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Security arrangement at Kuje Correctional facility was breached ― Aregbesola
•Says 65 security personnel on duty fully armed •106 inmates refused to leave after jailbreak, 28 inmates voluntarily returned •888 inmates including 64 terror suspects escaped ― Reps
The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola on Monday affirmed that the heavy security put in place at the Correctional Facility located at Kuje, Abuja was breached by the terrorists who invaded the facility on the 5th July, 2022 around 10 pm.
The Minister confirmed this at the National Assembly complex, Abuja, during the resumed investigative hearing into the Kuje Correctional facility, Abuja, held at the instance of the joint Committee on Security & Intelligence, Defence, Army and Police Affairs.
Aregbesola who read the report submitted to the Joint Committee, however, noted that the 65 security personnel comprising of 31 personnel of the Nigerian Army, five personnel of MOPOL 21; five personnel of MOPOL 50; two personnel of Counter Terrorism Unit of Nigeria Police, two personnel of Kuje Police Division; seven personnel of Nigerian Immigration Service; three personnel of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and 10 personnel of Correctional Armed Squad, deployed to secure the facility were adequately equipped.
He said: “The general state of insecurity in the country today calls for serious concern. In spite of the determined and sustained efforts of the government to curb the menace, there is a deliberate and determined attempt by those who are bent on criminal activities to erode the gains made in the last few years. Partially all the security challenges we have are inherited. None was caused or created by this administration.
“If you recall the country has suffered serious internal security challenges as a result of farmers/herders’ conflict, especially in the North Central geopolitical zones and in the North Western geopolitical zones. These challenges have negatively affected agricultural productivity. There are also several other issues that pose huge internal challenges to our internal security. We have kidnapping for ransom, Boko Haram, cultism, EndSARS, violent extremism, and separatist agitations.
“The Kuje attack that precipitated the jailbreak cannot be isolated from the general insecurity we have in Nigeria. What I attempted to do in the introduction is to lay the foundation for what we have. On the 5th of July around 10 pm, a huge number of elements that I believe to be terrorists of a particular brand came in large numbers to attack our facility.
“In that facility on that day, we had 31 military personnel stationed in Kuje to protect the facility. On the day of the invasion were 31 Military personnel of the Nigerian Army; five personnel of MOPOL 21; five personnel of MOPOL 50; two personnel of the Counter Terrorism Unit of Nigeria Police; two personnel of Kuje Police Division; seven personnel of Nigerian Immigration; three personnel of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps; 10 personnel of correctional armed squad.
“These 65 people were there for specific responsibility of resisting and preventing any attack. And they were all armed. Because of the presence of the pressmen here, I would not tell you the grades of arsenals in their possession, but they were well-armed.
“If we had a more exclusive arrangement, I would give you specific grades of equipment, military arsenals. Arsenals were positioned for the defence of the facility, however, in spite of everything, our arrangement of protection of Kuje failed and the facility was breached.
“On the night of the attack, Kuje accommodated 994 inmates out of which 64 were terror suspects, Boko Haram, ISWAP and others. 888 inmates escaped during the attack, among them were 554 awaiting trial persons. 71 were convicts, 36 were on death row and 17 were on life imprisonment.”
He however noted that: “106 refused to leave the facility during the attack, while 28 inmates who left the facility voluntarily returned between the 6th and 15th of July. As at the time this report was compiled on 16th August, 2022 and sent.”
Speaking earlier, Chairman, House Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Hon. Sha’aban Sharada affirmed a total of about 888 inmates including about 64 terror suspects escaped.
“Of grave concern is that the attack which lasted for several hours did not record any formidable resistance from the security personnel deployed to the facility nor was there an adequate response from the security agencies in the Federal Capital Territory despite the proximity of the Nigerian Air Force station at the International Airport with the scene of incidence.
“This situation is therefore very disturbing, embarrassing and also raises serious concerns about the efficiency and effectiveness of the entire national security architecture especially given the location of their headquarters in the FCT.
“Consequently, the House of Representatives on Thursday, 21st July 2022 passed a resolution to conduct this investigation with a view to investigating the causes of this embarrassing incident.
“The Joint Committee is also mandated to identify the extent to which appropriate authorities within the national security sector have played their roles in responding to this incident as well as to establish the extent of damage to the facility including the exact number of escapees and casualties recorded.”
According to him, the joint Committee during a visit to the Kuje Correctional facility for an on-the-spot assessment observed the devastating destruction of properties as well as all the key and vulnerable points situated in the Facility.
“Additionally, investigative hearings have also commenced in earnest with the appearance of the nation’s Intelligence agencies and other paramilitary agencies on Tuesday, 23rd August 2022.
“During the hearing, insightful briefs were received from the Directors-General of the Department of State Services, the National Intelligence Agency and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service,
“Further briefs were given by the Nigerian Civil Defence Corps and the Nigeria Immigration Service. Also in attendance were the representatives of the National Security Adviser and the National Park Service.
“I would like to assure you that members of this Joint Committee will not spare anything in order to trace the circumstances that led to this ugly incident while deliberate efforts would be made by us to ascertain the current security situation within and around the facility, measures put in place to safeguard the reoccurrence around the facility and other similar facilities around the country. We would also ensure the monitoring of measures put in place to protect lives and property of residents in the FCT and those of all Nigerians.”
After heated debate on the need to summon the Service Chiefs who failed to appear before the joint Committee despite the two invitations sent to them, the lawmakers unanimously reversed the motion to summon the Service Chiefs to appear on Thursday, 8th September, 2022. They however resolved to send a final invitation to the Minister of Defence, Police Affairs, Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of Air Staff and Chief of Defence Intelligence Agency.
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Delicious taste in an instant, Puly is changing the landscape of boba with its innovations
TAOYUAN, Taiwan, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Taiwan-based PULY CO., LTD. (Puly), the experts in instant tapioca pearls, are bringing their latest instant boba products to FHA Food & Beverage Asia Singapore and Fine Food Australia 2022 and ushering in the next wave of boba beverages.
FHA Food & Beverage Asia Singapore will take place from September 5 to 8 at the Singapore Expo, while Fine Food Australia 2022 happens during the same period at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. Puly can be found at Booth 4C2-07 and HI33, respectively.
Instant boba hits the spot
Instant boba has been recognized as the top winning product among the selection of common frozen foods by Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, with Puly's products bagging the Superior Taste Awards in 2020 and 2022 from the International Taste Institute in Brussels. "We feel honored and thrilled that frozen instant boba made in Taiwan is chosen as the top product amongst other popular frozen foods from around the world," said Ma Hsin-Tien, Chairman of Puly.
The company produces at least 400,000 instant boba packets a day. With reports forecasting the dominance of the bubble tea market due to its growing popularity among the young generation, the industry is anticipated to generate US$4.3 billion by 2027. The emergence of new flavors or blends in bubble tea also presents increasing demand among the young population in the coming years, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic triggering a change in consumer behavior of spending more on delicious drinks, the instant boba solutions provided by Puly will be highly sought after.
Puly's instant boba sensation
Puly's instant boba boasts several innovations and advantages that are sure to be a hit with consumers. Each packet is designed to pair perfectly with one cup of your favorite beverage, maintaining the highest safety and hygiene standards while remaining extraordinarily convenient and easy to use.
With no preservatives and two-year shelf life, Puly utilizes unique freezing technology to achieve bacteriostasis. This technique makes preservatives in traditional tapioca balls obsolete. Consumers can easily enjoy instant boba with 90 seconds of microwave heating or heat by water for 4 minutes, delivering a smoother and springy bite without the toughness or softening of the outer layer. added to drinks or desserts to enjoy anytime and anywhere. There are also 15 flavors to choose from, ranging from brown sugar to more unique tastes like taro or matcha, ensuring that everyone will have something to love about Puly's latest line of products.
Be sure to visit the Puly booth at FHA Food & Beverage Asia Singapore and Fine Food Australia 2022. Also, get ready to see more of Puly in the upcoming SIAL Paris that will take place from October 15 to 19 at Hall 8 B063-C5 and Taipei International Food Show 2022 in November to round up the year. These are great opportunities to get a taste for yourself and see why instant boba is taking over the world.
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San Diego Zoo Penguin Is Outfitted With Custom Boots to Help Him Get Around
A spinal injury caused Lucas to walk on what would be the human equivalent of his ankles. Now thanks to custom orthopedic boots, Lucas can more comfortably get around.
A penguin living at the San Diego Zoo has a new pep in his step thanks to the orthopedic boots that were customized for the aquatic birds so he could more comfortably get around.
Authorities at the San Diego Zoo first began considering that Lucas the penguin would need extra help to get around when he became sick a few years ago, Dr. Beth Bicknese, a senior veterinarian at the zoo explained.
“On C.T., we diagnosed disco spondylitis, which is an infection in the discs down the spinal cord, and the inflammation around those infections impacted the spine,” she said. “So, he is just weaker with his nerves and his muscle control. So instead of being up like a normal penguin, he's down flat on what would be like our ankles.”
Because of the disco spondylitis, Lucas had a bumblefoot.
“Bumblefoot is not an infrequent diagnosis in birds. It usually means the animal has either a skeletal or a neurologic problem in their bearing weight inappropriately, or if they were perching bird and had inappropriate types of perching to hold on to. But with Lucas's case, it's because he has the spinal injury that causes them to walk flatter,” Bicknese said.
Since receiving the therapy boots in June, Lucas’ waddle has improved. He can walk, swim, climb and fit in more seamlessly in the colony.
“He’s shown a much more normal gait walking on flat surfaces,” Bicknese said. “There’s no limping. There’s no favoring his left side anymore.”
Veterinarians at the zoo plan to continue monitoring Lucas to make sure he thrives.
“I'm so excited that we've been able to do this for Lucas. Lucas was one of the first birds that I raised here at San Diego Zoo,” said Debbie Denton, a San Diego Zoo senior wildlife care specialist. “So I've known him since he was an egg, and we are very attached to each other, so it warms my heart just to know that we've been able to do something to make him more comfortable, and to make him fit into the colony a little bit better.”
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Town Provides Over 300,000 Bottle Caps for 25-Year-Old Venezuela Artist’s Colorful Mural
The display was the concept of 25-year-old artist Oscar Olivares. He reached out on social media asking people from the town to bring no longer needed pieces of plastic for his eco-friendly idea.
An artist in Venezuela unveiled a mural made up of over 300,000 bottle caps that were sourced from locals who wanted to help create something beautiful.
Children and adult residents of Guatire have spent weeks participating in the unusual art project.
The brightly colored mural depicts two giant macaw birds and it’s made of plastic waste.
The display was the concept of 25-year-old artist Oscar Olivares. He reached out on social media asking people from the town to bring no longer needed pieces of plastic for his eco-friendly idea.
“I think it perfectly shows that although we’re surrounded by so many broken things, we can create something that works,” Olivares said.
The mural is a creative way to teach kids that “any type of plastic can become useful,” schoolteacher Osmara Aponte said.
“I think this is a nice initiative because it supports art and youngsters. Plus, it fosters recycling,” Aponte said.
"Many people are recycling for the first time in their lives thanks to this mural," Olivares said.
It’s his hope that this will be a lifelong habit those who have recycled for the first time continue to follow.
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Summer 2022 finishes as one of warmest seasons ever with records set across country
You don’t need a meteorologist to tell you it was hot during the past summer, but a preliminary review of temperatures shows the country is in the running for one of the hottest seasons ever on record.
Data from the Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC) showed the average temperature was around 74 °F, which is very near records set back during the summer of 2021 and the 1936 Dust Bowl.
A series of heatwaves across the country helped communities in all four regions reach and smash local, all-time records.
Cities that reported their all-time warmest summer included: Tampa; Salt Lake City; San Antonio, Texas; Newark, New Jersey; and Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Hundreds of other communities across nearly every state reported experiencing one of their top ten warmest summers on record.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is still reviewing data for the entire country and is expected to release its findings on September 9 on where the 2022 summer season ranks on the warm scale.
If the phrase ‘record heat’ sounds like a broken record, it is. If temperature readings for 2022 verify, it will mean the last three summers have all ranked in the top five for all-time warmest.
The summers of 2021, 1936, 2012, 2011 and 2020 hold the top five spots for warmest seasons ever.
According to NOAA, U.S. summers are growing warmer by a rate of 1.23 °F every century, meaning chances will only increase that future seasons will rank amongst some of the warmest ever.
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The only region that saw temporary relief from the summer’s extended heat was the Desert Southwest, where a significant monsoon season produced plenty of cloud cover and heavy rains.
The FOX Forecast Center said most of the cities that saw a cooler summer were impacted by plenty of moisture.
The same general patterns that impacted the lower 48 over the summer are expected to continue into fall.
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center believes the entire country is in store for a warm season that will have many wondering when relief from the heat will be on the way.
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It’s a homecoming for the new managing director of Arlington-based Synetic Theater.
Ben Cunis, who first began working as an actor and then administrator at Synetic more than 15 years ago, has been tapped to lead the administrative side of the organization, effective Sept. 1.
“Ben is one of the most influential members of the Synetic family,” said Synetic’s co-founder, artistic director and CEO Paata Tsikurishvili. “He brings vast experience in theater and film, as well as a broad institutional knowledge of Synetic, making him uniquely qualified to take the reins as the company’s managing director. We are so thrilled to welcome Ben back home.”
As managing director, Cunis will oversee Synetic Theater’s long-term development, fund-raising and institutional advancement, and related strategic priorities. He will report to Tsikurishvili work collaboratively with the staff and board of directors.
“Synetic is my artistic homeland, and it’s an honor to return with new perspective, experience and skills,” said Cunis, most recently a working filmmaker and educator at the University of Southern California. “Emerging from the pandemic years, we have the opportunity to rediscover a place of presence. For me, this time will be about reinvigorating our relationships, working hard on new art, growing new artists and forging ahead into new spaces in a spirit of imagination, inclusion, maturity and courage.”
The start of Cunis’ tenure coincides with the beginning of Synetic’s 2022-23 season, which opens Sept. 12 with “Host and Guest,” a reprise of one of the most lauded dramas in the company repertoire. (For information on the season, see the Website at www.synetictheater.org.)
Founded in 2001, Synetic emerged from the creative vision of its founders, the husband-and-wife team of Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili, Georgian artists who moved to the U.S. in the 1990s. The theater combines traditions of the Caucasus with distinctly American styles to tell classic stories through movement, music, technology and visual arts.
Based in Crystal City, Synetic produces four to five mainstage productions and two to three family-series productions per season, while also running an educational studio for children and adults, conducting community outreach programs, and touring family and mainstage productions and reaching more than 36,000 patrons annually.
Under the Tsikurishvilis’ leadership, Synetic has received a total of 143 Helen Hayes Award nominations and 34 awards, including for directing, choreography, acting, costume design, and best production, and trained a generation of theater artists who have gone on to major careers in film, television and theater.
Cunis first joined Synetic Theater in 2006 as a recent alumnus from the drama program at the Catholic University of America and spent 10 years working as an actor, fight choreographer, teacher, director of development, artistic associate, director and writer. He has received three Helen Hayes Awards for his work as a fight and action choreographer, along with additional awards as a part of the ensembles of “Twelfth Night,” “King Lear,” “Romeo and Juliet” and “Hamlet...The Rest is Silence.”
After working as the development associate for an organization in Maryland, Cunis in 2016 moved to Los Angeles to pursue a master of fine arts degree. At the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, he produced, directed, performed and stunt-coordinated on many films.
Cunis also co-founded the Virginia-based production company Granite Kiss Creative, and worked with Lunacy Productions’ Stu Pollard to create Trunacy, a non-profit dedicated to helping local independent filmmakers in Kentucky and the Midwest.
Cunis lives with his wife, Betsy Summers, who he met while she was stage managing at Synetic on Lilia Slavova’s “Nutcracker.” They have two children.
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McLean Project for the Arts will open its fall exhibition – “Continuum: Artists Teaching Artists” – on Sept. 16, with an opening reception slated for Sept. 22 and an artist talk planned for Oct. 13.
The exhibition includes the work of artists and educators from institutions of higher learning across the Washington region. Participating artists include David Carlson, Patrick Craig, Robert Devers, Kate Fitzpatrick, Helen Frederick, Janis Goodman, Rene Gower, Michael Janie, Maria Karametou, Steven Prince, John Ruppert, Foon Sham, Judy Southerland, Tim Tate, Erwin Timmers, Stephanie Williams, Sue Wrbican and Peter Winant.
“We are delighted to bring this group together as we celebrate 60 years of exhibitions at MPA,” said curator and artistic director Nancy Sausser.
“Each individual featured is both an amazingly accomplished artist and a beloved educator. ‘Continuum’ honors their important and continuing contributions to our vibrant arts community.”
For information, see the Website at https://mpaart.org.
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Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears will be the guest speaker at the NOVA Veterans Association's fourth annual partner and sponsor appreciation awards event Sept. 11 in Leesburg.
The event will be from 1 until 4 p.m. at Dodona Manor, the George C. Marshall House.
The event will honor veterans and first responders and those in the community who support them. It is free and open to public but registration is requested at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/387181750037.
Dr. Angela H. McConnell, president and founder of NOVA Veterans, said the organization's mission is vital. “We provide the one thing the elderly and underserved don’t have – equal access to the services they need. We have hundreds of resources for veterans in Virginia, but due to no fault of their own, many veterans cannot access. It is NOVA Veterans' job to be that bridge to access and make sure our most vulnerable, the elderly, the underserved and disabled, receive the services they need and deserve.” | https://www.insidenova.com/news/loudoun/lieutenant-governor-to-speak-at-nova-veterans-event-sept-11/article_a6e3df72-2d39-11ed-be32-6f0d3e9fdb32.html | 2022-09-05T19:48:59Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/news/loudoun/lieutenant-governor-to-speak-at-nova-veterans-event-sept-11/article_a6e3df72-2d39-11ed-be32-6f0d3e9fdb32.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
People will often travel far to see the rare celestial occurrence of a solar or lunar eclipse. But sometimes, the areas within the line of totality—where the eclipses are visible from Earth—aren’t very accessible because they aren’t actually on dry land. They’re out in the middle of a body of water. Enter: cruise ships.
Regardless of whether you’re a full-blown astronomer or just a casual observer of the cosmos, seeing an eclipse from a ship is bound to make any sailing even more sublime. Thankfully, several cruise ship lines have seized on the opportunity to provide passengers with this stellar opportunity and have incorporated the chance to spot an eclipse into their itineraries. Added bonus: They all take place in gorgeous destinations.
These forthcoming cruises all coincide with an eclipse.
Holland America Line’s Western Caribbean cruise in November 2022
Passengers on Holland America Line’s 7-Day Western Caribbean cruise, sailing from and returning to Ft. Lauderdale in Florida aboard the 2,666-passenger Nieuw Statendam, will be able to catch a total lunar eclipse while sailing between the Bahamas and Jamaica on November 8.
Following a day at Half Moon Cay, Holland America Line’s private island in the Bahama, and a day at sea, guests will have to get up early for the cosmic show.
The total lunar eclipse begins around 3 a.m. local time, with Earth’s shadow completely blocking the sun’s light at 5:59 a.m. local time.
From there, the ship will also visit Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Georgetown in the Cayman Islands, and Key West, Florida.
Ponant’s Eastern Indonesia cruise in April 2023
During a 16-day sailing to eastern Indonesia, East Timor, and the Kimberley region of Australia, French line Ponant’s 188-passenger Le Lapérouse will catch a total solar eclipse on April 20, 2023.
It’s one of only five total solar eclipses remaining worldwide this decade. For this special voyage, two Smithsonian experts (associate director of science at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Alex Young and historian Craig Benjamin) will be on hand to help guide guests’ viewing experience.
The sailing starts in Bali before cruising over to Komodo National Park for two days of searching for the park’s eponymous dragons. The following two days are about diving into the cultural and natural wonders of East Timor, like soaking up the Portuguese art scene of the capital, Dili, and snorkeling in the reefs of the Coral Triangle. After crossing the Timor Sea, cruisers will arrive in Wyndham, the northernmost town in Western Australia. Part of the Kimberley region, this area of Australia is often referred to as the “Antarctica of the tropics” because it is a vast and remote region with myriad waterfalls, white-sand beaches, thick mangrove forests, and the largest population of migrating humpback whales on the planet.
From there, Le Lapérouse will sail back into the Timor Sea to stage herself in a prime position for viewing the eclipse, which will take place from late morning to early afternoon on April 20.
Following the eclipse, the sailing continues for three more days in the Kimberley region, exploring Collier Bay, where the highlight is the world’s only horizontal waterfall. Sir David Attenborough described it as “one of the greatest wonders of the natural world.” The trip concludes in Broome, on the far north coast of Western Australia.
UnCruise Adventures’ Belize sailing in October 2023
Typically, UnCruise Adventures Belize itineraries depart on Saturdays in October and November for a seven-night cruise. But to coincide with the Annular Solar Eclipse on October 13, 2023, UnCruise is offering an extended eight-night sailing so guests can catch the eclipse early on October 14.
The cruise embarks from Belize City aboard the 66-passenger Safari Voyager, bound for Laughing Bird Cave National Park. That’s where guests will be able to watch the eclipse. From there, the ship will sail to Guatemala for two days of hiking in rain-forest parks, kayaking in the Rio Dulce, and exploring Livingston. On the final three full days, guests will sail back to Belize to visit Mayan ruins, kayak in Payne’s Creek National Park, and listen for the calls of crested guans and Amazon kingfishers on a trek within the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary. The trip concludes in Belize City, although there is the option to extend with hotel nights and cultural land tours to further explore Belize.
Aurora Expeditions’ Falklands and Antarctic cruise in October 2023
Antarctic sailings are incredible in their own right, but one of Aurora Expeditions’ Falklands~Malvinas and Antarctic Peninsula sailings in 2023 will coincide with a partial lunar eclipse.
The 16-day sailing aboard the 132-passenger Greg Mortimer technically starts in Santiago, Chile, with a welcome reception and prevoyage briefing, before a charter flight the following morning to Stanley, the capital of the Falklands. The itinerary for the next three days will involve looking for penguins and black-browed albatross colonies among the Falklands’ rugged coastline and rolling moorlands. Then two days will be at sea, crossing the infamous Drake Passage. It’s on the 28th that guests will have the opportunity to see the partial lunar eclipse.
Then it’s five days in Antarctica, where the landscape is almost lunar in its starkness, before turning around and heading to Ushuaia, Argentina, for debarkation. | https://www.afar.com/magazine/4-stellar-cruises-where-you-can-catch-an-eclipse | 2022-09-05T19:51:31Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/magazine/4-stellar-cruises-where-you-can-catch-an-eclipse | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A favorite summer hangout for residents of south-central Alaska—especially those from Anchorage, the region’s big city—Hope has a massive personality for such a tiny town. Turn onto Hope Highway from the Seward Highway, drive 16 miles, and then the fun begins. Summer in Hope officially kicks off with opening weekend at the Seaview Cafe & Bar, where some of Alaska’s best bands play. Daytime in Hope is for lazing about, shopping the local galleries, and exploring the tiny history museum—not to mention hiking, playing with dogs, biking, kayaking, or just tossing a Frisbee around. There are plenty of camping spots in town (for both tent campers and RVers), but some of the best ones are just up the road, at the Porcupine Campground. | https://www.afar.com/places/hope | 2022-09-05T19:51:37Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/places/hope | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
While Independence Mine State Historical Park is officially open only during the summer months, Alaskans know that the best time to check out the former mine buildings is after there’s plenty of snow on the ground. It’s a golden (pun intended) opportunity well worth exploring. Thanks to snowshoes or cross-country skis, the entire mine area becomes a giant playground. Skiers make loops around the mine buildings, picking up some serious speed on the downhill. Snowshoers have the run of the place; with 15 feet or more of snow in some spots, snowshoes are the safest way to wander. Walk right up to the building windows to take a look at the mine-era relics, including rusted food tins and plenty of tools. The best bit? The photo ops. The gray and red buildings make for quite the pretty pictures against a blue sky. | https://www.afar.com/places/independence-mine-state-historical-park-visitor-center | 2022-09-05T19:51:43Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/places/independence-mine-state-historical-park-visitor-center | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In recent years, in search of a way to revitalize their dying village, the Chilkat people of Klukwan (near Haines) built the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center. The center brought jobs back to Klukwan, providing good reason for people who had moved to Haines and beyond to take up residence in the village again. What’s been good for them is also very good for visitors. Though you can poke around on your own at Jilkaat Kwaan, you’ll learn more (and have loads more fun) if you sign on for a guided tour and culture camp. At culture camp you’ll learn about the art of fish drying, traditional dancing, Chilkat weaving, and more. Don’t skip the gift shop—you’ll want to see (and buy) the handmade crafts that local village members sell. | https://www.afar.com/places/jilkaat-kwaan-heritage-center | 2022-09-05T19:51:50Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/places/jilkaat-kwaan-heritage-center | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kodiak may be known for its oversize bear residents, but the furry beasts are not the only creatures worth watching out for here. The island is quite the spot for birders, whether arriving by foot or boat (preferably a kayak). More than 240 species of winged ones hang out on Kodiak, with an impressive 80 species wintering over. But for your best chance at an essential Alaska birding experience, find a way to get yourself onto a kayak or other boat, and head out for some puffin-watching. The little scamps fly so darned fast that it’s difficult to get a clear snap of them as they scoot on by—but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take your best shot! The other essential Alaskan bird outing? Eagle-watching. They’re all over the island. | https://www.afar.com/places/kodiak | 2022-09-05T19:51:56Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/places/kodiak | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
If you kayak or heli-ski or fish or just love little towns surrounded by mountains, head to Valdez. Unless you’re truly strapped for time, drive (and if you are strapped for time, maybe save Valdez for your next trip). The Richardson Highway, which stretches 366 miles from Fairbanks to Valdez, overflows with some of nature’s greatest hits. Think roadhouses where you can fill up on pancakes and conversation, the largest national park in America (Wrangell–St. Elias), easy access to Worthington Glacier, camping, and plenty of hiking opportunities. One of nature’s most elegant stretches is just outside of Valdez. As the water of Keystone Canyon’s waterfalls, including Horsetail and Bridal Veil, tumble down, shapes emerge and quickly disappear. The image will stick in your mind for years to come.
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Richardson Highway
If you kayak or heli-ski or fish or just love little towns surrounded by mountains, head to Valdez. Unless you’re truly strapped for time, drive (and if you are strapped for time, maybe save Valdez for your next trip). The Richardson Highway, which stretches 366 miles from Fairbanks to Valdez, overflows with some of nature’s greatest hits. Think roadhouses where you can fill up on pancakes and conversation, the largest national park in America (Wrangell–St. Elias), easy access to Worthington Glacier, camping, and plenty of hiking opportunities. One of nature’s most elegant stretches is just outside of Valdez. As the water of Keystone Canyon’s waterfalls, including Horsetail and Bridal Veil, tumble down, shapes emerge and quickly disappear. The image will stick in your mind for years to come.
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Upend your idea of what you thought you would do on a trip to Alaska. It’s not just bears and whales, you know. There’s plenty of sea life if you gaze down into the water. Sign on with Snorkel Alaska for an outing at Mountain Point, where the clear water makes it easy to see bright purple sea stars, red sea cucumbers, and other creatures of the not-so-deep. Beginners are more than welcome for the adventure. You’ll stay warm with the help of a thick wetsuit. Then the seasoned diving guides will help you walk backward into the water for your under-the-sea look-see. If you want to find out what the creatures feel like, ask a guide to help you out. | https://www.afar.com/places/snorkel-alaska | 2022-09-05T19:52:09Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/places/snorkel-alaska | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Located on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the Museum of the North houses 11 categories of collections, including archaeology, earth sciences and fine arts. Highlights range from the state’s most comprehensive display of gold, a 36,000-year-old mummified bison and Alaskan paintings and sculpture. The 1929 museum is also a resource for studies on climate change as well as other natural and cultural research.
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The Place You Go To Listen
Is there a place you can go to hear the music created by the earth, the air, and the heavens. There is. But you must journey to the interior of Alaska and visit the Museum of the North at The University of Alaska at Fairbanks. Composer John Luther Adams collaborated with a group of scientists to create The Place You Go To Listen, a room where colors and harmonics change with the outside world. The Museum’s website says “This ever-changing musical ecosystem gives voice to the rhythms of daylight and darkness, the phases of the moon, the seismic vibrations of the earth and the dance of the aurora borealis, in real time.” I visited The Place You Go To Listen in December. I did indeed listen. The colors were a mix of pink and purple. It was an almost hypnotic experience that drew me back for a second visit. The second time I went in, the quiet bells of aurora activity grew louder as the sun set outside.
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Richard Madeley's daughter Chloe has told of how her dad was presenting Good Morning Britain (GMB) while she was undergoing an emergency C-section to give birth to her baby daughter last month. She welcomed Bodhi Rae Georgia into the world along with rugby star husband James Haskell on August 10.
The new parents have spoken of their pride at the arrival of their daughter, although the birth did not go to plan. Nearly a month on, Chloe, 35, has shared details about the emergency C-section she went through following concerns about Bodhi's heart rate.
She said that although the birth was not plain sailing, she was grateful to the "compassionate, skilled, knowledgeable and experienced women" who had helped her welcome her first child into the world. Speaking to OK! magazine, she revealed how her dad was being kept up-to-date as he hosted GMB while she was undergoing the procedure.
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The presenter, 66, said he was getting texts all the time to update him on his daughter. Remarking to He said to his co-host Charlotte Hawkins: "It's all kicking off", and later sought comfort as he learned that Chloe would be having emergency surgery.
Chloe and James have been spending the first few weeks of Bodhi's life with Chloe's parents, Judy Finnigan and Richard, at their home. The new mum has described staying with her parents as a "blessing".
And she says Richard is proving to be a brilliant grandad, describing him as a "baby whisperer". She said: "Dad's been scooping Bodhi up and taking her upstairs in the mornings to my mum so she can have an hour-long cuddle, just them two, which I think is the sweetest thing in the world.
"They're really besotted and I'm so grateful we're staying with my parents during this time, it's just been so lovely. As soon as he starts talking to Bodhi, she just settles like an absolute dream. He's like the baby whisperer."
Sharing his feelings at his daughter's new child, Richard said: "We've felt very close to the baby, literally, and we now have that incredible sense of miracle where one minute she's been a huge bulge in our daughter's tummy and the next she's a real-life kicking, squealing human being."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Ohio enacted abortion access restrictions, tens of thousands of women in the state have registered to vote, making the Buckeye state one of the fastest-growing in the country in terms of new women voters.
Ohio Democrats and progressives are hopeful they can use the overturning of Roe v. Wade to mobilize those new voters.
As thousands protested across Ohio, many told News 5 they were going to register to vote. And they did. For women like Laila Shaikh, the newly-implemented abortion restriction in the state is why she is hitting the polls for the first time.
"That's something that's extremely personal, and it definitely did push me to go to the polls as a young woman, because you never know what type of situation you're going to be in," Shaikh said.
Shaikh is a Gen-Z voter who is ready to make her voice heard. According to data from Ohio's Secretary of State, she is one of nearly 90,000 people who registered to vote after the decision. This led her to vote in the August primary.
"Especially pushing me on being like, 'Hey, I should even register for the smaller elections, you know, not just the one that's coming up in November,'" she added.
A study done by the New York Times and verified by WEWS found a 6.4% increase in female voters from before the Dobbs leak to after the decision. This gives Ohio the second highest registration increase by women in the country.
But Lisa Stickan, the chair of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County, said she isn’t worried about the potential “blue wave” coming this year.
"The polling on what issues or sort of drivers have consistently reflected pocketbook issues — the economy, inflation, gas prices, and I think women voters aren't single-issue voters," Stickan said.
The state doesn't ask why people are registering, so assuming women are voting Democrat isn't fair, she added.
"In our last May primary in Ohio, it was almost 2 to 1 Republican turnout versus Democrat," she said. "I think that shows there is interest with the Republican Party."
Another point to add is that the data could be somewhat skewed. Ohio doesn’t list gender on voter registration data, so the New York Times calculated based on name, and subsequently, so did News 5.
With accounting for mistakes, WEWS saw a 5-8% increase in voters who were women.
When the Secretary of State's team was asked about the data, the office explained that sometimes the data is funky in regard to the registration date. Sometimes people registered much earlier than the written date, but because some counties are "lower-staffed," it may "take longer to put them into the system," it said.
Other times, people could have just moved and needed to re-register in their new county.
That being said, there is no denying there was an increase in women registering to vote in Ohio.
Kansas, arguably more conservative than Ohio, recently voted overwhelmingly to keep abortion legal. Before that ballot measure was voted on, registration by women increased by 15.9%, according to The Times.
"It definitely is an increase, and I think it's just going to go up from here," Shaikh said.
Unlike Kansas, Ohio doesn’t have a specific measure on abortion access. However, the lawmakers who will be elected can shape the state and the country in regard to reproductive healthcare law.
Morgan Trau at WEWS first reported this story. | https://www.katc.com/news/national-politics/ohio-sees-surge-in-women-registering-to-vote-after-abortion-access-restricted | 2022-09-05T19:55:02Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national-politics/ohio-sees-surge-in-women-registering-to-vote-after-abortion-access-restricted | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
California’s Coastal Treasures
10 years and counting for California’s network of Marine Protected Areas.
California’s Marine Life Protection Act became law in 1999 and was implemented regionally from 2004 to 2012 through an inclusive public-private partnership that involved stakeholders, science advisors, natural resource managers and policymakers. The MLPA called for a scientifically designed network of Marine Protected Areas which by 2012, included approximately 16% of state waters in 124 marine protected areas, 59 of which are fully protected no-take Marine Protected Areas along California’s more than 1,100-mile coastline.
• While State Marine Park is one classification of MPA in California, most of the MPAs in California are not parks. Marine Protected Areas often protect representative habitats as opposed to the unique landscapes protected by parks.
• Unlike the California State Park system, California’s MPAs were designed to work as part of a larger ecological network.
• Although MPAs welcome visitors for a variety of purposes (including recreation, scientific study, cultural practices and in some cases recreational and commercial consumptive use), they are primarily set aside for their ecological function, including benefits to species, habitats and the wider ecosystem.
You can find detailed information of all marine parks here.
Click on the map to learn about Southern California Marine Protected Areas.
Is fishing and the take of marine life allowed?
Fishing and the take of marine life such as shellfish or seaweed is allowed in about half of California’s marine protected areas. Each type or kind of marine protected area has different regulations; inside state marine parks, sportfishing is encouraged, but commercial fishing is prohibited. In state marine reserves, fishing is not allowed. It’s best to go to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife website at dfg.ca.gov/mlpa to learn about the specific rules for each marine protected area.
Is anchoring and transit allowed in MPAs?
Boats are allowed to anchor and transit through an MPA, however, fishing gear may not be deployed in marine reserves or other MPAs that prohibit fishing for the species you have onboard.
Decade management review
California reviews its MPA network every 10 years to inform the MPA Management Program, with the first review set to occur in December.
Goals of the Marine Life Protection Act
1. To protect the natural diversity and abundance of marine life, and the structure, function and integrity of marine ecosystems.
2. To help sustain, conserve and protect marine life populations, including those of economic value and rebuild those that are depleted.
3. To improve recreational, educational and study opportunities provided by marine ecosystems that are subject to minimal human disturbance, and to manage these uses in a manner consistent with protecting biodiversity.
4. To protect marine natural heritage, including protection of representative and unique marine life habitats in California waters for their intrinsic value.
5. To ensure that California’s Marine Protected Areas have clearly defined objectives, effective management measures and adequate enforcement and are based on sound scientific guidelines.
6. To ensure that the state’s Marine Protected Areas are designed and managed, to the extent possible, as a network.
Sources: California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Mammal Commission, California Ocean Protection Council, californiampas.org
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By ROB GILLIES and ROBERT BUMSTED
WELDON, Saskatchewan (AP) — Canadian police searched Monday for two men suspected of killing 10 people in a series of stabbings in an Indigenous community and a nearby town, as a massive manhunt for the perpetrators of one of the deadliest attacks in the nation’s history stretched into its second day.
Authorities have said some of the victims were targeted and others appeared to have been chosen at random on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the town of Weldon in Saskatchewan province. They have given no motive for the crimes, which also left 18 people injured — but a senior Indigenous leader suggested drugs were somehow involved.
Police believe the suspects were last spotted around midday on Sunday in the provincial capital of Regina, about 335 kilometers (210 miles) south of where the stabbings happened. Authorities issued alerts in Canada’s three vast prairie provinces — which also include Manitoba and Alberta — and contacted U.S. border officials.
With the suspects still at large, fear gripped communities in the rural, working class area of Saskatchewan surrounded by farmland that were terrorized by the crimes. One witness who said he lost family members described seeing people with bloody wounds scattered throughout the Indigenous reserve.
“No one in this town is ever going to sleep again. They’re going to be terrified to open their door,” said Ruby Works, who also lost someone close to her and is a resident of Weldon, which has a population of about 200 and is home to many retirees.
As the Labor Day holiday weekend drew to a close Monday, police urged Saskatchewan residents who were returning from trips away to look for suspicious activity around their homes before entering.
Arrest warrants have been issued for Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30, and both men face at least one count each of murder and attempted murder. More charges are expected.
Police have given few details about the men. Last May, Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers issued a wanted list that included Myles Sanderson, writing that he was “unlawfully at large.”
The attack was among the deadliest mass killings in Canada, where such crimes are less common than in the United States. The deadliest gun rampage in Canadian history happened in 2020, when a man disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires across the province of Nova Scotia, killing 22 people. In 2019, a man used a van to kill 10 pedestrians in Toronto.
Deadly mass stabbings are rarer than mass shootings, but have happened around the world. In 2014, 29 people were slashed and stabbed to death at a train station in China’s southwestern city of Kunming. In 2016, a mass stabbing at a facility for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara, Japan, left 19 people dead. A year later, three men killed eight people in a vehicle and stabbing attack at London Bridge.
“It is horrific what has occurred in our province,” said Rhonda Blackmore, assistant commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan.
Police got their first call about a stabbing at 5:40 a.m. on Sunday, and within minutes heard about several more. In all, dead or wounded people were found at 13 different locations on the sparsely populated reserve and in the town, Blackmore said. James Smith Cree Nation is about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from Weldon.
She couldn’t provide a motive, but the chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations suggested the stabbings could be drug-related.
“This is the destruction we face when harmful illegal drugs invade our communities, and we demand all authorities to take direction from the chiefs and councils and their membership to create safer and healthier communities for our people,” said Chief Bobby Cameron.
As the manhunt stretched on, Regina Police Chief Evan Bray urged anyone with information to come forward.
“They have not been located, so efforts continue,” Bray said in a video posted on Twitter on Monday morning. “We will not stop until we have those two safely in custody.”
The night before, he said police believed the suspects were still in Regina but didn’t say why.
The elected leaders of the three communities that make up the James Smith Cree Nation declared a local state of emergency.
Chakastaypasin Chief Calvin Sanderson — who apparently is not related to the suspects — said everyone has been affected by the tragic events.
“They were our relatives, friends,” Sanderson said of the victims. “It’s pretty horrific.”
Among the 10 killed was Lana Head, who is the former partner of Michael Brett Burns and the mother of their two daughters.
“It’s sick how jail time, drugs and alcohol can destroy many lives,” Burns told the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. “I’m hurt for all this loss.”
Burns later posted on Facebook that there were dead and wounded people everywhere on the reserve, making it look like “a war zone.”
“The look in their eyes couldn’t express the pain and suffering for all those who were assaulted,” he posted.
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 Sunday 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 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 she began to follow him because she was concerned about him, but her daughter told her to come back to the house.
Weldon residents have identified one of the dead as Wes Petterson. Works said the 77-year-old widower was like an uncle to her.
“I collapsed and hit the ground. I’ve known him since I was just a little girl,″ she said, describing the moment she heard the news. She said he loved his cats, was proud of his homemade Saskatoon berry jam and frequently helped out his neighbors.
“He didn’t do anything. He didn’t deserve this. He was a good, kind hearted man,″ said Works.
Weldon resident Robert Rush described the victim as gentle.
“He wouldn’t hurt a fly,” he said.
Rush said Petterson’s adult grandson was in the basement when the suspects entered the home, and he phoned police.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the flag above Canada’s parliament building in Ottawa would be flown at half-staff to honor the victims.
“As Canadians, we mourn with everyone affected by this tragic violence, and with the people of Saskatchewan,” Trudeau said.
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Gillies reported from Toronto.
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Welcome to a new weekly feature on the Hotline, an early look at the betting lines and point totals for upcoming Pac-12 games.
It will appear in this space each Monday morning throughout the season, with our picks (against the spread) publishing every Wednesday.
Not only was sports wagering deemed legal by the Supreme Court in 2018, it’s playing an increasingly large role in college football as the Pac-12 and other conferences determine how to best monetize the data.
The information below is provided for entertainment purposes only (unless it’s not).
All times Pacific. Over/Under in parenthesis.
*** Note: Games against FCS opponents not included (Washington, Oregon, Utah and UCLA).
Colorado at Air Force
Line: Colorado +17.5 (45.5)
Comment: Deeply telling about the perceived state of the CU program that it would be an underdog against a Mountain West team. Air Force, which beat the Buffaloes three years ago (in overtime), is 6-3 against the spread in its last nine games against the Pac-12.
Washington State at Wisconsin
Line: WSU +18.5 (46.5)
Comment: Of course Wisconsin has an elite tailback: The latest in the lineage is Braelon Allen, who rushed for 1,300 yards last season. The Cougars are 4-1 against the spread in their past five road games.
UNLV at Cal
Line: Cal -13.5 (50.5)
Comment: UNLV opened against Idaho State on Week Zero and has had two weeks to prepare for the Bears. Cal is 6-2 against the spread since the middle of last season.
Arizona State at Oklahoma State
Line: ASU +11.5 (54.5)
Comment: The Cowboys return seven offensive starters, including quarterback Spencer Sanders, from a team that won 12 games last season. ASU is 1-4 against the spread in its last five road games.
USC at Stanford
Line: USC -9.5 (65.5)
Comment: Terrific quarterback duel between USC’s Caleb Williams and Stanford’s Tanner McKee, perhaps the best NFL prospect in the Pac-12. The Trojans are 3-7 against the spread in their past 10 conference openers — many of them against Stanford in the second week of the season.
Oregon State at Fresno State
Line: Oregon State +1.5 (60.5)
Comment: We anticipate OSU coach Jonathan Smith relying on his ground game to control the clock in what should be a hot, hostile environment. Four of the Beavers’ last five games have gone under the total.
Mississippi State at Arizona
Line: Arizona +8.5 (61.5)
Comment: The last time MSU coach Mike Leach set foot in Tucson, with Washington State in 2017, there were 95 points scored — and his Cougars won by three touchdowns. This should be much, much closer. But the total? Feels low.
*** Lines taken from BetMGM. Statistics and trends taken from Phil Steele Magazine and oddsshark.com
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The art of unions
Union art has conveyed the labor movement's message through posters, buttons, clothing and beyond — often showing pride in a trade, or advocating for specific demands like fair wages or safety measures.
Between the lines: The artistic style of unions may have shifted throughout the history of the movement, but their messaging has remained consistent. | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/05/art-of-unions-history | 2022-09-05T20:02:51Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/05/art-of-unions-history | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Strictly Come Dancing 2022: The 15 celebrity dancers on Strictly this year - from Helen Skelton to Kym Marsh
Strictly Come Dancing 2022 is almost here – here’s the full celebrity lineup for this year’s ballroom dancing extravaganza.
BBC dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing is back for its 20th series, with the launch show airing on Saturday, September 10.
Judges Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse and Antone Du Beke will return for the show, alongside presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.
These are all the celebrities who will be taking part in Strictly 2022, and where you might know them from.
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Covid autumn booster jab in Edinburgh 2022: Who is eligible, nearest vaccination centres
Here’s how to get your Covid-19 vaccination in Edinburgh as autumn booster jab launched nationwide.
A further booster vaccination has been rolled out throughout Scotland from September 5, with those in high-risk groups urged to get the jab to protect themselves against Covid-19.
As with previous campaigns, vaccinations will be offered first to frontline health and social care workers and those who are most vulnerable to the effects of the virus.
Appointments were made available in August, and many people have already received their letters.
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said: “The vaccination programme in Scotland continues to be a huge success and this is testament to the efforts of everyone involved in its delivery and all those who took up their appointment offers.
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“Vaccination has been our most effective tool against coronavirus. However, the degree of protection offered wanes over time.
“We know that those in high-priority groups are at higher risk of serious illness from COVID-19, and I therefore welcome this latest advice from the JCVI and can confirm that boosters will be offered to all those in eligible groups.
“The additional booster dose will improve your level of protection significantly and is the best way to protect yourself, your family and of course the NHS when we head into the busy winter months.”
So, who is eligible for the autumn booster and where can you get one in Edinburgh?
Here is everything you need to know about the booster coronavirus jab.
Do I need an appointment for my Covid booster?
You will be contacted by the NHS when you are due an autumn booster. However, you can book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment online for your autumn booster if you are eligible.
If you think you are eligible for the vaccination but have not received your letter, and it has been six months since your last booster, then contact your GP.
Who is eligible for an autumn booster jab?
Those who are eligible for an autumn booster jab will receive a letter through the post that will contain full details of their appointment.
If the appointment is not suitable, details for rescheduling will also be available on the letter.
At the moment the criteria that is being applied to determine those eligible for the booster are:
- residents in a care home for older adults and staff working in care homes for older adults
- frontline health and social care workers
- all adults aged 50 years and over
- those aged 5 to 49 years in a clinical risk group, including pregnant women
- those aged 5 to 49 years who are household contacts of people with immunosuppression
- carers aged 16-49 years
Before you receive your additional jab, you will need the two primary doses, as well as the first booster and second booster.
Discussions on the details of the delivery timetable are underway with health board partners and more information will be made available in due course.
However in the meantime, those eligible for a booster need not do anything.
More information on why certain individuals are being offered a second booster vaccine can be found on the official NHS Scotland website.
How many doses of Covid vaccine do I need?
At the moment, most people have been asked to get the two primary doses as well as a booster.
However, an additional booster is being offered to those who are vulnerable to help improve their protection against the virus.
Where possible, these boosters will be given at the same time as the flu vaccination to those who are eligible.
Where are the nearest walk-in Covid vaccination centres in Edinburgh?
All Edinburgh venues below will offer drop-in facilities with the capacity available. Patients with booked appointments will have priority.
The timetable below is subject to weekly change – please check Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership website before you travel to access a drop in.
Waverley Mall (Drop-in only)
Monday to Sunday, 10am to 6pm
Gyle shopping centre (Appointments and drop-in capacity)
Monday to Sunday, 9am to 7pm
Ocean Terminal shopping centre (Appointments and drop-in capacity)
Monday to Sunday, 9am 7pm
Pennywell All Care Centre (Appointments and drop-in capacity)
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 12pm, 12.50pm to 4.30pm
Sighthill Health Centre (Drop-in only)
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Allergic Dogs: Here are 10 breeds of adorable dog likely to develop allergies to food and dust - including the loving Labrador 🐕
Prospective dog breed owners should be aware that their beloved pet may be predisposed to developing a range of allergies. Here are 10 breeds of lovable dog likely to develop allergies.
A huge number of us decided to welcome new puppies into our homes in the last two years – according to Kennel Club figures dog ownership soared by nearly eight percent – and post-lockdown demand for four-legged friends remains high.
There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest addition.
There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
Another thing to take into consideration is that some breeds are prone to developing allegies.
If you know that your particular dog is predisposed to a certain allergy then you can keep an eye out for telltale signs and seek treatment quickly.
Here are the 10 breeds of dog that are predisposed to developing allergies.
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Boxer Dog Facts: Here are 10 fun and interesting bits of dog trivia you might not know about the adorable Boxer breed 🐕
Boxers are one of the UK’s most popular breeds of dog, but how much do you actually know about the cute and loyal Boxer? Here are 10 fascinating facts.
The last two years have seen many of us welcome a new four-legged friend into our homes, as the Kennel Club saw dog ownership soar.
But with 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your perfect pup.
Those with active lifestyles might want to consider a larger dog, while somebody with allergies will be looking for a hypoallergenic dog.
There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
One dog that often appears at the top of people’s canine wishlists is the Boxer – they are one of the UK’s most popular breeds and have a range of positive attributes that make them a great family pet.
Here are 10 fun and interesting facts about the Boxer.
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Dachshund Trivia: Here are 10 of the most fascinating facts about the adorable Sausage Dog 🐕
They’re one of the UK’s most popular breeds of pup, but how much do you know about the intelligent and adorable Dachshund?
The last two years have seen many of us welcome a new four-legged friend into our homes, as the Kennel Club saw dog ownership soar.
But with 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, there’s plenty of thought needed when choosing your perfect pup. Those with active lifestyles might want to consider a larger dog, while somebody with allergies will be looking for a hypoallergenic dog.
There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
One dog that often appears at the top of people’s canine wishlists is the Dachshund – they were the UK’s fifth most popular pet in 2020 (only bested by the Labrador Retriever, French Bulldog, English Bulldog and Cocker Spaniel) and have a range of positive attributes that make them a great family pet.
Here are 10 fun and interesting facts about the breed.
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Dog That Hate Heat: These are the 10 breeds of adorable dog that can't stand high temperatures so need kept cool - including the French Bulldog 🐕
If you live in a very hot country, or are looking for a dog that won’t mind long walks in the summer sun, these are the breeds you should probably avoid.
A huge number of us decided to welcome new puppies into our homes in the last two years – according to Kennel Club figures dog ownership soared and post-lockdown demand for four-legged friends remains high.
There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest addition.
There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
One thing to take into consideration is that some dogs simply can’t handly the heat.
These breeds will quickly tire – and even become ill – if they are exposed to hight temperatures for an extended period of time, so won’t thank you for long walks in the sun and don’t enjoy living in warmer climes.
Here are the 10 breeds of dog that hate the heat.
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Golden Retriever Trivia File: Here are 10 fun dog facts about the adorable Golden Retriever breed 🐕
They’re one of the UK’s most popular breeds of dog, but how much do you know about the sweet-tempered and majestic Golden Retriever?
The last two years have seen many of us welcome a new four-legged friend into our homes, as the Kennel Club saw dog ownership soar.
But with 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your perfect pup.
Those with active lifestyles might want to consider a larger dog, while somebody with allergies will be looking for a hypoallergenic dog.
There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
One dog that often appears at the top of people’s canine wishlists is the Golden Retriever – they were one of the UK’s 10 most popular dog breeds in 2020 and have a range of positive attributes that make them a great family pet.
Here are 10 fun and interesting facts about the breed.
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Pug Facts: These are 10 fun bits of trivia you need to know about the adorable Pug breed 🐕
They’re one of the UK’s most popular breeds of dog, but how much do you know about the cute and characterful Pug?
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Those with active lifestyles might want to consider a larger dog, while somebody with allergies will be looking for a hypoallergenic dog.
There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
One dog that often appears at the top of people’s canine wishlists is the Pug – they were one of the UK’s 10 most popular dog breeds in 2020 and have a range of positive attributes that make them a great family pet.
Here are 10 fun and interesting facts about the breed.
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Voters in Chile overwhelmingly rejected a proposed constitution that promised greater inclusion of indigenous populations and women, increased environmental regulation and expanded government social welfare programs.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with John Bartlett, who’s been reporting the story for The Guardian.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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A judge has granted former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review documents that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago last month.
NPR’s Carrie Johnson joins Here & Now’s Scott Tong.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Staffy Trivia File: These are 10 fun and fascinating dog acts about the adorable Staffordshire Bull Terrier breed 🐕
They’re one of the UK’s most popular breeds of dog, but how much do you know about the fun and loyal Staffordshire Bull Terrier?
The last couple of years have seen many of us welcome a new four-legged friend into our homes, as the Kennel Club saw dog ownership rise by nearly eight per cent.
But with 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your perfect pup.
Those with active lifestyles might want to consider a larger dog, while somebody with allergies will be looking for a hypoallergenic dog.
There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
One dog that often appears at the top of people’s canine wishlists is the Staffordshire Bull Terrier – they were one of the UK’s 10 most popular dog breeds in 2020 and have a range of positive attributes that make them a great family pet.
Here are 10 fun and interesting facts about the breed.
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Top Small Dogs: These are the 10 most popular breeds of adorable snuggly small dog in Britain - including the loving French Bulldog 🐶
With dog ownership surging over lockdown, here are the most popular breeds of small and snuggly pups in the UK.
Many of us welcomed new four-legged family members over the last two years, as the Kennel Club saw pedigree dog ownership soar.
When looking for a new pet dog there are many options to choose from, each with their own advantages and disadvantages.
Small dogs are ideal for those with smaller homes, need less exercise, are easier to groom, and tend to live on average longer than large dogs.
Perhaps because of these reasons, several of the more diminutive breeds of pooches appear near the top of the Kennel Club’s list of most popular dogs.
Here are the top 10 most popular breeds of small dog.
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These are five foods that could improve you mind
Currently, one in five Brits say they are stressed and 10% say they are burnt out, so how can people take simple nutritional steps to improve their moods?
A new survey by health and wellness experts Protein Works reveals the current negative moods Brits are feeling is caused by an imbalance of hormones, prompting them to provide advice on simple dietary changes people can make to help have a positive impact on their wellbeing.
With many stating they feel concerned and more experiencing fatigue, Protein Works’ nutrition experts have listed five key ingredients and foods that can help put a spring in people’s steps, without sacrificing on flavour and taste in a balanced diet.
These are the five foods you should put on your menu
Berries
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Containing a high number of antioxidants and specifically flavonoids, berries are one of the best foods to gain a positive mindset.
From blueberries to strawberries, they have multiple benefits for our mood such as activating brain pathways that improve cognition, as well as combatting the negative effect of stress throughvitamin C.
Having berries at breakfast can set you up for the day ahead, as it can improve mood within two hours of being consumed.
Oats
Oats are extremely high in fibre which stabilises blood sugar levels and prevents mood swings.
Additionally, oats contain zinc which supports overall brain health and glucose to provide the body with energy.
Oats also trigger the release of tryptophan which produces serotonin, lowering anxiety and depressive symptoms.
Oats are available in many forms such as overnight oats and porridge.
Flaxseed
Plant-based flaxseeds are a great source of omega-3, which helps increase dopamine and serotonin.
This is critical to mood and mental health, whilst also containing lots of other nutrients including protein and fibre.
It can be included in a lot of meals including breakfast and salads, and is high in thiamine, which is a B vitamin that increases and energy, helping improve moods.
Zinc and magnesium are also found in flaxseed, which is a relaxing mineral, reducing stress and improving energy production.
Coffee
The caffeine in coffee has mood improving qualities as it is a central nervous system stimulant.
Caffeine blocks the adenosine’s receptors in the brain and therefore increases alertness and energy levels. It also provides a boost to serotonin levels, balancing both mood and overall outlook.
Having too much caffeine can lead to anxiety and jitteriness, therefore it is recommended you don’t consume any after 2pm. However, a cup of coffee may help to improve your mood and productivity when lacking energy.
Ashwagandha
Popular in the Middle East, ashwagandha is an adaptogen that can improve a person’s mood. Research has proven that this leaf significantly reduces stress levels as it lowers the level of cortisol within the body, a stress hormone. A herbal ingredient, it is most commonly taken in the form of a powder such as in a meal replacement shake.
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Tory leadership result: What time is next Prime Minister announced as Liz Truss battles Rishi Sunak – and what happens next?
Today, either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will be crowned victor of the Conservative leadership contest – and the UK’s next prime minister.
The pair have battled it out over the last few weeks for the backing of voting party members, going head-to-head in 12 official hustings.
Now, either Ms Truss or Mr Sunak will emerge as the winner in just a few hours, succeeding Boris Johnson as leader of both the Tories and the UK.
What time will the result be announced?
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The winner is set to be announced at 12.30pm on Monday 5 September – the date Parliament returns from recess – by Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbench MPs.
Who is expected to become new Prime Minister?
Ms Truss is the strong favourite to become the next PM, the Foreign Secretary maintaining a comfortable lead over Mr Sunak in recent polls.
The bookmakers are certain Ms Truss is set to move into 10 Downing Street – the best price being offered for her to win is around 1/20, while some bookies have it as short as 1/100.
What happens next?
– September 5 2022
The candidate who receives the most votes from Tory party members will become the new Conservative Party leader, and therefore prime minister.
The new leader – widely expected to be Ms Truss – is expected to make a speech following the announcement and then spend the rest of the day finalising their choices for Cabinet and wider ministerial roles and writing their first prime ministerial speech.
Mr Johnson will remain Prime Minister until the following day.
– September 6 2022
In a break with tradition, Mr Johnson and his successor will go to Balmoral in Aberdeenshire for the appointment of the new Prime Minister, rather than Buckingham Palace.
Under normal circumstances, the pomp and drama of the appointment is mostly confined to London over the course of an afternoon.
The outgoing premier typically makes a statement outside No 10 before a short journey to Buckingham Palace to formally resign to the Queen, who then swiftly welcomes and appoints the new Prime Minister before they return to Downing Street.
A palace spokesman confirmed last week that, this time, the Queen will welcome them at her Aberdeenshire retreat, heightening concerns about the health of the 96-year-old monarch.
Both Mr Johnson and his successor will have to make the 500-mile journey to Scotland, marking a major change in the normal choreography of the handover.
Mr Johnson is expected to make a farewell address outside 10 Downing Street at around 9am on Tuesday.
It is unclear how he will make the journey to Balmoral and whether he and his replacement will travel together.
If they take a plane – a journey that would likely take only a couple of hours – Mr Johnson could formally tender his resignation by around 11.30am.
The Queen will then appoint his successor – possibly by noon – and ask them to form an administration.
The new PM is expected to fly back to London and arrive at Downing Street to address the nation for the first time as PM by mid-afternoon.
After that, they will be expected to make senior Cabinet appointments and hold meetings with senior civil servants to be given nuclear codes, and for updates on matters of national security.
The change in procedure could delay the highly-anticipated reshuffle, which could potentially be pushed into the late evening if the new Prime Minister wants to meet and greet their new team from London as opposed to over the phone.
As constitutional expert and Institute for Government fellow Dr Catherine Haddon has suggested, the change could see appointments announced in “batches” throughout the rest of the week.
It is also likely to have a knock-on effect on the time and place of briefings and congratulatory phone calls, with the new premier being forced to potentially work on-the-move as they journey back to London.
– September 7 2022
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More than half of people in the UK like to ‘stand out from the crowd’ to boost their confidence
Gone is the wish to ‘blend in’, as a poll of 2,000 UK adults found 57 per cent like to distinguish themselves from the ordinary.
As many as six in 10 are keen to express themselves creatively and 42 per cent are always looking for ways to inject playfulness into the every day.
Among the top ways they add a bit more personality into their lives is customising accessories (26 per cent), clothes (23 per cent), stationery (22 per cent) and even their cars (21 per cent).
The study was commissioned by OREO, which opened its one-of-a-kind OREO Twists Lab to celebrate the launch of the new OREO Twists Vanilla & Raspberry and OREO Twists Vanilla & Caramel.
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Katya Savelieva, Brand Manager at OREO UK said: “Bringing out the spirit of playfulness and finding twists on the norm embody everything we do, so it’s therefore wonderful to see that so many people can relate to this, especially when it comes to customising and putting their own stamp on things”.
Make your mark
The study also found 57 per cent are more likely to buy something if they can make it their own.
Those aged 18 to 35 believe making a mark on their belongings gives them a sense of creativity (73 per cent) and independence (48 per cent) as well as boosts their confidence (47 per cent) and gives them a sense of fun (63 per cent).
It’s not just possessions people are putting a personal stamp on, as 32 per cent like to ‘own’ their look through their hair style, and 25 per cent in how they don their make-up.
A further one in four like to use their outfit choice as a means of expressing themselves, as it makes them feel unique (35 per cent) and bring playfulness into their day (28 per cent).
But it’s not all about appearances, as 53 per cent enjoy adding a twist to their snacks to create more unusual tastes.
Among the most popular ways to do this are trying out alternative flavours (62 per cent) and mixing sweet and salty taste combinations (45 per cent).
Creating your own twist
It also emerged two-thirds of ‘culinary creators’ are also keen for friends (66 per cent) and family (60 per cent) to share the creations they come up with.
The research, conducted via OnePoll, also revealed having the confidence to put a new twist on appearances and possessions has grown considerably over the past decade, as 49 per cent are more likely to do this now than they were 10 years’ ago.
And 29 per cent are happy to adopt a more unique, customised appearance now more than ever.
This explosion of confidence has been stirred by social media (28 per cent), celebrities (25 per cent), music (22 per cent) and brands (17 per cent).
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Best multi cookers UK 2022: the best electric and multi function cookers including the Ninja Foodi Max
Will a multi-cooker make life in the kitchen easier? We review the best around - so you can throw your food in a pot, progamme it and walk away
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Multi cookers - what are they for?
Still watching over pots and pans bubbling on the stove top? Give yourself a break. You need to discover how a multi cooker can make cooking faster, simpler and a whole lot less labour intensive.
Programme and walk away, leaving more time to get on with other things or simply destress at the end of the day. Some of our favourites here can also be programmed to slow or pressure cook while you’re out, leaving meals hot and ready for your return.
How to choose a multi cooker
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In a range of specs and from budget to bling, all the multi cookers we tested seemed a bit complicated at first. Be warned that there’s a bit of effort required to understand each product’s individual functions and capabilities and you won’t blunder through without reading the manual or watching a video tutorial. Once mastered, though, you’ll be hooked.
What can they do?
Some models pressure cook; great for cuts of meat or beans and pulses you’d spend hours cooking on the stove. Others use conventional heat and will also chop or shred ingredients in the cooking pan, prepping veg or smoothing soups and sauces. Each has different rates of heat, pressure and timings you’ll soon suss out, storming ahead to try new dishes and speed up old favourites.
Whichever one you choose, look at the dimensions of the casing as some have a large footprint which can take up precious countertop space. That may not be a problem, however, as you start to use it more and more and wonder how you ever lived without it.
Interested in kitting out your kitchen further?
Prep the food for your slow-cooker with one of these excellent food processors, and keep cooking in a healthy, energy efficient way with an slow cooker.
We have detailed guides to the best non-stick woks, best rice cookers, or consider a multi-cooker for a great hands-off kitchen tool. And the best kettles are rounded-up here.
Clean up with an energy efficient dishwasher- our favourites are detailed here.
Love cooking? Check out our guide to the best charcoal BBQs UK 2022, or brilliant ice cream makers for conjuring perfect gelato.
If hot drinks are your poison, the Hotel Chocolat velvetiser is revolutionary.
Ninja Foodi Max
There’s a full range of functions you’ll love on the Foodi. Not only will this powerful multi cooker use pressure cooking to slash cooking times, there’s no need to transfer food to the oven or grill to crisp it up – just remove the sealed pressure cooker top and lower the hinged lid to roast, grill or air fry the ingredients.
The instructions on this model are pretty intuitive, and it didn’t take long at all to master one-pot roasts and weekday dinners.
When our tester got cooking that meant crispy chicken skin on a succulent bird, a delicious, charred finish on fall-off-the-bone ribs and bubbling cheese on fast potatoes gratin.
Great results all round, but we found it was rather large to store away when not in use.
Key specs – Dimensions: 33x35x39cm; Capacity: 7.5l; Pre Sets: No; Functions: Pressure Cook, Air Crisp, Slow Cook, Grill, Steam, Sear/Saute, Bake/Roast; Power: 1760 watts
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You may already have met an Instant Pot evangelist who will tell you how this gadget has revolutionised their mealtimes.
Once tried, it’s easy to see how the Duo Evo Plus model could make you fall in love with one-pot cooking, with its ability to fry, steam, sous vide, dehydrate as well as pressure cook. This model has all the bells and whistles, so check the whole range out if you’re happy with the basics.
What did our tester love about this model? The large, clear display with its range of pre sets, a lengthy keep-warm function, the quality of the inner pot and the way dishes like curry or chilli and rice could be ‘stacked’ and cooked all at once, perfectly.
Online recipes, forums, Facebook groups and vloggers will inspire you to try new things and speedy ways of cooking dishes that were too laborious to cook often.
Our favourite of the models we tried.
Key specs – Dimensions: 33x32x32.5cm; Capacity: 5.7l/8l; Pre Sets: White Rice, Rib, Pasteurize, Beef, Risotto, Sterilize, Soup, Oatmeal, Poultry, Ferment, Pork, Multigrain, Potato, Bean, Quinoa, Chili, Cake, Seafood, Pudding, Broccoli, Egg, Brown Rice, Stew, Cheesecake, Broth, Porridge, Proofing; Functions: Pressure Cook, Rice/grain, Steam, Saute, Slow Cook, Sous Vide, Yogurt, Bake; Power: 1200 watts
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The brand you’d normally associate with slow cooking got a whole lot speedier when they added this pressure cooker to their range. It has a generous, family-sized inner pot that will surprise you with the amount of food it can cook. When testing, we coiled three whole rack of baby back ribs inside and the results were incredibly tender after only 20 minutes of cook time.
The basic keys and functions are easy to find your way around and you’ll be able to use the pre-sets to programme timings and levels of pressure to make for perfect meals and keep them warm for up to two hours.
As with all pressure cookers, it can take a bit of skill to get the levels of moisture right. You must add liquid to your dish somehow to allow that pressure to build but that can be tricky to gauge. Our tester found this model’s saute function great for reducing and perfecting sauces and stews after cooking if she’d added too much, so it’s a versatile machine.
Key specs – Dimensions: 35x31x34cm; Capacity: 5.6l; Pre Sets: Meat/Stew, Beans/Chili, Rice/Risotto, Yogurt, Poultry, Dessert, Soup; Functions: Pressure, Slow Cook, Steam, Brown/Saute, Keep Warm; Power:1000 watts
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This clever multi cooker will have you cooking better, faster and with more imagination – we loved it.
If you need inspiration or a little help, just use the integral recipes or the app on your phone or tablet to find your perfect dish, then it will literally walk you through its creation, step by step.
Our testers were a busy family, working late or playing sports in the evenings, so even when the meal was a basic one such as chicken and veg, having hot food ready and waiting for everyone at different times was brilliant.
Come the weekend, it was time to get more adventurous, with curries, risottos and veggie stews which were so much tastier and better for them than their usual ready meals.
The non-stick inner pot on this model washed like a dream and the machine looked great in the kitchen. Recommended for anyone who wants to change the way they eat to something speedier, healthier and more inspiring.
Key specs – Dimensions: 35.5x35x38cm; Capacity: 6l; Pre Sets: 100 recipes plus Tefal app; Functions: Pressure Cook, Gentle Cook, Steam, Brown, Simmer, Reheat, Keep Warm; Power: 1450 watts
Mini Multicooker
A smaller option for solo cooks, this cute mini multi cooker doesn’t take up much room compared to the others we tested. The lightest of the machines here, it’s great for those with mobility issues as a handle swings over the top making it really easy to move around or hide away in a cupboard when not in use.
No pressure cooking here, just a fast option which boosts heat and will have veg, hearty stews, even cakes ready quickly and without fuss.
Our tester loved it as an additional tool when cooking on the stove top, with no need to worry about rice boiling over as she concentrated on other things.
It was cooked to perfection using the pre set button and kept warm until dinner time.
Key specs – Dimensions: 23.5x28x20cm; Capacity: 1.8l; Pre Sets: White Rice, Brown Rice, Quick Rice, Oatmeal, Quinoa, Cake, Yoghurt; Functions: Quick Cook, Slow Cook Power:400 watts
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The best-looking multi cooker we tested, this weighty, well-built piece of kit looks so stylish you’ll want to show it off, especially if you’ve already got KitchenAid’s best-selling Artisan mixer.
You’ll find yourself using this versatile machine more and more as you learn its capabilities. Our tester loved the retro styling of this model, which comes in a range of trad KitchenAid colours, and the quality of the feel – the stainless steel bowl, for example, was top quality and she thought the generous grip handles on either side were a useful addition when dealing with hot food.
The Cook Processor comes with a recipe book and app and has six pre settings so once you’ve used the multi blade to prep your ingredients you’ll be able to steam, sear and stew as well as make the most amazing bread dough and whip up smooth sauces.
There’s a Food Processor kit available if you’d like to add to this set-up, making it a one-stop wonder that can pretty much do it all in the kitchen.
Key specs - Dimensions: 40x34x41cm; Capacity: 4.5l; Pre sets: No; follow recipes on app; Functions: Boil, Fry, Stew, Steam, Puree, Dough; Power: 1500 watts
Pressure King Pro 8-in-1
This Kenwood can seem complicated at first glance with its additional prepping attachment but take time to find your way around it and it could become your best friend in the kitchen.
It will slice, dice, knead, whip, prove dough and emulsify sauces and then stirring as it cooks just about any dish you could dream up or follow from the app.
A fantastic, large colour display screen gives straightforward instructions how to build a meal from scratch then cooks it perfectly, sensors gauging temperature and timings.
You can walk away as it does its job and come back when dinner’s ready. A big investment, but it’s definitely a hard worker you’ll want to use every day.
Key specs – Dimensions: 38x46x33.5cm; Capacity: 4.5l; Pre Sets: One Pot Meal, Chunky Soup, Smooth Soup; Functions: Steam, Knead, Slow Cook, Proof Rinse; Power: 1500 watts
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This Kenwood can seem complicated at first glance with its additional prepping attachment but take time to find your way around it and it could become your best friend in the kitchen.
It will slice, dice, knead, whip, prove dough and emulsify sauces and then stirring as it cooks just about any dish you could dream up or follow from the app.
A fantastic, large colour display screen gives straightforward instructions how to build a meal from scratch then cooks it perfectly, sensors gauging temperature and timings.
You can walk away as it does its job and come back when dinner’s ready. A big investment, but it’s definitely a hard worker you’ll want to use every day.
Key specs – Dimensions: 38x46x33.5cm; Capacity: 4.5l; Pre Sets: One Pot Meal, Chunky Soup, Smooth Soup; Functions: Steam, Knead, Slow Cook, Proof Rinse; Power: 1500 watts | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/recommended/8-best-multi-cookers-uk-2022-ninja-foodi-max-3101349 | 2022-09-05T20:13:17Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/recommended/8-best-multi-cookers-uk-2022-ninja-foodi-max-3101349 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
İstanbul Başakşehir extend unbeaten run but missing star man ahead of trip to Hearts for Europa Conference League opener
İstanbul Başakşehir will come to Edinburgh full of confidence this week after extending their unbeaten run to 10 games this season ahead of Thursday's Europa Conference League opener away to Hearts.
On-loan Aston Villa forward Bertrand Traore made an instant impact on his debut for the Turkish side in Saturday's 2-0 home Super Lig win over 12th-placed Alanyaspor. Serdar Gurler, capped seven times for Turkey, opened the scoring after 23 minutes.
It was Başakşehir’s third straight win and keeps them stay third in the Super Lig, a point adrift of Konyaspor and behind Fenerbahce on goal difference but having played a game less than both their rivals.Traore came off the bench with 15 minutes remaining and the 26-year-old Burkino Faso international provided the assist for fellow debutant Philippe Paulin Keny to score the second goal. Keny is a Senegalese forward signed during the summer after helping Bandirmaspor finish third in the Turkish second tier.Former Arsenal and Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil was missing from the squad sincer making his third appearance since his summer move from Fenerbahce as a late substitute in the 3-1 Conference League play-off win away to Royal Antwerp.
Başakşehir are managed by former Newcastle United, Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid midfielder Emre Belozoglu, who became director of football as latterly interim manager at Fenerbahçe after hanging up his boots.
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Race Winner: Erik Jones of Petty GMS (Chevrolet)
Stage 1 Winner: William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)
Stage 2 Winner: Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
SHR Race Finish:
● Aric Almirola (Started 19th, Finished 11th / Running, completed 367 of 367 laps)
● Cole Custer (Started 30th, Finished 14th / Running, completed 367 of 367 laps)
● Chase Briscoe (Started 22nd, Finished 27th / Running, completed 363 of 367 laps)
● Kevin Harvick (Started 18th, Finished 33rd / Fire, completed 274 of 367 laps)
SHR Points:
● Chase Briscoe (15th with 2,019 points, 10 points below top-12 cutoff)
● Kevin Harvick (16th with 2,016 points, 13 points below top-12 cutoff)
● Aric Almirola (19th with 602 points)
● Cole Custer (24th with 475 points)
Playoff Standings (with two races to go before Round of 12):
1. Joey Logano (2,065 points) +38 points
2. William Byron (2,059 points) +32 points
3. Denny Hamlin (2,057 points) +30 points
4. Christopher Bell (2,055 points) +28 points
5. Tyler Reddick (2,050 points) +23 points
6. Ryan Blaney (2,047 points) +20 points
7. Kyle Larson (2,044 points) +17 points
8. Ross Chastain (2,042 points) +15 points
9. Chase Elliott (2,041 points) +14 points
10. Alex Bowman (2,037 points) +10 points
11. Kyle Busch (2,035 points) +8 points
12. Daniel Suárez (2,029 points) +2 points
13. Austin Cindric (2,027 points) -2 points
14. Austin Dillon (2,025 points) -4 points
15. Chase Briscoe (2,019 points) -10 points
16. Kevin Harvick (2,016 points) -13 points
SHR Notes:
● Almirola earned his 13th top-15 of the season and his eighth top-15 in 15 career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Darlington.
● This was Almirola’s second straight top-15 at Darlington. He also finished 11th in the series’ prior visit to the track in May.
● Custer earned his eighth top-15 of the season and his third top-15 in seven career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Darlington.
● This was Harvick’s first finish outside of the top-10 at Darlington in 10 years. The last time he finished outside of the top-10 was in the 2012 Southern 500 (16th).
Race Notes:
● Erik Jones won the Cook Out Southern 500 to score his third career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his first of the season and his second at Darlington. His margin over second-place Denny Hamlin was .252 of a second.
● Jones was the 17th different winner in the 27 NASCAR Cup Series races run this season.
● There were nine caution periods for a total of 58 laps.
● Only 18 of the 36 drivers in the Cook Out Southern 500 finished on the lead lap.
Sound Bites:
“We just really struggled with the balance. At the beginning of the race, we were starting off extremely tight and then we got to where we were extremely loose, and then we had nowhere to go with the 9 car (Chase Elliott) when he wrecked. That kind of killed our day, but we were able to get lucky because a lot of those guys had issues, too. It’s not the way we wanted to start the round, by any means, but we’re going to have to improve and we’re probably going to have to win. I don’t even know what the points look like, but we shouldn’t have been in that situation where we were struggling, anyway. We just couldn’t find the balance. It’s unfortunate, but we know what we’ve got to do now and that’s what we’ll try to go do.” – Chase Briscoe, driver of the No. 14 HighPoint.com Ford Mustang
“The car started burning and as it burned the flames started coming through the dash. I ran a couple laps and then as the flames 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.” – Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Busch Light Retro Ford Mustang
Next Up:
The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the Hollywood Casino 400 on Sunday, Sept. 11 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City. The second race in the 10-race NASCAR Playoffs starts at 3 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by USA and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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Due to the persistent threat of inclement weather, the ARCA Menards Series Rust-Oleum Automotive Finishes 100 at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds will now start at 5:00 pm ET/4:00 pm CT. The command to fire engines will be at 4:01 pm CT with the green flag to follow at 4:08 pm CT. The practice/qualifying session that had been set for 3:30 pm CT has been cancelled, and the starting lineup will be set by current ARCA Menards Series owner points standings per the ARCA rule book, with Jesse Love on the General Tire Pole.
Love will be going for the $50,000 Performance Seed Dirt Double bonus after winning at the Illinois State Fairgrounds two weeks ago. He will start alongside current Sioux Chief Showdown leader Sammy Smith, who won last Sunday at The Milwaukee Mile.
The race will be televised live on MAVTV and streamed live on FloRacing. Visit ARCARacing.com for live timing & scoring and follow @ARCA_Racing on Twitter for up-to-the-minute updates.
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This weekend’s Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Portland brought down the curtain on another successful season for the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires. Having arrived in the Pacific Northwest with a comfortable lead in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, Exclusive Autosport’s Louis Foster was able to put the title beyond the reach of his rivals during the first of three races on Friday at the Portland International Raceway road course.
In contrast, the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship went down to the wire with three drivers still in for a chance at the crown prior to the final 25-lap race. Once the dust had settled, Michael d’Orlando profited from several incidents on the opening lap to emerge from behind and claim a victory for Cape Motorsports.
The achievements of both rising stars were lauded yesterday evening during the traditional Championship Celebration which began with a spectacular reception beside the Columbia River and with the majestic Mount Hood clearly visible in the background.
Over $1.1 million in scholarships and prizes subsequently were distributed in front of almost 200 in attendance.
Foster, a 19-year-old rookie from Basingstoke, England, in his very first season of racing in North America, earned a scholarship package valued at $614,425 to ensure his progression into Indy Lights, the next step on the unique open-wheel driver development ladder, in 2023.
Similarly, d’Orlando, 20, from Hartsdale, N.Y., took home a scholarship valued at $406,925 to make the step up to Indy Pro 2000 next season.
Both young drivers have their sights set firmly on a future in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and the Indianapolis 500.
Another highlight of the evening was provided by the presentation of a first-ever Road to Indy Lifetime Achievement Award to brothers Dominic and Nicholas Cape. Their Cape Motorsports team has enjoyed unparalleled success in USF2000, claiming 10 of the last 12 championships, and will also graduate along the Road to Indy in 2023 by fielding a new program in Indy Lights.
Up next for all the teams and drivers is an opportunity to commence preparations for the 2023 season with the traditional Road to Indy Fall Combine open test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course on October 22/23.
Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires Award Winners:
Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires Champion: scholarship package valued at $614,425 to advance to Indy Lights in 2023 – Louis Foster, Exclusive Autosport
Second Place ($40,000) – Reece Gold, Juncos Hollinger Racing
Third Place ($20,000) – Enaam Ahmed, Juncos Hollinger Racing
Team Champion ($10,000) – Juncos Hollinger Racing
Cooper Tires Rookie of the Year ($7,500) – Louis Foster, Exclusive Autosport
Hi-Tide Spirit Award ($1,000) – Reece Gold, Juncos Hollinger Racing
Tilton Hard Charger Award ($1,000) – Salvador De Alba, Jay Howard Driver Development
Move of the Year ($1,000) – Enaam Ahmed, Juncos Hollinger Racing
Makita Tools Mechanic of the Year ($1,000) – Derrick Barnes, Exclusive Autosport
Carl Haas Golden Wishbone Award ($1,100) – Turn 3 Motorsport
Original Artwork by Jim Swintal – Louis Foster, Exclusive Autosport
Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Champion: scholarship package valued at $406,925 to advance to Indy Pro 2000 in 2023 – Michael d’Orlando, Cape Motorsports
Second Place ($20,000) – Myles Rowe, Pabst Racing
Third Place ($10,000) – Jace Denmark, Pabst Racing
Team Champion ($7,500) – Pabst Racing
Hyperco Rookie of the Year ($2,500) – Jagger Jones, Cape Motorsports
Hi-Tide Spirit Award ($1,000) – Jace Denmark, Pabst Racing
Tilton Hard Charger Award ($1,000) – Jorge Garciarce, Jay Howard Driver Development
Move of the Year ($1,000) – Billy Frazer, Exclusive Autosport
Makita Tools Mechanic of the Year ($1,000) – Brendan Puderbach, Cape Motorsports
Carl Haas Golden Wishbone Award ($1,100) – DEForce Racing
Original Artwork by Jim Swintal – Michael d’Orlando, Cape Motorsports
Lifetime Achievement Award – Cape Motorsports
QUOTEBOARD:
Dan Andersen, Owner and CEO of Andersen Promotions: “At the beginning of each season, I always wonder what it will bring us in terms of driver talent and competition. And year after year, the Road to Indy produces the most amazing racing and training for kids that make it all the way to INDYCAR. It’s fun to watch the drivers develop and I am proud of what we do here at the Road to Indy. I want to congratulate our champions this year. They produced some fantastic racing and I wish them all the best as they move on up the ladder.”
Chris Pantani, Director of Motorsports, Cooper Tires: “On behalf of Cooper Tires, I am excited to see this year’s champions. It is an exciting time when drivers move from one series to the next through a championship prize fund that no other development series has. The next step of these young drivers’ career as they develop in the Road to Indy is an exciting time for them, their families and everyone associated with Andersen Promotions.”
Louis Foster, winner of the Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires: "My first year of racing in America has been challenging and at times stressful, but that's made it all the more rewarding. I've met a bunch of amazingly skilled and dedicated people, and it's been an absolute pleasure to race and live here. I can’t thank the Exclusive Autosport team enough for this year. They have been amazing and the series has been amazing. It’s been a great year and it is great to be here tonight to finish off the year and celebrate with my team. We have had a lot of success and I am really looking forward to stepping up to Indy Lights next year.”
Michael d’Orlando, winner of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship: “What a year. This is my third year in USF2000 with Cape Motorsports and it has been a long time coming. The past couple of years, I never had the luck here or there and I also didn’t have the experience. When I crossed the finish line on Saturday, I felt nothing but pure happiness. This is a dream I have had since I was 4 years old. When I left the track, there were tears rolling down my face and it was the greatest feeling ever. The maturity and consistency is what got me here today. This past weekend was a bit hectic but I managed to put myself in a good position and that’s all that mattered in the end. I am super looking forward to going to Indy Pro 2000. A huge thank you to Andersen Promotions, Cooper Tires and the Road to Indy for making this possible for me.” | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72659-championship-celebration-concludes-road-to-indy-season | 2022-09-05T20:14:29Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72659-championship-celebration-concludes-road-to-indy-season | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Fresno’s Mattix Salmon added a Non-Wing victory to his Dual at Delta weekend haul on Sunday night with a last-lap pass over Ashton Torgerson for the $500 win. Salmon’s win highlighted the final night of the Dual at Delta Speedway presented by Valley Strong Credit Union. Salmon’s victory joined a Saturday night winged Super 600 win for the teenage driver.
Torgerson anchored the 23-car Non-Wing field in the 30-lap affair from the pole position. Incoming points leader Nikko Panella of Stockton drove past Brentwood’s Jeffrey Pahule for second on the opening lap as well.
Salmon started fourth and used lapped traffic to snooker second from Panella on lap 14. Eighth starting Caden Sarale of Stockton charged to fourth before a caution fell for Tyler Chamorro of Oakdale stopped in turn three with ten laps remaining. The caution erased a 1.6 second lead for Torgerson over Salmon.
Torgerson led Salmon into lapped traffic in the closing stages of the event. On the 30th lap, Torgerson quickly approached a slower lapped car. He slid up the track in turn one with Salmon pouncing up the inside for the exciting win. Panella finished third followed by Sarale and Saturday night Non-Wing winner Taylor Mayhew of Bakersfield.
Fresno’s Cody Key grabbed the victory in the Super 600 competition worth $500 after 30-laps of action. Stockton’s Alex Panella started on the pole and looked poised to win after leading the early laps. Key immediately drove to second at the start. 2016 Super 600 champion Brandon Carey of Ripon used the outside to nab third away from outside pole sitter Austin Torgerson of Medford, Oregon on lap nine.
The caution flew on lap 10 for Isabel Barnes of Brentwood stopped inside of turn four. Key drove to the outside of Panella on the restart, then executed a cross over move down the front stretch. Panella narrowly was credited with the lap 12 lead before Key cleared him on the backstretch. Key would lead lap 13 but it was nullified by a red flag for Nate Matherly of San Jose flipping onto his side in turn one.
Panella restarted with the lead but Key once again went to the top side. Key drove past Panella to lead lap 13 officially while Panella fell back to fourth. Lapped traffic over the final ten laps gave Carey a shot on Key. Carey showed his nose inside Key on two occasions in turn three to no avail. Cody Key won the Super 600 feature followed by Carey, Torgerson, Sarale, and Panella.
Restricted points leader Lucas Mauldin of Rancho Murieta won his seventh feature win at Delta Speedway in 2022, taking the 25-lap $300-to-win event. A six-car skirmish stopped the action in turn one at the first attempt at a start. It was followed by a three-car melee in turn three at the conclusion of lap one. Polesitter Kyle Fernandez of Tracy was credited with the lap one lead before the caution fell. Mauldin took over the top spot from Fernandez on lap three as racing resumed. 2021 Jr. Sprints champion Brody Rubio of Manteca advanced to third after starting eighth while Fernandez fell back to fourth.
Nicholas Leonard, Jr. of San Jose, Josiah Vega of Antioch, and Peyton Whitehouse of Pleasanton were part of a multi-car caution on lap eight in turn three. Saturday winner Andrew Smith of Castro Valley stopped on the backstretch while running second to bring out a caution on lap 14. He had to surrender the position and restart at the rear.
Mauldin – the 2019 and 2020 Jr. Sprint champion – led the fellow former champ Rubio across the finish line. Oakdale’s Hayden Stepps finished third followed by Fernandez and Stockton’s Vito Celli. Smith recovered to finish seventh.
David Anderson of Clayton led all 20-laps for his first career Jr. Sprints victory. Points leader Briggs Davis drove around the outside of Anderson on the initial attempt at a start, but it was nullified by an incident in turn one. Anderson held the lead on the restart attempt and never relinquished it.
Davis settled for second while Braxon Vasconcellos won a hard-fought battle with Saturday night winner Maya Mauldin of Rancho Murieta for third. Jackson Tardiff of Vacaville rounded out the top-five.
Delta Speedway returns on September 17 for the 13th and penultimate round of the 2022 championship season.
Delta Speedway Stockton thanks Valley Strong Credit Union, Hoosier Tire, Scully’s Air, Kludt Oil and Propane, Interstate Truck Center, Papé Kenworth, Van De Pol Petroleum, Hostile Wheels, Genova Bakery, Winner’s Bingo, Stubborn Rods, Solari’s Backhoe Service, and PMP Chassis for their support of the 2022 racing season.
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Delta Speedway Results – September 4, 2022 Points Race #12 Dual at Delta
SUPER 600 (30 LAPS)
1. 56-Cody Key[5]; 2. 27-Brandon Carey[3]; 3. 88-Austin Torgerson[2]; 4. 24-Caden Sarale[12]; 5. 12-Alex Panella[1]; 6. 2C-Caden Stoll[15]; 7. 3-Cole Schroeder[7]; 8. 21-Raio Salmon[4]; 9. 73-Nikko Panella[8]; 10. 44X-Jeffery Pahule[13]; 11. 55-Jett Barnes[11]; 12. 2-Austin Wood[14]; 13. 5-Mattix Salmon[6]; 14. 02-Ashton Torgerson[18]; 15. 19-Nate Matherly[17]; 16. 32A-Colton Huelsmann[16]; 17. 63-Colton Key[9]; 18. 49-Jarrett Rogers[10]; 19. 30-Isabel Barnes[19]; 20. 10R-Rylee Whitehouse[20]
NON-WING (30 LAPS)
1. 5-Mattix Salmon[4]; 2. 02-Ashton Torgerson[1]; 3. 73-Nikko Panella[3]; 4. 32-Caden Sarale[8]; 5. 2T-Taylor Mayhew[5]; 6. 44X-Jeffery Pahule[2]; 7. 2-Austin Wood[10]; 8. 20-Dalton Hill[7]; 9. 83V-Tim Vaught[9]; 10. 77-Sage Bordenave[6]; 11. 55B-Jett Barnes[14]; 12. 88-Austin Torgerson[16]; 13. 23C-Cody Samuels[15]; 14. 35-Carsen Perkins[11]; 15. 52-Joe Silva[20]; 16. 4X-Teagan Moles[12]; 17. 4Q-Mike Graves[23]; 18. 82-Brent Brooks[21]; 19. 13D-Drew Laeber[19]; 20. 06-Brayden Abrew[18]; 21. 44B-Steve Bettanini[22]; 22. (DNF) 81T-Tyler Chamorro[17]; 23. (DNF) 27-Isabel Barnes[13]
RESTRICTED (25 LAPS)
1. 55X-Lucas Mauldin[3]; 2. 25R-Brody Rubio[8]; 3. 98-Hayden Stepps[5]; 4. 77K-Kyle Fernandez[1]; 5. 29V-Vito Celli `[17]; 6. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[4]; 7. 33-Andrew Smith[2]; 8. 76-TK OBrien[6]; 9. 9J-Levi Osborne[15]; 10. 21-Mickelina Monico[18]; 11. 54A-Aniyah Scott[19]; 12. 32JR-Nicholas Leonard Jr[12]; 13. (DNF) 75-Josiah Vega[9]; 14. (DNF) 10P-Peyton Whitehouse[13]; 15. (DNF) 10J-Aubri Huckleberry[10]; 16. (DNF) 27C-Cameron Carraway[7]; 17. (DNF) 95-Nathan Ward[14]; 18. (DNF) 25A-Bradley Anderson[16]; 19. (DNF) 5-Kellan Harper[11]
JR SPRINTS (20 LAPS)
1. 3D-David Anderson[1]; 2. 96-Briggs Davis[2]; 3. 13V-Braxon Vasconcellos[6]; 4. 55X-Maya Mauldin[3]; 5. 38J-Jackson Tardiff[7]; 6. 98-Heston Stepps[4]; 7. 12-Haven Sherman[5]; 8. 11K-Kyle Klagenberg[8]; 9. 24N-Nathan Fernandez[11]; 10. 26-Dylan Silva[12]; 11. 55-Jayden Carey[10]; 12. 25DD-Samantha Dozier[9]\
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Saturday September 10th is the End of Summer Shootout at All American Speedway powered by Roseville Toyota with the championship races for the NASCAR Berco Redwood Late Models and Jr. Late Models. The F4 division will battle in a 50-lap shootout paying up to $1,000 to win with drivers from across Northern California in action. Foothills Tow Modifieds, Riebes Auto Parts Super Stocks, and Mini Cup/Bandos also race in their penultimate rounds of 2022.
Grandstands open at 5pm followed by heat races at 5:30pm. Opening ceremonies are at approximately 6pm with main events to follow. Tickets for End of Summer Shootout are available online at www.AllAmericanSpeedway.com All seats are general admission, priced at $20 for adults, juniors ages 6-12 are $15, and kids 5 & under are FREE!
Napa’s Dylan Zampa aims to close out a sensational 11-win season with the NASCAR Berco Redwood Late Model championship on Saturday night. Zampa has won 17 races at Roseville’s one-third mile across the past two seasons. Zampa will have a pair of 35-lap features to compete in, hoping to preserve a 62-point advantage over Loomis’ Kenna Mitchell. Mitchell – the 2021 Jr. Late Model champion - scored a pair of wins in July to gain a foothold on second place ahead of 2020 Jr. Late Model champion Aidan Daniels of Fort Bragg in third. Auburn’s Thomas Martin and Loomis’ Michael Mitchell round out the top-five drivers in the standings.
Fort Bragg’s Trey Daniels has only won once this year in the Jr. Late Model competition for drivers ages 10-16 years old. But the victory was enough for the 13-year-old to lead former Mini Cup champ Colton Nelson of Auburn by 20-points. Fellow former Mini Cup champion Bella Thomsen of El Dorado Hills ranks third. Martinez Vito Cancilla, 10, has rapidly raced up to fourth in the standings with two wins despite missing the season opener. Cancilla is within three points of Thomsen for third place. Two-time 2022 winner Lane Anderson of Fort Bragg is fifth with a pair of wins as well. The Jr. Late Models battle for 30-laps in their season finale.
The F4 50-lap shootout serves as their eighth points race of the year and is expected to draw a full field of drivers from across Northern California for a possible $1,000 to win prize. The winner will earn $50 per car competing up, to $1,000. The total purse is over $3,000 along with $100 for the fast-time, $100 for the hard charger, and select cash awards for various positions on various laps. The event is supported by to J&J Smith Boat & RV Storage, American Racer Tire, One Piece Racing, Outlaw Motorsports, and their partners.
Roseville’s Ray Molina has just one win as he searches for another F4 championship. He has stretched his advantage to 25-points over Citrus Heights’ Vic Theberge. Rocklin’s John Sproule is third followed by 2021 champion Matthew Fuhs of Roseville. Sun Valley, NV’s Rich Innis rounds out the top-five.
The Foothills Tow Modifieds have turned up the intensity level this season with exciting battles for the win in July that have garnered over 14,000 video views on social media. Eureka’s Brandon White won both of those duels to drive into the points lead. But a challenging race for White in August and a win for Rick Andersen of North Highlands places Andresen just eight points behind with two races remaining. Roseville’s Tyler Wentworth is only 20-points out of the lead as well. Windsor’s Sammy Nuno and Colfax’s Cody Bailey run fourth and fifth with a 30-lap feature on tap for the penultimate round on Saturday.
Roseville’s Josh Whitfield earned lucky number seven on August 6 with his perfect season continuing in the Riebes Auto Parts Super Stocks. Roseville’s Phil Wilkins has been his main adversary while running second in the standings. Antelope’s Terry Thomas ranks third followed by Galt’s Larry Thornhill and Loomis’ Harry Lambert. A 30-lap main event is scheduled this weekend.
Dayton Broyles of Roseville has accumulated a 50-point lead in the Mini Cup/Bando division but Stockton sixth grader Lucas Burton has the edge on main event wins with his four to Broyles’ two. Meadow Vista’s Cash Page has been the most improved driver throughout his rookie season to rank third overall. A 15-lap main event is planned for the speedway’s youngest drivers.
Additional information on fan attendance is available at www.AllAmericanSpeedway.com Competitors will participate in practice activities on Friday before racing on Saturday. Grandstands open at 5pm followed by heat races at 5:30pm. Opening ceremonies are at 6pm with main events to follow.
All American Speedway wants to thank @the Grounds for their support along with partners such as Roseville Toyota, Berco Redwood, Riebes Auto Parts, JM Environmental, Sinister Diesel, Foothills Tow, Velocity Solar, Cardinal Financial- James Clark, Legends Real Estate, AAMCO Transmission & Total Car Care of Auburn, CA, Kim White Realtor, A-All Mini Storage, and Roseville Moose Lodge for their strong support of All American Speedway. Without competitor support and local community partners, these events would not take place. All American Speedway mandates a sound regulation for all competitors as specified in the track rule book.
For more information, visit www.AllAmericanSpeedway.com or follow the speedway on social media!
2022 All American Speedway Schedule (Subject to Change)
September 10 NASCAR Late Model Twins, Modifieds, Super Stocks, F4s, Jr. Late Models, Mini Cup/Bando
October 1 ARCA Menards Series West, NASCAR Modifieds, Super Stocks, F4s, Mini Cup/Bando, Legends Tour Series
October 22 Malicious Monster Truck Tour (2 shows)
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JENISON, Mich. — A charity golf outing to raise money for Blue’s Gym will be held in Jenison. The event will be held on October 14 at Wallingwood Springs Golf Club.
Shotgun for the charity golf outing will begin at 10 a.m. The event will be available for single golfers or teams of four to play. The cost will be $100 per player. There is space for up to 26 four-person groups.
Along with Blue’s Gym, the money raised during the golf outing will go to other non-profits that work to help kids stay off the street.
The charity golf outing for Blue’s Gym will be held on October 14. Players interested in participating can register by calling 616-457-9920. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/ottawa/charity-golf-outing-for-blues-gym-to-be-held-on-october-14-in-jenison | 2022-09-05T20:15:03Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/ottawa/charity-golf-outing-for-blues-gym-to-be-held-on-october-14-in-jenison | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
« Nuclea’rs ‘Six Niles Stile” Out Tomorrow\nA Night @ the Lab in Baltimore 8\n1. Brakett -The Black Dagger\nOne, I believe this recording can best be described/saw (he he)- I’m listening right out load-I’ll read something in 92 minutes it may sound strange at first glance/second take because, the instrumental piece for track (a) “The BD COLUMBUS, Ohio — After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Ohio enacted abortion access restrictions, tens of thousands of women in the state have registered to vote, making the Buckeye state one of the fastest-growing in the country in terms of new women voters.
Ohio Democrats and progressives are hopeful they can use the overturning of Roe v. Wade to mobilize those new voters.
As thousands protested across Ohio, many told News 5 they were going to register to vote. And they did. For women like Laila Shaikh, the newly-implemented abortion restriction in the state is why she is hitting the polls for the first time.
"That's something that's extremely personal, and it definitely did push me to go to the polls as a young woman, because you never know what type of situation you're going to be in," Shaikh said.
Shaikh is a Gen-Z voter who is ready to make her voice heard. According to data from Ohio's Secretary of State, she is one of nearly 90,000 people who registered to vote after the decision. This led her to vote in the August primary.
"Especially pushing me on being like, 'Hey, I should even register for the smaller elections, you know, not just the one that's coming up in November,'" she added.
A study done by the New York Times and verified by WEWS found a 6.4% increase in female voters from before the Dobbs leak to after the decision. This gives Ohio the second highest registration increase by women in the country.
But Lisa Stickan, the chair of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County, said she isn’t worried about the potential “blue wave” coming this year.
"The polling on what issues or sort of drivers have consistently reflected pocketbook issues — the economy, inflation, gas prices, and I think women voters aren't single-issue voters," Stickan said.
The state doesn't ask why people are registering, so assuming women are voting Democrat isn't fair, she added.
"In our last May primary in Ohio, it was almost 2 to 1 Republican turnout versus Democrat," she said. "I think that shows there is interest with the Republican Party."
Another point to add is that the data could be somewhat skewed. Ohio doesn’t list gender on voter registration data, so the New York Times calculated based on name, and subsequently, so did News 5.
With accounting for mistakes, WEWS saw a 5-8% increase in voters who were women.
When the Secretary of State's team was asked about the data, the office explained that sometimes the data is funky in regard to the registration date. Sometimes people registered much earlier than the written date, but because some counties are "lower-staffed," it may "take longer to put them into the system," it said.
Other times, people could have just moved and needed to re-register in their new county.
That being said, there is no denying there was an increase in women registering to vote in Ohio.
Kansas, arguably more conservative than Ohio, recently voted overwhelmingly to keep abortion legal. Before that ballot measure was voted on, registration by women increased by 15.9%, according to The Times.
"It definitely is an increase, and I think it's just going to go up from here," Shaikh said.
Unlike Kansas, Ohio doesn’t have a specific measure on abortion access. However, the lawmakers who will be elected can shape the state and the country in regard to reproductive healthcare law.
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HOUSTON — A nude photograph nearly delayed a Southwest Airlines flight last week.
According to Insider, NBC News, and CNN, the incident occurred on Aug. 24 flight that was flying from Houston, Texas, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Passenger Teighlor Marsalis told CNN that she and those around her received a notification on their Apple devices that someone was using AirDrop to send the image of a naked man to other passengers.
After a flight attendant and the pilot were notified, the pilot issued a stern warning over the intercom system, the media outlets reported.
"So here's the deal. If this continues while we're on the ground, I'm going to have to pull back to the gate," the pilot could be heard saying in a video the passenger allegedly recorded and then posted to TikTok, the news outlets reported. "Everybody's going to have to get off, we're going to have to get security involved and ... vacation is going to be ruined."
The video has been viewed more than 3 million times as of Monday.
Marsalis told CNN and Insider that the pilot handled the situation well.
In a statement to CNN and Insider, Southwest says that their employees were made aware of the problem and addressed it to "support the comfort of those traveling with us."
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Carnival Celebration, the second Excel-class cruise ship for Carnival Cruise Line, has sailed on her first set of sea trials today. The sistership to Mardi Gras set off from the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland and is expected to be out at sea for several days.
During the sea trials, engineers will be testing all of the technical systems onboard, but also maneuverability and speed. Construction on Carnival Celebration started in January of 2021, with the vessel expected to start operations in November from Miami, Florida later this year.
Carnival Celebration Sails for the First Time
She isn’t ready for guests yet, but Carnival Celebration is undoubtedly getting closer to her official launch later this year. After a construction period that started just twenty months ago, the newest cruise ship in the Carnival Cruise Line fleet set sail on her first set of sea trials on Monday, September 5, from the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland.
The vessel is currently sailing in the archipelago around the port city in the Baltic Sea, where engineers will be testing all of the onboard systems. Sea Trials are an essential part of the construction process and are expected to take anywhere from a few days up to ten days, depending on the testing results.
Like her sister, Mardi Gras, Carnival Celebration is powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Although the shipyard has fitted the power source on multiple ships now, it still means intensive testing of the onboard systems and whether or not the ship meets the criteria Carnival Cruise Line has set for maneuverability and speed.
Captain & Crew Already Onboard
The sea trials will also enable the ship’s crew and officers to familiarize themselves with the vessel, as Captain Vincenzo Alcaras explained to John Heald earlier:
“During sea trials, the ship is undergoing several tests, which are meant to determine the ship’s capability and performance. We do many tests, but I only list a few, such as endurance test, steering tests, speed tests, thrusters tests, zig-zag tests, which is part of maneuvering tests, and all Class required tests.”
The sea trials are still under the supervision of the shipyard, and although the Captain is onboard, this is only in the role of an observer:
“During the sea trial the ship is under the responsibility of Meyer yard. I will not take command of the ship. My role together with my team is to observe the various tests, performance, and witness the commissioning of the Bridge equipment,” Captain Vincenzo Alcaras continues.
The captain is not alone onboard; several other senior officers and crew members have already boarded the vessel. They will be responsible for launching Carnival Celebration and guiding her through the difficult launch period.
Carnival Celebration will be 180,800 gross tons with a guest capacity of 5,282 at double occupancy, along with 1,282 crew members. As with Mardi Gras, both vessels are part of the Excel class of ships. Other ships in class include P&O Cruises Iona and Arvia, AIDAnova for AIDA Cruises, Costa Smeralda and Toscana for Costa Cruises, Carnival Jubilee, which is expected to be delivered in 2023, and more.
Carnival Celebration Sets Sail End of This Year
There can be no surprise that Carnival Celebration is the most anticipated cruise ship for 2022. The vessel plays a vital role in the 50th birthday celebrations for Carnival Cruise Line, with the arrival in Miami later this year marking the culmination of those celebrations.
Guests will be able to enjoy a vast variety of activities to keep them entertained during their stay onboard, including BOLT, the same roller coaster that is featured onboard Mardi Gras, and six fun-filled zones onboard, including Celebration Central, The Gateway, Summer Landing, 802 Biscayne, Lido, and the Ultimate Playground.
Although Carnival Cruise Line calls the first Caribbean cruise the inaugural voyage, Carnival Celebration will be sailing on one cruise before she arrives in the United States. On Sunday, November 6, Carnival Celebration will be setting sail on her maiden transatlantic voyage from Southampton in the United Kingdom.
Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line, said: “Carnival Celebration promises to be a spectacular addition to our fleet – just in time for our 50th birthday – and we’ve put together a terrific array of itineraries kicking off with a two-week-long inaugural transatlantic cruise and then year-round Caribbean sailings from PortMiami featuring some of the most beautiful and popular destinations in the region.”
During the 14-day voyage, she will call in La Coruna and Vigo in Spain, Funchal on the island of Madeira, and Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
On November 20, Carnival Celebration will arrive in Miami in the early morning hours, after which Carnival Cruise Line will be hosting a series of celebrations, including the official naming ceremony, to celebrate the arrival of the newest ship in the fleet.
Carnival Celebration is scheduled to debut from Miami on November 21, 2022. The cruise ship will offer year-round service to the eastern and western Caribbean from PortMiami’s new Terminal F, constructed specifically for Carnival Cruise Line. Cruises will be between 6-8 days in length. | https://www.cruisehive.com/carnival-cruise-lines-new-mega-ship-begins-sea-trials/80595 | 2022-09-05T20:22:58Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/carnival-cruise-lines-new-mega-ship-begins-sea-trials/80595 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Tropical Storm Kay, currently churning approximately 550 miles southeast of Cabo San Lucas and 350 miles southwest of Puerto Vallarta, is predicted to strengthen in the next few hours, with likely impacts on Baja California in the coming days.
This will impact cruise ship visits to the popular port of Cabo San Lucas as the storm approaches the region on Thursday and Friday.
Tropical Storm Strengthening
Tropical Storm Kay, while still short of hurricane strength at this time, is forecast to become a hurricane as early as Tuesday, September 6, or even late Monday night.
As the storm continues to move northwest close to the Mexican coast, it will likely continue to strengthen, possibly reaching Category 2 status with sustained winds from 96-110 miles per hour.
Because of the potential impact on coastal communities, the government of Mexico has issued a tropical storm watch for the southern portion of the Baja California peninsula, including the resort community and popular cruise port of Cabo San Lucas.
This indicates that tropical storm force winds are possible in the region within 48 hours. As the storm progresses, the watches may be upgraded to warnings, and port operations can be impacted.
At the moment, Cabo San Lucas continues to operate as planned, though no passenger ships are in port today or throughout the early part of the week.
Potential Cruise Impacts
Later this week, however, the storm will not only be stronger, but will draw closer to the peninsula. The storm’s path will also put Cabo San Lucas on the storm’s eastern side, where more intense winds and a broader wind field are present.
Two cruise ships may be directly impacted by Tropical Storm (or Hurricane) Kay: Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Panorama is scheduled to be in port at Cabo San Lucas on Thursday, September 8, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., just as the storm will be drawing closer to the peninsula.
Royal Caribbean International’s Navigator of the Seas may also be impacted, as the Voyager-class ship is scheduled to visit Cabo San Lucas on Friday, September 9, from 12-8 p.m., just as the weather may be at its worst.
Carnival Panorama is sailing a 7-night roundtrip Mexican Riviera voyage from Long Beach, with visits to Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas. The Vista-class ship departed California on Saturday, September 3.
Navigator of the Seas will depart on a 5-night roundtrip Cabo Ensenada cruise itinerary on Wednesday, September 7, with a day at sea planned prior to arriving in Cabo San Lucas on Friday.
It is possible that either ship may adjust their itineraries to avoid the worst weather of the storm. While no changes have yet been confirmed, these are often last-minute decisions that take into account all the updated information on a storm’s strength, wind field size, relative motion, and overall speed.
All cruise lines continually monitor weather conditions in the regions they sail, and the safety of each vessel and all the souls aboard – guests and crew – are the most important consideration for adjusting itineraries to avoid poor weather.
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If necessary, port times may be adjusted, port of call visits may be completely dropped, or itinerary routes adjusted to compensate for weather conditions.
If the storm does significant damage to port facilities, it may be possible that additional ships or future cruises could also be impacted long after a hurricane passes.
More Storm Impacts
Even while keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Kay in the eastern Pacific Ocean, cruise line weather forecasters are also watching Tropical Storm Earl in the southern Caribbean.
While no cruise destinations are currently impacted by Tropical Storm Earl, the storm is forecast to become a hurricane late in the week, and may impact Bermuda.
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Jones Lays One More Jewel Into The King’s Crown
By Jeff Hood | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
DARLINGTON, S.C. – Leave it to The Lady in Black to crash NASCAR’s playoff party and result in a victory lane celebration fit for a King.
Sunday night’s Cookout Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway smiled on non-playoff participant Erik Jones as eight of the 16 drivers vying for the championship failed to finish in the Top 15 during round one of NASCAR’s postseason.
Jones’ win was the iconic Petty No. 43’s first at Darlington since 1967.
Richard Petty, co-owner of Petty GMS Motorsports, made the rounds at Darlington Raceway early in the day sporting his trademark sunglasses and cowboy hat while flashing his famous smile.
But the 85-year-old and cousin Dale Inman left midway through the race and were notably absent as the No. 43 zoomed underneath the checkered flag.
“I talked to him on the phone and that was cool,” Jones said during his post-race interview in the media center. “ He and Dale Inman had left earlier to go home. They said it was getting too late and they needed to go home and rest.
“I wish I could have seen him face-to-face just to see his emotion. I really would just love to sit down and watch the race with him, especially the ending and just talk about it.”
Mechanical gremlins foiled the efforts of the race’s two dominant drivers, Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch, during the final 50 laps.
Their misfortune opened the door for the Michigan native to take the lead and line up alongside Denny Hamlin with 20 laps remaining.
Jones managed to click off perfect laps and hold Hamlin at bay.
His victory came with plenty of irony, considering that Hamlin, Truex and Busch are his former teammates.
Jones was dismissed from Joe Gibbs Racing at the conclusion of the 2020 season. He wound up in Petty’s No. 43.
Following a restructuring of the team formerly known as Richard Petty Motorsports, Maury Gallagher entered the picture at the beginning of this season as co-owner in hopes of making the organization competitive.
Little did they know it would take less than nine months to score their first NASCAR Cup Series victory as Petty GMS.
Jones credited part of his surprising success this year to his relationship with the legendary former driver known as King Richard.
With Richard, he hasn’t raced in nearly 30 years,” Jones said. “The cars change. But what really doesn’t change is the mentality. It’s still the same. I mean, he’s a racer.
“He’s won 200 races and seven championships. So he knows how to get it done. He’s shared a lot of wisdom with me and has had plenty of constructive criticism, which has been good for me.
“It’s cool to hear what he thinks There are things I can learn from him. Some people may not believe that, but I’ve definitely learned from that guy.”
Hamlin, the defending race champion, seemed content with his runner-up finish, which was the highest among playoff contenders.
“I’m tired,” Hamlin said of the marathon event. “This race is physically and mentally grueling. I’ve had worst days for sure.”
Despite lining up alongside Jones, he never could reach the No. 43’s bumper during the dash to the finish.
“(My car) was tight,” Hamlin said. “I did really good just to keep our track position.
“We really needed this race to go green. When we went long (on pitting), we were catching the field. My long run pace was so good. We didn’t need the short run.”
Two cars burst into flames with just over 90 laps remaining, most notably Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 Ford.
Harvick, who had experienced an issue with the hose blowing cold air into his helmet at the beginning of the race, was running in the Top 10 when the scary incident occurred.
Three laps later, J.J. Yeley’s Ford suffered a similar fate.
Neither driver was injured, but the incidents captured the attention of fourth-place finisher Joey Logano.
“It should be concerning that cars are still catching on fire,” Logano said. “We’ve got to fix that.”
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NASCAR Cup Series Race – 73rd Annual Cook Out Southern 500
Darlington Raceway
Darlington, South Carolina
Sunday, September 4, 2022
- (15) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, 367.
- (11) Denny Hamlin (P), Toyota, 367.
- (4) Tyler Reddick (P), Chevrolet, 367.
- (1) Joey Logano (P), Ford, 367.
- (2) Christopher Bell (P), Toyota, 367.
- (10) Michael McDowell, Ford, 367.
- (25) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 367.
- (3) William Byron (P), Chevrolet, 367.
- (8) Bubba Wallace (P), Toyota, 367.
- (16) Alex Bowman (P), Chevrolet, 367.
- (22) Aric Almirola, Ford, 367.
- (7) Kyle Larson (P), Chevrolet, 367.
- (9) Ryan Blaney (P), Ford, 367.
- (30) Cole Custer, Ford, 367.
- (21) Ty Gibbs(i), Toyota, 367.
- (6) Austin Cindric # (P), Ford, 367.
- (13) Austin Dillon (P), Chevrolet, 367.
- (36) Daniel Suarez (P), Chevrolet, 367.
- (14) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 366.
- (12) Ross Chastain (P), Chevrolet, 366.
- (28) Harrison Burton #, Ford, 366.
- (29) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 366.
- (24) Daniel Hemric(i), Chevrolet, 365.
- (34) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 365.
- (26) Landon Cassill(i), Chevrolet, 365.
- (27) Chris Buescher, Ford, 365.
- (19) Chase Briscoe (P), Ford, 363.
- (31) Todd Gilliland #, Ford, 363.
- (35) BJ McLeod(i), Ford, 361.
- (5) Kyle Busch (P), Toyota, Engine, 345.
- (17) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Water Pump, 336.
- (32) Cody Ware, Ford, Accident, 331.
- (18) Kevin Harvick (P), Ford, Exhaust, 274.
- (33) JJ Yeley(i), Ford, Exhaust, 236.
- (20) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet, Accident, 164.
- (23) Chase Elliott (P), Chevrolet, DVP, 113.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 120.406 mph.
Time of Race: 4 Hrs, 9 Mins, 49 Secs. Margin of Victory: .252 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 9 for 58 laps.
Lead Changes: 21 among 11 drivers.
Lap Leaders: J. Logano (P) 1-37;L. Cassill(i) 38;J. Logano (P) 39-65;W. Byron (P) 66-74;B. Wallace (P) 75-76;W. Byron (P) 77-117;K. Busch (P) 118-152;D. Hamlin (P) 153;R. Chastain (P) 154;B. Wallace (P) 155-156;B. Keselowski 157-167;K. Busch (P) 168-193;C. LaJoie 194-197;K. Busch (P) 198-208;M. Truex Jr. 209-220;K. Busch (P) 221-293;M. Truex Jr. 294-319;K. Busch (P) 320;D. Hamlin (P) 321-325;M. Truex Jr. 326-335;K. Busch (P) 336-344;E. Jones 345-367.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Kyle Busch (P) 6 times for 155 laps; Joey Logano (P) 2 times for 64 laps; William Byron (P) 2 times for 50 laps; Martin Truex Jr. 3 times for 48 laps; Erik Jones 1 time for 23 laps; Brad Keselowski 1 time for 11 laps; Denny Hamlin (P) 2 times for 6 laps; Bubba Wallace (P) 2 times for 4 laps; Corey LaJoie 1 time for 4 laps; Landon Cassill(i) 1 time for 1 lap; Ross Chastain (P) 1 time for 1 lap.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 24,11,18,20,19,1,8,43,12,45
Stage #2 Top Ten: 18,19,12,22,24,20,48,99,43,34
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Darlington Hammer Comes Down Hard
DARLINGTON, S.C. – None of the NASCAR Cup playoff contenders were immune from Darlington Raceway’s wrath Sunday night as the Cook Out Southern 500 turned into chaos for those seeking this year’s championship.
In fact, the playoffs’ opening race turned into a topsy-turvy evening for the title contenders with only one driver remaining in the same standings position he possessed entering the event.
The havoc many experienced ranged from mechanical woes to wrecks to pit road problems. The 15-point lead Chase Elliott possessed over second entering the race evaporated while the 20 points separating second and 16th shuffled the drivers as if they were a deck of cards.
Elliott exited the race after hitting the wall and spinning 113 laps into the 367-lap event at the 1.366-mile track. He finished last and dropped to ninth in the standings. Elliott simply said his team had to approach the first round’s remaining two races “better than we did today.”
Joey Logano entered the historic race second in the standings and left with the lead. Logano claimed the pole for Sunday’s event and led twice for 64 laps before finishing fourth.
Ross Chastain, a two-time winner this year who was third in the standings, ended Stage 1 in the top 10. However, early in Stage 2 he had to make two unscheduled stops due to debris in the drive pins that prevented the car’s wheels from tightening. He led one lap, finished 20th and dropped to eighth in the standings.
Kyle Larson’s woes started early in the 500-mile race. On lap 80, he was on pit road with the hood up on his Chevrolet. He lost two laps and found himself in 35th. Then on lap 192, he spun on the frontstretch and restarted 27th. Larson finally returned to the lead lap on lap 231when Stage 2 ended. He finished 12th but dropped from fourth to seventh in the standings.
William Byron led twice for 50 laps early in the event, avoided trouble throughout the rest of the race to produce an eight-place finish. He jumped from fifth to second in the standings.
Denny Hamlin led twice for six laps and ran in the top 10 for most of the evening. His lone stumble came during the sixth caution period when his crew had an issue during his pit stop and he lost several positions. He ran in the top five for most of the final Stage, but came up short at the checkered flag, finishing 0.252-second behind winner Erik Jones. He entered Darlington sixth in the standings and left in third.
Ryan Blaney probably had the most uneventful day of the title contenders. He had no pit road issues and wasn’t involved in any incidents. Blaney finished 13th and advanced only one position in the standings to sixth.
Tyler Reddick didn’t lead during the event but came on strong at the finish to place third. In the standings, he jumped from eighth to fifth.
For Kevin Harvick, it was a scary Southern 500 as his car caught fire on lap 276. Five Fords have now caught fire in three different races and Harvick was furious.
“The car started burning and as it burned the flames started coming through the dash,” an angry Harvick said. “I ran a couple laps and then as the flame got bigger it started burning stuff up … .
“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.”
Harvick dropped from ninth to 16th in the standings with his 33rd-place finish.
Christopher Bell, Austin Cindric, Alex Bowman and Austin Dillon escaped the tough race without an issue. Bell finished fifth, Bowman placed 10th, Cindric took 16th and Dillon was next in 17th. In the standings, Bell jumped from 10th to fourth, Cindric advanced one position to 13th, Bowman advanced from 15th to 10th and Dillon gained two positions moving from 16th to 14th.
Chase Briscoe’s involvement in Elliott’s accident left him 14th at the finish and shuffled him from12th to 15th.
Kyle Busch was the top lap leader, setting the pace six times for 155 laps. He appeared headed for victory when the engine in his Toyota expired while he was leading with 23 laps remaining in the race. He is the only driver whose position didn’t change in the standings. He remained 11th.
Daniel Suarez’s team experienced problems before practice began. Suarez failed pre-race inspection three times. That cost him pit selection, a qualifying attempt, a crew member, and a pass-through penalty at the race’s beginning. He lost a lap when he served the penalty and then regained it during the first caution period for rain laps 6 to 16. Then NASCAR penalized him for speeding on pit road on lap 271. He clawed back to an 18th-place finish. That left him 12th in the standings, one above his previous position.
Heading to Kansas for the second playoff race next weekend, the bottom four in the standings are Cindric, Dillon, Briscoe and Harvick.
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NASCAR Cup Series Race – 73rd Annual Cook Out Southern 500
Darlington Raceway
Darlington, South Carolina
Sunday, September 4, 2022
- (15) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, 367.
- (11) Denny Hamlin (P), Toyota, 367.
- (4) Tyler Reddick (P), Chevrolet, 367.
- (1) Joey Logano (P), Ford, 367.
- (2) Christopher Bell (P), Toyota, 367.
- (10) Michael McDowell, Ford, 367.
- (25) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 367.
- (3) William Byron (P), Chevrolet, 367.
- (8) Bubba Wallace (P), Toyota, 367.
- (16) Alex Bowman (P), Chevrolet, 367.
- (22) Aric Almirola, Ford, 367.
- (7) Kyle Larson (P), Chevrolet, 367.
- (9) Ryan Blaney (P), Ford, 367.
- (30) Cole Custer, Ford, 367.
- (21) Ty Gibbs(i), Toyota, 367.
- (6) Austin Cindric # (P), Ford, 367.
- (13) Austin Dillon (P), Chevrolet, 367.
- (36) Daniel Suarez (P), Chevrolet, 367.
- (14) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 366.
- (12) Ross Chastain (P), Chevrolet, 366.
- (28) Harrison Burton #, Ford, 366.
- (29) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 366.
- (24) Daniel Hemric(i), Chevrolet, 365.
- (34) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 365.
- (26) Landon Cassill(i), Chevrolet, 365.
- (27) Chris Buescher, Ford, 365.
- (19) Chase Briscoe (P), Ford, 363.
- (31) Todd Gilliland #, Ford, 363.
- (35) BJ McLeod(i), Ford, 361.
- (5) Kyle Busch (P), Toyota, Engine, 345.
- (17) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Water Pump, 336.
- (32) Cody Ware, Ford, Accident, 331.
- (18) Kevin Harvick (P), Ford, Exhaust, 274.
- (33) JJ Yeley(i), Ford, Exhaust, 236.
- (20) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet, Accident, 164.
- (23) Chase Elliott (P), Chevrolet, DVP, 113.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 120.406 mph.
Time of Race: 4 Hrs, 9 Mins, 49 Secs. Margin of Victory: .252 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 9 for 58 laps.
Lead Changes: 21 among 11 drivers.
Lap Leaders: J. Logano (P) 1-37;L. Cassill(i) 38;J. Logano (P) 39-65;W. Byron (P) 66-74;B. Wallace (P) 75-76;W. Byron (P) 77-117;K. Busch (P) 118-152;D. Hamlin (P) 153;R. Chastain (P) 154;B. Wallace (P) 155-156;B. Keselowski 157-167;K. Busch (P) 168-193;C. LaJoie 194-197;K. Busch (P) 198-208;M. Truex Jr. 209-220;K. Busch (P) 221-293;M. Truex Jr. 294-319;K. Busch (P) 320;D. Hamlin (P) 321-325;M. Truex Jr. 326-335;K. Busch (P) 336-344;E. Jones 345-367.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Kyle Busch (P) 6 times for 155 laps; Joey Logano (P) 2 times for 64 laps; William Byron (P) 2 times for 50 laps; Martin Truex Jr. 3 times for 48 laps; Erik Jones 1 time for 23 laps; Brad Keselowski 1 time for 11 laps; Denny Hamlin (P) 2 times for 6 laps; Bubba Wallace (P) 2 times for 4 laps; Corey LaJoie 1 time for 4 laps; Landon Cassill(i) 1 time for 1 lap; Ross Chastain (P) 1 time for 1 lap.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 24,11,18,20,19,1,8,43,12,45
Stage #2 Top Ten: 18,19,12,22,24,20,48,99,43,34
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Win Has McLaughlin Thinking Ahead
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
Admittedly a longshot to win the 2022 NTT IndyCar Series driver’s title, Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin is trending as the early/sexy choice as “next year’s champion.”
Scotty Mac made winning look easy Sunday during the Grand Prix of Portland, dominating the schedule’s penultimate round en route to his third career INDYCAR victory. McLaughlin led 104 of 110 laps around Portland (Ore.) International Raceway to finish 1.1792-seconds in front of teammate/point-leader Will Power.
McLaughlin will be one of five drivers eligible to win the Astor Challenge Cup at the season-ending Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey on Sunday, Sept. 11, at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif. That group includes Power and Josef Newgarden of Team Penske and Scott Dixon and Marcus Ericsson, both of arch-rival Chip Ganassi Racing.
The 2014 series champion, Power can clinch his second INDYCAR crown by finishing third or better, regardless of his rivals’ results. Power’s lead grew Sunday from three to 20 points over Newgarden, the series champion in 2017 and 2019. Six-time series champ Dixon also is 20 points back but third in the standings due to fewer wins this season than Newgarden. Ericsson is fourth, 39 points back. McLaughlin is fifth, 41 points behind Power.
“Yeah, we’re a longshot. I don’t care,” said McLaughlin, driver of the No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet. “But we’re a shot, and I’m looking forward to it.”
A driver had to be within 54 points of leader Power and his No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet after the event at PIR to remain title-eligible. That circumstance eliminated reigning series champion Alex Palou of CGR and Spain and Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren SP from contention.
McLaughlin drove to his third career IndyCar Series pole _ all this season _ with a hot lap of 58.2349-seconds/121.412 mph during Saturday’s Firestone Fast Six. McLaughlin earned his first career series victory from P1 at the season-opener in late February on the Streets of St. Petersburg, Fla., and finished second after claiming his second career pole in August on the Streets of Nashville.
“The Freightliner Chevy all weekend has been fast and has been right there when we needed it,” said McLaughlin, a 29-year-old native of New Zealand in his second INDYCAR season. “The team _ the Thirsty 3’s _ got the job done in the pits. We did exactly what we needed to do this weekend, and that was win and get max points and keep ourselves in the fight.”
This marks the 17th consecutive season the series championship remains undecided until the finale. It’s also the first time since 2017 that at least five drivers will race for the Astor Challenge Cup at the final race. Seven drivers held mathematical title hopes with one race to go that year, but double points were awarded at the finale at Sonoma Raceway in California, expanding the group of title-eligible drivers, unlike this season.
McLaughlin, a three-time Australian V8 Supercars champion, has made huge strides during his second season of open-wheel competition in the No. 3 car previously linked to popular Brazilian Helio Castroneves.
“I think what we’re doing right now is building for a massive year next year,” McLaughlin said. “I haven’t finished out of the top-five or top-four for the last six events or something. I’m feeling really strong. There’s no reason why this can’t be great momentum for next year, and yeah, I feel like I’m driving the best I ever have in my whole career right now. I feel really comfortable and comfortable with the team. That’s what you need to tackle championships, especially in the series.”
McLaughlin reiterated he understands how team/series-owner Roger Penske expects his drivers to conduct themselves, especially against each other on-track.
“I think it’s all circumstantial. I think I’m a Penske driver,” McLaughlin said. “I fit the mold, and if I need to do what I need to do, I am a full team player. Yeah, ideally, I would love to just go, but for me I need to pole and race-win and have some fun. If things happen, yeah, I’m ready to do what I need to do for the team.
“I have nothing to lose, but at the same time I want to do the best job for my team. I don’t need to be a Kamikaze or anything like that, but I just need to focus on what I’m doing…and have a good run. Ideal weekend is a pole/race-win. It’s no doubt that I can go to Laguna Seca and win, and I’m ready to do that.”
Power downplayed his 20-point cushion over Newgarden and Dixon after recording his second runnerup result of the season, eighth podium of 2022 and 93rd top-three of a distinguished domestic career.
“We’ve got to come up to Laguna seriously ready,” said Power, a 41-year-old native of Australia who began driving fulltime for “The Captain” in 2010. “Yeah, as you know, in this series it switches incredibly quickly. Got to be smart.
“I want to win this championship for the guys that have been with me for more than a decade. It’s a lot less selfish for me this time around because they deserve it. I feel their pain over the years of losing so many, so I would love to win it for them.”
Newgarden started and finished eighth in the No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet after incurring a six-position grid penalty for an engine change following his victory last month on the World Wide Technology Raceway oval in Madison, Ill.
“At this point, it just kind of is what it is,” said Newgarden, a 31-year-old resident of Nashville, addressing the finale. “We’re going to try to win that race (at Laguna Seca) and go for broke. It’s been kind of a weird year. Everyone has done such a great job on this No. 2 car. I’m so proud and happy with everybody. They’ve really put a good effort together. It’s either been winning the race or some weird luck has happened. I don’t know how Laguna is going to play-out. We’re going to go and play to win. We’ll see what happens.”
Dixon finished third in the No. 9 Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda after starting 16th, sustaining his hopes for a record-tying seventh season championship alongside open-wheel icon A.J. Foyt Jr. “We’re still in the fight,” said Dixon, 42, and a fellow-New Zealander to McLaughlin. “Anything is possible. We’ve won on tiebreakers before. We’re in it, and we won’t ever give up as a team until it’s over.”
O’Ward, a native of Mexico, finished fourth in his No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet. Graham Rahal rounded-out the top five in the No. 15 Honda fielded by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
McLaughlin dominated the event’s early portions after starting on Firestone’s alternate (red) tire, as did six of the top-10 drivers. His rivals tried various tire strategies between the alternates and black primaries hoping to find an edge that never came. McLaughlin’s cause was aided by a “clean” race. Despite pre-race driver anxiety about possible carnage in the tight Turn 1 complex on Lap 1, every driver made it through Calamity Corner without incident.
That fact helped pole-sitter McLaughlin stretch his lead to nearly 7.5-seconds over Power by Lap 33. “The car felt really good on that first stint, but as the race went on it got a little bit worse,” McLaughlin said. “So, I just had to work on concentrating where I wanted the strengths of the car and work with those, and the weaknesses, just try to make the best of them.”
Power pulled to within 4.4-seconds of McLaughlin by Lap 71, with Power, McLaughlin and Newgarden making their final pit stops on Lap 80 _ when it appeared this may be the first caution-free race at Portland since 2007.
But McLaughlin’s healthy lead was erased, giving his rivals hope on a restart, during the lone caution on Lap 84. Rinus VeeKay’s No. 21 Chevrolet fielded by Ed Carpenter Racing clipped the No. 48 Honda of CGR’s Jimmie Johnson while overtaking on the front straightway before Turn 1. The impact sent Johnson’s car slamming into the outside wall. Johnson was uninjured, but his race was over.
On the ensuing restart on Lap 88, McLaughlin darted away from the field. Power held second but not until his title hopes perhaps flashed before his eyes after O’Ward made an “optimistic” dive under the No. 12 Chevy into Turn 1, jolting the car’ sidepod. Both drivers continued after contact, albeit with damage to the aerodynamic flip-up in front of O’Ward’s left rear wheel. Race officials also judged that O’Ward had blocked Dixon after his contact with Power, and Pato was forced to surrender third place to Dixon.
“I was pretty calm about everything,” said McLaughlin, referring to that series of events. “I knew I just had to get a reasonable run off the last corner and try and break the tow a little bit going into Turn 1, but didn’t want to overshoot Turn 1. Then I saw in my mirror that Pato and Will were side-by-side. It looked dicey. When I saw that happen, I knew the first lap for me was going to be huge to try and break a gap.
“That’s exactly what happened. I got to 1.6-seconds, and that’s sort of how it was the rest of the race. That was really my time that I had to make up. I had to make hay on that lap, and we did.”
From there, McLaughlin managed a gap over Power of about 1.1-seconds for the final 22 trips around the 1.964-mile/12-turn permanent road-course. McLaughlin will split a $10,000 bonus with his team and a charity of his choice as race winner and part of the PeopleReady Force for Good Challenge.
The chase for the championship isn’t the only issue to be decided Sunday in scenic Monterey. Christian Lundgaard leads David Malukas by just five points, 293-288, in pursuit of the series’ Rookie of the Year honor. Chicagoan Malukas finished 14th in the No. 18 Honda fielded by Dale Coyne Racing, with Denmark’s Lundgaard 21st in the No. 30 Honda fielded by RLLR.
Benjamin Pedersen finished the job Sunday in the Indy Lights Grand Prix of Portland, while Linus Lundqvist still has work to do to reach his ultimate goal.
Danish native Pedersen, who grew up in Seattle, earned his first career Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires victory to complete a dominant weekend at Portland International Raceway in the No. 24 Global Racing Group with HMD car. Pedersen’s inaugural series win came in his 32nd career Lights start and capped a weekend that saw him qualify on-pole.
“Definitely a dream,” Pedersen said. “We were fastest in every session this week. I don’t think I’ve ever done that before, but at a home event where I grew up, in Seattle, only a couple hours from here, a bunch of local support. It’s just so awesome. I’ve loved every minute. I’m so relieved, so thankful.”
Native Australian Matthew Brabham finished second in the No. 83 Andretti Autosport car, 0.9651-seconds behind Pedersen, to sustain his slim title hopes. Championship leader Lundqvist needed to leave this race with a 109-point pad to clinch his first Indy Lights title. But Lundqvist is 103 points ahead of Brabham after finishing third in the No. 26 HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing car.
The season will end with a doubleheader on Saturday, Sept. 10, and Sunday, Sept. 11, at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Lundqvist needs to lead by at least 54 points after Saturday’s race to clinch.
While Lundqvist almost certainly will hoist the 2022 championship trophy next weekend in Monterey, Calif., the weekend in the Pacific Northwest belonged to Pedersen. He led all 35 laps around PIR’s 1.964-mile/12-turn permanent road-course. The only issues slowing Pedersen were two caution periods for separate incidents. Otherwise, Pedersen never was challenged on either restart.
Brabham _son of former IMSA and INDYCAR driver Geoff Brabham and grandson of three-time Formula One World Driving Champion Sir Jack Brabham _ inherited second after showing the wisdom of a series veteran during a three-way joust for second on Lap 6 immediately after a restart.
Danial Frost, Christian Rasmussen and Brabham darted around each other for position on the first full lap after the restart. Brabham wisely backed off while Rasmussen and Frost went side-by-side into the fast Turn 11. The two cars touched, and Frost’s No. 68 HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing car speared into the tire barrier while Rasmussen’s No. 27 Road to Indy/Stellrecht car was forced across the grass onto the escape road.
Frost was uninjured in his race-ending crash, while Rasmussen continued and finished seventh. That fracas elevated Brabham to second and Lundqvist to third, where they held serve for the rest of the race. Lundqvist never mounted a challenge to Brabham over the closing 28 laps, finishing 5.4-seconds behind his closest championship rival to earn his ninth podium finish in 12 starts this season.
“It’s all right,” Lundqvist said. “You always want a little more, you want to win every race if you can, but we just didn’t really have the pace this weekend. Benjamin has been on it since session one. Congratulations to him. It’s always a good feeling to get that first win under your belt.
“But from our side, it was all right. Happy to get away with a podium. We’ll take the points. Obviously, it would have been nice to finish ahead of Brabham and be finished with it, but we’ll see. We still have a good gap and we’re going to Laguna with some good energy.”
Flinn Lazier, son of 1996 Indianapolis 500 and 2000 Indy Racing League champion Buddy Lazier, made his series debut in the No. 15 Abel Motorsports entry by starting and finishing 12th. Lazier finished last after opening lap contact with Christian Bogle and Frost.
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Results Sunday of the Grand Prix of Portland NTT IndyCar Series event on the 1.964-mile/12-turn Portland (Ore.) International Raceway permanent road-course, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
- (1) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 110, Running
2. (2) Will Power, Chevrolet, 110, Running
3. (16) Scott Dixon, Honda, 110, Running
4. (5) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 110, Running
5. (11) Graham Rahal, Honda, 110, Running
6. (7) Colton Herta, Honda, 110, Running
7. (9) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 110, Running
8. (8) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 110, Running
9. (14) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 110, Running
10. (6) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 110, Running
11. (18) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 110, Running
12. (4) Alex Palou, Honda, 110, Running
13. (13) Kyle Kirkwood, Chevrolet, 110, Running
14. (10) David Malukas, Honda, 110, Running
15. (17) Jack Harvey, Honda, 110, Running
16. (24) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 110, Running
17. (21) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 110, Running
18. (22) Takuma Sato, Honda, 110, Running
19. (15) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 110, Running
20. (12) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 110, Running
21. (3) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 110, Running
22. (25) Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 109, Running
23. (19) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 100, Running
24. (23) Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 82, Contact
25. (20) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 67, Mechanical
Race Statistics
Winner’s average speed: 111.493 mph
Time of Race: 01:56:15.6892
Margin of victory: 1.1792-seconds
Cautions: 1 for 4 laps
Lead changes: 9 among 4 drivers
Lap Leaders
McLaughlin, Scott 1 – 20
Lundgaard, Christian 21
Rahal, Graham 22
Ilott, Callum 23
McLaughlin, Scott 24 – 47
Power, Will 48
Rahal, Graham 49
McLaughlin, Scott 50 – 78
Power, Will 79
McLaughlin, Scott 80 – 110
NTT IndyCar Series point-standings (top-10) _ 1, Will Power, Team Penske, 523; 2, Josef Newgarden, Team Penske, 503; 3, Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing, 503; 4, Marcus Ericsson, Chip Ganassi Racing, 484; 5, Scott McLaughlin, Team Penske, 482; 6, Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing, 457; 7, Pato O’Ward, Arrow McLaren SP, 456; 8, Colton Herta, Andretti Autosport, 362; 9, Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport, 361; 10, Felix Rosenqvist, Arrow McLaren SP, 360.
Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires point standings (top-10) _ 1, Linus Lundqvist, 515; 2, Matthew Brabham, 412; 3, Hunter McElrea, 401; 4, Sting Ray Robb, 389; 5, Benjamin Pedersen, 385; 6, Christian Rasmussen, 346; 7, Danial Frost, 330; 8, Jacob Abel. 293; 9, Kyffin Simpson. 276; 10, Ernie Francis Jr., 263.
Editor’s Note: John Sturbin is a Texas-based journalist specializing in motorsports. During a near 30-year career with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, he won the Bloys Britt Award for top motorsports story of the year (1991) as judged by The Associated Press; received the National Hot Rod Association’s Media Award (1995) and several in-house Star-Telegram honors. He also was inaugural recipient of the Texas Motor Speedway Excellence in Journalism Award (2009). His list of freelance clients includes Texas Motor Speedway, the Dallas Morning News, New York Newsday, Rome (N.Y.) Daily Sentinel, Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller Times, NASCAR Wire Service, Ford Racing and Used Car Dealer magazine).
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U.S. Nats Finals Set
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Ron Capps won the Pep Boys NHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout at the prestigious 68th annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, trailering Matt Hagan in the final to earn an $80,000 payday during a bonus event at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Brittany Force (Top Fuel), Capps (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Angelle Sampey (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also qualified No. 1 at the 16th of 22 races during the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, and final event of the regular season.
Two hours of live eliminations coverage is scheduled to start today noon (EDT) on Fox Sports 1 and continue from 2 to 5 p.m. on the FOX Network.
Capps, the two-time/reigning world champion, put together a 1,000-foot run in 3.936-seconds at 330.47 mph in his Toyota Supra to defeat Hagan on a hole shot. Hagan, a three-time world champ, ran 3.900-seconds at 328.66 mph but Capps was quicker off the starting line to pick up the specialty race win. Capps beat Tim Wilkerson and 16-time world champ John Force to reach the final, while Hagan defeated Alexis DeJoria and three-time world champ Robert Hight.
Capps’ 0.026-second reaction time ultimately proved to be the difference in the final. “This turned out to be so much fun,” said Capps, who is in his first season as owner/driver of Ron Capps Motorsports. “The car was hauling the mail in the final round and it’s so cool to win on a hole shot and to do it for this much money. I love it for my guys. We’ve had so many special moments this year and this ranks right up there, until hopefully (Monday’s finals). But this one is really, really big for us.”
Chasing his first U.S. Nationals victory, Capps also secured his fifth No. 1 qualifier of the season with a pass in 3.864-seconds at 333.58 mph against Wilkerson. Sunday’s win provided momentum, but Capps knows he could celebrate one of the biggest moments of his career this afternoon. He’ll open eliminations against Dale Creasy Jr.
“We’ve got a great race car right now,” Capps said. “Last year stung and that was the run of the year in Funny Car. We’ll take some time to enjoy this No. 1 and this (Callout) win, and we’ll get ready.”
In Top Fuel, Brit Force delivered another career moment Sunday, breaking both ends of the track record at IRP with an incredible 1,000-foot run in 3.640-seconds at 337.75 mph. That pass gave Force, the current point-leader and 2016 world champion, her seventh pole this season and 39th in her career.
Force will chase her first career U.S. Nationals victory by opening eliminations against Dan Mercier in what also ended up being the quickest qualifying field in NHRA history. Mercier qualified No. 16 with a 3.758-second pass at 318.99 mph, while Force will try for her fifth victory of 2022.
“This is definitely a big one for this Monster Energy team,” said Force, of John Force Racing. “This is the biggest race of the season, it’s the one race everyone wants to win. There’s extra motivation coming into it. It’s Indy and everyone wants to accomplish something here. That was a killer run, especially since we struggled every lap and then we finally got it figured out. It was outstanding. Then for it to be part of the quickest field in NHRA history and to be part of that with 25 cars is pretty incredible. That’s history and we want to leave our mark so to come here to Indy and take that No. 1, we’re just excited.”
Justin Ashley secured the second spot at 3.671-seconds and 335.32 mph, which momentarily set the speed record Saturday. Meanwhile, four-time/reigning world champion Steve Torrence is third at 3.692-seconds at 329.02 mph in his family-owned dragster.
Pro Stock’s Greg Anderson secured his third straight pole this season on the strength of a quarter-mile pass in 6.567-seconds at 208.10 mph from Saturday in his Hendricks.com Chevrolet Camaro SS. It’s part of a great late-season run for the five-time/reigning world champion, who still is seeking his first victory of 2022.
Anderson will start race day today against Fernando Cuadra Sr. and has one goal _ pick up his elusive 100th career victory at the world’s biggest drag race. Anderson also is trying to post his seventh U.S. Nats win, but first at IRP since 2011.
“It’s just nice to have a race car that can win again,” Anderson said. “We were not up to par for the first eight-10 races but we’re back. We’re climbing the ladder and we know that we can win again. Now, we just need to put it all together on Monday. The driver has to have his act together and do a good job. Indy is a marathon, so you’ve got to learn to save a little for Monday.”
Anderson’s Ken Black Racing teammate, Dallas Glenn, earned the second spot after running 6.578-seconds at 207.72 mph. Point-leader and four-time world champ Erica Enders finished third at 6.582-seconds and 208.97 mph in her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevy. Enders has won the last two races at IRP.
In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Angelle Sampey held onto P1 from Saturday, clinching her fourth pole of the season via a quarter-mile run of 6.796-seconds at 199.88 mph aboard her Vance & Hines Suzuki. It’s also the 57th career No. 1 qualifier for Sampey, who will try to win the U.S. Nationals for the first time in 20 years. That would wrap up a stellar weekend for the three-time world champion who is seeking her third win at “The Big Go.” She will take on Ron Tornow to open eliminations.
“The last two runs (Sunday) were good, and we feel confident going into (Monday’s eliminations),” said Sampey, who has seven career poles at the U.S. Nats. “We’re going to hold onto this the best we can and we’re certainly capable of winning this race if I can keep my composure. I’m going to give it my all and I just want to win the race. But I need to do my job in the first round and that’s where I need to keep my focus. I’m just so comfortable on this bike.”
Five-time/reigning world champ Matt Smith made the best two runs on Sunday and finished second on the ladder at 6.800-seconds and 201.16 mph aboard his Suzuki. Four-time world champ Eddie Krawiec’s 6.826-second pass at 198.79 mph from earlier in the weekend placed him third in pursuit of his landmark 50th career win. Point-leader Joey Gladstone qualified seventh aboard his Suzuki.
Monday’s first-round eliminations pairings for the 68th annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, 16th of 22 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. Pairings based upon results in qualifying, which ended Sunday. DNQs listed below pairings:
Top Fuel _ 1. Brittany Force, 3.640-seconds, 337.75 mph vs. 16. Dan Mercier, 3.758, 318.99; 2. Justin Ashley, 3.671, 335.32 vs. 15. Shawn Langdon, 3.754, 322.73; 3. Steve Torrence, 3.692, 329.02 vs. 14. Austin Prock, 3.750, 333.58; 4. Mike Salinas, 3.701, 331.36 vs. 13. Tony Schumacher, 3.743, 325.37; 5. Clay Millican, 3.707, 324.98 vs. 12. Doug Kalitta, 3.741, 324.44; 6. Antron Brown, 3.712, 330.55 vs. 11. Tripp Tatum, 3.739, 326.71; 7. Billy Torrence, 3.717, 325.53 vs. 10. Leah Pruett, 3.725, 332.51; 8. Josh Hart, 3.722, 330.15 vs. 9. Doug Foley, 3.722, 326.56.
Did Not Qualify _ 17. Kyle Wurtzel, 3.795, 327.59; 18. Spencer Massey, 3.798, 323.89; 19. Alex Laughlin, 3.809, 319.14; 20. Will Smith, 3.832, 318.02; 21. Krista Baldwin, 3.866, 305.01; 22. Lex Joon, 3.901, 318.69; 23. Scott Palmer, 3.972, 264.39; 24. Cameron Ferre, 5.864, 116.44; 25. Scott Farley, broke.
Funny Car _ 1. Ron Capps, Toyota Supra, 3.864, 333.58 vs. 16. Dale Creasy Jr., Dodge Charger, 4.075, 290.51; 2. Robert Hight, Chevy Camaro, 3.866, 327.27 vs. 15. John Smith, Charger, 4.034, 312.50; 3. Bob Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 3.878, 331.53 vs. 14. Jim Campbell, Charger, 3.961, 319.22; 4. John Force, Camaro, 3.881, 333.25 vs. 13. Paul Lee, Charger, 3.937, 328.78; 5. Blake Alexander, Mustang, 3.881, 327.19 vs. 12. Chad Green, Mustang, 3.924, 324.28; 6. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 3.891, 330.55 vs. 11. Bobby Bode, Mustang, 3.908, 318.92; 7. Matt Hagan, Charger, 3.892, 333.41 vs. 10. Alexis DeJoria, Supra, 3.907, 329.02; 8. J.R. Todd, Supra, 3.894, 329.50 vs. 9. Cruz Pedregon, Charger, 3.906, 324.83.
Did Not Qualify _ 17. Justin Schriefer, 4.079, 294.37; 18. Terry Haddock, 4.159, 307.65.
Pro Stock _ 1. Greg Anderson, Chevy Camaro, 6.567, 208.10 vs. 16. Fernando Cuadra, Ford Mustang, 6.661, 206.57; 2. Dallas Glenn, Camaro, 6.578, 207.72 vs. 15. Kenny Delco, Camaro, 6.644, 208.42; 3. Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.582, 208.97 vs. 14. Mason McGaha, Camaro, 6.640, 207.02; 4. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.584, 208.26 vs. 13. Chris McGaha, Camaro, 6.634, 208.01; 5. Bo Butner, Camaro, 6.592, 208.14 vs. 12. Fernando Cuadra Jr., Mustang, 6.629, 207.15; 6. Aaron Stanfield, Camaro, 6.594, 207.82 vs. 11. Camrie Caruso, Camaro, 6.617, 207.27; 7. Cristian Cuadra, Mustang, 6.596, 208.97 vs.10. Kyle Koretsky, Camaro, 6.605, 207.62; 8. Deric Kramer, Camaro, 6.598, 207.78 vs. 9. Troy Coughlin Jr., Camaro, 6.604, 209.20.
Did Not Qualify _ 17. Alan Prusiensky, 6.674, 206.57; 18. Larry Morgan, 6.714, 205.79.
Pro Stock Motorcycle _ 1. Angelle Sampey, Suzuki, 6.796, 199.88 vs. 16. Ron Tornow, Victory, 6.945, 192.28; 2. Matt Smith, Suzuki, 6.800, 201.16 vs. 15. Scotty Pollacheck, EBR, 6.937, 195.87; 3. Eddie Krawiec, Suzuki, 6.826, 198.79 vs. 14. Jianna Evaristo, Suzuki, 6.924, 195.17; 4. Angie Smith, EBR, 6.828, 200.20 vs. 13. Ryan Oehler, EBR, 6.910, 196.02; 5. Steve Johnson, Suzuki, 6.835, 197.57 vs. 12. Kelly Clontz, Suzuki, 6.900, 195.39; 6. Jerry Savoie, Suzuki, 6.846, 196.50 vs. 11. Chip Ellis, EBR, 6.899, 194.94; 7. Hector Arana Jr., Buell, 6.873, 197.86 vs. 10. Marc Ingwersen, EBR, 6.898, 195.00; 8. Joey Gladstone, Suzuki, 6.873, 195.70 vs. 9. Karen Stoffer, Suzuki, 6.875, 197.05.
Did Not Qualify _17. Malcolm Phillips Jr., 6.946, 194.41; 18. Chris Bostick, 6.989, 191.38; 19. Gaige Herrera, 7.067, 188.31; 20. Michael Phillips, 14.068, 58.40.
Round-by-round results of the Pep Boys NHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout specialty event:
ROUND ONE _ John Force, Chevy Camaro, 3.931, 327.82 def. Cruz Pedregon, Dodge Charger, 4.031, 311.49; Robert Hight, Camaro, 3.870, 332.26 def. Bob Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 12.865, 60.32; Ron Capps, Toyota Supra, 3.864, 333.58 def. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 3.920, 329.50; Matt Hagan, Charger, 3.895, 334.15 def. Alexis DeJoria, Supra, 7.413, 92.95;
SEMIFINALS _ Hagan, 4.180, 255.73 def. Hight, 10.119, 82.57; Capps, 3.896, 332.59 def. Force, 5.162, 147.65;
FINAL _ Capps, 3.936, 330.47 def. Hagan, 3.900, 328.86.
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YAKIMA, Wash.-
A Cougar was spotted in Yakima's Randall Park on Monday morning, September, 5th.
Officers are now searching for the cougar.
Yakima Police ask anyone who lives in the area to bring their kids and pets indoors and to stay inside.
YAKIMA, Wash.-
A Cougar was spotted in Yakima's Randall Park on Monday morning, September, 5th.
Officers are now searching for the cougar.
Yakima Police ask anyone who lives in the area to bring their kids and pets indoors and to stay inside.
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A federal judge on Monday granted former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to oversee all the evidence the FBI seized last month from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
The request came amid questions over whether the FBI seizure on Aug. 8 included potential attorney-client or executive privilege issues. Trump’s attorneys argued in a recent court filing that “left unchecked, the DOJ will impugn, leak, and publicize selective aspects of their investigation with no recourse for [Trump] but to somehow trust the self-restraint of currently unchecked investigators.
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OLYMPIA, Wash.-
Washington State will be receiving 191,000 doses of the Omicron-targeting COVID booster shot.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC):
Children 5-11 should receive a booster dose five months after completing their primary vaccine series.
Everyone 12 and older should receive a booster dose two months after completing their primary vaccine series.
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RIMROCK, WA - The annual Yakima River "Flip-Flop" is underway.
The Yakima Valley Bureau of Reclamation started to slowly cut off water from Cle Elum Lake and is now flip-flopping and allowing more water into the Yakima River from Rimrock.
This means flows from the Tieton River and Yakima will be high this week.
The Yakima bureau of reclamation controls the flows of parts of the Yakima river by water from reservoirs in our region.
There are essentially two reasons why they do this...
1. "So the flows are more natural and the salmon can spawn in what would be more typical." said Chris Lynch a Hydraulic Engineer Water Manager at the Yakima Bureau of Reclamation
2. "We can save water in the reservoir."
To maintain a certain demand for the Yakima River the Yakima Bureau of reclamation essentially has gates at lake Keechelus, Kachness, Easton, Cle Elum, and Rim Rock to control how much water gets into the rivers around them.
"We still have demands in the river that we need to meet so we increase the flows from rim rock reservoir this time of year to meet the majority of the demands," said Lynch.
One kind of fun thing people like to do once the river is high enough is white water rafting.
"The flows in the Tieton river will be high in September," said Lynch. "High enough for fun rafting."
The Tieton River should be floatable from the flip flop starting this week, so people can take advantage of the hot weather we are having. Just remember to wear a life jacket if you do decide to float the Yakima or Tieton river.
If you want to go with a company, here are some that will take you floating:
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YAKIMA, Wash.-
Yakima Transit's new Fall/Winter schedule starts on Tuesday, September, 6th. The Fall/Winter Bus Book is now available in print and online here.
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GRANDVIEW, Wash.-
Yakima County Fire District 5 responded to a residential structure fire in Grandview on Monday morning, September, 5th.
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HOUSTON — A nude photograph nearly delayed a Southwest Airlines flight last week.
According to Insider, NBC News, and CNN, the incident occurred on Aug. 24 flight that was flying from Houston, Texas, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Passenger Teighlor Marsalis told CNN that she and those around her received a notification on their Apple devices that someone was using AirDrop to send the image of a naked man to other passengers.
After a flight attendant and the pilot were notified, the pilot issued a stern warning over the intercom system, the media outlets reported.
"So here's the deal. If this continues while we're on the ground, I'm going to have to pull back to the gate," the pilot could be heard saying in a video the passenger allegedly recorded and then posted to TikTok, the news outlets reported. "Everybody's going to have to get off, we're going to have to get security involved and ... vacation is going to be ruined."
The video has been viewed more than 3 million times as of Monday.
Marsalis told CNN and Insider that the pilot handled the situation well.
In a statement to CNN and Insider, Southwest says that their employees were made aware of the problem and addressed it to "support the comfort of those traveling with us."
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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
— A race between two “Pinocchio” films begins with Robert Zemeckis’ adaptation ahead of Guillermo del Toro’s by a nose. On Thursday, Zemeckis’ animated fantasy of the classic Italian fable will premiere on Disney+. Next month, Del Toro’s stop-motion “Pinocchio” will debut at the London Film Festival and eventually land on Netflix on Dec. 9. For now, we have Zemeckis’ take on the old tale with Tom Hanks as the voice of Geppetto and Cynthia Erivo as the Blue Fairy.
— A trio of the summer’s biggest box-office hits are landing on streaming platforms. On Thursday, Taika Waititi’s whimsically deconstructive “Thor: Love and Thunder” arrives on Disney+. The 29th film in the Marvel cinematic universe, and possibly the Marvel movie most distinctively the work of its filmmaker, “Love and Thunder” follows-up Waititi’s “Thor: Ragnarok.” In his review the AP’s Mark Kennedy wrote: “If you thought that was bananas filmmaking, its sequel is the whole fruit basket.”
— “Jurassic World: Dominion” (Peacock) and “Elvis” (HBO Max) are also streaming. Colin Trevorrow’s “Dominion,” which has nearly grossed $1 billion at the box office, is available in both its theatrical cut and and an extended edition with 14 more minutes and an alternative ending. In her review, AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr praised some of its sequences but called the sixth film in the franchise “a chaotic mishmash on an epic scale.” Baz Luhrmann’s carnivalesque Elvis Presley biopic, starring breakthrough actor Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, also doesn’t skimp on scale. In her review, Bahr called it “gloriously messy — a maximalist opera of contradictions, styles, truths, myths, memories and headlines.”
— AP Film Writer Jake Coyle
MUSIC
— John Legend isn’t taking the easy route with his eighth studio album. “Legend” is a massive 24-song double album with the new EGOT honoree collaborating with Rick Ross, Jazmine Sullivan, Jada Kingdom, Rapsody, Ledisi, Jhene Aiko, Ty Dolla $ign and more. Initial singles on the Friday release point to a light, dance beat: The super-sexy, sticky “Honey” with Muni Long, the funky “Dope” with rapper JID and the retro, roller disco jam “All She Wanna Do” featuring Saweetie, with one of the cutest videos ever as the two performers surprise auditioning dancers.
— Now for something a little different: Kane Brown’s third studio album, “Different Man,” is out Friday. It will feature 17 songs, including singles “Like I Love Country Music,” “Whiskey Sour,” “One Mississippi,” “Leave You Alone” and “Grand,” an expertly crafted hip-hop-country melding with happy lyrics: “Remember when I couldn’t stand it?/Now I got the posture.” Look for two duets — “Different Man,” with Blake Shelton and Brown’s wife, Katelyn, on “Thank God.” “Different Man” represents the first time Brown co-produced one of his albums.
— With “Nut,” KT Tunstall finishes a trilogy of albums she began recording and releasing in 2016 with “Kin” and then “Wax.” The trio explore the three existential parts of ourselves, first the spirit, then the body and now with “Nut,” the mind. One of the singles from the new album, “I Am The Pilot,” is a terrific synth-driven tune that nicely represents what she wanted to do with a mind-orientated album: lean into rhythm. The Scottish Tunstall burst onto the music scene in 2004 with her multi-platinum debut, “Eye to the Telescope,” which spawned the global hits “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” and “Suddenly I See.”
— Ozzy Osbourne has tapped some of the best guitarists on the planet for his latest solo album, “Patient Number 9” — guys like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Mike McCready, Zakk Wylde and former Black Sabbath band member Tony Iommi. Beck lends his axe skills for the rocking title track, in which Ozzy sings: “If there’s a God, why’d he let the Devil do his work on me?/If there’s a God, what am I doing here?” Others aboard for this Ozzfest are Red Hot Chilli Pepper drummer Chad Smith, Metallica’s Rob Trujillo, Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Foo Fighters’ late drummer Taylor Hawkins.
— AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy
TELEVISION
— Adventure athletes are the stars of “Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin,” debuting Monday, on the National Geographic channel (on Disney+ starting Wednesday, Sept. 7.) The 10-part series details the risks, rewards and mindset of such athlete, kicking off with back-to-back episodes on rock climber Alex Honnold of “Free Solo” documentary fame and big mountain skier Angel Collinson. Filmmaker Jimmy Chin, a pro climber and skier who’s featured in an episode, is executive producer with E. Chai Vasarhelyi. They directed the Oscar-winning “Free Solo.”
— Catherine de Medici, the Italian-born, 16th-century French queen with a fierce reputation, owns the spotlight in Starz’ edgy “The Serpent Queen.” Samantha Morton (“The Walking Dead”) stars as the adult Catherine, with Liv Hill seen in flashbacks as the teenager destined to become the wife of one French king and the influence-wielding mother of three others. Colm Meaney, Kiruna Stamell and Rupert Everett are part of the ensemble cast of the eight-part series debuting Sunday, Sept. 11, on Starz’s streaming platforms (and on the Starz channel).
— Susan Sarandon and Trace Adkins play country music royalty in Fox’s new drama “Monarch, ” but their dynasty is in danger of toppling. Anna Friel, Joshua Sasse and Beth Ditto co-star as the couple’s offspring, with an impressive back-up chorus dropping in: Shania Twain, Martina McBride, Little Big Town and Tanya Tucker are among the guest stars on the series debuting Sunday after Fox’s NFL telecast. “Monarch” settles into its regular 8 p.m. EDT Tuesday slot beginning Sept. 20.
— AP Television Writer Lynn Elber
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MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Rich countries said they will spend about $25 billion by 2025 to boost Africa’s efforts to adapt to climate change as the continent continues to struggle with drought, cyclones and extreme heat, according to officials at a summit in Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Monday.
The amount promised by the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program — a joint initiative between various nations and organizations — is billed as the largest ever adaptation effort globally. Half of the amount is pledged by the African Development Bank with representatives from Denmark, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, the International Monetary Fund and others also offering their support for the initiative.
The continent emits just 3% to 4% of emissions despite being home to nearly 17% of the world’s population but experts say it is particularly vulnerable to climate change as it less able to adapt. African nations hope to use the funds to improve their resilience to extreme weather events, such as droughts or floods, increase tree cover and protect biodiversity, as well as expand their renewable energy capacity.
The summit comes just weeks after the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that rich countries had failed to deliver on their 2009 promise to spend $100 billion a year to aid developing countries to adapt to a warming climate. The organization said $83.3 billion was given to poorer nations in 2020, the highest ever sum, but still short of the original amount.
If the funds promised at the Rotterdam summit are delivered, the decades-old goal will finally be achieved but African nations warn this will not be enough.
“Africa does not have the resources to tackle climate change,” Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, told the summit. “The continent only receives 3% of the total climate financing.”
Africa will need between $1.3 and $1.6 trillion this decade to implement its commitments to the Paris climate agreement, an annual cost between $140 and $300 billion, Adesina said. He added that the costs of adapting to climate change are expected to increase by 2050, as the effects of global warming get more severe.
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo Addo said his country will push for the funds allocated to adapting to a warmer climate to be doubled at the forthcoming United Nations summit in Egypt in November.
After decades of developed countries falling short on their funding promises, many African nations remain skeptical that the funds will ever reach the continent.
The U.N. Climate Change High-Level Champion for Egypt, Mahmoud Mohieldin, said the existing global climate financing structure is “insufficient and ineffective,” especially for Africa.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States military said Monday it flew a pair of nuclear-capable B-52 long-distance bombers over the Middle East in a show of force, the latest such mission in the region as tensions remain high between Washington and Tehran.
The bombers took off from the Royal Air Force base at Fairford, England, and flew over the eastern Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea on Sunday in training missions together with Kuwaiti and Saudi warplanes, before departing the region.
“Threats to the U.S. and our partners will not go unanswered.,” Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the top U.S. Air Force officer in the Middle East said in a statement. “Missions like this … showcase our ability to combine forces to deter and, if necessary, defeat our adversaries.”
Although the U.S. military’s Central Command did not mention Iran, Washington has frequently dispatched B-52 bombers to the region as hostilities simmered between the U.S. and Iran. The last such flyover was in June.
Iran’s regional foe, Israel, also joined in the multinational mission. Though unacknowledged by the U.S., three Israeli F-16 fighter jets accompanied the American bombers “through Israel’s skies on their way to the (Persian) Gulf,” the Israeli military said, describing the country’s cooperation with the U.S. military as key to “maintaining aerial security in Israel and the Middle East.”
Central Command was expanded last year to include Israel, a move seen to encourage regional cooperation against Iran under former President Donald Trump.
Trump’s decision four years ago to withdraw the U.S. from Tehran’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers sparked a series of escalating incidents in the region.
Even as diplomats now wrangle over a possible revival of the nuclear accord, Iran’s navy seized two American sea drones in the Red Sea last week.
That capture came just days after the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard towed another sea drone before releasing it as an American warship trailed it. The U.S. Navy has been deploying ultra-endurance aerial surveillance drones to monitor threats in the crucial waterways, which have witnessed repeated maritime attacks.
Tensions also remain high after recent confrontations between U.S. forces and Iranian-backed militias in the region. Washington last month carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria that targeted areas used by militias backed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, prompting a response from Iranian-backed fighters.
U.S. and Iranian negotiators in Vienna have been attempting to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, which imposed sharp limits on Iran’s atomic program in exchange for international sanctions relief. Last week, the State Department described Iran’s latest negotiating position as “not constructive.”
Meanwhile, Iran now enriches uranium up to 60% purity — a level it never reached before that is a short, technical step away from 90%. While Iran long has maintained its program is peaceful, nonprofileration experts warn Tehran has enough 60%-enriched uranium to reprocess into fuel for at least one nuclear bomb. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-us-b-52-bombers-fly-over-middle-east-amid-tensions-with-iran/ | 2022-09-05T20:32:40Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-us-b-52-bombers-fly-over-middle-east-amid-tensions-with-iran/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON — In a legal victory for former President Donald Trump, a federal judge on Monday granted his request for a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home and also temporarily halted the Justice Department’s own use of the records for investigative purposes.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon authorizes an outside legal expert to review the records taken during the Aug. 8 search and to weed out from the rest of the investigation any that might be protected by claims of attorney-client privilege or executive privilege. Some of those records may ultimately be returned to Trump, but the judge put off a ruling on that question.
The order came despite the strenuous objections of the Justice Department, which said a special master was not necessary in part because officials had already completed their review of potentially privileged documents. The department said it was reviewing the decision.
The order almost certainly slows the pace of the department’s investigation into the presence of top-secret information at Mar-a-Lago, particularly given the judge’s directive that the Justice Department may not for the moment use any of the seized materials as part of its investigation into the storage of government secrets at the Florida property. That injunction is in place until the yet-to-be-named special master completes his or her work, “or further court order.”
“The Court is mindful that restraints on criminal prosecutions are disfavored, but finds that these unprecedented circumstances call for a brief pause to allow for neutral, third-party review to ensure a just process with adequate safeguards,” Cannon, a Trump appointee, wrote in her 24-page order.
Even so, it is not clear that the decision will have a significant effect on long-term investigative or charging decisions or the ultimate outcome of the probe. A separate assessment by the U.S. intelligence community of the risk posed by the apparent mishandling of classified records will continue under the judge's order.
“While this is a victory for the former President, it is by no means an overwhelming win for him,” David Weinstein, a Florida criminal defense lawyer and former Justice Department prosecutor, said in an email. “While it is a setback for the government, it is also not a devastating loss for them.”
Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley said Monday that “the United States is examining the opinion and will consider appropriate next steps in the ongoing litigation.” A lawyer for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The department and Trump's lawyers are to submit by Friday a list of proposed special master candidates.
Trump’s lawyers had argued that a special master — usually an outside lawyer or former judge — was necessary to ensure an independent review of records taken during the search and so that any personal information or documents could be filtered out and returned to Trump.
In this case, the seized records “include medical documents, correspondence related to taxes, and accounting information,” according to the judge's order.
The judge said it was too soon to know whether Trump will be entitled to the return of any of the records, but “for now, the circumstances surrounding the seizure in this case and the associated need for adequate procedural safeguards are sufficiently compelling to at least get Plaintiff past the courthouse doors.”
Though Cannon did not order the Justice Department to immediately return any of the seized documents to Trump, she said she found persuasive his lawyers' arguments that he faced potentially “irreparable injury” by being denied access to records that might be of significant personal interest to him. She said the investigative process had, so far, been “closed off” to him.
“As a function of Plaintiff’s former position as President of the United States, the stigma associated with the subject seizure is in a league of its own,” Cannon wrote. “A future indictment, based to any degree on property that ought to be returned, would result in reputational harm of a decidedly different order of magnitude.”
The Justice Department had argued against the appointment, saying it was unnecessary because it had already reviewed potentially privileged documents and identified a limited subset of materials that could be covered by attorney-client privilege.
The department had also said that Trump was not entitled to the return of any of the presidential records that were taken since he is no longer president and the documents therefore do not belong to him. And personal items that were recovered were commingled with classified information, giving them potential value as evidence, the department has said.
Though prosecutors had argued that Trump, as a former president, had no legal basis to assert executive privilege over the documents, the judge said he was entitled to raise it as a concern and allowed for the special master to look for records that might be covered by that privilege.
“The major sticking point, I think, is that the executive privilege documents were included” in the judge’s decision, said Richard Serafini, a Florida criminal defense lawyer and former Justice Department prosecutor. He said he expected the department to appeal the order.
Cannon, who was nominated to the bench by Trump in 2020, had signaled in a brief order last month that she was inclined to appoint a special master and did so again during arguments last week, asking at one point, “Ultimately, what is the harm in the appointment of a special master to sort through these issues without creating undo delay?” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/judge-grants-trump-bid-for-special-master-in-document-search/article_959e6076-2d47-11ed-ae69-1b0c7232f2db.html | 2022-09-05T20:33:49Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/judge-grants-trump-bid-for-special-master-in-document-search/article_959e6076-2d47-11ed-ae69-1b0c7232f2db.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister on Monday urged the European Union to stand firm against Russian energy “blackmail” and appealed for more weapons, including aircraft, for the war-ravaged country even as EU armament stocks run low.
“Russia wages a hybrid war in the European continent against the European Union. The gas blackmail, the oil blackmail, creation of the food crisis, migrant crisis, misinformation, cyberattacks,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
“But abandoning Ukraine alone against Russia — that would just be one of those steps for the further movement of Russia deeper into Europe. The only salvation is for Europe to be united,” he told reporters in Brussels after a meeting with senior EU officials.
The EU’s 27 member nations have been funneling weapons, ammunition and other assistance into Ukraine since Russia invaded the country on Feb. 24. The bloc has provided billions of euros in economic and refugee support. Sanctions are also gradually taking their toll on Russia’s economy, but concern is mounting that EU resolve may falter as inflation and energy prices rise.
However, Shmyhal insisted that Ukraine, which has been accepted as a candidate for future EU membership, still needs more help.
“Unfortunately, we see no signs that Russia is willing to stop the war. This is why we need more modern weapons, such as air defense, missile defense, anti-ship defense” as well as armored vehicles and aircraft, he said.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that “the European Union will continue supporting Ukraine, whatever threat, whatever blackmail Russia can put on us,” and that for “as long as it takes and as much as needed.”
But Borrell had warned earlier Monday that weapons stocks in the EU are running low and he urged member countries to better coordinate their spending on military materiel.
“The military stocks of most member states has been, I wouldn’t say exhausted, but depleted in a high proportion, because we have been providing a lot of capacity to the Ukrainians,” he said in a debate with European parliamentarians.
“It has to be refilled. The best way of refilling is doing that together. It will be cheaper,” he said.
At a meeting in the Czech Republic last week, EU defense ministers debated ways to better pool military materiel and resources, but also to bulk purchase ammunition and weapons like air defense systems which Ukraine continues to need.
Borrell warned Monday that if member countries keep expanding their military capabilities in the same way, “the result will be a big waste of money, because this is not a way of canceling our duplications — there are a lot of them — or filling our gaps.”
Borrell also rued what he believes was a missed opportunity for the EU to begin training the Ukrainian armed forces a year ago, many months before Russia launched its invasion more than six months ago, after several member countries requested such an operation.
“Unhappily we didn’t, and today we regret. We regret that last August we were not following this request, fulfilling this request,” he said. Had the EU responded at the time, Borrell said, “we would be in a better situation.”
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Clark Yarbrough, a defensive lineman for Ouachita Baptist University, died Sunday at age 21 after suddenly collapsing, the school announced in a social media post.
“Today the Ouachita community mourns the loss of senior Clark Yarbrough, who died this morning following a sudden collapse,” the university wrote on Twitter. “Join us in praying for his family and friends. More information about campus gatherings following this tragedy will be released soon.”
More information regarding the cause of death was not readily available.
Yarbrough played in the school’s win on Thursday at Oklahoma Baptist, notching two tackles in the 42-32 victory. He was an All-Great American Conference honorable mention last year. He majored in business administration (sport management) at OBU.
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What is atonal music?
We reveal how atonal music breaks all the rules.
When creating a piece of music, composers have certain frameworks in which to develop their ideas – they’ll select particular keys and will use the tonic (the first note of the scale in any key) as the centre point from which to create melodies and harmonies to help flesh out their piece, for example.
Composing in this way is known as ‘tonal music’ and it provides structure and creates complementary tones that blend well together.
What is atonal music?
However, atonal music rips up this set of ‘rules’, taking a completely different approach, where there are no discernible keys or typical harmonies. Compositions in this style may sound a bit chaotic or even downright weird compared with traditional tonal compositions, but it still takes skill to get it ‘right’.
Who invented atonal music?
The atonal style of music took off in the early 20th century, with Arnold Schoenberg at the forefront of the genre. Schoenberg advocated ’12-tone music’, where each of the 12 tones in the chromatic scale are played only in relation to each other, rather than in relation to a set key. This means – unlike tonal music, which has the tonic at its centre – there is no fixed focal point in this style of atonal music, as each note is given equal importance.
Examples of atonal music
Schoenberg’s work includes Pierrot Lunaire; Variations for Orchestra, and his Six Little Piano Pieces (Opus 19). Other composers who followed in Schoenberg’s footsteps include Alban Berg – his opera Wozzeck and Piano Sonata, for example – and Anton Webern, who composed Klavierstück among other atonal works. | https://www.classical-music.com/features/musical-terms/what-is-atonal-music/ | 2022-09-05T20:44:39Z | classical-music.com | control | https://www.classical-music.com/features/musical-terms/what-is-atonal-music/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
October 2022
In this issue South African cellist Abel Selaocoe tells Charlotte Smith about his unique musical upbringing and his ongoing mission to bring African and Western classical music together.
Elsewhere, Leon Bosch reports on the work of the Buskaid charity in inspiring the South African musicians of tomorrow; Rick Jones dons his boater and follows in the footsteps of Vaughan Williams in the hunt for English folk music; Simon Heighs reports on the listeners and performers returning to the joys of vinyl; and pianist Evgeny Kissin shares frank thoughts with Michael Church on the Ukraine crisis and Russia, country of his birth.
For this month's BBC Music Magazine Interview, Claire Jackson speaks to flautist Sharon Bezaly as she releases her new album, Synergy. We pick out the best recordings of Vivaldi's Gloria, and Nikolai Medtner is our Composer of the Month.
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Charlotte Smith is the editor of BBC Music Magazine. Born in Australia, she hails from a family of musicians with whom she played chamber music from a young age. She earned a bachelor’s degree in violin performance from London's Royal College of Music, followed by a master’s in English from Cambridge University. She was editor of The Strad from 2017 until the beginning of 2022, and has also worked for Gramophone Magazine and as a freelance arts writer. In her spare time, she continues to perform as an active chamber musician. | https://www.classical-music.com/magazine/issues/october-2022/ | 2022-09-05T20:44:46Z | classical-music.com | control | https://www.classical-music.com/magazine/issues/october-2022/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK -- When Jessica Pegula lost the first two games of the second set to Petra Kvitova, it looked like the two-time major champion was on the verge of another comeback. Kvitova saved two match points in the third round against Garbiñe Muguruza and seemed to be trending in the same direction.
“I just told myself not to get frustrated,” the No.8-seeded Pegula said later. “I wanted to stay committed to hitting my spots and was able to work my way back.”
She was too modest. Pegula won six straight games Monday to defeat Kvitova for the first time, 6-3, 6-2. She’ll play the winner of the later match between No.1 Iga Swiatek and Jule Niemeier in a Wednesday quarterfinal.
Here are three thoughts on what Pegula needs to do to continue her success:
Jessica Pegula
Keep working through the distractions
After breaking Kvitova to open the match, there was an eight-minute delay when rain visited Arthur Ashe Stadium. After Kvitova broke back and played three points on her serve, the rain returned. This time it required 45 minutes to close the roof and mop up the mess.
Pegula left the court, did some stretching, and never lost her composure. She came out focused and methodically went to work on Kvitova. The placid look on her face during changeovers is the window to her poise in a turbulent environment.
It's been quite a year for Jessica Pegula!
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 5, 2022
That's three Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances in 2022. pic.twitter.com/SaQxXizJ5t
Kvitova, it should be mentioned, had won her past two matches against Top 10 players -- after having lost nine of the previous 10.
Continue that consistency
Pegula finished the 2020 season ranked No.63, but broke through at the 2021 Australian Open, reaching the first major quarterfinal of her career. It was hardly a fluke.
This year, she’s reached the quarters in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments, in Melbourne, Paris and now New York. That’s vaulted her into the Top 10 for the first time back in June -- and she’s held her position nicely. Pegula reached the semifinals in Toronto, losing to eventual champion Simona Halep, and the quarters in Cincy, again falling to the eventual winner, Caroline Garcia.
At this US Open, Pegula has been going along nicely, dropping only one set, that coming in the third round against qualifier Yuan Yue.
Look forward, not back
With her victory over Kvitova, Pegula altered her history this fortnight.
She had lost both previous matches to Kvitova, including a third-rounder at the 2020 US Open -- both in straight sets.
Moreover, she had lost all three previous matches against seeds at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, to No.11 Belinda Bencic (2021), No.6 Kvitova (2020) and No.4 Agnieszka Radwanska (2016).
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The man charged with kidnapping a Tennessee woman jogging near the University of Memphis last week spent 20 years behind bars for a previous kidnapping.
U.S. Marshals arrested 38-year-old Cleotha Abston on Saturday after police detected his DNA on a pair of sandals found near to where Eliza Fletcher was last seen, according to an arrest affidavit. Police also linked the vehicle they believe was used in the kidnapping to a person at a residence where Abston was staying.
While Fletcher has not been found, Memphis police said in the affidavit they believe she was seriously injured in the abduction, which was caught on surveillance video. Authorities have said Fletcher, 34, was jogging around 4 a.m. on Friday when a man approached her and forced her into an SUV after a brief struggle. Fletcher was reported missing when she did not return home that morning.
Abston previously kidnapped a prominent Memphis attorney in 2000, the Commercial Appeal reported. When he was just 16 years old, Abston forced Kemper Durand into the trunk of his own car at gunpoint. After several hours, Abston took Durand out and forced him to drive to a Mapco gas station to withdraw money from an ATM. At the station, an armed Memphis Housing Authority guard walked in and Durand yelled for help. Abston ran away but was found and arrested. He pleaded guilty in 2001 to especially aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery, according to court records. He received a 24-year sentence.
Durand, in a victim impact statement, wrote, “I was extremely lucky that I was able to escape from the custody of Cleotha Abston. …It is quite likely that I would have been killed had I not escaped,” the Commercial Appeal reported. Durand noted that it took over a year for Abston to sign the guilty plea, calling the refusal “jailhouse braggadocio.”
Durand also detailed Abston’s lengthy history in the juvenile court system. In the years before the kidnapping, Abston had been charged with theft, aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a weapon, and rape, according to Durand’s statement.
Durand died in 2013, seven years before Abston would be released in November 2020 at age 36. In the two years since his release, there were no further documented charges against Abston in Shelby County prior to his Saturday arrest, the Commercial Appeal reported.
Online court records do not show if Abston has a lawyer who can comment on his behalf. An arraignment has been set for Tuesday.
Fletcher is the granddaughter of the late Joseph Orgill III, a Memphis hardware businessman and philanthropist. The family has released a video statement asking for help in finding Fletcher and offered a $50,000 reward for information in the case. | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/man-charged-in-jogger-abduction-kidnapped-attorney-in-2000/ | 2022-09-05T20:51:41Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/man-charged-in-jogger-abduction-kidnapped-attorney-in-2000/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Common credit questions people search on Google
Questions about credit score and APR top the list
InvestigateTV - A study by financial comparison site Forbes Advisor analyzed thousands of credit-related search terms to see which is Googled the most. Here is the list in descending order:
“What is a good credit score?” According to the most widely known credit score model FICO, a score between 670 and 739 is generally considered good.
“What is APR?” APR or annual percentage rate is the amount you pay in interest each year on borrowed money.
“How to build credit?” There are many answers to this question. The Consumer Protection Financial Bureau has a great article to get you started.
“What is the highest credit score?” The perfect FICO score is generally considered to be 850, but anything over 800 is excellent.
You can receive a free credit report each year from AnnualCreditReport.com. Many banks and credit card companies provide your FICO score for free if you are a customer.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to provide first responders with a means of assisting and locating those in trouble," said an inventor, from Saraland, Ala., "so I invented the RESCUE CUBE. My design would also offer survival gear to aid the lost or missing person."
The invention offers enhanced rescue capabilities for lost and/or disoriented individuals. In doing so, it would help the missing person to endure difficult conditions. It would also assist search and rescue teams with tracking down and rescuing the individual. As a result, it could increase safety and it could help to save lives. The invention features an effective design that is easy to use so it is ideal for fire departments and emergency rescue services. Additionally, a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Mobile sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-MOT-129, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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BERLIN, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Chinese vacuum cleaner brand Puppyoo recently made a splash at the International Consumer Electronics Show IFA in Berlin, Germany. Representing their venture in the European market, they showcased some of their most powerful and advanced vacuum technology— including the Red Dot Award-winning series T12 and T11, corded vacuum S9 pro, mattress vacuum MC05, robotic vacuum X1, and Wet & Dry Vacuum E20. Puppyoo's exciting product line-up wowed visitors who were impressed with their advanced technology and modern ergonomic styling. Puppyoo has been dedicated to vacuum technology for over 23 years, and their products are currently sold in 86 countries worldwide.
Europe represents the third largest home-appliance market in the world, with vacuum cleaners the top choice among consumers. In 2021, sales of home appliances in Europe through Amazon grew a strong 13% reaching 76.3 billion EUR. Germany, with a vacuum cleaner penetration rate of 97%, is a top consumer of household appliances in Europe and represents a vital market for Puppyoo, and the key launching point for promotion and growth in the region. The IFA event was a natural choice for Puppyoo to establish their European footprint— established in 1924, the IFA is one of the oldest and most respected consumer electronics industry events in the world. Puppyoo's participation will no doubt help grow the brand in Germany, while the company also looks to bring their exciting and innovative products to other key markets in Europe.
At the IFA, Puppyoo showed off several of their most advanced products with a spotlight on their premium vacuums— the T12 Plus Rinse (which has won the German Red Dot Design Award) and the new T16. At 585 watts, the power coming from the T12 Plus Rinse is undeniable. It also comes with a long-lasting battery life and in energy-saving mode can operate for approximately 70 minutes. The T12 Plus Rinse also has three cleaning modes which are max, auto, and eco, and is equipped with an assortment of brushes that are easy to change and install. The functions and accessories make sure that users can easily achieve a deep-clean in their homes without complications or fuss. The T12 Plus Rinse is also equipped with a 6-stage filtration system to ensure dust isn't kicked-up during use, and the home's indoor air quality stays fresh and pure. The new T16 model on display boasts more potent suction power and an even longer battery-life. Unlike its predecessors, the T16 comes with a replaceable battery pack which can double its run-time. Puppyoo is expected to officially launch the T16 by the end of this year.
Puppyoo has a long history of product-innovation and unique designs, which is a testament to their commitment to research and development over the past 23 years. Puppyoo has mastered three core vacuum cleaner technologies: motors, air ducts, and smart sensors, and has been granted an incredible 1052 patents. They have also won 283 industry awards for their pioneering innovations and product designs. Puppyoo sees consumer electronics becoming more and more vital to people's everyday lives, and strives to emphasize the dynamic and interaction between their products and users— while also providing intuitive and super-intelligent functionality. An example of this functionality are Puppyoo's specially designed infrared sensors that can detect the amount of dust in the air and automatically adjust machine power.
In recent years, the SDA (small domestic appliance) industry has seen steady growth, however from a long-term perspective, consistent problems and inconsistencies in after-sales systems hinder industry development and work to erode consumer trust. In-line with their "Customer First" maxim, in 2014 Puppyoo launched a groundbreaking after-sales model for SDAs called "Puppyoo Central Repairs"— where customers enjoy stress-free after-sales services where products are sent to the central repair facilities and delivered back directly to the buyer. Customers also don't need to be concerned with liability for product issues, as all repairs during the warranty period are free with "no-questions-asked".
With increased development in innovation, technology, and user experience the SDA market will continue to evolve in the future. Puppyoo's commitment to a "Customer First" approach, unparalleled innovation, and sparing no effort to ensure an exceptional product experience will ensure strong demand and steady growth for the brand in Germany and other regions in Europe in the future.
Puppyoo, founded in 1999, adheres to the brand mission of "providing the best vacuum cleaners to families around the world". For 23 years, Puppyoo has been committed to R&D and innovation in the vacuum cleaner field, having been granted 1052 patents and winning 283 awards worldwide, including the Red Dot and iF Design awards. The company has mastered the three core technologies of vacuum cleaners: motors, air ducts, and smart sensors. Its product quality is far ahead of the industry average and its vacuums are sold in 86 countries. In addition, Puppyoo actively supports communities, having founded the Puppyoo Foundation, and launched the "CHEN'AI initiative" in 2017, which has helped hundreds of poor children return to school.
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DSS boss seeks inter-agency collaboration to tackle terrorism financing
Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Alhaji Yusuf Bichi, on Monday called for synergy among the nation’s security agencies to tackle terrorism financing in the country.
Alhaji Bichi stated in Abuja while declaring open a two-day workshop on Terrorism Financing Risk (TFR) designed for law enforcement agencies and judicial officers by the service.
The DSS boss who was represented by the Director, Training and Staff Development, Mr Brown Ekwoaba, pointed out that the overwhelming response from law enforcement agencies required that all hands to be on deck in order to expose the underlying criminal activities of perpetrators for arrest and prosecutions.
Bichi said beneath this expectation is a clarion call to action for improved inter-agency collaboration aimed at detecting, disrupting and preventing the abuse of the country’s financial system by terrorists and other criminal networks.
According to him, “the ever-changing nature and sophistication of threats make it imperative for security operatives to be critical thinkers in order to fashion out better and efficient ways to tackle threats.
“Among the evolving global crimes, is money laundering and terrorism financial, which requires the development of a working national anti-terrorism and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime for the country.
“Nigeria as a committed stakeholder, needs to contribute its quota in protecting the integrity and stability of the international financial system by terminating resources available to terrorists, as well as making it difficult for those engaged in crime not to profit from their criminal activities, as stipulated by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
“This process requires countries to identify, assess and understand prevailing financial risks, with a view to mitigating same.
“A nation striving for cohesion like ours, must effectively disrupt terrorist networks through the application of anti-money laundering/countering financing terrorism measures.
“Through money laundering, criminal organizations and organized crime syndicates, benefit from their illegal activities, with some utilizing cross border channels such as drug and human trafficking, arms smuggling among others.
“With criminal elements perfecting concealment of origin of illicit funds, it behooves on us, that a strengthened anti-criminal response to money laundering activities will contribute to cutting of sources of finance as well as countering the financial incentives which drive the crime.
“It is my hope that this workshop will among other things demonstrate relevant investigative techniques adopted, and to be adopted by law enforcement agencies in countering terrorism financing, as well as abilities to identify links between predicate offences and illicit financial activities.
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“While I concede that the task to combat illicit flow of funds may be daunting it is, however, not insurmountable. Therefore we must all join hands with knowledge, commitment and focus to change the tide.”
Speaking at the occasion, Director of Operations of the Service, Mr Joseph Nuhu Dashwep, said that the service had developed and implemented a variety of strategies aimed at combating terrorist threats underpinned by a decisive focus on their finances.
He said that regardless of the adoption of these measures, it should be emphasized that effective combating of financial crimes and terrorism is a collaborative effort involving all stakeholders, especially law enforcement agencies, financial intelligence units, regulatory agencies and the Judiciary.
According to him, “we must never lose sight of the complementary role each agency plays towards successful conviction of perpetrators of these crimes and their sponsors in line with Financial Action Task Force objectives.
In his own remark, the Deputy Director Legal Services, Dauda Usman, who also called for all hands to be on deck to combat the menace of terrorism financing declared that no single agency would succeed in winning the war against the menace except through collaborative efforts other agencies. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/dss-boss-seeks-inter-agency-collaboration-to-tackle-terrorism-financing/ | 2022-09-05T21:06:24Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/dss-boss-seeks-inter-agency-collaboration-to-tackle-terrorism-financing/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In its bid to promote peace in the Nigerian communities, Ecolerite Institute for Peace and Advancement, EIPA, has inducted twelve eminent Nigerians as professional fellows of the institute.
The induction of the twelve new fellows took place at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan the Oyo State capital on Saturday.
The new inductees include A Professor of Human Resources, Professor Yomi Oloruntoba, Nigeria Representative, Prowess University, USA, Professor Justice Esibe, Head, Information Technology unit, TESCOM, Ibadan, Dr Olatunji Oladunni, a New Nigerian People’s Party’s candidate, the Honourable Ibrahim Ajiboye Ibadan North East and South East Constituency, Chairman, Northern Area Committee of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, Dr Samuel Olukotun, the Chief Executive Officer of A.C. Splendour, Adejor Edache, the Registrar of Atiba University, Joel Ibilade, a United Kingdom-based lawyer and philanthropist, Barrister Adeola Adeleye-Fasubaa; a Sales expert, Folasade Adetunji, an Ibadan-based politician, Omotayo Adegunju, a businessman and engineer, Adelani Adetunji; the Managing Director of KAB Constructions, Prince Bankole Alex.
Speaking at the event, the Registrar, Ecolerite Institute for Peace Advancement, Dr Kazeem Akande, noted that the recipients were selected from various fields of the seven spheres of society for their dedication to humanity.
He, however, charged the recipients of the fellow awards to muster efforts in their various contributions towards the promotion of peace in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.
Also, while he was speaking with the Nigerian Tribune, one of the recipients of the fellowship awards, Adelani Adetunji expressed his appreciation to the management of the Ecolerite Institute for Peace Advancement for the gestures while he promised to continue to be an ambassador of peace.
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Equities trading at the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) starts a new week in the southern territory as the All-Share Index (ASI) shed weight to fall below the 50,000 basis points (bps).
Specifically, the ASI dipped by 11bps to peg the All-Share-Index above 49,991.41bps as against its previous close of 50,045.83bps.
This outing dragged both the month-to-date and year-to-date performance of the All-Share Index to 0.31 per cent and 17.03 per cent from their previous close of 0.42 per cent and 17.16 per cent respectively.
Investors, therefore, net worth waned by N30 billion on Monday as the market capitalisation followed suit the direction of the ASI to stand at N26.969 trillion, representing a 0.11 per cent drop from the N26.994 trillion it stood at the end of the previous trading session.
Bears’ camp took dominance over the market breadth with 16 counters in the losers’ chart pitted against 12 counters in the gainers’ chart.
CHAMS gained 7.69 per cent to become the best-performing stock in the session, flanked by Flour Mills of Nigeria, Nigerian Breweries, Pharmdeko and NPF Micro Finance Bank as they populated the top five gainers’ chart. From the rear of the chart ABC Transport, Japaul Gold, NGX Group, Wapco and Cutix populated the top five losers’ chart.
Key sectoral indices closed in the same direction as the ASI, save the NGX Consumer Goods sector which gained 0.55 per cent, while NGX Oil&Gas, NGX Growth and NGX ASEM sectors closed flat.
Market activity as measured by both volume and value of trades waned in the session with daily traded volume standing at 200.920 million units, representing a 16.29 per cent downtick from a volume of 240.020 million units traded in the previous session.
The value of those traded stocks dipped by 46.00 per cent in the session to stand at N1.446 billion as against a value of N2.677 billion recorded in the previous trading session.
The banking sector dominated the volume charts with Sterling Bank as the top traded stock by volume for the trading session, followed by Fidelity Bank, United Bank for Africa, Guaranty Trust Bank and Zenith Bank to complete the list of the five most traded stocks by volume.
With regard to the value of the traded stocks, MTN Nigeria took the lead of the top five performers, flanked by Zenith Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Sterling Bank and United Bank for Africa.
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The Nigeria Police Force, Sokoto State Command has paraded two suspects for attempted kidnapping through the Illela border to Libya.
Speaking while parading the suspects, the state commissioner for Police, CP Muhammed Usaini Gumel, said the suspects were apprehended through the newly launched operations X-Squad in the state.
Gumel explained that the victim, Precious Oke, was trapped at Illela border town to the Niger Republic.
According to the Commissioner, “Miss Precious stated that she noticed that while her handler was making efforts to smuggle her across the border, sighted police patrol team which directed her to go into hiding.
“It is at this point that the victim made a call to Sokoto State Police public relations officer of the command who immediately alerted the vigilant police patrol team at Illela where she was traced and rescued”
The CP however revealed that the Quick Reaction Force in connection with the attempted trafficking arrested two facilitators.
He said one of the suspects was arrested at Illela while the second one was nabbed with the metropolis.
Gumel explained that the command is making a concerted effort to round up all the members of the cartel.
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The Nigeria Police Force, Sokoto State Command has paraded two suspects for attempted kidnapping through the Illela border to Libya.
Speaking while parading the suspects, the state commissioner for Police, CP Muhammed Usaini Gumel, said the suspects were apprehended through the newly launched operations X-Squad in the state.
Gumel explained that the victim, Precious Oke, was trapped at Illela border town to the Niger Republic.
According to the Commissioner, “Miss Precious stated that she noticed that while her handler was making efforts to smuggle her across the border, sighted police patrol team which directed her to go into hiding.
“It is at this point that the victim made a call to Sokoto State Police public relations officer of the command who immediately alerted the vigilant police patrol team at Illela where she was traced and rescued”
The CP however revealed that the Quick Reaction Force in connection with the attempted trafficking arrested two facilitators.
He said one of the suspects was arrested at Illela while the second one was nabbed with the metropolis.
Gumel explained that the command is making a concerted effort to round up all the members of the cartel.
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Stakeholders move to end insecurity in Middle Belt
•Train traditional rulers on peacebuilding •Launch research report on way out
In its search for lasting peace in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, a non-governmental organisation, the Middle Belt Brain Trust (MBBT) in collaboration with Institute for Integrated Transition (IFIT), on Monday, organised a 2-day Capacity Building Training of Traditional Rulers in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
The programme code-named: “Community Grievance Management Training for Traditional Rulers”, also witnessed the unavailing of a research report tagged: Ending Violence in Nigeria’s Middle Belt; A Strategic Report on Nasarawa State.
Speaking at the occasion, Governor Abdullahi Sule acknowledged the strategic role MBBT under the leadership of General Martin Luther Agwai (rtd), has been playing in peacebuilding across communities in the state.
He said the training for traditional rulers by the body could not have come at a better with the recent security concern occasioned by the influx of criminal elements into the state.
He noted that the theme of the event, “Community Grievance Management Training for Traditional Rulers” resonated with the commitment of his administration to supporting traditional rulers who are key partners in the maintenance of peace and unity in the state.
He also stated that the theme was also in tandem with the policy thrust of his administration towards stemming the tide of insecurity not only in the state but the North-central and the country at large.
“I must say that there could be no better choice of the theme than this, considering the spate of insecurity in the country and the need to evolve measures towards its management,” he noted.
He noted that the body’s research report, which offered a comprehensive picture of the intricate forces causing conflict in the state would add to the administration’s efforts in tackling insecurity.
He added: “As you are aware, the traditional institution plays pivotal roles in the maintenance of peace and security at the grassroots. This is why the government has continued to accord priority attention to the institution by providing the enabling environment for our royal fathers to contribute their quota to peaceful co-existence and societal development.
“I must say that this summit is timely, as it will provide technical capacity and support in the areas of leadership, alternative dispute resolution, ethics, do no harm principles, arbitration skills and how to design and improve community-based dispute resolution mechanisms for effective security coverage.
“The training will also reinforce the existing State Government initiative, tagged Community-based conflict resolution mechanism, essentially focused on resolving conflicts in our communities. This mechanism ensures synergy among the conventional security agents and the community leaders, ranging from the traditional rulers, religious and opinion leaders, critical stakeholders, youth, among others with a view to resolving issues amicably.”
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WAPATO — Kids scrambled for candy, spectators enjoyed beautiful weather and a variety of entries made their way through downtown Wapato on Monday morning for the Wapato Harvest Festival parade.
The parade began with a color guard marching to a steady drum beat as veterans in the Yakama Nation Warriors Association were honored.
A steady stream of Wapato High School sports teams, the WHS band, beauty pageant winners, classic cars and political candidates followed, all accompanied by the sirens, flashing lights and friendly waves of first responders.
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Common credit questions people search on Google
Questions about credit score and APR top the list
InvestigateTV - A study by financial comparison site Forbes Advisor analyzed thousands of credit-related search terms to see which is Googled the most. Here is the list in descending order:
“What is a good credit score?” According to the most widely known credit score model FICO, a score between 670 and 739 is generally considered good.
“What is APR?” APR or annual percentage rate is the amount you pay in interest each year on borrowed money.
“How to build credit?” There are many answers to this question. The Consumer Protection Financial Bureau has a great article to get you started.
“What is the highest credit score?” The perfect FICO score is generally considered to be 850, but anything over 800 is excellent.
You can receive a free credit report each year from AnnualCreditReport.com. Many banks and credit card companies provide your FICO score for free if you are a customer.
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Firefighters are trying to save a historic but derelict water tower in Sheerness tonight. The Victorian water tower and pumping station appear to be well alight.
Cllr Cameron Beart tweeted: "Saddened to see that Sheerness Water Tower has gone up in flames this evening. Not the first time it has been the target of arsonists but this looks the worst I've seen."
The building has been derelict and boarded up for many years and was previously auctioned off. In 2005 planning was granted for the provision of 29 flats and maisonettes within retained buildings and adjacent new build block.
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Not the first fire in the building
Sheerness resident and former councillor Chris Foulds described the fire after he initially thought Masters House was alight.
I got a phone call from my mum who thought the building next to the tower, Masters House, was alight. I live up the road so walked down - I could see the ash and debree in the air but realised it was the old water tower on fire.
This isn't the first fire I've witnessed in that building.
Chris said it's such a shame to see the building on fire as it has such potential.
The building has been boarding up but recently some had been ripped down - the site poses a risk to those taht enter it and I have written to the council previously about it.
He added that the building means a lot to residents in the area saying "there are so many people that love it" locally.
Fire engines and crews working hard
At present five fire engines are reportedly at the scene according to Kent Fire and Rescue
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Bill Longcrier had his hands full Labor Day morning at Wind Creek State Park swimming area on Lake Martin back in 1991. The Selma grandfather enjoyed the water with his grandchildren during the holiday over 30 years ago.
As part of The Outlook’s ongoing coverage of Alexander City’s 150th anniversary, we want to reflect on important historical events that have defined our city. This Labor Day, we look back at past celebrations of the holiday.
End of Summer?
Labor Day traditionally marks the beginning of fall, but summertime lasts longer around Lake Martin than most places. Through the years, the nearly 40,000-acre lake is abundant with recreational water activities for residents to enjoy well into the autumn months. That has proved true since the lake’s first use nearly 100 years ago.
Lake Martin was a hotspot as always for holiday relaxation with locals and those from around the state enjoying Labor Day weekend swimming in the sunshine.
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Labor Day Concert
In addition to the watery fun, Lake Martin has many musical traditions for the holidays. From Fourth of July concerts to rockstar encores at The Amp, music has remained an integral part of how Tallapoosa County celebrates summertime.
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(NEXSTAR) – A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card recently sold for $12.6 million, becoming the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia on record. It broke the previous record set in early August during a private sale when a Honus Wagner card went for $7.25 million. A Wagner card set the record before that in August 2021, selling for $6.6 million.
It’s no secret that baseball cards – and sports memorabilia – have become a booming business over the last few years. In some cases, the trading card market has become so hot and the desire so great that retailers like Target had to restrict access to their trading card department.
During the first half of 2021 alone, eBay reported $2 billion in trading card transactions occurred on its site, with an average of one sports trading card being purchased every second.
But what is it that has caused the aforementioned Mantle and Wagner cards to sell for a cumulative $26.45 million?
Well, it’s all in the cards.
Wagner and Mantle are part of a trio of card sets considered the most desirable in sports collecting, Mike Provenzale, a production manager with Heritage Auctions told Nexstar. Those sets are the 1909 T206, the 1933 Goudey set, and the 1952 Topps set.
The 1909 T206
The first, the 1909 T206 set, was found in cigarette and tobacco packs from the American Tobacco Company. Notably small compared to modern cards, Provenzale referred to the run of cards as the “first landmark set.”
“That one is all about rarity,” he said, referring specifically to the Wagner card from that set. Only about 60 cards are known to exist, and “most of them are in horrible condition.”
Wagner is widely revered as one of the greatest players of all time. He was a shortstop who played primarily with the Pittsburgh Pirates during his 21 seasons and was among the first five players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
Now, 105 years since Wagner took the field, his T206 cards are bringing in millions of dollars at auctions. Due to their rarity, cards graded authentic – meaning they’re in worse condition than what is covered on the traditional one-to-10 scale – still have the potential to sell for millions of dollars.
The rarity surrounding Wagner’s card is often attributed to two stories, according to Provenzale. One is that Wagner, though a heavy tobacco user himself, didn’t want his card to be used to promote tobacco use among children. The other is that he wanted to be compensated for the company’s use of his image, an unusual request in the early 1900s. It’s still unclear why exactly Wagner cards are so hard to find.
The 1933 Goudey Gum set
While Wagner’s era of baseball cards were used to promote tobacco products, the 1933 Goudey set relied on a different product – gum. The Goudey Gum Company set out to create “a really incredible line” of cards to advertise their product, Provenzale explained. And while they accomplished their goal, making “one of the most aesthetically pleasing sets,” poor timing nearly hampered their success.
The set was released amid the Great Depression. But for just one cent, they could purchase a piece of Goudey Gum and get with it a baseball card. It worked – between 1932 and 1933, the company’s profits are said to have tripled, Provenzale said.
Some of the most well-known players, specifically Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, can be found in the 1933 Goudey set. Another, Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie, was said to be card number 106 in the set. But, in another brilliant marketing ploy by Goudey Gum, you could only get his card if you sent a letter to the company asking for it.
Ruth and Gehrig are valuable, but Lajoie carries a special worth. The majority of his cards carry a paperclip imprint on the top after being attached to the letter, according to Provenzale. A Lajoie card recently sold during a Heritage Auction went for $114,000. In 2019, a worn and tattered Ruth card from this set sold for just over $4,000. While cheaper in comparison to the Wagner and Mantle cards mentioned before, this card was graded as authentic.
The 1952 Topps set
Nearly two decades after Goudey Gum, the 1952 Topps set hit the market. These cards were the first that looked like the cards we’re now familiar with – the size normalized, stats were added to the back, and facsimile signatures were added to the front.
In addition to Mantle, considered the most popular of the 1952 Topps set, other cards include Willie Mays and Jackie Robinson. Mays and Robinson are valuable, Provenzale explained, but Mantle leads the pack.
This is largely due to how cards were released. At the time, cards were released in series. One-fifth of the cards were released before the season, a second round was released at the start, and so on through the season.
Mantle, a New York Yankee and “the face of 50s baseball,” was card number 311, Provenzale said. That put him in the final series but, because of production delays, that series wasn’t released until after the season had ended (and after the Yankees beat the then-Boston Dodgers in the World Series). The final round of cards didn’t sell well and most sat in a warehouse for over a decade.
The remaining cards from the series, including Mantle’s, were then loaded onto a barge and dumped into the Atlantic Ocean, according to Provenzale. Still, more examples of Mantle’s card are known to exist than Wagner’s.
What about error cards?
There is a particular subset of cards that many collectors thought would be incredibly valuable – those with an error.
“But, that isn’t always the case,” Provenzale explained. One of the most well-known error cards is that of Cal Ripken’s brother, Billy Ripken. He was initially photographed holding a bat that had an obscene phrase written on the bottom of the bat that went unnoticed at first. After Topps discovered the error, the original cards were pulled off the market and replaced with an edited version. Cards that aren’t edited can go for a couple hundred dollars, according to Provenzale.
Some error cards are lucky enough to be worth more than three figures. Provenzale noted another from the 1909 T206 set, Sherry Magie. When the cards were printed, they misspelled his name as ‘Maggie.’ Being that the card is unique and from one of the most iconic card sets, Provenzale said it could “do high five figures.”
What’s next?
But what about today’s market? Is there a card today that will be the next Honus Wagner or Mickey Mantle?
It’s possible. Previously, many cards were mass-produced, especially in the 1980s and 1990s, Provenzale explained. Manufacturers have created their own rarity, sometimes making cards known as ‘one to one,’ meaning they’re the only one available.
“Those one-of-one cards do sell for six and seven figures, even though it’s just manufactured rarity,” Provenzale said. Rookie cards can be largely valuable as collectors “love the book ends,” or those from the beginning and end of a player’s career.
If you have any of the previously mentioned cards, or your own set you feel could be of value, it’s important to do your research before rushing to sell. Experts at your local card shop or sports memorabilia store can help appraise your item, as can those with auction houses like Heritage Auctions.
Be wary of where you’re selling, though. Some shops may offer you less than what the card is worth in order to make a profit on it. Other outlets, like auction houses, where the percentage they keep is based on how much your card or item sells for. Online retailers like eBay, which has its own service to prove authenticity, will work in the same fashion.
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Zoneton Fire to appear in scenes of movie filmed in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Zoneton Fire Protection District could soon be on the big screen as crews participated as background actors in a movie filmed in Louisville.
Officials with Zoneton Fire said they were asked to be part of the film, titled “Muzzle,” in early August. Their role was to extinguish a vehicle fire for a scene in the film, according to a post on social media.
The film is about an Los Angeles Police Department K-9 handler who is investigating the murder of his partner and uncovers a conspiracy within the city, the film summary states. The movie stars Aaron Eckart, who previously played Harvey Dent in “The Dark Knight” and Josh in “The Core.”
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Bullitt County EMS also participated by having one of the organization’s ambulances in the scene.
Zoneton Fire said it is unknown if the scenes will make the final cut until the movie debuts next year.
The location of the scene was previously under controversy as Portland neighbors claimed they weren’t informed by the production company about filming. Zoneton Fire addressed this in the post, stating they were not involved with the location setting or set decoration.
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Elsa Avila slid to her phone, terrified as she held the bleeding side of her abdomen and tried to stay calm for her students. In a text to her family that she meant to send to fellow Uvalde teachers, she wrote: "I'm shot."
For the first time in 30 years, Avila will not be going back to school as classes resume Tuesday in the small, southwest Texas city.
The start of school will look different for her, as for other survivors of the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in which 21 people died, with an emphasis on healing, both physically and mentally.
Some have opted for virtual education, others for private school. Many will return to Uvalde school district campuses, though Robb Elementary itself will never reopen.
"I'm trying to make sense of everything," Avila said in an August interview, "but it is never going to make sense."
A scar down her torso brings her to tears as a permanent reminder of the horror she endured with her 16 students as they waited in their classroom for an hour for help while a gunman slaughtered 19 children and two teachers in two adjoining classrooms nearby.
Minutes before she felt the sharp pain of the bullet piercing her intestine and colon, Avila was motioning students away from the walls and windows and closer to her. A student lined up by the door for recess had just told her something was going on outside: People were running — and screaming. As she slammed the classroom door so the lock would catch, her students took their well-practiced lockdown positions.
Moments later, a gunman stormed into their fourth-grade wing and began spraying bullets before ultimately making his way into rooms 111 and 112.
In room 109, Avila repeatedly texted for help, according to messages reviewed by The Associated Press.
First at 11:35 a.m. in the text to her family that she says was meant for the teacher group chat.
Then at 11:38, in a message to the school's vice principal. At 11:45, she responded to a text from the school's counselor asking if her classroom was on lockdown with: "I'm shot, send help." And when the principal assured her that help was on the way, she replied simply: "Help."
"Yes, they are coming," the principal wrote back at 11:48 a.m.
It's unclear whether her messages were relayed to the police. District officials did not respond to requests for comment on actions taken to communicate with law enforcement on May 24, and an attorney for then-Principal Mandy Gutierrez was not available for comment.
According to a legislative committee's report that described a botched police response, nearly 400 local, state and federal officers stood in the hallway of the fourth-grade wing or outside the building for 77 minutes before some finally entered the adjoining classrooms and killed the gunman. Lawmakers also found a relaxed approach to lockdowns — which happened often — and security concerns, including issues with door locks. State and federal investigations into the shooting are ongoing.
The district is working to complete new security measures, and the school board in August fired the district's police chief, Pete Arredondo. Residents say it remains unclear how — or even if — trust between the community and officials can be rebuilt, even as some call for more accountability, better police training and stricter gun safety laws.
Avila recalls hearing the ominous bursts of rapid fire, then silence, then the voices of officers in the hallway yelling, "Crossfire!" and later more officers standing nearby.
"But still nobody came to help us," she said.
As Avila lay motionless, unable to speak loud enough to be heard, some of her students nudged and shook her. She wished for the strength to tell them she was still alive.
A light flashed into their window, but nobody identified themselves. Scared it might be the gunman, the students moved away.
"The little girls closest to me kept patting me and telling me, 'It's going to be OK, miss. We love you, miss,'" Avila said.
Finally, at 12:33 p.m., a window in her classroom broke. Officers arrived to evacuate her students — the last to be let out in the area, according to Avila.
With her remaining strength, Avila pulled herself up and helped usher students onto chairs and tables and through the window. Then, clutching her side, she told an officer she was too weak to jump herself. He came through the window to pull her out.
"I never saw my kids again. I know they climbed out the window and I could just hear them telling them, `Run, run, run!'" Avila said.
She remembers being taken to the airport, where a helicopter flew her to a San Antonio hospital. She was in and out of care until June 18.
Avila later learned that a student in her class was wounded by shrapnel to the nose and mouth but had since been released from medical care. She said other students helped their injured classmates until officers arrived.
"I am very proud of them because they were able to stay calm for a whole hour that we were in there terrified," Avila said.
As her students prepare to return to school for the first time since that traumatic day, Avila is on the way to recovery, walking up to eight minutes at a time on the treadmill in physical therapy and going to counseling. She looks forward to teaching again someday.
Outside of a shuttered Robb Elementary, a memorial for the people killed overflows at the entrance gate. Teachers from across Texas stopped by this summer to pay their respects and reflect on what they would do in the same situation.
"If I survive, I have to make sure they survive first," said Olga Oglin, an educator of 23 years from Dallas, her voice breaking.
"Whatever happens to a student at our school, it just happens to one of my kids," Olgin said, adding that as the person to greet parents, students and staff at the door in the mornings, she likely would be the first person shot.
Ofelia Loyola, who teaches elementary school in San Antonio, visited with her husband, middle school teacher Raul Loyola. She was baffled at the delayed response from law enforcement, as seen on security and police video.
"They are all kids. It doesn't matter how old they are, you protect them," she said.
Last week, Avila and several of her students met for the end-of-year party they were unable to have in May. They played in the pool at a country club and she gave them each a bracelet with a little cross to remind them that "God was with us that day and they are not alone," she said.
"We always talked about being kind, being respectful, taking care of each other — and they were able to do that on that day," Avila said.
"They took care of each other. They took care of me." | https://www.katc.com/news/national/16-uvalde-fourth-graders-waited-an-hour-with-wounded-teacher | 2022-09-05T21:39:28Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/16-uvalde-fourth-graders-waited-an-hour-with-wounded-teacher | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HOUSTON — A nude photograph nearly delayed a Southwest Airlines flight last week.
According to Insider, NBC News, and CNN, the incident occurred on Aug. 24 flight that was flying from Houston, Texas, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Passenger Teighlor Marsalis told CNN that she and those around her received a notification on their Apple devices that someone was using AirDrop to send the image of a naked man to other passengers.
After a flight attendant and the pilot were notified, the pilot issued a stern warning over the intercom system, the media outlets reported.
"So here's the deal. If this continues while we're on the ground, I'm going to have to pull back to the gate," the pilot could be heard saying in a video the passenger allegedly recorded and then posted to TikTok, the news outlets reported. "Everybody's going to have to get off, we're going to have to get security involved and ... vacation is going to be ruined."
The video has been viewed more than 3 million times as of Monday.
Marsalis told CNN and Insider that the pilot handled the situation well.
In a statement to CNN and Insider, Southwest says that their employees were made aware of the problem and addressed it to "support the comfort of those traveling with us."
Marsalis told CNN that a flight attendant went to check on everyone, and eventually, the plane took off, and there were no other incidents that happened on the flight. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/mexico-bound-flight-nearly-delayed-after-southwest-passenger-airdrops-nude-photo | 2022-09-05T21:39:34Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/mexico-bound-flight-nearly-delayed-after-southwest-passenger-airdrops-nude-photo | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After a two year dry spell, Hollywood's summer blockbusters finally busted some blocks this year. Now, the question is how to keep that momentum going.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the activist Ruby Bridges about her new book I Am Ruby Bridges, which tells her story through her six-year-old eyes.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the activist Ruby Bridges about her new book I Am Ruby Bridges, which tells her story through her six-year-old eyes.
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The Carpathian Mountains are a wildly popular domestic getaway spot for Ukrainians in the summer. But Russia's invasion has deeply affected the tourism industry there this year.
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The Carpathian Mountains are a wildly popular domestic getaway spot for Ukrainians in the summer. But Russia's invasion has deeply affected the tourism industry there this year.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of Lebanese and Syrian migrants stranded for days on a sinking fishing boat in the Mediterranean Sea are urging European coast guards to save them, saying that two children have died.
The roughly 60 migrants told relatives and volunteer groups with a satellite phone that two young children have died, and that the group has been without food, water, and baby formula for the past three days. On board are Syrian refugees and Lebanese from its severely impoverished northern provinces trying to reach Italy for job opportunities. They left Lebanon off the coast of the northern city of Tripoli about 10 days ago.
“They’re trying to remove water leaking into the boat with buckets, that’s all they have,” the brother of one of the Syrian passengers told The Associated Press. He asked to not disclose their names for security reasons and because some of the migrants did not want to disclose the news to their families back home. “This is fishing boat is meant for five people, not 60.”
Lebanon has a population of 6 million, including 1 million Syrian refugees, and has been in the grip of a severe economic meltdown since late 2019 that has pulled over three-quarters of the population into poverty.
The migrants are reportedly stranded near the coasts of Malta and Italy. The authorities have not dispatched rescuers, according to families and activists in touch with the migrants. Lebanese parliamentarian Ashraf Rifi urged the Italian government, as well as the Lebanese Foreign Ministry and the Lebanese Embassy in Rome to take action.
According to families and Alarm Phone, an activist network that helps bring in rescuers to distressed migrants at sea, Malta has not yet authorized a rescue operation and has not given permission to a commercial cargo ship to rescue the stranded migrants.
Meanwhile, families fear the leaking boat could sink at any time.
“Whenever I call, you can hear the children screaming and crying in the background,” the relative said. “I don’t know why no governments have taken action to rescue them, is it because they’re poor people trying to make ends meet for their families?”
Once a country that received refugees, Lebanon has become a launching pad for dangerous migration by sea to Europe.
As the crisis deepened, more Lebanese, as well as Syrian and Palestinian refugees, set off to sea, with security agencies reporting foiled migration attempts almost weekly.
In April, a boat carrying dozens of Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to Italy went down more than five kilometers (three miles) from the port of Tripoli, following a confrontation with the Lebanese navy. Dozens were killed in the incident.
The circumstances of the vessel’s sinking are disputed. Survivors say their boat was rammed by the Lebanese navy, while the military claims the migrants’ boat collided with a navy vessel while trying to get away.
The April sinking was the greatest migrant tragedy for Lebanon in recent years and put the government further on the defensive at a time when the country is in economic free fall and public trust in the state and its institutions is rapidly crumbling. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/ap-dozens-of-lebanese-and-syrian-migrants-trapped-at-sea/ | 2022-09-05T21:41:15Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/ap-dozens-of-lebanese-and-syrian-migrants-trapped-at-sea/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LOS ANGELES — The UCLA football team isn’t dwelling on the blunders of Saturday’s first half against Bowling Green, which put the Bruins at a 17-7 disadvantage at one point. The Bruins have returned to their normal programming.
“The biggest improvement most teams make is from Game 1 to Game 2,” Kelly said ahead of practice on Monday morning. “We have a lot of things that we have to clean up from last Saturday but we had an opportunity to get them on film, go over it in our meeting session until now get back out on the practice field.”
Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson said that he spent a little more time on film after Bowling Green than usual, but said that being in live action was the team’s biggest teacher of the week.
UCLA generated nearly 600 yards of total offense and Thompson-Robinson accounted for over half of it with nearly 400 yards. His one interception in the game revealed his humble side.
“Obviously a lot of stuff to correct,” Thompson-Robinson said. “We gotta get the protection and stuff figured out. I’ve gotta do a better job of my reads, getting the ball off faster, protecting the ball.”
Lessons were also learned from the first-half mishap of duplicate jerseys on special teams, forcing the Bruins to use a timeout so that punt-returner Jake Bobo could quickly switch jerseys.
Kelly said that it’s on the coaching staff to make sure there are no double jersey numbers on the field and that Bobo’s jersey number will vary based on who else is on the field. One thing that will remain constant, though, is Bobo’s job as a punt returner.
“He’s got really good instincts for the ball in the open field,” Kelly said. “He does a good job of fielding the ball and has proven to us that he’s our best punt returner right now.”
UCLA has the chance to show its improvements on Saturday as it hosts Alabama State at the Rose Bowl.
Loya, Brown practice Monday
Logan Loya and Kam Brown did not dress for Saturday’s game against Bowling Green, but were present on the sidelines. Both participated in practice on Monday and got in repetitions as returners with special teams.
“They’ve been in parts of practice for the last couple of days and we’ll see what they can get through today,” Kelly said ahead of Monday morning’s practice.
Brown was listed as a starting receiver and Loya was slated as a backup receiver on the depth chart that was released in the week leading up to the Bowling Green game.
DTR weighs in on fan turnout
Saturday’s game saw a record-low attendance of 27,143 — a number that hadn’t been neared since a 1992 crowd of 32,513. Even with the large tarps that UCLA stretched over a few thousand of the seats, the Rose Bowl still looked barren.
“It obviously is a little disappointing,” Thompson-Robinson said, “because we’re trying to put on the best showcase for as many people as we can.
“But we try not to worry about it too much at the end of the day. It doesn’t really affect how we play. We’ve gotta go out there and win the game regardless. We know they’re out there watching us.”
There were certainly external factors affecting the turnout, including UCLA students not arriving on campus yet and a USC game later in the day.
Kelly focused on the heat when he was asked about the Rose Bowl’s most recent turnout. The temperature at kickoff was 100 degrees amid an excessive heat warning issued by the National Weather Service.
“I just want to thank our fans for coming to the game,” he said. “The fact that they were there is a tribute to them. That’s the hottest football game I’ve coached in my life.”
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of flights were grounded and more than 200 people evacuated in South Korea on Monday as Typhoon Hinnamnor approached the southern region with heavy rains and winds of up to 170 kilometers (105 miles) per hour, putting the nation on alert for its worst storm in decades.
South Korea’s weather agency said the country will start to feel the full force of Hinnamnor, the strongest global storm this year, by early Tuesday when it is forecast to graze the southern resort island of Jeju before making landfall near the mainland city of Busan.
Government officials raised concern about potentially huge damage from flooding, landslides and tidal waves triggered by the typhoon, which comes just weeks after capital Seoul and nearby regions were hit with heavy rainfall that unleashed flashfloods and killed at least 14 people.
President Yoon Suk Yeol, who said he would stay at his office overnight to monitor the typhoon, urged maximum effort to prevent casualties during an emergency response meeting on Monday. Prime Minister Han Duk-soo called for proactive efforts to evacuate residents in areas vulnerable to flooding.
“This is forecast to be a historically strong typhoon that we never experienced before,” Han said.
Officials say Hinnamnor could bring more powerful winds than 2003 Typhoon Maemi, which left 117 people dead and was the strongest storm to make landfall in the country since the start of record keeping in 1904.
As of Monday evening, Hinnamnor was over the open sea 180 kilometers (112miles) southwest of Jeju. It has dumped more than 62 centimeters (24 inches) of rain in the central part of Jeju since Sunday, where winds were blowing at a maximum speed of 124 kph (77 mph) and were picking up.
South Korea’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety said there were no immediate reports of casualties. At least 11 homes and buildings were flooded in Jeju while more than 270 people were forced to evacuate in Busan and nearby cities because of safety concerns.
Around 370 domestic flights and 100 ferry services were grounded and hundreds of roads and bridges were closed nationwide as of Monday evening while more than 66,000 fishing boats returned to port.
Kindergartens and elementary schools in Seoul and all schools in Busan and nearby southern regions are scheduled to be closed or shift to online classes Tuesday, officials said.
North Korea was also bracing for Hinnamnor as it reported increasingly heavy rain in all parts of the country except for its border region with China. Agricultural workers across the country were engaged in “all-out efforts” to minimize damage to crops while officials were encouraged to take “double and triple emergency measures” to protect buildings and equipment from flooding and landslides, the North’s state media said.
South Korea’s military said North Korea also discharged water from a dam near its border with the South in an apparent preventive step without notifying its rival. South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, said the North has so far ignored Seoul’s request to give notification before it releases water from the Hwanggang Dam.
Cities in eastern China suspended ferry services and classes and more than 100 flights were canceled in Japan on Sunday as Hinnamnor passed through the region. The typhoon is on track to move closer to eastern China later in the week. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/ap-flights-grounded-in-south-korea-as-typhoon-hinnamnor-nears/ | 2022-09-05T21:41:22Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/ap-flights-grounded-in-south-korea-as-typhoon-hinnamnor-nears/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The partner of a man suspected of trying to assassinate Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has been arrested by police as investigators tried Monday to determine if the attacker was part of a wider plot.
Brenda Uliarte, the 23-year-old partner of Brazilian suspect Fernando André Sabag Montiel, was arrested Sunday night by Federal Police at a train station in the capital, Buenos Aires, according to images circulated by authorities.
She has not been charged, but officials were trying to determine if she had any role in the Sept. 1 incident in which a man pointed a Bersa 380 pistol at Fernández and pulled the trigger — though the loaded gun did not fire.
Officials also were trying to determine how and why data apparently had been wiped from a cellphone seized from Sabag Montiel when he was caught at the scene.
The apparent assassination attempt has shaken a nation where Fernández has been a central political figure for decades, serving as president from 2007 to 2015 following the term of her late husband, Nestor Kirchner, who took office in 2003.
A judicial source said Uliarte had been present in the area where the foiled attack took place, mixed among hundreds of Fernández’s sympathizers who had come to show support at a time she faces trial on corruption allegations. The source spoke on condition of anonymity due to rules governing case secrecy.
Sabag, 35, had lived in Argentina for more than two decades. Local news media have published images from his now-inactivated social media accounts showing him with arms tattooed with Nazi-like symbols.
Investigators say they are trying to determine why the gun did not fire and also to extract information from Sabag Montiel’s cellphone. Authorities say it came to Airport Security Police, who are in charge of trying to inspect it, reformatted, as if it had come from the factory.
An informatics investigator, Pablo Rodríguez told the Todo Noticias television channel that when a cellphone is confiscated, police should ensure it can’t be accessed externally by turning it off, removing the chip, putting it in airplane mode and leaving it in a bag that protects against external radiati9on.
“But if they didn’t do all that, the phone was active and it’s possible it could have been reset remotely.”
Security Minister Aníbal Fernández told reporters that police “did not manipulate” the phone. “What they did was collect it, put it in a (protective) Faraday bag and sent it to the court.” | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/ap-police-detain-partner-of-argentina-attack-suspect/ | 2022-09-05T21:42:13Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/ap-police-detain-partner-of-argentina-attack-suspect/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MOSCOW (AP) — The number of people who died in an accident while climbing Eurasia’s tallest active volcano has risen to eight, Russian authorities said Monday.
A helicopter with a rescue team was on the way to the site of the accident, emergency officials said.
Russian media initially reported on Saturday that five climbers died while trying to ascend to the top of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula. The accident occurred about 500 meters below the 4,750-meter (15,884-foot) summit, the reports cited the prosecutor’s office of the Kamchatka region as saying.
All the climbers were Russians, the reports said.
Four people survived the accident and are waiting for the rescuers at different altitudes.
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MOSCOW (AP) — The number of people who died in an accident while climbing Eurasia’s tallest active volcano has risen to eight, Russian authorities said Monday.
A helicopter with a rescue team was on the way to the site of the accident, emergency officials said.
Russian media initially reported on Saturday that five climbers died while trying to ascend to the top of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula. The accident occurred about 500 meters below the 4,750-meter (15,884-foot) summit, the reports cited the prosecutor’s office of the Kamchatka region as saying.
All the climbers were Russians, the reports said.
Four people survived the accident and are waiting for the rescuers at different altitudes.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Europe’s largest nuclear plant was knocked off Ukraine’s electricity grid Monday, its last transmission line disconnected because of a fire caused by shelling, the facility’s operator and the U.N. atomic watchdog said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was informed Monday by Ukrainian authorities that the reserve line “was deliberately disconnected in order to extinguish a fire.”
“The line itself is not damaged, and it will be reconnected once the fire is extinguished,” the IAEA said.
In the meantime, the plant’s only remaining operational reactor would “generate the power the plant needs for its safety and other functions,” the agency said.
Mycle Schneider, an independent analyst in Canada on nuclear energy, said that would mean the plant was likely functioning in “island mode,” producing electricity just for its own operations.
“Island mode is a very shaky, unstable, and unreliable way to provide continuous power supply to a nuclear plant,” Schneider said.
The incident fueled fears of a potential nuclear disaster at Zaporizhzhia, one of the 10 biggest nuclear plants in the world. Experts say its reactors are designed to protect against natural disasters and incidents such as aircraft crashes, but leaders around the world have appealed for it to be spared in the fighting because of the risk of a catastrophe.
Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of attacking the plant, which the Kremlin’s forces have held since early March. The plant’s Ukrainian staff continue to operate it.
The plant’s operator, Energoatom, said Monday that Russian forces have kept up “intensive shelling” around Zaporizhzhia in recent days despite the warnings. The Russian military accused Ukrainian forces of staging “provocations” there, including sending a drone, which was intercepted, and shelling the adjacent city of Enerhodar.
Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said on Facebook that fighting around the power station made it impossible to repair damaged power lines, putting the world “once again on the brink of a nuclear disaster.”
The developments at Zaporizhzhia came on the eve of a report to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday by the IAEA inspectors about what they found on their visit. The IAEA still has two experts at the plant after a perilous inspection that required its inspectors to travel through the fighting last week.
Ukraine’s presidential adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak, applauded the IAEA’s decision to leave some experts at the plant.
“There are Russian troops now who don’t understand what’s happening, don’t assess the risks correctly,” Podolyak said. “There is a number of our workers there, who need some kind of protection, people from the international community standing by their side and telling (Russian troops): ‘Don’t touch these people, let them work.’”
Meanwhile, in some of Moscow’s bluntest comments yet on the standoff between it and Western Europe over energy supplies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov blamed Western sanctions for stoppages in Russia’s supply of natural gas to Europe.
“Other reasons that would cause problems with the pumping don’t exist,” Peskov said.
The sanctions on Moscow and Russian oil companies have created problems with equipment maintenance, he said, a claim that has been refuted by Western governments and engineers.
German officials have said Russian complaints about technical problems are merely a political power play. Germany’s Siemens Energy, which manufactured turbines the Nord Stream 1 pipeline uses, said turbine leaks can be fixed while gas continues to flow through the pipeline.
Russian energy company Gazprom announced Friday that a suspension of gas supplies heading westwards through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline would be extended indefinitely because oil leaks in turbines need fixing. That move brought a surge in European natural gas prices and walloped global stock markets.
High energy prices and possible shortages this winter in Western Europe have set alarm bells ringing among governments, notably those in the European Union. French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday called for a 10% cut in his country’s energy use in coming weeks and months to avoid the risk of rationing and cuts this winter.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, the fighting raged on. The president’s office said at least four civilians were killed and seven others were wounded by new Russian shelling across several regions of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there had been Russian shelling across much of southern and eastern Ukraine, including at Zelenodolsk, Nikopol, Chernihiv, and the Sumy and Kharkiv regions.
Russian rockets destroyed an oil depot in the Krivoy Rog region, sending up huge plumes of smoke, Ukrainian news reports said.
Amid increased Ukrainian strikes on the occupied Kherson region, Russian-installed authorities there said early Monday that for security reasons they were putting on hold their plans for a local referendum on whether the region should formally become part of Russia.
But by the afternoon, officials had a change of heart and said the ballot would go ahead as planned, though no date has been set.
In the eastern city of Sloviansk, workers with the Ukrainian Red Cross Society swept up debris Monday from a second rocket attack on its premises in a week. Nobody was hurt in either attack, said Taras Logginov, head of the agency’s rapid response unit. He blamed Russian forces and called the attacks war crimes.
In a row of apartment buildings across the road, the few residents who haven’t evacuated sawed sheets of plywood to board up their shattered windows.
Henadii Sydorenko sat on the porch of his apartment building for a break. He said he’s not sure whether to stay or leave, torn between his responsibility of taking care of three apartments whose owners have already evacuated and the increasing fear of the now frequent shelling.
“It’s frightening,” the 57-year-old said of the shelling. “I’m losing my mind, little by little.”
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Elsa Avila slid to her phone, terrified as she held the bleeding side of her abdomen and tried to stay calm for her students. In a text to her family that she meant to send to fellow Uvalde teachers, she wrote: “I’m shot.”
For the first time in 30 years, Avila will not be going back to school as classes resume Tuesday in the small, southwest Texas city. The start of school will look different for her, as for other survivors of the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in which 21 people died, with an emphasis on healing, both physically and mentally. Some have opted for virtual education, others for private school. Many will return to Uvalde school district campuses, though Robb Elementary itself will never reopen.
“I’m trying to make sense of everything,” Avila said in an August interview, “but it is never going to make sense.”
A scar down her torso brings her to tears as a permanent reminder of the horror she endured with her 16 students as they waited in their classroom for an hour for help while a gunman slaughtered 19 children and two teachers in two adjoining classrooms nearby.
Minutes before she felt the sharp pain of the bullet piercing her intestine and colon, Avila was motioning students away from the walls and windows and closer to her. A student lined up by the door for recess had just told her something was going on outside: People were running — and screaming. As she slammed the classroom door so the lock would catch, her students took their well-practiced lockdown positions.
Moments later, a gunman stormed into their fourth-grade wing and began spraying bullets before ultimately making his way into rooms 111 and 112.
In room 109, Avila repeatedly texted for help, according to messages reviewed by The Associated Press. First at 11:35 a.m. in the text to her family that she says was meant for the teacher group chat. Then at 11:38 in a message to the school’s vice principal. At 11:45, she responded to a text from the school’s counselor asking if her classroom was on lockdown with: “I’m shot, send help.” And when the principal assured her that help was on the way, she replied simply: “Help.”
“Yes they are coming,” the principal wrote back at 11:48 a.m.
It’s unclear whether her messages were relayed to police. District officials did not respond to requests for comment on actions taken to communicate with law enforcement on May 24, and an attorney for then-Principal Mandy Gutierrez was not available for comment.
According to a legislative committee’s report that described a botched police response, nearly 400 local, state and federal officers stood in the hallway of the fourth-grade wing or outside the building for 77 minutes before some finally entered the adjoining classrooms and killed the gunman. Lawmakers also found a relaxed approach to lockdowns — which happened often — and security concerns, including issues with door locks. State and federal investigations into the shooting are ongoing.
The district is working to complete new security measures, and the school board in August fired the district’s police chief, Pete Arredondo. Residents say it remains unclear how — or even if — trust between the community and officials can be rebuilt, even as some call for more accountability, better police training and stricter gun safety laws.
Avila recalls hearing the ominous bursts of rapid fire, then silence, then the voices of officers in the hallway yelling, “Crossfire!” and later more officers standing nearby.
“But still nobody came to help us,” she said.
As Avila lay motionless, unable to speak loud enough to be heard, some of her students nudged and shook her. She wished for the strength to tell them she was still alive.
A light flashed into their window, but nobody identified themselves. Scared it might be the gunman, the students moved away.
“The little girls closest to me kept patting me and telling me, ‘It’s going to be OK miss. We love you miss,’” Avila said.
Finally, at 12:33 p.m. a window in her classroom broke. Officers arrived to evacuate her students — the last to be let out in the area, according to Avila.
With her remaining strength, Avila pulled herself up and helped usher students onto chairs and tables and through the window. Then, clutching her side, she told an officer she was too weak to jump herself. He came through the window to pull her out.
“I never saw my kids again. I know they climbed out the window and I could just hear them telling them, `Run, run, run!’” Avila said.
She remembers being taken to the airport, where a helicopter flew her to a San Antonio hospital. She was in and out of care until June 18.
Avila later learned that a student in her class was wounded by shrapnel to the nose and mouth but had since been released from medical care. She said other students helped their injured classmates until officers arrived.
“I am very proud of them because they were able to stay calm for a whole hour that we were in there terrified,” Avila said.
As her students prepare to return to school for the first time since that traumatic day, Avila is on the way to recovery, walking up to eight minutes at a time on the treadmill in physical therapy and going to counseling. She looks forward to teaching again someday.
Outside of a shuttered Robb Elementary, a memorial for the people killed overflows at the entrance gate. Teachers from across Texas stopped by this summer to pay their respects and reflect on what they would do in the same situation.
“If I survive, I have to make sure they survive first,” said Olga Oglin, an educator of 23 years from Dallas, her voice breaking.
“Whatever happens to a student at our school, it just happens to one of my kids,” Olgin said, adding that as the person to greet parents, students and staff at the door in the mornings, she likely would be the first person shot.
Ofelia Loyola, who teaches elementary school in San Antonio, visited with her husband, middle school teacher Raul Loyola. She was baffled at the delayed response from law enforcement, as seen on security and police video.
“They are all kids. It doesn’t matter how old they are, you protect them,” she said.
Last week, Avila and several of her students met for the end-of-year party they were unable to have in May. They played in the pool at a country club and she gave them each a bracelet with a little cross to remind them that “God was with us that day and they are not alone,” she said.
“We always talked about being kind, being respectful, taking care of each other — and they were able to do that on that day,” Avila said.
“They took care of each other. They took care of me.”
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This story was updated to correct that Uvalde is in southwest Texas, not in the state’s southeast.
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