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USC at Stanford
When: Saturday, 4:30 p.m.
Where: Stanford Stadium (Stanford, Calif.)
TV/radio: Ch. 7/AM 790
Records: USC 1-0; Stanford 1-0
USC update: The Trojans showed a preview of the team they want to be in the season-opening, 66-14 win over Rice. The offense was clicking and moving along at a rapid pace as USC rarely bothered to huddle between plays. And the defense did what coordinator Alex Grinch values most: created turnovers. Four interceptions, to be precise, three returned for touchdowns. So all in all, a successful day for USC. … Quarterback Caleb Williams’ 86.3% completion percentage against Rice was the highest among USC QBs with at least 20 attempts in a game since Matt Barkley in 2012. … The one new injured player to be aware of is running back Raleek Brown. The freshman appeared to roll his ankle in the fourth quarter and rode a cart off the field after the game with a bag of ice around the injured right leg. … Saturday’s game against the Cardinal will be a revenge match for RB Austin Jones, who spent the first three years of his career at Stanford before transferring to USC this off-season.
Stanford update: The Cardinal opened its season with a thorough, 41-10 win over Colgate. Running back E.J. Smith had a career-high 118 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the victory, while quarterback Tanner McKee threw for 308 yards and two touchdowns, both to receiver Michael Wilson. … The one area where Stanford struggled was in ball security, losing three fumbles while McKee threw an interception. … Stanford won last year’s game against USC 42-28 and has won the last two games in the series played at Stanford Stadium.
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KENT COUNTY, Del.- A woman's car was shot in a road rage incident late Saturday night in the Smyrna area.
Delaware State Police says that a 24-year-old Camden woman was driving northbound on S. Dupont Blvd. near Twin Willows Rd. in the Cheswold area, when a red SUV passed her on the shoulder just before midnight. The SUV then began slowing and stopping in front of the woman on the road. When she began to pass the SUV, her car was shot. The SUV then drove away from the scene toward an unknown destination.
The woman was not injured.
There is no make, model, or driver description for the red SUV that left the scene.
The Delaware State Police Troop 3 Criminal Investigations Unit continues to investigate this case. Troopers are asking anyone who witnessed this incident to please contact Detective P. Campbell by calling 302-698-8504. Information may also be provided by contacting Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or via the internet at www.delawarecrimestoppers.com. | https://www.wboc.com/news/car-shot-in-road-rage-incident/article_de8f9d3c-2c88-11ed-83c9-6fc2bab1d76e.html | 2022-09-04T20:54:29Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/car-shot-in-road-rage-incident/article_de8f9d3c-2c88-11ed-83c9-6fc2bab1d76e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MAGNOLIA, Del.- A Dover man was shot leaving a party in the Magnolia area early Sunday morning.
Delaware State Police say that a 37-year-old man was leaving a party on the 100 block of Orange St., just before 1:30 a.m., when he was shot in his lower extremity by an unknown person.
He was taken to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Police say when they arrived, several cars and pedestrians were leaving the area.
There is no description of the suspect. The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation.
The Delaware State Police Troop 3 Criminal Investigations Unit continues to investigate this case. Troopers are asking anyone who witnessed this incident to please contact Detective P. Campbell by calling 302-698-8504. Information may also be provided by contacting Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or via the internet at www.delawarecrimestoppers.com. | https://www.wboc.com/news/dover-man-shot-leaving-party/article_f4707534-2c8a-11ed-bf17-1fad95566d05.html | 2022-09-04T20:54:35Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/dover-man-shot-leaving-party/article_f4707534-2c8a-11ed-bf17-1fad95566d05.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Gospel music has long been a part of the fight for fairness, inclusion, and racial justice in America, and a St. Louis choir presents an opportunity for singers to continue the chorus.
The Community Gospel Choir of St. Louis is inviting all who love to sing to join, whether you read music or just love to sing. Rehearsals are open with no auditions and there is no membership fee.
As a diverse group of singers, the choir is a “community” of people who join in the mission to break down racial barriers in our city,” says Suzanne Palmer, artistic director, and conductor.
“The Community Gospel Choir is proud to have singers of all levels of singing ability,” Palmer said. “We provide a variety of tools to help all singers succeed,” she adds.
The choir looks for a commitment but asks for a few visits before a singer makes a final decision.
Weekly rehearsals for the fall semester begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, at Second Baptist Church, 9030 Clayton Rd. Interested singers can visit rehearsals on any Monday. All singers must provide proof of COVID vaccination.
More information about the choir can be found at www.communitygospelchoir.org or by emailing communitygospelchoir@gmail.com.
The choir was formed in the summer of 2007, has grown to more than 50 members, and is recognized as one of the premier gospel choirs in the region.
The choir features the tradition of African American spirituals and the energy of Gospel music.
“We deliver the messages of hope and joy found in the Good News. It has become recognized as one of the premier gospel choirs in the region,” Palmer said
Palmer brings more than 30 years’ experience in music education and as a conductor. She is a music teacher in the Normandy School District and has worked as a private voice coach and musician.
She earned a Master of Education Administration degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a Bachelor of Science in music education degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Palmer was the leading member of the musical trio Satin of The Fabulous Motown Revue for more than 25 years and is founding director of the gospel music ministry ensemble Sistah2Sistah.
Currently, the Community Gospel Choir has four concerts on its calendar:
God Loves All People” Gospel Concert
4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16
St. Francis Episcopal Church
602 Rockwood Arbor Dr, Eureka, MO 63025
Bring your lawn chair and cooler, as the concert will be outside.
Christmas Matinee Concert
2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3
Kirkwood United Methodist Church
201 W. Adams, Kirkwood MO 63122
Christmas Concert with Women’s Hope Chorale and the Legend Singers
7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3
Kirkwood United Methodist Church
201 W. Adams, Kirkwood, MO 63122
Christmas Concert
4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4
BridgeWay Church Assembly
11950 Mark Twain Ln, Bridgeton, MO 63044 | https://www.stlamerican.com/community-gospel-choir-sings-out-for-equity-justice/article_cecaec96-2c81-11ed-a615-abbc667d13a9.html | 2022-09-04T20:58:19Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/community-gospel-choir-sings-out-for-equity-justice/article_cecaec96-2c81-11ed-a615-abbc667d13a9.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The highly anticipated collegiate football debut of Luther Burden III was a big success as the former East St. Louis star shined in Missouri's 52-24 victory over Louisiana Tech in the season opener in Columbia on Thursday night.
Burden was Mr. Excitement virtually every time he touched the ball as he scored two touchdowns while making several other impact plays on offense. On his first touch, he scampered for a 17-yard run. He scored his first touchdown on a five yard reception when he caught the ball three yards behind the line of scrimmage, made the first defender miss and broke two more tackles on his way into the end zone. He scored his second touchdown on a one-yard run on a direct snap.
A five-star prospect out of high school, Burden came to Columbia as Mizzou's most highly-rated recruit in a decade. He was one of the several Mizzou players from the St. Louis area who played a big role in the season-opening victory.
Sophomore wide receiver Dominic Lovett, a former standout at East St. Louis, was the Tigers' leading receiver on the night with six catches for 76 yards. Former Chaminade standout Brady Cook had a strong performance as the Tigers' starting quarterback. Cook passed for 201 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 61 yards and another score. Cody Schrader, a former Lutheran South standout, rushed for 70 yards on 17 carries and a touchdown in his debut with the Tigers. Schrader is a transfer from Division II Truman State, where he was the GLVC Offensive Player of the Year last season.
Missouri will visit Kansas State on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. in Manhattan. The game will be televised on ESPN-2. | https://www.stlamerican.com/sports/local_college_sports/burden-shines-in-mizzou-debut/article_2513aaa6-2c74-11ed-85f1-9b45ed516c67.html | 2022-09-04T20:58:25Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/sports/local_college_sports/burden-shines-in-mizzou-debut/article_2513aaa6-2c74-11ed-85f1-9b45ed516c67.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK — Like many Americans, Karla Maldonado has been cutting back her spending to spare her wallet from rising costs: She is eating out less and attending fewer social events to curb the impact of high gas prices.
But the 26-year-old social worker of Portland, Oregon, hasn’t skimped on her eye makeup — the mascara, eyeliner and eyeshadow she typically wears to work just above her face mask.
“That’s something I can’t go without,” Maldonado said. And she doesn’t seem to be alone.
Many major retailers slashed their financial outlooks for the year after seeing shoppers pull back on many discretionary items in the latest quarter. But among the notable exceptions: beauty.
Target, Kohl’s, Macy’s and Nordstrom all highlighted strong sales of beauty items in their fiscal second-quarter earnings reports issued over the past few weeks. Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, said that it’s seeing increased momentum in its beauty business, citing strong sales in cosmetics as well as skin and hair businesses. Meanwhile, Ulta Beauty, the largest beauty retailer in the country, said overall sales spiked nearly 17% in its most recent quarter, compared to the same period last year.
Americans, once stuck behind Zoom screens in the thick of the pandemic, are out and about and wanting to look their best. Co-workers — some of whom are meeting each other for the first time — are trying to make an impression. Meanwhile, people are going out on dates and getting together for summer parties and barbeques after months of pandemic-induced leisurewear and Netflix binges at home.
But another possible explanation for why beauty is thriving when consumers are more apprehensive about their spending is a long-held theory known as the “lipstick index,” which posits that lipstick sales rise during times of economic downturn.
The reasoning goes: When consumer sentiment declines, Americans seek escapism by looking for small ways to indulge themselves, such as by purchasing a new lipstick instead of pricier alternatives they can no longer afford. For others, their version of lipstick might be cheap beer or a $5 Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks, which reported record revenue in August for its fiscal third quarter.
The lipstick theory has held, though not always. Makeup sales spiked during the Great Depression and the recession in the early 2000s. But sales declined during the 2008 economic collapse, according to market research firm NPD Group. The same happened during the early days of the pandemic as Americans stayed home — or behind masks -- and shifted their interests towards wellness and skincare as stimulus payments flooded bank accounts, helping balloon the savings of consumers who were already spending less on traveling or eating out due to pandemic lockdowns.
Now, makeup is roaring back. Americans have bought more eye, face and lip makeup — roughly 2%, 5% and 12% respectively — in a year-over-year analysis of sales across stores, according to the market research firm IRI.
At Macy’s, CEO Jeff Gennette noted in an earnings call late last month that consumers have focused on deals and cut back on purchases amid high inflation. Still, they managed to buy beauty products as well as travel-related items like luggage, shoes and clothes to wear to the office, Gennette said.
Meanwhile, Kohl’s reported that shoppers were making fewer trips, spending less per transaction and shifting toward value-oriented store brands. But at its Sephora beauty shops, launched last year as part of a partnership with the beauty chain, shoppers are spending freely on skincare, makeup and fragrance.
“Customers are not willing to give up their beauty purchases,” Kohl’s CEO Michelle Gass recently told The Associated Press. “People need to feel good at this time with so much pressure on them.”
The Sephora sales reflect broader findings released in July by NPD Group, which showed among 14 discretionary industries tracked by the group this year, beauty was the only category that saw a rise in sales. However, the persistence of beauty at more prestige markets — such as Macy’s, Sephora and Nordstrom — is primarily being driven by high-income earners, or those with an annual salary of $100,000 or more, according to Larissa Jensen, NPD's beauty industry adviser.
“While we’re all feeling these inflationary pressures, it has less of an impact on a consumer earning six figures than it does on a lower income consumer,” Jensen said.
Elsewhere, however, strong sales show Americans of all income levels participating in the uptick. At Target, beauty enjoyed sales increases in the low single digits while home goods, clothing and electronics all suffered declines. As a result, for the winter holidays, Target said it will be more cautious with its orders for discretionary merchandise but will lean on beauty as well as necessities like groceries.
Its competitor Walmart launched higher-end beauty areas in March in collaboration with British retailer SpaceNK, and it says those sections have performed well. The retailer, which has been offering consumers select discounts, will hold a beauty event in September where customers can find deals at the store and online.
These wins, combined with low levels of price increases and supply chain issues, has made the beauty industry feel insulated from challenges in the wider economy, Jensen said.
“But there’s still so many things swirling around,” she warned. “And we need to be cognizant that things could change at any minute.” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/americans-splurge-on-beauty-despite-pullbacks-elsewhere/article_930908d6-2c5f-11ed-a078-6f8e566cf549.html | 2022-09-04T21:02:35Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/americans-splurge-on-beauty-despite-pullbacks-elsewhere/article_930908d6-2c5f-11ed-a078-6f8e566cf549.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Leadership of Atiku People United (APU), a new independent movement and advocacy group for Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 General Elections, has admonished well-meaning Nigerians not to be disturbed by the current misunderstanding rocking the main opposition party, describing it as only a family affair that would be resolved at the fullness of time.
APU, a movement, comprising old and new associates of Atiku Abubakar, set to work and deliver winning votes in 2023, has membership, including founding PDP Deputy National Chairman (SW), Chief Dapo Sarumi, among others.
Southwest Secretary and Coordinating Leader of APU, Hon. Rahman Owokoniran, gave this assurance in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos by Pastor Kayode Jacobs on behalf of the group’s Coordinating Council, saying that those waiting for PDP to implode, especially the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to enable them “reap from the imbroglio” would wait till eternity.
Owokoniran maintained that necessary sacrifices would be made to unite the party to the fullest of time, positing that the issues at stake are about the democratic rights of all concerned and not about fighting for the soul of PDP.
“The issues at stake are about the democratic rights of all concerned and not about fighting for the soul of the party. We have no doubts that at the fullest of time, necessary sacrifices will be made to unite the party,” he said.
Owokoniran explained that all those in the middle of the disagreement were critical stakeholders, who, according to him, will be carrying the party flag in one election or the other in 2023, adding that the very few not directly contesting had major candidates with a personal interest in the elections.
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This was just as the party chieftain noted that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa and the entire leadership of the party were not unaware of the expectations of Nigerians and would, therefore, “for no reason disappoint in the responsibility to ensure that APC’s bad memory does not fester and is forever deleted from our political space.”
“Moreso, that Nigerians are waiting for PDP to rescue the nation from the irresponsive and irresponsible grip of APC.
“As for us in APU, we are touched by the prayers of average Nigerians and the deep concern shown across the nation, that PDP may be one,” Owokoniran said.
He, however, charged APC to face the crises it had created in the polity on the economy, education and security, instead of spending all the time to poach on aggrieved PDP members, just as he further maintained that very soon the main opposition party would come out strong and very united to deliver Nigeria from the lacklustre governance imposed on the citizens by the ruling APC, which he described as political bandits and lying gangs.
“Soon and very soon, PDP will come out strong and very united to deliver Nigeria from the lacklustre governance imposed on Nigerians by Political bandits and lying gangs called APC.
“We will surely unite to unify Nigeria and make our nation strong again,” Owokoniran enthused. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/crisis-rocking-pdp-a-family-affair-will-be-resolved-soon-say-atikus-associates/ | 2022-09-04T21:03:20Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/crisis-rocking-pdp-a-family-affair-will-be-resolved-soon-say-atikus-associates/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
You started a new business and you are wondering how you can find and attract new clients. For some people, implementing a few marketing strategies and being full of hope is a perfect solution. This method may not always work, and it can also be slow and ineffective in the long run.
What you need is a deliberate strategy for attracting and retaining clients. Although the process may take some time before you see results, the result is worth the effort put in. Here are some tips on how to find and attract clients for a new business.
1. Unique value proposition
Every company or business has its own unique value proposition. This unique value proposition could be reduced prices, free add-on services, and so on. Having a unique value proposition can help you and your business appeal to more customers.
This is simple to implement. First, identify at least one aspect that makes your business unique. Then, evaluate how you can maximize that particular aspect in a positive and value-generating manner. This will involve reaching out to customers and letting them know of your unique offering and even asking them to take a particular action.
In that case, you can then ask them if they could refer their friends to your business and, in return, give them a discount. This should be done formally and not in a manipulative way. Ensure you are using your unique offerings as a basis to win more clients.
2. Marketing strategy
Another tip on how to find and attract clients for a new small business is by rethinking your marketing strategy. Marketing comprises all the efforts you make to promote your business. You can do your marketing through online or offline channels. If you are already running some marketing campaigns, you should evaluate their effectiveness and double up on the most promising ones.
For instance, if ads are your primary source of leads, you can pair them with email marketing, social media marketing, and so on. The goal is to build an effective marketing strategy that yields the best results.
3. Enhance your online presence
Today, having an online presence is not enough to stay ahead of the stiff market competition. You need to also optimize your online channels to reach as many target audiences as possible. The main reason for having an online presence is to stay in touch with prospects and customers and not to sell your services or products alone.
The two most popular online channels you can use for your business are social media and websites. Platforms like Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Facebook are great for engaging customers and sharing valuable content and information. Others like YouTube and TikTok are for long format and short format educational and entertainment videos.
You need to understand your audience and where they spend most of their time online to help you target them better. A robust online presence can result in massive success.
4. Use discounts
Discounts work well for newly launched businesses. Using price discounts is a common way of winning over customers in business.
Note that discounts and other price-related incentives will only result in profits if they attract more customers. This is because your business will lose money by discounting the products and services. You must always pay attention to the economies of scale.
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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (R.C.C.G), Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s Son, Pastor Leke Adeboye, has donated 250 reflective vests to local vigilante group called Redeemed Volunteers.
Redeemed Volunteers is a local security outfit responsible for security and traffic control duties during programs on the Redemption Camp.
Pastor Leke made this donation to the Group in partnership with RCCG Pastors’ Seeds Family, an organisation to cater for children of pastors and ministers in RCCG at the camp on Sunday morning.
Also, Pastor Leke paid a visit to the Redeemer’s Health Centre to pray for the sick, encouraged them and distributed fruits.
He was accompanied by the Councillor for Ofada Ward in Obafemi Owode Local Government, Honourable Adeola Abolaji, as well as ministers and members of the Church and supported by the Pastors’ Seeds Family.
A total of 420 people benefitted from this visit including the hospital staff, the admitted patients and their visitors.
It would be recalled that earlier this year, 8 women who delivered babies had their bills paid at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital by Pastor Leke.
In addition, 4 women who were held back in the hospital due to unpaid bills got their bills paid and were subsequently released.
The Pastor recently donated a library and six computers to Sogunle primary school, renovating a block of classrooms and refurbishing their toilets.
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Boredom does not have to stop your productivity. Sometimes, you find yourself with spare time on your hands, and no pressing tasks need to be done.
When you are bored and not sure what to do, this can be a great moment to nurture your personal or professional development. Here are 10 productive things to do when bored.
1. Journaling
Journaling is a productive activity that can help you get rid of boredom, whether you are feeling bored at home or at work. You don’t need much to start a journal. You just need some writing materials to get started. If you are looking for what to write in your journal, you can start with mental health journal prompts or self-discovery questions to get to know yourself better.
2. Prepare a meal for your family
Another thing you can do when bored is cook for yourself or your family. You can also use the opportunity to learn how to bake cakes, doughnuts, cookies, and so on.
3. Reading
Sometimes, you will not feel like writing anything when you are bored. Try reading. Reading is never a waste of time. You are drastically improving your memory whenever you read. You can start with your favourite books.
4. Go On A Long Walk
You can decide to scroll from your house to the next street or a friend’s house. Or you can even go to places you have not had time to visit.
5. Learn Something New
Instead of wasting your time doing nothing, use your free time at work or at home to learn something new. You can watch Youtube videos to learn different ways to cook your favourite meal or browse the internet for inspiration.
6. Listen to music
Music is the language of the soul. Music helps to get rid of boredom. Take time to listen to your favourite artist and equally learn new songs.
7. Plan Your Activities
Instead of lying or sleeping all day as a result of boredom, use the opportunity to plan your activities for the remaining day, week, month, and even year.
8. Blogging
If you are a blogger, writing a new blog post, updating your old posts, or sending a newsletter to your subscribers is another meaningful thing you can do anytime you are idle.
Blogging will bring more money into your account. So, don’t just sit or lie down staring at your laptop. Blog!
9. Make A Research
Another productive thing you can do when bored is research. Make a research on the project you have at hand, your business field, and other areas that will improve your skills at work.
10. Learn Something New
Instead of wasting your time doing nothing, use your free time at work or at home to learn something new. You can watch Youtube videos to learn different ways to cook your favourite meal or browse the internet for inspiration.
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Every week, Oprah is setting an intention exclusively for Oprah Daily Insiders, with reflections on topics like letting go, forgiveness, coming into your own, and more. Come back to this page each day for inspiration related to this week’s theme: Finding Your Life's Work
Hey, Oprah Insiders.
It's Labor Day weekend—what am I doing? Resting. It's a holiday to honor the American worker's strength, our prosperity, and well-being. So here's what I would like to know from you all: When you log on remotely or walk out the door to your job, do you feel like you're heading into a day of work that speaks to those ideals that you hold dear?
If not, I want you to consider whether there's a way to find more purpose in what you're doing, more joy in what you're doing. Sometimes it takes looking at a situation through a different kind of lens. I know that when I was working as a reporter in Baltimore I didn't love it. But, when I switched the paradigm to not just being a reporter, but serving the audience with journalism, it changed.
Now, while I understand that giving up a paycheck doesn't make any sense at all, I also understand that working at something that's soul-crushing also doesn't make sense. So, even if it's just for a few moments in your busy day, do something that makes you feel purposeful, and worthy, and more meaningful in your work. The point is to stay on your highest frequency as often as you can because that's the space where your life's work lives and can be brought into your view.
If you are thrilled with your job, by all means, I want you to shout it out in the comments. If you're not, tell me what you want your daily work to be. Let's start envisioning that and how much of your time you can now commit to making your dreams a gainfully employed reality. I can't wait to hear what's on the horizon for all of you and I'm wishing you a restful Labor Day. Have a great week.
Go well.
Your Daily Dose of Inspiration
Unlock a new insight every day this week. | https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a41019344/oprah-finding-your-lifes-work/ | 2022-09-04T21:10:26Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a41019344/oprah-finding-your-lifes-work/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
UNION, N.J. (AP) — Gustavo Arnal, the chief financial officer of retail chain Bed Bath & Beyond, has died, the company confirmed on Sunday.
The company said Arnal died on Friday. According to the New York City Police Department, police found the 52-year-old unconscious with injuries showing he fell from a building in Manhattan. He was pronounced dead at the scene and the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the cause of death. Police said an investigation was ongoing.
Arnal joined the company in May 2020 after previous stints at Avon, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Procter & Gamble.
“Gustavo will be remembered by all he worked with for his leadership, talent and stewardship of our Company. I am proud to have been his colleague, and he will be truly missed by all of us at Bed Bath & Beyond and everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him,” said Harriet Edelman, independent chair of the company’s board, in Sunday’s statement.
Bed Bath & Beyond has faced turbulence recently: Its shares made a monstrous run from $5.77 to $23.08 over a little more than two weeks in August, in trading reminiscent of last year’s meme-stock craze, when out-of-favor companies suddenly became darlings of smaller-pocketed investors. On Wednesday, the company said it would shutter stores and lay off workers in a bid to turn around its beleaguered business.
The home goods retailer based in Union, New Jersey, said it will close about 150 of its namesake stores and slash its workforce by 20%. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/bed-bath-beyond-chief-financial-officer-gustavo-arnal-dies/ | 2022-09-04T21:14:04Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/bed-bath-beyond-chief-financial-officer-gustavo-arnal-dies/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Jackson, Mississippi gives residents "positive" news as water pressure returns
Jackson, Mississippi residents are still facing a water crisis nearly a week after flooding in the Pearl River damaged the city's water system, though water pressure has been restored to most of the city, the city said in a news release Sunday.
Why it matters: The crisis has upended life for the city of nearly 150,000 people, with schools shifting to remote learning and businesses being forced to shutter or install expensive fixes like portable toilets. People have had to wait in long lines for potable water.
The plant's output of 90 pounds per square inch is higher than the city’s goal of 87 PSI, but the "outlook continues to be positive" at the O.B. Curtis Water Plant, where the failure happened, the city said in the update. Additional repairs could cause fluctuations in the water pressure, per the city.
- “Multiple tanks are approaching full,” the release says. “We no longer have any tanks at low levels. All of Jackson should now have pressure and most are now experiencing normal pressure.”
- The city continues to be under a boil notice, which was put into place back in July.
- In Sunday's press release, the city said it hopes to take water samples midweek, and it will need two clear samples before the boil water notice can be lifted.
Driving the news: It's too early to tell when the failed water system, which has left thousands of people without clean tap water, will be fixed, FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell told CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday.
- Criswell said during a visit to Jackson Friday that the water was going to return "in phases."
- "The focus right now is making sure we can get bottled water out, but also we are providing temporary measures to help increase the water pressure, so that people can at least flush their toilets and use their faucets," Criswell said.
Catch up quick: Jackson has been under a boil-water notice since July 30, after tests showed water quality was "cloudy," raising concerns about potential health concerns.
- Flooding from the Pearl River caused the already-damaged main water treatment plant to fail, resulting in some faucets without water and, in other cases, brown water, CNN reports.
- The governor announced a state of emergency on Tuesday and activated the National Guard to assist the city.
- President Biden on Tuesday approved a federal emergency disaster declaration to assist with the outages. | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/04/jackson-mississippi-water-crisis-pressure-restored | 2022-09-04T21:26:36Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/04/jackson-mississippi-water-crisis-pressure-restored | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Gas prices for Labor Day travel continue to drop; Illinois residents paying $4.124
CHICAGO - A lot of people travel on Labor Day weekend, and gas prices in Illinois and across the country have improved from record highs, though they're still much higher than they were a year ago.
Illinois residents are paying $4.124 on average for gas this Labor Day weekend, a sharp drop from the state's record high of $5.562 on June 13. But, it's still much higher than Illinois' average price on Sept. 4, 2021, which was $3.374, according to AAA.
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The national average for gas is now $3.789. That's a steep drop from the highest-ever recorded average price, which hit $5.016 on June 24. But it's still significantly higher than the average a year ago, which was $3.184.
The average price of a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin on Sunday was $3.579. The average price in Indiana was $3.971. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gas-prices-for-labor-day-travel-continue-to-drop-illinois-residents-paying-4-124 | 2022-09-04T21:38:33Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gas-prices-for-labor-day-travel-continue-to-drop-illinois-residents-paying-4-124 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Murder by car: Chicago police say man was run over on purpose
CHICAGO - Chicago police said that someone deliberately ran over a young man on Sunday, killing him.
The victim, 22, was walking on the sidewalk on North Ogden near Washington in the West Loop around 5:15 a.m. when he was hit by a dark-colored sedan.
He died at the scene.
No one is in custody. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/murder-by-car-chicago-police-say-man-was-run-over-on-purpose | 2022-09-04T21:38:43Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/murder-by-car-chicago-police-say-man-was-run-over-on-purpose | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Candace Parker helps Chicago Sky beat Connecticut Sun 76-72, take 2-1 series lead
UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Candace Parker had 16 points and 11 rebounds while Kahleah Copper added 15 points and the Chicago Sky beat the Connecticut Sun 76-72 in Game 3 of the WNBA playoffs semifinals.
The defending champion Sky lead the best-of-five series 2-1 and can advance to the finals with a win on Tuesday night.
DeWanna Bonner scored 18 points to lead Connecticut. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/candace-parker-helps-chicago-sky-beat-connecticut-sun-76-72-take-2-1-series-lead | 2022-09-04T21:38:59Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/candace-parker-helps-chicago-sky-beat-connecticut-sun-76-72-take-2-1-series-lead | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It’s about time Jessica Pegula starts getting these sort of important endorsement deals. After all, Pegula is the top-ranked American tennis player in the world — man or woman.
The No. 8-ranked Pegula, who is into the fourth round of the U.S. Open where she will face 21st-seed Petra Kvitova on Labor Day, has signed up earlier this week with Ready, one of the fastest growing sports nutrition brands.
She is the first women’s athlete to represent the brand, and joins fellow Ready team members NFL star Aaron Donald and NBA great Giannis Antetokounmpo.
With Serena Williams retiring, the endorsement dollars should pick up for players such as Pegula, whose father owns the Buffalo Bills and Sabres.
“I don’t think anyone will overshadow Serena and her legacy but obviously she’s not playing so it shines a lot more on the American players who are doing really well,’’ Pegula told The Post. “There’s a lot of us, a lot depth. It’s good for all of us to step up and represent U.S. tennis.’’
Pegula will now be a spokesperson for Ready, which makes sports drinks and energy bars. As a Pittsburgh native, she thought it was a natural since the company was founded in Pittsburgh by former University of Pittsburgh guard Pat Cavanaugh.
In addition, she already had her own skincare company called Ready 24, making this venture feel like karma.
Pegula has steadily risen — slowly but surely — on the WTA tour since her pro debut in 2011. She’s a late bloomer at 28, partly because of hip and knee surgeries.
“Without the injuries I don’t know if I’d be as good as I am now,’’ Pegula said. “I learned so much getting though those injuries, even though it’s kind of cliché.’’
Pegula, who is based in Boca Raton, Florida, is a three-time Grand Slam singles quarterfinalist, having reached this stage at the 2021 and 2022 Australian Open and 2022 French Open.
She’s getting recognized more during tournaments but not much on the street. That is likely to change soon.
“It’s something I can say — I’m the top-ranked American in the world,’’ Pegula said. ‘It’s amazing. Something I can check off the boxes of accomplishments.’’ | https://nypost.com/2022/09/04/us-open-2022-jessica-pegula-relishes-being-top-ranked-american/ | 2022-09-04T21:43:20Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/04/us-open-2022-jessica-pegula-relishes-being-top-ranked-american/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Alejandro G. Iñárritu is on the final day of his whirlwind festival experience, wrapping up a few interviews at Telluride before escaping for a much needed family vacation. He started out this journey with a stop at the Venice Film Festival, where his latest work, Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths), premiered, before arriving in Colorado. Here, he’s attended more screenings of the film, done a Q&A with Barry Jenkins and attended a soiree Saturday night for the film that morphed into a dance party with much of his cast.
“Opening a film is a combination of excitement and vertigo at the same time," he tells Vanity Fair on Sunday morning. "Always, you feel that vulnerability."
But for Iñárritu, Bardo is something new. Like with The Revenant or Birdman, the film is technically astounding, full of big swings and bold moments. But unlike his previous work, Bardo is much more personal. Mining from his own memories and dreams, Iñárritu explores a myriad of issues he’s been grappling with in his own life, from identity as an immigrant to grief and mortality.
The story centers on a Mexican journalist-turned-documentarian (Daniel Giménez Cacho) who, after some success, moved his family to the U.S. But he’s grappling with his own identity as he discovers neither place makes him feel like he belongs.
Likewise, Iñárritu left Mexico and moved to Los Angeles with his family when he was 37 years old. Now almost 60, the filmmaker is seeing how his own two children are shaping their identities, growing up in a country that’s not their homeland. There are plenty of other points of inspiration taken from Iñárritu’s own life and loss, but he uses them mostly as a jumping off point for a film that’s full of absurdist and surreal moments. We dove into how this film came about, what he thinks about the initial reviews and when — or if — he’ll make another movie.
You’ve mentioned you started working on Bardo five years ago. But it’s full of so many big ideas. What was the first spark of an idea for this?
My kids grow and obviously things got more complicated because it's like a branch in a tree that when it starts growing, the branch needs the roots, but the roots are far away. So I think that feeling of displacement started filling my soul, and it was an attempt to recoup my memories, which is impossible to grasp them because they are just memories. So in a way, recoup them by reinterpretating them. It's not about me; I think I just use some of my experience and feelings to do something very, very particular and very honest. Even fiction demands you to be very honest.
Exploring that issue of identity when you are no longer living in your own country, but also don’t feel completely welcomed in your new one, is something millions of people who’ve immigrated will understand.
I did it the best way I could, the most honest way, with humor and no bitterness. It’s almost like two lives: the one before and the one that you have, and everything becomes very elusive, like a dream. And that's why I wanted to give the quality to the film that it's almost like a dream, you know?
You mention that this is fiction, but there are plenty of parallels, including the family unit being the same as your own. Did you have conversations with your wife and children about how much of their own lives would appear in this movie?
They knew. I always keep them aware that this was absolutely a fiction thing, but at the same time, as an artist, I think you need to use your sources of understanding. There were several things that we talked about as a family, and I was always very, very open and very respectful of their point of view. But no matter what, obviously it takes courage because it's vulnerable. And the misunderstanding of people to feel that this is self-indulgent — No. It's not about that. It’s really to expose and express emotional things that have to do with human feelings and circumstances that we share with millions of people. I think for me, the process for us was healing and cathartic.
You mention the vulnerability of this project. Does it being such a personal story change the way you take in reviews and feedback on it?
To be honest, I haven't read one single review in completion. Obviously, the team has been giving me some notes, and I know that is has been misunderstood on many levels. I respect anybody’s opinion. I think everybody has a heart and everybody has a mind and they can make their own conclusions. As I understand it, one of the things that people said is that it is self-indulgent or narcissistic. I think I have the right as a writer and a filmmaker to have access to my emotional baggage. I think that's the best source that I can bring to a film, and especially to this film. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/awards-insider-alejandro-g-inarritu-interview-about-bardo-reviews | 2022-09-04T21:48:36Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/awards-insider-alejandro-g-inarritu-interview-about-bardo-reviews | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Darren Aronofsky has a thing for bodies in distress: agonized addicts in Requiem for a Dream, the strain and crack of Black Swan, mother!’s fraught pregnancy. And now there is The Whale, a lugubrious chamber drama that premiered here at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday. Adapted from Samuel D. Hunter’s 2012 play, The Whale is a story of a morbidly obese man, Charlie (Brendan Fraser), living out what might be his last days as his heart falters and his mind is lost to regret.
It’s tough stuff that unfolds pretty much in one room. Which doesn’t give Aronofsky much space for his usual visual panache. So, nearly all of that overeager energy is channeled through The Whale’s depiction of Charlie’s body, a prosthetic creation that Fraser wears like a cross on his shoulder. This is a mighty act of becoming, the film seems to insist—and also one of empathy. But what’s expressed instead is a kind of leering horror, a portrait of a man gone to catastrophic ruin so that we, in the audience, may tap into our nobler, higher minds and see the worthy human being beneath the frightful exterior.
That doesn’t feel anything like empathy. I trust that that intention was there, on both Aronofsky and Fraser’s parts, but their execution is turgid and ghastly. Nearly every time Charlie goes to take a bite of food, Aronofsky’s cues up Rob Simonsen’s unrelentingly bombastic score, plaintive and sinister strings indicating that something very, very bad—and scary—is happening. What might have been a somber and carefully considered study of a lonely man grappling with his past becomes a posturing labor.
Charlie lives alone in an apartment somewhere in Idaho. He’s a shut-in who earns a living teaching writing classes online, his camera turned off to shield himself from his students. (Or is it to shield them from him?) There is at least one caring friend in his life, Liz (Hong Chau), a nurse who tends to Charlie’s failing health with resigned concern. Charlie and Liz have a particularly close, sorrowful connection that is revealed later in the film, once Charlie and Liz’s fading little life together is interrupted by outsiders.
One is an Evangelical missionary, Thomas (Ty Simpkins), who bursts into Charlie’s world at an inopportune moment: Charlie has just finished masturbating to gay porn, with the video still playing on the laptop when he seizes up with chest pain. (Again, I see little empathy in the way this scene is framed and choreographed.) Thomas, seeing this heaving totem of misery, wants to save the dying Charlie’s soul, a witless effort toward a man who feels he’s past redemption—spiritually, morally, physically.
But maybe Charlie can at least patch things up with his teenage daughter, Ellie (Sadie Sink), though the two have grown entirely estranged since Charlie walked out on his marriage (to Mary, played by Samantha Morton) to pursue a great love affair with a male student. That man, Alan, is now dead, which has become the defining tragedy of Charlie’s life—well, that and his tattered relationship with Ellie. As his end looms, Charlie tries desperately, sadly to reestablish a bond with Ellie, with an offer to set her up financially for the future.
Aronofsky can’t find a way to make all these character entrances and exits cinematic. He and Hunter, an often terrific playwright doing his own adapting here, won’t let go of the tricks and forms that work in live theater but are stilted and too presentational on camera. There is some easy naturalism in the film’s opening stretches, conversation that sounds familiar and credible. But the film works itself up into a self-conscious lather as it goes, building and building until people are just loudly declaring motivations at one another. With that overheated score blaring away, it’s almost as if Aronofsky is making a parody of hyper-serious fall-movie dramas, complete with a physical transformation at the center.
One roots for Fraser to succeed, despite the garishness of that transformation. He’s been a likable screen presence for decades now, capable of both affable winks of self-awareness and old-fashioned earnestness. But he’s lost here, overwhelmed by a task that seems almost designed to be intensely scrutinized and picked apart. When we do feel some of the innate sweetness that has always animated Fraser’s work, radiating through all these layers of effort, it’s usually because he’s acting opposite Chau, whose performance is the only thoughtfully calibrated thing in the film. Fraser and his other co-stars only threaten to tear down the delicate space that Chau creates and then must rebuild, scene after scene, throughout the movie.
The Whale is meant to be a poignant consideration of guilt, sexuality, religion, remorse. We really only know that, though, because the movie shouts it at us. Charlie, Ellie, and Mary are more avatars of ideas than true characters, which seems to suit Aronofsky’s vision of the story just fine. A coldness seeps into the picture from behind the camera, a calculating gaze that turns The Whale into a static (if extraordinarily loud) diorama of pain. Here’s Charlie, keening and pleading behind a pane of glass for all of us to sigh and pout and gawk at, before moving on to the next fleeting curiosity. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/the-whale-movie-review-brendan-fraser | 2022-09-04T21:48:43Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/the-whale-movie-review-brendan-fraser | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
I posted this earlier elsewhere but here it is in its own post ICYMI.
Via the CME website, a summary of market opening and closing hours this long weekend:
I posted this earlier elsewhere but here it is in its own post ICYMI.
Via the CME website, a summary of market opening and closing hours this long weekend:
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Wall Street Journal citing "unnamed people familiar with the matter".
- it is likely OPEC+ will keep its output steady when it meets Monday
- Russia is concerned that a production cut would signal to oil buyers that crude supply is outstripping global demand
- Moscow is more concerned about maintaining influence in negotiations with Asian buyers who bought its crude after Europeans and the U.S. began shunning it this year, the people said
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At the margin this is an oil-price positive.
As I noted earlier it's a US holiday on Monday, this will shut markets. Energy futures markets will open Sunday evening for screen trade though, opening at 5pm US Central Time (2200 GMT) | https://www.forexlive.com/news/opec-likely-to-hold-production-steady-at-this-weeks-meeting-russia-doesnt-want-a-cut-20220904/ | 2022-09-04T22:00:06Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/opec-likely-to-hold-production-steady-at-this-weeks-meeting-russia-doesnt-want-a-cut-20220904/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Via the Wall Street Journal (gated)
- Swedish and Finnish government ... programs designed to make sure electricity producers can meet exchange ... margin calls.
- Stockholm is home to Nasdaq Clearing AB, a subsidiary of Nasdaq Inc. that processes most derivative trades in the Nordic power market, which includes Finland and the Baltic countries.
- Under the Swedish plan, the government would provide guarantees to eligible companies, which could then use the guarantees to borrow from banks and pay the exchange clearinghouse.
- Swedish government ... to extend up to 250 billion kroner, or $23 billion, in guarantees
- Finnish government plans to offer 10 billion euros ... in guarantees.
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The measures were packaged up citing 'financial stability' concerns, and at worse case a 'financial crisis'.
The Journal summary is a good 'un if you need it
- When utilities agree to deliver gas or power, they lock in prices by selling futures contracts. Exchanges charge one payment, known as initial margin, when trades are placed to collect collateral. They then call for or return money each day depending on whether the position gains or loses value.
- As prices rise, utilities’ short positions shed value and the companies pay the exchange. They recoup the money when they deliver gas or power, but the difference in timing has led to massive outflows of cash that some firms have struggled to fund. At times a vicious cycle has emerged in which extreme price moves boost margin calls, prompting companies to bail out of trades and sparking more volatility.
Gas has been very volatile.
This chart is from our charting app, which is free and can be found at this link | https://www.forexlive.com/news/over-the-weekend-sweden-finland-announced-up-to-around-usd33bn-in-energy-guarantees-20220904/ | 2022-09-04T22:00:12Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/over-the-weekend-sweden-finland-announced-up-to-around-usd33bn-in-energy-guarantees-20220904/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Alberto Naska scored his fourth career NASCAR Whelen Euro Series win at Autodrom Most thanks to a strong overtaking maneuver on reigning EuroNASCAR 2 Champion Martin Doubek on lap 2 and extended his championship lead. The driver of the #88 CAAL Racing Chevrolet Camaro will keep the red Whelen banner on his windshield and open the gap on Liam Hezemans, who crashed his car on lap 11.
Several incidents forced race control to deploy the safety car three times during the 14-lap race at the 4.2 kilometer Bohemian track. Naska fended off all attacks by the local hero and sped to victory. Naska leads the championship now with 30 points ahead of Hezemans, while Vladimiros Tziortzis ended up third to score his 5th podium in the 2022 NWES season.
“I was truly going to vomit inside the car because we spent half an hour warming up the tires!” joked Naska in the Victory Lane. “It was really hard to keep focus because even though it was a long race, I think I have the better pace so there was no problem in that but four restarts, it’s really hard! I spent the entire race with Doubek, who was always starting better than me, so that was really hard but the car was great. The team did an incredible job because yesterday we were struggling a lot and today the car was amazing.”
Naska and Doubek fought all race long for the lead, but the Hendriks Motorsport driver never found the space to attack the championship leader. When the checkered flag waved, only 0.585 seconds separated the two contenders who had clashed at the NASCAR GP Italy in Vallelunga before the summer break. Naska also topped the standings in the Rookie Trophy.
Finishing fourth was Speedhouse driver Paul Jouffreau, who battled his way to the front with a damaged car as he also took second in the Rookie Trophy. The Frenchman took advantage of a frantic last lap to overtake several cars in a couple of corners.
Marko Stipp Motorsport’s Yevgen Sokolovskiy also snuck into the top-5 for the first time in his NASCAR career and took the win in the Legend Trophy for drivers aged 40 and more. Claudio Cappelli was sixth overall, third in the Rookie Trophy and second in the Legend Trophy. Gil Linster fell back at the start but climbed back to seventh in an eventful race.
Aliyyah Koloc, another local driver for the Czech top team Buggyra ZM Racing, topped the standings in the Lady Trophy by finishing eighth overall. The driver of the #29 Ford Mustang edged Tuomas Pontinen, who drifted through the gravel trap and grass several times during the race. Alina Loibnegger fought her way into the top-10 for the first time in her career and took second in the Lady Trophy ahead of Arianna Casoli, who ended up 16th overall. Matthias Hauer completed the Legend Trophy podium in 11th place.
Hezemans suffered a heavy setback as he crashed into the car of Doubek and fell back to 18th overall, 6 laps down after his retirement. The young Dutchman was visibly upset with the outcome of his race. Patrick Schober, Michael Bleekemolen, Kasparas Vingilis and Luli Del Castello also had to retire after being involved in a crash in EuroNASCAR 2 Round 7.
The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series will return to action on Sunday for another day of exciting racing at the NASCAR GP Czech Republic. While the EuroNASCAR 2 race will go live at 10:35 am CEST, the EuroNASCAR PRO drivers will hit the track at 2:30 pm CEST. All races will be broadcast live on EuroNASCAR’s YouTube channel, Motorsport.tv and several TV services from all around the world.
NWES PR | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72604-alberto-naska-extends-his-championship-lead-at-most | 2022-09-04T22:11:36Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72604-alberto-naska-extends-his-championship-lead-at-most | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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The Wyoming Police Department says officers responded to the Burger King on 28th Street where they say a man assaulted two teenagers.
The department says the man came into the restaurant acting “disorderly.”
Officers say it’s not clear whether the teenagers were employees, customers or bystanders; however, Factorial Holdings confirmed to FOX 17 that a customer assaulted their employees Sunday.
Wyoming PD says the teenagers suffered nonlife-threatening injuries.
Officers say there were no weapons involved and they did identify a suspect, but he is not in custody.
This is a developing story. Stay with FOX 17 as we work to bring you more information. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kent/customer-assaults-2-teenagers-at-wyoming-burger-king | 2022-09-04T22:21:24Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kent/customer-assaults-2-teenagers-at-wyoming-burger-king | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) – A federal judge on Friday tossed out a “child pornography” lawsuit filed by the man who appeared as the naked baby on the cover of Nirvana’s iconic 1991 album “Nevermind,” handing a victory to the band after a yearlong legal battle.
The ruling is likely the end of 31-year-old Spencer Elden’s litigation against Nirvana. Elden first sued the grunge rock band last year, alleging they had engaged in “child pornography” because the album cover featured a photo of him as a naked baby, swimming in a pool toward a dollar bill on a fish hook.
U.S. District Court Judge Fernando Olguin in the Central District of California dismissed the case because Elden did not file the complaint within the 10-year statute of limitations for victims of sexual assaults or offenses. That statute requires him to file a complaint within 10 years of becoming reasonably aware of the personal injury.
“Plaintiff does not dispute that he knew of injuries arising from defendant’s activities related to their use of his image on the ‘Nevermind’ album cover more than ten years before he filed this action,” Olguin wrote in his opinion, agreeing with the defendants, who asked for a dismissal because of the statute limitation.
Elden was four months old when Nirvana hired Kirk Weddle to photograph him in a California pool for the album.
Upon its release, “Nevermind” brought the band international fame and is widely considered to be one of the best rock albums of all time.
In August 2021, Elden sued Nirvana; Weddle; the estate of the late Kurt Cobain; Dave Grohl, the band’s former drummer; bassist Krist Novoselic and Universal Music Group, among other defendants.
In January, Olguin ordered the case would be dismissed unless Elden filed an amended complaint, which he did that month, seeking $150,000 in damages.
In the amended complaint, Elden argues the album cover features a “lascivious exhibition” of his “genitals on the cover.”
“The conduct depicted, particularly the activation of Spencer’s gag reflex and the prominence and positioning of his genitals in the image, suggests sexual coyness or a willingness to engage in sexual activity,” the complaint reads. “The image was intended and designed to elicit a sexual response.”
Nirvana and the other defendants pushed back, saying the now-famous photograph is protected by artistic expression and the photo evokes images of a cherub, or an angelic baby.
The defendants also accused Elden of “profiting from his celebrity as the self-anointed ‘Nirvana Baby'” and picking up women with the title. | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/judge-tosses-child-pornography-suit-over-nirvana-album-cover/ | 2022-09-04T22:24:28Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/judge-tosses-child-pornography-suit-over-nirvana-album-cover/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Angel City Football Club’s first season has included community work, all with a focus on growing women’s soccer.
Monday is another opportunity.
Angel City will host the Mexican national team in the first Copa Angelina (6 p.m. at Banc of California Stadium), highlighting the “rich Mexican culture in Los Angeles through entertainment, community outreach and an annual competition on the pitch.”
“We look forward to growing Copa Angelina year after year,” Angel City president Julie Uhrman said. “We hope to set an example of what is possible when two organizations come together, celebrating our commonalities and differences, as we gather our communities to enjoy the beautiful game.”
Earlier this season, Angel City played Mexican club Tigres in a friendly, winning 1-0. In their partnership, the teams will play in Mexico next year.
“This is an investment in the game to help grow it,” Angel City coach Freya Coombe said. “This is a celebration of the relationship between club and country in our community.
“I think Copa Angelina is another great example where Angel City is doing things differently. I think this is a great opportunity for us to embrace our community and for us again to be leading and doing things outside of the norm, but also help build these relationships.”
The event begins at 2 p.m. with a fan zone, featuring musical acts and food.
“There is also a lot of work being done off the field to support this initiative,” Coombe said. “I am really proud to be a part of it and love to see how we are helping move the game forward on the global stage.”
The game is a break from NWSL play for Angel City. The club is in seventh place, one point out of sixth place. The top six teams will qualify for the playoffs. Angel City has six games remaining, including five in September.
Angel City’s regular league schedule will resume Sept. 11.
Things haven’t been smooth for the Mexican national team. First, the team failed to qualify for the 2023 Women’s World Cup and 2024 Olympics after finishing last at the CONCACAF W Championship. Following that tournament, coach Monica Vergara was fired.
Also, to kick off this international window, Mexico suffered a 1-0 loss to New Zealand Friday at Dignity Health Sports Park.
International duty
Angel City will be without Ali Riley (New Zealand), Allyson Swaby (Jamaica), Claire Emslie (Scotland) and Almuth Schult (Germany) because they have national team duty.
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Politicians who claim to have an elevated moral purpose risk being branded as hypocrites if they fail to live up to the standards they set for others.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom runs that risk as he denounces the Republican governors of other states, particularly Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas, as “bullies” for their states’ policies on abortion, gay rights and other issues.
Newsom has run ads critical of the two governors and donated $100,000 to DeSantis’ challenger, Charlie Crist. At the very least, Newsom is raising his national political profile. But it could be the beginning of a presidential campaign, which he denies.
“People keep asking why I’m calling out DeSantis and these Republican governors,” Newsom tweeted late last month. “The answer is simple: I don’t like bullies.”
Newsom’s tweet contained his interview with ABC news, including a lengthy rant beginning with “I can’t take what’s going on in this country.”
“I can’t take what these governors are doing state after state affecting minorities, affecting vulnerable communities, threatening the Special Olympics with fines, going after the LGBTQ community, saying if you’ve been raped by your father you don’t have the right to express yourself and rights over your own body,” Newsom told ABC’s Matt Gutman.
“My entire life I don’t like bullies,” Newsom added. “I don’t like people who bother other people. I don’t like people who demean other people and that’s being celebrated in American politics today and you got to call it out. DeSantis is the worst of it but Abbott and these other guys, they’re right there and forgive me, I’m naming them because we have to and I think people need to understand what’s going on in this country and there’s too much at stake.”
On the issues that Newsom cites, particularly abortion and LGBTQ rights, his criticism is more than warranted. But calling rival governors “bullies” is over the top. After all, they were duly elected to their positions, as was Newsom, and like him, probably will be re-elected this year. Their positions on these hot button issues would not fly in California, but they apparently do in their states.
That’s not bullying; it’s governing, which often means compelling people to do things they’d rather not do. Newsom has done a lot of it since becoming governor nearly four years ago, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, when he was governing by decree.
Was Newsom being a bully or governing when he ordered thousands of small businesses to shut down to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus? Those affected, including more than 2 million workers who lost their jobs, might say he was being a bully, since larger businesses were often exempted.
Likewise, parents complained that Newsom arbitrarily closed schools and forced their children into “Zoom school” even though COVID-19’s threat to children was scant.
Many of California’s city officials have complained that Newsom is bullying them into building high-density housing that their constituents don’t want, threatening legal action or financial sanctions if they don’t comply. Newsom says the state must act aggressively to solve its housing shortage.
California gun owners complain constantly that Newsom and the Legislature impose nonsensical, harassing regulations on their constitutional right to bear arms.
Newsom considers all of those acts, and many others, to be governing — just as DeSantis, Abbott, et al, consider what they do to be governing. But in the eyes of beholders, he could be just as easily branded a bully.
Finally, doesn’t Newsom’s name-calling make him one of the “people who demean other people” he professes to despise?
CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more stories by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.
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WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Festivals celebrating unique cultures are so much a part of Labor Day weekend traditions here in the Pioneer Valley.
At the Westfield home of the Sons of Erin, families gathered Sunday for a day of celebration. Music and food were the attractions, but above all, Irish pride was the focus.
Karen Casey of the Sons of Erin told 22News, “I’m really pleased with the turnout, there are a lot of people here, It’s a great event.”
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A shelter on The Pineapple Island takes in cats, and is now up to 680 of the feral felines. The Lana'i Cat Sanctuary says it's growing its business again after pandemic restrictions impacted their visitor count, and its budget.
At first glance, it doesn't feel like 680 cats live at the Lanai Cat Sanctuary. But take a closer look, because they are everywhere: cruising in the trees, napping in the rafters, on the ground hiding in the bushes, and pretty much everywhere in between.
There are old cats. There are new cats. There are lots of cats. Janice Trumpeter and her husband have wanted to come here for three years and finally made it out frpm Denver. "It's a unique place. There's not many places in the world like this where you can come, that they take care of so many cats, they know them by name, feed them great diets, and let them relax the rest of their lives," she says.
Executive director Keoni Vaughn hopes to see more visitors soon. "Pre-COVID, we were at 16,000 visitors a year. Now we're 10,000 to 12,000 a year."
The shelter costs $950,000 a year to run, and "95% of all our donations are from out-of-state and off island," he details.
He's gotten creative, selling cat merchadise at the shelter and now online, as well as some other programs. "We've created an adopt-in-place program where you can select and sponsor a cat. If you want to rent a piece of PURRadise from us, you can rent a cat house and have your name on it," lists Vaughn.
There are regularly held cat-yoga fundraisers, and a QR code to donate. All of it, to support the mission of saving both Lanai's cats and native birds. "We bring in cats where native birds are ground nesting, relocate them back to the sanctuary, where they can spend the rest of their life or until they get adopted," he says.
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HONOLULU-HI (KITV-4) Despite making up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, women are still vastly underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math workforce. Women made gains – from 8% of STEM workers in 1970 to 27% in 2019 – but men still dominate the field, making up 73% of all STEM workers.
Sacred Hearts Academy in Honolulu is inspiring young girls to discover more about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math through hands on learning including the making of rockets.
HONOLULU-HI (KITV-4) Despite making up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, women are still vastly underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math workforce. Women made gains – from 8% of STEM workers in 1970 to 27% in 2019 – but men still dominate the field, making up 73% of all STEM workers.
Sacred Hearts Academy in Honolulu is inspiring young girls to discover more about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math through hands on learning including the making of rockets.
Kenna, 7th Grader - SHA, “ I learned from this project since the water able to pump it up it shot really high and it really represented how a rocket in real life works.”
Yzabella, 7th Grader - SHA, “ I learned that it can go up really fast, its so cool and it just shoots to the sky.”
Kaley, 7th Grader - SHA, “Science really matters , or else things are going to work properly so if we didn’t do the wings correctly then it’s going to mess up really badly.”
At Sacred Hearts Academy in Honolulu, students discover STEM with a hands on approach.
Peter Park , Sacred Hearts Academy Teacher , "They had fun making the rocket , cone ,fins, I told them to put water in. we pressurized it, launched it and wow it took off wow factor it took off…and that gets them curious about wait I don’t know a lot about the science behind it but how does it go up so high. So they would want to research it more."
And some 7th graders at SHA are encouraging younger students about NASA through a game they developed on Mine Craft. “All the kids love this game hey that’s the game we play. They did that on this game, that’s so cool. We did this whole thing to 3rd graders and they absolutely loved it. They were having such a good time and they learned a lot. And they were surprised to find out what stars are made of and how rocket ships work.”
Fiona, 7th Grader - SHA, “I feel that if we showed them like activities where we built some of it I feel that they would be more engaged in that. And think its way cooler than just talking.”
Mr. Park inspires his students to discover on their own and from that spark, comes the desire to do more.
Mei Wei, 12th Grader - SHA, “I learned how to problem solve and critically think better. Throughout making 3- D models like this…there are lots of challenges I have to face when solving certain problems. So critical thinking it can really help to further my own decision making skills.”
Peter Park , Sacred Hearts Academy Teacher , “When there is an aha moment when they learn something new and sometimes learning something new is up lifiting and there is so much positive energy from the students."
If you know of a young girl who is interested in STEM, Sacred Hearts Academy is hosting a Science Symposium for girls on Saturday, February 25, 2023. This free workshop is open to girls in grades 5-9 offering hands on STEM activities with experts from the field.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kenya Hunt, who took over as editor-in-chief of Elle UK earlier this year. The September issue is the first to be fully edited under her leadership.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kenya Hunt, who took over as editor-in-chief of Elle UK earlier this year. The September issue is the first to be fully edited under her leadership.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Malik Amin Aslam Khan, Pakistan's former climate change minister, about what needs to happen for his country to adapt to dangerous extreme weather, like flooding.
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REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — Canadian police said Sunday 10 people are dead from stabbings in 13 locations in two communities in the province of Saskatchewan and police are looking for two suspects.
Fifteen people have been sent to hospitals after stabbings in multiple locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, police said.
Early indications suggested the victims may have been attacked at random, but police have not provided a possible motive.
The search for suspects was waged as fans descended in Regina for a sold out annual Labor Day game between the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Regina Police Service said in a news release that with the help of Mounties, it was working on several fronts to locate and arrest the suspects and had “deployed additional resources for public safety throughout the city, including the football game at Mosaic Stadium.″
The alert first issued by Melfort, Saskatchewan RCMP about 7 a.m. was extended hours later to cover Manitoba and Alberta, as the two suspects remained at large.
Damien Sanderson was described as five feet seven inches tall and 155 pounds, and Myles Sanderson as six-foot-one and 200 pounds. Both have black hair and brown eyes and may be driving a black Nissan Rogue.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said multiple patients were being treated at several sites.
“A call for additional staff was issued to respond to the influx of casualties,” authority spokeswoman Anne Linemann said in an email.
Mark Oddan, a spokesman with STARS Air Ambulance, said two helicopters were dispatched from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and another from Regina.
Oddan said two carried patients from the scene to Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, while the third carried a patient to Royal University from a hospital in Melfort, a short distance southeast of Weldon.
Oddan said due to privacy laws, he could not disclose information about their ages, genders or conditions. | https://www.wspa.com/news/canadian-police-10-dead-15-injured-from-stabbings/ | 2022-09-04T22:54:12Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/canadian-police-10-dead-15-injured-from-stabbings/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Troopers responded to the crash at the intersection of Milo and Parker in Prairieville Township Sunday.
State police said the road is shut down because of the crash so drivers should use a different route.
This is a developing story. Stay with FOX 17 as we work to learn more information. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/barry/state-police-investigating-deadly-barry-co-motorcycle-crash | 2022-09-04T22:55:10Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/barry/state-police-investigating-deadly-barry-co-motorcycle-crash | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a Las Vegas investigative reporter has been stabbed to death outside his home and police are searching for a suspect.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal says officers found journalist Jeff German dead with stab wounds around 10:30 a.m. Saturday after authorities received a 911 call.
Authorities say it appears the 69-year-old German was in an altercation with another person that led to the stabbing.
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The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ward 11 in Ifelodun constituency, has suspended the former deputy speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Dare Kadiri, from the party, over allegations of anti-party activities.
His suspension was affirmed at the ward Congress, held on Sunday, with immediate effect.
Kadiri was accused of fraternising with an opposition party to work against the interest of APC in the next general elections.
The lawmaker was accused to have hosted a governorship candidate of a political party, where he vowed to work against the re-election of the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun.
The decision to suspend Kadiri was said to have been contained in a report submitted by a disciplinary committee constituted to investigate the allegation.
The report partly reads, “After the report submitted by the disciplinary committee that investigated the anti-party activities of Oluwadare Kadiri (MABA), a former deputy Speaker of Ogun state House of Assembly representing Ifelodun constituency, Ijebu north local government, Ogun state to the Ward Exco. The issue was extensively discussed.
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Among the allegations levelled against him are listed below: “That Hon. Oluwadare Kadiri (Maba) has been fraternizing with the Opposition party, on the 21st of August 2022, Hon. Oluwadare Kadiri invited Hon. Ladi Adebutu, a PDP Gubernatorial Candidate and some other party leaders of PDP to his residence at Ago Iwoye.
“At the said political meeting, the following utterances were made by Hon. Oluwadare Kadiri (Maba); that he would never work for the re-election bid of His Excellency Governor Dapo Abiodun.
“That at this juncture, the party does not matter and that he would work for Hon . Ladi Adebutu a PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in the forthcoming 2023 general election.
“Hon. Oluwadare Kadiri equally instructed his supporters to defect to other political parties.” | https://tribuneonlineng.com/apc-suspends-former-deputy-speaker-of-ogun-assembly/ | 2022-09-04T22:56:40Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/apc-suspends-former-deputy-speaker-of-ogun-assembly/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ward 11 in Ifelodun constituency, has suspended the former deputy speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Dare Kadiri, from the party, over allegations of anti-party activities.
His suspension was affirmed at the ward Congress, held on Sunday, with immediate effect.
Kadiri was accused of fraternising with an opposition party to work against the interest of APC in the next general elections.
The lawmaker was accused to have hosted a governorship candidate of a political party, where he vowed to work against the re-election of the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun.
The decision to suspend Kadiri was said to have been contained in a report submitted by a disciplinary committee constituted to investigate the allegation.
The report partly reads, “After the report submitted by the disciplinary committee that investigated the anti-party activities of Oluwadare Kadiri (MABA), a former deputy Speaker of Ogun state House of Assembly representing Ifelodun constituency, Ijebu north local government, Ogun state to the Ward Exco. The issue was extensively discussed.
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Among the allegations levelled against him are listed below: “That Hon. Oluwadare Kadiri (Maba) has been fraternizing with the Opposition party, on the 21st of August 2022, Hon. Oluwadare Kadiri invited Hon. Ladi Adebutu, a PDP Gubernatorial Candidate and some other party leaders of PDP to his residence at Ago Iwoye.
“At the said political meeting, the following utterances were made by Hon. Oluwadare Kadiri (Maba); that he would never work for the re-election bid of His Excellency Governor Dapo Abiodun.
“That at this juncture, the party does not matter and that he would work for Hon . Ladi Adebutu a PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in the forthcoming 2023 general election.
“Hon. Oluwadare Kadiri equally instructed his supporters to defect to other political parties.” | https://tribuneonlineng.com/apc-suspends-former-deputy-speaker-of-ogun-assembly/ | 2022-09-04T22:56:40Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/apc-suspends-former-deputy-speaker-of-ogun-assembly/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and the Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP) have expressed willingness to partner in infrastructure development using private sector funding.
This came to the fore when Mr. Michael Ohiani, Director-General of the ICRC led his management team on a courtesy visit to the BPP DG, Mr. Mamman Ahmadu, over the weekend, seeking partnership as the function of both organisations are interwoven hence the need to deepen collaboration.
Mr. Ohiani said that the BPP had been an immense contributor to the work of the ICRC over the years, adding that deeper collaboration would bring about more efficiency in delivering Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects.
“In view of the strategic position your organisation takes in the Nigerian economy and taking into consideration that we are also a regulator of procurement, we decided to pay a courtesy visit and see how we can collaborate further.
“We want to use the opportunity to appreciate the work you have been doing with your team, how you have been able to help the country make savings by chopping off excesses in projects.
“We are also here because of the need for the two agencies to have synergy. Yes we already have existing collaboration but we want to deepen it and tap from our team of experts,” Mr. Ohiani said.
He used the opportunity to intimate the BPP boss who is a former lecturer on the existence of a training school established by ICRC, stressing that the school could take advantage of his vast experience.
On his part, the BPP’s DG said that there was a need for collaboration between ICRC and the bureau.
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“We are doing exactly the same thing except for the method and line of funding. If the funding is from public resources, it comes to BPP, if the funding is from the private sector it comes to ICRC.
“The methods of evaluation are different but they are basically the same. We are trying to deliver services through projects to the country,” Mr. Ahmadu said.
The BPP’s boss who is a Quantity Surveyor recalled that a few decades ago, he came across many laudable projects, some of them being executed by States, adding that Nigeria needed to begin delivering such projects again, projects like the Ajaokuta Steel Company and the Vehicle Assembly Plants.
He pointed out that Nigeria’s current problem could not be solved without making reference to history, stressing that history provides a platform to examine where you are coming from and plan for the future.
“So we are doing the same thing but there is a lot of space for us to share our experiences and guide ourselves to achieve our goals,” he added. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/icrc-bpp-to-partner-on-infrastructure-development/ | 2022-09-04T22:56:53Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/icrc-bpp-to-partner-on-infrastructure-development/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows: 67-70 Winds: SE 7 mph
Monday: Partly sunny. Highs: 83-86° Winds: S 5-8 mph
Monday night: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows: 67-73° Winds: SE 6 mph
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs: 85-88° Lows: 67-73°
Wednesday: Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs: 75-79° Lows: 66-70°
Thursday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 73-80° Lows: 65-68°
Friday: Partly cloudy. Highs: 81-83° Lows: 61-61°
Saturday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 81-85° Lows: 60-69°
Forecast Discussion:
Good Sunday evening Delmarva! It was another warm day on Delmarva. Temperatures made it to the upper 80s in some areas. The evening will cool down to the upper 60s to low 70s. Having a light jacket might be a good idea later in the morning.
Labor will start partly sunny as a cold front approaches from the north and cause chances of showers and thunderstorms to increase in the afternoon. The morning temperatures will start in the upper 60s and by the afternoon will be in the low to mid-80s. Looks like the majority of the precipitation will hold off for much of the day, but all bets are off later into the evening hours. The evening will be under mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers as temperatures fall to the upper 70 to low 60s. Shower chances will continue into the morning hours on Tuesday.
Tuesday will have a chance of an isolated shower in the evening. Temperatures will start in the upper 60s to the low 70s and warm to the low 80s by the afternoon. The evening will be upper partly to mostly cloudy skies and the temperatures will fall to the mid to upper 60s overnight.
The average temperature for late August is 83 degrees for a high and a low of 64 degrees. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-updated-on-sunday-september-4-2022-at-6-00-pm/article_1b26b488-2c9d-11ed-b18d-bbfd8599e7b2.html | 2022-09-04T23:05:34Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-updated-on-sunday-september-4-2022-at-6-00-pm/article_1b26b488-2c9d-11ed-b18d-bbfd8599e7b2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ATLANTA (AP) — Stetson Bennett and the Georgia defense picked up where they left off in last year’s national championship game, even with a bunch of their former teammates now playing in the NFL.
Bennett threw for 368 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, a revamped defense didn’t miss a beat, and the No. 3 Bulldogs looked very much like a champion intent on repeating with a 49-3 rout of No. 11 Oregon on Saturday.
Bennett completed 25-of-31 passes with two touchdowns and ran for another score in the season opener before calling it a day in the third quarter. By that point, Georgia led 42-3 and had thoroughly ruined the debut of Oregon coach Dan Lanning.
Georgia really opened it up on offense, throwing 37 times for 439 yards.
“I think when you watch what they did today, if you’re watching from home, you’re saying, ‘Man, I’d love to come play in that offense,'” coach Kirby Smart said.
After spending the last three years as Georgia’s co-defensive coordinator, Lanning got a look at his former team from the opposing sideline in a game played before a predominantly red-clad crowd at the home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons.
He saw just how far the Ducks have to go.
“That locker room is hurting a little bit,” Lanning said. “But they’re ready to grow.”
Bennett, the former walk-on who led a storybook run to Georgia’s first national title since 1980, returned for a sixth college season with a firm grip on the starting job after battling for playing time most of his career.
Bennett was the offensive MVP of both Georgia victories in last year’s College Football Playoff.
He started his final season with a career high for passing yards.
“It’s always good to go in being the guy,” Bennett said. “It was pretty cool.”
He guided the Bulldogs to the end zone on all six possessions he played. He ran for a 1-yard score and tossed TD passes of 4 yards to Ladd McConkey — spinning away from a pass rusher who appeared to have him corralled — and 18 yards to Adonai Mitchell.
There were some questions about the Georgia defense, which had five players off the 2021 unit selected in the first round of the NFL draft.
Any doubts were quickly put to rest by a swarming group that looked very much like last year’s defense for the ages, making life miserable for new Oregon quarterback Bo Nix.
“One of our mottos is, ‘No one in our end zone,'” said Christopher Smith, who had one of Georgia’s two interceptions.
Nix transferred to Eugene after starting at Auburn the last three seasons. He immediately found himself facing a team he lost to three times while playing in the SEC.
Make it 0-4.
Nix’s frustration was evident when he buried his helmet in his hands after a false-start penalty.
Georgia’s day was epitomized by a short pass to Darnell Washington that turned into a big gain when the 6-foot-7, 270-pound tight end shrugged off one defender hitting him high and hurdled another who tried to bring him down low.
QUITE A DEBUT
Freshman Malaki Starks looks like one of the new stars of the Georgia defense.
He made a brilliant interception while falling backward at the Georgia 8 and wound up leading the team with eight tackles.
NIX IN GREEN
Despite his poor showing, Nix has a solid grasp on the Oregon quarterback job.
Nix completed 21 of 37 for just 173 yards, and his second interception — the one picked off by Smith — was an especially poor decision.
“He forced a throw he didn’t need to force,” Lanning said. “Bo knows that.”
Even though he didn’t name a stating quarterback leading up to the game, Lanning never considered giving someone else a shot.
Nix is still No. 1 on the depth chart.
“He’s our quarterback,” Lanning said. “He did a a good job handling some adverse situations. Now he’s got to figure out how he can improve.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Oregon: Lanning clearly has a lot of work to do to bring the Ducks up to a truly elite level. While there’s no shame in losing to a team such as Georgia, Oregon expected to be much more competitive in their new coach’s first game.
Georgia: The Bulldogs are off and rolling in defense of their national championship. They weren’t threatened at all by perhaps the toughest team on their schedule until a Nov. 19 game at Kentucky.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
The Bulldogs are more than worthy of their No. 3 ranking. Smart has built a program that reloads rather than rebuilds.
Oregon is sure to tumble in The Associated Press poll. But at least every game from here on out looks much easier than facing the Bulldogs.
UP NEXT
Oregon: Home opener next Saturday against FCS school Eastern Washington.
Georgia: While this seemed like a home game for Georgia, its actual home opener is next Saturday against FCS opponent Sanford.
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BOLTON, Mass. (AP) — Talor Gooch had a 5-under 65 on a day of low scoring and most players wearing shorts, building a one-shot lead Saturday over newcomer Joaquin Niemann after two rounds of the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston.
Gooch was among the first players to sign up with the Saudi-funded league and has finished in the top 10 in all three of the series.
He was at 12-under 198 and will start the third and final round Sunday on the first hole with Niemann and Dustin Johnson (63).
Johnson also has finished in the top 10 in all three LIV Golf events.
“I’ve been playing solid I feel like every week. Each round I’ve felt like I’m doing the right things. Eventually it’s all going to come together,” said Johnson, whose last victory was the Saudi International in February 2021. “The game is definitely in good form, and I like the direction it’s heading in.“
The most improved award goes to Sihwan Kim. He opened with an 87 in the first round, including a 10 on the 16th hole. Saturday was a different story. Kim was 24 shots better with a 63 to match the low round of the day.
Even with such low scoring at The International, most of the contenders felt as though they could have gone lower. Gooch missed a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th and had to settle for a one-shot lead.
“There’s some more meat on the bone out there,” Gooch said. “You don’t take good rounds for granted but you also aren’t satisfied. You know you can go get some more juice out of the squeeze, so hopefully we can do that tomorrow.”
Niemann, the 23-year-old from Chile, signed with LIV Golf this week after completing the Tour Championship in Atlanta. He will try to join Henrik Stenson (New Jersey) and Charl Schwartzel (London) as players winning their first LIV event.
Another newcomer, British Open champion Cameron Smith, had an eagle on the par-5 closing hole for the second straight day. This one only kept him in the game. That eagle allowed him to break par at 69 and left him five shots behind.
Players were allowed to wear shorts, though not everyone did. And not everyone will.
Johnson rarely wore shorts on the PGA Tour when they were allowed in pro-am. He got the message too late, and said he didn’t want to switch in the middle of the tournament. So he plans to be pants again Sunday.
“I’m sure in Bangkok and Jeddah we’ll all be in shorts,” Johnson said, referring to LIV Golf Invitational events in Asia later in the year.
Phil Mickelson ended his streak of nine consecutive rounds in LIV Golf — and 13 overall including the U.S. Open and British Open — without breaking 70. He shot a 68 on Saturday and was tied for 39th in the 48-man field.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Rafael Nadal’s nose was just fine. So was his tennis. No stitches or even a bandage, 48 hours after he drew blood by accidentally smacking himself with his racket — and not a trace of trouble, as usual, against Richard Gasquet.
Nadal improved to 18-0 against Gasquet across their careers and ran his head-to-head set streak to 34 in a row by winning their third-round matchup at the U.S. Open 6-0, 6-1, 7-5 on Saturday night.
After No. 2 seed Nadal grabbed the initial nine games, Gasquet finally claimed one 70 minutes in. When a 97 mph serve drew a netted return from the 22-time Grand Slam champion, Gasquet raised both arms as the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd feted him with a standing ovation.
Things reverted to form from there between the two 36-year-olds for the remainder of that set, with Nadal’s groundstroke power and placement too much for Gasquet, who used to be a top-10 player but is now ranked 91st.
Only in the third set did Gasquet make things more competitive, getting to 5-all, before Nadal take the last two games to improve to 22-0 in Grand Slam matches in 2022.
Next for Nadal comes a matchup on Monday against No. 22 Frances Tiafoe, an American who reached the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the third year in a row. Nadal is 2-0 against Tiafoe.
“Now I believe I can beat him. … I’m definitely going to come after him,” said the 24-year-old Tiafoe, who is from Maryland.
The key?
“Match his intensity from the first point to the last,” Tiafoe said after getting past No. 14 Diego Schwartzman 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-4. “You can’t really have any dips. He takes advantage of it.”
Nadal won the Australian Open in January and the French Open in June, then got to the semifinals at Wimbledon before pulling out of the grass-court tournament because of a torn abdominal muscle.
Before coming to New York in pursuit of a fifth championship at Flushing Meadows, Nadal tweaked his service motion to ease the strain on his midsection, lowering his toss so as not to reach as far on the swing. The adjustment has not hurt his effectiveness.
And neither did the bizarre mishap in a second-round victory over Fabio Fognini on Thursday, when Nadal’s racket bounced off the court and up into the bridge of his nose on a backhand follow-through. He was left bloodied and dizzy and worried he’d broken his nose.
“A little bit bgger than usual, but it’s OK,” he said with a smile after eliminating Gasquet. “The nose is still there.”
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Manchester: Marcus Rashford struck twice as Manchester United made it four wins in a row and ended Arsenal's perfect start to the Premier League season with a 3-1 victory at Old Trafford on Sunday.
A high-tempo, top quality game was decided by two Rashford goals on the break after Bukayo Saka had cancelled out United debutant Antony's opener.
Arsenal remained top of the table on 15 points thanks to their opening five wins and while they will be disappointed to have ended that run, this was far from the kind of meek loss against Big Six opponents they have produced in the recent past.
United look to have found their belief again after starting the campaign with dreadful defeats by Brighton and Brentford and Dutch coach Erik ten Hag's approach is bringing results.
Antony was handed a place on the right flank with Rashford central and Jadon Sancho on the left but Cristiano Ronaldo started on the bench alongside Brazilian Casemiro.
United dominated the opening exchanges, camping in Arsenal's half and there was an early chance for Christian Eriksen but the Dane's volley flashed wide.
Arsenal looked slick on the ball, though, and Gabriel Martinelli looked to have given them a 12th-minute lead after finishing off a swift break.
But referee Paul Tierney was sent to the monitor and disallowed the goal after ruling that Eriksen had been fouled by Martin Odegaard before the counter-attack was launched.
Martinelli forced two saves from United keeper David De Gea as the visitors began to dominate but it was the home side who drew first blood, 10 minutes before the interval.
Brazilian Antony, signed from Ajax last week, was found on the right by Rashford and coolly drifted a left-foot shot into the far bottom corner.
Arsenal deservedly drew level, on the hour, when the outstanding Odegaard threaded a ball towards Gabriel Jesus in the box and after a challenge by Raphael Varane the ball fell to Saka who slotted home.
United might have panicked or faded away last season but six minutes later they restored their lead when Bruno Fernandes found Rashford with a superb through ball and the England striker confidently beat the advancing Aaron Ramsdale.
It was another swift counter that led to United's third with the excellent Erkisen breaking clear and slipping the ball across to Rashford for a simple finish.
A four-game winning run, including victories over Liverpool and Arsenal, has totally changed the mood at Old Trafford and Ten Hag was rightly pleased with his players' resilience.
"The spirit from this team, they can deal with setbacks so we did, it is really great and shows your mentality - we have really improved on that," he said.
"We are happy and satisfied with the win, also the performance against a really good team - they played really well," he said.
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Serena Williams has to pass the torch to somebody, so might as well be 18-year-old Coco Gauff of Delray Beach, Fla.
Gauff, the 12th seed, is in uncharted territory and embracing the big stage that was all hers on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday.
The crowd chanted “Let’s Go Coco’’ as Gauff closed the second set by winning four straight games.
“It feels insane,” Gauff said. “Fans chanting my name. I was trying not to smile on the bench.”
Rallying from a 5-4 deficit in the first set and 5-3 in the second set, Gauff powered up with big closes and advanced to her first U.S. Open quarterfinal with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over China’s Shuai Zhang.
Gauff, whose best Open showing was reaching the third round, will face red-hot 18th seed Caroline Garcia, who has had a big summer.
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The Nationals decided to take on all of New York.
After defeating the Mets 7-1 on Saturday night, the Nationals’ official Twitter account called out the Empire State Building’s official account to change its colors.
The building has a tradition of matching its colors to current events, including the colors of New York’s sports teams after big wins.
“Hey @EmpireStateBldg, if it’s easier click New York Giants colors and that will do,” the post read.
The Empire State Building, however, responded in perfect New York fashion.
“I have twice as many floors as you do wins,” the building’s official account clapped back.
The roast didn’t help the Mets on Sunday though, falling again 7-1 to Washington to drop the series.
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The federal monitor overseeing NYCHA directed the agency to preserve all documents related to a probe into the discovery of arsenic in the water supply of a Manhattan housing development.
One of the monitor’s chief investigators, Joseph Jaffe, sent a letter to NYCHA’s chief compliance officer, Brad Greenburg, and general counsel, Lisa Bova-Hiatt, asking for them to confirm their intent to comply with the request.
Trace amounts of arsenic were detected in the drinking water at NYCHA’s Jacob Riis Houses in Manhattan last week, according to city officials.
Residents had previously complained of cloudy water emerging from some taps at the East Village public housing complex.
NYCHA has been subject to oversight from a federal monitor since 2019 after federal officials sued the city for wide-ranging mismanagement.
Mayor Eric Adams visited the housing complex late Friday and handed out bottles of drinking water to residents, The City reported.
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(CN) — Sixty years ago this June Iowa voters amended Iowa’s state Constitution to replace the partisan election of judges with a merit selection process modeled on the “Missouri Plan.” Iowa’s merit selection process remained unchanged until three years ago when the Republican-dominated Iowa Legislature made a change that critics say reintroduced partisan politics into judicial appointments. And there may be more to come.
Under Iowa’s merit selection process, the governor appoints trial and appellate judges from a list of two to five applicants selected by nonpartisan judicial nominating commissions. Those commissions — one for appellate courts and 14 for district courts — consist of public members appointed by the governor and lawyer members elected by resident members of the Iowa bar. Judges stand for retention before the voters at the end of each term.
In 2019 the Republican-dominated Iowa Legislature — with the backing of Republican Governor Kim Reynolds — changed the composition of the State Judicial Nominating Commission, which sends nominees for the Iowa Supreme Court and the Iowa Court of Appeals to the governor for making appointments.
Prior to the change, this 17-member commission was equally balanced between public and lawyer members, with the senior member of the Supreme Court other than the chief justice serving as chair. As amended by the legislature, the governor now appoints nine public members and the chairperson is elected from among the commission members, thus removing the senior justice and giving the political appointees a majority.
The legislation was vigorously opposed by advocates of nonpartisan judicial selection, including the Iowa State Bar Association, and the Iowa Association for Justice, a trial lawyers group.
Justice Not Politics, a non-partisan coalition of citizens and business leaders dedicated to keeping courts free from political and financial influence, denounced the legislation.
“This is a dark day for Iowa’s independent courts,” the group said in a statement. “One politician will now hold majority control over the process for nominating justices to Iowa’s highest court, injecting partisan politics into the system. Throughout this legislative session and over the past several years, Republicans, Democrats, and independent legislators and Iowans of all backgrounds have fought together to prevent this kind of partisan power grab.”
Conservatives had become increasingly critical of the Iowa Supreme Court since it unanimously struck down the state law limiting marriage to a man and a woman in 2009. That decision legalizing same-sex marriage triggered a firestorm of criticism that resulted in the removal of three members of the seven-member Supreme Court — including Chief Justice Marsha Ternus — in the 2010 judicial retention election.
Then, in 2018, the court delivered a major victory for pro-choice advocates with a 5-2 ruling striking down a state law that would have required a woman to wait 72 hours before obtaining an abortion and holding there is a fundamental right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution.
A year later the Republican-led legislature passed the bill giving the governor the power to name a majority of the members of the commission that nominates appellate judges. The bill also shortened the term of the chief justice, which was seen as a slap at then-Chief Justice Mark Cady, who authored both the same-sex marriage and the abortion decisions. Cady died of a heart attack in November 2019.
Governor Reynolds made clear after the 2019 legislation passed that there could be more to come:
Speaking to a conservative religious group that led the charge to remove three justices following the same-sex marriage ruling, Reynolds said: “Elections matter, and fortunately the tide is turning in Iowa’s Supreme Court. In two short years we’ve moved the needle from left to right. We may have been slowed down a bit by [the court’s 2018 abortion ruling], but I am here to tell you that we are not done. And let me assure you, I am in this fight for the long haul.”
Indeed, Iowa Republican legislators again in 2022 sought to change the balance of power on judicial nominating commissions, this time for trial judges. The 14 District Nominating Commissions consist of five public members appointed by the governor and five lawyer members elected by members of the Iowa bar who reside in the district, with the senior judge of the district serving as chair.
The proposed legislation would have retained senior judges as members of the district commissions but required that instead of the senior judges automatically serving as commission chairs that the chairs be elected by the commissions. Governor Reynolds vetoed the bill, saying in a veto message she preferred an earlier version that would have removed judges entirely from the district commissions because bill “does not resolve . . . serious concerns about the undue influence of judges on district court commissions.”
Iowa State Senator Julian Garrett, a Republican, said in an interview with Courthouse News that the original version of the legislation did not have enough votes to pass. “I would have preferred what we did at the state level,” which he sponsored, when “we took the Supreme Court justice off the commission.”
Garrett said he said he will try again to pass the bill that failed last session to remove judges from district commissions.
Garrett dismissed critics who say these legislative changes have reintroduced politics into the judicial selection process.
“I kind of chuckle at that claim,” he said. “There was politics all along.”
He said some members of the Iowa Supreme Court are not following the original intent of the Iowa Constitution. “They admit that they are substituting their own opinion, not the intent of the Constitution. That’s not right.”
Iowa legislators may be less eager to pursue changes to the Supreme Court nomination process, however, since all seven members of the current court have now been appointed by Republican governors – including five new members who replaced retiring or deceased justices who voted in the majority in the same-sex or abortion decisions.
Indeed, this newly constituted court in June reversed the 2018 decision that declared abortion a fundamental right under the Iowa Constitution.
Only one member of the court – Justice Brent Appel – dissented in full, saying he would affirm the Court’s 2018 holding “that a woman’s liberty interest in reproductive autonomy is a fundamental right under . . . the Iowa Constitution.” Appel retired the following month upon reaching the mandatory retirement age under state law.
State Senator Garrett said the Court appears now more committed to ruling based on the intent of the Iowa Constitution.
“It’s a little early, but I think our current Supreme Court is more inclined to follow the law and the intent of the Constitution.”
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(CN) — At a cost of some $10 million per year, they could just let it sit there, like it has since it was decommissioned in 2017. The flagship aircraft carrier now designated the ex-USS Enterprise has been stored at a shipyard in Newport News, Virginia since its functional use by the Navy ended.
It was the world’s first nuclear powered carrier when it was launched in 1961 and remains the longest naval vessel ever built. Her radioactive fuel, certain electronics and defense armament has since been removed, but what remains is nearly 75,000 tons of steel and other metals in the hull, plus eight reactor plants that propelled the ship around the globe as she responded to conflicts in Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East.
Letting it sit there is but one of four alternatives the Navy is considering for the future of the ex-Enterprise. Other options would see her broken down and recycled, either by the Navy, a contractor or a combination of the two.
If the Navy is involved, the work could cost more than $1.3 billion and take longer than 15 years to complete. The preferred alternative, on the other hand, is to let the private sector do it. According to a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) released in August and currently open for public comment, the preferred alternative could save the government more than half a billion dollars and complete the project in as few as five years.
The Navy has dismantled conventional aircraft carriers before and more recently, has awarded private sector contracts to dismantle other nuclear-powered vessels. But the ex-Enterprise will likely be the first nuclear powered carrier to complete the process. If the venture is successful, it will likely set protocols for other aging nuclear carriers in the American fleet.
“The purpose of the proposed action is to reduce the Navy inactive ship inventory, eliminate costs associated with maintaining the ship in a safe stowage condition, and dispose of legacy radiological and hazardous wastes in an environmentally responsible manner, while meeting the operational needs of the Navy,” the EIS states.
The preferred alternative is also advantageous because it allows the Navy to prioritize its public shipyards and workforce for active fleet management. If that alternative is ultimately selected, the ship will be towed to a private shipyard in either Hampton Roads, Virginia, Brownsville, Texas, or Mobile, Alabama. Its eight reactor plants would be disassembled for packing into several hundred small containers and shipped to licensed landfills in Andrews, Texas, Clive, Utah or Aiken, South Carolina.
The EIS suggests environmental effects of the preferred alternative are negligible and exposure to radiation would fall within applicable federal limits, even though the risks of potential latent cancer fatalities is marginally higher than if there were no exposure to the radiation at all.
“To place exposure into perspective with normal everyday activities of the general public, a typical person in the United States receives 310 [millirem] of radiation exposure each year from natural background radiation,” the EIS claims. Comparatively, the estimated total occupational exposure to entirely dismantle the reactor plants is 540 [rem] over three years.
Along with the radioactivity, the ship also contains asbestos, lead, PCBs and other fuels and oils deemed hazardous. Still, the program “would not have the potential to contribute meaningfully to any potential significant cumulative impact to any of the resource areas,” including human resources, the EIS says.
The work will be subject to more than three dozen federal laws or regulations, including the National Environmental Policy Act, the Atomic Energy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act, among others. Former U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne of Alabama, who is currently the president and CEO of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, said he was briefed on the proposal years ago and is happy to see it moving forward.
“It’s an extra several hundred jobs” to whoever receives the contract," Byrne said, noting it’s his understanding the work will involve very little environmental or health risks.
“What I've been told is that [the ship] has been thoroughly cleaned of any nuclear material and contamination, so from that point of view, I don't have any concerns because they have such strict regulations about things like that,” he said, adding local environmental groups have also been in the loop.
Last year, a U.S. Navy surface ship support barge arrived in Mobile to be dismantled. During its active duty, the barge was used to refuel nuclear vessels or swap nuclear components. Byrne said the work to dismantle the barge is ongoing, and contractors are taking care its environmental effects are undetected.
“I am thoroughly impressed with the extent to which they follow very demanding protocols to deal with a piece of equipment like that,” he said. “The hoops they have to jump through and the precautions they've made with all the test instruments that are out there … it really gives me a lot of confidence that they're being as careful as they possibly can be and that there really is a very low risk.”
The Draft EIS is open for public comment through Oct. 3. The Navy will host two virtual public meetings on the proposal on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. central time and Thursday, Sept. 22 at 4 p.m. central time. Additional information can be found at https://www.carrierdisposaleis.com/.
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Spidey tops box office while Cinema Day draws millions
LOS ANGELES — “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has swung back on top of the box office during a holiday weekend where American theaters aimed to lure moviegoers with discounted $3 tickets.
The first “National Cinema Day” nationwide promotion became the highest-attended day of the year, drawing an estimated 8.1 million moviegoers on Saturday, according to The Cinema Foundation. The one-day event — offered on more than 30,000 screens and held in more than 3,000 theaters, including major chains AMC and Regal Cinemas — collected preliminary box office returns of $24.3 million, according to data firm Comscore.
National Cinema Day was intended to flood theaters with moviegoers during a Labor Day weekend, which is traditionally one of the slowest weekends in the industry. The promotion looked to prompt people to return in the fall, inspired by a sizzle reel of the upcoming films from major studios including Disney, Lionsgate, Sony and A24.
The top three performing movie titles for the day included Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” The Rock and Kevin Hart’s “DC League of Super Pets” and Brad Pitt’s “Bullet Train.” Another top draw was “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which recaptured the No. 1 box office spot for the weekend.
With never-seen footage, the re-release of the Sony and Marvel blockbuster superhero film starring Tom Holland and Zendaya brought in an estimated $6 million. “Top Gun” followed with $5.5 million, “Super Pets” garnered $5.45 million, “Bullet Train” pulled in $5.4 million and last week’s top earner “The Invitation” grossed $4.7 million to round out the top five.
John Paul I, briefly serving, ‘smiling” pope, is beatified
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday beatified one of his predecessors, John Paul I, a briefly serving pontiff who distinguished himself with his humility and cheerfulness, and whose abrupt death in his bedroom in 1978 shocked the world and fueled suspicions for years about his demise.
The ceremony in St. Peter’s Square constituted the last formal step in the Vatican before possible sainthood for Albino Luciani, an Italian who died 33 days after being elected pontiff.
“With a smile, Pope John Paul managed to communicate the goodness of the Lord,” Francis said in his homily.
“How beautiful is a church with a happy, serene and smiling face, that never closes doors, never hardens hearts, never complains or harbors resentments, isn’t angry, does not look dour or suffer nostalgia for the past,’’ the pontiff said.
Last year, Francis approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of John Paul I — that of the recovery of a critically ill 11-year-old girl in 2011 in Buenos Aires, the hometown of the current pope. Now a young woman, Candela Giarda told a Vatican news conference last week via a video message that she had wanted to attend the ceremony but couldn’t because she recently broke a foot working out in a gym.
For Luciani to be declared a saint, another miracle, following his beatification, must be attributed to his intercession and certified by the Vatican.
Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series
LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT. The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys.
Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, “Our Great National Parks.” The five-part show, which features national parks from around the globe, is produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, “Higher Ground.”
He was the biggest name in a category full of famous nominees for the award handed out at Saturday night’s Creative Arts Emmys, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, David Attenborough and Lupita Nyong’o.
Obama is the second president to have an Emmy. Dwight D. Eisenhower was given a special Emmy Award in 1956. Obama previously won Grammy Awards for his audiobook reading of two of his memoirs, “The Audacity of Hope” and “Dreams From My Father.”
EGOT refers to a special category of entertainers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. To date, 17 people have done it.
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Spidey tops box office while Cinema Day draws millions
LOS ANGELES — “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has swung back on top of the box office during a holiday weekend where American theaters aimed to lure moviegoers with discounted $3 tickets.
The first “National Cinema Day” nationwide promotion became the highest-attended day of the year, drawing an estimated 8.1 million moviegoers on Saturday, according to The Cinema Foundation. The one-day event — offered on more than 30,000 screens and held in more than 3,000 theaters, including major chains AMC and Regal Cinemas — collected preliminary box office returns of $24.3 million, according to data firm Comscore.
National Cinema Day was intended to flood theaters with moviegoers during a Labor Day weekend, which is traditionally one of the slowest weekends in the industry. The promotion looked to prompt people to return in the fall, inspired by a sizzle reel of the upcoming films from major studios including Disney, Lionsgate, Sony and A24.
The top three performing movie titles for the day included Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” The Rock and Kevin Hart’s “DC League of Super Pets” and Brad Pitt’s “Bullet Train.” Another top draw was “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which recaptured the No. 1 box office spot for the weekend.
With never-seen footage, the re-release of the Sony and Marvel blockbuster superhero film starring Tom Holland and Zendaya brought in an estimated $6 million. “Top Gun” followed with $5.5 million, “Super Pets” garnered $5.45 million, “Bullet Train” pulled in $5.4 million and last week’s top earner “The Invitation” grossed $4.7 million to round out the top five.
John Paul I, briefly serving, ‘smiling” pope, is beatified
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday beatified one of his predecessors, John Paul I, a briefly serving pontiff who distinguished himself with his humility and cheerfulness, and whose abrupt death in his bedroom in 1978 shocked the world and fueled suspicions for years about his demise.
The ceremony in St. Peter’s Square constituted the last formal step in the Vatican before possible sainthood for Albino Luciani, an Italian who died 33 days after being elected pontiff.
“With a smile, Pope John Paul managed to communicate the goodness of the Lord,” Francis said in his homily.
“How beautiful is a church with a happy, serene and smiling face, that never closes doors, never hardens hearts, never complains or harbors resentments, isn’t angry, does not look dour or suffer nostalgia for the past,’’ the pontiff said.
Last year, Francis approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of John Paul I — that of the recovery of a critically ill 11-year-old girl in 2011 in Buenos Aires, the hometown of the current pope. Now a young woman, Candela Giarda told a Vatican news conference last week via a video message that she had wanted to attend the ceremony but couldn’t because she recently broke a foot working out in a gym.
For Luciani to be declared a saint, another miracle, following his beatification, must be attributed to his intercession and certified by the Vatican.
Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series
LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT. The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys.
Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, “Our Great National Parks.” The five-part show, which features national parks from around the globe, is produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, “Higher Ground.”
He was the biggest name in a category full of famous nominees for the award handed out at Saturday night’s Creative Arts Emmys, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, David Attenborough and Lupita Nyong’o.
Obama is the second president to have an Emmy. Dwight D. Eisenhower was given a special Emmy Award in 1956. Obama previously won Grammy Awards for his audiobook reading of two of his memoirs, “The Audacity of Hope” and “Dreams From My Father.”
EGOT refers to a special category of entertainers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. To date, 17 people have done it.
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Friends of the High Point Public Library Used Book Sale Sat.. Sept. 17
Three times a year the Friends of the High Point Library have a used book sale. There are thousands of books available to purchase, donated by the general public. Shoppers can choose from paperbacks and hardcovers, adult and children’s books, as well as magazines, phonograph records, antique books and book sets. Prices for paperbacks are 50 cents, hardcover book prices range from $1-2, with book sets priced individually.
The next sale is Sat., Sept. 17, 2022, from 9 am to 4:30 pm. The High Point Public Library is located at 901 North Main Street in High Point. Members of the Friends are invited to attend the Preview Sale on Friday evening, September 16, from 6:30-8:30 and non-members can join at the door to take advantage of the Preview Sale.
There is something for everyone at the sale and all proceeds directly benefit the library through programming, services and acquisitions. Contributions to the Friends are always welcome.
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ING with a look backwards at USD/JPY above 140 in the 1990s:
- "The last time USD/JPY was above 140 in the late 1990s, the Japanese were intervening."
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But, what now?
- "Any sharp near-term move to the 142/143 would probably spark a much sharper verbal protest from Japanese authorities and put intervention back on the agenda"
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ING further note:
- "Shorter-dated implied option volatilities ... still around the 12% area (vs 15%+ a few months ago) suggesting investors have downscaled fears over possible Japanese FX intervention to sell USD/JPY.
- While we all acknowledge that Japanese authorities would be trying to turn back the tide here (USD/JPY is above 140 for good macro reasons) we should not discount intervention completely"
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Note - The Bank of Japan conducts intervention in the yen on instructions from the Ministry of Finance. Hence, its worthwhile having regard to MoF officials on yen movements. At ForexLive we headline these, so you can stay informed. We have had such comments from the MoF (and the BOJ and other government departments/ministers) quite often in recent months, mostly when the yen depreciates sharply. if you've been following along you'll have noted these. So far its been hot-air, just verbal 'intervention'. A sign of impending actual intervention activity in the forex market will be more strident comments from Japanese officials and more explicit threats of yen buying. We'll keep on top of these if/when they come.
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The South Korean won has been slammed lower in past months - the US dollar is rampantly strong. The KRW is not alone in its losses, of course.
Remarks out of SK's Finance Minister:
- closely watching the FX market
- to take action if needed to stabilise markets in a pre-emptive manner
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Five tips to achieve good work-life balance
Balance is key in all we do in life, our work and personal life inclusive.
According to businessnewsdaily.com, work-life balance is the state of equilibrium where a person equally prioritizes the demands of one’s career and the demands of one’s personal life.
Oftentimes, people find it hard to achieve a good work-life balance as they have not been able to strike a balance between these two essential components of their life. You see individuals who make use of the time meant for their loved ones on their work projects and deadlines to the detriment of their homes and vice versa.
Having an unhealthy work-life balance as an employee affects your physical and mental health and this, in the long run, reduces your productivity to the barest minimum.
There are various reasons for unhealthy work-life balance, and they include increased responsibilities at work, working longer hours, increased responsibilities at home, parenting, and so on.
Balancing your professional and personal life can be challenging, but it’s essential. Discussed in this article are five ways to achieve good work-life balance.
1. Proper planning
Adequate preparation is said to prevent poor performance. One of the reasons people fail in achieving a good work-life balance is a lack of proper planning.
Planning your day-to-day activities at work and at home helps you achieve a good balance between your personal life and work. Adequate planning helps individuals organise their tasks in order of importance.
You don’t just achieve a good work-life balance through proper planning of your daily activities. You need to learn to stick to and work with your plan.
When you plan your day ahead, you are able to strike a balance between your personal life and work without having any of the two affect each other.
2. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is important if you must achieve a healthy work-life balance.
As a worker or business owner who seeks to achieve a good work-life balance, you must prioritise your health and overall well-being since it goes a long way in determining your productivity.
A healthy lifestyle helps you cope with stress, eliminate various health risks, and it rejuvenates you and ensures your effectiveness as a worker or business owner.
You can maintain a healthy lifestyle by taking breaks while at work, eating healthy meals at the appropriate time, getting enough sleep at night, and exercising daily.
When you maintain a healthy lifestyle, you not only achieve a good work-life balance, but you also excel in your career and in life.
3. Setting work boundaries
To achieve a good work-life balance, you need to set boundaries in place. The inability of employees and employers to set boundaries for where their work activities stop has been a major cause of unhealthy work-life balance.
Oftentimes, you see employees and business owners taking their work home to make up for the deadlines.
Your inability to leave work at the workplace is a major reason for the lack of balance between your personal life and work.
When you set work boundaries, you are able to avoid getting burned out in the workplace, as a lack of boundaries prevents you from getting enough rest that your body requires and it also hinders other aspects of your life.
To achieve a good work-life balance, set boundaries.
4. Time management
Another tip to help you achieve a good work-life balance is time management. Time management is a very important aspect when it comes to having a proper work-life balance.
Most individuals tend to ignore this phase. As a result, they end up getting overwhelmed by work at the end of the day with no time for themselves.
To achieve a good work-life balance, you must make sure you have a good control of your time.
5. Creating quality time for yourself and your loved ones.
While your job is important, it shouldn’t be your entire life. You were an individual before taking the position you occupy at your workplace.
Therefore, it is important you don’t lose that identity because of your work.
You need to create time for yourself and loved ones if you must achieve a good work-life balance. And this decision requires deliberate action and intentionality.
The truth is, if you do not plan for personal time, you will never have time to do other things outside of work. This, therefore, foregrounds the need for intentionality and deliberateness in deciding that no matter how hectic your schedule might be, you will always create time for yourself and your loved ones.
Always remember that “no one at your workplace will ever love you, stand by you or appreciate you the way your loved ones do” and also do not forget to bear in mind that “everyone is replaceable at work.”
In all, either as a business owner, an employee or employer, we all need to learn how to achieve a good work-life balance. We need to ensure that every and any aspect of our lives is not affected as a result of our inability to strike a balance between our personal life and career.
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The human body has numerous organs. All of these organs serve a certain purpose and seek the necessary levels of care and attention to work properly. The body produces several levels of symptoms to notify you when an organ is not functioning properly. One of these organs is the liver.
The liver is an organ about the size of a football. It sits just under your rib cage on the right side of your abdomen. The liver is essential for digesting food and ridding your body of toxic substances.
Liver disease can be inherited (genetic). It can also be caused by a variety of factors that damage the liver, such as alcohol use, viruses, and obesity. According to an outline by Crystal Raypole on Healthline, the following are symptoms you will notice if your liver is not functioning properly.
1. Skin colour changes
One of the symptoms you will notice when your liver is not functioning well is that your skin will change from its regular colour to a yellowish colour. As you grow older, the colour of your eyes will change or can be a result of a lot of stress. But, if your eyes turn yellow, you may be suffering from jaundice.
Jaundice is due to the build-up of bilirubin (a bile pigment) in the blood because it can’t be processed effectively. The skin may also be itchy for the same reason.
2. Nausea
Another symptom of a malfunctioning liver is that you may experience nausea or you will feel your body responding abnormally to the point that you frequently throw up even when you take medicine to treat nausea.
Nausea occurs because toxins build up in the bloodstream, due to the liver’s decreased ability to do its job of filtering out toxins.
3. Bruising easily
You may bruise easily due to your liver’s reduced ability to produce clotting factors.
4. Dark urine
Urine that is dark orange, cola-coloured, amber, or brown can be a sign of liver disease. The colour is due to too much bilirubin building up because the liver isn’t breaking it down normally.
You must take responsibility for your health by ensuring you take care of yourself and be on the lookout for any of the warning signs or symptoms listed in this article. If you notice any of the symptoms, you should see your doctor immediately.
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Success is a friend to all and an enemy to none. Achieving success in the workplace and being a top player who is reckoned with in the workplace is the desire of every employee.
We all desire to be the best in what we do and there are always requirements to be met and sacrifices to be made if we must be top players in our workplace.
You don’t just become a top player because you wish to but you must be ready to put in the hard work required.
There are certain distinguishing habits that all top players in various industries have in common and they include but are not limited to being a good team player, having a positive attitude, meeting deadlines always, being professional in the workplace, going the extra mile and seeking more knowledge to become a better employee.
To help you become a top player at your workplace, here are 5 things you should do.
1. Have a positive attitude
Your attitude as a person shows to a great extent how far you will go in life. Your attitude is also a great factor to be worked on if you will be a top player at your workplace.
All employers want employees who have a positive attitude. Why you may ask? It is simple, attitudes can be contagious, and positivity breeds positivity.
If you have 7 employees out of 10 with a negative attitude, it will only take a little while before the remaining 3 employees are influenced by their negativity.
To be a top player at your workplace, you need to be that person who spreads enthusiasm and energy in the office by having a positive attitude at work.
Being a supportive person who tries to brighten the days of others always helps you get ahead of your colleagues and you become more visible to your employer.
In cases where there are better offers or promotions at the workplace, your name rings a bell in the heart of many people because of your positive attitude.
2. Be a problem solver
An end can never come to problems or challenges in this world, so, there is always going to be a need for individuals who are problem solvers in all spheres of life.
Do you want to be a top player at your workplace? Become a problem solver.
Don’t be that worker who is always quick to point out problems without offering any real solutions. Being a naysayer isn’t a quality of those who know how to excel at work.
Instead, be a problem solver. Listen to others, ask thoughtful questions, make suggestions, and act when you can, even when it’s “not in your job description.”
When individuals begin to see the need to rise to problems at their workplace without considering whether it is in their job description or not, then more employees will become top player.
Make autonomous decisions as often as you can. I tell you, every reasonable boss will always appreciate it if you take the initiative to solve smaller problems on your own without waiting for them.
3. Go the extra mile
Successful individuals are those who do extraordinary things. They become top players in their various industries because they decide to move from the ordinary set of people who do ordinary things. They rather choose to add extra efforts in order to stand out.
Gone are the days when just showing up for work was enough to get by in the workplace. Today, the secret to being a top player at work involves not only showing up on time but also staying busy and producing results regularly.
This doesn’t mean you should not create time to socialise in the workplace. Rather you should not allow those periods of socialization to take the better part of your day while you are at work.
You should come up with a to-do list for every day and aim to cross each item off of the list.
Staying off social media while at the workplace is also a form of going the extra mile in order to eliminate all forms of distractions.
4. Acquire more knowledge
The day you stop learning is the day you start dying. Top players are continuous learners.
To be a top player at your workplace, you need to begin to see the need to learn new skills or deepen your expertise.
You don’t need to wait for the company before you improve your knowledge in your area of expertise.
Take online courses on the various innovations that are being introduced into your field, and attend conferences, webinars and workshops in a bid to sharpen your skillset.
You can even choose to learn skills that may not be directly related to your field but that can use in your field if known.
Whether you want a raise or a promotion, or you are looking ahead to your next job search, learning how to improve your performance and adding more skills and professional achievements to your resume is critical to getting ahead.
Being deliberate about acquiring more knowledge and skills on your job description and beyond will build you into a top player at your workplace.
5. Meet deadlines always
As a professional, one of the things you need to do to be a top player at your workplace is to ensure that you always meet deadlines.
The various targets and demands that are to be met at work in today’s workplaces require capable hands to handle. Not meeting deadlines at the workplace is detrimental not only to the workers but also to the company involved.
To be a top player, you need to try as much as possible to always meet deadlines. Learn effective time management and organisational skills.
Take pride in your job and always aim to deliver according to company standards (if not better).
The journey to the top is not a day journey, rather it is one of consistency and determination. Being a top player at your workplace or industry is quite possible. Remember, if you can conceive it, you can achieve it!
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PMS: Nigeria spends N6.5trn annually to subsidise 60 million litres daily supply ― NNPC
• Puts average subsidy per litre at N297
Barely 72 hours after the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) questioned the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) daily consumptions figures, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited on Sunday, said Nigeria spends an annual estimate of N6.5 trillion on the assumption of 60 million litres daily PMS supply.
This was even as it maintained its stance on 68million daily fuel supply.
The Company’s Spokesperson, Mallam Garba Deen Muhammad, in a statement issued in Abuja, said the average international market determined landing cost of the product in Q2 2022-“US$1,283/MT while the approved marketing and distribution cost of N46/litre.”
It stated that the combination of these cost elements translates to the retail pump price of N462/litre, an average subsidy of N297/litre.
While offering to submit itself for forensic audit of fuel supply and subsidy management, NNPC disclosed that between January and August 2022, the total volume of petrol imported into the country was 16.46 billion litres, which translates to an average supply of 68 million litres per day.
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“Similarly, import in the year 2021 was 22.35 billion litres, which translated to an average supply of 61 million litres per day,” the statement partly read.
According to figures quoted by the NNPC, the average daily evacuation (depot truck out) from January to August 2022, “stood at 67million litres per day as reported by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NWDPRA).
“While daily evacuation (depot loadouts) records of the NMDPRA do carry daily oscillation ranging from as low as four million litres to as high as 100 million litres per day.”
The company said the rising crude oil prices and PMS supply costs above PPPRA (now NMDPRA) cap had caused oil marketing companies’ withdrawal from PMS import since the fourth quarter of 2017.
“In the light of these challenges, NNPC has remained the supplier of last resort and continues to transparently report the monthly PMS cost under-recoveries to the relevant authorities,” it stated.
In view of this, it promised to ensure compliance with existing governance framework that requires the participation of relevant government agencies in all PMS discharge operations, “including Nigerian Ports Authority, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Nigerian Navy, Nigeria Customs Service, NIMASA and all others.”
It, however, acknowledged the possibilities of criminal activities in the PMS supply and distribution value chain, pledging: “As a responsible business entity, NNPC will continue to engage and work with relevant agencies of the government to curtail smuggling of PMS and contain any other criminal activities.”
PMS: Nigeria spends N6.5trn annually to subsidise 60 million litres daily supply ― NNPC
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Separating one’s business finance from personal finance can be sometimes difficult, especially for small business owners. The reason for this is not far-fetched as some business owners are still trying to find stability.
As a business owner, it is important your business has more than one bank account because depending on your financial goals as a business owner, opening more than one account can help you stay on top of your business’s finances and help you stay more organised.
Also, having more than one business account lends more credibility to your company, offers extra incentives, and can also protect your finances.
You can open a number of bank accounts for your business based on the different purposes they are meant to serve.
Discussed in this article are 3 bank accounts every business should have.
1. Payment/transactions account
As a business owner there will always be a need for you to make payments for goods and services and also have clients make payments into the business for services rendered. It is important you create a specific bank account for this purpose alone.
Such that whenever you need to work on payments or other transactions in the business, you know you only have to focus on this bank account.
Using a single bank account for all of your business transactions and financing is not really advisable as doing this will only aid the lack of organisation of your business.
It will also make financial recording difficult since it will take you long hours and energy to distinguish between credit transactions, debit transactions and others.
To help you keep a tab of your transactions and maintain a good organisation of your financial transactions, it is important every business have a payment/transactions account.
You should visit your financial institution to know which type of account will work best for this purpose.
2. Savings account
A business without a savings account will in no time head for the ditch. As a business owner, one of the important accounts your business should have is a savings account.
We all are into one business or the other for the purpose of making a profit. So, how do you intend on keeping track of the profit you are making in your business without a savings account?
Opening a savings account for your business helps you to avoid mismanagement of your finance. A savings account helps inculcate financial discipline in you as a business owner since it will be known to you and your bank that that bank account is only meant for savings and nothing more.
Thus, you will be able to resist the urge to tamper with your savings or divert the saved amount for other use.
The level of savings you’re able to accumulate over time shows the level of your business performance. To keep a tab on your business performance and growth, keep a savings account.
3. Investment account
We oftentimes start a business with an end in mind. For some individuals, their business is not just meant to provide them with a source of livelihood, it is also meant to raise funds for an investment plan.
As a business owner, it is always advisable you have investment plans other than your business. This helps you to be financially secure and guarantees your financial stability in a country such as ours which is currently facing an economic downturn.
An investment bank account is the last account in this article that your business should have.
You don’t want to eat with your ten fingers or gather all your eggs in one basket, so, invest.
You can look for viable investments such as real estate, buying shares and others, make your due diligence and invest.
It wouldn’t be a bad idea if you have more streams of income or would it?
In all, there are different bank accounts in Nigerian financial institutions and it is best you speak to your financial advisor to know which of the bank accounts will be suitable for your transactions, savings and investments accounts.
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Senatorial candidate of Accord for Oyo South senatorial district in the 2023 general election, Kolapo Kola-Daisi, has said that youth empowerment which he said is crucial for economic emancipation and nation building will be his topmost priority if eventually elected.
He stated this recently while featuring as a guest on the maiden edition of ‘The Podium’ a forum constituted by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council, where political gladiators particularly candidates of political parties will be featuring to ex-ray the upcoming 2023 elections and showcase what they have in store for the masses.
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Kola-Daisi said that he ventured into politics to contribute to nation-building and give the much-desired quality representation to the youths.
“As far as I am concerned, we need to realise that as a nation, we need to start positioning our young people for the leadership of this country.
“I am into politics not only for myself, but to be an inspiration for young people.
“I hope when I get there, I will be able to be an inspiration to young people,” he said.
He also lamented the negative effects of the lingering industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on the youth population of the country, urging the government to quickly salvage the situation.
Kola-Daisi described the teaching profession as the most important profession in any country and should not be taken for granted.
“I am not saying that particular demands have to be met, but what we are saying is that we need to try and redirect a lot of our resources as a nation to start focusing on what is important.
“We need to look at this resource allocation and dedicate a lot more of our budget to help those children to be in school,” he stated.
The renowned banker said that the addition of the jobless youths with students who are not going to school would no doubt bring a lot of unrest to the nation.
“As a government, I think that it is high time we start looking at how we allocate resources when we do our budget.
“Find those things that are unnecessary and redirect them to ensuring that we keep our children in schools. Let them have an education.
“Let them have the best education. Let’s give our teachers also what they need to be able to teach our brothers and sisters the best,” he said.
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He said that such was the only way the students can graduate to contribute meaningfully to human capital development and nation-building.
He promised to ensure that his experience and professional prowess would be brought to bear in his activities as well as nation-building.
He noted that his target was to also ensure bills aimed at empowering youths in the country were adequately and quickly passed into law.
“I have experience in fundraising, I have experience in mentoring, I have experience in working with young people to help them achieve their goals.
“These are some of the things I plan to do when I begin to serve our constituents,” he said.
Kola-Daisi described Accord as the only progressive party in the state, saying that it had gradually grown to become the main force.
He explained that he alongside Chief Adebayo Adelabu, the party’s governorship candidate and others left APC due to a lack of fairness as well as internal democracy.
“The predominant party in Oyo State at the moment is Accord.
“Anybody who wants to participate on a fair, responsible, welcoming, open, progressive platform which does not discriminate on age, tribe, gender should come to Accord,” he said
In his remarks, Chairman, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council, Comrade Ademola Babalola, congratulated Kola-Daisi for being the first to appear on the new platform created by the NUJ ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections.
Babalola assured politicians that journalists in the state were for all the parties and candidates, adding that the platform was open to all.
“This platform is available to all candidates from the 18 registered political parties to showcase their manifesto irrespective of their gender and age,” he said. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/youth-empowerment-will-be-my-topmost-priority-if-elected-%E2%80%95-kola-daisi/ | 2022-09-04T23:34:15Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/youth-empowerment-will-be-my-topmost-priority-if-elected-%E2%80%95-kola-daisi/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ohio dad charged with murder after leaving 1-year-old son in 130-degree hot car: 'Deliberate act'
An Ohio teen dad has been charged with murder after police say he intentionally left his 1-year-old son in a car where temperatures exceeded 130 degrees Fahrenheit.
Landon Parrot, 19, has been charged with murder, two counts of endangering children and involuntary manslaughter and is currently held at Tuscarawas County Jail, New Philadelphia Police Chief Michael Goodwin said in a statement on Facebook on Friday.
At 2 p.m. on Thursday, New Philadelphia police were notified Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital that a 1-year-old child was brought into the emergency room by his father and was unresponsive.
During the initial investigation, detectives found "inconsistent information being given by the father," Goodwin said. As the investigation continued and evidence was collected, the father was confronted with the new information and confessed to detectives what had happened to his son.
EX-MIT RESEARCHER ARRESTED FOR YALE STUDENT'S MURDER AFTER MONTHS-LONG MANHUNT TO APPEAR IN COURT
"The child passed away after being left in the car unattended for approximately 5 hours, with an outside temperature of 87 degrees," the chief wrote. "During the interview it appears that this was not a matter of forgetting the child but was a deliberate act so as the child would not be a disturbance while in the house."
Surveillance video recorded across the street from the parents’ apartment showed Parrot with the child around 8:30 a.m., and he does not return until about 1:50 p.m. when he comes back to the car to pick up his wife from work, FOX 8 Cleveland reported.
"We estimate that would’ve made the interior of the car about 130 degrees and this child was in there strapped into a car seat with no fluids, no air conditioning, nothing," New Philadelphia Police Det. Capt. Ty Norris told the outlet. "Heartbreaking. It’s heartbreaking to see this unfold before your eyes."
Norris said that during a police interview, Parrot admitted to knowing the dangers of leaving children in hots cars from news reports but chose to do so anyway to avoid his son creating a disturbance in the apartment. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ohio-dad-charged-with-murder-after-leaving-1-year-old-son-in-130-degree-hot-car-deliberate-act | 2022-09-04T23:42:10Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ohio-dad-charged-with-murder-after-leaving-1-year-old-son-in-130-degree-hot-car-deliberate-act | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ANAHEIM — Tucker Davidson’s greatest accomplishment on Sunday was that he was still pitching in the seventh inning.
It certainly didn’t seem as if he’d make it that far after he gave up five runs in the second, but Davidson righted himself and pitched efficiently enough to at least save the bullpen in the Angels’ 9-1 loss to the Houston Astros.
“A lot of good moments for him,” manager Phil Nevin said. “The second obviously wasn’t.”
The second was enough to make it another disappointing performance from a pitcher trying to make a place for himself in the Angels’ future. Davidson ended up allowing seven earned runs in 6-1/3 innings. The 26-year-old left-hander has a 6.39 ERA in five starts since the Angels picked him up from the Atlanta Braves in the Raisel Iglesias trade a month ago.
“Flashes of really good,” Nevin said. “You see something there. A lot of potential. I like a stuff. To pitch into the seventh today was big, hot day like it was. I think each time out has been a learning experience for him. It’s gotten better.”
Davidson threw his first pitch on Sunday after noon with the temperate at 102 degrees, the sixth hottest game in Angel Stadium history.
The afternoon quickly went from simply too hot to hot and miserable for the Angels when Davidson needed 30 pitches to get three outs in the second.
He issued a leadoff walk to Trey Mancini, and then he hung a curve ball that Preston Tucker hammered 423 feet, beyond the right field fence.
Davidson gave up three more hits in the inning, and he also hit a batter. By the time it was over, the Astros had a 5-0 lead.
“When I gave up that homer in the second, it needs to stop there,” Davidson said. “That’s one of the things I need to continue to learn.”
Davidson retired 14 of the next 15 hitters, with just a walk interrupting the string. He was through six innings on 83 pitches. In the seventh, gave up a single to Dubon and a two-run homer to José Altuve, and his day was over.
The Angels have been trying to get Davidson to throw changeups. He threw 10 of them on Sunday. The Astros made contact on all four times that they swung. Three of them were outs and one was a foul ball.
“I threw some really good ones,” Davidson said. “Got a couple outs on it. It definitely shows (the hitters). The ability for me to throw it helps the slider and fastball out.”
Davidson also improved in his ability to throw strikes. He issued two walks and hit a batter, throwing 70 percent of his pitches for strikes. Coming into the game, Davidson had been averaging 7.1 walks per nine innings, and throwing strikes with 59 percent of his pitches.
While Davidson had a rough day, the Angels hitters did not give him any support.
Astros starter José Urquidy shut the Angels down on four hits over his seven innings.
The Angels had a brief moment when they had a chance to get back in the game, in the third. Andrew Velazquez drew a one-out walk, stole second and went to third on a Matt Duffy infield single. The Angels had runners at the corners for Mike Trout and Luis Rengifo, but each made an out on the first pitch.
Trout hit his 29th homer to put the Angels on the board in the eighth.
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REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — A series of stabbings in two communities in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan left 10 people dead and 15 wounded, authorities said Sunday. Police are looking for two suspects.
The stabbings took place in multiple locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, police said.
Rhonda Blackmore, the Assistant Commissioner of the RCMP Saskatchewan, said some of the victims appear to have been targeted by the suspects but others appear to have been attacked at random. She couldn't provide a motive.
"It is horrific what has occurred in our province today,” Blackmore said.
She said there are 13 crime scenes where either deceased or injured people were found. She urged the suspects to turn themselves in.
Police said the last information they had from the public was that the suspects were sighted in Saskatchewan's capital of Regina around lunchtime. There have been so sightings since.
“If in the Regina area, take precautions & consider sheltering in place. Do not leave a secure location. DO NOT APPROACH suspicious persons. Do not pick up hitch hikers. Report suspicious persons, emergencies or info to 9-1-1. Do not disclose police locations,” the RCMP said in a message on Twitter.
Doreen Lees, an 89-year grandmother from Weldon, said she and her daughter thought they saw one of the suspects when a car came barreling down her street early in the morning as her daughter was having coffee on her deck. Lees said a man approached them and said he was hurt and needed help.
But Lees said the man took off and ran after her daughter said she would call for help.
“He wouldn’t show his face. He had a big jacket over his face. We asked his name and he kind of mumbled his name twice and we still couldn’t get it,” she said. “He said his face was injured so bad he couldn’t show it.”
She said the man was by himself and "kind a little wobbly.”
“I followed him a little ways to see if he was going to be OK. My daughter said ‘Don’t follow him, get back here.’”
Weldon resident Diane Shier said she was in her garden Sunday morning when she noticed emergency crews a couple of blocks away.
Shier said her neighbor was killed. She did not want to identify the victim out of respect for his family.
"I am very upset because I lost a good neighbor,” she said.
The search for suspects was carried out as fans descended in Regina for a sold out annual Labor Day game between the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Regina Police Service said in a news release that with the help of Mounties, it was working on several fronts to locate and arrest the suspects and had "deployed additional resources for public safety throughout the city, including the football game at Mosaic Stadium.″
The alert first issued by Melfort, Saskatchewan RCMP about 7 a.m. was extended hours later to cover Manitoba and Alberta, as the two suspects remained at large.
Damien Sanderson, 31, was described as five feet seven inches tall and 155 pounds, and Myles Sanderson, 30, as six-foot-one and 200 pounds. Both have black hair and brown eyes and may be driving a black Nissan Rogue.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said multiple patients were being treated at several sites.
“A call for additional staff was issued to respond to the influx of casualties,” authority spokeswoman Anne Linemann said in an email.
Mark Oddan, a spokesman with STARS Air Ambulance, said two helicopters were dispatched from Saskatoon and another from Regina.
He said two carried patients to the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, while the third carried a patient to Royal University from a hospital in Melfort, a short distance southeast of Weldon.
Oddan said due to privacy laws, he could not disclose information about their ages, genders or conditions. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/stabbings-in-canada-kill-10-wound-15-suspects-at-large | 2022-09-05T00:16:55Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/stabbings-in-canada-kill-10-wound-15-suspects-at-large | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Shedeur Sanders completed his first 16 passes and threw for five touchdowns to lead Jackson State past Florida A&M 59-3 in the Orange Blossom Classic on Sunday.
Sanders completed 29 of 33 passes for 323 yards and the Jackson State defensive effort resulted in an interception return, fumble return and blocked punt for touchdowns.
Kev’Ric Wiggins returned an interception 35 yards for a 38-3 lead in the third quarter. After Sanders threw his fifth TD pass, Aubrey Miller Jr. returned a fumble 19 yards for a touchdown, then Anthony Petty had a block-6 on a punt for the game's final score.
Jackson State (1-0), the No. 17-ranked team in FCS, outgained Florida A&M (0-2) 471-155 and forced four turnovers.
Rattlers quarterback Jeremy Moussa was 11-of-30 passing for 102 yards with two interceptions.
Both teams faced unusual circumstances in the week leading up to the game.
The Tigers dealt with the water issues affecting their home in Jackson, Miss. Fox News reported on Sunday that 160,000 people in Jackson are without clean drinking water.
Florida A&M continues to be beset with eligibility problems related to NCAA procedures. The Rattlers had 26 players declared ineligible before their season opener against North Carolina and ESPN reported that eight players remained ineligible for Sunday’s game. | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/college-sports/famu/five-tds-from-sanders-3-defensive-scores-power-jackson-st-past-famu-at-orange-blossom-classic | 2022-09-05T00:17:02Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/college-sports/famu/five-tds-from-sanders-3-defensive-scores-power-jackson-st-past-famu-at-orange-blossom-classic | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The No. 10 Florida State soccer team (2-0-2) took down the University of Florida (2-4), 5-0, in Gainesville on Sunday night. With the win, FSU has now won each of the last five meetings, tying the longest winning streak in series history.
Florida State is now 47-16-10 on the road since 2013 and the Noles are unbeaten in their last 13 games, dating back to the last game of the regular season in 2021.
Florida State was the aggressor in the first half scoring one goal on nine shots, while the Gators only got off one shot. In the 12th minute, the Seminoles had a great chance on goal after a handball 19 yards out led to an indirect free kick. Jenna Nighswonger took the shot but hit the net's left side. Two minutes later in the 15th minute, the Noles had another good look, this one by Beata Olsson. Jody Brown made a run from the right side to the center of the field and slid a pass to Beata Olsson but the UF defense blocked her shot.
One minute later, Florida State would get on the scoreboard with Jenna Nighswongers' second goal of the season. Clara Robbins passed the ball to Olivia Garcia down the left side of the field. Garcia then would give it to Nighswonger at the top of the 18-yard box and she would one time it into the back of the net.
The Noles would get their second goal early in the second half. Olivia Garcia scored her first career goal in the 48th minute. Sophia Nguyen dropped it off to Jody Brown at the right side of the 18-yard box, Brown then crossed it across the face of the goal to Garcia who made it 2-0.
FSU expanded its lead in the 57th minute with Jody Brown’s first goal of the season. She received a pass from Nighswonger just inside the 18-yard box and snuck it right past the UF keeper, giving the Noles a 3-0 lead.
The lead grew to four in the 68th minute on a Florida own goal. Nguyen crossed the ball from the left side and a UF defender went to clear the pass but kicked it right into her own goal.
Beata Olsson capped things off in the 87th minute with her first goal of the season on a header that came off of a cross by Emma Bissell.
UP NEXT: Florida State is back at home on Thursday, September 8 to take on Florida Gulf Coast at 7 p.m. | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/college-sports/fsu/florida-state-womens-soccer-shuts-out-rival-florida-in-gainesville | 2022-09-05T00:17:08Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/college-sports/fsu/florida-state-womens-soccer-shuts-out-rival-florida-in-gainesville | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Tropical Storm Earl is moving slowly to the northwest Sunday evening, lingering about 100 miles to the north of the island of St. Thomas, with highest winds of 50 mph. The storm is forecast to start moving more to the north, and then northeast, through the week ahead, reducing storm effects in Puerto Rico and it stays over open waters of the western North Atlantic. It is forecast to intensify into a hurricane late this week.
Danielle, farther north, returned to hurricane strength Sunday. It will continue to slowly move, then go to the northeast at a faster rate later this week. It will avoid any land areas through the next five days.
A new disturbance reaching the waters near the Cape Verde Islands is being highlighted for long-range development this week without causing any short-term threats to land. If it becomes a tropical storm, it would take the name Fiona.
The nearby waters of the Gulf will feature increased atmospheric moisture late this week, but formal development of a tropical system is not expected at this point. | https://www.wtxl.com/weather/sunday-evening-first-to-know-tropics-check-09-04-2022 | 2022-09-05T00:17:14Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/weather/sunday-evening-first-to-know-tropics-check-09-04-2022 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK – They were chanting her name Sunday in Arthur Ashe Stadium, as Coco Gauff contemplated what would be her final service game.
“It feels insane,” she said later in an on-court interview.
Just wait until Tuesday’s quarterfinals.
The No.12-seeded Gauff was a 7-5, 7-5 winner over Zhang Shuai and will meet No.17 Caroline Garcia, who defeated Alison Riske-Amritraj 6-4, 6-1.
Gauff, only 18, is the youngest American woman to reach the quarters here since 2009. Melanie Oudin was 17.
Here are three thoughts on what these two Round of 16 winners need to do to continue their success.
Coco Gauff
Don’t act your age
The win over Zhang was a triumph of youth over experience. Gauff was the youngest player left in the draw – and Zhang, 33, was the oldest.
This was Zhang’s 41st major draw, 28 more than Gauff. And yet, the American teenager was more poised in the difficult moments. Zhang broke her first service game to take a 2-0 lead, and Gauff broke her right back with two resounding forehand winners. It happened again when Zhang took a 5-3 lead in the second set – and Gauff came back to win the last four games.
Zhang has been to two career major quarterfinals – one fewer than Gauff. The 18-year-old has reached the Round of 16 at all four majors but, instructively, this is Gauff's first quarterfinal that didn’t come at Roland Garros.
Coco ➡️ #USOpen Quarterfinals pic.twitter.com/dt79TzYLSI
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 4, 2022
Keep the ball in play
The numbers are pretty clear. Against Zhang, Gauff lost 13 more points than she won when rallies were confined to four strokes or less. When they went five or more, she was plus-19.
Garcia is an aggressive player, who likes to take big swings. Against Riske-Amritraj, she was standing inside the baseline for first serves and taking the ball as early as possible. She’ll be telling herself to be more patient against Gauff.
Gauff’s defense is so good that it sometimes hampers her offensive game. She recently said that she has to constantly remind herself to be more aggressive because she sometimes just rolls the ball back into the court and knows she’ll be able to track down the reply.
Serving for the match at 6-5, down 0-15, Gauff put on an incredible display of defense, sprinting from corner to corner and, eventually, compelling a weary Zhang to drop a volley into the net.
That needs to happen early and often against Garcia.
Coco for the break!
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 4, 2022
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Ride the wave
Gauff is unquestionably the darling of these massive crowds at the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center now that Serena Williams has headed off into retirement.
She jazzed up the Sunday crowd on Ashe with some pyrotechnics down the stretch, finishing with a swinging fist pump when Zhang’s last backhand found the net. Her excitement is contagious and, with another spirited, partisan crowd, she should use that in Tuesday’s match against Garcia.
With a chance to move into the Top 10 after the US Open, Gauff bears watching. Along with Garcia and No.1 Iga Swiatek, she’s among the favorites to win the title here. After reaching the French Open final earlier this year, she already knows what it feels like at the back end of a Grand Slam.
Caroline Garcia
Keep serving the lights out
She had another clean match against Riske-Amritraj, striking eight aces and winning all nine of her service games. Entering the US Open, Garcia was second among Hologic WTA Tour players in service games won (.798) and break points saved (.672). Her numbers at the US Open are even better – 33 of 35 (.943) and six of eight (.750).
Against Gauff – a speedy, relentless defender – free points could tip the balance. Garcia leads all women with 312 aces this year, 26 of them coming here. She had eight against Riske-Amritraj, which helped her escape breaks in several instances.
"She already have some experience with the final in Roland Garros," Garcia said. "She’s aggressive but maybe from a little bit farther [behiind the baseline] than I am. Big serve, huge serve, very powerful. Moving great. Very athletic."
Monopolize that momentum
Technically, only Liudmila Samsonova – winner of 13 straight matches – is playing better right now. Garcia has won 17 of her past 18 matches, and the quality of those victories is unsurpassed. In Cincinnati, she knocked out three Top 10 players (No.3 Maria Sakkari, No.7 Aryna Sabalenka, No.8 Jessica Pegula) on the way to the title. It was her first WTA 1000 win in five years.
Champions Corner: Garcia casts aside doubt to make history in Cincy
Since Wimbledon, the Frenchwoman has won 29 matches – the most on tour. She’s also won 12 straight matches, a streak that goes back to qualifying at Cincinnati.
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— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 4, 2022
Caroline Garcia is flying into the #USOpen quarterfinals. pic.twitter.com/Cb4tOAeqA6
Change the narrative – again
Coming into this US Open, Garcia had played in 41 previous Grand Slam singles tournaments – and reached a single quarterfinal, at Roland Garros in 2017. And so, Garcia, who was through to the Round of 16 here for the first time has created another career precedent. And a second career major quarterfinal.
By dramatically changing her attitude, Garcia has been less volatile on the court and far more consistent.
"I never played on Ashe [against] a big American player, so definitely going to be the first time,” Garcia said. “As a French player, I know that in Roland Garros, the crowd, it can be loud and everything. Obviously I know it’s going to be on the other way around.
“I’m really looking forward to it. It’s a great experience. I will get myself ready. I will have my little team behind me. That’s the most important, the people you care about who have been supporting you. I’m not going to complain to play Ashe against an American girl in quarterfinal."
It’s worth noting that she had lost all three previous matches versus Riske-Amritraj, including earlier this year in Nottingham, and turned that trend around on a dime. She was 3-5 against Petra Kvitova and had lost their two most recent matches – and then defeated her in the Cincinnati final 6-2, 6-4.
The reason we bring this up is that Gauff holds a 2-0 head-to-head advantage over Garcia. The victories both came in 2021, in Indian Wells and Doha. Although Gauff won four of five sets, two of them went to tiebreakers. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2781533/gauff-garcia-set-for-quarterfinal-clash-at-us-open | 2022-09-05T00:18:29Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2781533/gauff-garcia-set-for-quarterfinal-clash-at-us-open | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Exodus Place in Grand Rapids kicked off its “Boot-Up” campaign Thursday which aims to make sure people struggling with homelessness have the proper winter footwear.
The organization provides a transitional program for men who want to stay off the streets permanently.
As Exodus Place continues to work toward this goal, the president, Robb Munger, says they continue to see more people each year who are still wearing flipflops and tennis shoes during the winter months.
That sparked the compassion project “Boot-Up.”
“I’ve just watched too many people lose their toes. I’ve watched them die,” Munger explained to FOX 17.
The organization’s goal this year is to provide at least 400 pairs of boots to men and women struggling with homelessness.
Munger says that equals out to about $8-$10,000.
“You don’t have to make a huge donation, so don’t feel, you know, people don’t need to feel like they need to donate $100, you know. If they donated $10 that’s great. It just helps get us closer to that goal of being able to provide the boots for everybody,” he added.
Exodus Place is accepting monetary donations, along with new and gently used boot donations, through the end of 2022.
If you are able and willing to donate to the Boot-Up campaign, click here. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/boot-up-campaign-kicks-off-giving-winter-boots-to-those-struggling-with-homelessness | 2022-09-05T00:24:45Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/boot-up-campaign-kicks-off-giving-winter-boots-to-those-struggling-with-homelessness | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DETROIT (WXYZ) — Angela Gardner says everyday, in her mind, she relives what Deangelo Martin put her through in June of 2019. Her heroic action that day landed him in front of a judge where he faces a potential 45 to 70 year prison sentence that she says is a step closer to some form of closure.
“I’m very happy with it, and then I’m not. Ya know, I think he should have more time," Gardner told 7 Action News.
She said she has nightmares and takes medication for the trauma. The 54-year-old said she and her husband who has health challenges have been struggling to make ends meet and have turned to crowdfunding for help.
“I hate to look at (Martin's) face. It makes me sick to my stomach. It really do. I’ma be honest with you. I wish I woulda killed him because he don’t deserve to be here," Gardner explained.
She survived an attack at the hands of the admitted serial killer. Authorities said Martin had raped and killed four women and sexually assaulted two others since early 2018.
Gardner said Martin grabbed her and she woke up in a vacant home where he raped her. During her testimony two months after the attack, she described swinging her blade with all her might as he choked her.
She told 7 Action News, “If I didn’t have that blade, I wouldn’t be here."
The prosecutor said Martin’s blood, his DNA, ended up on Gardner’s sweatpants. That evidence, Gardner fighting him off and escaping brought an end to Martin’s terror.
Friday, the now 37-year-old pleaded guilty in all six cases against him. Four for murder and two for sexual assault. Instead of a trial and a mandatory life sentence, the plea agreement has him facing 45 to 70 years in prison.
“I don’t want him to ever come back out. Even if he turn 90, he shouldn’t be able to come out," Gardner said.
If given that 45-year minimum and he behaves, Martin would be released in his early 80s. He's scheduled to be sentenced on October 6. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/survivor-of-admitted-serial-killer-shares-thoughts-on-plea-deal | 2022-09-05T00:24:51Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/survivor-of-admitted-serial-killer-shares-thoughts-on-plea-deal | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
REGINA, Saskatchewan — A series of stabbings at a First Nation community and at another town nearby in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan left 10 people dead and 15 wounded, Canadian police said Sunday as they searched for two suspects.
The stabbings took place in multiple locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, police said.
Rhonda Blackmore, the Assistant Commissioner of the RCMP Saskatchewan, said some of the victims appear to have been targeted by the suspects but others appear to have been attacked at random. She couldn't provide a motive.
"It is horrific what has occurred in our province today,” Blackmore said.
She said there are 13 crime scenes where either deceased or injured people were found. She urged the suspects to turn themselves in.
Blackmore said police began receiving reports before 6 a.m. of stabbings on the First Nation community. More reports of attacks quickly followed and by midday police issued a warning that a vehicle reportedly carrying the two suspects had been spotted in Regina.
Police said the last information they had from the public was that the suspects were sighted in Saskatchewan's capital of Regina around lunchtime. There have been so sightings since.
“If in the Regina area, take precautions & consider sheltering in place. Do not leave a secure location. DO NOT APPROACH suspicious persons. Do not pick up hitch hikers. Report suspicious persons, emergencies or info to 9-1-1. Do not disclose police locations,” the RCMP said in a message on Twitter.
Doreen Lees, an 89-year grandmother from Weldon, said she and her daughter thought they saw one of the suspects when a car came barreling down her street early in the morning as her daughter was having coffee on her deck. Lees said a man approached them and said he was hurt and needed help.
But Lees said the man took off and ran after her daughter said she would call for help.
“He wouldn’t show his face. He had a big jacket over his face. We asked his name and he kind of mumbled his name twice and we still couldn’t get it,” she said. “He said his face was injured so bad he couldn’t show it.”
She said the man was by himself and "kind a little wobbly.”
“I followed him a little ways to see if he was going to be OK. My daughter said ‘Don’t follow him, get back here.’”
Weldon resident Diane Shier said she was in her garden Sunday morning when she noticed emergency crews a couple of blocks away.
Shier said her neighbor was killed. She did not want to identify the victim out of respect for his family.
"I am very upset because I lost a good neighbor,” she said.
The search for suspects was carried out as fans descended in Regina for a sold out annual Labor Day game between the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Regina Police Service said in a news release that with the help of Mounties, it was working on several fronts to locate and arrest the suspects and had "deployed additional resources for public safety throughout the city, including the football game at Mosaic Stadium.″
The alert first issued by Melfort, Saskatchewan RCMP about 7 a.m. was extended hours later to cover Manitoba and Alberta, as the two suspects remained at large.
Damien Sanderson, 31, was described as five feet seven inches tall and 155 pounds, and Myles Sanderson, 30, as six-foot-one and 200 pounds. Both have black hair and brown eyes and may be driving a black Nissan Rogue.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said multiple patients were being treated at several sites.
“A call for additional staff was issued to respond to the influx of casualties,” authority spokeswoman Anne Linemann said in an email.
Mark Oddan, a spokesman with STARS Air Ambulance, said two helicopters were dispatched from Saskatoon and another from Regina.
He said two carried patients to the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, while the third carried a patient to Royal University from a hospital in Melfort, a short distance southeast of Weldon.
“The attacks in Saskatchewan today are horrific and heartbreaking. I’m thinking of those who have lost a loved one and of those who were injured,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted.
“We are closely monitoring the situation, and urge everyone to follow updates from local authorities. Thank you to all the brave first responders for their efforts on the ground.”
James Smith Cree Nation declared a state of emergency.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Energy problems plagued Ukraine and Europe as much of the Russian-occupied region that's home to a largely crippled nuclear power plant was reported temporarily in blackout Sunday.
Only one of six reactors at the Zaporizhzhia facility was connected to the electricity grid, and Russia’s main pipeline carrying natural gas to Germany remained shut down.
The fighting in Ukraine and related disputes over pipelines lie behind the electricity and natural gas shortfalls that have worsened as Russia's war in Ukraine, which began on Feb. 24, grinds on for a seventh month.
Both issues will take center stage this week. U.N. nuclear agency inspectors are scheduled to brief the Security Council on Tuesday about their inspection and safeguard visit to the Zaporizhzhia power plant. European Union energy ministers were slated to hold an emergency meeting Friday in Brussels to discuss the bloc’s electricity market, which European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said “is no longer operating.”
Much of the Zaporizhzhia region, including the key city of Melitopol, lost power Sunday.
But electricity was gradually being restored, said Vladimir Rogov, the head of the Russia-installed local administration in Enerhodar, the city where the nuclear power plant is located. To the southwest, power was also out in several parts of the port city of Kherson, according to Russia's Tass news agency. Rogov blamed the outages in both locations on damage to high-voltage power lines.
While Rogov said no new shelling of the area around the six-reactor Zaporizhzhia plant was reported Sunday, the effects of earlier strikes lingered.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Saturday that the plant was disconnected from its last main external power line and one reactor was disconnected because of grid restrictions. Another reactor was still operating and producing electricity for cooling and other essential safety functions at the site, as well as externally for households, factories and others through a reserve power line, the IAEA said.
Russian forces have held the Zaporizhzhia facility, Europe’s largest nuclear plant, since early March, with its Ukrainian staff continuing to operate it.
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said he will brief the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday on a mission he led to the plant last week. The 14-member delegation braved gunfire and artillery blasts to reach the plant last Thursday after months of negotiations to enable passage through the fighting's front lines.
Without blaming either warring side, Grossi said his big concerns are the plant’s physical integrity, its power supply and the staff's condition.
Europe's energy picture remained clouded by the war in Ukraine.
Just hours before Russian energy company Gazprom was due to resume natural gas deliveries to Germany through a major pipeline after a three-day stoppage, it announced Friday that it couldn’t do so until oil leaks in turbines are fixed.
That is the latest development in a saga in which Gazprom has advanced technical problems as the reason for reducing gas flows through Nord Stream 1 — explanations that German officials have rejected as a cover for a political power play. Dismissing Gazprom's latest rationale for the shutdown, Germany’s Siemens Energy — which manufactured turbines the pipeline uses —- said turbine leaks can be fixed while gas continues to flow through the pipeline.
Von der Leyen blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine for Europe's energy crisis. Before the EU energy ministers' meeting this coming Friday, she said electricity and natural gas prices should be decoupled and that she supports a price cap on Russian pipeline gas exported to Europe.
Natural gas is one of the main fuels used in electricity generation, and is a major source of Russia's income, along with oil exports.
On Ukraine's battlefield, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address Sunday, without providing specifics, that his country's forces had retaken control of two settlements in Ukraine's south and one in the separatist eastern Donetsk region.
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. On Saturday, a child was killed and five people were wounded in rocket attacks in the region, Gov. Vitaliy Kim said.
Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych didn't report injuries in the overnight attack, which he said also damaged residences. Mykolaiv, which is 30 kilometers (20 miles) upstream from the Black Sea on the Southern Bug River, 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 others were wounded in shelling in the region, Gov. 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. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/energy-problems-ukraine-europe/507-1db4de90-4af4-43a6-9c26-69f3a1c176e2 | 2022-09-05T00:25:55Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/energy-problems-ukraine-europe/507-1db4de90-4af4-43a6-9c26-69f3a1c176e2 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LOS ANGELES — “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has swung back on top of the box office during a holiday weekend where American theaters aimed to lure moviegoers with discounted $3 tickets.
The first “National Cinema Day” nationwide promotion became the highest-attended day of the year, drawing an estimated 8.1 million moviegoers on Saturday, according to The Cinema Foundation. The one-day event – offered on more than 30,000 screens and held in more than 3,000 theaters, including major chains AMC and Regal Cinemas – collected preliminary box office returns of $24.3 million, according to data firm Comscore.
National Cinema Day was intended to flood theaters with moviegoers during a Labor Day weekend, which is traditionally one of the slowest weekends in the industry. The promotion looked to prompt people to return in the fall, inspired by a sizzle reel of the upcoming films from major studios including Disney, Lionsgate, Sony and A24.
“This event outstripped our biggest expectations,” said Jackie Brenneman, president of the Cinema Foundation, a nonprofit arm of the National Association of Theater Owners, in a statement. “The idea of the day was to thank moviegoers for an amazing summer, and now we have to thank them for an amazing day.”
Some other countries have experimented with a similar day of cheap movie tickets, but Saturday’s promotion was the first of its kind on such a large scale in the U.S. Organizers of the National Cinema Day said the event could become an annual fixture.
“This proves that people love going to the theaters,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore. “Pricing is always a consideration.”
The top three performing movie titles for the day included Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” The Rock and Kevin Hart’s “DC League of Super Pets” and Brad Pitt’s “Bullet Train.” Another top draw was “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which recaptured the No. 1 box office spot for the weekend.
With never-seen footage, the re-release of the Sony and Marvel blockbuster superhero film starring Tom Holland and Zendaya brought in an estimated $6 million. “Top Gun” followed with $5.5 million, “Super Pets” garnered $5.45 million, “Bullet Train” pulled in $5.4 million and last week's top earner “The Invitation” grossed $4.7 million to round out the top five.
The re-release of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic “Jaws,” on big screens for the first time in 3D, nabbed the final spot among the weekend's top 10 performers.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” $6 million.
2. “Top Gun: Maverick,” $5.5 million.
3. “DC League of Super Pets,” $5.45 million.
4. “Bullet Train,” $5.4 million.
5. “The Invitation,” $4.7 million.
6. “Beast,” $3.6 million.
7. “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” $3.1 million.
8. “Thor: Love and Thunder,” $2.4 million.
9. “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero,” $2.4 million.
10. “Jaws” (1975), $2.3 million. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/spider-man-box-office-as-cinema-day-draws-millions/507-c4bbfd8c-d3e0-4557-9463-4cf294bb21a1 | 2022-09-05T00:26:02Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/spider-man-box-office-as-cinema-day-draws-millions/507-c4bbfd8c-d3e0-4557-9463-4cf294bb21a1 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Imagine being Ryan Blaney for a moment.
You’ve been top-five in points since the sixth race of the season, yet somehow, some way, you have to sweat it out all the way until the waning laps of the regular season finale at Daytona – Race 26.
Welcome to NASCAR in 2022.
Blaney – like everyone else – had to wait out a 3-plus hour rain delay last Sunday while relying on his crew to keep his car in raceable condition after an early wreck.
For much of the day, the ever-consistent Blaney found himself behind fellow winless driver Martin Truex Jr. in points as a result of his wreck, and making matters worse, Austin Dillon passed a train of cars to take the lead after a big wreck in a rain-soaked Turn 1 before NASCAR could display the yellow flag.
Not only did that give Dillon the 15th spot on the Playoff grid temporarily as he came into the race needing a win – it meant that Blaney was out of the Playoffs.
Talk about a precarious and unenviable position to be in with just 21 laps to go.
Fortunately for Blaney, NASCAR made the obvious decision to wait out the rain and restart the race when the skies cleared.
Because of the aforementioned wreck that propelled Dillon to the lead, several of the cars involved were unable to continue, allowing Blaney to pass enough of them when the race resumed that he wound up three points ahead of Truex when Dillon crossed under the checkered flag.
(By the way, Dillon made the race-winning move with three laps remaining, otherwise Austin Cindric may have won his second race of the season and Truex and Blaney both would’ve made the Playoffs anyway. Not much is simple about NASCAR anymore, folks.)
So, when the day was over in Daytona, Blaney left the track knowing the goal was accomplished, albeit with even more nervousness than he and his team had planned for.
While Blaney may have been the last car to earn a postseason berth, any objective fan would acknowledge that he shouldn’t have even been in that position to begin with. (I know, I know, “But he couldn’t even win one race. He deserved to miss the Playoffs!” or something like that.)
Wrong.
Blaney has been a model of consistency this season, and there’s still something to be said for that attribute.
Blaney was 212 points above Erik Jones – the proverbial cutline – heading into Daytona. 212!
But because of the new winner, Dillon, who himself had 275 fewer points than Blaney coming into Daytona, Blaney almost missed the Playoffs.
Regardless of how asinine I may think that is, the point is that Blaney clearly deserved to be in the Playoffs, and it isn’t crazy to view him as one of the favorites.
Which is why he is my pick to win the championship in November.
Let’s take a look at some numbers, shall we?
While he doesn’t (yet) have a win – unless of course you count the All-Star Race – Blaney finished third in the regular-season standings; earned five stage wins; 3 poles; eight top-fives; and 12 top-10s.
He has the fourth best average finish in the garage, and the second best average running position. Blaney has also been outside the top-10 in points on just one occasion the entire season – way back after Race 3.
Blaney has led 417 laps this season to boot, but perhaps the most important factor working in his favor? Second through 16th on the Playoff grid are separated by only 20 points (Blaney is tied for sixth with 2013 points).
Traditionally we have seen two or three drivers with a hoard of Playoff points, followed by two or three with slightly fewer, and then the bottom 10 or so have practically none in comparison.
That simply isn’t the case with the advent of the Next Gen car and parity in the sport. This to me means that consistency is precisely what is needed to separate oneself from the pack in these Playoffs.
Enter Blaney.
In the opening round of the Playoffs, it wouldn’t surprise anyone to see him win at Bristol, a track he’s led 484 laps in 12 career races.
In the Playoffs’ second-round tracks, Blaney has an All-Star victory at Texas, two career wins at Talladega, and a win in the inaugural edition of the Charlotte ROVAL race in 2018.
The third round of the Playoffs sees two of Blaney’s best tracks: Las Vegas (eight career top-10s) and the season’s penultimate race at Martinsville (six top-fives and 377 laps led in 13 races).
For the forgetful, the championship race is once again at Phoenix Raceway. What are Blaney’s stats there, you ask?
In the last seven races in the desert, Blaney has four top-fives and 306 laps led. Just this season, he started on pole, won a stage and led 143 laps. While he hasn’t yet claimed victory there, Blaney and crew have a tremendous notebook from which to build come November.
What a storybook ending it would be for Blaney – who assuredly had thoughts of what-if-I-miss-the-Playoffs just a week ago – to ride his consistency through the Playoffs to his first Cup championship.
I for one expect it to happen, and believe Blaney will propel himself to “Elite” level in NASCAR’s top series once and for all. | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72632-opinion-why-ryan-blaney-will-win-cup-championship-despite-being-the-last-driver-to-make-the-playoffs | 2022-09-05T00:35:07Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72632-opinion-why-ryan-blaney-will-win-cup-championship-despite-being-the-last-driver-to-make-the-playoffs | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Sunday, September 4 auto racing event at the Du Quoin State Fair has been postponed due to wet track conditions caused by heavy rainfall the previous 24 hours. The ARCA Menards Series will now run the Rust-Oleum Automotive 100 on Monday as part of a tripleheader with the USAC Silver Crown Series and DIRTcar Modifieds.
Track crews and Du Quoin State Fair officials started rolling the track Sunday morning in hopes of getting the race in on Sunday night. After several hours of rolling heavy equipment on the track, it was decided that the surface was not going to firm enough for racing Sunday night.
Fans at the Du Quoin State Fair on Labor Day Monday will now see USAC Silver Crown and DIRTcar Modifieds as part of the early program with the Modified feature at 12:30 and the Ted Horn 100 scheduled to take the green at 1:00 PM Central Time. The ARCA Menards Series will run the late afternoon/evening nightcap with feature action scheduled for 5:00.
Tickets from Saturday’s postponement can be used for the early show. Once the stands are cleared, fans can re-enter by using their Sunday ARCA tickets. Tickets will also be available at the gate upon arrival.
For full information, visit www.trackenterprises.com.
Full Du Quoin State Fairgrounds Monday Race Schedule
10:00 AM-10:45 AM-USAC Silver Crown Practice
11:00 AM – USAC Silver Crown Qualifying
11:45 AM – DIRTcar Modified Practice/Qualifying
12:30 PM – DIRTcar Modified Bill Oldani Memorial Feature
1:00 PM – USAC Silver Crown Ted Horn 100
3:30 PM-4:00 PM – ARCA Menards Series Practice/Qualifying
5:01 PM – ARCA Command To Start Engines
5:08 PM – ARCA Menards Series Rust-Oleum Automotive Finishes 100
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Canada police search for 2 men after 10 killed, 15 injured in stabbings
Canadian police said they're searching for two suspects after stabbing attacks across Saskatchewan province left 10 people dead and 15 others wounded on Sunday.
Driving the news: Rhonda Blackmore, the Assistant Commissioner of the RCMP Saskatchewan, said at a briefing that the stabbings occurred in 13 locations across James Smith Cree Nation and the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon.
Details: "We believe some of the victims have been targeted by the suspects, and others have been attacked randomly," Blackmore said.
- She noted that there "may be additional injured victims who transported themselves to various hospitals."
- Police named the suspects as Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30, whom they said who may be traveling in a black Nissan Rogue.
Meanwhile, the Saskatchewan Roughriders said in a statement that "additional members of law enforcement have been deployed across Mosaic Stadium and the surrounding area" for the CFL team's football game.
What they're saying: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted Sunday evening that he's "closely monitoring" the situation in Saskatchewan.
- "The attacks in Saskatchewan today are horrific and heartbreaking," he said. I’m thinking of those who have lost a loved one and of those who were injured,”
Editor's note: This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/04/canada-stabbings-10-killed-saskatchewan-province | 2022-09-05T00:39:16Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/04/canada-stabbings-10-killed-saskatchewan-province | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Lawmakers are scheduled to consider five draft trespass-related bills in mid-September. They include measures that would criminalize aerial photography of prisons, flying drones “into the immediate reaches” of airspace over private property, and crossing private property to collect antlers on public land.
The draft bill, Prohibiting drones over penal institutions, raises potential conflicts with the First Amendment, the bedrock constitutional clause guaranteeing free speech, an attorney with a national news photographers group said.
The bill states that no person shall “intentionally … [p]hotograph, surveil, broadcast or otherwise record a penal institution or correctional facility through the use of an unmanned aircraft system.” The person in charge of a prison could authorize photography.
The Joint Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider the draft measure during a two-day meeting Sept. 12-13 in Casper.
The committee has also scheduled discussion on the draft bill Trespass by Small Unmanned Aircraft. It would make it a crime to cause a drone to “enter into the immediate reaches of the airspace over … private property” when such action interferes with “use and enjoyment of the land.”
Another bill appears to address the issue of trespassing to collect antlers. A fourth bill would add drones to the list of aircraft that are illegal to use for hunting. Yet another draft bill would expunge a data-trespass statute that’s been ruled by courts to be unconstitutional.
The committee continues its charge by the Legislature’s leadership to investigate trespass issues before the next legislative session at the beginning of 2023. The meeting will address a slew of other matters from pedestrian safety, to homicide by vehicle, violence against healthcare workers, security in healthcare facilities and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. The discussions will be live-streamed through a link available on the Legislature’s website.
First Amendment
The draft bill prohibiting drones over prisons would not ban satellite imagery and various government operations. The bill also criminalizes the use of drones to deliver contraband.
“The bill as proposed, at least the section pertaining to photography, is constitutionally suspect,” said Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association. U.S. regulations on flying drones include prohibitions regarding flying over critical infrastructure, Osterreicher said.
The draft bill appears to go beyond that.
“They’re not actually saying you can’t fly over it, (they’re saying) you can’t photograph it, surveil it,” he said. Surveil is not defined in the bill and appears to include news photography, he said.
“I think there’s a problem here … which is to list photography” as an illegal act, Osterreicher said. An exemption for news gathering would probably bring the bill in line with constitutional requirements, he said.
Drone voyeurism
The draft bill criminalizing trespass by small, unmanned aircraft would set penalties of up to $750 and six months in jail for a violation.
A person would be guilty if he or she “causes a small unmanned aircraft to enter into the immediate reaches of the airspace over the private property of a landowner and the entry substantially interferes with the landowner’s or his authorized occupant’s use and enjoyment of the land.”
The measure addresses trespassing in airspace “over” private property, including the undefined “immediate reaches” of such airspace.
Whether crossing the airspace directly above private property is illegal is a matter that’s being contested in a civil case in federal court in a corner-crossing case involving hunters. They were criminally cited — and found not guilty — in Carbon County.
The separate and ongoing civil suit seeks to recover damages from the four Missouri men after they stepped from one piece of public U.S. Bureau of Land Management land to another at the common corner of two private parcels, all arranged in a checkerboard pattern of ownership.
The hunters did not set foot on private property. The owner of the private land, citing Wyoming law, claims that passing through the airspace directly above his ranch constituted trespass.
Hunting
Another draft trespass bill Prohibiting travel across private land for hunting purposes appears to revive a measure that Rep. Barry Crago, R-Buffalo, proposed during the last legislative session. The bill would amend Wyoming’s law that criminalizes the act of trespassing to hunt or to collect antlers.
Today, the law makes it illegal to “enter upon the private property of any person,” to hunt or collect antlers. The proposed amendment would change that language to make it illegal to enter upon “or travel through” such private property.
During the legislative session earlier this year, Crago said the measure he proposed was not intended to address corner crossing. Instead, it was to make trespass enforcement uniform across the state.
Crago’s measure also was designed to deter trespassing antler hunters who might collect antlers on public land after crossing private land without permission. In such instances antler hunters might find antlers that are worth much more than the maximum $1,000 fine. The existing law also provides for a six-month sentence.
Crago sought to deter antler hunting by including a provision in his House Bill 103 — Prohibit travel across private land for hunting purposes — that would have made antler hunters forfeit their booty. But his measure did not advance in the 2022 session.
A couple of other draft bills also seek to address hunting and trespass issues. One would add drones to the list of aircraft prohibited for hunting. The other would repeal elements of the state’s troubled data trespass laws that courts found unconstitutional.
WyoFile participated as a witness in that court challenge. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/lawmakers-aim-high-draft-bill-asks-a-legislative-committee-to-address-drones-over-penal-institutions/article_e72e4e0e-2ae7-11ed-a72c-378bcd361e88.html | 2022-09-05T00:42:21Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/lawmakers-aim-high-draft-bill-asks-a-legislative-committee-to-address-drones-over-penal-institutions/article_e72e4e0e-2ae7-11ed-a72c-378bcd361e88.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE propensity of some unscrupulous and misguided Nigerians for violence and the waning respect for the sanctity of human life in the country are really disturbing. Over the flimsiest of excuses, it is common to see or hear of hapless citizens being tortured, maimed and/or killed extra-judicially. If it is not over differences in religious beliefs, ethnic and economic issues or varying political persuasions, it could be because of mere superstition like the instant case of torturing and killing of two old widows over allegations of witchcraft in Ebbaken community in Boje, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. The two aged widows, Mrs Martina Osom and Mrs Rose Akom, were accused of initiating a member of the community into witchcraft. And for this unestablished allegation, they were tied up in the rain and beaten for a whole day.
Allegations of witchcraft and unlawful/bizarre punishment of the accused are not alien to Cross River State and its neighbour, Akwa Ibom State. Indeed, this variant of allegation that largely borders on superstition has ruled and ruined Cross River for ages. Many Nigerians cannot forget in a hurry the gory picture of a young malnourished child rescued by a white woman in the state years ago. The child had been accused of witchcraft and left to die of starvation. Is Cross River an ungoverned space? Are there no security agencies in the state? How did the perpetrators of this ugly incident have a field day without state intervention? How and why should non-state actors be allowed to impose their own version of justice that culminated in capital punishment for the two aged widows over allegations of witchcraft that carries a sentence of two years’ jail term under the extant laws? Is it not evident that a regime of impunity has provided an incentive for the perpetrators to continue to indulge in this dastardly act?
And more significantly, the fact that the accusers of the hapless widows also doubled as the jury that pronounced and administered the uncivilised punishment that led to the unlawful killing of the women after a whole day’s torture in the rains should be a cause for concern for the government and all Nigerians regarding the dangerous proclivity for some people to take the law into their own hands. The persistence of mob and irrational justice in the land in spite of the assumed presence of government is really frightening.
It bears stressing that it is one of the cardinal duties of the government to assure and guarantee ordered human existence and living on the basis of due processes of regulations and laws and devoid of arbitrary usurpation of power by any segment of the society. However, the treatment meted out to the two widows is a testament to the literal victory of the rule of the mob over the rule of law. When people continue to act outside of accepted rules and norms with impunity, it can only mean that there is a breakdown of law and order, and that is the most crucial condition for a slide into anarchy. Unfortunately, this is apparently the setting in Cross River State where there has been a persistence of barbaric actions against those tagged as witches and wizards. Sadly, there are many recorded instances of such specious allegations of witchcraft which in any modern society is seen as a contraption in the minds of some people because it is never something that can be easily proved or demonstrated logically for others.
Without doubt, there is a custom and cultural background to this recurring savagery against people accused of witchcraft in many communities in Cross River State. And it is time such culture and belief system yielded ground to modernity and the rule of law. No decent society permits a descent into a mindless orgy of mob action on the basis of such unprovable allegations without the government standing up in a strong manner to decisively punish the deviation. The state must strongly discourage the proclivity for self-help by ensuring that breaches of the laws and citizens’ rights are curtailed and the offenders punished according to the law.
To be sure, the law is capable of redressing the offence of witchcraft as provided for in sections 216 and 210 of the criminal and penal codes respectively. However, individuals are not guilty based on mere accusation of being witches as it is commonplace in Cross River State in particular, and Nigeria in general. They must by their statements or actions admit to having powers of witchcraft. In other words, self-confession is crucial to establishing an accusation of witchcraft under the extant laws, and it is the law and not the mob that punishes offenders. The government is, therefore, enjoined to sit up and apprehend this descent into anarchy in Cross River State and use the current episode to put a firm stop to the slide. Specifically, those responsible for the death of the two aged widows should be fished out and adequately punished, with the punishment receiving adequate publicity, so that all would learn not to continue to indulge in or allow the perpetration of mob punishment and justice in any part of Nigeria again.
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BENTON COUNTY, Wash.-
For two nights in a row the Benton County Sheriff's Office has successfully found two cars reported stolen.
On September 2 and 3, deputies from one stolen car from Kennewick. The other was stolen from Yakima County.
According to the Facebook post, deputies didn't arrest anyone in either case. Both vehicle, however, have been returned to their owners. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/benton-county-sheriffs-office-deputies-find-two-missing-cars-over-the-weekend/article_26176384-2ca1-11ed-b627-23e954185526.html | 2022-09-05T00:46:03Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/benton-county-sheriffs-office-deputies-find-two-missing-cars-over-the-weekend/article_26176384-2ca1-11ed-b627-23e954185526.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PASCO, Wash.-
Growing and selling culinary mushrooms is a hobby for the owner of Columbia Basin Shroomery, Darrell Wise.
Wise said he has been growing his mushroom business for the past two years. Now he is selling 500 pounds of mushrooms a month to local restaurants and to people in the Tri-Cities.
The business started in 2020 after a fascination with mushrooms began around seven years ago.
"It started as a hobby it still is in hobby mode for me... I still work for another company out at Hanford and I do this on Friday Saturday Sunday when time allows," Wise said.
He also sells what he grows at the Three Eyed Fish Farmers Market in Richland, and some customers keep coming back for more
Farmers Market Customer Jimia Cain said, "it's excellent, in fact I check on Facebook to make sure they're here because this is kind of one of the main reasons that we come to this farmers market."
Matt McGowan owner and chef of Dovetail Joint Restaurant has worked with the Shroomery for the last two years.
At the restaurant mushrooms are ingredients in dishes like mushroom tacos, and pizza.
McGowan said "people really like it and it is a very good meat substitute, accepts flavors very well and it has it's own inherent backbone of flavor."
He also said with the Shroomery so close the mushrooms he gets are fresher and faster than some that he could get from outside of the Tri-Cities
According to McGowan customers notice a difference in the mushrooms he serves.
"They're enjoying them because it's not just button mushrooms or cremini mushrooms or portobellos or things that they see at the store all the time all wrapped in plastic and aren't particularly delicious because they're an industrial product," he said.
Wise grows lion's mane, blue oyster, king oyster, chestnut, maitake, and shitake, with some easier to grow depending on the season.
When asked what to do with the mushrooms, Wise recommends using them in Stir Fry and and sautéing them with butter and garlic. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/how-columbia-basin-shroomery-grows-mushrooms/article_53baa444-2c9d-11ed-8448-9f82cfd0cc2d.html | 2022-09-05T00:46:09Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/how-columbia-basin-shroomery-grows-mushrooms/article_53baa444-2c9d-11ed-8448-9f82cfd0cc2d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Equity index futures are trading on Globex despite the long weekend holiday in the US and Canda.
They are all close to flat, ES is up a touch, after a little weakness on the open.
If you missed it earlier, I posted Globex hours this long weekend, in summary: | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-equity-index-futures-near-flat-in-sunday-evening-chicago-time-trade-20220904/ | 2022-09-05T01:03:19Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-equity-index-futures-near-flat-in-sunday-evening-chicago-time-trade-20220904/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Equity index futures are trading on Globex despite the long weekend holiday in the US and Canda.
They are all close to flat, ES is up a touch, after a little weakness on the open.
If you missed it earlier, I posted Globex hours this long weekend, in summary: | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-equity-index-futures-near-flat-in-sunday-evening-chicago-time-trade-20220904/ | 2022-09-05T01:03:19Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-equity-index-futures-near-flat-in-sunday-evening-chicago-time-trade-20220904/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KENT COUNTY, Del.- A woman's car was shot in a road rage incident late Saturday night in the Smyrna area.
Delaware State Police says that a 24-year-old Camden woman was driving northbound on S. Dupont Blvd. near Twin Willows Rd. in the Cheswold area, when a red SUV passed her on the shoulder just before midnight. The SUV then began slowing and stopping in front of the woman on the road. When she began to pass the SUV, her car was shot. The SUV then drove away from the scene toward an unknown destination.
The woman was not injured.
There is no make, model, or driver description for the red SUV that left the scene.
The Delaware State Police Troop 3 Criminal Investigations Unit continues to investigate this case. Troopers are asking anyone who witnessed this incident to please contact Detective P. Campbell by calling 302-698-8504. Information may also be provided by contacting Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or via the internet at www.delawarecrimestoppers.com. | https://www.wboc.com/news/car-shot-in-road-rage-incident-near-smyrna/article_de8f9d3c-2c88-11ed-83c9-6fc2bab1d76e.html | 2022-09-05T01:07:37Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/car-shot-in-road-rage-incident-near-smyrna/article_de8f9d3c-2c88-11ed-83c9-6fc2bab1d76e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MAGNOLIA, Del.- A Dover man was shot leaving a party in the Magnolia area early Sunday morning.
Delaware State Police say that a 37-year-old man was leaving a party on the 100 block of Orange St., just before 1:30 a.m., when he was shot in his lower extremity by an unknown person.
He was taken to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Police say when they arrived, several cars and pedestrians were leaving the area.
There is no description of the suspect. The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation.
The Delaware State Police Troop 3 Criminal Investigations Unit continues to investigate this case. Troopers are asking anyone who witnessed this incident to please contact Detective P. Campbell by calling 302-698-8504. Information may also be provided by contacting Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or via the internet at www.delawarecrimestoppers.com. | https://www.wboc.com/news/dover-man-shot-leaving-magnolia-party/article_f4707534-2c8a-11ed-bf17-1fad95566d05.html | 2022-09-05T01:07:43Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/dover-man-shot-leaving-magnolia-party/article_f4707534-2c8a-11ed-bf17-1fad95566d05.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A person has been hit by a train between Tonbridge and Ashford International stations.
Emergency services were called to the train line following the incident late on Sunday evening. Rail services have been disrupted and, while lines have now reopened, trains may still be cancelled, delayed or diverted until 3am on Monday.
The electric current has been switched back on and trains are now able to move.
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Trains are now able to run towards Ashford International but have been delayed because of the line closure. Passengers for Paddock Wood are asked to speak with staff or use the help point for assistance.
A Southeastern spokesman said: "Services towards Ashford have resumed after a person was hit by a train between Tonbridge and Ashford International earlier. There are delays to the last trains because of the previous line closure."
The individual's condition is not known at this time.
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For more stories from where you live, visit InYourArea. | https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/person-hit-train-between-tonbridge-7545975 | 2022-09-05T01:31:07Z | kentlive.news | control | https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/person-hit-train-between-tonbridge-7545975 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
2 suspects wanted after 10 dead, 15 injured in stabbing spree across Saskatchewan, Canada
A series of stabbings at an Indigenous community and at another town nearby in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan left 10 people dead and 15 wounded, Canadian police said Sunday as they searched for two suspects.
The stabbings took place in multiple locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, police said.
Rhonda Blackmore, the Assistant Commissioner of the RCMP Saskatchewan, said some of the victims appear to have been targeted by the suspects but others appear to have been attacked at random. She couldn’t provide a motive.
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"It is horrific what has occurred in our province today," Blackmore said.
She said there are 13 crime scenes where either deceased or injured people were found. She urged the suspects to turn themselves in.
Blackmore said police began receiving reports before 6 a.m. of stabbings on the First Nation community. More reports of attacks quickly followed and by midday police issued a warning that a vehicle reportedly carrying the two suspects had been spotted in Regina.
Police said the last information they had from the public was that the suspects were sighted there around lunchtime. There have been no sightings since.
"If in the Regina area, take precautions & consider sheltering in place. Do not leave a secure location. DO NOT APPROACH suspicious persons. Do not pick up hitch hikers. Report suspicious persons, emergencies or info to 9-1-1. Do not disclose police locations," the RCMP said in a message on Twitter.
Doreen Lees, an 89-year grandmother from Weldon, said she and her daughter thought they saw one of the suspects when a car came barreling down her street early in the morning as her daughter was having coffee on her deck. Lees said a man approached them and said he was hurt and needed help.
But Lees said the man took off and ran after her daughter said she would call for help.
"He wouldn’t show his face. He had a big jacket over his face. We asked his name and he kind of mumbled his name twice and we still couldn’t get it," she said. "He said his face was injured so bad he couldn’t show it."
She said the man was by himself and "kind of a little wobbly."
"I followed him a little ways to see if he was going to be OK. My daughter said ‘Don’t follow him, get back here.’"
Weldon resident Diane Shier said she was in her garden Sunday morning when she noticed emergency crews a couple of blocks away.
Shier said her neighbor was killed. She did not want to identify the victim out of respect for his family.
"I am very upset because I lost a good neighbor," she said.
The search for suspects was carried out as fans descended in Regina for a sold out annual Labor Day game between the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Regina Police Service said in a news release that with the help of Mounties, it was working on several fronts to locate and arrest the suspects and had "deployed additional resources for public safety throughout the city, including the football game at Mosaic Stadium.″
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The alert first issued by Melfort, Saskatchewan RCMP about 7 a.m. was extended hours later to cover Manitoba and Alberta, as the two suspects remained at large.
Damien Sanderson, 31, was described as five feet seven inches tall and 155 pounds, and Myles Sanderson, 30, as six-foot-one and 200 pounds. They may be driving a black vehicle.
Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers issued a wanted list last May that included Myles, writing that he was "unlawfully at large."
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said multiple patients were being treated at several sites.
"A call for additional staff was issued to respond to the influx of casualties," authority spokeswoman Anne Linemann said in an email.
Mark Oddan, a spokesman with STARS Air Ambulance, said two helicopters were dispatched from Saskatoon and another from Regina.
He said two carried patients to the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, while the third carried a patient to Royal University from a hospital in Melfort, a short distance southeast of Weldon.
"The attacks in Saskatchewan today are horrific and heartbreaking. I’m thinking of those who have lost a loved one and of those who were injured," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted.
"We are closely monitoring the situation, and urge everyone to follow updates from local authorities. Thank you to all the brave first responders for their efforts on the ground."
James Smith Cree Nation declared a state of emergency.
Associated Press journalist Rob Gillies in Toronto contributed to this report. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/canada-stabbing-spree-saskatchewan-multiple-dead-hospitalized | 2022-09-05T01:32:12Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/canada-stabbing-spree-saskatchewan-multiple-dead-hospitalized | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
More migrants arrive in Chicago, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot says they'll be welcomed
CHICAGO - More immigrants arrived in Chicago on Sunday afternoon, less than a week after Texas sent dozens of people on two buses to Chicago.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said he will continue bussing migrants to sanctuary cities like Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C. until the federal government "does its job and secures the border."
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Chicago is happy to have new residents, but that it's ridiculous that Abbott is treating human beings as pawns.
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"My frustration comes from the actions of the governor of Texas. There could be a level of coordination and cooperation, but he chooses to do none of those things. Instead, he chooses to send human beings across the country to an uncertain destination," Lightfoot said on Sunday. "That's unacceptable."
On Wednesday, after the first round arrived, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said immigrants are welcome in Chicago, and that the city will work to help them find shelter, jobs and schools. She repeated that message on Sunday.
"We are a welcoming city. We are always going to step up and do the right thing to make sure that migrants coming into our city are well received, that they're supported," she said. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/more-migrants-immigrants-chicago-texas-mayor-lightfoot-governor-abbott | 2022-09-05T01:32:18Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/more-migrants-immigrants-chicago-texas-mayor-lightfoot-governor-abbott | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THOUSAND OAKS – Can the Rams win the Super Bowl again?
I say they can. They say, “Defend the what now?” Or put them under oath and it’ll be: “I do not recall.”
Because the first rule of the Super Bowl Champions Club is… you do not talk about your Super Bowl championship.
You don’t wear your ring around. Don’t rock your team’s championship merch. And most definitely, don’t mention it.
When the New England Patriots opened training camp in 2019 trying to become the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champs since they did it back in 2004-05, coach Bill Belichick basically rejected a question about it: “I’m thinking about trying to have a good day today.”
Kansas City coach Andy Reid stuck to the script the next year when he was asked about a flag going up to commemorate the Chiefs’ Super Bowl LIV win: “We’ve tried to focus the best we can on just going forward.”
Last fall, when reigning champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers reconvened with the target on their backs, Coach Bruce Arians said flatly: “It’s over. That’s last year.”
Assuredly, Rams coach Sean McVay got the memo.
“We’ve moved on,” he said again after practice Friday, which was like Monday to the Rams, because they kick off their season – and, shhh, their Super Bowl championship defense – against Buffalo on Thursday.
“It feels,” McVay added, “like it was a long time ago.”
Or as veteran linebacker Leonard Floyd estimated: “A million years ago.”
But for those of us who aren’t exercising selective amnesia, Feb. 13 wasn’t actually so long ago.
It will be just 207 days between the season opener and their 23-20 Super Bowl win on their home turf at SoFi Stadium. That victory, six years after the Rams relocated back to Southern California, cemented L.A. as NFL town again after it went 22 years without one of the league’s teams residing in the area.
On the field, it proved the old adage: Defense wins. Or, rather, defense – paired with a swashbuckling, big-moment QB like Matthew Stafford – wins a championship.
But championships?
Twice as tall a task. Title winners will have played the most games the previous season and partied hardest afterward. Rosters never remain intact. Every game against them will be circled by opponents. And however optimistic oddsmakers’ predictions might be, technically they have the same one-in-32 odds as everyone else.
So, no, the Rams aren’t trying to tempt football fate.
But I can.
The Rams will do it. They’ll do it again.
Consider the connection between Stafford and Cooper Kupp with the vice tightening late in the Super Bowl. Kupp got the ball five times on the final drive, including hauling in that jaw-dropping no-look pass. You can trace that whole sequence to the 500 extra hours Stafford and Kupp spent getting in sync about exactly those sorts of plays.
This angle of Matthew Stafford's no-look pass. 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/vwWRUsMekn
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) February 14, 2022
Now think how crisp the line will be between them when they get a whole ’nother season to talk this stuff over.
Also, Aaron Donald. He’s baaack. At peace with his career perhaps, the all-time defensive tackle remains keen for on-field conflict. If you think the dude swinging two helmets in a joint preseason practice is going to allow any sort of let down on the way to title No. 2, you might better duck.
Not that the Rams’ defense will need stoking. Yes, they lost eight-time Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller, who signed a more lucrative deal with the Buffalo Bills. That’s giving pundits and prognosticators pause when deciding whether to pick the Rams to repeat.
But Floyd – who said his ankles are 100% healthy after causing him so much pain last season – is fine with that. He knows his guys are hungry to prove what they can do without Miller.
“A whole lot of new faces gotta step up,” Floyd said Friday, while taking a breather from a post-practice weight session. “We’ve been doing a good job of training and putting ourselves in different situations to get ourselves ready, and I believe we’re ready for it.”
New faces, new year, new goal – even if it’s the same as last season’s.
After all, that’s the recipe the Patriots followed.
Christian Fauria, a tight end on the Patriots’ back-to-back title teams, recently recounted the scene when the Patriots showed back up for work after winning in 2004. He told ESPN that, on a white board, Belichick listed some recent Super Bowl champions and their results the following season, none of which included another title.
“He painted a really clear picture of how important it was to just let it go,” Fauria said. “How each year is independent of its own.”
So don’t tell the Rams, but they’re about to embark on a super season.
Seriously, though, don’t mention it to them, or it might mess it up.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Monday, the Big Bend Labor Chapter is holding a day of action supply drive.
They're collecting supplies for homeless veterans in our area.
Donations can be dropped off at the American Legion Hall.
That's on Lake Ella Drive in Tallahassee.
Last year, donors contributed more than $4,000 worth of supplies. | https://www.wtxl.com/community/big-bend-labor-chapter-to-host-labor-day-supply-drive | 2022-09-05T01:57:04Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/community/big-bend-labor-chapter-to-host-labor-day-supply-drive | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(WTXL) — High school football student-athletes from Thomasville, Maclay and Brooks County made the list for this week's ABC 27's Friday Night Overtime Play of the Week nominees.
Watch the video with this story to view the plays.
Voting for the play of the week begins Sunday, Sept. 4 and concludes Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 7 p.m.
You may vote as many times as you want.
The week's winner will be announced Thursday, Sept. 8. | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/abc27s-friday-night-overtime/friday-night-overtime-play-of-the-week-florida-week-2-georgia-week-3 | 2022-09-05T01:57:10Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/abc27s-friday-night-overtime/friday-night-overtime-play-of-the-week-florida-week-2-georgia-week-3 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 3, 2022) – Sailors conduct a live-fire exercise aboard the Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 3. Zumwalt is conducting underway operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jaimar Carson Bondurant)
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Rock Springs resident Corina (Cori) Lee is a local history enthusiast who investigates the lives of those who passed in our community and shares stories about them during her seasonal cemetery tours at the Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery. The final tour of the season takes place Friday, Sept. 9 at 4:30 p.m.
ROCK SPRINGS – History followers can go back in time during the last cemetery tour of the season.
The Rock Springs Cemetery Walking Tour takes place Friday, Sept. 9 at 4:30 p.m.
According to local history enthusiast Corina (Cori) Lee, it is the same tour she started with six years ago but with “a bit more robust.”
“I try to read at least one local-history book a year,” said Lee. “When I do, I make note of any stories of anyone that is buried in the cemetery. If I can find the grave, I usually include it in the tour.”
Last year, Lee read ‘Sweetwater Women’ by Christine Alethea Williams and Brigida R. Blasi. She included about six new stories from that for this year’s tours.
“For past tours, I tried to keep the tour to an hour but now I figure if people want to be on the tour, I will tell them the stories.”
June’s tour was about two hours.
Lee pointed out that this is the general cemetery tour so “it is all things local.”
“Not only is it about early citizens but I include a little bit of town and area history in it,” Lee explained. “The theme for this truly is Rock Springs.”
She added, “The only difference between noted and celebrated areas with vibrant histories and stories and our little community is documentation.”
“We may not have a popular or famous history but we still have some good stories that make us us.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/stories-that-shape-us-history-buffs-can-catch-last-cemetery-tour/article_285f334e-2cb3-11ed-9346-7f2eec263a59.html | 2022-09-05T02:15:59Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/stories-that-shape-us-history-buffs-can-catch-last-cemetery-tour/article_285f334e-2cb3-11ed-9346-7f2eec263a59.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In a medium saucepan, bring olive oil or vegan butter to a medium heat. Add onions, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper. Cook for about 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add vegetables and one cup of vegan broth to a blender or food processor and blend till smooth
Return to the pan and add remaining ingredients. Bring to a medium boil, stirring occasionally, till desired consistency. Salt and pepper to taste.
Main course:
Preheat oven to 425
On a sheet pan, place parchment paper
Peel carrots and potatoes. Cut ends of carrots and place on pan. Cut potatoes into chunks and place on the pan. Drizzle with olive oil. Top with one tablespoon of onion powder and a generous amount of salt and pepper. Coat evenly. Place in oven for 40 minutes, flipping halfway.
Drain jackfruit. On a sheet pan with parchment paper or small casserole dish, peel jackfruit into pieces. Add soy sauce, celery salt, garlic powder and one tablespoon of onion powder. Slice onion and garlic into thin strips. Mix with jackfruit and spread into a thin layer in pan. Top with olive oil, salt and pepper. Place in oven and cook for 20 minutes, stirring halfway.
Toss carrots and potatoes in fresh parsley. Serve dinner with brown gravy.
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The “Game of Thrones” spinoff “House of the Dragon” just introduced a villain worse than Joffrey or Ramsay Bolton – and it’s a cute little toddler.
[Warning: Spoilers ahead for Episode 3 of “House of the Dragon,” and for George R.R. Martin’s book “Fire & Blood.”]
The third episode of “House of the Dragon” introduces King Viserys (Paddy Considine) and his new wife Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey)’s baby boy: a toddler named Aegon. Although the second episode only just announced their marriage, this episode has skipped forward in time to where they’re already celebrating the boy’s second “name day,” or birthday. Aegon is Princess Rhaenyra’s (Milly Alcock) younger half-brother and although he’s just a little boy now, he’s going to grow up to be a horrible man.
[Once again, major spoilers ahead.]
These episodes are all a slow ramp-up of events that will lead to a brutal civil war between Rhaenyra and Aegon over who will succeed their father Viserys on the Iron Throne. Although the King has named Rhaenyra as his heir, traditionally the firstborn son is the heir. Everyone is already making noise about it in this episode, as the kid celebrates his second birthday.
The obnoxious Jason Lannister (Jefferson Hall) tells the King that if Rhaenyra married him, she would be well compensated for her “loss in station” from no longer being the king’s heir, since everyone is now assuming that title will now go to Aegon. Alicent and her dad, Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) have a conversation about it, too. “Would you have me raise my son to steal his own sister’s birthright?” she asks, while Otto proclaims that if the king’s firstborn son Aegon does not become king, that would “assail the laws of gods and men.”
So, Aegon will grow up surrounded by this rhetoric, feeling like the throne should belong to him instead of his older half-sister, Rhaenyra. And he’s got many supporters who agree that he should take his sister’s birthright.
There will be more time jumps in this show, so this toddler will ultimately age up and be played by Tom Glynn-Carney, a 27-year-old British actor known for “Dunkirk.” If you’re rooting for Rhaenyra to get the throne after she was named heir in the series premiere, bad news: he’s going to stand against her. And there’s going to be a lot of carnage along the way. (The carnage part is sort of obvious, considering how much blood is in the show’s opening title sequence.)
Some fans who are in the know are already hating this kid.
Luckily for Rhaenyra, she’s got some formidable allies in this fight. But so does Aegon. As the show goes on, all eyes will be on Daemon (Matt Smith), the hotheaded wildcard who is a formidable warrior, and on Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint), to see which side of the conflict they’ll land on.
The show has already been renewed for a Season 2. No matter how many seasons this story is stretched out for, it’s all leading to a slew of violence, death and tragedy – and it’s all Aegon’s fault for not accepting his half-sister Rhaenyra’s right to succeed her father on the Iron Throne.
So, this little toddler might seem like an ordinary cute kid in this episode … but soon enough, he’s going to be a villain who rivals even the odious Joffrey or Ramsay Bolton from “GoT,” and he’ll rip Westeros apart.
“House of the Dragon” airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/04/house-of-the-dragon-just-introduced-a-villain-worse-than-joffrey/ | 2022-09-05T02:21:50Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/04/house-of-the-dragon-just-introduced-a-villain-worse-than-joffrey/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The top-level Bed Bath & Beyond executive who apparently jumped off a Tribeca high rise was a well-regarded businessman whose career spanned across the globe before his sudden death on Friday.
Gustavo Arnal was hired by Bed Bath & Beyond in May 2020 and credited with helping get the New Jersey-based retail giant through the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said in a statement Sunday.
The exec came aboard as chief financial officer and executive vice president after “a distinguished global career in finance” that included working at several other well-known businesses,” the company stated Sunday.
Arnal came from cosmetic company Avon where he was also named the executive vice president and CFO starting in spring 2019, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier. He was at Walgreens Boots Alliance before that, serving as senior vice president and CFO of international divisions and global functions, the Business Courier said.
Both of those gigs were based in London.
But most of his career was at Procter & Gamble where he spent 20 years holding various positions and working with brand names including Pringles potato chips and Tide detergent.
The husband and father of two adult daughters was CFO of the company’s India, the Middle East and Africa business where he oversaw operations in more than 50 countries, the Cleveland Business Journal reported in May 2020.
When Arnal was announced as Bed Bath & Beyond’s newest hire, he said the company had to build “on the strong foundations of this business with a new, robust and sustainable business model,” the Cleveland Business Journal reported.
He also reportedly said he looked forward to working as a “catalyst for the cultural and financial change in the business.”
But the houseware company has struggled mightily recently and is expected to close 150 stores and terminate 20% of its workforce after an announcement about its restructuring came days before his death.
Arnal was also included in a recent lawsuit that accuses him, Chewy.com founder Ryan Cohen and others of artificially inflating the retail’s share price.
The class action was filed Aug. 23 in Washington, DC.
The company’s board of directors chairman Harriet Edelman said in part of his statement Sunday about the shocking death, “Our focus is on supporting his family and his team and our thoughts are with them during this sad and difficult time. Please join us in respecting the family’s privacy.”
Arnal graduated from Simón Bolívar University of Venezuela with a mechanical engineering degree and got his master’s degree in finance from the Metropolitan University of Caracas, the multilingual news site swissinfo.ch reported.
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UNION GAP — A fire which started on the roof caused significant damage to the El Porton restaurant in Union Gap on Sunday evening.
The fire was reported around 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the popular Mexican restaurant at 2512 Main St., Yakima Fire Department Deputy Chief Jeremy Rodriguez said.
Everyone was evacuated from the restaurant without injuries, Rodriguez said. A firefighter suffered mild heat exhaustion battling the blaze, he added.
Although Rodriguez said the fire started on the restaurant's roof, its cause was unknown on Sunday night and the blaze remains under investigation. It was put out by 6:15 p.m.
"I haven't been inside the building, but I would say there's a high probability (the restaurant) is a total loss," Rodriguez said at the scene Sunday evening. "We put a lot of water onto it."
Besides Yakima Fire, personnel from Union Gap, West Valley, Gleed, Selah and the Yakima Training Center responded to the fire. Two aerial water cannons subdued flames coming out of the roof, and firefighters in the parking lot on both sides of the restaurant used hoses to spray the building.
Witnesses said everyone escaped from the restaurant and there were no early reports of injuries.
Main Street was closed between Valley Mall Boulevard and Old Town Road for roughly two hours as fire personnel fought the fire and cleaned up afterward. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/fire-damages-el-porton-restaurant-in-union-gap/article_9c9c2b68-2cb3-11ed-9ab2-5f12e4474637.html | 2022-09-05T02:25:51Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/fire-damages-el-porton-restaurant-in-union-gap/article_9c9c2b68-2cb3-11ed-9ab2-5f12e4474637.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As we celebrate Labor Day, we may sometimes take for granted the benefits won by America’s labor movement, such as the fact that most of us have Monday off.
But the efforts to establish minimum wages, 40-hour work weeks, safe working conditions and paid time off came with more than a few physical confrontations between workers and management, and those management hired to protect its interests.
In the Yakima Valley, one of those confrontations was the “Battle at Congdon Orchards,” when farmers fought with members of the Industrial Workers of the World over the union’s efforts to get better wages and hours for agricultural workers.
The IWW, informally known as the “Wobblies” was organized in 1905. The IWW sought to represent all workers, skilled or unskilled. They were known for radical anti-capitalist politics and militant stances on labor issues.
One of their more famous members was Joe Hill, an organizer who wrote many of the IWW’s pro-labor songs. Hill was executed in the Utah State Penitentiary in 1915 for a murder most historians say he did not commit.
Hill’s regarded as a martyr by the IWW, who argue he was executed because of his labor activism among Utah’s silver miners.
In Washington, the Wobblies found success among the migrant workers who came to work in the fields and orchards. And they raised the hackles of the growers and ranchers, as well as the local governments.
In Yakima, Wobblies were arrested for violating a city ordinance requiring permits for public speeches in the downtown area, an ordinance that would be thrown out on constitutional grounds today.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, the Wobblies were seeking better wages for farmworkers. Men were working 10 hours a day for a dime an hour, or about $2.17 when you adjust it for inflation. Women were only required to work for eight hours, but they only received eight cents an hour — or $1.74 in today’s currency.
Agricultural Workers Industrial Union 110 sought to have all workers get 35 cents an hour — about $7.59 when adjusted for inflation — with everyone working an eight-hour day.
This campaign started with strikes in the hop fields of Moxee, which led to the arrests of some of the union leaders, who were released due to the work of Mark Litchman, an attorney retained by the IWW.
The arrests did not deter the labor organizers, who continued to push for better wages and hours. And the growers were ready to push back even harder.
“Like the vigilantes who brought law and order out of lawlessness in the California Gold Rush days of ’49, ranchers in five districts in the Lower Yakima Valley . . . are organized and ready to move at a moment’s notice to repel any invasion of labor agitators,” the Yakima Daily Republic reported in Aug. 15, 1933.
On Aug. 23, 1933, the union appointed a strike committee and renewed demands for an eight-hour work day, this time demanding 50 cents an hour — $10.84 in today’s currency. And if the demand was not met, the workers would go on strike the next day.
True to their word, the union deployed pickets in Selah and in Congdon Orchards in West Valley. Farmers, armed with clubs, pick handles and other weapons, approached the strikers, forcing them to move off the orchard property.
The Daily Republic’s account said the farmers asked the “agitators” to move on, while the union members said they had a right to be there and weren’t planning to make any trouble.
But at some point, someone threw the first blow. It’s not clear if it was a farmer or a laborer. But the battle began and the farmers, who outnumbered the union members by a 2-to-1 ratio, prevailed despite the workers’ efforts to defend themselves.
The farmers then marched their 67 captives downtown, where a stockade was erected to the south of the courthouse specifically to house the Wobblies.
Fifteen people were injured in the melee, including a farmer who had his skull broken.
The farmers received no penalties for their role in the fight. Instead, the authorities were on their side.
Sheriff’s chief criminal deputy H.T. Armstrong vowed that he would stop the labor unrest even if it meant putting barbed wire up around the county. National Guardsmen mounted a .30-caliber machine gun at the main intersection in Selah, as well as Yakima Avenue and Front Street.
Guardsmen with fixed bayonets also used tear gas to disperse a crowd on Front Street and banned all public meetings.
By December, Litchman and prosecutors reached a deal to end the situation. Twelve strikers would plead guilty to vagrancy and agree to not come back to the county for a year, while charges were dropped against the others if they agreed to not sue the county.
County officials made the deal because they didn’t want to deal with the expense of trying the union members in court.
The stockade remained in place, as a warning to other union organizers, until 1943 when it was finally dismantled.
A relic of the battle, a pick-handle club, was recently displayed at the Yakima Valley Museum. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/happened/it-happened-here-union-members-farmers-battle-at-congdon-orchards/article_20e706ec-2bb8-11ed-9a7f-57acdc61baf6.html | 2022-09-05T02:25:57Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/happened/it-happened-here-union-members-farmers-battle-at-congdon-orchards/article_20e706ec-2bb8-11ed-9a7f-57acdc61baf6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
RECENTLY, there has been rapid emergence of a dangerous, new psychoactive substance known as akuskura/kuskura, which is made of herbs laced with tobacco and cannabis and which is rapidly replacing controlled psychoactive substances, predominantly in the northern and South-West parts of Nigeria. When taken, the substance sometimes causes sudden, violent, irregular movement of the body and contraction of muscles. The name akuskura, sometimes known as kuskura or akurkura is derived from the Hausa word kuskura, which can be used interchangeably to mean gargling and rinsing. The substance, which is of different varieties, is used in both liquid and powdered form by people who mostly seek to raise their levels of psychological or nervous activity in the body, or put it in simple terms, get high. Akuskura came into the front pages of social and conventional media when the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted over 7,000 bottles of the illicit substance along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway slated for distribution across seven northern states of Borno, Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Zamfara, Gombe and Nasarawa.
Although the seizure is the biggest made so far, there were several arrests and seizures made by the agency in different parts of the country. Following the record-breaking seizure, the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), in a press briefing at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja on August 19th, made the announcement of the official ban of the psychoactive substance. She said the agency received a number of reports of the use of a herbal preparation known as kurkura, particularly in the country’s South West and Northern axis. The agency swung into action and carried out intelligence and enforcement actions. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), new psychoactive substances are “substances of abuse, either in a pure form or a preparation, that are not controlled by the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs or the 1971 Convention on Psychoactive Substances but which may pose a public health threat”. The term “new” does not necessarily refer to new inventions—several NPS were first synthesized decades ago—but to substances that have recently become available on the market.
As a new psychoactive substance, akuskura represents a serious threat to public health and poses a challenge to drug policy. The negative health impacts and social harms of NPS are frequently largely unexplored, which makes prevention and counseling extremely difficult. It is difficult to analyze and identify the many different chemicals that are simultaneously present in the drug. The above facts place people who take new psychoactive substances such as akuskura at a high risk. According to the UNODC, the use of NPS is often linked to health problems. In general, side effects of NPS range from seizures to agitation, aggression, and acute psychosis, as well as potential development of dependence. NPS users have frequently been hospitalized with severe intoxications. Many NPS have no or very limited safety data on their toxicity and carcinogenic potential, and information on long-term adverse effects or risks is still largely unknown. The purity and composition of products containing NPS are often unknown, which places users at high risk, as evidenced by hospital emergency admissions and deaths associated with NPS, often including cases of poly-substance use. Akuskura is largely distributed under the guise of herbs.
They are mostly retailed by local herbalists and Islamic chemists, to mention but a few. A kuskura wholesaler in Zaria city explained that the substance is originally meant for the treatment of headaches and catarrh and serves as a poster remedy against jinns and evil spirits. He says kuskura is also used as a sex enhancer among men. However, there is no scientific explanation for whether the substances are safe or can cure any form of sickness. This therefore drives home the fact that the substance has no established medicinal value. Despite its unsafe nature, akuskura is patronised by thousands of people in Nigeria. Maikudi Shaga, a 31-year-old Zaria-based mechanic, confessed in a newspaper interview that he was addicted to the substance, adding that he uses the liquid substance at least seven times a day and said it gives him the energy to work efficiently without being subjected to physical fatigue. Another user, Malam Adamu Mohammed,, who spoke in a media interview, said that he does not see Akuskura as an illicit substance and that is the notion held by many other users. He said he has been using it for more than a year now and it cures malaria, typhoid, pile headaches and increases his performance in bed. The spread of akuskura is undoubtedly aided by the fact that the substance is largely and ignorantly misconstrued as a medicine. A whole-seller in Zaria was quoted to have said he sells more than 300 bottles of akuskura in a day.
Another factor that aids the prevalence of kuskura is its affordable price. The substance is readily available in Islamic chemists’ and other local herbal centers at a very cheap price. With a bottle sold at the cost of N100 and sometimes a drip for N50, the akuskura is affordable even to a low-income earner. Thirdly, the substance gives both hallucinogenic and stimulant effects to its users. Hence, it is filling the void of controlled substances, which are now very scarce due to the surge of arrests and seizures by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). With a bottle of codeinesold between N7,000 And N25,000 and beyond, Akuskura offers substance abusers an easy alternative with just N100 or even less. However, the adverse effect of akuskura remains disturbing. Like all other illicit substances, akuskura gives a euphoric effect of being “high” for a certain period of time. However, there are health-threatening short and long time effects such as dissociation, violent episodes, psychotic episodes, compulsive desire to commit crime, aggression, perceptual distortion, hallucination and many others.
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa, (rtd) OFR, during a brief interview with the British Broadcasting Cooperation, BBC Hausa, said that the agency would continue to dismantle the clandestine factories behind the production of the illicit substance, adding that the recent seizure of over 7,000 bottles by the agency sends a warning to the peddlers of the illicit drug that the NDLEA will continue to deal with them within the ambit of the law. This should serve as a desist warning to the users and traffickers.
- Yola, Special Assistant to the Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), writes in via Isamahmud77@gmail.com
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People's Bank of China set the onshore yuan (CNY) reference rate for the trading session ahead.
USD/CNY is the onshore yuan. Its permitted to trade plus or minus 2% from this daily reference rate.
CNH is the offshore yuan. USD /CNH has no restrictions on its trading range.
A significantly stronger or weaker rate than expected is typically considered a signal from the PBOC.
The previous close was 6.9015
The reference rate is a good way from that estimate, the PBOC trying to slow the devaluation of the yuan. This is nine consecutive days now the Bank has held the CNY stronger than the estimate.
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PBOC injects 2 yuan via 7-day reverse repos (rate remains at 2.0%)
- 2bn yuan mature today
- thus a net neutral in OMOs today
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The euro (EUR) is the official currency of the European Union (EU) and 19 of 27 member states at the time of writing. It is the second most-traded currency worldwide in forex markets after the US dollar.The euro was originally introduced back on January 1, 1999, having replaced the European Currency Unit. Banknotes and physical euro coins subsequently entered circulation only in 2002.Upon its adoption, the euro replaced domestic currencies in participating EU member states. The rise in its value since then and importance in the global market has helped solidify its status as one of the most important currencies in the FX market today.Together with the USD, the currency pair is easily among the most important for forex, given its exposure into the two main economic blocs. What Factors Affects the EUR?There are several factors that affect the euro. Like most currencies, monetary policy is the most influential, which in this case refers to the European Central Bank (ECB).The ECB is responsible for regulating the monetary policy, money supply, interest rates, and relative strength of the euro. Forex traders of the euro are routinely tuned into any decision or announcements from the ECB for this reason.With 19 sovereign member states, the euro is particularly vulnerable to political developments. Recent examples include Greece’s debt crisis and Brexit, among others, which can seriously impact the euro.Finally, economic data from the bloc or from key member states such as Germany, France, Spain, and others are also closely eyed. This includes retail sales, jobless claims, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and others.
The euro (EUR) is the official currency of the European Union (EU) and 19 of 27 member states at the time of writing. It is the second most-traded currency worldwide in forex markets after the US dollar.The euro was originally introduced back on January 1, 1999, having replaced the European Currency Unit. Banknotes and physical euro coins subsequently entered circulation only in 2002.Upon its adoption, the euro replaced domestic currencies in participating EU member states. The rise in its value since then and importance in the global market has helped solidify its status as one of the most important currencies in the FX market today.Together with the USD, the currency pair is easily among the most important for forex, given its exposure into the two main economic blocs. What Factors Affects the EUR?There are several factors that affect the euro. Like most currencies, monetary policy is the most influential, which in this case refers to the European Central Bank (ECB).The ECB is responsible for regulating the monetary policy, money supply, interest rates, and relative strength of the euro. Forex traders of the euro are routinely tuned into any decision or announcements from the ECB for this reason.With 19 sovereign member states, the euro is particularly vulnerable to political developments. Recent examples include Greece’s debt crisis and Brexit, among others, which can seriously impact the euro.Finally, economic data from the bloc or from key member states such as Germany, France, Spain, and others are also closely eyed. This includes retail sales, jobless claims, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and others.
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Melbourne Institute Inflation monthly gauge.
- -0.5% m/m (prior +1.2%)
- +4.9% y/y (prior 5.4%)
- trimmed mean core inflation +0.1% m/m (prior +0.9%) and +5.9% y/y (prior + 3.9% y/y)
Falling fuel prices helped the headline decline. The higher core measure is still a cause for concern although +0.1% m/m is a slower growth than we've become accustomed to. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/australia-headline-monthly-inflation-gauge-05-mm-prior-12-but-core-higher-20220905/ | 2022-09-05T02:34:43Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/australia-headline-monthly-inflation-gauge-05-mm-prior-12-but-core-higher-20220905/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK -- Serena Williams was the focus on the court and in the interview room during Week 1 at the US Open. WTA Insider rounds up the best quips and insights from a week no one will ever forget.
A career unmatched: Serena's farewell to tennis
"It's pretty funny because I don't think a couple weeks ago, couple months ago, they were not thinking about me at all."
- Caroline Garcia, on being labeled a tournament favorite
"Well, it's a different situation obviously from last year. I know I could be safer than other players, for sure. But you never know. You could have six or five Anetts come up after at the end of the season."
- Ons Jabeur, who sits at No.2 on the Porsche Race to the WTA Finals Leaderboard, on trying to qualify for her first WTA Finals this year.
"The more tournaments I play, I feel like the more I can belong out there. That's a tough feeling to have, and to leave knowing the more you do it, the more you can shine. But it's time for me, you know, to evolve to the next thing."
- Serena Williams, after winning her opening round.
Serena Williams and a prophecy fulfilled
"I experienced loss to Ashleigh Barty in Melbourne 6-Love, 6-Love. I was like, It cannot be worse than that, even against Serena."
- Danka Kovinic, who lost 6-3, 6-3 in the first round to Serena Williams.
Q. In the first set, there was a serve, which was 128 miles an hour.
Coco Gauff: Wow (whistling).
Coco Gauff recalls the first time she ever met Serena Williams
"I also feel that not every player would handle that kind of fuss around your first match of the tournament. She's handling it pretty well, as usual. So that's just confirmation of how great she is.
"And the outfit also, pretty cool."
- Iga Swiatek on Serena Williams' opening round win.
"Three letters is W-I-N. That's it. Very simple."
- Venus Williams on what drives her at this stage of her career."
Venus and Serena: An unbreakable bond
I didn't even remember what I was thinking, to be honest. I think I was just, 'Oh, crap.'"
- Danielle Collins' reaction when she saw she drew Naomi Osaka in the first round.
Andrea Petkovic: "I was glad that it ended like this, with Belinda, somebody I love and respect so much.
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) August 30, 2022
"Also that I could bring to the last match everything that I brought to my career, which was grit and tenacity, and just respect for the game and for my opponents."#USOpen
"I mean, it's Serena. I think once you get to that status, you can do whatever you want. It's just up to us to look at something else, not at the montage."
- Ajla Tomljanovic on the montage that plays in the stadium before Serena Williams takes the court.
"I have heard that noise. Believe me, yep."
- Victoria Azarenka, who has faced Serena Williams in two US Open finals, on the noise on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Zhang Shuai has now made the 2nd week at all four majors.
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) September 4, 2022
Remember when she was 0-14 at the Slams?
"No one was badder than me."
Now she readies to face Coco Gauff, who said "I'm just happy that tennis has someone like her in the sport."
Read: https://t.co/cFuffEpMzJ pic.twitter.com/JIyvUeJ8Q7
"Well, you can call me whatever you like, yes. I know some people they call me 'Kingwen,' some people call me 'Queenwen,' 'Zheng Qinwen.' You call me whatever you feel comfortable, and if I know it's me, it's fine."
- Zheng Qinwen when asked how she would like people to address her.
Zheng Qinwen leads Chinese quartet making history at US Open
"When I see those picture, I feel really happy because when we play tennis, especially me, I know I make strange faces sometimes. I mean, not everybody can play like Roger with really calm face. I wish I can, but is so tough to be like that.
"When I see this picture and compared to tennis, of course you see is much more beautiful, absolutely, yes. But also in tennis, I enjoy the way how I am and to be a competitor on court is different beauty. Both are really good."
- Zheng Qinwen's reaction to her photo shoot in Harper's Bazaar China.
Serena: " I just feel like I have had a big red X on my back since I won the US Open in '99. It's been there my entire career, because I won my first Grand Slam early in my career.
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) September 1, 2022
But here it's different. I feel like I've already won, figuratively, mentally."#USOpen
"I'm zero surprised. I think she's playing like Serena plays: Strong and solid, just her game. I'm zero surprised. She's putting it together at the right moment. This is a last push, and I think we all see it that this is a last push because she's giving it all."
- Garbine Muguruza on Serena Williams' run through the first week.
"I think really it's helped me because I'm playing usually tournaments in all types of situations. You're playing every week. You're playing when you're tired. You're playing when you're feeling great. You're playing when maybe mentally something happened. I think it prepares you for every situation in a Slam."
- Coco Gauff on how the tour has prepared her for winning a Slam.
"Yeah, it's to shut my mouth. That's it. Yeah, when I start to speak on court, it's not going well."
- Caroline Garcia on the work she's doing with her team.
Collins: "I think as everybody knows, I've idolized Serena and Venus my whole life, they've been people I've really looked up to.
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) August 31, 2022
"This is such a big moment in our tennis history. I love how our sport celebrates our champions of the game."
"I think I'm definitely probably going to be karaoke-ing tomorrow."
- Serena Williams after her final match at the US Open.
"I mean, no one's going to pronounce my name right. That's going to suck."
- Ajla Tomljanovic when told she's now going to be the answer to a trivia question for years to come.
Inspired by Serena, Tomljanovic aims to 'dream bigger'
"I just can't believe like the era of Serena is kind of on the tennis court is over. I mean, it's just hard to picture tennis without her. Because all the achievements she had, she's paved the way for a lot of women, women of color, coming from Compton, there are just so many things she kind of checks off the boxes.
"Yeah, it's crazy that she's -- I don't know, it's just sad. Happy sad, but it's sad."
- Jessica Pegula on Serena Williams
"I mean, there's so many things to be remembered by. Like the fight. I'm such a fighter. I feel like I really brought something, and bring something, to tennis. The different looks, the fist pumps, the just crazy intensity. I think that obviously the passion I think is a really good word. Just continuing through ups and downs.
"I could go on and on. But I just honestly am so grateful that I had this moment and that I'm Serena."
- Serena Williams' last words in her final press conference. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2781586/the-best-quotes-from-the-us-open-s-first-week | 2022-09-05T02:40:02Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2781586/the-best-quotes-from-the-us-open-s-first-week | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KEVIN HARVICK, No. 4 Busch Light Ford Mustang – THAT LOOKED LIKE A SCARY FIRE. WHAT LED TO THAT? “I’m sure it’s just crappy parts on the race car like we’ve seen so many times. They haven’t fixed anything. It’s kind of like the safety stuff. We just let it keep going and keep going. The car started burning and as it burned the flames started coming through the dash. I ran a couple laps and then as the flame got bigger it started burning stuff up and I think right there you see all the brake fluid that was probably coming out the brakes and part of the brake line, but the fire was coming through the dash. What a disaster for no reason. We didn’t touch the wall. We didn’t touch a car and here we are in the pits with a burned up car and we can’t finish the race during the playoffs because of crappy ass parts.”
SO IT WASN’T AN ENGINE ISSUE ORIGINALLY? “No, I just stopped. The rocker was on fire for a couple laps. I just stopped because I couldn’t see anymore because the flames were coming through the dash and I couldn’t make myself sit in there and burn up.” | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72633-ford-performance-nascar-kevin-harvick-darlington-quotes | 2022-09-05T02:41:16Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72633-ford-performance-nascar-kevin-harvick-darlington-quotes | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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