out $5,000 in loans more than 20 years ago to get an associate degree in computer technology from Wor-Wic Community College in Maryland to try to make a better life for herself and her younger daughter. But she wasn't able to find work in the field and remained in low-paying retail jobs that prevented her from paying back the debt. After enrolling in income-driven repayment plans several times, she went into default a few years ago.
Abelson, who lives outside of Ocean City, Maryland, was afraid to quit her job and rely on Social Security because the federal government can withhold part of her monthly checks to repay the debt.
But the federal student loan debt relief plan that President Joe Biden announced in late August has given Abelson new hope. Though she hasn't checked her balance lately, she thinks it will wipe out what she owes. She's already asked to be notified when she can apply for forgiveness and has taken the first step toward signing up for Social Security benefits.
"Because I know this is coming through, I actually started the process of claiming Social Security the day after Biden announced it," Abelson said of the debt relief plan. "I am more than grateful."
There are nearly 9 million federal student loan borrowers like Abelson who are over the age of 50. They account for nearly 20% of the roughly 43 million federal student loan borrowers.
And the number of older borrowers with student loan debt has been on the rise. About 1.6 million more borrowers over the age of 50 have federal student loan debt now than in 2017, according to federal student loan data.
Not every older borrower will qualify for Biden's student loan forgiveness. Their income must be under $125,000 a year (or $250,000 for couples) in order to be eligible -- the same income threshold for all borrowers. Borrowers must also have federal loans. Private student loans are excluded.
Eligible borrowers can see up to $10,000 of their student debt forgiven. Those who received a Pell grant while enrolled in college are eligible for up to $20,000 of forgiveness. Pell grants are awarded to millions of low-income students each year, based on factors including their family's size and income and the college cost.
There are several reasons why more older borrowers are still paying off student loan debt. Some borrowed federal student loans to help their children pay for college, the price of which has risen faster than inflation, while others may be still paying off debts from their own education.
And if borrowers fall into default, they could lose some of their Social Security benefits. In 2015, the latest data available, the government reduced Social Security checks for a total of 173,000 Americans of all ages, up 380% from 36,000 in 2002.
Among those who were over the age of 50, three-quarters owed loans only for their own education, and most owed less than $10,000 at the time of the initial Social Security garnishment.
Nearly 40% of federal student loan borrowers age 65 and older are in default, according to a 2017 report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Some parents borrow to help their children pay for college
Parents can apply for what's called a Parent PLUS loan from the federal government to help their children pay for college. About 3.6 million people currently have outstanding Parent PLUS loans, totaling more than $107 billion, according to government data.
The Parent PLUS loans were first made available in 1980 and are meant to cover the financial gap if the student's loans do not pay for the full cost. The parent loans usually carry a higher interest rate than the student's federal loans, and payments must be made while the child is still in school unless the parent requests a deferment.
When James and Mary Stone took out federal Parent PLUS loans to help their two sons afford college decades ago, they did not think they would still be saddled with the debt in their late 60s.
The North Carolina couple still owe $29,000, though they have been making payments for years. Just before the pandemic began, they were sending in around $400 a month as part of an income-driven repayment plan.
After Mary Stone lost her job as a webmaster last year, they sold their home and rented a smaller one so they could retire.
Having at least part of that debt forgiven would be a big relief for the Stones, especially since James Stone was diagnosed with cancer in May. The couple doesn't yet know how much his treatment will cost, but a smaller monthly loan payment will give them more breathing room.
"It will mean that I can put my time and energy into caring for my husband's needs at home, rather than taking a low-paying job to help pay this loan," Mary Stone said, noting that her sons are still contending with their own student loans from college.
Some student debt balances explode over time
If borrowers stop making payments on their loans, the balance continues to grow because of interest. Unlike other debt, it's very difficult to get student loan debt discharged in bankruptcy.
Franco Tompeterini is thankful that $10,000 of his student loans will be forgiven, though he wishes it was more since his balance has ballooned to $88,000 in the 25 years since he finished college.
A US Air Force veteran who served in Operation Desert Storm, Tompeterini took out about $34,000 in loans so he could obtain a bachelor's degree from American National University after he left the military.
After making monthly payments for a few years, Tompeterini had to move back home to take care of his elderly parents. Unable to find a job in his field, he took a lower-paying one and allowed his loans to go into default for about a decade before entering into an income-driven repayment plan about 15 years ago. But the payments didn't even cover all of the interest, much less chip away at the principal. So the amount he owed just grew and grew.
The government offers several income-driven repayment plans that lower monthly payments for borrowers who are struggling to pay off their loans. Generally, an income-driven plan caps payments at 10% of a borrower's discretionary income.
While the lower payments help borrowers stay out of default, their monthly payment may no longer cover the interest accumulated each month. In that case, the outstanding debt total continues to grow. Biden plans to propose a new income-driven plan where the government would cover unpaid interest.
Tompeterini's student loan debt prevented him from buying a home or socking away money in the bank.
"I really don't have a future," said Tompeterini, who lives in Rogers, Arkansas, and works as a property manager. "At the age of 60, I should be thinking about retirement and what I'm going to do. Now I'm going to have to probably work until I drop dead. And I'm still going to have student loans that are that are going to be owed. They'll be finally written off after I've passed on."
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At the Michigan State Fair, Labor Day weekend means livestock competitions. Goats, sheep, swine -- and all the sights, sounds and smells along with it -- consume the coliseum here, just outside Detroit.
Proud grandparents Dick and Dawn Rossell came to watch their granddaughter Abbey show her pigs and win prizes.
Politics may seem like a world away here, but in a battleground state like Michigan, with a contested governor's race between Democratic incumbent Gretchen Whitmer and Republican challenger Tudor Dixon, politics is never too far -- especially on this unofficial campaign kickoff weekend.
The Rossells say they almost always vote Republican, but right now they're undecided.
"I lean towards the right, but I want what's best for this state and for the country when it comes to my politician," Dick Rossell said.
He said the economy is the issue that will most determine his vote, but he also believes there are times when abortion is necessary and wants to preserve that right for women.
As he said that, his wife, Dawn, nodded her head in agreement. She said abortion has never been an issue that would determine her vote, but this year it could.
"I want to hear more what Tudor Dixon has to say about abortion before I decide if that's who I'm going to vote for," Dawn Rossell said.
The abortion issue
Currently, the right to an abortion is protected in Michigan. While a state law from 1931 banning abortion remains on the books, a state court has put the ban on hold. The ban was invalidated in 1973 by the Roe v. Wade decision, but since that precedent was overturned by the US Supreme Court, some Republicans would like to see the law go back into effect.
So far, most of what voters hear about Dixon's abortion position is from Democratic-funded ads flooding the airwaves using the conservative commentator's own words on abortion suggesting she supports a total ban with no exceptions.
Dixon did clarify in a July interview that she does support abortion if the life of the mother is at risk.
Since winning the Republican primary on August 2, Dixon has kept a low profile on the campaign trail.
But not Whitmer.
At a recent meet-and-greet with voters in Grand Blanc, a town that leans Republican, she conceded that it has been a tough few years leading the state, between the pandemic, economic struggles and even an FBI-foiled kidnapping plot against her.
"People often ask, 'Why on earth do you want to keep doing this?'" Whitmer told the crowd. "Tough times call for tough people."
She talks a lot about the issue of abortion.
"The only reason Michigan continues to be a pro-choice state is because of my veto and my lawsuit," she said.
Even before Roe v. Wade was overturned in June, Whitmer had filed a lawsuit in an attempt to prevent the 1931 Michigan abortion ban from taking effect.
A petition to put a broad abortion rights measure on the November ballot drew nearly 600,000 valid signatures, though the state Supreme Court will now decide if it will go forward after a canvassing board deadlocked last week along party lines. The Republicans objected to spacing issues on the document as it was filed.
If the initiative is certified, Michigan will be one of a handful of states with an abortion referendum on the ballot in November. The issue drove a huge turnout of abortion rights supporters this summer in the red state of Kansas, where voters overwhelmingly rejected an amendment to remove the right to an abortion from the state constitution.
Whitmer, in an interview with CNN in Grand Blanc, was asked if Michigan could be the next Kansas.
"I can't speak to everything that was a part of informing the electorate in Kansas," she said. "What I can tell you is the vast majority of people in this state support a woman being able to make her own decision, whether it's one they would do or not."
At a recent roundtable discussion in Macomb County for women to talk about "reproductive rights," Whitmer opened up about her own trauma.
"When I was in college, like 1 out of 4 women, I was raped. And in the days, in the aftermath, it was devastating. And it didn't hit me right away, but maybe hours or a day into it, I thought, 'Oh my God, what if I'm pregnant?' And I knew that if that were the case, that I would have the ability to make my own choice for what was right for me," she recalled.
"I've got two daughters, and I'm infuriated by the thought that they have fewer rights than I had my whole life," she added.
A mother-daughter duo in attendance -- Emily Shereda and her mother, Rhonda McClinton, who said she is a swing voter who has supported both Democrats and Republicans -- echoed similar concerns.
"I would say that Roe v. Wade being overturned didn't necessarily change who I was going to vote for, but I think that it could absolutely change how people who are more so in the middle, like my mom, they will be more so pushed to vote for people who are going to protect the reproductive rights," said Emily Shereda.
"I could not have said that better myself," her mother added. "I honestly don't think that most people, especially my age group or even older, ever thought that they would even see this day."
Other concerns still dominate
Not all voters in Michigan feel a specific push to vote after the US Supreme Court ruled there was no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion.
"I don't think that the abortion issue is a big deal in Michigan," said Aaron Gardner, a Republican running for state Senate and a Dixon supporter who was protesting outside a Whitmer campaign event in Grand Blanc.
"What most of the people care about is money in their pockets," he said. "Let's be realistic, gas prices have been skyrocketing through the roof, and our leadership in Michigan and in Lansing has failed the voters multiple times by not voting to remove the taxes."
Whitmer said she understands her constituents are suffering from economic challenges.
"People are struggling to put food on the table. The cost of everything has gone up. We've seen the cost of gas continuously come down for the last month and a half. That's a good thing, but I have been trying to get our legislature to work with me, to give families a tax break, a holiday on the sales tax as they get ready to go back to school. My Republican-led legislature wouldn't do it," the governor said.
(Republicans in the state House responded to Whitmer's proposal by suggesting on Twitter that it was an election-year gimmick and asserting that she had vetoed other tax relief measures.)
Much like President Joe Biden does on the national level, Whitmer makes a point of touting the good economic signs in Michigan.
She was recently in Bay City to tour a new semiconductor manufacturing plant.
"We've announced record jobs in Michigan -- 25,000 in advanced manufacturing, building batteries right here," Whitmer said.
"So, there's a lot of good happening. Not everyone's feeling it yet, and that's why we got to put our foot on the accelerator," she carefully added.
When asked about the effect the national mood and Biden's low approval ratings are having on her race, Whitmer offered empathy for her friend in the White House, if not a little bit of distance.
"It is tough to lead in these times. There's no question. And I've had to navigate a lot of tough stuff over the last few years," she said. "What I appreciate is any leader who ... uses every tool in their toolbox to live their values and try to solve problems. We see that happening on the federal level, but I'm not a creature of Washington, DC. I stay focused on Michigan and the people of Michigan."
Scarce on the trail
Through a spokesman, Dixon declined CNN's request for an interview. Her campaign would not share any details on public events or provide a surrogate for CNN to speak with.
Since she won the Republican primary last month, Dixon's presence on the campaign trail has been scarce. One Michigan GOP source said she is spending time fundraising and regrouping for the general election.
Last month, Dixon did make a brief appearance at the state GOP nominating convention in Lansing. She was joined after the convention by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican who won in his blue-leaning state last year by campaigning hard on the cultural divide and education.
In her remarks in Lansing, Dixon appeared to borrow from Youngkin's playbook.
"We want education freedom in the state of Michigan," she told the crowd.
"We want to make sure there's transparency in school and that's why we call for the Parent's Right to Know Act. ... We think you should know what books are in your child's classroom. We think you should know what books are in your school library. And we think you should know what the class syllabus is for your child," she added.
Dixon then touched on another cultural topic, telling the crowd that they should know if a teacher has recently attended training on how to help kids change their pronouns.
"We should know that," she said.
Whitmer also seems to have taken lessons from the 2021 Virginia governor's race, where suburban voters who turned away from Democrat Terry McAuliffe cited education as a big issue.
In her interview with CNN, Whitmer made a point, unsolicited, of talking about the importance of public education and offered what appeared to be a counter-proposal on the issue of parent involvement.
"I've just created a parent advisory council to me, wanting to give parents an even greater voice in how we promulgate budgets or policies in Michigan. I think it's really important not to be disconnected but to really empower parents," she said.
Whitmer became a national figure during the pandemic. Her decisions on stay-at-home orders and mask mandates were not always popular, and back at the Michigan State Fair, that was still on some voters' minds.
"I think she's done a bad job, especially with the Covid situation, shutting the state down," Michigan voter Ron Jordan said.
Jordan said he usually votes Republican and likes everything about Dixon, "except the abortion issue."
"It seems like she's ...," he paused and thought for a beat. "You got to be more liberal with that abortion situation."
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At the Michigan State Fair, Labor Day weekend means livestock competitions. Goats, sheep, swine -- and all the sights, sounds and smells along with it -- consume the coliseum here, just outside Detroit.
Proud grandparents Dick and Dawn Rossell came to watch their granddaughter Abbey show her pigs and win prizes.
Politics may seem like a world away here, but in a battleground state like Michigan, with a contested governor's race between Democratic incumbent Gretchen Whitmer and Republican challenger Tudor Dixon, politics is never too far -- especially on this unofficial campaign kickoff weekend.
The Rossells say they almost always vote Republican, but right now they're undecided.
"I lean towards the right, but I want what's best for this state and for the country when it comes to my politician," Dick Rossell said.
He said the economy is the issue that will most determine his vote, but he also believes there are times when abortion is necessary and wants to preserve that right for women.
As he said that, his wife, Dawn, nodded her head in agreement. She said abortion has never been an issue that would determine her vote, but this year it could.
"I want to hear more what Tudor Dixon has to say about abortion before I decide if that's who I'm going to vote for," Dawn Rossell said.
The abortion issue
Currently, the right to an abortion is protected in Michigan. While a state law from 1931 banning abortion remains on the books, a state court has put the ban on hold. The ban was invalidated in 1973 by the Roe v. Wade decision, but since that precedent was overturned by the US Supreme Court, some Republicans would like to see the law go back into effect.
So far, most of what voters hear about Dixon's abortion position is from Democratic-funded ads flooding the airwaves using the conservative commentator's own words on abortion suggesting she supports a total ban with no exceptions.
Dixon did clarify in a July interview that she does support abortion if the life of the mother is at risk.
Since winning the Republican primary on August 2, Dixon has kept a low profile on the campaign trail.
But not Whitmer.
At a recent meet-and-greet with voters in Grand Blanc, a town that leans Republican, she conceded that it has been a tough few years leading the state, between the pandemic, economic struggles and even an FBI-foiled kidnapping plot against her.
"People often ask, 'Why on earth do you want to keep doing this?'" Whitmer told the crowd. "Tough times call for tough people."
She talks a lot about the issue of abortion.
"The only reason Michigan continues to be a pro-choice state is because of my veto and my lawsuit," she said.
Even before Roe v. Wade was overturned in June, Whitmer had filed a lawsuit in an attempt to prevent the 1931 Michigan abortion ban from taking effect.
A petition to put a broad abortion rights measure on the November ballot drew nearly 600,000 valid signatures, though the state Supreme Court will now decide if it will go forward after a canvassing board deadlocked last week along party lines. The Republicans objected to spacing issues on the document as it was filed.
If the initiative is certified, Michigan will be one of a handful of states with an abortion referendum on the ballot in November. The issue drove a huge turnout of abortion rights supporters this summer in the red state of Kansas, where voters overwhelmingly rejected an amendment to remove the right to an abortion from the state constitution.
Whitmer, in an interview with CNN in Grand Blanc, was asked if Michigan could be the next Kansas.
"I can't speak to everything that was a part of informing the electorate in Kansas," she said. "What I can tell you is the vast majority of people in this state support a woman being able to make her own decision, whether it's one they would do or not."
At a recent roundtable discussion in Macomb County for women to talk about "reproductive rights," Whitmer opened up about her own trauma.
"When I was in college, like 1 out of 4 women, I was raped. And in the days, in the aftermath, it was devastating. And it didn't hit me right away, but maybe hours or a day into it, I thought, 'Oh my God, what if I'm pregnant?' And I knew that if that were the case, that I would have the ability to make my own choice for what was right for me," she recalled.
"I've got two daughters, and I'm infuriated by the thought that they have fewer rights than I had my whole life," she added.
A mother-daughter duo in attendance -- Emily Shereda and her mother, Rhonda McClinton, who said she is a swing voter who has supported both Democrats and Republicans -- echoed similar concerns.
"I would say that Roe v. Wade being overturned didn't necessarily change who I was going to vote for, but I think that it could absolutely change how people who are more so in the middle, like my mom, they will be more so pushed to vote for people who are going to protect the reproductive rights," said Emily Shereda.
"I could not have said that better myself," her mother added. "I honestly don't think that most people, especially my age group or even older, ever thought that they would even see this day."
Other concerns still dominate
Not all voters in Michigan feel a specific push to vote after the US Supreme Court ruled there was no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion.
"I don't think that the abortion issue is a big deal in Michigan," said Aaron Gardner, a Republican running for state Senate and a Dixon supporter who was protesting outside a Whitmer campaign event in Grand Blanc.
"What most of the people care about is money in their pockets," he said. "Let's be realistic, gas prices have been skyrocketing through the roof, and our leadership in Michigan and in Lansing has failed the voters multiple times by not voting to remove the taxes."
Whitmer said she understands her constituents are suffering from economic challenges.
"People are struggling to put food on the table. The cost of everything has gone up. We've seen the cost of gas continuously come down for the last month and a half. That's a good thing, but I have been trying to get our legislature to work with me, to give families a tax break, a holiday on the sales tax as they get ready to go back to school. My Republican-led legislature wouldn't do it," the governor said.
(Republicans in the state House responded to Whitmer's proposal by suggesting on Twitter that it was an election-year gimmick and asserting that she had vetoed other tax relief measures.)
Much like President Joe Biden does on the national level, Whitmer makes a point of touting the good economic signs in Michigan.
She was recently in Bay City to tour a new semiconductor manufacturing plant.
"We've announced record jobs in Michigan -- 25,000 in advanced manufacturing, building batteries right here," Whitmer said.
"So, there's a lot of good happening. Not everyone's feeling it yet, and that's why we got to put our foot on the accelerator," she carefully added.
When asked about the effect the national mood and Biden's low approval ratings are having on her race, Whitmer offered empathy for her friend in the White House, if not a little bit of distance.
"It is tough to lead in these times. There's no question. And I've had to navigate a lot of tough stuff over the last few years," she said. "What I appreciate is any leader who ... uses every tool in their toolbox to live their values and try to solve problems. We see that happening on the federal level, but I'm not a creature of Washington, DC. I stay focused on Michigan and the people of Michigan."
Scarce on the trail
Through a spokesman, Dixon declined CNN's request for an interview. Her campaign would not share any details on public events or provide a surrogate for CNN to speak with.
Since she won the Republican primary last month, Dixon's presence on the campaign trail has been scarce. One Michigan GOP source said she is spending time fundraising and regrouping for the general election.
Last month, Dixon did make a brief appearance at the state GOP nominating convention in Lansing. She was joined after the convention by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican who won in his blue-leaning state last year by campaigning hard on the cultural divide and education.
In her remarks in Lansing, Dixon appeared to borrow from Youngkin's playbook.
"We want education freedom in the state of Michigan," she told the crowd.
"We want to make sure there's transparency in school and that's why we call for the Parent's Right to Know Act. ... We think you should know what books are in your child's classroom. We think you should know what books are in your school library. And we think you should know what the class syllabus is for your child," she added.
Dixon then touched on another cultural topic, telling the crowd that they should know if a teacher has recently attended training on how to help kids change their pronouns.
"We should know that," she said.
Whitmer also seems to have taken lessons from the 2021 Virginia governor's race, where suburban voters who turned away from Democrat Terry McAuliffe cited education as a big issue.
In her interview with CNN, Whitmer made a point, unsolicited, of talking about the importance of public education and offered what appeared to be a counter-proposal on the issue of parent involvement.
"I've just created a parent advisory council to me, wanting to give parents an even greater voice in how we promulgate budgets or policies in Michigan. I think it's really important not to be disconnected but to really empower parents," she said.
Whitmer became a national figure during the pandemic. Her decisions on stay-at-home orders and mask mandates were not always popular, and back at the Michigan State Fair, that was still on some voters' minds.
"I think she's done a bad job, especially with the Covid situation, shutting the state down," Michigan voter Ron Jordan said.
Jordan said he usually votes Republican and likes everything about Dixon, "except the abortion issue."
"It seems like she's ...," he paused and thought for a beat. "You got to be more liberal with that abortion situation."
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Irene Gakwa's last WhatsApp video call with her parents was filled with gentle ribbing. But beneath the banter were hints that something was off.
When her face appeared on the phone screen, her dad teased her that she looked hungry and tired. Her smile was more subdued, he noted. Her short hair, usually braided, was rumpled.
"Make sure you drink hot milk and relax," her dad said from his living room in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
That was February 24, the last time anyone in her family saw her.
A month later -- less than three years after Gakwa left Kenya for the United States -- her family reported her missing. At the time of the February video call, Gakwa's parents were not aware she was living in Gillette, Wyoming, with a man she'd met on a Craigslist dating forum.
They also had no way of knowing that police would later accuse the man of removing money from her checking account, maxing out her credit card and deleting her email account. And they never imagined that six months would go by without a word from her.
"She's always been a daddy's girl," said her father, Francis Kambo, in a recent phone interview from Nairobi. He took a deep breath as he recalled that last video call with his only daughter and youngest of his three children.
"She was supposed to come home for Christmas this year. I was going to buy that ticket myself for her to come if she couldn't afford it," he added, his voice shaking.
"Now I don't know if I'll ever see her again."
Her worried family members span two continents
Gakwa's worried family spans two continents 9,000 miles apart.
Her parents live in Nairobi while her two older brothers, Chris Munga and Kennedy Wainaina, live in the Idaho city of Meridian -- a Boise suburb.
Her father started worrying in late February when she did not respond to repeated video calls. This was unusual for the 32-year-old, who spoke to her parents about every other day.
And her written messages sounded odd, her family said. Instead of the mix of Swahili and Kenyan slang she uses, the messages were in stilted English -- like someone was using Google Translate to send them, said Wainaina, her oldest brother.
"The texts would be out of place," her father said.
In early March -- between the last video call and the day she was reported missing -- her parents received some short WhatsApp messages from her account. Some made excuses for why she wasn't doing video calls.
"Dad, I dropped my phone in the water and now the microphone doesn't work," one message said.
Another said, "I just want you to know I love and miss you and mom."
"We miss you ... we want to see you, not just chat on WhatsApp," her father responded. "We love you always. You will ... be my daughter forever."
Her boyfriend told police she packed her bags and left
The last WhatsApp message came on March 9, her father said.
The three siblings share a cell phone family plan. After Gakwa's brothers could not reach her, they looked through her phone records and called a close friend she'd talked to numerous times.
That's how they found out she had been living with her boyfriend, Nathan Hightman, 39, in a modest three-bedroom house in Gillette. The couple had dated since 2020, but had broken up several times, Wainaina said. Her brothers thought they'd parted ways and were not aware they'd rekindled their romance and moved in together.
Her brothers reported her missing to the Gillette Police Department on March 20, and an officer talked to Hightman the same day, according to an affidavit of probable cause in a related separate criminal case against her boyfriend.
Hightman told the officer he last saw Gakwa in late February, when she came home one night, packed her clothing in two plastic bags and left in a dark-colored SUV, the affidavit said. He told police he hadn't heard from her since. He also said he withdrew money from her bank account so she would be forced to contact him if she needed money, the affidavit said.
Hightman did not respond to the brothers' request to hand over her stuff in their home, Wainaina said. They implored him to give them her documents, including her Kenyan passport, but Hightman declined, Wainaina added.
Hightman is considered a person of interest in her disappearance and has "not made himself available to detectives looking to resolve questions that exist in the investigation," Gillette police said in a statement.
"We believe he has information pertaining to the disappearance of Irene, but he has elected not to provide that information to law enforcement at this time," Gillette police detective Dan Stroup told CNN.
CNN has made repeated attempts to reach Hightman via phone, text and email, but he has not responded. CNN also left messages for his public defender, Dallas Lamb, but did not hear back.
Hightman has not been charged in Gakwa's disappearance, but is a suspect in financial crimes against her after she went missing. Gillette police arrested him in May and charged him with two felony counts of theft, one felony count of unlawful use of a credit card, and two felony counts of crimes against intellectual property for allegedly changing her banking account password and deleting her email account after she vanished.
Between February and March, Hightman transferred nearly $3,700 from Gakwa's bank account to his own and spent an additional $3,230 on her credit card, court documents allege.
He also changed her banking passwords and deleted her Gmail account, court documents said. All the changes were made from an IP address associated with Hightman after the date he told police Gakwa had moved out, according to the probable cause affidavit.
"This would indicate it was Nathan Hightman accessing Irene's account, removing money and changing the password to deny access to Irene," the affidavit said. "These transactions began on February 25, 2022, and continued through March 2022."
Hightman has pleaded not guilty to all charges and was released on a $10,000 bond. His pretrial conference is scheduled for November.
Her adopted community is pushing for answers
Meanwhile, Gakwa's two brothers and her sister-in-law have been commuting to Gillette from Meridian several weekends a month to organize search parties. Most days, they have no idea where to begin.
They've visited morgues and hospitals. They've checked shelters for unhoused people. They've launched a website, whereisirene.com. They've asked local authorities to check whether she joined the US military -- an idea she briefly entertained.
Some residents of Gillette, a city of 32,000 in northeastern Wyoming, have rallied to find her. Wearing T-shirts that read, "Where's Irene?" they've hosted weekend search parties and canvassed neighborhoods seeking permission to put up missing person signs. It's not unusual to see images of Gakwa posted in the neighborhood where she lived with her boyfriend.
"No family should ever have to go to bed at night wondering where their loved one is," said Stacy Koester, who lives in Gillette and has been organizing searches with a group of local women since April.
They've mapped out areas to search and marked off where they've already looked so they don't go over the same place twice, Koester said.
"We promised her father and her brothers that we will never stop searching until we bring her home or they have answers," she added. "That's our goal. We are their family here in Gillette."
Koester and other neighbors also have gathered outside Hightman's home, holding signs and chanting, "Nate, where's Irene?"
Sometimes, her father watches the demonstrations via video from Kenya.
But with every passing day, hope fades a little.
Her parents had mixed feelings about her move to the US
Born and raised in Kenya, Gakwa emigrated to the United States in May 2019, hoping to launch a career in health care. A petite woman, she stood just over 5 feet tall and weighed about 90 pounds.
At first, her parents resisted their introverted daughter's plans to move to a faraway country. They worried about how she'd adjust -- she was so shy, she barely left her room in their suburban Nairobi home to go outside, her father said.
"We sometimes had to remind her to get out of the house and get some sunlight," her father said. "But we decided since her brothers are there, why not?"
Gakwa settled first in Idaho to be near her brothers, with dreams of attending nursing school and working in a hospital. She lived with the younger of her brothers, Chris Munga, and his wife, Gyoice Abatey, in Meridian.
There, she developed a close bond with her sister-in-law. Both women took a girls' trip to Los Angeles in 2020, and in between shopping, eating out and visits to the beach, Gakwa confided to Abatey that she was dating Hightman. Gakwa spent a lot of time with him on the phone, Abatey said, but did not share many details about their relationship.
Abatey described her sister-in-law as a sweet, fun-loving person who started her mornings with a cup of tea and enjoyed cooking, shopping and watching Nigerian movies.
"She's such a free spirit, so caring, goofy, she just goes with the flow," Abatey said.
Gakwa and Hightman eventually moved in together in Meridian, and she started nursing school at College of Western Idaho. In the summer of 2021, they relocated to Gillette, where she transferred to Gillette Community College.
At times, her father would ask Gakwa if she wanted to return to Kenya.
"She'd tell me, 'Dad, I'm good. I have my own life now,'" Kambo said.
In the months before she vanished, Gakwa returned to Meridian several times to visit her family.
Last Thanksgiving, they gathered at the house of Munga, her brother. There, she and her siblings made their favorite African delicacies, including goat barbecue, jollof rice and ugali, a form of corn meal popular in Kenya.
Gakwa cooked a side of cabbage with lots of tomatoes -- just like their mother used to make while they were growing up. She taught Abatey how to make it for her brother.
They ate and talked late into the night.
That was the last time her siblings saw her in person.
Her boyfriend allegedly bought boots and a shovel using her bank card
The Gillette Police Department said it has executed approximately 24 search warrants in the case, including at Hightman's home and at several banks to track activity on Gakwa's accounts.
During one of the searches, investigators recovered a shovel and boots Hightman bought at a Walmart in late February using Gakwa's Visa card, according to court documents.
In April, Gillette police issued a statement naming Hightman "a person of interest" in the case and saying, "he has not made himself available to detectives looking to resolve questions that exist in the investigation."
The police added, "Irene went missing under suspicious circumstances. ... digital evidence, including location data, is also being analyzed and has provided positive leads."
Stroup, the detective, said the investigation is ongoing.
"In the event probable cause is established, appropriate action will be taken," he said.
Her family is struggling between hope and grief
Gakwa's family is still holding out hope that somehow she'll contact them or come back home. The alternative is too hard to bear.
Abatey wishes she'd held Gakwa a little tighter the last time they hugged. Her children ask over and over where their aunt is.
Gakwa's 33rd birthday was in July, and her nephews thought if they threw a party, maybe she'd show up. Instead, they held a Zoom vigil. Her friends and family shed tears and shared memories and photos of her, struggling between using past or present tense.
"Whether we meet in this life or the next, know that you're absolutely loved," one friend said. At the end, they played a video of a beaming Gakwa dancing and singing along to "Drogba (Joanna)," a song by UK artist Afro B.
"My children don't understand why auntie is not calling them, how she just disappeared," Abatey said. "Sometimes I just imagine her walking through the door, and saying, 'Why are you looking for a grown woman like me?' As the days go by and nothing happens, we don't know what to do."
Thousands of miles away, Gakwa's parents pray for her every night. Her mother is too distraught to talk to reporters, but Kambo, her father, said sharing memories of his daughter helps him cope.
He chuckles when he remembers their close relationship.
"She was my only daughter. I spoiled her and she took advantage of that," he said. "She had not introduced Nathan to me -- that's what kills me."
Some days, he's optimistic she'll make it home for Christmas. But most days, not so much.
"I just want to know the truth. I'm still hopeful, but my hope is dwindling. She knows my number," he added.
"The fact that she has not called ..."
His voice trailed off.
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Air travel this summer has been challenging to say the least. About 55,000 flights have been canceled in the US since the Friday before Memorial Day, according to data from flight tracking site FlightAware, and nearly a quarter of all flights have been delayed. But some industry experts are cautiously optimistic about air travel this Labor Day weekend, with predictions for a smoother fall travel season.
Here's what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart.
The weekend that was
• NASA will not pursue a launch of Artemis I for the remainder of the launch period, which ends on Tuesday, according to an update from the agency Saturday after a second scrubbed launch attempt.
• As a prolonged record-setting heat wave tightens its grip on the West, millions in California are again being asked to reduce their energy consumption amid worries about a strained power grid.
• Ukraine's largest nuclear plant lost its main connection to the power grid again Saturday amid sustained shelling, despite the presence of international inspectors.
• The death toll in Pakistan due to catastrophic flooding has surpassed 1,200, and almost a third of the victims are children.
• A worker at an airport who stole a twin-engine plane Saturday morning and threatened to crash it into a Mississippi Walmart was arrested after he eventually landed in a field, police said.
The week ahead
Monday
Happy Labor Day! It's the unofficial end of summer in the US and the last big beach or barbecue day of the year. And for many, it's going to be a scorcher: A dangerous heat wave is expected to continue to impact much of the West into the middle of the week. Temperatures will range 15 to 20 degrees above normal with highs over 100 degrees.
(A note to our weekday readers: 5 Things is taking Monday off. We'll be back in your inboxes bright and early on Tuesday.)
Tuesday
It's primary day in Massachusetts, and Bay Staters will cast votes to narrow the Democratic and Republican fields ahead of the November midterms. There are five competitive statewide races on the ballot this year: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and state auditor.
Wednesday
Apple is widely expected to unveil its new iPhone 14 lineup at an event on September 7. The company's invite, which is always closely scrutinized for hidden meanings, features the night sky in the shape of the Apple logo and the tag line: "Far out."
Also on Wednesday, former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will return to the White House for the unveiling of their official White House portraits. While there had been a decades-long tradition of first-term American presidents hosting their immediate predecessors at the White House to unveil their official portraits, a ceremony for the Obamas never came during former President Donald Trump's time in the Oval Office.
Thursday
September 8 is International Literacy Day. According to UNESCO, at least 771 million young people and adults worldwide currently lack basic literacy skills.
Saturday
September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. In July, the new 988 dialing code to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline launched in the US.
Want to hear more CNN reporting?
In this week's One Thing podcast, CNN Investigates producer Curt Devine explains how a small piece of plastic is fueling a rise in machine gun fire across the US. Listen here.
Photos of the week
Check out more moving, fascinating and thought-provoking images from the week that was, curated by CNN Photos.
What's happening in entertainment
Party at the House of Mouse
Disney's D23 Expo 2022, billed as "the ultimate Disney fan event," kicks off on Friday in Anaheim, California. All of Disney's entertainment properties -- including Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars -- will be represented across film, television and theme parks.
'Cobra Kai'
The "Karate Kid" revival series returns for its fifth season Friday on Netflix. Following a loss at the All Valley Tournament, the new season begins with the team licking their wounds but quickly finding the fire to get back up and defend their honor.
What's happening in sports
US Open
The action at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York, continues today and Monday with the men's and women's Round of 16. The tournament wraps up over the weekend with the women's final on Saturday and the men's final a week from today.
NFL Kickoff
The NFL season begins on Thursday with the Buffalo Bills facing the reigning Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams at home in what could be an early preview of Super Bowl LVII.
Quiz time!
Take CNN's weekly news quiz to see how much you remember from the week that was! So far, 65% of fellow quiz fans have gotten eight or more questions right. How will you fare?
Play me off
Rock your way into Monday!
Celebrate Labor Day with this pure 80s flashback. (Click here to view)
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Just one week after the school year began in Mississippi's capital city, university students were faced with a crisis canceling all in-person classes and forcing them online, but this time, it wasn't Covid-19.
Hundreds of students at Jackson State University, a historically Black university, moved into their dorms August 18 as they settled in for the new year, but many have already returned home, while others are being forced to make difficult adjustments on campus due to the city's ongoing water crisis.
Jackson had been without reliable tap water service since Monday, when torrential rains and severe flooding helped push an already-hobbled water treatment plant to begin failing. Roughly 150,000 residents are being forced to buy water or rely on an inefficient system of bottled water pick-up sites for water to drink, cook and brush teeth as businesses and schools were shuttered.
"It's like we're living in a nightmare right now," said Erin Washington, 19, a sophomore. "We can't use the showers, the toilets don't flush," she said.
Washington said the campus already had low water pressure and the toilets wouldn't flush Sunday, and by the next day, students had no access to running water. Tuesday, the water turned on for a "split-second," but it was brown and muddy, she added.
Wednesday, the water supply turned off completely, which Washington said was the "last straw" for her. She booked a flight back home to Chicago in the afternoon and is waiting to hear from university officials on whether they will go back to in-person classes next week.
The university's head football coach, Deion Sanders, also said its football program is in "crisis mode."
University officials scrambled to make provisions for the 2,000 students who live on campus as they continue to experience low water pressure, university president Thomas K. Hudson told CNN on Friday.
The university switched to virtual learning Monday, a familiar shift for many students whose in-person classes were canceled and moved online in 2020 to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. School officials are monitoring the water pressure "in hopes of resuming in-person classes next week," Hudson said.
Rented portable showers and toilets have been set up across the campus and water is being delivered to students, Hudson said.
Hudson told CNN earlier this week Jackson State has a stash of drinking water it keeps for emergencies. The university is also bringing in clean water to keep the chillers operating for air conditioning in the dorms, he added.
"It's their frustration that I'm concerned about," Hudson said. "It's the fact that this is interrupting their learning. So what we try to do is really focus on how we can best meet their needs."
Jackson water system has troubled history
The water system in Jackson has been troubled for years and the city was already under a boil-water notice since late July. Advocates have pointed to systemic and environmental racism among the causes of Jackson's ongoing water issues and lack of resources to address them. About 82.5% of Jackson's population identifies as Black or African American, according to census data.
The main pumps at Jackson's main O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant around late July were severely damaged, forcing the facility to operate on smaller backup pumps, Gov. Tate Reeves said this week, without elaborating on the damage, which city officials also have not detailed.
The city announced August 9 the troubled pumps were being pulled offline. Then, last week, heavy rains pushed the Pearl River to overflow, cresting Monday and flooding some Jackson streets, while also impacting intake water at a reservoir which feeds the drinking water treatment plant.
Jim Craig, senior deputy and director of health protection at the Mississippi Department of Health, said a chemical imbalance was created on the conventional treatment side of the plant, which affected particulate removal, causing a side of the plant to be temporarily shut down and resulting in a loss of water distribution pressure.
A temporary rented pump was installed Wednesday at the plant, and "significant" gains were made by Thursday, the city said, with workers making a "series of repairs and equipment adjustments."
It's still unclear, however, when potable water will flow again to the city's residents. On Thursday, people of Jackson were advised to shower with their mouths closed.
Hudson said the university is receiving "an overwhelming amount of support from organizations and individuals who are contributing potable water, bottled water and monetary donations through our Gap Fund," which provides financial support to students for emergency expenses.
"We will continue to work with the City of Jackson for updates on their progress to resume operation at the water treatment facility. In the meantime, the university will remain open to house our resident students during this holiday weekend as needed," he said, referencing the Labor Day weekend.
City officials reported Saturday most of the city's water pressure is being restored, but a boil-water advisory remains in place, and pressure is expected to continue to fluctuate as repairs continue. The city said workers are fixing automated systems to support better water quality and production.
'I thought this would be my first normal year'
Trenity Usher, 20, a junior at Jackson State, said she thought this year would be her first "normal year" on campus before the water crisis wreaked havoc on the city.
Usher's freshman year started in 2020 when Covid-19 prompted universities across the country to move classes online. Usher was one of the few freshmen students who decided to live on campus, she recounted. During her second semester in February 2021, a winter storm froze and burst pipes, leaving many city residents and university students without water for at least a month.
Unlike Washington who was able to go home to Chicago, Usher has to stay on campus because she's a member of the school band.
Usher moved into her dorm August 19 and even then, she said water was an issue. "Water from the faucets were running thin," she said.
"A lot of people are packing up and leaving, the parking lots are empty." She said. If she wasn't required to stay, Usher says she probably would've made the trek home to Atlanta.
"We practice for six to seven hours a day and then how are we supposed to shower?" Usher said. She also has an emotional support bunny she has to make sure has plenty of water, in addition to herself.
Usher said she's had to pour bottles of water in her trash can to shower outside due to the water pressure issue on campus, a situation she called "horrible."
Jaylyn Clarke, 18, a freshman, had been on campus for a week before the floods. She took the opportunity to get to know the campus and meet new people. Clarke was looking forward to the experience of attending a historically Black university and enjoyed the perks of staying close to home, which is only three hours away in New Orleans.
Clarke started to see river flood warnings last Thursday, which made her nervous about the potential for flooded roads nearby and being trapped on campus.
"Basically, we couldn't do our laundry because of low water pressure, the showers and the toilets weren't working well, and it even affected the AC," she said, adding the water was brown and smelled like sewage.
Clarke finally decided to go home to New Orleans on August 30 to shower, wash clothes and attend online classes until the issue is resolved.
"I'm going with the flow because I do love Jackson State, but this water issue is like a rain cloud, like a shadow that's being casted over."
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In a market trending down, there are fewer scenarios more appealing to investors than ones outlining bearish sentiment is about to turn positive. And according to Ari Wald, head of technical analysis at Oppenheimer, we’re on the cusp of one such turnaround right now.
“Our analysis indicates September weakness is marking a final leg lower in the bear cycle, and a bullish opportunity for long-term investors,” Wald recently explained. “In the post-war era, the majority of bear cycles have been long-and-shallow or short-and-sharp. We’ve only counted four long-and-deep declines (1968, 1973, 2000, and 2007), and believe market conditions are stronger now than they were in those outlier periods.”
Keeping this in mind, here are two stocks Wald’s analyst colleagues at the investment firm have marked as appealing right now. With help from the TipRanks platform, we can gauge the rest of Wall Street’s sentiment toward these names. Here are the details.
HashiCorp (HCP)
Let’s first take a look at software specialist HashiCorp – a cloud automation software provider, to be more exact.
HashiCorp provides open-source tools that integrate with and expand upon the services provided by public cloud service providers like Amazon and Microsoft. Terraform, which configures infrastructure, and Vault, which handles password management, are two examples of the company’s nine separate products that cater to diverse segments of the cloud infrastructure industry. The products are right on-trend as given the ongoing digital transformation, enterprises are now leaning toward using more than just one cloud provider.
HashiCorp is relatively new to the public markets, having held its IPO in December 2021, when the company boasted a market cap of around $14 billion. But as has been the case for so many, the stock has been unable to counter bearish market trends and is down by 63% since the debut.
That hasn’t stopped the company from delivering strong quarterly results, as was the case in the recently delivered second quarter of fiscal 2023 (July quarter) statement.
Revenue reached $113.9 million, $11.56 million above Wall Street’s expectations and amounting to a 52% year-over-year increase. The performance was boosted by growth in sales from clients with more than $100,000 in ARR (annual recurring revenue) and a record YoY 134% uptick in NDRR (net dollar retention rate). Non-GAAP EPS of -$0.17 handily beat the Street’s -$0.31 forecast. Adding an extra layer of sheen, For FQ3, the company currently expects revenue between $110 – $112 million compared to consensus expectations of $106.48 million.
These are the kind of results which excite Oppenheimer’s Ittai Kidron, who applauds the display in the face of “macro headwinds.”
The 5-star analyst writes, “HashiCorp continues to show its growing relevance to large enterprises as they shift to the cloud. We believe management’s guidance incorporates a measured take on macroeconomic realities and are encouraged by the new focus on driving operating leverage. We remain bullish and believe HashiCorp is in the early innings of addressing a massive growth opportunity.”
To this end, along with an Outperform (i.e., Buy) rating, Kidron’s $50 price target suggests shares have room for 66% growth in the year ahead. (To watch Kidron’s track record, click here)
Looking at the consensus breakdown, of the 9 reviews on record, 4 currently prefer sitting this one out but with the addition of 5 positive reviews, the stock claims a Moderate Buy consensus rating. Most feel the stock is undervalued at the current trading price; going by the $44.67 average target, the shares will be changing hands for a 48% premium a year from now. (See HashCorp stock forecast on TipRanks)
IDEAYA Biosciences (IDYA)
Let’s turn now to something completely different for Oppenheimer’s second pick. IDEAYA Biosciences is a synthetic lethality-focused precision medicine company. It is focused on discovering and developing targeted oncology drugs for patient populations identified with the use of molecular diagnostics. In order to choose the patient populations most likely to benefit from the company’s medicines, its method combines skills in identifying and validating translational biomarkers with small molecule drug discovery.
IDEAYA has several drugs in pre-clinical development and two that have already advanced to clinical trials.
These include darovasertib, a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, designated to treat genetically-defined cancers showing GNAQ or GNA11 gene mutations. This drug is in a Phase 2 study targeting metastatic uveal melanoma (MUM), in combination with Crizotinib, a Pfizer-developed cMET inhibitor. Data from the study is anticipated shortly, and should the readout be positive, there’s potentially a registrational trial in MUM coming up next.
The other asset making headway is IDE397. This therapy is indicated for patients with methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) deletion – a patient group representing around 15% of total solid tumors. This investigational, potentially best-in-class, small molecule MAT2A inhibitor is being evaluated in an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial.
Oppenheimer’s Matthew Biegler’s thesis for IDYA has centered on the latter’s potential, but the analyst is increasingly confident the former could bring the goods too, despite admitting darovasertib is a bit of a “dark horse” following underwhelming monotherapy results. However, Biegler thinks the crizotinib combination could surprise the doubters.
“We spoke with management ahead of updates from PKC inhibitor darovasertib’s combo trial, expected in September,” the analyst said. “We are warming to the program, helped by a better appreciation for the market opportunity in uveal melanoma and the strength of the initial dataset from December… We believe strong data, alongside concrete regulatory guidance, can help to win over lingering skeptics—and we are increasingly bullish on the prospects.”
Accordingly, Biegler rates IDYA as Outperform (Buy) backed by a $22 price target. The implication for investors? Upside of a hefty 134%. (To watch Biegler’s track record, click here)
Most of Biegler’s colleagues agree. While one analyst remains on the sidelines, the other 4 reviews are positive, making the consensus view here a Strong Buy. The forecast calls for one-year gains of 94%, considering the average price target clocks in at $18.20. (See IDEAYA Biosciences stock forecast on TipRanks)
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If you have a high-risk appetite, penny stocks might be a good investment. These low-priced shares usually belong to lesser-known companies and can prove to be multi-baggers. However, while investing in penny stocks can generate high returns it’s critical to be aware of the potential risks. Only a select few penny stocks turn out to be winners, but most of them are dubious investments. We investigate why they are so risky, how to best invest in penny stocks, and if there are alternatives to penny stock investments.
What are Penny Stocks?
Penny stocks typically trade at share price values below $5. These stocks belong to small companies that usually have very little information available in the public domain. Most of these stocks are traded in over-the-counter (OTC) markets. Only a handful of penny stock companies trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or Nasdaq (NDX). Penny stocks are also known as micro-cap stocks, belonging to companies with a market capitalization of $300 million or lower.
Is it Profitable to Buy Penny Stocks?
While penny stocks can be profitable, they can also result in major losses. Penny stocks are highly volatile, with wild price fluctuations. As they have very low prices, a small price adjustment can result in a signifcant changes in the holding value.
For example, imagine you own 100 shares of $1 stock of company A. If the share price changes to $1.5, this will result in a 50% jump in the price. Your initial investment of $100 will increase to $150. Similarly, a fall in stock price to $0.60 will represent a 40% loss on the share.
Additionally, since penny stocks are mostly traded in the OTC markets, there is not much trading volume in these stocks. This means that you may not find a buyer or seller for these shares when you want to trade.
What is the Downside of Penny Stocks?
There are a few challenges to investing in penny stocks. As with any investment, it is very important to undertake thorough research. Unfortunately, information on most penny stock companies is not available in the public domain. This makes it easier for large investors to dump stocks as well as possible fraudster schemes to take place.
To safeguard your investment, it may be wise to invest in penny stocks that are traded on an exchange. These large exchanges require certain disclosures and accounting standards to be followed. This makes the listed companies accountable to a certain extent, although fraud can still happen in large well-capitalized companies as well.
What are Pump and Dump Schemes?
If you do invest in penny stocks, then beware of the “pump and dump schemes”! These schemes involve fraudsters pumping up stock prices by spreading disinformation about the companies. They hype the company on social media platforms, thereby luring naïve investors to buy the stock.
Once the demand-triggered price of these shares goes up, the fraudsters then dump their holdings in the market. This results in a period of share price plummeting. The losers are often small-time investors who make huge losses, with no buyers on the other side.
How Fraudsters Use Social Media in Pumping Stocks
Fraudsters often depend on social media platforms like Twitter (TWTR), Facebook (META), and Reddit to manipulate investors to invest in penny stocks, for their own gain. They use these social media sites to create a buzz about around a penny stock. This buzz attracts attention and people start to invest, pumping up a stock’s price.
The recent meme stock frenzy was a result of the free availability of information on social media platforms. Companies like Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), AMC Entertainment (AMC), and GameStop (GME) have seen their shares plunge to their lowest lows as well as skyrocket within a single day.
Memesters are taking undue advantage of social media platforms to make huge bets on these stocks and make massive profits. Meanwhile less experienced investors suffer huge losses.
How to Invest in Penny Stocks
If despite the danger, you want to invest in penny stocks, there are steps you can take to mitigate risk.
1. Invest according to your risk appetite – in other words, don’t invest more than you can afford to lose.
2. Don’t invest for the long term – unlike other stock market opportunities, penny stocks are rarely “Buy and Hold” investments. Keep an eye on penny stock investments so you can gain from short-term price fluctuations. A penny stock may not necessarily go on the up trend in the long run.
3. Don’t diversify – this may sound like the opposite of what you have learned about investing, however, it doesn’t hold for the penny stock market. When it comes to penny stocks, do not bet your money on multiple horses.
Imagine you invested $1000 in five penny stock companies and allocated 20% to each. If two out of the five stocks generate positive returns, you could end up losing all your capital.
4. Book your losses – don’t try to average purchases while investing in penny stocks. If a penny stock falls significantly in percentage terms, then it is usually better to take a loss and exit. A downward trend can often mean that there is something fundamentally wrong and the prices may not come up.
5. Buy only liquid stocks – this will ensure that you always have a buyer when you want to exit the stock. For instance, if the average daily volume of a stock is 100 shares over the past month and you own 500 shares, you may find it difficult to offload when you want to sell.
6. Broker commissions – try to invest in penny stocks through brokerages that do not charge commissions. The low gains on these investments may not justify the huge commissions paid to the brokers.
7. Do your own research – do not believe hearsay or follow meme stock frenzies, as this can put your money at risk.
How to Research Penny Stocks
There are stock research tools for researching penny stocks. The TipRanks Penny Stock Screener tool is one of the best. It presents a list of top penny stocks to watch. You can filter this list according to different data, such as how Wall Street analysts rate stocks, as well as their average price targets. This can help you pick attractive penny stocks.
Penny stocks often belong to the healthcare sector as upcoming pharmaceutical and biotech companies can have a small market cap. They are mostly in the clinical stage of drug development. These companies become overnight hot stocks should one of their drugs get the green light from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Similarly, the market is flooded with smaller fintech companies and banks that have the potential of being taken over. Look for such potential long-term winners in the TipRanks’ Penny Stock Screener list to make informed investments.
Here is a screenshot of some of the top penny stocks, with the highest upside, using the Penny Stock Screener :
Additionally, the screener showcases data, such as insider trading, hedge fund activity, retail investor sentiment. This unique data can help you make making informed investment decisions.
Alternatives to Penny Stocks
If you have a small amount to invest in the stock market and prefer lower risk investments, fractional shares may be best for you. Fractional shares have made it possible for investors to invest in well-capitalized companies, generally the biggies in their respective sectors. Fractional share investing is available for U.S. shares and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Imagine that you want to buy shares of technology giant Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) but have only $1000 to invest. Fractional shares trading enables you to own a fraction of the shares of expensive companies.
Brokerage houses like Charles Schwab (SCHW) and trading platforms such as Robinhood (HOOD) have made this possible. The TipRanks Smart Portfolio also supports fractional shares, to give you better insights.
Furthermore, several large companies have undertaken stock splits to make their shares more affordable, attracting a bigger investor base. Overall, stock splits boost liquidity and make the stock affordable to smaller individual investors.
Final Thoughts on Penny Stock Investing
Investing in penny stocks is risky. However, if this is a risk you want to take, given the potential for outsized returns, then make sure you follow basic guidelines. Conduct your own research and only invest in stocks that have high volume to safeguard your investments. Use a penny stock screener that enables you to say analyst ratings and price targets for the best chance of finding safer investments. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/labs/are-penny-stocks-a-good-investment | 2022-09-04T16:19:40Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/labs/are-penny-stocks-a-good-investment | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
I have often heard Californians who claim they are concerned about water conservation in the state say: “Why do we let rivers run all the way to the sea?”
I hear them, and I have no idea what they mean.
I mean, that’s what rivers do. They run to the sea. Flow, river flow, and all that. We live on a blue planet, not on some engineered man-made construction.
It is not because I think the Pacific Ocean needs the addition of the fresh waters that have for thousands of years flowed from the few rivers we have in Southern California and the many in Central and Northern California in order to stay filled up.
It’s that … really? I simply don’t understand the question. Yes, we have a drought, and have had an ongoing water crisis in California ever since large amounts of people have lived here, for over a century. We are not Oregon, or Washington, or British Columbia among the West Coast places. We don’t get much rain, and we have more people than those states and a province have.
But rivers are not some commodity out of which we can suck water to drink and irrigate our dichondra and wash our cars as if that were its first purpose.
Rivers flowing do not “go to waste.” They give life to riparian plants, and trees, and all the fauna that live beside that flora.
They are where the fishes live.
And it is true, as you will note, that I am personally a fisher. I have fished for trout in Oregon and California — coupla other places, including Vermont and Scotland, if less successfully — since I was 10 years old. But the fact that I catch browns and rainbows and goldens in rivers, especially those of the Eastern Sierra, is not the only reason that I am for rivers running to the sea, as opposed to damming them up.
It’s that, as scientist Barbara Robson puts it, “Stopping rivers from reaching the ocean causes enormous damage to coastal ecosystems. If rivers don’t flow to the ocean, we lose a great deal of biodiversity, beauty, natural amenity and cultural values associated with coastal ecosystems. Many fisheries depend on river flow to the ocean. If we lose river flow to the ocean, we lose those fisheries. If rivers don’t flow to the ocean, they don’t clear out pollutants, salt or excess nutrients. These accumulate over time. When Australia’s largest river system stopped flowing to the ocean for a few years, the Coorong (an important wetland system at the mouth of the river) reached a salinity five times that of seawater, and the freshwater lakes just upstream of the Coorong were in grave danger of becoming acidic.”
The Californians who moan, and constantly so, that our decades of protecting the Delta smelt as opposed to wiping out their habitat and using up their aquarian home have a tiny little point: You and I have never met a Delta smelt. We don’t fish them or eat them or have any interaction at all with the Delta smelt.
And yet. We have also learned, when we pay attention, that you mess with Mother Nature at your peril. You take all the wolves out of Yellowstone because you don’t like them killing the livestock and stalking the very occasional human — know anyone who’s been killed by a wolf, as opposed to a car? — and the rest of the ecosystem suffers more than you could imagine.
You pull one thread and soon enough the whole sweater falls apart.
So, no, the answer to California’s water problems is not damming up more rivers. It’s irrigating with purple-pipe water that has been recycled. It’s desalination. It’s directing more of the rain that does fall into our underground aquifers. There’s no wet people without wetlands.
Larry Wilson is on the editorial board of the Southern California News Group. lwilson@scng.com.
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The two right lanes of the northbound 5 Freeway between Lake Hughes Road and Templin Highway in Castaic remain closed on Sunday. Sept. 4 and are expected to stay that way through the holiday weekend.
Retaining walls burned in the 5,208-acre Route fire, which began on Wednesday, Aug. 31, and structural engineers must inspect the integrity of the walls before any load is put on the lanes, Caltrans said.
On Saturday afternoon there was about a 90-minute delay, CBS Los Angeles reported. Drivers heading north and trying to cut through on residential streets were creating havoc there.
“Everybody’s coming in from everywhere,” Elanit Cleary, who lives in Castaic, told CBS Los Angeles. “The traffic is so backed up we can’t go to the grocery store. We can’t go to Target. We can’t go anywhere.”
🚧 🚗 NB I-5 two right lanes closed near #RouteFire #Castaic. Retaining walls burned; structural engineers must inspect wall integrity before any load is put on lanes. Queue is 11 mi and delay is 90 mins. PLEASE use #US101 or #SR14 instead of I-5. pic.twitter.com/bFGtgtx9aT
— Caltrans District 7 (@CaltransDist7) September 3, 2022
Related: This map shows the location of the Route fire
Caltrans is reminding motorists to take alternate routes. Use the 101 Freeway or Highway 14, Caltrans tweeted over the weekend. See some other suggestions here.
Firefighters increased containment of the blaze to 87% Saturday evening, up from 71% that morning, authorities said.
Both sides of the freeway were shut down on Wednesday when the fire broke out. Within an hour of the blaze being reported, it jumped to 60 acres.
The 5 Freeway is busy because it is the most direct route from Southern California to Northern California, said Marc Bischoff, a Caltrans District 7 spokesman.
Authorities urged drivers to exercise caution as fire apparatus will continue using the roads as crews monitor the area in the coming days.
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CANFIELD, Ohio (WKBN) – Eleven people were arrested Saturday night after fights broke out and shots were fired at the Canfield Fair in eastern Ohio.
According to Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene, seven of the people arrested were juveniles and four were adults.
Around 10 p.m. at the fair, chaos and fights started to break out, according to WKBN reporters who were on scene at the time. The fair was locked down before law enforcement evacuated all fairgoers.
Two vehicles on the scene were hit with gunfire, but the sheriff’s office said they weren’t aware of any injuries.
Greene said the sheriff’s office is still investigating the underlying causes of the fight.
The sheriff’s office said the fair would go on Sunday with increased security. Country singer Sam Hunt is expected to perform.
The Canfield Fair released a statement in a press release Sunday morning:
“The fair board will not tolerate conduct like that which occurred Saturday night and will take all steps necessary to ensure the safety of all those attending and working at the Fair including an enhanced police presence for the remainder of this year’s fair. We thank the Fair Police Department, the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office, the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Canfield Police Department, and other law enforcement agencies for all their work in keeping the fair a safe place. As the incident of Saturday night is the subject of criminal investigation, the board will have no further comment at this time.” | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/11-people-arrested-after-shooting-at-ohio-fair/ | 2022-09-04T17:03:54Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/11-people-arrested-after-shooting-at-ohio-fair/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Our identity as humans is an integral part of our lives that must not be lost. A person who has lost their sense of identity can be said to have lost all because, in the long run, they begin to just exist in the world rather than live.
In relationships, it is quite possible for either of the parties to lose their personal identity if care is not taken.
According to PsychCentral.com, individuals in relationships can lose their identity as a result of a lack of boundaries, low self-esteem or self-worth, shaky sense of self, and codependency.
There are also signs that show that an individual in a relationship has lost their personal identity and they include: not prioritising your wellbeing because you are in a relationship, sacrificing your happiness, not being able to speak up when you should, and so on.
It is important to know that we should not lose our individuality and identity in the name of being in a relationship. Even if a relationship is about a partnership, your indivuality should not be sacrificed because you are in love or because you want to show to your partner that you are committed.
Here are things you should do to help you keep your identity while you are in a relationship:
1. Be yourself always
To avoid losing your identity in a relationship, you need to learn to be yourself always. Don’t pretend to be who you are not, don’t sacrifice your uniqueness on the altar of your relationship. You should not change your person just in a bid to satisfy your partner.
Even if certain little changes cannot be avoided in our lives when we get into relationships because it is a journey of partnership, compromise and sacrifices. Regardless of all these, choose to keep your identity.
Don’t get lost in the web of relationship. The reason some individuals find it hard to move on after a breakup is because they have lot their identity while in the relationship. They no longer know who they truly are.
You are you and you deserve to celebrate and maintain your identity and uniqueness as a person, so, don’t lose your identity in a relationship!
2. Pursuing your goals
Losing your goals, vision and passion while in a relationship is a clear sign of a loss of personal identity.
Any relationship that is bent on making you lose your passion is not a healthy relationship and it is important you put an end to such a relationship as soon as possible.
A healthy relationship is meant to fuel your passion and not otherwise.
If you don’t want to lose your identity in a relationship, pursue your passion and goals.
3. Set boundaries early
Sometimes, people can get lost in a relationship when they feel they have to constantly please the other person.
Your partner may think that it’s acceptable to change your identity into something that favours them, but this is wrong.
To avoid losing your identity in a relationship, you need to set boundaries early. Communicate your deal breakers to your partner. Make them know from the start things or ideas you’re not comfortable with and what you can never tolerate in a relationship.
You should never feel ashamed to say no to things you aren’t comfortable doing. Set boundaries early in your relationship as much as you can so your partner is aware.
You’re unique! No one is permitted to take your identity from you!
4. Make time for your hobbies and interests
Being in a relationship doesn’t automatically mean the premature death of your hobbies and interests.
Letting go of your hobbies and interests is another way of losing one’s identity in a relationship.
Getting into a relationship does not mean that you have to give up what you love doing.
Any relationship that makes you let go of your hobbies and interests will, in the long run, push you into isolation, and this is not good for you.
If you are with the right person, they’ll support and love you and the things you love doing.
5. Keep close contact with your family and friends
There have been cases where people get into a new relationship and their partner forbids them from seeing their friends and family.
Agreeing to this in a relationship is tantamount to losing your identity.
You should not let your relationship get in the way of seeing and keeping in touch with your friends and family. This is because these sets of individuals (your family and friends) are an important part of your life. Remember that they have been by you all your life, so, why should you let go of them because of a relationship?
To avoid losing your identity in a relationship, create “quality time” to spend with your friends and family.
6. Make time for yourself
Another way to avoid losing your identity in a relationship is by making time for yourself.
We know the person you are in a relationship with is the person you have decided to walk down the aisle with, but this doesn’t mean you have to be together all the time.
No matter the level of commitment of both parties in a relationship, you both still deserve quality time apart.
Making time for yourself is essential to not losing your identity in a relationship. You should create time for yourself in order to reflect and just be yourself.
You can decide to take yourself out and just spend quality time alone.
7. Learn to say “NO”
You don’t have to always agree to whatever your partner wants in a relationship. You also have the right to say “NO” either as a guy or lady.
You should not always be the only one sacrificing in a relationship, it is meant to be a partnership.
Always seeking to do what your partner wants at the expense of your own wishes is a way of losing your identity in a relationship.
Take out time also to ask for what you want.
If you’re not pleased with a situation in your relationship, speak up and make your opinion known calmly.
You need to preserve your identity even while you are in a relationship because you are meant to enjoy your relationship and not endure.
Remember, while caring for others, don’t forget yourself!
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Things to consider before squatting with anyone
Certain times or situations come when we don’t have any other option than to squat with a person for some period of time. We sometimes get into a fix or a crossroads in which the best thing we can resort to is to stay with an individual or family for a while.
Even if we don’t like this situation, there are just some circumstances that are beyond our control as humans.
When the need arises for us to squat with someone, there are certain things to consider before arriving at this crucial decision. The reason is that certain issues or disagreements that occur between a host and the person squatting with them would have been avoided if these factors were considered before the decision was made.
To help you know if you will be making the right decision by squatting with any individual, here are things you should consider.
1. Existing relationship
Before you decide to squat with a person, you need to consider your existing relationship with the person. Is this person an acquaintance, a friend, a relative, a distant relation, a coursemate, a known individual in your place of worship, your boss, your teacher or a close pal?
Squatting with an individual you don’t really have a cordial relationship with before can be difficult. You should not just squat with a person you only know from a distance because by the time you get to live with them, you will then discover their true person and nature and this often than not leads to quarrels between the two parties.
It is advisable that you only squat with a person you have an established cordial relationship with.
2. Religion and beliefs
Our beliefs are an important and fundamental part of our lives. In this part of the world, it is quite impossible to separate an individual from their religion and beliefs.
You should consider the belief system and religion of anyone you wish to squat with and sincerely ask yourself if you can cope with it.
For instance, if you’re a firm believer in your faith as a Muslim or Christian, then you decide to stay with an atheist or a person who doesn’t see the need for faith.
You will surely have a hard time staying with this person because you are two parallel lines that can never meet.
Just imagine you are about to pray and your host decides he wants to listen to music. You will surely get frustrated after a while.
To save yourself from unnecessary stress and frustration while squatting, consider the beliefs of your potential host before making your final decision.
3. How well do you know the person?
Making the decision to squat with a person based on assumptions can be risky because assumptions are costly.
How well do you know the person you are considering squatting with? Because you see this person on a daily basis; because you greet each other when you see them on the street, or because you get along well while in class or during discussions, is not enough reason or justification to go squat with anyone.
Some individuals are very nice outside their homes, but at home, they are wolves. Some individuals can be so much fun to be with on the outside while they are suffering from certain conditions or disorders on the inside.
Do not assume you know anyone, get to know the real personality behind the charade you are seeing outside before deciding to squat with anyone.
4. Individual differences and behaviour
We are all different, and it’s these differences that make us unique individuals.
Before you decide on squatting with anyone, take the time to get to know them for who they are. What sort of individual is this person in question? Do they have good character? What about their behaviour within and outside the home?
Individual differences such as temperament is capable of causing problems between a host and the squatter.
For instance, if you’re an introvert, who loves staying alone without any disturbance from anyone, then it will be unwise of you to decide to squat with an extrovert. You are both miles apart and will always get in each other’s faces because of your individual differences.
Get to know the behaviour, and individual differences that exist between you and a person before you decide to squat with them.
No two individuals can be the same. Even twins from the same womb have their individual differences.
Squatting with a person who you truly know doesn’t automatically mean there won’t be any issue or disagreements. Even if there are disagreements or differences, it is relatively easier to sort things out than with a person you don’t know.
Consider the above before squatting with anyone and save yourself from unnecessary heartache and stress.
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Zamfara govt distributes 147 tricycle ambulances across wards
The Zamfara State government has launched the distribution of tricycle ambulances to 147 wards across the state as local government sole administrators were charged to be vigilant and security conscious on vandals and saboteurs.
The state commissioner for local government affairs, Alhaji Abubakar S Fawa Dambo, gave the charge, on Sunday, during the formal handing over of 147 newly constructed primary health care(PHC) centres held at Sabon Gida of Bungudu local government area in the state.
The commissioner disclosed that the state government under the leadership of Governor Bello Matawalle has also procured and provided 147 tricycle ambulances to the newly constructed PHCs in the state.
“By and large, construction of these facilities at strategic locations across the 147 wards in the state and provision of 147 tricycle ambulances by the present administration was due to the sympathetic nature of Governor Bello Matawalle to messes, which is a right step in the right direction.”
He urged stakeholders, professionals, end users Health workers and operational staff to stay focused and handle the facilities and equipment with extreme care and imbibe the spirit of maintainance culture.
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“I equally implore the 14 local government sole administrators to consider it a duty point to actualize speedy operation of the facilities.”
“I also enjoyed you to be vigilant and security conscious so as to avert any attempt by vandals and saboteurs not to tamper with them”, the commissioner charged them.
In his address, the state governor who was represented by Deputy Governor, Senator Hassan Mohammed Nasiha, said the present administration has sponsored 420 students who are currently studying various health-related courses within and outside the state.
He called on the village, ward heads, Doctors and primary health care board to put eyes on and be more vigilant on the facilities provided for the teeming grassroots.
Earlier on, the Executive Secretary of Zamfara State Primary Health Care Board, Dr Isma’il Tukur, appreciated the state government’s efforts in providing health care services to the doorsteps.
He explained that the present administration has remained focused on the area of health, “All issues related to health were addressed squarely by the Governor.”
According to him, ambulances were distributed to Secondary facilities with a view to enhancing the provision of quality health care delivery services in the state.
He appreciated the existing synergy between primary health care and other partners in the area of health in the state.
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