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Matthew Christopher Wegher passed away unexpectedly at the age of 53 on August 31, 2022 in Driggs, Idaho. Matthew is survived by his wife Emily, daughter Evelyn, parents Stephen and Marcia (DiPirro) Wegher, sister Roxanne (Brett) Vander Tuin, nephew Aidan, nieces Olivia and Regan and many beloved aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
He is preceded in death by his mother-in-law Marianne Hagedorn and father-in-law Wayne Hagedorn.
Matthew was born and raised in Dearborn, Michigan and moved out west in his early 20's. Matthew was an avid sports enthusiast, especially for the Detroit Red Wings and had an encyclopedic knowledge of all things sports. He enjoyed being an assistant football coach for his local high school team, Teton High Timberwolves.
Matthew's daughter, Evelyn, was the light of his life and he enjoyed taking her skiing, fishing, hiking and swimming. He will be greatly missed.
A visitation will be held Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at Grand Teton Funeral Home in Driggs, ID from 6-7:30pm. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.grandtetonfuneralhomedriggs.com | https://www.tetonvalleynews.net/obituaries/matthew-c-wegher/article_7f50bc52-251a-56d3-9b73-2820c091dced.html | 2022-09-07T02:44:03Z | tetonvalleynews.net | control | https://www.tetonvalleynews.net/obituaries/matthew-c-wegher/article_7f50bc52-251a-56d3-9b73-2820c091dced.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
How do local artists make money? With the support of their community.
After leaving work at the Replay Lounge on Friday night, bartender Emma Hopkins arrived home to a familiar scene of people lounging on couches, smoking on the patio and listening to music in her basement.
Hopkins’ rental home in the University Place neighborhood doubles as a space for musicians to showcase their talents to an audience of anywhere between 50 to 100 guests. It also functions as an avenue for local and touring talent to make money by performing.
Local musicians make up a large part of a town's culture, however, their cultural contribution isn't usually met with significant financial incentive.
The cost of living in Lawrence, Kansas in 2022 is just under $1500 a month according to the Living Cost organization’s website, and according to Career Explorer, a starting musician in Kansas makes an average of $10.64/hour or $1,844 per month. The median wage for all levels of musicians in Kansas is $18.66.
The median hourly wage in Missouri is slightly higher at $22.54 with a low of $10.30 and a high of $59.01, or $3,906 monthly on average. Career Explorer calculates these salaries from user submissions of past salaries and external data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Despite these averages, the lack of consistency from this career means many local musicians work service jobs in stores, restaurants and bars. A local DJ, Chance Penner falls into this category. Penner works as a bartender, and DJ’s on Wednesday and Saturday nights at Replay Lounge.
“I like having a good time,” Penner said. “I like the lights and visuals, and sounds that go with a club atmosphere, and getting dolled up in a look. Getting to share that energy with the people around you is what makes my job really amazing.”
But Lawrence locals don’t necessarily have to go to a venue to hear live music. Buskers are regularly heard playing for tips in Lawrence’s downtown. As delighted as locals and children may be by the sounds of live music, busking isn’t exactly lucrative.
Ricky Dreg has an established foothold at 927 Massachusetts Street where he makes an average of $20 a day singing and playing guitar. An Olathe native and US veteran, Dreg has been in Lawrence for the past decade. He was able to get an apartment through the veterans affairs last year. But to his dismay, veteran affairs doesn't cover all of his expenses.
“It’s just a matter of staying out here until you’ve made what you need. Which means some days, you know, they can either be better or worse, or longer and shorter but you gotta choose between one of the two.” Dreg said.
Performing live is a tried and proven way to grow your following, as well as make some money from your listeners in real time. Lawrence is home to several local music venues.
Nick Carrol is the owner of Replay Lounge, a hot spot in the scene.
“The cool thing about Lawrence is we really have all the venues, and they’re well-oiled machines because we do so much music,” Carrol said.
Fortunately, bars with a smaller capacity exist for new and emerging artists. The Replay Lounge primarily works with local and smaller bands. Replay’s booking agent, Jake Little encourages small artists to perform live.
“If you’re a local and you wanna put on a show, I will definitely do everything in my power to make it happen,” Little said.
According to Little, the Replay Lounge pays artists about 94% of the money collected at the door. The only exception being sales tax and a fee for sound maintenance, which are approximately 6%. No cash from the door comes to the bar itself. The cover charge is $3 per person, which attracts a wider audience of people who may not be familiar with the performing band, but want somewhere to hangout.
Little books six or seven shows a week at the Replay: usually a single act on Saturdays, and two shows on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. Different days and times can bring in a variety of audiences, but according to the owner Nick Carroll, one essential element to Replay’s audience is a love for music.
Another avenue for making money at a live show is from selling merchandise. A local business and sister company to screen printer business Blue Collar Press, MerchTable sells custom printed merchandise to artists such as Lucy Dacus, JPEG Mafia, Yung Gravy and more across the country. An employee of the business, Hazel Ingram says that some artists choose to make their merch with a midwest company for the convenient shipping.
Ingram has experience working at MerchTable, Blue Collar Press and independently in merchandise sales for bands on tour. The company distributes branded merchandise such as t-shirts, long-sleeves, hats, vinyls, stickers and cassettes to bands and musicians.
“People underestimate how much money you make from merch. I’ve done some shows where we’ve made more on merch than the door,” Ingram said.
While working with touring bands, Ingram has seen profits anywhere between $300 and $900 dollars. Ingram said that basic t-shirts for smaller bands typically sell for $20-25 dollars, while bands with a larger following tend to charge a higher price. Although it will take an initial investment, the return potential on selling merchandise can offset the costs by selling just items.
Lawrence has a history of young people building their own stages to showcase local talent. In the late ‘80s and throughout the ‘90s, there was a venue that Nick Carroll describes as “more legend than venue.” The Outhouse is known for the artists that performed there. Among them are Keith Morris, Henry Rollins, Blag Dahlia, Danny Roadkill and Ice T, according to The Outhouse documentary. The Outhouse attracted national artists to rural Kansas to perform at the unmoderated punk rock venue.
Originally from Gretna, Nebraska, Emma Hopkins, a recent KU graduate with a degree in Women’s Sexuality and Gender Studies, moved to Lawrence for its proximity to Kansas City’s music scene.
Hopkins was inspired by the Lawrence music scene’s historic venue, The Outhouse, when they transformed their basement into The Toilet Bowl. Hopkins books local and touring bands through social media. When Hopkins sees an artist or band anywhere from Colorado to Chicago, they’ll ask them if they want to play in Lawrence, either at the Toilet Bowl or The Replay, where they work as a bartender.
Hopkins draws a lot of inspiration from the Lawrence scene in the 90’s, especially when creating posters for their events.
“I look at the pictures my friends take now of the DIY shows in KC and Lawrence and like, these look like photos from the Outhouse,” Hopkins said. "They have that same energy of just, like unbridled chaos and joy. People are just having a good time, it’s so awesome that music does that.”
The Toilet Bowl operates differently from commercial venues in that there isn’t a fee to enter. The basement can hold between 50 and 100 guests, but no one is keeping count. Hopkins and her roommate will encourage people to pay what they can as the night goes on, but there is no requirement to do so.
On a show on July 22, 2022, there were four acts: Rue, Luke Petet, Jalyn Ezra and Juliette Frost. The Toilet Bowl collected $250 in donations, a better night than average, and each artist walked away with $62.
Hopkins is very in-tune with local music, having worked at KJHK and now the Replay.
“The thing about local music too that makes it so important.. is that local musicians truly aren't making it for anyone but themselves…No local artist makes enough money to only be doing music,” Hopkins said. "They are all working jobs, like carrying on lives as students while doing it.”
Being a musician for a career has always been a hustle, rather than a guaranteed pay day. But there are opportunities locally to start building your income as an artist, if you’re willing to work for it.
Although Hopkins doesn't make any money booking artists right now, they do see themselves doing this for a while.
“If I had the means to pay rent on a space that I could book my own shows in, and like have my own space and literally run it however…I wanted to – that's the dream to me," Hopkins said | https://www.kansan.com/arts_and_culture/how-do-musicians-make-money-in-lawrence/article_71cdd966-24b8-11ed-8378-5727e3db8456.html | 2022-09-07T02:49:33Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/arts_and_culture/how-do-musicians-make-money-in-lawrence/article_71cdd966-24b8-11ed-8378-5727e3db8456.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kansas Jayhawks (1-0) vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (0-1)
Saturday, Sept. 10 @ Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, WV.
How to watch
5:00 p.m. CT on ESPN+
Betting stats
- Spread: West Virginia -13
- Over/under: 57.5 points
Matchup
To kick off Big 12 Conference Play, the Kansas Jayhawks are coming off of a blow out win against Tennessee Tech, with the Jayhawks having positives all across the board.
The West Virginia matchup at Pittsburgh didn’t carry the same emotions as Kansas’s win.
With the revival of the Backyard Brawl, the Pitt Panthers knocked off the Mountaineers in a thrilling 38-31 contest for the schools’ first matchup since 2011. Pitt redshirt junior defensive back M.J. Devonshire picked off Mountaineer junior quarterback JT Daniels for a 56-yard return that put the Panthers on top with under three minutes left in the game.
Following the devastating loss for the Mountaineers, it would be safe to say that they’ll have some fire in them as they prepare to face the Jayhawks, and the Backyard Brawl defeat is enough reason for West Virginia to come out swinging on Saturday against Kansas.
For the 2021 season finale, Kansas hosted West Virginia in what was one of the several contests in which the Jayhawks played competitively last season but ultimately fell at the end. In the 34-28 win for the Mountaineers, they added yet another tally to the win column in their matchup history against the Jayhawks.
Kansas’ last, and lone, win against the program dates back to 2013 under former head coach Charlie Weis, and it’ll certainly be a challenge as the team heads to historic Morgantown. Though the Jayhawks are coming off a win, it’ll be a massive leap for this squad against a Power Five school compared to the run game they produced against Tennessee Tech, where they rushed for 207 yards all night with six touchdowns. But as the Jayhawks continue to make improvements off of last season, continuing to at least stay competitive against the Mountaineers in week two will still show the culture change under head coach Lance Leipold as the program trends upward.
Players to know
Jalon Daniels, Kansas quarterback
Season stats: 189 yards, one touchdown, one interception, 83.3% completion percentage
Junior quarterback Jalon Daniels seemingly secured his position as the starting quarterback for the Jayhawks after a shining performance against the Golden Eagles. In the 56-10 win, Daniels led the team in passing yards with 189 on the night and found success with his targets all night, completing 15 of 18 passes and one passing touchdown. Additionally, Daniels wasn’t afraid to be mobile, as he added 23 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.
JT Daniels, West Virginia quarterback
Season stats: 214 yards, two touchdowns, one interception, 57.5% completion
Following the week one loss, the Georgia transfer is more than ready to show how he’s fit to be the answer for West Virginia. Against a solid Pitt defense, Daniels went 23-40 for 214 yards on passing and put up two touchdowns. Under Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, Daniels went 7-0 as starting quarterback during his Bulldog tenure with 1,953 passing yards and 17 touchdowns in his two seasons with the team before transferring to West Virginia over the summer.
Lonnie Phelps, Kansas defensive end
Season stats: seven total tackles, six solo tackles, three sacks
In a contest where Kansas defense held Tennessee Tech to just 10 points, redshirt junior defensive end Lonnie Phelps led the way with his week one performance. The Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week led the team with seven total tackles and three sacks from last week’s win, and the University of Miami (OH) transfer has strong potential to keep up this pace against JT Daniels in Morgantown.
Bryce Ford-Wheaton, West Virginia wide receiver
Season stats: 97 yards, nine receptions, two touchdowns
Two of the three passing touchdowns in West Virginia’s week one loss are accredited to the redshirt junior Bryce Ford-Wheaton. Ford-Wheaton put up 97 reception yards, averaging 10.8 per reception on 9 catches in the game. With Ford-Wheaton being one of Daniels' weapons, it could be a long game for the Jayhawk defense.
Key injuries
Charles Woods, West Virginia cornerback: TBD. Woods was helped off the field in Pitt game, but Mountaineers head coach Neal Brown has not provided an update on his status. | https://www.kansan.com/sports/college-football-preview-kansas-at-west-virginia/article_5ebe6902-2e32-11ed-94dc-9b5aab3c6aea.html | 2022-09-07T02:49:40Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/sports/college-football-preview-kansas-at-west-virginia/article_5ebe6902-2e32-11ed-94dc-9b5aab3c6aea.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In just their second game of the season, Kansas football will already open up its Big 12 play against West Virginia.
Conference play in week two isn’t common, but Kansas head coach Lance Leipold believes that it comes with more advantages than it does disadvantages.
“I'd rather play a conference game in week two, than have an open week and then go 10 more weeks,” Leipold said. “So by playing this game, and having that open week later in the year, I think it is beneficial.”
Both teams have seen some notable changes since meeting each other late last season, where West Virginia won that meeting 34-28.
“When you're playing game 12, a year ago, it doesn't really equate to the pieces that we're going against,” Leipold said. “We mentioned a true freshman and a former five star quarterback that transferred in, let alone both five defensive starters. So that's a different football team.”
Kansas has also seen some notable changes in its lineup for the upcoming matchup, as they were also without a key player.
“Devin [Neal] didn't play the last game last year,” Leipold said. “There's some different pieces to us as well, and we’ve got to be able to go out there and execute.”
Leipold complimented the coaching staff of West Virginia, mentioning how good of an offense they have.
“They find a way to keep you off balance,” Leipold said. “They're going to take shots downfield, they're gonna get the ball out to the perimeter.”
Physicality in the backfield is another strength that the Mountaineers have, and one that the Kansas defense is already aware of.
“Now they've got a big physical couple backs,” Leipold said. “One big physical back that was able to hit some creases on as well. So you’ve got to be able to defend the whole field, and stay physical, tackle well and get people around the football.” | https://www.kansan.com/sports/lance-leipold-addresses-a-new-look-at-west-virginia-matchup-heading-into-week-two/article_7679b7a4-2e32-11ed-b898-b7d4ed8a347f.html | 2022-09-07T02:49:46Z | kansan.com | control | https://www.kansan.com/sports/lance-leipold-addresses-a-new-look-at-west-virginia-matchup-heading-into-week-two/article_7679b7a4-2e32-11ed-b898-b7d4ed8a347f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
With no running water, schools have been shut down, many restaurants have closed their doors un-able to serve their customers, and community members we spoke with say they've been coming together, support each other as they deal with this disaster.
"Stay strong, we're trying our best, everyone is trying their best," said resident Hannah Moon.
Parents Hannah Moon and Christian Dodd say the emergency text warning about flash flooding Sunday morning was nothing new to them and say they expected the rain to stop.
Moon says on her way to work at Ingles Market roads began to flood. When she arrived she was warned by co-workers water was rising outside the store.
Not two minutes later, "Hey! we need y'all to bring up rags if you can, it's inside the store!" said Moon.
Worried she would get caught in the flood, Moon says she was stuck at work until 9 pm waiting for a co-worker to drive her home.
"Scary… surreal, kind of like dang am I actually living this right now," said Moon.
Moon was not the only one struggling to get back to family members.
"Some of my friends I know were separated from their kids because they had went to school or work early in the morning and they couldn't get to their children, so it was definitely worrisome," said Dodd.
Now that schools have shut down in the city until water can be turned on, Moon and Dodd have had to balance work while taking care of their son who can't go back to head start school.
"She also goes to school and she works, so it's been a little rough trying to get the schedules put together, but we're making it," said Dodd.
While they wait for the water to be turned on the city of Summerville has set up an area at City Hall for anyone to fill up cartons of water.
Many churches have also been handing out water, clothes, anything they can to get residents back on their feet.
Moon and Dodd say friends and family with running water have invited them to use their showers. They have also been utilizing some of the resources in town, saying their community always comes together when others are in need.
"Whether it be water, or helping with food, I know a lot of churches are giving away water and hot meals for people who need it, they're not going to let you go with out," said Dodd
A food drive will take place at 11:30 Wednesday morning at City Hall. If you are interested in donating to the drive, please call Cindy McGraw at 706-466-9014 or send an email to execdirector@chattoogachamber.org. | https://www.local3news.com/community-of-summerville-comes-together-following-flood/article_4586f1a4-2e49-11ed-9e2b-4b643936eb74.html | 2022-09-07T02:53:15Z | local3news.com | control | https://www.local3news.com/community-of-summerville-comes-together-following-flood/article_4586f1a4-2e49-11ed-9e2b-4b643936eb74.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Republican Gov. Charlie Baker's decision not to seek reelection this year upended the Massachusetts political world, setting off a scramble among ambitious members of both parties as the top job -- which Baker had won twice -- suddenly came open and set off a domino effect down the ballot.
Despite its liberal reputation, Massachusetts has a long habit of electing Republican governors -- Deval Patrick, who served two terms, is the only Democrat to hold the corner office on Beacon Hill since Michael Dukakis left it in 1991 -- and Baker, even in this era of sharp partisan divisions, routinely polled as one of the country's most popular state leaders.
His departure, in the face of intraparty opposition for his criticism of former President Donald Trump and the prospect of a primary challenge, paved the way for former state Rep. Geoff Diehl to claim front-runner status for the GOP nomination. Diehl is Trump's pick in a primary with businessman Chris Doughty, who, despite being complimentary of the former President, has argued that his political brand is toxic in the Bay State and a statewide candidate like Diehl would be doomed to defeat in the general election.
In his endorsement of Diehl last year, Trump mostly railed against Baker -- who had not yet announced he wouldn't run again -- denouncing the governor as a "RINO," or Republican in Name Only, and saying his climate policy views were "fresh out of the AOC playbook," a reference to progressive New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
"Geoff Diehl, on the other hand, is a true patriot, a believer in low energy costs and our independent energy policy," Trump said.
But Diehl, if he wins the nomination Tuesday, would be a heavy underdog in the general election. State Attorney General Maura Healey will win the Democratic nomination for governor, CNN projects, setting her up to potentially become the state's first out lesbian governor. Healey, after months of weighing her options, jumped into the open-seat race less than two months after Baker bowed out.
Healey's announcement, in late January, cleared the field of previously declared Democratic candidates. Her fundraising prowess and national stature, sharpened during Trump's presidency when she often challenged his administration in court, has made her a household name among commonwealth Democrats who believed she represented the party's best chance to unseat Baker.
In addition to the top of the Democratic ticket, the party's congressional delegation is all but settled following recent cycles of upheaval. None of the nine members of Massachusetts' all-Democratic US House delegation are facing a primary challenger this year.
So, much of the intrigue Tuesday will come from a pair of primaries that might not have been close -- or even contested, in one case -- had Baker sought a third term.
On the Republican side, Diehl is stuck in an increasingly contentious contest with Doughty, who has argued that he represents the GOP's best chance to defeat Healey in November. (Diehl has the state party's endorsement, but Doughty secured enough delegates at its May convention to make the ballot.)
Doughty -- who has said he voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Trump in 2020 -- got a late boost from influential conservative radio host Howie Carr, who, echoing the candidate's electability argument, backed Doughty over Diehl.
Meanwhile, Diehl and Leah Allen, his allied candidate for lieutenant governor, held a tele-rally with Trump on Monday evening.
The Boston Globe editorial board, though far from an influential voice with Republican primary voters, beseeched them (and eligible independents) to choose Doughty and begin a "party reset."
"That process will take years, but voters can jump-start it by choosing Doughty, a calm voice for a more pragmatic conservatism, over Diehl, a dedicated acolyte of former President Donald Trump," the board wrote.
Diehl has refused a televised debate with Doughty (they debated on Carr's radio show back in July), so WBZ in Boston last week held a "virtual debate" -- conducting separate interviews, back-to-back, then editing parts of them together.
"He's too extreme for our state, he pursues conspiracy theories, he has beliefs that are just not consistent with the state of Massachusetts," Doughty said of Diehl. "It makes him not electable."
Diehl sidestepped the assertion when asked about it, focusing on the primary and the spring GOP convention.
"So far he's got an 0-and-1 record," Diehl said. "At the convention, I think I beat him 71%-29%. So that claim, of course, is going to come from any challenger."
The most competitive high-profile Democratic primary Tuesday is for the nomination to succeed Healey as state attorney general, which pits former Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell -- the first Black woman to serve in the job and, if she were to become AG, the first Black woman to be elected statewide -- against labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan. (NAACP Boston Branch President Tanisha Sullivan, a Black woman challenging Secretary of State William Galvin in the Democratic primary, is also vying to make history.)
Healey, who has endorsed Campbell, stumped for her in the run-up to primary day. US Rep. Ayanna Pressley is also backing Campbell and made her case at a rally with signs for all three women behind them.
"We need a bold, fierce, visionary, inclusive leader like Andrea Campbell," Pressley said. "The people deserve that. The moment demands that. And that is what the job requires."
Voters were thrown a late curveball when a third candidate, attorney Quentin Palfrey, dropped out last week and endorsed Campbell, joining Healey, Pressley and US Sen. Ed Markey in a race that has divided leading state progressives. (Palfrey was an active candidate when early voting began, and his name remains on the ballot.)
Liss-Riordan has the backing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and former acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey -- all three of whom feature prominently in her closing ad.
"Shannon Liss-Riordan is the progressive champion Massachusetts needs as our next attorney general," Warren said in announcing her endorsement late last month. "I know, firsthand, how Shannon fights back and wins against the corporations and special interests that take advantage of working families."
The winner will face Republican attorney James McMahon, the losing 2018 nominee to Healey who is running unopposed Tuesday.
This story and headline have been updated with additional developments.
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GOP senators are privately alarmed at the cash problems facing Sen. Rick Scott's National Republican Senatorial Committee, uneasy over his feud with Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and worried that their internal issues could undercut their already difficult road back to the majority this fall.
Behind the scenes, GOP senators are maneuvering to make up for the committee's cash shortfall, with discussions underway to take matters into their own hands to circumvent the NRSC entirely and directly help candidates who need critical resources down the homestretch of the high-stakes campaign, according to multiple GOP sources.
A new fear among Republicans: The NRSC won't be able to bankroll its part to target voters with direct mail and urge them to come to the polls in key battleground states, something that the party committee spent tens of millions of dollars to do during the 2020 cycle.
McConnell, meanwhile, has been on the phone with big donors for the past several weeks -- going well beyond his traditional call list -- in an effort to ensure his high-spending super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund, is flush with cash to spend huge sums on TV ads in battleground states in the campaign's final two months, one senior GOP source said.
In an August meeting with GOP senators, McConnell urged members to transfer money from their leadership PACs to the Senate Leadership Fund even after a presentation showing that Senate GOP leaders had given far less to the NRSC than top House Republicans have given to their campaign arm, a source familiar with the matter said. Just two GOP senators ponied up to the NRSC after that presentation.
"Well, it concerns me a lot," Texas Sen. John Cornyn, a member of McConnell's leadership team and former NRSC chairman, when asked about the money the committee is burning through. "The Democrats are going to vastly outspend Republicans across the board. But as long as we have enough money to tell our story and to defend our opposition, I think we'll be fine."
Other prominent Republicans have also been taking matters into their own hands. Senate GOP Whip John Thune of South Dakota has been in talks with candidates over setting up joint fundraising committees to help them directly, according to a source familiar with the matter, and has raised concerns with the NRSC's cash problems.
In the past week, The New York Times published a detailed report on the committee's dire financial shape after betting big on digital fundraising, and Scott wrote an explosive op-ed implicitly criticizing McConnell for publicly questioning the "quality" of their own candidates (Scott denied on Tuesday he was taking aim at McConnell).
"I think we need to be united in our message," Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican from West Virginia, said Tuesday. "We have a great opportunity here and so I don't think it's a good strategy to be feuding two months before the election."
The NRSC raised $181.5 million through the end of July but had on hand only $23.2 million. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee raised less -- $173.1 million -- but had on hand $54.1 million, more than twice the NRSC's amount. SLF, which can raise unlimited sums from individuals and groups, had on hand over $104 million at the end of June, according to the latest FEC report.
"They were handed a rare custom built, one-of-a kind Ferrari that took 10 years to build -- and they drop the hammer and drove it right into a brick wall," one long-time GOP strategist said.
NRSC spokesman Chris Hartline said the disparity in cash stems from the organization's decision to strategically spend tens of millions of dollars on ads early in the contests to boost Republicans. He said that Scott "has been clear" with everyone since the beginning of the 2022 cycle -- "and it's working."
"We're in a better position in every one of our target states than we were at the beginning of the summer, largely because the NRSC has been spending early and heavily to support our candidates and define the Democrats," Hartline said. "We invested in tripling our house file, an investment that is paying off now and will continue to pay off for cycles to come."
"He told everyone what he was going to do, he did it, and it's working," added Hartline. "If anyone is surprised, they haven't been paying attention."
Scott's joint fundraising committee has given over $8 million to the NRSC, according to the latest FEC reports. McConnell Victory Committee and Team McConnell have given nearly $700,000 to the NRSC.
But there are growing concerns over campaigns' efforts to turn out voters on Election Day -- in no small part due to the committee's cash shortfalls.
During the 2020 election cycle, when the committee was run by Indiana Sen. Todd Young, NRSC Targeted State Victory, a joint fundraising committee, raised over $18 million and sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to a number of state party committees to help voters get to the polls. It raised another $1 million between January and March 2021 before the NRSC shut it down. Since then, the NRSC created another joint fundraising committee, Take Back the Senate, which raised just $1.2 million from April 2021 through June 2022.
"The real problem I hear from campaigns is a hole in the budget for turnout mail," said the first GOP strategist.
GOP blames Scott's hands-off approach in primaries
Scott made the decision early in the cycle to abandon the tactics of his predecessors and maintain a hands-off posture during the primaries. That approach, Republicans privately complained, ended up hurting some candidates -- particularly in Ohio and Arizona -- as they pivoted to the general election from the primary. Since some lacked candidate training, access to critical research and experienced staff and fundraisers that the NRSC has given candidates in previous cycles, it provided well-funded Democratic candidates a chance to bombard the airwaves while their GOP opponents were still finding their general election footing. The NRSC has said that it has worked closely with various candidates and will do what is necessary to win in November.
In past election cycles, McConnell was heavily involved in the NRSC. But as his disagreements with Scott's approach intensified, he has instead focused his efforts squarely on his super PAC.
"McConnell decided rather than fight this to focus all his efforts on SLF," a source familiar with the matter said.
The issue came back to the fore last month, when McConnell acknowledged that "candidate quality" could hurt the party's ability to take back the chamber. The comments were in line with comments the GOP leader had been making for years about Senate races, but it was interpreted as a dig at some of the lackluster performances of the GOP field so far.
Last week, Scott fired back. He told Politico that he and McConnell "clearly have a strategic disagreement" over the party's candidates. The Florida Republican also wrote an op-ed in the Washington Examiner, lashing unnamed Republicans for acting "treasonous to the conservative cause."
"Unfortunately, many of the very people responsible for losing the Senate last cycle are now trying to stop us from winning the majority this time by trash-talking our Republican candidates," Scott wrote.
While Scott did not mention McConnell by name, his op-ed was widely viewed as a broadside launched against the GOP leader and his allies.
Asked if Scott's op-ed was helpful, Thune said: "Well," and walked into McConnell's office.
McConnell, as he left the Senate floor, walked in silence when asked by reporters about Scott.
Scott claimed on Tuesday that the piece was not directed at McConnell.
"I didn't say anything about somebody else," said Scott, as he was leaving McConnell's office after a leadership meeting. "It said people who are doing anonymous quotes and trashing our candidates, yeah, it's treasonous to the conservative cause."
Privately, though the assessment is different.
"McConnell's comments hurt Republican candidates," a source close to Scott said. "Anyone who disagrees with that is either an idiot or on McConnell's payroll."
A senior GOP strategist fired back.
"If you don't know the difference between how House and Senate campaigns are financed, you probably shouldn't advertise that in September of an election year if you're in charge of Senate elections," the strategist said.
Scott, who may run for President in 2024, is expected to appear with a House candidate in Iowa this month, as well as Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley.
The back-and-forth has made GOP senators uncomfortable.
"It's clear to me that Republicans need to rally around their candidates if we are ever going to have success, and we can't afford to have divisions within our conference," said Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran, a former NRSC chairman who is up for reelection this year.
"It's always best to stand behind Mitch McConnell," said Sen. Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican.
Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican of North Carolina, said the spat over the NRSC is "a distraction from what voters are going to be motivated by," maintaining he does have confidence in Scott to run the NRSC, while acknowledging it's a mistake for Republicans to be infighting instead of battling Democrats.
"I don't think it ever makes sense -- I've been doing this since 2007 -- and it always makes sense to focus on who you want to defeat in November, not each other," he said.
Scott and McConnell, the longest-serving Senate Republican leader, have also sparred over Scott's decision to release a plan to "rescue America" that at least briefly shifted the attention from Republicans' perceived failures of the Biden administration. The White House sharply criticized Scott's provisions to have every American pay at least some income tax and to sunset all federal laws in five years. Democrats still are bashing the plan on the campaign trail, something McConnell feared as he sought to shy away from offering an election-year agenda that Democrats could attack.
"Let me tell you what would not be a part of our agenda," said McConnell at a news conference after Scott unveiled his plan. "We will not have as part of our agenda a bill that raises taxes on half the American people, and sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years."
In June, Scott dropped the controversial provisions in a revised proposal.
On Tuesday, the feud did not come up during a leadership meeting in McConnell's office, according to Cornyn.
And when asked directly if he had complete confidence in Scott, Cornyn instead said: "I have complete confidence that he wants to do what we all want to do, which is win the majority back and it's certainly -- it's very competitive."
This story has been updated with additional information Tuesday.
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Alzheimer’s and other dementia disproportionately affect older Black and Hispanic Americans compared to older Whites, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Dr. Carl V. Hill, chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer for the Alzheimer’s Association, discussed with the St. Louis American how recent research ties poor social determinants of health and health equity issues to disproportionate rates of dementia in minority populations.
“Socio-economic status reflects a family’s access to economic resources and social position,” he said. “Socio-economic status has been linked to both physical and psychological health, but little has been known about how this status in early to mid-life affects the brain.”
New research from the Alzheimer’s Association shows lower-quality neighborhood resources and difficulty paying for basic needs were associated with lower scores on cognitive tests among Black and Latino individuals.
“The takeaway here is that the new research adds to the point that socio-economic status impacts health, which emphasizes the importance of public health and policy making that impacts socio-economic conditions,” he said.
“We focus a lot on getting people to change their behaviors, but we have to think critically about getting them resources in a sustained way to make sure they have access to quality foods, opportunities to engage in physical activity, opportunities to manage their stressors, and so on.”
According to Hill, additional health equity issues tied to Alzheimer’s include dementia-related health disparities and minority participation in clinical trials.
“We know that African Americans are two times more likely to have Alzheimer’s or another dementia in addition to Hispanics and Latinos being one and a half more likely to have Alzheimer’s or another dementia when both are compared to white Americans,” Dr. Hill said. “These disparities show how these communities are disproportionately affected, and from an equity perspective, we have to do better with representation in clinical trials in Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related trials because less than 10% of clinical trial participants come from an African American, Hispanic, or Latino community.”
Dr. Hill attributed the lack of minority participation and representation in dementia-related clinical trials to previous unethical medical trials including the landmark Tuskegee Experiment.
“We know we have to do more to get beyond the stigma around participating in clinical trials, which bioethics atrocities created around African American, Hispanic, Latino, Native populations as well in getting involved clinical trials,” he said.
Much of the Alzheimer’s research to date has not included enough Black, Hispanic, Asian or Native Americans to be representative of the U.S. population.
“Some research says that some communities are not being asked to participate in these trials, which means the researchers are not equipped in either the expertise or the resources to do a good job of recruitment; recruitment requires community engagement,” Dr. Hill said.
The underrepresentation of these populations not only hinders the ability of researchers to understand these health disparities, but it also restricts their knowledge of how an approved therapy or diagnostic may affect the populations most likely to need the treatment.
Dr. Hill went on to say researchers can successfully gather more diverse trial participants by partnering with community organizations to build trust in communities around the country.
As a result of his leadership, the Association has broadened its reach to previously underserved communities with partners such as the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, National Indian Council on Aging, National Black Nurses Association, National Association of Hispanic Nurses, African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation.
Dr. Hill’s role as chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for the Alzheimer’s Association is responsible for developing cross-functional partnerships with organizations to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The bipartisan Equity in Neuroscience and Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials (ENACT) Act, looks to increase the participation of underrepresented populations in Alzheimer’s and other dementia clinical trials by expanding education and outreach to these populations, encouraging the diversity of clinical trial staff, and reducing participation burden, among other priorities. | https://www.stlamerican.com/proactive-ways-to-lower-dementia-disparity-in-minority-populations/article_5c640802-2e40-11ed-a152-d37114108968.html | 2022-09-07T03:00:02Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/proactive-ways-to-lower-dementia-disparity-in-minority-populations/article_5c640802-2e40-11ed-a152-d37114108968.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BAHAMAS (NEXSTAR) – A Pennsylvania woman is dead after reportedly being attacked by a bull shark while snorkeling in the Bahamas on Tuesday.
According to Royal Bahamas Police Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings, the woman and her family booked a tour to snorkel in the waters off Green Cay, roughly a half-mile northwest of the private island of Rose Island, near Nassau.
While in the water, the 58-year-old woman’s family reportedly saw a bull shark attack her, local outlet Eyewitness News reports.
Family members and tour company employees were able to rescue the woman and bring her to mainland New Providence. The woman had suffered injuries to her upper extremities, according to Skippings, and was pronounced dead by emergency medical services.
Police have not identified the woman, who was a passenger aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas.
A spokesperson for Royal Caribbean confirmed to Nexstar that the incident happened during an “independent shore excursion” and added that the cruise line is “providing support and assistance to the guest’s loved ones during this difficult time.” Harmony of the Seas is on a seven-night cruise after sailing out of Port Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday.
According to Reuters, a 21-year-old American woman was killed in a shark attack in the same area in 2019.
The Pennsylvania woman’s death comes just a few months after three American tourists died while at a Sandals Resort in the Bahamas. Authorities later confirmed all three died from carbon monoxide poisoning. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/american-woman-killed-in-shark-attack-while-snorkeling-in-the-bahamas/ | 2022-09-07T03:03:23Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/american-woman-killed-in-shark-attack-while-snorkeling-in-the-bahamas/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Four days after Ajla Tomljanovic ended Serena Williams’ career (maybe?), she had her U.S. Open run ended by her own friend.
Fifth-seeded Ons Jabeur — the Wimbledon finalist and Tomljanovic’s longtime pal — cruised to a straight-set 6-4, 7-6 quarterfinal win in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday.
The Tunisian not only reached just her second career major semifinal, but also became the first African woman to make the U.S. Open semis in the Open Era — having spoken her previously-stated goal into existence.
“I have to say things out loud and kind of manifest them in my way. Yeah, I am very satisfied with the semifinal. But … only two matches left, I’m going to give it all,” said Jabeur, who’ll face Caroline Garcia, who defeated American Coco Gauff, 6-3, 6-4 in the night session.
“[Gauff] is not really the young player coming up,” Jabeur said before Gauff’s match. “She’s someone that is looking forward to win Grand Slams. I said that before. I think she will win any Grand Slam. I know she can do it. It’s just a matter of time.”
Tuesday’s loss was Tomljanovic’s return to Ashe since her victory over Williams, Sunday’s win over Liudmila Samsonova having come on Louis Armstrong.
“I was pretty pumped to play, and this is what you’ve got to do to win Slams. Every match is taxing and mentally draining,” Jabeur said. “I was pretty pleased to get through that match against Samsonova, because that one I felt like I was a little low on energy. [Tuesday] I don’t think the energy was the problem: It was more some of the stuff I did on court, the choices I made, the execution. I came up against a player that wasn’t giving me much either. That doesn’t make it easier.”
Tomljanovic — a 29-year-old who competes for Australia but was born in Croatia — came to her press conference wearing a black Brooklyn Nets cap. The Nets obviously had late Croatian icon Drazen Petrovic, and Tomljanovic said she’s a big fan of the current roster.
“I mean, I am a huge basketball fan,” Tomljanovic told The Post. “I haven’t been to [Barclays Center]. I haven’t been to a Brooklyn Nets game in Brooklyn: I was at one game when they played the Knicks in Madison Square Garden. But I like to currently the players on that team, so definitely I am a fan. But yeah, so kind of both the team and the players. Just basketball.”
Casper Ruud dominated 13th-seeded Matteo Berrettini 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (4) to reach his first U.S. Open semifinal.
The fifth-seeded Ruud will face either Nick Kyrgios or Karen Khachanov in his second Grand Slam semifinal of the year after falling in the French Open final. And the 23-year-old Norwegian could be just a victory away from taking over as the ATP’s new No 1.
“I don’t want to think too much about it, honestly,” Ruud said. “It’s of course something that all young players dream about. If I’m in a position to do it, let’s see if I can accomplish it.”
Rafael Nadal is currently No. 1 after Daniil Medvedev’s loss. But if Ruud or young Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz makes the U.S. Open final, either of them would take over as world No 1. If they both make the final, the champ would take the top ranking.
Ruud’s coach insists he hasn’t thought much about it, which strains credulity since he’s also Ruud’s father.
“Not really; I have seen the writings about it, and we are just trying to take one match at a time. It’s still far away, I think,” said Christian Ruud. “But of course it’s nice that it’s possible, and Casper has a little bit of motivation with that in mind, because even when he was small, his ultimate goal was to be No. 1 in the world. Yeah, the chances are still there, so we are happy about that and we just have to play one match at a time, I think.”
Alcaraz played one of the latest matches in U.S. Open history, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Marin Cilic that ended at 2:24 a.m. Tuesday on Ashe. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/ajla-tomljanovic-suffers-us-open-quarters-loss-to-ons-jabeur/ | 2022-09-07T03:04:38Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/ajla-tomljanovic-suffers-us-open-quarters-loss-to-ons-jabeur/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The kids are ready to come out and play.
And contribute.
This is the Jets vision, beginning with Sunday’s season opener against the Ravens at MetLife Stadium.
The Jets could have four 2022 draft picks among their starting 22 on Sunday — two on each side of the ball — cornerback Sauce Gardner, receiver Garrett Wilson, running back Breece Hall and edge rusher Jermaine Johnson.
While Hall and Johnson will be heavily used rotational players, the players likely to be most impactful with the most potential to electrify fans are Gardner and Wilson.
Both Gardner and Wilson, the fourth- and 10th-overall picks in April’s draft, had standout summers. Both have shown a common tendency to be mature beyond what their birth certificates say. Both show more traits of being humble than being divas. Both are unafraid of the big moment. And both confident without being cocky.
Head coach Robert Saleh has spoken all offseason and summer about how excited he is to find out who the “superstars’’ on his team are going to be, how and when they’ll reveal themselves. Saleh believes among those potential stars are some rookies.
When was asked to characterize the confidence level of Gardner, who never allowed a single touchdown pass to be caught on him in 1,059 snaps during his collegiate career at Cincinnati, Saleh channeled his inner “This Is Spinal Tap’’ and said, “Eleven.’’
“Sauce has got all the confidence in the room,’’ said safety Jordan Whitehead, an offseason acquisition from Tampa Bay. “Just from his preparation, you can tell he’s ready to play. He doesn’t get beat, so he should be confident. He makes plays.
“He has the spotlight on him all the time [being] the fourth-overall pick, but you wouldn’t even know. He just brings himself to work every day, head on his shoulders and is ready to learn.’’
How good can Gardner be?
“When I look at him, I don’t even think rookie,’’ Whitehead said. “I see him out there as a vet, as a leader on this team. He’s ready to start.’’
Whitehead also is excited about Wilson.
“Watching his routes, it’s like he’s playing basketball — crossing over, jumping up for balls,’’ Whitehead said. “When he goes up and catches the ball, it’s always a jump ball for him, he’s always high-pointing it, [has] great hands, and he’s just an athletic freak.’’
Offensive guard Laken Tomlinson, another veteran offseason acquisition coming from a winning program [San Francisco], said the presence of the rookie talent on the roster “fires me up.’’
“The draft picks we have are really talented guys, guys who love to work and who have bought into the culture that we have here, the winning culture,’’ Tomlinson said. “I’m excited for those young guys to go out there and show that they belong in this league.’’
Though the pedigree and accomplishments of Gardner and Wilson have been well-documented, Hall comes to the Jets having been the most productive running back in college football in 2021, rushing for 1,472 yards a year after producing 1,572 yards. Hall set an NCAA record by scoring at least one rushing touchdown in 24 consecutive games — 41 TDs overall in that span.
Johnson last season at Florida State, produced 11.5 sacks and 17.5 tackles for losses.
Among the other rookies who have a chance to make an immediate difference includes fourth-round pick Michael Clemons, who played like a backfield wrecker in preseason.
Saleh knows, for the rookies and all the confidence they’ve gained in training camp and preseason games, the degree of difficulty increases on Sunday.
“It’s a whole different animal,’’ Saleh said. “That first game is just different in terms of the amount of speed, the amount of violence that possesses, just how fast everything is moving. There’s still another step that they’ve all got to take. There’s a bunch of steps they’ve all got to take.
“I love [Gardner’s] mindset. I don’t think it’s too big for him. It’s not too big for Garrett, Breece, Jermaine, Michael Clemons … all our rookies. [I’m] really excited to see those guys in their first week.’’
The group has a chance to be something special. Who will emerge as stars?
“I know we have them,’’ Saleh said. “It’s going to be so fun to watch this team kind of grow up this year in terms of who those dudes are that step up in the fourth quarter. It’s where you see guys like [Patrick] Mahomes and Josh Allen just throwing haymakers and Stefon Diggs. At the end of the Super Bowl, where you see Aaron Donald make the last two plays of the game and closing that game out.
“I think we’ve got a really good thing going here, and it’s going to be fun to watch it evolve. You never know until you know, but I know we’ve got them.’’ | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/jets-rookies-have-chance-to-be-something-special/ | 2022-09-07T03:05:08Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/jets-rookies-have-chance-to-be-something-special/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Former Kansas City Chiefs Assistant Coach Britt Reid will enter a guilty plea on Monday, Sept. 12, to a charge stemming from a car crash that left a 5-year-old girl with a traumatic brain injury.
The plea will avert a trial that had been scheduled to start later this month. Reid was charged with a class D felony of driving while intoxicated.
Reid, the son of Chiefs Coach Andy Reid, was facing a felony charge of drunk driving after he left the Truman Sports complex on February 4, 2021, and crashed his Dodge Ram truck into a car on the ramp of Interstate 435 in which 5-year-old Ariel Young was a passenger.
Last November, the Chiefs reached a settlement with Young's family that will provide her with lifelong medical care.
The Chiefs placed Reid on administrative leave after the crash. Following their loss in Super Bowl LV, they did not sign him to a new contract.
It’s not known if Reid has reached a deal for a reduced sentence in exchange for his plea. He faces a maximum of seven years in prison.
In a statement Tuesday confirming the guilty plea, Reid’s attorney, J.R. Hobbs, said that Reid “sincerely regrets his conduct and hopes and prays for the continued recovery” of Young.
“Mr. Reid sincerely apologizes to A.Y. and her family, and to his own family,” the statement said. “He also extends his deep apologies to the Hunt family, the Chiefs organization and Chiefs Kingdom. Mr. Reid is sorry for his actions and hopes that his plea brings some sense of justice to all those he affected.”
Altogether, five people, besides Reid, were injured in the crash. The driver of the car in which Ariel Young was a passenger had parked their car south of a disabled car, and passengers in both cars were injured.
Tom Porto, who represents Young's family, said that the victims were "relieved" that Reid has chosen to plead guilty "and are hopeful that the defendant receives the maximum sentence allowable by law."
This story may be updated with more details. | https://www.kcur.org/sports/2022-09-06/britt-reid-former-chiefs-assistant-coach-plans-to-plead-guilty-in-car-crash-that-injured-girl | 2022-09-07T03:06:30Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/sports/2022-09-06/britt-reid-former-chiefs-assistant-coach-plans-to-plead-guilty-in-car-crash-that-injured-girl | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
When bigger companies invest in a smaller one, traders tend to take notice. Since well-known insurer State Farm is making a major investment in ADT (NYSE: ADT), this should garner attention for the latter company among enterprising investors. Search engine innovator Google, which is owned by Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL), is also taking a financial position in ADT, so there must be something promising about this security specialist that retail traders aren’t seeing. In light of these developments, I am bullish on ADT stock.
ADT is a security system provider for homes and businesses, as well as an installer of smart-home technology. On most days, it’s not a company that’s on many investors’ radars. If you feel that the demand for home and business security will persist in these uncertain times, though, then ADT stock is worth considering for a long-term hold.
Don’t just take my word for it, though. There are at least two famous companies that are standing by ADT, and not just with words. They’re taking decisive action with multi-million-dollar investments in ADT, which speaks to their confidence and conviction.
This doesn’t mean that you have to own ADT stock, of course. Still, it’s worthwhile to learn how much is being invested in ADT and how those funds might be deployed. After delving into the details, you might decide to make your own small-scale investment in ADT.
Companies Might Invest in ADT Because It’s a Revenue Grower
Why would big businesses target ADT for big-money investments? Probably, they’re looking for companies that are profitable and are growing their revenue. As the data will show, ADT checks both of these boxes.
During the second quarter of 2022, ADT grew its revenue by 23% year-over-year to $1.6 billion. Moreover, ADT swung from a $0.07 per-share adjusted loss in the year-earlier quarter to an adjusted profit of $0.06 per share in Q2 2022.
If adjusted EBITDA is your preferred metric, then ADT reported $597 million in 2022’s second quarter, up 10% year-over-year. ADT President and CEO Jim DeVries envisions ADT “meaningfully” growing its “revenue, earnings, and cash flows through 2025.”
However, there was something else worth noting in the company’s earnings press release, even beyond the encouraging data points. Specifically, ADT reported a partnership with Google in which ADT sells, installs, and services Google Nest products nationally, including doorbells, cameras, and thermostats. This has already proven to be a lucrative business collaboration, as during Q2 2022, “the attachment rate for the Google doorbell was 48%, helping drive a 23% increase in residential installation revenue per unit in the quarter.”
Google is Pouring Millions of Dollars into ADT
So, now we’re starting to see why a company like Google would choose to invest heavily in ADT. After all, ADT is a profitable business that has a value-added partnership with Google. Yet, investors might not realize just how much conviction Google has in ADT, as the former is reportedly taking a multi-million-dollar stake in ADT.
According to an article from the Wall Street Journal, Google previously invested a whopping $450 million in ADT, representing a 6.6% stake in the company. Plus, Google “committed $150 million toward engineering, designing and marketing of new products,” the Journal reports.
That’s already a major commitment, but apparently, Google sought to up the ante as it just pledged as much as $150 million more for those areas. As ADT’s press release describes it, this is an “incremental” $150 million that Google is investing in a “success fund” to “expand access for more customers to smart home innovation and technologies via new sales programs and other related activities.”
When we add it all up, we get a total of $750 million that Alphabet’s Google has invested or pledged to invest in ADT and its leading-edge technology. It certainly sounds like Google believes in the future of security and smart home tech – or at least ADT’s ability to take that technology to the next level and commercialize it profitably.
State Farm is Also Committing Big-Time Capital to ADT
State Farm is also making a sizable financial commitment that represents a firm belief in ADT’s future prospects. According to ADT and the Journal, State Farm plans to invest as much as $300 million in what the press release refers to as an “opportunity fund.”
The purpose of this fund is to “support product innovation, technology, and marketing that seeks to differentiate and improve the customer experience for homeowners.” Now, you might be thinking that State Farm’s financial commitment isn’t nearly as large as Google’s. Wait until you hear the rest of the story, though.
Believe it or not, State Farm has also agreed to invest $1.2 billion in ADT (133.3 million common shares) at a price of $9 per share. This stake, according to the Journal, represents 15% of ADT. So, if you couldn’t imagine any company taking a bigger position in ADT than Google did, State Farm actually managed to achieve this.
Is ADT a Good Stock to Buy?
Turning to Wall Street, ADT stock comes in as a Hold based on two unanimous Hold ratings. The average ADT stock price forecast is $8, implying 4.7% downside potential.
Conclusion: Should You Consider ADT Stock?
ADT stock rallied today as traders heard about the massive recent investments that Google and State Farm made in the company. Clearly, investors are feeling bullish due to these developments. However, ADT was already an outstanding revenue grower and deserved investors’ attention even before this news. Thus, whether it’s because Google and State Farm are taking financial positions or because you expect ADT to continue posting positive results, now’s a great time to consider adding ADT to your portfolio. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/adt-stock-nyseadt-jumps-after-2-big-companies-show-interest | 2022-09-07T03:08:12Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/adt-stock-nyseadt-jumps-after-2-big-companies-show-interest | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A now-viral video interview on social media had rocketed Tariq the "corn kid" to another moment of fame, making him South Dakota's new "corn-bassador" for his beloved product of agriculture.
Tariq was honored by South Dakota officials and the state's Gov. Kristi Noem signed an executive proclamation naming him officially as their ambassador of corn.
South Dakota has a Corn Palace honoring the famous crop and calling the "palace," located in the town of Mitchell, the only one in the world.
Tariq became well known after a video shared by the Instagram account @recess_therapy interviewed him while eating an ear of grilled and buttered corn as he spoke of all of its wonderful qualities.
"For me, I really like corn," Tariq said as he pronounced the word "corn" in his unique way.
He said that when he "tried it with butter, everything changed!"
Tariq's endearing spirit and enthusiasm won the hearts of many who saw the video, including some of the over 2 million followers of the account where the video was shared. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/social-media-star-tariq-the-corn-kid-named-south-dakotas-corn-bassador | 2022-09-07T03:08:38Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/social-media-star-tariq-the-corn-kid-named-south-dakotas-corn-bassador | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFM) has determined unsafe smoking practices likely led to a deadly house fire in St. Martinville over the weekend.
Around 12:15 p.m.. on Sunday, September 4, the Catahoula Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire located at the 4400 block of Catahoula Highway in St. Martinville. Unfortunately, firefighters located the body of a female victim near the front door of the home.
Official identification and cause of death are pending with the St. Martin Parish Coroner’s Office, however, the victim is believed to be a 34-year-old resident of the home.
After an assessment of the scene and collecting witness statements, SFM deputies determined the fire began in the doorway area of the living room where the victim was located and where she was also known to smoke cigarettes.
Deputies learned the victim was a wheelchair user and utilized an oxygen tank. While the exact cause is still undetermined, deputies have not been able to rule out the possibility of unsafe smoking practices as a primary contributor to the fire.
The State Fire Marshal’s Office advises people to never smoke, and never allow anyone to smoke, where medical oxygen is used. Medical oxygen can cause materials to ignite more easily and make fires burn at a faster rate because oxygen is fuel to fire. In addition:
• Candles, matches, wood stoves and even sparking toys can be ignition sources and should not be used in a home where medical oxygen is utilized.
• Keep oxygen cylinders at least five feet from a heat source, open flames, or electrical devices.
• Body oil, hand lotion, and items containing oil and grease can easily ignite. Keep oil and grease away where oxygen is in use.
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The State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFM) has determined unsafe smoking practices likely led to a deadly house fire in St. Martinville over the weekend.
Around 12:15 p.m.. on Sunday, September 4, the Catahoula Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire located at the 4400 block of Catahoula Highway in St. Martinville. Unfortunately, firefighters located the body of a female victim near the front door of the home.
Official identification and cause of death are pending with the St. Martin Parish Coroner’s Office, however, the victim is believed to be a 34-year-old resident of the home.
After an assessment of the scene and collecting witness statements, SFM deputies determined the fire began in the doorway area of the living room where the victim was located and where she was also known to smoke cigarettes.
Deputies learned the victim was a wheelchair user and utilized an oxygen tank. While the exact cause is still undetermined, deputies have not been able to rule out the possibility of unsafe smoking practices as a primary contributor to the fire.
The State Fire Marshal’s Office advises people to never smoke, and never allow anyone to smoke, where medical oxygen is used. Medical oxygen can cause materials to ignite more easily and make fires burn at a faster rate because oxygen is fuel to fire. In addition:
• Candles, matches, wood stoves and even sparking toys can be ignition sources and should not be used in a home where medical oxygen is utilized.
• Keep oxygen cylinders at least five feet from a heat source, open flames, or electrical devices.
• Body oil, hand lotion, and items containing oil and grease can easily ignite. Keep oil and grease away where oxygen is in use.
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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Bechtelheimer, a maintenance team lead with the 734th Air Mobility Squadron, receives the Linebacker of the Week Award from U.S. Air Force Col. Larry Fenner, 36th Wing vice commander, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. John E. Payne, 36th Wing command chief, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Aug. 31, 2022. The Team Andersen Linebacker of the Week recognizes outstanding enlisted, officer, civilian and total force personnel who have had an impact on achieving Team Andersen’s mission, vision and priorities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Emily Saxton)
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APRA HARBOR, Guam (Aug. 26, 2022) – Capt. Andrew Ring, commanding officer of the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39), left, gives Cmdr. Masato Murayama, commanding officer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Oyashio-class submarine JS Takashio (SS 597), right, a gift while aboard the Takashio, Aug. 26, 2022. Emory S. Land is one of two Navy submarine tenders that provide maintenance, hotel services and logistical support to submarines and surface ships in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Darek Leary)
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THE author, Dr Ayo Elebute, had earlier in 2018 ran a features story in the Nigerian Tribune about random killings across the country by herders/bandits, with the headline: ‘Stop these herders’ killings.’
The story started with anecdote, a short story about a sad occurrence in which the entire family of Doochima was killed in a brutal attack by suspected herdsmen in a Tiv village of Benue State.
This novel is a follow-up to the features story. At the time of this story, there is evidence of rampant killings of innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen who kidnap and demand ransom to free the victims who had been captured.
Every Nigerian has a right to life. The right to life is guaranteed under Section 33 of Chapter IV of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The government in power has the primary responsibility to ensure safety of Nigerian citizens as provided under section 14 (2) (b) of Chapter II of the 1999 constitution of FRN, amended.
The herders’ inhuman killings are feelings akin to genocide and pointer of failing governance.
The story of Red and Rose was written in 2020 to describe the relationship between two jolly friends: Kyari and Sambe. They have two children: Boubakar and Doochima that will eventually live like Red and Rose because they were born of different kinds.
The Red, Boubakar represents fire and blood, cruelty and violence and an adjectival phrase: Brutish is used to describe him. Boubakar was a very cruel cattle herder. He killed many people in horrible ways.
One way is to attack farmers in their farms, rape their wives and female children before they are brutally murdered. The stories are about his cruelty to people he killed. After his arrest, Boubakar is given a death sentence by hanging.
The Rose, Doochima is associated with love and romance, secrecy and confidentiality.
She manages to succeed after several harrowing encounters with life. She is one of the legal representatives who sentenced Boubakar to death.
Her final success is an indication that the smell of rose is sweet and the sweetness explains the fact that the love existing between two friends is real, though they come from rival ethnic groups — Fulani and Tiv.
Published by RECACD Publishers in 2020, Red and Roses focuses on socio-cultural issues in Nigeria, including ethnic relationships, rise of banditry and herders’ killings, insecurity, oppression, among others.
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In this interview with WALE AKINSELURE, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Dare Adeleke, speaks on the issues presently rocking the party centered around its national chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu; its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Governor Nyesom Wike group.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is still grappling with the aftermath of the national convention. Since the convention, there has emerged the Alhaji Atiku Abubakar camp, the Governor Nyesom Wike group, those for and against Senator Iyorchia Ayu. Don’t you think the present situation of the party could have been avoided.
The beauty of democracy is factionalisation. Democracy is by the people, of the people and for the people but there must be division within the people and within the rank and file. Having said that, there are misconceptions about Wike or the Atiku camp. There is no camp. PDP is highly democratic. Earlier today, I talked about the national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, especially his attitude. It’s not that I am trying to ridicule the office of the national chairman but it is the personality of Iyorchia Ayu that I am talking about. In PDP, irrespective of your status, as long as you are doing something good, we will play along with you. But, if you’re doing otherwise, we will fight back; and that is the norm of democracy. The All Progressives Congress (APC), is having deep crisis but has an authoritarian attitude where you shouldn’t talk because of their big boss. The entire North-West is gone; the PDP will clear the entire North-West because they were expecting to be given the vice presidency but they gave it to a Kanuri man. The Fulani will never take it; they will tell you they are superior to any tribe in the country whereas what transpired between them was that they knew the situation was that Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai was promised the vice-presidency. He was the main advocate for vice-presidency to be Muslim-Muslim and hoped to benefit from it. Unfortunately, things went another way. So, they are working indirectly against the party. I want to thank President Muhammadu Buhari for letting those governors that came to him to know that he won’t twist the arms of democracy. PDP is not divided; we are fighting for the positions. We need to put our house in order. If a section of the country controls the entire offices from national chairman to the Board of Trustees chairman and virtually all the positions, what are we going to campaign with? Do you want me to go to my family house at Oja’ba, telling them to vote for my party whereas I am supposed to tell them that we have the national chairman and that national chairmanship can be used to negotiate for something in future? It is very dangerous to allow it to he swept under the carpet. We saw the situation during the administration of Dr Goodluck Jonathan where the Yoruba were sidelined all through. We were not president, vice-president, Senate president, secretary to government of the federation, Speaker of the House of Representatives. We only got an inconsequential position; we got chief of staff and the man that got the position was not a party man and was on his own. That is why we say there must be equity, fairness and justice.
So, you’re on the ‘Ayu must go’ side
Ayu just has to go. I expected him to have resigned honourably. His statement regarding some PDP members as children is so condemnable. If you cannot face the heat, you leave the kitchen. I am a founding father of the PDP. I was the first state secretary of the PDP. I took Oyo State contingent to the first national convention of the PDP in Jos, so I am a founding father. Will Ayu then call me a child? He is a grandfather; I am a grandfather as well. He shouldn’t have said that. A leader must be humble. You don’t need to throw such words to my face. It sounded so sadistic and highly expected of a man as our chairman. Where was he when Wike was fighting for the party? Where was he when Wike singlehandedly removed his kinsman, Uche Secondus, to pave way for the survival of the PDP? He could have played it parochially that time. They did everything to convince him then. They called him to a kinsmen’s meeting in their village asking him to forgive Secondus and he declined. Without Wike, where will Ayu be today? Wike singlehandedly convinced all the governors that wanted to contest national chairmanship. Even David Mark wanted to contest national chairmanship. About five people in that zone wanted to contest national chairmanship that time. It was Wike that singlehandedly brought several people to the PDP. I am a PDP irredentist; this time, we must get it right.
Those who argue in favour of Ayu staying say even if he leaves, according to your party constitution, the position will remain in the North, with the deputy national chairman (North) favoured.
That is the misconception of our party constitution. Constitution has vested the power in the National Executive Council (NEC) immediately after the convention; that the NEC can act on behalf of the convention. In that regard, if this situation happens, they will compel the national chairman. When Secondus was there, he was acting chairman for a long time; he wasn’t the deputy national chairman. It is the NEC that will take decision. They can dissolve the entire National Working Committee (NWC) and convert them into a caretaker committee. That is what we are planning to do. If he resigns, definitely the deputy national chairman (South) will take over as caretaker chairman. It is not the North because that is the contention now. We are saying the North has taken its shot and they should excuse us. They can call for a special NEC meeting which will propose a dissolution of the executives and convert them to be caretaker while they will pick the deputy national chairman (south) to act as national chairman pending when we have national convention.
There are those who argue that Ayu should be allowed to continue till after the presidential election, then his fate will be decided.
It is a moral question. What will the negotiation term for the South? If Atiku Abubakar comes in as the president, he can now pick one of his stooges from the South-West to be chairman. We may not be able to have a negotiation base. It is not safe enough for the entire South to allow that. The chairman would be able to speak on behalf of all of us at the Aso Rock villa. Also, during campaign, what will we be telling people? APC will use it against us. They are only keeping quiet now but will hit us hard when the time comes. The APC will say the South has been sold off; that PDP is a northern party; PDP is not a national party. We cannot prove them wrong.
If Ayu doesn’t resign, what will those of you asking him to go, do?
We will remove him; we will send him out of that place. We brought him there and we will remove him. We brought Ayu there and nobody contested against him. It’s not his father’s village for him to stay there saying he is the chief. It is our party. He was lecturing at the University of Jos when Governor Samuel Ortom, Senator David Mark and others brought him.
The crisis remains protracted and fingers have been pointed at the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike. Some say he is become overbearing, such that the crisis has rolled on. Do you share such argument?
If he is said to be overbearing, his being overbearing brought in so many chairmen; it brought in so many people into the PDP; it brought about PDP governors and he removed his kinsman because he was playing Judas. He has done his best for the party. Immediately he lost at the national convention, he embraced Atiku. It was Atiku that went to him and asked if he would be his vice president. He said no. Atiku said he had spoken to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to step down for him. Wike said he cannot be vice president to anybody. They created all this problem. If they didn’t want him in the first instance, they shouldn’t have discussed with him. It is very unfair to the man. They set up a committee to screen the vice presidential candidates and out of 17, he got 14 votes. It was the same Ayu that turned it over to say, he will give the presidential candidate three names to pick from. Will you be happy with that situation? You dragged him into a negotiation corner and stabbed him in the back.
But, shouldn’t he mellow down in the interest of the party?
He has mellowed down. His fight now is not about himself. It is just that he leads the group. He is not saying he wants to pick the national chairman. We are advocating that the deputy national chairman (South), Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja should be the party chairman but if they decide that it won’t be so, so be it. They should just be fair to us. We are not desperate that someone must be but let it be South, especially the South-West that has never taken the slot of chairmanship before. The South-South/South-East has taken the vice presidential candidate. Okowa is from the South-South but he is an Igbo man.
Governor Seyi Makinde has shown to be part of the Wike group. But, there are those who argue that Makinde should be circumspect about being on one side, especially with the election coming. The fear also includes that should Atiku win, Makinde may not get the favourable side of an Atiku presidency.
Is Makinde having the favourable side of President Muhammadu Buhari? He has his own constitutional duties to play. He is the governor of Oyo State not governor of Abuja state. How many times do you see Makinde at the Villa? Even if all governors are invited to the Villa, he hardly attends. But, can Atiku win Oyo State without Makinde? It will be give and take; you rub my back, we rub yours. Do you think we will go to the field without asking what Oyo State will get? That is the norm in politics. Makinde is a star boy. Even the APC has accepted that he would win. Is it the APC that has dismantled its base? They don’t even have a base. I can’t see them scoring 10 percent. If the governorship holds today, Makinde will win overwhelmingly. None of them can match him because he has given the people what they wanted. Oyo people are praying for him. He has touched every aspect of the economy. Is it health, security, transportation, education?
A number of people that aided the victory of Governor Seyi Makinde in 2019 have left the party. The likes of Alhaji Bisi Olopoeyan has gone to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Honourable Mulikat Akande-Adeola has joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Don’t you think those defections could affect the PDP’s performance in the 2023 election?
When you talk about parties like NNPP, I just wonder. Seyi Makinde is now an institution. He won’t fight people that left the party, it is democracy for people. People of Oyo State are yearning for Seyi Makinde. Politicians constitute about three percent of the voters. I don’t know why Olopoeyan and Mulikat Akande-Adeola should leave the party. We worked together and Governor Makinde has enormous respect especially for Mulikat Akande-Adeola. If it is her decision to leave the party, so be it. But, she cannot stop the moving train. The PDP will win the next election because of Makinde.
In your own assessment, what are the chances of Atiku in the next presidential election?
Atiku will win the election. He has all it takes to win the election. The entire North-West will vote Atiku; the South-South/South-East is for Atiku; we will split the South-West – we will deliver Oyo State in particular because of Seyi Makinde.
Governor Seyi Makinde, being the only PDP governor in the South-West is believed to have assumed position of leader of the party in the zone. However, there are a number of factions of the party across the states of the zone. Has Makinde really lived up to that zonal leader position?
He is governor of Oyo State not governor of Ogun State. He believes that every state must carry their own crosses. He is not having any issue with Adebutu. Adebutu is our friend and we will support him. Of course, during the primaries for the zonal chairmanship, they were not with us, but thank God, we won the election. During the deputy national chairmanship, there was something like that again, but Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja won. Makinde is surely in control of the South-West.
What must be done to improve the chances of the PDP in the 2023 election?
I appeal that we should all come together as one. Those people trying to display their ego should realise that Nigerians have suffered enough and are looking at PDP as alternative. If we miss this chance, Nigerians will never forgive us. People talking about Peter Obi should ask, Does Obi have the structures to play the game? The fact is we should not personalise this election but look at it as election for Nigerians by Nigerians. If these people called APC have the chance to be back, I will pick my bag and leave this country. All of us here believe in Nigeria. We have every opportunity to stay in the United States, United Kingdom but we feel that we must build our country. Are they not the ones saying that there won’t be interruptions in the educational system of universities? Are they not the same persons that said they will turn one dollar to one naira? Are they not the same people that told us Nigeria will be like America? Now, I have to think twice to travel on Lagos-Ibadan expressway because there is kidnapping, banditry everywhere. I plead for us to some together to rescue this country from banditry, kidnapping and the feudalists.
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Apple is expected to debut its iPhone 14 lineup at the company's annual September keynote event on Wednesday.
The product event, which has been teased with a "far out" tagline, will take place at Apple's Cupertino, California, headquarters and will be livestreamed on Apple's website and social media channels.
This year's invitation featured a night sky with a constellation of stars forming the Apple logo, leading some to speculate there will be major camera upgrades on iPhones to allow for better nighttime or long-distance photography. But in typical Apple fashion, the tech giant was sparse on details as it builds up excitement and urges customers to tune in on the big day.
The event will kick off at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET on Wednesday, and CNN Business will carry live coverage of it. Here is a look at what to expect from CEO Tim Cook and his team.
The star of the show
As it has done every year for about a decade, Apple is widely expected to unveil its latest iPhone at the September keynote.
Apple is expected to go big with the iPhone 14 — literally. It's rumored that it will debut a 6.7-inch phone that's not a Pro model, meaning it will have the bigger screen size but without the higher price tag. The rumor mill also suggests that Apple might ditch its cheaper, mini-sized iPhone in the 14 lineup so that they don't compete with iPhone SE sales.
Forecasts point to the latest Pro model being slightly slimmer, and the much-disliked notch around the front-facing camera system to be absent in the new iPhone models.
Apple watchers are also getting excited about a potential major camera quality upgrade with the iPhone 14 — possibly one that can shoot 8K video. If this happens, it could be among the biggest changes to the iPhone's camera quality to date.
How Apple will price the iPhone 14 is already shaping up to be a test, as broader economic conditions for both the tech sector and consumers have entered choppy waters. A handful of analysts have already forecast slight price hikes for the latest-and-greatest iPhone model. "My expectation is that Apple will probably have to nudge prices up," Ben Wood, chief analyst at market research firm CCS Insight, told CNN Business ahead of the event.
Currently, the regular, non-mini iPhone 13 starts at $799, the iPhone 13 Pro starts at $999 and the iPhone 13 Pro Max starts at $1,099. Some analysts are predicting a $100 price hike on at least the higher-end Pro and Pro Max models. But given the strain consumers are facing, he thinks Apple will also do "everything they can to make that as minimal as possible." This could mean offering attractive trade-in bonuses, payment installment plans, and other offers.
Despite rising inflation and other economic headwinds, Cook said in the company's most recent earnings call that there has been "no obvious evidence" of macroeconomic impact on iPhone sales yet. This doesn't mean the tech giant is immune to a worsening economic climate. It reported a nearly 11% decline in profits during the three months ending in June, compared to the same period a year ago. This event also comes amid supply chain hiccups linked to China's zero-Covid policy.
Finally, there has been some chatter that Apple could remove the iPhone's Lightning port in new models and opt for a design with charging via wireless MagSafe. There have also been rumors that some US models may launch without a physical SIM slot, as Apple moves towards an eSIM-only design.
Apple Watches, iOS 16 release date, and more
New Apple Watch models are expected to be unveiled on Wednesday, including a higher-end offering. An official release date for iOS 16, the much-hyped latest update that will let users personalize their iPhone lock screens (like Android does) and features a revamped iMessage, is also expected to be announced.
What not to expect
With the new iPhone expected to take center stage, many analysts don't expect Apple to release new iPads or Mac computers until October. Of course, the rumor mill can always be wrong about these things. Apple is also unlikely to debut its previously rumored and much-anticipated AR headset on Wednesday.
Despite rival Samsung's love affair with foldable devices, Apple is still not expected to unveil such an iPhone this fall.
CNN Business will carry live coverage of Cook's big production, so tune in here as the world's most valuable tech company finally puts all rumors to rest and reveals some of its latest gadgets on the cusp of the busy holiday shopping season.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Hawaii is continuing its statewide "fall prevention" campaign in September to keep seniors safer.
The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) reports that falls are the leading cause of injury among adults age 65 and older, with unintentional falls causing 144 deaths in Hawaii and more than 10,000 emergency room visits per year.
To help prevent this, kupuna and their families are encouraged to participate in several opportunities this month, including tai chi classes, free medication reviews, home safety workshops, and community presentations.
The DOH and the Hawaii Fall Prevention Consortium are sponsoring events in collaboration with The Tai Chi for Health Institute, Times and KTA Pharmacies, Hawaii State Public Libraries, and City Mill:
“Aging Isn’t for the Weak” Fall Prevention Presentations
This award-winning presentation continues at various locations around Oahu as well as six presentations at Oahu public libraries during September. Click here for a list of upcoming presentations.
The Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch (EMSIPSB) schedules additional presentations based on community COVID-19 capabilities. Call 808-733-9202 for when and where the next event will be.
Medication Reviews by Times and KTA Pharmacies
Times and KTA pharmacies statewide are offering medication reviews, which are important for all kupuna that take both medications and over the counter medicine. Medicine can mix incorrectly with others and contribute to dizziness. Kupuna are encouraged to make an appointment so that the pharmacists have the appropriate time to complete the review.
Tai Chi for Arthritis/Fall Prevention Classes and Instructor Workshop
Oahu YMCA’s Tai Chi for Arthritis/Fall Prevention (TCAFP) classes are approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Council on Aging to improve balance. An Instructor Workshop is also being offered to re-certify in TCAFP. For information call 808-733-9202 or tap here to learn more.
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HANA, Hawaii (KITV4) -- A family of six on Maui is looking for a home after a fire caused extensive damage to their house in Hana over the weekend.
One person was injured in the fire that broke out at a home on Keanini Drive, Saturday afternoon.
Maui firefighters (MFD) responded to the scene at 12:30 p.m. Crews arriving to the home reported that the house was nearly fully engulfed.
Thankfully, everyone inside of the home managed to get out safely. An elderly woman inside the home was helped out by neighbors and family members.
One person who was assisting the elderly woman out of the home suffered burns to their face and arm. That person is in good condition, according to MFD.
The six residents who lived at the home are receiving assistance from the Red Cross.
A preliminary damage estimated that $65,000 was caused to the house, and $15,000 caused to the content inside. About $3,200 in damage was caused to a neighboring home, according to the Maui County Public Safety Department.
Firefighters remained on scene for more than four hours knocking down the fire and mopping up hot spots. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
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On September 6, a New Mexico judge removed January 6 rioter and Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin from his elected position as a county commissioner for his role in the US Capitol attack.
A New Mexico judge on Tuesday removed January 6 rioter and Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin from his elected position as a county commissioner for his role in the US Capitol attack.
The ruling was the result of a lawsuit seeking Griffin's removal, which alleged that he violated a clause in 14th Amendment of the Constitution by participating in an "insurrection" against the US government. He had been convicted of trespassing earlier this year.
The historic ruling represents the first time an elected official has been removed from office for their participation or support of the US Capitol riot. It also marks the first time a judge has formally ruled that the events of January 6, 2021, were an "insurrection."
The disqualification comes after unsuccessful challenges by liberal-leaning groups against prominent Trump supporters in the US House of Representatives and Trump-backed candidates for state offices across the country.
Griffin, one of three commissioners in Otero County, is also barred from holding any state or federal elected position in the future, state Judge Francis Mathew ruled Tuesday.
"The irony of Mr. Griffin's argument that this Court should refrain from applying the law and consider the will of the people in District Two of Otero County who retained him as a county commissioner against a recall effort as he attempts to defend his participation in an insurrection by a mob whose goal, by his own admission, was to set aside the results of a free, fair and lawful election by a majority of the people of the entire country (the will of the people) has not escaped this Court," Mathew wrote.
Griffin, an ardent conspiracy theorist who refused to certify the state's primary election results this summer in Otero County, told CNN he has been ordered to clean out his office and attacked the judge as being "tyrannical."
"I'm shocked. Just shocked," Griffin said. "I really did not feel like the state was going to move on me in such a way. I don't know where I go from here."
In his ruling Tuesday, Mathew wrote that Griffin's attempts "to sanitize his actions are without merit" and "amounted to nothing more than attempting to put lipstick on a pig."
Griffin and his organization Cowboys for Trump spent "months normalizing the violence that may be necessary to keep President Trump in office" and urging supporters to travel to Washington, DC, on January 6, Mathew wrote, including multiple inflammatory public speeches in which he likened the Stop the Steal movement to a "war" to keep Trump in office.
In June, a DC federal judge sentenced Griffin to 14 days behind bars with time served and one year of supervised release after he was found guilty of trespassing on Capitol grounds during the riot.
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The battle to get employees back into the office is about to get a little more heated.
Many companies experimenting with a hybrid work schedule have said they want employees to be in the office a set number of days each week. But thus far, they have not done much to enforce those mandates, even as employees remain adamant in their desire to work remotely for more days than many CEOs want.
But now that summer vacations and Labor Day are behind us, more employers may start taking a harder line.
Just how tough companies will get remains an open question, though.
Currently, 69% of mid- to large-sized employers say they require employees with jobs that can be done remotely to be at work a set number of days, according to new survey data from business consulting firm Gartner.
Of that group, 26% require employees to be on site three days a week; and 17% are opting for a two-day minimum. A small number (4%) require just one day, while only 5% require workers to be in the office five days a week. Another 4% say they are requiring employees to show up either one day a month (2%), or one day per quarter (2%).
A full 31% said they have set no minimum. One such company is JLL, a global commercial real estate services firm with more than 100,000 employees -- about half of whom have remote-capable jobs. And JLL has no plans to set a requirement this fall.
"We've always believed in flexibility to draw the talent we need," said chief human resource officer Laura Adams.
That said, Adams noted, for the purposes of collaboration and creativity, "we believe fundamentally that the office is a key part of the work ecosystem." And as such the company will continue to try to entice people to come in more often through things like social gatherings.
Will the leniency last?
Office occupancy is now double what it was at the start of the year, but it is still at just 43% of what it was prior to the pandemic, said Mark Ein, chairman of property security management firm Kastle Systems.
In his dealings with clients, however, Ein said he sees a lot of companies pushing for more time in the office after Labor Day. So he expects that occupancy percentage to rise.
Indeed, as Covid becomes a more manageable risk, CEOs are eager to have more people back on site, said Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management.
"Short of another surge -- in which the scientific community says it's unsafe to come to work -- CEOs are saying it's no longer an issue of safety, and kids are in school," Taylor said.
And the way Taylor made it sound, they're peeved that they have had to do so much cajoling to get butts in seats. They feel that the hybrid model requires both leaders and employees to make accommodations, he noted. "They've accepted that we're not going back to the good old days, but [feel] employees don't want to give anything."
Should the prospect of layoffs grow, however, that may give CEOs a lot more leverage.
"The game changer would be if widespread layoffs begin taking place. At that point, employees might voluntarily begin spending more time in the office to protect their jobs," said Ben Wigert, director of research and strategy for workplace management at Gallup.
Either way, it's likely companies will announce what they expect in terms of time in the office after Labor Day. Many will track badge swipes into the building, and might hold managers accountable for ensuring attendance, Taylor suggested.
Until now, such tracking has remained fairly light. When Gartner asked companies if they track employee attendance, half said they are not. Among those that are, they've been relying on data from badge swipes (40%), manager tracking (5%) and self-reporting on digital apps (7%).
In response to an open-ended question from Gartner about whether they would terminate someone who didn't comply, no more than 3% of employers indicated they would, said Brian Kropp, chief of research in Gartner's Human Resources Practice. And about 30% said HR or a manager would have a conversation with an employee who came in less than required.
In other words, "If you're not meeting the attendance [requirement] you get in trouble, but you don't get fired," Kropp said. "They will try to make it work ... because the labor market is still so competitive. So they're not willing to make their hiring problem even worse."
But for companies that more strongly assert their expectations of employees post-Labor Day, there could be tougher repercussions for non-compliance. It may first involve a couple of conversations over time. Then if non-compliance continues, in some cases, it could result in job loss, Taylor said.
"Organizations have thought about, 'What if 10% of employees refuse to do it? What do we do?'"
Ultimately, that could mean a greater willingness to outsource jobs. "Once you make the case you can fully do it remotely, I can hire remotely. Why should I keep you?," he said.
More immediately, however, noncompliance with in-office requirements could make an employee more vulnerable to any layoffs on tap. Even A-players could make the list to demonstrate that the company meant what it said about showing up.
"Maybe the star becomes the example," Taylor said.
Cracking down could backfire
Leaders who require workers to be on site for more days than staffers prefer and threaten them with pay cuts or termination if they don't comply may be creating a longer-term problem, workplace experts say.
Many leaders' arguments for coming into work are now focused on the need to preserve company culture, collaboration and mentoring of younger workers.
"CEOs realize it's not a productivity question, but a comraderie/culture question," Kropp said.
And they have a point ... up to a point.
Face time is always important. But workplace research shows that neither culture nor collaboration are necessarily optimized just by having employees spend 40 hours a week in the same room. It also shows that when employees and teams are allowed to schedule their in-person versus remote time, it can boost engagement, morale and retention.
Threatening to lay workers off simply because they don't come into the office enough also could backfire.
"The tide has not shifted entirely yet. It's still a good job market. Employees have options. And even if the tide turns, don't disenfranchise them through fear and distrust," Wigert cautioned.
Because fear and distrust, he noted, will lead to even greater disengagement and turnover in the future.
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EL SEGUNDO — Once you wrap your head around the notion that Russell Westbrook will, indeed, be a Laker again next season, consider this: Maybe the best move the Lakers could have made for a roster with him on it was to bring in his archnemesis.
Because in the NBA, if you play long enough, you’ll see the guy who’s always been the villain in your story become your ally.
The two strong-headed veteran guards were in tune on Tuesday, when Westbrook stood in the wings for Beverley’s introductory news conference, the only one of his new Lakers teammates in attendance.
What’s more, Westbrook was an enthusiastic participant, chuckling at Beverley’s jokes and even tossing his new teammate a towel to dab away some of the sweat dripping from his chin after a workout.
“Thank you! Love that, brother,” Beverley said. “First dime of the year!”
Then he laughed. Everyone laughed.
The energy in the room was much more upbeat than it was around the team last season, when bad basketball and bad feelings left the Lakers outside of the playoffs, looking in.
Their failings – they went 33-49 and finished 11th in the Western Conference – meant they’d squandered another year of LeBron James’ fine, inevitably finite career.
It left fans increasingly disillusioned with the direction of the franchise – “one of America’s teams,” as Beverley described the Lakers – just two seasons after the championship run in the Orlando bubble.
And it left noticeable smudges on Westbrook’s legacy. In his first season playing for his hometown Lakers, the former NBA MVP was ineffective and inefficient, available to play but undependable on the court. And, ultimately, the man sure seemed unhappy.
But it’s not difficult to imagine him wanting a reset, with Beverley, and with his city. Not hard to see how much it would mean to Westbrook to win in L.A.
This guy grew his game at Lawndale’s Leuzinger High and UCLA. He brings his family to Sparks games in the summer. His “Why Not? Foundation” partnered with LA Promise Fund to launch a middle school and high school in the city.
He was there at new coach Darvin Ham’s introductory news conference. He sat near the Lakers’ bench (though apart from James) at a Summer League game.
And now, Westbrook has shown up to Beverley’s first media session with the team, listening attentively as Beverley claimed their pairing is, for him, something of a dream come true.
“I was asked this question two, three years ago, (about) someone I always wanted to play with and he was the first name,” Beverley said. “… a player with that competitive spirit, that fire, that will, that dog, that nastiness, that grit, to have a running mate like that, I have never had that. So I am super excited to see where it goes.”
Their history of run-ins, on-court collisions and off-court disses might seem like a strange way for Beverley to have shown his affinity – but, hey, Pat Bev’s love language is smack-talk.
The 6-foot-1 Beverley will give the Lakers another ball-handler when they need it. He’ll ratchet up the defense. But more importantly, he’ll bring gravity – on the court, where he’s a career 37.8% 3-point shooter – and in the locker room, where he’s a truth-teller who hasn’t ever minced a word, whether he’s critiquing teammates or Chris Paul or Kevin Durant.
In Houston, with the Clippers and last season in Minnesota, Beverley has proved himself an example of a guy who doesn’t give a droplet of sweat about his stats – well, except one.
“I pride myself on never ever missing the playoffs,” said Beverley, whose teams haven’t whiffed on the postseason any year he’s been a healthy participant. “To people, that might not be a big thing. But for me, that is a big thing obviously, because I am not at All-Star (Game) every February. So me making the playoffs, me not making the playoffs, that is a big thing to me and I wear that wholeheartedly on my sleeve.”
The Westbrook-Beverley pairing won’t determine whether win the Lakers a championship – the onus for that rests squarely on the shoulders of Anthony Davis and James – but if it goes sideways, it could sink the Lakers’ prospects entirely.
For now, everyone is saying the right things. Saying is different than doing, of course, but you gotta talk it before you back it up, and Ham raved about that part of Westbrook’s commitment so far.
“Anytime I call him or I need him, text messages, the communication has been great both ways,” Ham said, “He’s in here. He’s in here putting in the work. I love him and I can’t wait to coach him and I can’t wait to succeed with him.”
Ham also said, yes, he can imagine a starting backcourt of 33-year-old Westbrook and 34-year-old Beverley – “if they play defense.”
And we all know Beverley is gonna play D. The question is whether this combustible pairing will prove a problem for the rest of the league – or the Lakers.
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The Tigers' sixth round draft pick this season, Danny Serretti, has joined the West Michigan Whitecaps.
The shortstop hit .375 with a pair of home runs in 11 games at Lakeland before his promotion.
"I've just been focusing on each and every pitch trying to control what I can control," Serretti said. "I'm not trying to get to caught up in numbers or anything. Just trying to take it at-bat by at-bat. Whatever happens, happens."
Serretti walked 14 times in 46 plate appearances (30%) and has already walked four times in 28 plate appearances (14%) in six games with West Michigan.
"There is more information here at this level," Serretti said. "That is always useful to have, but at the end of the day, it is still just baseball and really the only difference for me is transitioning from metal to wood, and I feel I've been doing a pretty good job of that."
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NINGBO, China, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Risen Energy, a world-leading manufacturer of photovoltaic modules, has reported that its revenue in first half of 2022 has expanded 51.29 percent year-on-year to reach 12.615 billion yuan (US$ 1.83 billion). The net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company rose 653.56 percent increase year-on-year to reach 505 million yuan (US$ 72.98 million), and net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company after deducting non-recurring profit and losses reached 476 million yuan (US$ 68.78 million), a 340.29 percent increase year-on-year.
The increase in product sales and rise in unit sales prices contributed to Risen Energy's significant performance growth. The revenue of solar cells and modules was 9.854 billion yuan (US$ 1.43 billion), an increase of 94.32 percent year-on-year; while the revenue of polysilicon was 977 million yuan (US$ 141.47 million), an increase of 820.3 percent year-on-year with gross profit margin of 59.84 percent.
Risen Energy is committed to driving global energy innovation with integrated and sustainable products, solutions, and services, delivering optimal performance to customers, and showing competitive advantages in the market:
- The conversion efficiency of Risen Energy's monocrystalline PERC cells, TOPCon cells and heterojunction cells have exceeded 23.40%, 25.00% and 25.50% respectively;
- The conversion efficiency of its PERC module has reached over 21.57%, with first-year degradation rate not exceeding 2.00% and annual degradation being no higher than 0.55% from the second to 25th year;
- The conversion efficiency of its heterojunction modules exceeds 23.65%, with degradation rate not exceeding 2.00% in the first year and annual degradation below 0.25% from the second to 30th year.
To meet the growing demands for diversified products in the photovoltaic market, Risen Energy has explored new R&D opportunities to meet the demand for high-quality module products, and built three product series, the Titan series, the NewT@N series, and Hyper-ion series, based on its 210 Technology platform.
The Titan module leverages the mature 210+P type technology with power coverage of 410W to 670W, featuring a diversified and flexible design that can customize application solutions for projects including distributed, industrial/commercial transformation and large-scale above-ground power plants.
The Hyper-ion series, on the other hand, adopts the 210+N type technology and utilizes industry-leading technologies including 120μm, 210 half-cut silicon wafer with four chamfer, microcrystalline technology and low Ag content paste. The module power reaches 700W+ and creates both economic and environmental values for the customers.
"Risen Energy is committed to lead the technological R&D in the industry with continuous investment and leverage our high-efficiency photovoltaic product portfolio and global sales and marketing network to support the application and popularization of clean energy globally, we thrive to help our customers reach their low-carbon and net-zero goals as the global community enters a new era of carbon neutrality," said Risen Energy.
About Risen Energy
Risen Energy is a leading, global, Tier1, "AAA" credit-rated manufacturer of high-performance solar photovoltaic products and provider of total business solutions for power generation. The Company, founded in 1986 and publicly listed in 2010, compels value generation for its global customers. Techno-commercial innovation, underpinned by consummate quality and support, encircle Risen Energy's total Solar PV business solutions which are among the most powerful and cost-effective in the industry. With a local market presence, and strong financial bankability status, we are committed, and able, to building strategic, mutually beneficial collaborations with our partners, as together we capitalize on the rising value of green energy.
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Axel Springer CEO defends leaked messages about Trump
Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner Tuesday defended messages to colleagues published in the Washington Post that seemed to show Döpfner supporting Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 election, arguing they were taken out of context.
Why it matters: Axel Springer is trying to position itself as a centrist publisher amid a U.S. media investment spree, but the company's history and recent headlines suggests a culture gap may remain between the German publishing giant and U.S. media.
Döpfner has "never tried to influence journalists" who work for him, he said onstage at Vox Media's annual Code Conference.
- He said the leaked messages made sense to his colleagues within the culture of his company.
Driving the news: The Post cited messages sent by Döpfner to colleagues saying, “Do we all want to get together for an hour in the morning on November 3 and pray that Donald Trump will again become President of the United States of America?”
Details: In the interview, Döpfner said he sent the messages in response to news that the Trump Administration was suing Google, an action he said he supported.
- Later in the program, he called for global democracies to abandon TikTok.
- "TikTok should be banned in every democracy," he said. "It's just insane not to do that," he continued, noting that Western companies are not allowed to enter China without adhering to strict censorship laws.
The big picture: In recent years, Axel Springer has invested in several U.S. media companies such as NowThis News and Ozy, in addition to acquisitions of companies like Insider, Morning Brew, and most recently, Politico.
- Axel Springer requires its German publications, which are some of the most widely consumed in the country, to adopt a strong pro-Israel stance. The company has not required Politico journalists sign the same pro-Israel pledge.
- Last year, Axel Springer removed a top editor following a New York Times report that alleged the publisher had ignored allegations of sexual misconduct. The saga was notable to U.S. readers, given the reckoning around the #MeToo movement in the U.S. media industry in recent years.
- Asked about those events, Döpfner said Tuesday, "It is terrible that we trusted somebody who we shouldn't have trusted." He added, "I think we've learned a lot and we are getting better every year. "
Be smart: While Axel Springer's' flagship newspaper, Bild, is widely considered right of center, Döpfner said Tuesday, "I think we are leaning to the center. And that's where real journalism is unpredictable, open minded." | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/07/dopfner-axel-springer-ceo-defends-messages-trump | 2022-09-07T03:24:47Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/07/dopfner-axel-springer-ceo-defends-messages-trump | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
While Sheetz gas and convenience stores might be mostly clustered in areas around the eastern coast of the United States, drivers of diesel vehicles going long distances could be pleasantly surprised at the discounts the brand is offering for Truck Driver Appreciation Week.
The Pennsylvania-based gas station name is offering diesel fuel at $4.49 per gallon through Sept. 30 amid a spike in diesel fuel prices in the U.S.
AAA reported that the average price for diesel fuel sat at around $5.05 per gallon across the country, with that price jumping in some states like Ohio, where it was at $5.23, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
Sheetz has done similar gas discounts before, like on the Fourth of July when prices surged to around $5 per gallon in many places.
All 654 Sheetz that are selling diesel fuel will offer the promotion.
Travis Sheetz, the company's president and CEO said, “Truck drivers are the backbone of this country.” He said, “As a company, we are committed to showing appreciation for our customers. We wanted to go above and beyond for Truck Driver Appreciation Week by providing extended offers that will be unquestionably beneficial to them.” | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/amid-spike-in-diesel-fuel-prices-sheetz-gas-stations-offer-discounts | 2022-09-07T03:26:32Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/amid-spike-in-diesel-fuel-prices-sheetz-gas-stations-offer-discounts | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Dozens of precious antiquities were returned to Italy by U.S. authorities in a growing trend worldwide to return historical pieces to their country of origin when requested.
58 artifacts with a value of almost $19 million were sent back to Italy, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
CNN reported that the items were found in various locations, including homes, galleries, museums, and other locations across New York City.
New York authorities said 21 artifacts were taken from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and had been allegedly trafficked by four people.
One of the world's largest collectors, billionaire Michael Steinhardt, was found to be in possession of pieces, and authorities say they have banned him for life from acquiring antiquities.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office was thanked by the Consul General of Italy for helping to return the items.
Italy's consul general in New York, Fabrizio Di Michele, said the restitution was "very important for our country."
It comes after a years-long investigation into Steinhardt, who previously surrendered 180 artifacts to avoid criminal charges. Those artifacts were said to be worth an estimated $70 million. He agreed to an "unprecedented" lifetime ban on acquiring antiquities, according to officials. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/dozens-of-looted-artifacts-returned-to-italy-by-new-york-authorities | 2022-09-07T03:26:38Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/dozens-of-looted-artifacts-returned-to-italy-by-new-york-authorities | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Strong terms of trade for Australia (high prices for Australia's exports) were an important factor in supporting the trade balance and the export contribution to the positive GDP result.
Chalmers:
- strong commodity prices cannot be relied on to persist
- reasons to be optimistic about the economy | https://www.forexlive.com/news/australia-treasurer-chalmers-says-that-strong-commodity-prices-cannot-be-relied-on-to-last-20220907/ | 2022-09-07T03:28:35Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/australia-treasurer-chalmers-says-that-strong-commodity-prices-cannot-be-relied-on-to-last-20220907/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Piscataway fatal shooting victim identified as Plainfield man
PISCATAWAY – A Plainfield man has been identified as the victim found shot inside a vehicle early Monday who later died at the hospital, announced the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
Police responded to a call around 4:02 a.m. Monday reporting a man with multiple gunshot wounds inside a vehicle in the area of Aspen Court, according to the prosecutor’s office. The victim, Jibreel Elliott, 31, was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, the prosecutor’s office said.
No more information was provided, and the investigation is continuing.
Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Piscataway Police Detective Kenneth Buco at 732-562-2300, ext. 2342, or Detective Ryan Tighe of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-4335.
Email: sloyer@gannettnj.com
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Rahway fire destroys Bryant Street home
RAHWAY – A fire destroyed a three-story, single-family home on Bryant Street early Tuesday, said Rahway Fire Department Fire Chief Michael Roberts.
Around 5:13 a.m. Tuesday, city firefighters responded to the home at 1062 Bryant St. on reports of a fire. Upon arrival firefighters, found smoke on the second, and third floors and the attic.
There were no occupants in the house because it was under renovation, authorities said.
No one was injured in the fire, according to authorities.
Firefighters from Linden, Cranford, Kenilworth and Garwood also responded to battle the blaze, which was extinguished in 15 minutes.
The fire damaged the first and second floors with slight water and smoke damage throughout the house, Roberts said.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/2022/09/06/rahway-nj-fire-bryant-street-home/65548076007/ | 2022-09-07T03:31:50Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/2022/09/06/rahway-nj-fire-bryant-street-home/65548076007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Earlier remarks on the yen weakness from Japan:
Japan finance minister Suzuki says recent FX moves are somewhat rapid
Matsuno now:
- important for currencies to move stably reflecting economic fundamentals
- sharp fx fluctuations not desirable
- no comment on every day-to-day forex moves
- concerned by recent rapid, one-sided currency moves
- ready to take appropriate actions on fx market movements if necessary
- watching fx moves with high sense of urgency
- watching closely impact of fx moves on Japan's economy
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Again, this is an escalation in rhetoric, this specifically:
- one-sided currency moves
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I have posted before on what to listen out for:
USD/JPY update: | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/japan-chief-cabinet-secretary-matsuno-ready-to-take-action-on-fx-moves-if-necessary-20220907/ | 2022-09-07T03:32:45Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/japan-chief-cabinet-secretary-matsuno-ready-to-take-action-on-fx-moves-if-necessary-20220907/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — With just one week left before Rhode Islanders go to the polls, four Democrats vying to be the state’s next governor faced off Tuesday night in their final televised debate ahead of the primary election.
Incumbent Gov. Dan McKee, Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea, former CVS executive Helena Foulkes and former Secretary of State Matt Brown made their cases and traded barbs during a one-hour event that aired live on WPRI 12 from Rhode Island College.
Moderators Tim White and Ted Nesi pressed the candidates on issues including Monday’s severe flooding, the proposed Pawtucket soccer stadium, abortion, the economy, the FBI ILO investigation and more. The primary is Sept. 13, and the Democratic nominee will face the winner of the Republican primary between Ashley Kalus and Jonathan Riccitelli.
In the videos below, you can watch some of the key exchanges during the debate. The full one-hour video is also available here.
Labor Day Flash Flooding
On Monday, the state was hit with torrential downpours that flooded a number of major roadways including I-95 and Route 10. McKee defended his administration’s handling of the situation, while his challengers gave their take on it.
Rhode Island’s economy
The four candidates listed what they thought is the top issue right now in Rhode Island. For Foulkes, it was small business, while Gorbea said the housing crisis, Brown said people not having enough money to get by, and McKee said jobs.
Campaign trail criticisms
Each of the candidates answered questions on criticisms they’ve faced over the course of the campaign. McKee was asked about the ILO Group contract controversy that’s under federal investigation, while Brown defended his attacks on McKee regarding that topic. Foulkes then explained a controversial comment on employee layoffs while she was the head of Hudson’s Bay Company, and lastly, Gorbea discussed her response to a recent voting machine mishap with some Spanish-language ballots.
Abortion rights
With the overturning of Roe v. Wade back in June, the candidates answered questions and offered their stances on abortion policy.
Rapid fire questions/pop quiz
After answering a series of questions on various topics, the candidates were then quizzed on some facts and figures the governor should know.
Tidewater Landing project
McKee defended his support for the project, having given the tiebreaking vote to provide $27 million in state funding to build a waterfront soccer stadium in Pawtucket. The other three candidates said they would’ve voted against it.
Closing statements
Each candidate was given one minute to make a final pitch to voters.
Prior to our debate, a number of protestors demonstrated in support of gubernatorial candidate Luis Daniel Muñoz.
Muñoz was not included in the debate because he did not meet the criteria established by our parent company Nexstar Media. It requires that a candidate receives at least 5% support in an independent poll and also reports at least $50,000 in campaign fundraising.
12 News did feature Muñoz in our Community Focus segment earlier in the campaign as part an effort to educate voters about the stance of various candidates.
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Personal loan interest rates edge up: 3-year loans still lower than same time last year
Our goal here at Credible Operations, Inc., NMLS Number 1681276, referred to as "Credible" below, is to give you the tools and confidence you need to improve your finances. Although we do promote products from our partner lenders, all opinions are our own.
The latest trends in interest rates for personal loans from the Credible marketplace, updated weekly. (iStock)
Borrowers with good credit seeking personal loans during the past seven days prequalified for rates that were higher for both 3- and 5-year loans compared to the previous seven days.
For borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to select a lender between Aug. 30 and Sep. 5:
- Rates on 3-year fixed-rate loans averaged 11.76%, up from 11.38% the seven days before and down from 11.97% a year ago.
- Rates on 5-year fixed-rate loans averaged 15.62%, up from 15.40% the previous seven days and up from 15.30% a year ago.
Personal loans have become a popular way to consolidate and pay off credit card debt and other loans. They can also be used to cover unexpected expenses like medical bills, take care of a major purchase or fund home improvement projects.
Rates for both 3- and 5-year fixed-rate personal loans rose over the last seven days. Rates for 3-year loans rose by 0.38%, and rates for 5-year terms increased by 0.22%. Despite today's rate increases, interest rates for 3-year terms are lower than they were this time last year. Borrowers can take advantage of interest savings with a 3-year personal loan right now. Both loan terms offer interest rates significantly lower than higher-cost borrowing options like credit cards.
Whether a personal loan is right for you often depends on multiple factors, including what rate you can qualify for. Comparing multiple lenders and their rates could help ensure you get the best possible personal loan for your needs.
It's always a good idea to comparison shop on sites like Credible to understand how much you qualify for and choose the best option for you.
Here are the latest trends in personal loan interest rates from the Credible marketplace, updated monthly.
Personal loan weekly rates trends
The chart above shows average prequalified rates for borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to select a lender.
For the month of August 2022:
- Rates on 3-year personal loans averaged 15.03%, up from 11.04% in July.
- Rates on 5-year personal loans averaged 16.52%, up from 13.72% in July.
Rates on personal loans vary considerably by credit score and loan term. If you're curious about what kind of personal loan rates you may qualify for, you can use an online tool like Credible to compare options from different private lenders. Checking your rates won't affect your credit score.
All Credible marketplace lenders offer fixed-rate loans at competitive rates. Because lenders use different methods to evaluate borrowers, it’s a good idea to request personal loan rates from multiple lenders so you can compare your options.
Current personal loan rates by credit score
In August, the average prequalified rate selected by borrowers was:
- 9.05% for borrowers with credit scores of 780 or above choosing a 3-year loan
- 30.84% for borrowers with credit scores below 600 choosing a 5-year loan
Depending on factors such as your credit score, which type of personal loan you’re seeking and the loan repayment term, the interest rate can differ.
As shown in the chart above, a good credit score can mean a lower interest rate, and rates tend to be higher on loans with fixed interest rates and longer repayment terms.
How to get a lower interest rate
Many factors influence the interest rate a lender might offer you on a personal loan. But you can take some steps to boost your chances of getting a lower interest rate. Here are some tactics to try.
Increase credit score
Generally, people with higher credit scores qualify for lower interest rates. Steps that can help you improve your credit score over time include:
- Pay bills on time. Payment history is the most important factor in your credit score. Pay all your bills on time for the amount due.
- Check your credit report. Look at your credit report to ensure there are no errors on it. If you find errors, dispute them with the credit bureau.
- Lower your credit utilization ratio. Paying down credit card debt can improve this important credit-scoring factor.
- Avoid opening new credit accounts. Only apply for and open credit accounts you actually need. Too many hard inquiries on your credit report in a short amount of time could lower your credit score.
Choose a shorter loan term
Personal loan repayment terms can vary from one to several years. Generally, shorter terms come with lower interest rates, since the lender’s money is at risk for a shorter period of time.
If your financial situation allows, applying for a shorter term could help you score a lower interest rate. Keep in mind the shorter term doesn’t just benefit the lender – by choosing a shorter repayment term, you’ll pay less interest over the life of the loan.
Get a cosigner
You may be familiar with the concept of a cosigner if you have student loans. If your credit isn’t good enough to qualify for the best personal loan interest rates, finding a cosigner with good credit could help you secure a lower interest rate.
Just remember, if you default on the loan, your cosigner will be on the hook to repay it. And cosigning for a loan could also affect their credit score.
Compare rates from different lenders
Before applying for a personal loan, it’s a good idea to shop around and compare offers from several different lenders to get the lowest rates. Online lenders typically offer the most competitive rates – and can be quicker to disburse your loan than a brick-and-mortar establishment.
But don’t worry, comparing rates and terms doesn’t have to be a time-consuming process.
Credible makes it easy. Just enter how much you want to borrow and you’ll be able to compare multiple lenders to choose the one that makes the most sense for you.
About Credible
Credible is a multi-lender marketplace that empowers consumers to discover financial products that are the best fit for their unique circumstances. Credible’s integrations with leading lenders and credit bureaus allow consumers to quickly compare accurate, personalized loan options – without putting their personal information at risk or affecting their credit score. The Credible marketplace provides an unrivaled customer experience, as reflected by over 4,500 positive Trustpilot reviews and a TrustScore of 4.7/5. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/money/personal-loan-rates-september-6-2022 | 2022-09-07T03:37:28Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/money/personal-loan-rates-september-6-2022 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Student loan refinance interest rates continue trending down for 10-year fixed-rate loans
Our goal here at Credible Operations, Inc., NMLS Number 1681276, referred to as "Credible" below, is to give you the tools and confidence you need to improve your finances. Although we do promote products from our partner lenders, all opinions are our own.
The latest trends in interest rates for student loan refinancing from the Credible marketplace, updated weekly. (iStock)
Rates for well-qualified borrowers using the Credible marketplace to refinance student loans fell this week for 10-year fixed-rate loans and rose for 5-year variable-rate loans.
For borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to select a lender during the week of Aug. 29, 2022:
- Rates on 10-year fixed-rate refinance loans averaged 5.42%, down from 5.44% the week before and up from 3.42% a year ago. Rates for this term hit their lowest point of 2022 so far during the week of Jan. 10, when they were at 3.44%.
- Rates on 5-year variable-rate refinance loans averaged 5.39%, up from 3.63% the week before and up from 2.74% a year ago. Rates for this term hit their lowest point of 2022 so far during the week of July 4, when they were at 2.51%.
Student loan refinancing weekly rate trends
If you're curious about what kind of student loan refinance rates you may qualify for, you can use an online tool like Credible to compare options from different private lenders. Checking your rates won't affect your credit score.
Current student loan refinancing rates by FICO score
To provide relief from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, interest and payments on federal student loans have been suspended through at least Dec. 31, 2022. As long as that relief is in place, there’s little incentive to refinance federal student loans. But many borrowers with private student loans are taking advantage of the low interest rate environment to refinance their education debt at lower rates.
If you qualify to refinance your student loans, the interest rate you may be offered can depend on factors like your FICO score, the type of loan you’re seeking (fixed or variable rate) and the loan repayment term.
The chart above shows that good credit can help you get a lower rate and that rates tend to be higher on loans with fixed interest rates and longer repayment terms. Because each lender has its own method of evaluating borrowers, it’s a good idea to request rates from multiple lenders so you can compare your options. A student loan refinancing calculator can help you estimate how much you might save.
If you want to refinance with bad credit, you may need to apply with a cosigner. Or, you can work on improving your credit before applying. Many lenders will allow children to refinance parent PLUS loans in their own name after graduation.
You can use Credible to compare rates from multiple private lenders at once without affecting your credit score.
How rates for student loan refinancing are determined
The rates private lenders charge to refinance student loans depend in part on the economy and interest rate environment, but also the loan term, the type of loan (fixed- or variable-rate), the borrower's creditworthiness and the lender's operating costs and profit margin.
About Credible
Credible is a multi-lender marketplace that empowers consumers to discover financial products that are the best fit for their unique circumstances. Credible’s integrations with leading lenders and credit bureaus allow consumers to quickly compare accurate, personalized loan options – without putting their personal information at risk or affecting their credit score. The Credible marketplace provides an unrivaled customer experience, as reflected by over 5,000+ positive Trustpilot reviews and a TrustScore of 4.7/5. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/money/student-loan-refinance-rates-september-6-2022 | 2022-09-07T03:37:31Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/money/student-loan-refinance-rates-september-6-2022 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Country star Luke Combs pays for 12-year-old's ticket to his show
Country star Luke Combs recently went viral for making a 12-year-old's birthday party extra special at a recent concert in May, offering to cover the costs of their tickets on Sept. 2.
Video posted by Bryan James shows the American Country legend bringing the show to a halt to address two young fans holding a sign stating they would stack wood to pay for concert tickets.
"Luke gave the boys money he had in his pocket and got together with the boys … after the concert to take photos and give them some merchandise," James told Storyful.
James wrote in the original posting of the video: "Luke is the man."
Bo Fenderson, 12, and his friend Tanner stacked five cords of wood in order to pay for their own tickets to the Bangor, Maine concert, WABI-TV reported.
"We made $100 bucks stacking 5 cords of wood, bought two Luke Combs tickets. Man, he sounds good. Our Dads swore it was a waste of time, oh but they were wrong. Today’s my 12th birthday, oh Lord when it rains it pours," Fenderson's sign read.
Combs spotted the sign during his Friday night show and pulled $140 out of his wallet to pay the kids back for their tickets.
"How much were you tickets? $100? $200? Y’all paid $200, a hundred dollars apiece," he said. "Oh my God, I only got $140 right here. Y’all want that, pay yourselves back. I’ll get you some more."
The "Beautiful Crazy" singer invited the kids to come hang out backstage after the show.
"I thought it was pretty cool to see him walking towards us," Tanner told the outlet.
"He came towards us, and we were able to meet with him. I thought it was really cool," Bo added.
Bo's mother told WABI-TV that Combs was a "great role model" to the kids.
"He’s a great role model to take the time and do that, and really acknowledge what they did," Desiree told the outlet. "It wasn’t just Luke, it was the rest of the staff too that made it happen and made it a point to come find us and the boys and fulfill that promise that he made to them. I think for all of the sisters, the cousins, and the friends that they all learned a valuable lesson."
"I just think it’s really an amazing thing for him to have done this to reinforce lessons that we try to instill in our children," Tanner’s mom, Justine, also said to the TV station. "They went knowing, and just to make it this big is amazing. It’s so heartwarming."
Combs also refunded all tickets to his Saturday night show in Bangor after he experienced vocal issues.
The country music star "announced that he was still going to perform but, because of the condition of his voice, he did not feel he could put on a real show," radio station B98.5 reported.
"Because of that, he was going to refund the money concertgoers had paid for tickets to the show," the outlet said. "Visibly upset with the situation, he explained that he understands the cost of going to a concert goes way beyond what is paid for the tickets. For many people there are hotel rooms, dinners, babysitters, gas, and more. Refunding the price of the tickets was, in his mind, the least he could do."
Storyful and FOX News contributed to this story. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/country-star-luke-combs-pays-for-12-year-olds-ticket-to-his-show | 2022-09-07T03:37:32Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/country-star-luke-combs-pays-for-12-year-olds-ticket-to-his-show | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Man shot in head, killed on Chicago's South Side: police
CHICAGO - A 24-year-old man was shot and killed in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood Tuesday night.
Around 7 p.m., police say the male victim was near an alley in the 12600 block of South Harvard Avenue when shots were fired.
The man was struck in the head and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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Nobody was reported in custody.
The investigation is ongoing. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/man-shot-in-head-killed-on-chicagos-south-side-police | 2022-09-07T03:37:54Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/man-shot-in-head-killed-on-chicagos-south-side-police | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Teen brutally attacked at suburban high school football game, video shows
MATTESON, Ill. - A viral video at a high school football game has an Illinois school district changing up its policies for students.
"It was a bad video, but I was like, dang, it always is like that at Central," said a Rich Township High School junior. "They are always jumping people."
The Rich Township High School student says she wasn't surprised to see the now-viral video because she was also attacked in school.
FOX 32 blurred the video, but it shows another teen visiting the Friday night football game. He's surrounded, hit several times in the head and face, and eventually shakes uncontrollably on the ground.
The school district says he was taken to the hospital, treated for concussion symptoms, and the video is now the subject of a police investigation.
"We have identified some of the players in that video and we will be working to have the appropriate consequences put in place as we move forward," said Dr. Johnnie Thomas, Superintendent of Rich Township High School 227.
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Dr. Thomas says despite how bad the video looks, violence is down inside the school.
"The total number of incidents decreased from 35 to 9 this year, which is a 74% improvement over the last year," said Thomas.
Parents say those numbers don't match what they hear from their children on a weekly basis.
"I have a daughter at the Rich Central campus, that tells me there are fights every day," said Randall White, parent and Vice President of Park Forest - Chicago Heights School District 163.
Dr. Thomas says 83 students were involved in melees last year. Now, that number is 16.
Parents say after so many incidents, the students need to be expelled because other children can't learn.
"My daughter was crying saying please come get me, I am scared here," said a mother of a Rich High School junior.
When the fight at the game broke out, there were over 24 security officers on the grounds when and over seven police agencies.
The district is adding more security for games, including metal detectors and increased lighting for better security camera coverage.
Students will have to maintain good grades, no involvement with any kinds of fights, and good attendance to attend school games. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/teen-brutally-attacked-at-suburban-high-school-football-game-video-shows | 2022-09-07T03:38:13Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/teen-brutally-attacked-at-suburban-high-school-football-game-video-shows | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BAHAMAS (NEXSTAR) – A Pennsylvania woman is dead after reportedly being attacked by a bull shark while snorkeling in the Bahamas on Tuesday.
According to Royal Bahamas Police Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings, the woman and her family booked a tour to snorkel in the waters off Green Cay, roughly a half-mile northwest of the private island of Rose Island, near Nassau.
While in the water, the 58-year-old woman’s family reportedly saw a bull shark attack her, local outlet Eyewitness News reports.
Family members and tour company employees were able to rescue the woman and bring her to mainland New Providence. The woman had suffered injuries to her upper extremities, according to Skippings, and was pronounced dead by emergency medical services.
Police have not identified the woman, who was a passenger aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas.
A spokesperson for Royal Caribbean confirmed to Nexstar that the incident happened during an “independent shore excursion” and added that the cruise line is “providing support and assistance to the guest’s loved ones during this difficult time.” Harmony of the Seas is on a seven-night cruise after sailing out of Port Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday.
According to Reuters, a 21-year-old American woman was killed in a shark attack in the same area in 2019.
The Pennsylvania woman’s death comes just a few months after three American tourists died while at a Sandals Resort in the Bahamas. Authorities later confirmed all three died from carbon monoxide poisoning. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/american-woman-killed-in-shark-attack-while-snorkeling-in-the-bahamas/ | 2022-09-07T04:01:33Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/american-woman-killed-in-shark-attack-while-snorkeling-in-the-bahamas/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
JAMES SMITH CREE FIRST NATION, Saskatchewan — Fears ran high Tuesday on an Indigenous reserve in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan after police warned that the suspect in a deadly stabbing rampage over the weekend might be nearby and officers surrounded a house with guns drawn.
Police later sent out an alert that it was a false alarm and they had determined the suspect was not in the community but people remained nervous with his whereabouts unknown and a province-wide alert still in effect.
People on the James Smith Cree First Nation reserve were earlier told to stay inside. An Associated Press reporter saw people running and screaming as police shut down roads.
The fugitive’s brother and fellow suspect, Damien Sanderson was found dead Monday near the stabbing sites. Police are investigating whether Myles Sanderson killed his brother. The brothers are accused of killing 10 people and wounding 18.
Leaders of the James Smith Cree Nation, where most of the stabbing attacks took place, blamed the killings on drug and alcohol abuse plaguing the community, which they said was a legacy of the colonization of Indigenous people.
James Smith Cree Nation resident Darryl Burns and his brother, Ivor Wayne Burns, said their sister, Gloria Lydia Burns, was a first responder who was killed while responding to a call. Burns said his 62-year-old sister was on a crisis response team.
“She went on a call to a house and she got caught up in the violence,” he said. “She was there to help. She was a hero.”
He blamed drugs and pointed to colonization for the rampant drug and alcohol use on reserves.
“We had a murder suicide here three years ago. My granddaughter and her boyfriend. Last year we had a double homicide. Now this year we have 10 more that have passed away and all because of drugs and alcohol,” Darryl Burns said.
Ivor Wayne Burns also blamed drugs for his sister’s death and said the suspect brothers should not be hated.
“We have to forgive them boys,” he said. “When you are doing hard drugs, when you are doing coke, and when you are doing heroin and crystal meth and those things, you are incapable of feeling. You stab somebody and you think it’s funny. You stab them again and you laugh.”
Blackmore said police were still determining the motive, but the chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations echoes suggestions 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.
Blackmore said the criminal record of Myles Sanderson dates back years and includes violence.
He was released from prison in August 2021, but then his release was suspended that November because he had lied about his ex-spouse and children living with him. At a hearing in February, the board canceled the suspension, while adding conditions to limit and monitor contact with the woman and his children.
Public Safety Minister Mendicino said he’s been told by the parole board there will be an investigation into its assessment of Myles Sanderson and his subsequent release.
“I want to know the reasons behind the decision and I want to know if any mistakes were made during the process,” Mendicino said. “It has to be an independent review.”
“I’m extremely concerned with what occurred here,” he said.
The stabbing 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.
Police in Saskatchewan 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.
Weldon residents have identified one of the dead as Wes Petterson, a retired widower who made his coffee every morning at the senior center. He loved gardening, picking berries, canning, and making jam and cakes, recalled William Works, 47, and his mother, Sharon Works, 64.
“He would give you the shirt off his back if he could,” William Works said, describing his neighbor as a “gentle old fellow” and “community first.”
Sharon Works was baffled: “I don’t understand why they would target someone like him anyway, because he was just a poor, helpless little man, 100 pounds soaking wet. and he could hardly breathe because he had asthma and emphysema and everybody cared about him because that’s the way he was. He cared about everybody else. and they cared about him.”
Evan Bray, the police chief of provincial capital city of Regina, has been saying as recently as Monday that police thought Sanderson was in Regina, but said Tuesday they’ve received information that is leading them to believe that he may no longer be in the city.
“Although we don’t know his whereabouts we are still looking not only in the city of Regina but expanded into the province as well,” Bray said. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/fears-high-as-canadian-police-search-for-stabbing-suspect/article_5311694e-2e53-11ed-8abd-5b04ab0daea4.html | 2022-09-07T04:21:45Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/fears-high-as-canadian-police-search-for-stabbing-suspect/article_5311694e-2e53-11ed-8abd-5b04ab0daea4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ALBANY — The state Farm Labor Wage Board voted 2-1 Tuesday to recommend to the Hochul administration that New York gradually reduce the overtime threshold for farm workers in New York from 60 hours per week to 40 hours.
The sole objection came from David Fisher, president of the New York Farm Bureau, the leading advocate for the thousands of working farms in New York.
“I knew the cards were stacked against the position of my organization and what agriculture truly believes is best for farms, farm workers and the food supply,” Fisher told his fellow board members, Brenda McDuffie and Denis Hughes,
Fisher complained the report accepted by Hughes and McDuffie failed to mention that an analysis of the impact of reducing the overtime threshold would prompt employers to reduce hours for workers, which in turn would spur most migrants to spurn jobs in New York and go to other states where they could work more hours.
“The facts can’t be ignored even if the report doesn’t give them their due diligence,” Fisher said.
McDuffie, former head of the Buffalo Urban League, had a different view, stating: “We believe this decision protects the rights of farm laborers while taking into account the needs of farmers.”
She also argued the board has a “duty to protect tens of thousands of farm workers and align their rights with those in other industries.”
Under the plan, the overtime threshold would drop to 52 hours per week at the beginning of 2026, and then go down to 40 hours starting Jan. 1, 2032.
Numerous GOP elected officials slammed the decision, including Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Saratoga County, Senate GOP Leader Rob Ortt, R-Niagara County, Sen. Dan Stec, R-Queensbury, and Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-Schoharie County.
“These Democrats in Albany are doubling down on their reckless overtime decision, jeopardizing New York’s agriculture industry, putting thousands of farm laborers out of work, and making New York less competitive by forcing our workers to seek labor opportunities in neighboring states, all while in the midst of a labor shortage,” Stefanik said.
The debate over farm wages has also surfaced in the governor’s race, with Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-Long Island, emerging as a forceful ally of the Farm Bureau.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, and several of her aides took what she called a “listening tour” of several farms this summer. Her aides did not respond when asked by CNHI whether she has made any findings as a result of those farm visits. The Hochul administration now has 45 days to respond to the report, which is likely to set the stage for additional publicity on the controversy at about the same time early voting begins for the November 8 general election.
One influential Democrat, Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, D-Broome County, chairwoman of the Assembly agriculture committee, acknowledged New York farmers are opposed to an additional change in the overtime rules.
“They are concerned that even with the negotiated overtime tax credit, they will be at a competitive disadvantage with other states in the region,” Lupardo said. The lawmaker added she is calling on the federal government to address issues of “grave importance” to farmers, including “immigration reform and updating 1930’s era farm wage rules.”
The report suggested that some farmers have been paying their laborers off the books, which would be a violation of state labor law.
Fisher attacked that accusation. “This claim is actually untrue, and even if it was true, this is (Department of Labor’s) failure to enforce their own regulations,” the Farm Bureau leader said.
The Department of Labor, responding to a CNHI inquiry, said it has investigated reports of farm workers being paid under the table. The agency also noted some workers have been reluctant to lodge complaints out of fear of retaliation. Many New York farm workers are undocumented immigrants.
The New York Civil Liberties Union, which has pushed for a 40-hour overtime threshold, argued the standard should be implemented immediately by Hochul and her labor commissioner, Roberta Reardon, saying to do so would be “eradicating this racist Jim Crow policy once and for all.”
Agriculture was exempted from federal labor standards adopted in 1938. The Depression-era law, adopted before widespread mechanized farming, exempted farms from the overtime rules, with advocates then citing the seasonal nature of agriculture.
Meanwhile, the Northeast Dairy Producers Association urged that the recommendation be rejected, arguing consumers, schools, food pantries and farm workers themselves will be negatively impacted if they are implemented. The association said 70% of the farm workers who participated in a series of hearings held by the wage board had urged that the threshold remain at 60 hours.
An even more dire warning was issued by Upstate United, a pro-business advocacy group. It predicted the wage board recommendation will become “a death sentence for many family farms across the state.” The group noted New York has lost an estimated 3,800 farms in the past 20 years. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/state-board-breaks-with-farmers-on-overtime-pay-standards/article_4095c428-2e52-11ed-8dd9-2f0f115c0d8c.html | 2022-09-07T04:21:51Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/state-board-breaks-with-farmers-on-overtime-pay-standards/article_4095c428-2e52-11ed-8dd9-2f0f115c0d8c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The U.S. Open turned into a barbershop on Tuesday night.
YouTube star JiDion, who was sitting in the front row during a night session match between Nick Kyrgios and Karen Khachanov, was shown getting a haircut as spectators looked on with a mixture of shock and bemusement.
It wasn’t the first time JiDion decided to get a haircut at a sporting event. In March, he also decided to get a trim at a Timberwolves home game against the Mavericks on March 25.
He also was banned from Wimbledon for life after blowing an airhorn during a quarterfinal match between Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner in July.
Believe it or not, JiDion isn’t the only one to make a sporting venue a makeshift barbershop.
A couple of weeks ago during a Yankees’ loss to the Rays, the Bleacher Creatures decided to get into the hair-cutting business.
And JiDion apparently wanted a viral clip, too. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/youtube-star-jidion-gets-haircut-during-kyrgios-us-open-match/ | 2022-09-07T04:35:37Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/youtube-star-jidion-gets-haircut-during-kyrgios-us-open-match/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kollam/ Parassala: A six-member gang including Tamil natives on Monday abducted a 14-year-old boy from his home in Kottiyam when his parents were away.
Ashik, son of Manzil Azad from Valimukku, Kannanallur, was abducted by a gang that reached in two cars at around 6.30 pm on Monday. The boy’s sister and a neighbour, who tried to prevent the gang from kidnapping the boy, were knocked down.
It is suspected that the boy's relative hired a quotation gang to recover an outstanding debt of Rs 10 lakh from the family, MMTV reported. The gang planned to take the boy to Marthanadam in Tamil Nadu and ask the family for ransom. They were paid Rs 1 lakh for their 'services'.
In a quick and coordinated move by the police teams from Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram districts, the gang was stopped at Parassala around 11.30 pm, 5 hours after he was taken from his home. The boy was unconscious when police rescued him. Cops have arrested one of the gang members.
Police rescued the boy just 100 metres away from the Tamil Nadu border.
Timeline
6.30 pm: A six-member gang reaches in two cars when the boy’s parents Azad and Shiji were not at home. It is also suspected that there were nine members in the gang. On confirming that the boy has been kidnapped, the message was passed to all police stations in the State. The gang reached in a rented car owned by a Tamil Nadu native.
8.20 pm: Information that the boy is being kidnapped in a Tamil Nadu registration car was passed on to all stations. The police began a massive search operation.
8.36 pm: Car passes Kazhakkoottam
8.53 pm: Car reaches Poovar police station limits
10 pm: As the police jeep followed the car, the gang took a by-lane, reached Patyakkala, and abandoned the car there. The bonnet and the front part of the car were found damaged after hitting somewhere. The gang walked to the junction nearby and took an autorickshaw. They told the driver that the boy had passed out after drinking in excess.
10 pm: Police intensified the search along all main roads and by-lanes near the Tamil Nadu border after the gang gave patrol team the slip at Poovar.
11.30 pm: The Police stopped the auto near Kozhivila Parassala. Besides Ashik, there were two others in the autorickshaw. The duo ran out and tried to flee. Police caught one of them -- Thekkayil Pulayanvilayil Biju (30) from Kanyakumari Kattathura. The other one fled the site. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/07/kollam-boy-abduction-rescue-police-team.amp.html | 2022-09-07T04:36:02Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/07/kollam-boy-abduction-rescue-police-team.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday inaugurated the week-long Onam celebrations in the state setting the stage for a variety of classical, folk, ethnic and popular art forms in multiple venues in the state capital and districts across the state.
Inaugurating the state-wide celebrations organised by the Kerala Tourism Department at Nishagandhi open air auditorium in Kanakakunnu Palace grounds here, Vijayan described Onam as an enduring symbol of hope, resilience and resurgence which has an added significance this time as humanity is recovering from the disruptions caused by the COVID-19.
"Onam this time comes with promise and hope. In the last two years, humanity had passed through an unprecedented situation that curbed festivals and get-togethers. As the pandemic is receding, the festive spirit and the happiness that get-togethers bring are back in our lives. However, COVID has not completely vanished, and we have to continue our vigil against its return and spread," Vijayan said.
Tourism Minister, P A Mohamed Riyas, who presided over the function, said Onam spreads the message of equality, which has a great relevance in this era.
Minister for General Education and Labour, V Sivankutty, in his welcome address, said post COVID, people have swiftly embraced the real spirit of Onam with overwhelming enthusiasm.
Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, G R Anil, Minister for Transport, Antony Raju, Thiruvananthapuram MP, Shashi Tharoor, Rajya Sabha MP, A A Rahim, MLAs, I B Satheesh, Kadakampally Surendran, V K Prasanth, Kerala Tourism Director, P B Nooh among others were present on the occasion.
Aparna Balamurali, who won the national award for best actress and actor Dulquer Salmaan were the chief guests in the evening.
Balamurali said it's heartening to see the vibrancy and ecstasy of the people in the capital city for the Onam celebrations.
Noting that Onam is his favourite festival, Dulquer Salmaan lauded the efforts of Kerala Tourism for magnificently conducting celebrations.
Heralding the festival ahead of the inaugural ceremony, Ilanjithara Melam, led by Kalamandalam Sivadas, was performed at Nishagandhi auditorium.
The festival will feature over 8,000 artistes, half of whom are from traditional streams. The cultural extravaganza will conclude on September 12 with colourful pageantries in the state capital and other centres, a release issued by the Tourism Department said.
As part of the Onam celebrations, the capital city has been illuminated into glittering zones from Kawadiar to East Fort and from Vellayambalam to Sasthamangalam.
The festival has, over the years, become one of the most popular cultural events that enthrals both the tourists visiting Kerala during the season and the local communities as well.
In the capital district alone, programmes will be staged in as many as 32 venues | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/07/onam-celebration-kerala-tourism-pinarayi.amp.html | 2022-09-07T04:36:15Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/07/onam-celebration-kerala-tourism-pinarayi.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MERIDEN, Iowa (KCAU) — A family-owned farm in Siouxland earned recognition from the state of Iowa.
The Cronin family was awarded the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award for their community work and soil conservation, but they said their farm has faced plenty of obstacles over the years.
Tim Cronin has owned the farm since 1975. Cronin said every year brings different challenges for farmers in Siouxland
“Low grain prices, just everything,” said Cronin. “The different growing, how we grew through the years, the different challenges it takes trying to grow and all the new innovations that are available to us.”
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented the award to the Cronin family and praised their community service work. Cronin said supporting the community is a belief his family has held all their lives.
“That’s what we’ve been all our life so we don’t know anything different, but it takes the smaller farmer, very important to the agriculture community,” said Cronin. “We do our business here locally, so everyone benefits from us being a small farmer.”
Naig said small family farms like the Cronin’s tackle obstacles in the present while also paving the way for future farmers.
“In these family operations where a lot of times they incorporate livestock or maybe some custom work, in this case, you’ve got trucking involved and farming. They have to get creative in creating space for the next generation to get into these operations,”said Naig.
Cronin said this year has been challenging with the lack of rain. He hopes his grandkids will take over the farm someday and keep the tradition going. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/siouxland-farm-receives-award-for-community-work/ | 2022-09-07T04:37:15Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/siouxland-farm-receives-award-for-community-work/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Featured Local Job: Administrative Assistant- Payroll
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I-80 in Clarion Township Reopens Following Multi-Vehicle Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer
CLARION TWP., Pa. (EYT) – Interstate 80 eastbound in Clarion Township has reopened after a portion of it was closed following a multi-vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon involving a tractor-trailer.
According to PennDOT, the incident was cleared around 6:04 p.m.; however, traffic backups are still being reported.
Interstate 80 eastbound was closed between Exit 60, Shippenville, and Exit 70, Strattanville, for the removal of the trailer from the median.
The multi-vehicle accident happened around 2:30 p.m., and a lane restriction was put in place near mile marker 64.2 in Clarion Township.
According to Clarion-based State Police, a tractor-trailer had rolled over onto the median.
Crews were on the scene to clean up a possible fluid spill.
PSP Clarion is expected to issue a press release shortly.
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An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter passes over Geronimo Drop Zone while supporting airborne training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 31, 2022. Air Force special warfare Airmen from Detachment 1, 3rd ASOS, and Detachment 3, 1st Combat Weather Squadron, supported by Alaska Army National Guard aircrew from the 207th Aviation Troop Command, conducted the training to demonstrate airborne and mission-readiness skills in austere conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)
This work, Air Force special warfare Airmen and Army aviators conduct airborne training in Alaska [Image 17 of 17], by Alejandro Pena, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright. | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7402669/air-force-special-warfare-airmen-and-army-aviators-conduct-airborne-training-alaska | 2022-09-07T04:39:47Z | dvidshub.net | control | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7402669/air-force-special-warfare-airmen-and-army-aviators-conduct-airborne-training-alaska | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Across the nation, students have vastly different experiences learning about a somewhat taboo but super important health topic: sexual health education, or sex ed.
According to Sex Ed for Social Change, or SIECUS, 29 states and D.C. mandate sex ed as of July 2022. But 17 of those states require that abstinence be stressed, and only 11 of them require the curriculum to be medically accurate. Some states choose to leave discussions around healthy relationships, contraception and sexual orientation out of the conversation entirely.
"Due to the lack of guidance and policy implementation at the federal level, the United States has a patchwork of laws that vary, which determine what and if sex education is being taught," said Michelle Slaybaugh, director of social impact and strategic communications at SIECUS. "When it comes to education, policy, decisions have largely been left to local control, So we're talking very local at the school board level, not even the city or state level. It's very, very local."
Currently at the federal level, SIECUS is one group working to get the Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act passed. This legislation promotes comprehensive sex ed, which means giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices about their sexual lives, and the act makes sure access to this education is protected.
SEE MORE: Curriculum Wars Are Intensifying Amid Rising Teacher Burnout
In March, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, but funding for comprehensive sex ed programs is not included.
On the state level, according to the SIECUS mid-year report, the number of bills introduced this year aimed at restricting sex ed was almost equal to the number of bills introduced advancing sex ed. But more regressive bills were passed in states this legislative session than progressive ones.
"I think there is this big myth that if we teach young people about sex, that they're going to go and have it," Slaybaugh said. "The evidence does not show that. Additionally, I think it is very important for us to understand that age appropriate or developmentally appropriate sex education is key."
A Georgetown University study shows that sex ed helps with a lot of things, like preventing unplanned pregnancy, maternal death, unsafe abortions and sexually transmitted diseases. But a survey from the Public Religion Institute found that nearly a quarter of millennials were not taught sex ed in middle or high school.
There is also a big gap in sex ed that's inclusive and talks about LGBTQ+ identities. Less than 10% of LGBTQ+ students say their school's sex ed is inclusive. When talking about gender identity and orientation, this is sometimes where curriculum can become "medically inaccurate."
"Medically accurate sex education is vital to promoting long term health outcomes, and a part of that, which I think is really where we're seeing the rub, is this idea of gender norms, gender stereotypes and orientation," Slaybaugh said.
Florida in particular has become a bit of a hotspot when it comes to sex ed and what can or should be taught. New laws there, like what critics dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill, limits discussion of sexuality and gender identity for some elementary students.
SEE MORE: 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Signed By Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
Katie Lagrone, a correspondent at Newsy's sister station in Tampa, Florida explains a confusing mix of standards on whether the new laws are altering old policies on sex ed.
"In Florida, while laws mandate health education include teen dating and disease control, we discovered there's actually no statewide curriculum for sex education," Lagrone said. "What and how students are taught about sexual and reproductive health is left to individual school boards who approve policies, principals who interpret them and instructors who ultimately drill it down for students. What's more… we found about a one-third of Florida's 67 school districts are teaching students, even high schoolers, abstinence only."
Studies show abstinence-only instruction doesn't prevent teens from having sex. In fact, a 2019 study by the CDC found by the 12th grade, more than half of Florida teens surveyed have already engaged in sexual intercourse, with some STD rates among teens in Florida being four times higher than the national average.
In some counties that have adopted this abstinence-only teaching method in Florida, teen birth rates are actually higher. One district spokesperson told Newsy these limits are because they "are respectful of parents rights."
Elsewhere in the world, some countries have been recognized for comprehensive sex ed programs that help combat these issues, especially in Europe.
In the Netherlands, it's required by law that all primary school students are taught sex ed. It starts as early as 4-years-old, but they're not talking about the full birds and the bees at that age. They are simply covering the basics of healthy relationships.
In the U.S., some people argue that that is too young to be teaching sex ed, but three decades of research shows that sex ed can help prevent child abuse.
On average, teens in the Netherlands are also waiting longer to have sex when compared to Europe or the U.S. Researchers found that most young people in the Netherlands had "wanted and fun" first sexual experiences, while many American teens said they wished they waited longer to have sex for the first time.
The Netherlands has one of the lowest teen pregnancy rates in the world. Dutch teens are some of the most likely to use birth control pills, though part of that could be because contraception is easily accessible.
The Netherlands also works to educate parents on how to talk to their kids about sex to help get everyone on the same page.
In Denmark, for a long time, their sex ed program emphasized preventing unplanned pregnancy and promoting safe sex. In 2015, the country's birth rate fell below the rate necessary to maintain population, and Danish officials went as far as actually encouraging people to have babies at a younger age. At the time, only point 5% of teen girls in Denmark had a baby. That rate was six times higher in the United States.
In recent years, the birth rate has started to rise again. While neither Denmark nor any country has a perfect system, they experienced some outcomes that other places could learn from.
This highlights good models for comprehensive sex ed, but there are also other countries, like the U.S., where it isn't widely taught, there are inconsistencies or it's not available at all. Experts stress the importance of making sure students have the information necessary to live healthy lives.
"We really need to push for something that is rooted in age-appropriate, medically-accurate and affirming content that is taught by trained educators to be able to deliver the most comprehensive and age-appropriate education around sexuality as possible," Slaybaugh said.
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Opelousas Police Officers are on the scene of what was initially called in as a possible traffic crash, but later determined that a drive by shooting had also taken place.
Authorities say multiple rounds were fired into the vehicle between Vine and Union to Landry and Union Streets.
Officers are looking for video surveillance cameras to determine the other vehicle involved and possible suspects.
According to Police Chief Martin McLendon, the victim exited the vehicle and was transported to the hospital by a private vehicle.
More information will be provided as it becomes available. | https://www.katc.com/news/st-landry-parish/opelousas-police-department-investigates-drive-by-shooting | 2022-09-07T04:40:07Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/st-landry-parish/opelousas-police-department-investigates-drive-by-shooting | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Opelousas Police Officers are on the scene of what was initially called in as a possible traffic crash, but later determined that a drive by shooting had also taken place.
Authorities say multiple rounds were fired into the vehicle between Vine and Union to Landry and Union Streets.
Officers are looking for video surveillance cameras to determine the other vehicle involved and possible suspects.
According to Police Chief Martin McLendon, the victim exited the vehicle and was transported to the hospital by a private vehicle.
More information will be provided as it becomes available. | https://www.katc.com/news/st-landry-parish/opelousas-police-department-investigates-drive-by-shooting | 2022-09-07T04:40:07Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/st-landry-parish/opelousas-police-department-investigates-drive-by-shooting | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An Air Force tactical air control (TACP) party specialist assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, descends over Geronimo Drop Zone during airborne training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 31, 2022. Air Force special warfare Airmen from Detachment 1, 3rd ASOS, and Detachment 3, 1st Combat Weather Squadron, supported by Alaska Army National Guard aircrew from the 207th Aviation Troop Command, conducted the training to demonstrate airborne and mission-readiness skills in austere conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)
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Air Force tactical air control party (TACP) specialists assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, jump from an Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter during airborne training over Geronimo Drop Zone Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 31, 2022. Air Force special warfare Airmen from Detachment 1, 3rd ASOS, and Detachment 3, 1st Combat Weather Squadron, supported by Alaska Army National Guard aircrew from the 207th Aviation Troop Command, conducted the training to demonstrate airborne and mission-readiness skills in austere conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)
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Air Force tactical air control (TACP) party specialist assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, descend over Geronimo Drop Zone during airborne training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 31, 2022. Air Force special warfare Airmen from Detachment 1, 3rd ASOS, and Detachment 3, 1st Combat Weather Squadron, supported by Alaska Army National Guard aircrew from the 207th Aviation Troop Command, conducted the training to demonstrate airborne and mission-readiness skills in austere conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)
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KOLA OYELERE writes on the gathering storm over the political space in Kano State, in the North-West regarded as one of the hottest geo-poltical zones in the country.
BY all major indices, Kano State remains a hotbed of politics in the country. It has a huge voting population. Political following in the state is also volatile and awesome. Besides, party politics in the state, more often than not, has a rallying figure at a point in time. So, no key political actor takes the state for granted during preparations for general election.
The level of political awareness of people of the state was not achieved by accident. It is part of the product of the renaissance initiated by the late iconic Mallam Aminu Kano and sustained by his disciples among the talakawas (ordinary people). And in 23 years of civil rule in the country, these factors and a number of others have continued to determine the form and shape of politics of Kano. The main actors individually always try to create a myth around themselves in their bid to dominate the political space. As the 2023 general election fast-approaches, the battle is titling towards three musketeers: Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje; Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Senator Ibrahim Shekarau. Both Kwankwaso and Shekarau are former governors of the state.
In the last few weeks, the three have engaged in seamless moves to outclass one another towards controlling the political lever of Kano. Shekarau, who is the current senator representing Kano central district and Kwankwaso, a former senator that represented Kano Central district are digging in to pull the rug from under the feet of the incumbent governor, Dr Ganduje and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shekarau is the backbone of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) in the state, while Kwankwaso is prrsidential candidate and main pillar of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP).
Kwankwaso was a governor of the state from 1999- 2003, he only ruled the state for four years then, as he was defeated by Malam Shekarau, who successfully ruled the state for eight years, thereby becoming the first governor to break the jinx of administering the state for uninterrupted eight years. Kwankwaso came back to the seat of governance eight years after he had lost and ruled from 2011 to 2015. The current governor Dr Ganduje has been governor since 2015.
Though both Kwankwaso and Ganduje won the state on the platform of PDP in 2011 but towards to the end of their tenure, they defected to the new party then, the APC. It was on the platform of that new party then that Ganduje emerged governor for a second term. Also, Kwankwaso became Senator to represented Kano central, before they parted. While the current governor stayed in APC, his former boss – Kwankwaso defected to the PDP. Shekarau contested the seat on the platform of APC, while Kwankwaso refused to re-contest and Shekarau was elected in Kano central district.
However, before the party primary, Kwankwaso left the PDP and moved to the NNPP. At that time, there was crisis within the rank and file of the parties, especially in the Kano APC. This resulted into the emergence of two factions, with one camp under the control of Ganduje while other faction belonged to Shekarau. They held parallel congresses to elect executive members. While that of Shekarau produced Alhaji Haruna Danzago as chairman, the faction loyal to Ganduje elected Alhaji Abdullahi Abass as the chairman of its executive committee. The confusion arising from the congresses culminated into a rash of litigation and it is on record that the first court ruling recognised Shekarau’s executive as authentic, but subsequent court pronouncements instituted by the other faction sacked the Shekarau exco. Consequently, members of the camp defected to the NNPP, where Shekarau was given an automatic ticket to seek re-election to the Senate. The decision did not go down well with him as he accused Kwankwaso of reneging on an agreement to allocate more elective positions to his loyalists that moved into NNPP. However, Kwankwaso refuted the allegation, saying the NNPP had settled the choice of all candidates to contest the 2023 general election as at the time Shekarau and his supporters defected to the party. So, Shekarau and his acolytes quickly abandoned the NNPP for the PDP. That singular move has redrawn the battle line for the political soul of Kano in 2023. The die is cast as the three political titans seem prepared to stake all that is needed to win Kano for their parties.
With the incumbency factor on his side, coupled with the urge to consolidate his grip on the state, as well as use the election as a public assessment of his eight years’ tenure, governor Ganduje is faced with the battle of his political career. On his part, Shekarau is determined to prove that his influence in the politics of the state is beyond the facade of rhetoric and grandstanding but rooted in grassroots connection and structure.
For Kwankwanso, the Kwankwayya Movement has become part of the subconscious of the people, who made sure that he served as governor and minister at different times in his chequered political career. Nonetheless, there are some outstanding issues as the three continued to strategise for the general election coming up in the country next year.
One of the issues has to do with the cold war that led to the collapse of the romance between Shekarau and Kwankwaso in NNPP. Shekarau said: “I resolved to abandon my senatorial ambition to join the party. I was not happy with the way Dr Kwankwaso treated me and my members on all the promises to allocate elective positions were betrayed, hence the need for us to leave the party for the PDP.” The senator assured that he and his supporters would work for the victory of the PDP in 2023 because they believed that the presidential candidate of the party Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would rescue the country from, most especially the prevalent insecurity and harsh economic situation. The national chairman of the PDP, Senator Iyochia Ayu is ecstatic about the decision of Shekarau and his supporters to dump NNPP for the main opposition party in the country. Ayu says the action of Shekarau marks the crystallization of one of his objectives when he became PDP national chairman. Ayu enthused: “Thank God, history has been made and Mallam Shekarau has returned to his original house.” The ex-president of the Senate in the Third Republic belied that Shekarau is a veritable asset for PDP in the quest to regain power next year.
The governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa also sees the defection of Shekarau to the PDP as a blessing. In his view, this will translate into the PDP amassing more than 60 percent votes of the electorate in Kano in 2023. Dr Sule Yau Sule, media aide to Shekarau, who also served as his Director General, when he was governor 2003 – 2010, said his boss is a staunch advocate of justice and fairness to everybody irrespective of tribe or ethnicity. He recalled that his administration gave non-indigenes political appointments.
A lot people are already predicting possible paradigm shift in Kano politics in 2023. They are saying the general election will be a different ball game. One of those that hold such view is a chieftain of the PDP, Alhaji Musa Ibrahim. He said the gladiators should be ready to prove their mettle instead of counting on some extraneous factors. He warned that the issue of any candidate riding on the crest of President Muhammad Buhari to win election would not arise again since the president would not be on the ballot.
The PDP stalwart provided some statistics to corroborate his claim on Kano politics for the past 20 years. He said Buhari monopolised the votes in Kano. In 2011, Buhari under the Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), polled 1.6 million votes, when Shekarau was the incumbent governor of Kano. In 2015, Buhari polled 1.903 million votes, while PDP got mere 215,777 votes. In 2019, even with Kwankwaso in PDP, Buhari still polled 1.4 million votes, leaving Atiku Abubakar with 391,593 votes. According to Ibrahim, the situation is likely to be different next year because Buhari’s votes are non-transferable to anyone. For example, when he won the 2019 election with a margin of over 1 million votes, two weeks after, Ganduje struggled to win the election with 8,982.
Again, the role played by some presidential aspirants during the convention of PDP is said to have influenced Shekarau to join the PDP. He was reportedly on the same page with a particular aspirant from the North that paved the way for Atiku to clinch the PDP ticket. All those forces believe they need to coalesce behind the candidature of Atiku against the perceived opposition from certain elements. The leaders believe that Shekarau has the pedigree, clout and skill to add value to the PDP ticket, especially from the North-West. They claim that he commands a lot respect and goodwill to checkmate Ganduje and Kwankwanso. They also reason that in the event of a possible alliance between APC and NNPP, Shekarau remains the masterstroke for PDP during the election.
Some politicians in the camp of PDP said that with Kwankwaso on the ballot as the only candidate from the North-West, the party is well-prepared despite speculations about the possibility of an alliance between the NNPP and APC. Honourable Abdulmummin Jibrin, the spokesperson of Kwankwaso, recently refuted the purported alliance. Kwankwaso has equally denied the rumours making the round that he would step down or support any other presidential candidate. “I am in the race to win the presidential election and I am not contemplating of stepping down for any candidate,” Kwankwaso boasted.
As Ganduje, Sheharau and Kwankwaso sustain the battle for supremacy in the state, Atiku will be looking at how to improve his votes in Kano as the highest votes he got from the state was 391,593 in 2019. With Buhari out, he may fancy his chances, but considering that Kwankwaso is on the ballot and Ganduje is working to deliver the State for Tinubu, the Kano votes may be depleted and not in its usual bulk.
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PARKERSBURG-Richard “Rick” Lee Wiener, Sr., 83, of Parkersburg, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at his home in Parkersburg, of natural causes.
Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg.
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Dr. Dianne H.B. Welsh Ph.D. has completed a book that details the history of the Boyt company. Welsh moved to Iowa Falls in 1964 when the company was purchased out of bankruptcy by her family. The book includes multiple interviews with Iowa Falls residents who worked at the Iowa Falls plant during and after her father Holden’s tenure with the company.
Dr. Dianne H.B. Welsh, Ph.D. has written a new book that details the history of the Boyt business. The book is available on Amazon or through the publisher’s website
Dr. Dianne H.B. Welsh, Ph.D. was only eight years old when she began working for her father's business, Boyt, but she was able to watch the company grow and evolve into Boyt Division Welsh Sporting Goods.
While the company closed its doors in 1996, Welsh has authored a published book "Entrepreneurial Family Business: From Survival to Success" that focuses on the development and longevity of the Iowa Falls company.
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An estimated 220 vehicles - cars and trucks, and even a few motorcycles, tractors and fire trucks - lined the Washington Ave. business district on Monday for the 25th Annual Scenic City Cruisers and Iowa Falls Lions Club Labor Day Car Show. The threat of rain may have kept some classic vehicles at home, but people turned out to enjoy what showed up.
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PARKERSBURG-Richard “Rick” Lee Wiener, Sr., 83, of Parkersburg, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at his home in Parkersburg, of natural causes.
Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg.
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Re “State’s ban on gas-powered cars by 2035 not so easy” (Aug. 31):
Dan Walters’ compelling piece on going green missed a vital point that hasn’t been discussed. He covered the lack of charging stations and costs of electric vehicles.
Most people are myopic when they hear a green idea. But keep your eye on the ball. The largest issue that has not been discussed is when we are all green with our electric vehicles and we will change global warming, climate change and basically feel good we are helping the planet. Ready, who is going to cover the $8.8 billion the state receives from the gas tax? I submit that the state will have to tax each electric vehicle thousands of dollars to cover the loss. Keep your eye on the ball.
— Vince Gerlach, La Verne
It’s a really hot in SoCal
Re “Heat wave could melt a few records” (Aug. 31):
To enhance understanding by citizens, extreme weather events that warrant long articles should include the context of climate change. Consider, for example, that of the 30 high-temperature records listed as potentially to be broken during this heat wave, 11 of them date since only 2017.
In other words, even records set very recently are about to be broken yet again. Those short intervals are expected in a warming world, compared to much longer gaps in a stable climate.
Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory just concluded in a study published at the American Geophysical Union that the season for heat waves in urban Southern California was lasting longer, which they explicitly attributed to human-induced climate change.
Heat-related deaths are a major risk for many, and these are sadly undercounted. We can reduce these now, and going forward, with a better level of shared knowledge.
— Gary M. Stewart, Laguna Beach
Gun-free zones
I see in the newspaper (Aug. 31) that Times Square, among many other public places in New York state, has been declared a “gun-free zone.” As I understand it, this means any thug who is planning on shooting people in Times Square will see the relevant “no guns” sign and say, “Goodness gracious. This spoils all my plans.”
— Marc Russell, Los Angeles
AB803
This bill signed into law on Aug. 31 (along with 12 other inconsequential laws) would prevent local governments from enforcing regulations on “small home lot development.” In other words, builders can build up to three additional homes or residences on an existing property and ignore any local ordinances that have been passed to restrict such things as size or encroachment on setbacks. Once again, Big Brother oversteps the bounds of his authority and forces the cities (that already have lost their ability to have single-family dwellings) to file suits against an unconstitutional law in order to maintain some semblance of order in housing “development.”
— Hayden Lening, Claremont
Props. 26 and 27
Re “Vote no on Prop. 26 a cynical measure” (Aug. 31):
I hate the commercials for Propositions 26 and 27, which erroneously lead you to believe that you have to pick one or the other when in truth there is no requirement to vote yes on either.
The odds in the long run are always with the house and the only ones who will benefit substantially are the businesses behind the initiatives notwithstanding the small pittance of funds going to tribes and homelessness. The only losers will be the gamblers, especially those with gambling addictions.
— Ron Garber, Duarte
Newsom’s EV mandate
Gov. Newsom makes an off-the-cuff decision without any real plans. He’s not going to be running California in 2035. Who is going to step in and see this through? I don’t even know what I’ll be driving in 2035.
I see flex alerts all the time. So, will this apply to cars that need a charge? There is the question of enough charging stations. If you live in an apartment or condominium will there be enough stations? There are just so many unanswered questions.
— Lori Rogers, San Pedro
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Following similar moves by other cruise destinations in recent weeks, Barbados has begun to ease pandemic-related health and safety protocols and offer greater freedom for visitors. Of greatest interest is the island nation dropping the testing requirement for fully vaccinated cruise ship travelers.
No Testing Required to Visit Barbados
As of September 1, 2022, visitors to Barbados who are “in transit” through the nation no longer need to present a negative COVID-19 test prior to visiting.
In transit passage means a short stay to sightsee without staying on the island overnight, but instead returning to the cruise ship to depart. This is common with port of call visits in many destinations.
Prior to arriving in Barbados, cruise lines must conduct health assessments of passengers onboard – which cruise lines typically do before embarkation – and submit those results to local authorities.
Cruise passengers will not need to submit individual health assessments to Barbados authorities; this step will be handled by each cruise line for each port visit.
Upon arrival in the Caribbean nation, cruise ship guests who are fully vaccinated – with the last in their series of primary vaccine doses administered at least 14 days before traveling to Barbados – have no further restrictions to explore the island, book shore tours, visit local attractions, or otherwise enjoy their time in port.
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No booster shot is required to be considered fully vaccinated in Barbados.
Guests will be expected to comply with any local guidelines or restrictions such as social distancing, hand sanitizing, or wearing a mask if requested, however, policies that are common in many destinations at this time.
In recent weeks, many Caribbean destinations have dropped pre-arrival testing requirements and more fully opened their ports to cruise travelers. This boost in tourism is beneficial for many port communities, supporting retailers, tour operators, restaurants, bars, artisans, tour guides, and many more local residents and employees.
Grand Cayman, one of the strictest holdouts for pandemic protocols, recently updated its requirements and dropped all travel restrictions just two weeks ago, on August 24, 2022. Similarly, St. Kitts dropped all its travel restrictions a week earlier, on August 15, 2022.
Unvaccinated Travelers
Guests who have not been fully vaccinated must still test negative before arriving in Barbados.
To meet this requirement, a rapid antigen test can be administered onboard the cruise ship up to 48 hours before arriving in Barbados, and travelers should check with their cruise line for assistance in arranging the test within an appropriate time frame depending on the ship’s itinerary.
If guests test positive before arriving, the cruise line will need to make suitable arrangements for affected passengers’ isolation, and they will not be permitted to debark in port.
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Cruising to Barbados
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LIBERAL, Kan.
Lyle Ray McElvania, 95, of Liberal, Kan., and formerly from the Iowa Falls area, died peacefully on Aug. 29, 2022 in Liberal, Kan. A graveside service will be 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at the Alden Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Surls Funeral Home in Iowa Falls.
Lyle McElvania was born in Bradford on Dec. 4, 1926, to Floyd and Gladys McElvania. He attended elementary school at Oakland No. 6 in Popejoy for eight years. He then attended Popejoy High School for two years, then moved to Alden, where he attended high school for two years and graduated in 1944.
He was a World War II Veteran serving in the Army Air Corps.
On Oct. 15, 1949, Lyle was united in marriage to June Rommel. They were married for 57 years until her death in 2006. They had four children, Linda, David, Kevin (died when two years old) and Mark.
After the army, he worked at a service station with his dad and as a mail post carrier, joining Purina in 1947. While working for Purina Feed Company, he was employed in Iowa Falls; Springdale, Ark.; Muskogee, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Okla. and retired as general manager of the Purina plant in Liberal, Kan., 1991. His total years with Purina were 44.
Lyle was a Christian, a believer in Jesus Christ. He was a Sunday school teacher and deacon at the Lutheran church in Springdale, Ark. for many years, and currently a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church in Liberal, Kan.
He enjoyed playing golf and wood working.
Lyle is survived by his children: Linda (John) Canterbury of Ft. Smith, Ark.; David (Claudia) McElvania of Muskogee, Okla.; and Mark McElvania of Liberal, Kan.; grandchildren: Nic (Snoober) Canterbury of Ft. Smith, Ark.; Jenny Frazier (Brian) of Fayetteville, Ark.; Sarah McElvania (Johnny) Kitchen of Oklahoma City, Okla.; Jonathan McElvania of Tulsa, Okla.; Dylan McElvania of Liberal, Kan.; and James McElvania of Liberal, Kan.; great-grandchildren: Easton, Ella and Harper Frazier of Fayetteville, Ark.; Margo and Sam Canterbury of Ft. Smith, Ark.; Taylor, Zachary and Logan Kitchen of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Jonas McElvania of Liberal, Kan.; brothers: Glen (Pat) McElvania and Marlyn (Marlys) McElvania, both of Alden; niece Charlene (Eddie) Polzin of Marshalltown and several other nieces and nephews in Iowa.
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LOS ANGELES ― Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías has spent the majority of his professional career on an innings limit imposed by the team’s front office. The limit applied not only to his regular seasons in the minor and major leagues but to his spring trainings as well.
In 2017, that posed an awkward conflict. Urías was invited to pitch for Team Mexico in the World Baseball Classic. The team was captained by Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and managed by Gonzalez’s brother, Edgar. Three other Dodgers (Sergio Romo, Alex Verdugo and Vidal Nuño) committed to play in the March tournament.
Urías, who was 20 years old at the time, was not allowed to pitch. His innings limit would not allow it. The 2023 WBC, then, will be his first.
When Urías announced his commitment to pitch for Team Mexico on Tuesday, it was not merely a pledge for next year’s tournament. It was the fulfillment of a dream deferred.
“It’s going to be a very special moment to represent Mexico,” Urías said through an interpreter. “Mexico is everything for me. To be able to represent the country, my team – even here when we play at Dodger Stadium I feel like it’s a part of ‘little Mexico’ to come out and pitch among all my fans out here.”
Urías, who leads the National League in ERA (2.29) this season after leading the majors in wins (20) last year, is the most high-profile player to commit to play for Mexico in next year’s WBC. The Culiacán native would bolster a rotation that could potentially include Houston Astros pitcher Jose Urquidy and few other major leaguers.
Urquidy, from Mazatlan, recently told reporters he will wait until after the season to announce his plans.
The Dodgers have four other players who have already committed to the WBC: Will Smith, Trea Turner, and Mookie Betts have committed to play for Team USA. Freddie Freeman has committed to play for Team Canada. More Dodgers could participate in the international tournament next spring, but Manager Dave Roberts wasn’t aware of another commitment beyond coach Dino Ebel (USA).
Pool play at the WBC begins March 8 in Taiwan. Mexico, the U.S., and Canada will be in a pool with Colombia and a fifth qualifier team that begins play in Phoenix on March 11.
GONSOLIN SLOWED
Tony Gonsolin played catch in the outfield as the right-hander continued his progress back from a forearm injury. Roberts conceded that Gonsolin’s timeline to return “is not going as quickly as I think any of us would like.”
Now, for Gonsolin to begin the postseason with a typical starter’s workload, Roberts said “everything does have to go right” in his rehabilitation.
The National League Division Series begins Oct. 11. With the best record in baseball, a magic number in the single digits, and a month remaining in the regular season, the Dodgers are all but mathematically assured of beginning the postseason at home in the best-of-five NLDS.
Gonsolin was 16-1 with an NL-best 2.10 ERA at the time of his injury. He’s thrown 128⅓ innings in the regular season, the most of any single season in his career and nearly twice as many as 2021 (68⅓). There’s a strong temptation to draw a straight line from his workload to his injury.
But Roberts said the Dodgers hadn’t seen any early-season “markers” to indicate Gonsolin’s injury was inevitable. Nor did he harbor any remorse over not skipping one of Gonsolin’s starts to manage his workload.
“Right now we’re looking at it as a three-week break, essentially,” Roberts said. “Hopefully (Gonsolin) can use this time to catch his breath, get back, get strength back, and have him through October.
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The move has been clearly communicated by Chinese officials since last week as they started to draw the line on yuan weakness and even decided to cut the FX reserve ratio to try and shore up the yuan a little when it was trading closer to 6.90 on the dollar. But the daily fixing does sort of give it away and lack of firm intervention i.e. state-owned banks selling the dollar during the day, indicate that the hard line is seen closer to 7.00 rather than 6.90 at the moment.
That is precisely what we're getting with USD/CNY trading to near 6.98 while the offshore yuan even hit 6.99 earlier in the day against the dollar. As this continues to play out, it's a rough development for emerging markets as well as risk currencies
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Read this Term and the antipodeans have also suffered somewhat as a result. I highlighted three weeks ago how this will be a key trigger for the next leg higher in the dollar and it certainly has been the case.
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The People's Bank of China is trying to hold the line on the weakening yuan
PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 6.9160 (vs. estimate at 6.9686)
not to a lot of effect though, offshore yuan above 6.99:
The People's Bank of China is trying to hold the line on the weakening yuan
PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 6.9160 (vs. estimate at 6.9686)
not to a lot of effect though, offshore yuan above 6.99:
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Facebook whistleblower still pushing for change
Frances Haugen acknowledges that there is much that hasn't changed in Meta and in society in the year since she blew the whistle on her former employer.
The big picture: Haugen said that while much of the discussion and decisions about big tech's problems are made in the U.S., some of the most severe consequences are felt in non-English speaking countries where lives are being lost because misinformation and authoritarianism are flourishing on Facebook.
- "There’s a huge discussion that hasn’t come to fruition yet," Haugen said, speaking Tuesday at Code Conference in Los Angeles.
Yes, but: Haugen said that new laws in Europe and greater attention to the mental health impacts of social media are among the positive developments following her disclosures to the Wall Street Journal and regulators around the world.
- Haugen pointed to both the EU's digital services law as well as the first-ever protections for European whistleblowers as the most positive developments over the past year.
Between the lines: Haugen says that the tech industry thinks if change doesn't happen in a couple of years it won't happen at all. But that need not be the case with social media regulation and reform.
- "The arc of history is much longer," Haugen said. "We are starting 15 years to 20 years behind. It’s going to look slow."
What's next: Haugen is working on a simulated social network that educators can use to train the next generation of social media entrepreneurs and content moderators to see how their product design choices play out.
- "I want to have students sit in those seats and argue about it," she said.
- Haugen noted that not everything has to be a tradeoff between free speech and online safety. Simple choices such as suggesting people read articles before sharing can have a huge impact on slowing misinformation.
- "It's not obvious a change that small would have that big an impact," she said. | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/07/frances-haugen-facebook-whistleblower-code-talk | 2022-09-07T05:00:26Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/07/frances-haugen-facebook-whistleblower-code-talk | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Reports: Steve Bannon facing N.Y. state indictment
Steve Bannon, former top Trump chief strategist, is expected to face a new criminal indictment and surrender to New York prosecutors on Thursday, the Washington Post first reported on Tuesday.
Driving the news: The Manhattan district attorney's office is investigating a fundraiser to build a wall along the southern border and the state charges are related to a 2020 federal probe into the alleged misappropriation of nonprofit funds, per WashPost and CNN.
- Trump pardoned Bannon in the federal case, which concerned allegations of defrauding donors to the group We Build The Wall. But presidential pardons are not applicable to state investigations, CNN notes.
What they're saying: Bannon issued a statement late Tuesday to several journalists, calling the expected indictment "phony charges" and "nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system."
The big picture: The expected indictment comes weeks after Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena issued by the Jan. 6 select committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot.
- Representatives for Bannon and the Manhattan district attorney's office did not immediately respond to Axios' requests for comment.
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MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) has continuously impressed investors by sustaining an explosive growth momentum for years. The company’s latest results once again astounded the markets, with its growth metrics coming in hot. MercadoLibre’s expanded profitability prospects arising from robust top-line growth and rising margins combined with the stock falling significantly over the past year have resulted in MercadoLibre’s shares hovering at rather attractive levels. I am bullish on the stock.
What Does MercadoLibre Do?
As a quick reminder, MercadoLibre is by far the most prominent e-commerce and payment platform in Latin America in terms of unique visitors and page views. It has a vibrant footprint in 18 countries. The company has managed that by delivering a suite of advanced technology solutions to the entire value chain of commerce. Some of its other services constitute fintech solutions, e-store setups, loan financing, and advertising.
MELI’s Unstoppable Growth Momentum
MercadoLibre’s growth momentum has been truly unstoppable. To provide some perspective, the company has grown its revenues every single year with no exceptions since 2004, which is as back as its publicly available data goes. Regarding its more recent performance, MercadoLibre’s revenues increased from $298.9 million in Fiscal 2011 to $7.07 billion last year, suggesting a 10-year CAGR of 37.2%.
The company’s massive growth has been powered by the fact that Latin America boasts a population of 650 million people currently undergoing an accelerated internet adoption phase. MercadoLibre is capitalizing on this technological revolution by expanding its operations very rapidly, capturing as much of this “new” market as soon as possible.
The company’s most recent results were one of the most impressive among its e-commerce peers during this earnings season, as MercadoLibre posted explosive growth in revenues and net income, despite the shaky underlying macroeconomic environment.
In its Q2-2022 results, MercadoLibre’s Gross Merchandise Value increased 26.2% on an FX-neutral basis to $8.6 billion. Items sold exceeded 275 million on the platform, leading to the company posting record net revenues of $2.6 billion. This implies a massive increase of 56.5% year-over-year on an FX-neutral basis. These numbers are particularly strong, considering last year’s results had already been inflated due to the industry tailwinds created as a result of the pandemic.
Further, the company’s Fintech business also performed exceptionally, with Total Payments Volume (TPV) rising 83.9% year-over-year to $30.2 billion. This actually implies an acceleration from the previous quarter’s 81.2%.
The massive increase was aided by robust growth from the Mobile Point of Sale (MPOS) business and QR payments. The MPOS business continues to add new devices to its installed base, while QR payments kept increasing greatly both in Argentina and Brazil. QR payments growth is a very positive sign that confirms that wallet usage is seeing advanced adoption.
MercadoLibre’s Fintech Prospects Look Great
I want to note that while MercadoLibre’s Payment Solution segment recorded exceptional growth, I am even more interested in the company’s payment solutions that are not necessarily confined within MercadoLibre’s ecosystem.
Specifically, in Q2, about 70% ($20.8 billion out of $30.2 billion) of TPV took place off of MercadoLibre’s commerce platform. This means that the segment’s evolution prospects are not restricted to MercadoLibre’s standalone growth and can continue growing even if MercadoLibre’s own e-commerce growth slows down.
Why is this important? Because fintech solutions should continue to grow massively in Latin America in the coming years since a considerable chunk of the population is still unbanked.
Particularly, around 10% of the adult population in Brazil does not make use of a bank account. In Argentina, the case is even more excessive, with roughly 51% of all adults staying unbanked. Therefore, there is an incredibly extensive unexploited market for MercadoLibre to profit from.
Improving Profitability and a Justified Valuation
MercadoLibre’s ever-continuous growth has led to mighty economies of scale arising over time, leading to expanded margins and, thus, higher profitability prospects. For instance, pushed by operating leverage in shipping and effective fee collection, the company’s Q2 gross margins expanded from 44.3% to 49.4% year-over-year.
Overall, the company’s profitability is improving dramatically, with net income reaching a new all-time high of around $123 million during the quarter. Analysts are forecasting the company to achieve earnings per share of $7.59, which implies an outrageous P/E of close to 113.
However, the combination of MercadoLibre’s revenue growth, internal efficiencies, and expanding margins are likely to lead to an EPS growth CAGR north of 50% over the next few years. In that regard, this multiple is entirely justified, as the company’s net income has only now started to pick up.
Is MELI Stock a Buy or Sell?
Turning to Wall Street, MercadoLibre has a Strong Buy consensus rating based on 10 Buys and one Hold assigned in the past three months. At $1,278.75, the average MercadoLibre price target suggests 49.1% upside potential.
Conclusion: An Attractive Company, but Don’t Ignore the Risks
MercadoLibre’s explosive growth numbers, combined with evolving profitability prospects as a result of scaling economics, have made its beaten-down shares rather attractive. Still, before investing, investors should keep in mind the underlying risks attached to the stock. Firstly, parallel to the U.S. and Europe, inflation in Latin America has also skyrocketed lately. It could ultimately suppress consumers’ purchasing power, thus, harming the company’s growth prospects.
Additionally, due to the entirety of MercadoLibre’s revenues being sourced outside of the U.S., there are geopolitical and FX risks involved, which some investors may prefer to avoid.
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Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) stock has been crushed since peaking back in late 2020, and its slide may not be over, as the biggest pandemic winners look to surrender even more of their 2020 gains. Despite the epic collapse, Zoom stock is still up from the start of 2020. Though Zoom has a great product that exploded in popularity during lockdowns, the stock may still be too expensive, given the recession ahead and rivals in the video-conferencing space.
Although Zoom has done a great job diversifying its product base with Zoom Contact Center, Zoom Phone, and other intriguing offerings, it’s hard to justify the current 24.5x trailing earnings multiple. I am neutral on the stock.
Further, big tech has targeted video-conferencing solutions. As their offerings improve over time, there may not be much stopping clients from jumping ship. Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) is one competitor that scares me the most. Google has been pushing its Workspace suite quite hard recently, with Google Meet bundled alongside other cloud-based productivity solutions, including Docs and Sheets.
Google Meet: Has Zoom Video Communications Met its Match?
Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) products work so well together. Though Zoom may have had superior video-conferencing technology during pandemic-era lockdowns, Google looks to be closing the performance gap. Google teamed up with Pexip to improve upon interoperability. As time goes on, one has to think the Meet platform will grow to become even more flexible and easy to use.
With the inclusion of Google Meet within the incredibly popular Gmail app, Google is giving users another reason to use its video-conferencing application over a rival. Indeed, Zoom continues to innovate with new collaboration and work solutions. However, I think Google is too deep-pocketed a firm to fend off, as it looks to get a bigger slice of the video-conferencing market.
Google is reportedly taking a page out of Zoom Video’s playbook, with the popular push-to-talk feature coming soon to Google Meet. Undoubtedly, Google Meet is becoming more Zoom-like with time. With such a strong network effect in Google Workspace, I’d have to give the edge to Google as the video-conferencing wars take it to the next level.
Remote and hybrid work is likely here to stay, even as the pandemic draws to a close. Still, Zoom doesn’t seem to have a wide enough moat to keep its rivals at bay. Google is just one Zoom rival that could take meaningful share as it continues rolling out new features and functionality.
Zoom is Exploring Growth Beyond its Flagship Product
Zoom isn’t just going to sit around and let its competitors take its slice of economic profits in video-conferencing. The company’s portfolio is growing, with a wide range of product offerings, including Zoom Rooms, Zoom Meetings, Zoom Phone, and Zoom Apps. The most intriguing new offering that could help Zoom enhance its ecosystem is the online events platform OnZoom.
Zoom’s OnZoom could easily evolve to become Zoom’s next major growth driver. The platform is currently in beta and aims to be a go-to marketplace for “immersive experiences.”
Undoubtedly, OnZoom seems to be fine diversifying away from its traditional work and productivity areas of expertise. As the platform targets live events and other forms of engaging entertainment, OnZoom could find itself clashing with wildly-popular video-game-focused live streaming platform Twitch and even co-experience platform Roblox (NYSE: RBLX).
Twitch may have started as a place to watch other people play video games. Over the years, the platform has become a place where viewers can watch special events or engage in other non-gaming experiences. The “Just Chatting” category is consistently among Twitch’s most popular categories.
In any case, Zoom’s move into live experiences seems to be well-timed, with firms like Roblox proving there’s ample money to be made in digital experiences. Further, such an experience platform could act as an onramp into the metaverse.
Is ZM a Good Stock to Buy?
Turning to Wall Street, ZM stock comes in as a Moderate Buy. Out of 22 analyst ratings, there are seven Buys, 14 Holds, and one Sell. The average Zoom Video price target is $108.94, implying upside potential of 36.1%. Analyst price targets range from a low of $76.00 per share to a high of $130.00 per share.
Conclusion: Don’t Expect an Epic Rebound
Zoom Video will probably never see a tailwind as powerful as it experienced early-to-mid 2020. Tech rivals have set their sights on video-conferencing, making it tough for Zoom to maintain the growth rate it commanded just over a year ago.
Though Zoom stock may not see its highs again, intriguing efforts like OnZoom could help give the firm a growth jolt and allow the stock to find its footing again. The OnZoom experience platform is still in its early days, but if it can carve out a nice slice of the video-based experiences market, I’d not be surprised if Zoom stock ends up being a winner for investors who get in at today’s modest prices. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/why-zoom-video-stock-nasdaqzm-may-still-be-too-expensive | 2022-09-07T05:02:52Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/why-zoom-video-stock-nasdaqzm-may-still-be-too-expensive | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Former federal prosecutor Dan Goldman will win the Democratic nomination for New York's 10th Congressional District, CNN projected Tuesday, after state Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou conceded.
Goldman's victory puts the party's lead counsel at former President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial on a path to join the House.
A moderate running in one of the country's most liberal districts, Goldman benefited from a logjam of progressive candidates vying for the newly drawn, open seat in Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Niou, who is on track to finish a close second, openly considered a third-party bid against Goldman in November. But she -- along with the Working Families Party, whose ballot line she could have run on -- ultimately decided against it.
"I will not be on the WFP line for the general," Niou said in a video posted late Tuesday. "We simply do not have the resources to fight all fights at the same time, and we must protect our democracy now."
The prospect of a coming avalanche of outside spending from pro-Israel groups and the ability of Goldman, an heir to the Levi Strauss & Co. fortune, to pour additional personal funds into the race -- he spent nearly $5 million during the primary -- was among the leading factors that dissuaded Niou and the WFP from launching a new campaign.
Goldman's victory also means that Rep. Mondaire Jones, who moved to the district rather than take on Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the chair of the Democrats' House campaign arm, in another redrawn district outside the city that included most of his current constituents, will be leaving the House after one term. After Niou and Jones, City Council member Carlina Rivera rounded out the top four -- the only candidates to break double digits in a field of 12 active candidates. The 13th on the ballot, former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, dropped out in July.
In a statement released shortly after Niou ended her campaign, Goldman said he looked forward to helping Democrats keep their House and Senate majorities in the fall.
"I am excited to get to work alongside every person in this district to make a real difference in the lives of New Yorkers," Goldman said. "Each of the candidates in this race raised critical issues that must be addressed in City Hall, Albany and Washington, and I learned so much from them during the primary."
Goldman will be the overwhelming favorite in a general election against Republican and Conservative Party nominee Benine Hamdan, who ran unopposed.
This story has been updated with additional details.
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Steve Bannon is expected to surrender Thursday to face New York state charges related to his fundraising effort to build a wall along the southern US border, people familiar with the matter say.
The state charges, which have been returned in an indictment, are based on the same conduct Bannon was charged with by federal prosecutors in 2020. Then-President Donald Trump pardoned Bannon on the federal fraud charges related to the alleged scheme as he was leaving office. Presidential pardons do not apply to state investigations.
The Washington Post first reported Bannon's plans to surrender.
The Manhattan district attorney's office opened an investigation into Bannon and the crowd-fundraising effort called "We Build The Wall" after the pardon.
In recent months, several people close to Bannon were brought before the state grand jury, CNN previously reported.
Bannon issued a statement late Tuesday, in part calling the indictment "phony charges" and "nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system."
"I am proud to be a leading voice on protecting our borders and building a wall to keep our country safe from drugs and violent criminals," he said inthe statement, adding: "They are coming after all of us, not only Present Trump and myself. I am never going to stop fighting. In fact, I have not yet begun to fight. They will have to kill me first."
His lawyer declined to comment to CNN.
As CNN previously reported, federal prosecutors with the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York had charged Bannon and three others, alleging they had defrauded donors in the border wall effort, which raised more than $25 million.
Bannon was charged with diverting more than $1 million to pay an alleged co-conspirator and cover hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal expenses. Prosecutors alleged that the donors, including some in New York, were falsely told that all the money contributed would go toward the construction effort.
Manhattan prosecutors subpoenaed bank records and quietly worked on the investigation over the past year as they investigated Trump and his real estate business, sources familiar with the matter previously told CNN. But the district attorney's office deferred a charging decision on Bannon until federal prosecutors concluded their case against his three co-defendants, who were not pardoned.
In April, two of the alleged co-conspirators in the border wall effort, Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Kolfage also pleaded guilty to two counts of filing a false tax return and one count of wire fraud in connection with filing a false tax return.
Timothy Shea, a fourth man charged in the fundraising effort, was indicted on multiple counts of conspiracy for the alleged scheme, but a judge in June declared a mistrial after the jury informed her multiple times that it was deadlocked.
This story has been updated with additional details.
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Geoff Diehl, a former state lawmaker endorsed by ex-President Donald Trump, will win the Republican nomination for Massachusetts governor, CNN projects, setting up a showdown with Democratic state Attorney General Maura Healey.
Republican Gov. Charlie Baker's decision not to seek reelection this year upended the Bay State political world, setting off a scramble among ambitious members of both parties as the top job -- which Baker had won twice -- suddenly came open and set off a domino effect down the ballot.
Despite its liberal reputation, Massachusetts has a long habit of electing Republican governors -- Deval Patrick, who served two terms, is the only Democrat to hold the corner office on Beacon Hill since Michael Dukakis left it in 1991 -- and Baker, even in this era of sharp partisan divisions, routinely polled as one of the country's most popular state leaders.
His departure, in the face of intraparty opposition to his criticism of Trump and the prospect of a primary challenge, paved the way for Diehl to claim front-runner status for the GOP nomination. Diehl will defeat businessman Chris Doughty, who, despite being complimentary of the former President, had argued that his political brand is toxic in Massachusetts and a statewide candidate like Diehl would be doomed to defeat in the general election.
In his endorsement of Diehl last year, Trump mostly railed against Baker -- who had not yet announced he wouldn't run again -- denouncing the governor as a "RINO," or Republican in Name Only, and saying his climate policy views were "fresh out of the AOC playbook," a reference to progressive New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
"Geoff Diehl, on the other hand, is a true patriot, a believer in low energy costs and our independent energy policy," Trump said.
Diehl will be the heavy underdog in the general election against Healey, whom CNN projected earlier Tuesday would win the Democratic nomination, setting her up to potentially become the state's first out lesbian governor. Healey, after months of weighing her options, jumped into the open-seat race less than two months after Baker bowed out.
Healey's announcement, in late January, cleared the field of previously declared Democratic candidates. Her fundraising prowess and national stature, sharpened during Trump's presidency when she often challenged his administration in court, has made her a household name among commonwealth Democrats who believed she represented the party's best chance to unseat Baker.
In addition to the top of the Democratic ticket, the party's congressional delegation is all but settled following recent cycles of upheaval. None of the nine members of Massachusetts' all-Democratic US House delegation are facing a primary challenger this year.
So, much of the intrigue Tuesday came from a pair of primaries that might not have been close -- or even contested, in one case -- had Baker sought a third term.
On the Republican side, Diehl emerged from a contentious contest with Doughty, who had argued that he represented the GOP's best chance to defeat Healey in November. (Diehl had the state party's endorsement, but Doughty secured enough delegates at its May convention to make the ballot.)
Doughty -- who has said he voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Trump in 2020 -- got a late boost from influential conservative radio host Howie Carr, who, echoing the candidate's electability argument, backed Doughty over Diehl.
Meanwhile, Diehl and Leah Allen, his allied candidate for lieutenant governor, held a tele-rally with Trump on Monday evening.
The Boston Globe editorial board, though far from an influential voice with Republican primary voters, beseeched them (and eligible independents) to choose Doughty and begin a "party reset."
"That process will take years, but voters can jump-start it by choosing Doughty, a calm voice for a more pragmatic conservatism, over Diehl, a dedicated acolyte of former President Donald Trump," the board wrote.
Diehl refused a televised debate with Doughty (they debated on Carr's radio show back in July), so WBZ in Boston last week held a "virtual debate" -- conducting separate interviews, back-to-back, then editing parts of them together.
"He's too extreme for our state, he pursues conspiracy theories, he has beliefs that are just not consistent with the state of Massachusetts," Doughty said of Diehl. "It makes him not electable."
Diehl sidestepped the assertion when asked about it, focusing on the primary and the spring GOP convention.
"So far he's got an 0-and-1 record," Diehl said. "At the convention, I think I beat him 71%-29%. So that claim, of course, is going to come from any challenger."
The most competitive high-profile Democratic primary Tuesday was for the nomination to succeed Healey as state attorney general. Former Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell, the first Black woman to serve in that job, will win the nomination, CNN projects. If she were to become AG, she'd be the first Black woman to be elected statewide. She will defeat labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan.
Healey, who has endorsed Campbell, stumped for her in the run-up to primary day. US Rep. Ayanna Pressley also backed Campbell and made her case at a rally with signs for all three women behind them.
"We need a bold, fierce, visionary, inclusive leader like Andrea Campbell," Pressley said. "The people deserve that. The moment demands that. And that is what the job requires."
Voters were thrown a late curveball when a third candidate, attorney Quentin Palfrey, dropped out last week and endorsed Campbell, joining Healey, Pressley and US Sen. Ed Markey in a race that has divided leading state progressives. (Palfrey was an active candidate when early voting began, and his name remained on the ballot.)
Liss-Riordan had the backing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and former acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey -- all three of whom featured prominently in her closing ad.
"Shannon Liss-Riordan is the progressive champion Massachusetts needs as our next attorney general," Warren said in announcing her endorsement late last month. "I know, firsthand, how Shannon fights back and wins against the corporations and special interests that take advantage of working families."
Campbell will face Republican attorney James McMahon, the losing 2018 nominee to Healey who ran unopposed Tuesday.
This story and headline have been updated with additional developments.
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Apple lovers rejoice: Ohio apple crop is 'looking great'
Despite extreme heat and a lack of rain, this year's apple crop is looking good.
Area orchards have begun to pick early varieties of their crop and say late September is when they will harvest the majority of the apples, leaving apple lovers with plenty of varieties to choose from.
Alex Buck, president of the Fruit Grower Marketing Association in Newcomerstown, said harvest volumes across Ohio are expected to be larger than in the previous two years, especially the two most popular varieties: Gala and Honeycrisp.
"Our Ohio apple crop is looking great this year overall," he added.
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But Kyle Goist, a crop adjuster for ProAg who visits farms throughout eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania and parts of New York, said Ohio's apple crop is average.
Early varieties of apples were damaged by frostbite and some of those early crops such as Red Delicious are lighter than other varieties. Some apple growers have smaller fruit because of the extreme heat.
Goist said the smaller size does not impact the taste.
The lack of rain wasn't a problem for most orchards, which are equipped with commercial drip irrigation systems, he said.
"I'm finding the smallest crops in the southern part of Pennsylvania but not in our direct area," Goist explained.
Crops in Wayne and Ashland counties had some damage from hail this summer, he added.
Hail takes early bite out of apple crop in some Ohio areas
Scenic Ridge Fruit Farm in Ashland County is prime for picking, but the 80-plus acre orchard's crop suffered from the hail damage this summer.
"We experienced about 30% crop damage from hail, which is always a big fear at this time of year," manager Brandon Bauman said. "But over the next couple weeks, we've got Gala and Honeycrisp coming ripe, right around our biggest picking time of the year."
The Evercrisp, a cross between a Fuji and Honeycrisp, is a newer Ohio apple that Bauman expects to be well received this year.
"It's kind of a later apple, like towards the end of October," he said. "The crop on these younger seeds looks pretty good on that apple. It's been a little slow to catch on, because people still like that Honeycrisp, but late in the season, I can't think of anything that beats it."
Bauman reported that Scenic Ridge Fruit Farm, on state Route 89 just south of U.S. Route 30, should have more than 20 varieties to pick from this season, which he expected to kick off over Labor Day weekend.
At Sunny Slope in Tuscarawas Township in Stark County, workers are busy picking apples.
Joe Yoder, who works with his son, Isaac Yoder, who owns Sunny Slope, said they had some damage to their crops of early apples and peaches from frost, but overall the crop is meeting their expectations.
Some varieties, including Honeycrisp, have already been harvested and are in the Sunny Slope market. Pick-your-own dates have been scheduled for the next three months.
Sunny Slope grows 32 varieties of apples in its more than 80 acres of orchards. Besides the popular Honeycrisp, Gala, McIntosh and Granny Smith, it is also growing a few new types of apples known as sport apples.
What are sport apples?
Sport apples are created by a mutation of other apple varieties. Many of them were created in labs and offer specific taste profiles.
There are several advantages to the new varieties, including having a longer shelf life and handling the heat better than other apple varieties.
Yoder encourages apple eaters to try one of the new varieties such as the Ludacrisp and Sweet Zinger, that is supposed to have a "juicy flavor."
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Later varieties of apples tend to be sweeter, he added.
Bryce Bauman, manager of sales at Bauman Orchards in Rittman in Wayne County, said the apple crop is "really good," with the 15 varieties being decent in size.
"Some heat is good but too much heat can produce smaller fruit," he said.
Pick-your-own apples begins Sept. 16 at Bauman Orchards but the store is stocked with Gala, Honeycrisp and Ginger Gold apples, Bryce Bauman added.
This year's apple crop is what Hillcrest Orchard owner Merle Hershberger calls an 80% crop.
"It's pretty good," he said. "We had some freezes this spring, which is why some areas are a little lighter than other areas. Some varieties are completely full crops, while some of the earlier apples are really light."
McIntosh, Summer Rambo, Red Delicious and Ginger Golds are not as good as the rest of the crop, according to the owner of the 75-acre orchard on Township Road 444 in Walnut Creek, Tuscarawas County.
Other varieties such as Gala and Honeycrisp are really full. Jonagolds and Golden Delicious also are full crops.
Hershberger added that the Labor Day weekend is when the pick-your-own season really starts in earnest.
"September up through the middle of October is going to be good picking," he said.
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Where to go for apples
Ashland County
Scenic Ridge Fruit Farm, 2031 state Route 89, Jeromesville; 419-368-3353 or https://baumanorchards.com/locations/scenic-ridge. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Pick-your-own apples Sept. 16-Oct. 8. Visit Scenic Ridge Fruit Farm on Facebook for updates.
Springhill Fruit Farm, 5646 Ganges-Five Points Road, Shiloh; 419-896-2866 or http://springhill-fruit-farm.com. Open 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Farm has 30 varieties of apples. No pick-your-own apples, but the store sells them.
Carroll County
Manfull Orchards, 8146 Kensington Road, Augusta; 330-895-4861 or www.manfullorchards.com. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. No pick-your-own apples, but the farm market sells them.
Columbiana County
Huffman Fruit Farm, 13075 Lisbon Road, Salem; 330-533-5700. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call for availability dates of pick-your-own apples. Visit Huffman Fruit Farm on Facebook for updates.
Dillon Fruit Farm, 10841 Wayne Bridge Road, Lisbon, 330-424-5169 or www.dillonfruitfarm.com. Open 9 a.m-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Honeycrisp and Paula Red apples in the market as of Sept. 1. Call for availability dates of pick-your-own apples or visit Dillon Fruit Farm on Facebook for updates.
Sanor’s Fruit Farm, 2514 state Route 172, Minerva, 330-894-2375. No pick-your-own apples, but the store will sell them beginning around Sept. 20. Call for updates.
Mahoning County
Haus Orchard & Cider Mill, 6742 West Calla Road, Canfield, 330-533-5305 or www.hausappleorchards.com. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. No pick-your-own apples, but the market sells them. Visit Haus Cider Mill on Facebook for updates.
Stahl's Farm Market, 10780 North Johnson Road, North Benton, 330-584-2077 or http://stahlsfarmmarket.com. Pick-your-own apples 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. for six weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) starting Sept. 10-11. Visit Stahl’s Farm Market on Facebook for updates.
White House Fruit Farm, 9249 state Route 62, Canfield. Call 330-533-4161 or www.whitehousefruitfarm.com. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Farm has 21 varieties of apples. No pick-your-own apples, but the market sells them. Visit White House Fruit Farm on Facebook for updates.
Medina County
Geig's Orchard, 8468 Wooster Pike, Seville; 330-769-3276 or www.geigsorchard.com. Open 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Pick-your-own apples the first two weekends in October. Visit Geig’s Orchard on Facebook for updates.
Hillside Orchard, 2397 Center Road, Hinckley; 330-225-4748 or https://hillsidefarmfresh.com. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Pick-your-own apples for two weekends beginning Oct. 1.
Pick-n-Save Orchard, 1222 Ledge Road, Medina; 330-239-1480 (a recording of picking dates is available) or http://picknsaveorchard.com. One-hour reservations are required for pick-your-own apples. Purchase tickets at http://pick-n-save-orchard.ticketleap.com. No admission into the picking areas of farm without a reservation/pre-purchased bag/carton for each person. (2 and younger free). Apple bags are free; outside containers are prohibited.
Richardson Farms, 6984 Lafayette Road, Medina; 330-722-4029 or http://richardson-farms.com. Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Pick-your-own apples begins the second weekend of September and lasts until the apples are gone. Farm market also sells apples.
Portage County
Monroe's Orchard & Farm Market, 6313 Pioneer Trail, Hiram; 330-569-7464 or https://monroesorchard.com. Pick-your-own apples begins mid-September on the weekends. Farm market also sells apples. Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Visit Monroe’s Orchard on Facebook for updates.
Beckwith Orchards, 1617 Lake Rockwell Road, Kent; 330-673-6433 or www.beckwithorchards.com. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Orchard has 21 varieties of apples. No pick-your-own, but gift shop sells apples.
Stahl's Farm Market, 4560 state Route 14, Ravenna, 330-325-0640 or http://stahlsfarmmarket.com. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Pick-your-own apples begins Sept. 10-11. Visit Stahl’s Farm Market on Facebook for updates.
Richland County
Apple Hill Orchards, 1175 Lexington-Ontario Road, Mansfield, 419-884-1500; and 16908-16970 Upper Fredericktown Amity Road, Fredericktown, 740-694-7688; www.applehillorchards.com. Open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Pick-your-own apples now through early November at either location. Visit Apple Hill Orchards on Facebook for updates.
Stark County
Arrowhead Orchard, 11724 Lisbon St. SE, Paris; 330-614-2947 or www.ArrowheadOrchard.com. You-pick apples four-day weekends are Sept. 2-Oct. 31 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, Friday and Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sundays. Schedule a you-pick time slot at https://tinyurl.com/yv22mf3d. The store also sells apples. Visit Arrowhead Orchard on Facebook for updates.
Sunny Slope, 14960 Millersburg Road, Tuscarawas Township; 330-833-9415 or http://sunnyslopeapples.com. Orchard has 30 varieties of apples. Pick your own apples, or buy them at the market through October. Open 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Pick-your-own Honeycrisp apples 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 10; call for other pick-your-own dates. Visit Sunny Slope Orchard on Facebook for updates.
Summit County
Kuner's Fruit Farm, 5424 S. Arlington Road, Green; 330-896-1391. Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. No pick-your-own apples, but the market sells them.
Tuscarawas County
Hillcrest Orchard, 2474 Walnut St., Walnut Creek; 330-893-9906. Orchard grows 22 varieties of apples. No pick-your-own apples, but they are available in the store, open 8 a.m-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday from August through March.
Wayne County
Moreland Fruit Farms, 1558 W. Moreland Road, Wooster; 330-264-8735. Open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Pick-your-own Honeycrisp apples Sept. 10. Call for updates of other varieties.
Bauman Orchards Farm Market, 161 Rittman Ave., Rittman; 330-925-6861 or https://baumanorchards.com. Open 8 a.m.- 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Pick-your-own apples Sept. 16 through Oct. 8. The Corner Market, 10370 Akron Road (corner of state Routes 585 and 57), Rittman, also sells apples. 330-855-1029. Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Visit Bauman Orchards on Facebook for updates.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A long-serving Democratic member of the House of Delegates from northern Virginia has resigned his seat. The move by Del. Mark Keam will set up a special election to fill the vacancy in the blue-leaning district. The election does not have the possibility of impacting the current GOP House majority. According to a spokesman for GOP House Speaker Todd Gilbert, Keam resigned effective Tuesday to take a job in the Biden administration. Keam didn’t immediately respond to an emailed request for comment from The Associated Press. Keam is an attorney who was first elected to his Fairfax County-based district in 2009. | https://www.wboc.com/news/longtime-democratic-virginia-delegate-resigns/article_f577ce1a-2e55-11ed-8db2-af1edcb4c7c1.html | 2022-09-07T05:17:33Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/longtime-democratic-virginia-delegate-resigns/article_f577ce1a-2e55-11ed-8db2-af1edcb4c7c1.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Across the nation, students have vastly different experiences learning about a somewhat taboo but super important health topic: sexual health education, or sex ed.
According to Sex Ed for Social Change, or SIECUS, 29 states and D.C. mandate sex ed as of July 2022. But 17 of those states require that abstinence be stressed, and only 11 of them require the curriculum to be medically accurate. Some states choose to leave discussions around healthy relationships, contraception and sexual orientation out of the conversation entirely.
"Due to the lack of guidance and policy implementation at the federal level, the United States has a patchwork of laws that vary, which determine what and if sex education is being taught," said Michelle Slaybaugh, director of social impact and strategic communications at SIECUS. "When it comes to education, policy, decisions have largely been left to local control, So we're talking very local at the school board level, not even the city or state level. It's very, very local."
Currently at the federal level, SIECUS is one group working to get the Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act passed. This legislation promotes comprehensive sex ed, which means giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices about their sexual lives, and the act makes sure access to this education is protected.
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In March, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, but funding for comprehensive sex ed programs is not included.
On the state level, according to the SIECUS mid-year report, the number of bills introduced this year aimed at restricting sex ed was almost equal to the number of bills introduced advancing sex ed. But more regressive bills were passed in states this legislative session than progressive ones.
"I think there is this big myth that if we teach young people about sex, that they're going to go and have it," Slaybaugh said. "The evidence does not show that. Additionally, I think it is very important for us to understand that age appropriate or developmentally appropriate sex education is key."
A Georgetown University study shows that sex ed helps with a lot of things, like preventing unplanned pregnancy, maternal death, unsafe abortions and sexually transmitted diseases. But a survey from the Public Religion Institute found that nearly a quarter of millennials were not taught sex ed in middle or high school.
There is also a big gap in sex ed that's inclusive and talks about LGBTQ+ identities. Less than 10% of LGBTQ+ students say their school's sex ed is inclusive. When talking about gender identity and orientation, this is sometimes where curriculum can become "medically inaccurate."
"Medically accurate sex education is vital to promoting long term health outcomes, and a part of that, which I think is really where we're seeing the rub, is this idea of gender norms, gender stereotypes and orientation," Slaybaugh said.
Florida in particular has become a bit of a hotspot when it comes to sex ed and what can or should be taught. New laws there, like what critics dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill, limits discussion of sexuality and gender identity for some elementary students.
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Katie Lagrone, a correspondent at Newsy's sister station in Tampa, Florida explains a confusing mix of standards on whether the new laws are altering old policies on sex ed.
"In Florida, while laws mandate health education include teen dating and disease control, we discovered there's actually no statewide curriculum for sex education," Lagrone said. "What and how students are taught about sexual and reproductive health is left to individual school boards who approve policies, principals who interpret them and instructors who ultimately drill it down for students. What's more… we found about a one-third of Florida's 67 school districts are teaching students, even high schoolers, abstinence only."
Studies show abstinence-only instruction doesn't prevent teens from having sex. In fact, a 2019 study by the CDC found by the 12th grade, more than half of Florida teens surveyed have already engaged in sexual intercourse, with some STD rates among teens in Florida being four times higher than the national average.
In some counties that have adopted this abstinence-only teaching method in Florida, teen birth rates are actually higher. One district spokesperson told Newsy these limits are because they "are respectful of parents rights."
Elsewhere in the world, some countries have been recognized for comprehensive sex ed programs that help combat these issues, especially in Europe.
In the Netherlands, it's required by law that all primary school students are taught sex ed. It starts as early as 4-years-old, but they're not talking about the full birds and the bees at that age. They are simply covering the basics of healthy relationships.
In the U.S., some people argue that that is too young to be teaching sex ed, but three decades of research shows that sex ed can help prevent child abuse.
On average, teens in the Netherlands are also waiting longer to have sex when compared to Europe or the U.S. Researchers found that most young people in the Netherlands had "wanted and fun" first sexual experiences, while many American teens said they wished they waited longer to have sex for the first time.
The Netherlands has one of the lowest teen pregnancy rates in the world. Dutch teens are some of the most likely to use birth control pills, though part of that could be because contraception is easily accessible.
The Netherlands also works to educate parents on how to talk to their kids about sex to help get everyone on the same page.
In Denmark, for a long time, their sex ed program emphasized preventing unplanned pregnancy and promoting safe sex. In 2015, the country's birth rate fell below the rate necessary to maintain population, and Danish officials went as far as actually encouraging people to have babies at a younger age. At the time, only point 5% of teen girls in Denmark had a baby. That rate was six times higher in the United States.
In recent years, the birth rate has started to rise again. While neither Denmark nor any country has a perfect system, they experienced some outcomes that other places could learn from.
This highlights good models for comprehensive sex ed, but there are also other countries, like the U.S., where it isn't widely taught, there are inconsistencies or it's not available at all. Experts stress the importance of making sure students have the information necessary to live healthy lives.
"We really need to push for something that is rooted in age-appropriate, medically-accurate and affirming content that is taught by trained educators to be able to deliver the most comprehensive and age-appropriate education around sexuality as possible," Slaybaugh said.
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Security guard fatally shot man who stabbed him with axe, police say
CHICAGO (WLS) - Police are investigating a deadly confrontation between a security guard and a man with an axe outside of a marijuana dispensary in Chicago.
Police say a male suspect hit an armed security guard in the leg with an axe during an argument Monday morning outside the Zen Leaf Dispensary in Chicago’s Greektown neighborhood.
After the guard was sliced in the leg, a struggle ensued, and the guard fired at least four shots, witnesses say. The suspect was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he died.
“I don’t know what’s with people. It’s crazy that we have to get to these extremes to be safe,” resident Maca Navas said.
The security guard was taken to the hospital in good condition with lacerations to his leg. He is expected to be OK.
“I think he did the right thing,” resident Jake Wilson said.
Investigators shut down the block for several hours as they photographed evidence, including the axe that was left lying on the sidewalk and towels used to stop the security guard’s bleeding wound.
Witnesses say the suspect was carrying the axe in a large backpack. It’s unclear if he was a potential customer at the dispensary.
Police are hoping to find surveillance video that may indicate a motive for the attack.
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Kansas recently legalized sports betting. That will generate new revenue but could increase problem gambling in the state.
And for many sports fans, the days of the once-a-year Super Bowl wager and NCAA office pool are gone. In much of the country, betting on sports is now as easy as tapping an app on your phone.
"Making gambling much more accessible to those younger generations puts them at higher risk," says Jaime Costello, director of programs for the National Council on Problem Gambling. "There were a lot of introductory ways that we're getting them interested," she says, citing fantasy sports as an example.
"So even on those edges, where it's not necessarily they might not be putting money in so it might not technically be gambling, they're still getting introduced to the concept and that just increases their risk later on," she explains.
Her company is neither for or against gambling, Costello clarifies. However, she says, as access to gambling increases, so should access to care for people who are struggling.
- Jaime Costello, director of programs for the National Council on Problem Gambling
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Max Muller, who works as a coordinator with Full Circle, calls his organization a "12-step based enthusiastic recovery program."
"We're very comparable to AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), just kind of designed for youth," says Muller.
He defines Full Circle not as a treatment center, but rather as a space for peer support groups. At any given time, there are generally about 40 kids being helped by Full Circle in Kansas City, and Muller says the vast majority of them have had a "significant" amount of time sober as a result of the program.
Muller joined KCUR's Up To Date to spread awareness of Full Circle's mission.
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MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The former Irish President has called on African nations to pile on the pressure on rich, heavily-polluting countries to fulfill their climate pledges to the continent during a visit to Uganda.
Mary Robinson, who is also chair of the Elders group of global leaders who advocate for peace and justice, told The Associated Press on Monday that the Group of 20 “must come up with new plans” to support Africa with its climate change efforts at the upcoming United Nations climate conference in November, known as COP27.
On Monday, European nations pledged a further $25 billion to the continent to help countries adapt to the effects of climate change. The continent has suffered in an ongoing devastating drought in the east, with flooding and cyclones severely damaging southern countries.
Robinson said that the Elders “feel very strongly that we need COP27 to succeed” and encouraged African leaders “to create political pressure” so that developed countries can fulfill their promises.
Rich countries have so far failed to keep a $100-billion-a-year pledge to poorer nations to help them adapt to the effects of climate change and transition to greener energy sources. Developed nations are larger emitters than poorer ones, with the African continent contributing just 3% to 4% of global emissions despite being 17% of the global population.
“We do not want to have a situation where promises that are not fulfilled undermine further the existing trust,” Robinson said. She added that developed countries should “give more to get clean energy, technology and investments towards African countries.”
Robinson is in Uganda for her second visit to the continent this year and is promoting renewable energy initiatives in schools alongside youth climate activist Vanessa Nakate.
Robinson noted that COP27, which will be held in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, will be regarded as an “African COP.”
She added: “It will be more an African COP if there are more voices from Africa and the developing world making this as inclusive as possible” and highlighted the importance of younger and more diverse voices.
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Defending champions India were staring at an early exit from the Asia Cup after suffering a six-wicket loss to Sri Lanka in Dubai on Tuesday night. There was a sense of deja vu for the Indian fans as the Men in Blue came second best in a close contest for the second game running after Sunday's defeat to Pakistan in their opening Super 4 encounter.
Now just as in the Twenty20 World Cup held last year at the same venue, India are at the mercy of other teams to stay alive in the competition. A win for Pakistan over Afghanistan later tonight will seal India's fate.
The Asia Cup debacle has exposed India's inability to come good in pressure games in multi-nation tournaments. India had notched up series wins over New Zealand (3-0), West Indies (3-0) and Sri Lanka (3-0) at home, while getting the better of Ireland (2-0), England (2-1) and the West Indies (4-1) in away series after the group stage exit in the last T20 World Cup. The 2-2 result against South Africa at home in June was the lone series the Indians had failed to win during this period. Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid, who replaced Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri as captain and head coach respectively after the Dubai shocker, had made a conscious effort to adopt a more aggressive batting approach and it had paid rich dividends as India are at the top of the ICC rankings.
India had started off positively in the Asia Cup with wins over Pakistan and Hong Kong in the group stage. However, the Indians failed to capitalise on an excellent platform and ended up with 181/7 against Pakistan in the opening Super 4 encounter. Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan's 51-ball 71 and a superb cameo by Mohammed Nawaz (42 off 20) plus some silly mistakes at the death cost India dearly.
With the threat of another early exit looming, the Indians made a sedate start against the Lankans in the must-win tie. Despite opener K L Rahul and Virat Kohli falling cheaply, Rohit kept India afloat with a masterly 72 off 41 balls. However, just as in the Pakistan game, the Indians failed to finish strongly as they lost wickets in a heap.
Chasing 174, the Lankan openers Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis got their team off to a flier. But leggie Yuzvendra Chahal brought India back into the contest with his triple strikes as the Lankans slumped from 97/0 to 120/4 in quick time. However, captain Dasun Shanuka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa took the islanders home with an unbeaten 64-run stand off 34 deliveries.
Pressing the panic button
There were clear signs that the Indians panicked at the crunch. Rookie Arshdeep Singh dropped a dolly against Pakistan, the experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a couple of wides each against Pakistan and Lanka in the 19th over while wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant failed to hit the target from behind the stumps in the final over against Lanka.
With just less than seven weeks left for India's opening T20 World Cup match against Pakistan (October 23), this poor show has set the alarm bells ringing. The absence of all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja clearly upsets the team balance. There is no point in playing Deepak Hooda if Rohit has no trust in his bowling abilities. Rahul looks woefully out of touch, while the defeats exposed that depending on Hardik Pandya as specialist seamer could boomerang in the big games. Pant is yet to sort out how to go about as a T20I middle order batter and the Indians will be better off playing him at the top of the order.
A few positives
There were still some positive signs for the Indians. Kohli showed flashes of coming back to his best, Arshdeep bowled his heart out at the death, and Chahal bounced back after going for plenty against Pakistan. India sorely missed Jasprit Bumrah and the pace spearhead’s return for the showpiece event should bolster the bowling.
The Asia Cup fiasco will lessen the expectations and the fans will not be surprised if India fail to make it to the semifinals from the Super 12 Group 2 which includes Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh and a couple of qualifiers. A tensed Dravid in the dugout evokes memories of India's early ouster from the 2007 ODI World Cup.
However, the Indian supporters can take solace in the fact that a young team under M S Dhoni triumphed in the inaugural T20 World Cup later in the same year by playing fearless cricket. That's the only way forward for Team India. Mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton has his work cut out as the Indian players seem to fear the worst in a pressure situation. The onus is on the Indian players, especially senior pros Rohit, Kohli and Rahul to deliver at the crunch and shed the chokers tag.
Also the selectors and team management need to look at developing a team with T20 specialists. They had a chance to do it after the last edition, but they retained the core group. Another failure Down Under will force the selectors to go for an overhaul in the shortest format and it won’t be a bad idea for sure. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/07/asia-cup-india-performance-sri-lanka.amp.html | 2022-09-07T05:41:22Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/07/asia-cup-india-performance-sri-lanka.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) —
The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are warming almost twice as fast as the global average, with temperatures projected to rise up to 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century if no action is taken to reverse the trend, a new report says.
The region will experience “unprecedented” heat waves, more severe and longer-lasting droughts and dust storms and rainfall shortages that will “compromise water and food security” for the region’s 400 million people, according to a summary of the report released Tuesday.
The eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East are more susceptible to warming trends because of their unique natural characteristics, like large desert expanses and lower water levels, the study said.
The report was prepared by an international group of scientists overseen by The Cyprus Institute’s Climate and Atmosphere Research Center and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Originally published in June in the journal Reviews of Geophysics, it aims to underscore the impact of climate change in the region ahead of the United Nations climate summit in Egypt this November.
Arid climate zones will expand northward and snow-capped mountains in more northern climes will diminish during this century, said Dr. George Zittis, who co-authored the report. Although the sea level in the region is projected to rise at a pace similar with other global estimates, many Mediterranean countries are unprepared to deal with it, he said.
“This would imply severe challenges for coastal infrastructure and agriculture and can lead to the salinization of coastal aquifers” warned Zittis. Saltier water from rising sea levels and low rainfall can severely damage crops and fisheries.
The region’s most vulnerable groups, including the elderly, children and pregnant people, will face major health challenges, said Max Planck Institute Director Jos Lelieveld, who was part of the study. Many European nations already have initiatives to aid vulnerable people in extreme weather.
The region is rapidly overtaking the European Union as a source of greenhouse gases and becoming a major emitter on a global scale, the paper suggests. China, the U.S., India and the E.U. are currently the world’s largest emitters. Several Mediterranean countries are also part of the European bloc.
If the Paris Agreement target of limiting warming to 1.5C (2.7F) is met, it would limit the temperature increase in the region to about 2C (3.6F), the study said. The report urged the region to quickly reduce its reliance on greenhouse gas emissions, especially in the energy and transportation sectors.
The study’s projections for the region are in line with other scientific studies, including a major report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change earlier this year. The U.N.’s climate report termed the Mediterranean as a climate change “hotspot” which is vulnerable to droughts, coastal erosion and heat waves.
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JACKSON, Miss (AP) — While its water crisis continued, students in Mississippi’s capital were able to return to class for the first time in a week Tuesday with assurances that the toilets and sinks in their buildings would finally work.
Jackson remained under a boil water advisory, but the drop in water pressure that had brought the system to near collapse appeared to be resolved, officials said.
Sherwin Johnson, a spokesperson for Jackson Public Schools, confirmed in a statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday that schools had re-opened after a drop in water pressure forced a move to virtual instruction.
A line of cars snaked around the block in front of Spann Elementary in northeast Jackson as parents arrived to pick up their children. Syreeta Tatum waited for her fourth grader to emerge from the building and lamented the uncertainty Jackson’s water woes had foisted upon parents and students.
“It was very frustrating,” said Tatum. “As a mother, you want to make sure your child is getting the best education possible, especially knowing that my child functions better in person.”
In a statement posted to Twitter on Monday, the school district said it had “checked water pressure at each school” and found that “nearly all are suitable” for students and staff to return. Air conditioning systems at several schools depend on the water system to run effectively. The district said it anticipated delays in cooling buildings as temperatures reached the mid-80s on Tuesday.
“We are continuing to monitor and have portable fans and air conditioners to reduce temperatures in warm or hot areas,” Johnson said.
Torrential rains and flooding of the Pearl River in late August exacerbated problems at one of Jackson’s two treatment plants, leading to a drop in pressure throughout the city. The school district said Forest Hill High School in south Jackson still didn’t have water pressure. Johnson said students who attend Forest Hill were transported to alternative sites Tuesday.
In a Tuesday news conference, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said the water storage that was built over the weekend has decreased some over the past 24 hours.
“The safety net that has been built up has decreased and has diminished,” Lumumba said. “That is why we’re prayerful that everything remains consistent.”
If a challenge arises with plant operation Tuesday, it will likely impact customers, the mayor said.
In a Monday news conference, Gov. Tates Reeves said water distribution at schools would be scaled down in preparation for students’ return to campuses.
“We are moving those resources to our other water distribution mega-sites,” Reeves said. “Those sites have slowed down in demand a bit, but we have still put out about 5 million bottles of water over the last several days.”
Soon after water stopped flowing through the pipes of many households throughout Jackson, officials rolled a tanker into Forest Hill’s parking lot for water distribution. Santiago Matthews, a maintenance worker for the high school, had a garbage container filled to the brim with water last week to fill toilets for the staff working inside. He hauled the garbage container up a short incline back to the high school with water sloshing over the sides.
Reeves said Monday that the city had “zero water tanks at low levels.” He also said repairs resulting in cleaner water do not eliminate every risk.
“There may be more bad days in the future,” Reeves said.
Liz Oviede, a student at Delta Technical College, picked up her 10-year old brother Tuesday so her mother wouldn’t have to miss work. Her mother missed work at least three days last week to supervise the boy as Spann shifted to virtual learning. Recounting a recent weekend trip to Houston, Texas, she longed for cleaner water.
“My face cleared up, my hair was so much softer and my hair is always so crunchy here and it doesn’t feel clean,” Oviede said. “I just wish they’d get it together and stop bringing politics into it.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Finding a new place can be challenging, and skyrocketing rents have made it especially hard this year. But there are things you can do to make the process easier.
Whether it’s your first or 10th time renting, here are five things to think about when looking for a new place to call home:
NEEDS VS WANTS
Before anything else, you need to decide what your priorities are and what you can afford, said Brian Carberry, senior managing editor of Rent.com, an apartment search website owned by Redfin.
If you’re not sure how to figure that out, Zumper’s Rent Affordability Calculator allows you to estimate how much you can pay per month according to your location, monthly income, and monthly expenses.
Then you can consider things like location and amenities.
Apartment search websites such as Apartments.com, Rent.com, Zillow, Apartment Guide, and Zumper can help curate your search. And if you need help affording somewhere to rent, check out the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s Rental Assistance Finder as well as this list of local public housing agencies.
Another option is to use a broker to help with your search. Some, known as no-fee brokers, charge the leasing management company rather than charging you.
The broker “was there to be a liaison and to say things like ‘Oh this isn’t right, maybe you guys should consider this,’” said Erika Tascon, who used a no-fee broker to find a one-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles.
Ask friends for recommendations, and if you’ve never worked with a broker before, make sure to ask questions beforehand and look for reviews on websites such as Yelp. In large cities such as New York, websites like StreetEasy allow tenants to limit their search by “no-fee” apartments.
UNDERSTAND THE MARKET
As with any major life decision, it’s always good to do your research. Rents can vary greatly between cities or states and it’s best to understand the market to know what you can expect at different price ranges, Carberry said.
A great place to start is national rent reports from websites such as Apartment List and Redfin.
If you’re not in a rush, you might want to wait until after September.
“If you have the ability to look in the winter months, those are great times because not a lot of people are looking to move, you may be more likely to find some deals,” Carberry said.
Renters might also have more leverage to negotiate then, according to Apartment List. But with rental demand high, this year might not see as steep a winter slowdown as before the pandemic.
A downside of moving during the winter months might include having fewer options and, if you live in places where it snows, potentially bad weather for your move.
— Drive around neighborhoods
While a lot of landlords list their apartments or houses on online websites, including Facebook and Craigslist, some are more analog.
Tascon drove around different neighborhoods and found “for rent” signs outside of several units.
“That’s really helpful,” she said. “There were a lot of listings that I found that were not listed online, it was just like a sign outside.”
TAKE YOUR TIME (BUT NOT TOO MUCH)
It’s important to learn as much as you can and make an informed decision. But in a competitive market, you can’t always take as much time as you’d like to consider options. The key is to do as much research as possible ahead of time so you’re ready to apply when you see something you like. If you know that your lease will be ending, try starting your research a few months ahead of time. This can include looking for reviews of property management companies or the neighborhoods.
“You need to be prepared to spend a lot of time and energy on this,” said Tascon, who spent over a month looking for her current apartment.
—Get to know your landlord/leasing office
Britni Eseller, who recently found an apartment in San Diego, suggests asking prospective landlords for a license number, name of the property management company and details about the unit.
You can search reviews of prospective landlords or property management companies on websites such as Yelp, ApartmentRatings.com and RentMyLandlord.com. You can also try contacting them with questions.
VISIT IN PERSON
A crucial aspect of getting to know your potential home is to visit in person, Carberry said. You can check things like what’s around the neighborhood, what traffic is like on the main road and whether the appliances work.
“You can look and go through with a fine tooth comb of the unit itself,” Carberry said. “Look at things like the paint and the appliances, those are certain things that you might not see from a virtual tour because you can get in and look close.”
While in-person visits are always preferred, if you are moving to another state and you cannot afford to visit first, ask a friend or a co-worker to check out the place for you.
— Bring a friend
When it comes to visiting an apartment, the more eyes the better, Tascon said. If the landlord or agent is giving you details or you are asking questions, your friend or family member can help look around.
— Be ready to apply when you visit
Apartments in cities with competitive markets such as San Francisco, New York and Austin often have multiple applicants.
Esseler found an apartment in just two weeks. Because there were so many people touring the unit she wanted, she knew she had to move fast.
She had several documents already printed and ended up running to print more right after the tour so she could submit her application a few hours later.
“Timing is really a big thing. There were many people before and after me and having the documents already prepared, I was able to submit my application quickly,” said Eseller, who also wrote the date and time on the envelope when she dropped her application at the leasing office since the process was on a first-come-first-served basis.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Knowing your state’s tenant rights is crucial said Lucia Leal, a housing counselor at Causa Justa, a San Francisco-based tenant rights advocacy organization.
“Most tenants think that because a landlord owns the house, they can do whatever they want, and that’s not OK,” Leal said.
A good place to start reading about your rights is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Tenant Rights website.
Being informed about your rights and reading your lease carefully before signing it will help you avoid conflicts or confusion. If you have specific questions and need to talk to someone, community organizations around you might be available to help, said Nick Graetz, a postdoctoral research associate at The Eviction Lab.
“Local groups offer accessible guides and legal documentation for assistance,” he said.
Tenants can search housing counseling agencies around the country on HUD’s website.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday denied a request by Cheniere Energy, a leading U.S. producer of liquefied natural gas, to exempt two Gulf Coast plants from a federal air pollution rule.
An EPA spokesman says the agency on Tuesday denied Cheniere’s request to waive a rule that limits emissions of cancer-causing formaldehyde released by gas-fired turbines. Dozens of turbine operators faced a Monday deadline to comply with the formaldehyde rule, which is being reinstated after an 18-year stay.
“Controlling emissions of formaldehyde is important to protect public health. Though EPA is denying Cheniere’s request for a special subcategory to comply with the turbines rule, the agency will continue to work with them and with other companies as needed to assure they meet Clean Air Act obligations,” EPA spokesman Tim Carroll said in an e-mail Tuesday.
Cheniere, the largest LNG exporter in the U.S., had warned that new requirements on LNG plants in Texas and Louisiana could disrupt gas supplies to Europe, which has struggled with surging energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a statement Tuesday, Cheniere said it strongly disagrees with EPA’s decision but will work with state and federal regulators to “develop solutions that ensure compliance” with the hazardous-pollution rule.
“Our conviction remains that these emissions do not pose a risk to public health, our workforce or the environment,” company spokesman Eben Burnham-Snyder said in an email. “Although this decision may result in unwarranted expenditures, we believe that the steps needed to come into full compliance will not result in a material financial or operational impact. and that we will be able to continue to reliably supply LNG to customers and countries around the world.”
Environmental activists said Cheniere was using the global gas shortage — and spiking prices in Europe — to try to avoid meeting EPA rules that many consider lax.
“Because it’s costly, Cheniere is asking for exemptions to EPA rules so they can continue to release cancer-causing pollutants into our communities — the same poor neighborhoods President (Joe) Biden has vowed to protect,” said James Hiatt of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, an activist group that has worked with communities near oil refineries, chemical plants and other manufacturers to fight pollution.
Petrochemical plants, pipeline operators and other manufacturers will have to prove they’ve complied with EPA limits on formaldehyde under the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, a 2004 rule that is being reinstated after an 18-year stay. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/business/ap-epa-denies-cheniere-energy-request-for-lng-pollution-waiver/ | 2022-09-07T05:43:03Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/business/ap-epa-denies-cheniere-energy-request-for-lng-pollution-waiver/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s anti-trust watchdog announced on Tuesday that it is blocking the buyout of cancer-screening company GRAIL by biotech giant Illumina in a rare move by European regulators against two U.S. companies.
Illumina is a major supplier of next-generation sequencing (NGS) systems for genetic and genomic analysis, while GRAIL is a health company developing blood tests to try to catch cancer early. Illumina announced an $8 billion acquisition of GRAIL in 2020.
But the European Commission, which polices competition issues, said the buyout “would have enabled and incentivized Illumina to foreclose GRAIL’s rivals, who are dependent on Illumina’s technology, from access to an essential input they need to develop and market their own tests.”
Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager said that “it is vital to preserve competition between early cancer detection test developers at this critical stage of development. As Illumina did not put forward remedies that would have solved our concerns, we prohibited the merger.”
The commission said it received feedback from several customers and competitors during its probe of the buyout, but Vestager declined to name any of GRAIL’s competitors whose interests might have been hurt.
The commission said market players were concerned that “Illumina would cut access to its NGS technology to GRAIL’s rivals, or otherwise disadvantage them, to gain control over the promising early cancer-detection testing market.”
Illumina said it intends to appeal the decision, which comes just days after a U.S. Federal Trade Commission judge ruled in favor of its acquisition of GRAIL.
“Illumina can make GRAIL’s life-saving multi-cancer early detection test more available, more affordable, and more accessible — saving lives and lowering healthcare costs,” said Charles Dadswell, General Counsel of Illumina.
“We continue to believe, this merger is pro-competitive and will accelerate innovation,” he said.
Vestager also said that Illumina appears to have broken EU merger rules by completing the buyout before the commission cleared the move.
“This is unheard of. Companies abide by our rules. They require them to not implement a merger before they have been notified and cleared by the commission,” she told reporters in Brussels.
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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister withdrew Tuesday from an Arab League session chaired by the chief diplomat of one of Libya’s two rival governments. The move was an apparent protest against her representing Libya at the pan-Arab summit. Egypt supports her administration’s rival.
The seats of the Egyptian delegation were seen empty as Najla Mangoush, the foreign minister of the Tripoli-based administration, was addressing a meeting for the Arab foreign ministers in Cairo.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry left the meeting room in the Arab League headquarters when Mangoush took her seat to chair the meeting. Egypt sees the chaos in neighboring Libya as a threat to its stability, with militants using the Libyan desert as a safe haven from which to launch deadly attacks on Egyptian security forces and Christians.
Egypt’s government has argued the mandate of the Tripoli-based government of Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah has ended after Libya’s east-based parliament appointed a rival premier earlier this year.
In a news conference following the meeting, Mangoush attempted to downplay Shukry’s withdrawal, saying that it was “not a crisis but a divergence of views” regarding the legitimacy of Dbeibah’s government.
Libya’s current political stalemate grew out of the failure to hold elections in December and Dbeibah’s refusal to step down. In response, the country’s east-based parliament appointed a rival prime minister, Fathy Bashagha, who has for months sought to install his government in Tripoli.
The parliament cancelled its session Monday in the eastern city of Benghazi after it said lawmakers were prevented from leaving the capital, Tripoli, which is controlled by Dbeibah-allied militias.
The divisions have contributed to fresh fighting in the war-torn country. Deadly clashes between militias backed by its two rival administrations killed 23 people last month in Libya’s capital, portending a return to violence amid a long political stalemate.
The escalation threatens to shatter the relative calm Libya has enjoyed for most of the past two years. The oil-rich nation plunged into chaos following a NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime autocrat Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians have sought work in neighboring Libya over the years, although the number has declined since the 2011 uprising.
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BEIRUT (AP) — International human rights groups Tuesday condemned acts of torture in Lebanese prisons following the death of a Syrian refugee in detention and urged authorities to transfer the investigation into his death from a military to a civil court.
Photos surfaced last week of the battered body of a Syrian who had been held for questioning. The grisly visual made headlines in Lebanon and was followed by a video of a coroner assessing the body, which was covered in gashes and bruises. The body was later identified as that of Bashar Abdel-Saud, 30, a Syrian refugee who fled the war-torn country in 2014.
“To ensure transparency and impartiality, Abdel-Saud’s case must urgently be referred to a civilian court,” Amnesty’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Heba Morayef said in the statement. “His family deserves justice and reparations for their tragic loss.”
According to Abdel-Saud’s lawyer, officers from Lebanon’s State Security agency arrested the Syrian at his home in a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut last week, before calling his family four days later asking them to retrieve his body.
State Security in a press statement said Abdel-Saud was arrested for the possession of a fake $50 bill and had confessed during the interrogation that he was combatant for the Islamic State group.
His lawyer denied the charges and State Security first promised an internal investigation, before the case was transferred to Lebanon’s military court.
Lebanon’s military court government commissioner ordered the arrest of five State Security personnel from the branch that held Abdel-Saud in southern Lebanon, according to Amnesty.
State Security released a second statement on Monday, requesting media outlets to “not broadcast news related to the matter, aiming to stir strife and incite tensions especially in these sensitive circumstances Lebanon is going through.”
Senior Lebanese officials have not commented on the recent incident.
The only minister under Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s caretaker government to do so was Environment Minister Nasser Yassin, who in a tweet condemned the incident and called for prosecutors to investigate.
Meanwhile, several of Lebanon’s recently elected independent legislators penned critical statements.
“What happened completely contradicts our aspirations for Lebanon,” Ibrahim Mneimneh, a member of Parliament, told The Associated Press. “We need human rights to be a key reference point to all the work we do.”
He added that the security agency conducting an internal investigation is a “conflict of interest.”
Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, and other human rights groups have echoed similar sentiments. Human rights organizations have frequently criticized Lebanon for what they say is an incomplete 2017 anti-torture law, and authorities not putting it into practice five years later.
Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa Director Lama Fakih said torture in the crisis-hit country has been a years-long problem.
“Lebanon suffers from a legacy of impunity for torture,” Fakih told the AP. “We have not yet seen steps taken to ensure that robust investigations are undertaken and that responsible individuals are held accountable.”
Several cases of alleged torture in Lebanon have surfaced in recent years, including actor and writer Ziad Itani, Syrian refugees arrested in camp raids and checkpoints, and protesters in Beirut, Tripoli, and Sidon during Lebanon’s antigovernment uprisings in late 2019. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/ap-human-rights-groups-condemn-torture-in-lebanese-prisons/ | 2022-09-07T05:44:45Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/ap-human-rights-groups-condemn-torture-in-lebanese-prisons/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BERLIN (AP) — Swiss retailer Migros said Tuesday that it is launching a coffeemaking system designed to replace capsules that produce thousands of tons of waste worldwide each year.
The cooperative said its spherical capsules — described as “coffee balls” — are fully compostable, unlike the plastic and aluminum containers popularized by its rival Nestle under the brand Nespresso 36 years ago.
Migros said its coffee balls are encased in a thin, flavorless, seaweed-based cover that can be discarded with the spent coffee after use.
The company said the CoffeeB system, which also features a special coffeemaker, will be rolled out first in Switzerland and France this year, followed by Germany in 2023. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/ap-swiss-retailer-rolls-out-coffee-balls-to-replace-capsules/ | 2022-09-07T05:46:01Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/ap-swiss-retailer-rolls-out-coffee-balls-to-replace-capsules/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Authorities in Washington state identified a suspect Tuesday who allegedly carjacked a woman and held her at knifepoint until she escaped by jumping from a moving car.
The woman had given water to Jeremy Alexksa, 31, after he approached her vehicle asking for some in an incident that began in Vancouver, Washington, early Saturday, the Clark County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
Alexksa is expected to be charged with kidnapping, robbery and attempted eluding after he allegedly fled from officers, the sheriff's office said.
The woman, who has not been identified, told authorities that after giving Alexksa water, she allowed him in her car.
Alexksa allegedly "produced a knife and used the threat of violence to take control of the car," the release said, adding that he drove roughly 15 miles, to the city of Camas.
Alexksa slowed down on a dirt road, authorities said, and the woman jumped from the car and started banging on the doors of nearby homes.
A resident, Jamie Woods, told NBC affiliate KGW of Portland, Oregon, that he and his family awoke around 4:30 a.m. to the sound of the woman pounding on the back door of his home and moving the door knob.
“She was desperate to get in, which I can understand,” Woods told the station. “She told me that someone tried to kill her and someone stole her car.”
Woods told the station that he called 911. After deputies searched the area and found the car, the driver fled, according to the release.
Eleven minutes later and roughly 8 miles away, authorities from the sheriff's office and the Vancouver Police Department "were able to pin" the car, according to the release.
Alexksa was taken into custody after he tried to free the vehicle, the release said. He refused to provide his name and was identified through other means, the sheriff's office said.
It wasn't immediately clear if he has a lawyer to speak on his behalf. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/a-woman-jumped-from-a-moving-car-after-being-kidnapped-by-a-man-who-asked/article_250fbb30-2e5e-11ed-81ce-d37d717200c4.html | 2022-09-07T05:51:11Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/a-woman-jumped-from-a-moving-car-after-being-kidnapped-by-a-man-who-asked/article_250fbb30-2e5e-11ed-81ce-d37d717200c4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SELAH, Wash. — Traffic headed west on I-82 can expect a traffic shift for about a month between Selah and Yakima as work on the Twin Bridges continues. A section of SR 823 will be closed September 7-9 as crews prepare; then all traffic going west on I-82 will be shifted to SR 823 starting September 10 for a month.
SR 823 going south will stay closed.
The traffic shift will be 24/7 until the project is done. Expect longer commutes.
If you’re headed west from Yakima to Selah, follow the signs through the shift. Stay in the left lane of the detour to go to Selah, use the right to go to East Selah or Ellensburg.
If you’re headed east from Selah to Yakima, take I-82 to N 1st Street at Exit 31B.
If you’re headed to Rest Haven Park and Ride and Harlan Landing by going west on I-82, turn around at Exit 29, E Selah Road, and drive east to Exit 30. If you’re headed east on US 12, follow the detour route from N 1st Street to SR 823. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/traffic/selah-and-yakima-interconnect-traffic-to-shift-for-one-month/article_89337ba0-2e64-11ed-a7c2-1f0a50327965.html | 2022-09-07T05:51:17Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/traffic/selah-and-yakima-interconnect-traffic-to-shift-for-one-month/article_89337ba0-2e64-11ed-a7c2-1f0a50327965.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NACHES, Wash. --
UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 8:30 p.m.
The missing traffic cone was found in a pile of trash and turned in to the Naches Fire Department, according to the department's Facebook post. The trash was along the road near Rimrock.
NFD gave a shoutout to Cascade Fire and Safety, who offered to replace the cone.
The department said, "Our mission to get the word out there about the importance of leaving these alone was a success!"
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022 9:25 p.m.
The Naches Fire Department used an emergency traffic cone as a marker for an ambulance to rescue a seriously injured ATV driver Sunday night. The driver died from their injuries.
The first-responder chaplain missed the turn off Highway 12 to Forest Service Road 1202. Naches Fire Department volunteer firefighters quickly realized why- the traffic cone was gone.
"I have mixed feelings on it; could have been an accident, could have been malicious, we don't know," said Lt. Joey Weedin.
The light-up, collapsible traffic cones help other law enforcement find the scene, especially in areas with no service or that aren't well-marked.
"Someone takes it maliciously, or with malicious intent, you can significantly delay a response to an emergency," said Lt. Weedin.
Lt. Weedin said thankfully, a cone replacement won't break the budget. He said the cone can be dropped off, no questions asked and without any criminal charges.
Traffic cones are safer to use in the summer than road flares, said Lt. Weedin.
"They're like a giant match, they get really hot, large red flame and of course that's conducive to being used in the forest under extreme fire danger conditions," said Lt. Weedin. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/yakima/update-emergency-traffic-cone-returned-saga-comes-to-an-end/article_f164e980-2d9b-11ed-8dc6-6f536fdd77be.html | 2022-09-07T05:51:23Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/yakima/update-emergency-traffic-cone-returned-saga-comes-to-an-end/article_f164e980-2d9b-11ed-8dc6-6f536fdd77be.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale follow.
Praise be—season five of The Handmaid’s Tale is just around the corner, arriving on September 14 on Hulu.
The fifth season of The Handmaid’s Tale was confirmed just ahead of the season four finale in December 2020, proving that the series very much remains the buzzy Emmy-winning show viewers can’t stop watching. Though the show is an adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel of the same name, the show’s creators have gone well beyond the original premise to create an entirely noteworthy series.
In season four, June struggled to adapt to life in Canada. Escaping Gilead wasn’t enough; she realized she needed to completely take the republic down. Her obsession with revenge began overwhelming her new life and even threatened to put Hannah at risk. And the finale brought June, the resistance, and everyone involved to a breaking point as it ended in what could only be described as a revenge fantasy come to life.
It also established some major upcoming changes to a few characters we love (and hate). Serena Joy seems like she’s found the silver lining of living in Canada. Commander Lawrence is going down a questionable path in Gilead. And Commander Waterford is… well, we all know what happened to Fred.
So the new season is sure to bring some surprises. According to sources close to the show, we may be approaching the end of The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s hard to imagine what the inevitable end will be like, but, frankly, we can’t take the suspense anymore! Here’s everything we know so far.
When will season 5 of The Handmaid’s Tale premiere?
The show will return to Hulu on September 14, 2022, with a two-episode premiere. Afterward, new episodes will air each week on Wednesdays.
Which means the season 5 trailer is here!
Hulu also released an official summary for The Handmaid’s Tale’s fifth season, which reads: “In Season 5, June faces consequences for killing Commander Waterford while struggling to redefine her identity and purpose. The widowed Serena attempts to raise her profile in Toronto as Gilead’s influence creeps into Canada. Commander Lawrence works with Aunt Lydia as he tries to reform Gilead and rise in power. June, Luke, and Moira fight Gilead from a distance as they continue their mission to save and reunite with Hannah.”
Is the cast returning?
Most of the original cast is set to return, except for Alexis Bledel, who announced in May 2021 that she will not be returning for season five. “After much thought, I felt I had to step away from The Handmaid’s Tale at this time,” she said in a statement to Variety. “I am forever grateful to Bruce Miller for writing such truthful and resonant scenes for Emily, and to Hulu, MGM, the cast and crew for their support.”
Bledel starred as Emily Malek, a handmaiden June grew close to as they assembled the resistance against Gilead. Her standout performance earned her an Emmy award in 2017 for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
Showrunner Bruce Miller's interview with The Hollywood Reporter gives us hope that a majority of our favorite cast members will be back for a fifth season.
“Having this ensemble of very, very good actors is one of the strongest things about the show,” he said. “So, whether or not we focus here or there for a little, as long as they’re in June’s orbit and within her sight, that is going to be the show. I don’t intend to shrink it down.”
Will season 5 be the last?
Actress Ann Dowd, who plays Aunt Lydia, seemingly confirmed that season six will be happening in an interview with Radio Times this past January. “I do know that there’s a season five and six,” she said at the time.
This has yet to be formally announced by Hulu or anyone else involved. But since season five was renewed just as season four was still airing on Hulu, there’s still plenty of time for a formal announcement to be made.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2020, showrunner Bruce Miller seemed unsure of whether the fifth season would be the last. “I do feel like after this year, it’s a good time to reassess,” he said. “So I know where I am in the story, and I do feel like we’re kind of reaching kind of a pivot point, but whether that’s the end or not, I don’t know. It just feels like it’s a good time to reassess what you were thinking, just because the story world has opened up because the real world has changed so much.”
Whatever that means, we’ll continue to say our “Praise be”’s and “Under his eye”’s, and hope that The Handmaid’s Tale still has a couple years left.
McKenzie Jean-Philippe is the editorial assistant at OprahMag.com covering pop culture, TV, movies, celebrity, and lifestyle. She loves a great Oprah viral moment and all things Netflix—but come summertime, Big Brother has her heart. On a day off you'll find her curled up with a new juicy romance novel. | https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a36664841/handmaids-tale-season-5-premiere-date-trailer-news/ | 2022-09-07T05:59:31Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a36664841/handmaids-tale-season-5-premiere-date-trailer-news/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Six Writers Are Booker Prize Finalists
The judges chose these books, citing how each conjures its own universe, playing with form to enlarge our sense of the human and the possible.
Damn the pandemic; awards season ahead! On Tuesday, September 6, amid the clink of champagne flutes, the Booker Prizes announced six novels on its shortlist, citing how each conjures its own universe, playing with form to enlarge our sense of the human and the possible. In his prefatory remarks, Neil MacGregor, the chair of the committee, underscored the lush diversity of our common language, its “tyranny offset” by tributaries flowing from other languages and a global wealth of cultures. There’s not just one English, MacGregor opined, but many Englishes, enriching and expanding our literary culture.
The six finalists include Glory, by Zimbabwean NoViolet Bulawayo, a satire that probes the persistent political struggles in Africa; Small Things Like These, by Irish virtuoso Claire Keegan, shaped by the Troubles and driven by pressing questions of morality; octogenarian Alan Garner’s genre-bending Treacle Walker; and works from two veteran American writers, Percival Everett’s Trees and Elizabeth Strout’s Oh, William!, the most recent installment in her Lucy Barton series, which strips away the illusions we place on ourselves, and on those we love most. (Strout’s on a roll; this month Random House is publishing her new novel, Lucy by the Sea.)
This year the Booker Prizes named six book clubs in the UK, from Scotland to Wales to London, as recipients of a special honor: as a group each club will read a finalist, and one will join the festivities on October 17. Meanwhile, on this side of the pond, Oprah Daily will be covering the winner’s circle—stay tuned! | https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/g41095375/booker-prize-shortlist-2022/ | 2022-09-07T05:59:41Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/g41095375/booker-prize-shortlist-2022/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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54 Hip-Hop Songs That Capture the Genre’s History
From the ’80s golden age to the rise of the Dirty South, these essential tracks tell the story of rap music.
Hip-hop's origin as the soundtrack of New York City block parties is well-known, but no one could have predicted where the genre would go in just 40 years. In 2017, it became America's most popular genre in total consumption, according to Nielsen, and it has grown globally, too, dominating the streaming era and molding the rest of pop music in its image.
At the core of rap is the Black American experience, something these musicians have been painstakingly documenting for years. From the gritty streets of Compton that birthed N.W.A. to the distinct Southern culture explored by artists like Ludacris and Lil Wayne, to Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" becoming a rallying cry at Black Lives Matter events, the history of hip-hop is the history of modern America, told by those who are often the most marginalized.
The following 54 songs span the evolution of the art form, from its early roots (Grandmaster Flash's "The Message," Public Enemy's "Fight the Power") to its iconic East Coast–West Coast era (The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy," 2Pac's "California Love,") to its pop chart domination (50 Cent's "In Da Club," Kanye West's "Touch the Sky") and into its diverse future (Cardi B's "Bodak Yellow," Tyler, the Creator's "See You Again," and "Moment 4 Life" by Nicki Minaj, featuring Drake).
Whether you're looking for fuel for a workout playlist, old-school throwbacks to dance to, or songs that help deepen your understanding of the world around you, hip-hop has all the bases covered. It's impossible to capture the full creative breadth and cultural importance of this music, but this list of some of the best hip-hop songs of all time will get you off to a strong start.
A finely painted portrait of the paranoia and mental distress that comes with being a young Black man in America, Geto Boys's "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" was a minor hit in the early '90s, but went on to become massively influential. It's been interpolated and sampled by artists from Future to The Notorious B.I.G. to Kid Cudi, and Scarface's opening lines are highly quoted. "At night I can't sleep, I toss and turn / Candlesticks in the dark, visions of bodies bein' burned," he raps.
A distinctly Brooklyn origin story that eventually went worldwide, "Juicy" is both cinematic and intimate, getting listeners familiar with The Notorious B.I.G. in the span of a single verse. "Born sinner, the opposite of a winner / Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner," Biggie raps in his booming baritone. While his rags-to-riches story ended in tragedy after a fatal 1997 shooting, Biggie's star burned bright enough that he's still topping all-time lists well into the 2010s.
One of Missy Elliott's trademark intergalactic tracks, "Sock It 2 Me" helped bring the Virginia producer and songwriter into the solo spotlight. Atop triumphant horns from the Delfonics' "Ready or Not Here I Come," Missy shows off her knack for earworm hooks and melodies. Bonus points are owed for the absolutely off-the-wall sci-fi music video.
From dominating a pickup basketball game to avoiding police harassment, Ice Cube's "It Was a Good Day" is filled with both small joys and major sociocultural statements. The 1993 single was perhaps the purest nexus of Cube's razor-sharp political mind and his mainstream charisma. To make the track even more irresistible, DJ Pooh's instrumental, which prominently samples "Footsteps in the Dark" by the Isley Brothers, has the hazy warmth of a daydream.
Dubbed the "unofficial anthem of the Black Lives Matter Movement," Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" is both uplifting and reassuring, while not shying away from the grim history of Black oppression in the U.S. "We been hurt, been down before / When our pride was low / Lookin' at the world like, 'Where do we go?'" Kendrick raps on the hook. It's a song that plays at parties and vigils, in packed arenas and out of car speakers, one that will likely soundtrack many revolutions to come.
Drake's knack for smooth pop hooks made him a superstar, but his gift for autobiographical raps has won him approval in more traditional hip-hop circles. "Worst Behavior," from 2013's critically acclaimed Nothing Was the Same, is one of his hardest-hitting cuts, filled with frank reflections on the past and absurdist flexes in equal measure. "I'm with my whole set, tennis matches at the crib / I swear I could beat Serena when she playin' with her left," Drake says.
Partially inspired by André 3000 and Erykah Badu's breakup, OutKast's "Ms. Jackson" is a sobering and candid meditation on love, parenting, and the aftermath of rocky relationships. The song topped the Hot 100 and won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, setting the stage for OutKast to become perhaps the biggest artists in the world with 2003's Speakerboxx/The Love Below.
Lil Wayne distilled the best of his legendary mid-2000s mixtape run into "A Milli," an Olympic feat of a rap song in which it sounds like he barely takes a breath. Riding a kinetic, percussive beat by Bangladesh, Wayne peels off memorable bar after memorable bar ("We pop 'em like Orville Redenbacher," "What's a goon to a goblin?"). Earning double platinum certification, "A Milli" is like a rap decathlon, with Wayne switching flows and deliveries at will.
This heady, jazzy joint made the Pharcyde beloved in alternative rap circles. Blending together samples of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Quincy Jones, and Weather Report into one cohesive concoction, "Passin' Me By" is also a uniquely earnest hip-hop love song. Each verse deals with the sting of unrequited feelings with with candor and humor that make the song hold up phenomenally well to this day.
"Bodak Yellow," Cardi B's first major label single, dominated hallowed critics' lists. Though Cardi had been rapping for a few years, she leveled up both in terms of her technical skill and her superstar charisma, packing the punishing beat from J. White Did It and Laquan Green with quotables. She became the first female solo rapper in 20 years to top the Hot 100, and went on to win Best Rap Album at the 2019 Grammys.
When Method Man first rapped "Cash rules everything around me, CREAM / Get the money, dollar dollar bill y'all," he probably had no idea he'd change the course of hip-hop history. "C.R.E.A.M." put Staten Island on the rap map, and Wu-Tang Clan captured the ears of curious fans around the country. RZA's beat, which sounded vintage even back in 1993, has been sampled and freestyled over dozens of times.
2Pac tells the story of his at-times turbulent, but always loving, relationship with his mother on the moving "Dear Mama" from 1995's Me Against the World. "For a woman it ain't easy tryin' to raise a man / You always was committed / A poor single mother on welfare, tell me how you did it / There's no way I can pay you back, but the plan / Is to show you that I understand: you are appreciated," he raps. In 2009, the Library of Congress placed "Dear Mama" in the National Recording Registry, cementing its cultural importance.
It's hard to make more of an impact with one album than Lauryn Hill managed with The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Selling over 8 million copies, winning the Grammy for Album of the Year, and spawning several hip-hop classics that remain in rotation to this day. "Lost Ones" features some of Hill's best rapping and most pointed lyrics, rejoicing in her independence after a relationship crumbled. "My emancipation don't fit your equation / I was on the humble, you on every station," she raps confidently.
A blockbuster event for Southern-rap aficionados, "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)" paired up UGK and OutKast for the first time, with Three 6 Mafia crafting the beat out of a heavenly Willie Hutch sample. The song is best known for André 3000's verse about finally settling down, but all four MCs acquit themselves beautifully. "Int'l Players Anthem" is the rare superstar collaboration that not only lives up to expectations, but exceeds them.
Eminem's debut single captured everything that made him an incendiary and transfixing figure. Packed into four-and-a-half minutes was pitch-black humor, impressive technical skills, and more celebrity references than a grocery store tabloid. The Detroit rapper went on to have bigger songs, but even if you're an Eminem skeptic today, listening to "My Name Is" serves as an instant reminder of why he's dominated music for more than two decades.
As grimy as the Queensbridge streets Mobb Deep hailed from, "Shook Ones (Part II)" showcased the street savviness and poetic sensibilities of Havoc and Prodigy. "I'm only 19, but my mind is old / And when the things get for real, my warm heart turns cold," Prodigy warns with steely reserve. One of the defining rap songs of New York's legendary '90s run, "Shook Ones (Part II)" proves that, when done right, a sequel can be even better than the original.
Kanye West's early career is defined by clever, innovative samples of classic soul songs, but he knew he didn't have to do too much with Curtis Mayfield's "Move On Up," simply slowing it down a touch. It became a perfect stage for West to tell his story, filled with vivid details and the kind of deprecating charm we haven't seen from him much recently. "Any pessimists, I ain't talk to them / Plus, I ain't have no phone in my apart-a-ment," he raps cheekily. And if West alone doesn't cement "Touch the Sky" as a classic, Lupe Fiasco's magnetic verse made him an instant star.
50 Cent said his plan was "to put the rap game in a chokehold," and that's exactly what he did with "In Da Club," a heat-seeking missile for the top of the charts. Having Dr. Dre and Eminem in his corner gave 50 instant pedigree, but his persona was all his own. In recent years, the song has rightly received acclaim as one of the great pop songs in modern music history.
"U Don't Know" captures Jay-Z at his most triumphant, looking out the penthouse window at everything he overcame and the bleak fate escaped coming from Brooklyn's Marcy Projects. "One million, two million, three million, four / In just five years, forty million more," he raps prophetically over a thunderous Just Blaze beat that makes "I'm Not to Blame" by Bobby Byrd sound like the screeching tires of a sports car. It also happens to be one of Jay-Z's absolute best songs to catch live.
Bringing gangsta rap to the masses, N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton" was a true inflection point in hip-hop history. The menacing bravado of Ice Cube, the steely-eyed reserve of MC Ren, and the devil-may-care attitude of Eazy E made every verse stand on its own. From the moment N.W.A. burst onto the scene, it was clear each member was destined for stardom, and the music they made together remains some of the most urgent and raw of the past 30-plus years.
Inspired by the death of their close friend, Troy Dixon, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth's "They Reminisce Over You" is a touching tribute to lost friends and the impact they leave behind. "But only you saw what took many time to see / I dedicate this to you for believing in me," Smooth raps over a Pete Rock beat that's been sampled and interpolated ad infinitum. "They Reminisce Over You" is regarded by many as one of the best and most important songs in hip-hop history.
Lots of rappers had talked about drug dealing before Clipse came along, but none had ever talked about it like this. "Call me Subwoofer, cause I pump base like that," Pusha-T raps. Pusha and Malice, the brothers who made up the group, were endlessly inventive in their depiction of Virginia Beach trafficking, setting the stage for a critically acclaimed career. The instrumental, all-pounding percussion that could easily be emulated on a school cafeteria table remains one of Pharrell's finest.
First heard in the iconic opening credits of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" has become a rallying cry for generations in the fight against injustice. "Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps," Chuck D says, referencing the unheralded civil rights leaders who have been instrumental in the fight for freedom but rarely received proper recognition. Throughout the song, Chuck's rapping is pointed and passionate, while the Bomb Squad's beat makes creative use of the popular "Funky Drummer" sample. More than 30 years after its release, "Fight the Power" is still a fitting soundtrack.
Queen Latifah's "U.N.I.T.Y." pushed back against the pervasive misogyny in hip-hop, with the rapper calling out toxic male behavior that had gone unchecked for far too long. "But don't you be calling me out my name / I bring wrath to those who disrespect me like a dame," she raps. In 1995, Queen Latifah became the first woman rapper to win the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance for the song, and it remains not only groundbreaking thematically, but one of the most rousing tracks of the '90s.
Few spin a yarn quite like Slick Rick, and the robbery gone wrong that's captured in "Children's Story" is a master class in narrative songwriting. Though Rick raps with a lighthearted nonchalance, there's no mistaking "Children's Story" for anything but a tragedy—its protagonist, a product of his cruel environment, meets an untimely end. The track's depiction of police brutality sadly has only gotten more relevant as the years have gone on.
Houston hip-hop was already on the rise, but Chamillionare took it over the top with "Ridin'" a single that was one of the biggest songs of 2006. With nimble rapping, a prescient message about police profiling, and a scene-stealing cameo from veteran MC Krayzie Bone, "Ridin'" had enough Houston flavor to win over locals and enough pop sensibility to become a phenomenon.
"Ice Cream" is quite possibly the hardest "for the ladies" rap song in existence. Built around a sinister flip of Earl Klugh's "A Time for Love," the Wu-Tang Clan crew cut from Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... gives each MC plenty of room to shine. Packed with pop culture references and clever internal rhymes, Ghostface Killah's opening verse is breathtaking. "Back to you Maybelline Queen let's make a team / You can have anything in this world except C.R.E.A.M.," he raps, slyly nodding back to Wu-Tang's foundational hit.
While hip-hop began playing at parties in the Bronx, it quickly became a tool for Black Americans to talk about the harsh realities of their living conditions and their continued subjugation and abuse. In 1982, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five took that to new heights with "The Message," a sprawling depiction of the struggles faced by so many people living in poverty. "Got a bum education, double-digit inflation / Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station," Duke Bootee raps on one of the track's five verses. The song's repeated use of homophobic language is upsetting, but it's hard to talk about the history of conscious rap without acknowledging the groundbreaking qualities of "The Message."
The first collaboration between Ludacris and Pharrell made Atlanta seem both like the city of the future and a haven of old-school comforts. Luda's charm is in overdrive as he barks tight, triplet phrases. "Overall country, overall jeans / Overall Georgia, we overall clean," he says. Ludacris went on to have bigger hits, but "Southern Hospitality" showcased both his penchant for unconventional flows and the winning personality that, in retrospect, makes his transition to Hollywood feel inevitable.
This lush, velvety love song proved that Tyler, the Creator is as skilled a musical auteur as he is a technical rapper. "Wonder if you look both ways / When you cross my mind," Tyler sings sweetly. Warm, enveloping synths, regal trumpet, and deep drums help Tyler render his romantic fantasy in joyous technicolor. It's not hard to see why it was his first solo song to go platinum. | https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/g32925793/best-hip-hop-songs/ | 2022-09-07T05:59:51Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/g32925793/best-hip-hop-songs/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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