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...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610, OR611, OR639, OR640, OR641, WA690,
WA691, AND WA695...
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 610 East Slopes of Central
Oregon Cascades, 611 Deschutes National Forest -minus Sisters
Ranger District, 639 East Slopes of the Northern Oregon
Cascades, 640 Central Mountains of Oregon, 641 Lower Columbia
Basin of Oregon, 690 Kittitas Valley, 691 Lower Columbia Basin
and 695 East Washington South Central Cascade Mountains.
* WINDS...Northeast 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 percent.
* IMPACTS...Dry conditions with gusty winds could cause enhanced
fire weather behavior and allow existing fires to more easily
spread. Northeasterly component of the wind could also
complicate attack efforts.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
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LONDON.-
President Biden: "In a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generation of Britons, including many who have never known their country without her. She was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the United Kingdom and United States.
Barack and Michelle Obama: "Like so many of you, Michelle and I are grateful to have witnessed Her Majesty's dedicated leadership, and we are awed by her legacy of timeless, dignified public service. Our thoughts are with her family and the people of the United Kingdom at this difficult time."
Donald Trump: "Melania and I are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Together with our family and fellow Americans, we send our sincere condolences to the Royal Family and the people of the United Kingdom during this time of great sorrow and grief. Queen Elizabeth's historic and remarkable reign left a tremendous legacy of peace and prosperity for Great Britain.
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR): "For over 70 years, Queen Elizabeth was unwavering in her dedication to public service and her country. She was a constant source of strength and comfort for the British people, and her legacy will live on for generations to come."
KNDU News is awaiting comments on the Queen's death from other prominent politicians. We will update this story as we receive statements. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/the-queen-is-dead-reactions-to-queen-elizabeths-death/article_a86d9ec4-2fb3-11ed-89b3-27efb29dbd17.html | 2022-09-08T21:02:36Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/the-queen-is-dead-reactions-to-queen-elizabeths-death/article_a86d9ec4-2fb3-11ed-89b3-27efb29dbd17.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
OLYMPIA, Wash.-
A wind event forecast for this weekend in Washington is raising the already high wildfire risk across the state.
"Windy conditions amplify wildfire starts and make fighting those ignitions challenging," said Hilary Franz, Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands.
These sustained winds, paired with already critical fire weather conditions, could result in severe wildfire activity across the state.
By Friday winds of 15-20 miles per hour will blow from the Okanogan Valley to the Columbia Basin.
"Practicing good prevention habits keeps our skies clear and our firefighters safe," said Franz.
More information on fire prevention resources can be found here. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/weekend-wind-event-raises-fire-risks-across-wa/article_c56a6366-2f9c-11ed-acd7-a3eef6664302.html | 2022-09-08T21:02:42Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/weekend-wind-event-raises-fire-risks-across-wa/article_c56a6366-2f9c-11ed-acd7-a3eef6664302.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Mostly sunny and a little hazy. Morning temperatures in the 50s-60s, low-mid 70s by noon and afternoon highs in the low-mid 80s.
A northwesterly flow has developed this morning as a ridge builds into the region. This flow is pushing smoke from fires in the north Cascades southwest towards Moses Lake and Ritzville where air quality has dropped to moderate-unhealthy. As the flow becomes more northerly look for the haze/smoke aloft to increase in the Columbia Basin and Yakima/Kittitas Valleys. At this time models suggest our air quality should remain good to moderate at times for the rest of the day.
As the ridge continues to move inland it will begin to push against a thermal (heat) low building north from California. This will tighten the pressure gradient Friday and Saturday producing breezy to gusty winds. Expect gusts 20-30 mph and a high Fire Danger.
Red Flag Warning - WA/OR Cascades... Friday and Saturday
- Critical Fire Danger
- Gusts 20-30 MPH
- Rapid Fire Spread
- No Outdoor Burning
- Be Firewise
Fire Weather Watch - Kittitas/Yakima Valleys... Friday and Saturday
- Potential Critical Fire Danger
- Breezy-Gusty Winds
- May be Upgraded to a Warning
- Rapid Fire Spread
High pressure is overhead on Sunday with lighter winds and warmer temperatures, highs in the upper 80s-low 90s. Mid and high level clouds begin to increase late Sunday and Monday as a moisture plume, from the expected remnants of Hurricane Kay, begins to move into the Pacific Northwest. We may even see a few showers or thunderstorm Monday over central and southern Oregon. Highs in the upper 80s. Models have been struggling a bit with the development and placement of an upper level low on Tuesday. Right now it look to move onshore late Tuesday-Wednesday morning with a chance for scattered showers and maybe a stray thunderstorm. The best chance will be from the Tri-Cities and east. Temperatures cool to the upper 70s-low 80s. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/smoke-fire-danger-and-hurricane-kay/article_911513aa-2fa0-11ed-b25d-a777181e4f66.html | 2022-09-08T21:02:48Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/smoke-fire-danger-and-hurricane-kay/article_911513aa-2fa0-11ed-b25d-a777181e4f66.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SAN DIEGO – Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) San Diego’s fleet assistance team (FAT) held a full management review (FMR) aboard USS Germantown (LSD 42) Aug. 31. The FAT conducted a hybrid review, completing the on-site inspection checklist with the supply department over the course of two days.
“The FAT is the first contact to ensure the ship’s retail and services division is 100% capable to complete any mission tasking and worldwide deployment,” said Chief Petty Officer Jason Phaff, NEXCOM fleet assist team leading chief petty officer. “These combined efforts allow for the ship’s store operation to provide the crew with daily necessities and improved morale, which is a huge impact of ship readiness.”
The retail services specialists (RSs) on the ship were eager to show the FAT around and learn how to improve their processes and use this review as an audit tool for their operations.
“The FAT provides technical assistance and guidance to forces afloat to improve the performance of ships store operations. FAT’s can review ships’ data remotely in the retail operations management system and allows the team to assist deployed ships, ensuring 24/7 readiness.” explained Phaff. “The FMR allows the FAT to discover areas of improvement, as well a as areas of success.”
On this visit, the FAT observed the barbershop in action as a Sailor was in the middle of receiving a haircut. This was a unique opportunity for the FAT to review techniques and confirm the RSs were operating with the tools they need to accomplish the job.
The FAT in San Diego reviews 49 Pacific Fleet ships and two shore activities. The FMRs follow a 24-month cycle. This leads to the team consistently going aboard various ships to conduct checks on procedures, equipment and training. The FAT assists with resale operations management, retail operations, accounting, procurement, cash-handling procedures, laundry and barbershop services, customer service, vending machine assistance, and visual merchandise training.
“The Sailors on the FAT provide the most current and up-to-date training to all Ships in our area of responsibility to guarantee the ship’s store program is ready to go at a moment’s notice,” said Phaff.
NAVSUP FLC San Diego is one of eight FLCs under Commander, NAVSUP. Headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, NAVSUP employs a diverse, worldwide workforce of more than 25,000 military and civilian personnel. NAVSUP and the Navy Supply Corps conduct and enable supply chain, acquisition, operational logistics and Sailor & family care activities with our mission partners to generate readiness and sustain naval forces worldwide to prevent and decisively win wars. Learn more at www.navsup.navy.mil, www.facebook.com/navsup and https://twitter.com/navsupsyscom.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Tomás Aragón, director of the California Department of Public Health, about how the state is responding to its recent heatwave.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Tomás Aragón, director of the California Department of Public Health, about how the state is responding to its recent heatwave.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Thursday to announce more security aid to Ukraine.
He was also there to signal support as Ukraine tries to push back Russian forces.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Thursday to announce more security aid to Ukraine.
He was also there to signal support as Ukraine tries to push back Russian forces.
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Queen Elizabeth II died at her Balmoral estate in Scotland at age 96 on Thursday. She was the longest-serving monarch in British history, reigning for 70 years.
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Queen Elizabeth II died at her Balmoral estate in Scotland at age 96 on Thursday. She was the longest-serving monarch in British history, reigning for 70 years.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. – Habitat for Humanity raised the walls Wednesday on a home for an Upstate family in need.
This home will mark the 400th home in the Greenville community.
It’s the second Abraham build, which brings together members of the Muslim, Jewish and Christian faith.
Monroe Free, the CEO of Habitat for Humanity, said the goal is to battle the affordable housing crisis in the country.
Free went on to say the family the home is for has overcome many challenges to be Habitat homeowners. | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/habitat-for-humanity-builds-home-for-upstate-family-in-need/ | 2022-09-08T21:14:47Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/habitat-for-humanity-builds-home-for-upstate-family-in-need/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Republican Party is calling for State Representative Krystle Matthews to resign following newly leaked audio they believe is racially charged.
Audio released on YouTube revealed a conversation the Lowcountry lawmaker allegedly had with an undercover journalist associated with Project Veritas Action and touches on a demographic within her district.
Leaders with the SC GOP said the audio – allegedly from Matthews – advocated for treating white people within her district in a negative way.
“…Matthews has made it clear she is unfit to hold public office. First she called for ‘dope boy money’ and illegal straw donors to her U.S. Senate campaign, and now we hear her advocating for treating white people ‘like s***’ or otherwise ‘they get outta control like kids,’’ said South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Drew McKissick.
“My district is slightly Republican and it’s heavily white. I’m no stranger to white people, I’m from a mostly white town. And let me tell you one thing. You oughta know who you’re dealing with, like, you gotta treat them like s***,” you can hear in the recording posted by Project Veritas.
In another sound bite from the Project Veritas recording, the voice which appears to be Matthews, touches on non-support for former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and referenced speaking to different races.
“This is overtly racist. Point blank. Period. What happens when a white family in her district needs help? Does Matthews assist them, or does she treat them like crap,” asked McKissick. “The fact that question even has to be asked is more than enough to call for her to resign.”
News 2 spoke with McKissick shortly after releasing his statement. While he said her language was not a shock based on previous conversations from the lawmaker, he called the new statements both disappointing and reprehensible.
“We’re talking about an elected member of the State House of Representatives, one the Democrat party had nominated for the U.S. Senate to run against Tim Scott. You would expect better behavior at a minimum and hopefully better attitudes towards fellow South Carolinians from someone in that position.”
McKissick has called on Democratic counterparts to disavow her statements.
News 2 has reached out to Rep. Matthews for comment. We are waiting to hear back.
Matthews will face U.S. Senator Tim Scott in the November election. | https://www.wspa.com/news/state-news/scgop-calls-on-rep-krystle-matthews-to-resign-says-new-leaked-audio-is-racist/ | 2022-09-08T21:14:52Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/state-news/scgop-calls-on-rep-krystle-matthews-to-resign-says-new-leaked-audio-is-racist/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Gun deaths continued to surge across the United States in the second year of the pandemic, reaching 48,832 in 2021, according to provisional data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. It now stands as the highest single-year tally on record, up 8 percent from the previous record in 2020, when 45,222 people died of gunshot wounds.
The data, published in July on the CDC’s WONDER database and first flagged by the gun reform group Giffords, suggest that firearms deaths, which surged past 40,000 for the first time in 2020, haven’t returned to pre-pandemic levels.
The CDC tracks mortality information via death certificates collected at the state level, and the provisional data may change slightly before it is finalized early next year. But a look at what is available now reveals some key statistics for anyone monitoring the magnitude of gun violence in America.
Firearm injury is now the 12th leading cause of death in the country, eclipsing car crashes for the fifth year in a row and jumping a spot from its 13th-place ranking in 2020. And the age-adjusted gun death rate, 14.8 per 100,000 people, was the highest since 1993, considered a high-water mark for American gun violence.
“People are dying by guns at an extraordinary rate,” said Eric Fleegler, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and an emergency physician at Boston Children’s Hospital. Fleegler, who first began researching gun violence over a decade ago, pointed to the widespread social upheaval wrought by the pandemic, as well as a gun-buying surge that put more than 40 million guns in homes in 2020 and 2021.
“The data has been very clear over the years that where there are more guns, there are more deaths,” he said.
The 2021 increase in gun deaths was driven equally by homicides and suicides. According to the data, both categories saw record-breaking totals, and each increased roughly 8 percent year over year.
That annual increase in gun homicides was much smaller than the one recorded between 2019 and 2020, when they rose 34.5 percent. However, in 2021 guns were used in a greater proportion of homicides than ever before: 80.6 percent, up from 79 percent in 2020.
The data shows that people of color accounted for a disproportionate share of the victims: 41 percent of firearm homicide victims in 2021 were Black males between the ages of 15 and 34, a group that accounts for only 4 percent of the population, while Black women accounted for 7.8 percent of gun homicides in 2021, compared to 6.9 percent in 2020.
The annual increase in gun suicides, meanwhile, was the largest on record since at least 1968. More than 26,000 people took their lives with guns in 2021, accounting for 54 percent of all gun deaths. Experts attributed the tally to disruptions in mental health care and more exposure to firearms, especially among first-time owners. Fleegler pointed to a 2020 Stanford University study showing a 100-fold increase in the risk of suicide among California residents in the month after they bought their first handgun.
“The mental health crisis cannot be underestimated in the United States right now,” Fleegler said. “And our inability to give people support that they need is certainly exacerbating it.”
The vast majority of gun suicide victims in 2021 were white males — 70 percent. But gun suicides among rose by 22 percent between 2020 and 2021 among Black people, a group that doesn’t typically have high gun suicide rates. Firearm suicide among people of color, particularly children and teenagers, has been inching upward in recent years, alarming experts, as The Trace reported earlier this year.
Gun violence rates in 2021 varied considerably among states. New York, which just had its concealed carry permitting requirements loosened by the Supreme Court, had one of the lowest gun death rates in the country, along with Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. The highest gun death rates were found in Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, and Wyoming.
Garen Wintemute, the director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis, said the rate of variation within states was noteworthy, particularly when viewed alongside recent changes to local gun laws. He pointed to California as an example: The state had one of the nation’s highest gun death rates in the 1980s through the early 1990s, but now ranks among the lowest. In between, the state enacted some of the nation’s strictest gun access and possession laws.
“There are half a dozen or more states that have, by universal agreement, the most rigorous regulatory approach to firearms in the country, and they have the lowest firearm death rates in the country,” he said. “And they’re decreasing.”
Gun laws have also loosened considerably in several states over the last two decades. In half the country, residents no longer need a permit to carry a gun in public. Some of those states had the highest rates of gun violence in 2020 and 2021.
If you are having thoughts of suicide, help is available 24 hours a day: Call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Also, here is our guide to finding help if you’re experiencing suicidal thoughts or depression. | https://www.thetrace.org/2022/09/gun-deaths-cdc-2021-record/ | 2022-09-08T21:15:01Z | thetrace.org | control | https://www.thetrace.org/2022/09/gun-deaths-cdc-2021-record/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
What To Know Today
New York officials three-for-three in court fight against ghost gun sellers. Another online retailer has agreed to stop selling illegal gun parts to New York City residents. The settlement is the third of its kind after the city brought a lawsuit against five online firearms distributors. The company, Florida-based Salvo Technologies — which does business under the name 80P Builder — agreed to implement a “technological bar” to prevent sales to NYC residents, according to officials. It also agreed to hand over its data on sales since 2020. The city’s suit against Missouri-based Arm and Ally and Florida-based Indie Guns is ongoing. New York Attorney General Letitia James filed her own lawsuit against five other companies — in addition to those the city sued — for selling thousands of unfinished frames and receivers that could be converted into unserialized and untraceable ghost guns. Under New York state law, possession or sale of an unfinished frame or receiver is a felony, as is the possession or sale of a ghost gun made from one.
Texas Department of Public Safety officers under investigation for Uvalde response. Five officers have been referred to the agency’s inspector general for a formal probe into their actions at Robb Elementary School, where a shooter killed 19 children and two teachers in May. Two of the officers have been suspended with pay while three others were allowed to remain on duty. The state agency has largely evaded the intense scrutiny faced by other law enforcement agencies, though it is being sued over its refusal to release documents related to the police response.
Permitless carry in Alabama will defund the police, sheriffs say. Starting in January, residents will no longer need a permit to carry a handgun in public. State law enforcement agencies stand to lose as much as $15 million a year in revenue from the dropoff in application fees. Pistol permits, which cost $20, are a major source of funding for law enforcement in Alabama, and some sheriffs say revenue is already down as much as 40 percent ahead of the law’s enactment. The legislation sets aside a $2 million fund to offset the losses, but county commissioners say it’s not enough. “This is just another way of defunding law enforcement at a time when violent crime is on the rise,” Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham said.
A New Orleans teen who appeared in a film about gun violence was fatally shot. In a 2020 documentary about the city’s gun violence, “Freedia Got a Gun,” produced by local bounce rapper Big Freedia, Devin Walker, then 14, spoke movingly about watching his father die in a shooting, and how it made him want to carry a gun. “I wanted to try to save Devin, from losing him to the streets,” Freedia says in the film. “Because that’s the direction he’s headed: either in jail or dead.” On August 17, Walker, 17, was fatally shot during an argument with a 76-year-old man, who was later charged with second-degree murder. Freedia said he was “heartbroken” to learn that Walker was killed with a gun. The teen leaves behind four siblings, one of whom was his twin.
Data Point
48 percent — the decrease in shootings over Labor Day weekend in New York City this year compared to 2021. [New York Daily News] | https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/nyc-ghost-guns-permitless-carry-defund-police/ | 2022-09-08T21:15:10Z | thetrace.org | control | https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/nyc-ghost-guns-permitless-carry-defund-police/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
JACKSON — The Porkchop Geyser in Yellowstone National Park’s Norris Geyser Basin was once a small hot spring, a blue pool that occasionally erupted.
But in 1985 the geyser changed: The Porkchop began “spouting,” sending plumes of water 20 to 30 feet high from a mostly dry crater. The roaring sound of the explosion could occasionally be heard from over a mile away, and in winter the spray created ice cones more than 20 feet high.
Then, on the afternoon of Sept. 5, 1989, the geyser changed again — quickly. Eight visitors watched as eruptions became 60 to 80 feet tall.
Then the geyser exploded.
The blast sent the silica deposit around the geyser into the air, uprooted rocks as large as 3 feet across and chucked smaller material more than 200 feet away. It left a 10-foot crater.
“Fortunately there was no one close enough to be hurt,” Michael Poland said. But he said, “if that had happened at the height of tourist season, when there were a lot of people that were standing nearby, people might have been injured.”
Poland is the scientist in charge at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, which monitors the active supervolcano that dwells beneath the Earth’s surface in America’s first national park.
Poland and other scientists from the National Park Service, University of Utah and University of Wyoming have spent years setting up a network of seismometers, which track earthquake activity; GPS stations, which track how the ground is moving up and down; and stream gauges, which measure the temperature, flow and chemistry of the park’s rivers. Their goal: to understand how the Yellowstone Caldera is acting and predict any substantial changes, which are unlikely.
But now, with that macro, caldera-wide monitoring network set up, Poland and other Yellowstone volcanologists are gearing up to try to better understand smaller geographies like the Norris Geyser Basin.
Ditto the mechanics of hydrothermal eruptions, like the Porkchop Geyser explosion, that pose a greater risk to human health and safety than less likely large-scale super volcano activity.
The focus on smaller hydrothermal phenomena is a significant part of the Volcano Observatory’s new 10-year plan to improve monitoring and hazards assessments of volcanic, hydrothermal and earthquake activity in the Yellowstone Plateau. That plan is broken down into two parts: “backbone” and hydrothermal monitoring.
Plans for “backbone” monitoring include beefing up the larger, caldera-wide system that’s already in place. The hydrothermal monitoring is new and geared toward tracking activity within Yellowstone’s individual thermal areas and geyser basins.
“We have that bigger-picture view nailed down pretty well,” Poland said. “It’s time to actually go after the smaller-picture stuff.”
Ken Sims is a National Geographic Explorer and University of Wyoming professor who researches volcanoes around the globe and has represented the university on the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory since 2013.
The expansion of monitoring in smaller geyser basins is, in part, about establishing a “baseline,” he said.
“You can’t forecast that someone’s going to have a bad heart without understanding how the heart works and having EKGs and various blood tests to look for plaques,” Sims said. “We’re at the stage where we’re trying to better monitor these systems so we can better forecast those events.
“Part of it is just knowing what the steady state is so you know what might be aberrant, might be different,” Sims said.
In smaller geyser basins, Poland said, satellite monitoring data indicates that the ground may rise during the summer when there’s more water present and fall in late summer when that water drains away. More detailed monitoring could confirm that, as well as tip park managers off if “an individual geyser basin is ever doing something weird,” like getting ready to explode.
Hydrothermal explosions like the one at Porkchop Geyser are caused by water flashing to steam and immediately having to escape its container.
“That can create a small explosion and spray boiling water, mud and rocks over a small area,” Poland said.
Such explosions are relatively common, happening once every year or two in the backcountry, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. However, Poland said, they’re an “under-appreciated hazard” in the front country and “one that’s far more important on human time scales than a volcanic eruption.”
Poland said the Volcano Observatory hopes to set up the first geyser basin monitoring station in Norris Geyser Basin in 2023.
More monitoring stations would likely come online in the following years once volcanologists evaluate how well the first one works. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/researchers-seek-to-understand-small-geyser-systems/article_701fb104-2ede-11ed-8963-0b3e9a99dbd3.html | 2022-09-08T21:17:46Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/researchers-seek-to-understand-small-geyser-systems/article_701fb104-2ede-11ed-8963-0b3e9a99dbd3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
This group of Access, Inc. clients recently enjoyed the Franklin County Fair. Access is planning a fundraiser on Sept. 17 to help provide these and others with programming. The group is, front row (left to right): Amber Bushbaum, Samantha Heldenbrand, Mary Steere, Barb Noss, Heidi Murphy, David Asmus. Back row (l-r): Devi Brekke, Lacie Kramer, McKenna Rew, Trevor Ulrich and Jessie Sage.
Access Incorporated may not mean much to many people. The Hampton-based non-profit does, after all, serve a select clientele. But because it does, it is often a forgotten or misunderstood program – despite being active in local communities for 45 years.
Those most benefitting from Access are individuals with brain injuries and intellectual disabilities in Hardin, Franklin, Wright, Butler and Cerro Gordo counties. Danielle Lindaman, Access Director of Development, has been with the organization for 13 years.
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Interested in tagging and releasing your own monarch butterflies before their annual migration back to Mexico? Join the Calkins Nature Area staff from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15 for their annual monarch butterfly tagging event.
This is a free event for the public and people of all ages are welcome to attend. IUCN Red List has just listed the monarch as an endangered species. Tagging and receiving information on these animals is more important now than ever. Become a citizen scientist by tagging monarchs. The program portion of our event will start promptly at 5 pm. If you have questions, please contact their staff at 641-648-9878. | http://www.timescitizen.com/news/monarch-butterfly-tagging-at-calkins/article_57e2f88a-2f79-11ed-a6d5-7b8496b8a202.html | 2022-09-08T21:19:25Z | timescitizen.com | control | http://www.timescitizen.com/news/monarch-butterfly-tagging-at-calkins/article_57e2f88a-2f79-11ed-a6d5-7b8496b8a202.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In this edition of Ask General Counsel, we discuss whether federal or government contractor employees can use marijuana. Located in McLean, the attorneys of General Counsel, P.C. have been representing employers, non-profit entities, and individuals since 2004.
While many states have enacted legislation permitting marijuana use in some form (you can find more information on marijuana in the workplace in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia here), marijuana use is still prohibited under federal law. Specifically, under the federal Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is prohibited as a Schedule 1 illegal drug.
Federal employees and contractors are subject to the Drug Free Workplace Act, which requires federal contractors to meet certain requirements to be eligible for federal contacts. Under this act, any company that receives a federal contact of at least $100,000 and any organization that receives a federal grant of any amount must maintain a drug-free workplace policy and a drug-free awareness program. Federal contract conditions must be maintained throughout the life of the contract. A contact may be suspended, debarred or terminated if a contractor is found in violation of the Drug-Free Workplace Act.
Despite a state’s employment protections for users of medical marijuana, such protections don’t extend to federal employees or contractors. In the workplace, these federal employees or contractors are subject to federal law. To be in compliance with federal law, specifically the Drug Free Workplace Act, qualifying employers must:
- Publish a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensation, possession or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the workplace and specify what actions will be taken for violations of the prohibition.
- Ensure that each employee engaged in the performance of a federal contract receives a copy of the statement.
- Notify employees that as condition of employment, the employee must abide by the statement and notify the employer of any criminal drug statute conviction for a violation occurring in the workplace no later than five days after the conviction.
- Establish a drug-free awareness program to inform employees of the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace, the drug-free workplace policy, available drug counseling, rehabilitation and employee assistance programs, along with the potential penalties for violations.
- Notify the contracting agency within 10 days after receiving notice of an employee’s drug conviction.
- Impose a sanction on any employee who is convicted of a criminal drug offense, or require participation in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program.
It is important to note that compliance with the Drug Free Workplace Act does not require employers to terminate employees for drug-related violations. While employers are free to terminate employees who violate the drug-free workplace policy, compliance with the act requires only a sanction of some kind. The required sanction can be mandatory counseling or some other type of participation in an employee assistance program.
It is also notable that the Drug Free Workplace Act only requires a drug-free policy in the workplace. The act doesn’t regulate employee marijuana use outside of the workplace, with an exception for criminal drug convictions. Additionally, the Drug Free Workplace Act doesn’t require employers to drug test applicants or employees but also doesn’t prohibit employers from drug testing if they choose to.
Employers may decide that drug testing isn’t beneficial, because a positive drug test doesn’t necessarily mean that an employee was using marijuana in the workplace. Employers need to do a cost/benefit analysis for their individual workplaces to decide the policies that work best for them.
Whether you are an employer or employee, if you have questions about the legality and ramifications of marijuana use, contact the attorneys of General Counsel, P.C. at intake@gcpc.com. | https://www.insidenova.com/news/business/ask-general-counsel-can-federal-or-government-contractor-employees-use-marijuana/article_1bca38dc-2fb4-11ed-8689-cb64540e65fb.html | 2022-09-08T21:19:35Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/news/business/ask-general-counsel-can-federal-or-government-contractor-employees-use-marijuana/article_1bca38dc-2fb4-11ed-8689-cb64540e65fb.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BCLUW has a new coach. With Friday’s 14-13 win over Hudson, they also have their first two-game winning streak since the first two games of the 2014 season. The Comets snapped a 13-game losing streak, dating back to Sept. 11, 2020, with a 20-14 overtime win over East Marshall in week one.
Meanwhile, AGWSR has also won their first two games of the season. Both were played at home. This will be the first road trip of the season.
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Other than a 70-yard pass to start the game, South Hardin played flat against rivals South Hamilton last week. Tiger Ryan Walters caught two passes for 42 yards.
Most would label Friday's non-district game between Iowa Falls-Alden and South Hardin as a rivalry game, and that would be an accurate assessment.
But for the second consecutive season, the contest carries higher stakes for both programs. As was the case in 2021, the Cadets and Tigers will enter the game seeking to build momentum as district games begin the following week.
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Both Ellsworth Community College and Southwestern Community College were in search of their first Iowa Community College Athletic Conference win on Wednesday night.
Behind a strong hitting performance, the Panthers left Creston with a three set sweep 26-24, 25-20 and 25-22.
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MIDDLEPORT — Royalton-Hartland Central School District has set a major milestone for itself, as several student teams won high places in Future Farmers of America competitions at the New York State Fair and brought home is the highest number of FFA awards that the Roy-Hart chapter has ever received on the state level.
Four teams won first place in the categories Nursery/Landscape, Milk Quality and Product, Environmental/Natural Resources, and Wildlife Identification. Two teams won second place awards, in Agronomy and Nursery/Landscape. Different teams secured third place in Wildlife Identification and fourth place in Meat Evaluation.
“This is the first time that we’ve had multiple teams compete and win at the state level in one summer,” Roy-Hart agriculture teacher and FFA adviser Matthew Sweeney said.“This is a true testament to the passion of these agriculture students ... . They showed their dedication to the agricultural education program at the school as well as their dedication to FFA and showing what they’ve learned in the classroom.”
The first place winning team in Milk Quality and Products consisted of John Konstanty, Joshua Kennedy, Sophia Santella and Vanessa Grant.
The first place winning team in Nursery/ Landscape consisted of Lorna Becker, Nicholas Armenia, Sophia Santella and Joshua Kennedy.
The first place winning team in Environmental/Natural Resources consisted of Joshua Kennedy, Nicholas Armenia, Cayla Burch and Vanessa Grant.
The first place winning team in Wildlife Identification consisted of Joshua Kennedy and Nicholas Armenia.
The first place winning teams in all but the Wildlife Identification category are advancing to the FFA National Convention and Expo, scheduled for Oct. 26 through Oct. 29, in Indianapolis. There is no national Wildlife Indentification category.
“We’re really excited to go to this national level, so the students can show off the knowledge and skills they have in those contests,” said Sweeney. “We’re going to have extensive study sessions between now and then so that we can adequately prepare for them.”
Roy-Hart has sent students to the FFA National Convention before. According to Sweeney, in 2016 the school’s team won bronze in Horse Evaluation and in 2019 a team won the silver in Environmental/Natural Resources. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/3-roy-hart-ffa-teams-headed-to-national-convention/article_b99142f2-2ef3-11ed-9d06-b7a3b358c653.html | 2022-09-08T21:23:02Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/3-roy-hart-ffa-teams-headed-to-national-convention/article_b99142f2-2ef3-11ed-9d06-b7a3b358c653.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BUFFALO (AP) — A 27-year-old man has been charged with assaulting an FBI agent after he was denied entry to the bureau's Buffalo office, federal authorities announced.
Tyler Collins, of Buffalo, was indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of assaulting a federal officer, U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced Wednesday.
Prosecutors say Collins tried to enter the Buffalo FBI office on July 12 and began yelling expletives and banging on the door when he couldn't get in.
Three agents on their way into the building encountered Collins yelling into the intercom system, prosecutors said. According to the indictment, one of the agents tried to calm Collins and Collins punched him. Another agent discharged pepper spray and Collins fled, prosecutors said. Collins was arrested later that evening.
A message seeking comment was sent to Collins' attorney at the federal public defender's office.
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Following the devastating news this afternoon (Sept 8) of the Queen's sad passing, schools are set to be given imminent guidance from the Department for Education (DFE). They will be informed whether they can shut, according to reports.
The DFE has said that it "will issue advice in due course to all schools should [the Queen die]". It is expected that school children will be allowed to have a national day of mourning, which is likely to be on her funeral.
However, it is yet to be seen if the schools will be shut for the entire mourning period. The Operation London Bridge documents show that the Government will not be ordering companies to give their staff the day off, but it is expected that the country will have one day off in remembrance, reports Birmingham Live.
READ MORE: What exactly happens to the notes and coins now the Queen has died
People who don't work as a key worker will likely be given the day off. This will be a bank holiday, but an extra day off will not be given if the funeral is on a weekend.
It is being reported that the Queen's funeral will take place on Monday September 19. The Royal British Legion, a charity which the Queen was patron of since 1952, issued a statement sharing its "deepest sorrow"
The statement adds: "We are immensely thankful for Her Majesty's faithful service, and we join the entire Armed Forces community in mourning the loss of its Commander-in-Chief. The Queen's unwavering dedication to the British Armed Forces will be greatly missed. Our sincere condolences are with the Royal Family at this time."
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Birds are one of the most diverse groups of animals on the planet. Every year, this diversity is celebrated by the passionate people at the Bird Photographer of the Year, in their annual photography awards .
Bird Photographer of the Year is a global photographic competition, open to amateurs and professionals of all ages and abilities. This year, over 20,000 images were submitted, showcasing an incredible variety of birds from around the world. In our gallery we have highlighted our favourites from the winners and runners-up, including many impressive images from younger photographers.
For more information about the competition, and to explore more images, fly over to the official Bird Photographer of the Year website.
Overall winner - Rock ptarmigan flight A rock ptarmigan ( Lagopus muta) flies over the unforgiving landscape of Tysfjorden, a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. The ptarmigan thrive in this area, battered by harsh winds, snow and freezing temperatures throughout the long winter months. Photo by Erlend Haarberg/BPOTY
Gold award for attention to detail - Sleeping beauty While most images of king penguins ( Aptenodytes patagonicus) seem to be of striking adult birds, there is a undeniable cuteness to the chicks with their brown ‘teddy bear’ plumage. This chick was asleep at Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands, United Kingdom, and the photographer was able to capture the details around the beak, eye and ear; the latter seldom seen. Photo by Andy Pollard/BPOTY
Bronze award for birds in flight - Schalow's turac A Schalow’s turaco ( Tauraco schalowi) captured in flight in the Maasai Mara, Kenya. These stunningly-dressed birds spend most of their time high in the dark jungle canopy, and are extremely fast flyers. Because of this, they are rarely photographed in flight (if ever), making this image incredibly rare. Photo by Aaron Baggenstos/BPOTY
Silver award for birds in the environment - Kaleidoscope This image shows a small flock of lesser flamingoes ( Phoeniconaias minor) and greater flamingoes ( Phoenicopterus roseus), as they fly over Lake Logipi in northern Kenya. Recent rains had covered the previously empty lake with a shallow depth of water. This had awakened dormant microscopic algae in the lake bed, which caused the red coloration in the image and mixed with yellow and brown sediment washed into the lake from the Suguta River. Photo by Paul McKenzie/BPOTY
Gold award for best portrait - Strut performer A male sage grouse ( Centrocercus urophasianus) performs a strutting display on the prairies of the Great Basin, USA. On these traditional display grounds, males of this Red List 'Near Threatened' species perform in the hope of winning the right to mate. This behaviour is for the benefit of the females, which judge the talent show and select the best genes to pass on to the next generation. Photo by Ly Dang/BPOTY
Bronze award for best portrait - The doting couple Purple-crested turacos ( Gallirex porphyreolophus) like these are very shy and tend to avoid cameras, which makes this image unique. This couple were photographed at Lower Mpushini, near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Photo by Richard Flack/BPOTY
Gold award for black and white - Between two worlds A double-crested cormorant ( Nannopterum auritus) dives towards a school of fish, at Espíritu Santo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The cormorant in this image was having trouble catching a fish. Every time it dived down into the water, the school would move in unison to escape the bird’s sharp beak, making it difficult to isolate a single target. Photo by Henley Spiers/BPOTY
Gold award for urban birds - Over the city A group of greater flamingoes ( Phoenicopterus roseus) fly over the morning skyline of a foggy Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Photo by Ammar Alsayed Ahmed/BPOTY
Young bird photographer of the year winner - Facing the storm A dunlin ( Calidris alpina) struggles to make headway through a sandstorm at Heligoland, Germany. Heligoland is a tiny North Sea island, known for its generally mild weather, although the weather in this image is anything but. Photo by Levi Fitze/BPOTY
Silver award for attention to detail - Crazy Western capercaillie ( Tetrao urogallus) peers around a tree trunk in Stockholm, Sweden. The capercaillie is a member of the grouse family, and the largest of the grouse species. Photo by Isabella Chowra/BPOTY
Gold award for 9 to 13 years - Droplets Anna’s hummingbird ( Calypte Anna) bathes in a water fountain, at Fremont, California, USA. A fast shutter speed was able to capture the water droplets and the quick motion of the bird's wings. Photo by Parham Pourahmad/BPOTY
Bronze award for 9 to 13 years - Hop, skip and jump A plum-headed parakeet ( Himalayapsitta cyanocephala) jumps from one branch to another. The pink hue of the feathers around its head identifies this individual as a male. Photographed at Hosanagara, Karnataka, India. Photo by Achintya Murthy/BPOTY
Gold award for bird behaviour - Duelling on the lek Sage grouse ( Centrocercus urophasianus) engaged in a fight, Colorado, USA. During the spring breeding season, male sage grouse gather on traditional lekking sites and often engage in short but violent fights. They have an elaborate display designed to attract and impress females, and show their superiority. Inevitably this leads to rivalry between males and challenges on the lek. Photo by Peter Ismert/BPOTY
Silver award for 14 to 17 years - Pied avocet chick A pied avocet ( Recurvirostra avosetta) drinks from a soda lake called Nagyszéksós-tó, near the town of Mórahalom, Kinskunság National Park, Hungary. Photo by Tamás Koncz-Bisztricz/BPOTY
Gold award for birds in flight - Silo mural A pair of galah ( Eolophus roseicapilla) fly past a large grain silo that has been decorated with a mural, at Yelarbon, Queensland, Australia. Large areas of Australia are flat, dry and given over to wheat farming. Towns can consist of as little as a truck stop and a collection of grain silos. In some locations, these silos have become popular palettes for enormous murals, drawing tourists into otherwise desolate areas. Photo by Raoul Slater/BPOTY
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Bronze award for birds in the environment - Free as a bird This image shows a European shag ( Gulosus aristotelis) as it flies over a huge wave of about 8m high off the west coast of Asturias, in northern Spain. Photo by Mario Suarez Porras/BPOTY
Silver award winner for best portrait - Puffin love The morning sun glows behind this pair of Atlantic puffin ( Fratercula arctica), who perch on the cliff edge at Elliston, Newfoundland, Canada. Photo by Brad James/BPOTY
Silver award for bird behaviour - Guillemot swimmers Common guillemots ( Uria aalge) swim underwater at Berwickshire Marine Reserve, Scotland, United Kingdom. Guillemots are excellent swimmers, and use their wings to dive deep down in order to hunt for prey. Photo by Henley Spiers/BPOTY
Bronze award for urban birds - The owlet and the dump Barred owl ( Strix varia) stands amongst litter and rubbish in a creek, in an urban park at Hillsboro, Oregon, USA. Photo by Kerry Wu/BPOTY
Silver award for birds in flight - Starling at night A common starling ( Sturnus vulgaris) flies towards a bird feeder that is full of sunflower seeds, Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom. Photo by Mark Williams/BPOTY
Bronze award for bird behaviour - Waxwing silhouette Bohemian waxwing ( Bombycilla garrulus) perches on a berry bush, and flips a berry into its mouth. Photographed at Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Photo by Simon d’Entremont/BPOTY
Bronze award for 14 to 17 years - Sunset A kentish plover ( Charadrius alexandrinus) stands in the sand at Khok Kham, Samut Sakhon, Thailand, as the sun sets behind it. Photo by Thamboon Uyyanonvara/BPOTY
Silver award for black and white - The guardian of Mordor You might not see it at first, but on a rocky outcrop near the centre of this image, a great cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo) spreads its wings. This impressive image was taken on the black lava beach of Skarðsvík, on the west coast of Iceland. Photo by Paweł Smolik/BPOTY
Silver award for urban birds - Gonzo A little owl ( Athene noctua) shelters from the rain, under the roof of a building in Harghita county, Transylvania, Romania. Photo by Laszlo Potozky/BPOTY
Silver award for 9 to 13 words - Shadows A Eurasian blackbird ( Turdus merula) stands on a tree branch in Grazalema, Spain. Photo by Andrés Luis Domínguez Blanco/BPOTY
Gold award for 8 years and under - Hoot are you? A barred owl chick ( Strix varia) looks straight at the photographer, in this image taken at Acadia National Park, Maine, United States of America. Photo by Arjun Jenigiri/BPOTY
Bronze award for attention to detail - Beads of diamonds A common loon, or great northern diver ( Gavia immer) has been captured in stunning detail in this image. This individual has just surfaced from a dive, with water droplets beading off its feathers. Photographed in the Cariboo region, British Columbia, Canada. Photo by Sue Dougherty/BPOTY | https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/facing-the-storm-bird-photographer-of-the-year-winners/ | 2022-09-08T21:26:38Z | sciencefocus.com | control | https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/facing-the-storm-bird-photographer-of-the-year-winners/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The city of Grand Rapids released its annual report detailing the progress made in the third year of its strategic plan.
The report outlines the city’s accomplishments during the 2022 fiscal year between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022.
We’re told 85% of city activities were finished, on track or confronted minor setbacks during that period.
The city says revenue from income tax rebounded by about 8% despite challenges involving the supply chain and workforce shortages.
“One of our City’s core values is accountability,” says City Manager Mark Washington. “Measuring and transparently reporting our progress is one way we are working to be more accountable. We created the Office of Performance Management in 2019 and since that time, have continued to lead with performance management for purposes of strategizing for the upcoming year, planning budgets and analyzing performance.”
Accomplishments relating to community connections include a 50% increase in non-English social media posts, the completion of the city’s second National Community Survey, $135,540 from the Neighborhood Match Fund awarded to residents, and more.
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The Vineyard's Ginny Mellish takes first UMF women'y record for Collette Bisson in her special to 310-3 over St Thomas last Tuesadverary 4 to 7 .\nthe VUIIARY MAGA WO-YOGII I II ZEELAND, Mich. — The City of Zeeland has announced the return of the Fall Peddler’s Market for 2022. The market will be held downtown on Church Street (between Main Street and Central Avenue) on September 10 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
This year’s Peddler’s Market will feature locally handmade children’s clothing and accessories, screen printed clothing, art prints, flowers and botanicals, handmade women’s jewelry, household gifts and goods, vintage furniture and décor, architectural salvage, fresh bread, and handcrafted outdoor furniture.
More than 60 different vendors will attend the Peddler’s Market. There will also be live music and food trucks.
“This event has attracted a wide variety of vendors,” said City Events Coordinator Kerri VanDorp. “From brand new businesses to well established ones- even young entrepreneurs! New this year is the Little Peddlers’ Market, where little kids with big ideas can peddle their items! It’s a fresh open-air lifestyle market for all of your favorite things in one setting.”
The 2022 Fall Peddler’s Market will be held on September 10. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/ottawa/zeelands-fall-peddlers-market-to-be-held-on-september-10 | 2022-09-08T21:31:11Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/ottawa/zeelands-fall-peddlers-market-to-be-held-on-september-10 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An arrest has been made in the death of a Maryland sheriff's deputy who was killed 51 years ago.
On Wednesday, the Montgomery County Police Department announced that they had arrested 71-year-old Larry David Smith for the 1971 murder of Montgomery County Special Deputy Sheriff Captain James Tappen Hall.
According to the press release, the department said that on Saturday, October 23, 1971, officers were called to the Manor Country Club after witnesses said a man was lying face down in the parking lot.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found Hall had been shot. The department said that Hall was transported to a local hospital, where he later died three days after being shot.
According to the press release, the department said their cold case unit decided to review Hall's case on the 50th anniversary of his murder.
For a year, investigators combed through case files. They then narrowed their search to one suspect: Larry David Becker.
According to the press release, Becker was interviewed in 1971 by investigators but was never labeled a suspect.
Later, investigators found that in 1975, Becker changed his last name to Smith, and for the past 45 years, he lived in Little Falls, New York, police said.
On Sept. 1, investigators interviewed Smith, who later admitted that he shot Hall.
According to the Associated Press, Smith told detectives that he accidentally shot Hall when the deputy confronted him as he was carrying stolen property from residential burglary to a waiting car, according to the arrest warrant.
Police then issued an arrest warrant and charged Smith with murder, police said in the press release.
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Megan Hilty is mourning the deaths of her sister, brother-in-law and nephew, who died in a plane crash off the coast of Washington.
"There are truly no words to appropriately convey the depth of our grief," the "Smash" actress said.
Hilty said her sister, Lauren, was eight months pregnant at the time of the crash. She was going to name the boy Luca. Hilty added that Lauren and her husband Ross leave behind a daughter who was not on the plane.
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended rescue and recovery efforts on Monday, about 24 hours after the floatplane crash in Mutiny Bay.
Officials said nine adults and one child were on the plane. There were no survivors.
The cause of the crash is unknown.
Hilty said her family has received a lot of support, which has meant a lot to them.
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Queen Elizabeth II was a known dog lover, calling more than 30 Welsh corgis her own over the years.
Her beloved dogs were even able to achieve a level of fame, with one of the corgis named Holly appearing in a James Bond sketch during London's 2012 Olympics during the Opening Ceremonies, according to England's Daily News.
A royal biographer told Newsweek, "She loves animals and she absolutely adores dogs. She always has done, they were her first love and they will be her last," Ingrid Seward said before Her Majesty died.
Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at 96-years-old after senior members of her royal family headed to Balmoral in Scotland to be with her in her final moments on Earth.
So what will happen to the Queen's pets now? That was a question many were asking.
According to Newsweek, who spoke to royal biographers, it's not entirely clear exactly how many dogs she had when she died. It is believed she had about four dogs. Two of those dogs are corgis named Muick and Sandy, according to reports.
Others included a Dorgi named Candy and another two Cocker Spaniels.
There wasn't a statement released to the public immediately after the Queen's death detailing a plan for the dogs, but it is believed that they should be bequeathed to her children.
Seward said, "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."
Another theory came from Penny Junor, an author.
She said, "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."
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Death of the Queen: Scottish rugby matches called off as a mark of respect
All rugby matches in Scotland scheduled for this weekend have been called off following the death of the Queen as a period of national mourning begins.
The decision includes Glasgow Warriors’ pre-season friendly against Ulster which was due to take place at Scotstoun on Friday evening and the summer Test between Scotland Women and Spain which was scheduled for the DAM Health Stadium on Sunday.
No decision has been made yet on Edinburgh Rugby’s game in Italy against Benetton, also due to be played on Friday evening. Scottish Rugby said it was awaiting “government guidance”.
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A statement issued by the SRU said: “As a mark of respect, and to acknowledge the sad passing of Her Majesty The Queen, Scottish Rugby has decided to suspend all domestic competitive matches this weekend.
“This decision also includes Scotland’s Summer Test v Wales on Sunday and the Famous Grouse Summer Pre-Season Challenge between Glasgow Warriors and Ulster on Friday evening.
“A decision on Edinburgh Rugby’s game in Italy against Treviso, also on Friday evening, will be made once further Government guidance is known.”
The Scottish Rugby Union has close links to the royal family through the Queen’s daughter, the Princess Royal, who has been the SRU’s patron for over 35 years and is a regular attendee at Scotland matches at Murrayfield.
Glasgow Warriors confirmed that their match with Ulster would not be rescheduled and that ticket holders would be refunded.
"As a mark of respect, and to acknowledge the sad passing of Her Majesty The Queen, The Famous Grouse Pre-Season Challenge between Glasgow Warriors and Ulster has been cancelled,” the club said in a statement.
“The match which was due to kick-off at 7.30pm on Friday (9 September) will no longer take place at Scotstoun Stadium.
“All match tickets will be refunded and Season Ticket holders in the North and Main Stands will receive more information in due course.
“At this time, the club gives its heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family.”
Speaking earlier on Thursday, Franco Smith, the Warriors’ new coach, had acknowledged that he might have to use some of the club’s early league games to fine-tune his preparations for the campaign as he staggers the reintroduction of his Scotland players following their involvement in the summer tour of Argentina.
Smith stressed it is important to look at the bigger picture, both in terms of the long season ahead and the welfare of his international players.
Glasgow had a large contingent involved in Scotland’s tour, including Ali Price, George Turner, Zander Fagerson, Matt Fagerson, Rory Darge, Scott Cummings, Rufus McLean, Ross Thompson, Sam Johnson and Jamie Bhatti .
They returned later to pre-season than their club-mates.
“We have a specific plan for the guys who came back late,” said Smith. “It’s not just for Glasgow’s benefit, it’s for Scotland’s benefit, and obviously for the players. We are sticking with the plan to prepare them physically for what’s ahead.”
Glasgow’s opening URC game is due to take place next Friday in Italy against Smith’s former club Benetton.
“We don’t want to be only at our best for the first game,” he said. “There is a long season ahead and I think the next seven weeks will need to be well managed. Players will have to come in. It’s about how we physically prepare that’s important. Obviously it’s a challenge but we always knew it was going to be like that.”
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WASHINGTON (CN) — The Department of Justice on Thursday appealed a federal judge’s decision to appoint a special master to review records seized from former President Donald Trump’s south Florida resort home.
The appeal comes three days after U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, issued a decision requiring the DOJ to stop using the seized materials for its criminal investigation until completion of a review by a special master.
Cannon heard arguments last week on Trump’s motion for judicial oversight and issued a 24-page order on Monday directing the government and Trump’s legal team to file a proposed list of special masters with high-level security clearance by Friday at midnight.
It is not immediately clear what impact, if any, the government’s appeal to the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit may have on the order.
Attorneys for Trump did not immediately respond to an email request for comment on the appeal.
Trump is under investigation for removing government records from the White House at the end of his single term as president on Jan. 20, 2021, and storing them at his 12-acre estate in West Palm Beach.
The FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago home on Aug. 8 and seized 20 boxes of documents, including 11 sets of classified documents, according to records unsealed by the court last month. Among the more than 11,000 seized files were the grant of clemency to the former president's close ally Roger Stone, binders of photos and what is described as “info re: President of France.”
The former president brought the motion for judicial oversight of the government’s review of the seized materials last month.
Cannon, 41, served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Florida before then-President Trump nominated her to the federal bench in 2020. The Senate later confirmed her appointment in a 56-21 vote.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nursing homes and debt collectors are flouting a law that prohibits them from requiring friends and family of care home residents to shoulder the costs of the facilities, according to a federal report issued Thursday.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said friends and family members have had to declare bankruptcy, had their wages garnished and their homes repossessed after signing unenforceable contracts called “admission agreements” with nursing facilities, resulting in them being held liable as third parties for their loved ones' nursing home stays.
The report described one woman who was sent to collections for $80,000 two days after her mother’s death. Another woman received a letter from a law firm stating that she owed the nursing home $17,000 after her friend’s death. The report did not identify the individuals by name.
An increase in complaints prompted the CFPB and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to send a joint letter to nursing homes and their debt collectors Thursday reminding them to follow the law.
The consumer bureau said in a statement that "collection of debts from those contracts may violate the consumer financial protection laws, including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act” and its prohibition on false, deceptive, or misleading representations connected to debt collection.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 1.3 million people live in nursing homes.
As more Americans age, the cost of nursing home care is growing along with demand. The price has exploded in the last 20 years. In 2021, the annual median cost of a single room in a nursing home was $108,405. Between 2004 and 2020, the cost rose by more than 60%.
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Most older adults are not insured against the costs of long-term care. Medicare, which covers adults once they reach 65, offers limited benefits based on need and only pays for nursing home care for up to 100 days. Medicaid helps low-income people pay for nursing home care but eligibility rules can be stringent.
An Obama-era regulation under the Nursing Home Reform Act prevents facilities “from requiring a person other than the resident to assume personal responsibility for any cost of the resident’s care.”
Rohit Chopra, director of the CFPB, planned to hold a virtual public hearing Thursday with lawmakers, advocates, nursing homes and others on unlawful debt collection practices.
“A caregiver making difficult decisions about their loved one’s future should have the peace of mind of knowing nursing homes won’t illegally coerce a family into assuming liability for medical debt,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a written statement.
Deborah Royster, assistant director of the Office of Older Americans, said “the financial consequences of illegal debt collections can be devastating for consumers” and that federal officials are trying to raise awareness. She said the debt issue is pervasive at both nonprofit and for-profit nursing facilities.
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(CN) — The number of unhoused people living in Los Angeles has risen only slightly since 2020, according to officials from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, who announced the results of their annual homeless "point-in-time" count on Thursday.
The agency counted 69,144 homeless people living in the county, a 4.1% increase since 2020, and 41,980 unhoused people living in the city of Los Angeles, a 1.7% rise over 2020. The "point-in-time" count is mandated by the federal government and affects the amount of money homeless authorities receive. Due to Covid, the 2021 homeless count was cancelled.
The numbers were seen as marginally good news by city and county officials, considering how bleak the previous count results had been. In 2019, homelessness rose by 14% in the city of LA. In 2020, that number was 16%. Compared to that two-year increase of 30%, this year's two-year increase of 1.7% looks like a minor miracle.
Tommy Newman, a vice president at United Way of Greater Los Angeles, said the numbers offered a "glimmer of hope," adding, "It’s not an accident. It's a combination of local dollars, federal dollars and a whole lot of work."
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Mayor Eric Garcetti said the curve was "flattening," though he added: "What we see out there is unacceptable. The numbers are still way too high."
The numbers also look pretty good compared to most other California counties, which released their count results months ago. Alameda County's homeless population is up 22% compared to 2019 (they do their count every two years, and skipped 2021 as well); Sacramento County's has grown by 67% since 2019; San Diego County's homeless population grew by 10% between 2020 and 2022. The number of unhoused people living in San Francisco, meanwhile, declined by 15% compared to 2019.
"At least for the moment we appear to have stopped the flood of people into homelessness," said LA City Councilwoman Nithya Raman. "We’re starting to make progress."
Raman and others were quick to credit a number of pandemic-era programs for making the difference in Los Angeles: a freeze on rent increases in rent-controlled apartments, a moratorium on evictions and rental assistance.
Perhaps the most encouraging statistic: the number of unsheltered people in the city LA — those living outdoors in tents, in cars and in makeshift encampments — actually declined by 1% since 2020.
The number of people living in those temporary shelters is up 9% since 2020, and up 54% since 2018. Those people are still considered to be "homeless," but most would agree their situation is improved with a bed to sleep on and a roof over their heads. The reason for the shift is obvious: the number of shelter beds in the county has increased dramatically since 2019, from 15,000 to 25,000, a 60% increase. That includes units created by Project Roomkey, a federal program that paid motels to place unhoused people in vacant rooms (a statewide version was named "Project Homekey").
"It demonstrates that with the right kind of emergency housing, people will take it," said Newman.
Los Angeles has the second highest number of people living without a home in the country, behind only New York. That city, however, has a right-to-shelter law, thanks to a 1979 court decision. And so LA has, by far, the largest number of visible homeless, the greatest number of tents and makeshift encampments that line numerous streets and freeway underpasses.
Most large cities in the U.S. have struggled with homelessness over the last decade thanks to high rental prices caused by housing shortages, an especially bad problem in California. Most experts agree that the lack of affordable housing — that is, homes and apartments that can be rented for what an average person can afford — is the principal driver of the homelessness crisis.
"Tenant organizers have been saying for decades that the only way we can stop the homeless crisis is to stop the inflow into homelessness," said Shayla Myers, an attorney with the Legal Aid Foundation. "This year's numbers tell that story very compellingly. We were in emergency economic circumstances, with the pandemic. The city and the county implemented really robust tenant protections that met the moment."
The worry, from Myers and others, is that those protections are unlikely to last forever. A proposal released by the city's housing department last month called for the eviction moratorium to end in January 2023, and for the rent freeze to end in January 2024.
"Unless we’re very, very careful about winding those programs down, there is a danger that people could be returning to the streets and that next year could look very different," said Raman.
During the first year of the pandemic, Los Angeles officials adopted a policy of allowing unhoused people to remain on the streets undisturbed, freezing all encampment cleanups. That led to a startling proliferation of visible tents and makeshift dwellings. And LAHSA's homeless count shows that many of those encampments are still standing. According to the count, the number of tents and makeshift encampments grew by 17% in the county, compared to 2020.
"What we're are seeing is a significant increase in the evidence of homelessness," said Kristina Dixon, LAHSA's acting co-director, at a press conference on Thursday. She said the reason for this was because many people who have moved into temporary shelters left behind tents and encampments, which are still standing.
The city has recently adopted a far more strict policy around homeless encampments, banning them near parks, libraries and schools — although enforcement is spotty and varies wildly by council district.
"We do not have a coordinated approach at the city at all," said Raman. "Each council district goes its own way."
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is replacing leaky seals in its moon rocket at the pad in hopes of launching it on its first test flight by the end of this month.
Managers said Thursday they will conduct another test after the repairs to ensure all hydrogen fuel leaks are plugged. If that test goes well — and if the Space Force extends a flight safety waiver — then NASA could take another stab at launching the 322-foot rocket in late September. Otherwise, the rocket will return to the hangar for additional work, delaying liftoff until at least October.
A series of hydrogen fuel leaks and other problems halted back-to-back launch attempts last week.
The Space Launch System rocket — the most powerful ever built by NASA — holds a crew capsule with three test dummies. The space agency wants to send the capsule into lunar orbit on a trial run, before putting astronauts on the next flight, in 2024. That around-the-moon mission would pave the way for the first human moon landing in 50 years, currently scheduled for 2025.
“We need to get the tanking test done and then we’ll have to look at what is the realism and schedule" to make a launch attempt as early as Sept. 23, said Jim Free, who's in charge of NASA's exploration systems development.
To launch in late September, NASA needs the OK from the Space Force in Cape Canaveral, which oversees the rocket's self-destruct system. Batteries are needed to activate the system if the rocket veers off course toward populated areas. These batteries must be retested periodically, and that can only be done in the hangar. The military would have to extend the certification of those batteries by an extra two weeks or more to avoid moving the rocket back to the hangar.
But every time the rocket moves between the hangar and launch pad adds “routine wear and tear, and I don't want to do that" unless necessary, said chief engineer John Blevins. There already have been three trips to the pad this year for practice countdowns and, most recently, the thwarted launch attempts of Aug. 29 and Saturday.
Engineers are hopeful that replacing a pair of seals in the hydrogen fuel lines at the bottom of the rocket will take care of any lingering leaks.
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As an extra precaution, the launch team plans “a kindler and gentler approach to tanking” during the final phase of the countdown, slowing the flow of fuel at times to reduce stress on the seals, according to Mike Bolger, a program manager.
“We’re optimistic that we can knock this problem flat," he told reporters.
Running years late and billions over budget, NASA’s new lunar exploration program is named Artemis after Apollo’s twin sister in Greek mythology. Twelve astronauts walked on the moon back in the late 1960s and early 1970s during NASA's Apollo program.
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WASHINGTON (CN) — When the conservative majority on the Supreme Court ruled that the right to abortion did not exist in the Constitution, they opened the door to questions about what rights do — or rather, in the case of a new petition before the court, whom they apply to.
Catholics for Life and two pregnant people filing on behalf of their fetuses are asking the court to reevaluate who, in light of the justices’ June ruling, is covered under the 14th Amendment. Their petition asks if fetuses are entitled to due process and equal protection rights in the Constitution.
“As this Court held in Dobbs, abortion laws are different from all others,” Diane Messere Magee, an attorney from the Law Offices of Diane Messere Magee, wrote in the petition. “Do unborn human beings, at any gestational age, have any rights under the United States Constitution? Or, has Dobbs relegated all unborn human beings to the status of persona non grata in the eyes of the United States Constitution — below corporations and other fictitious entities? No state court or legislature can answer this question. Only this Court can — as the final arbiter of what the United States Constitution means.”
This is the next battleground in the anti-abortion movement: the recognition of fetal personhood. If fetuses are granted personhood status, then they are entitled to constitutional rights. The court’s recognition of fetal personhood rights would prevent even abortion-friendly states from protecting reproductive rights.
“It is not surprising that anti-abortion advocates would argue that the Dobbs decision be stretched to recognize the idea of ‘fetal personhood,’” said Katherine Franke, professor of law and director of the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law at Columbia University. “Overruling Roe v. Wade was never the end game for many of these advocates, so it was just a matter of time before a case making this argument made its way to the Supreme Court.”
The concept of personhood is not new to the Supreme Court docket.
“What it means is that you're a holder of rights. … It's the facet of identity that signifies rights holding,” Morgan Marietta, a professor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, said in a phone call.
In fact, many big decisions over the 20th century were about personhood. Brown v. Board of Education — which found that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional — recognized the personhood of nonwhites. United States v. Virginia — which held that the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions were unconstitutional — recognized the personhood rights of women.
By contrast, the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 declared that fetuses did not have personhood rights. Dobbs changes that.
“The most radical thing that was said in ‘73 was the court saying, absolutely, that a fetus is not a person, and Americans just don't agree,” Marietta said. “They're just deeply divided. We've been fighting over this for 30 years, and the court just changed it back to the states.”
What this new petition before the court signifies is the thought from some that the court should not have turned this question back to the states and instead should answer it themselves.
The petition from Catholics for Life and the two pregnant people stems from a Rhode Island law — the Reproductive Privacy Act — that codified Roe into law. The Rhode Island Supreme Court dismissed their challenge to the law for lack of standing, finding that fetuses do not have the right to bring a case before the court.
After Dobbs, however, the challengers now see an opportunity to advance their case.
“This Court’s Dobbs holding, that ‘Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,’ and its further overruling of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey surely signal rejection of this Court’s statement in Roe that, ‘[t]he word ‘person,’ as used in the Fourteenth Amendment, does not include the unborn,’” the petition states. “The Fourteenth Amendment has no textual definition of the term ‘any person’ therein. And it neither includes nor excludes unborn human beings specifically.”
Court watchers and reproductive rights experts warned that these challenges would be coming after Dobbs. The majority opinion — written by Justice Samuel Alito — gave credence to ideas of fetal personhood in a way the court never had before.
“This is a deeply disputed fact in American culture and politics right now, and even the words that you use indicates which of the possible facts you think are true,” Marietta said. “So in the decision, when they use the word ‘fetus,’ that means something, and when they use ‘unborn child’ that means something else. Alito several times used ‘unborn’ which is the indication of personhood. So I do think that there's a lot of sympathy on the court for the fact of fetal personhood.”
It is unclear if the court will take up this case. Four justices would have to agree to hear the case, and five would be needed for a majority ruling. While the conservative majority was able to coalesce around a vote to overturn Roe, experts have doubts about expanding rights to fetuses.
“I doubt the court will take this case, as the justices, especially Chief Justice Roberts, will want the dust kicked up by the Dobbs decision to settle before they take up another explosive abortion case,” Franke said. “In fact, the argument in this case is even more radical than the one made in Dobbs, as there is no precedent that supports the concept of fetuses being ‘persons’ within the meaning of the U.S. Constitution.”
The court may answer another big question, however, in its decision to hear this case. Experts say the idea of fetal personhood is one of many cases of disputed realities existing in American politics and culture. The court will have to decide if it should be the authority to decide those realities or if that authority lies elsewhere.
“I think the biggest takeaway is that the big question of who gets to decide disputed realities is going to continue to be a major question at court,” Marietta said. “Whether that's something that we want states to do, something we insist that is done by the national legislature, or whether the court itself does this. Do we trust legislatures — representatives of the people — to do this at the state level, at the national level, or do we trust legal elites to decide reality for us?”
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BOSTON (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced Thursday an additional 30 cases of monkeypox this week, which now brings the total number of cases to 347 in the state since the first case on May 18.
The 30 new cases had their diagnoses between September 1 and September 7. The Massachusetts DPH is working with local health officials, the patients, and healthcare providers to identify individuals who may have been in contact with the patients while they were infectious. Individuals with monkeypox are advised to isolate and avoid contact with others until they are no longer infectious.
Monkeypox vaccines are available across the state at 14 health care providers and locations. Due to the limited availability of the vaccine, only people that meet the CDC’s eligibility criteria can receive a dose. If you think you qualify to receive the vaccine, you are encouraged to ask your health care provider. The state has administered 19,998 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine, as of September 7.
The CDC indicates there have now been 21,274 cases of monkeypox virus this year in the United States. Monkeypox was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization on July 23 and on August 4, President Biden declared the virus a national health emergency.
The virus does not spread easily between people, but individuals can spread the infection once they begin to develop symptoms. Transmission can occur by direct contact with body fluids and monkeypox sores, touching items contaminated with fluids or sores such as bedding or clothing, or through respiratory droplets but is less common.
- Monkeypox can spread through:
- Direct skin-to-skin contact with rash lesions. Sexual/intimate contact, including kissing while a person is infected.
- Living in a house and sharing a bed with someone. Sharing towels or unwashed clothing.
- Respiratory secretions through face-to-face interactions (the type that mainly happen when living with someone or caring for someone who has monkeypox)
- Monkeypox does not spread through:
- Casual conversations. Walking by someone with monkeypox in a grocery store, for instance. Touching items like doorknobs. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/health/30-new-cases-of-monkeypox-reported-in-massachusetts/ | 2022-09-08T21:36:13Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/health/30-new-cases-of-monkeypox-reported-in-massachusetts/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday filed a notice of intent to appeal a ruling by a judge granting former President Trump’s request for a special master, asking the judge to partially stay a ruling blocking them from accessing the classified materials seized during a search of his home.
“Without a stay, the government and public also will suffer irreparable harm from the undue delay to the criminal investigation,” the DOJ writes in its filing.
“Any delay poses significant concerns in the context of an investigation into the mishandling of classified records.”
The motion for a partial stay would allow the government to continue its review of the classified records recovered from Trump’s home, removing from review by a yet-to-be-appointed third-party special master some 100 documents of roughly 10,000 taken in the Aug. 8 search.
The appeal itself will continue to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes six Trump appointees on the bench.
The filing digs into District Judge Aileen Cannon’s logic on a number of areas, pointing to many of the same issues in a ruling legal scholars largely panned as troubling.
But the bulk of the argument for a partial stay of her ruling granting a special master relies on the impact her decision could have on national security.
Cannon allowed an intelligence community-led review of the documents to continue so that national security leaders could work to mitigate any fallout from the mishandling of records.
But the DOJ’s brief argues the intelligence community’s damage assessment and its own criminal investigation “are inextricably intertwined.”
“The ongoing Intelligence Community (“IC”) classification review and assessment are closely interconnected with—and cannot be readily separated from—areas of inquiry of DOJ’s and the FBI’s ongoing criminal investigation,” they write, taking pains to note that “the FBI itself is a part of the intelligence community.”
The intelligence community has had access to an earlier tranche of records turned over by Trump since May, after the National Archives recovered 184 classified documents from Mar-a-Lago in January.
“Before the Court’s Order, the same personnel from the FBI involved in the criminal investigation were coordinating appropriately with the IC in its review and assessment,” DOJ wrote, adding that the order “frustrate[s] the government’s ability to conduct an effective national security risk assessment and classification review and could preclude the government from taking necessary remedial steps in light of that review—risking irreparable harm to our national security and intelligence interests.”
DOJ even specifically points to the 48 empty folders with classified banners as well as another 42 empty folders that were labeled “return to staff secretary/military aide” that were recovered during the search of Mar-a-Lago.
It is the FBI, they say, that would typically carry out an investigation into such a matter.
“Within the United States, the FBI would pursue any allegation or lead indicating that the classified records may have been accessed, retained, or disseminated in violation of the law, including by using the tools and authorities of a criminal investigation,” the filing states.
“If, for example, another department or agency in the IC were to obtain intelligence indicating that a classified document in the seized materials might have been compromised, the FBI would be responsible for taking some of the necessary steps to evaluate that risk.”
DOJ’s filing comes ahead of a Friday deadline to work with Trump’s legal team to propose a list of candidates to serve as the special master responsible for reviewing the documents.
Elsewhere in the motion for a stay, DOJ picks apart the argument that Trump would have any executive privilege claims to classified records.
“The classification markings establish on the face of the documents that they are government records, not Plaintiff’s personal records. The government’s review of those records does not raise any plausible attorney-client privilege claims because such classified records do not contain communications between Plaintiff and his private attorneys. And for several reasons, no potential assertion of executive privilege could justify restricting the Executive Branch’s review and use of the classified records at issue here,” DOJ argued.
“There is no valid purpose to be served by a special master’s review of classified materials.”
DOJ also noted that Trump’s legal team never raised the concept of being able to claim executive privilege over any classified records after Trump’s custodian of records was subpoenaed in May and asked to turn over any remaining documents.
“To the extent that Plaintiff believed that any such records could be subject to a valid assertion of executive privilege, he should have advised the government of such a claim at that time and could have attempted to pursue such a claim through a motion to quash. But despite having several weeks to respond to the subpoena, plaintiff did not do so,” DOJ wrote.
Trump mocked the appeal on his social media platform, saying that DOJ was “going to spend Millions of Dollars, & vast amounts of Time & Energy, to appeal the Order on the ‘Raid of Mar-a-Lago Document Hoax,’ by a brilliant and courageous Judge whose words of wisdom rang true throughout our Nation.”
DOJ’s appeal of the ruling came after many legal experts said they had but little choice to fight the decision, even if additional litigation could also drag out its ability to reinitiate review of classified records in a crucial step for its investigation.
Barbara McQuade, a former U.S. attorney, said if the Justice Department’s primary goal is to indict Trump, an appeal could slow that process. But if DOJ decides the main goal is to protect executive privilege and its limitations from the potential precedent set by Cannon’s ruling, then a challenge makes more sense.
“They may need to appeal even if it means adverse impact on this particular case,” she told The Hill prior to DOJ’s filing.
As DOJ officials wrestled with the question of how to proceed, they even got a huge nudge from Bill Barr, Trump’s former attorney general, who came out sharply against Cannon’s ruling and urged the Justice Department to appeal it.
“The opinion, I think, was wrong, and I think the government should appeal it. It’s deeply flawed in a number of ways,” Barr said during an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday.
“Her decision is premature. And the dispute isn’t over whether this document is potentially executive privilege and this one isn’t. That’s not the dispute. The dispute is whether the president – even if it is executive privilege – can the president bar DOJ from reviewing the documents? And the answer to that I think is clearly no.”
Whatever the outcome of the DOJ’s challenge, some legal experts said the delay brought about by Cannon’s decision is already benefiting the former president.
“Delay is sweet for a prospective criminal defendant, especially a prospective criminal defendant who doesn’t seem to have any defense,” Jeff Robbins, a former federal prosecutor and congressional investigative counsel, told The Hill.
Mike Lillis and Morgan Chalfant contributed. | https://www.wspa.com/hill-politics/doj-appeals-special-master-ruling-in-trump-documents-probe/ | 2022-09-08T21:36:33Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/hill-politics/doj-appeals-special-master-ruling-in-trump-documents-probe/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A majority of Americans believe former President Trump and his “Make America Great Again” movement poses a threat to democracy, according to a new Reuters-Ipsos poll.
The new poll, published on Wednesday, found that 58 percent of respondents believe that the MAGA movement is a threat to U.S. democracy.
One in 4 Republicans agreed that the party’s MAGA wing is a threat to democracy, while 60 percent said they don’t believe Trump’s movement represents the majority of their party, the poll said.
The new poll comes in the wake of President Biden’s “Soul of the Nation” address last week, in which he warned that the MAGA wing of the GOP was pushing anti-democratic ideas, such as its continued claims the 2020 election was stolen.
“Not every Republican, not even a majority of Republicans, are MAGA Republicans. Not every Republican embraces their extreme ideology,” Biden said in his prime-time speech.
“But there’s no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country.”
Biden faced a wave of backlash from the GOP, who said the speech was divisive and smeared half of the electorate. White House officials pushed back on criticism that Biden’s speech was political, noting that defending democracy isn’t a partisan issue.
Asked about Biden’s address, 59 percent of respondents to the Reuters-Ipsos said it will further divide the country, while nearly half of those surveyed said they didn’t watch the speech at all, the poll said.
The Reuters-Ipsos poll surveyed 1,003 respondents (411 Democrats and 397 Republicans), with a margin of error is 4 percentage points. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/majority-sees-trump-maga-movement-as-threat-to-democracy-poll/ | 2022-09-08T21:36:43Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/majority-sees-trump-maga-movement-as-threat-to-democracy-poll/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA/NEXSTAR) – The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday launched “Operation Unicorn,” a contingency plan included in “Operation London Bridge” in the event that the queen died in Scotland, not England.
Meticulous plans for the death, retirement or abdication of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch have been in the works for decades.
On Thursday, years of planning went into place after the queen died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, her private home and one of her favorite places. Leaked details from Operation Unicorn suggest that her coffin will rest at Balmoral before a lengthy procession by car to the Palace of Holyroodhouse two days after her death, The Guardian reports.
On the third day, the coffin is expected to be transported to St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh where it will stay for 24 hours, according to The Independent.
The following day, the Queen’s coffin will begin the journey back to London — either via a five-hour trip on the royal train or by plane as part of “Operation Overstudy.”
Once back in London, “Operation London Bridge,” also known by its code name “London Bridge Is Down,” will take over, according to Politico.
Operation London Bridge was set up in the 1960s and was updated several times each year, ensuring a smooth transition of the throne to her eldest son, Prince Charles, who is now king. The plans included a list of procedures and announcements of her death, the 10-day period of official mourning, and the details of her state funeral.
Leaked details of the plan indicated that following Elizabeth’s death, her private secretary, Sir Christopher Geidt, would be the first official to convey the news, according to The Guardian. Geidt would then contact the prime minister over a secure telephone line using the code phrase “London Bridge.” If the prime minister was not awake, civil servants would say “London Bridge is down.”
From there the news would be communicated to 15 governments outside the U.K. where the queen is the head of state and 36 other nations of the Commonwealth.
“For a time, she will be gone without our knowing it,” the Guardian report added. “The information will travel like the compressional wave ahead of an earthquake, detectable only by special equipment.”
The report stated that an announcement would be made to the Press Association and the rest of the world’s media simultaneously, but news of the queen’s death Thursday first appeared on the Twitter account of the royal family, according to the New York Times.
The palace website was transformed into a somber, single-page announcement of her death at Balmoral. The page, black with white lettering and a vignetted portrait of the queen, reads at the bottom, “The official website of the Royal Family is temporarily unavailable while appropriate changes are made.”
Parliamentary business was suspended immediately on Thursday to allow authorities to prepare for a funeral, which will take place in less than two weeks, the BBC reports. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/operation-unicorn-what-happens-after-the-queens-death-in-scotland/ | 2022-09-08T21:36:46Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/operation-unicorn-what-happens-after-the-queens-death-in-scotland/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Arkoma police force calls it quits
Interim police chief takes over
ARKOMA -- The police force turned in their badges Wednesday.
The Arkoma Police Chief John Buszek, and the two officers under him, Amy Guzman and Joey Oliver, turned in their letters of resignation Wednesday, said Arkoma Town Administrator Greg Buckley.
An interim chief had been named Thursday, Buckley said. Thomas Lenard, who served as a former police chief, has stepped in with one reserve officer on duty for the town of about 1,800 people. Arkoma is located on the west side of State Line Road that borders southwest Fort Smith.
The Le Flore County, Oklahoma Sheriff's office will provide coverage for the town as needed. Pocola police officers can provide mutual assistance, but they cannot provide the primary police coverage under state law, Buckley said.
Buckley said the resignations were a surprise. He said pay has been an issue. The officers in Arkoma are not part of a union, Buckley said.
"It's never expected that all three officers would resign," Buckley said. "We have responded to the actions the department took. We are covered in the interim."
The median household income in Arkoma in 2020 was $26,852 annually and the poverty rate was 35%, according to census data.
The Arkoma Town Trustees will meet next Tuesday, Oct. 4.
The town will work toward replacing the two officers who left, Buckley said. Guzman and Oliver had been with the department about six months, Buckley said. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/08/entire-arkoma-oklahoma-police-force-resigns/66810614007/ | 2022-09-08T21:40:19Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/08/entire-arkoma-oklahoma-police-force-resigns/66810614007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee will lift all remaining COVID-19 emergency proclamations and the state of emergency order by October 31. The announcement comes 961 days after the nation's first case of COVID-19 was reported in Washington state.
Inslee also said that the statewide Face Covering Order would remain in effect in health care and long-term care settings and correctional facilities under "certain circumstances" after the state of emergency order ends.
"I'm confident now that we have reached a significant milestone in the fight against COVID," Inslee said during a press conference. "We do have some more work to do against COVID."
Inslee added that Washington has been resolute in the face of the pandemic.
Vaccination against COVID-19 will continue to be required for employment at most Washington state agencies. Vaccination requirements will end for health care and education workers, but employers still have the option to require them if they choose.
Although state workers will still be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine, booster shots will become optional. Inslee said the state is working on an incentive program to encourage state employees to get their booster shots.
“We’ve come a long way the past two years in developing the tools that allow us to adapt and live with COVID-19,” Inslee said in a statement. “Ending this order does not mean we take it less seriously or will lose focus on how this virus has changed the way we live. We will continue our commitments to the public’s well-being, but simply through different tools that are now more appropriate for the era we’ve entered.”
Vaccination against Washington State has steadily slowed since doses were first available to the public in April 2021. Last week, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced that starting September 5 the state would begin offering Omicron variant-targeted booster doses heading into the fall season. The release of doses is being staggered each week to build the state's inventory.
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State orders Fort Smith to fly Confederate flag at Riverfront Park again
Fort Smith Board of Directors, administrator to take next step
A state commission ruled that a Confederate flag in Fort Smith must return to its spot at Riverfront Park.
The Arkansas History Commission met at 10 a.m. Thursday in Little Rock and denied the city of Fort Smith's waiver requesting permanent removal of the flag from Riverside Park.
City Administrator Carl Geffken will consult with the Fort Smith Board of Directors, and the city attorney before he determines the next steps that the city will take, said Shari Cooper, a spokesperson for the city, in an email Thursday. The flags were taken down in 2020.
"The city of Fort Smith parks and recreation staff followed flag-flying protocol and removed the flags in April 2020 because the flags needed replacing because of their tattered and weathered condition," Cooper said in her email.
Read this:Judge rules Fort Smith flag display is historic monument
Previously:City responds to lawsuit over removal of flags at Riverfront Park
Local attorney Joey McCutchen originally filed a lawsuit against the city, and as a result of the suit, Judge Gunner DeLay ruled that the flag is a historic monument and as such must receive a waiver from the Arkansas History Commission before removing the flag.
McCutchen sued the city after officials removed the "Flags Over Fort Smith" display at Fort Smith Riverfront Park that included seven flags of governments that governed Arkansas from 1699 to 2001. Those flags included the Confederate States of America flag.
McCutchen also attended the Arkansas History Commission meeting.
“We’re pleased with the decision. We think it’s time that the city administrators, particularly Carl Geffken, focus on issues that are important to Fort Smith like the consent decree and like getting the Air Force program here to Fort Smith and quit trying to cancel our history," McCutchen said.
Before removing the flags, McCutchen said that Geffken should have consulted the board of directors and allowed the public to have input.
“In true Fort Smith fashion this was done non-transparently," McCutchen said. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/08/riverfront-park-fort-smith-arkansas-confederate-flag-to-stay/65989878007/ | 2022-09-08T21:40:25Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/08/riverfront-park-fort-smith-arkansas-confederate-flag-to-stay/65989878007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — The 2022 Spokane County Interstate Fair start on Friday, Sept. 9.
Fun live entertainment is back for 10 days, from Sept. 9 to Sept. 18. People will enjoy local food vendors, live entertainment shows and mechanical games including the Ferris Wheel and the Butler Amusement thrill rides.
If you have plans to attend the fair but aren't sure how to get there, here is what you need to know before heading to the fair, including where to park your car, how to arrive to the fairatnd which roads to avoid.
Roads to avoid
Construction at Thor and Freya is still underway. The eastbound Freya exit on I-90 is still closed, so drivers should consider taking Altamont, Sprague or Broadway to get to the fair.
For a full list of current road closures, click here.
How to get to the fair
The Spokane County Fair and Expo Center is located in Spokane Valley at 404 N Havana St No. 1.
If you are driving from West Spokane or Seattle:
Take Exit 283B (Thor-Freya). Turn left on Havana Street, continue north to the corner of Broadway Avenue and Havana Street.
If you are coming from Spokane Valley or Idaho:
Take Exit 286 (Broadway Avenue). Turn right on Broadway Avenue, continue west to the corner of Broadway Avenue and Havana Street.
Where to park your car at the fair
People can park their cars at the fairgrounds for $5. Only cash is accepted. Parking is available on the fairgrounds at the Main Gate, Train Gate and the South Gate. Accessible parking spaces are located near the gates.
People can also park their car at the Spokane Community College (SCC) parking lot if they are planning to take the Route 342 – Fair Shuttle. Parking at SCC is free, so you'll avoid the fairgrounds' $5 parking fee and all the traffic. Park in Lot P1 on weekdays and in Lots P1 and P26 on weekends.
Here is a map of the Grounds:
How to get to the fair by STA shuttle
People can ride the Spokane Transit Authority (STA) fair shuttle bus Route 342 at the Spokane Community College Transit Center (SCC) to arrive at the fair.
Buses traveling on this route will start their route at SCC toward the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center on Broadway Avenue. The bus wouldn't be stopping in any other places or stations. People need to be at the bus stop approximately five minutes before the bus is scheduled to leave.
People going to the fair can buy a Day Pass for $2 when they board the shuttle at SCC. Having exact cash change is recommended.
Fair shuttles run every 20 minutes on Saturday, every 30 minutes on Sunday and every 32 minutes on weekdays.
For more information about what shuttle you should take to arrive at the fair, click here to see the map.
If you would like help planning your ride, need additional schedule or service information or would like to purchase passes, contact the customer service at the Plaza at (509) 328-RIDE (7433).
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State chooses special prosecutor in excessive force case
Arkansas State Police submit investigative report
State officials have selected a special prosecutor who will decide whether to charge the officers who were recorded beating a man they arrested.
Emily White will serve as the special prosecutor who will decide whether to charge Levi White and Zack King, both Crawford County sheriff's deputies, and Mulberry Officer Thell Riddle after they were videoed beating Randal Worcester while they arrested him.
A spokesman for the Arkansas State Police said the investigative report has been submitted to Crawford County.
White has served as a prosecutor since March when she took the position. She attended law school at the William H. Bowen School of Law in Little Rock. White has spent her entire career in the state of Arkansas.
Officials have yet to announce a court date associated with the incident.
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the arrest of Worcester, who was punched in the head and kneed in the side as he was held down on the pavement during the arrest. Video released since the arrest shows Worcester tackling White before he was beaten. White suffered a concussion when his head hit the pavement.
Worcester had been accused of making threats to an Alma store clerk before the rough arrest in Mulberry. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/08/special-prosecutor-to-decide-whether-to-charge-officers/65528259007/ | 2022-09-08T21:40:31Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/08/special-prosecutor-to-decide-whether-to-charge-officers/65528259007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LONDON, UK — Following the announcement Thursday that doctors were "concerned" about Queen Elizabeth II's heath, crowds began to gather around Buckingham Palace.
A few hours later as they anxiously waited for any update, a double rainbow briefly adorned London skies overtop the crowds. Shortly after, news spread of the queen's death at age 96.
British subjects outside Buckingham Palace wept when officials carried a notice confirming the queen’s death to the wrought-iron gates of the queen's London home. Hundreds soon gathered in the rain, and mourners laid dozens of colorful bouquets at the gates.
A photographer for Getty Images tweeted about the moment the flags were being lowered to half mast over Windsor Castle while a rainbow appeared on Thursday.
Buckingham Palace said the queen died Thursday afternoon 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.
Her 73-year-old son Charles automatically became king and will be known as King Charles III, his office said. Charles’ second wife, Camilla, will be known as the Queen Consort.
BBC channels interrupted programming with a special report confirming the queen's death. With a somber tone and dressed in black, a presenter announced the queen had died peacefully.
The BBC played the national anthem, “God Save the Queen,” over a portrait of her in full regalia and the flag over Buckingham Palace as the second Elizabethan age came to a close.
Elizabeth had been on the throne since 1952, when the nation was still rebuilding from the destruction of World War II, and became a global icon of calmness and fortitude through years of political upheaval and social changes at home and abroad.
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LONDON, UK — Key milestones in the life of Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at age 96 after serving more than seven decades on the throne.
—April 21, 1926: Born Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary in Mayfair, London, the first child of the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, later called the Queen Mother.
—Dec. 10, 1936: Elizabeth becomes heir-apparent to the throne after her uncle King Edward VIII abdicates and her father becomes king.
—Oct. 13, 1940: Elizabeth makes first public speech at age 14 on the BBC Children’s Hour to reassure children who had been separated from their parents during the Blitz.
—1945: Elizabeth is made a Subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, serving for Britain during World War II.
—Nov. 20, 1947: Elizabeth marries Prince Philip Mountbatten of Greece and Denmark at Westminster Abbey.
—Nov. 14, 1948: Prince Charles, now Prince of Wales, heir-apparent to the throne, is born.
—Aug. 15, 1950: Elizabeth’s second child and only daughter, Anne, the Princess Royal, is born.
—Feb. 6, 1952: Elizabeth becomes queen upon the death of her father George VI.
—June 2, 1953: Crowned in a grand coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey. She sets out on a tour of the Commonwealth, visiting places including Bermuda, Fiji, Tonga, Australia, and Gibraltar.
—Feb. 19, 1960: Elizabeth’s third child, Prince Andrew, is born.
—March 10, 1964: Elizabeth’s fourth child, Prince Edward, is born.
—May 1965: Elizabeth makes a historic visit to West Germany, the first German visit by a British monarch in 52 years.
—1977: Elizabeth celebrates her Silver Jubilee, which marks 25 years on the throne.
—1992: Elizabeth has what she describes as an “annus horribilis,” or a “horrible year.” The year sees marriages for three of her four children end. Also that year, a fire damages Windsor Castle. Public outcry over the cost of repairs amid a recession prompts the queen to volunteer to pay income taxes.
—Aug. 31, 1997: Princess Diana dies in a car crash in Paris. Under public pressure to demonstrate her grief, Elizabeth makes an unprecedented television broadcast in tribute to Diana’s memory.
—2002: Elizabeth marks 50 years of reign with her Golden Jubilee. The year also sees the deaths of Elizabeth’s mother and her sister, Margaret.
—Dec. 20, 2007: Elizabeth becomes the longest-living British monarch, overtaking Victoria.
—May 2011: Elizabeth makes a historic visit to Ireland — the first visit by a British monarch since Irish independence.
—2012: Elizabeth marks 60 years of her reign with a Diamond Jubilee.
—Sept. 9, 2015: Elizabeth surpasses Queen Victoria and becomes the longest-serving monarch in British history.
—June 11, 2016: Britain celebrates Elizabeth’s official 90th birthday with three days of national festivities.
—Feb. 6, 2017: Elizabeth becomes the first British monarch to celebrate a Sapphire Jubilee, marking 65 years on the throne.
— March 2020: Elizabeth and Philip move from Buckingham Palace in London to Windsor Castle at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
—April 9, 2021: Prince Philip, Elizabeth’s husband of 73 years, dies at age 99.
--Oct. 20, 2021: Elizabeth spends a night in a London hospital undergoing health tests. She cancels major engagements in subsequent months, on doctors’ orders to only undertake light duties.
--Feb. 6, 2022: Elizabeth becomes first British monarch to reach a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years as sovereign.
--June 2022: Elizabeth makes limited public appearances during a four-day holiday weekend celebrating her Platinum Jubilee.
--Sept. 6, 2022: Elizabeth meets Boris Johnson and Liz Truss at her summer holiday home in Scotland to oversee the handover of power from the outgoing prime minster to his successor. The ceremonies, traditionally held at Buckingham Palace in London, were moved to Balmoral for the first time in the queen’s reign in light of her mobility problems.
--Sept. 8, 2022: Elizabeth dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at age 96. Her eldest son becomes King Charles III.
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Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II passed away at her Balmoral estate in Scotland on Sept. 8, 2022 after 70 years on the throne. She was 96 years old.
“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,” Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest son, Charles, wrote in a statement. “We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother. I know her loss will be felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.”
Following Her Majesty The Queen’s death, some people on social media are asking whether Charles automatically becomes King of England.
THE QUESTION
Did Charles automatically become King of England after the death of Queen Elizabeth II?
THE SOURCES
- The Royal Family
- The Privy Council Office
- Liz Truss, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- University College London
THE ANSWER
Yes, Charles, as the eldest child of the monarch, automatically became King of England after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
WHAT WE FOUND
The Privy Council Office, a government agency of the United Kingdom, says “a new Sovereign succeeds to the throne as soon as his or her predecessor dies.”
Though a formal proclamation hasn't happened yet, King Charles III automatically became Great Britain's newest ruler the moment his mother passed away.
“Today the crown passes, as it has done for more than 1,000 years, to our new monarch, our new head of state, His Majesty King Charles III,” the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Liz Truss said during a press conference.
In a separate statement posted on Twitter, Truss wrote, “God save the King,” a reference to the British national anthem. The Royal Family has also referred to Charles as “The King” and “His Majesty the King” in statements posted to Twitter following Queen Elizabeth II’s passing.
According to University College London, this automatic succession takes place because of an old common law rule called Rex nunquam moritur, which translates to “The king never dies.”
“The rule recognizes that the sovereign may die, but [the] government must carry on,” the college writes on its website. “Subsequent ceremonies such as the Accession Council and the coronation in their own ways merely endorse a succession that has already taken place.”
Succession to the throne is determined by hundreds of years of British law. Historically, the first in line to the throne was the monarch’s eldest son – if they had one. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth II's father, had two daughters and Elizabeth was the eldest.
But the law changed in 2013 to allow eldest daughters born after October 2011 to take precedent over younger sons. Charles was Queen Elizabeth’s first child, making him the clear successor to the throne.
Even though Charles is already king, the Accession Council issues a formal proclamation of his succession.
An Accession Council is usually convened within 24 hours of a monarch’s death and is held to “make formal proclamation” of the succession of their successor to the throne, the Privy Council Office explains. The council should be held before a meeting of Parliament, which should take place as soon as possible after the death.
Charlie Proctor, a royal correspondent and editor-in-chief of the news website Royal Central, said in a tweet on Sept. 8 that members of Parliament and the House of Lords, the upper chamber of Parliament, have been summoned to London and will meet on Sept. 9 to take “an oath of allegiance to King Charles III.”
King Charles III also becomes Head of the Commonwealth, which consists of 15 countries including the United Kingdom, following his mother’s death, according to University College London. The role is not hereditary or automatic and is instead chosen by Commonwealth leaders. That choice took place in 2018 so it would be effective upon Elizabeth’s death.
"We recognize the role of the Queen in championing the Commonwealth and its peoples. The next head of the Commonwealth shall be his Royal Highness Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales,” the Commonwealth Heads of Government said on April 20, 2018. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/verify/world-verify/king-charles-automatically-takes-throne-england-after-queen-elizabeth-death/536-142f1571-c29d-44b9-80a2-155879ed555c | 2022-09-08T21:40:46Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/verify/world-verify/king-charles-automatically-takes-throne-england-after-queen-elizabeth-death/536-142f1571-c29d-44b9-80a2-155879ed555c | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Rudy Giuliani admitted to owing his ex-wife money — but called her lawsuit claiming he’s withholding $260,000 a “gross exaggeration” during a hearing in Manhattan court Thursday.
Judith Giuliani, 67, had asked a judge last month to hold her 78-year-old ex-husband in contempt and toss him behind bars for allegedly falling behind on $262,000 owed under the terms of their 2019 divorce settlement.
“I do owe her money but I don’t owe her $260,000,” the former New York City mayor told the judge in Manhattan Supreme Court, where he appeared without a lawyer, choosing to represent himself instead.
“That’s a gross exaggeration,” he added, “I owe her $50,000.”
The one-time personal attorney to former President Donald Trump also called media coverage of Judith’s recent accusations, “pretty devastating … when we have a non-disparagement clause.”
He argued that his ex should be the one held in contempt — not him — for allegedly violating the terms of their settlement.
Earlier, Supreme Court Justice Michael Katz told Rudy that he’s technically in default for not having filed papers in response to Judith’s allegations.
The embattled Giuliani admitted to the legal blunder saying: “I’m being sued in ten different cases. I’m getting ready for two massive hearings.”
“It’s totally my fault,” he said. “I don’t know how to emphasize to you the pressures …”
Judith’s lawyer Dror Bikel told the judge, “My client has no income right now. If [Rudy] could write a check to her today …”
“That certainly would show good faith,” Katz chimed in, adding that the next court date would be on Sept. 23 — if the warring exes, who divorced in 2019, don’t settle before then.
Bikel also said Rudy should have to pay part of Judith’s legal bills for the cost of bringing the new claims against him.
“I hope we will be able to settle this,” Rudy said. “I have the checks. I have paid her $150,000. l have those checks.”
“I’m willing to pay the $45,000 right now,” he continued, though it wasn’t clear if he in fact paid the money Thursday.
The former couple, who were married for more than a decade, squabbled in the hallway outside the courtroom following the hearing, arguing in partially inaudible intonations about the dollar amount that was owed — with each saying they would show the other side their checks.
“You show it to me. If I owe it, I’ll pay it,” Rudy could be heard saying.
At one point his ex suggested he “take out a second equity loan on the apartment” to which he shot back, “I can’t…”
Their hushed bickering culminated with Rudy exclaiming, “That’s bulls–t! … You lied about it for nine years!”
“You tortured my children!” he added, as Judith stormed off.
Judith then told reporters, “I’m not going to stand here and let him tell lies about me.”
Her attorney cut in telling the press, “We are going to try to resolve it without further legal proceedings but if we have to continue to litigate it than we will. She is going to get every penny she is owed.”
Judith filed for divorce in 2018 after a 15-year marriage. The pair bitterly fought in court over their fortune which was estimated to be $30 million.
Since then, Rudy has faced a slew of legal issues, including being sued by the art appraisal firm he used during the divorce which claimed he owed them at least $15,000. That suit was withdrawn with a lawyer for the company saying Giuliani never responded to the case.
Giuliani’s law license has also been suspended in New York and in Washington DC while he faces election-related ethic charges. He’s also been sued by Dominion Voting Systems for $1.3 billion over his claims that the company rigged the 2020 presidential election. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/08/rudy-giuliani-denies-owing-ex-wife-judith-260k/ | 2022-09-08T21:42:05Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/08/rudy-giuliani-denies-owing-ex-wife-judith-260k/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Speedway Motorsports and NASCAR announced today that, as part of NASCAR’s 75th anniversary season, the NASCAR All-Star Race will be held at historic North Wilkesboro Speedway in 2023, capping off a three-day event weekend at one of stock car racing’s most storied venues, May 19-21, 2023.
“The NASCAR All-Star Race has always been the fans’ race, and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the fans during NASCAR’s 75th anniversary than returning to North Wilkesboro Speedway,” said Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith. “We couldn’t have made this happen without tremendous support from so many people including Gov. Cooper, our state legislature, NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and of course, the people of Wilkes County. We’ve got a lot of work to do, but we’ve got the will to create something special alongside a community and hard-working staff that will get it done.”
The announcement was made outside of the North Carolina Museum of History, with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. and NASCAR Chief Operating Officer Steve O’Donnell joining Smith for the program.
“Motorsports are critical to North Carolina’s history, culture and economy, and our investments have helped to get the engines running again in places that needed revival,” said Gov. Roy Cooper. “North Wilkesboro Speedway is back and better than ever, and the All-Star Race will take it to new heights.”
In November of last year, an $18M allocation from federal American Rescue Plan funds was designated for infrastructure improvements at North Wilkesboro Speedway through the North Carolina state budget. Earlier this week, Wilkes County awarded construction contracts for the forthcoming work. The General Assembly has agreed in principal to provide a $4M economic grant next year toward additional facility improvements to host the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race and future special events.
“For decades, North Wilkesboro Speedway was at the heart of racing and tourism in Western North Carolina,” Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) said. “We look forward to seeing the renaissance of this track as it transforms into a premier venue for races and events in Wilkes County.”
North Wilkesboro, then a dirt track, hosted its first race in May of 1947. Over the next five decades, the 0.625-mile circuit hosted 93 NASCAR Cup Series races – its list of winners a variable who’s who of NASCAR royalty, including Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Cale Yarborough and hometown hero Benny Parsons. Next year, the 39th running of the NASCAR All-Star Race will mark the first Cup Series event at North Wilkesboro Speedway since 1996.
NASCAR Hall of Famer and noted motorsports historian Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been a passionate supporter of the revitalization of North Wilkesboro Speedway.
“Some of my best memories as a little boy were going to North Wilkesboro,” said Earnhardt. “And it got even better when I raced there as a teenager. I never thought I’d see that place full again, and then I got to race there this summer in a late model before a full house. There’s just something special about it. I know the track, the fans, and the community will put on a show when we’re back with the Cup cars for the All-Star race.”
“North Wilkesboro Speedway boasts a winners list that features the true giants of our sport, and next year, another great will be added as the NASCAR Cup Series stars once again race at this historic facility,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR’s chief operating officer. “As part of our 75th anniversary season, we’re are excited to return to the roots of the sport for the NASCAR All-Star Race. This will be a can’t-miss event as we honor our past and look forward to the future.”
Complete schedules for on-track competition and fan entertainment will be announced at a later date, as will the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race format. Register for the “Join the Movement” email list and follow North Wilkesboro Speedway social channels to stay up-to-date on all the latest information. The NASCAR All-Star Race will be broadcast worldwide on Fox Sports One and the Motor Racing Network.
TICKETS:
Three-day NASCAR All-Star Race weekend ticket packages will go on sale later this year. Fans can make a $25 donation to Speedway Children’s Charities starting Friday at noon to reserve a spot on the priority-to-buy list. All proceeds from the SCC Reserve List will serve children in need in Wilkes County. For more information or to “Join the Movement” e-mail list for the latest updates surrounding the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race, fans can visit www.northwilkesborospeedway.com.
FOLLOW ALONG:
For the latest news, schedules and ticket information, visit www.northwilkesborospeedway.com.
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Follow Daniel Suárez in USA's "Race for the Championship"
Ever wondered what Daniel Suárez's life is like behind the wheel of a race car, at his home, in his race shop, in his car?
Here is the show to find out.
USA Network will air “Race For The Championship,” a new unscripted series about the drivers and teams of the NASCAR Cup Series, on Thursday at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
The series will give a behind-the-scenes look at the elite drivers and teams competing in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Documenting the lives of the sport’s best on and off the track, viewers will get a rare glimpse of what it takes to balance personal relationships with the pressure to perform. Packed with action, heart and drama, this exhilarating series will offer up a taste of what it’s really like to partake in the world’s top level of stock car racing. Watch as the drivers are pushed mentally and physically to their limits, navigating a NASCAR season unlike any other – with a new car, new tracks and new challenges – for their chance to make history.
Over 10 episodes, “Race for the Championship” will tell the story of the 2022 NASCAR Cup season and playoffs.
Suárez and other drivers attended the world premiere of the series last Thursday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Daniel Suárez, Driver of the No. 99 CommScope Chevrolet
What are your thoughts going into Kansas?
"We are ready. We had a really fast car at Darlington Sunday. I made a mistake (speeding on pit road) and you can't have that. We have some things to clean up, but if we are as fast at every playoff race as we were in Darlington then we are going to be fine."
How does it feel to be part of the playoffs?
“It feels nice, but honestly it feels normal. I believe that I belong here. When you have a team like the one I have, I feel like it’s more like a must to be in this position.
"I think we’re in a great position. I have an amazing team behind me. Trackhouse Racing has done a tremendous job this year. We have to continue to evolve. It’s the most important part of the season, of course. We have to continue to do the same thing that we’ve been doing and continue to get better.”
Can anyone win the championship in 2022?
“Yeah, I think so. If it was last year, I would tell you ‘this guy is going to win it or this guy is going to win it’ because the gaps were so big. With this car, if you’re telling me who is going to win any race and you get it right, I’ll give you a thousand dollars (laughs). I don’t think you’re going to get it right. There is not one guy.. anyone can be good. I love that about this car. It’s unpredictable. Everyone has an opportunity."
Justin Marks, Founder and Owner of Trackhouse Racing
"What has allowed us to be in this position is the work and dedication that each and every member of this organization has tirelessly put in nearly every day of the company’s existence. It does not sit lightly with me. I continue to be humbled and awed by the fact that over 130 people have trusted this project’s vision with their careers, their time, and their lives. It is a debt that I will never fully be able to comprehend."
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The federal government issued a reminder Thursday about illegal nursing home debt collection practices.
In a joint letter, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reminded facility operators and debt collectors to stop pursuing friends and families of alleged bill payments from nursing homes.
“Nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid are prohibited from forcing a resident’s family or friends to assume responsibility for the cost of care as a condition of admission or continued stay in the facility,” said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra. “Debt collectors must take steps to ensure they are not violating the law by collecting on invalid nursing home debts.”
If it does happen, the agencies said they'd violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/feds-issue-reminder-about-illegal-nursing-home-debt-collection-practices | 2022-09-08T21:48:41Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/feds-issue-reminder-about-illegal-nursing-home-debt-collection-practices | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
During the 75th season of NASCAR, the 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race will be held at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, Governor Roy Cooper, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and other officials from NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports announced today.
“Motorsports are critical to North Carolina’s history, culture and economy, and our investments have helped to get the engines running again in places that needed revival,” said Governor Roy Cooper. “North Wilkesboro Speedway is back and better than ever, and the All-Star Race will take it to new heights.”
“The NASCAR All-Star Race has always been the fans’ race, and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the fans during NASCAR’s 75th anniversary than returning to North Wilkesboro Speedway,” said Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith. “We couldn’t have made this happen without tremendous support from so many people including Gov. Cooper, our state legislature, NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and of course, the people of Wilkes County. We’ve got a lot of work to do, but we’ve got the will to create something special alongside a community and hard-working staff that will get it done.”
“Some of my best memories as a little boy were going to North Wilkesboro,” said Dale Earnhardt Jr. “And it got even better when I raced there as a teenager. I never thought I’d see that place full again, and then I got to race there this summer in a late model before a full house. There’s just something special about it. I know the track, the fans, and the community will put on a show when we’re back with the Cup cars for the All-Star race.”
“North Wilkesboro Speedway boasts a winners list that features the true giants of our sport, and next year, another great will be added as the NASCAR Cup Series stars once again race at this historic facility,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR’s chief operating officer. “As part of our 75th anniversary season, we’re are excited to return to the roots of the sport for the NASCAR All-Star Race. This will be a can’t-miss event as we honor our past and look forward to the future.”
The NASCAR All-Star Race will be held at North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 21, 2023. The NASCAR All-Star Race will bring an international spotlight and thousands of race fans to North Carolina. The tourism impact will carry through the following weekend with the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
In his budget proposal last year, Governor Cooper included funds to revitalize speedways across North Carolina. In November 2021, the Governor signed the state budget
that included these funds. The budget allocates American Rescue Plan funding to speedways across the state, with North Wilkesboro Speedway receiving $18 million.
In May, Governor Cooper and the North Carolina Department of Commerce announced
that 15 local governments have been awarded $45.8 million to help 17 motorsports venues recover from the pandemic. The money can be used for water, sewer and other infrastructure projects pertaining to the speedways. The grants enhanced local tourism, travel and hospitality industries that benefit from the many motorsports events held in North Carolina.
North Wilkesboro Speedway is one of the first NASCAR tracks. The final NASCAR Cup Series race at North Wilkesboro was held in 1996 and won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon. The track sat largely abandoned, but in recent years, the community made significant efforts to revitalize the track. Racing returned to North Wilkesboro Speedway on August 31 for the Window World 125 race, where fans sold out the stadium.
In May 2022, Governor Cooper visited the North Wilkesboro Speedway to highlight the significant investments it is receiving for repairs from the state budget and celebrate the return of racing following the Racetrack Revival projects.
North Carolina is the birthplace of motorsports and NASCAR, an industry woven into the state’s history and identity. The state serves as the home to NASCAR’s headquarters and Hall of Fame, and 90% of the sanctioning body’s race teams are based in North Carolina.
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Alan on Friday night’s race at Kansas: “We’re looking forward to getting back to Kansas and building on our top-20 finish back in the spring. Our No. 45 AUTOParkit team has made a lot of progress on our intermediate package and we’re looking forward to getting our Chevrolet Silverado on track to see where we stack up on Friday.”
Alan at Kansas Speedway: Alan makes his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Kansas Speedway Friday night. Alan turned in a 19th-place finish in his debut at the 1.5-mile oval in May after starting 25th.
On the Truck: Alan will pilot the No. 45 AUTOParkit Chevrolet Silverado Friday night at Kansas.
Honor a Cancer Hero: In coordination with the Martin Truex Jr. Foundation and NASCAR Foundation, the third-annual Honor a Cancer Hero has raised over $106,000 this year. Lawless Alan will honor Bobby Fitzpatrick of Yonkers, N.Y. on the name rail of his No. 45 AUTOParkit Chevrolet Silverado Friday night in Kansas.
Last Time Out – Worldwide Express 250 at Richmond (Start: 27th / Finish: 24th): “Our No. 45 team worked hard all night to find the right balance on our AUTOChargit Chevrolet and we started to hit on it in the late stages of the race. We thought we were one more adjustment away, but all-in-all it was a good learning experience in my debut at Richmond.”
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Currey on his return to the Truck Series Friday night at Kansas: “I’m super thankful to be working with Niece Motorsports again. We brought a lot of speed last year together at Kansas and I’m looking forward to trying to recapture that Friday night in our No. 44 Niece Equipment Chevrolet Silverado.”
Currey at Kansas Speedway: Currey makes his ninth NASCAR National Series start at Kansas Speedway Friday night and his fourth Truck Series start at the 1.5-mile oval. He has one Cup Series start (2019), four Xfinity Series starts, and three Truck Series starts over the past four seasons.
Currey makes his 31st NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start and 12th start with Niece Motorsports Friday night. He ran to a career-best 12th-place finish at Kansas in 2021 in the No. 45 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet after starting 26th.
In his 30 career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts, Currey owns an average finish of 23.2 with a pair of top-10 finishes coming at Phoenix (2017) and Michigan (2019).
On the Truck: Currey will pilot the No. 44 Niece Equipment Chevrolet Silverado Friday night at Kansas Speedway.
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Thirty-three A-10 Thunderbolt II’s arrive at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, to compete in Hawgsmoke 2022, Sept 7, 2022. Hawgsmoke is a biennial USAF bombing, missile, and tactical gunnery competition for A-10 Thunderbolt II units which provides unique training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mercedee Wilds)
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Catch, tag, release.
That’s what hundreds of people from across the country will be doing to butterflies just outside of Lawrence, Kansas, at the MonarchWatch tagging event on Saturday.
Tagging events both large and small are taking place across the Midwest this month to collect data on the Monarch butterfly migration from Canada to Mexico. That information, mostly gathered by volunteers and citizen scientists, is critical given the decline of Monarch butterflies in the last two decades.
“It’s the most extraordinary insect migration on the planet, and as a migration, it's a phenomenon that tells us a lot about how organism’s function,” said Chip Taylor, director of MonarchWatch.
MonarchWatch, an organization based at the University of Kansas, has tagged over 2 million butterflies since it started in 1992. The data collected helps inform conservation work.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature put Monarchs on its endangered species list earlier this year. Though this has no policy impact in the United States and the debate around the endangered status of Monarchs is still ongoing, the decision drew attention to Monarch butterfly conservation.
Volunteers in the Midwest have been noticing fewer Monarchs this year. The threats to the well-known butterfly include habitat loss, pesticides and climate change.
“We're losing a lot of habitat every year due to development, due to increasing agriculture, due to how we're managing marginal land,” Taylor said. “So we have a lot of work to do in order to maintain this migration.”
Yet many involved in tagging Monarch butterflies say it goes beyond helping one species.
Austin Lambert, a naturalist at the Missouri Department of Conservation, says that these events are a great opportunity to get people interested in the ways they can help other pollinators. The department is holding its own tagging events at the Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City, Missouri.
“I see the bigger value around the Monarchs is that it's kind of the poster child for a lot of these other critters,” Lambert said. “It's one that you recognize, that people get excited about.”
In addition to tagging, people can adopt conservation practices such as planting milkweed and other native plants. A paper recently published by MonarchWatch found that increasing milkweed habitat in the Midwest will have the greatest impact on Monarch conservation.
Other suggested conservation practices include using fewer pesticides and turning yards into pollinator gardens, which helps Monarchs and other pollinators and creates a more resilient environment through more biodiversity. The group Nebraska Monarchs encourages such conservation methods through education and free plant giveaways.
“These yards are little forests to a bee or to a Monarch butterfly, and a small area with a few dozen native plants is a forest for invertebrates,” said Jenn Gilbert, the program manager. “So we're trying to create an action that people can participate in conservation.”
She said the Monarch butterfly has a way of inspiring conservation efforts.
“It really does create a passion and a connection for people,” she said, “because it's the Monarch butterfly and it's really popular.”
Eva Tesfaye covers agriculture, food systems and rural issues for KCUR and Harvest Public Media and is a Report For America corps member. Follow Eva on Twitter @EvaRTesfaye.
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Thompson on returning to Kansas Speedway: “Our No. 40 Worldwide Express team is looking forward to getting back on-track following a three-week layoff. I learned a lot in the spring race and track position is going to be key Friday night, so we’re focused on putting a solid qualifying effort together. We’re confident in the Chevrolet Silverado that we’re bringing and we’ll continue to add to the notebook on these intermediate tracks.”
Thompson at Kansas Speedway: Thompson makes his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Kansas Speedway in Friday night’s Kansas Lottery 200. He ran to a 22nd-place finish in his Kansas debut in May.
Thompson produced an eighth-place finish after starting 12th in last October’s ARCA Menards Series race at Kansas.
On the Truck: Thompson will pilot the No. 40 Worldwide Express/GlobalTranz/
Honor a Cancer Hero: In coordination with the Martin Truex Jr. Foundation and NASCAR Foundation, the third-annual Honor a Cancer Hero has raised over $106,000 this year. Dean Thompson will honor Peggy L. Grigsby of Cincinnati, Ohio on the name rail of his No. 40 Worldwide Express Chevrolet Silverado Friday night in Kansas.
Last Time Out – Worldwide Express 250 at Richmond (Start: 29th / Finish: 35th): “We had a solid Worldwide Express Chevrolet Silverado tonight, unfortunately an alternator belt issue kept us from making a push for a top-20 finish. I wish we could have had a better result for Worldwide Express and all of its carrier partners on board with us and we’ll look to shake off this stretch of bad luck at Kansas.”
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The inaugural Six Flags Goth Night at Magic Mountain that would have mixed industrial live bands and deathrock DJs with roller coasters and haunted mazes has been canceled amid finger-pointing by the event organizer and the Valencia amusement park.
Goth on the Mountain, a joint venture between Fontana-based Inland Empire Goth and Six Flags Magic Mountain, was set to be held at the theme park on Sept. 16 from 7 p.m. to midnight.
SEE ALSO: Six Flags Magic Mountain launches new Oktoberfest food festival
“It is with great sadness and disappointment that our Goth on the Mountain event has been canceled,” a post on the Inland Empire Goth official Facebook page read. “We have worked tirelessly to make this event a success, but we unfortunately did not receive the same effort from the park.”
Six Flags Magic Mountain officials declined to comment.
Inland Empire Goth is reviewing options for recovering losses from Magic Mountain and promises to fully refund all Goth on the Mountain ticket holders.
“We had an agreement with the park that was negotiated months ago, but they could not comply with the terms of the agreement,” the Inland Empire Goth Facebook post continued. “We tried extremely hard to modify the agreement with the park to keep the event alive, but they could not meet our terms such that it would have been too much of a detriment to Inland Empire Goth and to our members.”
SEE ALSO: Everything you need to know about Fright Fest 2022 at Six Flags Magic Mountain
The family-friendly, all-ages event was created by Goths for Goths with the goal of changing the stigma surrounding the Goth subculture. Magic Mountain planned to be closed to the general public during the private ticketed event.
The $130 tickets would have included access to Magic Mountain rides and three Fright Fest haunted mazes as well as food, drinks, DJ music and parking. Attending a live concert during the event would have cost an additional $60. Tickets were only available through the Six Flags Magic Mountain website.
The planned line-up of live bands playing the Golden Bear Theater made famous by the “Spinal Tap” mockumentary film included London After Midnight (dark rock), Glass Spells (synth pop), Assemblage 23 (industrial electronic) and Male Tears (electro pop).
More than a dozen DJs were set to spin a soundtrack of Goth, industrial, deathrock, darkwave and synth pop tunes on the Full Throttle Stage and in the Metro Park Pub.
The weekend event would have continued on Sept. 17 with a Misfit Market and Gargoyle Gala at the nearby Courtyard by Marriott in Santa Clarita.
SEE ALSO: Theme park spending up despite lower attendance this summer
The Goth on the Mountain event at Magic Mountain hoped to tear a page from the Disneyland playbook where Bats Day has been an annual tradition for decades.
A Disneyland institution since 1999, Bats Day returned to the Happiest Place on Earth in 2022 after a pandemic pause with next year’s event scheduled for May 7, 2023. This year’s Bats Day SpookyTime at Disney California Adventure is set for Oct. 1 during the Halloween Time season at the Anaheim theme park.
Bats Day is part of a larger series of unaffiliated and unofficial events held at Disneyland — including Gay Days, Dapper Day and the MiceChat Gumball Rally — that Disney embraces without sanctioning.
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Updated September 8, 2022 at 1:47 PM ET
Queen Elizabeth II, whose seven decades on the throne of the United Kingdom was a longer reign than any other British monarch, has died at the age of 96.
The queen "died peacefully" on Thursday afternoon at Balmoral Castle, her estate in the Scottish Highlands, royal family officials announced. King Charles, her son, is at Balmoral and will return to London on Friday.
The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 8, 2022
The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/VfxpXro22W
The queen had been placed under medical supervision earlier Thursday, officials said. "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 had said in a statement.
Other members of the royal family had also traveled to Balmoral, including her grandson Prince William, who is now the heir apparent. Prince Harry, who was already in the country for a charity event, was also reportedly en route.
In recent years, the queen had taken on fewer public duties, occasionally canceling appearances in which her attendance was once tradition. Mobility issues had troubled her in recent months, and she had taken to spending much of her time at Windsor Castle, the family's country estate near London, and at Balmoral, the castle in Scotland.
In February, she contracted COVID-19, which she later described as leaving her "very tired and exhausted."
In June, Elizabeth appeared at her Platinum Jubilee celebrating her 70 years on the throne, watching the parade from a balcony of Buckingham Palace. But she missed most of the other festivities. And on Tuesday, she met with the U.K.'s new prime minister, Liz Truss, at Balmoral, a first in her reign.
Elizabeth acceded to the throne on Feb. 6, 1952. Over her 70-year-long reign, she oversaw an extraordinary period of British history, including decolonization and the independence of more than 20 countries that were once a part of the British Empire.
Charles, 73, is now Britain's king.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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In what is expected to be a close race in Kansas between incumbent Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, and Attorney General Derek Schmidt, a Republican, Kelly has earned the endorsement of a man who once held the job.
Bill Graves, a Republican, is backing Kelly for the second time — he also supported Kelly in her 2018 race against former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
Graves cited Kelly's work operating with a Republican supermajority legislature, the stability of the state's revenues and her support for public education as reasons why she should remain in office.
"I think the governor has done a great job," Graves said. "Having been there and done that, I kind of know what to look for in the character and the performance of a governor and I just think Laura Kelly deserves to be reelected."
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Compositions and Recordings
Barber of Seville Overture
by Gioacchino Rossini
Sir Malcolm Sargent with the BBC Symphony
Marche Joyeuse
by Emmanuel Chabrier
James Loughran with the BBC Symphony
Dich Teure Halle
by Richard Wagner
Edward Gardner with the Bergen Philharmonic; Lise Davidsen
Fantasia on British Sea Songs
by Henry Wood
James Loughran with the BBC Symphony
Rule Brittania
by Thomas Arne
James Loughran with the BBC Symphony; Benjamin Luxon
Land of Hope and Glory
by Edward Elgar
James Loughran with the BBC Symphony
Jerusalem
by Hubert Parry
Jiri Belohlavek with the BBC Symphony
God Save the Queen
Traditional arr. Wood
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Team Penske announced today that it has reached a multi-year contract extension with current NTT INDYCAR SERIES star and former Australian Supercars Champion Scott McLaughlin, which will keep the 2021 INDYCAR SERIES Rookie of the Year with the team for years to come.
The announcement comes as the 29-year-old McLaughlin prepares for this weekend’s NTT INDYCAR SERIES season finale at Laguna Seca, where the second-year series racer remains in the hunt for the series championship. McLaughlin enters the weekend coming off of his third win of the season, earning the checkers last Sunday at Portland International Raceway, and is currently ranked fifth in the series standings, just 41 points behind series leader and teammate, Will Power.
“Scott took a big gamble when he came to INDYCAR, as he knew he would be leaving a series where he knew he could thrive for years to come,” said Team Penske President, Tim Cindric. “To see him have the success he has had so far has been really satisfying, as we were confident in his talent. We just didn’t know how long it would take for him to gain the confidence in himself. Scott has adjusted quickly and has already established himself as someone that can win at any track during one of the most competitive eras of INDYCAR racing. He continues to be a great representative for our partners and he has connects well with race fans all over the world. We are excited that he will continue to be part of the Team Penske legacy for years to come.”
McLaughlin first joined Team Penske in 2017, competing in the Australian Supercars Championship, where he finished second in the series standings while also scoring a series-high eight wins and a record 16 pole positions. In 2018, McLaughlin captured the first of his three consecutive Supercars Championships for DJR Team Penske. From 2018-2020, McLaughlin collected 40 wins (including a series-record 18 victories in 2019), 64 podiums and 43 pole positions. He also produced the first win for Team Penske in the prestigious Bathurst 1000, winning from the pole position in 2019.
After the 2020 season, McLaughlin moved to the United States to join Team Penske’s championship NTT INDYCAR SERIES program. He became the first Team Penske driver to capture INDYCAR SERIES Rookie of the Year honors last season and he earned his season-best finish of second at Texas Motor Speedway in his first-ever oval race.
In 2022, McLaughlin opened the INDYCAR SERIES season by earning his first career INDYCAR pole, leading qualifying on the Streets of St. Petersburg. He completed a dominant opening weekend by producing his first INDYCAR SERIES win the following day, leading a race high 49 laps in the No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet. McLaughlin scored his second career victory in July at Mid-Ohio and he won his second pole of the season in Nashville. Following his pole and victory last weekend at Portland, McLaughlin has produced eight top-five and 11 top-10 finishes this season while leading 433 laps – ranked second in the series behind teammate Josef Newgarden.
“Team Penske has been such a huge part of my career, helping me get to where I’m at today, so I’m excited to continue racing with Roger (Penske), Tim and the entire team well into the future,” said McLaughlin. “Getting a chance to move to the United States and chase my racing dream, driving in the INDYCAR SERIES, is something that would not have been possible without Team Penske, so I’m forever grateful. I’ve had so many great moments with this team, from winning three Supercars Championships to winning the Bathurst 1000 to making my first INDYCAR start. Now, we are competing at a high level, winning races and poles and even competing for the series championship. I can’t wait to see what the future holds with Team Penske.”
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Host
Brooke Knoll
Guest
Matthew Shepard, founder, conductor and artistic director
Program
Requiem in D minor, K626
XI. Sanctus
XIII. Agnus Dei
XIV. Lux aeterna
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Wiener Staatsoper, Concentus musicus Wien
Orbis Patrator Optime
by Gabriel Jackson
Matthew Shepard and Te Deum
O nata lux
by Thomas Tallis
Harry Christophers and The Sixteen
Ego flos campi
by Jacob non papa Clemens
Stile Antico
Nymphes Des Bois
by Josquin Despres
Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis
Missa Brevis - V. Agnus Dei I & II
by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Peter Philips and The Tallis Scholars
Beatus vir
by Claudio Monteverdi
Edward Higginbottom and The Capricorn Ensemble, Choir of New College Oxford
Selva morale e spirituale - Laudate Dominum omnes gentes II
by Claudio Monteverdi
Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano
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Brandon Overton thought he was destined to finish second Wednesday night during the 28th Dirt Late Model Dream at Eldora Speedway after waiting more than two months to finish the postponed race.
As Lap 90 clicked off the scoreboard in “The Dream,” he was running out of time to catch Chris Madden. However, his fortune changed when a caution brought the field together on Lap 91.
The Evans, GA driver, seized his opportunity on the restart, charging past Madden and holding on to earn his third consecutive Dirt Late Model Dream—this one worth $128,000.
Overton stated that without the yellow, Madden would’ve won the race. However, he used a lesson from his past at Eldora to gain the upper hand on the restart.
“I shouldn’t have won that race,” Overton said. “I probably had a second-place car, but I got a couple of guardian angels riding on this thing with me.
“All I was thinking is, I forgot which one it was when I was leading, and I chose the bottom, and he blew around my ass on the top. So, when he chose the bottom, I was kind of grinning, and I didn’t want to jinx it, and I drove it down in there and knew I had him clear, so I just let ‘er rip.”
“Big Sexy” is now the second driver to win “The Dream” more than twice, joining eight-time winner Scott Bloomquist on that list.
He remained just as satisfied with his third “Dream” win as he was with his first once he learned of the statistic in Victory Lane.
“Like I said the first time I won, if I don’t ever win another one, I did more than I’d thought I’d do,” Overton said. “It’s a good start to the week; let’s keep it rolling.”
The race resumed on Lap 15 Wednesday after being postponed due to rain, with 14 laps completed in June. Madden led all 14 laps at the beginning of the event and had to wait 88 days to see the green flag again at “The House that Earl Built.”
He settled for second, again falling short of his first Eldora crown jewel triumph.
The Gray Court, SC driver, who also finished second in the Eldora Million, said he knew his lead was in jeopardy when the caution for Bobby Pierce and Devin Moran came out with nine laps left.
“We were fine as long as we didn’t have a caution,” Madden said. “I knew if we had a caution, we were in trouble. We were down a cylinder. We had a plug wire fall off with probably 25 (laps) to go, and we were just on seven cylinders putt-putting around.
“I knew if we had a restart, we were a dead duck. It didn’t matter which line I chose; I just couldn’t take off. I hate it. The best car didn’t win tonight.”
Tim McCreadie, from Watertown, NY, finished third, his sixth top five in “The Dream.” He said his experience at Eldora paid off, despite struggling with his tires during the Feature.
“Since we went to the tire rule for this track, it’s slowed me down a little,” McCreadie said. “We squeezed a top five out of it based off of experience and knowing where to be on the track. I had a real bad chatter issue with the right front I never had with the 20s.
“We need to go back to work. What worked here for three, four, 10, 15 races where we were a threat just isn’t the same. Hats off to Brandon and Chris and everybody in the top five.”
Eldora Million winner Jonathan Davenport finished fourth after restarting 20th.
The Blairsville, GA driver charged into the top five and stated if he got around Brandon Sheppard sooner, it might have changed the race’s outcome.
“I really needed to get by Sheppard,” Davenport said. “I needed to restart fourth; I needed to be on that second row. But I was a tick-tight, and when I got to fourth, I just ran too hard.
“I thought I could just rail the top and get by [McCreadie], and then when he slid me back, he was just dirtying the air up just enough to where I couldn’t make the turn down in the corner like I needed to.”
Sheppard, the 2019 Dirt Late Model Dream winner, rounded out the top five. The New Berlin, IL driver charged from 14th but said his tires were too hot when he tried to pass McCreadie.
“My car was really good and really maneuverable all the way through halfway,” Sheppard said. “I truthfully think I stayed up top just about 10 laps too long, and I got my tires overheated and sealed up a little bit.
“Once I got to McCreadie, I got my tires hot, and I was trying to move around, and I couldn’t at that point.”
Before the conclusion of “The Dream,” drivers who hadn’t won a race at Eldora had their chance to reach the iconic Victory Lane stage for the first time.
Ryan Gustin, Mike Marlar, and Daulton Wilson each scored $5,000 “Chasing the Dream” victories, giving them momentum for the 52nd World 100.
UP NEXT: The DIRTcar Late Models return to Eldora Speedway on Thursday, Sept. 8, for night one of the 52nd World 100.
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Dream Feature Continued (100 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[2]; 2. 44-Chris Madden[1]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[5]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport[20]; 5. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[14]; 6. 17M-Dale McDowell[12]; 7. 8-Kyle Strickler[6]; 8. 11-Josh Rice[11]; 9. 3S-Brian Shirley[15]; 10. 40-Kyle Bronson[9]; 11. 1-Tyler Erb[16]; 12. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[18]; 13. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 14. 9-Devin Moran[13]; 15. 32-Bobby Pierce[17]; 16. 93-Carson Ferguson[4]; 17. 17-Zack Dohm[7]; 18. 1ST-Johnny Scott[22]; 19. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[10]; 20. 18-Shannon Babb[19]; 21. 9Z-Mason Zeigler[23]; 22. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[24]; 23. 22-Chris Ferguson[8]; 24. 0-Scott Bloomquist[21]
Chasing the Dream Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[7]; 3. 2S-Stormy Scott[13]; 4. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[3]; 5. 22R-Will Roland[4]; 6. 23H-Cory Hedgecock[11]; 7. 995-Manny Falcon[1]; 8. 6-Victor Lee[10]; 9. 101T-Forrest Trent[15]; 10. 2X-John Henderson[8]; 11. 88-Trent Ivey[14]; 12. 86-Drew Smith[17]; 13. 29-Clint Keenan[12]; 14. 17C-Jeremy Creech[18]; 15. 39M-Brandon Moore[21]; 16. 54N-Chris Nash[19]; 17. 16-Steve Sabo[20]; 18. J8-Jadon Frame[9]; 19. 99-Camaron Marlar[5]; 20. 88R-Andrew Reaume[16]; 21. 2R-Tom Ramey[22]; 22. 1J-Jeremy Shaw[6]
Chasing the Dream Feature 2 (20 Laps): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 2. 18C-Chase Junghans[6]; 3. 10S-Garrett Smith[14]; 4. 10-Joseph Joiner[8]; 5. 25-Mike Benedum[1]; 6. 81JR-Jason Riggs[13]; 7. 6JR-Parker Martin[10]; 8. 4BG-Bob Gardner[11]; 9. 31K-Kye Blight[16]; 10. 51-Dean Carpenter[19]; 11. 83F-Jensen Ford[9]; 12. 17SS-Brenden Smith; 13. 4G-Kody Evans[3]; 14. 19M-Wil Herrington[5]; 15. 57-Zack Mitchell[7]; 16. 22F-Nicholas Fenner[22]; 17. C4-Freddie Carpenter[2]; 18. P0-Jeff Robertson[20]; 19. 5-Mark Whitener[12]; 20. P3-Josh Robertson[21]; 21. 71C-RJ Conley[15]; 22. 1C-Kenny Collins[17]; 23. M27-Mike Provenzano[18]
Chasing the Dream Feature 3 (20 Laps): 1. 18D-Daulton Wilson[2]; 2. 58W-Ashton Winger[4]; 3. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[12]; 4. 16T-Tyler Bruening[5]; 5. 111-Steven Roberts[8]; 6. 15-James Rice[6]; 7. 3-Jon Henry[10]; 8. 21K-Dakotah Knuckles[1]; 9. 28C-Tyler Carpenter[15]; 10. 130-Chase Osterhoff[16]; 11. 42-Carson Hocevar[19]; 12. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[3]; 13. 8A-Rob Anderzack[18]; 14. 145-Chase Frohnapfel[17]; 15. 3N-Austin Neely[11]; 16. 11J-Jon Kirby[20]; 17. 5*-Bryant Dickinson[21]; 18. 63R-Terry Rushlow[14]; 19. 220W-Justin White[22]; 20. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[9]; 21. 21-Robby Hensley[7]; 22. 97-Michael Chilton[13]
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Dates for the 2023 Indoor Auto Racing Series have been confirmed with dates scheduled at the PPL Center in Allentown, PA on January 6 and 7 and Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ on January 27 and 28.
The concrete series will kick off on January 6 and 7 with the 7th running of the Ironton Global sponsored Allentown Indoor Races. The three main divisions of the series, TQ (Three Quarter) Midgets, Slingshots and Champ Karts will be in competition both days.
After Allentown, the series will head to the boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ for the 20th running of the NAPA KNOW HOW Atlantic City Race Weekend on Friday, January 27th and Saturday, January 28th. Plans are in the works to make the 20th running of the event, bigger and better than ever.
It will be double down weekend for the TQ Midgets, drivers will have two opportunities to host the Gambler’s Classic trophy. Friday night will feature a complete show, making up the 2021 event that was lost to COVID restrictions. Then on Saturday night, start all over with heat races, B-mains and another 40 lap main event!
“2023 will be our 20th running of the event in Atlantic City and we are going all in to make it the best weekend yet” stated series promoter Len Sammons. “By adding the 2021 TQ Midget Gambler’s Classic to Friday night, it makes for a huge weekend.”
Tickets for both events will go on sale starting with pre-sale opportunities on September 19 and be on sale to the public on Friday, September 23.
The series will not be returning to the Exposition Center on the New York State Fairgrounds in March of 2023, due to building issues which have caused a number of other events to be canceled inside the newly constructed center. New York state officials hope to have the issues resolved, so that all the events can return for the 2024 season.
Plans for the return of the East Coast Indoor Dirt Nationals at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, NJ are presently being finalized, with an announcement expected in the coming weeks.
For more information, including sponsorship opportunities contact series organizer, Danny Sammons at 609-888-3618 or emailing him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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In anticipation of Homestead-Miami Speedway’s return to the NASCAR Playoffs, and the track’s debut of NASCAR’s dynamic ’Next Gen’ car, fans will get a ’FREE’ first look at the machines that have provided a historic year of incredible competition in the NASCAR Cup Series during a test session on Tuesday, Sept. 20.
NASCAR’s Most Competitive 1.5-mile venue will be open in select frontstretch grandstands to fans from 12:00 p.m. through 7 p.m. ET on the first day of a two-day session (Sept. 20-21). The sport’s top teams will be preparing for the Dixie Vodka 400, the second race in the Round of 8 for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs on Sunday, October 23. For the first time at the South Florida track, the test will showcase the sleek new design and competition-focused Next Gen car that has produced a record 17 winners in the first 27 races in 2022.
Both parking and admission will be FREE of charge for the Tuesday, Sept. 20 test. While grandstand gates open at 12:00 p.m., parking lots open at 11:30 a.m. (Address: One Ralph Sanchez, Speedway Blvd, Homestead, FL 33035). Guests can pre-register to save time at the gates by logging onto www.homesteadmiamispeedway.
“We cannot wait for fans to be able to witness in person the ‘Next Gen’ cars on our historic race track, plus get a sneak peek at some of the incredible amenities we have at our venue,” said Homestead-Miami Speedway President Al Garcia. “The test session is just a preview of the action-packed race weekend we’re hosting in October with three incredible races, all for Homestead-Miami Speedway’s return to the NASCAR Playoffs.”
The one-of-a-kind, double-decked Container Bar, located on the frontstretch near turn one, will be the only amenity open during the test for fans to enjoy. The trackside hot spot features colorful displays created by local artists, which reflects the vibrancy of the latest rebrand of the Speedway itself. With all new signage and bright color schemes throughout the venue, the Next Gen test will be the first in-person look at the recent reimaging of the facility, which opened in 1995.
The Container Bar provides a glimpse of just one of the many unique activations that will be on full display during the October 22-23 NASCAR Tripleheader Playoffs weekend, which also includes the infield Larry’s Hard Lemonade Beach Bash (that fans can see from the grandstands during the test).
The Next Gen car, which made its points-paying debut in the season-opening DAYTONA 500, has provided a record-setting year for the sport with victors, but also has produced the most green flag passes for the first 27 races of a season. NASCAR’s premier series has also seen five ’first-time’ winners in 2022. The new car was designed to incorporate elements in the body that better replicate the look and feel of a street car, emphasizing the foundations of early racing. Its technological advancements have allowed teams to maximize engine performance and intensify the competition aspect of racing.
Fans can catch the full-fledged competitive nature of the Next Gen car at the upcoming race weekend in the Dixie Vodka 400, which is set for a green flag start at 2:30 p.m. ET. Saturday (Oct. 22) kicks off with a doubleheader featuring the Baptist Health Cancer Care 200 (1:00 p.m. ET), the “last chance” race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs Round of 8, followed by the Contender Boats 300 at 4:30 p.m. ET for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs Round of 8.
For more information regarding the upcoming Next Gen test session and race weekend, including 3-race ticket packages, camping, and hospitality, visit homesteadmiamispeedway.com or call (866) 409-RACE (7223).
Fans can stay informed with up-to-date happenings at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, as well as the all-new NASCAR Tracks App for the latest speedway news.
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Job seekers take note! Talladega Superspeedway will be hosting hiring events within the next week - beginning this Saturday - for those interested in being a part of one of the most exciting event fall weekends in all of sports, featuring the Oct. 2 YellaWood 500 NASCAR Cup Series race, part of a NASCAR Playoffs Tripleheader weekend.
The YellaWood 500 will be the second race in the premier series Round of 12 in the championship battle while Saturday, Oct. 1, will see a doubleheader with the Chevy Silverado 250 for the Camping World Truck Series and the Sparks 300 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
The Event Staff hiring events will take place inside the hallowed grounds of the iconic, 2.66-mile state-of-the-art motorsports facility on the following dates:
- Saturday, Sept. 10 – 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- Thursday, Sept. 15 – 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Those who are selected to be a part of the Talladega Superspeedway team will help create memorable moments and welcome fans from across the country in an enjoyable, stress-free environment to NASCAR’s Most Competitive venue, the biggest and baddest race track on the planet.
For the two hiring events, a host of positions are available and will be showcased in Guest Services, Security, Operations, Ticketing and Emergency Services. Some of the positions include Ushers, Gate Ambassadors, Tram Drivers, Security for Garage, Talladega Garage Experience and gates, Landscaping, general maintenance, ticket sellers, parking attendances and EMS/Fire Services.
Applicants can enter Speedway property off of Speedway Blvd. (address is 3366 Speedway Blvd., Talladega, AL) and follow the signs. For more information, applicants can log onto www.careers.nascar.com or call Speedway Guest Services 256-761-4747. In addition, TSS is also seeking volunteer groups to participate, and groups will receive compensation. To inquire, again, call 256-761-4747.
Fans are encouraged to keep up with all the happenings at the biggest, baddest race track on the planet by following Talladega Superspeedway on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, as well as the all-new NASCAR Tracks App. for the latest speedway news.
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has died at 96 years old, in news that will no doubt send shock waves across the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and the world at large.
On Thursday, September 8, 2022, Buckingham Palace announced the news in an official statement, sharing that she died "peacefully at Balmoral."
The news came after the Palace previously shared that Queen Elizabeth II’s doctors were “concerned” for her health. Immediately, members of the royal family went to Balmoral, the estate in Scotland where the queen had been spending her summer holiday, to be with her. That includes all four of her children, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward, along with Charles's wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Edward’s wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex. The queen’s grandchildren, including Prince William and Prince Harry, also rushed to Balmoral.
The news comes just days after her last official engagement: On Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth welcomed the new British prime minister, Liz Truss, to Balmoral as part of her ceremonial role as the head of state. Truss is the 15th prime minister the queen has welcomed since 1952, a roster that includes iconic figures including Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher.
The longest-serving monarch in British history has defined the modern era of the United Kingdom through her historic life and reign. Born on April 21, 1926, the then Princess Elizabeth of York was not destine for the throne at birth. However, her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated the throne in order to marry an American divorcee, Wallis Simpson. Elizabeth’s father, George VI, thus became king—putting her on the direct path to the throne. When George died in 1952, Elizabeth immediately became queen at just 25 years old.
Queen Elizabeth II's reign is marked by many achievements. She traveled more than any other previous monarch, was devoted to several causes, including environmental preservation, and was queen when the Succession to the Crown Act passed in 2013, formally stating that men do not automatically come before women in the line of royal succession.
Earlier this year, the queen celebrated her Platinum Jubilee—a feat no other British monarch has achieved—which marked 70 years on the throne. Her historic reign means the queen is leaving an immensely different world than the one in which she was born. At the beginning of her reign, Britain was a fully fledged empire that ruled countless Commonwealth nations and was an unparalleled source of world power—with the royal family holding much of that power. At the end of her reign, Queen Elizabeth II has left a country that’s grappling with the purpose of its monarch.
Even if her role as ruler had become more and more symbolic, Queen Elizabeth II was nonetheless a treasured figurehead. At her Platinum Jubilee celebrations, Britain highlighted her love for the country, marmalade sandwiches, and, of course, corgis.
The country has been preparing for Queen Elizabeth II’s death since the 1960s. Her firstborn son, Charles, immediately became king. The queen's private secretary, Sir Christopher Geidt, would have first informed the prime minister—the newly appointed Liz Truss—with a special code. When George VI died, the code was “Hyde Park Corner.” For Elizabeth, the code is “London Bridge is down.” Once the prime minister received the news, it was then distributed to the remaining Commonwealth nations. At Buckingham, a footman dressed in mourning clothes exited the palace and hung a notice on the gates. The Palace’s website simply showcases the message and nothing else.
There was also an extensive plan in place for the queen’s death at Balmoral. Following traditional Scottish rituals, her body will rest at Holyroodhouse, a palace in Edinburgh, and will then be transported up the Royal Mile to St. Gile’s Cathedral. Her coffin will leave Scotland via the Royal Train, which will travel down the east coast mainline. The trip will end at Buckingham Palace, where her coffin will be placed in the throne room.
Four days after the queen’s death, a procession will move her coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where it will lie in state for four days. The funeral will be held at Westminster Abbey nine days after her death. After the service, the queen’s 10 pallbearers will carry the coffin onto a green gun carriage that has been used by generations of the royal family. A procession will then take the queen’s body through the Mall, to Hyde Park Corner, and finally 23 miles to Windsor Castle, which will be her final resting place.
After the queen’s death, everything must be approved by Charles as the new reigning king. As noted in the London Bridge plan, he should appear on the evening of the queen’s death to make his first address as head of state. On the day after her death, Charles will officially be proclaimed king through a series of traditional rituals, like a 41-gun salute and the playing of the national anthem. At some point after, he will embark on a four-nation tour as the new king.
The majority of the world has never seen anyone else on the British throne—and it’s unlikely we will see someone as beloved and enduring as Queen Elizabeth II for a long time. In addition to having 15 prime ministers, Queen Elizabeth has also reigned through 14 U.S. presidents, wars, births—including the births of her direct heirs, Prince Charles, Prince William, and Prince George—and deaths, most recently the passing of her beloved husband, Prince Philip, in April 2021. In addition to her four children, the queen is survived by eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
We thank you for your service, Your Majesty.
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Queen Elizabeth II has passed away, according to a statement by the royal family. She was 96.
The statement included an update on Charles and Camilla, now the King and Queen Consort: “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.” Charles automatically became monarch upon his mother’s death, “even though the coronation might not take place for months,” according to the Associated Press.
Earlier today, the royal family gathered around the queen at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where she spends her summer holiday, due to her declining health. All four of her children, including Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward, were present. Charles and Anne were already with the 96-year-old queen when the news broke, while Andrew and Edward flew to Scotland today, along with Prince William.
Here’s a brief primer on what to know about Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II’s four children, Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward.
Prince Charles
Charles, Prince of Wales, was born Charles Philip Arthur George on November 14, 1948. While his own children and three of his grandchildren were all born in the same hospital—the Lindo Wing at St. Mary's Hospital in London—Charles was born in Buckingham Palace.
According to biographer Sally Bedell Smith, while Elizabeth was "delighted" by her first baby, she was often absent when Charles was an infant, instead traveling to be with Prince Philip in Malta, where he'd been posted for Royal Navy duty. Smith wrote, "Prince Philip scarcely knew his son for the first two years of the boy’s life, though on his return from overseas duty he did take the time to teach Charles to shoot and fish, and to swim in the Buckingham Palace pool."
Prince Charles was 4 years old at the time of his mother's 1953 coronation, and her royal commitments, including a six-month Commonwealth tour, took her and Philip around the globe while Charles and his sister stayed at home with their caretakers. Historian Robert Lacy, who has served as an advisor for The Crown, told Town & Country that the queen "had been brought up in that style herself, after all, with her parents leaving her at home and entrusting her entire schooling to a governess and home tutors."
Most royal biographers paint the picture of a lonely childhood for the allegedly introverted Charles, followed by years abroad at Gordonstoun boarding school in Scotland. Charles would eventually become an avid polo player—he met his future second wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles, at a polo match. Charles's departure for the Royal Navy reportedly ended their relationship, and they went on to marry other people: Charles's relationship with his first wife, Lady Diana Spencer was (and still is), a subject of wide public fascination.
Now 73, Prince Charles was previously the longest-serving heir apparent to the English throne in British history. He immediately ascended to the throne as King on September 8, 2022, when his mother passed away.
Princess Anne, Prince Philip and Elizabeth’s only daughter
Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise was born on August 15, 1950, at London royal residence Clarence House where Elizabeth and Philip lived until 1953. The 72-year-old royal currently holds the title of Anne, Princess Royal, and at the time of her birth she was second in line for the throne after Charles. Since then, subsequent royal births have moved Anne to 14th in the line of succession.
Anne was a tot when her mother and father began leaving her and Charles at home for royal obligations, often for extended amounts of time. But she's publicly dismissed any narrative that paints Queen Elizabeth as emotionally distant.
"We as children may have not been too demanding in the sense that we understand what the limitations were in time and the responsibilities placed on her as monarch in the things she had to do and the travels she had to make," Anne told the BBC in 2002. "But I don't believe any of us for a second thought she didn't care for us in exactly the same way as any other mother did."
Like every British royal, Princess Anne's public image is largely formed by how the U.K. media infers her every move. In Anne's case, certain members of the press gave her the (very harsh) nickname Her Royal Rudeness, though accounts of her supposedly rude behavior suggest a possibly sexist discomfort with her forthright manner.
She explained her longtime dislike for the custom of royal walkabouts in BBC's 2018 program The Queen: Her Commonwealth Story. "I mean it gets easier but, can you imagine? I mean how many people enjoy walking into a room full of people that you've never met before?" she said. "And then try a street. I don't think many youngsters would actually volunteer to do that."
Anne's reputation as a gutsy, no-nonsense lady was bolstered by her reaction to a failed kidnapping attempt against the princess in 1974. At his demand for a hefty ransom, she reportedly responded, "Not bloody likely." In 2019, she achieved further viral fame when she appeared to snub President Trump during a NATO leaders reception at Buckingham Palace, though a source in a 2020 Vanity Fair profile says she was "unhappy to be dragged into that particular story because she has always been careful not to be seen to be political in any way."
Princess Anne is an acclaimed equestrian, and was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1971, per Vanity Fair. “I thought if I was going to do anything outside of the royal family, horses was likely to be the best way of doing it,” Anne said in the interview.
Princess Anne, like her brother Charles, has been married twice. She married Captain Mark Phillips in 1973, with whom she shares children Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall. Anne and Philips separated in 1989, per the New York Times. Shortly after their 1992 divorce, she remarried Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence, her current husband.
Anne chose not to give her two children HRH titles. Explaining the decision to Vanity Fair, Anne said, “I think it was probably easier for them, and I think most people would argue that there are downsides to having titles. I think that was probably the right thing to do.” Following in the family tradition, Anne did send her children to the Gordonstoun school in Scotland, where Prince Philip and Prince Charles attended.
Actress Erin Doherty, who plays Princess Anne as a young woman in The Crown season 3, says she knew very little about her previously. "I had to research her and then I realized, wow, this woman is awesome," Doherty told the Telegraph. "I fell in love with her."
Prince Andrew
Elizabeth didn't have another child for an entire decade after welcoming Princess Anne (being the Queen of England is a pretty time-consuming gig). Her Majesty gave birth to Andrew Albert Christian Edward—or as we know him, Prince Andrew, Duke of York—at Buckingham Palace on February 19, 1960.
While custom and circumstance kept the queen away from her first two kids in their early years, the queen took upwards of 18 months to "produce and enjoy" Andrew and Edward, biographer Lacy claimed to Town & Country. Home-schooled until age 8, after prep school he went on to Gordonstoun, the same Scotland boarding school his father and older brother both attended.
Prince Andrew married Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson in 1986, and two daughters: Beatrice and Eugenie. The couple divorced in 1996.
Prince Andrew has more recently been at the center of another tabloid scandal: He's accused of taking part in the sex trafficking ring of late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in prison in 2019—allegations both the prince and the Palace denied. The Prince's denials, which he attempted to elaborate upon in a high-profile interview on BBC's Newsnight, were followed by a November 20, 2019 announcement that the Duke of York will "step back from public duties for the foreseeable future."
Despite Andrew's scandals and legal issues, Andrew and Elizabeth are known for having a close bond. Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams said it dates back to Andrew's childhood. "When Prince Charles and Princess Anne were born, the queen wasn’t able to spend the time with them that she would have wished,” royal expert Fitzwilliams told CNN. “However, in 1960, when Andrew was born, the queen had been on the throne for eight years and didn’t have to leave the toddler to tour the Commonwealth for months. She was able to give him more attention and Andrew was someone with whom she’s had a particular affinity.”
Prince Edward, the queen’s youngest child
The birth of Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis featured a major break from tradition: He was the first of Elizabeth's children to be born with Prince Philip in the delivery room. As the Independent notes, royal biographer Ingrid Seward wrote that the Duke of Edinburgh was "holding his wife's hand" as their youngest was born on March 10, 1964.
"The Queen, by then aged 37, had asked him to be there," Seward wrote in her book My Husband and I: The Inside Story Of 70 Years Of Royal Marriage. "She'd been keenly reading women's magazines that stressed the importance of involving fathers in childbirth and had become fascinated by the idea."
In 1968, when Edward was 4, the royal family allowed a production crew into their home in an attempt to give viewers a look at how (supposedly) normal they actually were. The documentary—and the public's mixed reaction to it—appear in season 3 of The Crown. "They don't want you to be 'normal,'" Prime Minister Harold Wilson (Jason Watkins) tells Queen Elizabeth II.
Edward has stayed out of the spotlight (and tabloid headlines) more than his brothers have. He married Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999 and the couple have two children, Lady Louise Windsor and James Viscount Severn.
Of all four siblings, Edward has been the most interested in the arts. "I love the razzmatazz of show business," Edward said in 1987, per The Guardian. "It's a wonderful world of fantasy and make-believe."
At 23, Edward worked as a production assistant for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Theatre Company. Some of his own ventures in the entertainment industry were not as successful. In what The Guardian called a "public-relations disaster," Edward roped his family members in to participating in a one-off charity event based on a British game show called It's a Knockout.
Edward's production company, Ardent, which created TV drama and documentaries, was dissolved in 2011. He's currently a full-time royal.
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Just over a year after her husband passed away, Queen Elizabeth II has died at 96 years old. Buckingham Palace released an official statement on September 8, saying that the queen “died peacefully at Balmoral.” Her children, King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward, and her grandsons, Prince William and Prince Harry, rushed to Scotland to be with her.
In April 2021, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, passed away, over 70 years after the couple married. While Queen Elizabeth was the longest-reigning monarch in British history, Philip was the longest-serving royal consort.
The queen and Philip had the longest royal marriage in history, and on their golden wedding anniversary in 1997, she offered a glimpse into their relationship: “He has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years,” she said. “I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.”
Here, we look back at their royal romance.
1934: Elizabeth and Philip first meet at a wedding.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was 8 years old when she first met Philip Mountbatten at the wedding of his cousin, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, to Elizabeth's uncle, Prince George, Duke of Kent. At the time, Princess Elizabeth wasn't expected to become queen: Her father's older brother Edward was first in the line of succession, and it was assumed he'd have children whose birth would move her further from the throne. (Edward abdicated in 1936 to marry American socialite Wallis Simpson.)
And yes, the people who'd become Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are related—they're distant cousins, and both great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
In the context of Europe's royal families, this actually isn't so strange, given how much intermarriage there used to be among royal lines to maintain political alliances. In fact, nearly all of Europe's royal families are related through sharing a common ancestor.
1939: The two meet again, and soon strike up a friendship.
Elizabeth and Philip's fateful re-meeting occurred at the Royal Naval College in 1939, where the latter was a cadet. Visiting with her parents and sister, Princess Margaret, 13-year-old Elizabeth was reportedly smitten with 18-year-old Philip and impressed by how easily he could jump over tennis nets.
“Well, we'd met at Dartmouth, and as far as I was concerned it was a very amusing experience, going on board the yacht and meeting them, and that sort of thing, and that was that,” Philip told royal biographer Basil Boothroyd. However, the two began exchanging correspondence for years afterward.
1946: Philip asks King George VI for Elizabeth’s hand in marriage.
By the summer of 1946, the two had fallen in love and wanted to get engaged. “To have been spared in the war and seen victory, to have been given the chance to rest and to re-adjust myself, to have fallen in love completely and unreservedly, makes all one's personal and even the world's troubles seem small and petty,” Philip wrote in a letter to Elizabeth later that year, according to biographer Ingrid Seward.
Biographer Sally Bedell Smith writes that the king liked Philip, having previously told his mother that Philip was “intelligent, has a good sense of humor and thinks about things in the right way.” But Elizabeth was still young, and the Greece-born prince lacked the royal titles that critics considered vital to marry the future queen. King George assented, but he had a request of his own: He asked Philip to delay formal announcement of their engagement for a year so that Elizabeth would be 21.
1947: Elizabeth and Philip announce their engagement.
The world officially learned of their engagement on July 9, 1947. Elizabeth and Philip beam at each other in the official portraits from the event; as a reporter for The Guardian wrote then, “It is clearly a marriage of choice, not of arrangement[...] There have been many royal engagements in the past, but it would be hard to find a precise parallel for that of an Heiress Presumptive and still more for her choice as partner of one who is, technically at least, a British commoner.”
1947: Elizabeth and Philip get married.
The royal wedding took place at Westminster Abbey (where Prince William and Kate Middleton would one day marry) on November 20, 1947. There were 2,000 guests in attendance, and it was broadcast on the radio around the world.
The momentous occasion was not without a minor controversy over Elizabeth's inclusion of “to obey” in her wedding vows, as some thought a future queen shouldn't obey anybody at all. After the wedding they moved to Clarence House near Buckingham Palace, and kept adjoining separate bedrooms per upper-class custom of the time.
1949-1951: Elizabeth and Philip have two children and live abroad.
Elizabeth gave birth to Prince Charles on November 14, 1948, and Princess Anne on August 15, 1950. The first few years of Elizabeth and Philip's marriage were pretty low-key, as they spent much of that time in a royal residence in Malta where Philip was stationed in the navy. Biographer Ben Pimlott called this period the “most ‘normal’ of her entire life.”
Adorably, the couple returned to Malta in honor of their early life as newlyweds for their 60th wedding anniversary in 2007.
1953: Elizabeth is coronated Queen of England.
In 1952, Elizabeth's father, King George VI, died and she became queen sooner than she and Philip had anticipated—at 25 years old. Thrust into the international spotlight and immediately saddled with duties, Elizabeth's new role challenged the dynamic of their marriage (The Crown fans saw this dramatized during season 1). Philip, not yet accepted in certain circles within the court, allegedly called himself the “refugee husband,” and even tangled with Prime Minister Winston Churchill over whether Charles and Anne could take his surname, Mountbatten.
"I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his children,” Bedell Smith claims Philip told his friends at the time. “I’m nothing but a bloody amoeba.”
Eventually, Philip grew into his role as consort, managing the royal estates and keeping his wife's spirits up during her grueling royal tours.
1960-1964: They become a family of six.
Ten years after Princess Anne was born, Elizabeth and Philip welcomed their son Andrew Albert Christian Edward, Duke of York on February 19, 1960. Four years later their youngest, Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis, was born on March, 10. They were officially a family of six. Philip made history during their fourth child's birth by being the first royal husband to be present during the delivery of their child.
“The Duke of Edinburgh was actually holding his wife's hand as their youngest was born,” Ingrid Seward wrote in My Husband and I: The Inside Story Of 70 Years Of Royal Marriage, according to The Independent. “The Queen, by then aged 37, had asked him to be there; she'd been keenly reading women's magazines that stressed the importance of involving fathers in childbirth and had become fascinated by the idea.”
2017: Prince Philip retires from royal life.
In 2017 after 65 years in the public eye as Elizabeth's consort—not to mention 22,219 solo engagements and 5,496 speeches, according to The New York Times—Philip officially retired from royal life at the age of 96. His many years of service were incredibly appreciated by the queen, who publicly reflected on her husband's work during her 2012 Diamond Jubilee speech.
“Prince Philip is, I believe, well-known for declining compliments of any kind. But throughout he has been a constant strength and guide,” she said. “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.”
2021: Prince Philip passes away at age 99.
After more than seven decades together, the queen announced on April 9, 2021, that Prince Philip had passed away.
“It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,” a royal communications statement read. “His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.”
Philip had been staying at the royal residence since mid-March, when he returned from a one-month hospital stay in which he received treatment for an infection and a preexisting heart condition.
Devoted companions for more nearly 74 years, the queen and Philip had the longest royal marriage in history.
2022: Queen Elizabeth passes away at age 96.
After serving as queen for 70 years, Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022. The Palace gave an official statement about her death, noting that it was peaceful. All four of her children, Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward, were at Balmoral with their mother. Additional members of the royal family, including Charles's wife, Camilla, the Queen Consort, and Edward’s wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and grandchildren, Prince William and Prince Harry, were also in Scotland at the time.
For the majority of the world, Queen Elizabeth was the only ruler they've ever known. She reigned through 15 prime ministers and 14 U.S. presidents, and is survived by four children, eight grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren—the future of the British royal family.
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When she passed away on September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II had a sizable net worth. Questions about how the royal family makes their money have circled for years. They're often spurred on by moments like when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their official exit as senior members of "The Firm."
There's also season 3, episode 4 of The Crown, where Tobias Menzies's Prince Philip gives an interview to NBC's Meet the Press. In it, he addresses the royals' rumored money problems and the fact that the queen hadn't had a "pay raise" in almost 18 years (this interview actually took place in November 1969, two years after his mother, Princess Alice, moved into Buckingham Palace).
In the real-life program, host Lawrence Spivak cited a London news report and said to Philip, "It goes on to detail the very high cost that the royal family must sustain on an allowance of $1,100,000 a year. Is that creating an awkward situation?"
"Very," Prince Philip, who died on April 9, 2021, replied. "We go into the red next year." As to whether they'd had to shutter any of their estates, Philip said, "No, not altogether. We've closed down.... Well, for instance, the queen had a small yacht that she had to sell. And I should probably have to give up polo fairly soon." At the time, Philip's remarks provoked ill will from the British public, who failed to share his view that selling a yacht counts as a financial hardship.
The royal family's "salaries" had last made headlines in November 2019, following unconfirmed reports that Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth's second-youngest son, would forgo his annual payment of roughly $300,000 after stepping back from public duties for the foreseeable future amid a cloud of scandal.
So what are the royal family's salaries, how do they earn them, and where does the money come from? What was the queen's net worth before her death, and how are Meghan and Harry making money now? Here's what we know, including how these funds costs the average taxpayer in England.
How much does Britain pay the royal family?
As with most things royals-related, the answer is complicated. The royal family is paid through a mix of public and private money—that's on top of net worths that include inherited wealth, a significant real estate portfolio, and other assets. Before her death, most of Queen Elizabeth II's family's annual income and expenses were paid through three sources: the public Sovereign Grant, and the private Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster.
The Sovereign Grant
Since 2012, the monarch's official duties, and the costs involved in maintaining the occupied palaces, have been paid for by a government-administered annual lump sum called the Sovereign Grant. According to the British monarchy's official site, "funding for the Sovereign Grant comes from a percentage of the profits of the Crown Estate revenue." The Crown Estate, as CNN Money explains, can be roughly defined as "a collection of U.K. properties and farms that generate hundreds of millions of pounds each year."
These lands were first surrendered by George III back in 1760, to be managed by the Treasury going forward. The Crown Estate technically belongs to the reigning monarch, but as their site clarifies, "it is not the private property of the monarch—it cannot be sold by the monarch, nor do revenues from it belong to the monarch." It's presently overseen by an independent organization's board.
In the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the total Sovereign Grant amount was 82.2 million pounds (that's nearly $106 million in American dollars). Neither the queen nor her family were raking that total in, though: 32.9 million pounds of that were allotted for "Reservicing of Buckingham Palace," and it also covered the royal family's duty-related travel expenses, payroll, other staff costs, and literally keeping the lights on.
The Sovereign Grant replaced the Civil List and three Grants-in-Aid for travel, communications, and palace maintenance. Until it was abolished in 2012, the Civil List was an annual amount the government used to give the queen to cover her duties as Head of State and Head of the Commonwealth, and Grants-in-Aid from government departments that previously paid for royal duty-related travel and upkeep of royal residencies.
The Privy Purse and the Duchy of Lancaster
If the Sovereign Grant is an expense account of sorts, the Privy Purse includes the monarch's actual income (their estates are also considered included in the Privy Purse). The monarch's income is drawn from the Duchy of Lancaster, which is a portfolio of land, property, and assets held in trust for the reigning sovereign. In 2018, the Privy Purse received nearly 20 million pounds (about 26 million U.S. dollars) in income from the Duchy of Lancaster.
While the monarch uses part of this money to cover additional expenses, Elizabeth also drew from it to pay her children Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, and Princess Anne a salary for their schedule of royal engagements around the world. When Prince Andrew stepped away from his public duties in 2019, it wasn't immediately clear whether he was still receiving any funds from his mother the queen (British tabloid the Daily Express claimed that he is, per an unnamed source—but Buckingham Palace did not confirm).
The Duchy of Cornwall
Established in 1137, the private estate "funds the public, charitable, and private activities of the Prince of Wales and his family," its site says. It consists of land and properties in 23 English counties and a portfolio of investments. When he was Prince of Wales, Charles and his wife, Camilla Parker Bowels, received their income from the Duchy of Cornwall—90 percent, according to CNN Money. He paid Prince William and Kate Middleton, and formerly Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, through revenue surplus from the Duchy of Cornwall. His siblings, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward, are paid through the Duchy of Lancaster.
In the 2019-2020 fiscal year, Charles and Camilla received nearly 22.2 million pounds (about 30 million American dollars) in income from the Duchy of Cornwall, and almost 2 million pounds of funding from the Sovereign Grant allotted to subsidize their official royal activities. "The majority of staff and official and charitable work, including the official offices of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex activity, are paid for from His Royal Highness’s private income from the Duchy of Cornwall," their annual review states. In the 2018-2019 fiscal year, Charles and Camila undertook 638 social engagements in 14 countries. From 2019-2020, they "undertook 580 engagements" in the U.K. and abroad.
The queen’s net worth fell in 2020.
It may surprise you to know that while the queen was the richest member of the royal family, she wasn't a billionaire. In 2020, the queen's net worth reportedly dipped by 20 million pounds from the previous year, according to the annual Sunday Times Rich List. The paper valued her net worth as 350 million pounds, or roughly $486 million USD.
In 2019, Forbes had assessed the queen's net worth as equal to least $500 million USD. Per the Crown Estate's annual report for 2019/20, the value of the British royal land portfolio fell by 1.2 percent to £13.4 billion in 2020 due to the Covid-19 lockdown impacting tourism and retail in particular.
By reports, Her Majesty was notoriously frugal. "Newspapers are shredded for horse bedding, parcel string is reused, frayed sheets and dusters are darned," the Sunday Times writes in regard to Buckingham Palace housekeeping.
Harry and Meghan were “cut off” and live off his inheritance from Princess Diana.
In the January 2020 announcement of their intention to step back from royal duties, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stated a desire to "work to become financially independent." In September 2020, Newsweek confirmed that Prince Harry was no longer receiving funds via the Duchy of Cornwall. That same month, the couple also announced that they'd paid back the £2.4 million in public money taken from the Sovereign Grant that was used to renovate their Windsor Home, Frogmore Cottage.
But in their sit-down interview with Oprah, Harry and Meghan revealed they'd actually stopped being paid in the first quarter of 2020—much earlier than discussions about their departure had led them to believe. "My family literally cut me off financially, and I had to afford security for us,” Harry said, voicing concerns for their son Archie's safety without the security detail the royal family had revoked.
Harry said they'd been living off of his share of the inheritance his mother, Princess Diana, left to him and his brother William after her death in 1997. According to The Independent, after taxes, the half that Harry received upon turning 25 amounts to around $13 million USD. "Without that, we wouldn't have been able to do this," Harry said, suggesting their move to a new home in California was made possible thanks to those funds.
Harry and Meghan inked what's believed to be a very lucrative Netflix deal, estimated to be worth between 100 and 240 million in U.S. dollars (the streaming platform hasn't confirmed a sum). They also produce a podcast in a deal with Spotify, and Oprah and Harry produced a docuseries on mental health for Apple TV+. In August 2022, Markle launched her own podcast, Archetypes. Initially, "the Netflix and the Spotify of it all weren't part of the plan," Harry told Oprah in the interview.
These revenue streams are in addition to Markle's own money from her previous career as an actress—in her days on the USA drama Suits, she earned a reported salary of about $450,000 in addition to endorsements and related income. While it's an unconfirmed number, a February 2020 Forbes report estimated Harry and Meghan's net worth at about $10 million.
Castles, stocks, and stamps.
The monarch has assets. Before her death, Elizabeth had a personal portfolio of investments and a sweet stamp collection, and also inherited Balmoral and Sandringham Estates from her father. The queen couldn't hock a tiara or two if times got tough, however—she didn't technically own the crown jewels, the royal residences, or most of the Royal Art Collections. In the event of her death, those were passed on to the next sovereign, King Charles.
And again, any income that trickles down to Elizabeth's children and grandchildren from the Duchies is on top of their own inherited wealth.
Does the monarch pay taxes?
Before her death, the queen voluntarily paid income tax and capital gains tax since 1992; any income received from the Duchy of Lancaster that doesn't go to official expenses was taxed as well. She was subject to Value Added Tax also voluntarily paid local taxes.
What does paying the royals cost British taxpayers?
Out of pocket? Honestly, not much—collectively, that is. In 2018, it cost each average British taxpayer about 65 pence a year, according to Fast Company. So less than a dollar. Even with the cost spiking by 41 percent in 2019, per Business Insider, the individual taxpayer still pays cup-of-coffee money. An artisanal, organic cup of coffee.
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On September 8, 2022, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away. At 96 years of age and reigning as queen for 70 years, she
was the longest-living, longest-reigning British monarch. And while she and her famous family regularly made headlines, fans learned more about her (dramatized) past thanks to Netflix's The Crown (with Imelda Staunton playing the queen in season 5, which will take on a new poignancy with Her Majesty's recent passing).
In 1947, Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, a former prince of Greece and Denmark. The couple has four children: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. When her father died in 1952, Elizabeth, then 25, became the head of the Commonwealth. The following year, Elizabeth was crowned and officially recognized as sovereign. Since then, the queen has served in her role as the queen of England, and in 2017, she became the first British monarch to reach a Sapphire Jubilee—a celebration to mark 65 years of her reign. This year's summer was the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, marking her 70 years as queen.
On September 6, 2022, while at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, the queen met with newly elected leader of the Conservative Party Liz Truss, where she was invited to become prime minister and form a new government. Just two days later, it was announced that Her Majesty had died peacefully at her beloved Balmoral.
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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 finally arrested after crashing a stolen car, police said early Thursday.
The hours-long rampage had police warning people across the city to shelter in place, locking down a baseball stadium and university campuses and suspending public bus services as frightened residents wondered where the man might strike next.
Ezekiel Kelly, 19, a violent felon who was released early from prison this year, was taken into custody at around 9 p.m. in the Memphis neighborhood of Whitehaven, police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said.
Memphis Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said during a news conference early Thursday that four people were killed and three others were wounded in seven shootings and at least two carjackings.
The first killing was at 12:56 a.m. Wednesday, and officers responded to three more crime scenes before receiving a tip at 6:12 p.m. that the suspect was livestreaming himself threatening to cause harm to citizens, Davis said.
Police then sent out an alert warning people to be on the lookout for an armed and dangerous man responsible for multiple shootings and reportedly recording his actions on Facebook. In one video, he casually spoke to the camera before opening the door to a store and then immediately shooting at someone with what appeared to be a pistol.
Three more shootings and two carjackings followed. Police said he killed a woman in Memphis as he took her grey Toyota SUV, which he left behind when he stole a man’s Dodge Challenger across the state line in Southaven, Mississippi.
Kelly was arrested without incident two hours after the initial police alert when he crashed the Challenger during a high speed chase, and two guns were found in the vehicle, Davis said.
As the shooter terrorized the city, buses stopped running and the Memphis Redbirds cleared the field during their minor-league baseball game. Friends and relatives frantically called and texted each other and TV stations cut into regular coverage with updates.
Police received “numerous tips” from the public during the ordeal, Davis said.
The University of Memphis sent a message to students saying a shooting had been reported near the campus. Rhodes College, which is about 4 miles away from the university, advised students on and off campus to shelter in place. Kelly was ultimately arrested about 11 miles from the two campuses.
“If you do not have to be out, stay indoors until this is resolved,” Memphis police said on Twitter, before the arrest.
Police did not discuss a motive or release the identities of those who were killed or wounded. 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 a jogger abducted during her pre-dawn run.
“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, aggravated assault, using a firearm to commit a dangerous felony and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, court records show.
Records show he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced in April 2021 to three years. Kelly was released from prison in March, 11 months after he was sentenced, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said.
“This is no way for us to live and it is not acceptable,” the mayor said. “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.”
Strickland thanked legislators for closing what he called a revolving door by passing Tennessee’s “truth in sentencing” law this year. The statute, which took effect after Kelly was freed, requires serving entire sentences for various felonies, including attempted first-degree murder, vehicular homicide resulting from the driver’s intoxication 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.”
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, a fellow Democrat, was elected in August after voicing his opposition to the truth in sentencing law, arguing it does not reduce crime nor help incarcerated people rehabilitate, and drives up Tennessee’s prison budget.
“People are frightened, people are angry. In times like this, it’s sometimes hard for people to know what to do,” Mulroy said at the news conference. “I can tell one thing I’m going to do. I’m going to pray. I’m going to pray for the victims and their families. I’m going to pray for the victims and their families. I’m also going to say a prayer of thanks for law enforcement who acted superbly.”
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There are a lot of big purchases to be made for your kitchen—cookware, dinner plates, wine glasses, and more. But there are just as many smaller items that are worthy of the same brain power—namely, kitchen towels.
Though this item may seem like more of an aesthetic choice, the right kitchen towel can make your life so much easier in so many ways. From drying dishes and glasses without leaving lint behind to wiping hands clean or sopping up the milk your toddler spilled again, we expect a lot from our kitchen towels. Not to mention, they're a great, eco-friendly alternative to the paper towels you might otherwise use to accomplish those tasks.
And because tea towels are so useful but also relatively inexpensive, they also make for great gifts, whether you're buying some pretty ones from a store or making personalized linens using your embroidery skills or heat transfer vinyl.
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Lucky for you, we're taking care of the heavy lifting. Though some are more utilitarian and some more decorative, these are the best kitchen towels out there.
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Whether you’re jet-setting off to a foreign country or piling in the car for a road trip, it doesn’t make much of a difference; packing will always be the worst part of your trip. (Until, of course, you come home and need to unpack, but that’s a topic for another article.) You can always invest in some of the best travel accessories to make the process a little less painful, however. Trust us, you need these organizational items as much as you do multiple pairs of underwear and a toothbrush.
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So what are the best travel accessories you should be toting to and from your destination? Well, it ultimately depends on what you’ll be packing. Ahead, we’re rounding up some compartments, travel-size devices, and tools designed to better organize your life when it's being lived out of a suitcase. We promise you’ll be thanking us later.
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Cross River youths insist on power shift, kick against old leaders
• Say older politicians see youths as cheap
The immediate past Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Cross River State chapter, Comrade Daniel Obo, has mobilised youths in the state to vote for younger candidates and say no to old leaders in the state.
Speaking to an assembly of youths from Cross River North, Daniel argued that he too was qualified to run for election as governor, but that the position should be zoned to the southern senatorial district of the state
“By all standards, I am qualified to be deputy governor, it is not the turn of our senatorial district (central), it is the turn of the South. I have come here to tell you that today we have another young man, who God willing, some of you will emerge as commissioners and advisers.
“Those other older people will not take positions in your favour because they are not your generation, we must take our power shift. Our product is reliable and dependable, he is Engineer Okokon Effiom, he is the incoming governor of Cross River State,” Daniel intoned.
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In his response, Simon Emanke, SDP candidate for Bekwara State Constituency, also said that “I decided to run for office instead of just sitting and complaining, it is the right time for us to take power back. Let’s vote for the right candidates for the right leadership.”
In his address, Okokon Effiom, charged the youths saying, “They may come and give you money, but how long will these monies last? Vote for us, we have plans for education, tourism, agriculture and security. Yes, we need the old people, but let the young ones lead so they can take care of the old people.
“The future is now, the older people see us as cheap, let’s tell them we are tired of collecting money and voting wrongly. I want you to know that you can only be part of decision-making by having your own generation in government. We are counting on your support,” he said.
The youths, however, assured that they would work round the clock to seize power from the older generation.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday filed a notice of intent to appeal a ruling by a judge granting former President Trump’s request for a special master, asking the judge to partially stay a ruling blocking them from accessing the classified materials seized during a search of his home.
“Without a stay, the government and public also will suffer irreparable harm from the undue delay to the criminal investigation,” the DOJ writes in its filing.
“Any delay poses significant concerns in the context of an investigation into the mishandling of classified records.”
The motion for a partial stay would allow the government to continue its review of the classified records recovered from Trump’s home, removing from review by a yet-to-be-appointed third-party special master some 100 documents of roughly 10,000 taken in the Aug. 8 search.
The appeal itself will continue to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes six Trump appointees on the bench.
The filing digs into District Judge Aileen Cannon’s logic on a number of areas, pointing to many of the same issues in a ruling legal scholars largely panned as troubling.
But the bulk of the argument for a partial stay of her ruling granting a special master relies on the impact her decision could have on national security.
Cannon allowed an intelligence community-led review of the documents to continue so that national security leaders could work to mitigate any fallout from the mishandling of records.
But the DOJ’s brief argues the intelligence community’s damage assessment and its own criminal investigation “are inextricably intertwined.”
“The ongoing Intelligence Community (“IC”) classification review and assessment are closely interconnected with—and cannot be readily separated from—areas of inquiry of DOJ’s and the FBI’s ongoing criminal investigation,” they write, taking pains to note that “the FBI itself is a part of the intelligence community.”
The intelligence community has had access to an earlier tranche of records turned over by Trump since May, after the National Archives recovered 184 classified documents from Mar-a-Lago in January.
“Before the Court’s Order, the same personnel from the FBI involved in the criminal investigation were coordinating appropriately with the IC in its review and assessment,” DOJ wrote, adding that the order “frustrate[s] the government’s ability to conduct an effective national security risk assessment and classification review and could preclude the government from taking necessary remedial steps in light of that review—risking irreparable harm to our national security and intelligence interests.”
DOJ even specifically points to the 48 empty folders with classified banners as well as another 42 empty folders that were labeled “return to staff secretary/military aide” that were recovered during the search of Mar-a-Lago.
It is the FBI, they say, that would typically carry out an investigation into such a matter.
“Within the United States, the FBI would pursue any allegation or lead indicating that the classified records may have been accessed, retained, or disseminated in violation of the law, including by using the tools and authorities of a criminal investigation,” the filing states.
“If, for example, another department or agency in the IC were to obtain intelligence indicating that a classified document in the seized materials might have been compromised, the FBI would be responsible for taking some of the necessary steps to evaluate that risk.”
The filing includes a declaration from Alan Kohler, assistant director for the Counterintelligence Division of the FBI, backing DOJ’s argument and calling the two investigations “inextricably linked.”
DOJ’s filing comes ahead of a Friday deadline to work with Trump’s legal team to propose a list of candidates to serve as the special master responsible for reviewing the documents.
Elsewhere in the motion for a stay, DOJ picks apart the argument that Trump would have any executive privilege claims to classified records.
“The classification markings establish on the face of the documents that they are government records, not Plaintiff’s personal records. The government’s review of those records does not raise any plausible attorney-client privilege claims because such classified records do not contain communications between Plaintiff and his private attorneys. And for several reasons, no potential assertion of executive privilege could justify restricting the Executive Branch’s review and use of the classified records at issue here,” DOJ argued.
“There is no valid purpose to be served by a special master’s review of classified materials.”
DOJ also noted that Trump’s legal team never raised the concept of being able to claim executive privilege over any classified records after Trump’s custodian of records was subpoenaed in May and asked to turn over any remaining documents.
“To the extent that Plaintiff believed that any such records could be subject to a valid assertion of executive privilege, he should have advised the government of such a claim at that time and could have attempted to pursue such a claim through a motion to quash. But despite having several weeks to respond to the subpoena, plaintiff did not do so,” DOJ wrote.
Trump mocked the appeal on his social media platform, saying that DOJ was “going to spend Millions of Dollars, & vast amounts of Time & Energy, to appeal the Order on the ‘Raid of Mar-a-Lago Document Hoax,’ by a brilliant and courageous Judge whose words of wisdom rang true throughout our Nation.”
DOJ’s appeal of the ruling came after many legal experts said they had but little choice to fight the decision, even if additional litigation could also drag out its ability to reinitiate review of classified records in a crucial step for its investigation.
Barbara McQuade, a former U.S. attorney, said if the Justice Department’s primary goal is to indict Trump, an appeal could slow that process. But if DOJ decides the main goal is to protect executive privilege and its limitations from the potential precedent set by Cannon’s ruling, then a challenge makes more sense.
“They may need to appeal even if it means adverse impact on this particular case,” she told The Hill prior to DOJ’s filing.
As DOJ officials wrestled with the question of how to proceed, they even got a huge nudge from Bill Barr, Trump’s former attorney general, who came out sharply against Cannon’s ruling and urged the Justice Department to appeal it.
“The opinion, I think, was wrong, and I think the government should appeal it. It’s deeply flawed in a number of ways,” Barr said during an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday.
“Her decision is premature. And the dispute isn’t over whether this document is potentially executive privilege and this one isn’t. That’s not the dispute. The dispute is whether the president – even if it is executive privilege – can the president bar DOJ from reviewing the documents? And the answer to that I think is clearly no.”
Whatever the outcome of the DOJ’s challenge, some legal experts said the delay brought about by Cannon’s decision is already benefiting the former president.
“Delay is sweet for a prospective criminal defendant, especially a prospective criminal defendant who doesn’t seem to have any defense,” Jeff Robbins, a former federal prosecutor and congressional investigative counsel, told The Hill.
Mike Lillis and Morgan Chalfant contributed. | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/doj-appeals-special-master-ruling-in-trump-documents-probe/ | 2022-09-08T21:57:50Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/doj-appeals-special-master-ruling-in-trump-documents-probe/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on Thursday after being placed under medical supervision, was a stabilizing force for her country and the world during her remarkable 70-year reign.
She worked alongside 15 prime ministers, met every U.S. president since Harry Truman, with the exception of Lyndon Johnson, and was the second longest reigning monarch in world history.
But she was also at times a transformative influence while steering the British royal family through rapidly changing times. Here are a few of the ways that she reshaped the British monarchy.
Use of social media
FILE – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II waves as she watches the flypast, with Prince Philip, to right, Prince William, centre, with his son Prince George, front, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge holding Princess Charlotte, centre left, with The Prince of Wales standing with The Duchess of Cornwall, and Princess Anne, fourth left, on the balcony during the Trooping The Colour parade at Buckingham Palace, in London, on June 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, File)
During her time on the throne, the royal family utilized technology to stay engaged and grow their brand beyond Britain’s borders.
From Prince Harry’s viral mic drop with his grandmother as part of a challenge to the Obamas promoting the Invictus Games to photos of the youngest royals that routinely melt the internet’s heart, social media has played a critical role in the monarchy’s ability to keep up with changing times.
In addition to helping the royals better connect with their followers, social media has also transformed the family’s ability to break news, control the narrative about them and get ahead of negative news.
Currently on Twitter, the @RoyalFamily account has 4.8 million followers, the @KensingtonRoyal account has 2.4 million followers and the @ClarenceHouse account has 1.1 million followers.
Stance on divorce
FILE – Diana, Princess of Wales, left, and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II smile to well-wishers outside Clarence House in London on Aug. 4, 1987. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver, File)
For hundreds of years, marrying a divorced person was considered out of the question for members of the British monarchy.
Over time, Queen Elizabeth allowed divorces and remarriages within her family in an unprecedented split from tradition.
Her sister, Princess Margaret, split up with divorced air force officer Peter Townsend in 1953, partly due to the fact that she would have had to give up her royal status if she married him. However, she later got a divorce from her husband, photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, in 1978.
Three of Queen Elizabeth’s four children — Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Princess Anne — also ended up getting divorces. The queen famously marked the end of 1992, which saw the splits of Prince Charles and Princess Diana as well as Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, as an “Annus Horribilis,” Latin for “a horrible year.”
Prince Charles ultimately married Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, in 2005. Earlier this year, Queen Elizabeth announced in a letter commemorating the 70th anniversary of her reign that she wished for Camilla to assume the title of Queen Consort when Prince Charles becomes king.
Television addresses
An image of Queen Elizabeth II and quotes from her historic TV broadcast commenting on the coronavirus epidemic are displayed at Piccadilly Circus in London, Wednesday April 8, 2020. An estimated 24 million people in the UK watched Sunday evening’s TV broadcast when the Queen addressed the nation. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
Although the queen’s televised addresses were rare — she only delivered TV addresses five times outside of her traditional Christmas Day messages and her Diamond Jubilee message in 2012 — they had a notable impact in allowing her to connect with people around the world in ways that monarchs before her had not been able to do.
Her special addresses included one about the Gulf War in 1991; perhaps her most famous address, about Princess Diana’s passing in 1997; a tribute to the queen mother after her death in 2002; and her latest address in 2020, about the coronavirus.
The queen’s coronation was also the first to be broadcast live on television and was viewed by 20 million people, according to the BBC.
Walkabout
FILE – In this file photo from April 2, 1970, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II chats with children in Hobart, Australia. The Queen narrowly escaped disaster in 1970 when a large wooden log was placed on a railroad track in an apparent attempt to derail her train as she traveled across Australia, a retired detective said Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/File)
During an official tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1970, the queen transformed how members of the British royal family interact with the crowds of people who gather to see them.
On a 1970 tour, Queen Elizabeth walked alongside the crowds instead of waving at them from a protected distance, as had been the norm for royals up until that point. This change helped create a new standard for how the royal family interacts with crowds both in Britain and around the world, as the “walkabout” is now a regular practice for royals at public events. | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/how-queen-elizabeth-changed-the-british-monarchy/ | 2022-09-08T21:58:10Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/how-queen-elizabeth-changed-the-british-monarchy/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv, announcing a major new military-aid commitment and underscoring American resolve to keep supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia.
The new aid of more than $2.8 billion, announced Thursday, is to include $2.2 billion for Ukraine and 18 other European countries threatened by Russia.
There will be $675 million for Ukraine alone, for heavy weaponry, ammunition and armored vehicles to boost momentum in its counteroffensive against Russia.
Amid concern that public support is waning as the war drags on, President Joe Biden, Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin all participated in meetings aimed at showing U.S. resolve. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national-news/russia-ukraine-conflict/ukraine-neighbors-to-get-big-new-aid-blinken-says-in-kyiv | 2022-09-08T21:58:22Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national-news/russia-ukraine-conflict/ukraine-neighbors-to-get-big-new-aid-blinken-says-in-kyiv | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New research published in JAMA Pediatrics finds more children are being hospitalized with long COVID symptoms.
Ten-year-old Alex Allen has been struggling with significant, new health problems since he initially got COVID in January. His initial infection was not severe, but in the spring, he was hospitalized for persistent pain and blood pressure issues.
Doctors told Allen’s mom the 10-year-old had long COVID. Allen is now too weak to walk on his own and requires a wheelchair. He also shakes and has migraines and persistent pain throughout his body. He undergoes physical therapy several times a week.
“I have pain in my head, and then, they will jump body part to body part,” Allen described.
Meanwhile, new research published in JAMA Pediatrics is revealing more details about the long COVID symptoms children are experiencing. It used health records to analyze persistent symptoms and conditions. The most common were lost of taste and smell and heart inflammation.
Dr. Suchitra Rao, with infectious diseases at Children’s Hospital Colorado, was lead author on the research.
“One of the risk groups that we identified was actually children under the age of 5,” Dr. Rao noted. “Heart inflammation is something that can be quite severe in children.”
The research also revealed that long COVID is less frequent in children than adults. However, long COVID symptoms and conditions are sending children to the hospital at higher rates than the initial virus infection.
Next, Dr. Rao hopes to study if COVID-19 vaccines might help prevent or lesson long COVID symptoms.
“We’re starting to see some evidence that it can be helpful in the prevention of long COVID in adults,” Rao said.
Allen was not vaccinated against COVID-19 when he got sick. Other international research found long COVID shows up in as many as 1 in 10 children. In adults, it can be as high as 1 in 3. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/heart-inflammation-among-most-common-long-covid-conditions-in-children | 2022-09-08T21:58:40Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/heart-inflammation-among-most-common-long-covid-conditions-in-children | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Megan Hilty is mourning the deaths of her sister, brother-in-law and nephew, who died in a plane crash off the coast of Washington.
"There are truly no words to appropriately convey the depth of our grief," the "Smash" actress said.
Hilty said her sister, Lauren, was eight months pregnant at the time of the crash. She was going to name the boy Luca. Hilty added that Lauren and her husband Ross leave behind a daughter who was not on the plane.
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended rescue and recovery efforts on Monday, about 24 hours after the floatplane crash in Mutiny Bay.
Officials said nine adults and one child were on the plane. There were no survivors.
The cause of the crash is unknown.
Hilty said her family has received a lot of support, which has meant a lot to them.
"It has been so comforting to know just how loved Lauren, Ross, Remy and Luca truly are," she said. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/smash-actress-megan-hilty-mourns-deaths-of-family-members-killed-in-plane-crash | 2022-09-08T21:58:58Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/smash-actress-megan-hilty-mourns-deaths-of-family-members-killed-in-plane-crash | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Queen Elizabeth II was a known dog lover, calling more than 30 Welsh corgis her own over the years.
Her beloved dogs were even able to achieve a level of fame, with one of the corgis named Holly appearing in a James Bond sketch during London's 2012 Olympics during the Opening Ceremonies, according to England's Daily News.
A royal biographer told Newsweek, "She loves animals and she absolutely adores dogs. She always has done, they were her first love and they will be her last," Ingrid Seward said before Her Majesty died.
Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at 96-years-old after senior members of her royal family headed to Balmoral in Scotland to be with her in her final moments on Earth.
So what will happen to the Queen's pets now? That was a question many were asking.
According to Newsweek, who spoke to royal biographers, it's not entirely clear exactly how many dogs she had when she died. It is believed she had about four dogs. Two of those dogs are corgis named Muick and Sandy, according to reports.
Others included a Dorgi named Candy and another two Cocker Spaniels.
There wasn't a statement released to the public immediately after the Queen's death detailing a plan for the dogs, but it is believed that they should be bequeathed to her children.
Seward said, "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."
Another theory came from Penny Junor, an author.
She said, "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 detailed the theory in her 2018 book, "All the Queen's Corgis." | https://www.wtxl.com/news/world/queen-elizabeth-ii-has-died-now-what-happens-to-her-beloved-dogs | 2022-09-08T21:59:11Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/world/queen-elizabeth-ii-has-died-now-what-happens-to-her-beloved-dogs | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Candidates for Yakima County commissioner will be speaking at an upcoming event hosted by the Yakima Republican Women’s Club.
Attendees can hear from candidates for all three districts Sept. 15 at the Terrace Heights Civic Center, 4011 Commonwealth Road. Lunch costs $24 per person and begins at 11:30 a.m.
RSVP for lunch by noon Monday by emailing YRWC President Ann Bowman at echo94@yahoo.com or calling 509-833-5882 or 360-790-5793. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/elections/yakima-republican-women-s-club-to-host-commissioner-candidates-at-september-luncheon/article_412f20aa-2e1b-11ed-83cd-5f53b243027c.html | 2022-09-08T22:00:21Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/elections/yakima-republican-women-s-club-to-host-commissioner-candidates-at-september-luncheon/article_412f20aa-2e1b-11ed-83cd-5f53b243027c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Michigan’s high court puts abortion question on Nov. ballot
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Voters will determine whether to place abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution, the state Supreme Court declared Thursday, settling the issue a day before the fall ballot must be completed.
Abortion rights would be guaranteed if the amendment passes on Nov. 8. A 1931 state law makes it a crime to perform most abortions, but the law was suspended in May and a judge this week followed up by striking it down as unconstitutional.
Though appeals of that decision are likely, the law would be trumped if voters approve the amendment in the fall election.
There are political implications beyond the ballot question itself. Democrats say the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is mobilizing voters and will help Democratic candidates this fall, when top races including governor, secretary of state and attorney general are on the Michigan ballot. They point to conservative Kansas, where voters overwhelmingly defeated a measure that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban the procedure outright.
A state elections board on Aug. 31 deadlocked along party lines on whether the abortion initiative should appear on the ballot, with Republicans voting no and Democrats voting yes. The 2-2 vote meant the measure wasn’t certified for the ballot.
Supporters submitted more than 700,000 signatures, easily clearing the minimum threshold. But Republicans and abortion opponents argued the petitions had improper or no spacing between certain words and were confusing to voters.
“What a sad marker of the times,” Chief Justice Bridget McCormack said in a brief statement that accompanied the 5-2 order.
McCormack said “there is no dispute” that every word was legible and in the correct order.
Republican members of the Board of State Canvassers “would disenfranchise millions of Michiganders not because they believe the many thousands of Michiganders who signed the proposal were confused by it, but because they think they have identified a technicality that allows them to do so, a game of gotcha gone very bad,” McCormack said.
The majority was made up of McCormack, three other Democratic justices and a Republican justice. Two Republicans dissented.
The court ordered the Board of State Canvassers, which meets again Friday, to sign off on the ballot question.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked the state Supreme Court to settle the status of the 1931 law, but the court hasn’t decided whether to intervene.
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Burnett reported from Chicago and White reported from Detroit.
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Webcast Replay of the Analyst Day is Available on the Company's Website
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) today announced that at its 2022 virtual analyst day event held earlier today, the company raised its full year revenue guidance and provided a continued revenue growth outlook for 2023.
"Based on our continued strong bookings growth across both Dice and CJ, we are increasing our full year 2022 revenue guidance and now expect total revenue to be in the range of $148 million to $149 million, representing growth of between 23% and 24% year over year," commented Kevin Bostick Chief Financial Officer of DHI Group, Inc. "We continue to expect third quarter total revenue to be in the range of $37 million to $38 million, representing growth of between 20% and 23% year over year and will continue to operate the business to Adjusted EBITDA margins at or near 20% throughout 2022 as we continue to balance our strong financial performance with increased sales and marketing investment to drive continued double-digit revenue growth.
"While we are not yet providing specific long-term guidance for 2023, DHI intends to maintain its investment strategy in sales and marketing to capture incremental market share for each of its brands' total addressable market. As a result, DHI intends to stay within the Rule of 40 in 2023, with a bias to driving bookings and revenue growth, and anticipates maintaining Adjusted EBITDA margins of approximately 20%. As such, DHI expects to drive bookings and revenue growth in 2023 approaching or near 20% year over year. We anticipate that DHI's business model will see margin expansion approaching approximately 30% Adjusted EBITDA margins over time, however, the near-term focus will remain on investing to drive top-line growth."
DHI's 2022 investor day, with its theme "Where Tech Connects" was hosted by Art Zeile, President and Chief Executive Officer, with presentations by senior management that included details on:
- The tech hiring market and DHI's market opportunity
- The company's products and client needs
- The company's sales growth strategy
- The company's brand and awareness strategy
- The company's view on marketplaces that serve security-cleared talent
- The company's financial model and outlook
Speakers during the event included:
- Art Zeile, Chief Executive Officer
- Paul Farnsworth, Chief Technology Officer
- Arie Kanofsky, Chief Revenue Officer
- Michelle Marian, Chief Marketing Officer
- Evan Lesser, President and Founder of ClearanceJobs
- Kevin Bostick, Chief Financial Officer
Management also hosted a real-time question and answer session at the end of the investor presentation.
A replay of the event is available in the investor relations section of the DHI website at www.dhigroupinc.com.
Investor Contact
Todd Kehrli or Jim Byers
MKR Investor Relations, Inc.
212-448-4181
ir@dhigroupinc.com
Media Contact
Rachel Ceccarelli
VP of Engagement
212-448-8288
media@dhigroupinc.com
About DHI Group, Inc.
DHI Group, Inc (NYSE: DHX) is a provider of AI-powered career marketplaces that focus on technology roles. DHI's two brands, Dice and ClearanceJobs, enable recruiters and hiring managers to efficiently search for and connect with highly skilled technologists based on the skills requested. The Company's patented algorithm manages over 100,000 unique technology skills. Additionally, our marketplaces allow technology professionals to find their ideal next career opportunity, with relevant advice and personalized insights. Learn more at www.dhigroupinc.com.
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STATESVILLE, N.C., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (NASDAQ: KEQU) today announced results for its first quarter ended July 31, 2022.
Fiscal Year 2023 First Quarter Results:
Sales during the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 were $50,123,000, an increase of 26.9% compared to sales of $39,493,000 from the prior year first quarter. Pre-tax loss for the quarter was $340,000 compared to a pre-tax loss of $1,056,000 for the prior year period. Kewaunee recorded a net loss of $747,000 compared to net loss of $1,345,000 for the prior year period. Margins for the current quarter were negatively impacted as the Company worked to deliver a large portion of the remaining direct orders in its order backlog. Nearly 25% of the current period's domestic segment revenue was for direct orders that, in aggregate, were delivered at a loss for the Company. Most of these projects were tied to contracts that were executed prior to the broad-based inflation experienced last fiscal year. EBITDA1 for the quarter was $275,000 compared to ($342,000) for the prior year period. Diluted loss per share was ($0.27), as compared to diluted loss per share of ($0.48) in the prior year first quarter.
The Company's order backlog was $174.0 million on July 31, 2022, increasing from $120.6 million on July 31, 2021, and $173.9 million on April 30, 2022. This is the fourth time in the last five quarters that the Company has recorded a record order backlog.
Domestic Segment - Domestic sales for the quarter were $37,468,000, an increase of 26.3% from sales of $29,663,000 in the prior year period. The increase in sales was predominantly from higher input costs being rolled into product pricing. Domestic segment net income was $98,000 compared to net loss of $209,000 in the prior year period. Domestic segment EBITDA was $711,000 compared to $399,000 for the prior year period.
International Segment - International sales for the quarter were $12,655,000, an increase of 28.7% from sales of $9,830,000 in the prior year period due to the commencement of delivery of large projects booked in the prior fiscal year. International segment net income was $687,000 compared to $375,000 in the prior year period. International segment EBITDA was $1,051,000 compared to $647,000 for the prior year period.
Corporate Segment – Corporate segment pre-tax net loss was $1,532,000 for the quarter, as compared to $1,511,000 in the prior year period. Corporate segment EBITDA for the quarter was ($1,487,000) compared to corporate segment EBITDA of ($1,388,000) for the prior year period. The primary driver of the change in EBITDA was higher pension expense due to the change in the underlying asset valuation for the Company's frozen pension plan.
Total cash on hand on July 31, 2022 was $21,534,000, as compared to $6,894,000 on April 30, 2022. The increase in cash was primarily from proceeds of the sale-leaseback financing transaction that was recorded as a note receivable on April 30, 2022 and advanced billings received for several large international projects. Working capital was $48,266,000, as compared to $25,709,000 at the end of the first quarter last year and $49,272,000 on April 30, 2022. The Company had no short-term debt as of July 31, 2022, as compared to $1,588,000 on April 30, 2022. Long-term debt was $29,505,000 on July 31, 2022 as compared to $29,704,000 on April 30, 2022. The Company's debt-to-equity ratio on July 31, 2022 was 1.09-to-1, as compared to 1.07-to-1 on April 30, 2022.
"As we announced last year, we made the strategic decision to stop direct sales in markets where the Company historically had done so, assigning these territories to two of our dealers," said Thomas D. Hull III, Kewaunee's President and Chief Executive Officer. "During the first quarter we delivered a large portion of our remaining direct order backlog. Many of these contracts were signed prior to the broad-based inflation experienced last year and were delivered at a loss. While we will continue to deliver the remainder of the direct order backlog over the course of the year, the financial impact is expected to diminish relative to the current quarter as the mix will continue to shift away from direct orders."
"In the last quarter we improved the attractiveness of our backlog in two ways. First, the backlog remained at record levels. Second, our backlog margin improved as we continued to replace the low margin direct sales orders with higher margin product sales. It is our expectation that this dynamic will lead to margin expansion as we move through the fiscal year."
"While economic uncertainty exists, from continued broad-based inflation to concern about a possible pending recession, I am optimistic about the future based on the strength of our order backlog and the continued high level of activity in the marketplace."
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EBITDA and Segment EBITDA are calculated as net earnings (loss), less interest expense and interest income, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization. We believe EBITDA and Segment EBITDA allow management and investors to compare our performance to other companies on a consistent basis without regard to depreciation and amortization, which can vary significantly between companies depending upon many factors. EBITDA and Segment EBITDA are not calculations based upon generally accepted accounting principles, and the method for calculating EBITDA and Segment EBITDA can vary among companies. The amounts included in the EBITDA and Segment EBITDA calculations, however, are derived from amounts included in the historical statements of operations. EBITDA and Segment EBITDA should not be considered as alternatives to net earnings (loss) or operating earnings (loss) as an indicator of the Company's operating performance, or as an alternative to operating cash flows as a measure of liquidity.
About Kewaunee Scientific
Founded in 1906, Kewaunee Scientific Corporation is a recognized global leader in the design, manufacture, and installation of laboratory, healthcare, and technical furniture products. The Company's products include steel, wood, and laminate casework, fume hoods, adaptable modular systems, moveable workstations, stand-alone benches, biological safety cabinets, and epoxy resin worksurfaces and sinks.
The Company's corporate headquarters are located in Statesville, North Carolina. Sales offices are located in the United States, India, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore. Three manufacturing facilities are located in Statesville serving the domestic and international markets, and one manufacturing facility is located in Bangalore, India serving the local, Asian, and African markets. Kewaunee Scientific's website is located at http://www.kewaunee.com.
This press release contains statements that the Company believes to be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release, including statements regarding the Company's future financial condition, results of operations, business operations and business prospects, are forward-looking statements. Words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "plan," "predict," "believe" and similar words, expressions and variations of these words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other important factors that could significantly impact results or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors, risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to: competitive and general economic conditions and the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including disruptions from government mandates, both domestically and internationally, as well as supplier constraints and other supply disruptions; changes in customer demands; technological changes in our operations or in our industry; dependence on customers' required delivery schedules; risks related to fluctuations in the Company's operating results from quarter to quarter; risks related to international operations, including foreign currency fluctuations; changes in the legal and regulatory environment; changes in raw materials and commodity costs; acts of terrorism, war, governmental action, natural disasters and other Force Majeure events; and the ultimate impact on the Company of the cyber attack suffered on November 5, 2021. The cautionary statements made pursuant to the Reform Act herein and elsewhere by us should not be construed as exhaustive. We cannot always predict what factors would cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. Over time, our actual results, performance, or achievements will likely differ from the anticipated results, performance or achievements that are expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements, and such difference might be significant and harmful to our stockholders' interest. Many important factors that could cause such a difference are described under the caption "Risk Factors," in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022, which you should review carefully, and in our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. These reports are available on our investor relations website at www.kewaunee.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this document. The Company assumes no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Roessner will work closely with Mike Blundin, newly named President and COO, to drive the company's growth and help lead the wealth management industry into the future.
WAKEFIELD, Mass., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vestmark, Inc., a leading provider of wealth management software and services, today announced that it is expanding its executive leadership team, welcoming fintech industry and E*TRADE veteran Karl Roessner as Chief Executive Officer.
As CEO, Mr. Roessner will be responsible for the vision and strategic direction of Vestmark, including new business growth, expansion into new adjacent product lines and broadening Vestmark's partnerships across the fintech ecosystem. In the newly created role as President and COO, Mr. Blundin will focus on Vestmark's core business supporting client success. He will continue to lead internal operations, VestmarkONE platform development, Vestmark's advisory services including direct indexing, and service programs for Vestmark's asset management and wealth management clients.
"As I have gotten to know Karl over the last year, it became clear that his unique combination of commercial and industry expertise, executive leadership, board-level experience and enthusiasm for Vestmark perfectly complements the skills and focus of our executive team," said Mr. Blundin. "I couldn't be more thrilled to collaborate closely with Karl toward advancing our mission of building more sophisticated, personalized and scalable investment solutions for clients across the wealth spectrum while growing Vestmark's footprint in new markets."
Mr. Roessner brings to Vestmark over 25 years of executive management, board engagement and public company experience, as well as a deep understanding of the capital markets. Most recently, he was CEO of Lefteris Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company focused on the financial technology space. Before that, he was CEO at E*TRADE Financial Corporation, where he also served as a member of its Board of Directors. Earlier in his career, Mr. Roessner was a partner in the M&A Group at Clifford Chance, LLP, a global law firm.
"Vestmark is uniquely positioned to combine its deep investment expertise with innovative, scalable and robust technology to transform the way we invest. I couldn't be more excited to work with Mike and the rest of the team to grow the business and broaden our services and solutions," said Mr. Roessner.
Headquartered outside of Boston, Mass., and founded in 2001, Vestmark is a leading provider of portfolio management/trading solutions and outsourced services for financial institutions and their advisors, enabling them to efficiently manage and trade customized client portfolios through an innovative SaaS platform. Supporting over $1.5 trillion in assets and over 5 million accounts. Vestmark is a trusted partner to some of the largest and most respected wealth management firms. For more information about Vestmark's solutions, call (781) 224-3640, or visit www.vestmark.com.
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For those who have long complained that too many biopics are staid and formulaic—we see a familiar rise, the expected fall (or bobble), and then some kind of warmly summative ending—the director Andrew Dominik, like Todd Haynes and others before him, has come up with a different approach. His adaptation of Blonde, the popular novel by Joyce Carol Oates that presents a version of the life of Marilyn Monroe, is a psychological portrait less concerned with reciting facts than illustrating a grand and troubling phenomenon.
It’s been nearly sixty years since Monroe died as the result of an overdose of pills at age 36, and in those many decades since, countless more idols have burned bright and then been laid low, reduced to rubble under the pressures of fame and ambition. Dominik’s film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, is a consideration of all of those narratives, with Monroe as the stand-in for Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, and too many others.
At least that’s how I’m choosing to read the film. Blonde is boldly and complexly mounted, but that technique—so brazenly applied by Dominik—could actually be in service of something far simpler, and more base. Blonde is a film partly about exploitation that might be exploitative itself. If the film is aware of that meta function, then there’s something interesting happening in it. If not, and Dominik thinks he is genuinely ennobling Monroe and expressing some kind of radical pity for her, then Blonde is a little perverse.
The film is a brutal sit, a nearly three-hour-long descent down the misery rabbit hole with Monroe, as she goes from abused and neglected child to nascent star struggling to assert herself. Blonde certainly has an affection for this version of her: in Dominik’s eyes she is a weirdo artist, a clever and experimental mind who was thwarted by things beyond her control. (Mental health and men, mostly.) It’s nice seeing Monroe’s legacy regarded this way, a respect for her creativity and intelligence, her kindness too, rather than a mere dissection of her beauty and public image.
But as much as Dominik appreciates Monroe on those merits, he eventually puts her through a nightmarish ordeal leading to her death. That is probably somewhat reflective of what really happened in her life, but it’s harrowing and relentless (and, eventually, tiresome) on film. Therein might lie the film’s meta dimension: even its fond, compassionate consideration of Monroe can’t help but eventually turn that attention and ardor into something destructive. Is Dominik’s observation, and ours too, however well intended, hastening her collapse?
And what of the actress playing her? Ana de Armas can’t do much to conceal her Cuban accent as she approximates Monroe’s breathy melodiousness, but maybe that’s part of the point of casting her. (Beyond an occasionally uncanny resemblance to the real deal.) This is a kind of crucible for de Armas, too, one also subjected to the weight of our attention. So it makes sense that some of the actor should remain, even as she dives deep into her act of transformation. De Armas is fiercely, almost scarily committed to the role, maintaining high and focused energy through every torrent of tears and screams and traumas. We don’t necessarily get to know the fullness of Monroe; the movie offers precious little of her at work, or in her social element. It’s pretty much all pain, all the time. But in rendering that so potently, de Armas fulfills the mission of Dominik’s film, crafting a vivid and frightening picture of the madness of fame.
Dominik stages that fever in ever-shifting collage. Sometimes the film is in black and white, other times in rich color. The aspect ratio changes from time to time, sound cuts in and out. There isn’t any discernible pattern to the film’s switches—I thought for a while that maybe one color palette was meant to indicate when the private, “real” Monroe, familiarly known as Norma, was taking focus, rather than the practiced Marilyn persona, but that doesn’t really sync up in the film. No, from a viewing perspective, Dominik’s aesthetic choices feel pretty arbitrary. They’re effective nonetheless; the movie has an hypnotic quality, even when it’s agitating.
Inasmuch as it has a structure, Blonde unfolds episodically as Monroe is separated from her mother, starts her career, and falls in with various men. The movie (and presumably Oates’s novel) invents a three-way romance with Monroe, Charles Chaplin, Jr. (Xavier Samuel), and Edward G. Robinson Jr. (Evan Williams), which is the movie at its most curiously seductive. Two of Monroe’s actual husbands are present, too; Joe DiMaggio (Bobby Cannavale) is an abusive simpleton who can’t abide Monroe’s free-spirited artistry, while Arthur Miller (Adrien Brody) is affectionate if detached. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/ana-de-armas-blonde-review-tiff | 2022-09-08T22:08:07Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/ana-de-armas-blonde-review-tiff | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
No one knows how to work a room quite like Harry Styles. Just days after making headlines for kissing costar Nick Kroll and sharing his unique perspective on movies at Don’t Worry Darling’s Venice premiere and press conference, the Grammy winner winked at the debate over whether he actually spat on castmate Chris Pine at the screening.
Wearing a purple-and-yellow chevron-print ensemble, Styles acknowledged the strange conspiracy theory when he returned to his sold-out Madison Square Garden residency in New York City on Wednesday night. “This is our 10th show at Madison Square Garden. It’s wonderful, wonderful, wonderful to be back in New York,” he began, adding, “I just popped very quickly to Venice to spit on Chris Pine. But fret not, we’re back!” (So close to “worry not,” H.S.)
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Prior to this playful account, sources close to Styles and a rep for Pine denied that the former actor spit on his costar before taking a seat next to him in Venice’s Sala Grande theater. “This is a ridiculous story—a complete fabrication and the result of an odd online illusion that is clearly deceiving and allows for foolish speculation,” Pine’s rep told People in a statement. “Just to be clear, Harry Styles did not spit on Chris Pine. There is nothing but respect between these two men, and any suggestion otherwise is a blatant attempt to create drama that simply does not exist.”
Sources close to Styles cosigned this sentiment: “This is not true,” they told The Guardian on Tuesday, referring to the spitting rumor.
Don’t Worry Darling’s director and Styles’s real-life partner, Olivia Wilde, addressed speculations of feuding amongst herself and her cast, including leading lady Florence Pugh, two days after the Venice premiere. “No amount of internet bullying can cause me to question my belief in a movie made collectively by so many brilliant people,” she told Vanity Fair for its October cover story. “We worked too hard, and went through too much together, to be derailed by something that really has nothing to do with filmmaking.”
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The Crown is expected to take a hiatus from shooting its sixth season out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday afternoon at the age of 96. Peter Morgan—writer, creator, and showrunner of The Crown—issued a statement to Deadline on the queen’s passing and its effect on Netflix’s Emmy Award–winning series. “The Crown is a love letter to her and I’ve nothing to add for now, just silence and respect,” wrote Morgan. “I expect we will stop filming out of respect too.”
Morgan also wrote the script for 2006’s The Queen, in which Queen Elizabeth II was played by Helen Mirren, who won an Academy Award for best actress. “I’m mourning, along with the rest of my country, the passing of a great queen,” Mirren wrote to Vanity Fair. “I’m proud to call myself of the Elizabethan age. If there was a definition of nobility, Elizabeth Windsor embodied it.”
Per Deadline, British director Stephen Daldry, who produced and directed a number of episodes of The Crown between 2016 and 2019, previously stated that Netflix intended to pause filming if the queen died at some point during The Crown’s production. “None of us know when that time will come, but it would be right and proper to show respect to the queen. It would be a simple tribute and a mark of respect,” Daldry told Deadline when The Crown debuted in 2016. “She’s a global figure and it’s what we should do.”
The Crown follows Elizabeth II's ascent to the throne and seven-decade reign as Britain's longest-serving monarch. Thus far, the series has seen two actresses portray Elizabeth II. Claire Foy portrayed a young Queen Elizabeth from the 1940s through the early 1960s in the first two seasons of the series and briefly appeared in the fourth season, winning the Emmy for outstanding leading actress in a drama series in 2018 and a guest actress Emmy in 2021. In seasons three and four, Academy Award winner Olivia Colman portrayed Queen Elizabeth II from the ‘60s to the early ’90s, and won the Emmy for outstanding leading actress in a drama series in 2021. BAFTA winner Imelda Staunton is set to play the monarch in her later years in the upcoming fifth and sixth seasons.
Netflix recently announced that it cast three actors to play Prince William and Kate Middleton in the show's sixth season: Rufus Kampa and Ed McVey, who will portray teenage and college-age William, respectively, and Meg Bellamy who'll play Kate. The Crown's fifth season is expected to premiere on Netflix in November. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/the-crown-expected-to-pause-filming-out-of-respect-for-queen-elizabeth-ii | 2022-09-08T22:08:19Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/the-crown-expected-to-pause-filming-out-of-respect-for-queen-elizabeth-ii | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Earlier this week, we learned that information about a foreign country’s nuclear capabilities was reportedly among the classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago by the FBI when it raided the place in August. This was an incredibly not-good development for former president Donald Trump, and not only because, just weeks earlier, he’d boldly proclaimed it was a “hoax” when reports indicated that agents had looked for documents about nuclear weapons while executing the search warrant at the Palm Beach resort. No, this was very bad because, according to The Washington Post, the records described detailed operations “so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them,” and “only the president, some members of his Cabinet, or a near-Cabinet-level official could authorize other government officials to know details of these special-access programs.” In other words, they’re of significant value to their rightful owner, i.e., the US government, in addition to anyone else who might get their hands on them—something Trump might or might not have known when he stashed them at his home and refused, on multiple occasions, to give them back.
“If I were to be asked what the highest price tag or highest value might be on what kind of classified US government information, certainly among the top of my answers would be nuclear-related information,” Frank Figliuzzi, a former FBI official, told MSNBC this week, speculating that Trump was likely well aware of that value. He noted that the information had “potentially the greatest value” if someone were to try to “market it and capitalize” on having documents. “A country would give its right arm to learn what the US knew about its nuclear program and capabilities—not only for the obvious reason of, ‘Hey, they figured this out,’ but also because it would signal what we don’t know about their program,” Figliuzzi told anchor Stephanie Ruhle. “Secondly, let’s move to that country’s adversary. They would give their left and right arms to find out what their adversary is doing in terms of nuclear capability.” (In November 2020, after Trump lost the election, intelligence experts warned that he fit the profile of someone who might disclose classified information, with the Post noting how “he is deeply in debt and angry at the US government.”)
Figliuzzi added that such documents could have fallen into the wrong hands even if Trump never intended to sell them, given the fact that they were being stored at a resort with numerous guests and staff members. Mar-a-Lago, he said, has “some of the lowest security you can imagine,” with foreign nationals “traipsing in and out.” (A Chinese businesswoman was sentenced to eight months in prison in 2019 for trespassing and lying to federal agents after she made her way into the club by saying she wanted to use the pool. While she was not charged with espionage, she had a bag that blocked electromagnetic signals and contained four cell phones, a computer, and an external hard drive. At another Palm Beach hotel where she had a room, authorities found five cell phone SIM cards, nine flash drives, a hidden-camera detector, and approximately $8,000 in cash. Which don’t seem like things someone not trying to engage in espionage would just have on hand for yuks.)
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Figliuzzi is far from the first person to suggest that the ex-president might have been thinking about doing something untoward with the government documents that made their way to Palm Beach. Charles Leerhsen, who ghostwrote Trump: Surviving at the Top, said last month that the ex-president might have planned to sell the White House documents as presidential memorabilia. That same month a Fox News host wondered aloud if Trump had tried to “sell or share” the classified information “to the Russians or to the Saudis.”
In related Trump news, on Wednesday, Rolling Stone reported that in his last days in the White House, the 45th president “told top advisers he needed to preserve certain Russia-related documents to keep his enemies from destroying them,” believing that the incoming Biden administration would “shred” or otherwise dispose of “the evidence” that he’d somehow been set up by the “deep state.” So there might’ve been some of those rolling around Mar-a-Lago too. | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/donald-trump-fbi-nuclear-documents-value | 2022-09-08T22:08:26Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/donald-trump-fbi-nuclear-documents-value | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On Saturday morning, Las Vegas police found Jeff German, an investigative reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, fatally stabbed outside his home. Authorities, ruling the case a homicide, said they believed the 69-year-old had been killed on Friday in an “altercation.” On Monday, police asked for the public’s help in identifying a suspect. By Wednesday evening they’d made an arrest: Robert Telles, the outgoing Clark County Public Administrator who’d been the subject of multiple investigations by German. The Democrat lost his reelection bid in June, a primary loss that came after German revealed Telles’ office had been “mired in turmoil and internal dissension over the past two years,” with allegations of bullying, favoritism, and the public administrator’s “inappropriate relationship” with a subordinate. German had recently requested more public records and “was pursuing a potential follow-up story about Telles in the weeks before he was killed,” according to the Review-Journal.
“The arrest of Robert Telles is at once an enormous relief and an outrage for the Review-Journal newsroom,” said Las Vegas Review-Journal Executive Editor Glenn Cook. “We are relieved Telles is in custody and outraged that a colleague appears to have been killed for reporting on an elected official. Journalists can’t do the important work our communities require if they are afraid a presentation of facts could lead to violent retribution.”
The shocking arrest played out over the course of Wednesday, and was duly reported by Review-Journal journalists, who have been tasked with chronicling the death of their colleague, while grieving the loss. It started with police searching the politician’s home while he was being interviewed by detectives, the Review-Journal reported. Two vehicles, including one that police had released a photo of at a press conference a day earlier, were towed from the residence on Wednesday afternoon. When Telles returned home shortly after in a hazmat suit—his clothes had apparently been seized for evidence—he brushed past reporters asking for comment and shut the door on them. The chilling exchange was documented by Review-Journal reporter Brett Clarkson.
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Later on Wednesday, reporters at the scene posted footage of SWAT, FBI, and undercover police vehicles entering the neighborhood. Media was cleared out as authorities surrounded Telles’ home, where the 45-year-old politician was eventually taken into custody. Telles was loaded on a stretcher into an ambulance, reportedly due to “self-inflicted wounds,” which brought him to a local hospital. He was later moved to the Clark County Detention Center, where he is being held.
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Over the course of his four-decade career in journalism, German investigated everything from organized crime to mass shootings to government misconduct. “He was a fearless reporter and never shied away from tough stories no matter who was involved,” said Rep. Dina Titus. “Many exposed need for reform which made our city better.” Michael Scott Davidson, an investigative and data reporter at the Review-Journal, tweeted, “Jeff's decades-long record of landing big scoops and taking on the most powerful players in Las Vegas gave him every right to be vain. Instead, he was humble, tenacious and always took time to talk shop with us. The world needs more reporters like him." | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/las-vegas-review-journal-is-mourning-the-death-of-their-reporter-and-investigating-his-killing | 2022-09-08T22:08:32Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/las-vegas-review-journal-is-mourning-the-death-of-their-reporter-and-investigating-his-killing | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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