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Queen Elizabeth II, Great Britain’s longest-serving monarch, died Thursday at her Balmoral estate in Scotland — putting in motion a special plan for memorial events dubbed “Operation Unicorn.”
What happens under Operation Unicorn?
With the Queen’s passing at her beloved Balmoral, her body will be taken via royal train to Edinburgh where she will rest in state at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Mirror reported.
Her coffin will then be taken to St Giles’ Cathedral, also in Edinburgh, for a brief period.
Holyroodhouse and St Giles’ Cathedral are expected to be the main sites where mourners can pay their respects in Scotland.
Under the plans, the late monarch’s coffin will then make a final, five-hour journey back to London on the royal train.
After returning to the capital, the Queen’s body will be taken to the throne room of Buckingham Palace.
How this changes Operation London Bridge
Operation London Bridge is the all-hands protocol that is in place if the Queen is to die in London and set in motion a 10-day mourning period ahead of her funeral.
After the initial events of Operation Unicorn are carried out and the Queen’s body arrives back in London from Scotland, Operation London Bridge will proceed, according to leaked details reported by Politico and the Guardian in recent years.
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The London Bridge plan will see the Queen’s coffin rest at Buckingham Palace for three days before a procession through London to the Palace of Westminster, where Parliament sits.
A service will be held at Westminster Hall when the coffin arrives and the Queen will lie in state there for three additional days.
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“The Boys” creator Eric Kripke is not holding any super-punches back.
On Wednesday, Kripke slammed fans for trolling actress Erin Moriarty — who plays Starlight in the Amazon series — about her appearance in the superhero show.
“Hi trolls! One, this is literally the opposite of the show’s f – – king message,” Kripke, 48, tweeted, launching a foulmouthed attack on disgruntled viewers.
He continued, “Two, you’re causing pain to real people with real feelings. Be kind. If you can’t be kind, then eat a bag of d – – ks, f – – k off to the sun & don’t watch #TheBoys, we don’t want you.”
The aggressive tweet comes days after Moriarty, 28, revealed on Instagram that several of the shows fans made her feel “dehumanized” and “silenced.”
“I do feel silenced. I do feel dehumanized. I do feel paralyzed,” wrote Moriarty. “I’ve put blood, sweat, and tears into this role (over & over & over again), I’ve grown UP in this character’s shoes (*emphasis on grown up – we change & evolve mentally AND physically).”
Moriarty’s response came after an article was published by Medium highlighting the “misogyny” the actress has received.
“So with that I say: a) thank you to @butcherscanary b) this does break my heart — I’ve opened up a vein for this role and this kind of trolling is exactly what this role (Annie) would speak out against,” she said.
“And c) everyone’s going through their own battle(s); let’s not add to that. I will never intentionally (and ESPECIALLY) publicly add to yours.”
The author of the article pointed out how objectifying the actress is counter to what she fights for in the show.
“Objectification of Moriarty’s character contrasts the message of the show because Starlight fights being silenced and sexualized,” reads the Medium article.
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Meghan Markle was not by Queen Elizabeth II’s side when the monarch died at the age of 96 on Thursday — the ending of a relationship that started out amicable but become contentious.
It was tea for two that brought Markle and the queen together for the first time. Reading the tea leaves may have revealed their tumultuous relationship to come.
The American actress joined the British monarch for the royal ritual at Buckingham Palace on a gloomy afternoon in October 2017.
It was reportedly short and sweet — the meet and greet lasted an hour but was a great success. Supposedly, even the queen’s corgis took a liking to Markle, who gushed over her soon-to-be grandmother-in-law shortly after.
“She’s an incredible woman,” Markle told the BBC in a joint interview with Harry in November 2017.
The duo got engaged and announced the news publicly on Nov. 27, with plans to marry in spring 2018.
“To be able to meet her through his lens, not just with his honor and respect for her as the monarch, but the love that he has for her as his grandmother … all of those layers have been so important for me so that when I met her, I had such a deep understanding and of course incredible respect for being able to have that time with her,” she told the BBC.
The former “Suits” actress and the queen’s relationship seemed to have gotten off on the right foot. In a March 2021 interview with CBS, Markle dished about a trip she took with her royal highness to Cheshire, England, suggesting that the monarch was warmer than many may perceive.
Markle said, “We were in the car going between engagements. And she has a blanket that sits across her knees for warmth, and it was chilly. And she was like, ‘Meghan, come on,’ and put it over my knees as well … and it made me think of my grandmother, where she’s always been warm and inviting and really welcoming.”
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And in 2017, Markle broke royal precedent by celebrating Christmas with the royal family when Queen Elizabeth invited her to join them at her Sandringham estate, Insider reported. Royal fiancés are reportedly not invited to join.
Then, on May 19, 2018, Prince Harry and Markle officially tied the knot at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Things took a turn, however, in 2020 when Markle and Harry announced they wished to distance themselves from royal obligations. The couple announced they were stepping down as “senior” members of the royal family and that they’d split time between the US and the UK. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s bombshell resignation from the royal family made headlines and was dubbed “Megxit.”
The royal family — including Prince Charles, Prince William and the queen — were reportedly “incandescent with rage” because they weren’t given the proper heads-up, The Post previously reported.
Harry’s father and brother reportedly learned about the split from the news, according to reports at the time.
“This is a declaration of war on the family,” a senior source told the Sun of the Megxit announcement.
Though the queen appeared to express support for her grandson and the Duchess of Sussex, when they moved to the US in 2020 with son Archie, a source told US Weekly in 2021 that she was not happy. “The queen was hoping that they’d return, but there is not much she can do about it and accepts their decisions.”
Markle’s relationship with Queen Elizabeth and the royal family appeared to be further strained in 2021 when the duo had an explosive sit-down with Oprah Winfrey. Markle said she experienced racism while living in London and said she did not feel support from the royal family. During the two-hour chat, Markle revealed that she contemplated suicide amid a flurry of British tabloid headlines like “Hurricane Meghan,” and she detailed how the color of her son Archie’s skin was debated.
“There’s conversation about how dark your baby is going to be?” Winfrey, appearing stunned, asked Markle.
The revelation sparked the hashtag, #AbolishTheMonarchy, which was trending on Twitter at the time.
Following the interview, Buckingham Palace put out the statement: “The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.”
Then, in April 2021, Prince Harry attended the service for Prince Philip without Markle by his side. He and brother Prince William participated in the procession for their grandfather, though the brothers were not seated next to each other during the service; instead, they were separated by their cousin Peter Phillips — a move that was not intended despite the drama, according to US Magazine.
The queen was reportedly relieved Markle didn’t attend the funeral, telling aides, “Thank goodness Meghan isn’t coming,” for fear she would take focus away from the somber day, Newsweek reported, citing royal biographer Tom Bower’s new book.
The dust appeared to somewhat settle a bit after Harry and Meghan welcomed their daughter, Lilibet, named after the queen’s nickname.
In April, the couple paid a secret visit to the queen at Windsor Castle en route to the Invictus Games, a sporting event in support of wounded veterans, reports said. The visit came two years after they left for Hollywood.
Still, the family drama continued. Who could forget the royal seating snub by none other than the queen herself during the Platinum Jubilee in June? Bower said in a recent interview that the Sussexes were meant to be seated away from Prince Charles, Prince William and Kate Middleton to avoid attention from being diverted from the event, Newsweek reported.
When Harry reportedly asked an usher during the Jubilee who told them where he should be seated, the usher replied: “Your grandmother,” according to Bower’s book.
Then, in August, Markle told the world how she really felt about life post-royal family, saying she was “happy” to leave the monarchy and regain her freedom — and post about it too. In a scathing interview with New York Magazine’s the Cut, she claimed that her photos were given to people who were “calling my children the N-word.”
Indeed, Markle’s apparent social media censorship was a point of contention. She told NY Magazine reporter Allison P. Davis that her tightly controlled Instagram outlet was @KensingtonRoyal, which she shared with Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton.
“It was a big adjustment — a huge adjustment to go from that kind of autonomy to a different life,” she told the publication about surrendering the 3 million of her own followers she previously had.
Markle noted how problematic it was for her to see her family’s private images shared with the press instead of being able to control her own social narrative and decide when she was comfortable sharing images of her children with the world.
“There’s literally a structure by which if you want to release photos of your child, as a member of the family, you first have to give them to the Royal Rota,” she told the magazine of the UK media’s royal pool distributing the historic images globally.
“Why would I give the very people that are calling my children the N-word a photo of my child before I can share it with the people that love my child?” she questioned.
The newly minted podcaster also blamed the media scrutiny for Megxit, noting the only way “all the noise would stop” might be if they earned their own living, instead of having their lives funded by taxpayer money.
What’s more, the 41-year-old mom of two fired off to Davis that she and husband Prince Harry’s union was doomed from the start in the eyes of the royal family: “Just by existing, we were upsetting the dynamic of the hierarchy.”
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Princess Elizabeth of York photographed with her mother in 1928.
Long before she was Britain's longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth has always been a notorious dog-lover. She poses with two of her corgis at her home in 1936.
The future Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 18th birthday with her parents King George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, at Windsor Castle in 1944.
Then-Princess Elizabeth poses with husband Prince Philip on their wedding day on Nov. 20, 1947.
The Queen ascended to the throne after her father King George VI on February 6, 1952. The newly-minted monarch is photographed with her children Prince Charles and Princess Anne on the grounds of Balmoral Castle in September 1952.
Queen Elizabeth is officially crowned in the first event of its kind to be televised and viewed around the world in 1953.
Queen Elizabeth balanced motherhood with royal duties when she was photographed with 12-week-old Prince Edward and 4-year-old Prince Andrew while observing the annual Trooping the Color ceremony on June 13, 1964.
Queen Elizabeth beamed with her family, including sons Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward, and daughter Princess Anne, in 1968.
One of the perks of royal life? Face time with some of history's biggest celebrities. Queen Elizabeth shakes hands with Barbra Streisand at the Royal Film Performance in 1975.
Queen Elizabeth has long shared symbiotic relationships with fellow heads of state. In 1977, she hosted U.S. President Jimmy Carter and French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing at Buckingham Palace.
Queen Elizabeth shared the Buckingham Palace balcony with her son Prince Charles after his wedding to Princess Diana on July 29, 1981.
Queen Elizabeth famously shared a leisurely equestrian outing with then-President Ronald Reagan in 1982.
Queen Elizabeth is welcomed by US Army General Norman Schwarzkopf at the U.S. Central Command Headquarters in Tampa, Florida in May 1991.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip walk among the hundreds of floral tributes to Princess Diana at Buckingham Palace on Sept. 5, 1997.
The famously stoic monarch shared a giggle with Queen Elizabeth during a ceremonial review in 2003.
The royal couple Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a special photo-op in 2007.
Queen Elizabeth played the proud grandmother at the wedding of her grandson Prince William to Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011.
Queen Elizabeth appeared with her entire family-- including new addition Meghan Markle-- on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to celebrate that year's Trooping the Color on June 9, 2018.
December 2021 marked the Queen's first holiday season after the death of Prince Philip in April of that year. For her annual Christmas address to the nation, she posed poignantly with an image of the couple's 60th wedding anniversary.June 9, 2018.
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Texas state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. has voted for anti-abortion legislation more than a dozen times in the last decade. He was one of the state lawmakers who both sponsored and voted for the controversial "Heartbeat Bill," which criminalized abortion as soon as a fetus' heartbeat is detected and did not include exceptions for victims of rape or incest. He also voted for the state's so-called trigger ban, which outlawed the procedure almost entirely upon the fall of Roe v. Wade.
He is "the extremist right's trusted vote when it comes to attacking abortion access," one abortion rights advocacy group in Texas proclaimed in 2021.
He is also a lifelong Democrat.
A CNN analysis of legislative records and reported party affiliations shows that the Republicans passing increasingly strict abortion bans around the country have been joined by scores of unlikely allies: Democrats.
More than 140 Democrats from eight of the roughly dozen states with the most restrictive abortion laws voted in favor of the bans, and the vast majority of these state lawmakers were men.
All but one of the laws would have passed with Republican votes alone, and a few were passed without a single vote from a Democratic lawmaker. Republican legislators almost always voted in favor of the restrictions, which experts say shows how the issue has been much more of a litmus test for Republican state lawmakers than it has for Democrats.
The right to abortion had been guaranteed in the United States for nearly 50 years until the Supreme Court's landmark decision in June. In its wake, the procedure has been outlawed or severely restricted thanks to state trigger bans and other anti-abortion laws passed between 2005 and today that are now taking effect. Most of these laws were passed in the last five years, though two of the state trigger bans were passed more than a decade ago in the hopes that Roe v. Wade would someday be overturned. In Mississippi, for example, a law that passed in 2007 received yes votes from more than 60 Democrats — some of whom have since crossed over to the Republican Party. In this case, the law would not have passed without that support from Democrats.
These strict abortion bans run contrary to public opinion, with more than 60% of Americans saying they disapprove of the recent Supreme Court decision in a July CNN poll. In August, voters in Kansas rejected a ballot measure that would have limited abortion rights in the state, while in upstate New York, a Democrat won a special election for a swing House district -- a sign of the motivating power of abortion rights as an issue.
Lucio told CNN that being an anti-abortion Democrat "feels lonely" at times, but that most of his constituents are "Christians whose upbringings taught them fundamental values of what is right and wrong."
He said he doesn't believe abortion is only a women's issue, since both men and women are involved in conception, and that men "have shown that they have a natural instinct to protect the human race."
"Many times, I believe, women would choose not to have an abortion if men would demonstrate a moral sense of responsibility," he said.
The national Democratic Party's stance on abortion is clear. "Like the majority of Americans, Democrats believe every woman should be able to access high-quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion," its party platform states. "We oppose and will fight to overturn federal and state laws that create barriers to women's reproductive health and rights..."
But that is not always the case for individual Democratic state legislators.
In Arkansas, four of the state's 29 Democrats voted in 2019 to pass the trigger ban that criminalized abortion under nearly all circumstances. They were all men. That same year, 14 male and five female Democrats in Kentucky voted for a similar state ban, representing nearly 40% of all Democrats in the state legislature at the time. And in Mississippi, nine male Democratic lawmakers voted in 2018 to pass the 15-week abortion ban that ultimately led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The laws received almost unanimous support from Republicans, except for a single no vote in Arkansas.
A 2022 bill strengthening Louisiana's trigger ban, meanwhile, was passed with the help of 10 male and two female Democratic lawmakers and signed into law by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards. "I am pro-life and have never hidden from that fact," Edwards said in a statement in June, noting that he signed the bill despite his objection to the lack of exceptions for rape and incest victims. A spokesperson for Edwards told CNN that the governor intends to work with lawmakers to hopefully pass an exception for victims of rape and incest and noted that the bill he signed "sought to clarify" a ban passed in 2006 before he became governor.
Former Kentucky Democratic state representative and gubernatorial candidate Rocky Adkins said in a 2019 radio interview that in addition to his personal beliefs, his votes represent the views of his constituents in a "very conservative district." Bruce Maloch, who no longer serves in the state legislature, is one of the Arkansas Democrats who voted in favor of the state's trigger ban. He was described as a "a deer-hunting, abortion-opposing local Baptist deacon" in a 2020 local newspaper column lamenting the Republican attack ads against him. Maloch and Adkins did not respond to CNN's requests for comment.
Also in Kentucky, former state Rep. Joe Graviss told a local newspaper in 2020 that he had tried to emphasize his "pro-life" beliefs throughout his campaign for state Senate but still lost. Graviss declined to discuss his anti-abortion votes with CNN, saying the issue is a "very personal" one for him, but also said he is frustrated with how local Democrats are painted as being the same as national Democrats, such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which is not always the case. "You have people putting up big signs in their fields on major parkways saying if you vote for a Democrat you're going to hell," he said. "You have pastors telling their congregations who to vote for and putting the list tacked on church front doors with damning repercussions if they don't vote that way."
In all, men represented more than 80% of the Democratic votes in state legislatures in favor of the bans.
CNN's analysis of state Democrats echoes how gender has played a role in Congress as well. An analysis of abortion-related voting in the House of Representatives between 1993 and 2018 published last year by two Georgetown researchers found that Democratic men were more likely to vote in favor of bills restricting abortion than their female counterparts, which the researchers attributed to how female Democrats are often elected in more liberal districts.
Currently, the only two Democratic members of Congress to publicly oppose abortion are: Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, which was noted in a recent column about the "end of pro-life Democrats" at the federal level. Republican women in the House, meanwhile, have historically been more likely than Republican men to oppose anti-abortion legislation, the Georgetown researchers noted, but that gender gap has disappeared in recent years as more moderate candidates were replaced by "strongly pro-life women from the South and Midwest."
At the same time, experts say framing abortion as a women's issue may prevent men from taking up the abortion-rights side of the cause, whether as advocates or lawmakers — saying anti-abortion activists have strategically capitalized on the power men wield in politics and business. "Let's be real: there's a WHOLE lot of men whose lives, careers, and families have benefited from an abortion," US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, tweeted in the wake of Roe's reversal. "Men, we need you right now. You can get through in rooms others can't. Your power matters." Some abortion rights advocates also note that gender-based framing of the issue leaves out transgender and nonbinary people who could be affected.
Ziad Munson, a sociology professor at Lehigh University who specializes in the politics of abortion, said that "politicians often have easily identifiable political reasons for their stance on abortion," saying that some Democrats may be voting for anti-abortion legislation more to maintain their seat in a conservative district than because it is a deeply-held personal belief.
Munson noted that the finding that Democratic state lawmakers have been more likely to cross party lines shows how abortion became much more of a core issue for the Republican Party, while Democrats have allowed "for more diversity of views for a longer period of time." This has been particularly true in the South, he said, where Democrats have been historically more conservative.
That may be changing, however, as lawmakers adapt to a shifting political landscape. Munson said it will be telling to see how Democrats vote as Republicans push for even stricter bans in a post-Roe v. Wade world.
In Congress, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, who previously described himself as a "pro-life" Democrat, recently voted with his party on a bill that would have codified the federal right to abortion — though it did not receive enough votes to proceed. In a statement, Casey said he was motivated by reports that Republicans would attempt to pass a federal six-week abortion ban — an extreme restriction that he said he had never supported during his time in public office. Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, said in a June statement that he was "deeply disappointed" in the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe and that he supported exceptions for rape and incest, but he still voted against the bill, saying on CNN that he believed the congressional proposal went beyond codifying Roe and would expand abortion rights, which he could not support.
Former Tennessee state Rep. John DeBerry, meanwhile, had served as a Democrat for more than 20 years but was stripped from the primary ballot by the state Democratic party in 2020. The move came after DeBerry, who later ran as an independent, was targeted by attack ads from the political arm of Planned Parenthood, and party representatives reportedly said at the time that his votes for anti-abortion and school voucher bills, among others, didn't align with the party's values.
"Life has mattered my entire career," he said in a 2020 interview with Christianity Today. "My principles have not changed, and I am not changing my principles because I have a D behind my name."
And back in Texas, longtime Democratic state Rep. Ryan Guillen announced in November 2021 he would be officially switching his affiliation from Democrat to Republican. Like Lucio in the Senate, Guillen had voted in favor of both the state's trigger ban and controversial six-week ban enforced through civil litigation. "Rep. Guillen has been a friend for many years," the state Republican Party chairman said in a statement. "I am proud to welcome him to the Republican Party." Guillen did not respond to requests for comment.
Days earlier, Lucio had announced he would not seek reelection after more than 30 years in the state legislature. He told CNN he is proud that he rose "above partisan politics" during his time in office and proclaimed that he was never the extreme right's trusted vote, as critics said, but "God's trusted vote."
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Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at her residence at Balmoral Castle. She was 96 years old.
The announcement of her death was made by Buckingham Palace after officials said doctors were concerned about her health.
The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/VfxpXro22W
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 8, 2022
Buckingham Palace said Queen Elizabeth died peacefully during the afternoon.
Family members rushed to Balmoral Castle to be with her as they learned about her ailing condition.
One of her last official acts as queen came on Tuesday when she accepted the resignation of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and welcomed new Prime Minister Liz Truss. The meetings, however, did not take place at Buckingham Palace, as per custom, leading to speculation about her health.
She then canceled a meeting Wednesday night after she was advised to take a day of rest.
Elizabeth was the longest-reigning monarch in British history, serving over 70 years, surpassing Queen Victoria in 2015. She was also the longest-reigning female monarch in world history.
With her death, Elizabeth’s eldest son, King Charles, becomes the British monarch.
Elizabeth ascended to the throne on Feb. 6, 1952, after her father, King George VI, died. She was coronated a year later.
Her first state visit did not come until 1957, when she visited the United States to address the United Nations General Assembly. In 1991, she became the first British monarch to address a joint session of Congress.
During her tenure, more than a dozen nations left the Commonwealth, opting for self-governing models.
The Queen has withstood controversy and remained a popular figure in the U.K. A May 2022 poll found that 86% of British adults were satisfied with her work as queen.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Some retailers are taking lobster off the menu after an assessment from an influential conservation group that the seafood poses too much of a risk to rare whales and should be avoided.
Whales can suffer injuries and fatalities when they become entangled in the gear that connects to lobster traps on the ocean floor. Seafood Watch, which rates the sustainability of different seafoods, said this week it has added the American and Canadian lobster fisheries to its “red list” of species to avoid.
The organization, based at Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, said in a report that the fishing industry is a danger to North Atlantic right whales because “current management measures do not go far enough to mitigate entanglement risks and promote recovery of the species.”
Thousands of businesses use Seafood Watch's recommendations to inform seafood buying decisions, and many have pledged to avoid any items that appear on the red list. A spokesperson for Blue Apron, the New York meal kit retailer, said after the release of the report that the company no longer offers lobster. HelloFresh, the Germany-based meal kit company that is the largest such company operating in the U.S., also pledged shortly after the announcement to stop selling lobster.
“HelloFresh is committed to responsible sourcing and follows guidelines from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program,” said Saskia Leisewitz, a spokesperson for HelloFresh.
Seafood Watch assigns ratings of “best choice,” “good alternative” and “avoid” to more than 2,000 seafood items based on how sustainably they are managed. The organization's recommendations have been influential in the past, such as when it red-listed the Louisiana shrimp fishery, prompting efforts to better protect sea turtles. The fishery was later removed from the red list.
The lobster fishing industry has come under scrutiny from Seafood Watch because of the threat of entanglement in fishing gear. The North Atlantic right whales number less than 340 and entanglement is one of the two biggest threats they face, along with collisions with ships, scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other groups have said. The population of the giant animals, which were decimated during the commercial whaling era generations ago, has fallen in recent years.
Members of the lobster fishing industry, which is also coping with increased federal fishing restrictions to protect the whales, pushed back against the Seafood Watch rating. The lobster industry in Maine, where most of the U.S.'s lobster comes to land, has not had a documented interaction with a right whale in almost two decades, said Patrice McCarron, executive director of the Maine Lobstermen's Association.
“Lobster is one of the most sustainable fisheries in the world due to the effective stewardship practices handed down through generations of lobstermen. These include strict protections for both the lobster resource and right whales,” McCarron said.
American and Canadian lobster fishermen target the same species, the American lobster, which is popular as live seafood and in processed products such as lobster rolls and lobster ravioli. The vast majority of the world's American lobster comes to the shore in New England and eastern Canada, and the crustaceans are both a key piece of the economy and a cultural marker in both places.
The U.S. lobster fishery is also one of the most lucrative in the country and was worth more than $900 million at the docks in 2021, when fishermen caught more than 130 million pounds (59 million kilograms) of the crustaceans.
Seafood Watch partners with numerous major seafood buyers on its recommendations. Some of the buyers, such as Compass Group and Cheesecake Factory, did not respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press. A spokesperson for one, Mars Petcare, said the company doesn't have lobster in its supply chain.
Environmental groups said Seafood Watch's decision places a spotlight on the fishery and the need to do more to protect whales.
“Fishery managers must increase protections to save North Atlantic right whales so seafood retailers, consumers, and restaurants can put American lobster and crab back on the menu,” Oceana campaign director Gib Brogan said. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/retailers-pull-lobster-from-menus-after-red-list-warning | 2022-09-08T18:46:14Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/retailers-pull-lobster-from-menus-after-red-list-warning | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Early this year GM laid out an enticing price of $30,000 for its 2024 Chevy Equinox EV fully electric compact crossover due in fall 2023.
On Thursday GM confirmed it’s planning to keep to that initial price and timeline, and it revealed much more about this upcoming EV. It will be sold in the Chevy lineup along with the gasoline-powered Equinox, which is a completely different vehicle.
But GM made clear that the Equinox EV is no niche product.
“We are at a turning point where EVs will be the mainstream choice for the next generation of customers and Equinox EV will lead this charge for us,” CEO Mary Barra said in a press release.
The $30,000 base price excludes any incentives. By the time it arrives it will likely be eligible for some part of the federal $7,500 EV tax credit, although the IRS hasn’t yet drawn out particulars.
Equinox EV production is due to start at Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, in the fourth quarter of 2023. First out next fall will be a limited edition 2RS version—one of the best-equipped of the lineup. That version will cost much more, but within the first year Chevy says it will produce all trim levels.
In the interest of ramping up volume and shared components, the Equinox EV overlaps in various ways with the sportier Blazer EV. And in the interest of aerodynamics and range, Chevy also managed to include flush door handles in the Equinox EV. Although exact dimensions haven’t yet been released, Chevy confirmed that the Blazer EV is nearly three inches wider, just over two inches longer, and about an inch taller than the Equinox EV. That puts the Equinox EV at about 190 inches long, 74 inches wide, and 66 inches tall.
For those expecting something smaller and closer to the Bolt EV, which got a price drop for 2023 to make room for the Equinox EV, it’s not that. While GM has hinted that a smaller, Ultium-based Bolt EV replacement is in the works, don’t expect that for a few years.
Some of the drive units and battery packs are shared with the Blazer EV, depending on which version you get. GM estimates 210 hp and 242 lb-ft of torque for the front-wheel-drive model, while all-wheel-drive versions make a combined 290 hp and 346 lb-ft of torque. GM says it will include a one-pedal driving mode that brings the vehicle to a full stop with only the accelerator.
GM hasn’t yet revealed the battery capacities of the Equinox EV, but there will be two packs. The largest of the Blazer packs that permits its 320-mile range wouldn’t fit with the Equinox’s shorter wheelbase, Chevy officials said. The smaller pack offered on Equinox EV 1LT front-wheel-drive models has a 250-mile range estimate. Front-wheel-drive versions with the larger pack return 300 miles of range, while all-wheel-drive versions with the larger pack return 280 miles on a charge. All Equinox EV versions use GM’s large-format pouch cells that are part of its Ultium propulsion toolkit.
The Equinox EV will be capable of 150-kw DC fast-charging with a CCS-format connector. That permits 70 miles of range to be added in just 10 minutes, according to GM. It will also include an 11.5-kw AC onboard charger as standard, allowing up to 34 miles of range per hour, GM estimates. A 19.2-kw setup—like what GM has been asking its dealerships to install on the charging side—is available on the top 3RS AWD version, adding up to 51 miles per hour. GM says the battery will be covered for eight years or 100,000 miles.
According to VP of Chevrolet marketing Steve Majoros, the brand knows that people who haven’t owned an EV before want range. Yet for those who have owned an EV, charging accessibility and charging speed become the priorities. So the choices aim to reconcile both.
Chevy also hasn’t yet detailed features by trim level, but it says that uplevel LT and RS versions will offer “two distinctive personalities.” LT versions will be available in a two-tone white roof, while the RS will be offered in a black roof. Both of these versions will offer walk-up lightning, and up to 21-inch wheels will complement proportions that are nearly as low-set and racy-looking as the Blazer EV.
Inside, Chevy says there’s room for five, with up to 57.0 cubic feet of cargo space with the rear seats folded. An 11.0-inch gauge display is in front of the driver in every version, while top versions get a 17.7-inch touchscreen in the middle that provides an “edge-to-edge” experience. As we’ve noted before, this is more of a cockpit layout and less of the open-and-airy look we’ve seen in some other dedicated-EV-platform designs.
Chevrolet is including a long list of active safety features in the Equinox EV. Automatic emergency braking front and rear, active lane control, and blind-spot monitors are all included. Heated front and rear outboard seats and heated windshield wipers will be among the features. Super Cruise hands-free driver assistance will be available on the Equinox EV, as will adaptive cruise control, a high-definition surround-view camera system, a head-up display, and a rear camera mirror.
The Equinox will be offered to fleet customers, too, in a commercial variant yet to be detailed.
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MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn.— John Hall, Cumberland County High School aviation teacher, received an influencer flight with the Navy’s Blue Angels here Sept. 7. Hall was chosen based on his outreach and influence on the youth of Cumberland County. (Air National Guard photo by: Staff Sgt. Melissa Dearstone)
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Roof tents have become popular automotive accessories, and now Porsche is getting in on the trend with its own version.
The factory-accessory tent is compatible with the Cayenne and Macan crossover SUVs, the Panamera hatchback, the Taycan electric sedan, and most versions of the 911 sports car, both with and without roof rails, Porsche said Thursday in a press release. It can’t be installed on the 911 GT3, Targa, or Cabriolet, however, nor on the 718 Boxster/Cayman.
The tent folds into a hard shell for transport, and when deployed at a campsite it features 82.6 inches by 51.1 inches of floor space. The walls are made from a breathable cotton blend, and a polyfoam mattress is integrated into the floor. The tent also has two windows, insect guards, blackout curtains, and a rain cover for the entryway.
Setup is fairly straightforward. Buyers pop open the hard shell, unfold the tent, deploy a telescopic ladder to the ground, and erect the poles. The tent weighs 123 lb, and is rated for 418 lb of stationary weight on vehicles with roof rails, or 308 lb on vehicles without roof rails. Porsche recommends drivers don’t exceed 80 mph with the tent strapped to their cars.
Buyers can choose between black/light gray and black/dark gray two-tone schemes for the hard case, which also sports a Porsche logo. The only available interior color is light gray. Porsche is planning additional accessories, including an inner tent, a heated blanket, and a shoe and bag organizer.
European deliveries are scheduled to begin in November, with a starting price equivalent to $4,958 at current exchange rates. That’s a lot more than shoppers would expect to spend at REI. Thus far, Porsche hasn’t confirmed U.S. availability.
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A simulated body part gets tagged during a major accident response exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 25. The squadron’s mortuary affairs division exercised clean up and recovery procedures over the area of a simulated plane crash. Airmen formed a line and walked the area reporting, tagging and securing any item related to the accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum will unite two iconic paintings from Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer early next year — The Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Milkmaid.
In an unprecedented blockbuster exhibit starting in February, the most famous museum in the Netherlands will bring together 27 of the 35 known paintings of the 17th-century artist who had the uncanny genius of letting a soothing inner light exude from his canvas.
“His paintings radiate this simplicity, the stillness, his brilliant colors, said Taco Dibbits, the director general of the Rijksmuseum.
Nowhere is it more apparent than in the two paintings that have become as quintessential to Dutch art as any work of Vincent van Gogh or Rembrandt.
In Thursday’s announcement of the Feb. 10-June 4 exhibit, the musuem said it will be the first time in over a quarter-century that the paintings will be united in the same building, dating back to a 1996 show at The Hague’s Mauritshuis, home to the Girl with a Pearl Earring.
The Rijksmuseum did extensive work on The Milkmaid and discovered that the vast unadorned white wall behind her, was not always meant to be like that. With special technologies, a sketch under the final layer of paint was discovered which shows a more cluttered background with a jug holder and a fire basket.
Later, Vermeer thought better of it and went for the distinctive white background, auguring a big development in art.
“We now see a very neat little cube,” Dibbits said. “A search for simplicity is very difficult to arrive at,” Dibbits said, adding it is what ”we now still admire so much today.”
With his domestic scenes of pouring milk, people talking and an almost nonchalant portrait of his maid, Vermeer knows how to create a sense of serenity that especially offers a balm in today’s turbulent times over 350 years later.
Dibbits calls him one of the most famous painters in the world because of this “tranquility that his paintings radiate. On the one hand, you step into the 17th century,” he said, “On the other hand, because this depicts everyday life, they’re incredibly modern.”
New York’s Frick Collection will lend its three Vermeers which will be shown together outside of New York over a century after the museum acquired them.
It is also what makes the exhibit a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The paintings could leave New York only because the Frick is under renovation.
“And once renovation is finished, they will never be able to leave again.” Dibbits said.
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Raf Casert reported from Brussels. | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-vermeer-exhibit-to-unite-milkmaid-girl-with-a-pearl-earring/ | 2022-09-08T18:47:55Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-vermeer-exhibit-to-unite-milkmaid-girl-with-a-pearl-earring/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BERLIN (AP) — A Swiss court has granted the operating company for the never-opened Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was built to bring Russian gas to Germany but put on ice shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine, a four-month extension to its “stay of bankruptcy.”
The stay for Nord Stream 2 AG was extended from Sept. 10 through Jan. 10 by a regional court in Zug canton (state), according to a notice published Thursday in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce. The company, a subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom, is based in Zug.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government halted the certification process for the pipeline on Feb. 22, after Russia recognized the independence of two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and two days before Moscow launched its invasion. U.S. President Joe Biden President then directed his administration to impose sanctions on the operating company.
The pipeline project had long drawn resistance from Ukraine and eastern European countries, as well as bipartisan opposition in the United States.
At the beginning of March, the operating company said it had dismissed all its employees in Zug — according to local officials, up to 110 people.
In recent months, Russia has increasingly cut back deliveries to Europe through existing pipelines. Gazprom said last week that the parallel Nord Stream 1 pipeline — the main source of Russian gas sent to Germany — would remain closed, citing what it said was a need for urgent maintenance work to repair key components. The Kremlin has blamed Western sanctions for blocking such work.
Both the technical explanations and the claim about sanctions have been rejected by German officials, who say the stoppages are a political move aimed at causing uncertainty and driving up prices.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A gunman who livestreamed himself driving around Memphis shooting at people, killing four and wounding three others in seemingly random attacks, was arrested after crashing a stolen car, police said Thursday.
The hourslong rampage shut down much of the city as police warned people to shelter in place. Authorities locked down a baseball stadium and university campuses and suspended bus service as frightened residents wondered where the assailant might strike next.
Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said seven shootings and at least two carjackings were reported before Ezekiel Kelly was arrested without incident Wednesday evening. Authorities offered no immediate word on motive.
“This has been a horrific week for the city of Memphis,” Davis said, noting that the shooting spree came less than a week after the brutal killing of a jogger who was abducted during her early morning run.
Kelly, 19, was released early from a prison sentence for aggravated assault, court records show. The release seemed to raise a sore point between the mayor and the county’s top prosecutor in front of cameras at a news conference.
“This is no way for us to live, and it is not acceptable,” said Mayor Jim Strickland, who later pounded the podium as he demanded accountability. “If Mr. Kelly served his full three-year sentence, he would still be in prison today, and four of our fellow citizens would still be alive,” he said.
The first killing happened just before 1 a.m. Wednesday. A police affidavit said at least three witnesses saw Kelly fatally shoot Dewayne Tunstall in the head as Tunstall was visiting with friends at a home in Memphis. According to the affidavit, Kelly pulled Tunstall to the side and during their conversation drew a handgun and fired several shots.
The second shooting came more than 15 hours later, at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday when officers found a male victim dead from multiple gunshot wounds inside a vehicle, according to police. A woman who had been shot in the leg was discovered minutes later.
More shootings were reported over the next 4 1/2 hours. During that time, police received a tip at about 6 p.m. that the suspect was livestreaming himself and threatening to hurt people, Davis said.
In one clip from the video, the suspect casually speaks to the camera before opening the door to an AutoZone store and shooting someone inside with what appeared to be a pistol. That man was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
In another, a man narrates himself driving — “green light, green light” — and sings “no faking.” At one point, he fires two rapid bursts of gunfire out the driver’s window. Referring to police, he says he’s going to “go down to the valley, shoot it out with them in the valley.”
Three more shootings and two carjackings followed after police sent an alert warning people to be on the lookout for the suspect.
Police said he killed a woman as he took her SUV, then shot and wounded a man nearby. The final victim, another woman, was found dead about an hour later, just before 9 p.m.
Kelly drove across the state line into neighboring Southaven, Mississippi, where he committed another carjacking at gunpoint but left the driver uninjured, police said. Officers quickly spotted the stolen Dodge Challenger on Interstate 55. Kelly was arrested after he crashed during a high-speed chase, Davis said. Two guns were found in the vehicle.
As the shooter terrorized the city, residents frantically called and texted each other, and TV stations cut into regular coverage with updates.
Facebook parent company Meta said Thursday that it removed the suspect’s livestream before Memphis police sent their initial alert, but the company declined to say for how long the live video was streaming. The company said it also removed the suspect’s Facebook account and has continuously removed content such as copies of the video or messages praising the attack.
It was too early in the investigation to discuss how the suspect got the gun or guns used in the shootings, said Ali Roberts, acting assistant special agent in charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Memphis.
Memphis has been shaken by several high-profile killings in recent weeks, including the shooting of a pastor during a daylight carjacking in her driveway, the shooting of an activist during an argument over money and the slaying of jogger Eliza Fletcher following her abduction near the University of Memphis.
“I understand it feels like so much violence and evil to experience in such a short time,” Memphis City Council member Chase Carlisle said on Twitter. “We are SO much more than this.”
In February 2020, Kelly, then 17, was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder and other crimes in two shootings committed a few hours apart. Both victims survived but didn’t cooperate with prosecutors, according to court records, and Kelly pleaded guilty to reduced charges of aggravated assault in April 2021.
Kelly was sentenced to three years in prison, but was released in March after serving just over two years behind bars, including credit he received for time he was jailed prior to his plea.
Strickland thanked legislators for closing what he called a revolving door by passing Tennessee’s so-called “truth in sentencing” law this year. The statute, which took effect after Kelly was freed, requires inmates to serve entire sentences for certain felonies, including attempted first-degree murder, vehicular homicide caused by intoxicated drivers and carjacking.
“From now on, three years for aggravated assault means three years,” the mayor said. “We need the courts and additional state laws to stop this revolving door, and I need the public to make their voices heard by those decision makers.”
Standing beside him was Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, a fellow Democrat who was elected in August after arguing that the sentencing law drives up Tennessee’s prison budget without reducing crime or helping incarcerated people rehabilitate. Mulroy had no role in Kelly’s prior prosecution and sentence.
Mulroy said Thursday there was no tension between him and the mayor right now over the new sentencing measure, which Republican Gov. Bill Lee allowed to become law without his signature.
“Both of us think that all these cases, including the tragic incidents from last night, need to be dealt with strongly,” Mulroy said, referring to himself and the mayor. “The public policy debate can be discussed another day.”
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Associated Press writers Kimberlee Kruesi, Jonathan Mattise and Travis Loller in Nashville, Tennessee; Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Alabama; Rebecca Reynolds in Louisville, Kentucky; Matt O’Brien in Providence, Rhode Island; and news researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this story. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-police-arrest-memphis-man-in-livestreamed-shootings-4-dead/ | 2022-09-08T18:50:36Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-police-arrest-memphis-man-in-livestreamed-shootings-4-dead/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Buhari resolves rift between ministries of education, agric over universities of agriculture
•Orders return of universities of Agric to ministry of education •As FG charges Governing Councils on alternative funding
President Muhammadu Bihari has put to rest the controversy between the Federal Ministry of Education and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development over which ministry the universities of Agriculture should be domiciled.
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who made this known on Thursday in Abuja, said Buhari who is the Visitor to the Universities has unambiguously directed the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta; Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike; the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi (formerly University of Agriculture, Makurdi); and Federal University of Agriculture, Zuru, should be returned to the Federal ministry of education.
Speaking during the inauguration of the Governing Councils of the four institutions in Abuja, Adamu said the members of the Councils were appointed about two years ago but could not be inaugurated because of the conflict.
A former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, had fought for the movement of the Universities of Agriculture to the Agric Ministry, arguing that returning the universities to their original supervisory ministry was aimed at refocusing the institutions to fulfil their core mandates.
But Adamu while inaugurating the Councils, however, said: “As you all know, the Governing Councils of these four universities would have been inaugurated long ago but for some misconceptions on domiciliation because of their specialized nature.
“However, with President Muhammadu Buhari’s unambiguous directive that they should be under the Federal Ministry of Education, that issue is settled and today marks the beginning of gaining time on lost grounds,” he said.
Adamu who was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Rt. Hon. Goodluck Opiah, urged the newly inaugurated Councils to ensure that the Universities’ Masterplans, Academic briefs and Strategic Plans are respected and their provisions strictly adhered to.
While calling for industrial peace in the institutions, Adamu said progress could only take place in the atmosphere of peace.
“Activities that can disrupt Teaching, Research, Meaningful Learning and Community Service should be avoided,” he said
On funding of Universities, the Minister noted that in these trying economic times and the government’s desire to bring in more private sector participation in tertiary institutions, “I want to charge you to come up with ideas that will generate more revenue, outside government allocations.
“To this end, the Councils should look outwards and enlist the support of Philanthropic organisations and individuals for additional funding of projects in the Institutions. In addition, the Council can explore other sources of revenue through endowments.
“In order to be relevant and effective institutions, the Governing Council are rather expected to be concerned with policy issues, adopting best practices, monitoring of Institution’s projects and attraction of more funding outside regular Government allocation to improve the facilities and infrastructure that will promote Teaching, Research and Learning in the institutions,” he said.
He told them that their work is already cut out for them in line with the Federal Government’s belief in agriculture as the solution to a myriad of socio-economic problems is anchored on the fact that a nation could not assume her true status of nationhood if she could not feed her people, adding that this is one of the reasons for the establishment of the Federal Universities of Agriculture.
He noted that the Government’s vision and drive for advancement in agriculture were dependent largely on the success achieved in Research, Science and Technology by these Universities.
He said: “Governing Councils are established as the highest policy-making bodies in universities and other Tertiary Institutions. As members of Governing Councils, you are expected to play your roles with skill and efficiency, and provide the type of leadership that will stimulate rapid growth of the universities and make them more competitive and attractive.
“The Governing Council sets the policies, defines the directions, lends its weight and extends its support to the Management as the latter implements those policies and decisions of the Council.
“It is the Council that reviews, approves and monitors the University budget and evaluates its performance as well as assesses the overall impact of its implementation. The Council is expected to make deliberate efforts to diversify the sources of funding and support for the university.
“It is also important to point out that Governing Councils are constituted according to the extant law establishing them and have a four-year tenure provided the Councils are not found wanting on issues of accountability, transparency and due process,” he said.
He also warned members of the Government Councils against the ‘erroneous’ belief that any principal officer of the university must come from the locality of the institutions, saying all appointments should be based on merit.
“Such ideas, which have watered down the integrity of our tertiary institutions are alien and should not be allowed to becloud your decisions, merit should always remain our watchword and guiding principle,” he said.
He also urged them to refrain from interfering in the day-to-day running of the universities as their duties do not entail such, saying there should be a distinction between university governance and university management.
He added that the lack of respect for this distinction has led to friction between the governing council and other organs of the university.
The chairman of Governing Council of the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Edith Uwajumogu, who spoke on behalf of others, pledged to operate within the laws governing the institutions, while also exploring other sources of funding for the institutions.
The appointees in the governing councils for each of the universities are FUNAAB: Umar Ahmed (Chairperson), Inuwa Tahir (member), Patrick Omeke, (member), Adegboyega Adebajo (member) and Celina Gana (member).
For the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi, are Chidinma Uwajimogu (Chairperson), Enadeghe S.E (member), Nancy Torhee (member), Antibas Elnathan (member) and Adamu Sani (member).
At the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abubakar Sodangi, a former senator, (Chairperson), Leonard Nzadon (member), Kevin Ojob, an engineer (member), Aliyu Shungurun (member) and David Emaniru (member).
For the Federal University of Agriculture, Zuru, Chinedu Nwajiuba (Chairperson), Ahmed Mohammed, a professor, (member), Hussaini Zimbo (member), Ayodeji Alonge, (member), and Podar Yuwan (member).
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Chelsea Football Club has mourned the passage of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II who died at the age of 96 on Thursday.
A statement on the club’s Twitter handle said: “Chelsea Football Club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We join those mourning in the UK and across the world.
“We would like to send our condolences to the Royal Family and everyone affected by this very sad news.”
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Three months after the gruesome attack on the Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, some surviving victims and families, on Thursday, recounted their ordeals, just as the state government donated to the victims
Some of the victims commended the state government for the donation saying the donation will go a long way to assuage the pains inflicted by the dastardly act.
The beneficiaries who include, Onuoha Chinedu, who lost his both parents, Omodara Feyidupe, who lost her brother and others, appreciated the governor for being sensitive to their plights and fulfilling his promises.
Speaking during the donation of cash and food items to the victim, Onuoha Chinedu, a youth corps member who lost his both parents, said ”I was in the church on that Sunday and I thank God for saving my life. I wish to appreciate the Ondo state government for what they have done thus far, and for the fatherly love.
Also, Omodara Feyidupe, who lost her brother, Obuche Krummale to the attack, commended the government for the timely intervention, adding that “my grandmother died when she learnt of the death of my brother, the shock led to death.
On her part, Ngozika Onyeke, who lost her husband, Onyebuchi Onyeke and Lawrence Nzelu, who lost his wife, Stella Nzelu, during the attack expressed gratitude to the government, saying the kind gesture has given them hope.
Other victims including Idoko Ofoma, who survived the incident with his wife and five children appreciated the government for reaching out to them.
Speaking during the presentation of the cash donation held at the premises of St Francis Catholic Church, a member of the Donation Management Committee, Mr Dare Aragbaiye, explained that the committee will come back from time to time to disburse more money to the victims and particularly the deceased families as soon as more funds come into the purse which the state government has created for the purpose.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Union Matters and Special Duties disclosed that the State government has disbursed several millions of naira to the families of the deceased and victims of the June 5 incident since Tuesday.
Aragbaiye, who was in the company of some other committee members, noted that the cash donation would assist the beneficiaries to overcome the trauma, both physical and psychological.
He appreciated Akeredolu for his prompt response to assist the victims and said “since the incident happened on the 5th of June, Mr Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has been on this matter, particularly on the need to bring succour to the families whose loved ones were killed in the incident. And also to the injured, some of whom are still visiting the hospitals for treatments and follow-ups.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In Orange County, California, where the typical house sells for $1 million, Rep. Katie Porter’s four-bedroom, three-bath residence in a leafy subdivision on the University of California Irvine campus is a bargain.
The progressive Democrat and law professor, who has lamented the cost of housing in her district, purchased it in 2011 for $523,000, a below-market price secured through a program the university uses to lure academics who couldn’t otherwise afford to live in the affluent area. The only eligibility requirement was that she continue working for the school.
For Porter, this version of subsidized housing has outlasted her time in the classroom, now extending nearly four years after she first took unpaid leave from her $258,000-a-year teaching job to serve in the U.S. House.
But the ties go deeper, with at least one law school administrator, who was also a donor to her campaign, helping secure extensions of her tenure while she remained in Congress, according to university emails obtained by The Associated Press.
That has allowed Porter, a rising Democratic star and fundraising powerhouse whose own net worth is valued at as much as $2 million, to retain her home even as her return to the school remains in doubt.
Porter’s housing situation does not violate U.S. House ethics rules. But it cuts against the profile she has sought to cultivate in Washington as an ardent critic of a political system that allows “the wealthy and well-connected” to “live in one reality while the rest of us live in another,” as she wrote in an online fundraising solicitation in 2020.
It also coincides with a growth in interest in the school’s housing program, which has resulted in a yearslong waitlist of more than 250 school academics and administrators, as a nationwide housing shortage sends prices for homes outside the on-campus development skyrocketing, university figures from 2021 show.
Whether voters care will be tested in November when Porter, who has amassed a $19.8 million campaign fund, seeks a third term to the once reliably Republican district that has become more competitive in recent years.
“It sounds like the sort of insider deal that really makes people mad at Congress,” said Bradley A. Smith, a professor at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, and a Republican former member of the Federal Election Commission was appointed by Bill Clinton.
In an interview, Porter declined to say whether her housing arrangement was appropriate. But she said she “followed the applicable (University of California) policies, as well as all applicable state and federal law.”
“I am always happy to be transparent with voters,” Porter said. “I take a lot of pride in my record on transparency and good governance and have been asked about this before by voters and have always been happy to give them full and complete information.”
Smith said the arrangement could run afoul of an FEC prohibition on third parties paying the living expenses of federal candidates. He cautioned, however, that the situation was nuanced and unique.
“Let’s suppose they were paying her mortgage? I think that would pretty clearly be a problem,” Smith said. “Here, it is a little different than that. They are just letting her keep a deal that she had previously. But it does seem to subsidize her income. If I were still serving on the commission and that complaint came in, I’d be very interested in seeing her response.”
Porter said Smith’s analysis “is interesting to think about” and his question about whether the prohibition could apply to her situation “is exactly right.” But she added,“ I don’t think he necessarily has all of the facts about how the housing is structured to be able to definitively answer that question,” citing her payment of property taxes, as well as homeownership fees and other expenses.
Smith responded that he is “not sure how the fact that she paid those fees changes anything.”
For decades, the cost of housing in Orange County has soared above the national average. The University of California Irvine’s solution was to build University Hills, their own exclusive academic community, where home values are capped to make them more affordable and favorable mortgage rates are offered to those approved to live there.
The pent-up demand to live in University Hills is understandable in light of Irvine’s $1.3 million median home price. Houses in the school’s subdivision have sold in recent years for about half of their regular market value, according to University of California figures from 2021. The community is a short drive from the Pacific Ocean and Laguna Beach. And the list of amenities includes a network of parks, walking paths, scenic vistas and community pools. It also feeds into some of the most sought-after schools in the area.
But for academics and administrators, the trade-off is that they are required to work full-time for the university, with an exception built in for retirees. For those no longer employed by the school, however, an enforcement provision kicks in, which in Porter’s case would require her to pay off her mortgage within months.
When Porter was recruited, school officials outlined their expectations in a letter informing her that they would sponsor her application to the housing program.
“Your primary duties, of course, will be to serve as a professor of law,” school officials wrote in the letter, which Porter signed in December 2010. “It is expected that you will teach two classes … you will be expected to hold office hours and be available to mentor students.”
Eight years later, after her 2018 election, Porter ceased to fulfill those obligations.
Initially, administrators signed off on two separate one-year periods of leave that enabled her to keep her house, documents show. But school officials voiced more concern about the arrangement in the run-up to Porter’s 2020 reelection, emails show.
“Is there any fixed limit on the number of years of leave without pay … One of our administrators mentioned that they seemed to recall a two-year limit,” law school Vice Dean Chris Whytock wrote in a April 2020 email. He added: “Some government service may, of course, last for a number of years.”
Whytock, who donated $500 to Porter’s campaign in 2018, wrote a memo outlining the case for extending Porter’s leave, while suggesting that there are no limits on how long such an arrangement could continue. The plan required the approval of the school’s vice provost, which was granted in 2020, according the the emails.
Whytock did not respond to an email seeking comment.
In a statement, UC Irvine spokesperson Tom Vasich said faculty “on approved leaves without pay remain UCI employees, and they can maintain their home in University Hills.”
Porter said she intends to win her election, but would resume teaching if she lost. She declined to say whether she would look for housing elsewhere if she won.
After the AP interviewed Porter, spokesperson Jordan Wong provided an additional comment, stating the congresswoman “had no knowledge of Vice Dean Chris Whytock’s role in researching her request for leave” and “at no point” was in contact with him about it.
Still, longtime government ethics watchdogs in Washington, including those with favorable opinions of the congresswoman, say it’s difficult squaring Porter’s housing situation with her crusading rhetoric.
“She has a reputation for being highly ethical and requiring others to live up to that standard,” said Craig Holman, a lobbyist for the Washington-based government watchdog group Public Citizen. “Let’s hope she is not running short of her own ethics with the university.”
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s 1,800-plus election clerks were racing Thursday to understand a judge’s ruling nine weeks before the election that some fear could lead to absentee ballots being counted in parts of the battleground state but rejected in others.
A judge on Wednesday barred the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission from issuing guidance to clerks, in place since 2016, about how to handle absentee ballots that are missing all or parts of the address of the person who witnessed the voter casting the ballot. Clerks say that now means it is up to them to determine which ballots should be counted and which should not.
“What is tricky is what is an address?” said Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell. “You’re going to get varying interpretations.”
State law requires clerks to either return ballots missing a witness address to the voter to be corrected or not count the ballot. The elections commission in 2016 told clerks that they could add information themselves if all or part of an address was missing.
Clerks only address problems on the witness certificate, which doubles as an envelope, and not the ballot itself. Republicans did not contest the practice until after Donald Trump’s narrow loss in 2020, when nearly 1.4 million voters cast absentee ballots and COVID-19 vaccines weren’t available yet.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Aprahamian on Wednesday said state law does not allow clerks to fill in missing information. He granted a request from Republicans, including the GOP-controlled Legislature, to prohibit the elections commission from telling clerks they can do that. Aprahamian was appointed by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Democrats plan to appeal and the case is expected to end up before the conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court.
In the meantime, clerks are struggling to understand what ballots they should count, or not, with absentee voting slated to begin in about two weeks. The deadline for absentee ballots to be mailed to voters is Sept. 22.
The elections commission has guidance on what constitutes an address, but the issue has not been addressed by the courts.
“It certainly leaves things very unclear,” said Claire Woodall-Vogg, executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, in an email. “Historically, voters have not been penalized for minor errors in voting where intent is clear. I will be consulting with my City Attorney’s office for their advice on the matter.”
The number of affected ballots is likely to be small but could be an issue in close races. President Joe Biden won Wisconsin in 2020 by fewer than 21,000 votes.
Woodall-Vogg said just over 1% of all absentee ballots cast in Milwaukee in April were missing address information. In a recount of the Republican race for the 2nd Congressional District, which includes the city of Madison, only 25 ballots out of 120,000 cast had deficient absentee addresses, McDonell said.
The Legislative Audit Bureau last year reviewed nearly 15,000 absentee ballot envelopes from the 2020 election across 29 municipalities and found that 1,022, or about 7%, were missing parts of witness addresses. Only 15 ballots, or 0.1%, had no witness address. Auditors found that clerks had corrected addresses on 66 envelopes, or 0.4% of the sample.
McDonell said in Dane County, the state’s second largest, the practice has been to count ballots that contain partial addresses.
“We don’t care if it says Wisconsin or has the zip,” he said. “So it’s a game of what’s missing. … The sort of basic common sense is ‘Can I find this address?’”
Republicans contend the ruling means that clerks have two choices for ballots missing information: return them to voters or don’t count them.
“This ruling cleans up the process, and if (the elections commission) puts aside political games by issuing sound guidance, this will ensure uniformity across all of the state’s municipalities,” said Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Paul Farrow.
The attorney for the Republican Party of Waukesha County, which brought the lawsuit, did not immediately return a message seeking comment Thursday. Republican legislative leaders, who joined the lawsuit, did not immediately return messages.
Both McDonell and Woodall-Vogg said they would be trying to educate voters about the need to have witnesses completely fill out the address portion on the absentee ballot. The ruling will increase the workload on clerks who will be returning ballots to voters to complete missing information, McDonell said.
“We will continue to be diligent in our communication with voters – both initially when mailing the ballot and if needing to return the ballot to be cured,” Woodall-Vogg said. “I fear for voters across the state who live in municipalities where the clerk may not have the staff or resources to notify a voter of their error.”
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(NEXSTAR) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at the age of 96.
The royal family posted a statement on their official site saying: “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”
Her 73-year-old son Prince Charles automatically becomes king, though the coronation might not take place for months. It is not known whether he will call himself King Charles III or some other name.
The BBC played the national anthem, “God Save the Queen,” over a portrait of her in full regalia as her death was announced, and the flag over Buckingham Palace was lowered to half-staff as the second Elizabethan age came to a close.
In a statement, Charles called the death of his mother “a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family,” adding: “I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.”
Elizabeth had marked 70 years on the throne in February 2022. She had increasingly handed over duties to her heir, Prince Charles, and other members of the royal family in recent months as she struggled to get around.
Britain’s longest-serving monarch is the only sovereign most Britons have ever known. The queen had been a constant presence as Britain navigated the end of empire, the swinging ’60s, the labor strife of the 1980s, international terrorism, Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Buckingham Palace had said on Sept. 8 that the queen was under medical supervision because doctors were “concerned for Her Majesty’s health,” as members of her family traveled to be with the 96-year-old monarch in Scotland.
“Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision,” the palace said in a statement that sparked deep concern.
The announcement came a day after the queen canceled a meeting of her Privy Council and was told to rest. Earlier in the week, she had presided over the ceremonial handover of power to new Prime Minister Liz Truss at her summer residence at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne in 1952 after the death of her father, King George VI, and five years after marrying Prince Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, at London’s Westminster Abbey. She and Prince Philip have four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Prince Philip died at age 99 in April 2021.
The youngest great-grandchild, the daughter of Princess Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, was born Sept. 20, 2021.
The queen had delegated one of her most important public duties to Prince Charles in May, having him preside over the state opening of Parliament and delivering the Queen’s Speech laying out the government’s legislative program. The event is a symbol of the monarch’s constitutional role as head of state and is accompanied by centuries of tradition designed to demonstrate the strength of Britain’s political institutions.
The queen was diagnosed with COVID-19 in February 2022, shortly after both her eldest son Prince Charles, 73, and her 74-year-old daughter-in-law Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, also contracted the disease.
In remarks released for the 70th anniversary of her rule, the monarch expressed a “sincere wish’’ that Camilla should be known as “Queen Consort” when her son succeeds her as expected. With those words, Elizabeth sought to answer once and for all questions about the status of Camilla, who was initially shunned by fans of the late Princess Diana, Charles’ first wife.
After recovering from COVID, the monarch made her first public appearance in months at a service of thanksgiving for her beloved husband, Prince Philip. She entered the church on the arm of her second son, Prince Andrew, then separated from him to walk to her seat alone, easing concerns about her health. The monarch was deeply involved in planning the service, which included hymns and tributes from Philip’s charities. Such touches weren’t possible during his funeral because of rules surrounding the pandemic.
About 1,800 family members and guests attended the memorial. Only 30 people attended Philip’s funeral, conducted under the strict COVID-19 lockdown rules then in place that forced the queen to sit alone wearing a black mask as she mourned the loss of her husband, who she called her rock.
The queen missed the traditional royal garden party season in 2022 after it resumed for the first time in three years. The guests, who have all served their community in different ways, had previously had the opportunity to speak with the queen and other royal family members at the parties. The queen was represented by other members of the royal family.
A fixture in the life of the nation, Elizabeth was in robust health for most of her reign and had been photographed riding a horse as recently as 2020. In the past year, she had been seen using a walking stick at a major public event for the first time (a Westminster Abbey service marking the centenary of the Royal British Legion in Oct. 2021) and she spent a night in a London hospital for unspecified tests.
The queen’s doctors ordered her to rest afterward, and she was forced to cancel appearances at several key events, including Remembrance Sunday services and the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, in November. The queen also missed out on a Remembrance Sunday service to pay tribute to Britain’s war dead in November 2021 because she had sprained her back. The service is one of the most important events on the monarch’s calendar and was meant to be her first public appearance after taking a few weeks off to rest under doctors’ orders.
The queen served in World War II as an army driver and mechanic and is head of Britain’s armed forces. She attaches great importance to Remembrance Sunday, a solemn ceremony to remember the sacrifices made by fallen servicemen and women. The national service, which follows Armistice Day on Nov. 11, is traditionally marked by the wearing of poppies and a national two-minute silence observed at 11 a.m.
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Despite her advanced age, the monarch politely declined the honor of being named “Oldie of the Year” by a British magazine. The magazine published the queen’s response to its suggestion that she follow in the footsteps of former recipients, such as actor Olivia de Havilland and artist David Hockney.
“Her Majesty believes you are as old as you feel, as such The Queen does not believe she meets the relevant criteria to be able to accept, and hopes you will find a more worthy recipient,” said a letter from her assistant private secretary, Tom Laing-Baker.
Liang-Baker ended the letter “with Her Majesty’s warmest best wishes.”
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Finding out that shrinkflation, adorkable, subvariant and even pumpkin spice are now officially in the dictionary might make you exclaim “Yeet!”
ICYMI, those are five of the 370 words and phrases that Merriam-Webster added to its dictionary this month, the publisher announced Wednesday. Oh yeah, ICYMI, short for “in case you missed it,” was also added.
“Some of these words will amuse or inspire, others may provoke debate. Our job is to capture the language as it is used,” Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at large, said in a statement. “Words offer a window into our ever-changing language and culture, and are only added to the dictionary when there is clear and sustained evidence of use.”
Worldwide inflation has made shrinkflation a household word. It is defined by the Springfield, Massachusetts publisher as “the practice of reducing a product’s amount or volume per unit while continuing to offer it at the same price.” Think, going to the grocery store and finding that orange juice is no longer available in 64 fluid ounce (1.9 liter) cartons, just 59 ounce.
Pumpkin spice — that polarizing blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves and allspice that’s used to flavor, well, just about everything every fall these days — has been around for years but is finally in the dictionary.
Many of the words are slang or used informally on social media. Adorkable, a mashup of dorky and adorable, means “socially awkward or quirky in a way that is endearing.” Yeet is either “used to express surprise, approval, or excited enthusiasm” or as a verb to mean “to throw especially with force and without regard for the thing being thrown,” according to Merriam-Webster’s definition.
The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has pushed terms once heard almost exclusively in medical circles onto everyone’s tongue, including subvariant, booster dose, and emergency use authorization, which are all new dictionary entries.
Many new words are drawn from popular culture, including the verb MacGyver, inspired by the television character who can make or repair just about anything with ordinary items within reach.
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BERLIN (AP) — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has proposed a veteran Austrian diplomat to head the global body’s human rights office at a time when it is facing harsh criticism from China for accusing Beijing of abuses against Muslim minorities.
The proposal circulated to member states late Wednesday of Volker Tuerk, currently undersecretary-general for policy in Guterres’ office, needs to be approved by the U.N. General Assembly.
Tuerk, who spent many years working for the U.N. refugee agency, would succeed Michelle Bachelet of Chile as High Commissioner for Human Rights, based in Geneva.
Bachelet’s term ended in August with the release of a highly anticipated report on human rights in China’s western region of Xinjiang. The report accused Beijing of serious human rights violations against Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups that may amount to “crimes against humanity.”
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ROSTHERN, Saskatchewan (AP) — The last suspect in a horrific stabbing rampage that killed 10 and wounded 18 in western Canada is dead following his capture, but how he died after being taken into custody has prompted fresh investigations.
One official said Myles Sanderson, 32, died from self-inflicted injuries Wednesday after police forced the stolen car he was driving off a highway in Saskatchewan. Other officials declined to discuss how he died .
“I can’t speak to the specific manner of death. That’s going to be part of the autopsy that will be conducted,” Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan, said at a news conference Wednesday night.
The other suspect, Sanderson’s 30-year-old brother, Damien Sanderson, was found dead Monday near the scene of the bloody knife attacks inside and around the James Smith Cree First Nation reserve early Sunday. Both men were residents of the Indigenous reserve.
Blackmore said Myles Sanderson was cornered as police units responded to a report of a stolen vehicle driven by a man armed with a knife. She said officers forced Sanderson’s vehicle off the road and into a ditch. He was detained and a knife was found inside the vehicle, she said.
Sanderson went into medical distress while in custody, Blackmore said. She said CPR was attempted on him before an ambulance arrived and he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“All life-saving measures that we are capable of were taken at that time,” she said.
Blackmore gave no details on the cause of death. But an official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, earlier said Sanderson died of self-inflicted injuries, without elaborating.
Video and photos from the scene showed a white SUV alongside the road with police cars all around. Air bags had deployed in the SUV. Some photos and video taken from a distance appeared to show Sanderson being frisked.
Members of Saskatchewan’s Serious Incident Response Team went to the arrest site and will review Sanderson’s death and police conduct.
The federal public safety minister, Marco Mendicino, also stressed that the events will be investigated.
“You have questions. We have questions,” he told reporters during a Cabinet retreat in Vancouver, British Columbia, adding: “There will be two levels of police who will be investigating the circumstances of Myles Sanderson’s death.”
Mark Mendelson, a former Toronto police detective, said the police are bound by police service laws that govern the work of internal affairs when there is a death in police custody. Mendelson said police can’t comment yet on how the interaction took place or on what the officers saw or what he said to them.
“They have to at least wait until the forensic autopsy is concluded and hopefully the pathologist will come up with a cause of death. If it’s drugs, then toxicology is going to take sometime,” he said. “If it’s a stab wound that didn’t leak through his clothes then we should hear that. Everybody wants answers.”
His death came two days after the body of Damien Sanderson was found in a field near the scene of the knife rampage. Police are investigating whether Myles Sanderson killed his brother.
Blackmore said that with both men dead, “we may never have an understanding of that motivation.”
But she said she hoped the families of the stabbing victims will find some comfort “knowing that Myles Sanderson is no longer a threat to them.”
Some relatives of the victims arrived at the scene Wednesday, including Brian Burns, whose wife and son were killed.
“Now we can start to heal. The healing begins today, now,” he said.
The stabbings raised questions of why Myles Sanderson — an ex-con with 59 convictions and a long history of shocking violence — was out on the streets in the first place.
He was released by a parole board in February while serving a sentence of over four years on charges that included assault and robbery. But he had been wanted by police since May, apparently for violating the terms of his release, though the details were not immediately clear.
His long and lurid rap sheet also showed that seven years ago, he attacked and stabbed one of the victims killed in Sunday’s stabbings, according to court records.
Mendicino, the public safety minister, has said there will be an investigation into the parole board’s assessment of Sanderson.
“I want to know the reasons behind the decision” to release him, Mendicino said. “I’m extremely concerned with what occurred here. A community has been left reeling.”
The Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service said nine of those killed were from the James Smith Cree Nation: 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; and Robert Sanderson, 49. The other victim was from Weldon, 78-year-old Wesley Patterson.
Authorities would not say if the victims might be related.
Mark Arcand said his half sister Bonnie and her son Gregory were killed.
“Her son was lying there already deceased. My sister went out and tried to help her son, and she was stabbed two times, and she died right beside him,” he said. “Right outside of her home she was killed by senseless acts. She was protecting her son. She was protecting three little boys. This is why she is a hero.”
Arcand rushed to the reserve the morning of the rampage. After that, he said, “I woke up in the middle of the night just screaming and yelling. What I saw that day I can’t get out of my head.”
As for what set off the violence, Arcand said: “We’re all looking for those same answers. We don’t know what happened. Maybe we’ll never know. That’s the hardest part of this.”
Court documents said Sanderson attacked his in-laws Earl Burns and Joyce Burns in 2015, knifing Earl Burns repeatedly and wounding Joyce Burns. He later pleaded guilty to assault and threatening Earl Burns’ life.
Many of Sanderson’s crimes were committed when he was intoxicated, according to court records. He told parole officials at one point that substance use made him out of his mind. Records showed he repeatedly violated court orders barring him from drinking or using drugs.
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KAMPI ya SAMAKI, Kenya (AP) — Winnie Keben had felt blessed to be raising her children in her husband’s childhood home in the community of Kampi ya Samaki – just over a quarter mile (500 meters) from the shoreline of Lake Baringo.
The vast freshwater lake buzzing with birds and aquatic life in the semi-arid volcanic region of Kenya’s Great Rift Valley had long been an oasis. It attracted fishers and international tourists to the community, about a five-hour drive from Nairobi.
But over the past decade Lake Baringo has doubled in size, due primarily to heavy rainfall tied to climate change, according to scientists, and its fast-rising waters are increasingly becoming a menace. The expanding lake has swallowed up homes and hotels and brought in crocodiles and hippos that have turned up on people’s doorsteps and in classrooms.
“It was not like this in the past,” Keben said. “People would move when the water moves, but it would go back soon enough.”
Keben had never imagined leaving.
Then the lake took away almost everything.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of an ongoing series exploring the lives of people around the world who have been forced to move because of rising seas, drought, searing temperatures and other things caused or exacerbated by climate change.
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In her last moments in Kampi ya Samaki, Keben was washing off garden dirt in Lake Baringo’s refreshing waters. It had been a day of working her maize fields with her husband. Evening was falling. Her mind was on getting back to the house to make dinner.
Then something moved.
“No sooner had I bent down to wash my right leg, than I saw a crocodile pop up from the waters,” she said. “I screamed so loudly but unfortunately, I fell into the lake.”
The crocodile dragged her into deeper water as she tried to fight it off. Her husband ran from the fields toward her screams. But she was struggling to stay above the surface.
She managed to reach her hand above the water and wiggle her fingers, hoping her husband, now at the shore, would see them.
Laban Keben saw, jumped in and grabbed her but the ferocious animal held on. Laban tried again. And again. After his third attempt, his wife and the mother of their children lost consciousness, he said.
“I saw her dying, leaving me behind,” he said.
He thought of their daughter, barely six months old, and their two other children.
Not knowing what else to do, he started screaming for help. Another man ran over with a machete and struck at the crocodile, Laban said, and suddenly, it swam away, leaving Winnie’s limp body behind.
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Her leg was nothing but bones with hanging flesh, said Laban, who along with local residents carried Winnie past flooded roads to the nearest paved one where vehicles could get her to medical care. But at the hospital in the next town, doctors said they were not equipped to treat such a severe injury.
Two hospitals later, she feared she would not survive.
“I told my husband to pick up my children and to take them to my mum, as I knew I was not going to make it,” she said.
Doctors ended up amputating the leg to save her life. Her mom stayed by her bedside until she was discharged from the hospital.
The family was forced to sell their chickens, and goats to cover her medical costs.
But while she was healing, an incessant rain continued to fall. The lake took still more from the Kebens. It flooded their home and farmland.
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They left their community, the final loss.
A resident from another village, Meisori, learned of their ordeal and offered to take them in, a gesture of kindness for which she is grateful.
But leaving Kampi ya Samaki, where her husband and children were born, still hurts.
“I loved my place very much, as I could do farming with my husband and raise money for food and school fees,” Winnie said.
With only one leg, Winnie said she no longer can farm. Her husband earns a meager living digging pit latrines and working at area farms to support their growing family. She gave birth to her sixth child last month.
“Now we are land beggars,” she said.
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Baringo is one of ten lakes in Kenya’s Rift Valley that have been expanding over the past decade. The entire Eastern African rift system, which stretches south to Mozambique, and the Western Rift – all the way to Uganda – are also affected. The rainfed waters have submerged villages and islands and brought the fierce Nile crocodiles face-to-face with residents.
The rising lake waters have displaced more than 75,000 households, according to a 2021 report on the expanding lakes by Kenya’s Ministry of the Environment and Forestry and the United Nations Development Program.
Flooding around Lake Baringo has been among the most severe, according to the report, with more than 3,000 households destroyed.
Lake Baringo remains an important source of freshwater for villagers, livestock, fisheries, and wildlife. But scientists fear it could someday merge with a large salt lake not far away, the also-expanding Lake Bogoria, contaminating the freshwater.
Keben remembers when the shoreline was a short walk from their home and the hippos and crocodiles stayed deep inside the lake.
“They never attacked people or animals,” Keben said. “Today they attack everything.”
Keben, 28, is still haunted by her attack a decade ago. She has not returned to her family’s village — even for a brief visit — and with good reason. The risks of such attacks have only increased: Since she left, more crocodiles and hippos have turned up in Kampi ya Samaki.
It’s not rare now to see village children scarred by sharp teeth marks.
Others, like Keben, have lost limbs, and an unknown number have died.
A 10-year-old boy was recently dragged off by a hippo and has not been found.
Keben said she doesn’t plan to ever return to Kampi ya Samaki. Though she longs for the community.
“That is the place I called home,” she said, her voice still filled with pain.
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Watson reported from San Diego.
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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96.
The palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal family had rushed to her side after her health took a turn for the worse.
A link to the almost-vanished generation that fought World War II, she was the only monarch most Britons have ever known.
Her 73-year-old son Prince Charles automatically became king upon her death and will be known as King Charles III, his office announced. Charles’ second wife, Camilla, will be known as the Queen Consort.
The BBC played the national anthem, “God Save the Queen,” over a portrait of her in full regalia as her death was announced, and the flag over Buckingham Palace was lowered to half-staff as the second Elizabethan age came to a close.
The impact of her loss will be huge and unpredictable, both for the nation and for the monarchy, an institution she helped stabilize and modernize across decades of huge social change and family scandals.
In a statement, Charles called the death of his mother “a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family,” adding: “I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.”
World leaders extended condolences and paid tribute to the queen.
In Canada, where the British monarch is the country’s head of state, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saluted her “wisdom, compassion and warmth.” In India, once the “jewel in the crown” of the British empire, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “She personified dignity and decency in public life. Pained by her demise.”
British Prime Minister Liz Truss, appointed by the queen just 48 hours earlier, pronounced the country “devastated” and called Elizabeth “the rock on which modern Britain was built.”
Since Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth reigned over a Britain that rebuilt from war and lost its empire; joined the European Union and then left it; and transformed from industrial powerhouse to uncertain 21st century society. She endured through 15 prime ministers, from Winston Churchill to Truss, becoming an institution and an icon — a fixed point and a reassuring presence even for those who ignored or loathed the monarchy.
She became less visible in her final years as age and frailty curtailed many public appearances. But she remained firmly in control of the monarchy and at the center of national life as Britain celebrated her Platinum Jubilee with days of parties and pageants in June 2022.
The same month she became the second longest-reigning monarch in history, behind 17th-century French King Louis XIV, who took the throne at age 4. On Tuesday, she presided at a ceremony at Balmoral Castle to accept the resignation of Boris Johnson as prime minister and appoint Truss as his successor.
When Elizabeth was 21, almost five years before she became queen, she promised the people of Britain and the Commonwealth that “my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service.”
It was a promise she kept across more than seven decades.
Despite Britain’s complex and often fraught ties with its former colonies, Elizabeth was widely respected and remained head of state of more than a dozen countries, from Canada to Tuvalu. She headed the 54-nation Commonwealth, built around Britain and its former colonies.
Married for more than 73 years to Prince Philip, who died in 2021 at age 99, Elizabeth was matriarch to a royal family whose troubles were a subject of global fascination — amplified by fictionalized accounts such as TV series “The Crown.” She is survived by four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Through countless public events, she probably met more people than anyone in history. Her image, which adorned stamps, coins and banknotes, was among the most reproduced in the world.
But her inner life and opinions remained mostly an enigma. Of her personality, the public saw relatively little. A horse owner, she rarely seemed happier than during the Royal Ascot racing week. She never tired of the companionship of her beloved Welsh corgi dogs.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in London on April 21, 1926, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York. She was not born to be queen — her father’s elder brother, Prince Edward, was destined for the crown, to be followed by any children he had.
But in 1936, when she was 10, Edward VIII abdicated to marry twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson, and Elizabeth’s father became King George VI.
Princess Margaret recalled asking her sister whether this meant that Elizabeth would one day be queen. ”’Yes, I suppose it does,‘” Margaret quoted Elizabeth as saying. “She didn’t mention it again.”
Elizabeth was barely in her teens when Britain went to war with Germany in 1939. While the king and queen stayed at Buckingham Palace during the Blitz and toured the bombed-out neighborhoods of London, Elizabeth and Margaret spent most of the war at Windsor Castle, west of the capital. Even there, 300 bombs fell in an adjacent park, and the princesses spent many nights in an underground shelter.
As Princess Elizabeth, she made her first public broadcast in 1940 when she was 14, sending a wartime message to children evacuated to the countryside or overseas.
“We children at home are full of cheerfulness and courage,” she said with a blend of stoicism and hope that would echo throughout her reign. “We are trying to do all we can to help out gallant soldiers, sailors and airmen. And we are trying, too, to bear our own share of the danger and sadness of war. We know, every one of us, that in the end all will be well.”
In 1945, after months of campaigning for her parents’ permission to do something for the war effort, the heir to the throne became Second Subaltern Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She enthusiastically learned to drive and service heavy vehicles.
On the night the war ended in Europe, May 8, 1945, she and Margaret managed to mingle, unrecognized, with celebrating crowds in London — “swept along on a tide of happiness and relief,” as she told the BBC decades later, describing it as “one of the most memorable nights of my life.”
At Westminster Abbey in November 1947 she married Royal Navy officer Philip Mountbatten, a prince of Greece and Denmark whom she had first met in 1939 when she was 13 and he 18. Postwar Britain was experiencing austerity and rationing, and so street decorations were limited and no public holiday was declared. But the bride was allowed 100 extra ration coupons for her trousseau.
The couple lived for a time in Malta, where Philip was stationed, and Elizabeth enjoyed an almost-normal life as a navy wife. The first of their four children, Prince Charles, was born on Nov. 14, 1948. He was followed by Princess Anne on Aug. 15, 1950, Prince Andrew on Feb. 19, 1960, and Prince Edward on March 10, 1964.
In February 1952, George VI died in his sleep at age 56 after years of ill health. Elizabeth, on a visit to Kenya, was told that she was now queen.
Her private secretary, Martin Charteris, later recalled finding the new monarch at her desk, “sitting erect, no tears, color up a little, fully accepting her destiny.”
“In a way, I didn’t have an apprenticeship,” Elizabeth reflected in a BBC documentary in 1992 that opened a rare view into her emotions. “My father died much too young, and so it was all a very sudden kind of taking on, and making the best job you can.”
Her coronation took place more than a year later, a grand spectacle at Westminster Abbey viewed by millions through the still-new medium of television.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s first reaction to the king’s death was to complain that the new queen was “only a child,” but he was won over within days and eventually became an ardent admirer.
In Britain’s constitutional monarchy, the queen is head of state but has little direct power; in her official actions she does what the government orders. However, she was not without influence. She once reportedly commented that there was nothing she could do legally to block the appointment of a bishop, “but I can always say that I should like more information. That is an indication that the prime minister will not miss.”
The extent of the monarch’s political influence occasionally sparked speculation — but not much criticism while Elizabeth was alive. The views of Charles, who has expressed strong opinions on everything from architecture to the environment, might prove more contentious.
She was obliged to meet weekly with the prime minister, and they generally found her well-informed, inquisitive and up to date. The one possible exception was Margaret Thatcher, with whom her relations were said to be cool, if not frosty, though neither woman ever commented.
The queen’s views in those private meetings became a subject of intense speculation and fertile ground for dramatists like Peter Morgan, author of the play “The Audience” and the hit TV series “The Crown.” Those semi-fictionalized accounts were the product of an era of declining deference and rising celebrity, when the royal family’s troubles became public property.
And there were plenty of troubles within the family, an institution known as “The Firm.” In Elizabeth’s first years on the throne, Princess Margaret provoked a national controversy through her romance with a divorced man.
In what the queen called the “annus horribilis” of 1992, her daughter, Princess Anne, was divorced, Prince Charles and Princess Diana separated, and so did Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah. That was also the year Windsor Castle, a residence she far preferred to Buckingham Palace, was seriously damaged by fire.
The public split of Charles and Diana — “There were three of us in that marriage,” Diana said of her husband’s relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles — was followed by the shock of Diana’s death in a Paris car crash in 1997. For once, the queen appeared out of step with her people.
Amid unprecedented public mourning, Elizabeth’s failure to make a public show of grief appeared to many to be unfeeling. After several days, she finally made a televised address to the nation.
The dent in her popularity was brief. She was by now a sort of national grandmother, with a stern gaze and a twinkling smile.
Despite being one of the world’s wealthiest people, Elizabeth had a reputation for frugality and common sense. She was known as a monarch who turned off lights in empty rooms, a country woman who didn’t flinch from strangling pheasants.
A newspaper reporter who went undercover to work as a palace footman reinforced that down-to-earth image, capturing pictures of the royal Tupperware on the breakfast table and a rubber duck in the bath.
Her sangfroid was not dented when a young man aimed a pistol at her and fired six blanks as she rode by on a horse in 1981, nor when she discovered a disturbed intruder sitting on her bed in Buckingham Palace in 1982.
The image of the queen as an exemplar of ordinary British decency was satirized by the magazine Private Eye, which called her Brenda. Anti-monarchists dubbed her “Mrs. Windsor.” But the republican cause gained limited traction while the queen was alive.
On her Golden Jubilee in 2002, she said the country could “look back with measured pride on the history of the last 50 years.”
“It has been a pretty remarkable 50 years by any standards,” she said in a speech. “There have been ups and downs, but anyone who can remember what things were like after those six long years of war appreciates what immense changes have been achieved since then.”
A reassuring presence at home, she was also an emblem of Britain abroad — a form of soft power, consistently respected whatever the vagaries of the country’s political leaders on the world stage. It felt only fitting that she attended the opening of the 2012 London Olympics alongside another icon, James Bond. Through some movie magic, she appeared to parachute into the Olympic Stadium.
In 2015, she overtook her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria’s reign of 63 years, seven months and two days to become the longest-serving monarch in British history. She kept working into her 10th decade, though Prince Charles and his elder son, Prince William, increasingly took over the visits, ribbon-cuttings and investitures that form the bulk of royal duties.
The loss of Philip in 2021 was a heavy blow, as she poignantly sat alone at his funeral in the chapel at Windsor Castle because of coronavirus restrictions.
And the family troubles continued. Her son Prince Andrew was entangled in the sordid tale of sex offender businessman Jeffrey Epstein, an American businessman who had been a friend. Andrew denied accusations that he had sex with one of the women who said she was trafficked by Epstein.
The queen’s grandson Prince Harry walked away from Britain and his royal duties after marrying American actress Meghan Markle in 2018. He alleged in an interview that some in the family -– but pointedly not the queen -– had been less than welcoming to his wife.
She enjoyed robust health well into her 90s, although she used a cane in an appearance after Philip’s death. In October 2021, she spent a night in a London hospital for tests after canceling a trip to Northern Ireland.
A few months later, she told guests at a reception “as you can see, I can’t move.” The palace, tight-lipped about details, said the queen was experiencing “episodic mobility issues.”
She held virtual meetings with diplomats and politicians from Windsor Castle, but public appearances grew rarer. The queen withdrew from fixtures of the royal calendar, including Remembrance Sunday and Commonwealth Day ceremonies, though she attended a memorial service last March for Philip at Westminster Abbey.
Meanwhile, she took steps to prepare for the transition to come. In February, the queen announced that she wanted Camilla to be known as “Queen Consort” when “in the fullness of time” her son became king. It removed a question mark over the role of the woman some blamed for the breakup of Charles’ marriage to Princess Diana in the 1990s.
May brought another symbolic moment, when she asked Charles to stand in for her and read the Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament, one of the monarch’s most central constitutional duties.
Seven decades after World War II, Elizabeth was again at the center of the national mood amid the uncertainty and loss of COVID 19 — a disease she came through herself in February.
In April 2020 — with the country in lockdown and Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with the virus — she made a rare video address, urging people to stick together.
She summoned the spirit of World War II, that vital time in her life, and the nation’s, by echoing Vera Lynn’s wartime anthem “We’ll Meet Again.”
“We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. We will be with our friends again. We will be with our families again. We will meet again,” she said.
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Associated Press writers Gregory Katz and Robert Barr contributed material before their deaths.
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LONDON — Condolences are pouring in from around the world following the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.
French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted Thursday that the queen “embodied continuity and the unity of the British nation over 70 years. I retain the memory of a friend of France, a queen of hearts who marked as never before her country and her century.”
Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, expressed sadness at the news, tweeting: “Germany remains forever grateful that she stretched out her hand to us in reconciliation after the terror of World War II.”
Italian Premier Mario Draghi in a condolence message hailed the queen as having been “the absolute protagonist of world history of the last 70 years.” Draghi, who is now acting in a caretaker role ahead of Italian parliamentary elections later this month, said Elizabeth had represented the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth “with equilibrium, wisdom, respect for institutions and for democracy.”
Elizabeth died peacefully Thursday afternoon at at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. All four of her children and her grandson Prince William traveled to Balmoral to be at her side.
The Royal Family’s Twitter feed posted a black and white photograph of the queen smiling as they announced her death.
Outside Buckingham Palace, the news was posted on the railings as crowds gathered.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS:
Prince Charles became king immediately after his mother’s death
Elizabeth has been the only monarch that most people in Britain have ever known
On Wednesday, the queen canceled a meeting after doctors advised her to rest
On Tuesday, the queen formally asked Liz Truss to become Britain’s next prime minister
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LONDON — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has died.
The 96-year-old queen died peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. All four of her children and her grandson Prince William traveled to Balmoral to be at her side.
The palace says her son Charles, who is now king, and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, will stay at Balmoral overnight and travel to London on Friday.
Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, she marked 70 years on the throne this year.
The BBC played the national anthem over a portrait of the queen in full regalia as the queen’s death was announced.
The flag over Buckingham Palace was lowered to half staff.
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LONDON — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, has died. She was 96.
Elizabeth spent more than seven decades on the throne as the U.K. rebuilt from war, lost an empire, transformed its economy and both entered and left the European Union.
She was a constant presence, the only monarch most Britons have ever known, and she guided the institution of the monarchy through choppy waters.
She likely met more people than anyone in history, and her image, which adorned stamps, coins and bank notes, was among the most reproduced in the world. But her inner life and opinions remained largely an enigma.
The impact of her loss will be huge, and unpredictable.
With Elizabeth’s death, her son Charles becomes Britain’s new king.
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BALMORAL CASTLE, Scotland — A fleet of cars carrying Prince William, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, have arrived at Balmoral Castle, where Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision.
The plane carrying the royal party arrived at Aberdeen Airport just before 4 p.m. Thursday, local time, and arrived at the queen’s estate about an hour later. Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, along with his wife, Camilla, and sister, Princess Anne, who were already in Scotland, arrived at Balmoral Castle earlier Thursday.
Prince Harry, who was due to appear at a charity awards ceremony in London later Thursday, cancelled that appearance and is making his way to Scotland separately.
The 96-year-old monarch was placed under medical supervision because doctors are concerned about her health.
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LONDON — Crowds of people have begun to gather outside London’s Buckingham Palace as news spreads that Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision at her Balmoral estate in Scotland.
More than 100 people, many holding umbrellas amid sometimes heavy downpours, have congregated on stone steps outside the royal residence, and dozens more are standing beside the gates, with many people peering through them.
Members of the royal family traveled to Scotland to be with the 96-year-old monarch.
The announcement about the queen’s health on Thursday comes a day after she canceled a virtual meeting of her Privy Council when doctors advised her to rest following a full day of events on Tuesday, when she formally asked Liz Truss to become prime minister.
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Foreign leaders are sending their well wishes to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II well, after the 96-year-old monarch was placed under medical supervision because doctors are concerned about her health.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted his on Thursday, writing: “My thoughts, and the thoughts of Canadians across the country, are with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at this time. We’re wishing her well, and sending our best to the Royal Family.”
The queen is the head of state of Canada and has been so for 45% of the country’s existence. She has visited Canada 22 times as head of state.
President Joe Biden conveyed to Prime Minister Truss on Thursday that his and first lady Jill Biden’s thoughts were with the Queen, her family and the people of the United Kingdom.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that Biden spoke to Truss during a video call with allies on support for Ukraine.
And EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during a news conference in the Netherlands that her prayers were also with the queen.
“She represents the whole history of the Europe that is our common home with our British friends,” von der Leyen said. “She has given to all of us in all these years, always, stability, confidence. She’s shown an immense amount of courage. She is a legend in my eyes, and therefore my prayers are with her.”
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LONDON — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has been placed under medical supervision because doctors are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health.”
Members of the royal family traveled to Scotland to be with the 96-year-old monarch.
The announcement comes a day after the queen canceled a virtual meeting of her Privy Council when doctors advised her to rest following a full day of events on Tuesday, when she formally asked Liz Truss to become prime minister.
Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, and his wife, Camilla, are with the queen after traveling to Balmoral Castle, the queen’s summer vacation home, to be with her. Prince William, Charles’ eldest son, is also en route.
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LONDON — Condolences are pouring in from around the world following the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.
French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted Thursday that the queen “embodied continuity and the unity of the British nation over 70 years. I retain the memory of a friend of France, a queen of hearts who marked as never before her country and her century.”
Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, expressed sadness at the news, tweeting: “Germany remains forever grateful that she stretched out her hand to us in reconciliation after the terror of World War II.”
Italian Premier Mario Draghi in a condolence message hailed the queen as having been “the absolute protagonist of world history of the last 70 years.” Draghi, who is now acting in a caretaker role ahead of Italian parliamentary elections later this month, said Elizabeth had represented the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth “with equilibrium, wisdom, respect for institutions and for democracy.”
Elizabeth died peacefully Thursday afternoon at at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. All four of her children and her grandson Prince William traveled to Balmoral to be at her side.
The Royal Family’s Twitter feed posted a black and white photograph of the queen smiling as they announced her death.
Outside Buckingham Palace, the news was posted on the railings as crowds gathered.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS:
Prince Charles became king immediately after his mother’s death
Elizabeth has been the only monarch that most people in Britain have ever known
On Wednesday, the queen canceled a meeting after doctors advised her to rest
On Tuesday, the queen formally asked Liz Truss to become Britain’s next prime minister
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LONDON — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has died.
The 96-year-old queen died peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. All four of her children and her grandson Prince William traveled to Balmoral to be at her side.
The palace says her son Charles, who is now king, and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, will stay at Balmoral overnight and travel to London on Friday.
Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, she marked 70 years on the throne this year.
The BBC played the national anthem over a portrait of the queen in full regalia as the queen’s death was announced.
The flag over Buckingham Palace was lowered to half staff.
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LONDON — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, has died. She was 96.
Elizabeth spent more than seven decades on the throne as the U.K. rebuilt from war, lost an empire, transformed its economy and both entered and left the European Union.
She was a constant presence, the only monarch most Britons have ever known, and she guided the institution of the monarchy through choppy waters.
She likely met more people than anyone in history, and her image, which adorned stamps, coins and bank notes, was among the most reproduced in the world. But her inner life and opinions remained largely an enigma.
The impact of her loss will be huge, and unpredictable.
With Elizabeth’s death, her son Charles becomes Britain’s new king.
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BALMORAL CASTLE, Scotland — A fleet of cars carrying Prince William, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, have arrived at Balmoral Castle, where Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision.
The plane carrying the royal party arrived at Aberdeen Airport just before 4 p.m. Thursday, local time, and arrived at the queen’s estate about an hour later. Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, along with his wife, Camilla, and sister, Princess Anne, who were already in Scotland, arrived at Balmoral Castle earlier Thursday.
Prince Harry, who was due to appear at a charity awards ceremony in London later Thursday, cancelled that appearance and is making his way to Scotland separately.
The 96-year-old monarch was placed under medical supervision because doctors are concerned about her health.
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LONDON — Crowds of people have begun to gather outside London’s Buckingham Palace as news spreads that Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision at her Balmoral estate in Scotland.
More than 100 people, many holding umbrellas amid sometimes heavy downpours, have congregated on stone steps outside the royal residence, and dozens more are standing beside the gates, with many people peering through them.
Members of the royal family traveled to Scotland to be with the 96-year-old monarch.
The announcement about the queen’s health on Thursday comes a day after she canceled a virtual meeting of her Privy Council when doctors advised her to rest following a full day of events on Tuesday, when she formally asked Liz Truss to become prime minister.
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Foreign leaders are sending their well wishes to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II well, after the 96-year-old monarch was placed under medical supervision because doctors are concerned about her health.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted his on Thursday, writing: “My thoughts, and the thoughts of Canadians across the country, are with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at this time. We’re wishing her well, and sending our best to the Royal Family.”
The queen is the head of state of Canada and has been so for 45% of the country’s existence. She has visited Canada 22 times as head of state.
President Joe Biden conveyed to Prime Minister Truss on Thursday that his and first lady Jill Biden’s thoughts were with the Queen, her family and the people of the United Kingdom.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that Biden spoke to Truss during a video call with allies on support for Ukraine.
And EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during a news conference in the Netherlands that her prayers were also with the queen.
“She represents the whole history of the Europe that is our common home with our British friends,” von der Leyen said. “She has given to all of us in all these years, always, stability, confidence. She’s shown an immense amount of courage. She is a legend in my eyes, and therefore my prayers are with her.”
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LONDON — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has been placed under medical supervision because doctors are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health.”
Members of the royal family traveled to Scotland to be with the 96-year-old monarch.
The announcement comes a day after the queen canceled a virtual meeting of her Privy Council when doctors advised her to rest following a full day of events on Tuesday, when she formally asked Liz Truss to become prime minister.
Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, and his wife, Camilla, are with the queen after traveling to Balmoral Castle, the queen’s summer vacation home, to be with her. Prince William, Charles’ eldest son, is also en route.
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MIAMI (AP) — The Miami-Dade School Board overwhelming decided against recognizing October as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History month which included a measure to teach 12th graders about two Supreme Court cases affecting the LGBTQ community.
Parents, teachers and students spoke for more than three hours Wednesday, with one group citing indoctrination of students and the other speaking about how Nazis ostracized gays and lesbians with a pink triangle. The board then voted 8-1 against the measure, which was proffered by board member Lucia Baez Geller.
Outside the school board's headquarters, where people waited to speak during the meeting, a group of Proud Boys got into a loud argument with someone hoisting a trans flag, the Miami Herald reported.
“There is an election year and the anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric is a tool used by some to spread misinformation,” board member Lucia Baez Geller said. “This is just plain disinformation.”
She told the newspaper the measure “is mostly to recognize the dignity and the respect for each other.” She also noted that seniors could opt out of learning about the two Supreme Court cases — Obergefell v. Hodges, which recognizes same-sex marriage, and Bostock v. Clayton County, which says an employer can’t fire someone for being gay or transgender.
Throughout the year, other months are recognized to teach students about history, including Hispanic Heritage, Black history and women's history. October is National LGBT History Month.
Last year, the school board recognized LGBTQ month, but did not include the provision to add the two Supreme Court cases.
The Miami-Dade public school system is the nation's fourth largest, with 331,500 students.
Among those who opposed the measure, some said it went against their religious beliefs while others said the board was abiding in the indoctrination and sexual abuse of children. Some falsely claimed the measure would adopt new curriculum for students to learn about LGBTQ+ issues without parental consent.
Earlier this year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis championed a law that bans lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, which critics dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
Max Tover, a pastor and parent in the district, led those outside in a prayer, asking that the board members reject the motion. He told the Herald that passing the measure is “a Trojan Horse.”
Maxx Fenning, president and founder of the nonprofit PRISM FL, which provides sexual health information to LGBTQ+ youth, likened opposition to the measure to how Nazis ostracized gay people by making them wear a pink triangle badge to reflect their sexual orientation.
The final vote came around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, after the board took a one-hour break to hear discussion about the district's budget. Some still in the audience cheered as others sat silently. | https://www.wtxl.com/media/v/content/83c386a94d4b1dec05a7fd40724b6400 | 2022-09-08T18:55:23Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/media/v/content/83c386a94d4b1dec05a7fd40724b6400 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of duping donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border — a state-level reboot of a federal case that ended with a presidential pardon last year.
Defense lawyer David Schoen entered the plea for Bannon, 68, at his arraignment on charges including money laundering, conspiracy and fraud related to the “We Build the Wall” campaign. Bannon is the second person to be pardoned by Trump and later charged by the Manhattan district attorney’s office for the same alleged conduct.
Manhattan prosecutors say that while Bannon promised all donations would go to building the wall, he was involved in transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars to third-party entities and used them to funnel payments to two other people involved in the scheme.
Bannon says the Democratic prosecutor targeted him ahead of November’s midterm elections because he and his radio show are popular among Trump’s Republican supporters.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon turned himself in Thursday to face charges in New York alleging he duped donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S. southern border — a state-level reboot of a federal case that ended with a presidential pardon last year.
Bannon, 68, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon on charges including money laundering, conspiracy and fraud related to the “We Build the Wall” campaign. He is the second person pardoned by Trump and later charged by the Manhattan district attorney's office for the same alleged conduct.
Manhattan prosecutors say that while Bannon promised all donations would go to building the wall, he was involved in transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars to third-party entities and used them to funnel payments to two other people involved in the scheme.
The indictment didn't identify those people by name, but the details match those of Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato, who pleaded guilty to federal charges in April.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said that after Bannon was pardoned, Manhattan prosecutors decided they had to hold him accountable because the alleged scheme ripped off hundreds of Manhattan residents.
“The simple truth is: It is a crime to profit off the backs of donors by making false pretenses," Bragg said at a news conference.
Bannon’s New York charges stem from the same alleged conduct as an attempted federal prosecution that ended abruptly, before trial, when Trump pardoned Bannon on his last day in office. Manhattan prosecutors also charged WeBuildTheWall, Inc., the nonprofit entity that Bannon and his former co-defendants used to solicit donations.
Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, not state offenses. Last year, the Manhattan district attorney's office charged Ken Kurson, a friend of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, with cyberstalking months after Trump pardoned him in a similar federal case.
Like Bannon, Kurson was pardoned early in his federal case, before acquittal or conviction, negating any double jeopardy argument.
Arriving at the Manhattan district attorney's office shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday, Bannon said it was “an irony” that New York City's mayor has been objecting to busloads of migrants sent to the city from Texas while prosecutors “are persecuting people here, that try to stop them at the border.”
Earlier, Bannon accused Bragg of pursuing “phony charges” against him, saying the Democratic prosecutor targeted him ahead of November’s midterm elections because he and his radio show are popular among Trump’s Republican supporters.
Bannon, in a statement Tuesday, said federal prosecutors “did the exact same thing in August 2020 to try to take me out of the election,” referring to his arrest months before Trump’s reelection loss. “This is nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system.”
But New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office worked with Manhattan prosecutors on the case, said it was about holding “powerful political interests” to account.
“They think they are above the law. And the most egregious of them take advantage of hardworking Americans in the process. Steve Bannon stands out as a perfect example of this blatant inequality,” said James, a Democrat.
In 2020, federal agents pulled Bannon from a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast and arrested him on charges he pocketed more than $1 million in donations to the wall-building effort. In all, more than $25 million was raised, prosecutors said.
In that case, federal prosecutors alleged Bannon and his co-defendants capitalized on public fervor over border security — a pillar of Trump’s presidential campaign — and tricked thousands of people into thinking 100% of their donations would go to building a wall along the 1,933-mile (3,110-kilometer) U.S.-Mexico line.
Instead, according to federal prosecutors, Bannon used some of the money to pay personal expenses for himself and a secret salary to Kolfage, a “We Build the Wall” co-founder.
“All the money you give goes to building the wall,” Bannon told donors at a June 2019 fundraising event, according to the New York indictment unsealed Thursday. Kolfage, who is not charged in the state case, repeatedly pledged: “I won’t take a penny from these donations, not a penny,” the indictment said.
Bannon, who had pleaded not guilty to the federal charges, was dropped from the federal case when Trump pardoned him.
Kolfage, a U.S. Air Force veteran who lost both legs in a mortar attack in Iraq, and Badolato, a Florida financier, had been scheduled to be sentenced this week, but that was recently postponed to December. A third defendant’s trial ended in a mistrial in June after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
In another case not covered by Trump’s pardon, Bannon was convicted in July on contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He is scheduled to be sentenced in October and faces up to two years in federal prison. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national-news/bannon-pleads-not-guilty-in-we-build-the-wall-scheme | 2022-09-08T18:55:29Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national-news/bannon-pleads-not-guilty-in-we-build-the-wall-scheme | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 15 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of duping donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border — a state-level reboot of a federal case that ended with a presidential pardon last year.
Defense lawyer David Schoen entered the plea for Bannon, 68, at his arraignment on charges including money laundering, conspiracy and fraud related to the “We Build the Wall” campaign. Bannon is the second person to be pardoned by Trump and later charged by the Manhattan district attorney’s office for the same alleged conduct.
Manhattan prosecutors say that while Bannon promised all donations would go to building the wall, he was involved in transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars to third-party entities and used them to funnel payments to two other people involved in the scheme.
Bannon says the Democratic prosecutor targeted him ahead of November’s midterm elections because he and his radio show are popular among Trump’s Republican supporters.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon turned himself in Thursday to face charges in New York alleging he duped donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S. southern border — a state-level reboot of a federal case that ended with a presidential pardon last year.
Bannon, 68, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon on charges including money laundering, conspiracy and fraud related to the “We Build the Wall” campaign. He is the second person pardoned by Trump and later charged by the Manhattan district attorney's office for the same alleged conduct.
Manhattan prosecutors say that while Bannon promised all donations would go to building the wall, he was involved in transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars to third-party entities and used them to funnel payments to two other people involved in the scheme.
The indictment didn't identify those people by name, but the details match those of Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato, who pleaded guilty to federal charges in April.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said that after Bannon was pardoned, Manhattan prosecutors decided they had to hold him accountable because the alleged scheme ripped off hundreds of Manhattan residents.
“The simple truth is: It is a crime to profit off the backs of donors by making false pretenses," Bragg said at a news conference.
Bannon’s New York charges stem from the same alleged conduct as an attempted federal prosecution that ended abruptly, before trial, when Trump pardoned Bannon on his last day in office. Manhattan prosecutors also charged WeBuildTheWall, Inc., the nonprofit entity that Bannon and his former co-defendants used to solicit donations.
Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, not state offenses. Last year, the Manhattan district attorney's office charged Ken Kurson, a friend of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, with cyberstalking months after Trump pardoned him in a similar federal case.
Like Bannon, Kurson was pardoned early in his federal case, before acquittal or conviction, negating any double jeopardy argument.
Arriving at the Manhattan district attorney's office shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday, Bannon said it was “an irony” that New York City's mayor has been objecting to busloads of migrants sent to the city from Texas while prosecutors “are persecuting people here, that try to stop them at the border.”
Earlier, Bannon accused Bragg of pursuing “phony charges” against him, saying the Democratic prosecutor targeted him ahead of November’s midterm elections because he and his radio show are popular among Trump’s Republican supporters.
Bannon, in a statement Tuesday, said federal prosecutors “did the exact same thing in August 2020 to try to take me out of the election,” referring to his arrest months before Trump’s reelection loss. “This is nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system.”
But New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office worked with Manhattan prosecutors on the case, said it was about holding “powerful political interests” to account.
“They think they are above the law. And the most egregious of them take advantage of hardworking Americans in the process. Steve Bannon stands out as a perfect example of this blatant inequality,” said James, a Democrat.
In 2020, federal agents pulled Bannon from a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast and arrested him on charges he pocketed more than $1 million in donations to the wall-building effort. In all, more than $25 million was raised, prosecutors said.
In that case, federal prosecutors alleged Bannon and his co-defendants capitalized on public fervor over border security — a pillar of Trump’s presidential campaign — and tricked thousands of people into thinking 100% of their donations would go to building a wall along the 1,933-mile (3,110-kilometer) U.S.-Mexico line.
Instead, according to federal prosecutors, Bannon used some of the money to pay personal expenses for himself and a secret salary to Kolfage, a “We Build the Wall” co-founder.
“All the money you give goes to building the wall,” Bannon told donors at a June 2019 fundraising event, according to the New York indictment unsealed Thursday. Kolfage, who is not charged in the state case, repeatedly pledged: “I won’t take a penny from these donations, not a penny,” the indictment said.
Bannon, who had pleaded not guilty to the federal charges, was dropped from the federal case when Trump pardoned him.
Kolfage, a U.S. Air Force veteran who lost both legs in a mortar attack in Iraq, and Badolato, a Florida financier, had been scheduled to be sentenced this week, but that was recently postponed to December. A third defendant’s trial ended in a mistrial in June after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
In another case not covered by Trump’s pardon, Bannon was convicted in July on contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He is scheduled to be sentenced in October and faces up to two years in federal prison. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national-news/bannon-pleads-not-guilty-in-we-build-the-wall-scheme | 2022-09-08T18:55:29Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national-news/bannon-pleads-not-guilty-in-we-build-the-wall-scheme | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 15 |
Jeep wants to become the leading electric SUV brand in the world.
The automaker says it will debut four all-electric SUVs in North America and Europe by the end of 2025.
It released images of its first two fully-electric SUVs, the Jeep Recon and the Wagoneer, on Wednesday.
Jeep said it plans for 50% of its sales in North America to be fully electric by 2030. European sales are expected to be 100% electric that same year.
“This is a forward-thinking strategy to help ensure millions of Jeep fans around the world continue to have a planet to explore, embrace and protect. Electrification is great for our brand, making it even more capable, exciting, sustainable and fun," said Christian Meunier, Jeep brand CEO.
According to CNN, Jeep plans to install nearly 100 electric vehicle chargers that will be solar-powered on off-road trails across the U.S. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/jeep-unveils-first-fully-electric-suvs | 2022-09-08T18:55:47Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/jeep-unveils-first-fully-electric-suvs | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Netflix is resurrecting "The Teletubbies."
The British kid's show is being rebooted for the U.S.
It will be narrated by "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" star Tituss Burgess.
Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, and Po will return to TV screens on Nov. 14.
The show will also feature several new "Tummy Tales" songs designed to keep the kids dancing along.
"The Teletubbies" are the star attraction in a new block of programming designed for younger viewers on the streaming giant. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/netflix-resurrecting-the-teletubbies | 2022-09-08T18:55:53Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/netflix-resurrecting-the-teletubbies | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Which personalized dog bowl is best?
Personalized dog accessories are easier to get than ever. From small artist shops to big retailers, there are plenty of places that will customize dog tags, collars, beds, shirts and bowls.
Personalized dog bowls are a fun, colorful touch for your dog’s eating area. They’re especially useful in households with more than one pet, so each gets a designated bowl. Check out the Mod Paws Custom Dog Bowl for a bowl that can be customized with your pet’s name and face.
What to know before you buy a personalized dog bowl
Types of bowls
The way your pet’s name is applied across the dog bowl varies depending on how the bowl is made. Stainless steel, ceramic and plastic are the most popular materials.
- Stainless steel bowls can usually go in the dishwasher. They are not microwave-safe but they are incredibly durable. The personalization is laser-engraved, printed on enamel or attached through an adhesive material.
- Ceramic bowls are usually microwave- and dishwasher-safe, provided they are properly glazed. They are breakable but are also heavy, so your dog won’t be as likely to knock it around or make a mess. The personalization is molded into the clay, painted by hand or professionally printed across the surface.
- Plastic bowls are lightweight and inexpensive. Some are dishwasher-safe but not microwave-safe. They are easy to travel with but more prone to collecting bacteria. The personalization is either shaped into the plastic or printed across the surface.
Shape
A personalized dog bowl is usually round or square. Both styles sit flat on the floor or fit into a raised base so your dog doesn’t have to bend into the bowl.
If you are looking for a slow-feed bowl that features ridges on the inside to keep your dog from eating too quickly, some personalized plastic bowls can make those ridges so that they spell out your dog’s name.
Size
Multiple size bowls are offered to accommodate the smallest to the largest breeds. Most bowls come in two standard sizes: a small that holds up to 2 cups of food and a large that holds 3 to 5 cups of food. Some bowls come in more sizes, including extra-small, medium and extra-large.
What to look for in a quality personalized dog bowl
Non-skid base
A rubber non-skid base keeps lightweight stainless steel or plastic bowls from sliding around on the floor while your dog eats or drinks. Some rubber bases are dishwasher-safe but not all, so be sure to check the instructions.
Custom imagery
There are plenty of personalized dog bowls that display your dog’s across the front, but custom imagery goes further than just text. It includes trees and mountains for your furry hiking buddy or bones and treats for the dog who loves to eat.
Custom imagery can also feature a personalized illustration or photos of your pup. Photos are less expensive, while hand-painted portraits cost more.
Fonts and colors
Look for a personalized bowl with a font that reflects your pup’s personality or your sense of style. Some bowls only come in one or two basic fonts, but there are bowls that come in lots of font and color options to better customize the bowl.
How much you can expect to spend on a personalized dog bowl
A single personalized dog bowl costs about $18-$50. A matching set of two costs up to $95.
Personalized dog bowl FAQ
How do you wash the bowl?
A. If the bowl is not dishwasher-safe, hand-wash it with dish detergent and hot water. Dry thoroughly before filling to prevent dry food from sticking.
How do you stop a bowl from sliding on the floor?
A. A bowl without a non-skid base is prone to sliding around, depending on how aggressively your dog eats. To keep the bowl in place, consider placing a non-slip feeding mat beneath the bowl. These mats are easy to clean, and some styles can be personalized to match the bowl.
What’s the best personalized dog bowl to buy?
Top personalized dog bowl
What you need to know: Available in three sizes and 10 colors, this stainless steel bowl is coated in enamel with your dog’s name and photo illustration across the front.
What you’ll love: This modern bowl is stylish and features your dog’s face in addition to the name at no extra cost. It’s dishwasher-safe and shatter-resistant. It has a non-slip rubber base and comes with a translucent lid so you can take the bowl on the go.
What you should consider: It is not microwave-safe and there’s only one font.
Where to buy: Sold by Etsy
Top personalized dog bowl for the money
Frisco Preppy Stripes Ceramic Personalized Bowl
What you need to know: Available in two sizes and seven colors, this ceramic bowl features a striped pattern around the sides with your dog’s name printed across the front in bold lettering.
What you’ll love: It offers personalization at a great price. It has a clean, simple design. The font is large and easy to read. The ceramic is thick and the bowl sizes are practical.
What you should consider: It is not dishwasher or microwave-safe.
Where to buy: Sold by Chewy
Worth checking out
Earth Gifts Creations Pet Portrait Bowl
What you need to know: This 5-inch-across white ceramic bowl holds about 2 cups of food and features a hand-painted portrait of your dog on the inside.
What you’ll love: The portrait is beautifully painted in vivid color to resemble your pet and your pup’s name is painted below it. The clay is hand-poured and the trim is customizable. It’s great for animal or human use. It’s dishwasher- and microwave-safe.
What you should consider: It’s too small for medium to large dogs.
Where to buy: Sold by Etsy
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Federal prosecutors allege a 24-year-old soldier enlisted in the military so he could become better at killing Black people.
CNN and Rolling Stone reported that the Department of Justice charged Killian M. Ryan on Aug. 26 with one count of knowingly making a false statement on his application for a secret security clearance.
An Army spokesperson confirmed to CNN that Ryan was discharged on the same day for "serious misconduct."
According to the news outlets, the Justice Department began investigating Ryan for lying on an official form. During their probe, they found that he allegedly engaged in violent and racist online activity.
Although his criminal charges are unrelated to his racist online communications, federal prosecutors detailed their findings in court documents, the media outlets reported.
According to the news outlets, during their investigation, the Justice Department found Instagram messages of Ryan detailing how he planned to use combat training to kill Black people.
The news outlets reported that Ryan is charged for lying on an application for security clearance.
According to court documents, the then-21-year-old said he had not seen his biological father in 10 years. Still, it was later discovered that they had been corresponding through Instagram, where they both allegedly engaged with accounts that “associated with racially motivated extremism," the media outlets reported. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/soldier-reportedly-discharged-for-allegedly-enlisting-to-become-better-at-killing-black-people | 2022-09-08T18:56:11Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/soldier-reportedly-discharged-for-allegedly-enlisting-to-become-better-at-killing-black-people | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — This was a match that would not end. Should not end, one might say. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, two of the brightest young stars of men’s tennis, traded shots of the highest quality and countless momentum swings across five sterling sets for 5 hours, 15 minutes until Alcaraz finally won the last point at 2:50 a.m. on Thursday, the latest finish in U.S. Open history.
It was “only” a quarterfinal, no trophy at stake, yet was as taut a thriller as this year’s tournament has produced or, likely, will, a tour de force of big cuts on the full sprint and plenty of guts, concluding as a 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (0), 7-5, 6-3 victory for the No. 3-seeded Alcaraz, a 19-year-old from Spain.
“Honestly,” said Alcaraz, who saved a match point in the fourth set, “I still don’t know how I did it.”
He also used words such as “unbelievable” and “amazing.” No hyperbole there.
“This one will hurt for quite a while,” said No. 11 Sinner, a 21-year-old from Italy. “But tomorrow, I will wake up — or today, I will wake up — trying to somehow (take away) only the positives.”
When the 382nd, and final, point was over, Sinner and Alcaraz hugged each other. A handshake at the net would not suffice.
Alcaraz reached his first Grand Slam semifinal and is the youngest man to get that far at the U.S. Open since Pete Sampras won the title at 19 in 1990.
Alcaraz has a chance to move up to No. 1 in the rankings next week, and will face No. 22 Frances Tiafoe of the United States on Friday. The other men’s semifinal that day is No. 5 Casper Ruud of Norway vs. No. 27 Karen Khachanov of Russia.
This match began Wednesday evening at about 9:35 p.m. and easily surpassed the previous mark for latest time of finish at the U.S. Open, which had been 2:26 a.m., shared by three matches.
Alcaraz has been working overtime in New York: His five-set victory over 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic in the fourth round wrapped up at 2:23 a.m. on Tuesday.
“I always say you have to believe in yourself all the time,” Alcaraz said. “The hope is the last thing that you lose.”
After his much more mundane, three-set victory over Andrey Rublev in a quarterfinal that finished at about 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Tiafoe was rather prescient when asked about Alcaraz and Sinner.
“I just hope they play a marathon match, super-long match,” Tiafoe said with a smile, “and they get really tired come Friday.”
Not only did this one run late, it ran long: Only a 5-hour, 26-minute match between Stefan Edberg and Michael Chang in 1992 took more time at the U.S. Open.
Asked afterward how he was feeling physically out there against Sinner, Alcaraz began with a quick response: “I felt great.”
Then he paused, and smiled, before continuing: “Well, probably at the end of the match, I was (at) my end.”
The clock already was past 2 a.m. when Coco Gauff, the 18-year-old American who was the runner-up at the French Open and bowed out in the U.S. Open quarterfinals on Tuesday, spoke for anyone paying attention to Alcaraz vs. Sinner when she tweeted: “this match is insane. I leave at 6am for the airport but I refuse to sleep and miss this. #Sinner #Alcaraz”
Still, even with thousands and thousands of empty seats, there were enough who remained on hand to make as much noise as a full house at times. Both players would wave their rackets or motion with their arms to encourage the fans to get even louder. And, naturally, the fans would oblige.
“Could have finished in three sets. Could have finished in four sets. Could have finished in five sets,” Sinner said. “We both wanted to win, for sure. We both tried our best.”
It was as back-and-forth as could be. The highlights were too many to list. Just one: Alcaraz won one point after extending a rally by wrapping his racket behind his back to make contact with the ball. One more: Alcaraz fell onto his backside, then sprung up to race to smack a backhand that won that point.
After taking the first set, Alcaraz held five set points in the second — but Sinner saved them all.
In the third, Alcaraz broke to lead 6-5 and served for that set — but Sinner broke to force a tiebreaker that he dominated.
In the fourth, it was Sinner who served for the match at 5-4, even coming within a point of victory there — but Alcaraz broke and wound up pushing what already was a masterpiece to a fifth.
And in the fifth, after another memorable shot — a running backhand passing winner that sailed just past Sinner’s outstretched arm — earned a break point and a chance for a 5-3 lead, Alcaraz put a finger to his ear.
He would convert that, then serve it out. When the end did arrive, Alcaraz dropped to his back, his chest heaving, and covered his face with his hand.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Before forests grow up to be a large swath of trees, they start out in the smallest of ways.
"Every one of these shoots here will turn into a tree," said Jack Wang, with North Carolina State University’s forest biotechnology program.
At the university, there is a refrigerated forest in a special lab, where trees are genetically edited to make them more resilient.
"We try to ensure that we change the DNA in a beneficial manner,” said Rodolphe Barrangou, a distinguished professor at NC State University.
He is part of a team of scientists creating trees that are tailor-made for today's environmental challenges.
"Pest resistance, disease resistance, but also drought resistance, heat resistance," Barrangou said.
His research partner in this endeavor is Jack Wang.
"Forests are unique; unique in the sense that they live for a very long time," Wang said.
Yet, forests are now under increased threat. The biggest problem revolves around young trees that don't get a chance to grow up.
"The major challenges are the new stressors that are happening, so they are preventing young forests from establishing itself, from maturing,” Wang said. "And therefore, we need the new innovations, new technologies that will facilitate a tree's adaptation to new stresses so that they can continue to thrive."
In the lab, they start with this clump of tree cells.
"You're holding an entire forest in your hand," Barrangou said, of the cells inside a petri dish.
Gradually, those grow into shoots and eventually get even bigger. They are then placed in a nearby greenhouse.
"More recently, we have increased our ambition to sizable forests and trees," Barrangou said.
In there, they showed a visual example of how modifying one small part of a tree's genetics can make a big change.
In that case, it altered the color of the tree's bark.
However, they say their mission is much bigger.
"Our desire to optimize the tree genetic pool and make more sustainable forests is not new, but is just more relevant right now, arguably than it's ever been,” Barrangou said. “And the sense of urgency with which we do that, the sense of awareness of people involved in it, is heightened." | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/with-forests-under-threat-scientists-work-to-create-more-resilient-trees | 2022-09-08T18:56:17Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/with-forests-under-threat-scientists-work-to-create-more-resilient-trees | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Chelsea’s new American owners took a gamble with the first managerial appointment of their tenure, hiring Graham Potter from Premier League rival Brighton on Thursday despite his lack of experience coaching at soccer’s highest level.
The 47-year-old Potter agreed to a five-year deal as the replacement for Thomas Tuchel, who was fired on Wednesday after an apparent breakdown in his relationship with Chelsea’s recently installed ownership team fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly.
While Tuchel won the Champions League with Chelsea last year and previously ran a locker room of soccer superstars — such as Kylian Mbappé and Neymar — at Paris Saint-Germain, Potter has a more obscure coaching past and has won only one trophy, the Swedish Cup in 2017.
That came during a seven-year stint at remote Swedish club Ostersund (2011-18), which he led from the country’s fourth tier to the first division and then into the Europa League for the first time.
Since then, he has coached Swansea for one season in English soccer’s second division, guiding the team to the FA Cup quarterfinals, before taking over at Brighton in 2019. Brighton is currently in fourth place in the Premier League, having finished last season in ninth — the highest in the club’s history.
Chelsea said Potter would bring “progressive football and innovative coaching” to the club, while Boehly said the new coach “fits our vision.”
“Not only is he extremely talented on the pitch,” Boehly said of Potter, “he has skills and capabilities that extend beyond the pitch which will make Chelsea a more successful club.”
Potter, who played mostly for lower-league English teams in an undistinguished career from 1992-2005 before retiring at the age of 30 and going into higher education, is widely admired as one of the country’s best tacticians and has a brave, entertaining style of play that has won plaudits if not trophies. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said he is a “big fan” of Potter because of the way his “players move with freedom and … have the courage to play everywhere.”
And Boehly, the face of Chelsea’s ownership, has been convinced that Potter is the man to instill a long-term soccer ethos and identity throughout the club at the start of the new era.
The demands Potter will face at Chelsea will contrast sharply with those at his previous clubs, however, unlikely giving him as much time to cultivate a team as he has had so far in his career.
“He’ll be expected to win every week, to challenge for trophies,” said former Chelsea player and assistant coach Jody Morris. “It’s totally different to being in a club where you are expected to be midtable and can go a couple of months without winning a game. You go a couple of games without winning at Chelsea and it’ll be totally different.”
Potter’s time in Sweden offers an interesting insight into why he is lauded as a good man-manager and a thinker of the game.
Under Potter, Ostersund, which prides itself on developing its players as people before sportsmen, started what it called a “Culture Academy” where squad members and coaches were faced with challenges to their mental process and decision-making under pressure.
After achieving promotion one year, Potter and his players put on a modern-dance production in the city’s theater, set to music from Swan Lake.
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Camilla becomes queen, but without the sovereign’s powers
LONDON (AP) — After seven decades, the United Kingdom has a new woman to call queen.
Charles’ wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will be known as Queen Consort — a title that came with Queen Elizabeth II’s blessing after years of contention, dating back to the days before she even married Prince Charles.
It wasn’t always a given that the 75-year-old Camilla would take the title, even though it gives her none of the sovereign’s powers.
While the wife of a king is traditionally crowned queen, the question of what title Camilla would hold when Charles became king had been a tricky one for many years. That was due to sensitivity about her status as his second wife — and the wave of grief that washed over Britain following the death of his former wife, Princess Diana, in a car crash in 1997.
Charles and the royal household have moved carefully on the matter, mindful of lingering public perceptions of Camilla as the “third person” that ruined the marriage between Charles and the beloved princess.
But over the decades, Camilla has won over large parts of the British public with her discretion, down-to-earth personality and loyalty to her husband.
When Camilla and Charles married in a low-key civil ceremony in 2005, she was in fact the new Princess of Wales — Diana’s title — but she styled herself the Duchess of Cornwall instead.
Palace officials said for years that Camilla “intended” to be known as “Princess Consort” — instead of the traditional “Queen Consort” — when Charles acceded to the throne.
There is no precedent for the title Princess Consort, which was reportedly suggested by royal officials. The similar title of Prince Consort has only been used once — for Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 to 1901.
In a 2010 interview with NBC, Charles was asked if Camilla would become “Queen of England, if and when you become the monarch.” He hesitated as he replied, “That’s, well ... We’ll see, won’t we? That could be.”
The question was resolved when Elizabeth declared she wanted Camilla to be known as Queen Consort after her son became king. It was an endorsement that formally signified the royal family’s acceptance of Camilla as a respected senior member and was widely seen as a move by Elizabeth to pave a smooth transition to Charles’ reign.
“When, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes king, I know you will give him and his wife, Camilla, the same support that you have given me; and it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service,” Elizabeth said in February 2022, when she marked the 70th anniversary of her rule.
Charles said he and Camilla were “deeply conscious of the honor.”
“As we have sought together to serve and support Her Majesty and the people of our communities, my darling wife has been my own steadfast support throughout,” he said.
The most recent Queen Consort in British history was George VI’s wife Queen Elizabeth, known in later years as the Queen Mother after her daughter became monarch in 1952.
By custom, Camilla will be anointed at Charles’ coronation, although that could be omitted.
Born Camilla Rosemary Shand on July 17, 1947, she came from aristocrats with long and close links with Britain’s royal family. Her great-grandmother, Alice Keppel, was a romantic partner of King Edward VII.
She met Charles at a polo match in 1970 when she was 23 and he was considered to be the most eligible bachelor in Britain. The two immediately became close, and by the end of 1972, Charles was smitten. But the romance was interrupted by his eight months of naval duty.
In his absence, Camilla married her longtime boyfriend, army officer Andrew Parker Bowles, in 1973. The couple divorced in 1995, shortly after Charles gave an explosive television interview admitting an affair with Camilla. Charles and Diana divorced the next year.
Charles and Camilla waited another nine years, marrying in 2005 in a private ceremony at the Guildhall in Windsor.
Since then, Camilla has taken up dozens of royal duties. She is patron or president of more than 90 charities and has shown particular interest in work on animals, promoting literacy and empowering women. She also has found her voice as a public speaker, earning respect by campaigning about difficult issues such as sexual violence against women and domestic abuse.
In 2021, she delivered what many called her landmark speech, urging “the men in our lives” to get involved in women’s rights and expressing sympathy for the families of women who are murdered.
The same year, Buckingham Palace underlined Camilla’s role as a senior royal by making her a Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the most senior order of chivalry in Britain.
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At 4006 Highway 17 South
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BenchMark Physical Therapy opened an outpatient clinic on Wednesday at 4006 Highway 17 South.
The Barefoot Landing clinic, as it is known, is open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. To make an appointment, call 843-654-6333 or visit benchmarkpt.com.
BenchMark offers outpatient orthopedic physical therapy, including manual therapy, injury prevention, return to performance and total joint replacement programs.
Clinic director Paul Vojtek earned a doctor of physical therapy degree from Gannon University. He is residency trained and certified as an orthopedic clinical specialist.
Vojtek is a manual therapist and is certified in dry needling for the spine and extremities.
Benchmark's other area clinics include North Myrtle Beach, Ocean Isle, Myrtle Beach-Grande Dunes, Shallotte, Myrtle Beach-Carolina Forest, Bolivia-Southport and Conway, among more than 30 locations in South Carolina.
BenchMark, part of the Upstream Rehabilitation family of clinical care, offers access to care within 24 hours and works with all insurance types.
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Widely respected former BofA Merrill Research leader brings additional fiduciary support and investment insight to Sanctuary advisors and their clients
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanctuary Wealth, home to the next generation of elite advisors, announces the appointment of Mary Ann Bartels to the newly created office of Chief Investment Strategist. A veteran of more than 35 years in financial services, she spent more than two decades at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where she was Head of Technical & Market Analysis and led the Research Investment Committee (RIC). She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that will provide tremendous value to Sanctuary partner firms and allow them to offer additional innovative investment solutions to clients.
During that time, she created research that advisors and clients relied on to make informed decisions regarding their investments and received the prestigious Institutional Investor All-American Research award for six consecutive years. Mary Ann has been a frequent commentator on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business and is regularly quoted in respected publications including Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times. She has been a regular presenter at the annual Barron's Advisor Women Summit, including serving as a keynote speaker.
"Mary Ann has built an outstanding and well-deserved reputation on Wall Street over the last 30-plus years for her research skills and thoughtful insights," said Jim Dickson, CEO and Founder of Sanctuary Wealth. "She's fiercely dedicated to providing the best solutions to advisors and their clients as well as being a tireless advocate for women in the financial world. Independent financial advisors don't normally have access to someone of Mary Ann's caliber. Our network will have direct access to collaborate with her as much as they want."
During her time in the Merrill Lynch Chief Investment Office (CIO), she produced thought leadership on investment guidance and portfolio strategies for advisors and their clients, including the creation of the first client roadshow and spent six years educating advisors, clients, and prospects about the markets, the economy, and world events. Mary Ann also created the first research products for Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) for a large investment banking firm covering over 500 ETFs.
"I'm excited to be joining Sanctuary Wealth because I love the markets, but what I love most is working with best-in-class advisors and their clients to assist them in building out their future plans. It's a passion I've had for decades, and Sanctuary is the ideal place for me to put that passion to work in the service of others," said Mary Ann Bartels, Chief Investment Strategist, Sanctuary Wealth. "I've always felt that an important part of my mission was to help people understand the markets and market behavior so they can make better informed decisions with their advisors. I look forward to continuing to do that with Sanctuary's growing roster of advisor partners."
Throughout her career, Mary Ann has been a strong advocate for women in financial services due to the mentorship of her aunt Bernadette Bartels Murphy, who started working on Wall Street in the 1950s and rose to become one of the first woman traders and a trusted source for investment counsel for countless clients.
In keeping with her career-long commitment to providing guidance to advisors and their clients, after leaving Bank of America in 2020, Mary Ann immersed herself in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi), blockchain, and cryptocurrencies, taking several courses and joining the London Real Investment Club, a prestigious investment club that specializes in the space.
"I believe this is a new part of our infrastructure that's going to be built out over time," she explained. "We will probably go through many changes as this new form of technology evolves under the umbrella of decentralized finance including cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and the metaverse, and I want to be able to help Sanctuary's advisors and their clients understand and participate in this exciting new development."
"During our time together at Merrill Lynch, Mary Ann was a favorite of both the financial advisors and some of our largest clients," said Vince Fertitta, President of Sanctuary Wealth. "She has an incredible knack for making the complex easy to digest and to act upon. She will be an outstanding resource for Sanctuary partner firms and their clients. We are thrilled that Mary Ann chose to join our team at Sanctuary."
Also joining Sanctuary Wealth is Laura Anacker, Portfolio Strategist. Laura brings over 18 years of experience in the financial services industry, holding various positions at Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs. She's spent the better part of the last 9 years as an Investment Advisory Specialist where she was responsible for providing fiduciary portfolio construction and guidance to over 700 domestic and international Merrill Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors.
About Sanctuary Wealth
Sanctuary Wealth (sanctuarywealth.com/) is the advanced platform for the next generation of elite advisors, who have the entrepreneurial spirit to build and own their own practices and desire the freedom to deliver the tailored service their clients deserve. Sanctuary Wealth's ecosystem of partnered independence provides a complete technology and operations platform, as well as support from a community of like-minded advisors and the resources of invaluable affiliated businesses. Currently, the Sanctuary Wealth network includes partner firms in 27 states across the country with approximately $25 billion in assets under advisement. Sanctuary Wealth includes the fully owned subsidiaries; Sanctuary Advisors LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser, Sanctuary Securities, Inc. a FINRA member broker-dealer as well as Sanctuary Alternative Holdings, Sanctuary Asset Management, Sanctuary Insurance Solutions, Sanctuary Global, and Sanctuary Global Family Office.
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Sarah Dembert and Emily Giegerich both elevate CX roles
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Imre celebrates the accomplishments of its exceptional client experience team with the elevation of two CX practice leads. Sarah Dembert was promoted to Executive Vice President and Emily Giegerich, promoted to Senior Vice President, as the agency continues to redefine and build out what client experience looks like at imre.
Since joining imre Health in 2011, Sarah Dembert has grown from Account Executive to Executive Vice President by leading and driving innovation among the agency's most groundbreaking patient and HCP marketing programs. Sarah's work across Oncology, Respiratory, Immunology, Diabetes, Cardiovascular and multiple Rare Diseases account for many firsts for the agency, brands and industry. As one of the founding members of imre Health, Sarah has played a crucial role in the growth and transformation of the business and was recognized by PR News as one of the Top Women in Healthcare in 2019. In her elevated role, Sarah will continue to be at the helm of imre's largest portfolios of brands, and new business opportunities. In addition, she is taking on enterprise responsibilities as chair of imre's senior leadership team forum. She'll continue to report to Anna Kotis, President of imre Health.
Emily Giegerich has a passion for improving the patient experience and boasts more than ten years of experience in healthcare across patient advocacy and pharmaceutical marketing. Emily is responsible for ensuring best-in-class client service, overseeing the strategic direction of client accounts and leading integrated teams toward achieving business goals. She is an expert on patient communications and has spoken on the topic in numerous forums across the country and always ensures the patient perspective is represented in imre's work. As the Senior Vice President now overseeing Client Experience across several global pharmaceutical brands, Emily is taking more ownership and responsibility for nurturing the talent of our next-level leaders. She'll report to Anna Kotis, President of imre Health.
"Sarah and Emily are two shining examples of leaders within our organization who are naturally strategic, compassionate and results-driven team builders handling challenges with ease," said Anna Kotis, President of imre Health. "These two are also the catalysts behind so many of our imre firsts and new business successes. We're so proud of and in awe of their accomplishments and can't wait to see how they continue to push client experience at imre and the overall health practice forward."
About imre:
Imre works with many of the world's leading and high growth brands. Driven by innovation, the agency's integrated suite of marketing communications services include brand strategy, creative, digital marketing, social media, public relations and media, data & analytics. Imre partners with a diversified and growing portfolio of brands including Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bausch & Lomb, GlaxoSmithKline and PTC Therapeutics, among others. The agency maintains offices in New York, Los Angeles, Baltimore and Philadelphia in addition to a growing group of employees who work from anywhere. Imre is an LGBTQ-founded company.
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Star Arizona safety Budda Baker becomes an investor in beverage and supplements brand
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acclaimed professional football player Budda Baker, a 2x All-Pro safety for the Arizona Cardinals, has become a shareholder in LIFEAID Beverage Co., investing a significant but undisclosed amount related to the FITAID Energy launch. The investment was confirmed by FITAID Energy co-founders and formulators Orion Melehan and Aaron Hinde, who run LIFEAID.
In mid-2022, FITAID Energy was introduced in the US and shortly thereafter in Europe, as the better-for-you energy beverage boasting the cleanest ingredient list amongst its competitors. FITAID Energy is already an early e-commerce sales success, racking up a quarter million dollars (US$) in online orders in the first two days of launch, and in line with LIFEAID's exceptional direct-to-consumer business.
FITAID Energy today accounts for 26% of the brand's sales on both e-commerce and in its gym accounts. And that early success extends to Europe. FITAID Energy is the brand's strongest product launch ever in the EU markets, where LIFEAID Beverage Co. sales have surpassed €10 million since 2020.
True to the brand's strong omnichannel sales strategy, the FITAID Energy line is also sold at retailers such as The Vitamin Shoppe, Kroger, Harris Teeter, Sprouts, H-E-B, and in over 2,000 gyms nationally. The broader LIFEAID Beverage Co. product line up is already sold nationally.
FITAID Energy is based on FITAID, the pioneering recovery drink that is a staple of high intensity training and is ranked as the #1 Recovery Drink in the U.S. (Source: SPINS).
"We've partnered with top pro-athlete talent since 2019," says co-founder/CEO Orion Melehan. "But Budda was the first pro to make this significant a personal investment in our brand and business. It's validation that the country's most talented athletes support the FITAID Energy mission: to offer the most nutritionally balanced, responsibly formulated, and properly caffeinated performance drinks to all athletes, professional and amateurs alike."
"My investment is a no brainer," says Budda Baker. "Nutrition is a huge part of my training and performance on and off the field. FITAID Energy brings the benefits of functional beverages to the energy drinks category, without any of the negatives." Baker was advised on the deal by his business manager, Sherard Rogers, and attorney, Yediel Kadosh.
FITAID Energy is positioned to be the definitive energy drink for athletes. Flavors include: Mango Sorbet; Peach Mandarin; Blackberry Pineapple; and a fourth flavor, Raspberry Hibiscus, which is an online exclusive. All flavors have just 15 calories, no artificial flavors or sweeteners, the renowned FITAID blend of nutrients for sports recovery and are boosted with 200 mg of clean caffeine from green tea leaf extract. The FITAID Energy nutrient list also includes a post-workout recovery blend of BCAAs, turmeric, electrolytes, vitamins B, C, D3, and E.
With a focus on great tasting, wellness enhancing, and functionally driven supplement products, LIFEAID Beverage Co. has become a trusted brand among athletes, health conscious consumers and fitness enthusiasts. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California LIFEAID creates premium performance and recovery products for some of the most dedicated fitness communities in the US, Europe and Australian/New Zealand. The company's portfolio of better-for-you supplements contain both ready to drink and powdered mix blends including FITAID Energy, original FITAID, FOCUSAID, and IMMUNITYAID. LIFEAID products are sold in over 20,000 retail locations globally.
Budda Baker is a safety for the Arizona Cardinals, selected in the 2nd round of the 2017 league draft, and has been an impact player since he joined the league. Regarded as one of the best safeties in pro football, Baker has been named to four Pro Bowls and three All Pro teams in just his first five seasons. In 2019, Budda led all defensive backs in tackles (with 147) and led the league in solo tackles (with 104).
Baker is well-respected within the league. In the yearly vote of the league's top players, he has been ranked in the Top 100 (ranked 19, 67, 97) of all pro football players for the past three consecutive years. Baker has also been a defensive captain for the Arizona Cardinals since 2020. A true leader on the field, Budda looks to continue his success with another outstanding season in 2022.
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DUBLIN, Calif. — Law enforcement officials in California has arrested one of their own for allegedly killing a married couple inside a Dublin home early Wednesday morning.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office said they received a call around 12:45 a.m. about a reported shooting inside a residence.
When law enforcement agencies got to the home, they found a 58-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman dead, the department said in a press release.
They have not released the name of the victims.
According to The Mercury News, six people were inside the house at the time of the murders, including a child and a relative from out of town who called 911.
The sheriff's office said witnesses identified the suspect as Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy Devin Williams.
According to ABC NEWS, Williams was off-duty when he allegedly committed the murders.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the 24-year-old suspect called police nearly 12 hours after the shooting, saying he wanted to surrender.
According to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Williams was taken into custody in Coalinga just before noon.
Law enforcement officials are unsure of Williams' motive for the murders but said he had no history of mental illness.
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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96.
The palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal family had rushed to her side after her health took a turn for the worse.
A link to the almost-vanished generation that fought World War II, she was the only monarch most Britons have ever known, and her name defines an age: the modern Elizabethan Era.
The impact of her loss will be huge and unpredictable, both for the nation and for the monarchy, an institution she helped stabilize and modernize across decades of huge social change and family scandals.
With the death of the queen, her 73-year-old son Charles automatically becomes monarch, though the coronation might not take place for months. It is not known whether he will choose to call himself King Charles III or some other name.
The queen’s life was indelibly marked by the war. As Princess Elizabeth, she made her first public broadcast in 1940 when she was 14, sending a wartime message to children evacuated to the countryside or overseas.
“We children at home are full of cheerfulness and courage,” she said with a blend of stoicism and hope that would echo throughout her reign. “We are trying to do all we can to help out gallant soldiers, sailors and airmen. And we are trying, too, to bear our own share of the danger and sadness of war. We know, every one of us, that in the end all will be well.”
Since Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth reigned over a Britain that rebuilt from war and lost its empire; joined the European Union and then left it; and transformed from industrial powerhouse to uncertain 21st century society. She endured through 15 prime ministers, from Winston Churchill to Liz Truss, becoming an institution and an icon -- a fixed point and a reassuring presence even for those who ignored or loathed the monarchy.
She became less visible in her final years as age and frailty curtailed many public appearances. But she remained firmly in control of the monarchy and at the center of national life as Britain celebrated her Platinum Jubilee with days of parties and pageants in June 2022.
The same month she became the second longest-reigning monarch in history, behind 17th-century French King Louis XIV, who took the throne at age 4. On Sept. 6, 2022, she presided at a ceremony at Balmoral Castle to accept the resignation of Boris Johnson as prime minister and appoint Truss as his successor.
When Elizabeth was 21, almost five years before she became queen, she promised the people of Britain and the Commonwealth that “my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service.”
It was a promise she kept across more than seven decades.
Despite Britain’s complex and often fraught ties with its former colonies, Elizabeth was widely respected and remained head of state of more than a dozen countries, from Canada to Tuvalu. She headed the 54-nation Commonwealth, built around Britain and its former colonies.
Married for more than 73 years to Prince Philip, who died in 2021 at age 99, Elizabeth was matriarch to a royal family whose troubles were a subject of global fascination -- amplified by fictionalized accounts such as TV series “The Crown.” She is survived by four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Through countless public events, she probably met more people than anyone in history. Her image, which adorned stamps, coins and banknotes, was among the most reproduced in the world.
But her inner life and opinions remained mostly an enigma. Of her personality, the public saw relatively little. A horse owner, she rarely seemed happier than during the Royal Ascot racing week. She never tired of the companionship of her beloved Welsh corgi dogs.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in London on April 21, 1926, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York. She was not born to be queen -- her father’s elder brother, Prince Edward, was destined for the crown, to be followed by any children he had.
But in 1936, when she was 10, Edward VIII abdicated to marry twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson, and Elizabeth’s father became King George VI.
Princess Margaret recalled asking her sister whether this meant that Elizabeth would one day be queen. ”’Yes, I suppose it does,‘” Margaret quoted Elizabeth as saying. “She didn’t mention it again.”
Elizabeth was barely in her teens when Britain went to war with Germany in 1939. While the king and queen stayed at Buckingham Palace during the Blitz and toured the bombed-out neighborhoods of London, Elizabeth and Margaret spent most of the war at Windsor Castle, west of the capital. Even there, 300 bombs fell in an adjacent park, and the princesses spent many nights in an underground shelter.
In 1945, after months of campaigning for her parents’ permission to do something for the war effort, the heir to the throne became Second Subaltern Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She enthusiastically learned to drive and service heavy vehicles.
On the night the war ended in Europe, May 8, 1945, she and Margaret managed to mingle, unrecognized, with celebrating crowds in London — “swept along on a tide of happiness and relief,” as she told the BBC decades later, describing it as “one of the most memorable nights of my life.”
At Westminster Abbey in November 1947 she married Royal Navy officer Philip Mountbatten, a prince of Greece and Denmark whom she had first met in 1939 when she was 13 and he 18. Postwar Britain was experiencing austerity and rationing, and so street decorations were limited and no public holiday was declared. But the bride was allowed 100 extra ration coupons for her trousseau.
The couple lived for a time in Malta, where Philip was stationed, and Elizabeth enjoyed an almost-normal life as a navy wife. The first of their four children, Prince Charles, was born on Nov. 14, 1948. He was followed by Princess Anne on Aug. 15, 1950, Prince Andrew on Feb. 19, 1960, and Prince Edward on March 10, 1964.
In February 1952, George VI died in his sleep at age 56 after years of ill health. Elizabeth, on a visit to Kenya, was told that she was now queen.
Her private secretary, Martin Charteris, later recalled finding the new monarch at her desk, “sitting erect, no tears, color up a little, fully accepting her destiny.”
“In a way, I didn’t have an apprenticeship,” Elizabeth reflected in a BBC documentary in 1992 that opened a rare view into her emotions. “My father died much too young, and so it was all a very sudden kind of taking on, and making the best job you can.”
Her coronation took place more than a year later, a grand spectacle at Westminster Abbey viewed by millions through the still-new medium of television.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s first reaction to the king’s death was to complain that the new queen was “only a child,” but he was won over within days and eventually became an ardent admirer.
In Britain’s constitutional monarchy, the queen is head of state but has little direct power; in her official actions she does what the government orders. However, she was not without influence. She once reportedly commented that there was nothing she could do legally to block the appointment of a bishop, “but I can always say that I should like more information. That is an indication that the prime minister will not miss.”
The extent of the monarch’s political influence occasionally sparked speculation -- but not much criticism while Elizabeth was alive. The views of Charles, who has expressed strong opinions on everything from architecture to the environment, might prove more contentious.
She was obliged to meet weekly with the prime minister, and they generally found her well-informed, inquisitive and up to date. The one possible exception was Margaret Thatcher, with whom her relations were said to be cool, if not frosty, though neither woman ever commented.
The queen’s views in those private meetings became a subject of intense speculation and fertile ground for dramatists like Peter Morgan, author of the play “The Audience” and the hit TV series “The Crown.” Those semi-fictionalized accounts were the product of an era of declining deference and rising celebrity, when the royal family’s troubles became public property.
And there were plenty of troubles within the family, an institution known as “The Firm.” In Elizabeth’s first years on the throne, Princess Margaret provoked a national controversy through her romance with a divorced man.
In what the queen called the “annus horribilis” of 1992, her daughter, Princess Anne, was divorced, Prince Charles and Princess Diana separated, and so did Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah. That was also the year Windsor Castle, a residence she far preferred to Buckingham Palace, was seriously damaged by fire.
The public split of Charles and Diana -- “There were three of us in that marriage,” Diana said of her husband’s relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles -- was followed by the shock of Diana’s death in a Paris car crash in 1997. For once, the queen appeared out of step with her people.
Amid unprecedented public mourning, Elizabeth’s failure to make a public show of grief appeared to many to be unfeeling. After several days, she finally made a televised address to the nation.
The dent in her popularity was brief. She was by now a sort of national grandmother, with a stern gaze and a twinkling smile.
Despite being one of the world’s wealthiest people, Elizabeth had a reputation for frugality and common sense. She was known as a monarch who turned off lights in empty rooms, a country woman who didn’t flinch from strangling pheasants.
A newspaper reporter who went undercover to work as a palace footman reinforced that down-to-earth image, capturing pictures of the royal Tupperware on the breakfast table and a rubber duck in the bath.
Her sangfroid was not dented when a young man aimed a pistol at her and fired six blanks as she rode by on a horse in 1981, nor when she discovered a disturbed intruder sitting on her bed in Buckingham Palace in 1982.
The image of the queen as an exemplar of ordinary British decency was satirized by the magazine Private Eye, which called her Brenda. Anti-monarchists dubbed her “Mrs. Windsor.” But the republican cause gained limited traction while the queen was alive.
On her Golden Jubilee in 2002, she said the country could “look back with measured pride on the history of the last 50 years.”
“It has been a pretty remarkable 50 years by any standards,” she said in a speech. “There have been ups and downs, but anyone who can remember what things were like after those six long years of war appreciates what immense changes have been achieved since then.”
A reassuring presence at home, she was also an emblem of Britain abroad — a form of soft power, consistently respected whatever the vagaries of the country’s political leaders on the world stage. It felt only fitting that she attended the opening of the 2012 London Olympics alongside another icon, James Bond. Through some movie magic, she appeared to parachute into the Olympic Stadium.
In 2015, she overtook her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria’s reign of 63 years, seven months and two days to become the longest-serving monarch in British history. She kept working into her 10th decade, though Prince Charles and his elder son, Prince William, increasingly took over the visits, ribbon-cuttings and investitures that form the bulk of royal duties.
The loss of Philip in 2021 was a heavy blow, as she poignantly sat alone at his funeral in the chapel at Windsor Castle because of coronavirus restrictions.
And the family troubles continued. Her son Prince Andrew was entangled in the sordid tale of sex offender businessman Jeffrey Epstein, an American businessman who had been a friend. Andrew denied accusations that he had sex with one of the women who said she was trafficked by Epstein.
The queen’s grandson Prince Harry walked away from Britain and his royal duties after marrying American actress Meghan Markle in 2018. He alleged in an interview that some in the family -– but pointedly not the queen -– had been less than welcoming to his wife.
She enjoyed robust health well into her 90s, although she used a cane in an appearance after Philip’s death. In October 2021, she spent a night in a London hospital for tests after canceling a trip to Northern Ireland.
A few months later, she told guests at a reception “as you can see, I can’t move.” The palace, tight-lipped about details, said the queen was experiencing “episodic mobility issues.”
She held virtual meetings with diplomats and politicians from Windsor Castle, but public appearances grew rarer. The queen withdrew from fixtures of the royal calendar, including Remembrance Sunday and Commonwealth Day ceremonies, though she attended a memorial service last March for Philip at Westminster Abbey.
Meanwhile, she took steps to prepare for the transition to come. In February, the queen announced that she wanted Charles’ wife Camilla to be known as “Queen Consort” when “in the fullness of time” her son became king. It removed a question mark over the role of the woman some blamed for the breakup of Charles’ marriage to Princess Diana in the 1990s.
May brought another symbolic moment, when she asked Charles to stand in for her and read the Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament, one of the monarch’s most central constitutional duties.
Seven decades after World War II, Elizabeth was again at the center of the national mood amid the uncertainty and loss of COVID 19 -- a disease she came through herself in February.
In April 2020 -- with the country in lockdown and Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with the virus -- she made a rare video address, urging people to stick together.
She summoned the spirit of World War II, that vital time in her life, and the nation’s, by echoing Vera Lynn’s wartime anthem “We’ll Meet Again.”
“We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. We will be with our friends again. We will be with our families again. We will meet again,” she said. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/how-queen-elizabeth-ii-shaped-history-over-nearly-a-century | 2022-09-08T19:08:12Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/how-queen-elizabeth-ii-shaped-history-over-nearly-a-century | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
RALEIGH, N.C. — Before forests grow up to be a large swath of trees, they start out in the smallest of ways.
"Every one of these shoots here will turn into a tree," said Jack Wang, with North Carolina State University’s forest biotechnology program.
At the university, there is a refrigerated forest in a special lab, where trees are genetically edited to make them more resilient.
"We try to ensure that we change the DNA in a beneficial manner,” said Rodolphe Barrangou, a distinguished professor at NC State University.
He is part of a team of scientists creating trees that are tailor-made for today's environmental challenges.
"Pest resistance, disease resistance, but also drought resistance, heat resistance," Barrangou said.
His research partner in this endeavor is Jack Wang.
"Forests are unique; unique in the sense that they live for a very long time," Wang said.
Yet, forests are now under increased threat. The biggest problem revolves around young trees that don't get a chance to grow up.
"The major challenges are the new stressors that are happening, so they are preventing young forests from establishing itself, from maturing,” Wang said. "And therefore, we need the new innovations, new technologies that will facilitate a tree's adaptation to new stresses so that they can continue to thrive."
In the lab, they start with this clump of tree cells.
"You're holding an entire forest in your hand," Barrangou said, of the cells inside a petri dish.
Gradually, those grow into shoots and eventually get even bigger. They are then placed in a nearby greenhouse.
"More recently, we have increased our ambition to sizable forests and trees," Barrangou said.
In there, they showed a visual example of how modifying one small part of a tree's genetics can make a big change.
In that case, it altered the color of the tree's bark.
However, they say their mission is much bigger.
"Our desire to optimize the tree genetic pool and make more sustainable forests is not new, but is just more relevant right now, arguably than it's ever been,” Barrangou said. “And the sense of urgency with which we do that, the sense of awareness of people involved in it, is heightened." | https://www.katc.com/news/national/with-forests-under-threat-scientists-work-to-create-more-resilient-trees | 2022-09-08T19:08:15Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/with-forests-under-threat-scientists-work-to-create-more-resilient-trees | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Earlier this week, the Queen met with incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss and was up on her feet and reportedly fine. She had been in good health recently however there were rumors earlier today that fall and concerns mounted when her children flew to Balmoral to be near her side.
She assended to the thorone on Feb 6, 1952 and earlier this year her 70th anniversary on the throne was celerbated.
The Guardian reported that the secret procedure for after her death triggers 'Operation London Bridge' and detailed how news would be distributed to the press and that's ongoing now.
The website for Buckingham Palace has been darkened and says:
"The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow."
There will be a 12-day period of mourning followed by her funeral, which would take place on Sept 20 or 21. That will be a national holiday. Both already have quiet slates of data and economic events scheduled so it won't require any juggling.
Overall, that just leaves us remembering a wonderful monarch and woman who was put in a terribly tough spot at a young age and remained dignified throughout her life, despite many scandals and tragedies in her family.
The statement above already refered to Charles as King and his assencion, which is now underway. When Elizabeth's father died, she was in Kenya and was proclaimed in various parts of the kingdom/commonwealth over the following three days. I expect the same thing will take place this time, though any complications or countries moving away from the royalty wouldn't be market movers in any case.
Update: A report confirms that Charles will take the throne as King Charles III. He had the option to use a different name as King. Charles II rwas King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and King of England, Scotland and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. His father was Charles I, who was executed during the English Civil War. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/queen-elizabeth-is-dead-20220908/ | 2022-09-08T19:08:20Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/queen-elizabeth-is-dead-20220908/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The EURUSD moved lower on the news that the ECB would likely consider 75 bps at the October meeting. That meeting is still a ways away, but the "sources" comments highlighted that possibility.
The 200 and 100 hour MAs were broken in the process (green and blue lines). However, after bouncing higher and stalling at the higher 200 hour MA and also retesting the lower 100 hour MA, the price rose and moved above the 200 hour MA again. Sellers gave up. Buyers took back control.
So traders will now look toward the high for the day which stalled in a swing area between 1.0022 to 1.00328. Get above that level and traders will look toward the 38.2% at 1.0056 and the highs from the last two weeks.
Needless to say, the buyer and seller are each having their impact. Earlier this week, the price action was below the 100/200 hour MAs. Yesterday and today, most of the price action is above the MA levels. Traders are battling. Traders have "their day", and then give up that control.
Looking at other currencies, the USD is weaker vs the CHF and CAD with each trading to new extremes on the day.
Stocks are back higher (they fell on the ECB sources news and have rebounded with the EURUSDs move back higher - or so it seems they are correlated). | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/eurusd-could-not-keep-the-bearish-bias-20220908/ | 2022-09-08T19:08:37Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/eurusd-could-not-keep-the-bearish-bias-20220908/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Many people think of the English language as something set in stone. From the time we’re babies, we hear it. When we start school, we receive at least 12 years of education about its structure and meaning. But our language evolves as our culture changes, and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary takes on the task to document those changes.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary, which has been around since 1828, recently added 370 new words to the dictionary that reflect all areas of our language. For the month of September, it seemed only fitting that one of the newly accepted words in the dictionary is “pumpkin spice.”
For the record, the new official dictionary definition of pumpkin spice is “a mixture of usually cinnamon, nutmeg, clover, ginger, cloves, and often allspice that is commonly used in pumpkin pie.”
Another food-related term that has transitioned from trendy to officially listed in the dictionary is “plant-based.” This compound adjective has two documented definitions: “1. made or derived from plants, and 2. consisting primarily or entire of food (such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, oils, and beans.)”
New Health-Related Words
COVID-19 continues to affect the population from both a health standpoint and even our vocabulary. Five new words that have become commonplace over the past few years have now joined the official ranks of dictionary listings, including:
- booster dose
- emergency use authorization
- false negative
- false positive
- subvariant
Another word for the times, “shrinkflation,” also made the list of new entries. Shrinkflation might be familiar to anyone who has noticed they’re paying more to get less lately. Merriam-Webster defines shrinkflation as “the practice of reducing a product’s amount or volume per unit while continuing to offer it at the same price.”
Slang Words In The Dictionary
Contrary to popular belief, slang words and informal language do have a place in the dictionary. In its announcement about the new words added for September, Merriam-Webster officials explained that “words in this category have traditionally taken longer to meet our criteria, but that timeline is getting shorter as the internet accelerates the adoption of formal language.”
The top slang term listed by Merriam-Webster in its newest listings is “yeet.” The word has two meanings. First, yeet can be an interjection used “to express surprise, approval, or excited enthusiasm.” Or, yeet can be used as a verb meaning to throw with exceptional force and “without regard for the thing being thrown.”
Other popular culture terms included in this month’s entries include:
- janky: of very poor quality
- sus: slang for suspicious
- adorkable: socially awkward or quirky in a way that is endearing
- MacGyver (as a verb, not the TV show): to make, form, or repair (something) with what is conveniently on hand
- cringe: so embarrassing, awkward, etc. as to cause one to cringe
- and FWIW (for what it’s worth)
How Does A Word Make It Into The Dictionary?
With so many words in our language, how do certain ones make the cut for inclusion in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary? The criteria center around how often a word is used, where it’s used, and how long it has been part of our culture.
“To be included in a Merriam-Webster dictionary, a word must be used in a substantial number of citations that come from a wide range of publications over a considerable period of time,” according to the publication’s frequently asked questions page. “Specifically, the word must have enough citations to allow accurate judgments about its establishment, currency, and meaning.”
In other words, a word can’t simply just be trending for a short while and instantly become part of the dictionary. It needs to have roots in our daily lives and show some staying power that proves its worthiness for publication.
You can see an extended list of the new additions at M-W here.
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Noah Gragson, No. 16 CURE Token Camaro ZL1
- Noah Gragson has made one start at Kansas in the NCS with Kaulig Racing earlier this year where he earned a top-20 finish
- Gragson has one top five and three top-20 finishes in the 2022 NCS season
“Racing at Kansas earlier this year, I felt like we made so many gains and learned so much as a team. Kaulig Racing has made some steps in the right direction over the past few weeks, so I’m looking forward to getting back in the No. 16 Camaro with CURE Token onboard this week and showing the progress we have made together."
- Noah Gragson on Kansas
Justin Haley, No. 31 LeafFilter Camaro ZL1
- Justin Haley has made three starts at Kansas in the NCS
- He has earned one top five, two top 10s and and nine top-15 finishes in 2022
- Haley has led 28 laps in the 2022 season
"After a great weekend in Darlington, I'm excited to build on what we learned and take those notes to Kansas. Although our finish didn't show it, we had one of our fastest cars of the year this past weekend, and Kansas is a similar racetrack with similar grip and similar speeds."
- Justin Haley on Kansas
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- Kaulig Racing has earned three wins, 17 top five and 38 top-10 finishes in the 2022 NXS season
- The team has led 349 laps in the 2022 NXS season so far
- Allmendinger: 278 laps
- Hemric: 54 laps
- Cassill: 17 Laps
Landon Cassill, No. 10 Carnomaly Chevrolet
- Landon Cassill has made five starts at Kansas in the NXS
- Cassill has earned three top five and nine top-10 finishes in the 2022 NXS season
- He has led 17 laps so far in the 2022 NXS season
“Kansas is another really fun racetrack. We have been working on our 1.5-mile program here at Kaulig Racing and have been really focusing on these last couple races of the regular season. With this being the last race that Carnomaly is on our No. 10 Chevrolet this season, hopefully we will have a decent day and be in a good spot heading into Bristol.”
- Landon Cassill on Kansas
Daniel Hemric, No. 11 Ag1 Chevrolet
- Daniel Hemric has earned two top fives and three top-10 finishes at Kansas in the NXS
- Hemric has an average finish of 8.8 and has led 143 laps led at Kansas across five starts
- Hemric has earned two top fives, nine top-10 finishes and has led 54 laps in the 2022 NXS season
"After a tough weekend in Darlington, we're ready to get back to Kansas, a place I have had some success at in the past. We have been working really hard to help put us in a good spot to finish out the regular season and have all three of these Kaulig Racing cars in the playoffs."
- Daniel Hemric on Kansas
AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Action Industries Chevrolet
- Allmendinger has made two starts and has led 10 laps at Kansas in the NXS
- He has earned a win for Kaulig Racing in four-straight NXS seasons
- In 2022, Allmendinger has led 278 laps, recorded three wins, 12 top five and 21 top-10 finishes
- Allmendinger is currently the only full-time NXS driver averaging a top-10 finish (6.4)
- Allmendinger currently has the most top-10 finishes of any driver in the 2022 NXS season
"Last year, we had a really solid day in Kansas. We were probably a sixth-place car but had some really good strategy, which put us in position for a third-place finish. If we can have another decent day and steal another stage win, we will be in a good spot to go into the regular season finale."
- AJ Allmendinger on Kansas
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In his penultimate ARCA Menards Series start of the season, Parker Chase returns to the potent Venturini Motorsports team looking for his first career-victory in Saturday night’s Kansas ARCA 150 at Kansas Speedway.
In seven races this season, Chase has impressed with two runner-up performances this season at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course respectively, but Chase would trade both of those impressive runs to hoist an ARCA Menards Series trophy in Victory Lane.
Most recently, Chase returned to the tour to compete at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International and while the Sports Car veteran continued to showcase his road racing skills, he was unable to overcome brake woes late in the General Tire Delivers 100 and settled for a respectable sixth place finish.
Two more opportunities, however, remain for Chase to accomplish his biggest goal of the 2022 season this weekend at Kansas Speedway and next Thursday night at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. With the support of his Venturini Motorsports team, Chase is hoping to add to the team’s win column this season aboard his No. 15 Vertical Bridge Toyota Camry.
“This season seems like it has gone by in a flash,” explained Chase. “I’m so appreciative and thankful to my partners and everyone on my Venturini Motorsports team for giving me the opportunity to climb aboard the No. 15 Vertical Bridge Toyota Camry and chase wins.
“We’ve had good cars all year long. We’ve had some hiccups along the way but have always been able to bounce back. Watkins Glen, I felt like would be one of my best opportunities to thank everyone with a win – but unfortunately, we came up a little short.
“Kansas though is a great place to rebound and get some redemption for our Vertical Bridge Racing Team.”
Chase returns to Kansas Speedway for the first time in 11 months and looks to capitalize on his 10th-place performance in the 2021 ARCA Menards Series season finale.
The New Braunfels, Tex. native learned a lot last fall and looks to apply those components to the race on Saturday night.
“Last year, I was still pretty green on the bigger tracks, but I feel like I am in a completely different place this year,” explained Chase. “We were strong at both Charlotte and Pocono earlier this season but unfortunately had problems outside my control that prevented us from having better finishes in the race.
“I have confidence at these bigger tracks because of the speed we had with our race cars. There isn’t a question in my mind that we’ll unload at Kansas with that same type of speed and maneuverability in our No. 15 Vertical Bridge Toyota Camry that we can practice well, qualify strong and execute during the race.
“We’ll give it our best and then just focus on wrapping our year up at Bristol Motor Speedway.”
Despite completing in only seven of the scheduled 16 races, Chase sits a respectable 18th in the championship standings.
In addition to Kansas, Chase will pilot a Venturini Motorsports Toyota Camry at a variety of race tracks in 2022, including his season finale at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on September 15, 2022.
Since 2020, Chase has 12 ARCA Menards Series starts to his credit with a career-best finish of second twice at Daytona International Speedway (Feb. 2022) and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (July 2022). Overall, he has earned three top-five and nine top-10 finishes and holds an average series finish of 9.3.
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The Kansas ARCA 150 (100 laps | 150 miles) is the 17th of 20 races on the 2022 ARCA Menards Series schedule. Practice begins on Saturday, September 10, 2022, from 9:15 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. General Tire pole group qualifying kicks off at 10:00 a.m. The event will be televised live on MAVTV and FloRacing beginning at 6:00 p.m. CT | 7:00 p.m. ET. ARCARacing.com will also stream live timing and scoring throughout the entire weekend festivities. All times are local (CT).
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Airmen and civilians from the 46th Test Squadron played a critical role in this year’s Bold Quest event hosted at Fort Stewart, Georgia in August.
Bold Quest 22 is a large-scale demonstration event which provides a large command and control testing environment across air, land, and sea that incorporates the United States and partner nations. The goal is to improve tactical procedures focused on the technical ability of military communication and information systems to operate together.
“Bold Quest is a one-of-a-kind test and demonstration event. It affords my team the opportunity to work with over 1000 participants from 19 partner nations,” said Capt. John Hamm, the 46 TS Datalink flight commander. “The event is essential to discovering shortcomings which get in the way of our equipment functioning cohesively, before it sees the battlefield.”
The test squadron’s team was an integral part providing coalition intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies as well as both digitally aided and traditional close air support data management. For the CISR portion, the test team used their cutting edge technology to replicate unmanned aerial vehicle platforms to disseminate video and metadata. They also replicated an E-8 JSTARS aircraft moving target data stream and the team operated a mobile communication and data collection suite enabling digitally aided close-air support.
The team’s primary focus was managing the combined joint interface control cell. The JICC provided approximately five different communication platforms in support of the various Bold Quest 22 exercises. At the JICC, the team supported information-sharing programs for systems being tested. By doing this, they provided real-time monitoring and data collection of datalink networks.
The 46th TS members bring together their expertise to manage multiple communication tools and networks simultaneously. The team of Airmen, contractors and civilians, many of whom have decades of experience working on tactical datalink systems for the Air Force and other DOD branches. Merging the technical knowledge of our latest systems with the experience of subject experts allows the team to excel in complex communication environments such as Bold Quest.
“Comprehensive events like Bold Quest support emerging joint all domain concepts,” said Lt. Col. Jennifer Massett. “The test scenarios accomplished daily by the hardworking members of the 46th TS will enable faster coalition decision-making, improve the ability of military systems to operate together, and increase our combined lethality.”
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crunch Franchise today announced the opening of Crunch Cordova this winter, the second of five new Memphis Crunch Fitness locations set to open amidst Crunch's rapid and aggressive expansion into this area.
Crunch Cordova will be a $5 million, 40,000-square-foot fitness facility, with $1 million dollars' worth of state-of-the-art equipment and will be located in a newly renovated space at 1635 N. Germantown Pkwy, previously occupied by Stein Mart. Crunch Cordova will follow the opening of Crunch White Station this fall, each creating up to 100 new jobs in the community.
Fusing fitness with entertainment to make serious exercise fun, Crunch Cordova will offer top-quality cardio equipment and strength training equipment, circuit training, a functional training area with multiple indoor turf areas, a dedicated group fitness studio, a dedicated ride studio, boxing, Kids Crunch, HydroMassage® beds, and high-end tanning. Members looking for assistance reaching their goals will have access to our staff of highly experienced Personal Trainers.
Crunch Fitness Cordova is owned by Fitness Ventures, LLC, the fastest growing franchisee in the Crunch system with locations throughout the U.S. "Expanding into Memphis is particularly exciting for us, as the market is under served for high value, low price fitness options." We are coming into the market with multiple locations and will be announcing additional locations in the coming months," stated CEO Brian Hibbard. "Crunch is for everyone, from the first-time gym-goer to the seasoned athlete. Add in a high-energy and fun environment, and we have options to meet everyone's goals and budget!"
Crunch is known for its innovative group fitness programming and will offer a wide range of classes every week, including BodyWeb with TRX®, Zumba®, Cardio Tai Box, Yoga Body Sculpt and Fat Burning Pilates. Members looking for additional guidance or motivation can utilize the HIITZone™, a proprietary high-intensity interval group training program.
Prospective members can now visit https://www.crunchcordova.com or call 901.286.2899 to reserve memberships at discounted rates beginning at $9.99 per month.
Crunch is a gym that believes in making serious exercise fun by fusing fitness and entertainment and pioneering a philosophy of 'No Judgments.' Crunch serves a fitness community for all kinds of people, with all types of goals, exercising all different ways, working it out at the same place together. Today, we are renowned for creating one-of-a-kind group fitness classes and unique programming for our wildly diverse members. Headquartered in New York City, Crunch serves two million members with over 400 gyms worldwide in 34 states and the District of Columbia, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Portugal, Puerto Rico, and Spain. Crunch is rapidly expanding across the U.S. and around the globe.
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Pixar’s WALL•E Joins The Criterion Collection This Fall
Traditionally, The Criterion Collection tends to avoids adding commercial movies to its ranks of special edition Blu-ray discs. But in recent years, the company has opened its vaults to more mainstream releases like Godzilla and the films of Bruce Lee. Now, Criterion is teaming up with Pixar and Disney on a new edition of WALL•E. Earlier today, Criterion announced that Pixar’s acclaimed sci-fi film is getting a 4K remaster later this year.
Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) directed WALL•E from a screenplay that he co-wrote with Jim Reardon. Set in a dystopian vision of the 22nd century, the movie follows its namesake robot, the last remaining trash-compacting unit on an Earth that’s been overrun with garbage, which also prompted humans to evacuate the planet years prior. When another robot named EVE visits the planet to scan for signs of life, WALL•E follows her on an adventure that paints a grim portrait of humanity’s future.
WALL•E was a critical and commercial success when it originally hit theaters in 2008. Many critics hailed it as not only the best movie of that year, but also as one of the best animated films ever made. Unsurprisingly, it swept the awards season the following year, including a win for Best Animated Feature at the 81st Academy Awards. The film also received nods for Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Score for Thomas Newman.
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The new version of the movie boasts a 4K digital master approved by Stanton himself along with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. But of course, special features are the real reason to spend extra money on a Criterion release. And WALL•E has plenty of bonus content to choose from. The disc includes one commentary track with Stanton and another featuring character supervisor Bill Wise, co-producer Lindsey Collins, story artist Derek Thompson, and lead animator Angus MacLane. Other behind-the-scenes featurettes include animation reels, documentaries, early short films from Stanton and MacLane, and scene breakdowns.
The Criterion Collection’s edition of WALL•E will be released sometime in November, which is actually the perfect time for fans to pick up a copy. In July and November of every year, Barnes & Noble usually sells all Criterion Blu-rays and DVDs for 50% off. And since the company’s 4K discs normally go for about $40, holding off for another two months should be easier on everybody’s wallet. You can pre-order the film here.
Are you excited to add WALL•E’s Criterion release to your Blu-ray collection this fall? Let us know in the comment section below!
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Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae Snags a Leading Role In The Acolyte
Last year, South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae had a breakout role as Seong Gi-hun on Netflix’s wildly popular series, Squid Game. Now, Jung-jae is poised to make the leap to an even bigger franchise. Deadline is reporting that Jung-jae has been cast as the male lead in The Acolyte, an upcoming Star Wars original series on Disney+.
Jung-jae has been active in South Korean films and TV series since 1994, but this will mark his first major studio role since Squid Game‘s debut. He is also the director and star of the upcoming action film, Hunt.
Lucasfilm has not disclosed the nature of Jung-jae’s role on the series. But he will be appearing opposite Amandla Steinberg’s currently unnamed female character. Jodie Turner-Smith was also added to the cast earlier this week.
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The Acolyte is set near the end of the High Republic era, nearly two hundred years before the original Star Wars film. It’s believed that the series will focus on a Sith acolyte (portrayed by Steinberg) who is trained in the ways of the Dark Side of the Force under a Sith Lord. The show has been described as a mystery-thriller.
Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland is the writer, director, executive producer, and showrunner for this series. It’s expected to begin filming in December. However, Disney+ and Lucasfilm haven’t announced a premiere date yet.
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The world reacts to Queen Elizabeth II's death
Queen Elizabeth II passed away at age 96 on Thursday after more than 70 years of leading the United Kingdom and its commonwealth realms.
The big picture: The queen was Britain's longest-serving monarch, having worked with 15 U.K. prime ministers during her tenure. She recently scaled back her duties due to her advanced age.
What they're saying: Multiple world leaders, officials, celebrities and lawmakers responded to the queen's passing Thursday.
- Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Thursday ordered the flags at the U.S. Capitol to be flown at half-staff, Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said.
King Charles
- “The death of my beloved mother, Her Majesty the Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family," the King said in a statement.
- “We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and much-loved mother. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.
- “During this period of mourning and change, my family and I will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which The Queen was so widely held.”
President Biden
- "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch. She defined an era," the president and first lady Jill Biden said in a statement.
- "Queen Elizabeth II was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock Alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States. She helped make our relationship special," they said.
"Today, the thoughts and prayers of people all across the United States are with the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth in their grief. We send our deepest condolences to the Royal Family, who are not only mourning their Queen, but their dear mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her legacy will loom large in the pages of British history, and in the story of our world."— President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
- "Our hearts and our thoughts go to the family members of the queen, goes to the people of the United Kingdom," she said at a press conference.
United Nations António Guterres
- "Queen Elizabeth II was widely admired for her grace, dignity, and dedication around the world. She was a reassuring presence throughout decades of sweeping change, including the decolonization of Africa and Asia and the evolution of the Commonwealth," Guterres said in a statement.
Former President Trump
- "Melania and I will always cherish our time together with the Queen, and never forget Her Majesty’s generous friendship, great wisdom, and wonderful sense of humor. What a grand and beautiful lady she was—there was nobody like her!" Trump said in a Truth Social post.
- "Our thoughts and prayers will remain with the great people of the United Kingdom as you honor her most meaningful life and exceptional service to the people," he added . "May God bless the Queen, may she reign forever in our hearts, and may God hold her and Prince Philip in abiding care."
Former President Obama and Michelle Obama
- "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has captivated the world," the Obamas said, per CSPAN.
- "Like so many, Michelle and I are grateful to have witnessed Her Majesty's dedicated leadership, and we are awed by her legacy of tireless, dignified public service," the Obamas said. "Our thoughts are with her family and the people of the United Kingdom at this difficult time."
Taoiseach Micheál Martin
- "The Queen’s reign was one of historic duration, immense consequence and a focus of respect and admiration around the world. Her dedication to duty and public service were self-evident and her wisdom and experience truly unique," Martin said in a statement.
- "To her grieving family and people, the Irish Government join with you in mourning the loss of an exceptional woman who led by quiet and dignified example and who touched so many lives over her exceptionally long reign.
- "Our world is a poorer place for her passing but a far richer and better place as a result of her long life and enduring contribution."
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
- "It was with the heaviest of hearts that we learned of the passing of Canada’s longest-reigning Sovereign, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. She was a constant presence in our lives – and her service to Canadians will forever remain an important part of our country’s history," Trudeau tweeted.
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard
- "Our thoughts and condolences to the people and government of the UK," Ebrard tweeted.
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
- "I had memorable meetings with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II during my UK visits in 2015 and 2018. I will never forget her warmth and kindness. During one of the meetings she showed me the handkerchief Mahatma Gandhi gifted her on her wedding. I will always cherish that gesture," Modi tweeted.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
- "Queen Elizabeth II led her people, and at times the world, through historic events with the utmost dignity, grace, and valor," Abbott said in a statement.
- "Queen Elizabeth II was also more than a leader of one of the greatest monarchies in history and a close United States ally; she was a mother, a grandmother, and a wife who showed a deep devotion to her family and to her nation.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin
- "I am heartbroken to learn of the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II," Manchin said. "The Queen has been revered around the globe for her devotion to service and her steadfast leadership through the decades. Gayle and I are praying for the Royal Family and the people of the Commonwealth."
U.S. Secret Service
"Queen Elizabeth was a frequent of the #SecretService when she visited the US and our thoughts are with the people of the UK," the agency said.
Amazon U.K.
- "We are deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and we extend our heartfelt sympathy to the Royal Family at this time," the company said in a statement.
British Airways
- "We are deeply honoured and proud to have flown Her Majesty on a number of occasions, moments which we will always cherish," the company said in a statement.
- "Her Majesty has for so long shown immense resilience and encouraged us to stand together to face difficult times, so now we proudly stand together with the United Kingdom, to thank her for her service and bid her a final farewell."
Author J.K. Rowling
- "Most British people have never known another monarch, so she’s been a thread winding through all our lives," Rowling tweeted. "She did her duty by the country right up until her dying hours, and became an enduring, positive symbol of Britain all over the world. She’s earned her rest."
Singer Ozzy Osbourne:
- "I mourn with my country the passing of our greatest Queen," the singer tweeted. "With a heavy heart I say it is devastating the thought of England without Queen Elizabeth II," he said.
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SECAUCUS, N.J., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, announced that it is scheduled to speak at the Morgan Stanley 20th Annual Global Healthcare Conference. Jim Davis, CEO-elect, and Sam Samad, Executive Vice President & CFO, will discuss the company's vision, goals, and capital deployment strategies. The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at 4:40 p.m. Eastern Time.
The presentation and Q&A session will be webcast live during the conference and will be available on the company's investor relations page which can be accessed at ir.QuestDiagnostics.com. In addition, the archived webcast will be available within 24 hours after the conclusion of the live event and will remain available until October 13, 2022.
About Quest Diagnostics
Quest Diagnostics empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve healthcare management. Quest annually serves one in three adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our 50,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives. www.QuestDiagnostics.com.
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New Specialty Virtual Care Approach Provides Education, Tools, and Compassionate Expert Care Across All Stages of Cancer Journey
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Summus, the leading virtual specialist platform, today announced Summus Oncology, a new approach that provides personalized specialty virtual care support to help employees and their families across all stages of their cancer journey.
Summus Oncology supports people or family members with a cancer diagnosis through virtual access to nationally renowned oncology specialists and other care providers. A multidisciplinary team helps each family build and follow a comprehensive roadmap for dealing with every stage of their care, and is designed to educate those diagnosed with cancer about their condition and what to expect in each phase of their treatment.
"People and families faced with a cancer diagnosis often feel helpless and overwhelmed. It is the beginning of an unexpected, stressful, and complex health journey," said Dr. Mary Mulcare, Chief Medical Officer at Summus. "Summus Oncology offers the education, tools, and most importantly, expert physician guidance for navigating the rapidly advancing innovations in oncology treatments. It provides a compassionate, personalized roadmap to a cancer journey while assuaging some of the associated anxiety and stress."
Members work with physicians and other clinical experts for guidance on best practices and breakthrough diagnostics and treatment options, from clinical trials and nutrition to mental health and long-term lifestyle management, and when needed, vetted provider referrals to in-network and/or local specialists. Summus Oncology also provides organizational family support, including options for managing appointments, text-based reminders, and having family members participate in virtual consultations. This approach additionally reduces the patient administrative burden by digitizing medical records to share with virtual and in-person physicians and other clinical experts.
Summus Oncology helps employers who are dealing with unexpected leaves, productivity gaps, and escalating healthcare costs. Employers benefit from improved, directed, efficient medical decision-making for highest quality care and improved health outcomes among their employees. This leads to reduced employee absenteeism, increased productivity, and improved employee recruitment and retention by offering them a highly valued healthcare benefit. They can now help their employees and their families get personalized cancer support at a time when they are most vulnerable.
For more information about Summus Oncology, please visit https://go.summusglobal.com/summus-oncology-signup.
Summus, the leading virtual specialist platform, empowers families by providing access to a network of 4,600+ top specialists across 50 leading hospitals — within days, from anywhere in the world. The Summus model sets a new standard for speed of access to high-quality medical expertise and drives industry-leading engagement with employers. Pioneering the future of corporate health benefits, Summus partners with companies across the country to create an elevated healthcare experience for their employees and to support better, cost-efficient outcomes across all health questions and stages of care.
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1 dead, another injured in shooting outside Park Forest home
PARK FOREST, Ill. - A man died, and a woman is in stable condition after being shot multiple times near their home in Park Forest Wednesday night.
Officers responded to a call of a shooting in the 200 block of Gold Street around 8:11 p.m.
Police found a man, 33, and woman, 32, who had each been shot multiple times.
The victims were taken to Franciscan Hospital Olympia Fields and later transferred to a regional trauma center.
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The man later died from his injuries and the woman is hospitalized in stable condition.
The Illinois State Police CSI Unit and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force are assisting the Park Forest PD Investigations Unit with the investigation.
Authorities say the shooting was not random and there is no ongoing threat to the public.
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Downers Grove man gets 17 years in prison for spree of break-ins around DuPage County
DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. - A Downers Grove man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for burglarizing two homes and a business in late 2019.
Jay Mendoza, 40, was sentenced Wednesday by Judge John Kinsella after pleading guilty to two felony counts of residential burglary and one felony count of burglary, according to the DuPage County state's attorney's office.
Downers Grove police responded to a burglary call at a local business on Sept. 23, 2019, where a store manager said a door had been forced open and a bank envelope containing between $200 and $300 in cash was missing, prosecutors said. A U.S. Bank credit card and a gas card were also taken.
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Investigators also discovered that two slot machines were stolen, and two more machines were damaged during the break-in, according to prosecutors.
The next day, Elmhurst police responded to a residential burglary call after residents returned home from work to find their back door had been broken into. Prosecutors said around $930 in items were missing from the home, including a laptop computer, a tablet, jewelry and coins.
Jay Mendoza. (DuPage County state's attorney's office)
On Oct. 9, 2019, Oak Brook police located a broken window while responding to a residential burglary call. During the course of the investigation, officers determined more than $60,000 in property was stolen, and the residence had sustained about $10,000 in damages.
Mendoza was arrested days later after authorities identified him as the suspect in all three break-ins. He has been held at the DuPage County Jail since appearing in bond court on Oct. 18, 2019.
"In addition to stealing valuables from his victims and causing thousands of dollars’ worth of damage, Mr. Mendoza’s actions also robbed his victims and the community of the feeling of safety and security that a home provides," DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement. "Thanks to the outstanding work and dedication of the Downers Grove, Elmhurst and Oak Brook Police Departments however, Mr. Mendoza’s crime spree was short-lived and he is now facing a significant amount of time behind bars."
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Houston woman says she was being tracked through Apple AirPods
HOUSTON - Houstonian Raven Lemon spoke with FOX 26 Thursday after going through a terrifying experience recently.
Lemon tells us, she was being tracked through an Apple AirPod and spoke with us to bring attention to this issue and says it could happen to anyone.
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"I start freaking out because I’m like to wait somebody’s following me and not only are they following me, they are actively watching every step I take," says Lemon.
She says it was just a normal day grabbing dinner with her friend in the Galleria but as they began to leave, she started to receive notifications.
"We went outside and something just started telling me not to go home," says Lemon, a trauma-informed firearms instructor who also says she stays well aware of her surroundings.
With that sinking feeling that something was wrong, she and her friend decided to go to a nearby park.
"At this point, I’m getting notifications, but I didn’t know what the notifications were, it was showing just a general notification at first, so I wasn’t paying attention to it," says Lemon. "We continue going to the park, we are about an hour in at this point, and I’m getting notifications back to back, I open my phone, and it’s telling me somebody has been watching my location for 17 minutes."
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In addition to being watched possibly followed for 17 minutes says Lemon, also says it was Pinpointing her exact location.
"I have a background in firearms instructing, and I’m someone who is very passionate about self-defense; being aware of things but nothing prepares you for this," says Lemon. "I almost freaked out, but I reverted to my training, so I thought of a plan of what I needed to do."
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Raven says she also spoke with an Apple employee who told her it’s been happening quite a bit, which Lemon says took her aback when she heard that. He also told her the most common places they're being placed on cars.
"All the places I didn’t look are where he told me it could have been," says Lemon. "Inside gas cap, on the tires, anywhere there’s damage or a crease they can tape or tie it on."
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Most don't know life without Queen Elizabeth II — how will the world cope without her?
LONDON - What does the world look like without Queen Elizabeth II? The British monarch, who died on Thursday at age 96, served as a constant, stabilizing force throughout her 70-year reign. And most people alive today don’t know a world without her in it.
Elizabeth II became queen in 1952 at the age of 25 when Winston Churchill was prime minister. Known for her sense of duty and her devotion to a life of service, she ruled for longer than any other monarch in British history — and also traveled more widely.
Her passing represents not only the end of a long life but also incredible, institutional change that happens as a result.
"I think it’s not just a question of the response in the days after ... I think this will be an international trauma that’s going to last for probably months and years," Dr. Cindy McCreery, a senior lecturer of history at the University of Sydney in Australia, previously told FOX Television Stations.
Photos: Queen Elizabeth II through the years
Throughout Elizabeth’s seven decades on the throne, she served as an important figurehead for the U.K. and the Commonwealth during many of the 20th century’s biggest moments and times of enormous social change. She became widely respected at home and abroad. She was the only sovereign most people had ever known.
McCreery, whose main research field is monarchy and colonialism, predicted how the response in Britain to Elizabeth’s death will have the same profound impact as that of Princess Diana in 1997.
"I think if we reflect back on the response in Britain ... to the death of Princess Diana, which obviously was a very different context because it was a young woman in the prime of life and it was a very shocking and sudden accident, but nevertheless, that sort of collective hysteria I think is actually going to pale with response to Elizabeth," McCreery said.
"I think it will be different. I don’t think it will be as sharp ... but I think it will have the same long-term impact. I think it will be a nationwide grief," McCreery continued.
The future of the Commonwealth
Elizabeth was also head of the diverse Commonwealth of Nations, a political, voluntary association of 56 member states — many of which are former British colonies — that she championed throughout her reign. She was also the head of state of 15 member states, known as the Commonwealth realms, including Australia, Canada, Jamaica, and New Zealand.
But with her death also comes more questions about the Commonwealth’s future. While some wealthier nations have retained the queen as their head of state, and will likely continue to do so under the new king, several members in the Caribbean have indicated a desire to shed another vestige of its colonial past.
Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to the queen in 2021 and became a republic, and officials in countries like Belize, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Grenada, Antigua, and Barbados have indicated they’d like to do the same.
While countries can remain in the Commonwealth if they become republics, it adds to the uncertainty around an organization that the queen’s personal commitment helped to unite.
Even in the wealthier nation of Australia, there are complicated feelings toward Britain and the monarchy’s role. Australia is a constitutional monarchy, where Elizabeth served as the sovereign and played important ceremonial and symbolic roles. But amid growing support for becoming a republic, many have predicted a surge in republicanism after her death.
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull once described Elizabeth as "an extraordinary head of state," but noted how "in Australia, there are more Elizabethans than there are monarchists."
For Charles, who now steps into the role he’s been waiting to fill all of his life, his relationship with the public has always been more complex.
Charles was officially designated to be the queen’s successor as the Commonwealth’s ceremonial head in 2018. He has hailed the Commonwealth’s potential to make a difference on issues such as climate change and opportunities for young people, "and, in so doing, to be an unparalleled force for good."
‘Identity crisis’ for the monarchy, UK
In recent years, the monarchy itself has been buffeted by allegations of racism and bullying, a sex scandal involving Prince Andrew and demands that they apologize for Britain’s historic role in the enslavement of millions of Africans.
The royals, which also include Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, know that public support is crucial to the monarchy’s survival.
Since assuming the throne after the death of her father on Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth was a symbol of stability as Britain negotiated the end of the empire, the dawn of the information age, and the mass migration that transformed the country into a multicultural society.
Throughout it all, the queen built a bond with the nation through a seemingly endless series of public appearances. She opened libraries, dedicated hospitals, and bestowed honors on deserving citizens. Her face is printed on paper money around the world.
While the majority of Britons have consistently been in favor of continuing the monarchy, there has also been a decline over the last decade, from a high of 75% in favor of a monarchy in July 2012, to 62% in June 2022, according to YouGov.
But monarchy aside, surveys time and time again captured Elizabeth’s own popularity among the people.
Tina Brown, author of "The Diana Chronicles" and "The Palace Papers" has talked about the huge national moment of uncertainty that comes with her death. She’s suggested that will spark a "massive identity crisis" for the monarchy, and among the people who now find themselves in the post-second Elizabethan era.
"How will anyone know how to be British anymore?" she mused.
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LONDON (AP) — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s children start the academic year at a new school on Thursday after the family traded the bustle of central London for the slower pace of life outside the capital.
In preparation for the first day of classes, the palace released photos of Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis visiting Lambrook School, near Windsor, during a welcome event for new pupils that took place before the start of the term.
Prince William and his wife, Kate, selected the outdoorsy prep school with its 52 acres (21 hectares) of grounds after they decided to move to Windsor, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from their old home at Kensington Palace in central London.
School fees will cost William and Kate in excess of 50,000 pounds ($57,400) a year.
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Now that the Queen has died, what happens to her corgis?
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth’s love of the corgi is well known. Her father, George VI, introduced the breed to the royal family in 1933 when he bought a corgi called Dookie. The animal proved popular with his daughters, and the queen was given her first corgi, Susan, for her 18th birthday. She has owned over 30 corgis during her reign — many were direct descendants from Susan.
The Queen, sitting on a grassy bank with the corgis, at Virginia Water to watch competitors, including Prince Philip in the Marathon of the European Driving Championship, part of the Royal Windsor Horse Show. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
Elizabeth also introduced a new breed of dog known as the "dorgi" when one of her corgis was mated with a dachshund named Pipkin.
Just before her death, Elizabeth had four dogs which included two corgis, a dorgi and a cocker spaniel. Candy, the dorgi is the eldest of the bunch and is believed to be approximately 10-years-old. Lissy, the cocker spaniel was the newest dog to enter the royal family in January 2022.
What happens to them now?
While nothing is confirmed, it is assumed that the dogs will stay in the care of the royal family.
The monarch, 96, died earlier on Sept. 8 as senior members of the royal family rushed to Balmoral to be by the Queen's side.
Queen Elizabeth II with a corgi, 1970. (Photo by Keystione/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
"She loves animals and she absolutely adores dogs. She always has done, they were her first love and they will be her last," royal biographer, Ingrid Seward told Newsweek, before news of the monarch's death was revealed.
Seward speculated that while no official plan for the animals has been released publicly, they might go to the children.
"I imagine the dogs would be looked after by the family, probably Andrew [as] he's the one that gave them to her, they're quite young, the corgi and the dorgi."
Penny Junor, author of the 2018 book :All The Queen’s Corgis," has said that the care of the dogs have been a critical aspect of care by the Queen’s staff.
"Care of the dogs has fallen sometimes to footmen but mostly to the Queen's trusted dressmaker, assistant and right-hand woman, Angela Kelly; and to her equally trusted page of many years standing, Paul Whybrew, who was seen walking with the Queen and the dogs in the James Bond spoof," Junor wrote.
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Photos: Queen Elizabeth II through the years
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, passed away Thursday at the age of 96. She was a life-long public figure, even before she assumed the throne on Feb. 6, 1952.
She has served as a symbol of stability as Britain negotiated the end of its empire, the dawn of the information age, and the mass migration that transformed the country into a multicultural society.
Throughout it all, the queen built a bond with the nation through a seemingly endless series of public appearance as she opened libraries, dedicated hospitals and bestowed honors on deserving citizens.
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Here's a look at her life throughout the years.
Elizabeth's early years
Princess Elizabeth of York, future Queen Elizabeth II, was born in 1926, seen here in 1928 at age 2 with her nanny, Clara Knight, known as "Allah." (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The Duchess of York arriving at the Royal Tournament at Olympia in 1935 with her daughters Princess Margaret, left and Princess Elizabeth, right. Duchess of York, future Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal
April 1940: Princess Elizabeth out riding at the Royal Lodge, Windsor. (Photo by Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Getty Images)
Princess Elizabeth makes a broadcast from the gardens of Government House in Cape Town, South Africa, on the occasion of her 21st birthday, 21st April 1947. In it, she pledged her service to the British Commonwealth and Empire. (Photo by Topical Pres
20th November 1947: Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, waving to a crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, London shortly after their wedding at Westminster Abbey. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Playful Portrait of the Royal Family on Aug. 1, 1951.
Queen Elizabeth II of England at Balmoral Castle with one of her Corgis, 28th September 1952. UPI color slide.
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation
Queen Elizabeth II arrives for her coronation on June 2, 1953, in London. (Photo by -/INTERCONTINENTALE/AFP via Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II, sitting on the St Edward's chair, holds the Sceptres, on June 2, 1953, at the Westminster Abbey, during her coronation, in London. (Photo by -/INTERCONTINENTALE/AFP via Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II poses on her Coronation day, June 2, 1953, in London. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign
Queen Elizabeth II pictured during two-day visit to the welsh capital, Cardiff, Wales, 5th August 1960. Picture shows the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. (Photo by Western Mail Archive/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
The Royal family at Balmoral Castle during a visit in October 1960. Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Andrew, Prince Phillip, and Princess Anne.
At Buckingham Palace during a banquest held in his honor, American President John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963) (right) and his wife, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (1929 - 1994) (second left), pose with Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain (second right) a
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (1892 - 1975) upon their arrival in Addis Ababa, during a State Visit to Ethiopia, February 1965. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with Jackie Kennedy and her children John Jr. (1960 - 1999) and Caroline during the inauguration of Britain's Kennedy memorial at Runnymede. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II on walkabout in Launceston, Tasmania, during her tour of Australia, 1970. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II with a group of local children during her state visit to Mexico, February-March 1975. (Photo by Serge Lemoine/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
A royal family group at Buckingham Palace in London, UK, 15th July 1980. From left to right (back row) Viscount Linley, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, Prince Andrew, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Prince Edward and Captain Mark Phillips; (front row) Pri
The Prince and Princess of Wales pose on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on their wedding day, with the Queen and some of the bridesmaids, 29th July 1981. (Photo by Terry Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images)
US President Ronald W. Reagan and his wife chatting with Queen Elizabeth II in Buckingham Palace on June 1, 1988. (Photo by Diana Walker/Getty Images)
South African President Nelson Mandela pictured with her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, during his state visit to Great Britain in 1996. (Photo by Tom Stoddart/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II attends the funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997) at Westminster Abbey, London, England, 6th September 1997. (Photo by Princess Diana Archive/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
British Queen Elizabeth II receiving Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin at Windsor Castle on April 17, 2000. (Photo by Ken Goff/Getty Images)
Clarence House official handout photo of the Prince of Wales and his new bride Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, with their families (L-R back row) Prince Harry, Prince William, Tom and Laura Parker Bowles (L-R front row) Duke of Edinburgh, Britain's Que
Queen Elizabeth II records the Commonwealth Day Message in the Regency Room at Buckingham Palace on February 11, 2010, in London, England. During her speech, the Queen warned that the internet remains an "unaffordable option" for too many people acro
Prince William and his bride Catherine Middleton sit close to members of the royal family in the congregation during their wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011, in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II is pictured wearing yellow. (Ph
(L-R) Queen Elizabeth II poses with U.S. President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle Obama and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace ahead of a State Banquet on May 24, 2011, in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackso
(L-R) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Harry and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (R) watch the f
(L-R) Queen Elizabeth II (C), poses for a photo with U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and First Lady Melania Trump (R) ahead of a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace on June 3, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Alastair Grant - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
A picture shows a family in Birkenhead, northwest England on April 5, 2020, watching Britain's Queen Elizabeth II deliver a special address to the UK and Commonwealth recorded at Windsor Castle in relation to the coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by PAUL
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II appears on a screen via videolink from Windsor Castle, during a virtual audience to receive Chad's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Kedella Younous Hamidi, at Buckingham Palace in London on March 1, 2022, during the COV
Queen Elizabeth II watches from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Trooping the Colour parade on June 2, 2022, in London, England. (Photo by Jonathan Brady - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip: A love story
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II wore the British crown for 70 years, but she wore her wedding ring even longer.
She was married to her beloved husband, Prince Philip, for 74 years, until his death in April 2021 marked the end of one of the longest royal romances in the world.
The queen herself died on Thursday at the age of 96, a year and a half after her husband.
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The "Prince Charming" trope is common in fairytales, but it was real life for her majesty. It wasn’t quite love at first sight — the two met when they were young children. But scholars note a 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth became quite smitten with Philip, who was then the dashing young prince of Greece and Denmark while touring the Britannia Royal Naval College.
According to "The Little Princesses," a memoir written by Elizabeth’s governess Marion Crawford, Philip caused the young princess to blush quite a bit.
But she got the chance to see him blush during a 1943 Christmas play at Windsor Castle. Elizabeth knew Philip would be sitting in the front row and used her charm to get a few laughs out of her future darling, according to the Smithsonian.
Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip make their way down the aisle of Westminster Abbey, London, on their wedding day, 20th November 1947. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The two spent years exchanging letters. Philip’s service in World War II kept them apart, but when it was over, he returned to London and asked King George VI for Elizabeth’s hand in marriage.
The king had reservations about the relationship. Philip’s heritage was German, and the allied world had been distancing itself from German heritage since World War I. The Mountbatten family is a cadet branch of the House of Battenberg, but changed that name during WWI.
Even the House of Windsor, Elizabeth’s family, tried to distance itself from its German roots when King George V changed the family name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha around that time. Both Elizabeth and Philip descend from Queen Victoria, their great-great-grandmother who married a German prince.
According to the Smithsonian, many in Buckingham Palace had concerns Philip would be easily influenced by his uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten.
But in the end, even the king wouldn’t stand in the way of their love story. With his blessing, Elizabeth married Philip on Nov. 20, 1947.
Initially intended to be a small, family wedding, the Windsors changed course and used the royal wedding as an opportunity to boost national morale, which had been devastated by the war. Pomp and circumstance befitting a princess lined the streets of London. Onlookers waved the Union Jack as the heiress’ carriage rolled by.
Two thousand guests were invited to Westminster Abbey and the attendees included royals from across Europe and even the king of Iraq.
By this point, Philip had renounced his Greek titles. He was Sir Philip Mountbatten — a knight of the garter, but no longer a prince. But the day before his wedding, George VI bestowed the title of his royal highness upon him. The next day, Philip became the duke of Edinburgh, earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich of Greenwich in the County of London.
Elizabeth and Philip enjoyed a simpler life in the earliest years of marriage. They had started a family and Philip continued his naval career.
But things became more complicated on Feb. 6, 1952, when George VI passed away, elevating Elizabeth to Queen. She and Philip were touring the commonwealth and were in Kenya when she learned of her father’s passing.
George VI was just 56 when cancer claimed his life. Instead of a long and fulfilling naval career, Elizabeth’s ascension to the throne thrust Philip into the role of royal consort, a job only two men held prior to him.
Gone were the days of walking by her side. Philip’s new role placed him a few steps behind his wife. And her coronation placed him at her feet, on a knee, in front of the world. He swore to become "her liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship." And he spent a lifetime trying to live up to that pledge.
Michael Parker, an old navy friend of Philip’s former private secretary, once said Philip told him his duty "first, second and last — was never to let her down."
Queen Elizabeth II receives the homage of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at their coronation in Westminster Abbey. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
The sacrifice of his career, title, and name didn’t go unnoticed or unrewarded by his wife.
In most marital traditions, the wife takes on the last name of her husband. That had been traditionally true in British royal marriages before Elizabeth’s reign began.
For example, Victoria was the last queen provided by the House of Hanover. Her husband, Prince Albert, came from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the name their son King Edward VII took when he succeeded her in 1901.
Philip’s uncle floated the name House of Mountbatten before the wedding, and Philip himself tossed around the idea of creating the House of Edinburgh. But Queen Mary, Elizabeth’s grandmother, put an end to that when she informed Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who advised Elizabeth not to change the royal house.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh wave at the crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London, after Elizabeth's coronation, 2nd June 1953. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Philip privately complained that he was the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children. But the queen had a remedy for that.
Years after Mary died and Churchill left Downing Street for the final time, Elizabeth issued an order that declared Mountbatten-Windsor as the surname of all of their male-line descendants who are not styled as royal highness or titled prince or princess.
And in 1957, she restored Philip’s princely title, this time crowning him a prince of the United Kingdom.
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As heads of the royal house, the couple guided the monarchy through Britain’s retreat from empire to the more palatable commonwealth era.
They were together for engagements like the state opening of parliament, state dinners, and tours abroad. They raised four children: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Andrew, Duke of York and Edward, Earl of Wessex.
And even as the marriages of their children fell apart in the tabloids, Elizabeth and Philip’s union stood strong.
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh on the day of their coronation, Buckingham Palace, 1953. (Colorised black and white print). Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)
According to the Associated Press, Elizabeth was not one for extravagant displays of affection. But she once called Philip her rock in public.
"He has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years, and I, and his whole family, and this and many other countries, owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim, or we shall ever know," Elizabeth said of her husband in an anniversary speech from 1997.
Philip followed up with touching words to the queen.
"I think the main lesson that we have learned is that tolerance is the one essential ingredient of any happy marriage," he said. "You can take it from me that the queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance."
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Steve Bannon charged with money laundering in wall fundraiser
NEW YORK - Steve Bannon, a former advisor of former President Donald Trump, was charged with money laundering and conspiracy charges after surrendering to authorities at the Manhattan district attorney's office.
The state criminal case resembles an earlier attempted federal prosecution, in which Bannon was accused of duping donors who gave money to fund a wall on the U.S. southern border in a crowdfunding campaign known as "We Build the Wall" that raised more than $25 million.
Prosecutors say that while Bannon promised donors all the money they gave would go to building the wall, he was involved in funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to two other people involved in the scheme.
"It is a crime to turn a profit by lying to donors, and in New York, you will be held accountable," said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. "As alleged, Stephen Bannon acted as the architect of a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud thousands of donors across the country – including hundreds of Manhattan residents. Each and every day, my Office works to ensure that when New Yorkers hand over money, they know where it’s going and who it’s going to – without any smokescreens or false promises."
Defendant Information:
STEPHEN K. BANNON
Charges:
Money Laundering in the Second Degree, a Class C Felony, two counts
Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree, a Class E Felony, two counts
Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree, a Class E Felony, one count
Conspiracy in the Fifth Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor, one count
WEBUILDTHEWALL, INC.
Charges:
Money Laundering in the Second Degree, a Class C Felony, two counts
Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree, a Class E Felony, two counts
Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree, a Class E Felony, one count
Conspiracy in the Fifth Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor, one count
As he was entering the building Bannon said it was ironic that he was facing the case as a delegation from New York was at the border due to refugees being bused to the city by Texas officials.
That federal case ended abruptly, before trial, when Trump pardoned Bannon.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment.
Federal agents pulled Bannon from a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast and arrested him on charges he pocketed more than $1 million in wall donations.
"It didn’t work then, it certainly won’t work now," the former White House strategist said. "This is nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system."
Bannon, who had pleaded not guilty, was dropped from the federal case when Trump pardoned him on his last day in office in January 2021.
Two other men involved in the "We Build the Wall" project pleaded guilty in April.
In another case not covered by Trump’s pardon, Bannon was convicted in July on contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He is scheduled to be sentenced in October and faces up to two years in federal prison.
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Duke, Northwestern try to build on promising season openers
EVANSTON, Ill. - Duke (1-0) will play at Northwestern (1-0) this Saturday at noon ET.
Line: Northwestern by 9½, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
Series record: Duke 11-10
WHAT’S AT STAKE?
Both teams are looking to build on promising openers. Duke rolled over Temple 30-0 last week in coach Mike Elko's debut — the Blue Devils' first shutout since 2015 and their first against a Bowl Subdivision opponent since beating rival North Carolina 41-0 on the road in 1989 under Steve Spurrier. Northwestern rallied to beat Nebraska 31-28 two weeks ago in Dublin in the first regular-season international college football game in five years. The Wildcats are also looking to keep their recent pattern going with another big bounce-back season. In the past four years, they've gone from winning the Big Ten West in 2018 and finishing last in 2019 to winning the division in 2020 and dropping to the bottom again in 2021.
KEY MATCHUP
Duke DT DeWayne Carter vs. Northwestern's offensive line. Carter had 4 1/2 sacks as the team's top lineman last year. His ability to create havoc could determine which team comes out on top.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Duke: WR Jordan Moore. Moore is the backup quarterback but also sees work at receiver with his athleticism, offering playmaking the Blue Devils desperately need. He had six catches for 77 yards with a touchdown grab in the opener against Temple.
Northwestern: QB Ryan Hilinski threw for 314 yards and two touchdowns without getting picked off in the opener, a promising start for a player who was part of a mix at the position that struggled last season. Hilinski, who made five starts and nine appearances, had more interceptions (four) in 2021 than touchdowns (three) while throwing for 978 after transferring from South Carolina.
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FACTS & FIGURES
Duke has won three straight in the series since Northwestern's victory at Ryan Field in 2016. ... Duke QB Riley Leonard completed his first 15 passes in the opener — his second career start. ... Elko’s arrival marks the first time since the 1942-43 season that the Blue Devils had a new football and men’s basketball coach at the same time. Former Duke men’s basketball player and assistant Jon Scheyer is taking over this year for retired Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski. ... Northwestern, which first fielded a team in 1892, had never played outside the United States until the opener against Nebraska in Ireland. ... The Wildcats totaled 543 yards on offense against Nebraska. ... Wildcats RB Evan Hull, who ran for 1,009 yards last season, had 119 and a touchdown on 22 carries in the opener. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/duke-northwestern-try-to-build-on-promising-season-openers | 2022-09-08T19:23:48Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/duke-northwestern-try-to-build-on-promising-season-openers | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It is a warm start to September in Chicago
Chicago - September seems to be picking up right where August left off. August ended up .6 degrees above average. It was relatively warm and relatively dry.
O'Hare received just 48% of normal rainfall. The rain gauge at the airport reported 2.05" for the month. According to Climate Central, Chicago's Augusts have warmed 1.3 degrees since 1970.
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September is off to a relatively warm and dry start. Just a trace of rain has fallen at O'Hare so far this month. Chicago is now running just over three degrees above average. The ten day high temperature forecast has a couple of cooler days but seven of the next ten days should be above average. We have one rare day on Monday where highs might stay in the 60s. The last time that happened was nearly three months ago.
The Climate Prediction Center's 6-10 day and 8-14 day temperature outlooks keeps a relatively warm pattern coming through the third week of September. The 6-10 day forecast has us outlooked to be "leaning above" average. It covers the period from next Tuesday through the following Saturday.
The 8-14 day forecast has us outlooked to be "likely above" average. It covers the period from next Thursday through the following Wednesday.
Meteorological fall kicked off back on Sept. 1. The average high for that date is 80 degrees. The average high for today's date for O'Hare is 78 degrees. It falls to 74 degrees by the 21st.
Five of the next 10 days should have highs warmer than 80 degrees.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa didn’t seem to celebrate this stat. Bill Belichick certainly isn’t, either.
Tagovailoa hears all the time about the things he supposedly can’t do — can’t throw the deep ball, can’t stay healthy, can’t get to the playoffs, things of that nature.
So far, when playing the New England Patriots, he also can’t lose.
Tagovailoa is 3-0 in his first three starts against the Patriots, and he and the Miami Dolphins will look to make that 4-0 when they play host to Mac Jones — Tagovailoa’s former Alabama teammate — and New England in Week 1 of the NFL regular season on Sunday.
“I wouldn’t attest that I’m 3-0,” Tagovailoa said. “I would attest that we’re 3-0 as a team. It takes all of us. I’m just the distributor. I’ve just got to get it to our playmakers. They make the plays. Our defense gets us the ball back and the defense makes stops. Special teams, they do their part. And that’s how you win games.”
According to SportRadar, the only other quarterbacks to win their first three starts against the Patriots in the Belichick coaching era there, which goes back to 2000, were Jake Plummer, Vinny Testaverde, Jay Fiedler and Drew Brees.
Nobody has won his first four starts against New England since Belichick took over there; Testaverde, Fiedler and Brees all lost in No. 4, and Plummer made just the three starts.
Tagovailoa has that 4-0 opportunity, though insists his lone priority is getting the Dolphins to 1-0.
“Productive player, knows how to use his weapons, receivers, backs,” Belichick said Wednesday before the Patriots started their game-week practices in West Palm Beach, Florida, trying to acclimate to the heat and humidity that awaits them on Sunday. “Makes a lot of good critical plays, goal line, third-and-1, fourth-and-1. Couple plays that formatted against us last year. Smart football player.”
The Dolphins were the only AFC East team that Jones didn’t lead New England to victory against last season, his rookie campaign.
Tagovailoa and Jones are going to be linked forever, for a lot of reasons. Both were Alabama quarterbacks. Both won national championships there. Jones was the player who came into the game when Tagovailoa hurt his hip at Mississippi State in 2019, on what became his final collegiate play.
And for the second straight year, in Week 1, it’s Tua vs. Mac. Last year’s opener was at New England; this year, it’s at Miami.
“I think sometimes, Game 1, there’s a lot of emotional stuff,” Jones said. “You want to focus more on the details of the plays and everything like that and let the emotions come and go. That’s how emotions are, they come and go. Energy and all that will be there. At the end of the day, it’s just the start of something. You have to learn from it and grow regardless of the results. So, we’re going to go out there and compete and see how it goes.”
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, who’ll be making his debut as a head coach Sunday, got to know Jones during the draft process when he was with the San Francisco 49ers and evaluating quarterbacks such as Jones.
He raved about him then, and still does.
“I really like his play and I think the best is right in front of him for his career,” McDaniel said. “And I look forward to watching it 15 out of the 17 games of the NFL season.”
NOTES: The Patriots said OT Isaiah Wynn (back), WR Jakobi Meyers (knee) and RB Ty Montgomery (knee) were limited in practice. … Among those limited for the Dolphins was WR Jaylen Waddle — who caught passes from both Tagovailoa and Jones at Alabama. Tagovailoa said he’s hopeful that Waddle (quad) can go Sunday.
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BOSTON (WPRI) — The NFL season kicks off in Los Angeles Thursday night as the defending Super Bowl Champion Rams host the Buffalo Bills.
It comes the same day the Massachusetts Gaming Commission is meeting where they could possibly decide on a timeline for rolling out the new sports betting law.
Last month, Gov. Charlie Baker signed the Massachusetts Sports Wagering Act into law, legalizing both online and in-person sports betting.
The 50-page bill says wagers placed at retail locations, like a casino, will be taxed at 15% and mobile bets will be taxed at 20%.
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African American participation in clinical trials is invaluable to medial research and is essential in helping reduce the health care divide in America.
Not all treatments for various illnesses are the same for all people. The larger number of Black volunteers in clinical trials, the greater chance of finding the right path to proper treatments for Black patients.
St. Louis University researchers are enrolling volunteers in the second stage of a Phase 1 vaccine trial designed to test safety, tolerability, and immune response to second-generation COVID-19 vaccines.
People who have received a primary vaccination series of either an approved mRNA (Pfizer or Moderna mRNA) or the approved Johnson & Johnson recombinant adenovirus (Ad.26) COVID-19 vaccine and a single booster vaccination (with an mRNA vaccine are eligible to volunteer.
Those who have already received a second booster vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are not eligible.
Minority participation important
In April 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA] release its “Diversity Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Populations in Clinical Trials” guideline.
“Race and ethnicity can serve as surrogates for biological differences in drug response. For instance, race-based differences in the metabolism and disposition of some drugs due to genetic variations have been identified. These differences can require alterations in drug dosing to achieve the desired result,” the FDA states.
However, “the makeup of clinical trial participants remains biased for the white population.” In February 2021, the FDA reported the demographics of clinical trial participants involved in 53 drug approvals in 2020. It found that 75% of the 32,000 patients enrolled were white, whereas 8% were Black or African American, 6% were Asian, and 11% were Hispanic.
The FDA calls its report, “an important effort to address inequities by increasing participation of underrepresented populations in clinical trials and ultimately improving our nation’s health in the face of changing demographics.”
Making new vaccines
The investigational COVID-19 vaccines being researched are different from current approved vaccines and could provide advantages over boosting with one of the approved vaccines. They are designed to elicit an immune response to multiple SARS-CoV-2 proteins, in addition to the spike protein targeted by currently available vaccines made by Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.
The vaccine trial is also designed to elicit more extensive T cell responses, which are not elicited by the approved vaccines.
According to researchers, targeting several coronavirus proteins, could lead to future vaccines that could enhance protection against a wide variety of SARS-CoV-2 strains and variants.
“We need to develop new COVID-19 vaccines that can protect against future SARS-CoV-2 variants that develop which the investigational vaccines we are studying in this trial have the potential to do, while providing protection in the form of T cells,” said Dr. Daniel Hoft, professor of medicine, molecular microbiology and immunology, director of the Saint Louis University Center for Vaccine Development.
According to Getahun Abate, M.D., principal investigator for the trial at SLU, “great strides have been made in overcoming the initial havoc caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“Vaccines are now available for prevention of COVID-19. However, because the virus is changing itself to become more transmissible and sometimes more deadly, we should not lose focus and should continue our endeavors to bring forth improved vaccines."
“We want new vaccines that give protection against circulating and newly emerging strains as well as provide a long-lasting immunity. To achieve these goals, we want volunteers who already received EUA or approved COVID-19 vaccines to participate in an ongoing investigational vaccine study at Saint Louis University,” Abate said.
How to participate
To enroll, participants must be older than 60 years of age, healthy, without significant allergies, and have been vaccinated and boosted once against COVID-19 at least four months prior to enrollment.
Participants will be asked to:
• Make 9 to 14 or more study clinic visits in-person and will also receive one to two telephone check-ins with the study staff over 12 to 14 months.
• Receive one or two injections of an investigational booster vaccine.
• Have blood drawn several times for safety monitoring and to see whether the vaccine resulted in an immune response.
• Keep track of how they’re feeling after the injection.
Interested participants should contact: The Saint Louis University Center for Vaccine Development at vaccine@slu.edu, or call (866) 410-6333
For more information about the trial, visit ClinicalTrials.gov. The study’s Clinical Trials Identifier is NCT04776317.
For more information on the FDA effort to increase minority participation in clinical trials, visit fda.gov. | https://www.stlamerican.com/your_health_matters/health_news/slu-covid-19-vaccine-trial-seeks-vaccinated-volunteers/article_71eba284-2f03-11ed-8f25-671fdeff1aaa.html | 2022-09-08T19:26:33Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/your_health_matters/health_news/slu-covid-19-vaccine-trial-seeks-vaccinated-volunteers/article_71eba284-2f03-11ed-8f25-671fdeff1aaa.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) – Longtime CNN anchor and reporter Bernard Shaw died on Wednesday, the network announced.
Shaw, 82, retired from journalism in the early 2000s and was one of CNN’s original anchors when the network launched in the 1980s.
“He was our lead anchor for the next twenty years from anchoring coverage of presidential elections to his iconic coverage of the First Gulf War live from Baghdad in 1991,” CNN president Chris Licht said in a statement on Shaw’s passing. “Even after he left CNN, Bernie remained a close member of our CNN family providing our viewers with context about historic events as recently as last year. The condolences of all of us at CNN go out to his wife Linda and his children.”
Shaw was well known for his coverage of several major foreign conflicts, his moderation of a number of presidential debates, and other high-profile political events.
When Shaw signed off for the last time in 2000, he received a standing ovation from the CNN newsroom. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/longtime-cnn-anchor-bernard-shaw-dead-at-82/ | 2022-09-08T19:27:17Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/longtime-cnn-anchor-bernard-shaw-dead-at-82/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Following a formal open records request submitted to the South Dakota DOT on August 31, 2022, KELOLAND News has received state flight logs and passenger manifests for flights on state planes from January 2018 to August 2022.
You can view the entirety of the information we have received below; if the documents don’t load, click on the year to review the information.
In 2018, then Governor Dennis Daugaard flew in a state plane a total of 37 times, seven of which were out-of-state flights.
In the final days of his term in 2019, Daugaard flew once on a state plane; an in-state flight.
For newly elected Governor Kristi Noem, however, 2019 was a major year for flights. Noem flew on state planes a total of 57 times in 2019; 17 of which were to out-of-state locations.
- 02/01/2019 - Gov. Noem, Kennedy Noem, Mark DeGrote, Herb Jones and Dave Campbell flew from Pierre to Yankton to Groton, CT to Flint, MI to Watertown to Yankton and back to Pierre.
- 02/21/2019 - Gov. Noem, Byron Noem, Kennedy Noem, Joshua Shields and Mark DeGrote flew from Pierre to Manassas, VA to Fort Wayne, IN to Watertown and back to Pierre.
- 04/06/2019 - Gov. Noem, Joshua Shields, Beth Hollatz and Mark DeGrote flew from Pierre to Watertown to Rock Springs, WY to Las Vegas, NV and back to Pierre.
- 04/17/2019 - Gov. Noem, Beth Hollatz, David Flute, Ryan Sheldon, Kristen Wileman and Dave Campbell flew from Pierre to Valentine, NE to Rosebud to Rapid City to Pine Ridge and back to Pierre.
- 04/23/2019 - Gov. Noem, Beth Hollatz, Aaron Schiebe, Dave Campbell flew from Pierre to Paducah, KY to Pensacola, FL to Tulsa, OK and back to Pierre.
- 05/14/2019 - Gov. Noem, Kennedy Noem, Joshua Shields and Mark DeGrote flew from Pierre to Louisville, KY to Watertown and back to Pierre.
- 06/07/2019 - Gov. Noem, Kennedy Noem, Beth Hollatz, Ryan Sheldon and Dave Campbell flew from Pierre to Rapid City to Sioux Falls to Rapid City to Dallas Texas to Eagle Colorado and back to Pierre.
- 06/18/2019 - Gov. Noem, Kennedy Noem, Beth Hollatz, Joshua Shields, Steve Westra and Mark Degrote flew from Pierre to Huron to Watertown to St. Paul, MN to Watertown and back to Pierre.
- 07/21/2019 - Gov. Noem, Kennedy Noem, Joshua Shields, Dave Campbell and Mark DeGrote flew from Pierre to Watertown to Rapid City to Aspen, CO to Riffle, CO to Aspen, CO to Salt Lake City, UT to Watertown and back to Pierre.
- 09/27/2019 - Gov. Noem, Kennedy Noem, Beth Hollatz and Chad Westover flew from Rapid City to San Antonio, TX to Watertown to Pierre.
- 10/03/2019 - Gov Noem, Beth Hollatz and Joshua Shields flew from Pierre to Sioux Falls to Indianapolis, IN and back to Pierre.
- 10/16/2019 - Gov. Noem, Beth Hollatz, Melissa Klemann, Kristen Wileman and Laurie Fieler flew from Pierre to Rapid City to Pierre to Flying Cloud, MN and back to Pierre.
- 10/21/2019 - Gov. Noem, Kennedy Noem, Beth Hollatz, Jason Simmons, Joshua Shields and Chad Westover flew from Pierre to Watertown to Sioux City, IA to Sioux Falls to Watertown and back to Pierre.
- 11/19/2019 - Gov. Noem, Kennedy Noem and Joshua Shields flew from Pierre to Talladega, AL to Boca Raton, FL to Tuscaloosa, AL to Peoria, IL to Watertown and back to Pierre.
- 11/27/2019 - Gov. Noem, Byron Noem, Kennedy Noem and Booker Noem flew from Pierre to Watertown to White Plains, NY to Flint, MI to Janesville, WI to Sioux Falls and back to Pierre.
- 12/10/2019 - Gov. Noem and Kennedy Noem flew from Pierre to Las Vegas, NV to Brookings and back to Pierre.
- 12/15/2019 - Gov. Noem, Beth Hollatz and Chad Westover flew from Pierre to Manassas, VA to Madison, WI and back to Pierre.
Noem took a noticeable step back from flights in the state plane in 2020, flying 29 times as compared to the 57 the year before. Just two of these 29 were out-of-state flights.
- 02/06/2020 - Gov. Noem, Kennedy Noem, Byron Noem, Dan Podzimek and Ryan Tennyson flew from Pierre to Madison, Wi to Manassas, VA to Fort Wayne, IN to Sioux Falls and back to Pierre.
- 01/14/2020 - Gov. Noem, Beth Hollatz and Jordan Meluis flew from Pierre to Minneapolis, MN and back to Pierre.
In 2021, Noem flew a total of 37 times, 2 of which were out-of-state trips.
- 01/20/2021 - Gov. Noem, Kassidy Peters (Noem's daughter), Chad Westover and Dan Podzimke flew from Pierre to Omaha, NE and back to Pierre.
- 07/26/2021 - Gov. Noem, Ian Fury, Jeff Marlette, Brad Otten, Jordan Overturf and Chad Westover flew from Pierre to Lawton, OK to McAllen, TX to Oklahoma City, OK and back to Pierre.
Noem has flown 17 times in state planes so far in 2022, all in-state. 2022 is also the only year in which she has been governor that Noem has not flown on a state plane with a family member. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/south-dakota-news/read-5-years-of-south-dakota-state-plane-travel-logs/ | 2022-09-08T19:28:09Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/south-dakota-news/read-5-years-of-south-dakota-state-plane-travel-logs/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has famously said that the three movies he would take to a deserted island would be Martin Scorsese’s drama “Taxi Driver,” Howard Hawks’ western “Rio Bravo,” and Brian De Palma’s political assassination thriller, “Blow Out.”
Tarantino has also called De Palma, whose motion picture output is spread out over multiple genres, the greatest director of his generation. De Palma will be 82 years old on Sept. 11; therefore, considering that Scorsese will be 80 on Nov. 17, Tarantino’s statement is quite audacious, especially when both celebrated directors were peers in the 1960s New York film scene. They do seem like equals to many movie lovers, but that’s the fun of the “deserted island” game. Make your choices and stick with them, regardless of the arguments for and against.
At the same time as De Palma and Scorsese were drawing attention to fresh ways of making films, Italian New Wave director Michelangelo Antonioni was helping alter the European cinematic landscape with his bold features. One of Antonioni’s classics is the great “Blow-Up,” which is from 1966 and is one of my all-time favorite movies. Would it accompany me to a deserted island? Yes it would.
How much do I love “Blow-Up?” When I was in London in October 2019, I went deep into the eastern reaches of England’s capital city not far from the River Thames, albeit a neighborhood quite far from London’s tourist areas, and went to a quiet, little-visited neighborhood park, called Maryon Park. It’s the location Antonioni chose for the essential centerpiece sequence of his film.
Maryon is where the possible murder photographed by the character Thomas (David Hemmings), a professional art photographer in the then headline making “Swinging London,” may or may not have taken place.
The park was a bit forlorn, almost empty except for a father and two young lads I assumed were his sons playing stick hockey on one of the park’s (and movie’s) famous tennis courts; the very courts that a group of cavorting mimes would play silent tennis without a ball or rackets. The vitally important steps, where Thomas is confronted by a mysterious woman named Jane (Vanessa Redgrave) who demands he give her the roll of film he took of her and an older gentleman, were worn down. Some of the park’s picket fences were in disrepair.
Jane’s demands would lead to the celebrated “blow-up” section of the brilliant-looking drama (Carlo Di Palma is the cinematographer) during which Thomas develops the film from the park and is convinced Redgrave’s lover has been murdered.
Visiting Maryon Park was a thrill. I felt as if I were in the movie. The afternoon was made even more special when one of London’s famous giant foxes — the size of a grown German Shepherd — ambled in front of me as it traversed the very section of the greensward where the film’s murder supposedly took place. A chill went through my body.
Thomas photographing the lovers in a tryst is a kind of visual eavesdropping. It’s certainly a form of Peeping Tom behavior (literally considering his name) that ultimately leads to a crisis of confidence and a haunting of his psyche, as well as to possible danger.
“Blow-Up” was an international success when it was released and has long been an invaluable DVD and Blu-ray mainstay of The Criterion Collection’s offering of great movies, many of them exceptional restorations.
In a wonderful coincidence, and the quintessential partner to Antonioni’s masterpiece, director De Palma’s “Blow Out” has been given a 4K digital restoration and is now available in a 4K UHD and Blu-ray combination edition.
In “Blow Out,” John Travolta plays Jack, a Philadelphia sound effects man working on low-budget features, who thinks he has accidentally recorded a political assassination. He becomes obsessed with what he hears. Insisting on uncovering the truth, he seeks the help of a possible eyewitness to the supposed crime (Nancy Allen). They both find themselves in extreme danger because of the existence of the tape of the sound of a gunshot from the night in question and their own investigatory actions.
“Blow Out” was a box office failure when it was released in 1981, but it has developed a major cult following and is now being called one of De Palma’s best thrillers, a tightly constructed feature drenched in American political paranoia, as well as a jaundiced study of low-rent filmmaking.
The movie has been on DVD and Blu-ray, but the new release includes myriad technical enhancements and special extras, including interviews with De Palma and Allen by director Noah Baumbach, as well as an interview with cameraman Garrett Brown. There are new English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, and critic Pauline Kael’s original rave review of the movie.
Also included in the set is De Palma’s first movie, his 80-minute, 1968 black and white mystery, “Murder a la Mod.”
“Blow Out” and “Blow-Up” have touches of the master himself, Alfred Hitchcock, within their structure. Both deliver the kind of “essential lone man trapped by circumstances” and intense suspense that Hitchcock favored.
One of the highlights of the films is how they capture the feel of their unique eras. Antonioni’s London is replete with mods and rockers — The Yardbirds even play at a club. De Palma’s Philadelphia is draped in political intrigue and murder most foul — there’s the alleged Liberty Bell Strangler.
“Blow Out,” which is rooted in the framework of crime dramas, and “Blow-Up,” which upends conventional storytelling with abstract incidents, are vital examples of how to take control of a puzzle and dazzle audiences with superb directorial confidence. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/calleri-the-perfect-double-feature-blow-out-and-blow-up/article_c9983532-2ec8-11ed-88d6-dfe92bda30e8.html | 2022-09-08T19:29:45Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/calleri-the-perfect-double-feature-blow-out-and-blow-up/article_c9983532-2ec8-11ed-88d6-dfe92bda30e8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96.
The palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal family had rushed to her side after her health took a turn for the worse.
A link to the almost-vanished generation that fought World War II, she was the only monarch most Britons have ever known.
Her 73-year-old son Prince Charles automatically becomes king, though the coronation might not take place for months. It is not known whether he will call himself King Charles III or some other name.
The BBC played the national anthem, “God Save the Queen,” over a portrait of her in full regalia as her death was announced, and the flag over Buckingham Palace was lowered to half-staff as the second Elizabethan age came to a close.
The impact of her loss will be huge and unpredictable, both for the nation and for the monarchy, an institution she helped stabilize and modernize across decades of huge social change and family scandals.
The queen’s life was indelibly marked by the war. As Princess Elizabeth, she made her first public broadcast in 1940 when she was 14, sending a wartime message to children evacuated to the countryside or overseas.
“We children at home are full of cheerfulness and courage,” she said with a blend of stoicism and hope that would echo throughout her reign. “We are trying to do all we can to help out gallant soldiers, sailors and airmen. And we are trying, too, to bear our own share of the danger and sadness of war. We know, every one of us, that in the end all will be well.”
Since Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth reigned over a Britain that rebuilt from war and lost its empire; joined the European Union and then left it; and transformed from industrial powerhouse to uncertain 21st century society. She endured through 15 prime ministers, from Winston Churchill to Liz Truss, becoming an institution and an icon -- a fixed point and a reassuring presence even for those who ignored or loathed the monarchy.
She became less visible in her final years as age and frailty curtailed many public appearances. But she remained firmly in control of the monarchy and at the center of national life as Britain celebrated her Platinum Jubilee with days of parties and pageants in June 2022.
The same month she became the second longest-reigning monarch in history, behind 17th-century French King Louis XIV, who took the throne at age 4. On Sept. 6, 2022, she presided at a ceremony at Balmoral Castle to accept the resignation of Boris Johnson as prime minister and appoint Truss as his successor.
When Elizabeth was 21, almost five years before she became queen, she promised the people of Britain and the Commonwealth that “my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service.”
It was a promise she kept across more than seven decades.
Despite Britain’s complex and often fraught ties with its former colonies, Elizabeth was widely respected and remained head of state of more than a dozen countries, from Canada to Tuvalu. She headed the 54-nation Commonwealth, built around Britain and its former colonies.
Married for more than 73 years to Prince Philip, who died in 2021 at age 99, Elizabeth was matriarch to a royal family whose troubles were a subject of global fascination -- amplified by fictionalized accounts such as TV series “The Crown.” She is survived by four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Through countless public events, she probably met more people than anyone in history. Her image, which adorned stamps, coins and banknotes, was among the most reproduced in the world.
But her inner life and opinions remained mostly an enigma. Of her personality, the public saw relatively little. A horse owner, she rarely seemed happier than during the Royal Ascot racing week. She never tired of the companionship of her beloved Welsh corgi dogs.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in London on April 21, 1926, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York. She was not born to be queen -- her father’s elder brother, Prince Edward, was destined for the crown, to be followed by any children he had.
But in 1936, when she was 10, Edward VIII abdicated to marry twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson, and Elizabeth’s father became King George VI.
Princess Margaret recalled asking her sister whether this meant that Elizabeth would one day be queen. ”’Yes, I suppose it does,‘” Margaret quoted Elizabeth as saying. “She didn’t mention it again.”
Elizabeth was barely in her teens when Britain went to war with Germany in 1939. While the king and queen stayed at Buckingham Palace during the Blitz and toured the bombed-out neighborhoods of London, Elizabeth and Margaret spent most of the war at Windsor Castle, west of the capital. Even there, 300 bombs fell in an adjacent park, and the princesses spent many nights in an underground shelter.
In 1945, after months of campaigning for her parents’ permission to do something for the war effort, the heir to the throne became Second Subaltern Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She enthusiastically learned to drive and service heavy vehicles.
On the night the war ended in Europe, May 8, 1945, she and Margaret managed to mingle, unrecognized, with celebrating crowds in London — “swept along on a tide of happiness and relief,” as she told the BBC decades later, describing it as “one of the most memorable nights of my life.”
At Westminster Abbey in November 1947 she married Royal Navy officer Philip Mountbatten, a prince of Greece and Denmark whom she had first met in 1939 when she was 13 and he 18. Postwar Britain was experiencing austerity and rationing, and so street decorations were limited and no public holiday was declared. But the bride was allowed 100 extra ration coupons for her trousseau.
The couple lived for a time in Malta, where Philip was stationed, and Elizabeth enjoyed an almost-normal life as a navy wife. The first of their four children, Prince Charles, was born on Nov. 14, 1948. He was followed by Princess Anne on Aug. 15, 1950, Prince Andrew on Feb. 19, 1960, and Prince Edward on March 10, 1964.
In February 1952, George VI died in his sleep at age 56 after years of ill health. Elizabeth, on a visit to Kenya, was told that she was now queen.
Her private secretary, Martin Charteris, later recalled finding the new monarch at her desk, “sitting erect, no tears, color up a little, fully accepting her destiny.”
“In a way, I didn’t have an apprenticeship,” Elizabeth reflected in a BBC documentary in 1992 that opened a rare view into her emotions. “My father died much too young, and so it was all a very sudden kind of taking on, and making the best job you can.”
Her coronation took place more than a year later, a grand spectacle at Westminster Abbey viewed by millions through the still-new medium of television.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s first reaction to the king’s death was to complain that the new queen was “only a child,” but he was won over within days and eventually became an ardent admirer.
In Britain’s constitutional monarchy, the queen is head of state but has little direct power; in her official actions she does what the government orders. However, she was not without influence. She once reportedly commented that there was nothing she could do legally to block the appointment of a bishop, “but I can always say that I should like more information. That is an indication that the prime minister will not miss.”
The extent of the monarch’s political influence occasionally sparked speculation -- but not much criticism while Elizabeth was alive. The views of Charles, who has expressed strong opinions on everything from architecture to the environment, might prove more contentious.
She was obliged to meet weekly with the prime minister, and they generally found her well-informed, inquisitive and up to date. The one possible exception was Margaret Thatcher, with whom her relations were said to be cool, if not frosty, though neither woman ever commented.
The queen’s views in those private meetings became a subject of intense speculation and fertile ground for dramatists like Peter Morgan, author of the play “The Audience” and the hit TV series “The Crown.” Those semi-fictionalized accounts were the product of an era of declining deference and rising celebrity, when the royal family’s troubles became public property.
And there were plenty of troubles within the family, an institution known as “The Firm.” In Elizabeth’s first years on the throne, Princess Margaret provoked a national controversy through her romance with a divorced man.
In what the queen called the “annus horribilis” of 1992, her daughter, Princess Anne, was divorced, Prince Charles and Princess Diana separated, and so did Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah. That was also the year Windsor Castle, a residence she far preferred to Buckingham Palace, was seriously damaged by fire.
The public split of Charles and Diana -- “There were three of us in that marriage,” Diana said of her husband’s relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles -- was followed by the shock of Diana’s death in a Paris car crash in 1997. For once, the queen appeared out of step with her people.
Amid unprecedented public mourning, Elizabeth’s failure to make a public show of grief appeared to many to be unfeeling. After several days, she finally made a televised address to the nation.
The dent in her popularity was brief. She was by now a sort of national grandmother, with a stern gaze and a twinkling smile.
Despite being one of the world’s wealthiest people, Elizabeth had a reputation for frugality and common sense. She was known as a monarch who turned off lights in empty rooms, a country woman who didn’t flinch from strangling pheasants.
A newspaper reporter who went undercover to work as a palace footman reinforced that down-to-earth image, capturing pictures of the royal Tupperware on the breakfast table and a rubber duck in the bath.
Her sangfroid was not dented when a young man aimed a pistol at her and fired six blanks as she rode by on a horse in 1981, nor when she discovered a disturbed intruder sitting on her bed in Buckingham Palace in 1982.
The image of the queen as an exemplar of ordinary British decency was satirized by the magazine Private Eye, which called her Brenda. Anti-monarchists dubbed her “Mrs. Windsor.” But the republican cause gained limited traction while the queen was alive.
On her Golden Jubilee in 2002, she said the country could “look back with measured pride on the history of the last 50 years.”
“It has been a pretty remarkable 50 years by any standards,” she said in a speech. “There have been ups and downs, but anyone who can remember what things were like after those six long years of war appreciates what immense changes have been achieved since then.”
A reassuring presence at home, she was also an emblem of Britain abroad — a form of soft power, consistently respected whatever the vagaries of the country’s political leaders on the world stage. It felt only fitting that she attended the opening of the 2012 London Olympics alongside another icon, James Bond. Through some movie magic, she appeared to parachute into the Olympic Stadium.
In 2015, she overtook her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria’s reign of 63 years, seven months and two days to become the longest-serving monarch in British history. She kept working into her 10th decade, though Prince Charles and his elder son, Prince William, increasingly took over the visits, ribbon-cuttings and investitures that form the bulk of royal duties.
The loss of Philip in 2021 was a heavy blow, as she poignantly sat alone at his funeral in the chapel at Windsor Castle because of coronavirus restrictions.
And the family troubles continued. Her son Prince Andrew was entangled in the sordid tale of sex offender businessman Jeffrey Epstein, an American businessman who had been a friend. Andrew denied accusations that he had sex with one of the women who said she was trafficked by Epstein.
The queen’s grandson Prince Harry walked away from Britain and his royal duties after marrying American actress Meghan Markle in 2018. He alleged in an interview that some in the family -– but pointedly not the queen -– had been less than welcoming to his wife.
She enjoyed robust health well into her 90s, although she used a cane in an appearance after Philip’s death. In October 2021, she spent a night in a London hospital for tests after canceling a trip to Northern Ireland.
A few months later, she told guests at a reception “as you can see, I can’t move.” The palace, tight-lipped about details, said the queen was experiencing “episodic mobility issues.”
She held virtual meetings with diplomats and politicians from Windsor Castle, but public appearances grew rarer. The queen withdrew from fixtures of the royal calendar, including Remembrance Sunday and Commonwealth Day ceremonies, though she attended a memorial service last March for Philip at Westminster Abbey.
Meanwhile, she took steps to prepare for the transition to come. In February, the queen announced that she wanted Charles’ wife Camilla to be known as “Queen Consort” when “in the fullness of time” her son became king. It removed a question mark over the role of the woman some blamed for the breakup of Charles’ marriage to Princess Diana in the 1990s.
May brought another symbolic moment, when she asked Charles to stand in for her and read the Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament, one of the monarch’s most central constitutional duties.
Seven decades after World War II, Elizabeth was again at the center of the national mood amid the uncertainty and loss of COVID 19 -- a disease she came through herself in February.
In April 2020 -- with the country in lockdown and Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with the virus -- she made a rare video address, urging people to stick together.
She summoned the spirit of World War II, that vital time in her life, and the nation’s, by echoing Vera Lynn’s wartime anthem “We’ll Meet Again.”
“We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. We will be with our friends again. We will be with our families again. We will meet again,” she said. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-at-96-after-70-years-on-the-throne/article_6855a37c-2f9f-11ed-8edb-8b02ad51b5e6.html | 2022-09-08T19:29:52Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-at-96-after-70-years-on-the-throne/article_6855a37c-2f9f-11ed-8edb-8b02ad51b5e6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LONDON — Buckingham Palace said Thursday that Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision because doctors are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health," as members of her family traveled to be with the 96-year-old monarch in Scotland.
“Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision,” the palace said in a statement that sparked deep concern.
The announcement comes a day after the queen canceled a meeting of her Privy Council and was told to rest. On Tuesday, she presided over the ceremonial handover power to new Prime Minister Liz Truss at her summer residence in Scotland at Balmoral Castle.
The palace says the queen is “comfortable” and remains at Balmoral. Her son, Prince Charles, and grandson Prince William were traveling to be with her, officials said.
Truss — who was briefed on the news as she delivered a statement in the House of Commons — said “the whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime.”
“My thoughts — and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom — are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time,” she said on Twitter.
Elizabeth marked seven decades on the throne this year. She has increasingly handed over duties to her heir, Prince Charles, and other members of the royal family in recent months as she has struggled to get around. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-under-medical-care-amid-health-fears/article_d4a3e9a8-2f72-11ed-8021-17f4e8caba26.html | 2022-09-08T19:29:58Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-under-medical-care-amid-health-fears/article_d4a3e9a8-2f72-11ed-8021-17f4e8caba26.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Nate Storey examines lettuce growing in his then-startup company’s patented vertical towers inside a University of Wyoming greenhouse in 2012. Today, he is chief science officer of Silicon Valley startup Plenty Inc.
The city of Laramie and local business organizations are applying for a $20 million grant to build a new research building for Plenty Unlimited.
Plenty has been heralded as an innovator in farming, and has Laramie business leaders hopeful about its potential for the local business community. It uses vertical farming to grow produce in an indoor area about the size of a big-box store, claiming its method produces crop yields 350 times greater than traditional farming.
Plenty co-founder and University of Wyoming graduate Nate Storey started commercializing vertical farming methods in Laramie in 2011. He joined with Plenty in 2017. The company operates in Compton and San Francisco, California, in addition to Laramie.
If a grant for the company’s new facility is approved, the business could expand even more, retaining 71 pre-existing local jobs and creating 125 more.
The goal of the company is to make it possible to grow food anywhere, as long as there is water, people and power available to make it happen, Storey said during a recent Laramie City Council meeting. He explained that indoor farming is the easy part of the job. The hard part is finding a way to do it as efficiently as possible.
The proposed research and development center would be located in the Cirrus Sky Technology Park, near 22nd Street and Asphalt Lane. It would be used for conducting plant science research to streamline Plenty’s farming methods.
While food from the research and development facility would be experimental in nature and not U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved, it would be available for local farmers to use as compost, Storey said.
“It’s a rapidly growing company in a globally important marketplace with how we are going to feed the world in a water, energy and space-efficient manner over the next generations,” said Brad Enzi, president of the Laramie Chamber Business Alliance.
The city of Laramie applied for the building grant, and LCBA is offering to match with $500,000. LCBA would receive 75% of the net revenues of the building during a six-year leasing period and invest 80% of these back into economic development projects. The Wyoming Business Council would retain the remaining 25% of revenues.
If the plan goes through, Plenty will look to recruit scientists from around the world, and create a pathway for UW graduates and interns to work with the company.
“It’s not just about (agriculture) or energy, it’s about the future, and it’s about opening the doors for young folks who want to get into this thing,” Storey said.
He explained that while previously the company has had difficulty recruiting high-level scientists to live in Laramie, new facilities may help attract them to the job.
“I think there is a future where Laramie is known, and when I say ‘I live in Laramie,’ and ‘I work in Laramie,’ people will know what that means,” Storey said.
Laramie resident Dave Coffey told City Council he hopes the business will encourage more housing developers to consider Laramie as a viable place to build.
Mayor Paul Weaver echoed the sentiment, saying that “a rising tide will lift all boats.”
Wyoming Business Council CEO Josh Dorrell said collaborations between local governments and business groups are an important way to create more economic opportunities in the community.
“It’s important for us to not forget that the companies that are here in the state need just as much attention … as those we are trying to attract from out of state,” he said.
The Wyoming Business Council will consider the grant application this week. Then, it will be sent to the State Loan and Investment Board for approval Oct. 6. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/agribusiness/a-new-leaf-city-seeks-grant-for-vertical-farming-company/article_32dce308-2f9b-11ed-bf6d-b728c718c35f.html | 2022-09-08T19:33:25Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/agribusiness/a-new-leaf-city-seeks-grant-for-vertical-farming-company/article_32dce308-2f9b-11ed-bf6d-b728c718c35f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Rapper 2 Chainz will be hosting a Black urban festival Saturday, Sept. 17. in Atlanta. It will be a hippie-themed event that will involve old-school music, ’70s-themed outfits, live art, and a Black vendor marketplace.
The “Birthday Song” rapper will also be celebrating another birthday this month, which will fall just five days before this event. The theme for this Black urban festival is similar to his birthday event last year which also had an old-school theme and featured guests Toya Johnson, Kandi Burruss and Dwight Howard.
Last year, guests were able to immerse themselves in the’70s culture with music from The Jackson 5, The Temptations, James Brown and more. There was also an outside dance floor with a hookah section and bar. They also brought out props such as the 1970 Volkswagen Bus, colorful fringe streamers and decorated VIP sections with sofas.
This year’s event is hosted by MBP Events and sponsored by Backwoods. Although it seems like this will be another disco-themed event that encourages people to have fun, but it’s important to note that 2 Chainz strongly disapproves of drug use. He is only here for the natural vibes.
Nothing but vibes #luvmesumuatl https://t.co/l0XgDPQ7JJ pic.twitter.com/7CCXuFiBNr
— Tity Boi (2 Chainz) (@2chainz) September 6, 2022 | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/2-chainz-to-host-luv-me-sum-u-hippie-festival/ | 2022-09-08T19:34:29Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/2-chainz-to-host-luv-me-sum-u-hippie-festival/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Michael Jackson is arguably the best performer that ever set foot on a stage, and he wanted to make sure that his fans had one of the best entertainment experiences of their lives.
Akon and Jackson were close friends, and in a recent interview with the U.S. Sun, the artist talked about how the late pop star’s drive ultimately led to his death in 2009.
“He was so happy and excited that he was about to go to London and lock these 50 dates in reminding the world who he was and what his value was to pop music,” Akon said. “He didn’t sleep, that is why he was taking sleeping pills because he was too damn excited.”
Akon shared that Jackson wanted to give his fans the performance of a lifetime in his last show in London.
“He would be up for weeks at a time thinking about how he wants everybody to have the most amazing experience, he wanted to create something that was going to be talked about for centuries,” Akon said. “When you have that energy you don’t sleep.
“You are going to need help to get sleep because your mind is constantly moving and your energy and your flow are electric to the point where you cannot turn it off.”
Akon said the pop star was the type of person to keep going until he succeeded.
“He pushed himself to the limit and if he wasn’t satisfied he was going to stay there until he was satisfied,” Akon said. “It is kind of a gift and a curse.” | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/akon-reveals-why-michael-jackson-took-pills-leading-up-to-death/ | 2022-09-08T19:34:35Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/akon-reveals-why-michael-jackson-took-pills-leading-up-to-death/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Veteran comedian Aries Spears and his accuser have spoken out on opposite sides of the alleged pedophilia case that has riveted the nation.
In her letter to the Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón that was obtained by NBC News and the Los Angeles Times, Jane Doe said her mother filed a police report on Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears’ alleged crimes in Las Vegas in January 2020. She further states that Las Vegas authorities forwarded the matter to the LAPD, which “has done nothing with this complaint.”
The letter reads: “This matter’s breadth and complexity require your jurisdictional powers and resources to tackle and end the stream (of) depravity committed by Haddish and Spears,” Jane Doe continued, “my brother and I are prepared to speak with investigators and prosecutors from your office and provide you with irrefutable evidence that substantiates our allegations.”
Jane Doe reportedly asked Gascón to “immediately arrest and prosecute” both Haddish and Aries. The L.A. district attorney told the publications that they have yet to receive the letter but have “reached out” to their law enforcement partners to inquire about the matter.
Haddish, who skyrocketed to fame via the blockbuster film Girls Trip, has already admitted that she regrets participating in the cringe-worthy video skit involving minors that was temporarily posted online. It has since been removed.
Spears, who also participated in the video, told his 217K Instagram followers that he is grateful for the support and the suspension of judgement about him until the legal process runs its course.
“Listen, obviously for legal reasons, I really can’t talk about anything at this time,” Spears, 47, said in a preview of his “Spears & Steinberg” podcast posted on Instagram Wednesday, Sept 7, 2022.
“But I just, more or less, want to say to all the loyal listeners, thank you guys for your support and for your love. Listen, this is an extortion case, this is a shakedown. We won’t be shaken down.” | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/aries-spears-and-tiffany-haddishs-accuser-speaks-out-video/ | 2022-09-08T19:34:43Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/aries-spears-and-tiffany-haddishs-accuser-speaks-out-video/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Black Emotional & Mental Health Collective is a national training, movement-building and grant-making institution that is dedicated to the healing, wellness, and improved quality of life in Black and marginalized communities.
Yolo Akili, the founder of B.E.A.M, spoke with rolling out about his organization and tips for Black people looking to protect their mental health.
What is your organization centered around?
We are a national organization dedicated to Black wellness, liberation, and healing. We offer training, education, and healing circles. We also give money and resources to folks who are in need or try to support them and also other people’s mental health. We try to promote conversations about healing and wellness, so we have an affirmation wall and we invite everybody to come in and have a conversation with us about how they’re doing, how are they healing, and what wellness looks like for them.
Being in spaces like this helps us normalize the conversation more every day, and it helps people become comfortable with being able to express what their needs are and what they’re going through so we can all be well connected.
What are three tips you can give to Black people that want to protect their mental health?
The first thing is honoring that everybody has mental health and is going through a wellness journey. Your journey doesn’t mean you have to be perfect or fully healed, because that doesn’t exist. You’re trying to learn things about how to manage stress, and how to manage yourself, and that takes time. The second thing is to find the tools that work for you. It could be prayer, therapy, meditation, yoga, and hiking. Find the things that other people regulate in that spirit. Three, find your folks who will support that for you. Whether it’s your church, network, or your friends, find the folks who support your wellness to do the things that make you feel well.
Where can people find you?
You can find us on our website www.beam.community and you can find us on Twitter and Instagram @_beamorg. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/b-e-a-m-founder-yolo-akili-shares-how-black-people-can-protect-mental-health/ | 2022-09-08T19:34:49Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/b-e-a-m-founder-yolo-akili-shares-how-black-people-can-protect-mental-health/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In this week’s look around the Air Force, new diversity and inclusion outreach plans are coming for officer recruiting efforts, allies and partners are creating a new Inter-Pacific Air Forces Academy for enlisted members in the Indo-Pacific region, and the first regional energy resilience exercise takes place for the Department of the Air Force.
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Bernard Shaw, the adulated arbiter of news and an original CNN anchor who began with the network when it launched in 1980, has died. He was 82.
Shaw’s family said in a statement on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, that the universally-admired Shaw passed away after battling a non-COVID-related case of pneumonia.
Shaw achieved national renown for his measured, smooth and unbiased delivery of current events around the world up until the time he retired from the network following the 2000 presidential debates and election that George W. Bush won over former Vice President Al Gore. Following his final airing, the man who also covered the Tiananmen Square revolt in May 1989 and the First Gulf war from Baghdad in 1991 received a standing ovation from the CNN newsroom.
“He was our lead anchor for the next twenty years from anchoring coverage of presidential elections to his iconic coverage of the First Gulf War live from Baghdad in 1991,” CNN President Chris Licht said in a statement on Shaw’s passing. “Even after he left CNN, Bernie remained a close member of our CNN family providing our viewers with context about historic events as recently as last year. The condolences of all of us at CNN go out to his wife Linda and his children.”
Former CNN CEO Tom Johnson treasures his half-century-long friendship with Shaw, whom he said was the paragon of the highest standards of American journalism.
“In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Bernard Shaw Scholarship Fund at the University of Chicago. The Shaw family requests complete privacy at this time,” the family said in their statement provided by former CNN CEO Tom Johnson.
Johnson said Shaw “exemplified excellence in his life” and will be “remembered as a fierce advocate of responsible journalism” throughout his career.
“As a journalist, he demanded accuracy and fairness in news coverage. He earned the respect of millions of viewers around the world for his integrity and independence. He resisted forcefully any lowering of ethical news standards or any compromise of solid news coverage. He always could be trusted as a reporter and as an anchor,” Johnson added.
Listen as Shaw delivers some career advice to young journalists below. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/cnns-legendary-former-anchor-bernard-shaw-is-dead-at-82/ | 2022-09-08T19:34:55Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/cnns-legendary-former-anchor-bernard-shaw-is-dead-at-82/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
There is only one more week to submit your good idea.
The Innovation Oasis is a “Shark Tank”-like innovation competition that will highlight select servicemembers and civilian ideas, inventions, and processes to be presented for possible implementation. We'll select the best five of the ideas submitted to CENTCOMInnovationOasis@mail.mil for presentation to our panel of technical and military experts on Wednesday, October 14th.
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Comedian David A. Arnold died on Sept. 7 at 54, according to Deadline.
Arnold headlined two Netflix comedy specials and was a writer and producer for “Fuller House.”
“It is with great sadness that we confirm the untimely passing of our husband, father, brother and friend, David A. Arnold,” his family released in a statement. “David passed away peacefully today in his home and doctors have ruled the cause of death due to natural causes. Please keep our family in prayer and respect our privacy at this time, as we are all shocked and devastated by this loss.”
Arnold posted one of his jokes on Twitter hours before the family confirmed his passing. Arnold was three stops into a four-month national comedy tour.
Arnold created, executively produced and was a showrunner on Nickelodeon’s “That Girl Lay Lay.” He was one of the few Black showrunners in Hollywood. He also wrote for “Meet The Browns,” “The Rickey Smiley Show,” “Raising Whitley” and Tyler Perry‘s “House of Payne.”
“David was an immense talent and a gifted storyteller with a wide range of fans, from adults through his stand-up, to kids and families through the Nickelodeon show he created and executive produced for us, ‘That Girl Lay Lay,’ the Nickelodeon’s statement read according to Deadline. “On behalf of everyone at Nickelodeon, we send our thoughts and condolences to his family, his friends and his fans.”
Fellow entertainers and writers began sharing tributes to Arnold.
This one hits different! So very very sad! RIP #DavidArnold
— DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) September 8, 2022
Losing David Arnold is absolutely unfair
— Robin Thede (@robinthede) September 8, 2022
Yo….comedy is taking a beating right now RIP David Arnold. Check out his specials on Netflix. “Fat ballerina”
and “this ain’t for the weak” real dope dude and even better comic— Chris Redd (@Reddsaidit) September 8, 2022
Rip to my fellow comedian David Arnold 💔
— Michael Blackson (@MichaelBlackson) September 8, 2022
David💔🙏🏾😢 you were a light and you will continue to be. During 2020 your hilarious content got me through some tough days. Sending all my love, healing energy & sympathies to your beautiful family.
Thank you so much for everything you gave us. Rest In Love, David Arnold… 🙏🏾💔 pic.twitter.com/VxWKYjE7yb— Holly Robinson Peete 💃🏾♍️ (@hollyrpeete) September 8, 2022 | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/comedian-david-a-arnold-dead-at-54/ | 2022-09-08T19:35:03Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/comedian-david-a-arnold-dead-at-54/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An employee at one of Kandi Burruss’ restaurants is on the run from police after allegedly shooting a coworker inside the eatery in metro Atlanta.
According to Atlanta’s 11 Alive television station, an argument broke out at some point on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, between two employees at the Blaze Steak & Seafood restaurant in the city of South Fulton, Georgia, near Atlanta. The verbal altercation quickly degenerated into a fight, after which the suspect reportedly fired his gun at the establishment owned by Burruss and her husband Todd Tucker.
The victim was struck in the arm transported to a local hospital in Atlanta, but the person reportedly did not suffering life-threatening injuries.
Authorities, meanwhile, are on the hunt for the alleged shooter, who fled the scene before police arrive.
This is the second shooting at one of Burruss’ restaurants. Three people were struck by gunfire inside the Old Lady Gang eatery in nearby East Point, Georgia, in 2020. None of the victims suffered any serious injuries. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/employee-shoots-co-worker-at-kandi-burruss-steak-restaurant/ | 2022-09-08T19:35:09Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/employee-shoots-co-worker-at-kandi-burruss-steak-restaurant/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Former superstar rapper Mystikal is facing the prospect of living the rest of his life in prison after being indicted on 10 felony charges related to the alleged rape of a woman over the summer.
The grand jury in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, which is located between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, handed down indictments on counts of first-degree rape, false imprisonment, domestic battery by strangulation, simple robbery, heroin possession, methamphetamine possession, illegal possession of Xanax and other charges, Rolling Stone reports.
Mystikal is accused of holding a female visitor against her will inside his home in suburban Baton Rouge and sexually assaulting her in late July 2022.
According to the reports from the police department, Mystikal was in the throes of drug-induced mood swings when he accused the unidentified woman of stealing $100 from him. Soon thereafter, he threw her on his bed and proceeded to rape her. Afterward, as she was allegedly obeying his order to give him $100 via Cash App, he reportedly took the phone from her, typed in $150, and then transferred the money to himself. Only then did Mystikal reportedly give her the phone back and let her leave the rapper’s home. She immediately called a friend to meet her at the hospital. There, hospital staff performed a rape kit that confirmed her accounts of sexual assault.
The 51-year-old No Limit rapper, most famous for his mega-hits “Danger,” “Here I Go” and “Shake Ya A–,” has been denied bail since his arrest back on July 31, 2022. The lyricist born Michael Lawrence Tyler is currently being holed up within the general population inside the Ascension Parrish Prison.
According to Louisiana law, it is mandatory for a person convicted of rape to serve life in prison. Mystikal is already a lifetime registered sex offender after being convicted of rape in 2003. He also spent 18 months in prison in 2017 on charges of first-degree rape, but the charges were eventually dropped. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/rapper-mystikal-facing-life-in-prison/ | 2022-09-08T19:35:15Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/rapper-mystikal-facing-life-in-prison/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A teenager is currently in custody in Memphis‘ Shelby County jail after allegedly going on a shooting spree while driving through multiple states.
Ezekiel Kelly, 19, was arrested on the evening of Sept. 7 in Southaven, Mississippi, hours after he went on Facebook Live and shot a random customer in an AutoZone. Kelly then ran out of the store and ended the live stream. He went on again live throughout the shooting spree and continued repeating how he didn’t care about shooting on camera.
“I’m in my hood doing this s—, mane,” Kelly said in one of the live streams. “Ya heard me? I’m a take care of my hood, ya heard me? … I just killed five n—-, on Crip. On Terrio, on Poo Curry, on my momma. We can meet up and die. ”
According to Shelby County records, Kelly has been charged with first-degree murder.
Kelly allegedly began his shooting rampage at 12:56 a.m. on Sept. 7 by killing a 24-year-old man on Lyndale Ave., according to ABC24. In March, Kelly was released after serving 11 months for criminal attempted first-degree murder after he pled guilty to aggravated assault. A warrant was put out for his arrest on Sept. 7, the same day his killing spree began.
After the early-morning shooting, the first shooting of the afternoon was reported at 4:38 p.m. The third reported shooting took place at AutoZone and was broadcasted on Facebook Live. As of Sept. 7, the victim was reported to be in critical condition. The police were made aware of Kelly’s Facebook at 6:12 p.m.
The city of Memphis began to go on lockdown, and the minor league baseball team Memphis Redbirds suspended its game, with plans to resume on Sept. 8.
At 7: 23 p.m., a woman was shot dead and suffered multiple gun shot wounds as her grey Toyota SUV was stolen. At 8:56 p.m., Southaven Police reported Kelly stole a grey Dodge Challenger and fled the scene. At 8:58 p.m., Memphis police started a high-speed chase with Kelly and he was taken into custody at 9:21 p.m.
Memphis mass shooter Ezekiel Kelly also SMILED for the camera when he was arrested and placed in the back of a cop car.
Kelly has a violent rap sheet but—like Eliza Fletcher murder suspect Cleotha Abston—was released early from prison. pic.twitter.com/sTXbbSv06v
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) September 8, 2022
“This is no way for us to live,” Memphis mayor Jim Strickland said in a press conference, posted by Joyce Peterson. “It is not acceptable. The people of our city were confronted by the type of violence no one should have to face.” | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/we-can-meet-and-die-teen-shooting-spree-starts-on-facebook-live-4-dead/ | 2022-09-08T19:35:21Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/we-can-meet-and-die-teen-shooting-spree-starts-on-facebook-live-4-dead/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
With the devastating way Lolita Monreaux has been ripping off those rapid rhymes with machine-gun ferocity and an infectious flow, it is hard to believe that she just discovered her prodigious talents during the apex of the pandemic in 2020.
Likewise, Monreaux admits that she is still floating on air that she has been in the musical bunker working with the very legends on her debut album, Napoleon Complex, that she used to listen to when she was in high school.
There is a very simple and rather unusual reason that Houston-based rap legend Z-Ro discovered this spitfire gem Monreaux from Missouri City, Texas, aka “Mo City”:
“She was rapping with her clothes on,” Z-Ro said with his vintage baritone delivery on the “Off the Porch” podcast while referring to the oversexualization of some female artists in the rap game. “The s— she was saying, I can rap with that s— as I’m riding in my car.”
Folks have been riding and vibing with Monreaux and her Napoleon Complex project. This is particularly true with the blowtorch cuts “I’m Not Lying” — replete with a horror-story themed video that puts you in a whole mood — and “Fresh Set of Dominoes.”
Monroeaux was so high from laying down tracks with her musical idols that she could have levitated right off the ground.
“That was one of those wild moments being in the studio and actually being around legendary artists from my city while they were recording my project. I got to be in the studio when Lil Keke did my verse,” Monreaux recalled. “I literally grew up in the mornings getting dressed for school, getting dressed to this man. To look up and he [is] recording for my project, like that was crazy.”
What’s also crazy is the fact that this high scholastic achiever is just 12 hours away from obtaining her Ph.D. But now the woman who is almost “Dr. Lolita” is performing invasive surgery on her haters and enemies on wax.
“I do have a Napoleon complex,” Monreaux admits. “I’m real reserved, I’m tucked in. But if you want some problems, you know, I’ll meet you where you are.”
In fact, it’s Big Lolita’s verve, valor and vivacity, coupled with her lyrical prowess, that has Z-Ro getting déjà vu vibes as if he’s watching a female replica of himself.
“It’s crazy to watch somebody else do so closely like what I’ve been doing for the whole time. And the fact that she’s dope … I guess, the right way to describe it would be like, [if I] reinvent myself to somebody else,” Z-Ro, aka Mo City Don, explained to rolling out. “I kind of feel like, I’m watching a younger version of myself, getting ready to become me all over again. So it’s interesting.”
And Monreaux is doing it all with her clothes on. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/z-ros-artist-lolita-monreaux-reaching-her-dreams-in-her-houston-hometown/ | 2022-09-08T19:35:27Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/08/z-ros-artist-lolita-monreaux-reaching-her-dreams-in-her-houston-hometown/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The European Commission is to put forward a plan to cap the price of Russian gas, as well as issue a mandatory European Union cut in electricity use.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the plans in a press conference Wednesday, citing the need to hurt Russian profit-making as it continues its assault on neighboring Ukraine. The announcement came after Russian President Vladimir Putin branded such measures as “stupid” and threatened to cut off Russian gas completely if plans moved ahead.
MSNBC host and economic correspondent Ali Velshi joins Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee for the latest
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Buckingham Palace has said that Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after doctors became concerned for her health. Members of the royal family — including Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry — are making their way to the castle now.
Willem Marx has the latest from the UK and joins Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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The Eugene Water and Electric Board will “power on” in a new direction with its riverfront property. At the board meeting Tuesday, EWEB commissioners voted to scrap the proposal process.
The Eugene Science Center, Obie Companies, Olympus Academia, and Three Muses Group submitted proposals for the signature building. But EWEB General Manager Frank Lawson said every proposal lacked something that had been requested. He explained, “Some proposals outlined a very clear vision, but then the financials were very insecure and unspecified. Others had more specificity around some of the terms, but the financial offer was not clear or the vision wasn’t clear.”
Board member John Barofsky emphasized the move wasn’t a “no” for any group, but there was no way to compare the plans. The board voted unanimously to direct the general manager to pursue the sale. Specifics of the criteria and procedures to approve a buyer will be discussed at the next executive session on October 6th. | https://www.klcc.org/economy-business/2022-09-08/eweb-hits-the-reset-button-on-riverfront-property-sale | 2022-09-08T19:39:38Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/economy-business/2022-09-08/eweb-hits-the-reset-button-on-riverfront-property-sale | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Matthew J. Rolin's characteristic patience returns with newfound clarity. From the upcoming album Passing, his 12-string guitar playing on "Shingles" — presented here in its best production yet — shimmers in stasis, then spins in its rollicking chord changes. There's a kaleidoscopic sense of motion always in play, leaving you guessing where the next turn leads. While frequently heard in group settings (most notably in the ecstatic folk-drone of Powers/Rolin Duo, with dulcimerist and wife Jen Powers), alone his stylistic prowess has a clear and welcome chance to shine. Rolin's deft hands on his instrument display an assured sense of composition, and a bright present for the state of guitar soli.
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Harri Hursti has bought about 200 used voting machines without incident, but the one he purchased on eBay last month is now the subject of a state investigation, with Michigan officials determined to find out how the device ended up for sale online.
"We are actively working with law enforcement to investigate allegations of an illegal attempt to sell a voter assist terminal acquired in Michigan," Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who is up for reelection in November, announced in a statement last week.
And, in an additional tweet, Benson noted that the voting machine was originally from Wexford County and clarified that it was not used to tabulate ballots. (The Dominion-made apparatuses are built to function as voting machines or ballot printing devices. In Michigan, they were used to print voter ballots.)
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission says voting machines should be meticulously inventoried and kept under lock and key "in a tamper-proof location, preferably within the election office."
Hursti is a cybersecurity expert who is often contracted by state-level election officials to test vulnerabilities in voting machines. That's why he bought the Dominion ImageCast X machine as soon as he saw it online, he told NPR during a phone interview.
"I've never taken a look inside one of those," he said, with some excitement.
He forked over $1,200 then, in an effort to clarify any lingering questions about the ImageCast X's provenance, he sent an email to Michigan's secretary of state office alerting them of the deal. It's something he does whenever he buys a device online, he explained.
It's a good thing he did.
"They didn't know a device was missing until they started looking to see if there's a missing machine," Hursti said. "They really had no idea, and that is one of the biggest dangers" to election security.
As of Wednesday, the machine was still in the same unopened box it arrived in nearly two weeks ago. Hursti said he is waiting on the FBI or some other law enforcement agency to pick up the 2020 device from his home in Connecticut.
"I'm waiting to find out if it was stolen — that would make [the sale] illegal — or not. If it was not, then the machine is mine and I can get started" on his analysis, he said.
CNN has reported that the eBay seller, Ean Hutchison, who lives in Ohio, found the Dominion-made machine on a Michigan Goodwill website for just $7.99. He snapped it up then immediately put it up for sale on eBay.
Hutchison did not respond to NPR's requests for comment.
In the post on eBay, Hutchison stated that the device had been used in "the most recent Michigan elections."
Meanwhile, Michigan is one of several swing states, including Georgia and Colorado, where officials have launched investigations into possible election tampering or interference by Donald Trump supporters who hope to subvert the 2020 election. In nearly all cases, the election deniers claim they are searching for evidence of voter fraud.
For Hursti, one of the greatest threats to voting devices is not necessarily hacking, but human incompetence.
The 54-year-old is an expert in the field. He's been featured in two documentaries — Kill Chain: The Cyber War On America's Elections and the Emmy-nominated film, Hacking Democracy — that pull the curtain back on the U.S. election system. Both offer an unnerving glimpse into the weaknesses of today's election technology.
He said he's seen instances where election officials or polling place volunteers inadvertently mishandle devices or do not follow security protocols.
"They just don't have the proper training," he said.
In other cases, people simply fail to keep track of the machines. "They leave them behind someplace and just totally forget them," he said, adding that there was one instance in which an election device was left behind at a hotel for more than a year. "The hotel called and tried to tell them they left it but no one ever called back. So they sold it, which is legal for them to do."
For those not in the know, Hursti said it sounds shocking to hear that voting machines can be bought and sold for little money.
"People think it's a big deal but it happens all the time. Most of the time the seller is a government, a county, or it is electric recycling. ... And it is a good thing because hackers are a resource to make things safer."
Hackers like him, he said, are not interested in weaponizing the weaknesses they find. "The reason you pop open the machine is to learn the vulnerabilities" of each machine, in order to safeguard democracy, he added.
And there are plenty of other machines to tinker with, while he waits for the Michigan investigation to unfold.
"I bought two others last month, so I'll get started on those," he said.
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Updated September 8, 2022 at 2:49 PM ET
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has died at her Balmoral estate in Scotland, at age 96, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. She served as the constitutional monarch of the United Kingdom for 70 years, making her the longest-ruling monarch in British history.
Her reign spanned a remarkable arc in British history and was defined by duty to country and considerable family pain. Her death is a major milestone for the country, triggering an outpouring of national affection and grief.
It also comes at a time when the U.K. is transitioning from a deeply controversial prime minister, Boris Johnson, to a new one, Liz Truss, who just took over the job this week. The country faces skyrocketing inflation and the challenge of the biggest war in Europe since 1945.
Elizabeth was born into an empire on which the sun never set and was the country's last major figure with a connection to World War II, a searing, ultimately triumphant experience that, for some, continues to define the nation. On V-E Day in 1945, Elizabeth, then 19, described slipping out of Buckingham Palace to join the jubilant crowds.
"I remember lines of unknown people, linking arms and walking down Whitehall, all of us just swept along on a tide of happiness and relief," she recalled. "It was one of the most memorable nights of my life."
Later, Elizabeth watched as Britain lost most of its colonies and much of its power. There were many personal lows, including the divorces of three of her four children; the death of her former daughter-in-law Diana; and a sex scandal involving her son Prince Andrew. Late in her reign, her grandson Prince Harry left the family and England to settle in California with his American wife, Meghan Markle.
Through it all, though, the queen worked to honor a pledge she made when was just 21: "I declare before you that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service, and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong."
Through the ups and downs of her tenure, her hard work and longevity won her deep admiration across the United Kingdom.
Born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor in London in 1926, her ascension to the throne was an accident of history. In 1936, her uncle, King Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson, a divorced American woman. Elizabeth's shy, stammering father assumed the throne as George VI, placing her next in line.
When World War II erupted three years later, Princess Elizabeth began performing official royal duties and delivered the first of many broadcasts, billed as addresses to the children of the British Empire.
In 1947, at age 25, she married Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, a dashing naval officer and distant cousin with whom she'd fallen in love in her early teens.
While traveling in Kenya five years later, Elizabeth received grim news from home that her father, who suffered from heart disease and cancer, had died in his sleep. A year later, her lavish coronation in Westminster Abbey drew a global TV audience.
Elizabeth made a glamorous young queen in the gray, postwar years — but also a remote one. Occasionally, she appeared to drop her guard and allowed TV cameras into her home. She spoke of her embrace of the predictability of royal life and how younger family members chafed under its strictures.
"If you live this sort of life, which people don't very much," she said with a laugh, "you live very much by tradition and by continuity. I find that's one of the sad things, that people don't take on jobs for life, they try different things all the time."
Given the nature of her job, Elizabeth said she knew exactly what she would be doing in the next two months or even the coming year.
"I think this is what the younger members [of the royal family] find difficult, is the regimented side of it," she added.
Difficulties involving younger royals led to some of the most painful periods of the queen's life.
In just one year — 1992 — the marriages of her three oldest children collapsed. That November, fire devastated Windsor Castle, her childhood home along the banks of the River Thames outside London.
"In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an 'annus horribilis,' " the queen said.
"I think the queen really felt deeply wounded by the lack of success of her family," says Sarah Bradford, the author of several biographies of Elizabeth. "She just felt humiliated and possibly she felt guilty about it."
Five years later, things grew far worse, when paparazzi on motorcycles chased Diana, Princess of Wales, through Paris. She died after the Mercedes she was traveling in crashed into a pillar in a tunnel along the Seine River.
Diana had recently divorced Prince Charles, but remained for many a sympathetic figure.
Instead of returning to London to lead her people in mourning, the queen remained in her castle in Balmoral, comforting her grandchildren, Diana's sons, Princes William and Harry. Many Britons were furious and saw the queen as out of touch and uncaring.
"The week before Diana's funeral was probably the low point of the queen's life," Bradford says, "because for the first time in her life, she was actually really criticized, deeply criticized."
Bowing to public pressure, the queen returned to London and eventually responded to what she called "the extraordinary and moving reaction to [Diana's] death."
With that tribute to Diana, the crisis faded. By 2012, when the queen celebrated her 60th year on the throne, she had recovered her popularity. A few weeks later came the London Olympics, where she thrilled a global TV audience by pretending to skydive into the Olympic stadium with Daniel Craig as James Bond.
More recently, during the coronavirus pandemic, the queen made a rare national speech that illustrated the unique role she played in the United Kingdom. As head of state and national matriarch, she reassured the British people and emphasized the country's traditional values.
"Together we are tackling this disease, and I want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it," she said from Windsor Castle. "I hope in the years to come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge. And those who come after us will say the Britons of this generation were as strong as any. The attributes of self-discipline, of quiet good-humored resolve and of fellow feeling still characterize this country."
Still recent years brought additional family turmoil and crises that undermined the monarchy, including allegations that a 17-year-old girl was coerced into having sex with Prince Andrew, which he denied in an interview with the BBC.
In 2021, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said they'd encountered racism within the royal family. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan, who is biracial, said there had been discrimination toward their son, Archie. She said there had been "concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born."
In a statement, Buckingham Palace called the claims "concerning" and said the family would address them privately.
About a month later, Prince Philip, whom the queen had called "my strength and stay," died at age 99 after more than seven decades of marriage.
With the queen's passing, her son Charles becomes king.
The queen was enormously popular, even among Britons who weren't fond of the monarchy. Charles, however, is not. Polls this year showed that only about one-third of the public here wants him as king. Many people remain unhappy with Charles because of how he handled his first marriage.
"The legacy of the whole Diana catastrophe — it does go very deep," said Max Hastings, the former editor of Britain's The Daily Telegraph and the Evening Standard. "The image that Diana passed onto the world about the Prince of Wales is not a very attractive image. It was an image of a very selfish, quirky, weird man."
Royal watchers say that Charles's lack of popularity and connection to many British people poses a serious challenge to the monarchy as it moves forward.
Elizabeth became queen when Winston Churchill was Britain's prime minister and Harry Truman was U.S. president. She worked with 15 British prime ministers and has met 13 of the last 14 American presidents.
Queen Elizabeth is the only monarch the vast majority of Britons have ever known. Bradford believes history will rank her among the nation's great sovereigns, alongside Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria.
"I think the queen's legacy will be holding the whole thing together, through bad and good, connecting with the world," Bradford says. "I think she'll be seen as dutiful, good at her job and self-sacrificing in many ways."
A quarter-century after assuming the throne, Queen Elizabeth II summarized her role and her relationship with her subjects: "When I was 21, I pledged my life to the service of our people," she said. "Although that vow was made in my salad days when I was green in judgment, I do not regret nor retract one word of it."
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Queen Elizabeth II sadly passed away this afternoon (Sept 8), bringing her 70 year-long reign to an end. At the age of 96, she 'peacefully' died at her Balmoral residence in Scotland surrounded by her family, Buckingham Palace has announced.
She was the longest running monarch in British history, with her eldest son, Charles III, now becoming King of the United Kingdom. A statement released on the Royal website said: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow."
Following her death, the website went dark and noted that it's temporarily unavailable, with an image paying homage to the late Queen.
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Details of her funeral are expected to be released by the palace soon, where the nation will be given the chance to pay their respects to the UK's longest serving monarch. It is thought that the most likely day of the funeral will be September 19.
The late Queen met newly-elected Prime Minister Liz Truss at Balmoral, but was forced to pull out of a virtual Privy Council meeting yesterday (Sept 8).
Will workers get a day off?
As reported by Teesside Live, this, like many other elements of the Monarch's death, have been thought about and planned in advance. Both The Queen and prime minister have agreed that the day of the funeral will be a day of mourning, however, no bank holiday will be granted.
Though Queen Elizabeth's death is a momentous occasion, marked by an outpouring of national grief, it does not mean the closure of businesses across the country. 'Operation Unicorn' plans were drawn up years ago outlining the procedures for if the Queen were to die in Scotland, which is where she currently is.
Operation Unicorn was ready if the country's longest-reigning monarch died in her favourite residence, which will likely see the neighbouring palace of Holyrood house and St Giles' Cathedral as the main places for the public to pay their respects.
According to the plans, during a period of mourning, her body will be moved from Balmoral to Holyrood house in Edinburgh before travelling to London via train. If she travels by air, the operation will be known as "Operation Overstudy", according to plans leaked to Politico in 2021. It is understood that her body will be placed on the Royal Train at Waverley Station and will travel on the east coast mainline before finishing in London.
A 10-day mourning period will be in place up to and including the Queen's funeral. This will see Royal Household to the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers request that religious buildings ring their bells with muffles in order to create a more solemn sound.
Many of the churches haven't used these since King George VI's death 70 years ago. Vicki Chapman, from the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers, told the Mail on Sunday that adding the muffle turns the bells' normal "dong, dong, dong" into more of a thudding sound.
"We have spent a lot of time talking to the Royal Household and Lambeth Palace about the day the monarch passes, which we hope will not be any time soon," she said. "It is important as it is about paying due reverence to the service of the monarch and commemorating her life.” Full details of Operation London Bridge were leaked last year, giving a full day-to-day run down of what would happen when the Queen passes away.
The day will be known as D Day, with the days following called D Day plus the number of days that have passed. For example, the second day will be D Day Plus One.
Prince Charles has become King Charles III upon his mother's passing. Government departments have been instructed to have flags at half mast within 10 minutes of the Queen's passing being announced announcement.
The Queen will be buried 10 days after she dies, it is expected, and Charles will embark on a tour of the UK before the burial is held. The sovereign's coffin will lie in state for three days at the Houses of Parliament, with authorities anticipating hundreds of thousands of people to descend on London - sparking fears over gridlock, policing and even food shortages.
Any other Parliamentary business is set to be suspended for 10 days, it is reported. The day of the funeral will be a Day of National Mourning, but employers will not be compelled to give staff a day off.
The service will take place at Westminster Abbey, and a two minute silence will be held across the UK at noon. A committal service will be held at St George's Chapel, which is at Windsor Castle, where the Queen will be buried at King George VI Memorial Chapel.
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Queen Elizabeth II's eldest son, His Majesty the King Charles III has released a statement following her death this afternoon (Sept 8). Taking to the royal family's official Twitter account, King Charles III spoke of his family's devastation and said how her loss will be felt across the world.
In the tribute, he said: "The death of my beloved mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family. We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.
"During this period of mourning and change, my family and I will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which the Queen was so widely held."
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The Queen's sad passing brings her 70 year-long reign to an end. She was the longest reigning monarch in British history. She 'peacefully' died at her at Balmoral residence in Scotland this afternoon (Sept 8) after being placed under medical supervision for failing health.
At 96, she had seen 15 UK prime ministers come and go. Addressing the nation from Downing Street, Liz Truss announced Charles's new title. She said: "Today the crown passes, as it has done for more than 1,000 years, to our new monarch, to our new head of state, His Majesty King Charles III."
On the Royal website, a statement reads: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow." US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill said in a statement that "Queen Elizabeth II was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy" who "helped make our relationship special".
Details of her funeral are expected to be released by the palace soon. Her eldest son, Charles, has now become King of the United Kingdom.
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Our new ruler will be called King Charles III, Prime Minister Liz Truss revealed in her statement following the sad death of his mum Queen Elizabeth II. The new King had dashed to the Queen's bedside in Balmoral after doctors revealed concerns about her health.
Charles was joined by the monarch's other children the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex, and the Duke of Cambridge, now heir to the throne, with the Duke of Sussex travelling there too. Also at Balmoral are Camilla - the new Queen - and the Countess of Wessex. The King and Camilla - now the Queen - will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London on Friday.
The first indication of his title came in Liz Truss' statement at Downing Street after the announcement that the Queen had died at the age of 96 this afternoon. She said "Today the Crown passes, as it has done for more than a thousand years, to our new monarch, our new head of state, his majesty King Charles III.
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"It's an extraordinary achievement to have presided with such dignity and grace for 70 years. Her life of service stretched beyond most of our living memories. "In return she was loved and admired by the people in the United Kingdom and all around the world. She has been a personal inspiration to me and to many Britons - her devotion to duty is an example to us all."
This is the statement from King Charles III following the death of his mother, the Queen: "The death of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family.
"We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.
"During this period of mourning and change, my family and I will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which The Queen was so widely held."
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Today the nation has been rocked by the news that Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96. Queen Elizabeth ruled for 70 years making her the longest in history and she passed away today surrounded by her family in Balmoral.
The operation called London Bridge is now in place and that is a secret plan that will see a number of different things put in place. One of those things is that her son Prince Charles is now king.
With that in mind the coins and notes that are used by everyone need to be replaced as at the moment they have the Queen's face on them. The new currency will be printed and then distributed across the UK and the old currency will be phased out, reports My London.
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The old coins and the notes will be removed from circulation when they are worn out; however , they will remain legal tender until a specific date is confirmed. The UK will not be the only nation that will be impacted by the change.
The changes will also impact the currencies of many different countries including New Zealand, Canada and Australia.
Bank governor Andrew Bailey said: "It was with profound sadness that I learned of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. On behalf of everyone at the Bank I would like to pass on my deepest condolences to the Royal Family.
"For most of us, she is the only head of state we have ever known, and will be remembered as an inspirational figure for our country and the Commonwealth."
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