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MEXICO CITY (CN) — Mexico’s president and his Morena party will likely benefit from a final vote on mandatory pretrial detention in the Supreme Court planned for Thursday, according to political analysts.
While four of the court’s 11 justices Tuesday expressed their intentions to vote for the remand mechanism’s unconstitutionality after two days of debate, Chief Justice Arturo Zaldívar postponed the final vote until Thursday.
A supermajority of eight votes is required to declare a law or regulation unconstitutional.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has vehemently opposed the initiative, claiming it would open up Mexico’s judiciary to even more corruption than already plagues it.
If the court were to eliminate the constitutionally mandated mechanism, it would be “interfering in the sphere of another branch of government,” he said at his morning press conference Tuesday.
“There must be thousands,” he said when asked if he knew how many innocent people are locked up in Mexico without convictions. He attributed their detentions to “corruption.”
Statistics show that mandatory pretrial detention disproportionately affects the poorest in Mexican society, the very sector the president claims to champion from the bully pulpit of his daily morning press conferences.
López Obrador’s support for its continuation is another brick in the wall of evidence that reveals the disconnect between his rhetoric and political agenda, according to political analysts interviewed by Courthouse News.
“The law is being used politically by López Obrador,” said José Antonio Crespo, a researcher at the Mexico City-based government think tank CIDE.
Mandatory pretrial detention serves as a weapon with which the president can intimidate or punish his political opponents, Crespo said, and the narrative he maintains publicly of being a moral advocate for the poor is merely rhetoric.
“He doesn’t care about corruption, impunity or the rule of law, he cares about the politics, bending people to his will and personal revenge,” said Crespo, who added that the president appears willing to sacrifice the tens of thousands of presumedly innocent poor currently awaiting trial in Mexican prisons.
For many of those — over 90,000 as of June — for whom legal representation is economically out of reach, those trials may never come. While Article 19 of Mexico’s Constitution, which establishes mandatory pretrial detention, limits the measure to two years, more than 12% have been in prison longer than that, according to federal statistics.
López Obrador Tuesday said that the Congress should “ideally” be the branch to reform mandatory pretrial detention in the Constitution.
However, the number of people incarcerated without convictions has increased during López Obrador’s term thanks to a 2019 reform proposed by Morena legislators that expanded the catalog of crimes meriting mandatory pretrial detention.
“He’s not worried about the poor, he has sacrificed them in every aspect,” said Crespo.
The proof for Crespo is in the policy. He pointed to the elimination of Seguro Popular, a state-run health care program that covered over 50 million of Mexico’s poorest, and its replacement in January 2020 with the Health Institute for Well-being (INSABI).
Seguro Popular was created by one of López Obrador’s political rivals, former President Vicente Fox.
The INSABI failed to cover the millions of Mexicans in poverty who need health care. In August, López Obrador created the Mexican Social Security Institute for Well-being program in an attempt to pick up the slack.
“He didn’t care that he left many people out of that social safety net,” said Crespo. “It has never mattered to him. The facts show that he doesn’t really care about them.”
Crespo added that López Obrador’s social programs come with a catch.
Beneficiaries can find themselves electorally beholden to the Morena party, threatened with the loss of those benefits if they fail to vote the way the party wants them to, as seen in its internal leadership elections in July.
A former cabinet member from a previous presidential administration echoed Crespo’s analysis of López Obrador’s politics, saying that they are by and large regressive, rather than liberal.
Speaking to Courthouse News on the condition of anonymity, he said the president’s plan to eliminate corruption and alleviate poverty known as the Fourth Transformation is only narratively associated with Mexico’s poor and that its true objectives are political control and the establishment of a new hegemonic authoritarian system with López Obrador at the helm.
Mandatory pretrial detention is a powerful tool for intimidation in that process, the analysts said.
“You can accuse someone of corruption, and it doesn’t matter if they are guilty or not, because you’ve put them in jail for several years, and that intimidates people,” said Crespo.
The case before the Supreme Court not only reveals the true political ambitions of the executive branch, but also those of the head of the judiciary, according to legal experts. Chief Justice Zaldívar has espoused the cause since he visited a women's prison in Mexico City in May.
“Reforming mandatory pretrial detention is a very good thing, because it’s true that the situation in Mexico’s prisons is brutal and that there are many people illegally deprived of their liberty in them, and it’s true that public defenders offices are weak,” said Javier Martín Reyes, a law professor at Mexico’s National Autonomous University.
“But why wait three years and a half years to do it? Unfortunately, it’s a good policy inspired by the worst reasons,” he continued. “It's Zaldívar constructing his future political career.”
Unlike his U.S. counterparts the chief justice has a robust media presence, with accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, and holds a regular monthly press conference, in addition to those he hosts for special events or announcements.
Reyes called Zaldívar's media presence and his strong public stances on controversial social issues like mandatory pretrial detention evidence of the “López Obrador-ization” of the chief justice.
“He is trying to present himself as a politician in the style of López Obrador: approaching people, being worried about the vulnerable and less fortunate, and he wants to look like a genuine politician,” he said.
Juan Manuel Ureiro, a senior researcher at the Mexico City-based public policy consultancy Integralia, said that Zaldívar’s media presence and the focus of the court’s communications on the persona of its chief justice put the branch’s autonomy at risk.
“The personalization of court communications isn’t good for the image of its independence,” he said. “I wouldn’t expect this of a chief justice, and I can’t remember someone in the position doing something similar in the past.”
Zaldívar declined multiple requests from Courthouse News for interview or comment.
Thus, a confirmed vote on Thursday for the constitutionality of mandatory pretrial detention would appear to deliver exactly what the heads of the executive and judicial branches desire: the continued implement of intimidation for the former and more political clout for the latter.
Courthouse News correspondent Cody Copeland is based in Mexico City.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas appellate court reversed the state’s decision to revoke a convicted child offender’s suspended impositions of sentence. The man’s 16-year sentence was suspended as long as he did not break the law again, but a detective found that his employer had put him up in a motel within 2,000 feet of a school after learning the man was homeless. The man lacked knowledge, much less criminal intent, that he was living illegally near to a school.
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(CN) — The Center on Extremism at the Anti-Defamation League sifted through 38,000 names on leaked Oath Keepers membership lists and identified more than 370 people believed to work in law enforcement, more than 100 current military members and more than 80 people who were running for or served in public office as early as August.
On the same say that the center released its report, Oath Keepers’ founder Stewart Rhodes was due in court Wednesday afternoon for an emergency hearing in the government’s seditious conspiracy case against him and 10 other members believed to have engineered last year's insurrection, a siege on the U.S. Capitol that wound up delaying the certification of the presidential election results. Oath Keepers are said to have communicated about the plot through encrypted chats, stocked up on weapons and traveled across the country to “oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power.”
Just three weeks out from a trial, Rhodes fired his legal team Tuesday, citing a “near-complete breakdown of communications,” and hired a new attorney with the hope. It is unclear whether U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee, will agree that the development requires delaying proceedings that are slated to kick off Sept. 26.
Rhodes founded the Oath Keepers in 2009 as an anti-government militia. The Center for Extremism states in its latest report that the group's goal is to gain institutional power by targeting recruitment efforts toward current and former law enforcement, military, and emergency services personnel for their skill sets and with the hope that the mere presence of such individuals in these institutions will obstruct any law or action that the group deems unconstitutional.
“Even for those who claimed to have left the organization when it began to employ more aggressive tactics in 2014, it is important to remember that the Oath Keepers have espoused extremism since their founding, and this fact was not enough to deter these individuals from signing up,” the report states.
The Center on Extremism identified 373 people in the Oath Keepers database that is believes currently serve in law enforcement agencies in various positions, including at least 10 chiefs of police and 11 sheriffs.
Because members of law enforcement and the military are “frequently privy” to sensitive or classified information, the report calls it possible that members linked to the Oath Keepers “could use this information to advance their anti-government agenda or even disrupt an investigation.”
The right-wing group has also scored elected officials in its recruitment efforts.
At least 42 people on the leaked membership list were up for election across all levels of government this year. As of Aug. 8, at least 21 had gone on to the general election, 13 lost their primary race and four already won their general election, which the report says is “of particular concern.”
Teachers, religious leaders, business owners and government employees are also signing up. And many of those people have roles that make them trusted members of the community who are theoretically in positions “to influence people or access sensitive materials or sites,” the report states.
Some people also reported holding top-secret clearances, according to the report, or jobs that provide them access to critical infrastructure, like nuclear facilities.
“The diversity of the membership list illustrates the success the Oath Keepers experienced in spreading their beliefs, and the thousands of comments offering assistance only underscore the strength of their supporters’ conviction that the Oath Keepers were necessary to fix perceived problems,” the report states.
The report does not include people who only joined local Oath Keepers chapters or who are members but did not officially sign up.
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(CN) — One of the out-of-state witnesses summoned by an Atlanta-area district attorney investigating potential criminal interference with Georgia's 2020 presidential election has won a challenge to her subpoena in a Texas appeals court.
Podcast host and Dallas-based attorney Jacki Pick was initially ordered by a Dallas County judge to honor her subpoena in Fulton County, Georgia, which calls her "a necessary and material witness" to the investigation taking place before a special grand jury conveyed in Atlanta since May.
But by filing an appeal, Pick was able to delay testimony and successfully get her subpoena dismissed as moot by Texas' Court of Criminal Appeals, which ruled that the subpoena had expired because her required appearance dates had already elapsed.
Prosecutors instructed Pick to provide her testimony between July 12 and Aug. 31, and the court's dismissal was issued on Sept. 1.
According to her subpoena that was issued in July, Pick personally presented and narrated portions of a video purported to show election workers at Atlanta's State Farm Arena "producing 'suitcases' of unlawful ballots from unknown sources, outside the view of election poll watchers."
The video was shown at a Georgia Senate hearing on Dec. 3, 2020, where Pick along with Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and several other members of the former president's campaign attempted to spread false allegations of a rigged election.
Georgia's Secretary of State Office and federal authorities have since debunked the altered video through investigations that found no evidence of any alleged voter fraud occurring at the arena.
Because the Texas appeals court did not rule on the merits of Pick's challenge, she could receive another Georgia subpoena if prosecutors file a new petition for one.
The dismissal clashes with a ruling issued last week by the Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney, who is overseeing the grand jury and held that the investigation is criminal.
"As described at the outset of this order, its purpose is unquestionably and exclusively to conduct a criminal investigation: its convening was sought by the elected official who investigates, lodges, and prosecutes criminal charges in this Circuit; its convening order specifies its purpose as the investigation of possible criminal activities; and its final output is a report recommending whether criminal charges should be brought," McBurney wrote in his order denying Georgia Governor Brian Kemp's attempt to entirely quash his subpoena to testify, after his attorneys presented a similar argument.
In a dissenting opinion from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Judge Bert Richardson agreed with the concerns of other judges and wrote that a special purpose grand jury may not constitute the type envisioned by Texas when it established an agreement with Georgia in 1951 to secure attendance from out-of-state witnesses for investigations.
The Texas court's dismissal could impact the Georgia prosecutors' attempt to compel testimony from Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell, who is also a resident of Dallas County.
After vowing to "release the kracken" on voter fraud alleged by Trump and his allies, Powell has become a key witness to the investigation as evidence unfolds of her role in the breach of a rural Georgia county's election systems, which is also under investigation by the Secretary of State's Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigations.
McBurney granted a petition last month seeking Powell's appearance before the special grand jury on Sept. 12. According to her subpoena, Powell paid Atlanta tech firm SullivanStrickler to extract and copy sensitive election data from voting machines and equipment in Coffee County, Georgia, in January 2021.
Security camera footage released Tuesday shows Cathy Latham, the head of the Coffee County Republican Party and one of the fake electors who tried to reverse the state's election results, escorting the paid computer experts into the county's elections office.
The false claims of election fraud spread by Trump and his allies have been rejected by many courts, state governments that performed audits, multiple members of Trump's own former administration and the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, a federal agency that oversees U.S. election security.
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Former Prince William County Registrar Michele White has been indicted by a grand jury for corruption.
Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Wednesday that a local grand jury indicted White.
She is charged with corrupt conduct as an election official and willful neglect of duty as an election official between Aug. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020, and a false statement by an election official between Nov. 3 and Nov. 10, 2020.
Miyares’ announcement cited the three sections of state law under which White was charged, but they provide little detail about the specific crimes with which she is accused.
Two of the sections say any officer “on whom any duty is enjoined by law relative to any election, is guilty of willful neglect of his duty, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.” That section provides for a misdemeanor if the conduct is “in the execution of his duty.”
The only other section cited refers to “Any willfully false material statement or entry made by any person in any statement, form, or report required … shall constitute the crime of election fraud.”
Miyares’ Office said it would not provide further comment on the cases.
White held the post from February 2015 until her resignation in April 2021. Current Registrar Eric Olsen assumed the role on Nov. 8.
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The Arlington County government does love its acronyms, and over the recently departed summer replaced “EPAC” with “CARRT.”
The move has not won universal approval, but perhaps first some definitions are in order.
EPAC stands for the Emergency Preparedness Advisory Commission, appointed by and reporting to the County Board on issues related to preparedness.
Or perhaps it’s better to say EPAC stood for Emergency Preparedness Advisory Commission, because the body was effectively abolished by County Board fiat earlier in the summer. Commission members got formal notification in June that they were no longer required. “Thank you for your service,” e-mailed staffer Hannah Winant, who told appointees that staff would be in touch as details for the new group were finalized.
That group is a new body called Community Advancing Resilience and Readiness Together, whose somewhat clunky name has been shortened into the equally clunky acronym CARRT.
When the matter was discussed at a July County Board meeting, it seemed details continued to be fleshed out.
“There is no set structure for how this is going to work,” said County Board member Christian Dorsey, who had served as liaison to EPAC.
But, Dorsey told board colleagues, the plan was an open-door, big-tent effort to “bring the whole community in” to readiness planning.
The new body is likely to report to the county manager, rather than County Board, which has led to suspicions that EPAC was providing recommendations and policy ideas to elected officials that staff didn’t like.
With the elimination of EPAC, “the [County] Board will not receive neutral, outside advice on such county issues, making them more reliant on the manager and staff for decisions,” noted one individual who had watched the process closely but asked not to be named because it could be problematic in their professional life.
“EPAC and CARRT could have coexisted,” the individual said.
Abolition of EPAC came at approximately the same time that the county government’s Aquatics Committee got the heave-ho. That committee had been jointly appointed by the County Board and School Board, and its usefulness may have been more limited after the opening, in 2021, of the Long Bridge Park aquatics and fitness center, a project with a 20-year odyssey from conception to completion.
The elimination of the two bodies will become part of the discourse during election season, if County Board candidate Audrey Clement has anything to say about it.
Clement has been critical of the decisions, saying the public had no input and arguing that both bodies have provided ongoing, useful service.
In terms of the EPAC, the body “took its oversight very seriously and wasn’t shy about giving advice to the County Board, all at a time when the pandemic was surging and a state of local emergency was in effect,” Clement said.
County Board members seem not bothered by the change. In an e-mail on the matter obtained by the Sun Gazette, Dorsey sniffed that “it is not only our prerogative [to change the format of advisory boards], it is the right thing to do.”
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Back in person for the first time since 2019, the Arlington Community Foundation’s William T. Newman “Spirit of Community” Award for 2022 will honor three individuals with diverse, but highly important, impacts on the community.
Honors will be presented to Portia Clark, Mark Riley and Dr. Mike Silverman, for the following achievements:
• Clark is being honored for her longstanding service as a community organizer, particularly in the Green Valley and Four Mile Run Valley areas.
• Riley earns honors for his leadership of the annual Arlington Turkey Trot and other efforts that support funding for social-safety-net initiatives.
• Silverman is honored for his service as chief of emergency medicine at Virginia Hospital Center, and for making COVID information available to the broader community.
The William T. Newman Spirit of Community Award is named in honor of Circuit Court Judge William Newman Jr., who founded the Arlington Community Foundation in 1991. McCauley will join a pantheon of individuals and groups honored with the award.
Past recipients of the Spirit of Community Award have included (in chronological order starting in 1993) Joan Cooper, H. Paul Mount, Anna Barber, Elizabeth Campbell, Walter Tejada, John McCracken, Julia Connally, Charles Overby, Jennie Davis, Jean Berg, Eric Schaeffer, Ralph Johnson, the Woman’s Club of Arlington, Preston Caruthers, Rich Doud, Karen Darner, George Varoutsos, Mary Ann Nirschl, Meg Tuccillo, John Andelin and Ginger Geoffrey, Lola Reinsch, Mary Ann Moran, Jonathan Kinney, John Milliken, Emma Violand-Sánchez, Dr. Alfred Taylor, Arlington’s front-line public-health workers and, in 2021, Lucy Bowen.
Traditionally presented at a luncheon event, the program was moved online in 2020 owing to the COVID crisis, where it remained in 2021.
For information on the awards program and the Arlington Community Foundation, see the Website at www.arlcf.org.
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The typical seller of a Fairfax County single-family home probably would have done best by finding a buyer in late spring, but condo owners can still cash in for top dollar if they hurry, according to new housing-price projections.
The median single-family home-sales price in Fairfax County at the end of the year is expected to be about 5.5 percent lower that in the heat of summer, as the market continues to rebound to normal seasonality after COVID.
In its recently release mid-year forecast, the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR) and Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University are projecting a median sales price for single-family homes in Fairfax of $841,745 in December, down from $891,000 in May, which is expected to be the peak month for home prices in the county for 2022.
But don’t feel too bad for sellers who missed out on the earlier frenzy; the guesstimate for December’s median sales price is still up 5 percent from where prices stood a year before.
And having a decline from late spring to the end of the year is not, necessarily, an indication that the homes market is going to be in rough shape. Such seasonality, at least in the pre-pandemic era, was the norm. The market for single-family homes in Fairfax County remains “good, not overheated,” the analysis suggested.
Projections for the townhouse segment in Fairfax County anticipate a median sales price of $594,187 in December, up 13.4 percent year-over-year but down slightly from the median $601,085 that is expected for August. And in the condominium sector, the high point of the year is expected to be September, with a median sales price of $347,320 before descending ever so slightly to $347,170 by the end of the year – a figure up 10.2 percent from a year before.
(Interestingly, while the condo market is peaking later in the year in Fairfax, it was an early bloomer in neighboring Arlington, where it had its projected high point back in December and has been down since.)
Fairfax’s townhouse and condominium markets could benefit from those who had been hoping to purchase single-family homes but have been priced out by the double-whammy of higher prices and increased interest rates. On the other hand, some buyers at the lower end of the spectrum, who might earlier have turned to townhouses and condos, might be out of the picture entirely, having decided to sit on the sidelines for now – or continue their search in outer suburbs where home prices are lower.
Given the wild ride of the past two-and-almost-a-half years, it’s no surprise that crystal balls are a little cloudy when it comes to the future direction of the local real-estate market.
“It remains a complex market,” said Ryan McLaughlin, CEO of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors.
“Even though our real-estate market is changing, it remains strong,” added Terry Clower, director of the Center for Regional Analysis.
While other regions of the country may be bracing for something of a correction in home values, the D.C. region probably has little to fear. The region remains buoyed as always by the federal government, and (as was the case in the run-up to the 2008-09 housing crash) prices have risen more modestly than in some areas of the country, which have seen boom times during the COVID era but may now have to give back some of the gains.
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Editor: I am concerned about an apparent leap of logic in your Aug. 25 article on the Langston Boulevard planning study.
You noted a fact about the county-government survey on the study (that adding affordable-housing options to the corridor ranked in the middle of priorities among current residents of the neighborhoods, but was ranked much higher by those living outside the corridor). But you then stated that this was “an indication of the fissures between advocacy groups and neighborhood residents.”
It seems to me that any fissure would be between “those living outside the corridor” and the “current residents of the neighborhoods.” Though it does make me wonder which advocacy groups you are trying to pit against neighborhood residents.
Bill Fogarty, Arlington
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Editor: My family has been residing in Vienna since 1994, and we oppose the proposed construction of further sidewalks in the town.
Sidewalk construction has already sacrificed too much of the green fields, flowers, shrubs and trees that attracted us to Vienna. More sidewalks are NOT necessary, nor are theu an important amenity for residents.
If Vienna is serious about promoting good health, then it should instead purchase land and establish community parks. If Vienna is serious about pedestrian safety, then it should direct the police to enforce existing speed limits.
If Vienna wants to “connect individuals and destinations in the community, support town businesses and sustainability goals,” as it says, then it instead will promote bike lanes, build basketball courts, playing fields, a concert shell and some public swimming pools.
But more sidewalks will only encourage more speeding, more traffic, produce paved areas and destroy greenery.
We’ve lost too many trees to developers and sidewalks already. No more sidewalks.
Robert Dresdner, Vienna
[https://sungazette.news provides content to, but otherwise is unaffiliated with, InsideNoVa or Rappahannock Media LLC.] | https://www.insidenova.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-enough-with-more-sidewalks-in-vienna/article_991dbd0c-2eda-11ed-9958-1bfe62f8195f.html | 2022-09-07T20:40:55Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-enough-with-more-sidewalks-in-vienna/article_991dbd0c-2eda-11ed-9958-1bfe62f8195f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bad Dogs: The 9 most naughty but adorable dogs in the UK - including Laya who ate 20 pairs of shoes 🐶
A nationwide competition uncovered some of the most out of control dogs in the whole of the UK.
Plenty of us decided to welcome new four-legged friends into our homes in the last couple of years – according to Kennel Club figures dog ownership soared and post-lockdown demand for puppies remains high.
When they are young many dogs can be destructive – chewing socks, shoes and other interesting items they find around the house.
Most respond to training and grow out of their naughty phase, but others can be more stubborn, continuing to ruin their owner’s possessions.
Meanwhile, some pooches are eternally hungry and always on the lookout for a bin to raid, or a piece of food left unattended on a kitchen worktop.
Home contents insurance providers SO-SURE set out to find the UK’s naughtiest pet, with a £200 Next voucher up for grabs, and were inundated with entries.
Here is the mischievous winner and the other naughty contenders.
Read more | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/bad-dogs-the-9-most-naughty-but-adorable-dogs-in-the-uk-including-laya-who-ate-20-pairs-of-shoes-3591226 | 2022-09-07T20:42:00Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/bad-dogs-the-9-most-naughty-but-adorable-dogs-in-the-uk-including-laya-who-ate-20-pairs-of-shoes-3591226 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Crime Fighting Dogs: These are the 10 breeds of adorable dog that make the best police dogs - including the loving Labrador 🐕
It takes a special combination of canine attributes to make it as the ultimate police dog – and these are the breeds that have the right stuff.
A big number of us decided to welcome new puppies into our homes in the last couple of years – Kennel Club figures show dog ownership soared when the pandemic hit and post-lockdown demand for four-legged friends remains high.
There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest addition.
Of course, dogs don’t just make great pets – they also carry out a range of jobs, including working for law enforcement services.
The perfect police dog is intelligent, dedicated, hard working and able to understand and act on commands quickly and effectively.
In fact, they have a range of attributes that also make them a positive addition to any family home – as well as police station.
So, here are the 10 breeds of dog that make the best police dogs.
Read more: | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/crime-fighting-dogs-these-are-the-10-breeds-of-adorable-dog-that-make-the-best-police-dogs-including-the-loving-labrador-3529973 | 2022-09-07T20:42:25Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/crime-fighting-dogs-these-are-the-10-breeds-of-adorable-dog-that-make-the-best-police-dogs-including-the-loving-labrador-3529973 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Different Dogs: Here are the 10 easiest and most difficult breeds of dog to train without expensive obedience classes - from the Afghan to the Labrador 🐶
If you are looking for a new puppy and want a dog that’ll quickly obey commands, these are the breeds that should lead your shortlist – and those you should avoid.
Plenty of us decided to welcome new four-legged friends into our homes in the last couple of years – according to the Kennel Club figures dog ownership soared and post-lockdown demand for puppies remains high.
There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest addition.
There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
As well as having varying levels of intelligence, different breeds of pup are also very different when it comes to the crucial process of training.
While some are liable to quickly pick up basic commands, others will find it a far trickier business – while others may even ignore your wishes even though they understand you perfectly.
So, here are the 10 breeds of dog that are easiest and most difficult to train.
Read more | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/different-dogs-here-are-the-10-easiest-and-most-difficult-breeds-of-dog-to-train-without-expensive-obedience-classes-from-the-afghan-to-the-labrador-3572596 | 2022-09-07T20:42:38Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/different-dogs-here-are-the-10-easiest-and-most-difficult-breeds-of-dog-to-train-without-expensive-obedience-classes-from-the-afghan-to-the-labrador-3572596 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Dog Speeds: These are the world's 10 fastest and slowest breeds of adorable dog - from the Greyhound to the Basset Hound 🐶
If you one of the growing number of people looking to add a puppy to your family, here are the breeds that would be great if you’re looking for a running companion – and those that enjoy a slower pace of life.
Plenty of us decided to welcome new four-legged friends into our homes in the last couple of years – according to Kennel Club figures dog ownership soared and post-lockdown demand for puppies remains high.
There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest addition.
Those with active lifestyles might want to consider a larger dog, while somebody with allergies will be looking for a hypoallergenic dog. There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
One thing worth considering before making a decision is that certain breeds of dog are pretty quick on their feet – perfect for more active families with a garden that can double as a canine athletic track and who want a four-legged running companion that will never tire of adventures. Meanwhile, at the other end of the scale there are the dogs that can barely be bothered to get off the couch unless it’s an emergency – and even then they’ll take their time over it.
So, here are the 10 fastest and slowest breeds of dog.
Read more | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/dog-speeds-these-are-the-worlds-10-fastest-and-slowest-breeds-of-adorable-dog-from-the-greyhound-to-the-basset-hound-3583918 | 2022-09-07T20:42:51Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/dog-speeds-these-are-the-worlds-10-fastest-and-slowest-breeds-of-adorable-dog-from-the-greyhound-to-the-basset-hound-3583918 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Dogs For The Youngs: These are the 10 breeds of dog best avoided by the more elderly owner - including the energetic Dalmation 🐕
With demand for puppies continuing to soar post-lockdown, here are the dog breeds that it’s best to steer clear of when looking for a pet for senior owners for a number of reasons
The last couple of years have seen many of us welcome a new four-legged friend into our homes, as the Kennel Club saw dog ownership soar over the global pandemic.
But with 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your perfect pup – whether you want a large dog, family-friendly dog, or crossbreed.
While every person has different needs, for older dog owners it can be worth looking for a dog with a particular range of attributes.
Breeds needing less in the way of grooming and exercise are easier to care for by those with mobility issues, while dogs with the right easy-going temperament make loyal and loving companions for people living alone.
Meanwhile other types of dog, while still making excellent pets for those with specific needs and lifestyles, are just not generally going to be suitable for owners in their more advanced years – although there are, of course, always exceptions.
Here are 10 of the breeds that should probably be discounted if you're looking for a pet for a pensioner.
Read more: | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/dogs-for-the-youngs-these-are-the-10-breeds-of-dog-best-avoided-by-the-more-elderly-owner-including-the-energetic-dalmation-3538945 | 2022-09-07T20:43:10Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/dogs-for-the-youngs-these-are-the-10-breeds-of-dog-best-avoided-by-the-more-elderly-owner-including-the-energetic-dalmation-3538945 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Dogs That Bite: Here are the 10 breeds of adorable dog that are most likely to nip, bite and snap - including the loving Cocker Spaniel 🐶
With demand for pups continuing to rocket post-lockdown, here are the breeds of dogs that are most likely to bite humans.
If you’ve been thinking about getting a new dog then you’re not alone – Kennel Club figures show that the number of people looking for puppies has surged since the start of the global pandemic.
But with 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest four-legged addition – whether you want a large dog, family-friendly dog, or crossbreed.
There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
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Different breeds of dog also tend to have very different personalities – with some more likely to lash out with nips, nibbles and even bites.
Of course any dog is capable of delivering a damaging bite, while most dogs of any breed are unlikely to do any damage unless seriously provoked, but there are certain breeds who have temperaments making them more likely to be aggressive than others.
Researchers in the USA carried out a survey of some of the estimated five million canine bites suffered in the country each year, seperating them into types of dog.
Here are the 10 breeds of dog that they found were most likely to bite.
Read more: | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/dogs-that-bite-here-are-the-10-breeds-of-adorable-dog-that-are-most-likely-to-nip-bite-and-snap-including-the-loving-cocker-spaniel-3770323 | 2022-09-07T20:43:22Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/dogs-that-bite-here-are-the-10-breeds-of-adorable-dog-that-are-most-likely-to-nip-bite-and-snap-including-the-loving-cocker-spaniel-3770323 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Running Dogs: Here are the 10 breeds of adorbale dogs make perfect exercise buddies - including the loving Labrador 🐕
With 8.9 million UK households now owning a dog and more people than ever searching for fresh fitness activities, could our canine friend also be the perfect exercise partner?
A huge number of us decided to welcome new pups into our homes over the last couple of years – according to Kennel Club figures dog ownership soared over the global pandemic.
There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest addition.
There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
One thing to take into consideration is that certain breeds will suit owners with particular lifestyles – and their specific hobbies.
Athletic clothing retailer lululemon recently revealed a list of the top dog breeds and their aptitude for running, to find the best furry running partners.
They analysed a variety of metrics including the types of run they would be suited to, temperament, size, life span, friendliness, trainability, popularity and living requirements.
So, here are the 10 breeds of dog that make perfect exercise buddies.
Read more: | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/running-dogs-here-are-the-10-breeds-of-adorbale-dogs-make-perfect-exercise-buddies-including-the-loving-labrador-3542215 | 2022-09-07T20:44:13Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/running-dogs-here-are-the-10-breeds-of-adorbale-dogs-make-perfect-exercise-buddies-including-the-loving-labrador-3542215 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Cost of living: Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home seeing 'dramatic increase' in surrender of pets as cost of living rises
Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home are taking in more and more pets, due to owners struggling with the cost of living.
Derek Stewart-Brown, Head of PR at Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home, said he has seen “a dramatic increase” in the surrender of pets over the last few months. At the moment, the shelter is receiving up to half a dozen animals a day to look after.
Mr Stewart-Brown said that owners usually have multiple reasons for having to give up their pet – but the rising cost of living is a major one.
"It’s very much a last resort”, he said. “It’s heartbreaking for the owner, and for us.”
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He added: “Sadly, I don't think the situation is going to get any better for the foreseeable future”.
However, there is some ‘good’ news – Mr Stewart-Brown noted that people are still coming forward to re-home pets, in spite of the cost of living crisis.
The staff and volunteers at Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home believe that financial hardship should not stop someone from owning a pet. Mr Brown said: “Pets are so good for our physical and mental health. We don’t think there should be barriers to owning a pet”.
As well as taking in dogs and cats, Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home run a Pet Food Bank. Since launching in 2019, the service has expanded rapidly, and now provides pet food and other essential items to 54 food banks across Central Scotland.
According to Mr Stewart-Brown, demand for the service is growing “on a daily basis”. When Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home started the pet food bank, it cost around £2,000 a month to run – but now it is paying £10,000 monthly to keep food banks in supply.
While the rescue centre is currently coping with demand, Mr Stewart-Brown has asked the public for their support.
“You can help in so many ways – you can re-home a pet, you can provide food for the food banks, or you can make a donation”, he said.
You can donate to Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home by visiting https://edch.org.uk/donate/ | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/money/cost-of-living-edinburgh-dog-and-cat-home-seeing-dramatic-increase-in-surrender-of-pets-as-cost-of-living-rises-3835170 | 2022-09-07T20:45:18Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/money/cost-of-living-edinburgh-dog-and-cat-home-seeing-dramatic-increase-in-surrender-of-pets-as-cost-of-living-rises-3835170 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Edinburgh Tyre Extinguishers deflate 50 SUVs overnight in the Capital
Enviromental activists, Tyre Extinguishers Edinburgh, claim they deflated 50 SUVs overnight in Merchiston and Marchmont areas of the Capital.
In what the guerrilla eco group claim was its largest-ever night of action, Tyre Extinguishers also targeted SUVs in large cities across Europe.
Since March, more than 200 SUVs have been deflated in the Leith, Portobello, Hillside, Marchmont, Bruntsfield and New Town areas.
Last night’s action marked six months since the Tyre Extinguishers movement launched in the UK – but the group has warned their “movement is just beginning”.
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Tyre Extinguishers want to make it “impossible” to own an SUV. It describes them as “a climate disaster”, “dangerous” and “unnecessary”.
Members of the group deflate tyres by pushing small objects, like lentils, into their valves. They also leave leaflets on the cars they target, explaining: “We do this because driving around urban areas in your massive vehicle has huge consequences for others.”
The group have demanded that the government introduce “bans on SUVs in urban areas, pollution levies to tax SUVs out of existence, and massive investment infree, comprehensive public transport".
However, they say: “Until politicians make this a reality, Tyre Extinguishers action will continue.”
SUVs feature elements of standard cars but are larger and have off-road capabilities such as high ground clearance.
Petrol and diesel-powered models are generally less fuel efficient than cars.
The Tyre Extinguishers say even electric and hybrid SUVs are “fair game” as there are “not enough rare earth metals” to replace all cars with them, and “the danger to other road users still stands”.
Marion Walker, Tyre Extinguishers spokesperson, said: “Six months in and 9,000 SUVs later, our movement is just beginning. Our strength is that anyone, anywhere can take part using our website.“Politely asking for climate action, clean air and safer streets has failed. It’s time for action.“If enough people join us, it will be impossible to own an SUV in the world's urban areas, and we'll see these death machines piling up on the scrapheap." | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/edinburgh-tyre-extinguishers-deflate-50-suvs-overnight-in-the-capital-3834030 | 2022-09-07T20:45:59Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/edinburgh-tyre-extinguishers-deflate-50-suvs-overnight-in-the-capital-3834030 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Outlander Jamie Fraser actor Sam Heughan opens up about what he’ll miss most when Starz series ends
Sam Heughan has opened up about what he’ll miss most when Outlander finally comes to an end.
The Scottish actor, who plays Jamie Fraser in the hit time-travelling drama series, was asked the question in a new interview with men's luxury lifestyle magazine Square Mile.
The 42-year-old star admitted it’s something he's been thinking a lot about recently, with rumours Outlander’s seventh, which is set to air in May 2023, could be the last.
“What will I miss? I’ll miss the camaraderie, the people, the routine,” he said.
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“The routine is pretty tough, pretty full on. But there’s something wonderful about it, going to work every day, you know you all are going to be fucked but the end.
“It’s hard work, it’s full on, but you’re all in it together.
“So I guess that camaraderie and being around people you enjoy being around.”
Earlier this year, Heughan talked about the possibility of his character being killed off in Outlander – and he admitted it may not be long in coming.
In an interview with Gold Derby, the Balmaclellan-born star said: “I think about his mortality. I think Jamie thinks about that a lot more now.”
“He’s not worried about dying, but I think it’s the consequences of dying.”
Fraser has cheated death several times since the beginning of the series, and Heughan reckons his character has used seven of his nine lives.
Heughan said: “We talk about Jamie’s nine lives… I think he’s had about seven or six of them.
“Each time it costs him more, you know? It’s an interesting one because I think it’s in the scripts but I think it’s [also] in Diana’s books.”
Earlier this year, the prequel Outlander series was announced – and Starz has since confirmed it will be called Blood Of My Blood and will follow the love story of Jamie Fraser’s parents.
Since then, Heughan has said his version of Jamie won’t be making an appearance in the series, telling his legions of fans: “All I can tell you is I’m not in it, as Jamie’s not in it!”
Elsewhere in the interview with Gold Derby, Heughan discussed his sex scenes with his onscreen wife – and the Scots heartthrob admits he ‘enjoys those moments’ with actress Caitriona Balfe.
Recalling a scene from season six, he said: “When he comes back from being away, I remember even choreographing that scene.
“He throws his jacket at Mrs Bug and jumps up the stairs and just the sheer pace of it, and the lightness he’s got in him."
“I really enjoy those moments,” Heughan added.
On October 25, Heughan is set to release his first ever memoir.
In Waypoints, he sets out along the West Highland Way to explore his life and reflect on the personal waypoints that define him.
Speaking about the book recently, he said: “Waypoints is a memoir with a difference.
“I wanted to tell the stories and share the experiences that have shaped me, but to do that I needed to challenge myself and spend some time in my own company, away from the distractions of everyday life.
“And for me there's no better place to reflect than in the wild Scottish Highlands.” | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/outlander-jamie-fraser-actor-sam-heughan-opens-up-about-what-hell-miss-most-when-starz-series-ends-3834855 | 2022-09-07T20:46:39Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/outlander-jamie-fraser-actor-sam-heughan-opens-up-about-what-hell-miss-most-when-starz-series-ends-3834855 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Edinburgh student accommodation: Row over Fountainbridge housing as developers 'change' plans
Developers who won permission for student accommodation in Edinburgh have been accused of going back on promises to residents about measures to cut noise and disturbance.
Let us know what you think and join the conversation at the bottom of this article.
Glencairn Properties got the go-ahead for the scheme in Lower Gilmore Place – where they originally applied to build new homes – after an appeal to the Scottish Government.
Local objections that the area, beside the Union Canal at Fountainbridge, already had an over-supply of student accommodation were overruled.
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Now Ishbel McFarlane, of the Gilmore Place Lochrin Residents Association, says the company has made a "huge raft" of changes to the plans which she claims will impact on those living next to the development.
She said: "The developer had agreed to build a 10ft fence 1.5 metres from our boundary to protect our privacy and help reduce noise – now it has just disappeared.
"There were to be trees along their boundary to help with screening for privacy and noise reduction but they have also been unilaterally removed from the plans.
"And they have removed the basement floor so the plant room is being relocated alongside my neighbour's boundary wall."
The revised plans also show a pergola with large bulb festoon lighting and an outdoor cinema.
The amendments have been approved as "non-material variations" which the planning department can agree to without referring them to committee.
But Ms McFarlane said: "The council's own guidelines say the cumulative impact must be considered and while each variation may be minor in itself the combined impact could result in more significant changes which could require a new application."
And she said: "Some of the amendments completely ignore agreements which Glencairn made directly with the local residents. The developer has now unilaterally discarded these arrangements from their plans without any consultation."
Daryl Teague, managing director of Glencairn Properties, defended the changes. He said a mutual agreement had been made with the neighbours to retain the existing boundary wall, which allowed them to retain any planters and plants which had been grown on the boundary.
He said: “By retaining the existing wall we addressed the boundary situation and it would not be reasonably practical to build a secondary wall.”
Mr Teague said trees could not be planted as proposed because there were too many drains running under the ground there.
The basement had been removed because it would have involved a prolonged programme of deep excavations. The number of bedrooms in the scheme was being reduced from 74 to 69 as a result.
Any plant which could make noise was being housed within the building and an existing store on the boundary would be used for non-noisy plant, such a a sprinkler storage tank, electrical meter and gas meter.
He also said that, although the outdoor cinema was shown on a drawing, it would not be going ahead and the festoon lighting would be below the rear boundary wall line.
Mr Teague said: “As with all brownfield developments, not all elements of the site are known until full demolition and ground investigations take place.
"We have reacted to the site challenges by going through the correct channels to obtain the necessary permissions.” | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/edinburgh-student-accommodation-row-over-fountainbridge-housing-as-developers-change-plans-3834925 | 2022-09-07T20:47:07Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/edinburgh-student-accommodation-row-over-fountainbridge-housing-as-developers-change-plans-3834925 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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The Met Office report states that Edinburgh can expect: “heavy rain bringing a chance of some flooding and disruption”.
The weather warning is set to be put in place from 4am on Thursday 8 September and will end at 10am.
What does a yellow weather warning mean?
The Met Office has said that this specific yellow warning for Edinburgh could bring a variety of weather conditions, including flooding and some disruption to travel.
According to the Met Office website, a Yellow and Amber warning can represent a range of impact levels and possibilities. Therefore they ask people to read each warning carefully so they are aware of what they can expect.
Here’s a breakdown of what this specific Rain warning suggests for Edinburgh:
- Flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely
- Bus and train service probably affected with journey times taking longer
- Spray and sudden flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures
- Some interruptions to power supplies and other services are likely
What is the Met Office weather forecast for Glasgow this week?
Thursday
The day will start off fairly dry as a whole but as the day progresses widespread scattered showers are expected to develop.
By the time we get to the afternoon conditions are expected to include hail, with the possibility of thunder.
Temperatures are expected to hit highs of 21°C.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday
Friday is forecast to start off cloudy with some rain. As the morning progresses the day will turn brighter with some sunshine and scattered showers.
The weekend is set to be brighter with mostly dry conditions and some sunshine. There is the chance of some light showers for most areas.
How to protect yourself from a storm
The Met Office has a variety of tips you can use to protect yourself from a storm.
Here are just a few of the things you can do:
- Get your roof checked. Before it gets too windy it’s always worth checking for loose slates.
- Ensure that all your fences are firmly in the ground.
- Check if your home or office is at risk for flooding, and contact The Environment Agency immediately for advice and information.
- Ensure you’re home is insured, and that your policy is up to date. Building insurance offers peace of mind and coverage when you need it.
- Close and securely fastened doors, windows, especially those facing the wind.
- Secure loose objects like garden furniture, ladders and things that could be blown into windows with strong gusts of winds.
- Park vehicles in a garage if you have one. If you do not, keep them clear of buildings, trees, walls and fences.
- Ensure that all gutters and pipes are free from debris to avoid overflowing and damage during heavy rain.
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By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak | CNN
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are at the White House on Wednesday for the unveiling of their official White House portraits — marking their first joint return since they left in 2017 and the return of a Washington tradition last celebrated 10 years ago.
The pieces, which will hang inside the White House for decades to come, are the first official portraits added to the White House Collection since then-President Obama held an emotional, bipartisan unveiling ceremony for George W. Bush and Laura Bush in 2012.
President Obama’s image was painted by Robert McCurdy and Michelle Obama’s portrait was painted by Sharon Sprung.
McCurdy told the White House Historical Association in an interview that his process focused on working off of a photograph of the former President. The photorealistic image of the former President, dressed in a black suit with a gray tie, is painted against a minimal white backdrop — a signature of McCurdy’s artworks. McCurdy said his paintings take at least a year to complete.
The former first lady’s portrait was painted by Sprung, who describes her work as “contemporary realism.” The image depicts Michelle Obama in a blue dress seated on a sofa in the Red Room of the White House. The artwork was painted from photographs taken in different locations on the White House’s State Floor.
Wednesday’s ceremony in the East Room marks a rare occasion for a celebration among two presidential administrations inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are convening a who’s who of administration officials past and present — from the unique vantage point of having served in both.
It’s the same room Obama awarded Biden a surprise Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2017, a teary ceremony that reflected the two men’s deep mutual respect. While both like to play up their relationship in public, there are limits to their friendship, officials have said.
When artist Robert McCurdy was taking the high-resolution photograph he would use to paint President Barack Obama’s official portrait, he had some instructions: No smile, no gestures and look directly into the camera.
“We’re not looking for a gestural moment,” McCurdy said in an interview recently with the White House Historical Association, which acquires and funds official portraits of presidents and first ladies. “We’re looking for a more meditative or transcendent moment.”
Years later, those instructions have translated into a strikingly different style of official presidential painting. Unveiled Wednesday in a ceremony in the East Room, the portrait of Obama is a photorealist picture of the former President set against a plain white background.
Wearing a black suit, white shirt and a light gray tie with his hands in his pockets, Obama looks out from the canvas at the viewer with an enigmatic expression. Nothing else disrupts the white background.
After the initial photo was taken from which McCurdy painted, the former President had no say in the final portrait, according to the artist.
“It is part of my process that the sitter doesn’t get to say anything about how the painting looks. They’re completely outside the process,” he said. “He was open to that and accepting of that process, so he never saw the images that we worked from.”
Former first lady Michelle Obama was equally hands off with her final portrait after posing for photographs with her portraitist, New York-based artist Sharon Sprung, in the White House.
“I felt this trust come from her, that you do your thing, I do my thing, I’m going to trust you with your thing, and I think portraiture works better sometimes like that. That she didn’t contribute that much other than present herself,” Sprung told the historical association.
Like her husband’s, Michelle Obama’s portrait is painted in a distinctive style that breaks a mold of the more traditional portraits hung in the White House. Wearing a powder blue off-the-shoulder gown, she sits on a sofa from the White House Red Room, posing against a terra-cotta backdrop. Like the former President, she stares directly out of the frame at the viewer.
The paintings are historic in another way: They capture the first Black president and first lady.
“They do look different. But I also don’t think that it needs to be explained to people. I think people seem to get it,” McCurdy said.
When the Obamas selected artists for earlier portraits hung at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, they selected Black painters who at that point were still emerging into the field.
The painters behind the official White House portraits are both are established artists. McCurdy, whose signature is hyper-photorealistic paintings set against white backdrops, has painted Jeff Bezos, Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and Jane Goodall, among others.
Sprung has had a long career in figurative painting, including paintings for Congress, and has a connection to past-White House portraits: When she was younger, she developed an artistic relationship with Aaron Shikler, who painted iconic White House portraits of John F. Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy and Nancy Reagan.
“I don’t want it to look like it was done in 2013, or whatever. I want it to look like it was done in this time and place,” Sprung said in a video with the White House Historical Association.
The process of selecting the artists began when the Obamas were still in the White House, including in-person interviews in the Oval Office. Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, sat in on Sprung’s interview with the couple.
Then-President Obama and McCurdy discussed the painting process, including releasing control of the final product to the artist and the connection between viewer and subject that he aims for in each of his paintings.
“I think that directness really appealed to him,” McCurdy said.
When Sprung visited the Oval Office during the Obamas’ time in the White House for a conversation about the portrait, she brought with her some preliminary drawings of the then-first lady to give the couple a sense of her direction.
“He picked a couple that he liked, and she picked a couple that she liked, which were very different in mood. And I found that really fascinating, but it gave me a sense of both of them,” Sprung said.
McCurdy begins his process by taking about 100 photographs of his subject against a white backdrop. After selecting just one to paint from, the rest of the images are destroyed and a 12-18 month process of painting begins.
All Obama had to do, McCurdy said, was hold his mark and not move.
“He did an excellent job of that,” McCurdy said. The former President was “charming” and “very present,” he said.
When Sprung arrived to the White House for a sitting with Michelle Obama, she decided to leave her paints behind — “I didn’t want to leave my mark” — but instead photographed her and chatted as the Obamas’ dogs were barking on the lawn.
“I had them move furniture from the Red Room to the Blue Room because the light was better,” she explained in an interview with the White House Historical Association.
Sprung is shorter than Michelle Obama; her initial plan to paint the first lady standing up — akin to official portraits of Jaqueline Kennedy and Nancy Reagan — ended up shifting when she realized she was looking up at her rather than being at her level.
“I was going to do her standing to give it a certain dignity — but she doesn’t need dignity. She has so much dignity that I decided to do it sitting,” Sprung said.
As McCurdy toiled on his portrait of President Obama, it became a challenge to keep the project under total wraps. He doesn’t work with assistants, but those who helped print the photographs or happened to walk into his studio were sworn to secrecy.
He also didn’t have any additional sittings with the former President. Instead, over the course of the 18-month painting process, the subject became less a person and more a project.
“They become after a year, a year and a half, it becomes more of an object in a way, like a technical issue. I don’t feel like I’m really getting to know them as I work with them on the canvas,” he said.
For Sprung, Michelle Obama’s portrait was the longest she’d ever worked on one painting: Eight months.
“I worked on it day and night. And I said good morning to her, and I said good night to her,” she said. The most difficult detail, Sprung said, was not in her face or hands or any part of her body, but her dress.
McCurdy’s challenge was in creating a moment “where there’s no time,” he said.
“There’s no before, no after. As if that moment would be the same across a long, like a bell ringing just continues to ring. And it’s a way of locking the viewer into the moment,” he said.
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Pubs say £20 pints could become reality as energy prices soar to over £20,000 for some businesses
One pub owner has warned that the increasing cost on energy bills might lead to drastic increases in beer prices.
A pub owner in the East Riding of Yorkshire has warned that soaring energy prices could lead to dramatic increases in beer prices for pubs that want to stay in business.
James Allcocks pub Pig & Whistle Bistro in Beverley has seen bills on electricity and gas increase from £2,900 to £22,000 annually because of the soaring inflation and energy costs.
In an interview with Sky News, Allock said: “I’ve just found out it will cost £125-a-day just to turn the heating on in winter. That will turn a small profit-making day into a huge loss-making day.
“I do feel a bit like the band on the Titanic, or that I’m re-arranging the deck chairs to stop it sinking.”
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His biggest fear is that small businesses like his could disappear permanently unless the government intervenes immediately with widespread support.
This could force some pub owners to increase their beer prices to as much as £20 in order to afford staying in business - Something that will surely be off putting to already struggling population.
Allcock, 37, posted a picture on social media of his new quote saying: “My current energy bill for my tiny 22 cover restaurant is £2,928 a year. This is my new quote.
“Unsure what to actually do next but as a business that cost would now be more than I pay in rent and more than I take some months. I simply don’t have the money for this.”
In a letter to the Chancellor, Nik Antona, Chairman of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) said: “Pubs goers and beer drinkers want to see urgent action from government to make sure that the UK’s best beers, brands and breweries can survive these unprecedented times of rocketing energy and ingredient costs and a dip in consumer confidence.
“With businesses having pulled out all the stops to make it through the pandemic, it would be a travesty if more of our local, small and independent breweries were forced to close for good now due to the crisis with the cost of energy, goods, and doing business.”
Tom Strainer, also from CAMRA, told the Daily Star: “We’re seeing pubs where their energy costs are going up by not just a little bit - we’re talking 500% to 600%.
“How much would 500% be on a £5 pint - you’re talking ridiculous amounts of money, 15 or 20 quid for a pint.
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Vegas police search county official’s home in connection with stabbing death of reporter
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department served a search warrant Wednesday morning at the home of a county official in connection with the stabbing death of a newspaper reporter.
KVVU reported police were seen at a home registered to Robert Telles, according to the Clark County Assessor’s office. The Clark County website list Telles as the actively serving Clark County Public Administrator.
Police are believed to be searching the home in connection to the death of 69-year-old Jeff German.
German was found stabbed to death outside his home after authorities received a 911 call. The Clark County coroner’s office stated that he died of “multiple sharp force injuries” in a homicide.
Police said it appeared German was in an altercation with another person that led to the stabbing, which is believed to be an isolated incident.
German had previously written a series of reports about Telles during his re-election bid that reportedly did not place Telles in a favorable light.
Telles lost the bid for re-election.
In an email late Wednesday morning, a spokesperson for Clark County said they “have no comment at this time.”
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Here & Now‘s Scott Tong gets the latest on how California’s power grid is holding up amidst an intense heat wave from Steve Milne, Morning Edition anchor and reporter at Capital Public Radio.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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United Nations nuclear watchdogs are sounding the alarm about the conditions of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine. The power went out due to the artillery shelling in the area, major repairs are due, and a much-reduced crew of Ukrainian workers are under tremendous stress.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong checks in with John Hudson, national security reporter for The Washington Post in Kyiv.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Muslims make up 25% of the global population and Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world — but Muslims only comprise 1% of characters shown on popular televisions series in the U.S., the U.K., Australia and New Zealand.
Those are just two of the findings in a new report issued Wednesday by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. Researchers investigated 200 top-rated television shows from 2018 and 2019 that aired in these four countries, and surveyed 8,885 characters with speaking roles.
Apart from the numbers deficit, the majority of the Muslim characters were depicted as adult Middle Eastern or North African [MENA] men, despite the fact that Muslims are the most racially and ethnically diverse religious group in the world. These characters were also linked to violent acts and behavior. Over 30% of the 98 Muslim characters were perpetrators of violence, while nearly 40% were targets of such attacks. Less than one-third were portrayed as native English speakers, underscoring depictions of Muslims as "foreigners."
Furthermore, the ratio of male Muslim characters to female ones in these television shows is 174 to 1; and when women and girl characters d0 appear, they are typically portrayed as "fearful and endangered." Across the nearly 9,000 characters surveyed as part of the study, only one identified as an LGBTQ Muslim.
"The findings in this study reveal how rarely content creators think about including Muslims in popular storytelling– particularly girls and women," said Stacy L. Smith, founder of the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative in a press release issued alongside the study. "As a result, viewers would have to watch hours and hours of content before seeing even a single portrayal of a Muslim character– with even more time required to find a portrayal that is not linked to violence or extremism."
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In 2019 NPR profiled Sam Nugraha, who ran a rehab center about an hour south of the Indonesian capital in the mountain town of Bogor. During college Nugraha became addicted to heroin and started his recovery participating in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) programs that emphasized sobriety. He later worked as a counselor at an AA-style rehab program. But when a former client died of an overdose, he started wondering "What if AA's focus on abstinence isn't right for everyone?" He ended up creating his own addiction treatment program and rehab center called Rumah Singgah PEKA or the "Stop-by House." He worked to create a place where people who use drugs or alcohol didn't feel ashamed about their addictions – or about relapsing – as long as they tell their counselors. We checked in with Nugraha to see what's happened in the past three years.
Sam Nugraha's rehab center has a motto, "When the whole world rejects you, stop by at Rumah Singgah." But while you can still stop by Rumah Singgah, you can no longer stay.
At its peak Rummah Singgah employed more than a dozen staff and hosted about 33 live-in clients. All the center's funding came through the Indonesian government. But in the last year the money stopped. Nugraha attributes this to changes in the way the government approaches drug treatment as well as disorganization following scandals at the Ministry of Social Affairs, the agency that funded his program. Last year an anti-graft court sentenced the former Minister of Social Affairs to 12 years in prison for taking bribes related to COVID-19 pandemic aid.
While Nugraha still provides some services like counseling with his own money – he sold his motorbike to help cover costs – he closed the live-in patient services last year because the center can no longer afford them.
But Nugraha is still working to expand addiction treatment in his country, because exactly two weeks after NPR's original article came out in 2019, he got a LinkedIn message that changed his life.
Meeting an addiction treatment ally
Kim McCreanor is an Australian who lives with her husband in Bali, Indonesia. In spring 2019, McCreanor and her husband had just had lunch when her husband found himself on the NPR website.
"My husband, he happened to be going through the internet looking at articles and he's like, 'Oh my God, check this out! Read this about Sam!"
McCreanor is an executive officer for Smart Recovery International, a U.S.-founded nonprofit that helps people struggling with addiction.
Smart Recovery departs in key ways from AA and its 12-step program, says John Kelly, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an unpaid adviser to Smart Recovery International. Kelly says Smart Recovery was started by psychologists specializing in addiction who recognized that a lot of people weren't comfortable with AA's references to God and putting faith in a higher power.
"The idea was to create something ... more secular, non-spiritual," says Kelly, who says Smart Recovery uses motivational principles and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Like AA, which is abstinence-based, Kelly says that Smart Recovery started that way too but has evolved: "Now they've moved to advocating for abstinence, but if you have other goals, that's perfectly acceptable too."
When McCreanor read the NPR article about Nugraha, she realized that the philosophy of his rehab program, where patients aim to achieve goals they set for themselves, was similar to the Smart Recovery approach. "We're not abstinence only, we're very much: no stigma, no blame, no shame. And so I got in touch with him."
For Nugraha, McCreanor's LinkedIn message couldn't have come at a better time because he was looking for new community support for the center: "It's just like, 'nothing is coincidence.'"
Not long after they got in touch, McCreanor arranged a scholarship that would pay for Nugraha and five of his staff to participate in a Smart Recovery training – and bring it to Rumah Singgah.
A different way of introducing yourself
In Nugraha's first Smart Recovery training session, he noticed that unlike AA meetings where people typically introduce themselves – "Hi, I'm Sam, I'm an addict" – in Smart Recovery meetings there's no labeling.
For Nugraha's clients, AA's labeling often provokes malu, a word in the Indonesian language that can be translated a lot of ways but can sometimes mean shame or concealing your feelings. The fact you don't have to disclose your substance of choice in Smart Recovery feels like a release for many clients, says Nugraha. "It feels to me like, okay, I don't have to carry that label of 'addict' on the back of my shoulder, on my forehead, everywhere I go."
Nugraha also liked the program's approach to abstinence: It supports sobriety but doesn't require it. "I think when the goal is only one option, sometimes people kind of [get] demotivated and discouraged," he says, "We are working together with the people accordingly with their pace and with their goals."
Goals can vary for people from week to week. Nugraha says a typical check-in might sound like, "I'm Sam. You know, this past week I have had problems with this. And in the next week, I really want to achieve this or I want to change this.'"
At least 35 million people suffer from drug use globally, but only one in seven people can access treatment and support, according to the UN's 2019 World Drug Report.
McCreanor in Bali says she's trying to increase that access by connecting with people like Nugraha. "My role is to find people like Sam and go, 'Okay, let's see if we can do this in your country, because it will have a high impact.'"
Kelly at Harvard is currently involved in a study by the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. to better understand the outcomes of treatments like Smart Recovery, "We're trying to find out, really, who uses Smart Recovery, or AA, or both, or neither. And then what their trajectories are like." He says whether the nonprofit's approach results in better outcomes is still unclear: "It is early days, early days."
Back in Indonesia, McCreanor and Nugraha say since they joined forces their presence in the country is expanding. Later this month Nugraha and his colleagues plan to begin training prison staff in a Jakarta correctional facility so that inmates can attend meetings.
As for Rumah Singgah, Nugraha still has hopes that the center will once again have funding to be a lively place full-of live-in patients. He and his family have relocated to Jakarta to be closer to his wife's parents – a colleague is now managing the center's day-to-day operations. But Nugraha says another advantage of living in the Indonesian capital is there are more potential donors around. He hopes to make connections and find more funding for his old rehab center in the mountains so that people can do more than drop by.
Julia Simon is a regular contributor to NPR's podcasts and news desks, focusing on climate change, energy and business news.
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Former President Donald Trump continues to heavily suggest he will run for president in 2024, but a new poll out from NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist shows voters in the middle overwhelmingly don't want him to give it another go.
Sixty-seven percent of independents said they do not want Trump to run again, while just 28% said they do. In 2020, Trump lost independents and lost the election. In 2016, Trump fared better with the group, but throughout his presidency and afterward he suffered with them and has never regained them.
"I think we need someone who can start uniting the country," said survey participant Mike Helms, 68, of Lincolnton, N.C., an independent who voted for Trump in 2020. "I don't think him or [President] Biden can unite this country."
Trump has continued to be heavily unpopular outside of his base, raising questions about the strength of a Trump 2024 candidacy. People who live in large cities and suburban women continue to be two of the groups most opposed to Trump, while white evangelical Christians, whites without college degrees and those in rural areas are most supportive.
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"I definitely don't want him to run, because he will split the Republican Party and give the vote to the Democrats," said Greg Cox, 54, of New Haven, Mo., another independent who voted for Trump in 2020.
Overall, 61% of survey respondents said they don't want Trump to run again, largely unchanged from just after the 2020 election that Trump lost. A lot has transpired since then, and it shows just how locked in Americans' views are of Trump.
In fact, when respondents were asked if they would want Trump to run again, even if he is charged with a crime, the percentage saying no only increased marginally to 65%. That's within the margin of error.
Republicans looked like they were starting to pull away from Trump, but since the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, his Florida home, for classified materials, they have reconsolidated around him.
When it comes to the FBI search, a plurality (44%) of respondents said they think Trump did something illegal. Another 17% think he did something unethical, but not illegal. Nearly 30% maintain he did nothing wrong, including 63% of Republicans.
Two-thirds of Republicans said they want Trump to run again, and a whopping 61% of them said they still want him to run even if he's charged with a crime.
Trump is using the FBI search as a rallying cry, calling it an "egregious abuse of the law." That's despite the FBI obtaining a legal search warrant. The Justice Department has said that it began investigating after a referral from the National Archives about classified material being mixed in with other material it received from Trump.
The FBI said it had evidence that Trump's team did not turn over all the documents it was asked for — and the search bore that out. An inventory of the search of Trump's home found dozens of boxes of documents, including some marked with the highest, most sensitive classifications.
On Monday, Trump was granted the right to a "special master" to separate out materials that have attorney-client privilege and even potentially material that could be argued to have "executive privilege," even though Trump is no longer president.
"We're going to take back America," Trump said at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Saturday, where he lambasted the FBI search. "And in 2024, most importantly, we are going to take back our magnificent White House."
But Trump's base alone proved not to be enough in 2020, and likely wouldn't be in 2024, either.
Biden has also struggled with independents, who have largely disapproved of the job he has done so far, so they will be a major question mark and potentially hold the key to a 2024 presidential election, if it is a Biden-Trump rematch.
Helms, for example, said he would vote for Trump over Biden if Trump does run again, but not happily.
Cox said he would "absolutely not" vote for Trump again if there's a next time around, but he emphatically said he is not open to voting for Biden, either.
"Maybe I'd vote Libertarian," Cox said.
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The survey of 1,236 adults was conducted Aug. 29 through Sept. 1. It has a margin of error of +/- 4.1 percentage points, meaning results could be 4 points higher or lower than what is shown. There are 1,151 registered voters surveyed with a margin of error of +/- 4.3 percentage points.
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Six months into the war in Ukraine, thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced. Four-legged Ukrainians are also suffering, but there are groups working to help the animals.
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Six months into the war in Ukraine, thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced. Four-legged Ukrainians are also suffering, but there are groups working to help the animals.
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Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Overall, RFK has started 177 races across the three national series, earning nine wins, 41 top-five finishes, 76 top-10 finishes and has an overall average finish of 14.9.
Winning at Kansas
RFK swept both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NCS races at Kansas in the fall of 2012 with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Matt Kenseth. Stenhouse became the sixth driver to win at the track for the organization via his Xfinity victory.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin earned RFK’s first NCS win at Kansas in 2005 and former driver Greg Biffle bested the 1.5-mile track in 2007 and 2010. RFK’s first overall win at Kansas came in 2002 via Jeff Burton in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Three drivers (Jon Wood in 2003, Carl Edwards in 2004 and Erik Darnell in 2007) have won in the NCWTS at Kansas for RFK.
Tale of the Tape
RFK has started 108 NCS races at Kansas, recording four victories, 20 top-five finishes, 36 top-10 finishes, an average finish of 16.6 and has led 970 laps. Kenseth earned the most recent victory at Kansas in the fall of 2012.
RFK Kansas Wins
2002 Burton NXS
2003 Wood Truck
2004 Edwards Truck
2005 Martin Cup
2007 Biffle Cup
2007 Darnell Truck
2010 Biffle Cup
2012-2 Kenseth Cup
2012 Stenhouse NXS
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USA Network's "Race for the Championship"
Watch Ross Chastain and teammate Daniel Suárez in upcoming episodes of USA Network's "Race for The Championship." The unscripted documentary follows Chastain, Suárez and other NASCAR Cup Series drivers and teams.
USA Network will air a new episode on Thursday at 10 p.m. ET.
The series will give a behind-the-scenes look at the elite drivers and teams competing in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Documenting the lives of the sport’s best on and off the track, viewers will get a rare glimpse of what it takes to balance personal relationships with the pressure to perform. Packed with action, heart and drama, this exhilarating series will offer up a taste of what it’s really like to partake in the world’s top level of stock car racing. Watch as the drivers are pushed mentally and physically to their limits, navigating a NASCAR season unlike any other – with a new car, new tracks and new challenges – for their chance to make history.
Over 10 episodes, “Race for the Championship” will tell the story of the 2022 NASCAR Cup season and playoffs.
Chastain and other drivers attended the world premiere of the series last Thursday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Ross Chastain, Driver of the No. 1 AdventHealth Chevrolet
What is the key to have a long, successful run in the playoffs?
"I don't really know what it takes to have a long, successful run in the playoffs because I've never been in this position before. I'm just taking it week by week, just like I would do in the regular season."
How does it feel to be in the playoffs for your first time?
"As a fan, I remember watching some of these guys growing up. Now, to be in the playoffs with them is really cool."
Can you describe Kansas and what you think of it?
"Kansas is in a group of tracks that you run pretty high on, up near the wall, and early in my career, that was not normal or comfortable for me. I've put a lot of effort in, just like a lot of guys have. I truly enjoy running at the top there now and up against the wall. I didn't grow up racing at tracks on the high groove. I grew up racing around the bottom groove. I go to Kansas now and confidently run the wall. I'm super happy I get to run the Xfinity car at Kansas. It was on my priority list to run the Xfinity race to get more track time and more reps."
If you were to win the pole at Kansas, would you put an engine in the pedal car that they give away to pole winner?
"I think the chances of me doing that could be pretty high. Growing up, a lot of things that I had would have a motor in it."
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NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by Barstool Sportsbook
The Place: Kansas Speedway
The Date: Sunday, September 11
The Time: 3 p.m. ET
The Purse: $8,338,881
TV: USA, 2 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 400.5 miles (267 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 80),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 165), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 267)
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: Kansas Lottery 300
The Place: Kansas Speedway
The Date: Saturday, September 10
The Time: 3 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,661,536
TV: USA, 2:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 300 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Next Race: Kansas Lottery 200
The Place: Kansas Speedway
The Date: Friday, September 9
The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $648,530
TV: FS1, 6:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 201 miles (134 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 30),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 60), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 134)
NASCAR Cup Series
Kansas Speedway marks the midway point of NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 16
Switching gears and mashing the gas has this season’s NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs off to a feverish start and for the first-time in series history not one of the 16 Playoff drivers are locked into the Round of 12 following the postseason opener. That’s because Petty GMS and driver Erik Jones, a non-Playoff competitor this season, snatched the victory at Darlington Raceway last weekend, leaving the Playoff standings shaken-up like never before. Now the Cup Series heads to Kansas Speedway for the Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by Barstool Sportsbook on Sunday, September 11 at 3 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, the second of three races in the Playoffs’ Round of 16.
The 2022 season marks the first-time the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs’ second race has been hosted by Kansas Speedway. Kansas is the fourth different track in NASCAR Cup Series history to host the second race of the Playoffs; joining Dover Motor Speedway (2004-2010), New Hampshire Motor Speedway (2011–2017) and Richmond Raceway (2018-2021).
A total of 13 different drivers have won the second race of the Playoffs, led by seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson with three wins (2005, 2009, 2010); followed by Kyle Busch (2017, 2018), Matt Kenseth (2013, 2015) and Martin Truex Jr. (2019, 2021) with two victories each.
Since the inception of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs in 2004, Kansas Speedway has participated in the postseason each year, and this season will mark the seventh different positions on the Playoff schedule the track has occupied:
- From 2004, 2005, 2011, 2013 and 2014 Kansas Speedway hosted the fourth race in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
- From 2006-2010 Kansas Speedway hosted the third race in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
- From 2015-2016 Kansas hosted the fifth race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
- Then in 2012, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Kansas Speedway hosted the sixth race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
- In 2020, Kansas Speedway hosted the seventh race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
- In 2021, Kansas Speedway hosted the eighth race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
- This season, Kansas Speedway will host the second race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
A total of 13 different drivers have won the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff races at Kansas Speedway:
Team Penske’s Joey Logano leads the NASCAR Cup Series in Playoff wins at Kansas Speedway with three postseason victories (2014, 2015, 2020); followed by four other drivers with multiple Kanas Playoff wins: Tony Stewart (2006, 2009), Jimmie Johnson (2008, 2011), Greg Biffle (2007, 2010) and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick (2013, 2016). The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion, Kyle Larson, is the most recent Playoff race winner at Kansas Speedway.
Winning the second the race in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs has been a springboard for several competitors throughout the years. When Dover Motor Speedway hosted the second race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs (2004-2010), twice the winning driver went on to win the series title that same season – Jimmie Johnson (2009 and 2010). When New Hampshire Motor Speedway moved to the second race in the Playoffs (2011-2017), only one driver won the event and went on to win the title that same year – Tony Stewart (2011). Stewart won five races in the 2011 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs (a series-record tied with Kyle Larson, 2021). None of the Playoff race winners at Richmond Raceway (2018-2021) went on to win the title in the same season.
Twice the winner of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race at Kansas Speedway has gone on to win the title that same season. In 2008, Jimmie Johnson won the Kansas Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race from the pole, leading 124 laps, and then went on to win his third consecutive series title later that season. Kansas was the third race of the Playoffs in 2008. The Kansas win was the first of three Playoff wins for Johnson en route to the 2008 title. Then in 2017, Martin Truex Jr. won the Kansas Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race from the pole, leading 91 laps, and went on to win his first NASCAR Cup Series title later that season. Kansas was the sixth race of the Playoffs in 2017. The Kansas win was the second of four Playoff victories for Truex en route to the championship in 2017.
A non-Playoff driver has never won the second race on the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs schedule, but what is interesting is three non-Playoff drivers have won a NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race at Kansas Speedway, which makes us bode the question, will it happen again?
In 2004, Joe Nemechek became the first non-Playoff driver to win the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race at Kansas Speedway. He was ranked 21st in the point standings at the time of the win. In 2006, NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart won the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race at Kansas Speedway and was ranked 11th in point standings at the time of the victory – the first spot outside the postseason. In 2007, Greg Biffle won the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race at Kansas Speedway and was ranked 14th in points at the time of the win.
The worst finish in a NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race at Kansas Speedway by a driver that went on to win the championship later that same season was 15th by NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart in 2011.
The worst finish by a driver in the second race on NASCAR Cup Playoffs schedule that went on to win the title that same season was:
- At Dover Motor Speedway (2004-2010) – the 2005 series champion Tony Stewart finished 18th.
- At New Hampshire Motor Speedway (2011-2017) – the 2015 series champion Kyle Busch finished 37th.
- At Richmond Raceway (2018-2021) – the 2018 series champion Joey Logano finished 14th.
- Last season’s champion, Kyle Larson, finished sixth at Richmond Raceway, the second race of the 2021 Playoff schedule, and went on to win the title that same season. Larson’s 2021 Playoff run tied NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart’s 2011 run for the most wins (five) during a Playoffs’ single season 10 races.
The Rundown: NASCAR Cup Series at Kansas Speedway
A staple in the NASCAR Cup Series postseason since the inception of the Playoffs in 2004, Kansas Speedway has provided some great side-by-side racing and this weekend’s Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by Barstool Sportsbook on Sunday, September 11 at 3 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, shouldn’t disappoint.
Groundbreaking for Kansas Speedway was held on May 25, 1999, and the official opening of the 1.5-mile paved four-turn track was in 2001 with the first events being an ARCA Menards Series race and an ARCA Menards Series West race on the same day – June 2. The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway was on September 30, 2001, and the race was won by Hendrick Motorsport’s driver and NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon.
For the most part Kansas Speedway has remained unchanged since it was built, but did undergo a repave during the 2012 season, between the April and October events, adding variable banking in the corners (17 to 20 degrees).
In total there have been 33 NASCAR Cup Series races at Kansas Speedway, one event from 2001 - 2010 and two races per year since 2011. The 33 Cup races have produced 17 different pole winners and 17 different race winners.
Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick leads the NASCAR Cup Series in poles at Kansas Speedway with five poles (fall 2013, 2014 sweep, spring 2018 and spring 2019). Six of the 17 NASCAR Cup Series Kansas Speedway pole winners are active this weekend.
Of the 17 different NASCAR Cup Series race winners at Kansas Speedway, 11 have won multiple races at the 1.5-mile track. Five drivers are tied for the lead in wins in the NASCAR Cup Series at Kansas Speedway with three victories each: Jeff Gordon (2001, 2002, 2014), Kevin Harvick (2013, 2016, 2018), Jimmie Johnson (2008, 2011, 2015), Denny Hamlin (2012, 2019, 2020), Joey Logano (2014, 2015, 2020). Eight of the 17 NASCAR Cup Series Kansas Speedway winners are active this weekend.
23XI Racing’s driver Kurt Busch is the most recent winner at Kanas Speedway grabbing the victory back in the No. 45 Toyota back in May, but Busch has since sustained an injury that has currently sidelined him. In his stead this weekend at Kansas, his 23XI Racing teammate Bubba Wallace will drive the No. 45 car and NASCAR Xfinity Series standout Ty Gibbs will pilot the No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota.
This weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series on-track activity will begin with practice (Sept. 10 at 11:05 a.m. ET) followed by Busch Light Pole Qualifying at 11:50 a.m. ET. Qualifying will be streamed on the NBC Sports App starting at noon ET.
Clinch Scenarios: Kansas Speedway
Petty GMS driver Erik Jones threw a wrench in the hopes of the 16-driver NASCAR Cup Series Playoff field of taking home the Playoff opener win last weekend at Darlington Raceway, when the Michigan native grabbed his first win of 2022. As a result, for the first-time since the inception of the elimination format in 2014, none of the Playoff drivers has clinched a spot in the Round of 12 coming out of the postseason opener.
Can Clinch Via Points
If there is a win by a driver who cannot advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being 56 points above the 12th winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Joey Logano, William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman or Kyle Busch.
- Joey Logano: Could only clinch with help
- William Byron: Could only clinch with help
- Denny Hamlin: Could only clinch with help
- Christopher Bell: Could only clinch with help
- Tyler Reddick: Could only clinch with help
- Ryan Blaney: Could only clinch with help
- Kyle Larson: Could only clinch with help
- Ross Chastain: Could only clinch with help
- Chase Elliott: Could only clinch with help
- Alex Bowman: Could only clinch with help
- Kyle Busch: Could only clinch with help
If there is a new winner from Daniel Suárez or another winless driver lower in the standings but still eligible to advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being 56 points above the 11th winless driver in the standings.
- Joey Logano: Could only clinch with help
- William Byron: Could only clinch with help
- Denny Hamlin: Could only clinch with help
- Christopher Bell: Could only clinch with help
- Tyler Reddick: Could only clinch with help
- Ryan Blaney: Could only clinch with help
- Kyle Larson: Could only clinch with help
- Ross Chastain: Could only clinch with help
- Chase Elliott: Could only clinch with help
- Alex Bowman: Could only clinch with help
- Kyle Busch: Could only clinch with help
Can Clinch Via Win
The following drivers would clinch on their win alone: Joey Logano, William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch, Daniel Suarez, Austin Cindric, Austin Dillon, Chase Briscoe, Kevin Harvick
Playoff Bubble: Outside Looking In After One Race
With just two races to go in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs’ Round of 16, tensions are rising as none of the 16-drivers in the postseason have locked themselves into the next round.
Currently Team Penske’s Joey Logano holds the top spot in the Playoff standings after Regular Season Champion and No. 1 seed coming into Darlington Raceway, Chase Elliott, was in an early-race incident dropping him to ninth in the postseason points. Logano is 38 points up on the Round of 12 cutoff, while Elliott is only 14 points above the cutline.
Four drivers are outside the Round of 12 cutoff and chasing Trackhouse Racing’s Daniel Suárez in the 12th and final transfer position to the next round on points, Team Penske’s Austin Cindric in 13th (-2 points), Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon in 14th (-4) and Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Chase Briscoe in 15th (-10) and veteran Kevin Harvick in 16th (-13).
NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Outlook Following Darlington Raceway (Playoff Race #1)
Of the four drivers below the Round of 12 cutline, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick has the biggest hill to climb. But Kansas Speedway is one of the 10 tracks that make up the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, and of Harvick’s 60 career Cup Series victories, 23 have come at the remaining playoff venues. Three of those wins have been at Kansas, while Harvick also has three wins apiece at Bristol and Texas. He has two wins at Las Vegas and one win each at Talladega, Homestead-Miami and Martinsville. The remaining nine wins were earned at Phoenix Raceway, home to the NASCAR Championship Race. The only Playoffs track where Harvick doesn’t have a win is the Charlotte ROVAL.
Top 16 Playoff Driver’s Cup Series Career Performances at Kansas Speedway
At Kansas this weekend, six of the 16-driver Playoff field are former winners at the 1.5-mile track, including Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson.
NASCAR Cup Series, Etc.
Lee Greenwood to perform ‘God Bless The USA’ at Kansas - As a tribute to our nation’s military and first responders on a solemn day of remembrance, Lee Greenwood will sing his patriotic hit “God Bless The USA” prior to the start of the Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by Barstool Sportsbook on Sunday, Sept. 11 at Kansas Speedway.
Greenwood has made appearances at various NASCAR events throughout the years to perform the chart-topping song, a classic at sporting events and patriotic celebrations across the country. “God Bless the USA” earned two Grammy nominations and has been in the top five on the country singles charts three times (1991, 2001, and 2003), the only song in any genre to achieve that feat.
“To have Lee Greenwood perform such an iconic song at Kansas Speedway on such an important day is truly momentous,” said Kansas Speedway President Pat Warren. “‘God Bless The USA’ always fills me with great pride and emotion, and it really has the power to bring people together. I’m looking forward to hearing it live.”
An international country music star, Greenwood has earned multiple CMA and ACM awards, as well as a Grammy for Top Male Vocal Performance on his song “I.O.U.” With seven No. 1 songs and 25 charted singles, Greenwood’s impressive discography spans over four decades. He previously served on the National Endowment of the Arts Council under three different US presidents and has performed at some of the country’s greatest venues, now adding Kansas Speedway to that list.
NASCAR Cup Series Featured Matchups: Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by Barstool Sportsbook – Below is a close look at the featured matchups fans can bet on heading into this weekend’s event.
Erik Jones vs. Daniel Suarez (Fan Vote) - What a Sunday it was for both of these drivers, as Erik Jones became a two-time winner of the Cook Out Southern 500 in the first race of the Playoffs at Darlington. With multiple Playoff drivers having car troubles in the last 50 laps, Jones hung around and used a late restart to hold off Denny Hamlin and Tyler Reddick to win his first race of the 2022 season. Daniel Suárez had an uphill battle all day after having to do a pass-through penalty at the start of the race for failing pre-race tech three times. A lap down to start the race, Suárez got his lap back after the caution came out for rain on Lap 6. Suárez worked his way all to the front and was running comfortably in the top 10 before a speeding penalty on pit road put him another lap down. Even though he wound up finishing 18th, he attained 2 points in Stage 2 and showed that he had a ton of speed in the No. 99 car. Looking ahead to Kanas, Jones has two top fives in his last seven races here and owns a 16-point advantage over Suárez in driver rating at the 1.5-mile track.
Kyle Busch vs. Denny Hamlin - Kyle Busch looked like he had the best car all day at Darlington last weekend. It looked like the 18 car was going to find his way to Victory Lane for the first time since Bristol, but an engine issue caused his car to smoke under caution while running first and ended his race with 22 laps to go. His JGR teammate, Denny Hamlin also had a great car all day. He was in contention all race, running in the top five most of the day. He gave it his best shot at running Erik Jones down in the final 20 laps, but ultimately settled for a second-place finish. Both of these championship contenders will be motivated to find Victory Lane after what could have been at Darlington and are headed to a track where both have been dominant. They’ve combined for three wins and eight top fives in the last seven races at Kansas, so expect both Busch and Hamlin to be battling it out for the lead once again. They finished third and fourth in the spring race earlier this season when Kurt Busch won.
Kyle Larson vs. Chase Elliott - It wasn’t the start of the Playoffs that Chase Elliott or Kyle Larson was looking for. Both Hendrick teammates had their fair share of struggles throughout the day, starting with Kyle Larson who found himself on pit road with possible engine failure. Luckily, Cliff Daniels and company fixed the issue, but Larson was three laps down early in Stage 2. His Hendrick counterpart and Regular Season Champion, Chase Elliott spun and hit the wall on Lap 113. The damage was so severe that Elliott was unable to fix his car under the DVP clock and had to retire from the race in last place. Elliott fell from first to ninth in the standings. Larson was able to get back on the lead lap in Stage 3 and battled back for a 12th-place finish. For two of the top Playoff contenders, they’ll look to have a better performance at Kansas. Larson holds one win and an average finish of 8.8 in his last five races at Kansas. Elliott boasts an average finishing position of 8.6, so these Hendrick teammates will be poised to regroup and find their stride in the Playoffs.
Ryan Blaney vs. Joey Logano - Keeping the theme going with teammate matchups, Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano are our final Featured Matchup for Kansas. Joey Logano’s weekend started out perfect, as he won the pole and the best pit stall for Darlington. However, a long pit stop shuffled him back in the field, and he had to battle the rest of the night for track position. Battle he did, as Logano raced his way to a fourth-place finish, and currently sits atop the Playoff standings. Ryan Blaney avoided trouble all night, and although he didn’t have the car he wanted, he picked up eight combined stage points and finished 13th. These two Team Penske Ford’s will head to Kansas hoping for better results this time around. Earlier this season at Kansas, no Fords finished inside the top-10. That will have to change if Logano wants to maintain the top spot in the Playoff standings. Logano does have one victory to his resume, but Blaney holds the edge in driver rating at 90.8 compared to Logano’s 85.1.
Another different winner brings 2022 NASCAR Cup Series total to a record 17 – Petty GMS driver Erik Jones won the Cookout Southern 500 last weekend at Darlington Raceway, becoming the 17th different winner of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season tying 1961 season for the most different winners (17) through 27 races of a single season.
The most winners all-time in a NASCAR Cup Series season is 19 different winners and it has occurred four times in the series – 1956, 1958, 1961 and 2001.
In 1956, the 19th different winner was named at the third to last race of the year at Martinsville Speedway (Race No. 54 of 56 on the schedule) – Jack Smith won the event.
In 1958, the 19th different winner was named with seven races left on the year at the California State Fairgrounds in Sacramento, California (Race No. 44 of 51 on the schedule) – Parnelli Jones won the event.
In 1961, the 19th different winner was named with 10 races left on the year at Darlington Raceway (Race No. 42 of 52 on the schedule) – Nelson Stacey won the event.
The 2001 season is the only season to reach 19 different winners in the Modern Era (1972-2022). In 2001, the 19th different winner was named season finale race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Race No. 36 of 36 on the Schedule) – Robby Gordon won the event.
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Pushing the limits with NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs in sight
Richard Childress Racing rookie Sheldon Creed put on quite the show last weekend at Darlington Raceway, finishing runner-up to JR Motorsports’ Noah Gragson after a last-lap, three car battle with Gragson and NASCAR Cup Series regular Kyle Larson.
Creed led a Xfinity Series career-high 47 laps but missed the win by a margin of victory of .794 seconds, which would’ve clinched his spot in the 2022 Playoffs. He now sits in the 13th position, the first spot outside the postseason cutoff, 16 points back from RSS Racing’s Ryan Sieg in the 12th and final Playoff spot on points.
Creed, and all Xfinity Series drivers without a win, now only have two opportunities to earn their spot in the postseason - this weekend at 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway in the Kansas Lottery 300 and next Friday under the lights in the Food City 300 at the famous half-mile Bristol Motor Speedway high-banked short track.
Looking to close the gap on Sieg this weekend, but this will be Creed’s first Xfinity Series start at Kansas Speedway in the series. Though Creed has run well on other 1.5-mile facilities this season, posting three top 10s in five races on 1.5-mile tracks – Las Vegas (seventh), Atlanta (ninth, 12th), Texas (26th), Charlotte (eighth).
Sieg, who currently sits in the final Playoff spot, has been making the trip to Kansas Speedway since 2013, posting three top fives and six top 10s in his 10 starts. His most recent finish at the track was fifth (2021).
Kansas Speedway and the NASCAR Xfinity Series
After some action-packed racing at Darlington Raceway last weekend, the NASCAR Xfinity Series is back for more at Kansas Speedway for the Kansas Lottery 300 on Saturday, September 10 at 3 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Kansas Speedway, located just outside Kansas City, Kansas is a 1.5-mile track with variable banking in the turns (17 to 20 degrees). Kansas Speedway has hosted 22 NASCAR Xfinity Series races producing 15 different pole winners and 17 different race winners. The inaugural race was won by Jeff Green on September 29, 2001.
Only two races have been won from the pole or first starting position, most recently by Kyle Busch in 2016. Matt Kenseth set the qualifying record in 2015 with a speed of 184.906 mph while Christopher Bell set the race record in 2017 with a speed of 141.158 mph.
Kyle Busch is a known name at the track, currently holding the record for most wins (four), top fives (eight), top 10s (10), laps led (544) and is tied for most lead lap finishes at 10 with Justin Allgaier and Kevin Harvick in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
Kansas Speedway is a very memorable place for some as it’s where Christopher Bell (2017), Brandon Jones (2019) and John Hunter Nemechek (2018) all scored their first Xfinity Series wins. Parker Kligerman (2009) and Tyler Reddick (2017) each won their first pole.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs sits is the most recent winner at the track. If he goes back-to-back, he’ll become the fourth driver to do so, joining Joey Logano (2009, 2010), Kyle Busch (2014, 2015, 2016) and Brandon Jones (2019, 2020).
The NASCAR Xfinity Series will kick off its weekend with practice at 5:05 p.m. ET followed by qualifying at 5:35 p.m. ET on Friday, September 9 on the USA Network.
Two races. Five spots. Who’s in?
With two races remaining in the regular season before Playoffs kickoff for the Xfinity Series at Texas Motor Speedway on September 24, winless drivers are feeling the heat to cross the finish line and take their car to Victory Lane.
With more spots than races left in the regular season, points are going to weigh a lot more as we head into the Kansas Lottery 300 this weekend.
Already Clinched
The following seven drivers have clinched a spot in the 12-driver postseason field: AJ Allmendinger, Ty Gibbs, Justin Allgaier, Noah Gragson, Josh Berry, Austin Hill, Brandon Jones.
Can clinch via points
If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the Playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being 56 points above the fifth winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Riley Herbst, Sam Mayer, Daniel Hemric or Landon Cassill.
- Riley Herbst: Would clinch with 15 points
- Sam Mayer: Would clinch with 18 points
- Daniel Hemric: Could only clinch with help
- Landon Cassill: Could only clinch with help
If there is a new winner from Ryan Sieg or another winless driver lower in the standings but still eligible to advance to the Playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being 56 points above the fourth winless driver in the standings.
- Riley Herbst: Would clinch with 33 points
- Sam Mayer: Would clinch with 36 points
- Daniel Hemric: Could only clinch with help
Can clinch via win
The following drivers would clinch on their win alone: Riley Herbst, Sam Mayer, Daniel Hemric, Landon Cassill, Ryan Sieg, Sheldon Creed, Brandon Brown, Anthony Alfredo, Myatt Snider
The following drivers could clinch with a win:
- Jeb Burton: Would clinch with 46 points
- Jeremy Clements: Could only clinch with help
Can clinch Regular Season Championship
Additionally, the Regular Season Championship could be clinched by the following drivers:
- AJ Allmendinger: Could only clinch with help
Stewart-Haas Racing’s Riley Herbst (651 points) and JR Motorsports’ Sam Mayer (648 points) are the highest ranked drivers without a win so you can be sure that they will be racing hard this weekend in hopes of taking the checkered flag.
Herbst has three starts at Kansas Speedway with one top 10 (2020). Mayer has one start at the 1.5-mile track where he posted an eight-place finish (2021).
NASCAR Xfinity Series, Etc.
Rajah Caruth is back in a Xfinity car – Rajah Caruth, a product of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity Development Program, drives full time in the ARCA Menards Series but has been getting his feet wet in the Xfinity Series this season and will continue to do so this weekend at Kansas Speedway.
He’s had three starts thus far – Richmond, Dover and Pocono – and will post his fourth start in the Kansas Lottery 300 in the No. 45 Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet.
Sunoco Rookie of the Year update – It’s crunch time in the regular season but Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill has created a pretty hefty cushion between himself and the competition. Going into this weekend’s race at Kansas, he leads the group with 740 points.
RCR teammate Sheldon Creed had a great performance last weekend and comes in next with 539 points. He has posted three top fives and 10 top 10s this season.
Kyle Sieg sits in third with 204 points and Jesse Iwuji slides in next with 84 points.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Kansas sets the stage for Camping World Truck Series Playoffs elimination race
After a small hiatus, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is back and at full song this weekend at Kansas Speedway for the Kansas Lottery 200 this Friday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, the elimination-race of the Playoffs’ Round of 10. GMS Racing’s Grant Enfinger and Kyle Busch Motorsports’ Chandler Smith are the only two drivers locked into the next round of the Playoffs. That leaves eight drivers vying for the final six spots on Friday night, and two drivers’ postseason runs will be over when checkered flag flies.
Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile paved oval with four turns with variable banking (17 to 20 degrees). The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has competed at Kansas Speedway 24 times producing 16 different pole winners and 20 different race winners. NASCAR Hall of Famer Ron Hornaday Jr. leads the series in poles at Kansas with three consecutive (2008-2010). ThorSport Racing’s Matt Crafton (2013, 2015, 2020) and Kyle Busch (2014, 2017, 2021) lead the Camping World Truck Series in wins at Kansas Speedway with three each. Three of the 20 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kansas Speedway winners are active this weekend – Matt Crafton (three wins), Brett Moffit (one win) and Front Row Motorsports’ driver and 2022 Regular Series Champion Zane Smith (one win, 2022).
This weekend marks just the second-time Kansas Speedway has hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs race (2020, 2022), and the first-time it will be an elimination-race. The first Truck Series Playoff race at Kansas Speedway was on October 17, 2020, and the event was the first race of the Round of 8 and it was won by Playoff contender Brett Moffitt propelling him into the Championship 4 Round.
Kansas Speedway is the fourth different track to host the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series first round elimination-race since the inception of the Playoffs in the series in 2016; joining Talladega Superspeedway (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020), Las Vegas Motor Speedway (2019) and Bristol Motor Speedway (2021).
Six different drivers have won the elimination race of the first round of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs; including current postseason contenders Grant Enfinger in 2016 and Chandler Smith in 2021.
Friday night’s Kansas Speedway Playoff race will be broken up into three stages, the first two stages will be 30 laps each and the final stage will be 74 laps for a race total of 134 laps (201 miles). The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on-track activity will begin with practice and Cometic Gasket Pole Qualifying on Friday, Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. ET on FS1.
Truck Clinch Scenarios: Kansas Speedway
A lot is on the line as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to action at Kansas Speedway on Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio for the Kansas Lottery 200, the cutoff race for the Round of 10.
Only two drivers have clinched spots in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs’ Round of 8 – GMS Racing’s Grant Enfinger (Indianapolis winner) and Kyle Busch Motorsports’ Chandler Smith (Richmond winner) – which means six other positions that are still open with one race to go. Below are the clinch scenarios heading into the Round of 10 finale at Kansas Speedway.
Already Clinched
The following two drivers have clinched a spot in the eight-driver field of the next round: Chandler Smith, Grant Enfinger.
Can Clinch Via Points
If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the seventh winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Zane Smith, John Hunter Nemechek, Ty Majeski, Stewart Friesen, Ben Rhodes or Matt Crafton.
- Zane Smith: Would clinch with 10 points
- John Hunter Nemechek: Would clinch with 13 points
- Ty Majeski: Would clinch with 20 points
- Stewart Friesen: Would clinch with 25 points
- Ben Rhodes: Would clinch with 34 points (needs 35 points if Crafton wins)
- Matt Crafton: Would clinch with 53 points
- Carson Hocevar: Would clinch with 55 points (needs help if Crafton wins)
- Christian Eckes: Could only clinch with help
If there is a new winner from Carson Hocevar or Christian Eckes, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the sixth winless driver in the standings.
- Zane Smith: Would clinch with 13 points
- John Hunter Nemechek: Would clinch with 16 points
- Ty Majeski: Would clinch with 23 points
- Stewart Friesen: Would clinch with 28 points
- Ben Rhodes: Would clinch with 38 points
- Matt Crafton: Could only clinch with help
- Carson Hocevar: Could only clinch with help
- Christian Eckes: Could only clinch with help
Can Clinch Via Win
The following drivers would clinch on their win alone: Zane Smith, John Hunter Nemechek, Ty Majeski, Stewart Friesen, Ben Rhodes, Matt Crafton, Carson Hocevar and Christian Eckes.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs Contender’s Career Performances at Kansas Speedway
Chandler Smith rockets out front with Playoff win at Richmond
Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Chandler Smith took the Playoff win at Richmond Raceway a few weeks back in dominant fashion, leading 176 of the scheduled 250 laps, and with the victory catapulted himself into the second round of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs. Now the Georgia native sits atop the postseason standings by two points over Front Row Motorsports’ Zane Smith as the series prepares for the final race of the Playoffs’ Round of 10 at Kansas Speedway on September 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
KBM’s Smith joins GMS Racing’s Grant Enfinger as the only the drivers locked into the Playoffs Round of 8 heading into Kansas. Front Row Motorsports’ Zane Smith leads the drivers without a win this round in the postseason standings with 2,109 points, up 46 points on the Round of 8 cutline. Smith is followed by John Hunter Nemechek (+43), Ty Majeski (+36), Stewart Friesen (+31), 2021 series champ Ben Rhodes (+21), and veteran Matt Crafton, who sits in the eighth and final transfer spot on points, and is up just three points on Niece Motorsport’s Carson Hocevar in ninth and six points on ThorSport Racing’s Christian Eckes in 10th.
After his big win at Richmond, Chandler Smith is now tied with Zane Smith for the most wins on the season with three each. In 18 starts this season, the Kyle Busch Motorsports star has put up career season-highs in wins (three: Las Vegas, Pocono, Richmond), top fives (eight) and top 10s (12).
Looking to Kansas this weekend, Smith has also run well at the 1.5-mile facility posting two top 10s and an average finish of 6.7 in three career starts. He finished fourth at Kansas earlier this season.
Last Chance Race: Hocevar, Eckes are on the outside looking in
Niece Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar (-3) and ThorSport Racing’s Christian Eckes (-6) are the two drivers currently below the NASCAR Camping World truck Series Playoffs Round of 8 cutline with just one race left to secure a spot to advance.
Hocevar’s Playoffs started with a 21st-place finish at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park followed by a 10th-place finish at Richmond. Now the Michigan native finds himself three points back from Crafton in eighth in the final transfer position. This is Hocevar’s second Playoff appearance, and he hopes to better what he did in 2021, where he was eliminated in the Round of 8. Unfortunately for Hocevar, Kansas is not one of his better tracks, in two starts he has average finish of 19.0. He finished 15th at Kansas earlier this season.
Eckes kicked off his Playoffs with a 16th-place finish at Indianapolis and finished eighth at Richmond Raceway leaving him just six points back from his ThorSport Racing teammate Matt Crafton in eighth. Eckes is looking to build on his only other Playoffs appearance in 2020, where he was eliminated in the Round of 10. Luckily for Eckes, Kansas has been a great track for him. In five series starts he has posted three top fives and four top 10s. His average finish at Kansas is 6.0. He finished fifth at Kansas earlier this season.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Etc.
Sunoco Rookie of the Year Standings Update – Kyle Busch Motorsport’s rising star, Corey Heim, has strengthened his grip on the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings after posting his third straight top-five finish and fifth overall on the season at Richmond Raceway. Now the Marietta, Georgia native has an 87-point lead on second place in the rookie standings, Niece Motorsports’ Lawless Alan.
Though Heim has only participated in 11 of the 18 scheduled races this season, he has been the top of his 2022 rookie class putting up two wins (Atlanta, Gateway), five top fives and six top 10s.
Camping World Truck Series Owner Playoffs Update – With Kyle Busch Motorsports’ No. 18 Toyota taking the win at Richmond, they are the only team currently locked into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Round of 8, leaving seven spots still wide open heading into the round’s finale at Kansas Speedway on Sept. 9.
The highest ranked team without a win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Owner Playoffs is the Front Row Motorsports No. 38 Ford team, up +46 points on the Round of 8 cutline. Plus, the No. 38 team is the most recent winners at the next track on the schedule, Kansas Speedway.
At the other end of the Playoff standings, straddling the Playoffs’ Round of 8 cutline, is Niece Motorsports’ No. 42 Chevrolet team in the eighth and final transfer spot on points, up two points over Team DGR’s No. 17 Ford team in ninth - the first spot outside the Round of 8 cutoff. Not far behind Team DGR’s No. 17 Ford team in ninth, is ThorSport Racing’s No. 98 Toyota team in 10th, the basement of the Playoff standings, but within striking distance, just three points behind Niece Motorsports’ No. 42 team.
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McAnally-Hilgemann Racing will field two entries at Kansas Speedway for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kansas Lottery 200 on Friday.
Derek Kraus, driver of the No. 19 Kafka Granite Chevrolet Silverado, has been consistently fast at Kansas Speedway – finishing in the top 10 in four of the five series races he’s competed in at the 1.5-mile track. His highest finish there was fifth, in his rookie season in 2020. He finished eighth when the series visited Kansas in May of this year.
Colby Howard, in the No. 91 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet Silverado, brought home an 11th-place finish at Kansas Speedway in May – at the time, his career best finish. The No. 91 team faced handling issues there early, but bounced back to nearly notch a top-10 finish.
Both MHR drivers aim to build on their momentum this time around at Kansas.
The MHR teams are participating again this year in the Honor a Cancer Hero program with the Martin Truex Jr. Foundation & The NASCAR Foundation presented by AdventHealth. Through an online auction, fans were able to submit nominations to have the name of their cancer hero displayed on Camping World Truck Series entries at Kansas Speedway – in recognition of Childhood and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
The name of cancer hero Maria L. Johnson will be displayed above the driver’s door of the No. 19 MHR Chevy Silverado driven by Kraus. Above the door on the passenger side, the name of cancer hero Bill Paul will be displayed. Howard’s No. 91 MHR Chevy Silverado will have the name of cancer hero Scott Clemens displayed above the driver’s door.
A special group from NAPA Kansas will be treated to a VIP Experience at Kansas Speedway – with a tour of the NAPA race transporter, a meet-and-greet with the drivers and access to pit lane with the team. Four seats on top of the MHR war wagon will be available for VIP guest crewmembers to see all the behind-the-scenes action during the race.
Practice/Qualifying
The format for practice and qualifying at Kansas Speedway will involve a 20-minute warm-up/practice session on Friday afternoon – followed by qualifying, with a single-truck, one-lap format.
Quote – Derek Kraus
“I always look forward to racing at Kansas because it’s a worn-out racetrack and it tears up your tires. We had a strong run in the spring. So, hopefully we can do it again.”
Quote – Colby Howard
“I am ready to get back to racing after this long three-week break. We had a good run last race at Kansas. So, hopefully we can come back even faster this time around.”
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Event:
Race: Kansas Lottery 200 (134 Laps) (Race 19 of 23) Sept. 9, 2022
Location: Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan. (1.5-mile oval)
Television: FS1 on Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET
Derek Kraus
No. 19 Kafka Granite Chevrolet Silverado RST
Age: 20
Hometown: Stratford, Wis.
Career series stats: 68 starts, 3 poles, 4 top fives, 25 top 10s
Most recent series finish: 12th – Richmond (8/13/22)
Best career series finish: 2nd – Darlington (9/6/20)
Kansas stats: 5 series starts, 1 top five, 4 top 10s (Best finish – 5th on 7/24/20)
2022 series stats:
Races: 18 starts, 1 pole, 6 top 10s
Laps completed: 2,402/2,470
Laps led: 15
Series standings: 11th
Colby Howard
No. 91 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet Silverado RST
Age: 20
Hometown: Simpsonville, S.C.
Career series stats: 23 starts, 1 top 10
Most recent series finish: 28th – Richmond (8/13/22)
Best career series finish: 9th – Mid-Ohio (7/9/22)
Kansas stats: 1 series start (Best finish – 11th on 5/14/22)
2022 series stats:
Races: 18 starts, 1 top 10
Laps completed: 2,324/2,470
Laps led: 10
Series standings: 17th
MHR PR | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-truck-series-news/72721-mhr-drivers-look-to-build-on-momentum-at-kansas | 2022-09-07T21:01:09Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-truck-series-news/72721-mhr-drivers-look-to-build-on-momentum-at-kansas | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A local developer has approval from Yakima City Council to develop a vacant property near Kiwanis Park into a duplex.
Local property manager Doug Lemon submitted a proposal to build a duplex with four parking spaces on the vacant lot at 501 S. 12th St.
The city is evaluating the properties it owns but doesn’t use to see if any are suited for sale or transfer, according to City Attorney Sara Watkins. The city requested development proposals for this property earlier this year.
Watkins said Lemon is offering $65,000 for the property, which is more than the appraised value. She said the funds from the sale will go to the Parks and Recreation division because the property was initially donated to that department.
The council unanimously approved the project proposal and sale at its meeting Tuesday. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/business/city-property-near-kiwanis-park-goes-to-developer-to-construct-new-duplex/article_b4f93280-2ed6-11ed-93d4-d733045ba683.html | 2022-09-07T21:01:09Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/business/city-property-near-kiwanis-park-goes-to-developer-to-construct-new-duplex/article_b4f93280-2ed6-11ed-93d4-d733045ba683.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Yakima police say a 21-year-old man threatened to kill police officers during a standoff Saturday.
Police were called around 3:10 p.m. to 511 South 12th St. for a domestic violence call. A woman told 911 that her boyfriend had hit her in the face and kicked her, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Officers found the 20-year-old woman with a baseball-sized bruise on her forehead, a cut on her neck and bruises on her arms and left leg, the affidavit said. She said she had an argument with her boyfriend, Jose Rivera, and that he had hit her.
An officer tried to talk Rivera into coming out of the house, but he refused and said he had guns in the house, the affidavit said. When the officer tried to go in the house, Rivera ran to a bedroom, the affidavit said.
Police set up a perimeter around the house, the affidavit said. A negotiator who was on the phone with Rivera said he could hear him racking a gun as they talked.
Yakima SWAT was called in, and Rivera pointed a black pistol with an activated laser sight at officers and threatened to shoot the next officer he saw, the affidavit said.
Nine officers had the pistol pointed at them, the release said.
After four hours, Rivera surrendered to officers, who found a shotgun in the house, and the handgun with the laser sight turned out to be a BB gun, police said.
He was booked into the Yakima County jail on suspicion of 10 counts of felony harassment and one count each of resisting arrest and fourth-degree domestic violence assault.
Deputy Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney Sam Chen argued for a $50,000 bail during Rivera’s preliminary appearance in Yakima County Superior Court Tuesday.
“This is a very serious offense,” Chen said. “He threatened to shoot police and pointed a weapon at police officers.”
Defense attorney Aaron Dalan said Rivera should be allowed out on pretrial release based on his lack of prior felony convictions, his age and the fact that the gun in question was a BB pistol.
But Judge Jeff Swan instead continued the $25,000 bail that was set for him when he was arrested, saying that there were concerns for public safety, as well as for Rivera’s girlfriend.
“He may not have had a firearm, but he pretended he had a firearm. That gives some real strong cause for concern,” Swan said, adding that he was also concerned about Rivera’s mental state. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/bail-set-for-man-accused-of-threatening-to-shoot-swat-officers-during-yakima-standoff/article_05abea5a-2e3d-11ed-bb53-17b3fedb7f71.html | 2022-09-07T21:01:15Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/bail-set-for-man-accused-of-threatening-to-shoot-swat-officers-during-yakima-standoff/article_05abea5a-2e3d-11ed-bb53-17b3fedb7f71.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Seize the Momentum … The final stretch run of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series begins on Friday night at Kansas Speedway for Chase Purdy and the No. 61 team. Purdy looks to seize the momentum he’s built over the last five races to avenge his result from the May event at Kansas. The driver of the No. 61 BAMA Buggies Toyota Tundra TRD Pro finished 13th in the Heartland in May after running inside the top-10 for much of the event and is poised to out-perform that effort on Friday night. He brings a substantial amount of momentum to the Midwest plains after delivering four finishes of 14th or better in the past five races.
Intermediate Strength … The Meridian, Miss. driver has showcased his best performances this season on intermediate tracks, including at Kansas earlier this spring. In the past six races on intermediate venues, Purdy has tallied top-15 results five times, including his two best finishes this year, 10th at World Wide Technology Raceway and 11th at Pocono Raceway. After running inside the top-10 after halfway in Kansas’ May event, Purdy rallied from 21st in the late stages after a pit road penalty to record a 13th-place finish.
Special Guest Ride Along … Purdy will have a special guest riding along on the left side door on Friday night courtesy of the Martin Truex Jr. Foundation and the NASCAR Foundation’s “Honor a Cancer Hero” program. James W. Bennett is a cancer survivor and served in Vietnam as a crew chief for 240th Helicopter Assault Company. He was nominated to ride with Purdy by his daughter Kelly Evans and the HRE team is thrilled to have him ride on board on Friday night.
Season to Date … After 18 of 23 events have been completed in Purdy’s sophomore season and he remains 15th in the championship points standings. He’s recorded a career-high 11 top-15 finishes and has an average finish of 17.2.
Chassis Selection … Crew chief Matt Lucas and the No. 61 team have prepared chassis No. 018 has they return to the plains of Kansas. Purdy most recently drove this Toyota Tundra to an 11th-place finish at Pocono Raceway on July 23rd, his best result at the 2.5-mile tri oval. Chassis No. 018 has four consecutive top-15 finishes to its credit, including the 13th-place result at Kansas in May.
Tune In … FOX Sports’ coverage from Kansas begins at 3:00 p.m. ET on Friday with practice and qualifying on FOX Sports 2. Race coverage switches to FOX Sports 1 beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET with NASCAR Raceday, followed by the green flag at 7:30 p.m. ET. Stay connected with the No. 61 BAMA Buggies team by following @Hattori_Racing on Twitter, @hattoriracing on Instagram, and Hattori Racing Enterprises on Facebook.
Chase Purdy Quote:
On maintaining his momentum at Kansas:
“I think we’ve done a good job at being consistent with our finishes as the season has gone on. I think the spring race at Kansas was probably our best effort in terms of raw speed. We probably should have had our best finish if not for my mistake on pit road. I’ve had this one circled for a while. All the guys on our 61 team have done a great job preparing our trucks this year, and we’ve been fast with this BAMA Buggies Toyota Tundra TRD Pro every time we’ve brought this chassis to the track. I have a lot of confidence that we can go out there and run in the top 10 and get our best finish of the year on Friday.”
HRE PR | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-truck-series-news/72724-purdy-aims-to-seize-momentum-at-kansas | 2022-09-07T21:01:21Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-truck-series-news/72724-purdy-aims-to-seize-momentum-at-kansas | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Central Washington University in Ellensburg will have an emergency training exercise on campus Thursday, according to a university announcement. The exercise will take place around Brooks Library, which will be closed to students, staff and community members all day.
The training exercise is planned for 9 to 10:30 a.m. Emergency personnel from Kittitas County, CWU and other agencies will take part in the drill, the announcement said.
The library parking lot will be closed during the drill. Signs, caution tape and other forms of communication will be set up in the area near the library to let people know that there is no real emergency during the drill, the announcement said.
The library will re-open for normal hours Friday, the announcement said.
The first day of classes is Sept. 21.
Anyone with questions about the training can call 509-963-2959. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/education/cwu-plans-on-campus-emergency-drill-on-thursday-library-will-be-closed/article_8ed7ff34-2ede-11ed-919a-8fdb76abdd3e.html | 2022-09-07T21:01:21Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/education/cwu-plans-on-campus-emergency-drill-on-thursday-library-will-be-closed/article_8ed7ff34-2ede-11ed-919a-8fdb76abdd3e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Peaches. Oh peaches, how I love thee. But seriously. I fall more and more in love with peaches every year. Is it just me or are they getting sweeter and sweeter? I truly don’t believe there is anything better than a perfectly ripe, juicy, sweet peach.
This little snack is very simple and delicious. It is the ideal snack to serve at summer’s end. A perfectly baked crostini, smothered with creamy ricotta, topped with grilled peaches, prosciutto and finished with a drizzle of balsamic glaze. Want to keep it vegetarian? Leave off the prosciutto; it is still just as delicious.
Grilling the peaches caramelizes them a bit and adds a slight smoky element to this appetizer, making this easy dish wonderfully complex. I also made homemade ricotta for this recipe, but buy it if you are in a pinch. We are going to spice it all up with lemon juice and lemon zest.
Peach & Ricotta Crostini
Preparation time: 2 hours, 30 minutes (inactive time: 1 hour)
Servings: 8
Homemade Lemon Ricotta
4 cups whole milk
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
In a heavy bottom pot, bring whole milk, heavy cream and salt to a boil over medium heat. Stir frequently.
Once it reaches a boil, continue boiling for about 3 minutes.
Remove from heat and add 3 tablespoons lemon juice. Stir to combine, and set aside to allow it to separate for about 5 minutes.
Put a mesh strainer on top of a large bowl, and line the strainer with a cheesecloth.
Pour the separated milk over the cheesecloth, and let the liquid strain out for about 1 hour. Once liquid has strained out, you’ll be left with the ricotta cheese.
Fold in remaining 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and lemon zest.
Put in the refrigerator and move onto the next step.
Peach crostini
1 baguette loaf
1 tablespoon avocado oil
2 large peaches, sliced 1/4-inch thick
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup homemade lemon ricotta
4 ounces prosciutto
Balsamic glaze (I use store-bought)
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Slice baguette into 1/4-inch-thick pieces. Drizzle baguette slices with avocado oil. No more than 1 tablespoon of oil across 8 baguette slices — we don’t want the bread to be drenched.
Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the crostini is golden brown.
Arrange peach slices on a plate and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt.
Using a griddle pan or on an outdoor grill, place peach slices over medium-high heat and grill for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. (Note: If you are not using a nonstick pan, spray the griddle/grill with oil to ensure the peaches don’t stick.)
Spread about 1 tablespoon of ricotta on crostini, add the prosciutto, then the peaches, and drizzle with balsamic glaze.
Refrigerate until you are ready to serve, or serve while peaches are still warm.
Enjoy!
Danie Baker (heydaniebakes.com) is a food blogger, recipe developer, digital content creator and winner of "Top Chef Amateurs." You can see more of her work at her "Hey Danie Bakes" blog. You can also connect with her on Instagram at @HeyDanieBakes, or on Twitter @HeyDanieBakes. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sweet-grilled-peaches-pair-with-lemon-ricotta-for-a-perfect-crostini/article_7ad5c518-2edc-11ed-8112-f78100c61a6a.html | 2022-09-07T21:01:27Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sweet-grilled-peaches-pair-with-lemon-ricotta-for-a-perfect-crostini/article_7ad5c518-2edc-11ed-8112-f78100c61a6a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An 18-year-old was left with shocking burns after a sudden explosion at a campfire at the Reading Festival. Leone Cook believes that it might have been an aerosol left in the blaze as a ‘booby trap’ which left her with the dreadful injuries.
She was sitting with friends at the fire which was permitted at the campsite when the horrific incident happened. It was on the final evening of the festival which erupted into trouble when thugs fought each other and set fire to tents on the site.
Her mum Redd, from near Maidstone, Kent, told The Mirror her daughter has been left “traumatised” by the injuries and called on the festival organisers to do more to clamp down on troublemakers. She said the explosion set fire to Leone’s tent and added that her daughter had already been left frightened by a ‘war’ which had broken out on the site.
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Mallets, tent poles and full aerosol cans, as well as bottles filled with urine, were allegedly all being used in “unprovoked” attacks, she said. “They were targeting anybody and everybody,” Redd explained.
“It was chaos, there was fighting, there was missiles being thrown, there was full bottles of liquid being hurled at people. There was loads of screaming and...people are wondering what do they do at this time of night?”
After the explosion Leone was left in agony, with police carrying her to the paramedic tent 40 minutes after it happened. Redd said: “There was a huge crowd, a hundred people around them because she was screaming [due to shock] for such a long time.”
Leone was taken to Berkshire Royal Hospital in Reading, where she was met by her mum who had driven almost three hours to her terrified daughter. Redd said: “When I got there she’d been sick on herself. The burns go right from her ankle to her knicker line, all down one side of her leg, her face, her hands, her hair. She is absolutely traumatised by it.”
She drove her daughter two hours to Maidstone Hospital with staff spending four hours treating her before referring her to a specialist burns clinic around an hour away. Redd is now considering getting Leone counselling to help her get over the trauma of the incident: “She keeps saying ‘Why did someone do it? Why did they do it? What’s it going to look like?’” Redd said doctors told her daughter her skin was so badly damaged that she can never sunbathe and must wear factor 50 sun cream every day.
Leone has a place at Portsmouth University but has decided to defer her start until next year. Redd added: “When you read some of the reports it just touches the surface, that there was violence, there was fires, and you sort of think that probably happens every year.
“But the level and the incidents, they need to be put out there, they need to be held responsible. It’s not just a punch up, it’s not just a few drugs…if you are sitting there and missiles are being thrown at you and explosions are being made, and the security are not doing anything about it....
“As a festival goer you pay your money and you’re left vulnerable.” A spokesperson for event organisers Festival Republic said: “We are in touch with the family involved in this reported incident and are working with all authorities and medical services whilst we investigate this.”
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid has offered his apology to 5-year-old Ariel Young, the girl seriously injured in an alleged DWI-related crash in last February.
On Tuesday, Reid's attorney J.R. Hobbs said in a statement provided to NBC affiliate KSHB that his client plans to enter a plea of guilty to charges of DWI causing a serious injury.
“He sincerely regrets his conduct and hopes and prays for the continued recovery of [Ariel Young],” the statement reads.
Reid, the son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid, allegedly had been drinking before he left Truman Sports Complex and caused a three-vehicle crash shortly after 9 p.m. on Feb. 4, 2021, on an interstate on-ramp near Arrowhead Stadium.
After the crash, Reid told police officers who arrived at the scene that he had two to three drinks, according to a KCPD search warrant. He was driving approximately 83 mph shortly before the crash, according to police.
Ariel suffered a traumatic brain injury in the crash. The Chiefs later agreed to cover her medical expenses in November 2021.
"Mr. Reid sincerely apologies to AY (Ariel Young) and her family, and to his own family," Hobbs said in a statement. "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."
The attorney for the family of Ariel Young also issued a statement.
"The five victims of this crime are relieved that the defendant has chosen to plead guilty and are hopeful that the defendant receives the maximum sentence allowable by law," Tom Porto, the attorney for the victims, said in the statement to KSHB.
Reid was scheduled to stand trial on the DWI charge beginning Sept. 26.
He could face up to seven years in prison. After reviewing a sentencing advisory report, a judge will decide a sentence for Reid.
In the past, Reid has spent time in jail on weapons and drug charges and had a prior DUI conviction while living in Pennsylvania.
Reid joined the Chiefs before the 2013 season after his father was hired.
The Chiefs did not renew his contract after the crash, which occurred only a few days before Kansas City played at Tampa Bay in Super Bowl LV.
Reid started as a defensive quality control assistant for the Chiefs from 2013-14. He was promoted to assistant defensive line coach in 2015, became the defensive line coach from 2016-18, and served as outside linebackers coach from 2019-20. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/former-chiefs-assistant-pleads-guilty-in-dwi-case-that-injured-girl | 2022-09-07T21:06:37Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/former-chiefs-assistant-pleads-guilty-in-dwi-case-that-injured-girl | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The mystery of who killed a Michigan woman 33 years ago was solved thanks to the help of a new type of genealogy technology.
The Norton Shores Police Department said Stacey Lyn Chahorski of Norton Shores, Michigan, was reported missing by her mother in January 1989 after she last spoke to her on the phone on Sept. 15, 1988.
In a news release, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said authorities found a woman's body in Dane County on Dec. 16, 1988, near the Alabama state line on Interstate 59.
The identity of the body went unknown for years.
It wasn't until this past March that the body found in Georgia was identified as belonging to Chahorski, the police department said.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, she was able to be identified by using a new type of genealogy technology.
"Detectives with the Norton Shores Police Department were able to collect a fingerprint card in 2010 from relatives, which ultimately led to her positive identification after being contacted by authorities in Georgia," police said in a news release.
But the next question to answer was, who killed her?
On Tuesday, that question was answered.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that they identified Chahorski's killer as Henry Fredrick "Hoss" Wise through genealogy DNA.
According to the bureau, Wise, who was 34 at the time of her death in 1988, was a truck driver and stunt driver.
In the news release, the bureau said Wise died in 1999 when he burned to death after getting into a car accident at the Myrtle Beach Speedway in South Carolina.
The bureau said Wise's criminal history spanned across Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina but his arrests, which ranged from theft to assault, predated mandatory DNA testing after a felony arrest. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/killer-of-michigan-woman-missing-33-years-identified-with-genealogy-technology | 2022-09-07T21:06:43Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/killer-of-michigan-woman-missing-33-years-identified-with-genealogy-technology | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Four schools in Tallapoosa County will have marching bands performing one after the other Thursday.
It’s all to show the students at each school, Benjamin Russell, Dadeville, Horseshoe Bend and Reeltown high schools, they are not much different from each other.
“We wanted a spirit of cooperation and used the fact each play has good support for their programs to support all the kids,” Benjamin Russell High School band director Dale Bloodworth said. Everyone of us has our own struggles but this allows us to support each other.”
Bloodworth said he and the band directors are keeping the exhibition low key in an effort to allow more interaction between students of the schools.
“This format allows the kids to get out on the field and play their show and come back to the stands,” Bloodworth said. “We are going to have the kids sit in the lower center section and sit together. The parents and others will be up higher.”
Bloodworth said the band directors want the students together to be able to support each other and learn.
“We want the kids getting to know each other, chatting, socializing and learning about the other programs to find out we all play instruments the same,” Bloodworth said. “It’s not a competition. They will not be in uniforms. There will not be judges in the press box. It is simply for exhibition. This year we wanted it as low impact and stress free as possible for the kids.”
Tallapoosa County Schools did a night of bands for a few years under different directors. Through staff changes, more conversations have taken place and larger event started to take shape two years ago.
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“We started talking about winter of the first year and what we could do to promote our programs together,” Bloodworth said. We had been talking about making it a true county night of bands for a few years. This group of directors at the schools are great guys and great communicators. They are wanting to do this.”
The Tallapoosa County Night of Bands is Thursday. Gates open at 5 p.m at the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex. The first performance is scheduled for 6 p.m. and the last at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased through the Benjamin Russell Go Fan Tallapoosa County Night of Bands link. Concessions will also be available.
“All the proceeds will be split evenly between the four programs,” Bloodworth said.
The conversations have even started on what else can be done for the high school band programs in Tallapoosa County. Bloodworth said the directors are planning for a Tallapoosa County Honor Band later this school year.
“We will have a high school group and middle school band,” Bloodworth said. “We will bring in a clinician to work the kids 8 to 9 hours over a day and half to two days and finish with a concert.”
Bloodworth said all the work the directors and others are putting into the band programs has one goal.
“We are trying to give the kids experiences to let them know they are as good as anyone else,” Bloodworth said. | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/county-night-of-bands-coming-thursday/article_d9e09cf4-2eaa-11ed-b410-c77016065824.html | 2022-09-07T21:10:56Z | alexcityoutlook.com | control | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/county-night-of-bands-coming-thursday/article_d9e09cf4-2eaa-11ed-b410-c77016065824.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Lake Martin Tourism Association (LMTA) knows how to share their love for Tallapoosa County. So much so that Alabama leaders honored the association last week with an award.
The Alabama Tourism Department selected the Alexander City non-profit as Tourism Organization of the Year, the second accolade the organization has received since launching in 2019.
The state agency announced the award during Alabama’s annual Governor's Conference on Tourism that spanned from August 27-30. Hosted in Auburn this year, tourism organizations from across the state attended the conference.
Executive Director Brandy Hastings described the nomination as a pleasant surprise given that LMTA launched three years ago.
“When I received the confirmation on it, I just had to make sure it was real because it was so exciting. We were going up against organizations across the whole state, a lot with bigger destinations and that have more funds,” Hastings said. “To be so young, and have come so far in such a short time, that was really just powerful and an honor to be chosen.”
State leaders touted LMTA for the organization’s efforts in increasing tourism around Lake Martin despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which drastically reduced travel over the last two years.
“In three years, despite the pandemic, The Lake Martin Tourism Association has increased visitation and lodging collections and established new assets, like the Lake Martin Hiking Challenge, showcasing the abundant natural resources of the area,” the conference’s award announcement reads. “These efforts have helped position Lake Martin as a year-round destination where tranquility and relaxation are always on the menu.”
With the organization still in its infancy, Hastings noted that she and her staff contended with a changed world overnight. The pandemic initially devastated the American tourism industry, with travel completely halting in many cities and states.
“We started that ball rolling and then all of a sudden a lot of destinations around the world experienced huge downturns and they were hit really hard,” Hastings said. “They were shutting hotels down, and they were experiencing huge drops in visitation, and it was understandable as it was a time of uncertainty in the world.”
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Even so, the organization has been impactful in driving visitors to the area despite the pandemic. In fact, Alexander City tourism and lodging tax collections reached an all-time record in 2020.
“The pieces were set in motion for us to start growing as an organization so we didn't stop. We didn't let up momentum. We took a big chance and doubled down with our marketing,” she said.
The organization charted ahead that year and launched a website, newsletter and several marketing campaigns.
Hastings and her staff also noticed a surge in outdoor recreation as Amercians quarantined from COVID-19. Based on this trend, the organization advertised Lake Martin's vast natural resources and outdoor venues, with the organization specifically spurring the Lake Martin Hiking Challenge.
“Our destination really lent itself to social distancing. We had a lot of new people visit who maybe weren't outdoors people before, but they came and they experienced our destination,” Hastings said.
Even as international travel returns, Hastings added that the tourism industry remains strong in Tallapoosa County.
“In 2021, we saw another record year and this year, we are already pacing ahead to have another,” she said.
LMTA President Ed Collari has been instrumental in the organization’s growth, with Collari helping found the association alongside several other city and state partners. Collari stressed tourism marketing as an important economic driver for Lake Martin, with taxes and revenue from the industry supporting investments in local businesses and residents.
“The lake is the economic engine of our area. We're getting all these [people] that may not live in our community, but spend an awful lot of time here,”Collari said. “Making them aware of all the wonderful things that we have in Alexander City is critically important because that supports residents whose job it may be to work at one of our restaurants or who may have a plumbing business or landscaping business, and all the various entities that are supported by the tourism dollars.” | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/lake-martin-tourism-association-named-tourism-organization-of-the-year/article_f9d9ef00-2e33-11ed-beb5-77ce6f604285.html | 2022-09-07T21:11:02Z | alexcityoutlook.com | control | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/lake-martin-tourism-association-named-tourism-organization-of-the-year/article_f9d9ef00-2e33-11ed-beb5-77ce6f604285.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Jose Paulino Pascual-Reyes, an illegal immigrant according to authorities, is accused of killing his girlfriend Sandra Vazquez Ceja and her child, dismembering their bodies and disposing of them in their County Road 34 home while kidnapping Ceja’s other child, a 12-year-old girl.
Reyes, 37, is currently facing three counts of capital murder, two counts of abuse of a corpse and first-degree kidnapping. But testimony at a Wednesday preliminary hearing point towards more charges including sexual abuse.
Tallapoosa County Sheriff Department investigator Christopher Harris said Reyes had disclosed in an interview he wanted to sexually abuse the girl but didn’t. The 12-year-old girl has disclosed to an interviewer with the Tri-County Child Advocacy Center she was touched inappropriately by Reyes.
“She said he stuck his private area into her private area,” Harris said in court.
Harris confirmed Alabama Attorney General prosecutor Damon Lewis’ statement that the incident occured in the moments after the girl heard the last screams of her brother. Harris said the results of a rape kit are not yet complete.
It may not be the first time Reyes has abused the girl. Reyes, Ceja and her children previously lived in Kentucky. Harris said during the investigation of the case in Tallapoosa County alleged previous abuse was discovered.
“He had a grand jury indictemtent in September 2021 for sexual abuse in regards to [the girl],” Harris said.
Reyes was in the Tallapoosa County District Courtroom of Judge Kim Taylor to see if there was enough evidence for the case to proceed. Reyes was wearing a medical mask while his hands were cuffed at his waist. He was also in leg irons. An interpreter translated every word of the proceedings to Reyes who was clad in black and white striped jail garb.
The hearing was held in Alexander City to allow more security. The Tallapoosa County Courthouse Annex in Alexander City has a sally port, a secured entry point, while the courthouse in Dadeville does not.
Lewis questioned Harris about several aspects of the last week of July leading up to when the girl was found by three drivers just in front of the home on Aug. 1.
Harris said a call of a girl wandering down County Road 34 came into the Tallapoosa County 911 call center in Dadeville. An officer from the Camp Hill Police Department responded as did deputies with the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department. Harris was quickly on the scene as well briefly speaking with the girl.
“She looked tired, dazed and confused,” Harris said. “She informed me that she had been held inside the house by her step-dad. She said she had been fed tequila, rice krispy treats and hadn’t heard from or seen her mother and brother for about a week.”
Harris said the girl had chewed through restraints and broke her braces. Harris said he noticed marks on her wrists possibly caused by restraints as well as marks on the girls feet and ankles.
Officers briefly searched the home, noticing a foul odor, a blanket on the wall of the master bedroom, broken restraints, numerous things packed and blood. Harris said a search warrant was granted to search for evidence of kidnapping and evidence of the missing mother and brother.
Harris said he photographed the inside of the residence while taking notice of what was and wasn’t there.
“I noticed big trash bags packed with female items like purses, shoes,” Harris said. “I saw cleaning supplies. In the little boys room there was possible blood in the floor and dents in the wall.”
Harris said the master bedroom had nylon restraints tied to both sides of the headboard. There were also water bottles, rice krispy treat wrappers and used condoms.
Harris said he too noticed a blanket covering what could be described as a closet hiding fresh construction just five or so feet from where the girl described being tied to the bed.
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“It looked fresh and there was the smell,” Harris said.
Harris said it appeared sheetrock had been recently installed blocking part of the closet and just behind it was black plastic taped up that he removed.
“I noticed a lot of sheetrock white powder, female shoes, makeup and clothing,” Harris said. “In the back corner was a suitcase.”
A gruesome discovery awaited Harris in the suitcase.
“The upper torso of a body with a mixture of body parts,” Harris said. “It looked like body fluid and maggots.”
Harris said the suitcase was sealed in a bodybag with the help of the coroner and immediately taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Montgomery to confirm human remains.
Harris said another search warrant was obtained to dig further into the closet and flooring to find the missing boy and body parts not in the suitcase.
“There was concrete between the floor beams,” Harris said.
Harris said a receipt had been found where Reyes purchased on July 23 ten 50 pound bags of cement. The concrete had been held in place by plastic, insulation and wood slats, but evidence of bodies was there too.
“You could see a head with hair,” Harris said. “There were a lot of pieces, cut up, mutilated.”
It took hours for law enforcement to remove the bodies and the parts, along with concrete and fluid, dropped to a tarp covered ground before being removed in body bags on the night of Aug. 1.
Harris said the torso of the boy had a blade broken off from a jigsaw and an X-ray of his head revealed seven nails from a nail gun. Harris said numerous tools such as saws and nail guns were taken from the home. Harris also said there was a burn pit in the backyard with what appeared to be bones and the hardware from drawers missing from the boy’s room.
Preliminary autopsy reports show blunt force trauma to both deceased victims and the nails to the boy’s head.
Harris said the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences is waiting on DNA results to confirm the boy found in the home is Ceja’s son.
Harris said it appeared Reyes attempted to clean the scene and hide the smell using laundry detergent beads. But a luminol test showed blood all over the home, in the boy’s bedroom, living room, master bathroom and master bedroom.
Leading to the deaths and the girl's escape, Reyes had texted his boss about needing time off to deal with a family issue and needing to go out of state. Those texts started on July 21 and Reyes returned to a construction site in Auburn for work on July 26. Reyes was arrested on Aug. 1 on an Auburn construction site.
Reyes did talk to law enforcement through an interpreter from the Department of Homeland Security. Harris said Reyes gave a possible motive.
“He said [Ceja] slept with his best friend in his bed,” Harris said. “He suffocated and killed her. He killed [the boy] by kicking him in the chest. He indicated that the kids didn’t really care for him.” | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/more-gruesome-details-emerge-in-august-kidnapping-and-double-capital-murder-case/article_06941306-2ee3-11ed-b142-e3a88f9d4d58.html | 2022-09-07T21:11:08Z | alexcityoutlook.com | control | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/more-gruesome-details-emerge-in-august-kidnapping-and-double-capital-murder-case/article_06941306-2ee3-11ed-b142-e3a88f9d4d58.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
If a natural disaster strikes, how prepared are you?
The National Weather Service (NWS) is helping the public answer that question. The agency announced September as the beginning of National Preparedness Month (NPM). Launched in 2004, NPM is FEMA’s national annual preparedness outreach program.
NPM is managed and sponsored by FEMA’s Ready Campaign, in conjunction with the Ad Council, which aims to educate and prepre Americans for all types of emergencies throughout the year, including natural disasters and potential terrorist attacks.
Tallapoosa County Emergency Management Association (EMA) director Jason Moran stressed that preparing ahead of a natural disaster can help save lives.
“This is a national effort across the nation to bring awareness to citizens that we do need to be prepared for disasters. In some cases, seconds do matter,” he said.
For Alabama, Moran noted that tornadoes, flash floods and occasional hurricanes pose the greatest risk to local communities.
“In the springtime, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are our main threats. Then, in the summertime, we have rain and some flash flooding,” he said. “In the fall, we have hurricanes. Since we live close to the Gulf, sometimes that can be an issue for us, especially tornadoes that originate from a hurricane.”
There are several steps the NWS encourages the public to take in preparation for natural disasters, with them including: emergency alerts, planning, supply kits and disaster recovery response.
Emergency alerts
Most people learn of natural weather from an alert, either from their phone, the television or radio. Moran advises that every person have at least two reliable methods for receiving weather alerts.
“One of those can be a NOAA Weather Radio that can be programmed just for your county, but it is county wide, and then the alert system that we call Tallapoosa Alert that we have here in the county,” Moran said.
Tallapoosa Alert is a free weather monitoring alert system funded through the Tallapoosa County Commission.
Some weather and safety information can also be relayed through social media, but the NWS cautions that this is not an official means of receiving important lifesaving information.
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The NWS also suggest that the public to locate shelters and appropriate evacuation routes for specific situations. If in an apartment complex or mobile home, Moran urges that residents seek shelter.
“If you live in a mobile home, that's great affordable housing, but have a plan. Have a plan to go to a more stable structure if there is a tornado warning that goes out,” Moran said.
Make a plan
It is important to make a family emergency plan that can be put into action as soon as disaster strikes. Moran recommends forming a safety plan well in advance of any potential disasters.
“I would suggest always having a plan in place and know where you're going to go and what you're going to do before the alerts,” he said.
Moran also suggests individual safety plans for children, seniors and pets.
Build a supply kit
A supply kit is vital when planning for potential disasters. The NWS advises a supply kit to have necessary supplies for several days. Moran recommends that citizens pack enough food and water for at least 72 hours.
“You need water, any kind of medications, a flashlight, batteries and a radio. All those things would be in your kit,”he said.
Get Involved
Lastly, the NWS encourages the public to support community preparedness. There are many ways to get involved before disaster strikes. In Tallapoosa County, citizens can join VOAD or the Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster.
National Preparedness Month culminates September 30 with National Preparedness Day, the national agency’s day of action. | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/nws-launches-national-preparedness-month/article_a9042444-2e36-11ed-99f8-7ff5cc564fb4.html | 2022-09-07T21:11:14Z | alexcityoutlook.com | control | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/nws-launches-national-preparedness-month/article_a9042444-2e36-11ed-99f8-7ff5cc564fb4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A two-vehicle crash on Monday has claimed the lives of two men from Alexander City and resulted in four others being hospitalized. Kevin A. Espinoza, 22, and Rogelio G. Salinas, 42, were both fatally injured when the 2015 Nissan Altima in which they were passengers collided head-on with a 2021 Dodge Ram 2500 pickup driven by David T. Cornejo, 19, of Randleman, N.C. Espinoza and Salinas were both pronounced dead at the scene.
Cornejo was injured and transported to East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC)-Lanier in Valley. The driver of the 2015 Nissan Altima, Rolando E. Vazquez, 44, also of Alexander City, was also injured and transported to EAMC in Opelika. Two additional passengers in the Dodge Ram, Luis D. Perez, 22, of Asheboro, N.C., and Orlando P. Echevarria, 27, also of Asheboro, N.C., were both injured as a result of the crash. Perez was transported to EAMC-Lanier and Echevarria was transported to Piedmont Hospital in Columbus, Ga.
The accident occurred at approximately 5:40 a.m. Monday, Sept. 5. The crash occurred on Alabama 50 near the 49 mile marker, approximately four miles west of Lanett, in Chambers County.
Nothing further is available as troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.
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Dadeville fashion gurus should get ready for the runway.
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Dadeville fashion gurus should get ready for the runway.
The United Way Fashion Show will return to Lake Martin after a two-year hiatus, but with a twist. According to Executive Director Courtney Layfield, the show and subsequent silent auction will expand to include Dadeville for the first time in the charity fundraiser’s nine-year history.
“This year we are expanding out to some of our Dadeville merchants as well to see if they want to participate since it has been based here in Alex City, not exclusively but primarily,” she said.
The non-profit launched the fashion show in 2013 in conjunction with the organization’s annual fundraiser campaign. Layfield noted that the show has been held every year through 2019 after which the show paused due to COVID-19 pandemic.
With the grand return, Layfield noted that the show will feature both the city’s residents and businesses participating.
We are reaching out to Dadeville, and we're hoping to get some participation,” she said.
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The event will feature at least 30 local models that will represent various area clothing brands and stores, with all proceeds going to supporting the non-profit’s 2023 fundraising campaign.
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“We're trying to help support and promote our local area and merchants. Proceeds will go towards our overall total [fundraiser] in order to fund our agencies and our other community programs,” Layfield said.
The event will debut Thursday, October 20, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. and the fashion show beginning at 6:30 p.m. followed by a silent auction.
Tickets are $30 a person and can be purchased at the United Way office or can be purchased at the door on the day of the show. VIP tables are also available and will feature extra drinks and goodie bags. VIP tickets cost $500 each and can be reserved ahead of time.
William Marlow is a multimedia reporter for Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. To reach William, email william.marlow@alexcityoutlook.com.
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Students in Uvalde returned to school. Nervous parents were greeted on Tuesday by Texas state troopers and eight-foot-high fencing around the perimeter of Uvalde Elementary School, which absorbed many students from the now-shuttered Robb Elementary. Schools throughout the state instructed students to wear white and maroon to remember the 19 students and two teachers killed in a shooting at the school in May. Hundreds of cameras were installed throughout Uvalde district schools, and three dozen Texas Department of Public Safety officers will be stationed on campuses this year. Some parents aren’t sufficiently comforted by the new security measures, opting instead for homeschooling, online instruction, or private school. “Who cares if there are cops?” third-grader Zayon Martinez told The Washington Post. “They don’t do anything.”
Eleven people were shot outside a Cleveland-area bar. One person was killed in the early Monday shooting outside Just Us Lounge & Deli in East Cleveland. The incident was one of at least 14 mass shootings over Labor Day weekend, according to the Gun Violence Archive. At least 18,724 people were shot in the U.S. between Memorial Day and Labor Day: 6,102 people were killed and 12,622 people were injured over the summer, Gun Violence Archive reported.
New York officials divided on concealed carry standards update. Governor Kathy Hochul has said that state residents who applied for a permit between the Supreme Court ruling striking down the state’s “proper cause” requirement in June and the implementation of new vetting and training requirements in September will need to adhere to new rules. Applicants must complete 18 hours of training and submit three years of social media history, per the updated regulations. But an NYPD official told the City Council last week that city residents who applied during that two-month gap could subvert the new requirements. One council member called the discrepancy “a source of concern.”
“Stand your ground” laws are letting people get away with murder, analysis finds. Reveal reviewed more than 150 cases in which the perpetrator invoked the self-defense statute and found that it’s been successfully applied in shootings in which the gunman is the aggressor, including road rage shootings, child custody disputes, and interpersonal disputes. But the investigation also found that prosecutors have rejected stand your ground claims from people of color and women experiencing domestic violence, suggesting an unequal application of the law.
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The U.S. has the highest rate of gun suicide in the world, and suicides account for more than half of gun deaths each year. Here’s our guide to finding help if you’re experiencing suicidal thoughts or depression. If you need immediate help, you can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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233 — the number of people in the U.S. killed in shootings over Labor Day weekend. Another 520 people were shot but survived. [Gun Violence Archive] | https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/back-to-school-uvalde-stand-your-ground/ | 2022-09-07T21:14:28Z | thetrace.org | control | https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/back-to-school-uvalde-stand-your-ground/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A decision on the location for this year’s Rock 102 Mayflower Marathon fundraiser will be announced Thursday during the Bax, Steve, and Dave show.
The Rock 102 Mornings show will provide an update during their live broadcast Thursday morning from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on the new home of the Mayflower Marathon. The Basketball Hall of Fame said it could no longer accommodate the event due to “anticipated increased parking needs.” The Rock 102’s annual Mayflower Marathon has been held in the parking lot of the Hall of Fame for more than 20 years.
Last month, Representative González met with John Dolvea, president and CEO of the Basketball Hall of Fame, and representatives from Colebrook Realty, Open Pantry, and Rock 102 to determine the future location of the Mayflower Marathon.
In a statement to 22News, Doleva said they have been pleased to offer the space at no charge for more than 20 years. To explain the change, the decision states:
“As a ‘landlord,’ the Hall of Fame’s first obligation is to make certain that our tenants needs, including adequate and convenient parking, are met. The growth in our tenant base and the very positive organic growth of existing tenants has made this change necessary.”
John Doleva, president and CEO of the Basketball Hall of Fame
Doleva sites this business growth as a positive for the City of Springfield but there has been a lot of backlash to the decision, which was first discussed nine months ago.
Rock 102 radio host Mike Baxendale told 22News, “I’m not sure I understand the real justification for it, because the Hall of Fame only has one new tenant right now and plenty of parking, including a garage below the Hall of Fame that is underutilized.”
The Rock 102 Mornings show spent 52 hours broadcasting from the Basketball Hall of Fame which raised more than $127,000 in food and funds for the Open Pantry in 2021. Organizers say they are firmly committed to the Mayflower Marathon and hope that despite the change in location, this year raises the most for the Open Pantry to date. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/mayflower-marathon-location-to-be-announced/ | 2022-09-07T21:15:19Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/mayflower-marathon-location-to-be-announced/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
‘I’m exhausted of having to constantly run’: Cyber trolls force trans woman into hiding
(CNN) – Transphobic trolls have forced a trans woman into hiding as they post personal details about her and her family online.
Clara Sorrenti said she fled to northern Ireland as a result, but the trolls tracked her all the way there.
The trans activist and Twitch streamer said the online trolls called in a fake emergency, sending armed police to her home in Canada. The tactic is known as “swatting.”
“I went into the hallway, they told me to put my hands up,” she said. “And honestly, in that moment, I thought I was going to die. I screamed as soon as I saw the gun.”
Over the past month, she’s been targeted, harassed and stalked around the globe.
“I’m so exhausted of having to constantly run,” she said.
Earlier this year, when Sorrenti began using the Twitch platform, popular among video gamers, to talk about trans rights, she caught the attention of Kiwi Farms, a notorious online forum that has been used to organize transphobic harassment campaigns.
“The first thing that they did was find the obituary for my dead father and use it to find his memorialized Facebook page,” Sorrenti said. “They were able to find a picture of my dad on the front porch of my childhood home and, from that, use Google Maps and figure out where that was located.”
After Sorrenti’s home in Ontario was swatted, she moved to a nearby hotel. However, her harassers tracked her down there, remarkably using a photo of her cat on her hotel bed.
“They were able to cross reference what they saw on the bedsheets with every other hotel in the city until they found out that the specific bedsheets only had a pattern in this one hotel that I was staying at,” Sorrenti said.
Eventually, she said her Uber account was hacked, allowing the online bullies to track her location. It was then when she decided to leave Canada, coming here to Belfast in northern Ireland to stay with her friend.
“I thought that if I got far away and went to a different continent, they wouldn’t be able to do the same thing,” she said. “And then it turned out I was wrong.”
Her harassers somehow were able to track her down in Belfast. One of them even came to the apartment building she’s staying at, took a photo and posted it online.
Ellen Murray, another Twitch streamer, said the trolls harassed Sorrenti while they were streaming together.
“In the middle of it, we find out that, on the website 4chan, somebody had posted a picture taken from right (outside),” she said.
Sorrenti decided to take the trolls on, launching a campaign to get Kiwi Farms taken off the internet.
“I know that there’s always a threat against me as long as I’m standing up for this, but the alternative would’ve been the site keeps going and, not only me, but the countless other victims of this site who get harassed relentlessly every single day would have to continue through that nightmare,” she said.
Sorrenti called for Cloudflare, a major U.S. internet company, to stop providing cyber security services to Kiwi Farms that allows the site to stay online.
Cloudflare initially said no, but then reversed track over the weekend, citing “imminent threats to human life.”
Sorrenti knows getting Kiwi Farms taken offline won’t make all her trolls and harassers go away.
“They got roped into a hate group, and once you get deep enough inside one of these things, it’s really hard to get out,” she said. “I want to show them more compassion than they’ve ever shown me.”
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A Mamou man has been booked on drug and animal cruelty charges, Evangeline Parish Sheriff's deputies say.
Shontee Shonetey Edwards, 52, was booked with Possession with intent to distribute Marijuana over 15 grams,
Possession of a firearm in presence of CDS, 11 Counts of cruelty to animals and one count of aggravated cruelty to animals.
His arrest follows the execution of a search warrant on a residents off LD Verret Road, deputies say.
Narcotics agents entered the house and found marijuana, firearms and money, but in the yard they also found two dog kennels with puppies in them, and each was in the sun without water or food. They found one puppy that was dead, deputies say. | https://www.katc.com/news/evangeline-parish/mamou-man-booked-with-animal-cruelty | 2022-09-07T21:19:38Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/evangeline-parish/mamou-man-booked-with-animal-cruelty | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Officials in Baltimore, Maryland, are trying to flush out the city's water system after E. coli was discovered in drinking water over the weekend.
The city believes the contamination is contained to the Sandtown-Winchester and Harlem Park neighborhoods, which are predominantly Black and low-income areas.
Contamination was detected when Baltimore's Department of Public Work sampled drinking water at the Baltimore Police Department's Western District Station, and the Engine 8 Fire Station.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, some kinds of E. coli can cause diarrhea, urinary tract infections, pneumonia and other illnesses.
A boil advisory is in effect for the affected areas.
However, some residents said they didn't know about the advisory until it was too late.
"So I found out after I got to work and after we had all brushed our teeth and drank water and the dogs drank water," Baltimore County resident Lorena Ahern said on Tuesday.
The city is also handing out water at several locations. However, there is a limit of three gallons per household. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/e-coli-discovered-in-baltimore-drinking-water | 2022-09-07T21:19:56Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/e-coli-discovered-in-baltimore-drinking-water | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The mystery of who killed a Michigan woman 33 years ago was solved thanks to the help of a new type of genealogy technology.
The Norton Shores Police Department said Stacey Lyn Chahorski of Norton Shores, Michigan, was reported missing by her mother in January 1989 after she last spoke to her on the phone on Sept. 15, 1988.
In a news release, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said authorities found a woman's body in Dane County on Dec. 16, 1988, near the Alabama state line on Interstate 59.
The identity of the body went unknown for years.
It wasn't until this past March that the body found in Georgia was identified as belonging to Chahorski, the police department said.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, she was able to be identified by using a new type of genealogy technology.
"Detectives with the Norton Shores Police Department were able to collect a fingerprint card in 2010 from relatives, which ultimately led to her positive identification after being contacted by authorities in Georgia," police said in a news release.
But the next question to answer was, who killed her?
On Tuesday, that question was answered.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that they identified Chahorski's killer as Henry Fredrick "Hoss" Wise through genealogy DNA.
According to the bureau, Wise, who was 34 at the time of her death in 1988, was a truck driver and stunt driver.
In the news release, the bureau said Wise died in 1999 when he burned to death after getting into a car accident at the Myrtle Beach Speedway in South Carolina.
The bureau said Wise's criminal history spanned across Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina but his arrests, which ranged from theft to assault, predated mandatory DNA testing after a felony arrest. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/killer-of-michigan-woman-missing-33-years-identified-with-genealogy-technology | 2022-09-07T21:20:14Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/killer-of-michigan-woman-missing-33-years-identified-with-genealogy-technology | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The article titled "Newfane-Wilson service deal in the (water)works" was published in error in the Wednesday edition. The article, which reported the possibility of the Town of Newfane treating wastewater for the Village of Wilson, was written and originally published in September 2020.
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Every student at Aaron Mossell Junior High School was locked in their classroom Wednesday morning after the district fielded a report of a gun in the hands of a student on an incoming bus.
According to interim Superintendent Mike Bonnewell, Lockport police reviewed bus surveillance video, interviewed students who were on the bus and conducted a weapon search. No gun was found.
Bonnewell said the community member who reported their suspicion was "not certain" what they had seen but spoke up anyway. It was later determined that a student on the bus was holding a cell phone in such a way that it appeared to be a gun.
“This incident is a great reminder for all of us that if something seems out of place, please share it and it will be addressed,” Bonnewell said in a statement. “We appreciate the cooperation of students, staff, parents/legal guardians and the Lockport City Police Department to ensure a safe environment for our school community.” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/no-gun-found-at-mossell-jr-high-after-concerned-citizens-report/article_86716e02-2ede-11ed-9e14-6744927d1cfc.html | 2022-09-07T21:25:41Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/no-gun-found-at-mossell-jr-high-after-concerned-citizens-report/article_86716e02-2ede-11ed-9e14-6744927d1cfc.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has said that the stakeholders during the upcoming 2022 Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#28) will deliberate on the key execution priorities for the incumbent government and the incoming leadership in 2023.
NESG said the deliberations at the NES#28 with the theme ‘2023 and Beyond: Priorities for shared prosperity’ with come through four sub-themes including; delivering macroeconomic stability for shared prosperity, Investing in our future, unlocking the binding constraints to execution and reframing the agenda for transformational leadership.
This is contained in a statement issued by NESG and made available to journalists.
The statement reads: “As the political atmosphere intensifies and Nigerians brace themselves for an imminent political transition in 2023, the 28th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#28) seeks to refocus the minds of Nigerians on its developmental imperatives for the present and the future.
“The sustainable growth of the Nigerian economy is constrained on many fronts. For example, the Naira continues its free fall against the US Dollar and inflation continues to rise relentlessly, neutralizing all efforts toward poverty alleviation.
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“Additionally, most socioeconomic trends wane as insecurity pervades every region in varying dimensions, threatening food security, school enrolment and the general safety of lives and properties.
“There is no gainsaying that the quality and will of the political leaders coupled with the overall cohesiveness and optimal functioning of the machinery and arms of government across the federation have a pivotal role to play in the reversal of Nigeria’s trajectory.
“It is in full awareness and sensitivity to the observed risk of losing sight of our developmental priorities as a nation and the momentum of reforms that the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning will convene stakeholders from the private sector, academia, public sector, development institutions, and civil societies to deliberate and identify the imperatives for a prosperous Nigeria.
“Hence NES#28 theme “2023 and Beyond: Priorities for shared prosperity” Stakeholders will deliberate on the key execution priorities for the incumbent government and the incoming leadership in 2023 through four sub-themes including; delivering macroeconomic stability for shared prosperity, Investing in our future, unlocking the binding constraints to execution and reframing the agenda for transformational leadership.”
NESG said the session discussions at the summit will be dimensioned from the above sub-themes to enable stakeholders to make actionable recommendations on specific issues under the subthemes.
It further stated that the Summit seeks to galvanize stakeholders to deliberate on an actionable framework for transformative political leadership and effective governance, to facilitate economic growth and nation-building.
“NES#28 presents the best opportunity for stakeholders to agree on a consensus on the national and sub-national imperatives for economic security, social justice, conscientious governance, political stability and environmental sustainability.
“The summit hopes to discern the imperatives for harnessing Nigeria’s latent human capital wealth as a means of securing our collective future by identifying critical factors for effective policy implementation for sustained economic growth.
“#NES28 will also highlight stakeholder actions needed to eliminate barriers to inclusive economic growth and development; Identify pragmatic initiatives to elicit economic leadership at the subnational levels, by adopting a “Bottom Up” approach to economic growth and development and articulate the economic agenda for the incoming leaders in 2023 and beyond.
“The public-private dialogue platform Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#1) was held from February 18-20, 1993. Participants at NES#1 concluded that it is imperative for the private sector to continuously dialogue and cooperate with the public sector.
“Over the past 27 years, national and global policymakers and business leaders have acknowledged that the annual NES is the premier platform for public-private dialogue in Nigeria,” the statement added.
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The Vatican Museums are one of Rome’s top sights—on par with the Louvre in Paris, the British Museum in London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Housing the papal collections since the 15th century, the complex actually comprises 24 museums and numerous galleries and chapels. It’s one of the world’s most popular destinations, with an average of 6 million visitors per year. And because it’s so massive and crowded, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, as I did when I visited with my family on my first trip to Rome in 2008. After a couple of hours of shuffling past ancient statues and Renaissance paintings, I started to wonder if I was ever going to make it to the Sistine Chapel. When I finally did, it was so crowded that I couldn’t really appreciate it.
So when I was invited by global booking platform GetYourGuide to join an exclusive 6 a.m. tour of the Vatican Museums with the head clavigero (key keeper) Gianni Crea this summer, I knew I had to do it, even if it meant a dreaded 4:30 a.m. wake-up call.
I arrived just as the small group was entering the museum through a side door. We were met by Crea, who has been the Vatican’s head key keeper for 10 years and has worked at the Vatican for almost twice as long. During a brief introduction, he explained that there are 2,797 keys for the Vatican Museum’s various buildings and doors, all of which are numbered and held on large key rings kept in a climate-controlled bunker of wall safes with a special ventilation system that prevents them from rusting—all except for the key to the Sistine Chapel. That key, as he showed us, is stored separately in an envelope that gets sealed and signed every night by the clavigero and the museum’s administration. It’s kept in its own safe and has no duplicate.
I asked Crea how old the oldest key is and he took a hefty specimen from the 1700s off one of the oversize key rings he was holding and handed it to me, later instructing me to use it to open the door to the Museo Pio Clementino founded by Pope Clement XIV in the 18th century and later expanded by Pope Pius VI.
As Crea led us through the empty hallways, dozens of keys jangling on the large key rings he carried throughout the tour, he let each member of the group use one in turn to open the galleries and turn on the lights. Along the way, he pointed out highlights like the Belvedere Torso, an ancient sculpture that inspired Michelangelo and many other artists.
We continued to the Statues Courtyard. As we gazed at the ancient Greek sculpture of Laocoön and his sons, Crea explained that when it was found during the 1500s, it was missing its right arm, so a contest was held and a new arm was created for it by artist Jacopo Sansovino, but it was placed in the wrong position. When the original arm was later discovered, it turned out to have been positioned exactly as Michelangelo—who witnessed the statue’s unearthing—inferred. Unbeknownst to most museum visitors, the replacement arm is hidden behind the sculpture, attached to the pedestal. Crea let us walk behind the statue—something visitors are normally prohibited from doing—to see it.
As we continued our tour, Crea paused momentarily to point out a sculpture with what he said might be “the best ass” in antiquity before bringing us to the original Bramante Staircase, which is normally off limits. There are two staircases known as the Bramante Staircase in the Vatican Museums, but the one that most visitors see is actually a more modern version designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932. Donato Bramante created the original spiral staircase in the 1500s in a double helix shape that allowed people going up to take one path and people going down to take another, so they never crossed. The 20th-century version is more of a paved ramp that allowed the pope to ascend in his carriage.
We continued on, passing through a few other galleries before arriving at the Gallery of Maps. I strolled slowly through, admiring the 16th-century geographical paintings showing Italy’s different regions, taking stock of places where I’ve been and where I want to go.
We then arrived, via shortcut, at the Sistine Chapel. Crea put its key—the only one without a number—onto one of his massive key rings and said that whoever found it amid all the others could open the door.
Once inside, we were left alone to admire Michelangelo’s masterpiece in the early morning light—an awe-inspiring experience. I also got to go inside the very off-limits room where the newly elected pope changes into his papal garments for the first time. The small antechamber was brightly lit but sparsely furnished, though it’s dubbed “the Crying Room” because of the emotive power it holds.
As we finished the tour and were led to the courtyard for breakfast, the museum’s first visitors were arriving. Afterwards, Crea brought us up to one last off-limits area—a terrace with views of the dome of St. Peter’s and the courtyard below. For a moment, I felt a bit like Jep Gambardella, the protagonist of Paolo Sorrentino’s film La Grande Bellezza. It was a poignant reminder that just beyond—and sometimes inside—Rome’s most crowded and chaotic sites, there are gems hidden in plain sight.
How to tour the Vatican without the crowds
Normally a private tour with the clavigero costs at least €500 per person. The experience is offered by high-end tour companies, including Imago Artis Travel and Roma Experience.
I was a guest of global booking platform GetYourGuide, which is celebrating its new collaboration with the Vatican by giving away a limited number of tickets to the 6 a.m. tour with Gianni Crea via a series of contests. The next date for the tour will be September 14, 2022, and there will be a final tour offered on October 19, 2022. To enter the contest, go to GetYourGuide’s landing page on September 9, when the instructions will be posted. A limited number of tickets will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you don’t win the contest, the closest you can get to this kind of exclusive experience without forking over hundreds of euros is the Vatican’s “Prime Experience,” which gets you a guided tour at 8 a.m., one hour before the official opening time. It costs €63 and includes breakfast. It must be booked in advance via the Vatican Museums’ website. | https://www.afar.com/magazine/how-to-tour-the-vatican-without-the-crowds | 2022-09-07T21:29:40Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/magazine/how-to-tour-the-vatican-without-the-crowds | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Airline stocks such as Qantas Airways (QAN) and Air New Zealand (AIZ) are on the radar of many investors right now, as the travel sector bounces back from the COVID-19 induced downturn.
Domestic tourism is forecast to return to an average pre-pandemic level
in 2022-23, and to surpass its 2018-19 peak the following year, according to Australian Government figures.
According to the latest airline monitoring report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the cheapest flight ticket prices increased 56% in August this year, in comparison to just four months prior, when they fell to an 11-year low.
The strong demand for travel, but also high jet fuel costs, and reduced capacity are some of the factors contributing to the rising ticket prices.
Brisk business for airlines
After nearly two years in pandemic-induced lockdowns, people are eager to travel.
In July , about 4.7 million passengers flew domestically, which was the greatest number since the start of the pandemic, and 89 per cent of the passenger volume in July 2019.
Considering many airlines across were forced to scale back business operations as a result of the pandemic, there may be an element of reduced competition for airlines in strong operational health.
Qantas Airways and Air New Zealand are both national carriers, and among the airlines that weathered the pandemic storm; and now stand to benefit from the surge in travel demand.
Although Qantas has been experiencing customer service and employee issues of late, it controls the largest share of the Australian flight market and seems well placed to capitalise on the resurgent tourism market, which other adjacent companies in the travel industry are now seeing flow on to share prices.
Webjet Group (WEB) shares received a bump recently after the company announced its bookings are now tracking at 95% of pre-pandemic levels, bouncing back strongly from the COVID-19 induced tourism industry downturn.
Stock price prediction
Qantas Airways shares have dropped about 7% over the past year and analysts are recommending buying the dip. According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, QAN stock is a Moderate Buy. The average Qantas Airways stock price prediction of $6.23 implies over 24% upside potential.
Qantas scores an eight of 10 from TipRanks’ Smart Score rating system, indicating that the stock has strong potential to outperform market expectations.
Air New Zealand stock has dropped about 33% over the past year and analysts are sitting on the fence. According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, AIZ stock is a Hold.
However, Air New Zealand stock is seeing some favorable mentions on financial blogs. TipRanks data shows that financial blogger opinions are 77% Bullish on AIZ stock, compared to a sector average of 67%.
Final thoughts
The strong travel demand and rising airfare prices mean that airline operators such as Qantas Airways may be able to both offset the high jet fuel costs and deliver strong returns. Qantas stock offers a decent upside potential at the current price. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/what-does-the-resurgent-travel-market-mean-for-local-airline-stocks | 2022-09-07T21:32:00Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/what-does-the-resurgent-travel-market-mean-for-local-airline-stocks | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Pre-market breakdown
Australian shares are set to bounce back after yesterday’s drop, on the back of Wall Street gains overnight.
ASX futures were up 0.50% to 6,756.5 approaching 7am AEST.
The stock market is expected to take its cues from Wall Street, which saw major U.S stock indices finish the trading session overnight in the green.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq 100 increased by 1.4%, 1.83%, and 2.07%, respectively.
Local shares are expected to bounce back higher in early trading, after the S&P/ASX200 finished lower, dropping 97.20 points or 1.42%, to sit at 6,729.3 by close of trade.
The spot gold price was sitting at $US1,718, up 0.90% around 7am AEST.
The Australian dollar was up 0.57%, sitting near US67.30c at the local close, down around 1%.
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was up just over 2%, sitting around $US19,300.
Market watch
Airline stocks such as Qantas Airways (QAN) and Air New Zealand (AIZ) are on the radar of many investors right now, as the travel sector bounces back from the COVID-19 induced downturn.
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The 10 victims of the mass stabbing in Canada on Sunday range in age from 23 to 78 years old and all but one are from the Indigenous community of James Smith Cree Nation, according to authorities.
The Saskatchewan Coroner's Service and Saskatchewan Royal Canadian Mounted Police provided names and ages of the victims in a statement Wednesday but declined to confirm the relationships between them. Six of the victims share the last name Burns, two share the last name Head, and one shares the last name of the two suspects in the attacks.
The victims were identified as:
- Thomas Burns, 23
- Carol Burns, 46
- Gregory Burns, 28
- Lydia Gloria Burns, 61
- Bonnie Burns, 48
- Earl Burns, 66
- Lana Head, 49
- Christian Head, 54
- Robert Sanderson, 49
- Wesley Petterson, 78
Petterson is from Weldon, Saskatchewan, while the other nine victims are from James Smith Cree Nation.
Several family members of some victims spoke at a press conference Wednesday about their loved ones. Saskatoon Tribal Chief Mark Arcand identified Bonnie Burns as his sister and Gregory Burns as her son, and he said another of her sons was stabbed but survived.
"Let me be honest in saying this, we don't really know what happened. We just know that our family members were killed in their own home, in their yard," Arcand said.
In addition, 18 people were injured in the stabbing attacks, but authorities will not be releasing their identities. "We can confirm one young teen was injured and the remaining injured are all adults. We will not be confirming other specific ages," the agencies said.
Three patients were in critical condition and seven were in stable condition as of Tuesday, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority.
The victim information was released as Canadian police have continued their massive search for one of the two suspects in the brutal attacks, which spanned 13 different crime scenes in the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon, a nearby rural village in Saskatchewan.
Authorities have identified brothers Myles and Damien Sanderson as suspects. Myles Sanderson remains at large and is considered "armed and dangerous," while Damien Sanderson was found dead a day after the attacks with injuries that were not believed to be self-inflicted, police said.
Police have warned that Myles Sanderson may be injured. He is wanted on a warrant for three counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and breaking and entering into a residence.
Police on Tuesday reported a potential sighting of Sanderson at the James Smith Cree Nation, but police later determined he was not in the community. The search has expanded to the entirety of the province of Saskatchewan, authorities said.
Some of the victims were apparently targeted, police say
It remains unclear what motivated the violence and how or whether the brothers knew any of the victims.
Some were apparently targeted while others may have been attacked randomly, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore said in a Monday briefing.
It's also unknown if the brothers carried out the attacks at the same time, according to Blackmore.
The first stabbing was reported on the James Smith Cree Nation at 5:40 a.m. local time. Minutes later, several more calls came in about stabbings at other locations, police said.
The nation has a population of around 3,400 people with about 1,800 members who live on the reservation, according to its website.
By 9:45 a.m., authorities were reporting victims in multiple locations, including one in Weldon.
Lydia Gloria Burns, a first responder, was responding to a crisis call when she was caught up in the violence and killed, her brother Darryl Burns told Reuters, though the agency didn't say if the call was related to the stabbings.
"She was butchered," her brother Ivor Burns said to Reuters.
The discovery of Damien Sanderson's body a day after the attacks also raised questions about his brother's involvement in his death. But police said Monday that it was unclear if Myles Sanderson was involved.
"It is an investigative avenue that we are following up on, but we can't say that definitively at this point," Blackmore said.
Suspect had a 'lengthy' criminal history and was released by parole board
Myles Sanderson was described as being approximately 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighing about 240 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Police on Tuesday released an updated photo of him.
Blackmore previously said that Sanderson had warrants out for his arrest before the stabbings.
"Myles' record dates back quite a number of years and it includes both property and persons crimes," Blackmore said, without elaborating on the alleged crimes.
"His actions have shown that he is violent and so we're continuing to emphasize for people to remain vigilant," Blackmore added.
Sanderson was granted statutory release by the Parole Board of Canada, according to a ruling made on February 1, 2022.
Statutory release is a presumptive release by law that allows an offender to serve part of their sentence in the community under direct supervision, according to the board. By Canadian law, the Correctional Service of Canada must release most offenders with supervision after they have served two-thirds of their sentence, if they have not already been granted parole, except for those serving a life sentence.
The board said in the ruling that it didn't believe Sanderson would present a risk to the public if released. The decision did note his long criminal history and that he was assessed by a psychologist for a "moderate risk of violence."
"Your criminal history is very concerning, including the use of violence and weapons related to your index offences, and your history of domestic violence which victimized family, including your children, and non-family," the ruling states.
In a statement, the Parole Board said it "extends its thoughts to the victims, their families and all those who have been impacted as a result of these senseless and horrific acts of violence."
Citing the Privacy Act, the board said it could not discuss specifics of an offender's case.
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Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama's official White House portraits were unveiled during an emotional ceremony at the White House on Wednesday -- marking their first joint visit to the building since they left in 2017 and the return of a Washington tradition last celebrated 10 years ago.
The history-making portraits of the Obamas stand in contrast to those of other US presidents and their spouses hung on the White House walls, depicting the first Black President and first lady through the perspectives of contemporary artists working outside many of the conventions of traditional political portraiture.
President Obama's image was painted by Robert McCurdy and Michelle Obama's portrait was painted by Sharon Sprung.
McCurdy told the White House Historical Association in an interview that his process focused on working off of a photograph of the former President. The photorealistic image of the former President, dressed in a black suit with a gray tie, is painted against a minimal white backdrop -- a signature of McCurdy's artworks. McCurdy said his paintings take at least a year to complete.
The former first lady's portrait was painted by Sprung, who describes her work as "contemporary realism." The image depicts Michelle Obama in a blue dress, seated on a sofa in the Red Room of the White House. The artwork was painted from photographs taken in different locations on the White House's State Floor.
The long-awaited return of a White House tradition
Wednesday's ceremony in the East Room marked a rare occasion for a celebration among two presidential administrations, where President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden convened a who's who of administration officials past and present -- from the unique vantage point of having served in both.
The pieces, which will hang inside the White House for decades to come, are the first official portraits added to the White House Collection since then-President Obama held a bipartisan unveiling ceremony for George W. Bush and Laura Bush in 2012.
Biden used the unveiling ceremony to reflect on the Obamas' accomplishments in the White House, saying that the former first couple "made history."
"You both generated hope for millions of people who were left behind for so long -- and it matters. You both did it with such grace and such class. You dreamed big and secured lasting wins for the American people, helping lift their burden with a blessing of hope," he continued. "It's so underestimated ... just having hope. This is the gift of the Obama presidency to the country and to history."
The former President subsequently led a standing ovation for Biden, saying in the East Room, "Thanks to your decency and thanks to your strength -- maybe most of all thanks to your faith in democracy and the American people -- the country's better off than when you took office. And we should all be deeply grateful for that."
Stewart McLaurin, the president of the WHHA, told CNN that the Covid-19 pandemic played a factor in the timing of the unveiling. The WHHA, a nonprofit organization, facilitates and funds the creation of the portraits.
"Covid impacted us two-and-a-half years ago, and I do think it's important for these (portraits) to be revealed at a time when the public does have access to the White House and they can be seen," McLaurin said.
While there's no hard-and-fast rule for when a White House portrait ought to be unveiled, ceremonies have often been hosted by a former president's immediate successor. And when in office, President Donald Trump never held a ceremony for the Obama portraits.
'An evolution of art'
Details about the pieces being unveiled on Wednesday were a tightly held secret, with artists and art movers signing confidentiality agreements to keep things under wraps before the big day.
But the Obamas have often used art as a tool to express their tastes, so it should come as no surprise that their White House portraits are doing the same.
McCurdy's depiction of the former President is minimalist, eschewing the conventional props typically associated with a presidential portrait, like a desk or a bookcase, for an entirely blank background.
The former President said during the unveiling that he liked that McCurdy "paints people the way they are, for better or worse."
"He captures every wrinkle on your face, every crease in your shirt. You'll note that he refused to hide any of my gray hairs, refused my request to make my ears smaller. He also talked me out of wearing a tan suit, by the way," Obama quipped. "His work is so precise that at first glance it looks like a photograph."
While past presidents attain a form of "mythical status" after leaving office, Obama said he hoped future generations would look at the portraits and "get a better, honest sense of who Michelle and I were."
"And I hope they leave with a better understanding that if we could make it here, maybe they can too. They can do remarkable things, too," he continued.
Sprung's interpretation shows the former first lady appearing to take a brief moment to get comfortable inside one of the the most formal rooms in the White House. Unlike her predecessors' portraits, Michelle Obama is wearing a strapless gown in her portrait -- perhaps a marker of the country's evolving style.
In her portrait, the former first lady is wearing a custom Jason Wu Collection gown, a person familiar with the details told CNN. Wu is a full-circle choice of designer for Obama, and he designed both of her inaugural gowns. Obama's choice of Wu back then essentially launched his career as a globally recognized fashion designer.
Michelle Obama said during the ceremony that though she "never could have imagined" being first lady would be part of her story, she recognized that "traditions like this matter, not just for those of us who hold these positions, but for everyone participating in and watching our democracy."
"Too often in this country, people feel like they have to look a certain way or act a certain way to fit in, that they have to make a lot of money or come from a certain group or class or faith in order to matter. But what we're looking at today -- a portrait of a biracial kid with an unusual name and the daughter of a water pump operator and a stay-at-home mom -- what we are seeing is a reminder that there is a place for everyone in this country," the former first lady said.
"That is what this country is about. It's not about blood or pedigree or wealth. It's a place where everyone should have a fair shot," she continued.
Ahead of Wednesday's reveal, McLaurin called the Obama portraits "an evolution of art."
"We're now heading towards the first third of the 21st century. And I think in the mind's eye of most Americans, we see presidential portraits as these very traditional, 19th-century-looking-and-feeling portraits. But art and taste in art evolves and changes," he continued.
While living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the Obamas opted to highlight several contemporary and modern artists.
A Robert Rauschenberg painting replaced a portrait of a Roosevelt in the family dining room. Mark Rothko and Josef Albers works were installed. And Michelle Obama brought in work from Alma Thomas -- the first Black female artist in the White House Collection.
Since leaving the presidency, the Obamas have staked some of their post-White House careers in taste-making -- producing podcasts and award-winning films, as well as curating playlists and book lists each year.
For their portraits unveiled in 2018 at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery (which are not to be confused with new official White House portraits being unveiled this week), the Obamas chose two Black artists with unique perspectives on African-American portraiture.
Amy Sherald, who painted the first lady's Smithsonian portrait, challenges conventions about race by depicting her figures' skin in shades of gray. Kehinde Wiley, who painted the former President, re-imagines Old Master paintings with Black subjects.
Traditionally, the two latest sets of presidential portraits are placed in the Cross Hall of the White House -- though Trump chose to move portraits of Bush and Clinton into the Old Family Dining Room -- which was essentially used as a storage room during his White House -- after feuding with both families.
Biden moved the Bush portraits and Clinton portraits back to the Cross Hall, but with a new Obama portrait, Clinton may have to be relocated soon.
Wednesday's ceremony at the White House
The Obamas' return to the White House marked a rare moment for the current and past administrations to converge and look back on a presidential legacy in the same room where President Obama awarded then-Vice President Biden a surprise Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2017.
Unlike the 2012 Bush portraits unveiling, Wednesday's event mostly hosted attendees from the same political party -- with some attendees having connections to both administrations.
The Obamas were joined by family, friends, former Cabinet members and top staffers from the administration during the unveiling, acknowledging former staff in the room as well as staff from the White House residence.
Marian Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who lived in the White House residence during their presidency, attended the ceremony.
Other attendees included Obama's former chief of staff (and the current US Ambassador to Japan) Rahm Emanuel, former senior adviser David Axelrod, former Treasury Secretaries Jack Lew and Timothy Geithner, former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, former Attorney General Eric Holder, former Education Secretary Arne Duncan, former Director of the US Office of Management and Budget Shaun Donovan, and former White House press secretary Josh Earnest.
Former President Obama has visited the White House since Biden took office, but Wednesday's event marked Michelle Obama's first time back in the building since the Trumps arrived in January 2017.
While former President Obama and President Biden like to play up their relationship in public, there are limits to their friendship, officials have said.
They speak occasionally, but they are not in daily or weekly contact, people familiar with the matter have said.
After two terms working in Obama's shadow, Biden has, at moments, differentiated himself from his predecessor. Officials have said there is also a degree of competition between the two men.
Their history, while one of partnership, has also been colored by various slights, real or perceived, that still linger.
Obama declined to endorse Biden over other Democrats in the 2020 primary, a step both men insisted was necessary to allow a true contest within the party. Four years earlier, Obama had viewed Hillary Clinton as his Democratic successor instead of Biden, who decided not to run as he grappled with his son's death.
Trump portraits are up next
The White House Historical Association is in the "beginning stages" of the portrait processes for former President Trump and former first lady Melania Trump, McLaurin said.
"There's focus on specific artists that will likely be doing their portraits," McLaurin added.
A source familiar with the situation told CNN that chatter about the portraits started in the last six months at Mar-a-Lago -- Trump's Florida residence -- and that the former president recently sat for photographs. However, it's not clear whether Trump has posed for the White House portrait artist or for photographs specifically for the portraits.
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to say whether Biden would extend an invitation to Trump should his portrait be completed during the Biden administration.
While the official White House portraits are typically funded by the WHHA, the other set of portraits being created for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery are being underwritten by Trump's political donors.
Trump's political action committee donated $650,000 to the Smithsonian Institution in July to help underwrite the portraits of the Trumps, according to Linda St. Thomas, chief spokesperson for the Smithsonian.
The donation from Trump's Save America leadership PAC marks the first time that funds have come from a political action committee since the institution began raising private funds for presidential portraits -- a practice that started with the portraits associated with former President George H. W. Bush, St. Thomas said.
St. Thomas said another private donation of $100,000 also is helping to pay costs associated with the portraits. The funds, totaling $750,000, will go to artists' fees, shipping, framing, installation and events.
CLARIFICATION: This story has been updated to clarify where President Donald Trump had the portraits of Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton moved during his time in the White House.
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President Joe Biden speaks about the American Rescue Plan investments in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 2.
President Joe Biden will deliver a speech on the "Cancer Moonshot" initiative at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Monday, aiming to draw attention to his administration's efforts to halve the cancer death rate over the next 25 years.
Biden's remarks, which will take place on the 60th anniversary of Kennedy's famous "We choose to go to the moon" speech, will draw parallels between the former President's goal of landing a man on the moon and Biden's own "vision for another American moonshot -- a future where we end cancer as we know it," a White House official previewing the speech first to CNN said.
"When President Kennedy committed to putting a man on the moon and bringing him back, the United States had the building blocks to know that was possible. There were major scientific and societal advances that needed to happen. As a nation, we needed to fully commit to a future in which traveling to the moon was possible -- and we did just that," the official said.
"Today, we have many of the building blocks needed to make significant progress treating cancer, but we must come together to deliver on the promise. And because of incredible advances in science, technology, and medicine, we can already begin to see what is possible," the official added.
Biden has often referenced Kennedy's September 12, 1962, speech at Rice University over the years as he's talked about efforts to fight cancer.
"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win," Kennedy said.
Caroline Kennedy, the US ambassador to Australia and daughter of the late President, welcomed Biden's speech at the JFK Library, saying: "Sixty years after my father challenged Americans to land on the moon, President Biden is welcoming great challenges as new opportunities by setting us on a bold course to end cancer as we know it."
The fight against cancer is a deeply personal one for Biden, who lost his son Beau to brain cancer in 2015.
In his State of the Union address in 2016, President Barack Obama tasked then-Vice President Biden with leading the White House's Cancer Moonshot initiative. While out of office, Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden founded the Biden Cancer Initiative, a nonprofit organization supporting cancer research and prevention.
The President relaunched the White House's Cancer Moonshot initiative in February, setting a goal of cutting the cancer death rate by at least 50% by 2047 and improving the experience of cancer patients and their families. Biden also made ending cancer one of the pillars of his unity agenda outlined in this year's State of the Union address.
"We can do this. I promise you, we can do this. For all those we lost, for all those we miss. We can end cancer as we know it," Biden said earlier this year when announcing the initiative.
The President has appointed a Cancer Cabinet, featuring representatives from 20 departments, agencies and the White House, including Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough and Dr. Alondra Nelson, head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
This summer, the group unveiled five key priorities, including "(1) close the screening gap, (2) understand and address environmental exposure, (3) decrease the impact of preventable cancers, (4) bring cutting edge research through the pipeline to patients and communities, and (5) support patients and caregivers," according to the White House.
Cancer is the nation's second highest cause of death, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. But the American Cancer Society earlier this year noted progress has been made as cancer mortality rates have fallen.
The overall cancer death rate dropped by about a third (32%) from its peak in 1991 to 2019, from about 215 deaths for every 100,000 people to about 146, averting about 3.5 million deaths during that time, according to an annual report on cancer statistics from the American Cancer Society. Most of that decline can be attributed to a drop in mortality among lung cancer patients. | https://www.kitv.com/news/national/biden-to-deliver-cancer-moonshot-speech-on-anniversary-of-famous-jfk-moon-speech/article_639e60ba-547a-548f-a514-27aa0991dba7.html | 2022-09-07T21:38:00Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/national/biden-to-deliver-cancer-moonshot-speech-on-anniversary-of-famous-jfk-moon-speech/article_639e60ba-547a-548f-a514-27aa0991dba7.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LAURENS, S.C. (WSPA) – A teen has been charged with attempted murder after a shooting Tuesday evening in Laurens.
According to the Laurens Police Department, officers responded at 6 p.m. to a shooting near First and Second Street.
The victim told dispatch he was shot in the abdomen and was driving himself to the hospital.
Once at the hospital, officers spoke with the victim. The victim was able to give officers the first name of the suspect. He was then flown to another hospital where he underwent surgery and is recovering.
Other officers responded to the scene of the shooting, where witnesses told them they last saw the suspect enter the woods.
The police department requested help from the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office canine unit to track the suspect and after a short track through a wooded area, the suspect, who is a sixteen-year-old juvenile, was located inside a house.
After further investigation, officers found a gun in the woods.
The teen was arrested and charged with attempted murder, robbery and possession of a weapon during a violent crime and is currently in the custody of the department of juvenile justice in Columbia. | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/teen-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-laurens-shooting/ | 2022-09-07T21:39:25Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/teen-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-laurens-shooting/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The Obamas were back in the White House as President Joe Biden and the First Lady hosted them on Wednesday to unveil their official White House portraits.
“There few people I’ve ever known with more integrity, decency and moral courage than Barack Obama,” Biden said. “With Barack as our president, we got up every day and went to work full of hope.”
Former President Barack Obama praised the artist for capturing him as he is, saying “presidents so often get airbrushed, even take on a mythical status.”
Obama also said the head-on portrait will help viewers feel a connection.
“What I want people to remember about Michelle and me, is that presidents and first ladies are human beings like everyone else,” Obama explained.
The portraits will be displayed in the White House alongside portraits of all former presidents and first ladies, but the Obamas’ portraits will stand out.
Michelle Obama noted “a portrait of a bi-racial kid with an unusual name and the daughter of a water pump operator and a stay-at-home mom.”
The Obamas said they hope their portraits on the White House walls send a powerful message.
“It is so important to believe that every young kid who is doubting themselves to believe that they can too,” said Michelle Obama.
The unveiling comes after former President Trump broke with tradition during his term and declined to host the event for his immediate predecessor. | https://www.wspa.com/news/washington-dc/president-biden-hosts-obamas-for-official-white-house-portrait-unveiling-2/ | 2022-09-07T21:40:15Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/washington-dc/president-biden-hosts-obamas-for-official-white-house-portrait-unveiling-2/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In the United States the cost of illiteracy is $300.80 billion
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On International Literacy Day (September 8 2022) a new report has highlighted the economic cost and social impact of a spike in illiteracy rates due to the disruption in children's education caused by the pandemic.
World Literacy Foundation (WLF) CEO Andrew Kay said, "The study finds that children from low-income homes are those most impacted in a post-pandemic environment. With gaps in their reading development, many children face lifelong illiteracy without effective intervention".
Released today on International Literacy Day to highlight the impact of illiteracy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Foundation's report titled "The Economic & Social Cost of Illiteracy" says illiteracy is costing the global economy $1.19 trillion USD. Report available here: https://worldliteracyfoundation.org/
Mr Kay said, "illiteracy traps young people in an endless cycle of poverty and life-long hardship, often unable to fill out a form, read a street sign or a medicine label".
"The problem of illiteracy is often hidden by the person yet linked to numerous negative social and financial outcomes".
"Globally, almost 770 million people can't read a single word and another 2 billion people struggle to read a sentence.
As we observe International Literacy Day 2022, we must hold our political leaders to account, asking that they urgently remedy these catastrophic statistics.
"In both developing and developed countries, illiteracy is ruining lives and is linked with an array of poor life outcomes, such as poverty, inequity, unemployment, social exclusion, crime and long-term illness.
"We need to understand that early intervention can avert a lifetime of hardship, poverty and pain for a child, young person or adult who is struggling to read or write.
"Rapid change in digital technology is changing the landscape and ability of the populations in the poorest countries to learn to read and write. New and exciting opportunities are opening almost every day," Mr Kay concluded.
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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cannabis Community College is pleased to announce the launch of its new online education platform, featuring high-value classes taught by industry experts. Students can take courses and get certified at their leisure with every course recording available on-demand. The platform also allows marketplace thought leaders from all over the world the opportunity to promote and sell their knowledge on a highly sophisticated, completely automated back-end system.
Cannabis Community College was specifically developed for job seekers, employees, and enthusiasts of the cannabis industry. The platform is one-of-a-kind, teaching every legal state's educational requirement to work in a licensed marijuana establishment, including state-specific compliance, standard operating procedures, and many essential courses developed to ensure that the students are properly trained with the necessary knowledge and technical skills to work in a variety of settings.
"We are kicking off the updated platform by showcasing our 5 Course Bundle titled "Cannabis Essentials" which was developed by some of the top names from several of the largest public and privately held, vertically integrated, multistate operators in the country," said Christi McAdams, CCC Chairman.
"We did this specifically for two reasons: first, to provide leverage to job seekers applying in a highly competitive market where a single job post easily produces hundreds of applicants, and second, to offer employers a simple and streamlined way to train newly hired staff."
The Cannabis Essentials 5 Course Bundle includes the following courses:
- The state-specific, Compliance Essentials course taught by industry experts, Nova Cobble and Conor Gorman and advised by Pieter Hoolboom and Mark Kimble.
- The Cultivation Essentials course taught by master grower, Evan Marder
- The Dispensary Essentials course taught by dispensary owner, Brenda Gunsallus
- The Production Essentials course taught by Lead Extract Technician, Jordan Annalora from Body and Mind
- The Cultivating A Cannabis Career course taught by HR leader, Bryan Olson
In an effort to reduce barriers to entry, Cannabis Community College is providing its Cannabis Essentials 5 Course Bundle to individuals for an introductory rate of $270, a fraction of the cost of traditional higher education. Payment plans and scholarships are available.
Students and graduates from Cannabis Community College also have access to their online community, various clubs such as the Global Cannabis Industry Networking Group, and live educational webinars. They can also participate in the Cannabis Intern Project, which helps place students at licensed facilities across the country.
For more information about Cannabis Community College, visit www.cannabiscommunitycollege.com
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BOOMERANG page plan for THURSDAY, Sept. 8
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF), a leading provider of title insurance and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries and a leading provider of insurance solutions serving retail annuity and life customers and institutional clients through FNF's wholly-owned subsidiary, F&G, today announced the appointment of Joe Grealish as President, Eastern Operations.
In this role, Grealish will assume management responsibility for all direct commercial, residential, and ancillary operations in the Eastern United States and for FNF's direct title operations throughout Canada. Grealish will also lead many key initiatives for the company, including a focus on talent acquisition and recruiting, and the acquisition of key title companies in the East to expand the FNF family of title companies' direct footprint.
"In his 35-year career, Joe has proven himself at the operational, regional, and division levels," said Mike Nolan, CEO, Fidelity National Financial. "Joe has direct operational experience in the West, Midwest, Southeast, and East markets, and has a deep understanding of not only our management philosophy, but also the title industry. I look forward to continued growth under Joe's leadership."
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF) is a leading provider of title insurance and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries. FNF is the nation's largest title insurance company through its title insurance underwriters - Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title, Alamo Title and National Title of New York - that collectively issue more title insurance policies than any other title company in the United States. More information about FNF can be found at fnf.com.
F&G is part of the FNF family of companies. F&G is committed to helping Americans turn their aspirations into reality. F&G is a leading provider of insurance solutions serving retail annuity and life customers and institutional clients and is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. For more information, please visit fglife.com.
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(NEXSTAR) — Every state has one: a capital. Dover, Delaware, is technically the oldest, and Juneau, Alaska, the youngest. But some of the nation’s capitals are better to live in than others.
Reviewing employment, education, affordability, leisure, and safety data points, SmartAsset recently ranked the best state capitals to live in. This is the ninth time they’ve created such a list, and a new capital has been crowned as the most liveable.
Specifically, in order to rank the 50 capitals, the report’s authors ranked them based on 10 different metrics: June unemployment, five-year income grown, 2022 high school graduation rate, income after housing costs, down payment-to-income rate, estimated annual cost of living, the concentration of dining and entertainment establishments, hours worked each week, and 2020 rates of violent and property crimes.
Overall, SmartAsset found two common trends: state capitals vary greatly in how affordable they are and the Midwest is largely the most livable.
The most expensive state capital was Boston, Massachusetts, which was found to be $15,000 more expensive to live in annually than the cheapest on the list, Jefferson City, Missouri.
Half of the states ranking in the top 10, listed below, were found in the Midwest. This is largely due to their strong rankings regarding employment, education, and affordability. Capitals across the Northeast and West also snagged top-10 spots, with no Southern states ranking as high.
Pierre, South Dakota, took the top spot on SmartAsset’s list thanks to its unemployment rate of 1.9% and fourth-highest income after housing costs, as well as a high rate of high school graduation. Pierre edged out Madison, Wisconsin, which was ranked as the best capital to live in for the past two years.
Here are the top 10 state capitals to live in, according to SmartAsset’s review:
- Pierre, South Dakota
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Boise, Idaho
- Helena, Montana
- Concord, New Hampshire
- Montpelier, Vermont
- Jefferson City, Missouri
- Albany, New York
- Des Moines, Iowa
Jefferson City and Albany edged out Raleigh, North Carolina, and Frankfort, Kentucky, both of which ranked among the top 10 last year.
Pierre had the highest scores for affordability and employment and education, while Madison had the highest score in terms of leisure and safety.
While some Northeastern capitals landed among the best to live in, others landed among the worst. The lowest-ranked capitals, according to SmartAsset, were found throughout the country – from the Northeast to the South and into the Mountain West.
Dover, Delaware, was ranked as the worst capital after recording the worst possible score for employment and education, and a low score for affordability. It did, however, earn a higher leisure and safety score than the top-ranked capital, Pierre (41.71 versus 34.12). Last year’s worst-ranked capital was Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which climbed slightly to 49th in this year’s rankings.
Below are the worst capitals to live in, according to SmartAsset:
- Dover, Delaware
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Denver, Colorado
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Olympia, Washington
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Augusta, Maine
Little Rock had the lowest leisure and safety score while Hartford had the worst affordability score. Hartford did, however, have a top-10 leisure and safety score.
You can see where your state capital ranks here.
SmartAsset’s rankings of best capitals to live in isn’t too different from a recent ranking by WalletHub, which analyzed dozens of different metrics to determine the best states to live in.
The authors of WalletHub’s list found states in the Northeast and Midwest were among the best, while states in the southern part of the country were considered among the worst.
Topping out that list was Massachusetts (Boston ranked as the 26th best capital to live in) followed by New Jersey, New York, Idaho, Virginia, New Hampshire, Florida, Wyoming, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. At the bottom of the list was Mississippi, followed by Alaska, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kentucky, and West Virginia. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/these-are-the-best-and-worst-state-capitals-to-live-in-study-finds/ | 2022-09-07T21:45:44Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/these-are-the-best-and-worst-state-capitals-to-live-in-study-finds/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaspien Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: KSPN) ("Kaspien" or the "Company"), a leading e-commerce marketplace growth platform, will issue a press release including its financial results and business outlook as well as additional corporate updates. The Company also plans to file its quarterly Form 10-Q on the same day. The release and filing will be made available via the Investor Relations section of Kaspien's website.
About Kaspien
Kaspien Holdings Inc. (f/k/a Trans World Entertainment Corporation) (NASDAQ:KSPN) is a leading ecommerce marketplace growth platform, offering an expanding suite of software and services to help brands grow on Amazon, Walmart, Target, eBay, and other online marketplaces. Founded in 1972 as a brick-and-mortar retailer and rebranded as Kaspien in 2020, the Company has spent the last decade building and utilizing proprietary technologies for brand protection, marketing optimization, and fulfillment efficiency to generate rapid revenue growth for its partners. Through innovative strategies and best-in-class technologies, Kaspien has earned the trust of many leading brands, including 3M, Strider Bikes, and ZippyPaws. For more information, visit kaspien.com.
Company Contact
Ed Sapienza
Chief Financial Officer
(509) 202-4261
esapienza@kaspien.com
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UK to grant 'dozens' of new North Sea oil and gas exploration licences
Reuters follow up with more. And of course, adding in this:
- it typically takes between five to 10 years from initial exploration until oil and gas is produced from a field
Via Reuters, citing unnamed sources:
- The exact number of new licences was still to be confirmed
- it could be as many as 130
- announcement could come as soon as Thursday
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The European Central Bank
European Central Bank
The European Central Bank (ECB) represents the central banking entity in the Eurozone that oversees monetary policy for the bloc. As a growing geographic and economic region, the eurozone now includes 19 countries, which rely on the euro as their national currency.The eurozone presently consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.In terms of monetary policy, the ECB and the national central banks together constitute the Eurosystem, which reflect the central banking system of the euro area.The ECB’s primary function is to maintain price stability in the eurozone and to preserve the purchasing power of the euro.Founded in 1998, the ECB is also responsible for providing both safety and stability of the banking system and financial system within the EU region and within each member country.Furthermore, the ECB was also given a mandate to oversee the conduct of forex operations. This includes dealing with the holdings and management of the official foreign reserves of the euro area countries.How Does the European Central Bank Affect Forex?The ECB’s policies can have a substantial effect on the value of the euro, most notably through changes in interest rate expectations.As a broad-based example, when interest rates expectations rise, currencies tend to appreciate. When interest rates expectations fall, currencies tend to depreciate.For example, if the ECB keeps interest rates unchanged, but issues forward guidance that they may raise interest rates in the future, the value of the euro likely appreciates.The ECB primarily lowers interest rates when it is trying to stimulate the economy.
The European Central Bank (ECB) represents the central banking entity in the Eurozone that oversees monetary policy for the bloc. As a growing geographic and economic region, the eurozone now includes 19 countries, which rely on the euro as their national currency.The eurozone presently consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.In terms of monetary policy, the ECB and the national central banks together constitute the Eurosystem, which reflect the central banking system of the euro area.The ECB’s primary function is to maintain price stability in the eurozone and to preserve the purchasing power of the euro.Founded in 1998, the ECB is also responsible for providing both safety and stability of the banking system and financial system within the EU region and within each member country.Furthermore, the ECB was also given a mandate to oversee the conduct of forex operations. This includes dealing with the holdings and management of the official foreign reserves of the euro area countries.How Does the European Central Bank Affect Forex?The ECB’s policies can have a substantial effect on the value of the euro, most notably through changes in interest rate expectations.As a broad-based example, when interest rates expectations rise, currencies tend to appreciate. When interest rates expectations fall, currencies tend to depreciate.For example, if the ECB keeps interest rates unchanged, but issues forward guidance that they may raise interest rates in the future, the value of the euro likely appreciates.The ECB primarily lowers interest rates when it is trying to stimulate the economy.
Read this Term policy meeting is today, statement deu at 1215 GMT with ECB President Lagarde's press conference following at 1245 GMT.
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"The markets are pricing a 68bp hike at this week's meeting, 123bp by the October meeting and 174bp by year-end, cumulatively. We have also changed our ECB call and are now forecasting a 75bp hike at this week's meeting, followed by 50bp and 25bp hikes in October and December, respectively, bringing the depo rate to 150bp by year-end. We also expect that President Lagarde could indicate during the press conference that a discussion on the end of reinvesting proceeds of the APP portfolio could take place in coming meetings, signaling another hawkish normalisation step," Barclays notes. "As the markets are not fully pricing 75bp at September's meeting, such hawkish results could push EUR
EUR
The euro (EUR) is the official currency of the European Union (EU) and 19 of 27 member states at the time of writing. It is the second most-traded currency worldwide in forex markets after the US dollar.The euro was originally introduced back on January 1, 1999, having replaced the European Currency Unit. Banknotes and physical euro coins subsequently entered circulation only in 2002.Upon its adoption, the euro replaced domestic currencies in participating EU member states. The rise in its value since then and importance in the global market has helped solidify its status as one of the most important currencies in the FX market today.Together with the USD, the currency pair is easily among the most important for forex, given its exposure into the two main economic blocs. What Factors Affects the EUR?There are several factors that affect the euro. Like most currencies, monetary policy is the most influential, which in this case refers to the European Central Bank (ECB).The ECB is responsible for regulating the monetary policy, money supply, interest rates, and relative strength of the euro. Forex traders of the euro are routinely tuned into any decision or announcements from the ECB for this reason.With 19 sovereign member states, the euro is particularly vulnerable to political developments. Recent examples include Greece’s debt crisis and Brexit, among others, which can seriously impact the euro.Finally, economic data from the bloc or from key member states such as Germany, France, Spain, and others are also closely eyed. This includes retail sales, jobless claims, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and others.
The euro (EUR) is the official currency of the European Union (EU) and 19 of 27 member states at the time of writing. It is the second most-traded currency worldwide in forex markets after the US dollar.The euro was originally introduced back on January 1, 1999, having replaced the European Currency Unit. Banknotes and physical euro coins subsequently entered circulation only in 2002.Upon its adoption, the euro replaced domestic currencies in participating EU member states. The rise in its value since then and importance in the global market has helped solidify its status as one of the most important currencies in the FX market today.Together with the USD, the currency pair is easily among the most important for forex, given its exposure into the two main economic blocs. What Factors Affects the EUR?There are several factors that affect the euro. Like most currencies, monetary policy is the most influential, which in this case refers to the European Central Bank (ECB).The ECB is responsible for regulating the monetary policy, money supply, interest rates, and relative strength of the euro. Forex traders of the euro are routinely tuned into any decision or announcements from the ECB for this reason.With 19 sovereign member states, the euro is particularly vulnerable to political developments. Recent examples include Greece’s debt crisis and Brexit, among others, which can seriously impact the euro.Finally, economic data from the bloc or from key member states such as Germany, France, Spain, and others are also closely eyed. This includes retail sales, jobless claims, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and others.
Read this Term higher in the short term, but the sanguine economic forecasts for the euro area and ongoing energy concerns should keep the EUR under pressure in the medium term. If the ECB underdelivers, for example if it hikes by 50bp, the implication for the EUR could be a lot different and EUR/USD could test the lows again," Barclays adds. ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/a-what-to-expect-for-eurusd-on-a-75bp-european-centralbank-rate-hike-ecb-preview-20220907/ | 2022-09-07T21:47:20Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/a-what-to-expect-for-eurusd-on-a-75bp-european-centralbank-rate-hike-ecb-preview-20220907/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
180-Day World Cruise and Seven Epic Grand Voyages Open for Sale on September 14th
MIAMI, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oceania Cruises, the world's leading culinary- and destination-focused cruise line, announced its most extensive, expansive, and immersive series of World and Grand Voyages for 2025. The line reprised its perennially popular Around the World in 180 Days voyage for 2025, albeit in a very unique east-to-west navigation. Underscoring the increasing popularity of the brand's demand for longer, languid, destination-immersive voyages, Oceania Cruises also introduced a series of seven Grand Voyages ranging in length from 50 to 111 days.
"This new collection of globe-spanning itineraries includes both iconic and off the beaten path ports of call and offers a wealth of opportunities for our guests to explore the farthest corners of the globe, making the journey just as rewarding as the destination," stated Howard Sherman, President and CEO of Oceania Cruises.
Each of these Grand Voyages takes advantage of one of life's greatest luxuries: time. The journeys range from a spectacular 111-day expedition of wonders across the South Pacific, New Zealand, Australia, Southeast Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean to an extraordinary journey that is the first of its kind – combining fascinating explorations of three continents aboard two small, luxurious ships with an incredible multi-day Land Program in between. Above all else, these itineraries were designed for the intrepid explorer, the traveler with an endless wanderlust and a penchant for enjoying the finer things in life.
First Of Its Kind – Far and Wide: The Ultimate Odyssey
74 Days, Two Ships, Five Countries, Three Continents – December 22, 2024 - March 6, 2025
This ultimate odyssey transcends the imagination as it explores three continents on two small, luxurious ships linked by an amazing, immersive Mid-Cruise Overland Program. Kicking off with a 50-day circumnavigation of Australia, Indonesia, and New Zealand sailing roundtrip from Sydney, guests are then flown via business class air service to South America for explorations of Patagonia, Antarctica, and the Chilean Fjords. Linking these two extraordinary cruises are two enthralling overland tours that guests will get to choose from – six days in the extraordinary Blue Mountains of Australia or six days in the Andean Lakes District of Chile and Argentina. Truly the ultimate odyssey, this eclectic journey stretches from great cities Down Under to Ushuaia, the city at the end of the world, and staggeringly beautiful lands of Patagonia and Antarctica.
Ultimate Odyssey Highlights
- Explorations of 3 awe-inspiring continents and 5 countries
- 5 overnights offering a blend of cultural and free-spirited Australian destinations and spellbinding Patagonian outposts, plus an overnight in the paradise of Bali
- A south-of-the-equator masterpiece that reveals boundless adventure on an itinerary spanning from the Tasman Sea to the Chilean Fjords
- A sought-after circumnavigation of multifaceted Australia, spending about a month visiting 18 destinations, along with a week-long exploration of incredible New Zealand
- A stunning multi-week tour of legendary Patagonian landscapes and surreal Antarctic seascapes
- Choice of an included 6-day Overland Program in either the Blue Mountains of Australia or northern Patagonia
The Gold Standard of World Cruises – Around the World in 180 Days
180 Days, Five Continents, 32 Countries, 89 Ports – January 5, 2025 – July 3, 2025
Setting sail on a rare east-to-west journey, the 2025 Around the World in 180 Days cruise is filled with exotic horizons and illuminating experiences. From Miami, the 656-guest Insignia heads south for explorations in vibrant Brazil and the wilds of the Amazon before crossing the great Atlantic Ocean for adventures in the villages and majestic landscapes of Africa. En route to South Africa, this crossing features a call on the most remote inhabited island on the planet: the volcanic isle of Tristan da Cunha. Insignia then continues east, to the great cities and untold wonders of Asia, with explorations of some of the most exclusive islands lining the Indian Ocean along the way. The French Comoros, Maldives and Seychelles give way to captivating destinations in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia and beyond. As Insignia heads south along the less explored coast of Western Australia, you will have the opportunity to discover some of this continent's most unsung treasures. During our navigation of the South Pacific, we'll make a rare call on Champagne Bay on Vanuatu along with some of French Polynesia's most stunning islands before heading north to visit the lush Hawaiian Islands to conclude this global journey.
The full 180-day Around the World cruise is made even more exceptional with our Exclusive Prestige Package, which includes a collection of generous amenities such as Free Pre-Paid Gratuities, Free Laundry Services and immersive Shoreside Events.
Around The World Highlights
- Exclusive Shoreside Events:
- Overnight Port Stays:
- Mid-Cruise Overland Programs
Additional Grand Voyage Offerings
Ultimate Pacific Traveler – Los Angeles to Sydney – 79 Days, October 3 – December 22, 2024
- 11 countries, 7 overnight port stays
- Nearly two weeks in Japan and three weeks exploring Australia and New Zealand
- A literal tapestry of destinations including Alaska, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, and Indonesia
South America Kaleidoscope – Miami to Rio de Janeiro – 50 Days, December 7, 2024 – January 26, 2025
- 11 countries, 6 overnight port stays
- A comprehensive exploration of South America that includes Chile, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, and Uruguay
- Three days cruising in Antarctica and a crossing of the Panama Canal
Grand Eastern Reflections – Abu Dhabi to Singapore – 78 Days, December 22, 2024 – March 10, 2025
- 16 countries, 15 overnight port stays
- One week in India, 3 days in Myanmar, one week in Vietnam, one week in China, two weeks in Japan, three days in the Philippines, and one week in Indonesia
- A unique melding of exotic, ancient cultures with glittering, modern metropolises
Epic Continental Explorer – Papeete to Barcelona – 111 Days, February 25 – June 17, 2025
- 28 countries and 12 overnight port stays
- A multi-month sojourn that spans the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, Africa and beyond
- Multiple weeks spent exploring the Indian Ocean and Africa, including the continent's exotic and mysterious western shores
Patagonia to Iberia Mosaic – Santiago de Chile to Barcelona – 63 Days, March 6 – May 8, 2025
- 10 countries and overnight stays in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and Lisbon
- In-depth explorations of Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil
- Off-the-beaten path immersion of Spain including Almeria, Málaga, Huelva, Melilla, and Alicante
Asia & Oceania Odyssey – Tokyo to Honolulu – 72 Days, May 22 – August 1, 2025
- 12 countries and 11 overnight port stays
- An intriguing blend of culture and history throughout Japan, China, and Southeast Asia mixed with the enchantment of the South Pacific and Hawaiian Islands
- Some of the world's greatest wonders – Ha Long Bay, Great Barrier Reef and Bora Bora
For additional information on Oceania Cruises' small-ship luxury product, exquisitely crafted cuisine, and expertly curated travel experiences, visit OceaniaCruises.com, call 855-OCEANIA, or speak with a professional travel advisor.
Oceania Cruises is the world's leading culinary- and destination-focused cruise line. The line's seven small, luxurious ships carry a maximum of 1,238 guests and feature the finest cuisine at sea and destination-rich itineraries that span the globe. Expertly curated travel experiences aboard the designer-inspired, small ships call on more than 450 marquee and boutique ports across Europe, Alaska, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, New England-Canada, Bermuda, the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, Tahiti and the South Pacific in addition to the epic 180-day Around the World Voyages. The brand has a second 1,200-guest Allura Class ship on order for delivery in 2025. With headquarters in Miami, Oceania Cruises is owned by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., a diversified cruise operator of leading global cruise brands which include Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH) is a leading global cruise company which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands. With a combined fleet of 28 ships with nearly 60,000 berths, these brands offer itineraries to more than 490 destinations worldwide. The Company has nine additional ships scheduled for delivery through 2027, comprising of approximately 24,000 berths.
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Have a say in Fort Collins: City seeks applicants for boards and commissions
The city of Fort Collins is seeking applicants to serve on its volunteer boards and commissions, which advise City Council on things like housing, energy and land conservation.
After a movement in 2020 to diversify the city’s boards and have them better represent the community, boards now include 1-, 2- and 4-year terms, an option for remote meetings and a reduced residency requirement (though you still must live in the Fort Collins Growth Management Area).
You can select up to three boards or commissions to apply to, but, if selected, you will be appointed to serve on only one.
Applications are due by midnight on Sunday, Sept. 25. To apply, visit https://engage.fcgov.com/getinvolved. You'll need to create a free profile, or sign into your existing one, on the city's Engage website to apply.
If the board you apply to doesn't have a vacancy, your application will be kept on file for future vacancies. If there is a spot, you may be interviewed by a council member or team that will then make recommended appointments.
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The following boards and commissions are currently taking applications:
- Affordable Housing Board
- Air Quality Advisory Board
- Art in Public Places Board
- Building Review Commission
- Citizen Review Board
- Cultural Resources Board
- Disability Advisory Board
- Economic Advisory Board
- Energy Board
- General Employees’ Retirement Committee
- Golf Board
- Human Services and Housing Funding Board
- Land Conservation and Stewardship Board
- Land Use Review Commission
- Natural Resources Advisory Board
- Parks and Recreation Board
- Planning and Zoning Commission
- Senior Advisory Board
- Transportation Board
- Water Commission
- Youth Advisory Board
For more information about each board, including a description of its duties and how often it meets, visit fcgov.com/cityclerk/boards.
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Airport shuttle Landline launches bus rides for all from Loveland to DIA
Landline, the company that offers "wingless flights" via United Airlines from Northern Colorado Regional Airport to Denver International, is opening its bus service to any DIA travelers.
The new shuttle will operate four times a day beginning Sept. 19. Once at DIA, passengers flying airlines other than United will still have to get their bags and check in at their airline.
United passengers can check their bags at the Loveland airport through to their final destination.
Landline joins Groome as an alternative way to get to DIA. The Landline fare will cost $29 one way for adults and $10 one way for children under 13. As an introductory promotion, the first three customers on any Landline trip to and from DIA booked on Landline.com will pay $3 each through Nov. 15. Parking at the Loveland airport is free.
"There's no longer any worry about I-25 traffic, paying for gas/tolls or expensive parking fees" in Denver, Landline CEO David Sunde said in a statement.
Through a partnership with United Airlines, Landline began offering what it calls "wingless flights" from Loveland to DIA last year. That means United passengers can book flights and check their bags in Loveland and board the Landline luxury bus for the first leg of the trip.
Landline and United are still working the the Transportation Security Administration to figure out a way to screen and secure a busload of passengers as if they had gone through checkpoints at DIA. Once they get that clearance, United passengers would be dropped off within a secure gate at DIA.
Landline shuttle times
Shuttles will run every day from Northern Colorado Regional Airport to DIA at 5:50 and 9:25 a.m. and 1:35 and 5:50 p.m.
Shuttles will leave DIA for Loveland at 7:55 and 11:35 a.m. and 3:55 and 8:35 p.m. daily.
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Fort Collins City Council signals support for raising minimum wage to at least $18 per hour
Fort Collins City Council again discussed raising the local minimum wage above the state level Tuesday night, and while the majority of council members want to move forward with a vote on the decision, council and city staff still haven’t come to a consensus on the target wage or an implementation schedule.
Currently, Fort Collins follows the state’s minimum wage — which is $12.56 an hour, or $9.54 an hour for tipped employees — but in 2019 the Colorado General Assembly passed a law allowing communities to set their own minimum wages above that level. Next year, following the consumer price index increase of 9%, the statewide minimum wage will increase to about $13.70.
On Tuesday night, city staff presented survey results from local workers and business owners regarding potential impacts of increasing the minimum wage. Perhaps expectedly, employees were more keen on the idea than employers.
Employees who took the survey — which asked for thoughts on the impacts of a $15 minimum wage — were overall supportive, though the open-ended section of the survey had comments both in favor and against raising the wages.
Many workers spoke about the need to address local housing costs, but those opposed to the raise felt that minimum wage isn’t meant to be a living wage and by artificially raising it, first-time and “unskilled” workers would be negatively impacted if employers respond by hiring fewer people and prioritizing more skilled workers.
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When asked how increasing the minimum wage would impact their daily lives, the most common response among those making less than $15 an hour was “I would have extra money to pay other expenses" (like child care, a car payment or health care) and being able to save more was a close second.
Employers were less supportive of raising the minimum wage, though support was nearly split down the middle. Comments from that subsection of respondents focused on the potential impacts of negative higher wages, like fewer opportunities for younger workers and increased prices for products.
Some respondents also felt that local governments shouldn’t make decisions on minimum wage, saying housing prices and the labor shortage were the real issues and that it’s simply a bad time to make the change as businesses recover from COVID-19.
Ginny Sawyer, project and policy manager for the city who presented the results, said if the local minimum wage is raised, it's likely there would be higher prices but not likely that employees would be laid off or lose benefits, and employers weren’t sure how this would impact retention.
Majority of council wants to see an increase even greater than $15 per hour
In June, city staff shared preliminary research with council members about a potential wage increase to $15 an hour, but council members were split on whether that was the right call. According to previous reporting by the Coloradoan, a few council members wondered if that change was significant enough to make a difference in residents’ lives.
A livable hourly wage in Fort Collins is $13.77 per person in a dual-income household with no children, $18.39 for a single adult, $19.92 for a dual-income household with one child and $36.28 for a single parent with one child, according to the MIT Living Wage Calculator.
The majority of council members Tuesday night supported increasing the minimum wage to even more than $15 per hour over the course of three or four years, saying the change was long overdue and would serve as a way for council to positively impact the lives of constituents while addressing a major disparity.
“This is about the biggest vote I've been part of, or will be a part of, in my time because it will impact so many thousands of people so significantly, in my opinion,” council member Kelly Ohlson said. He added that the $15 an hour figure has been thrown around for nearly 12 years and is “very dated,” saying he’d rather see council implement at least an $18 an hour wage, if not higher.
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Council members Tricia Canonico and Julie Pignataro and Mayor pro-tem Emily Francis all supported either an $18 minimum wage implemented over three years or a $19 minimum wage implemented over four years.
Ohlson said he spoke to council member Susan Gutowsky, who was not at Tuesday's meeting, about his suggestions — some of which were higher than the $18 an hour figure — and she asked him to share that she supported them.
Francis said that even though the increase may not impact large swaths of people across Fort Collins, increasing minimum wage is one way “to address the wage disparities in our community,” which she called one of the biggest gaps Fort Collins has.
Council member Shirley Peel, the only member leaning toward not approving an increase, said she just doesn't know if this is the right time as businesses work to rebound from COVID-19 impacts, inflation and staffing issues.
“I hear what you're saying … it's been a long time coming, but the timing of this is just terrible,” Peel said. “I would say let's really consider what we're doing. Let's consider if there's other ways to manage this. And I would go with the lesser amount or I would even … push it off until our businesses get to be in a better place.”
Mayor Jeni Arndt said she she doesn't "think it's a bad idea" to move to a higher wage gradually over time but had questions around the implementation and enforcement mechanisms.
Arndt expressed concerns that not only would that be difficult for businesses who didn’t budget for higher wages to implement it in January, but it would also require the city to create an enforcement system in a matter of weeks.
Still, she proposed council taking it up on Nov. 15, when a first reading of a minimum wage ordinance is scheduled but making 2023 a transition year and not implementing a mandatory minimum wage until 2024.
So what’s next?
Council members expressed support for moving forward with a first reading of the minimum wage increase on Nov. 15, in part because state law requires that local changes must take effect in January, meaning if they don’t pass an ordinance prior to January 2023 the city would have to wait another 12 months before it could take effect.
Council instructed staff to come back with a few options: a $19 minimum wage implemented over four years, an $18 minimum wage implemented over three years and varying ways to transition pay to that level. The state law caps annual increases at $1.75 or 15%, whichever is higher, until the current minimum wage reaches the level adopted by local government.
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Sawyer also said staff would dig into the enforcement piece of things and come back to council with a more clear idea of what that would look like and how other places have done it.
Council also expected to receive more public comment in the coming weeks and at the Nov. 15 meeting on how the potential change would impact the community.
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Going to a Colorado State football game at Canvas Stadium? Here's what to know
The 2022 college football season is here.
The Colorado State football team has six home games at Canvas Stadium, all afternoon and evening kickoffs.
The return of football means tailgating is back and with it some new looks on campus. Overnight tailgating is now an option, and Ram Town has a new hub in a central location.
Here's everything you need to know about attending a game at Canvas Stadium.
Overnight/gameday parking
For the first time, some overnight parking is allowed on-campus the day before games. Fans with RVs and oversized vehicles can purchase an overnight pass to begin parking at 5:30 p.m. the night before a game. It is only permitted in the Moby Arena lot and pre-registration is required.
Outside of the overnight parking spaces, lots open four hours before kickoff (10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10).
Several neighborhoods near campus have instituted a game-day parking permit program, and vehicles without the proper permit in those neighborhoods will be ticketed and towed. The zones are marked with signs. Enforcement begins three hours before kickoff.
Single-game and season passes for parking can be purchased online at csurams.com.
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New Ram Town
CSU has moved its central hub for tailgating to the corner of Meridian Avenue and Hughes Way, located just north of Canvas Stadium.
The new location of Ram Town will have inflatables and other entertainment for families, and it sits along the route to Ram Walk, where the team enters the stadium after walking through the crowd. Brothers BBQ will be located there as part of the tailgate, and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.
Gate entrance, clear bag policy and metal detectors
All guests entering Canvas Stadium are required to go through bag inspection, including metal detection screening. Under the clear bag policy, bags can be clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and no larger than 12 inches wide, 6 inches deep and 12 inches high. One-gallon storage bags, small clutch bags and soft, flexible (no metal) seat cushions are permissible.
Fans are encouraged to arrive to events early in order to avoid delays with metal detector screening.
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Purchasing tickets and mobile ticketing
Single-game and multi-game pass tickets can be purchased at CSURams.com/tickets, by calling 970-491-7267 or via the stadium box office, which opens four hours before kickoff.
All game parking and ticketing for CSU events has moved to digital tickets. Tickets will be scanned via cell phones to enter parking lots and Canvas Stadium. There are no printed tickets anymore.
Fans can manage their account at CSURams.com/MyAccount. From there, they can login to access their tickets, transfer them to friends and family and save them to their phone.
Anyone without a mobile phone is encouraged to call 970-491-7267.
CSU faculty and staff can claim two complimentary tickets to the game.
Public transportation
Transfort services are free on game days.
Bikes are discouraged on MAX on game days and will not be accommodated at peak times. They won’t be allowed on game day shuttle front racks.
Full schedules are available at ridetransfort.com/gameday.
Gameday timeline
Here is the timeline for the Middle Tennessee-CSU game on Saturday, Sept. 10.
- 5:30 p.m. Friday: Overnight parking opens in Moby Arena lot
- 10 a.m. Saturday: Parking lots open, tailgating begins
- 10 a.m. Saturday: Ticket office, will call, team store (northwest corner of stadium), Ram Town open.
- 11:30 a.m. Saturday: Ram Walk begins with players entering stadium after beginning at Meridian Avenue and Hughes Way and walking up Meridian to the stadium
- 12:30 p.m.: All gates open
- 1:17 p.m.: Comatose cannon fires
- 1:45 p.m. Saturday: Pregame show begins inside Canvas Stadium
- 2 p.m. Saturday: Kickoff
CSU football 2022 home schedule
- Sept. 10: 2 p.m. vs. Middle Tennessee
- Sept. 24: 2 p.m. vs. Sacramento State (Ag Day)
- Oct. 15: 5 p.m. vs. Utah State (homecoming)
- Oct. 22: 2 p.m. vs. Hawaii (State Pride)
- Nov. 12: 5 p.m. vs. Wyoming
- Nov. 25: 1:30 p.m. vs. New Mexico
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How Rocky Mountain High's Ethan Thomason became a top college football recruiting target
Ethan Thomason was always the biggest kid in his class.
He was a gentle giant, though, by his own admission.
Far more interested in dinosaurs, music and his Super Mario video game than sports when he was in elementary school.
He was 6-foot-3 in seventh grade but couldn’t earn a spot in the varsity lineup on his middle-school basketball team.
Five years later, now 6-8 and 325 pounds, Thomason is one of the most sought-after college football recruits in Colorado, weighing scholarship offers from some of the biggest programs across the country before whittling his list down to five: BYU, Stanford, Utah, Nebraska and Oklahoma State. He’s rated No. 5 among prospects in Colorado and No. 61 nationally among offensive tackles by 247Sports.
“He’s got a lot of genetic tools other kids don’t have, but Ethan is a lot bigger than that,” said Mark Brook, his coach at Rocky Mountain High School. “He’s a competitor, he’s an athlete, he’s a student of the game, and he cares about his teammates.
“So, wherever he ends up, they’re going to get a heck of a kid, a heck of a young man and a great football prospect.”
Thomason still plays the guitar in his spare time, and he plans to graduate a semester early from high school to begin serving his two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before he begins playing college football.
He’s still one of the nicest people you could ever meet, his coaches, teachers and teammates say.
But he’s a big-time competitor now who, when high school sports were shut down and health clubs closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, did individual workouts two to three days a week at a Fort Collins park with a veteran college and NFL assistant coach and 1-on-1 with a personal trainer at a small gym in Windsor. And he worked with a specialist in Loveland to alleviate pain in his now-size 17 feet that were caused by his rapid growth.
“I was gifted with this body that most people don’t get,” Thomason said. “But I didn’t just sit around with it.”
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Middle school sports, Thomason said, played a key role in making him the athlete he is today, an agile 325-pounder who can race down the court and dunk a basketball with ease. He averaged 6.2 points and 4.9 rebounds off the bench for Rocky Mountain's basketball team as a junior last winter.
Despite being the tallest kid at Webber Middle School, “I was super awkward; I couldn’t make a shot at all,” Thomason said.
So he sat on the bench from start to finish of the district championship game his seventh-grade year.
“I just watched my team as they lost to our rival, Preston,” Thomason said. “Then I was, like, all sad after the game; I was like, ‘Oh, I wish I could have helped.’
“But then my parents were like, ‘You don’t deserve to be sad about this because you didn’t put in any of the work to really deserve to play.’
“That really struck me.”
His mother, who played college basketball at Dixie State and Southern Utah, and father, who played football at Dixie State, weren’t trying to be critical or challenge Ethan. They were simply “comforting our sad son,” his father, Scott said.
“Like, ‘Hey buddy, it’s OK. You didn’t really ever practice or shoot or do anything to be good at basketball.’ ”
Ethan joined the school’s wrestling team as soon as the basketball season ended. At 220 pounds, he was 45 pounds below the limit for heavyweights in the district but still far too big to practice against any of his teammates. His workout partners were the coaches, and their superior strength was a constant source of frustration.
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“That was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done or ever had done up to that point,” he said. “Those practices were no joke. We’d do conditioning for half the practice, at least, where we’d just run around the mat, do pushups, do sit-ups. No weights, just insane body-weight exercises.”
By the end of the season, Ethan had developed “kind of a mean streak.” It was OK, he learned, to use his size and strength to overpower others in athletic competition.
His season ended with a loss to the defending district champion, an eighth-grader, in the postseason tournament and a newfound work ethic.
He asked his mom to help him with his basketball shot and worked on it every day on a hoop in the driveway of the family’s home. He started lifting weights and working out on his own to improve his strength and conditioning.
Ethan never had a specific growth spurt, his parents said.
“He came out of the womb big and just kept getting bigger,” Scott said.
By the eighth grade, Ethan was 6-foot-5.
He still didn’t make the starting lineup on his middle-school basketball team but served as the sixth man on a squad that won the district championship, taking down rival Preston in the title game. Ethan scored 22 points in the semifinals of the district tournament. After joining a teammate in the singing of the national anthem before tipoff, he went out and recorded a double-double in points and rebounds.
“He’s just an amazing all-around kid,” coach Marc Long said. “In practice, we’d be lined up to do a drill and he would sometimes massage the backs of his teammates and tell them, ‘You’re the best, you’re the best; you’ve got this.’
“He was just such an encouraging, positive, awesome kid.”
In wrestling, he pinned his first two opponents in the district tournament and outpointed another, Ben Decker, who moved out of state for high school and is verbally committed to play on the offensive line at Miami (Ohio). Ethan lost the match for the district heavyweight title on a controversial stalling penalty in the third overtime.
“That was one of the most amazing middle school matches we’ve ever seen,” said his coach, Jeff Bibbey. “… I think it was a big moment for him, because he realized he was a versatile athlete, that he really had the athletic ability to go out and try different things. That he was light on his feet, that he could build strength in other ways than just the weight room.”
It really was a turning point, showing him “what hard work can yield,” his father said.
Ethan was 6-foot-6 and 260 pounds when he started high school. He was a starter on both the JV and “C” teams, playing six quarters of football – the maximum allowed by the Colorado High School Activities Association – each week.
The COVID-19 lockdown, when schools switched to remote learning, shut down all extracurricular activities, including athletics, and health clubs were forced to close.
Determined to help his son continue developing his rapidly growing frame, Ethan’s father followed up on an offer from Scott Brown, a 40-year veteran college football position coach and the defensive line coach in 2016 for the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, to work individually with Ethan.
Brown, who coached CSU’s defensive line from 2008 to 2010, had seen a picture of the Thomason family on the desk of Ethan's father two years earlier while buying a truck from the dealership where Scott works and couldn’t help but marvel at the size of the then-eighth-grader.
Ethan’s dad agreed to buy some agility bags, cones and ladders to use for various drills, and Brown volunteered his time and expertise to work with Ethan for an hour to hour-and-half two to three days each week at a Fort Collins park. Brown also delivered a giant tire to the Thomason’s home for Ethan to drag and flip while working out on his own.
“He’s got all the traits that somebody’s really going to like,” Brown said. “He’s a listener, he’s a learner, he’s a doer. He leads by what he does, not what he says. He’s a unique man.
“And, of course, physically, he’s got some unique traits about him in terms of his God-given size and his arm length and the size of his hands and stuff like that.”
He has a solid foundation, with a loving and supportive family. Best of all, Brown said, is Thomason’s understanding of the amount of effort he has to put into his development to reach his potential as a football player. Size alone won’t get him where he wants to go.
That knowledge has been critical in the recruiting process.
Ethan and his father made unofficial visits last summer to attend football camps designed to identify and rank prospective recruits at Baylor, BYU, Colorado, Colorado State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Michigan State, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Wyoming.
He took official recruiting visits this summer to BYU, Stanford and Utah.
Ethan set up his own grading system to weigh each offer, focusing on the strength, conditioning and nutritional programs; academics; coaching staff; and offensive line coach. The numerical evaluation helps, he said.
Just as important, though, is “a feeling of comfort and which place feels like home.”
As easy as it would be for all that attention to go to his head, Ethan is still the kind, supportive, gentle giant he’s always been. Still worried more about others than himself.
It’s not an act, his coaches, teammates, classmates, teachers and Rocky Mountain administrators said. That’s who Ethan Thomason really is.
“He’s a wonderful young man from a fantastic family,” Brook said. “He knows he’s going to have his day in the sun, and he’s obviously getting it. But it’s about his teammates; that’s what he’s all about.”
Kelly Lyell reports on CSU, high school and other local sports and topics of interest for the Coloradoan. Contact him at kellylyell@coloradoan.com, follow him on Twitter @KellyLyell and find him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/KellyLyell.news. | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/09/07/how-rocky-mountain-ethan-thomason-became-big-college-football-recruit/65473826007/ | 2022-09-07T21:51:28Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/09/07/how-rocky-mountain-ethan-thomason-became-big-college-football-recruit/65473826007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KTM, an Austrian firm most widely recognized for its motorcycles, has revealed its first four-wheeled model designed for the road.
The new X-Bow GT-XR, which was shown on Tuesday, traces its roots to KTM’s original X-Bow track car launched in 2008, but is more closely related to the X-Bow GT2 race car launched in 2020.
At its heart is a carbon-fiber monocoque that KTM claims is among the highest for torsional stiffness of any carbon tub used in a road car—this despite weighing just 196 lb. Carbon fiber is also used for the body and interior, helping to keep the curb weight to a low 2,755 lb.
Power comes from a 2.5-liter turbo-5 sourced from Audi, which is mounted behind the cabin and drives the rear wheels via a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission and a limited-slip differential. The engine is tuned to deliver 493 hp and 429 lb-ft of torque, which in a car this light should translate to scintillating performance. The 0-62 mph time is 3.4 seconds and the top speed is 174 mph, according to KTM.
The suspension is comprised of pushrods with Sachs dampers, while stopping power comes from a brake system that features 8-piston calipers at the rear axle. For buyers looking to save more weight, carbon-ceramic rotors are available. A hydraulic lift kit for the front axle is also available.
The car is fitted with 19-inch front and 20-inch rear wheels from OZ Racing as standard, which are shod with 235/35- and 295/35-size tires, respectively. Larger center-lock wheels can also be ordered.
Entry to the two-seat cabin is via a jet fighter-style canopy that’s electrically operated, and inside it has carbon-fiber bucket seats trimmed in Alcantara, as well as a removable steering wheel with an integrated digital instrument cluster. Despite the car’s diminutive size, there’s still a small but handy 5.6 cubic feet of trunk space.
Production of the X-Bow GT-XR is being handled at KTM’s plant in Graz, Austria, and is capped at 100 units per year.
Pricing starts at 284,900 euros (approximately $282,100) and deliveries in markets where KTM operates are scheduled to start in 2023.
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Dutch startup Lightyear on Tuesday announced a roughly $80 million investment the firm said will help spur development of a mass-market solar-assisted electric car.
Lightyear in June revealed that in production form its Lightyear One will be instead called Lightyear 0. That model already incorporates game-changing aero and specially developed Bridgestone tires to maximize efficiency, and integrated solar panels to lessen the need for charging.
The Lightyear 0 will be made by Finland’s Valmet Automotive, and is still on track to start production this fall, the startup said in a press release. But Lightyear is only planning a limited production run of 150 cars, each with a roughly $260,000 price tag.
The planned second model, dubbed Lightyear 2, will have a starting price equivalent to about $30,000, according to the release. Production isn’t scheduled to start until 2025, but Lightyear already claims to have 10,000 reservations from leasing and car-sharing firms LeasePlan and MyWheels, which have reserved 5,000 cars each.
The latest investment, led by Invest-NL, the national promotional institution (NPI) of the Netherlands, and other government entities, will fund continued development of the 2, Lightyear said. Funds will also be used for a planned international expansion, according to the startup. Lightyear hasn’t confirmed plans to enter the United States market, however.
An investment from Swedish supercar builder Koenigsegg will also reportedly help provide an efficiency boost and tech for the Lightyear 2, which may also get subscription options to increase affordability. Lightyear hasn’t said where the follow-up model will be built however. It doesn’t have a factory, so it will likely need to either expand its partnership with Valmet or seek another contract manufacturer.
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The University of South Carolina’s Southern Exposure New Music Series is entering its third decade with yet another homegrown bang.
On Sept. 9, the experimental/contemporary music showcase will open its season with a performance of “Seven Pillars" — the evocative, innovative (and Pulitzer Prize-nominated) new work from percussionist and composer Andy Akiho, a Columbia native who did his undergraduate training here at the university’s School of Music.
The piece — an 80-minute, 11-movement tour-de-force that the New York Times called “a lush, brooding celebration of noise” — is the product of an intense, years-long collaboration with Sandbox Percussion, a quartet of like-minded players in graduate school at Yale School of Music with an affinity for innovative chamber music.
Akiho, too, was at the Yale School of Music around the same time and composed one of the group’s first commissions, in what would become “Pillar Four” of the Seven Pillars suite.
“I remember (Akiho) used to do a weekly gig at a sushi place in town,” said Ian David Rosenbaum, one of the quartet’s members. “He would drag a bunch of people from the school to play with him. When I saw him play steel pan (drums), I was completely blown away by him. I mean, he's one of those once-in-a-generation people who really redefines what you think is possible on an instrument. I knew I needed to work with this guy.”
Akiho credits his participation in the Palmetto Pans Steel Drum Band as some of his earliest inspirations. He began composing steel drums pieces before expanding his interests to include chamber percussion and classical music work as well.
That original piece for Seven Pillars was first performed back in 2014, but, even then, Akiho had a vision for a larger, grander work built on the formal concept of a palindrome, where movements would mirror each with a formal, precise complexity.
The seven “pillars” would be ensemble compositions, with four solo pieces creating the necessary number of mirrors and matching each player in the quartet’s particular skill set.
“He was telling me even back then about all these ideas,” said Rosenbaum. “He wrote the glockenspiel solo for seven pillars at the same time, and he even wrote the entire structure of seven pillars at the top of the score — he knew what order the movements go, when the solos happen, all of that sort of stuff.”
Sandbox was just barely starting out at the time and Akiho often struggled to finish pieces.
But the piece would gradually come together over multiple residencies and periods of intense collaboration between the composer and the four members, particularly once the COVID-19 lockdowns began in 2020 and everyone was freed from deadline demands.
“This was a wildly different process to creating a piece than we had ever experienced,” Rosenbaum admitted. “Andy (Akiho) was dead set on this process…we would have sessions where we would improvise with him, and he would sort of compose on us in real time.”
The lockdown not only gave them additional time to complete the piece, it also changed how they approached its presentation to the world.
Instead of rushing to meet a premiere deadline and then touring the piece first, the ensemble ended up recording it in the studio, commissioning 11 different video accompaniments for each movement (each wildly inventive and formally different from one another). They also collaborated with filmmaker Michael McQuilken on staging and lighting design for live performances, with lights seamlessly integrated into the music and triggered by the band members themselves as part of the performance.
And while it is far too soon to make grand historical pronouncements, the critical praise around Seven Pillars, which includes two Grammy Awards nominations, the Pulitzer nomination and glowing reviews from around the world, suggest that it might well be remembered as a monumental work thanks to its formal complexity, innovative use of instrumentation and entrancing beauty.
"It’s just a hugely ambitious project, so stunning and beautiful,” said Michael Harley, the artistic director of the Southern Exposure series, in a prior interview with Free Times. “It’s too early to predict these sorts of things, but I would imagine that this is going to be one of the pieces that people remember for many, many years to come and could be one of the landmark works of this century.” | https://www.postandcourier.com/free-times/music/a-new-pillar-of-classical-music-comes-to-columbia-through-the-southern-exposure-series/article_a02388e2-2a26-11ed-9f8b-eb8b59f2e6f9.html | 2022-09-07T21:52:41Z | classical-music.com | control | https://www.postandcourier.com/free-times/music/a-new-pillar-of-classical-music-comes-to-columbia-through-the-southern-exposure-series/article_a02388e2-2a26-11ed-9f8b-eb8b59f2e6f9.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Companies gamble with new return-to-office mandates
Companies are rolling the dice on new return-to-office mandates.
Why it matters: There is very little room for error. People still have varying risk tolerances for COVID-19. Plus leaders risk alienating workers who are already increasingly disengaged and “quiet quitting.”
State of play: Businesses large (Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, Apple, Peloton, Comcast) and local are starting to require some form of in-office schedule after Labor Day.
- And unlike last year when COVID outbreaks disrupted similar plans, companies are feeling more confident about the new approach.
Details: Goldman Sachs has told employees to speak with their managers to make sure they’re adhering to “current return-to-office expectations,” CNBC reported.
- The company also lifted its COVID requirements (including wearing face coverings) in most offices in response to new federal health guidance.
- Jefferies says “everyone” needs to be back in offices “on a consistent basis” — “as long as COVID continues to be manageable.”
- Comcast, which has required U.S.-based cable and corporate employees to be in the office three days a week, said in a memo that “in-person interaction … is core to our company and culture.”
The big picture: Efforts to get people back have failed before and data shows workers prefer remote work.
- The pandemic firmly established new patterns for remote work while creating a tight labor market that has emboldened workers to flex their newfound power at will.
What they’re saying: “It's compromising some of the autonomy that was created during COVID,” Courtney McCluney, a social scientist and workplace advisor and researcher, tells Axios.
- Taking away job autonomy would be a “disservice,” she added.
- Yes, but: Although workers at places like Apple are protesting policies, McCluney doesn’t foresee huge turnover.
💭 Our thought bubble: Each worker ultimately has to decide what they want out of life and adjust (or not) their work circumstances accordingly. Employers, meanwhile, have to decide how much they want to enforce their policies and what they're willing to give up if employees actually violate mandates.
What we’re watching toward year-end: Office occupancy rates and executive commentary on attendance. | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/07/companies-gamble-with-new-return-to-office-mandates-rto | 2022-09-07T21:52:56Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/07/companies-gamble-with-new-return-to-office-mandates-rto | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CIRCA Scientific's products meet new, strengthened requirements for safety and performance in Europe.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CIRCA Scientific announced that the company has successfully met the requirements for certification of its Quality Management System (QMS) under the new European Union Medical Device Regulation (MDR) as of August 24th, 2022. To earn this certificate, BSI Group, CIRCA Scientific's notified body, completed a comprehensive conformity assessment and confirmed compliance of its QMS with the new, strengthened safety and performance requirements of the MDR. MDR certification allows CIRCA Scientific not only to continue to distribute its existing products in European markets but opens the door to proceed with its plans for new product developments and launches in the EU.
The new Medical Device Regulation went into effect in May of 2021 and replaces the EU's Medical Device Directive. Compared to previous directives, the MDR has more stringent requirements concerning documentation, clinical evidence, and post-market surveillance, as well as more comprehensive QMS requirements for medical device manufacturers. As a result, more than 85% of the products previously certified under the old MDD have yet to receive this certification, and notified bodies are currently taking 13-18 months to issue MDR certification.1
Lee Geist, President and CEO of CIRCA Scientific, said, "This regulatory certification is an important milestone for CIRCA Scientific, and we are proud to count our CIRCA Temperature Monitoring System among the first products to be certified under the new MDR. I'd like to acknowledge the tireless work of our Quality Assurance team who managed all the activities required to establish compliance with the new regulation. This a huge company-wide achievement that will ensure that we are able to continue to supply our valued customers around the globe with our best-in-class esophageal temperature monitoring solutions and to launch our latest developments in this region without delay."
About CIRCA Scientific
For the last 10 years, CIRCA Scientific has been the global leader in Advanced Esophageal Temperature Monitoring Solutions. CIRCA's Esophageal Temperature Monitoring Systems provide physicians with rapid, reliable data to help them avoid excessive heating/cooling of the esophagus during therapeutic procedures performed in the OR or EP Lab. For more information, visit www.circascientific.com and connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro transformed the nation’s bicentennial Wednesday into a multi-city campaign event, but didn’t use his appearances to undermine the upcoming election as his opponents had feared.
Bolsonaro, who trails former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in polls before the Oct. 2 vote, drew tens of thousands of supporters to rallies in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro. The armed forces put on military displays in the cities, with the president attending.
Bolsonaro has stacked his administration with military officers and repeatedly sought their support, most recently to cast doubt on the reliability of the nation’s electronic voting system, which raised fears his speeches on Independence Day would be filled with fresh attacks. The far-right nationalist held back from doing so, and instead focused on attacks against da Silva.
Bolsonaro compared da Silva to autocratic leftist leaders in Venezuela and Nicaragua and called Brazil’s former president “a gangster.”
“We will have a much better administration with us being elected, with the grace of God,” Brazil’s president said in a speech in Rio.
His prior efforts to sow doubt about the voting system has prompted widespread concern among his opponents that he may follow former U.S. President Donald Trump ’s footsteps in rejecting election results.
Bolsonaro arrived at the military display in Brasilia accompanied by at least one of the business executives who allegedly participated in a private chat group that included comments favoring a possible coup and military involvement in politics, and who is being investigated by Federal Police for possibly financing anti-democratic acts.
The crowd, decked out in green and yellow, chanted against da Silva, who wants to return to the post he held in 2003-2010. Speaking at a rally immediately afterward, Bolsonaro made no reference to Brazil’s struggle for independence and instead focused on his achievements while his supporters made it clear they came to support their candidate.
“We came for democracy, we want a free country, with no corruption or robbing, we want a country with clean elections”, said farmer Marcelo Zanella, 46, who drove approximately 800 km (496 miles) to Brasilia from the state of Tocantins.
Tens of thousand demonstrators also gathered on Sao Paulo’s main downtown boulevard. Due to a downpour and the fact Bolsonaro wasn’t scheduled to appear, turnout was apparently smaller than last year’s.
Later, Bolsonaro attended another military display in Rio along Copacabana beach — where his supporters often hold demonstrations. It entailed rifle salutes, cannon fire, flyovers, paratroopers and warships anchored offshore. He delivered his speech from a sound truck, on the back of which a draped banner read: “CLEAN AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS.”
Bolsonaro, a former army captain and lawmaker for decades before winning the 2018 presidential election, has spent most of his first term locking horns with Supreme Court justices, some of whom are also top members of the electoral authority.
He has accused some judges of hamstringing his administration and favoring da Silva. That has effectively turned those figures and their institutions into enemies for Bolsonaro’s base.
When Bolsonaro launched his reelection bid July 24, he asked supporters for “one last” show of support on Independence Day.
Carlos Melo, a political science professor at Insper University in Sao Paulo, said Bolsonaro needed to energize his campaign and reach out to undecided voters.
“He needed something new and failed to do that. Bolsonaro once more only spoke with his supporters, indeed many of them, and by that he might be closing the gap for other voters to join him,” Melo said.
Since his campaign began, Bolsonaro has softened his tone. In the southern city of Curitiba last week, he told supporters to lower a banner demanding a military coup.
Carlos Ranulfo de Melo, a political scientist at Federal University of Minas Gerais, said this likely reflects campaign strategy to avoid fiery rhetoric and instead focus on the improving economy.
“We will convince those who think differently from us, we will convince them of what is best for Brazil,” Bolsonaro told the crowd in Brasilia.
The president is known for off-the-cuff outbursts. At last year’s Independence Day rally, he pushed the country to the brink of an institutional crisis by proclaiming he would ignore rulings from a Supreme Court justice. He later backtracked, saying his comments came in the heat of the moment, and the boiling tension was reduced to a simmer.
There have also been concerns about political violence, which didn’t materialize during the afternoon.
Congressman João Augusto Rosa, deputy chairman of Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party, told The Associated Press he wants the president to reach out to undecided voters, especially poorer Brazilians who have received increased welfare payments.
“We have to show all the benefits we were able to conquer for them,” the congressman, better known as Capitão Augusto, said by phone. “It isn’t the time to preach to those who have already converted, but instead to those who could still change their minds.”
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America's Diner serves up 10 delicious menu items for guests all day long, starting at $5.99
SPARTANBURG, S.C., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --With rising inflation and tightening budgets, Americans continue to seek relief and look to stretch their hard-earned dollars as far as possible, especially when it comes to mealtime. Today, Denny's announced a new value menu, featuring 10 delicious meal options perfect to enjoy any time of day or night starting at just $5.99.
With the launch of this new menu, Denny's raises the bar on what it means to serve quality meals at great prices.
"The time for value is now as more and more Americans across the country experience difficult moments and seek the ultimate bang for their buck," said Denny's President John Dillon. "Delighting guests with delicious meals and impeccable service is a hallmark of the Denny's brand, and with the launch of All Day Diner Deals, we're pleased to go all in on this next phase of delivering everyday value to our guests."
Denny's All Day Diner Deals boasts something for everyone with wallet-friendly prices ranging from $5.99 to $10.59. From the classic Everyday Value Slam to a delicious new twist on fan favorite Moons Over My Hammy, the new menu is designed to satisfy any craving, morning, noon or night. The 10 meals on the All Day Diner Deals menu include:
- Everyday Value Slam – At $5.99, the Everyday Value Slam features eggs and two bacon strips or sausage links, included with guests' choice of two buttermilk pancakes, one slice of French toast, or a biscuit and gravy.
- Scrambled Eggs & Cheddar Breakfast – Starting at $6.99, this dish includes scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese, plus bacon strips, sausage links and buttermilk pancakes.
- Two-Egg Moons Over My Hammy Omelette – Starting at $7.59, this new twist on a fan-favorite features a two-egg omelet with ham, Swiss and American cheese. It's served with hash browns and a choice of bread.
- Fried Cheese Melt Sandwich – Starting at $6.99, the Fried Cheese Melt Sandwich includes five fried mozzarella sticks and melted American cheese grilled between two slices of artisan bread. It's served with wavy-cut fries and a side of tomato sauce.
- Half Super Bird Sandwich – Starting at $6.99, the Half Super Bird Sandwich features sliced deli turkey with Swiss cheese, bacon and tomato on grilled artisan bread. It's served with wavy-cut fries or a cup of soup.
- BLT Sandwich – Starting at $7.99, the BLT Sandwich includes bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayo on grilled artisan bread and is served with wavy-cut fries.
- Crispy Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwich – Starting at $8.99, this sandwich features fried chicken breast with white cheddar cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato and Ranch dressing on grilled artisan bread. It's served with wavy-cut fries.
- Cheeseburger – Starting at $7.59, a 4-ounce 100% beef patty is topped with American cheese and includes lettuce, tomato, red onion and pickles on a split-top Brioche bun. It's served with wavy-cut fries.
- Plate Lickin' Chicken Fried Chicken Dinner – Starting at $8.99, a golden-fried boneless chicken breast is smothered in country gravy and served with two sides and dinner bread.
- Country Fried Steak Dinner – Starting at $8.99, a chopped beef steak is smothered in country gravy and served with two sides and dinner bread.
Giving Consumers Deals as Good as They Get on the All Day Diner Deals Menu
To celebrate the All Day Diner Deals menu, the brand is launching Denny's Deal-icious Days Sweepstakes, giving lucky consumers a chance to purchase 10 highly sought-after prizes like a trip for two on Carnival Cruise Line or a home theater system, for just $5.99 each. The sweepstakes begins Wednesday, September 7, 2022 and the first prize will be released on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, with one new item announced each Wednesday through November 16, 2022. To enter, consumers must visit https://dennys.wyng.com/DealiciousDays during the Sweepstakes period, complete the registration form and agree to the Official Rules.*
The All Day Diner Deals menu is available in Denny's locations nationwide and can be ordered online at Dennys.com or through the new Denny's iOS and Android app.
* NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW OR REGULATION. The "Denny's Deal-icious Days Sweepstakes" is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, eighteen (18) years of age or age of majority in the state you reside, whichever is older at the time of entry. By entering this Sweepstakes, you are providing your information to the Sponsor and Administrator, and it will only be used in accordance with the respective privacy policies. Denny's Deal-icious Days official sweepstakes rules can be viewed in entirety here: Deal-icious Days (wyng.com).
About Denny's Corp.
Denny's Corporation is the franchisor and operator of the Denny's brand, of one of America's largest franchised full-service restaurant chains, based on the number of restaurants. As of June 29, 2022, Denny's had 1,631 franchised, licensed, and company restaurants around the world including 154 restaurants in Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the Philippines, New Zealand, Honduras, the United Arab Emirates, Costa Rica, Guam, Guatemala, El Salvador, Indonesia, and the United Kingdom. For further information on Denny's, including news releases, please visit the Denny's website at www.dennys.com or the brand's social channel via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn or YouTube.
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All-New Forme, AeroGrip and Idol Collections Along with Reinvented Classic Case Designs and Screen Protection Offer Thoughtful, Stylish Protection for Latest Apple Devices
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Incipio®, an award-winning designer and manufacturer of innovative solutions designed to enrich today's digital lifestyle, today launched its diverse line of protective cases for the iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Plus, and iPhone 14, featuring fashion, innovation and sustainability.
"We're proud to continue delivering products with purpose, offering consumers cases that are not only protective and stylish, but also have a positive environmental impact and help drive social responsibility forward in our industry," said Brian Stech, CEO of Incipio. "Our iPhone 14 case lineup is underscored by our commitment to innovation, design and sustainability in everything we create. Whether it's the boundary-pushing AeroGrip, the feel-good Forme Protective, or the fully compostable Organicore Clear, Incipio offers a protective case for everyone."
Incipio's protective lineup for the iPhone 14 series includes:
Be You. Find Your Forme. Debuting with the iPhone 14 range, Forme is an all-new genderful case collection designed for the consumer that values self-expression and inclusivity. These slim, protective cases feature nature-inspired designs with soothing colors, blurred lines, and translucency. Express your uniqueness while protecting your device from 10-foot drops.
"When designing the Forme collection for a new generation of consumers, we looked to nature and were inspired by the unique and memorable elements all around us," said Cassandra Shaw, Director of Design. "From colorful mountain marbling to the calming flow of the ocean tide, we took nature's multi-dimensional elements and experimented with different printing techniques, textures and finishes to produce a line of truly transformative cases."
The best way to prevent damage is to prevent drops. Designed through extensive ergonomic research and testing for superior usage and grip, AeroGrip is a first of its kind design with innovative raised exterior leverage 'wings' that improve support and grip for a more comfortable, in-hand feel. AeroGrip also protects against 16-foot drops, features 2x camera lens drop protection and boasts redesigned Impact Struts technology featuring staggered hexagons that provides maximum coverage and multiple levels of impact absorption. Available exclusively at Verizon and Incipio.com.
Developed through extensive ergonomic research and testing, Incipio's advanced Grip case features re-engineered tactile X grips on the sides of the case for maximum no-slip hold. Grip's dual-layer, one-piece construction and new Impact Struts technology protect against 14-foot drops.
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SEATTLE (AP) — This time there were tears, on the court and in the stands. The finality of the situation finally hitting Sue Bird and the thousands that showed up hoping to see her career continue for at least 40 more minutes.
Chelsea Gray was simply too good, sending the Las Vegas Aces to the WNBA Finals by beating the Seattle Storm 97-92 in Game 4 of their WNBA playoffs semifinal series Tuesday night.
It brought an end to Bird’s illustrious career. With it came thanks from fans, tears and one last walk off the court in the same spot where Bird’s career began more than two decades ago.
“Kinda weird. Definitely surreal. I think initially … I felt sad about the season and the game. And I then think as the emotions started to come to the surface that was also what I know deep down in that was my last game,” Bird said.
Gray scored 15 of her 31 points in the fourth quarter and the Aces won the best-of-five series 3-1, all the games tense, pressure-packed and filled with spectacular shot-making. The Aces ended up making more, most notably Gray, who made five of six shots down the stretch and scored 12 of the final 20 points for the Aces.
“I don’t think anyone on planet Earth can guard her,” Seattle coach Noelle Quinn said. “She was unconscious.”
It will be the third Finals appearance in franchise history for Las Vegas. The Aces lost to Seattle in 2020 in the WNBA bubble played in Florida, and the franchise reached the Finals in 2008 while still in San Antonio, losing to Detroit.
“It’s kind of like the girl that beat Serena (Williams). It’s bittersweet,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said. “I know myself and our staff and team and organization have so much respect for Sue. She’s had a fairytale career, one that kids dream of. She got to live it.”
Breanna Stewart tied the WNBA playoff record with 42 points, just the fifth player to score 40 or more in a postseason game, and Jewell Loyd added 29. But Seattle failed to find a third scorer and the Aces had an answer for every charge Seattle made after Las Vegas surged in front early in the second half.
The Aces will get the spotlight in the Finals. On this night, the aftermath of the result was all about Bird and the conclusion to her two decades as a pillar to the Storm franchise and the WNBA.
Bird stayed on the court after the final buzzer, receiving hugs from the entire Aces roster. She wiped away tears while the crowd cheered and cried along with her, and chanted “Thank you, Sue.”
“I also wanted to kind of have one last moment to say thank you, to soak it all in because in some ways, it is a happy thing,” Bird said. “I’m proud of of everything we’ve accomplished here.”
The oldest player in the league at age 41, Bird started the year thinking she’d retire, but brought finality to the decision midway through the regular season.
Las Vegas spoiled the party in Seattle’s home regular-season finale when Bird was honored by the franchise and the league for her 21 seasons with the team and 19 as a player, missing two seasons with injury.
And it was the Aces that finally eliminated Bird and the Storm after four stressful games filled with big performances.
Bird closes out her career as one of the most decorated players of all-time: four WNBA titles, five Olympic gold medals, two collegiate titles at UConn, the WNBA all-time leader in assists and games played, and recognition as one of the great players during a golden generation for the league.
She’ll also take into retirement the definition of being a floor leader and ultimately a winner. But she wasn’t able to add a fifth title to that resume. Bird finished her final game with eight points and eight assists.
“As sad as it is that we’re we’re not having the ability to compete for a championship, I think what’s more devastating … is just the fact that we’re no longer going to be on the court with Sue,” Stewart said.
Gray was the biggest thorn for Seattle with her clutch shooting often late in the shot clock. Seattle pulled even at 67-all, only to have Gray hit a 3 as the shot clock expired.
Gray scored consecutive buckets later in the fourth to keep the Aces ahead, but her miss and Gabby Williams’ three-point play gave Seattle an 83-82 lead with 2:40 left.
That was Seattle’s last lead.
Wilson’s three-point play put the Aces back ahead 85-83 and Gray wouldn’t miss, her jumper with 30 seconds left giving the Aces a 92-87 lead. Wilson finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Gray finished as the first player in WNBA playoff history with 30 points and 10 assists in a game.
“When Chelsea is rocking and rolling my biggest thing is just getting the hell out of her way,” Wilson said. “At the end of the day, you just got to get out of the way and let people rock.”
OTHER RETIREMENT
Tuesday was also the final game for Seattle’s Briann January after 14 seasons in the league. January played for four teams with most of her career spent in Indiana.
RECORD HALF
Stewart’s 26 points in the first half was the most in the first half of a playoff game, topping the 24 points Angel McCoughtry had in the first half for Atlanta against Minnesota in 2011. McCoughtry finished that game with 38.
UP NEXT
Las Vegas will host either Connecticut or Chicago in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- USA News Group –Rebounding from the previous slowdowns, the airline industry is in a resurgence that's expected to regain industry-wide profitability in 2023, with North America already expected to deliver an $8.8 billion profit in 2022. Many lessons were learned during the health crisis, and now customers are demanding more from their carriers, including increased menu options, most notably demanding more vegetarian- and vegan-friendly options. Recently Air Canada (TSX: AC) (OTCQX: ACDVF) took a public tongue-lashing from a travel blogger specifically for its lack of delivering upon vegan orders, while American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) has also taken criticism for its inconsistency. Responding to these concerns, the airlines have sprung into action to re-establish trust with vegetarian and vegan clientele, including American Airlines adding a popular new vegan cookie dough bars snack option, United Airlines Holding, Inc. (NASDAQ: UAL) and Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) each teaming up with Impossible Foods, and Air Canada tapped Pangea Natural Foods (CSE: PNGA) (OTCQB: PNGAF) to provide a new high-protein snack mix to its flights.
In-flight catering is big business, with the world's in-flight catering services market expected to reach $21.5 billion by 2024.
In the case of Pangea Natural Foods (CSE:PNGA), getting picked up by a major carrier such as Air Canada (TSX: AC) (OTCQX:ACDVF) is a major win, as it's Canada's largest domestic and international airline with a fleet of over 330, serving more than 160 destinations, and flying up to 438 daily flights between Canada and the United States alone. Together with Air Canada Rouge and Air Canada Express partners, Air Canada provides scheduled passenger service directly to 51 Canadian airports, 46 destinations in the United States and 67 airports in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
While technically vegetarian and not vegan (due to its white chocolate chips), Pangea's Munchie Mix is a superfood rich snack made with dried cranberries, white chocolate chips, roasted cashews, almonds and pumpkin seeds. Pangea manufactures the Munchie Mix, along with their Plant-Based Patties and Old Fashioned Ghee in-house at their Vancouver Lower Mainland facility, which has been approved by both the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
"The introduction of Munchie Mix into Pangea's product line is yet another opportunity for us to bring high-quality products to the market," said Pangea CEO Pratap Sandhu. "All ingredients are free of GMOs and packed with antioxidants, magnesium, manganese, zinc and vitamin E. We are thrilled to introduce the Munchie Mix to Air Canada's large network of routes, thus expanding our distribution beyond just an e-commerce and retail footprint."
Prior to the announcement, Pangea had made its splash on the market by establishing its other products, the Pangea Plant-Based Patties and Old Fashioned Ghee via their online website and through over 250 retail outlets across Canada and the United States.
For first-class customers on flights in the United States, American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) is now offering a delicious line of plant-based, on-the-go cookie dough bars from Whoa Dough.
"Having a major airline carry our line is incredibly exciting for us, as we are eager for Whoa Dough to be enjoyed by millions of travelers every day who are looking for a healthier all-natural snack—without compromising on taste during their flight," said Whoa Dough founder Todd Goldstein. "Our snack bars are also ideal for passengers with dietary registrations."
Created with no artificial ingredients, Whoa Dough's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough flavor is one of the brand's most popular varieties with customers. Each bar contains 4 grams of protein, 5 grams of fat, and 9 grams of sugar, all with only 150 calories, and are also certified gluten-Free, Vegan, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free, Egg Free, OU Kosher, and Non-GMO Project Verified.
Earlier this year, both Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) and United Airlines Holding, Inc. (NASDAQ:UAL) each added to their menus by tapping into the expertise of Impossible Foods which is expected to go public soon, either through a traditional IPO or a SPAC merger.
In the case of Delta, they featured the work of Impossible Foods by debuting new plant-based menu options in March. For United, their similar announcement came later in June.
"Not only are plant-based meats like Impossible™ Burger delicious to eat, but they're also often better for the environment, using far less land and water to produce," said Kristen Manion Taylor, SVP – In-Flight Service for Delta. "These new options are one part of Delta's broader mission to promote a wellness-focused travel journey."
Delta flights went on to not only include the Impossible Burger, but also Impossible's plant-based meatballs, as well as plant-based lamb meatballs from Black Sheep Foods, cauliflower cakes, and a warm seasonal vegetable plate.
United customers went on to be treated to an exclusive Impossible Meatball Bowl on select US flights, as well as Impossible Sausage made from plants in select Polaris lounges.
"We want our food offerings to evolve and change along with people's preferences – we're proud to work with Impossible Foods and think our customers are really going to love these new options," said Aaron McMillan, United Managing Director of Hospitality and Planning. "To many travelers, the quality of food choices at the airport and in the sky are a really important part of the customer experience, so we're invested in making sure our menu items exceed their expectations."
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RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) announced today that Jed Rhoads, President and Chief Underwriting Officer of Markel's Global Reinsurance Division, is retiring at the end of 2022.
"Markel is fortunate to have benefited from Jed's industry knowledge, leadership experience, and relationships throughout the industry," said Richie Whitt, Co-CEO of Markel. "He has helped us build a strong team with deep underwriting and leadership talent. We are thankful for his contributions and leadership in positioning us for the future."
Rhoads has been in the industry for more than 40 years, and throughout his career has held executive positions with several organizations. He joined Markel in 2013 as part of its acquisition of Alterra Capital Holdings Limited. Prior to Markel, he was President and Chief Underwriting Officer of Alterra. He also recently served as chair of the board of directors of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA).
Markel also announced that upon Rhoads' retirement, Don Bahr will be promoted to President, Global Reinsurance, and Tod Costikyan will be promoted to Chief Underwriting Officer, Global Reinsurance. Both Bahr and Costikyan joined Markel as part of the Alterra acquisition in 2013, and bring many years of experience and knowledge of the reinsurance segment.
"With Don and Tod's deep expertise and knowledge of our business, our reinsurance team will be well positioned to help Markel build the leading global specialty insurer, with the broadest array of tools to address insureds' most complex risk management and risk transfer needs," said Whitt.
In Bahr's new role, he will oversee annual and long-term business and financial planning for the division and will lead the execution of the Global Reinsurance business strategy. Costikyan will report to Bahr and will work with the team on underwriting strategy and business strategy.
Rhoads added, "I'm honored, privileged, and grateful to have had the opportunity to spend my entire career in this wonderful industry. Having worked with Don and Tod for nearly two decades, I am confident they are well prepared to lead the reinsurance operations forward."
Rhoads, Bahr, and Costikyan will work closely to ensure a smooth transition and relationship continuity with Markel's business partners.
About Markel
Markel Corporation is a diverse financial holding company serving a variety of niche markets. The Company's principal business markets and underwrites specialty insurance products. In each of the Company's businesses, it seeks to provide quality products and excellent customer service so that it can be a market leader. The financial goals of the Company are to earn consistent underwriting and operating profits and superior investment returns to build shareholder value. Markel® is a registered trademark of the Markel Corporation. Visit Markel on the web at markel.com.
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MCKINNEY, Texas, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Globe Life Inc. (NYSE: GL) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $.2075 per share on all of the outstanding common stock of the Company held of record as of close of business of the Company's transfer agent on October 7, 2022. The dividend will be paid on November 1, 2022.
Globe Life Inc. is a holding company specializing in life and supplemental health insurance for "middle income" Americans marketed through multiple distribution channels including direct to consumer and exclusive and independent agencies.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Place to Work® and Fortune have honored LendingClub as one of the 2022 Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance™. With LendingClub becoming Great Place to Work® certified earlier this year, this is the first time LendingClub has been recognized on the Fortune list.
The Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance award is based on analysis of survey responses from more than 176,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies in the financial services and insurance industry. In that survey, 89% of employees at LendingClub say it is a great place to work compared to 57% of employees at a typical U.S.-based company.
"LendingClub's culture and mission-based approach to financial services really sets us apart," said Tina Wilson, LendingClub's Chief People Officer. "As COVID has accelerated Americans' move to digital banking, LendingClub's mission to help our members on their path to financial health inspires us every day. Making this list shows how fulfilling that work is for our 1000+ LendingClubbers."
The Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance award is highly competitive. Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture, selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback. Companies were only considered if they were a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization.
Great Place to Work is the only company culture award in America that selects winners based on how fairly employees are treated. Companies are assessed on how well they are creating a great employee experience that cuts across race, gender, age, disability status, or any aspect of who employees are or what their roles are.
"These companies have adapted to the challenges of an ever-changing workplace by their commitment to inclusive, high-trust cultures where employees are treated as human beings first and foremost," says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. "Congratulations to the Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance."
About LendingClub
LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC) is the parent company of LendingClub Bank, National Association, Member FDIC. LendingClub Bank is the leading digital marketplace bank in the U.S., where members can access a broad range of financial products and services designed to help them pay less when borrowing and earn more when saving. Based on more than 150 billion cells of data and over $75 billion in loans, our advanced credit decisioning and machine-learning models are used across the customer lifecycle to expand seamless access to credit for our members, while generating compelling risk-adjusted returns for our loan investors. Since 2007, more than 4 million members have joined the Club to help reach their financial goals. For more information about LendingClub, visit https://www.lendingclub.com.
About the Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance™
Great Place to Work® selected the Best Workplaces for Financial Services & Insurance™ by gathering and analyzing confidential survey responses from more than 176,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies in the financial services and insurance industry. Company rankings are derived from 75 employee experience questions within the Great Place to Work Trust Index™ survey. Great Place to Work determines its lists using its proprietary For All™ methodology to evaluate and certify thousands of organizations in America's largest ongoing annual workforce study, based on over 1 million survey responses and data from companies representing more than 6.1 million employees, this year alone. Read the full methodology.
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About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Six office towers and an underground mall in downtown Atlanta are back in the hands of their lenders after the owner defaulted on a loan, a foreclosure that points to continuing uncertainty in the market for office space since the pandemic prompted much of America’s workforce to work from home.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Miami-based Banyan Street Capital owed more than $125 million on parts of the Peachtree Center complex, a cornerstone of Atlanta’s downtown.
Banyan Street’s ability to repay its loans may have been harmed after Truist Financial Corp. moved out of two the towers in 2021 while consolidating offices. The bank represented more than a fifth of Peachtree Center’s rent, according to a report from investment firm Morningstar. The report said that as of April, the buildings were nearly 40% vacant, compared to an overall vacancy rate of 21% in Atlanta-area office space.
The foreclosure auction was held Tuesday on the steps of the Fulton County Courthouse, where one investor bid just $1.5 million cash. But lenders represented by Situs AMC put up $127.5 million representing the debt Banyan Street owed them, and this overwhelmed the paltry cash bid. Investors bought a commercial mortgage-backed security to loan the money to Banyan Street, and Tuesday’s bid leaves them with the buildings rather than the cash.
“I’m hopeful that this is not some kind of a bellwether of things to come,” AJ Robinson, president of Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District, told the newspaper.
The change in ownership likely won’t affect current tenants, since their leases have not expired. More tenants could move out as their leases end. Peachtree Center also includes the Marriott Marquis and Hyatt Regency convention hotels, the merchandise mart now known as AmericasMart, and other buildings, none of which were part of Tuesday’s foreclosure.
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In the Carolinas and across the country, apartment vacancies are at historic lows, fueling rising rent.
As if that weren’t the only problem facing tenants, 7NEWS has been getting a number of complaints into our newsroom about landlords who fail to make timely repairs.
Therefore we looked into what you need to know in this 7NEWS Consumer Exclusive: Renters do have rights.
Jalesa Peeler in Spartanburg said an ongoing ceiling leak forced her to send her daughter to live with her mother months ago.
“My box spring was flooded with water, so I had to throw that out. It’s been so much stuff that I have had to throw out of my house just because of water leaks like it’s terrible in here,” Peeler said.
Peeler showed us the email she sent in February to property managers asking for help. You may think that is proper notice.
WHY CALLS AND EMAILS MAY NOT WORK
But 7NEWS learned renters must notify the landlord in the exact way specified in the lease.
In section 30 of her lease, it said notice must be via “certified mail.”
Since Peeler never did that, 7NEWS is not naming her apartment complex, but her story shows the importance of knowing your rights as a renter.
By state law, tenants cannot pay for repairs and deduct that from rent. However, that doesn’t mean they don’t have any alternative.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Attorney James Craven said under the South Carolina Landlord Tenant Act, renters have a right to essential services like plumbing, electricity and hot water. Craven said the key to exercising those rights is documentation.
“If you can’t track down a paper trail it’s hard to prove you did the right thing,” Craven said.
HOW TO PROPERLY REPORT PROBLEMS
Renters should follow these steps:
- take pictures and a written log of the problem
- provide notice in the manner detailed in your lease
- give your landlord at least two weeks to a month to make repairs
STILL NO RESPONSE? HERE ARE THREE OPTIONS
If nothing is done within a reasonable time, you have the right to choose several actions.
- First, you can take your landlord to magistrate court.
You do not need an attorney. It costs around $80 to file and your county office can often help you with the paperwork.
By law, landlords cannot retaliate against a renter for doing what is within their rights, like requesting a repair.
That means a landlord cannot evict you, increase your rent mid-lease or refuse to make the repair.
- Second, you could move out and sue your landlord for expenses.
“If you’ve got to get a new place and charge them for it, you have that right,” Craven said.
He said under those circumstances you could sue the landlord for not just moving expenses, but your rent and your safety deposit.
“It’s a very extreme remedy and it might not always be granted, but it is one that’s available,” Craven said.
- However, let’s say you want to stay, like Gladys Hutchinson, across town.
Hutchinson said she told her apartment management about her broken toilet, but three weeks went by with no fix.
“I would leave my house and try to make it to the Beacon or make it to the QT. Sometimes I made it and sometimes I didn’t,” Hutchinson said.
She got on the phone determined to find help and was directed to the Spartanburg Fire Marshall.
That’s one of several agencies, including Housing Services, Building Officials and Environmental Services, that can step in to help, as long as you’ve already taken the proper steps to notify.
“I don’t know what he said to the people in the rent office, in 5 minutes, the lady that calls herself the manager came and unstopped my bathroom, sure did,” Hutchinson said.
Meanwhile, Peeler is still waiting for her roof to get repaired. Her hope now is to find a new place as quickly as possible. | https://www.wspa.com/news/consumer/renters-do-have-rights/ | 2022-09-07T21:56:50Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/consumer/renters-do-have-rights/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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