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New Delhi: Breaching the 90m mark would have been the icing on the cake but Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra is far from disappointed having become the first Indian to win the Diamond League trophy in Zurich on Thursday.
The mop-haired 24-year-old fouled his first attempt but secured victory with his second throw measuring 88.44m under overcast conditions at the Letzigrund Stadium.
Czech Jakub Vadlejch finished second behind Chopra like in the Tokyo Olympics with a best attempt of 86.94m, while reigning European champion Julian Weber of Germany came third with 83.73m.
In a video conference with the Indian media on Friday, Chopra said he was not disappointed at falling short of the 90m mark.
"It is a magical mark, it's a barrier, but let's say I hit the 90m mark and do not win a medal, then what is the point?" he said.
"Winning a medal is the main thing, not the distance. I'm rather happy that I have been so consistent this season.
"I am under no pressure to breach the 90m mark. It will happen when it has to."
Chopra, who has a personal best of 89.94m, took heart from his return from a groin injury that kept him out of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
The Haryana athlete said winning an event with a relatively modest throw demonstrated his ability to master difficult conditions.
"You have elite athletes competing in these events and if conditions are tough and you can handle it better than them, even a throw of 85m can get you a medal.
"Medal is more important than the mark. People don't remember the distance, they remember where you finished on the podium."
The Diamond League trophy wrapped up a memorable season for Chopra, who also became the first Indian to win a silver at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in July. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/other-sports/2022/09/09/people-only-remember-where-you-finished-on-the-podium-neeraj-chopra.html | 2022-09-09T14:43:21Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/other-sports/2022/09/09/people-only-remember-where-you-finished-on-the-podium-neeraj-chopra.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pressed the case for Democratic economic policies during a visit Thursday to Ford’s Rouge electric vehicle assembly plant in Michigan, a battleground state in the November midterm elections.
After a production-line tour, Yellen promoted recent legislative successes for the Biden administration, saying: “After the progress we have made over the past few months, I am more optimistic about the course of our economy than I have been for quite a while and I know we are headed in the right direction.”
Yellen’s visit to Detroit was part of a monthlong tour as well as a larger White House campaign to highlight new laws intended to repair the economy, boost computer chip manufacturing, lower prescription drug prices, expand clean energy and revamp the country’s infrastructure.
She pointed to the bipartisan infrastructure law, the CHIPS and Science Act and the “ Inflation Reduction Act, ” all passed and signed in the past year.
“By any traditional metric, we have experienced one of the quickest recoveries in our modern history,” she said, referencing the financial damage and stagnation caused by the coronavirus pandemic that shuttered economic systems around the world. “Our plans worked” she added.
The Treasury Department is responsible for managing a new $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit for qualifying, but the auto industry is warning that the vast majority of EV purchases won’t qualify for that much.
The European Union and other nations have threatened to file complaints at the World Trade Organization over the tax credit, claiming it would discriminate against foreign producers and break WTO rules.
Yellen has more stops planned and will give a speech next month at the 157th anniversary of the Freedman’s Bank Forum to talk about how President Joe Biden’s economic agenda “advances equity and makes our economy stronger as a result.”
Biden is set to visit Ohio on Friday for the groundbreaking of an Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility and go to the Detroit auto show Wednesday to talk about manufacturing electric vehicles.
At the Ford electric vehicle assembly plant in Dearborn, Yellen pointed to U.S. vulnerability to global supply shocks caused by climate change and other factors, and the need to embrace green technology. Addressing those challenges, she said, offers the prospects of new jobs.
“This includes the U.S. clean vehicle sector, where we can expect greater investment — and more good jobs, like the ones here at Ford — as we develop the supply chain here at home,” she said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pressed the case for Democratic economic policies during a visit Thursday to Ford’s Rouge electric vehicle assembly plant in Michigan, a battleground state in the November midterm elections.
After a production-line tour, Yellen promoted recent legislative successes for the Biden administration, saying: “After the progress we have made over the past few months, I am more optimistic about the course of our economy than I have been for quite a while and I know we are headed in the right direction.”
Yellen’s visit to Detroit was part of a monthlong tour as well as a larger White House campaign to highlight new laws intended to repair the economy, boost computer chip manufacturing, lower prescription drug prices, expand clean energy and revamp the country’s infrastructure.
She pointed to the bipartisan infrastructure law, the CHIPS and Science Act and the “ Inflation Reduction Act, ” all passed and signed in the past year.
“By any traditional metric, we have experienced one of the quickest recoveries in our modern history,” she said, referencing the financial damage and stagnation caused by the coronavirus pandemic that shuttered economic systems around the world. “Our plans worked” she added.
The Treasury Department is responsible for managing a new $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit for qualifying, but the auto industry is warning that the vast majority of EV purchases won’t qualify for that much.
The European Union and other nations have threatened to file complaints at the World Trade Organization over the tax credit, claiming it would discriminate against foreign producers and break WTO rules.
Yellen has more stops planned and will give a speech next month at the 157th anniversary of the Freedman’s Bank Forum to talk about how President Joe Biden’s economic agenda “advances equity and makes our economy stronger as a result.”
Biden is set to visit Ohio on Friday for the groundbreaking of an Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility and go to the Detroit auto show Wednesday to talk about manufacturing electric vehicles.
At the Ford electric vehicle assembly plant in Dearborn, Yellen pointed to U.S. vulnerability to global supply shocks caused by climate change and other factors, and the need to embrace green technology. Addressing those challenges, she said, offers the prospects of new jobs.
“This includes the U.S. clean vehicle sector, where we can expect greater investment — and more good jobs, like the ones here at Ford — as we develop the supply chain here at home,” she said.
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Follow AP for full coverage of the midterms at https://apnews.com/hub/2022-midterm-elections and on Twitter, https://twitter.com/ap_politics | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/ap-yellen-pushes-biden-economic-plans-in-battleground-michigan/ | 2022-09-09T14:43:46Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/ap-yellen-pushes-biden-economic-plans-in-battleground-michigan/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 34 |
The British monarchy’s rules state that “a new sovereign succeeds to the throne as soon as his or her predecessor dies.”
That means Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest son, Prince Charles, became king immediately upon her death.
However, it may be months or even longer before Charles’ formal coronation. In Elizabeth’s case, her coronation came on June 2, 1953 — 16 months after her accession on Feb. 6, 1952, when her father, King George VI, died.
A look at the formalities that take place after Charles accedes to the throne:
— Within 24 hours of a monarch’s death, a new sovereign is proclaimed formally as soon as possible at St. James’s Palace in London by the “Accession Council.” This is made up of officials from the Privy Council, which includes senior Cabinet ministers, judges and leaders of the Church of England, who are summoned to the palace for the meeting.
— Parliament is then recalled for lawmakers to take their oaths of allegiance to the new monarch.
— The new monarch will swear an oath before the Privy Council in St. James’s Palace to maintain the Church of Scotland, according to the Act of Union of 1707.
— The proclamation of the new sovereign is then publicly read out at St. James’s Palace, as well as in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast – the capital cities of the four nations that make up the United Kingdom.
— Charles must declare to Parliament on the first day of its session following the accession, or at the coronation, whichever is first, that he is a faithful Protestant. The oath is mandated by the Accession Declaration Act of 1910.
— He must also take a coronation oath as prescribed by the Coronation Oath Act of 1689, the Act of Settlement of 1701 and the Accession Declaration Act.
— He must be in communion with the Church of England, a flexible rule which allowed King George I and King George II to reign even though they were Lutherans.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Social media sensation JoJo Siwa will be honored by the LGBTQ education group GLSEN next month for her anti-bullying and advocacy efforts.
The organization says it will recognize the 19-year-old singer, dancer and content creator with its Gamechanger Award at an Oct. 14 gala at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, California.
Siwa appeared on the reality television series “Dance Moms” with her mom and recently made guest appearance on “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” as a queer character. Last year, she made history on ABC’s competition series “Dancing with the Stars,” becoming the first contestant to dance with a same sex partner.
Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, executive director of GLSEN, said Siwa will be honored for her focus on anti-bullying and being a “fierce advocate for kindness, self-acceptance” for the LGBTQ community. She said Siwa handled coming out as a pansexual last year with “such grace.”
The organization aims to increase inclusivity for K-12 students for all genders, gender expressions and sexual inclusivity through research and educational resources. | https://www.wpri.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-jojo-siwa-to-receive-gamechanger-award-from-glsen/ | 2022-09-09T14:44:28Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-jojo-siwa-to-receive-gamechanger-award-from-glsen/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BE'ER SHEVA, Israel, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rezilion, an automated software vulnerability management platform, announced today that it has been named a vendor providing Innovative tools for SBOM management in Gartner's new report, titled Emerging Tech: A Software Bill of Materials Is Critical to Software Supply Chain Management.
The report highlights the growing importance of SBOMs in managing software supply chain risk at a time when the software industry increases its reliance on third-party and/or open-source code. Unlike internally-developed components, which adhere to rigorous security and quality guidelines, open-source software (OSS) can come from many sources and is far more prone to risk. These security and compliance risks are exacerbated by a lack of visibility and understanding of open-source dependencies within the software supply chain. SBOMs answer that challenge by providing a much-needed view into an organization's inventory of software, as well as the dependencies, licenses, compliance posture and provenance information.
The software supply chain has become a target and is under constant attack, with high-profile breaches, such as the ones impacting SolarWinds and Kaseya. An SBOM is critical because it offers visibility, and also allows users to monitor vulnerabilities in parallel with whatever vulnerability management is conducted by the supplier. But having visibility isn't enough - organizations also need to be able to identify new software vulnerabilities. To meet this need, the report recommends that static SBOMs evolve to include dynamic and real time capabilities. Furthermore, the report highlights the need to go beyond identification of software vulnerabilities and leverage SBOMs to drive efficient remediation.
Using the Rezilion platform, customers can identify, prioritize, and remediate software vulnerabilities using a first-of-its-kind Dynamic SBOM. Unlike static SBOMs, which traditionally provide visibility into a single software environment at a specific point in time, Rezilion's Dynamic SBOM seamlessly plugs into all software environments, from development to production, and provides real-time visibility to all software components. Rezilion's Dynamic SBOM then does more than just uncover what software components are there: it reveals if and how they're being executed in runtime, providing organizations with an unparalleled solution to understand where bugs exist – but also whether or not they could be exploited by attackers.
Through Rezilion's Dynamic SBOM, customers benefit from:
- Dynamic Inventory - Continuous tracking and management of the software environment as changes are being introduced.
- Full Stack, Full Cycle Coverage - See all software components across dev and prod, on-prem and cloud, hosts, containers, and IoT devices.
- Vulnerability Scanning - Identify known vulnerabilities associated with the software components in your SBOM.
- Vulnerability Prioritization Using Dynamic Context - Know down to the function level what every component is doing in runtime. Triage vulnerable components that are executed and loaded to memory from the vast majority that's unloaded and therefore not exploitable.
- Dynamic Identification - Instantly search and pinpoint vulnerable components across millions of files and on thousands of hosts, containers, and applications.
- VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability Exchange) available as an exportable file, to communicate vulnerabilities and their impact with customers and regulators.
- Exportable Formats - Share the dynamic SBOM as a machine readable Cyclone DX artifact.
"Gartner's analysis and outlook on SBOMs arrives at a critical time," said Liran Tancman, Co-Founder and CEO of Rezilion. "As more organizations embrace SBOMs as a vital component of their software security tooling, we're thrilled to be among the named providers. Our Dynamic SBOM gives organizations the ability to know how their dependencies are being exploited, which solidifies how well-aligned our current capabilities are with the evolution of SBOMs in the future."
Rezilion was named a vendor in the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) category in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Open Source Software, 2022, and the SBOM and ASOC categories in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Application Security, 2022, in July of this year.
Rezilion's Dynamic SBOM is available now across CI and on-prem and cloud environments. A basic, free-of-charge version is available for use in CI through Rezilion's website. Get started today at www.rezilion.com/get-started.
About Rezilion:
Rezilion's platform automatically secures the software you deliver to customers. Rezilion's continuous runtime analysis detects vulnerable software components on any layer of the software stack and determines their exploitability, filtering out up to 95% of identified vulnerabilities. Rezilion then automatically mitigates exploitable vulnerabilities across the SDLC, reducing vulnerability backlogs and remediation timelines from months to hours, while giving DevOps teams time back to build.
Learn more about Rezilion's software attack surface management platform at www.rezilion.com and get a 30-day free trial.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Legend may have multiple Grammys and achieved the rare EGOT status, but the prolific singer still feels the need to prove himself.
That’s one of the reasons Legend cut back on traveling early last year to devote more time toward the writing process of his self-titled eighth studio album, “Legend,” which releases Friday. It’s the first double album project of Legend’s extraordinary career, which achieved new heights in 2018 when he became the first Black man to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.
After all his accolades, Legend still feels motivated to deliver fresh content about his joys of life, him being inspired by wife Chrissy Teigen and heartbreak after their pregnancy loss a couple years ago. His new album — executive produced by OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder — features several guest appearances including Jazmine Sullivan, Jhené Aiko, Muni Long, JID, Ty Dolla $ign and Rick Ross.
In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Legend spoke about his reluctance to make a double album, a potential EP with Ross, Las Vegas residency relevance and being nervously excited after Teigen announced she was pregnant last month.
Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.
AP: How does feel to be pregnant again after the unfortunate loss of Jack in 2020?
LEGEND: We’re excited. I think whenever you lose a pregnancy, your optimism is a little more guarded the next time. But we feel good. We feel excited, and we can’t wait to welcome our baby into the world. You know, we have so much fun being parents together and our kids bring so much light into our lives. We’re looking forward to another one doing the same thing.
AP: Chrissy talked about being nervous before making the announcement on social media. How did you both navigate everything?
LEGEND: She was going to start to be visibly pregnant. Either you tell people or you just stay in the house and try to hide for quite a long time, which seemed like an untenable way to go. We felt like we should tell people at some point. It’s tough to figure out when the right time is, but sooner or later, people are going to start to see it. We felt like we wanted to control the narrative and tell people when we were ready to.
AP: What made you want to do a double album?
LEGEND: I’ve never done a double album before, and I was always reluctant because it’s a lot of material for a fan to digest. But these are separate albums, with different moods.
A lot of this album is joyful, celebratory, fun, and sexy. But particularly on the second disc, we talk a little bit more about what it feels like to struggle and try to come back from a struggle, what it feels like to deal with challenges and how you make it through that together. Some of those songs are written as songs of comfort, as we were dealing with some tough circumstances in our lives.
AP: For this album, how did Chrissy inspire your music?
LEGEND: Quite a few of the songs are inspired by Chrissy. But also, I want them to be songs that you can dedicate to the women in your lives. Whenever I’m writing songs that are inspired by my own life and my own love and my own family, I want it to feel like you can find a way to apply that to your own life. I think particularly when I’m seeing the miracle of pregnancy and childbirth and all those things and knowing how difficult it is for someone carrying a pregnancy, you must marvel at the women in our lives and give them the honor that they’re due.
AP: How was it working with Ryan Tedder as your executive producer?
LEGEND: Both of us grew up in the church, and both of us grew up with that as our foundation. But he’s more in the pop rock world and I’ve been more obviously in the soul and hip-hop world with a little bit of pop. I think because we’re different, our skills and our sensibilities complement each other well. I’m dealing with a certain palette and a certain set of references, and he is, too. When we bring it together, it’s an interesting chemistry and it works well.
AP: How important is collaboration for you?
LEGEND: It’s been a part of my music life since the beginning. It was always about collaboration. A lot of it was with hip-hop artists, particularly with Rick Ross. I made more songs with him — either him featured on my project or me featured on his — than any other artists. We’re different, but we sync up very well. The kind of beats that we both like. That soulful kind of lush soundscape that we like. We even talked about doing an EP together or something like that. But if you put all the songs together that we’ve done, it would be pretty much a whole album by now.
AP: You, Usher, Bruno Mars and other big artists have had a residency in Las Vegas. How has the perception of Vegas changed for major acts over the years?
LEGEND: I think people used to look at it as kind of like this is your swan song. This is your retirement residency. But I think of late you really see a lot of artists still in their prime doing it. Some of my favorite artists like Usher, Bruno, Anderson .Paak and so many great kinds of younger artists, but still with enough repertoire to sustain the show are doing it. I think it’s a great way in the middle of our careers to say we’re so grateful for everything that has come before us. We’re going to celebrate that. But also, I’ve been previewing songs from the new album as well. It’s like looking back but also previewing what’s to come.
AP: After achieving EGOT status, what keeps you driven?
LEGEND: I don’t think about awards as accomplishments I’m trying to achieve. I think about every album and every project that I make that I must prove myself to my fans. I have to prove myself to the world every single time, so I don’t take anything for granted. I don’t rest on my previous accomplishments. I must prove myself with the music with the creativity and the product that we give people. If we don’t do that, then I’ll just be kind of a forgotten artist. A has been. I want to keep proving myself to them every single time. | https://www.wpri.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-qa-john-legend-talks-still-proving-his-musical-relevance/ | 2022-09-09T14:44:49Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-qa-john-legend-talks-still-proving-his-musical-relevance/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Randy Lambert, installation school liaison at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, supports incoming and outgoing families with school transfers and information.
“I provide information about our local schools on base as well as the Spanish schools, and organize events for our home school community,” explained Lambert.
Lambert’s job also requires frequent communication with leadership, school administrators, installation departments, and tenant commands for collaboration and information sharing. To achieve this, he attends numerous meetings both on and off base.
Lambert, who grew up in Ohio but considers Florida home, served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves. He previously worked in many roles of Child and Youth Services – the Army’s equivalent of the Navy’s Child and Youth Programs – in Germany for almost 15 years before transitioning to regional school liaison officer for Navy Region Southeast in Jacksonville, Florida.
In late 2017, Lambert accepted the job at NAVSTA Rota because he missed the daily interactions with families.
“I love meeting with and helping to support children, youth, families, schools and community,” he said. “In the last year, I was able to meet families in person in Jacksonville, Florida and Norfolk, Virginia before they arrived in Rota. I believe this helps makes families more comfortable with their move.”
Lambert is often seen at school and MWR events lending a hand, describing the teamwork within this community as one of his favorite things about Rota. Additionally, he provides the community with many niche-based programming such as back to school resource fair, college fairs, teen employment, and financial aid workshops.
In his free time, Lambert enjoys “hiking, biking and reading historical fiction and non-fiction,” but one of his first loves is traveling. From a young age, he was enthralled with the world around him and wanted to see places such as Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany, Paris, Berlin, and ancient Greece. Now 60 some countries later, he still enjoys getting out to explore new countries and cities whether by train, airplane, or one of his favorite methods, a cruise!
Describing himself a fan of FC Bayern München, FC Kaiserslautern, and the Cleveland Browns, it’s fair to say that Lambert is truly a world’s citizen.
“Ich spreche Deutsch (I speak German), but I am learning Spanish, and I am in the process of buying a nice piso in Sanlúcar.”
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The World Health Organization on Thursday said it is launching a $1.5 billion campaign, hopefully including a new vaccine, to eliminate outbreaks of bacterial meningitis across Africa by 2030.
Meningitis vaccinations for more than 50 million children in Africa have been delayed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting fears of a resurgence of the deadly disease.
In “a race against time,” WHO regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti said that “a next generation” vaccine against meningitis will be rolled out in 26 African countries most affected by the disease.
She said WHO hopes to authorize the vaccine by the first quarter of 2023, which would then enable donors to buy it for Africa.
Moeti said the vaccine, “has shown in clinical trials to be safe and effective against multiple forms of meningitis.”
The vaccine could be rolled out next year and administered in widespread drives until 2030, when the WHO hopes to have stopped bacterial meningitis outbreaks in the continent of 54 countries and 1.3 billion people, she said.
WHO estimated the plan could save more than 140,000 people every year — but that depends on the shot’s availability and health officials being able to administer it.
Although no new cases of meningitis A have been recorded in the past five years on the continent due to a robust vaccination program, the outbreak of the COVID -19 pandemic and attendant restrictions has left “hundreds of millions” of Africans at risk, said Moeti.
Meningitis had “somewhat dropped off the radar” but could now take “an enormous toll on our countries, with COVID-19 threatening some of the extensive gains that had been made in the past,” she said during a weekly briefing.
WHO says its reports show that meningitis control activities were reduced by 50% in 2020 compared to 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak in Africa, although “a slight improvement” was recorded in 2021.
Children are most threatened according to WHO data that shows about half of meningitis cases and deaths occur in children under 5 years of age.
More than 350 million people in 24 high-risk African countries received jabs of the vaccine since 2010, until the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic slowed down progress.
Meningitis is a serious infection of the membranes protecting the brain and spinal cord, according to WHO. It is caused by “many different pathogens” that include fungi, viruses and bacteria. Bacterial meningitis is the most deadly, according to the WHO.
Carriers can spread the disease through respiratory or throat fluids via close and prolonged contact like kissing, sneezing or coughing or living close to an infected person.
Meningitis has the potential to cause epidemics and it can lead to death within 24 hours, while one in five patients are left with lifelong disability after infection, according to the WHO.
Symptoms include headache, a stiff neck, sudden onset of fever, nausea or vomiting, feeling drowsy or confused, or developing a sudden dislike of bright light, according to the WHO. | https://www.wpri.com/health/ap-health/ap-who-launches-drive-to-fight-bacterial-meningitis-in-africa/ | 2022-09-09T14:45:10Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/health/ap-health/ap-who-launches-drive-to-fight-bacterial-meningitis-in-africa/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Not that they needed it, but the Bills' shellacking of the Rams should motivate the 49ers. San Francisco is in a prime position to get off to a 1-0 start against the Chicago Bears in Week 1.
The Niners are 7-point favorites at DraftKings Sportsbook, with the total on the game the lowest of any Week 1 contest by two points at 40. Vegas predicts the 49ers will win somewhere in the neighborhood of 23-16.
Kyle Shanahan and company have advantages all over the field. None more significant than the matchup in the trenches defensively. Teven Jenkins, who will be a good player, moves from tackle to right guard. Braxton Jones, a Day 3 rookie, will start at left tackle. Lucas Patrick, who started 13 games for the Packers last season, will be another new starter at center.
Chicago is inexperienced at the offensive skill positions and will have two rookies starting in the secondary. Unfortunately, youth generally leads to mistakes early in the season.
Hopefully, that's not the case for the 49ers, who aren't exactly over the hill when you look up and down the roster. Two first-time starters at guard, and there's a 22-year-old starter under center.
Unlike the Bears roster, the 49ers have depth and talent everywhere that should help mitigate perceived weaknesses elsewhere.
If I were a betting man, I'd play it safe and use the Niners as a teaser leg this weekend, likely with the Vikings or Ravens. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/9/23343759/49ers-bears-week-1-odds | 2022-09-09T14:45:13Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/9/23343759/49ers-bears-week-1-odds | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It’s no secret that the 49ers want to run the hell out of the ball against the Bears. Luckily it looks like they took a big step towards being able to do just that, thanks to the recovery of right tackle Mike McGlinchey.
According to offensive line coach Chris Foerster, McGlinchey is looking like his old self.
“He looks the best he’s looked. Knock on wood that he holds in there. He fought through the rough injury coming back in the Green Bay game, got about eight plays in, and now he’s really done a nice job, man. These last few days, he’s looked like the Mike that we’ve all hoped he would look like. That’s been encouraging. And again, same thing, he’s got to string some games together here, and I hope that he goes out on Sunday and has a really nice outing.”
Last year against Chicago the 49ers ran the ball 26 times for 145 yards, and I think the formula will be the same this week. Don’t be deceived by the that high 5.6 yards per carry mark, though. Nothing came easy on the ground in that game.
Elijah Mitchell rushed for 137 yards vs CHI in Week 8 last season.
— Steph Sanchez (@Steph49K) September 7, 2022
135(!) of those yards came after contact, per PFF. That’s absurd. #49ers
Hopefully the addition of Trey Lance and Deebo Samuel on the ground can give the running game enough diversity to make things a little easier this week.
As far as McGlinchey’s pass blocking, he shouldn’t be tested too much in this one. The Bears don’t have a truly dominating pass rusher, but veteran Robert Quinn could potentially line up on McGlinchey’s side for a few snaps, if only to escape the black hole that is Trent Williams.
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Vuzix invited to highlight new Zoom X conferencing service at event
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, today announced that the Company will be broadly showcasing its M400 smart glasses at Deutsche Telekom's ("DT") Digital X 2022 exhibition, taking place September 13-14 in Cologne, Germany. Digital X is DT's main event around digitization in the DACH region of Europe. Every year, the event transforms more than 100 popular locations in Cologne's city center into a hands-on experience around the latest in networking technology. The event brings together various DT groups, SMEs, start-ups, politicians, visionaries, and other top industry experts. This year, one spotlight is on AR-enhanced mobile workforce options, with DT and its key partner Zoom Video Communications ("Zoom") unveiling Zoom X, a new and highly secure video conferencing service.
Invited as the AR technology platform of choice by DT, Vuzix is proud to provide an extensive technology footprint to help attendees explore the potential of a fully connected workforce. The Company will be showcasing its workhorse M400 smart glasses at both the DT and Zoom exhibits and will feature several hands-on demonstrations that present the versatility of connected AR smart glasses across a variety of enterprise use cases. Vuzix smart glasses will be seen across the city center as specially equipped staff will be circulating throughout the event, interacting with exhibition-goers while staying interconnected using the Zoom X platform.
"We're honored to support DT's clear vision of the future, where they can extend their enhanced network capabilities to an even broader set of enterprise customers, fully connected through Vuzix smart glasses and the power of Zoom X," said Paul Travers, President and CEO of Vuzix. "Following the conclusion of Digital X, DT plans to integrate Vuzix connected workforce use cases into Customer Experience Centers across Germany and beyond. We look forward to helping DT's enterprise clients experience fully hands-free mobility anywhere within their expansive network."
About Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix is a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets. The Company's products include personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable high-quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, wearable displays and augmented reality. Vuzix holds 252 patents and patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the Video Eyewear field. The Company has won Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2022 and several wireless technology innovation awards among others. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (NASDAQ: VUZI) with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK, and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit the Vuzix website, Twitter and Facebook pages.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A record eight whooping crane chicks have taken wing in Louisiana after hatching in the wild. It’s not just a state record for fledglings of the world’s rarest crane, but one for any flock reintroduced to the wild to help save the endangered birds, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said Thursday.
“That is very exciting. We’re absolutely thrilled that the Louisiana program has done so phenomenally well,” said Anne Lacy, senior manager for North America programs at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
The previous record was set in 2018, when six wild-hatched birds fledged in the flock that was taught to migrate between Wisconsin and Florida by following ultralight aircraft, Louisiana wildlilfe biologist Sara Zimorski said in an email. That also was Louisiana’s previous record wild fledgling year, at five.
The brown-and-white juveniles which survive to adulthood will be white with red caps and black mustaches and wingtips, and about 5 feet (1.5 meters) tall. Their wingspan can reach 7 feet (2.1 meters) across.
Only about 800 “whoopers” exist, according to the crane foundation. About 500 are in the only natural flock, which winters in Texas and breeds in Alberta, Canada. About 80 are in the Wisconsin-Florida flock, nearly 140 in captivity and seven in an introduced flock that failed in Florida.
Louisiana’s flock now totals 76, said a news release from Wildlife and Fisheries.
Three males and three females raised at the Audubon Nature Institute’s species survival center in New Orleans will join them in November, said assistant curator Richard Dunn.
A fourth female will remain at Audubon for breeding to be sure her good genes meet up with a good match, Dunn said. That’s important because every crane alive is descended from 15 that lived in Texas in 1941. Biologists estimate there were more than 10,000 before habitat loss and overhunting nearly killed them off.
The Louisiana and Wisconsin-Florida flocks are being nurtured in hope of creating a cushion in case anything happens to the natural flock.
Two of the 14 or 15 birds hatched in Wisconsin’s wilds this year will survive to fledging and a third, which broke a wing, is being kept for captive breeding, Lacy said.
She said the foundation just released two yearlings that were raised at the Calgary zoo but couldn’t be sent to Wisconsin last year because of COVID-19 precautions. Seven bred in captivity are to be released later this year.
The Texas-Canada flock is listed as endangered, though the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering whether to change that to threatened. The “experimental” flocks are classified as threatened because that loosens regulations, making reintroductions more feasible.
“We can’t point out exactly why this was our best year” for fledglings, Zimorski said in the news release. Experience may have played a part — only one of 17 nesting pairs were first-timers, and that pair’s chicks didn’t survive, she wrote in an email.
“Three pairs that had nested unsuccessfully in previous years hatched and fledged chicks this year,” she wrote.
Zimorski said dry conditions during the breeding season, from February until June, may also have played a part.
“I don’t think we’ve had a nesting season during a drought like we had this year,’’ Zimorski said in the news release. “Intuitively it doesn’t seem like that would be good, but according to some colleagues from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, other species of water birds often have really good breeding success in drought years that follow wet years, which we definitely had last year.’’
Last year, 24 pairs mated for what was then a record 14 hatchlings in Louisiana, but only four grew old enough to fly.
Biologists don’t know the sex of this year’s fledglings or those of two birds that hatched last year. The others are 38 males and 28 females.
Whooping cranes mate for life.
“A few birds that nested in 2021 lost their mate and though I think most of them were repaired they didn’t nest with their new mates,” Zimorski said in an email. “Additionally, there were a couple of pairs that nested in 2021 who are still alive and together but just didn’t nest this year.”
Federal and state agencies began Louisiana’s reintroduction in 2011; the first chick hatched in 2016.
This year was the second in a row and the third since 2016 that twins both fledged, the department said. Whooping cranes lay one or two eggs per nest, but generally only one grows up even if two hatch.
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A Missouri boarding school already under scrutiny amid physical and sexual abuse allegations may soon be shut down, following a judge’s ruling.
Cedar County Circuit Judge David Munton signed an order Wednesday night to close Agape Boarding School in Stockton after the Missouri attorney general’s office and the state Department of Social Services filed petitions citing evidence that someone on the state registry for child abuse and neglect was actively working there.
But early Thursday, Munton stated in a court document that before closing the school he wanted the sheriff to confirm that the employee is still working at Agape. Officials have not said whether that’s the case, and a hearing originally scheduled for Thursday to decide Agape’s fate was postponed until Monday.
“Agape’s employment of a staff member who is listed on the state’s Child Abuse/Neglect Central Registry presents an immediate health and safety concern for the children residing at Agape,” the petition from Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office stated. “This new development is sadly consistent with the dark pattern of behavior at Agape previously exposed by the Attorney General’s Office and DSS.”
Agape’s lawyer, John Schultz, said the school remains open. The judge noted in Missouri’s online court filing system that the state and Agape agreed that two Children’s Division workers will have access “to observe the children there” until the hearing occurs.
“My Office has continued to monitor and investigate this situation and when we learned that there was a clear violation of the law, we took swift and decisive action,” Schmitt said in a statement. “We have worked closely with DSS to put into place a Court ordered plan to allow constant on-site monitoring of the children at Agape by DSS to ensure their safety until the hearing is held.”
Munton’s order, if carried out, would require the removal of all 63 boys at Agape, and require assessments of their health, safety and well-being.
Allegations of physical and sexual abuse at Agape and nearby Christian boarding school Circle of Hope Girls’ Ranch prompted a state law last year requiring stricter oversight of such facilities. Among other things, the new law allows state or local authorities to petition the court for closure of a facility if there is believed to be an immediate health or safety threat to the children.
Last year, Agape’s longtime doctor, David Smock, was charged with child sex crimes and five employees were charged with low-level abuse counts. Schmitt’s office contended that 22 workers should have been charged, and with more serious crimes. But in Missouri, only the local prosecutor can file charges, and Cedar County Prosecuting Attorney Ty Gaither has said no additional employees would be charged.
Meanwhile, the husband-and-wife founders of Circle of Hope, Boyd and Stephanie Householder, face a combined 99 charges that include child abuse and neglect, sex crimes and other counts. The school was ordered shut down in 2020 amid the investigation.
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A bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a $2.46 billion reorganization plan proposed by the Boy Scouts of America, which would allow it to keep operating while compensating tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children while involved in Scouting.
Though legal hurdles remain, the ruling by Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein in Delaware marked an important milestone for the BSA, which sought bankruptcy protection more than two years ago to stave off a flood of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by Scout leaders and volunteers.
Lawyers for some of the victims said the amount an individual survivor may receive from the bankruptcy plan depends on multiple factors relating to the alleged abuse. The plan calls for the BSA and its local councils, along with settling insurance companies and troop sponsoring organizations, including Catholic institutions and parishes, to contribute to a fund for survivors. In return, those groups would be shielded from future lawsuits over Scout-related abuse allegations.
More than 80,000 men have filed claims saying they were abused as children by troop leaders around the country.
“Credit to the courageous survivors that this breakthrough in child and scouting safety has been achieved,” said attorney Jeff Anderson, whose firm represented more than 800 Boy Scout abuse survivors.
Anderson said most of the $2.46 billion is to be paid to survivors, but some funds would be set aside in a trust to continue litigation against entities that have not settled, mainly insurance companies.
It will likely take months for any of the abuse claimants to receive compensation.
Anderson said the settlement has drawn mixed reactions from his clients. Many are proud they stood up and demanded a cleanup of the Irving, Texas-based Boy Scouts, while others feel like they were dismissed because the organization “hid behind the statute of limitations” in some states.
The Boy Scouts of America said it is pleased the court has approved its reorganization plan.
“We continue to be enormously grateful to the survivor community, whose bravery, patience, and willingness to share their experiences has been instrumental in the formation of this Plan,” the organization said in a statement.
The Boy Scouts said the perspectives and priorities of the survivors ”will be ingrained in the BSA’s programming moving forward.”
The BSA also said that because certain parties have said they plan to appeal the order, the organization will next begin an appeal process in order to emerge from Chapter 11, “which will allow survivors to be equitably compensated and preserve the mission of Scouting for future generations.”
A federal district judge must sign off on Silberstein’s ruling.
When it filed for bankruptcy, the BSA faced about 275 filed lawsuits and was aware of numerous other potential cases. More than 80,000 abuse claims were eventually filed as part of the bankruptcy.
Attorneys for BSA insurers argued early on that the sheer volume of claims was an indication of fraud and the result of aggressive client solicitation by attorneys and for-profit claims aggregators. While some of those insurers later negotiated settlements, other insurers continued to oppose the plan. They argued that the procedures for distributing funds from the compensation trust would violate their contractual rights to contest claims and set a dangerous precedent for mass litigation.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The killing of two utility workers in northern Mexico may be related to the scorched-earth tactics of warring drug cartels, Mexico’s president said Thursday.
Drug cartels in Mexico have increasingly targeted civilian communities in their turf battles, isolating towns that don’t support them by cutting off roads and electricity, or forcing residents to leave.
On Tuesday, assailants opened fire on two trucks carrying workers from the state-owned electrical power company on a highway. Two workers escaped and two were killed.
On Thursday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the area in the northern border state of Sonora was the scene of fighting between gangs, who had cut electricity to two villages as “reprisals.”
“There is fighting between groups there,” López Obrador said of the area around the village of Onavas, where the attack occurred.
While he said the attackers might have mistaken the utility trucks for those of a rival gang, López Obrador noted “there is another hypothesis that suggests they were performing their duties by going to reconnect electricity to two villages that had been cut off by one of the groups as reprisals.”
In the western state of Michoacan, warring drug cartels have periodically cut off villages that appear to support a rival gang, by downing power lines or digging trenches across roadways.
But the attack Tuesday was unusual, because up to now cartels have largely avoided going after public workers trying to reconnect roads or power lines. Moreover, resuscitating the debt-strapped state-owned utility, the Federal Electricity Commission, has been one of López Obrador’s main policy initiatives.
Drug cartels — including the La Linea gang based in Ciudad Juarez and factions of the Sinaloa cartel — have been fighting over the lucrative drug-producing and shipping zones of Sonora state for years.
The cartel conflict may have played a role in the 2019 ambush slayings of nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens in a rural area relatively near Onavas.
The three women and six children from the extended Langford, LeBaron and Miller families were ambushed and slain by suspected drug gang assassins on Nov. 4, 2019.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Xiyu “Janet” Lin of China opened with five birdies in six holes, birdied all but one of the par 5s and had an 8-under 64 on Thursday for a one-shot lead over Nasa Hataoka in the Kroger Queen City Championship.
The LPGA Tour returned to Cincinnati for the first time in 33 years and was greeted with a gorgeous day and plenty of good scoring at Kenwood Country Club.
That included a remarkable performance by 14-year-old Gianna Clemente, who made it through Monday qualifying for the third week in a row on the LPGA Tour and this time has a chance to play all four days. Clemente played bogey-free for a 70.
It did not include Lexi Thompson. One week after she played in the final group and didn’t make a birdie until the 18th hole to tie for 16th, Thompson didn’t make a single birdie in her round of 76, her highest of the year at a regular LPGA event. She had a 77 at Muirfield when she missed the cut in the Women’s British Open.
Lin is coming off a tie for seventh at the Dana Open, showing signs of life after a good start to the year. Playing in the afternoon, she opened with three straight birdies on the back nine, made par, and then added two more birdies.
“That was a dream start. You can’t ask for a better start,” Lin said. “So I just tell myself, ‘Need to keep going.’’
Her lone bogey came on the par-4 seventh toward the end of her round, and she responded with her ninth birdie of the round to regain the lead over Hataoka.
“I still do need to adjust my tee shots, but other than that, my iron and putting is good. I just have to keep that going,” Hataoka said.
The surprise was Clemente, who splits time between her native Ohio and Florida and lost in the championship match of the U.S. Junior Girls this year.
She got through Monday qualifying for Canada and missed the cut, then did it again for the Dana Open outside Toledo and missed the cut.
For her third straight start, the teenager made only two birdies and very few mistakes. And she wasn’t entirely satisfied.
“I feel good about it. Could have been a little better. I can think of a couple putts that maybe I should have made,” Clemente said. “But it was all right. I definitely know that I can go lower than that, so I’m going to go work on my putting a little bit and we’ll get that fixed up a little bit and hopefully it’ll be lower tomorrow.”
Former U.S. Women’s Open champion A Lim Kim and Sarah Kemp were at 66, while the group at 67 included Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand and former Women’s PGA champion Sei Young Kim.
The most exciting round belonged to Paula Creamer in her second tournament back from having her first baby. She shot a 72 that was far from even. Creamer holed out from 104 yards with a gap wedge for an eagle on par-4 fifth hole. Three holes later, Creamer made a hole-in-one with a 7-iron.
That’s two eagles in one round, along with three birdies. But she also had five bogeys and a double bogey, and had to settle for at least being inside the cut line going into Friday.
“I made a lot of putting mistakes and did some mental errors here and there. Unfortunately, my scorecard is a roller coaster. But that’s golf,” Creamer said.
“I feel good with where my game is at. I know it’s an up and down thing, but I just need to stay on path with what we’re doing,” she said. “I really do think it’s going to produce great things here eventually.”
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — There was more than one opportunity for sibling rivalry Thursday in a Milwaukee Brewers-San Francisco Giants doubleheader that featured two sets of brothers.
Brewers left-hander Taylor Rogers and Giants right-hander Tyler Rogers are twins who were warming up at the same time late in the opening game. Giants lefty Scott Alexander and his younger brother, Brewers right-hander Jason Alexander, conducted the lineup exchange before the second game.
“It was weird,” Scott Alexander said. “While we were playing catch, I saw him over there playing catch and it was hard not to keep looking over to see what he was doing. I’m sure it will hit days from now, but definitely a special moment.”
According to Elias Sports Bureau, the last time two sets of brothers played against each other in the same game was Aug. 6, 1977, when St. Louis’ Hector Cruz and Bob Forsch and Houston’s Jose Cruz and Ken Forsch all played in a game the Cardinals won 3-1.
Elias’ records only accounted for instances in which all four siblings saw action in the game. Only Tyler Rogers and Scott Alexander played in the opening game of Thursday’s doubleheader, a 2-1 Brewers victory.
Taylor Rogers struck out the side in the ninth inning of the second game to earn the save in Milwaukee’s 4-2 triumph.
“It’s one of those things you can’t really explain how cool it is watching your brother, and like Jason knows what I feel when I’m watching my brother,” Taylor Rogers said. “That’s kind of cool, we can share that.”
Although each of the Rogers twins were warming up late in the first game of the Brewers’ doubleheader sweep, only Tyler Rogers ended up pitching at that point.
“If I was going to go out in that inning, when the inning ended, I planned on just staying out there and handing him the ball if that had happened,” Taylor Rogers said.
In the first game, Scott Alexander pitched a scoreless first inning as the Giants’ opener and Tyler Rogers pitched a scoreless eighth inning.
Jason Alexander didn’t appear in either game of the doubleheader. He’s the Brewers’ scheduled starter Friday against the Cincinnati Reds.
Even so, the siblings considered this a special moment. They particularly appreciated the opportunity to meet for the lineup exchange.
“This will probably go down as one of my favorite moments in baseball,” Jason Alexander said.
The Alexanders said this was the first time they had ever been involved in the same game as teammates or opponents. Scott is almost four years older than Jason.
“So we missed each other in high school and things like that,” Scott Alexander said. “That was the first time we’ve ever been on the field at the same time.”
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Death of Queen Elizabeth II: Pilot informs airline passengers about her passing
Passengers and crew aboard one flight heading into London on Thursday learned of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II prior to landing.
The moment was captured on video Thursday.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN: Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, dies at 96
"I thought I should at least tell you that before you arrive at the terminal, because I know many will be very, very sad about this," the pilot said.
In the video, you can see two flight attendants on opposite ends of the cabin wiping tears from their eyes.
Buckingham Palace announced the queen’s death in a statement, writing that Elizabeth "died peacefully" on Thursday afternoon at Balmoral Castle, which had been her summer residence in Scotland.
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in British History after 70 years on the throne. She was 96.
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Her 73-year-old son Prince Charles automatically becomes king, though the coronation might not take place for months. Royal officials said Britain's new monarch will be known as King Charles III.
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Death of Queen Elizabeth II: What could change in the months ahead as Charles becomes king
PHOENIX - The death of Queen Elizabeth II marked the end of an era for not only the United Kingdom, but also for many other countries around the world as well.
As her son, now known as King Charles III, takes over the reign from his late mother, there will likely be some changes that will take place in the UK and a number of other countries, including some countries close to the US.
Here's what you should know about the changes ahead.
Heads of State
King Charles (then Prince Charles, Prince of Wales), in a photo taken on September 7, 2022. (Photo by Jane Barlow - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
While it goes without saying that with the queen's death, the United Kingdom will get a new head of state, it is also worth noting that this will also mean a change in a number of other countries' heads of state.
This is because a number of countries around the world also have the British monarch as their monarch.
According to reports from the BBC, King Charles III will also become the head of state in 14 countries that are known as "Commonwealth Realms." These countries are located around the world, with many of them in North America and the Caribbeans.
According to an archived version of the Royal Family website from Aug. 2, 2022, the Queen was also the monarch of the following countries:
- Australia
- The Bahamas
- Belize
- Canada
- Grenada
- Jamaica
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- St. Christopher and Nevis (also known as St. Kitts and Nevis)
- St. Lucia
- Tuvalu
The Commonwealth
The Commonwealth, which describes itself as a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal countries, has roots that go back to the days of the British Empire.
The queen, according to a fact sheet published by the group, is recognized as the symbolic head of the association. During a meeting involving the Heads of Government of the various member countries in 2018, it was decided that Charles will be the head of the Commonwealth when the Queen passes.
Prince of Wales, other royal titles
Prior to becoming king, Charles was often known by one of his titles, Prince of Wales.
According to the Prince of Wales' website, Charles was invested as Prince of Wales in July 1969 by his mother. Portions of the investiture ceremony, in fact, were dramatized in an episode of the Netflix drama series The Crown.
On the Encyclopedia Britannica, it is noted that the title Prince of Wales is reserved exclusively to the heir of the British throne, following a decision made by the then-King of England in the 1300s.
The title, however, is not passed down automatically, and with Charles becoming king, the title Prince of Wales has ceased to exist, at least until the king bestows the title upon a son.
As the person who is currently first in line to succeed Charles, Prince William, according to established customs, will become the next Prince of Wales if and when Charles confers the title on him, according to the BBC.
According to UK newspaper The Independent, the creation of William as Prince of Wales will also mean that William's wife, Kate Middleton, will be known as Princess of Wales. The title was not used by Camilla due to its association with Diana.
Other royal titles are also affected. According to The Independent, two titles that were used by Charles during his time as Prince - Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay - are now passed on to Prince William. Both titles are reserved for the heir to the British throne. The same article also noted that based on a rule set over a century ago, Prince Harry's son and daughter are now technically prince and princess.
Anthems
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the song "God Save The Queen" is the United Kingdom's royal and national anthem. The song's melody is also used for "My Country 'Tis of Thee."
In addition, government websites in Australia and Canada also state that "God Save The Queen" is their respective countries' royal anthem. Both of those countries have different songs as their national anthem.
Since the anthem's title and lyrics make multiple references to a female monarch, it is perhaps not a surprise that any references to a "queen" in the song will be changed to "king." However, UK newspaper The Guardian has noted that it may take time before large crowds sing the new version with confidence.
Currency
A Bahamian One Dollar bill
During Queen Elizabeth's reign, many countries with ties to the Commonwealth have featured the queen on their currencies.
Besides the British Pound, some other examples of currencies featuring Queen Elizabeth II include Australia's $5 bill, all denominations of Australian Dollar coins, some denominations of the Bahamian Dollar, Canada's $20 bill, and various denominations of the Eastern Caribbean Dollar banknotes and coins, which is used in eight Caribbean countries.
According to the Canadian newspaper Toronto Sun, old banknotes featuring Queen Elizabeth II will be replaced, but not overnight. The banknotes will be gradually phased out and replaced with King Charles' likeness.
The same article, however, notes that there have been proposals to replace the current banknote design with one that drops the monarch altogether.
Passports
According to an archived version of the Royal Family's website that dates back to June 2, 2022, passports in the United Kingdom are issued in the name of the Queen, as stated on the first page.
In Commonwealth realms, it is noted that passports are issued by those countries' Governor-General, as the Queen's representative in that realm. In the case of Canada, passports are issued by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the name of Her Majesty.
It was noted in a 2017 article by the Canadian newspaper National Post that passports, along with other things bearing mentions of a queen, will likely face a process of having references to a queen replaced by references to a king.
Stamps
Regular stamps in the United Kingdom feature a side profile of Queen Elizabeth. In fact, it is noted that the Queen's likeness has been featured on UK stamps since the start of her reign.
With Charles becoming king, stamps in the UK will eventually change designs in order to feature Charles.
Lawyers
In England and Wales, some senior trial lawyers (known as barristers in local vocabulary) are given the title "Queen's Counsel." That title is given as "a mark of outstanding ability," and it has been noted that most senior judges once practiced as QCs.
Outside of England and Wales, a number of countries and regions, like Australia, Canada, Grenada, Scotland and St. Kitts and Nevis, also appoint Queen's Counsels.
On Sept. 8, it was announced by the Bar Council, which represents lawyers in England and Wales, that the title Queen's Counsel has been changed to King's Counsel. Other countries may follow suit in the months ahead.
The future
According to UK newspaper The i, King Charles' reign as monarch for some of the current Commonwealth Realms might not be long, as some of those countries have indicated their desires to ditch the monarch, and become countries with heads of states that are not monarchs.
In the UK itself, it was reported by The Guardian in 2016 that there are suggestions for a referendum to be held on whether or not to abolish the monarchy when the queen passes.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Connecticut Sun made no secret about wanting revenge against Chicago in the teams’ WNBA Playoffs semifinal series, especially after the Sky sent them packing from the semifinals in 2021 while on the way to the title.
“We come up here every year and Chicago kicks our (butt),” Sun forward DeWanna Bonner said of the Sky, who swept all four regular-season meetings.
Jonquel Jones had 15 points and 10 rebounds and the Sun overcame an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter, beating the Sky 72-63 on Thursday night in the decisive fifth game. The Sun scored the final 18 points to overcome a 63-54 deficit with 4:46 remaining.
All the Sun starters scored in double figures and Connecticut advanced to the Finals for the third time overall and first time since 2019.
Connecticut will face the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces for the WNBA title. The first game of the series is Sunday in Las Vegas.
“There will be a new champion in this league,” Sun coach Curt Miller said. “There will be a first-time franchise champion. There will be a new coach, once again, that will be a first-time champion.”
Chicago was attempting to become the first team to repeat as WNBA champions since the Los Angeles Sparks in 2001-02.
Jones scored inside to put the Sun ahead with two minutes left, hitting an ensuing free throw for a three-point lead. A pull-up jumper by Courtney Williams with 47.5 seconds remaining gave the Sun a five-point cushion, and DeWanna Bonner knocked down four free throws to put the game out of reach.
Connecticut outscored Chicago 25-5 in the fourth quarter, recovering from a disastrous third period in which it scored eight points and turned the ball over seven times.
“When adversity hits, sometimes we fold,” Natisha Hiedeman said. “Not no more, we’re not folding no more. As you all saw (after) the third quarter, we picked up right back up once again. Now we’re going to the championship. Job not done yet.”
Kahleah Copper led the Sky with 22 points on 8-for-19 shooting, including 3 of 5 from long distance, and added four steals.
Bonner chipped in with 15 points, Hiedeman added 14 and Williams and Alyssa Thomas each added 12 for Connecticut.
Emma Meesseman, who finished with 14 points on 6-for-14 shooting and six rebounds, gave the Sky an 11-point lead with 7:20 to play.
Chicago coach James Wade called the late collapse “one of the biggest disappointments” of his professional career.
“We haven’t had a quarter like that, and to end the season off it, (that) didn’t display what we’ve actually done,” Wade said. “I just wish I could’ve got them a bucket and I just couldn’t. It’s just a tough feeling.”
In the opening half, the Sun continued the torrid shooting they had in Game 4, when they made 56.9% of their shots. But that slowed in the third quarter, as the Sky defense tightened.
Candace Parker buried a 3-pointer and Copper followed with three-point play to give Chicago a 10-point lead entering the fourth. But Chicago’s shooting went cold and the Sky missed their last eight shots.
“Of course it was not intentional, but maybe we stopped attacking,” Courtney Vandersloot said. “(Maybe) we were scared to lose, rather than trying to win. But I feel like we got good looks, we just didn’t knock them down.”
Parker finished with seven points and nine rebounds.
DOUBTERS BEWARE
Miller called the Sun’s fourth quarter performance “historic,” but he is well aware his team will once again be considered underdogs in the final against Vegas.
“Not many people will pick us against Vegas either, and that’s OK,” Miller said. “We’re going to prepare and try to make it a Connecticut Sun style of game.”
To do so, he’ll rely on more stellar post play from Jones, Thomas and Brionna Jones.
“(Parker) is an incredible, all-time great in this league,” Miller said. “But I hope that someone writes (about how) the combination of JJ, AT and Bri Jones have knocked her out three of the last four years. I hope that post group gets credit for what they do, night in and night for us.”
PARKER’S DECISION
Parker once again finds herself with a difficult decision about retirement after the 36-year-old decided to hunt back-to-back titles this year with Chicago.
“I’m going to go back and reevaluate whether I’m able to continue to play at the level that I hold myself to,” Parker said. “And I think that’s the biggest thing, I don’t ever want to cheat the game. I won’t cheat the game.”
Just as in 2021, Parker will take her time weighing her options during the offseason.
“So when I’m not able to go out and play and be the Candace that I want to be, I won’t play,” Parker said. “And I think that comes in the offseason.”
WINDOW CLOSED?
Parker, Vandersloot and Quigley all indicated they would make decisions about their basketball futures during the offseason.
All three of their contracts are set to expire. The same goes for Belgian forward Meesseman, who joined the Sky on a one-year deal in February.
“Every single day, we are all committed, 100% invested into winning a championship and making history,” Vandersloot said. “We fell short, but it wasn’t for lack of effort. It wasn’t for lack of commitment.”
Quigley reflected on her tenure with the Sky and expressed gratitude for how she and Vandersloot, now married, came to meet in Chicago.
“I never imagined it ending up like this or having the career I had,” Quigley said. “Especially being able to do it in Chicago with my family, meet my wife, it’s unbelievable. I couldn’t ask for anything better.”
TIP-INS
Connecticut’s 18-0 scoring run to end the game is the longest scoring run any WNBA team has mounted to finish a playoff game. … Chicago averaged over 40 points in the paint throughout the season, but scored just 24 on Thursday. … Parker added nine more boards to extend her all-time WNBA playoff record to 609 rebounds. She surpassed Tamika Catchings (598) on Tuesday.
UP NEXT
Chicago will face the top-seeded Aces in Las Vegas in the opener of the WNBA Finals on Sunday afternoon.
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It was a classic and comforting sight on the British sporting calendar, Queen Elizabeth II smiling and waving from inside a horse-drawn carriage leading other members of the royal family in a procession along the racetrack at Royal Ascot.
The monarch would then spend the day watching the races from the Royal Enclosure, cheering on her horses — win or lose.
And she won plenty.
Horse racing was the big sporting fascination of the queen, who died on Thursday at the age of 96. She first rode a horse at the age of 3 — and was immediately besotted with them — and would inherit the breeding and racing stock of her father, King George VI, when she acceded to the throne in 1952.
She became one of the biggest faces of British and global horse racing.
The queen was also present at some of the most famous occasions in British sporting history.
She handed the Jules Rimet Trophy to England captain Bobby Moore when the national soccer team won the men’s World Cup by beating West Germany at Wembley Stadium in 1966.
She was in the Royal Box on Centre Court at Wimbledon when British player Virginia Wade won the women’s singles title in 1977, the championship’s centenary year.
And, more recently, she had a cameo in the opening ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012, filming a comedy sketch with James Bond actor Daniel Craig where the queen — well, a stunt double, anyway — jumped out of a helicopter and parachuted into the Olympic Stadium. She allowed Danny Boyle, who directed the ceremony, and his crew access to her quarters at Buckingham Palace for a one-day shoot a few months earlier.
Horse racing was her big love, though, and she was often seen visiting The Royal Stud at her estate at Sandringham, patting her horses tenderly.
“My philosophy about racing is simple,” she said in a BBC documentary, The Queen’s Racehorses: A Personal View. “I enjoy breeding a horse that is faster than other people’s.
“And to me, that is a gamble from a long way back. I enjoy going racing but I suppose, basically, I love horses, and the thoroughbred epitomizes a really good horse to me.”
The queen had approaching 2,000 winners as a racehorse owner, with her jockeys always wearing purple, gold and scarlet — the colors of the storied royal racing silks also used by father and great grandfather, King Edward VII.
Her first winner was a horse called Monaveen, at Fontwell in 1949, and she went on to win all of the so-called “classics” in British horse racing except for The Derby, another event she attended for most of her life.
One of the queen’s most famous wins came at Royal Ascot in 2013 when Estimate became the first horse owned by a reigning monarch to win the prestigious Gold Cup. It was her first win in an elite race since 1989 and she was seen clapping enthusiastically as jockey Ryan Moore powered through to finish first by a neck in front of 61,000 racegoers.
Michael Stoute, who trained the queen’s horses, said winning races gave her a “special thrill.”
“She really loves this game,” he said after Estimate’s victory, “and it’s a great recreation for her.”
She was the champion owner in British flat racing on two occasions, in 1954 and ’57.
The queen even attended America’s greatest horse race, the Kentucky Derby, in 2007 while visiting the heart of U.S. racing in Kentucky bluegrass country.
Following the announcement of the queen’s death, the British Horseracing Authority said racing in Britain for the rest of Thursday and Friday would be suspended “as we begin to grieve Her Majesty’s passing and remember her extraordinary life and contribution to our sport and our nation.”
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King Charles III takes the throne after a lifetime of preparation
LONDON - Prince Charles has been preparing for the crown his entire life. Now, at age 73, that moment has finally arrived.
Charles, the oldest person to ever assume the British throne, became King Charles III on Thursday following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. No date has been set for his coronation.
After an apprenticeship that began as a child, Charles embodies the modernization of the British monarchy. He was the first heir not educated at home, the first to earn a university degree, and the first to grow up in the ever-intensifying glare of the media as deference to royalty faded.
FILE - Prince Charles, Prince of Wales visits the new Emergency Service Station at Barnard Castle on Feb. 15, 2018, in Durham, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson - WPA Pool /Getty Images)
He also alienated many with his messy divorce from the much-loved Princess Diana, and by straining the rules that prohibit royals from intervening in public affairs, wading into debates on issues such as environmental protection and architectural preservation.
"He now finds himself in, if you like, the autumn of his life, having to think carefully about how he projects his image as a public figure," said historian Ed Owens. "He’s nowhere near as popular as his mother."
Charles must figure out how to generate the "public support, a sense of endearment" that characterized the relationship Elizabeth had with the British public, Owens said.
In other words, will Charles be as loved by his subjects? It’s a question that has overshadowed his entire life.
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A shy boy with a domineering father, Charles grew into a sometimes-awkward, understated man who is nevertheless confident in his own opinions. Unlike his mother, who refused to publicly discuss her views, Charles has delivered speeches and written articles on issues close to his heart, such as climate change, green energy and alternative medicine.
His accession to the throne is likely to fuel debate about the future of Britain’s largely ceremonial monarchy, seen by some as a symbol of national unity and others as an obsolete vestige of feudal history.
"We know the monarch and certainly the monarch’s family – they’re not meant to have political voices. They’re not meant to have political opinions. And the fact that he’s been flexing, if you like, his political muscle is something that he will have to be really careful with ... lest he be seen as unconstitutional," said Owens, who wrote "The Family Firm: Monarchy, Mass Media and the British Public, 1932-53."
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Charles, who will be the head of state for the U.K. and 14 other countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, has defended his actions.
"I always wonder what meddling is, I always thought it was motivating," he said in "Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70," a 2018 documentary. "I’ve always been intrigued if it’s meddling to worry about the inner cities, as I did 40 years ago and what was happening or not happening there, the conditions in which people were living. If that’s meddling, I’m very proud of it."
In the same interview, however, Charles acknowledged that as king, he wouldn’t be able to speak out or interfere in politics because the role of sovereign is different from being the Prince of Wales.
Charles has said he intends to reduce the number of working royals, cut expenses and better represent modern Britain.
But tradition matters, too, for a man whose office previously described the monarchy as "the focal point for national pride, unity and allegiance."
That has meant a life of palaces and polo, attracting criticism that Charles was out of touch with everyday life, being lampooned for having a valet who purportedly squeezed toothpaste onto his brush.
But it was the disintegration of his marriage to Diana that made many question his fitness for the throne. Then, as he aged, his handsome young sons stole the limelight from a man who had a reputation for being as gray as his Saville Row suits.
Biographer Sally Bedell Smith, author of "Prince Charles: the Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life,’’ described him as being constantly overshadowed by others in the family, despite his destiny.
"I think the frustrations are not so much that he’s had to wait for the throne," Smith told PBS. "I think his main frustration is that he has done so much and that ... he has been sort of massively misunderstood. He’s sort of been caught between two worlds: the world of his mother, revered, now beloved; and Diana, the ghost of whom still shadows him; and then his incredibly glamorous sons."
It took years for many in Britain to forgive Charles for his admitted infidelity to Diana before "the people’s princess" died in a Paris car crash in 1997. But the public mood softened after he married Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005 and she became the Duchess of Cornwall.
Although Camilla played a significant role in the breakup of Charles and Diana, her self-deprecating style and salt-of-the-earth sense of humor eventually won over many Britons.
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall continue to laugh after a bubble bee took a liking to Prince Charles during their visit to the Orokonui Ecosanctuary on Nov. 5, 2015, in Dunedin, New Zealand. (Photo by Rob Jefferies/Ge
She helped Charles smile more in public by tempering his reserve and making him appear approachable, if not happier, as he cut ribbons, visited houses of worship, unveiled plaques and waited for the crown.
Her service was rewarded last February, when Queen Elizabeth II said publicly that it was her "sincere wish" that Camilla should be known as "Queen Consort" after her son succeeded her, answering questions once and for all about her status in the Royal Family.
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Prince Charles Philip Arthur George was born Nov. 14, 1948, in Buckingham Palace. When his mother acceded to the throne in 1952, the 3-year-old prince became the Duke of Cornwall. He became Prince of Wales at 20.
His school years were unhappy, with the future king being bullied by classmates at Gordonstoun, a Scottish boarding school that prides itself on building character through vigorous outdoor activities and educated his father, Philip.
Charles studied history at Cambridge University’s Trinity College, where in 1970 he became the first British royal to earn a university degree.
He then spent seven years in uniform, training as a Royal Air Force pilot before joining the Royal Navy, where he learned to fly helicopters. He ended his military career as commander of the HMS Bronington, a minesweeper, in 1976.
Charles’ relationship with Camilla began before he went to sea, but the romance foundered and she married a cavalry officer.
He met Lady Diana Spencer in 1977 when she was 16 and he was dating her older sister. Diana apparently didn’t see him again until 1980, and rumors of their engagement swirled after she was invited to spend time with Charles and the royal family.
They announced their engagement in February 1981. Some awkwardness in their relationship was immediately apparent when, during a televised interview about their betrothal, a reporter asked if they were in love. "Of course," Diana answered immediately, while Charles said, "Whatever ‘in love’ means."
Although Diana giggled at the response, she later said that Charles’ remark "threw me completely."
"God, it absolutely traumatized me," she said in a recording made by her voice coach in 1992-93 that was featured in the 2017 documentary "Diana, In Her Own Words."
The couple married on July 29, 1981, at St. Paul’s Cathedral in a globally televised ceremony. Prince William, now heir to the throne, was born less than a year later, followed by his brother, Prince Harry, in 1984.
The public fairy tale soon crumbled. Charles admitted to adultery to a TV interviewer in 1994. In an interview of her own, Diana drew attention to her husband’s relationship with Camilla, saying: "There were three of us in this marriage."
The revelations tarnished Charles’ reputation among many who celebrated Diana for her style as well as her charity work with AIDS patients and landmine victims.
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer opening the Mountbatten Exhibition at Broadlands, the home of Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was murdered in Ireland.
William and Harry were caught in the middle. While the princes revered their late mother, they said Charles was a good father and praised him as an early advocate for issues like the environment.
Tensions persist inside the royal family, underscored by the decision of Harry and his wife, Meghan, to step away from their royal duties and move to California in 2020. In a televised interview, they later said a member of the royal family had raised "concerns and conversations" about the color of their baby’s skin before he was born. The explosive revelation forced William to publicly declare the family wasn’t racist.
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Charles soldiered on, increasingly standing in for the queen in her twilight years. In 2018, he was named the queen’s designated successor as head of the Commonwealth, an association of 54 nations with links to the British Empire. The process accelerated after the death of her husband, Prince Philip, on April 9, 2021.
As Elizabeth declined, he sometimes stepped in at the last moment.
On the eve of the state opening of Parliament this year, on May 10, the queen asked Charles to preside, delegating one of her most important constitutional duties to him -- evidence that a transition was underway.
Camilla said in a 2018 documentary that Charles was comfortable with the prospect of being king.
"I think his destiny will come,’’ she said. "He’s always known it’s going to come, and I don’t think it does weigh heavily on his shoulders at all."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe’s run to the U.S. Open semifinals is, first and foremost, about Tiafoe himself, a 24-year-old from Maryland who took up tennis because his father was a janitor at a junior training center, a player who never won a match past the fourth round at a Grand Slam tournament until now, who owns one career ATP title and a sub-.500 career record, and whose ranking ranged from 24 to 74 over the past two seasons.
“A Cinderella story,” to use his phrase.
Tiafoe’s tale — which already includes a victory over 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal along the way to Friday’s matchup against No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain with a berth in the final at stake — is about so much more, too.
It is a significant step forward for American men’s tennis right now and could help grow the sport in the future, too.
Tiafoe is the first man from the United States to reach the semifinals at Flushing Meadows since Andy Roddick, 16 years ago. He has a shot at giving the country its first male champion at any Slam since Roddick in New York, 19 years ago.
If he can get past Alcaraz on Friday — the other men’s semifinal is No. 5 Casper Ruud of Norway against No. 27 Karen Khachanov of Russia — Tiafoe would become the first Black man from the U.S. in a major final since MaliVai Washington was the runner-up at Wimbledon in 1996.
“American men’s tennis has been struggling for a couple of decades. Struggling with a standard that we set for ourselves: Grand Slam champions and Grand Slam finals,” Washington said in a telephone interview Thursday. “That has not happened on the men’s side in years.”
A high bar was set by the success of the likes of Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe — the last African American man in the U.S. Open semifinals, in 1972, and the person for whom the event’s main stadium is named — and, before that, Don Budge and Bill Tilden. Thanks to the Williams sisters, and other players who were major champs or runners-up more recently, such as Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys, Sofia Kenin and Danielle Collins, American women’s tennis has stayed relevant long past the days of Chris Evert and Billie Jean King.
“It absolutely helps the U.S. Open to have male and female champions from the U.S. Absolutely,” tournament director Stacey Allaster said. “We had the greatest of all time for decades on the women’s side. And obviously we’ve had amazing American champions on the men’s side, from Pete and Andre to Andy. But it’s been a while.”
As Serena Williams prepared to walk away from her playing days, current athletes such as Tiafoe, 18-year-old Coco Gauff and others spoke during the U.S. Open about the influence she and her sister, Venus, had on their careers.
Gauff has said she plays what she called “a predominantly white sport” because she “saw somebody who looked like me dominating the game.”
The importance of representation can’t be overstated.
“What Frances is doing now is inspiring me,” Washington said. “And I hope he inspires young players — not just Black, but white, Hispanic, Asian. Certainly, because of his background, and the the color of his skin, it’s going to have a certain impact on young Black players and especially young Black boys. And I hope it makes them think, ‘OK, I’ve been playing tennis for a bunch of years. This inspires me to keep going.’ Or: ‘I’ve never played tennis before. This inspires me to try.’”
Tiafoe’s on-court enthusiasm — “which you might see more readily in basketball,” Washington said — and off-court personality could help draw youngsters to tennis.
So could the sorts of social media that didn’t exist in Washington’s playing days.
“I don’t know if you can ever truly know what type of impact you’re having on the next generation until maybe years later, when someone says, ‘Hey, I started playing tennis because I remember watching you at Wimbledon,’” said Washington, whose youth foundation in Jacksonville, Florida, offers after-school and summer programs. “We’re always trying to look for a diverse group of players, trying to find that next player and maybe looking for that next player in unconventional places.”
Martin Blackman, head of the U.S. Tennis Association’s player development program, thinks Tiafoe “resonates and is relevant in the culture. He represents a huge opportunity to make tennis ‘cooler.'”
Tiafoe does not shy from the notion that he can lead the way for others.
“He wants to be a role model,” said his coach, Wayne Ferreira. “I always tell him, ‘If you want to be a role model, you have to win tennis matches.’ … If he can win this tournament, he can be an inspiration for a lot of kids.”
Tiafoe was 6 when he first crossed paths with Blackman, who at the time was a coach at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, Maryland, where little Francis and his twin brother, stayed while Dad worked.
“He would watch the group lessons, he would watch the private lessons, he would hit on the wall,” Blackman said.
Blackman sees what Tiafoe is doing as the result of a process started more than a dozen years ago to try to develop future champions.
Blackman sees a “healthy peer pressure” in the group of American men around Tiafoe’s age who have come through the ranks — and rankings — together, including Taylor Fritz, Reilly Opelka and Tommy Paul.
“We want that same dynamic we had back in the early ‘90s, with Pete, Andre, Jim Courier and Michael Chang,” Blackman said. “That’s another part of why Frances’ breakthrough is so significant.”
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Here's why Prince Charles may have considered changing his regnal name
It may seem obvious that King Charles III kept his birth name as his regnal name once he ascended the British throne upon the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II.
But an anonymous sourced once claimed that then-Prince Charles considered a different name, wanting to avoid invoking the controversial legacies of Britain's Charles I and Charles II.
A "trusted friend" told the London Times in 2005 that the Prince of Wales might avoid the name Charles, claiming it is "tinged with so much sadness."
The same source reported that Charles considered making his regnal name George VII instead to honor his grandfather George VI.
QUEEN ELIZABETH THROUGH THE YEARS
Charles I was notorious for sparring with the English parliament – a tense relationship that led to the English Civil War and his eventual execution.
Charles faced scrutiny for marrying Queen Henrietta Maria, who was a Catholic, and dissolving Parliament at whim whenever he faced disagreement. The controversial monarch once even dissolved Parliament for 11 years.
Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Triptych portrait of King Charles I of England. (Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
After his Royalist Army was defeated by Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War, Charles was executed in 1649. He remains the only English monarch to be tried and executed for treason.
His son, Charles II, was exiled for nearly a decade before eventually ascending the throne in 1660.
Charles II's legacy was also controversial. Like his father, Charles II had dissolved Parliament in 1679 and ruled by himself until his death in 1685. He was also sympathetic to Catholics and even converted to Catholicism on his deathbed, angering English Protestants.
HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND HER RECORD-BREAKING RULE AS THE LONGEST REIGNING BRITISH MONARCH
After the death of Oliver Cromwell and the fall of the Protectorate in 1659 a restoration of the monarchy was negotiated and Charles made a triumphal entry into London on 29 May 1660. (The Print Collector/Getty Images)
The hedonistic king was dubbed "The Merry Monarch" for a court known for debauchery, adultery and gambling. Historians claim Charles II, who surrounded himself with libertines and bawdy courtesans, fathered at least 14 illegitimate children.
But how much the present King Charles III considered the legacies of the two 17th-century kings is unknown. An anonymous source disputed the claim published in the London Times.
"Anyone who knows the Prince of Wales knows he does not sit around talking to his chums, discussing what he wants to be called," the source told The Guardian at the time. "Inasmuch as officials have discussed it with him at accession planning meetings the thinking was that he would remain, Charles." | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/prince-charles-regnal-name | 2022-09-09T14:51:16Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/prince-charles-regnal-name | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Queen Elizabeth II mourned in Britain as Charles becomes king, addresses nation
LONDON - Bells tolled around Britain on Friday and mourners flocked to palace gates to honor Queen Elizabeth II as the country prepared for a new age under a new king.
King Charles III, who spent much of his 73 years preparing for the role, planned to meet with the prime minister and address a nation grieving the only British monarch most of the world had known. He takes the throne in an era of uncertainty for both his country and the monarchy itself.
As the country began a 10-day mourning period, people around the globe gathered at British embassies to pay homage to the queen, who died Thursday in Balmoral Castle in Scotland. In London and at military sites across the United Kingdom, the firing of 96-gun salutes marked each year of the queen’s long life. In Britain and across its former colonies, the widespread admiration for Elizabeth herself was occasionally mixed with scorn for the institution and the imperial history she represented.
On the king's first full day of duties Friday, he left Balmoral and took off from Aberdeen, Scotland, for London, where he's expected to meet Prime Minister Liz Truss, appointed just this week. In the evening, he will deliver a speech to the nation as many Britons are preoccupied with an energy crisis, the soaring cost of living, the war in Ukraine and the fallout from Brexit.
Hundreds of people arrived through the night to leave flowers outside the gates of Buckingham Palace, the monarch's London home, or simply to pause and reflect.
Finance worker Giles Cudmore said the queen had "just been a constant through everything, everything good and bad."
"She’s just been the foundation of my life, the country," he said.
Everyday politics was put on hold, with lawmakers paying tribute to the monarch in Parliament over two days, beginning with a special session where Truss said the queen's death has caused a "heartfelt outpouring of grief."
She called the monarch "the nation’s greatest diplomat" and said her devotion to duty was an example to everyone. When the queen appointed Truss, the prime minister said, "she generously shared with me her deep experience of government, even in those last days."
Meanwhile, many sporting and cultural events were canceled as a mark of respect, and some businesses — including Selfridges department store and the Legoland amusement park — shut their doors. The Bank of England postponed its meeting by a week.
Front pages of British newspapers covering the main story following the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II in London, United Kingdom on September 09, 2022. (Photo by Dinendra Haria/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said the queen's death marked an "enormous shift" for Britain and the world.
"A part of our lives we’ve taken for granted as being permanent is no longer there," he said.
RELATED: Most don't know life without Queen Elizabeth II — how will the world cope without her?
But while Elizabeth’s death portends a monumental shift, day-to-day life in Britain went on Friday, with children in school and adults at work and facing concerns about rising inflation.
Elizabeth was Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of constancy in a turbulent era that saw the decline of the British empire and disarray in her own family. Members of the royal family had rushed to her side at the family’s summer residence in Balmoral after her health took a turn for the worse.
On Friday, Truss and other senior ministers are expected to attend a remembrance service at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. Charles, who became the monarch immediately upon his mother's death, will then be formally proclaimed king at a special ceremony Saturday.
After a vigil in Edinburgh, the queen’s coffin will be brought to London, and she will lie in state for several days before her funeral in Westminster Abbey.
RELATED: What happens when the queen dies? All about Prince Charles’ succession, accession and coronation
As the second Elizabethan Age came to a close Thursday, the BBC played the national anthem, "God Save the Queen," over a portrait of the monarch in full regalia as her death was announced. The flag over Buckingham Palace was lowered to half-staff. And in one of the many shifts to come, the anthem played Friday was "God Save the King."
The impact of Elizabeth's loss will be unpredictable for Britain. She helped stabilize and modernize the monarchy across decades of enormous social change, but its relevance in the 21st century has often been called into question. The public’s abiding affection for the queen had helped sustain support for the monarchy during the family scandals, but Charles is nowhere near as popular.
"Charles can never replace her, you know, and that makes sense," said 31-year-old Londoner Mariam Sherwani.
Like many mourners, she referred to Elizabeth as a grandmother figure. Others compared her to their mothers or great-grandmothers.
But around the world, her passing revealed conflicting emotions about the nation and institutions she represented.
In Ireland, some soccer fans cheered.
In India, once the "jewel in the crown" of the British empire, entrepreneur Dhiren Singh described his own personal sadness at her death, but added, "I do not think we have any place for kings and queens in today’s world."
For some, Elizabeth was a queen whose coronation glittered with shards of a stunning 3,106-carat diamond pulled from grim southern African mines, a monarch who inherited an empire they resented.
In the years after she became queen in Kenya, tens of thousands of ethnic Kikuyu were rounded up in camps by British colonizers under threat from the local Mau Mau rebellion. Across the continent, nations rejected British rule and chose independence in her first decade on the throne.
She led a power that at times was criticized as lecturing African nations on democracy but denying many of their citizens the visas to visit Britain and experience it firsthand.
Photos: Queen Elizabeth II through the years
The changing of the guard also comes at a fraught moment for Britain — with the country facing recession and just after a brand-new prime minister took the reins. Truss, appointed by the queen 48 hours earlier, called Elizabeth "the rock on which modern Britain was built."
Some people gathered outside Buckingham Palace wept when officials carried a notice confirming the queen’s death to the wrought-iron gates Thursday. Hundreds gathered in the rain, and mourners laid heaps of colorful bouquets at the gates.
World leaders extended condolences and paid tribute to the queen.
In Canada, where the British monarch is the country’s head of state, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s eyes were red with emotion as he saluted her "wisdom, compassion and warmth." Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: "She personified dignity and decency in public life. Pained by her demise."
U.S. President Joe Biden called her a "stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States."
Since Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth had reigned over a Britain that rebuilt from a destructive and financially exhausting war and lost its empire; joined the European Union and then left it; and made the painful transition into the 21st century. She was a reassuring presence even for those who ignored or loathed the monarchy.
She became less visible in her final years as age and frailty curtailed many public appearances. But she remained at the center of national life as Britain celebrated her Platinum Jubilee with days of parties and pageants in June.
On Tuesday, she presided at a ceremony at Balmoral Castle to accept the resignation of Boris Johnson as prime minister and appoint Truss as his successor.
RELATED: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip: A love story
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Associated Press writer Cara Anna in Nairobi, Kenya, and AP journalists from around the world contributed to this report. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/queen-elizabeth-ii-mourned-britain-king-charles-address | 2022-09-09T14:51:22Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/queen-elizabeth-ii-mourned-britain-king-charles-address | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Warm, summer-like weather continues for Chicago ahead of weekend showers
CHICAGO - Chicago will see more summertastic weather again today with sunshine and highs in the mid 80s.
Tonight-the full harvest moon will be visible all night long with lows in the 60s.
Saturday will have some clouds mixing with sunshine but not enough to prevent highs from climbing into the mid 80s - rounding out five straight day with temps in the 80s.
Clouds thicken Saturday night as a front approaches that will bring showers to Chicagoland on Sunday with a few stragglers lingering into Monday.
Temperatures will be much cooler Sunday and Monday with highs struggling to get out of the 60s to start next week. Fear not, 80 degree temps return Wednesday and Thursday.
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Nationally the western heatwave ends today. Moisture from what was once Hurricane Kay will help knock temps down and bring much needed rainfall - with the attendant flooding risks.
Hurricane Earl is pulling away from Bermuda this morning where it dealt a glancing blow. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/weather/warm-summer-like-weather-continues-for-chicago-ahead-of-weekend-showers | 2022-09-09T14:51:34Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/weather/warm-summer-like-weather-continues-for-chicago-ahead-of-weekend-showers | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Russell Wilson has started 84 games at Lumen Field in Seattle, including a half dozen playoff matchups. His return Monday night with the Denver Broncos marks his first game there as a visitor.
So, he knows he’ll hear the full-throated din of the Seahawks’ famed “12th man” crowd while he’s trying to listen to play calls from rookie head coach Nathaniel Hackett and relay them to his teammates.
What he’s unsure of is whether he’ll be treated with venom or veneration in his return to Seattle, where he played for a decade, leading the Seahawks to the playoffs eight times with two trips to the Super Bowl and the franchise’s only championship parade.
“I know they’ll be rowdy. I know they’ll be excited. I know it’s ‘Monday Night Football’. So, it’ll be a special environment,” Wilson said Thursday. “Listen, I think that I gave my heart and soul every day, and I know nothing less. So, hopefully it’ll be positive. But at the end of the day we’ve got a game to play.”
One thing’s for sure, Wilson said: No matter how he’s viewed at his homecoming, “I’ll forever have love in my heart for Seattle.”
Wilson had a record of 104-53-1 for the Seahawks, but his relationship with coach Pete Carroll soured in recent years and he was traded to Denver last March for a package of draft picks and players, including QB Drew Lock, who lost a training camp competition with Wilson’s former backup, Geno Smith.
Wilson has made a point of saying nothing but positive things about his time in Seattle, but an ESPN story this week detailed the drama that led to the blockbuster trade, including juicy tidbits suggesting some in Seattle’s camp felt Wilson was a declining player and was more concerned with personal accolades than winning games.
“I don’t worry about all this stuff,” Wilson said. “People have opinions and thoughts and ideas and everybody has their own right to think what they want to think. You know, I know how the whole thing went and how it transpired and just the whole situation.
“At the same time, I know every second of it I enjoyed in terms of being there and just trying to give my all every day,” Wilson added. “That’s all I know. And at the end of the day, every play, every game, every situation, hurt, dinged up, highest moments, lowest moments sometimes, I gave my all and that’s all I can give.”
The ESPN article noted Wilson’s camp was upset when it learned the Seahawks had called the Browns before the 2018 NFL draft to discuss a trade that would have swapped Wilson for the top overall pick.
“Definitely they tried to (trade me) a couple times and tried to see what was out there,” Wilson said. “It’s part of the business and it’s part of being a professional. Upset probably is the wrong word.
“I believe in my talent and who I am, and I believe that I’m one of the best in the world. I don’t worry about anything else other than that. My focus has always been on winning.”
The Broncos gave up Lock and two starters, tight end Noah Fant and defensive end Shelby Harris, along with five draft picks, including their first- and second-rounders this year and next for Wilson and a fifth-round pick.
Last week they signed their 33-year-old QB to a five-year, $245 million extension through 2028.
General manager George Paton’s trade for Wilson solved a six-year QB conundrum in Denver, where the Broncos churned through 10 different starters following Peyton Manning’s retirement in 2016, including a different one in each of the past five season openers.
Wilson, who didn’t take a single snap in the preseason, insists he won’t get caught up in the emotions of his return to Seattle.
“At the end of the day you’ve still got to get prepared the way you always get prepared and when you get outside of that realm and start thinking about everything else … you’re wasting time,” Wilson said. “I don’t think winners waste time on things that have nothing to do with the game.”
Relishing his reunion is something that will come down the road, Wilson added.
“There’ll be time in place to think back and reflect on it all and like I said, Seattle forever means the world to me, man,” Wilson said. “I just loved it there, you know? Like I said, I played 10 years there, it was amazing experience and I loved every second of it.”
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP)Tua Tagovailoa didn’t seem to celebrate this stat. Bill Belichick certainly isn’t, either.
Tagovailoa hears all the time about the things he supposedly can’t do – can’t throw the deep ball, can’t stay healthy, can’t get to the playoffs, things of that nature.
So far, when playing the New England Patriots, he also can’t lose.
Tagovailoa is 3-0 in his first three starts against the Patriots, and he and the Miami Dolphins will look to make that 4-0 when they play host to Mac Jones – Tagovailoa’s former Alabama teammate – and New England in Week 1 of the NFL regular season on Sunday.
”I wouldn’t attest that I’m 3-0,” Tagovailoa said. ”I would attest that we’re 3-0 as a team. It takes all of us. I’m just the distributor. I’ve just got to get it to our playmakers. They make the plays. Our defense gets us the ball back and the defense makes stops. Special teams, they do their part. And that’s how you win games.”
According to SportRadar, the only other quarterbacks to win their first three starts against the Patriots in the Belichick coaching era there, which goes back to 2000, were Jake Plummer, Vinny Testaverde, Jay Fiedler and Drew Brees.
Nobody has won his first four starts against New England since Belichick took over there; Testaverde, Fiedler and Brees all lost in No. 4, and Plummer made just the three starts.
Tagovailoa has that 4-0 opportunity, though insists his lone priority is getting the Dolphins to 1-0.
”Productive player, knows how to use his weapons, receivers, backs,” Belichick said Wednesday before the Patriots started their game-week practices in West Palm Beach, Florida, trying to acclimate to the heat and humidity that awaits them on Sunday. ”Makes a lot of good critical plays, goal line, third-and-1, fourth-and-1. Couple plays that formatted against us last year. Smart football player.”
The Dolphins were the only AFC East team that Jones didn’t lead New England to victory against last season, his rookie campaign.
Tagovailoa and Jones are going to be linked forever, for a lot of reasons. Both were Alabama quarterbacks. Both won national championships there. Jones was the player who came into the game when Tagovailoa hurt his hip at Mississippi State in 2019, on what became his final collegiate play.
And for the second straight year, in Week 1, it’s Tua vs. Mac. Last year’s opener was at New England; this year, it’s at Miami.
”I think sometimes, Game 1, there’s a lot of emotional stuff,” Jones said. ”You want to focus more on the details of the plays and everything like that and let the emotions come and go. That’s how emotions are, they come and go. Energy and all that will be there. At the end of the day, it’s just the start of something. You have to learn from it and grow regardless of the results. So, we’re going to go out there and compete and see how it goes.”
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, who’ll be making his debut as a head coach Sunday, got to know Jones during the draft process when he was with the San Francisco 49ers and evaluating quarterbacks such as Jones.
He raved about him then, and still does.
”I really like his play and I think the best is right in front of him for his career,” McDaniel said. ”And I look forward to watching it 15 out of the 17 games of the NFL season.”
NOTES: The Patriots said OT Isaiah Wynn (back), WR Jakobi Meyers (knee) and RB Ty Montgomery (knee) were limited in practice. … Among those limited for the Dolphins was WR Jaylen Waddle – who caught passes from both Tagovailoa and Jones at Alabama. Tagovailoa said he’s hopeful that Waddle (quad) can go Sunday.
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- Prior month for wholesale sales +1.8%. Wholesale inventories +1.9%
- wholesale sales for July -1.4% vs. +1.4% estimate
- wholesale inventories for July 0.6% vs. 0.8% estimate
- the wholesale sales are not adjusted for prices.
- Wholesale sales were up 15.3% from the revised July 2021 level
- total inventories were up 25% from the revised July 2021 level
- the inventory to sales ratio came in at 1.29 up sharply from the July 2021 ratio of 1.19 as inventories are replenished over the last year,
Looking at the inventory to sales ratio, the replenishment of the inventories has move back into the pre-pandemic levels between about 1.24 to 1.39. If sales decrease in inventories continue to rise, that would be good news for inflationary pressures.
/Inflation | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-wholesale-sales-for-july-14-vs-14-estimate-20220909/ | 2022-09-09T14:58:31Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-wholesale-sales-for-july-14-vs-14-estimate-20220909/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The NZDUSD moved above both its 100 and 200 hour moving averages today (blue and green lines in the chart above). The rise above the 200 hour moving average was the 1st since August 17. The price tested that moving average level on a number of occasions (see the green line in the chart above).
The move to the upside stalled ahead of a swing area between 0.6155 and 0.6166. The high price today reached 0.6151 before rotating back to the downside. However there seems to be buyers who are looking to buy against the broken 200 hour moving average at 0.60872. That level will be a key barometer going forward. Stay above and buyers are still in play and clinging to some control at least in the short-term. Move below and below the 100 hour moving average at 0.60656, and the dip buyers are not feeling all that well. | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/nzdusd-finding-some-support-buyers-against-its-broken-at-200-hour-moving-average-20220909/ | 2022-09-09T14:58:46Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/nzdusd-finding-some-support-buyers-against-its-broken-at-200-hour-moving-average-20220909/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The major US stock indices are up solidly with the NASDAQ leading the way with a 1.51% gain. The S&P index is up 1.08%.
Looking at the hourly chart of the S&P index above, it is testing its 100 hour moving average at 4051.68 (blue line in the chart above) and the 38.2% retracement of the move down from the July high at 4054.27.
The high price just reached 4054.22. The current prices trading at 4050.66.
A move above those levels would increase the bullish bias from a technical perspective. Stay below and the correction is a plain-vanilla variety into technical resistance.
Key barometer for both buyers and sellers being tested. | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/sp-index-tests-its-100-hour-moving-average-20220909/ | 2022-09-09T14:58:52Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/sp-index-tests-its-100-hour-moving-average-20220909/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New Footage From Andor Teases Cassian’s Defiance
It’s been six years since the release of Rogue One, but fans are excited to revisit that world in Andor. With the highly-anticipated series set to premiere in just a few weeks, Disney and Lucasfilm released an exclusive clip from the series during Good Morning America. The footage showcases Cassian Andor’s defiance while he speaks with a human named Nurchi and a Urodel known as Vetch.
In the this clip, Nurchi corners Cassian over what appears to be a money dispute. A surprised Cassian believes that Nurchi brought Vetch to “threaten” him. Furthermore, Cassian is not intimated, and he questions why Vetch would take orders from Nurchi.
We have an EXCLUSIVE look at the new #StarWars Original Series #Andor, streaming only on @DisneyPlus! pic.twitter.com/cuQ0zwSyAl
— Good Morning America (@GMA) September 8, 2022
RELATED: Andor Creator Explains How the Series Builds Towards Rogue One
In addition to that preview scene, Lucasfilm released a 10-minute special look at Andor on Disney+. The sneak peek arrived for all subscribers to celebrate Disney+ Day. At the beginning of the video, star Diego Luna and creator Tony Gilroy discuss the origins of Andor and what went into making the series. Luna explains that Andor is about how “a revolutionary was born.” Then, viewers are given an extended look at the scene with Stellan Skarsgård’s Luthen Rael, which was released two weeks ago.
Finally, the sneak preview ended with a new trailer that portrays the early days of the rebellion. Mon Mothma, played by Genevieve O’Reilly, and Saw Gerrera, played by Forrest Whitaker, are both featured in the latest footage. But the primary focus is on Cassian Andor as he begins his journey to become a leading revolutionary in the Rebellion.
#Andor special look trailer with new footage! pic.twitter.com/rFnQPAhSUr
— Andor News | 13 days (@newsandor) September 8, 2022
RELATED: The Rebellion Begins In the First Trailer For Star Wars: Andor
The first three episodes of Andor premiere on September 21 on Disney+.
Are you excited about the Rogue One prequel series? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
Recommended Reading: Star Wars: Rogue One Adaptation | https://www.superherohype.com/tv/518839-new-footage-from-andor-teases-cassians-defiance | 2022-09-09T15:01:45Z | superherohype.com | control | https://www.superherohype.com/tv/518839-new-footage-from-andor-teases-cassians-defiance | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MultiVersus Adds Gizmo From Gremlins To Its Roster
In the platform fighting game, MultiVersus, users can play with some of the most well-known characters in the Warner Bros. Discovery universe. Batman, Superman, Harley Quinn, Bugs Bunny, and Arya Stark are just some of the exciting characters players can choose. Now, MultiVersus has added the furry friend and protagonist of Gremlins, Gizmo.
Also known as “Giz,” Gizmo is an adorable Mogwai who is now a playable character. MultiVersus released a trailer that breaks down Gizmo’s attacks and special abilities. Although fuzzy and cute, Gizmo can still be “dangerous to your wellbeing,” which is described as a “deadly combo.” Plus, Gizmo’s singing abilities are on full display in the game. However, these musical notes will damage opponents upon impact. Gizmo’s other signature features in the trailer include a bow and arrow and a legendary pink sports car. Maybe they’ve pushed him too far…
Fuzzy? Cute? Dangerous to your wellbeing?
Extremely dangerous combo. #MultiVersus pic.twitter.com/uRI97lo5sS— MultiVersus (@multiversus) September 8, 2022
RELATED: DC’s Black Adam and Gremlins’ Stripe Are Coming To MultiVersus
Gizmo isn’t the only character from Gremlins coming to MultiVersus. Last month, the developers announced that Stripe, Gizmo’s archnemesis, will also be in the game as a playable character. However, Stripe has yet to arrive, so fans have to wait longer to pit these iconic characters up against each other.
MultiVersus is a free-to-play platform fighter game. It’s like Super Smash Bros. but with Warner Bros. Discovery characters. Before Gizmo, recent additions to the game include Black Adam and Rick & Morty.
Are you a fan of MultiVersus? Will you play with Gizmo, or do you have another favorite character? Let us know your answers in the comments below!
Recommended Reading: Gremlins: Gizmo’s 12 Days of Christmas | https://www.superherohype.com/video-games/518876-multiversus-adds-gizmo-from-gremlins-to-its-roster | 2022-09-09T15:01:51Z | superherohype.com | control | https://www.superherohype.com/video-games/518876-multiversus-adds-gizmo-from-gremlins-to-its-roster | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — It's the end of the summer and many people are soaking up the last opportunities to get in the water. However, there is a darker side to swimming that's disproportionately affecting low-income families and communities of color.
Water is something that connects us.
"Water is amazing; it's something you can do until you're 90, 100 years old. You can get in that water and feel all the weightlessness and beauty and life that it provides," said Chezik Tsunoda, the founder and CEO of No More Under.
However, a dark shadow can cover that brightness in a matter of moments. Chezik Tsunoda knows that feeling well, as she lost her son four years ago.
"It's kind of crazy because I only have so many pictures of Yori with the other boys," Tsunoda said.
Tsunoda takes us through some memories of her son Yori, who drowned when he was 3 years old. A year after her loss, she started No More Under, a nonprofit in the Seattle metro dedicated to saving lives through water safety education, legislation and increasing equitable access to lessons and tools.
With many people out there who still look at swimming as a luxury and not as a safety tool, Tsunoda is trying to reach communities of color and low-income families.
"I had no idea what the statistics were. When I got into my research, the first thing that occurred to me was, 'Oh my gosh. It's the number one reason children 1 to 4 die," Tsunoda. "Black and brown children are 50% more likely to drown than their white counterparts, and even honestly, Native American children are even beyond that. Autistic children eight times."
Sixty-four percent of Black children and 45% of Hispanic children have no or low swimming ability compared to 40% of white children. About 4 in 5 children in families with a household income of less than $50,000 have no or low swimming ability.
"Kids are drowning in bathtubs. Kids are drowning in toilets. Kids are drowning in pools and open water, so it's not like you can click it and most likely you'll be safe," Tsunoda said.
No More Under is tapping into communities that don't have the access or financial ability to learn to swim, trying to break barriers.
"The swim program has just started this year, and I think we've gotten 150 kids through swim this year by working with mostly Bellwether Housing but also an organization called Treehouse that supports foster children," Tsunoda said.
It's boots-on-the-ground organizations like this one that are working to change the statistics one person at a time, so no other child loses their life like Yori.
"If you are a parent and you don't know how to swim, there's only a 13% chance that your child Is going to get swim lessons. For every one child that dies from drowning, another eight have emergency room visits and often lifelong challenges," Tsunoda said. "The goal is to slowly start expanding across the US and other areas that need support as well." | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/while-drownings-disproportionately-affect-minorities-nonprofits-are-working-to-change-that | 2022-09-09T15:06:26Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/while-drownings-disproportionately-affect-minorities-nonprofits-are-working-to-change-that | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TORONTO — Elton John paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II at his final concert in Toronto on Thursday night, saying he was inspired by her and is sad she is gone.
“She led the country through some of our greatest and darkest moments with grace and decency and genuine caring,” John said.
“I’m 75 and she been with with me all my life and I feel very sad that that she won’t be with me anymore, but I’m glad she’s at peace,” he said. “I’m glad she’s at rest and she deserves it. She worked bloody hard.”
The singer-songwriter then performed his 1974 track “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.”
John was knighted by the queen in 1998, a year after the death of his friend Princess Diana. Prince Charles also anointed the musician and charity patron as a member of the Order of the Companions of Honor last year.
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One day after Queen Elizabeth II’s death on Thursday, the Royal Family called for a mourning period of seven days following her funeral.
When that funeral will happen, however, is still a question. According to NPR and NBC News, plans before her death called for the funeral to be held at least 10 days later.
Buckingham Palace said on Friday the date of the funeral “will be confirmed in due course.” The funeral will require extensive planning given the number of dignitaries expected to travel to London.
Until the funeral, all royal residences are closed to visitors. Mourners were also invited to leave flowers outside royal residences throughout Great Britain.
According to NBC News, her body will be moved on Saturday and accepted by a military guard of honor who will meet at her residence at Holyrood.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, King Charles III will make his declaration and read and sign an oath. The Principal Proclamation will be read at 11 a.m. from the balcony overlooking Friary Court at St James's Palace in London, Buckingham Palace said.
On Tuesday, NBC reported that Queen Elizabeth’s body will arrive at London's St. Pancras Station, where it will then be taken to Buckingham Palace, and eventually to the Palace of Westminster. The process of moving her body could attract over a million people, officials said.
BBC reported that Queen Elizabeth’s body will lie in state for four days at the Palace of Westminster. The last member of the Royal Family to lie in state was the Queen Mother, who attracted 200,000 visitors in 2002, the BBC reported.
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Spotty fall colors likely in New England amid drought
(AP) - This summer’s drought is expected to cause a patchy array of fall color starting earlier in the leaf-peeping haven of New England while the autumn colors are likely to be muted and not last as long in the drought- and heat-stricken areas of the south.
In New England, experts anticipate the season, which typically peaks in October, to be more spread out with some trees changing earlier or even browning and dropping leaves because of the drought. Other places, like Texas, could see colors emerging later in the fall due to warm temperatures.
“We will still have brilliant colors in New England because of the fact that we have so many different kinds of trees and they’re growing on kind of ridges, and kind of slopes and wetlands,” said Richard Primack, a professor of plant ecology at Boston University. “You know we will have good color but the color will probably be more spotty than usual.”
Leaf peeping is big business in places like New England, where millions of visitors from around the country and world bring in billions of dollars.
Everyone from inns to diners often count on this business to get them through the rest of the year. But predicting when those colors will peak is not an exact science; requiring experts to consider everything from temperature, the length of the day and stresses like pests and drought.
In Vermont, the 18-room Mad River Barn, an inn in Fayston, typically sells out for about three weeks in a row starting in late September, said inn manager Jess Kotch. But those leaf-peepers don’t make reservations far in advance.
“Typically we get so many inquiries for last-minute stays through that period that I don’t even really start thinking about it until this week and next week,” she said.
This year, drought is one of the big concerns in many parts of the country.
Severe and even extreme drought set in this summer in southern New England and remains in some areas, while up north parts of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are in a moderate drought or are abnormally dry. In those northern New England states, the color will depend on the health of the individual trees and is expected to be good to variable.
“Where you have those real dry sandy soils or you know, trees that have had health issues accumulating over time you may see some effect on fall foliage on those trees,” Wendy Scribner, a forestry field specialist with the University of New Hampshire extension service, said. “But I think we just have so many of them that we still will see some coloration.”
In Oklahoma, where much of the state is in severe or extreme drought, the trees are expected to change earlier than usual and it will be quicker. Some oak trees started browning and dropping leaves this summer, said Alex Schwartz, district silviculturist for the Oklahoma Ranger Districts of the Ouachita National Forest.
“When the trees experience moderate to severe drought stress like we’ve had, what they’re going to do is they’re going to probably stop that production — what little they’ve had over the summer —- stop that production a lot quicker, and they’re not going to produce a lot of those other pigments like the carotenoids that bring out those other fall colors,” he said.
The same thing is happening on some ridgetops in Connecticut where oak trees in thin dry soils are browning and dropping leaves early, meaning they’re shutting down. And many southern New England beech trees, whose leaves typically turn yellow and orange in the fall, have been hit by beech leaf disease, causing them to drop their leaves, said Robert Marra, a forest pathologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
“It’s going to have a very serious impact on fall colors in the sense that most of the beeches, many of them throughout southern New England, were hit so badly by beech leaf disease this year that they’re just dropping, they don’t have leaves on them to change color,” he said.
In Texas, the colors are likely to be muted and warm temperatures could push back the change, said Mac Martin, partnership coordinator for Texas A&M Forest Service.
“We’re going to probably get a shorter window of the fall colors that we get here in general as well as probably less kind of brilliant colors,” he said.
Visitors to the White Mountain Hotel and Resort in North Conway, New Hampshire, are not holding off in making reservations, said Carol Sullivan, director of sales and marketing.
“The last two years for us have been very strong, and that is the same prediction for us this year, that we will have an equally strong, if not even stronger, fall foliage season, regardless of what the weather does,” she said.
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Des Moines to buy former Nationwide building, consolidate city offices
Des Moines plans to buy Nationwide's vacant building, located at 1200 Locust St., to consolidate most city offices into one space, deputy city manager Matthew Anderson tells Axios.
Why it matters: The deal would enable the city to scrap plans to build new offices, which would save millions of dollars in construction costs, Anderson said in a city video.
- DSM's government would operate more efficiently by centralizing its operations, including police, neighborhood services and information technology, he said.
Catch up fast: Nationwide Mutual Insurance announced in 2020 that most of the 372,000-square-foot building was for lease because of a work-from-home transition.
- That space remains empty.
Driving the news: On Monday, DSM City Council will consider the purchase of the five-story Nationwide building for $30 million, Anderson said.
- A nearly 1,700-space parking ramp located south of the building and connected to the city's skywalk system will cost another $10.6 million, he said.
Details: The deal is likely to result in the sale of the Argonne Armory building as well as the police headquarters, two historic downtown buildings that can be redeveloped and generate economic development, Anderson said.
- The future of city hall is still unknown but it could also be redeveloped following further review, he said.
State of play: City officials have, for years, contemplated how to deal with the need for a larger, upgraded law enforcement center as well as deferred renovations and overcrowding at the nearly 90-year-old Armory.
- Construction of a $36.5 million administration annex is budgeted over the next three years to replace the Armory. A new police station — which isn't yet budgeted — would likely cost more than $100 million, Anderson said.
Yes, but: Both the annex and new police headquarters project will be scrapped if the Nationwide deal is approved.
What they're saying: Nationwide spokesperson Ryan Ankrom confirmed to Axios the company’s plan to sell the building and parking garage to the city.
- Nationwide has consolidated its offices into the adjacent building at 1100 Locust St. and "remains fully committed to Des Moines," he said.
What's next: The city will hire an architectural firm in coming months to develop a plan and estimate costs to relocate into the empty Nationwide building, Anderson said.
- The building sale could be completed as early as the second quarter of 2023 and the parking garage by the end of 2025.
- The move could take several years to complete but some offices could transition to the new location in the next year.
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The National Nonprofit Hosted its Annual Philanthropic Event in Honor of Fallen Military Heroes and Gold Star Families
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Folded Flag Foundation, a national 501(c)(3) organization committed to honoring America's fallen military service members by providing their families with financial support for education, raised more than $1.4 million during last night's Salute to Service Gala. The annual event recognizes the nation's fallen heroes and the family members they have left behind. All proceeds from the event directly benefit Gold Star spouses and children.
"Our Salute to Service Gala provides the opportunity for us to pay special tribute to and honor the thousands of lives that were lost and impacted as a result of the 9/11 attacks," said Kim Frank, President of The Folded Flag Foundation. "We will never forget the heroism and sacrifices of the brave men and women who came to America's aid. While we commemorate the legacy of our fallen servicemen and women, we are forever grateful to be able to support Gold Star families by providing financial support for quality education."
Craig Barber, CEO of O'Charley's, LLC; 99 Restaurants, LLC; and Restaurant Growth Services, LLC, served as the gala's emcee. Retired U.S. Army Gen. Paul Kern, who served as the commanding general of the Army Material Command for 38 years, was this year's gala keynote speaker. His career blended technical expertise, combat operations, program management, policy development, and advising to senior political leaders. Barber and Kern also serve on the board of trustees for The Folded Flag Foundation.
The evening featured special performances by the NYPD Emerald Society and retired Detective James J. Wheeler; presentation by Gold Star spouse Tricia English; recognition of Retired Major James Capers, the highest decorated African American Marine; and silent and live auctions, which featured exclusive and one-of-a-kind experiences.
The Folded Flag Foundation was formed in 2014 by Bill Foley, renowned businessman and owner of the Vegas Golden Knights, to supplement the current death benefits paid to families of fallen service members. Educational scholarships help cover the costs of tuition, supplies, and other educational needs for K-12, college, or trade school. The Folded Flag Foundation has awarded more than 2,500 scholarships valued at nearly $14 million since its inception.
The Folded Flag Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization committed to honoring the legacy of our fallen heroes by helping their families with the financial support for education. The Folded Flag Foundation proudly gives 100 percent of all public donations to the families. Corporate sponsors Black Knight, Inc., ServiceLink, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) and Fidelity National Investment Services (FIS) underwrite all administrative costs. For more information on The Folded Flag Foundation, including how to make a donation to support its cause, please visit: https://www.foldedflagfoundation.org/.
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DALLAS, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) announced the appointment of Tamera Fenske to the role of Chief Supply Chain Officer, effective September 19, 2022.
Fenske will have global responsibilities for procurement, manufacturing, logistics, transportation, safety, and sustainability, as well as the company's Global Nonwovens division. She will report to Mike Hsu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kimberly-Clark, and become a member of the company's executive leadership team.
"Tamera's proven leadership in supply chain and business transformation make her the right leader for our world-class supply chain operation," said Hsu. "I'm looking forward to her leadership as we continue to maximize the full potential of our global manufacturing footprint to drive our growth strategy for long-term value creation."
Fenske joins Kimberly-Clark with deep experience leading manufacturing and supply chain operations. Most recently, she served as senior vice president of manufacturing and supply chain for 3M Company where she led the end-to-end supply chain for the company in the U.S. and Canada across all its business groups and markets.
During her 22-year tenure with 3M, Fenske held various senior roles leading manufacturing, supply chain and operations for each of the company's global businesses, as well as plant management. She brings additional prior experience from Marathon Ashland Petroleum and Dow Chemical Company.
"I'm inspired by Kimberly-Clark's purpose of Better Care for a Better World, and how it's guiding future growth and societal impact," said Fenske. "I'm looking forward to working with the teams producing the company's trusted, iconic brands that provide care for billions of people around the globe and finding ways to provide even more access to Kimberly-Clark's essential products."
About Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) and its trusted brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries. Fueled by ingenuity, creativity, and an understanding of people's most essential needs, we create products that help individuals experience more of what's important to them. Our portfolio of brands, including Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Cottonelle, Poise, Depend, Andrex, Pull-Ups, GoodNites, Intimus, Neve, Plenitud, Sweety, Softex, Viva and WypAll, hold No. 1 or No. 2 share positions in approximately 80 countries. We use sustainable practices that support a healthy planet, build strong communities, and ensure our business thrives for decades to come. To keep up with the latest news and to learn more about the company's 150-year history of innovation, visit kimberly-clark.com.
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- Audio Division Consists of Streaming Music Service, Slacker Radio and Podcast Network, PodcastOne
- Webcast Scheduled for Tuesday, September 13th at 2pm ET to Introduce Brad Konkol, President of Slacker Radio and Kit Gray, President of PodcastOne
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO), an award-winning, creator-first, music, entertainment and technology platform, announced today guidance for its audio division consisting of Slacker Radio and PodcastOne as well as a webcast scheduled for Tuesday, September 13th at 2pm ET.
Robert Ellin, Chairman and CEO of LiveOne, commented, "We are pleased to announce that our audio division consisting of streaming music service, Slacker Radio and podcasting network, PodcastOne are expected to achieve revenue in excess of $88 million and approximately $17 million in Adjusted EBITDA* for Fiscal Year 2023, an increase of 18% in revenue from $74.5 Million and 100% in Adjusted EBITDA from $8.8 Million in Fiscal Year 2022."
Mr. Ellin continued, "I am proud of my team that continues to execute on growing paid members for Slacker Radio while enhancing our technology offering with existing auto partners, adding Android Auto partners and solidifying B2B preload partnerships with leading mobile phone manufacturers and wireless carriers. PodcastOne continues to add amazing talent to its robust lineup of podcasts, which is attracting new top-tier advertisers and driving profitable revenue. I applaud our team's resiliency in these turbulent financial markets as they have shifted all their intellectual and financial capital to deliver substantial revenue, cash flow and Adjusted EBITDA in their respective subsidiaries."
LiveOne also updated its company-wide guidance for Fiscal Year 2023 expected to be revenue between $126 million and $129 million and Adjusted EBITDA between $8 million and $11 million.
Slacker Radio, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of LiveOne
- Recently surpassed 2.5 Million total members, including 800,000 free members on an ad-supported model**
- Over 1.7 Million monthly paying members versus 1.48 million at March 31, 2022**
- 2 Million paid members expected by March 2023**
- Recently Launched Android Automotive App to reach next generation connected vehicles
PodcastOne, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of LiveOne
- PodcastOne posted record revenue of $8.7 million in Q1 Fiscal Year 2023
- PodcastOne recently closed $8.1 million financing at a post-money valuation of $68 million
- PodcastOne spin-out and dividend of a portion of its common equity to 15K+ LiveOne shareholders is expected to be completed by the end of Fiscal Year 2023
- PodcastOne Ranked #8 on Podtrac's List of Top U.S. Podcast Publishers with record unique monthly audience exceeding 7.3 million, more than 2.1 billion downloads annually, and 325 podcasts
"The podcasting industry is growing exponentially and my team at PodcastOne continues to impress on a daily basis by signing top talent and welcoming high-quality advertisers to the platform," said Kit Gray, President of PodcastOne.
About LiveOne, Inc.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, LiveOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVO) (the "Company") is an award-winning, creator-first, music, entertainment and technology platform focused on delivering premium experiences and content worldwide through memberships and live and virtual events. As of September 8, 2022, the Company has accrued a paid and free ad-supported membership base of 2.5 million**, streamed over 2,900 artists, has a library of 30 million songs, 600 curated radio stations, and over 300 podcasts/vodcasts, hundreds of pay-per-views, personalized merchandise, released music-related NFTs, and created a valuable connection between fans, brands, and bands. The Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries include Slacker Radio, React Presents, Gramophone Media, Palm Beach Records, Custom Personalization Solutions, LiveXLive, PPVOne and PodcastOne, which generates more than 2.48 billion downloads per year and 300+ episodes distributed per week across its stable of top-rated podcasts. LiveOne is available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, and through OTT, STIRR, and XUMO. For more information, visit www.liveone.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter at @liveone.
* About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"), we present Contribution Margin (Loss) and Adjusted Earnings Before Interest Tax Depreciation and Amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA"), which are non-GAAP financial measures, as measures of our performance. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, or superior to, operating loss and or net income (loss) or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP or as an alternative to net cash provided by operating activities or any other measures of our cash flows or liquidity.
We use Contribution Margin (Loss) and Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate the performance of our operating segment. We believe that information about these non-GAAP financial measures assists investors by allowing them to evaluate changes in the operating results of our business separate from non-operational factors that affect operating income (loss) and net income (loss), thus providing insights into both operations and the other factors that affect reported results. Adjusted EBITDA is not calculated or presented in accordance with GAAP. A limitation of the use of Adjusted EBITDA as a performance measure is that it does not reflect the periodic costs of certain amortizing assets used in generating revenue in our business. Accordingly, Adjusted EBITDA should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for operating income (loss), net income (loss), and other measures of financial performance reported in accordance with GAAP. Furthermore, this measure may vary among other companies; thus, Adjusted EBITDA as presented herein may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.
Contribution Margin (Loss) is defined as Revenue less Cost of Sales. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, other (income) expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization and before (a) non-cash GAAP purchase accounting adjustments for certain deferred revenue and costs, (b) legal, accounting and other professional fees directly attributable to acquisition activity, (c) employee severance payments and third party professional fees directly attributable to acquisition or corporate realignment activities, (d) certain non-recurring expenses associated with legal settlements or reserves for legal settlements in the period that pertain to historical matters that existed at acquired companies prior to their purchase date and a one-time minimum guarantee to effectively terminate a live events distribution agreement post COVID-19, (e) depreciation and amortization (including goodwill impairment, if any), and (f) certain stock-based compensation expense. Management does not consider these costs to be indicative of our core operating results.
With respect to projected full year 2023 Adjusted EBITDA, a quantitative reconciliation is not available without unreasonable efforts due to the high variability, complexity and low visibility with respect to purchase accounting adjustments, acquisition-related charges and legal settlement reserves excluded from Adjusted EBITDA. We expect that the variability of these items to have a potentially unpredictable, and potentially significant, impact on our future GAAP financial results.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release are "forward-looking statements," which may often, but not always, be identified by the use of such words as "may," "might," "will," "will likely result," "would," "should," "estimate," "plan," "project," "forecast," "intend," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "seek," "continue," "target" or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including: the Company's reliance on one key customer for a substantial percentage of its revenue; the Company's ability to consummate any proposed financing, acquisition, spin-out, distribution or transaction, including the proposed spin-out of PodcastOne or its pay-per-view business, the timing of the closing of such proposed event, including the risks that a condition to closing would not be satisfied within the expected timeframe or at all, or that the closing of any proposed financing, acquisition, spin-out, distribution or transaction will not occur or whether any such event will enhance shareholder value; PodcastOne's ability to list on a national exchange; the Company's ability to continue as a going concern; the Company's ability to attract, maintain and increase the number of its users and paid members; the Company identifying, acquiring, securing and developing content; the Company's intent to repurchase shares of its common stock from time to time under its announced stock repurchase program and the timing, price, and quantity of repurchases, if any, under the program; the Company's ability to maintain compliance with certain financial and other covenants; the Company successfully implementing its growth strategy, including relating to its technology platforms and applications; management's relationships with industry stakeholders; the effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic; uncertain and unfavorable outcomes in legal proceedings; changes in economic conditions; competition; risks and uncertainties applicable to the businesses of the Company's subsidiaries; and other risks, uncertainties and factors including, but not limited to, those described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on June 29, 2022, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on August 15, 2022, and in the Company's other filings and submissions with the SEC. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company disclaims any obligations to update these statements, except as may be required by law. The Company intends that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
** Included in the total number of paid members for the reported periods are certain members which are the subject of a contractual dispute. LiveOne is currently not recognizing revenue related to these members.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jacqueline Powell and her fourth grade classmates toiled over pencil and paper to write a letter in Spanish about what they did in class this year.
Powell explained the assignment in perfect Spanish before struggling to translate the words to end her sentence. The 10-year-old charter school student raised her forearms to her temples in a show of mental effort, making her large round glasses seesaw up and down.
That struggle, fought every week at the New Mexico International School in Albuquerque, has put her speaking ability far ahead of some of her high school peers. It has allowed her to speak in Spanish with her grandmother, who is from Chihuahua, Mexico, and she has fostered a secret language between her and her mom, whose husband and step children can’t speak Spanish.
While dual language programs are offered in thousands of schools across the U.S., New Mexico is the only state where the right to learn in Spanish is laid out in the constitution.
Dual language programs like the one at the New Mexico International School are championed by Hispanic parents who want their children to cultivate cultural roots. They are also seen by education experts as the best way for English learners to excel in K-12 schools.
The question for lawmakers in the nation’s most heavily Hispanic state is why New Mexico’s dual language programs aren’t being used by the students who most need them.
Legislative analysts are expected in the coming weeks to release a report that will highlight challenges facing dual language and other multicultural programs. It will include a look at decades-old trends such as a lack of oversight by education officials, declining participation, and a reduction in the number of multicultural programs, said Legislative Finance Committee spokesman Jon Courtney.
The report also will acknowledge the lack of information about how well language programs are doing after two years without comprehensive academic testing due to the pandemic.
The number of dual language immersion programs has increased from 126 before the pandemic to 132 last year.
State officials are supposed to assess the programs every three years. But the New Mexico Public Education Department has done only one in-person visit and evaluated only one school over the past three years, said department spokeswoman Judy Robinson.
The department has started a series of forums for parents around the Hispanic Education Act, a state law that informs multicultural programs.
While there isn’t a consensus among educators as to how to best teach young children languages, a New Mexico court found in 2018 that well-run dual language programs are the “gold standard” for English learners.
The alternative, more popular in Arizona, is to separate children out for remedial instruction.
In New Mexico, English learners make up a larger share of dual language program participants. They comprise 63% of participants in the current school year, up from 53% last year.
At the New Mexico International School in Albuquerque, around half of students are Hispanic, like Jacqueline, and reflective of the city’s population.
“Many of their parents are trying to reclaim the language,” school principal Todd Knouse said.
English-speaking parents say they have an easier time learning about the benefits of dual language programs and jumping through the hoops to get into charter schools. The schools are free but don’t provide bussing.
“It’s almost like a privilege type of experience to get your kid into these programs because it does take a lot of research. Tracking down the programs, the distance of how long you’re willing to drive, the (admission) lottery,” said Mary Baldwin, 34, whose daughter attends the Albuquerque school.
“And then there’s so much shame that gets placed on the Spanish language or the culture itself,” she said. “Some families might not be aware that being bilingual is a huge strength not just culturally but also professionally.”
Baldwin immigrated to the U.S. from Honduras when she was 10. Her daughter is the same age now and is fluent enough to cook banana-leaf-wrapped tamales with her Spanish-speaking grandmother as a result of the dual language program.
Fans of New Mexico’s programs say they elevate Spanish-speakers’ skills and give them confidence in an environment where everyone is equal as they learn a new language. The programs also increase fluency and literacy in their home language.
“It’s generally beneficial to have two languages,” said Stephen Mandrgoc, a University of New Mexico historian who has studied bilingual programs in the southwest and oversees Spanish colonial heritage programs.
When it comes to languages spoken by New Mexico’s Native American tribes and pueblos, there are some state laws that protect student rights. Still, only two dual language programs are offered in Native American languages — both in Diné, the language of the Navajo people.
Some tribes like Jemez Pueblo face a more pressing existential threat to their language because of a small population and cultural taboos that limit the creation of language materials. Other tribes like Santa Clara Pueblo say underinvestment is a problem.
New Mexico officials have appropriated millions of dollars to support curriculum projects, but much of the funds go unspent. Advocates say one problem is the time in which grants must be spent, from less than a year to sometimes as short as a month before it reverts back to the state.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — Seated on 20 acres in Albuquerque’s Barelas neighborhood, the National Hispanic Cultural Center –also known as “NHCC”- is the nation’s most comprehensive institution for the study and preservation of Hispanic heritage.
The idea for National Hispanic Cultural Center came about in the early ‘80s, when a group of visionaries dreamed of a campus that would feature Hispanic arts, performances, special events, research libraries and educational facilities. Through fundraising efforts and growing interest, the campus officially opened in the fall of 2000.
Since then, they’ve hosted tens of thousands of visitors from around the globe and have featured hundreds of attractions for all ages.
NHCC is home to three theaters, ranging in size from 100 to nearly 800 seats. Local and internationally-renowned artists have graced their stages, along with festivals like ¡Globalquerque! and the Revolutions International Theater Festival.
Across the breezeway, guests will find the campus’ art museum, which features three distinct galleries. “Aqui Estamos: The Heart of Arté” is the Center’s permanent collection, spotlighting a diverse population of Hispanic art from around the globe. They also offer a community gallery, which rotates exhibitions highlighting New Mexican artists. Lastly, touring exhibitions and collaborations with other institutions find a home in a multi-room mall.
Culinary events, summer learning programs and so much more are on a daily schedule of events –which can all be found at NHCCNM.org | https://www.wwlp.com/hidden-history/hispanic-heritage-month/take-a-tour-of-the-national-hispanic-cultural-center/ | 2022-09-09T15:12:41Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/hidden-history/hispanic-heritage-month/take-a-tour-of-the-national-hispanic-cultural-center/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
VILLA AHUMADA, Mexico (Border Report) – The crowd of downcast men and women gathered in a circle in the empty space where they normally prepare and sell burritos to travelers along Mexico Highway 45 day and night.
Some had placed flowers at the base of a pillar and taped photos of coworkers they had seen and talked to just a day earlier. Others comforted women in black under the roof of the empty structure – the wives and daughters of burrito vendors, window washers and cooks crushed dead when a semi, for reasons still under investigation, veered off the road.
The tragedy that claimed the lives of six men and four women has rocked this bus and truck stop town between Juarez and Chihuahua City. It also has raised questions about the safety not only of the locals who make a living literally by the roadside but also of the thousands of Mexican and foreign travelers who pass through the town.
Some residents interviewed by Border Report complain that trucks and buses routinely ignore the 40 kilometers-per-hour (22 MPH) speed limit. They say authorities should install speed bumps or bollards to slow the traffic that runs through the middle of town.
Border Report tried to speak to the city’s mayor but was told he was in a meeting and would be in another meeting after that. Several Chihuahua state police cars could be seen patrolling the town on Thursday.
The truck driver, identified by Mexican authorities only as Saul A.D., remains in police custody while the crash is under investigation. Witnesses told Border Report they saw the semi crash into a parked vehicle and crash into the stalls; a Chihuahua state official told local media the driver veered off after another vehicle cut off the semi.
Most residents insist their town is safe, and want to put the tragedy behind and get back to work.
“No one saw this coming. It just happened and we’re still trying to understand what happened,” said Jose Luis Soto, a vendor who went home after his shift ended at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, minutes before the truck struck the crowd.
Soto said he’s sad for his coworkers and their families and will miss them, but he is looking forward to getting back to work. The cooperative that occupies the Union de Vendedores Benito Juarez is closed while its members mourn.
“We will be back in business soon. We will keep working, perhaps not with the same enthusiasm, brothers, but we need to go on because our families need us,” said a union leader who spoke to those gathered in a circle.
Lalis Ramirez, whose cousin was among a dozen others who survived the crash with some injuries, said she will never forget those who died. “I knew Velito – they called him The Turtle. I knew Omar and his uncle, ‘The Pineapple.’ I also knew Little Omar. I knew all of them except the ones who sold roasted grasshoppers; they only came here recently,” she said.
Villa Ahumada has garnered international fame because of its asadero-style cheese. Buses routinely stop here so riders can get down and buy some burritos or cheese for the road. Many of those riders as well as visiting motorists come from U.S. cities like Denver, Albuquerque and El Paso.
Rocio and Fernando Perez live in El Paso but frequently drive to Chihuahua City to visit relatives. They said the tragedy is regrettable but have no plans to change their routine.
“We don’t stay too long. We just eat something and go on our way,” Rocio Perez said.
“It’s a peaceful place. People are very friendly and their asadero cheese and burritos are very famous. We have driven here for many years,” added Fernando Perez. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/crime/residents-want-police-to-rein-in-speeding-truckers-after-roadside-crash-kills-10/ | 2022-09-09T15:12:49Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/crime/residents-want-police-to-rein-in-speeding-truckers-after-roadside-crash-kills-10/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (WPIX) — An assailant raped a woman on a New York City subway platform, authorities said Thursday in a public appeal for tips.
The victim, 21, first encountered her attacker inside the 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal station on the A/C/E lines in Midtown Manhattan around 3 a.m. on Sept. 1, police said.
From there, the man led her to multiple other subway stations, officials said. In one of those stations, he led her to the end of a platform towards the tunnel, then raped her, authorities said. It was not immediately clear in what station the attack ultimately took place.
First responders took the victim to an area hospital for treatment.
Investigators released a sketch of the suspect, who’s described as having facial hair and a scar on his forehead. He was last seen wearing burgundy and gold shorts, with black and white Crocs. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/woman-raped-on-new-york-city-subway-platform-police-say/ | 2022-09-09T15:13:32Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/woman-raped-on-new-york-city-subway-platform-police-say/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The National Football League (NFL) honored Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday, with a moment of silence before its 2022-2023 season kickoff game.
The moment was held in memory of the 96-year-old monarch, “whose message of unity and peace inspired people throughout the world for generations,” the game announcer said.
The moment occurred prior to the start of the season opener between the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi stadium in the California city.
Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland. A funeral for the late queen will be held in 10 days.
King Charles III, the son of Queen Elizabeth and former prince of Wales, immediately ascended to king on Thursday. His wife, Camilla, will now be known as the Queen Consort.
Charles called the queen’s passing “a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family,” in a statement.
He added, “I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.” | https://www.wwlp.com/nfl/nfl-honors-queen-elizabeth-ii-with-moment-of-silence-during-season-opener/ | 2022-09-09T15:13:38Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/nfl/nfl-honors-queen-elizabeth-ii-with-moment-of-silence-during-season-opener/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
I love cooking and baking. Nothing is more satisfying than having a day when I can make a loaf of bread from scratch to serve with my family’s dinner. But, let’s face it. We can’t always take the time necessary to bake the way we want to in the kitchen.
Fortunately, this recipe for cheesy garlic bread uses a clever shortcut to allow cooks to serve something “homemade” without taking hours to prepare.
The secret to this cheesy garlic bread comes from opening a can of refrigerated pizza crust, according to Laurie at Passionate Penny Pincher. That’s right! Most of the hard work is already done for you with this delicious bread.
In her recipe post, Laurie said this quick flatbread recipe got a big nod of approval from her husband, who said it could be served as a restaurant appetizer. I like the sound of that!
This cheesy garlic bread only requires six ingredients and most of them are refrigerator or pantry staples. So, you might be able to whip up a batch of these tonight! Here’s what you’ll need.
- Refrigerated thin pizza crust (Pillsbury)
- Butter
- Dried basil
- Minced garlic
- Shredded cheddar cheese
- Shredded Parmesan cheese
- Marinara sauce (optional)
You will also need a large baking sheet to make the cheesy garlic bread (the 15 by 10 by 1-inch size is recommended).
Read the full instructions for Passionate Penny Pincher’s Cheese Flatbread Recipe here.
Besides the refrigerated pizza crust shortcut, I like the adaptability of this recipe. You can swap out different cheeses to your family’s taste, or add other spices or flavors to mix things up. For example, add pepperoni or put some hot pepper flakes on top.
No matter how you prepare this cheesy garlic bread, it takes less than 20 minutes to prepare and then bake in the oven. I think it makes a great last-minute side for salads or pasta dishes that will level up your meal.
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories. | https://www.katc.com/cheesy-garlic-bread-uses-refrigerated-pizza-crust | 2022-09-09T15:16:28Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/cheesy-garlic-bread-uses-refrigerated-pizza-crust | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LPSS broke ground on the new Truman Early Childhood Education Center.
The 26.5 million dollar project will be one story that will accommodate 600 students, 200 more students than the current elementary school holds.
Previous story: LPSS unveils plans for new Truman Early Childhood Education Center
Each classroom will have two restrooms and hold 20 students per class.
"We can not wait to walk the halls of this beautiful establishment,” said Truman Early Childhood Education Center principal, Stephanie Francis.
Construction work on the new school is expected to be completed in July 2023. | https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/lpss-breaks-ground-on-new-truman-early-childhood-education-center | 2022-09-09T15:16:41Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/lpss-breaks-ground-on-new-truman-early-childhood-education-center | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
RIET.\nAs the name goes ‘Education in English'.\nSo as all those courses like ‘Msc (IT and NITD-Non Engineering’ courses were done in hnderingly hindi for so-so-people-and not with eng langage\nAlso BA or arts & BTech Engineering Students can attend/take-course if student have interest of attends. For any student like IT professional too can joins as long time in it To support efforts of building peace, friendship, and brotherliness in Northwest China while building biodologia/ ecolo gy with 19 villages/ neighborhood/ etho-lingua communities.\nBy the power(knowldgess or Wisdsoms and/or teachings/reign as well from above with God’)\nthe “Dorben Suii(from north) and Luobusuao (South of TM Garret doesn't enjoy looking at pictures of his past.
"That's me," he says as he flips through his iPad, "that was me."
They are pictures from more than 20 years ago when he was a hate group leader in Germany.
Garret was born in Germany. He says he was raised in a dysfunctional family, without a father. His mother struggled with alcoholism, and he was bullied in school.
Today, he acknowledges he could have taken a different path that didn’t involve hate.
“It started with racist jokes in a schoolyard, just very unintentional, I don’t want to play it down, I know these jokes were racist very antisemitic, but it wasn’t for the sake of hating people, it was for the sake of attention," Garret said.
The jokes turned into more, and his hate grew.
“By the end, I was a Holocaust denier, I was an antisemite. I was the leader of a KKK group in Europe. Neo-Nazi skinhead musician I toured all over Europe and the U.S.,” Garret said.
Garret said was involved in hate groups from his early teens to mid-twenties. He says by the time he moved to the United States in 2002, he had been out of hate groups for a decade.
Today, he says he sees hate groups recruiting young people who are troubled like he was.
“All of a sudden, they have these people there, they seem understanding and they're like, 'Oh, we know how you feel, I’ve been there,'” Garret said.
There are 1,221 hate groups operating across the country, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
The number of hate groups has declined over the past three years, but the SPLC says individual hate groups are growing in size, and extremist ideas have become more mainstream.
"It took me years to become a full-blown antisemite and believe in conspiracy theories," Garret said. "If you walk ten miles into the forest, guess what— it takes ten miles to walk out.”
Garret works to help people leave extremist groups through his Memphis-based nonprofit C.H.A.N.G.E.
Romey Muns, a former white supremacist prison gang member, began receiving help from Garret in 2019. He wanted to change after getting out of prison.
“Not only is my past embarrassing, it’s not who I am anymore, and when you walk around with that, and people look at you, it’s like shame. It’s shameful," Muns said.
Garret has helped Muns get most of the racist tattoos covered. Part of Garret's work is a program to identify artists who will do the work for free.
Covering tattoos is just one part of de-radicalizing people, according to Garret. He adds that changing viewpoints can take months or years.
"Just leaving a hate group doesn’t make you an anti-racist all of sudden. Not only do you have to get your head out of the hate, you have to get the hate out of your head," Garret said.
Garret's business partner is someone who, at first, people may not expect.
Ray Johnson, who is Black, is a former street gang member. He's now a pastor.
“We have the same similarities of wanting to see change and get out of the former life. Me, former gang. He, former Klansman,” Johnson said.
Johnson admits some people are surprised when they see Garret and him working together.
“I try to look at figure out that person. Is it something that they really want to do?” Ray said. “Seeing people who have the opportunity to see the truth and whether they stay that way is their choice."
The pair believes the most effective tool in fighting against hate is meeting it with humanity.
“Open the box and see the human being have a conversation without blaming, without shaming, without guilt. Make it clear, 'I don’t like your ideology, but you’re a human being. I have no problem with you as a human being,'" Garret said. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national-politics/the-race/what-it-takes-to-exit-a-hate-group | 2022-09-09T15:16:41Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national-politics/the-race/what-it-takes-to-exit-a-hate-group | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Advancial and Acadiana Animal Aid will host an animal adoption event tomorrow from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 a.m. at Advancial, 306 E. Kaliste Saloom Road.
You can meet animals looking for their forever homes, or get information about pet fostering and adoption from AAA.
You can also can learn more about Advancial’s Swipe & Support campaign; a percentage of all Acadiana area Advancial credit card purchases from September 1 – November 30 will be donated to support AAA's mission to save animals.
For more information about AAA, or to submit an application in advance, click here. | https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/pet-adoption-event-planned-for-tomorrow | 2022-09-09T15:16:47Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/pet-adoption-event-planned-for-tomorrow | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TM Garret doesn't enjoy looking at pictures of his past.
"That's me," he says as he flips through his iPad, "that was me."
They are pictures from more than 20 years ago when he was a hate group leader in Germany.
Garret was born in Germany. He says he was raised in a dysfunctional family, without a father. His mother struggled with alcoholism, and he was bullied in school.
Today, he acknowledges he could have taken a different path that didn’t involve hate.
“It started with racist jokes in a schoolyard, just very unintentional, I don’t want to play it down, I know these jokes were racist very antisemitic, but it wasn’t for the sake of hating people, it was for the sake of attention," Garret said.
The jokes turned into more, and his hate grew.
“By the end, I was a Holocaust denier, I was an antisemite. I was the leader of a KKK group in Europe. Neo-Nazi skinhead musician I toured all over Europe and the U.S.,” Garret said.
Garret said was involved in hate groups from his early teens to mid-twenties. He says by the time he moved to the United States in 2002, he had been out of hate groups for a decade.
Today, he says he sees hate groups recruiting young people who are troubled like he was.
“All of a sudden, they have these people there, they seem understanding and they're like, 'Oh, we know how you feel, I’ve been there,'” Garret said.
There are 1,221 hate groups operating across the country, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
The number of hate groups has declined over the past three years, but the SPLC says individual hate groups are growing in size, and extremist ideas have become more mainstream.
"It took me years to become a full-blown antisemite and believe in conspiracy theories," Garret said. "If you walk ten miles into the forest, guess what— it takes ten miles to walk out.”
Garret works to help people leave extremist groups through his Memphis-based nonprofit C.H.A.N.G.E.
Romey Muns, a former white supremacist prison gang member, began receiving help from Garret in 2019. He wanted to change after getting out of prison.
“Not only is my past embarrassing, it’s not who I am anymore, and when you walk around with that, and people look at you, it’s like shame. It’s shameful," Muns said.
Garret has helped Muns get most of the racist tattoos covered. Part of Garret's work is a program to identify artists who will do the work for free.
Covering tattoos is just one part of de-radicalizing people, according to Garret. He adds that changing viewpoints can take months or years.
"Just leaving a hate group doesn’t make you an anti-racist all of sudden. Not only do you have to get your head out of the hate, you have to get the hate out of your head," Garret said.
Garret's business partner is someone who, at first, people may not expect.
Ray Johnson, who is Black, is a former street gang member. He's now a pastor.
“We have the same similarities of wanting to see change and get out of the former life. Me, former gang. He, former Klansman,” Johnson said.
Johnson admits some people are surprised when they see Garret and him working together.
“I try to look at figure out that person. Is it something that they really want to do?” Ray said. “Seeing people who have the opportunity to see the truth and whether they stay that way is their choice."
The pair believes the most effective tool in fighting against hate is meeting it with humanity.
“Open the box and see the human being have a conversation without blaming, without shaming, without guilt. Make it clear, 'I don’t like your ideology, but you’re a human being. I have no problem with you as a human being,'" Garret said. | https://www.katc.com/news/national-politics/the-race/what-it-takes-to-exit-a-hate-group | 2022-09-09T15:16:48Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national-politics/the-race/what-it-takes-to-exit-a-hate-group | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
IMPRISONED. OFFENDERS MALE NOMBER.—District Jutiiire Offlcae: 1S (1 ............. Were imprison, In i tt l .l .... (Ho, Males: H1-4 iHiiiiiis,\n(Uhil) DtO, H i'..1 ,) ii\nII ! II II t: ii '.. (13113 One day after Queen Elizabeth II’s death on Thursday, the Royal Family called for a mourning period of seven days following her funeral.
When that funeral will happen, however, is still a question. According to NPR and NBC News, plans before her death called for the funeral to be held at least 10 days later.
Buckingham Palace said on Friday the date of the funeral “will be confirmed in due course.” The funeral will require extensive planning given the number of dignitaries expected to travel to London.
Until the funeral, all royal residences are closed to visitors. Mourners were also invited to leave flowers outside royal residences throughout Great Britain.
According to NBC News, her body will be moved on Saturday and accepted by a military guard of honor who will meet at her residence at Holyrood.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, King Charles III will make his declaration and read and sign an oath. The Principal Proclamation will be read at 11 a.m. from the balcony overlooking Friary Court at St James's Palace in London, Buckingham Palace said.
On Tuesday, NBC reported that Queen Elizabeth’s body will arrive at London's St. Pancras Station, where it will then be taken to Buckingham Palace, and eventually to the Palace of Westminster. The process of moving her body could attract over a million people, officials said.
BBC reported that Queen Elizabeth’s body will lie in state for four days at the Palace of Westminster. The last member of the Royal Family to lie in state was the Queen Mother, who attracted 200,000 visitors in 2002, the BBC reported.
The BBC said that the body will then be transported from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey for her funeral service. The coffin will then be transported to Windsor Castle for a committal service. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/royals-call-for-mourning-period-as-they-plan-for-queen-elizabeth-iis-funeral | 2022-09-09T15:17:00Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/royals-call-for-mourning-period-as-they-plan-for-queen-elizabeth-iis-funeral | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DOVER, Del. - Dover police say a 33-year-old man wanted on kidnapping and rape charges has been taken into custody in Pennsylvania.
Early Saturday morning, September 3, Delaware State Police took the report of a rape involving a 14-year-old Dover girl. After speaking with the victim, it was determined that the incident occurred within the City of Dover and the investigation was turned over to Dover Police Department detectives.
Police said detectives learned that Mark Coleman, of Maryland, is known to the victim and picked her up from a home outside of the city. Coleman then drove her to a vacant business on West Division Street where he began to physically assault the victim and prevented her from getting out of the vehicle, police said. Coleman then began to sexually assault the girl, according to police. The victim was able to escape the vehicle by kicking and fighting with Coleman and eventually call 911 from a passerby’s cell phone. Coleman then fled the area in an unknown direction.
The victim was taken to Bayhealth Kent Campus and treated for injuries sustained during this assault, police said.
Shortly after this incident, detectives obtained warrants for Coleman, however they were unable to locate him at that time.
On Thursday, Sept. 8, Coleman was taken into custody by the Middletown Township Police Department in Pennsylvania after being contacted on an unrelated complaint.
Coleman is currently being held in Bucks County Detention Center awaiting extradition back to Delaware on the charges of second-degree kidnapping, second-degree rape, second-degree assault, two counts of theft under $1,200, terroristic threatening, and second-degree unlawful sexual contact.
The relationship between Coleman and the victim is being withheld to protect the identity of the victim.
A photo of Coleman is unavailable at this time. | https://www.wboc.com/news/dover-kidnapping-and-rape-suspect-arrested-in-pennsylvania/article_2763dd42-303b-11ed-9100-c73ece1a009f.html | 2022-09-09T15:19:08Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/dover-kidnapping-and-rape-suspect-arrested-in-pennsylvania/article_2763dd42-303b-11ed-9100-c73ece1a009f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
By David McMillin | Bankrate.com
Just 17 percent of Americans believe it’s a good time to buy a home, according to a recent survey from Fannie Mae.
Between higher mortgage rates, still-high home prices and broader inflationary pressure, putting off buying a home might be the only option for some. What happens if you wait, though? Will the housing market of the future be any more favorable for homebuyers?
Here’s what experts think.
Key housing market statistics today
—The median home sale price hit $433,100 at the beginning of 2022, according to Census figures. That’s up from $329,000 at the start of 2020.
—Approximately 43 percent of the homes sold in the second quarter of 2022 were within the budget of a family earning the median income of $90,000 per year, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
—The median down payment was $35,000 in the second quarter of 2022, a 34.7 percent jump from the previous quarter, according to ATTOM.
—So far in 2022, sales of existing homes have trended downward, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
—As of July 2022, listings remained on the market for two weeks, the shortest time frame on record, according to NAR.
—Existing-home inventory came in at 1.31 million in July 2022, NAR reports, up 4.8 percent from June.
How much will a house cost by 2030?
While it’s relatively easy to predict short-term movements in the housing market, looking ahead to the end of the decade can be quite challenging.
“Trying to predict home price movements over nearly a decade would be little more than a shot in the dark,” says Nicole Bachaud, senior economist at Zillow. “At least for the foreseeable future, it is likely that home price growth will be much closer to historical norms [between 3 and 5 percent annually] than the record pace we’ve seen during the past two years.”
“Even if inflation goes back down to 2 percent, that could take a $1 million home to $1.17 million by 2030,” says Leonard Steinberg, chief evangelist and corporate broker in New York City at Compass. “At 5 percent, it’s $1.47 million.”
Could we actually see a decline in home prices? Not likely.
“Home values have leveled off this summer while buyers pull back at today’s prices, but it’s important not to confuse the inability to buy a home with a lack of desire to buy,” says Bachaud. “Pent-up demand from potential buyers waiting in the wings for a home they can afford will provide a backstop for prices that will keep them from falling anywhere near pre-pandemic levels, so the price drops we see today will likely be minimal and short-lived in lieu of a significant increase in housing inventory.”
Still, buyers could get a bit more bargaining power, including the ability to come in under asking price in some markets and negotiate concessions.
“I’m not so confident that buyers are going to feel like they are getting a good deal,” however, says Daryl Fairweather, chief economist for Redfin. “With higher mortgage rates, the median mortgage payment is nearly 40 percent higher than it was just a year ago.”
Will we see some additional supply to solve the housing shortage? Maybe, but that increase isn’t going to happen overnight.
“Home builders do not subscribe to the ‘If you build it, they will come’ mindset,” says Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate. “They did that before [leading up to the 2008 housing crash], and it didn’t work out well.”
In addition to builder concerns, other factors like zoning issues in certain cities and neighborhoods put up more hurdles on the path to addressing the lack of listings.
“The shortage of homes is an issue that isn’t going to go away,” says McBride. “It’s going to take a long time to fix.”
One factor that can impact the type of home loan you might need is the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s annual update to conforming loan limits. Each year, the agency spells out a new maximum amount for mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the majority of loans) based on home price growth.
In 2022, the FHFA raised the limits significantly to account for rising home values: $647,200 across most of the country, stretching to $970,800 in high-priced areas like California, Hawaii and New York City. If you need to borrow an amount that exceeds your area’s limits, you’ll need to qualify for a jumbo loan, which often comes with more stringent credit and down payment requirements.
What about mortgage rates?
Whether you’re hoping to buy a house in the next year or next decade, higher or lower mortgage rates help determine how much you can afford. Rates have been rising so far in 2022 as the Federal Reserve works to get inflation in check. You might be looking at the surge from around 3 percent at the end of 2021 to today’s rates of more than 5 percent with serious worries about where those rates will be in 2030.
“The future is so uncertain right now,” says Fairweather. “We don’t know when inflation will come down. We don’t know if we’re entering a recession. We don’t know where we’ll land with interest rates when the dust settles.”
Looking ahead to the big picture, though, Fairweather predicts a more calm — and cost-effective — future.
“Give it a year or two, and mortgage rates should be lower,” says Fairweather. “They might not return to 3 percent, but they should be lower than they are now,” adding that “Mortgage rates aren’t set in stone. Buyers can look at adjustable-rate mortgages, and they can refinance in the future to lock in lower rates.”
Tips to save for a home in the next few years
1. Pay down your debt
Your down payment saving strategy isn’t all about increasing the amount of money you put in your bank account. It’s equally important to focus on decreasing the amount of money you owe for other debts like credit cards, student loans and car payments. By lowering your debt-to-income (DTI) ratio, you’ll be in a better position to qualify for a mortgage down the line.
2. Make aggressive career choices
If you’re just getting established in your career, now’s the time to build your earnings and savings for a future home purchase. Figure out the right way to ask your employer for a raise, or be willing to look for other opportunities where you’ll be rewarded with a bigger paycheck. Sixty percent of workers who switched jobs over the past year earned more money in their new roles, even accounting for the fast pace of inflation, according to a recent study from the Pew Research Center. Over the next few years, a wise career move can make a huge difference in your bank account.
“[Homebuyers] can improve their financial standing by leaps and bounds in that period of time,” says McBride. “They may buy a home for not much more than they would pay today, but their income could be 50 percent higher.”
3. Focus on your local market, not the headlines
As you think about budgeting for a house, it might be helpful to focus on housing market conditions in the neighborhood where you’re looking to buy instead of the broader national trends that might be skewed by data in another time zone. Your down payment needs are going to look much different in Tuscaloosa than they will in Tucson, for example.
“Everyone should avoid averages and look at the specifics of their neighborhood,” says Steinberg. “How many homes are being built? How many homes are on the market, and at what price level and condition? Real estate markets are hyper-localized, and generalities and averages are somewhat useless.”
4. Look for lower down payment loan options
While 20 percent is the ideal amount for a down payment to avoid paying more in interest and mortgage insurance, it’s not a requirement by any stretch, and it’s unrealistic for many to save that much cash. Consider whether you’ll qualify for a low down payment program, even if it comes with mortgage insurance.
“These are designed to help first-time buyers,” says McBride. “While you have to pay mortgage insurance for a few years, the idea is to accumulate enough equity by the time you move up to your second home that you won’t have to pay private mortgage insurance.”
5. Keep closing costs in mind
The down payment isn’t the only piece of the homebuying puzzle you’ll need to solve for. You’ll also need to be ready to pay closing costs — lender fees, taxes, appraisal expenses, settlement charges and more. These add up quickly. In 2021, the average closing costs were $6,905, according to ClosingCorp.
Because you’ll be spending several thousand on closing costs, it’s imperative to stay in the home long enough to break even if you want to stay in the black.
“If you’re buying a home and selling it a year or two later, you’re not going to come out ahead,” says McBride. “Make sure you have a longer time horizon in mind.”
6. Think about the cost of living and where you could put down roots
The headlines about home prices might cause concern right now, but it’s important to remember that high-priced markets do play a large role in the data.
“Buyers can fight inflation on a personal level by moving somewhere more affordable,” says Fairweather. “If they have the flexibility to work remotely, they could start browsing other cities and states on Redfin to see how a lower cost of living can impact their lifestyles.”
Housing market and price predictions FAQ
When will the housing market crash?
Ask an expert if the housing market will crash, and you’ll likely hear about a “correction” instead. While home prices have climbed steeply for the past two years, there doesn’t appear to be a stomach-churning drop waiting on the other side. In fact, home prices have already begun leveling off in some places. Mortgage lenders also have much higher standards for borrowers than they did ahead of the crash in 2008, and there simply aren’t enough homes available today to meet demand. All of these signs, for now, point to a return to more balanced conditions, rather than a devastating market collapse.
What is the average cost of building a house?
The average cost to build a home is just over $282,000, according to HomeAdvisor, but volatile supply costs have made predicting the cost of building a home especially challenging over the past two years. Keep in mind: You’ll need to buy the land, too, and account for the time it’ll take to complete a house. The average house took 8.2 months to finish in 2021, according to the Census.
How do you determine how much your house is worth?
There are quite a few ways to estimate your home’s value. To get a rough idea, you can use a simple online estimator tool from real estate websites such as Redfin, Zillow or RE/MAX. For a better sense of your home’s value, however, it’s best to consult with a real estate agent or appraiser.
What is the average annual rate of inflation for the last 10 years?
The average rate of inflation over the last 10 years is 2.53 percent, according to the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index. In the past two years, though, inflation has soared at a rate of 4.7 percent in 2021 and 8.6 percent so far in 2022.
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Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour Episode We Contain Multitudes.
Words like introvert and extrovert help us make sense of the world, but one label can't sum up a person. Susan Cain explores how we can embrace the nuances that give our lives meaning and beauty.
About Susan Cain
Susan Cain is a New York Times bestselling author. Her most recent book, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole, discusses the power of a bittersweet, even melancholic, outlook on life, and why for so long our culture has been unable to see its potential value.
She is also the author of Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverted Kids, and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can't Stop Talking. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, among others.
Her 2012 TED Talk, "The power of introverts," it one of the most popular of all time at 30 million views.
Cain lives in New York with her family.
This segment of the TED Radio Hour was produced by Katie Monteleone and edited by Katie Simon and Rachel Faulkner. You can follow us on Twitter @TEDRadioHour and email us at TEDRadio@npr.org.
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(AP) — “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, pop star Ricky Martin and award-winning actress/singer Michaela Jae Rodriguez joined the Hispanic Federation this summer to launch an advocacy initiative to serve Latinx LGBTQ+ communities.
The Advance Change Together initiative will provide 20 Latinx nonprofits grants of $25,000 to $50,000 to support their efforts and infrastructure in those communities. The Hispanic Federation, the national nonprofit dedicated to Latino empowerment, will fund the initiative with a $1 million grant for the first two years. But it hopes to encourage other donors to support and expand the program, which will also convene a summit to set a national agenda for LGBTQ+ groups.
Frankie Miranda, president and CEO of the Hispanic Federation said the initiative, announced in Florida, is a necessary expansion of the group’s existing work with the LGBTQ+ community.
“We have been identifying all this anti-LGBTQ legislation popping up around the country,” he said. “It’s an indication that once certain groups that have been focusing on abortion get the result they want from the Supreme Court, we’re forecasting that the next frontier is to intensify anti-LGBTQ legislation across the country. We’re seeing it right now.”
Miranda points to the recently passed so-called “Don’t Say Gay” legislation in Florida, which bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through the third grade, as well as the Pulse shooting in 2016, when 49 were killed at the Orlando LGBTQ+ nightclub, as examples of why the community needs more support.
“It is estimated that less than 1% of foundation funds go to Latinx organizations,” Miranda said. “When we apply that to LGBTQ-oriented organizations, we see that it’s much, much less. So this is our call for action. We are not going to wait.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda (no relation) said the Pulse shooting feels as though it happened yesterday. It’s a tragedy that he will always be connected to, because he immortalized it in his Tony acceptance speech for “Hamilton” — a sonnet remembered for the line “And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love, cannot be killed or swept aside.”
“One of the deadliest shootings in our nation’s history was an act of hate against this community in Florida,” the “Encanto” composer told The Associated Press, calling the “Don’t Say Gay” law a “dispiriting” development. His Miranda Family Fund, as well as Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, made additional contributions to the ACT initiative Tuesday.
“It’s such an important reminder that the hate that led to the Pulse shooting is not in the past,” he said. “And that laws like this do nothing but encourage and allow that hate to proliferate. So we just keep having to fight.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda credits his father — Luis Miranda Jr., co-founder of the MirRam Group, a political consulting firm that has worked on campaigns for Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand — with encouraging him to speak out on social issues and show his support through actions.
“The way the world affects me is it makes me want to write and makes me want to make things,” he said, adding that the surprise No. 1 hit “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” was his response to the COVID-19 lockdowns. “When it’s something like this – this horribly discriminatory law – and the question is ‘How do we help? How do we put our shoulder into it in a way that’s meaningful?’ I’ve got a dad who has dedicated his life to organizing and protests and putting that feeling of wanting to do something into practice.”
Ricky Martin said he wanted to become involved to battle those in power who he said look to create hate and division in the United States and Puerto Rico.
“There’s never been a more important time for communities and organizations to come together to empower one another,” Martin said in a statement. “With the ACT initiative, we’re uniting to remind Latinx LGBTQ+ organizations that they have the support they need to serve and empower their communities.”
The Hispanic Federation’s Miranda said the initiative will help Latino nonprofits reach their communities in their own way. At the launch event Tuesday, Lin-Manuel Miranda and his friend “In the Heights” actress Stephanie Beatriz, joined “Pose” actress Rodriguez and performer Valentina to bring attention to the initiative. | https://www.wspa.com/hispanic-heritage-month/miranda-helps-launch-latinx-lgbtq-support-program/ | 2022-09-09T15:27:48Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/hispanic-heritage-month/miranda-helps-launch-latinx-lgbtq-support-program/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — Seated on 20 acres in Albuquerque’s Barelas neighborhood, the National Hispanic Cultural Center –also known as “NHCC”- is the nation’s most comprehensive institution for the study and preservation of Hispanic heritage.
The idea for National Hispanic Cultural Center came about in the early ‘80s, when a group of visionaries dreamed of a campus that would feature Hispanic arts, performances, special events, research libraries and educational facilities. Through fundraising efforts and growing interest, the campus officially opened in the fall of 2000.
Since then, they’ve hosted tens of thousands of visitors from around the globe and have featured hundreds of attractions for all ages.
NHCC is home to three theaters, ranging in size from 100 to nearly 800 seats. Local and internationally-renowned artists have graced their stages, along with festivals like ¡Globalquerque! and the Revolutions International Theater Festival.
Across the breezeway, guests will find the campus’ art museum, which features three distinct galleries. “Aqui Estamos: The Heart of Arté” is the Center’s permanent collection, spotlighting a diverse population of Hispanic art from around the globe. They also offer a community gallery, which rotates exhibitions highlighting New Mexican artists. Lastly, touring exhibitions and collaborations with other institutions find a home in a multi-room mall.
Culinary events, summer learning programs and so much more are on a daily schedule of events –which can all be found at NHCCNM.org | https://www.wspa.com/hispanic-heritage-month/take-a-tour-of-the-national-hispanic-cultural-center/ | 2022-09-09T15:27:54Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/hispanic-heritage-month/take-a-tour-of-the-national-hispanic-cultural-center/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NEXSTAR) – While it’s not clear exactly how many children suffer from long COVID, doctors who work with children are seeing some of them continue to struggle weeks or months after a coronavirus infection.
The warning signs may be harder to spot in children, who aren’t always able to properly name the symptoms plaguing them.
“The most common symptoms that we see for children who have long COVID are fatigue, difficulty concentrating and mood swings,” said Dr. Kimberly Giuliano, a pediatrician for Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital.
Those symptoms can be easy to miss. Parents may think their kid caught a cold at school, or is acting out if they are experiencing mood swings. Brain fog and trouble concentrating may go unnoticed until grades at school start to slip.
Yale rheumatologist Dr. Ian Ferguson said he’s also seen young patients dealing with joint and bone pain after having COVID.
“They might say, ‘I just feel achy. I don’t feel right.’ An otherwise healthy child may say, ‘I don’t feel like I should get out of bed in the morning,'” Dr. Ferguson explained in a Yale Medicine article. “Or they say, ‘I used to be on the high school cross country team. And now I can barely make it down the street before I have to take a break.’”
Doctors encourage parents to be mindful of the common long COVID symptoms and monitor their children after an infection.
If the symptoms are impacting your child for longer than a week or two, Dr. Giuliano recommends getting them seen by a doctor.
“The pediatrician or family practice provider would spend some time trying to understand the timeline related to COVID and the onset of symptoms, how common these symptoms were for the child before the infection even started and then put all those pieces together to determine what the best treatment option would be for them,” she said.
Long COVID can affect anyone who catches the virus, but is more likely to occur in cases resulting in severe illness or hospitalization. The best way to prevent serious illness is to stay up-to-date with vaccinations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends.
Children between 6 months and 4 years old are eligible for a “primary series” of COVID-19 vaccines (either two doses of Moderna or three doses of Pfizer). Children 5 and older should get their primary series, the CDC says, as well as a booster if enough time has elapsed since the last shot.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - Trade winds will weaken into tomorrow. Partly cloudy with occasional morning showers, then scattered showers through the day. Highs 83 to 88. Northeast winds around 15 mph.
Tonight, mostly cloudy to start, then clearing. Showers are likely over windward and mauka sections, scattered leeward showers leeward. Lows 68 to 73. East winds around 15 mph in the evening becoming light and variable.
Trade winds will weaken through Saturday, remain on the lighter side through the weekend, then increase again early next week. Clouds and showers will favor windward areas during nights and mornings, but the lighter winds will allow sea breezes to drive cloud and shower formation over leeward and interior areas in the afternoons. An increase in moisture tonight into Saturday is expected to fuel increased shower coverage, especially windward.
Surf along south facing shores will trend up through the day Saturday, peak around the advisory level late Sunday through Monday, then slowly ease through midweek as a south-southwest swell moves through. A medium-period southeast swell pick up Monday, then peak late Tuesday through midweek, which will add to the mix along exposed shores. Surf will return to typical summer levels late next week along south facing shores. Surf along east facing shores will ease into the weekend as the trades back off, but may come up Sunday if a long- period easterly swell from former Hurricane Kay in the far eastern Pacific materializes. Small and choppy surf will pick up next week as the trades return. Surf along north facing shores will remain small through next week, with no significant sources expected in the long range.
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Midlothian crime: HGV driver under the influence of cocaine and using mobile phone arrested in Eskbank
A HGV driver who was under the influence of cocaine and using a mobile phone whilst driving was arrested by police in Midlothian.
Officers from Dalkeith Road Police stopped the motorist in Eskbank on Thursday morning, after spotting them driving while using their mobile phone.
The driver was stopped, and made to do a roadside DrugWipeUK test. They tested positive for Cocaine and were arrested.
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Once at the station, police obtained a blood specimen from the motorist, which will be analysed.
In a social media post, Road Policing Scotland announced that the HGV driver will be reported to the procurator fiscal.
In Scotland, there is a zero tolerance approach to taking illegal drugs and driving.
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West Lothian crime news: Police investigate man approaching a child near a primary school
An investigation has been launched after a man approached a child near a school in West Lothian.
By Rachel Mackie
Friday, 9th September 2022, 3:18 pm
Updated Friday, 9th September 2022, 3:19 pm
The incident was reported to have taken place on Rannoch Road in Whitburn, not far from both Whitdale Primary School and Whitburn Academy.
A Police Scotland spokesperson confirmed: “Police were called around 1.05pm on Monday, 5 September, 2022 following the report of a man approaching a child on Rannoch Road, Whitburn.
"Enquiries are currently ongoing to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident."
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Midlothian people can pay their respects to the Queen
Midlothian is paying tribute to the Queen with books of condolence, flags flown at half mast and flowers laid in her memory across the county.
Local people can pass on their condolences in various ways over the coming days ahead of the Queen’s funeral, which is expected to take place next weekend.
Arrangements are underway to open books of condolence at council venues across Midlothian to allow local people to pay tribute to Her Majesty. Books of condolence will also be available at Crichton Collegiate Church and Rosslyn Chapel.
Union flags will be flown in accordance with national protocol at Midlothian House, the Lasswade Centre and Penicuik Town Hall.
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Scottish football and UK sport shuts down as mark of respect for the Queen
Scottish football and sport in general is shutting down this weekend as a mark of respect following the passing of the Queen at the age of 96.
The Scottish FA and SPFL confirmed that all professional matches will be postponed. That includes matches in the four SPFL divisions, the Lowland and Highland League and SWPL1 and 2 as well as Women’s Scottish Cup fixtures.
South Challenge Cup fixtures have also been called off by the East of Scotland FA and the Scottish Amateur FA has suspended all its matches this weekend.
All grassroots football in England and Northern Ireland has been called off as well as the professional game, but children’s and youth football in Scotland can go ahead with teams encouraged by the Scottish Youth FA and Scottish Women’s Football to celebrate the Queen’s life with a minute’s applause.
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While that decision to buck the trend has been welcomed in many quarters, heavy rain in the Capital means many games have been called off in any case.
The Hibs v Hearts CAS Elite under-18 League game scheduled for tonight at HTC has also been postponed.
Hibs were scheduled to face Dundee United at Tannadice in the cinch Premiership on Saturday, with Hearts due to host St Mirren on Sunday. But with a period of national mourning across the United Kingdom now underway, a full shutdown has been confirmed.
Explaining the decision to cancel professional football in Scotland, Scottish FA president Rod Petrie explained: “We spoke with our counterparts across the UK and in discussions with our colleagues across the professional game in Scotland it was agreed that this was the appropriate step to take following the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
“We will work with our clubs and members in the meantime to ensure appropriate steps are taken throughout the period of mourning.”
Discussions are thought to be taking place with UEFA over next week's European games involving Scottish clubs. Celtic and Hearts are due to travel to away matches in Poland and Latvia respectively, with reports suggesting that these fixtures will still go ahead. But European games due to take place in the UK could still be postponed, including Rangers' Champions League clash with Napoli scheduled for Tuesday.
The Scottish Premiership fixtures scheduled for next weekend, September 17 and 18, include Hibs v Aberdeen on Saturday and Motherwell v Hearts on Sunday. The Scottish Cup first round is also scheduled for next weekend.
This weekend's Premier League, English Football League and Women’s Super League fixtures have also been called off. All football in Northern Ireland scheduled for this weekend will not take place.
Scottish Rugby has suspended all “competitive” domestic games this weekend. That includes Scotland women’s Test match against Spain at DAM Health Stadium in the Capital on Sunday. But Edinburgh Rugby’s away match against Treviso in Italy is going ahead.
Elsewhere, the second day of golf’s PGA Championship at Wentworth is not taking place but will resume on Saturday and there will be no play in cricket’s Test match between England and South Africa. Cycling's Tour of Britain has cancelled its final three stages in Gloucestershire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight.
The British Horseracing Authority has announced that racing will resume on Sunday, but Musselburgh racecourse has abandoned fixtures scheduled for Saturday and Sunday as a mark of respect as the Queen’s body lies in rest in St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh.
Bill Farnsworth, general manager of Musselburgh Racecourse, explained: “While protocols permit racing to resume on Sunday it would be inappropriate for us to stage our meeting as the Queen’s body rests in nearby St Giles’ Cathedral and as a mark of respect the decision was taken to abandon.”
The plan for what happens next when the Queen dies, called ‘Operation Unicorn’ when she passes in Scotland, is set out for nine days following the monarch’s death and includes the option to postpone sports fixtures.
Sports event organisers were told this morning that they were under no obligation to do so. Official guidance does, however, does recommend that sports bodies consider cancelling events on the day of the state funeral, likely to be a week on Monday.
News of the Queen's passing broke during the half-time interval of Hearts' Europa Conference League match against Istanbul Basaksehir at Tynecastle, with the players wearing black armbands and resuming to a minute's silence, which was interrupted by a minority of fans and had to be cut short.
The Queen was a Patron of the Scottish FA, and president Rod Petrie joined the tributes.
“On behalf of the Scottish football family, I send my condolences to the Royal Family following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” said Petrie the former Hibs chairman.
“We will join the nation in a period of mourning and reflect on the indomitable spirit that characterised Her Majesty’s long reign and the enduring legacy she leaves behind."
“Her Majesty’s love and affinity for Scotland is well-known and long-established and we at the Scottish FA are deeply saddened by the passing of our Patron.”Murdoch MacLennan, chairman of the SPFL, said: "The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II marks the end of a glorious, momentous reign.
“Our thoughts, prayers and sincere condolences go out to the Royal Family as we give thanks for the selfless contribution of our country’s longest-serving monarch.”
Hibs, Hearts and other football and sports clubs across Edinburgh and the Lothians have being paying tribute to the Queen on social media. | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/scottish-football-and-uk-sport-shuts-down-as-mark-of-respect-for-the-queen-3837272 | 2022-09-09T15:46:15Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/scottish-football-and-uk-sport-shuts-down-as-mark-of-respect-for-the-queen-3837272 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A mural depicting the history of Tunbridge Wells at the town's railway station, which replaced the controversial removal by Southeastern of the original by a feted artist, has also now vanished. The removal of the original mural on platform 2 in 2016 prompted an outcry from the community and across the country, with accusations of "vandalism" and an "awesome blunder".
The designer and lead artist on the commission which featured bright depictions of places across Tunbridge Wells was one of the country’s foremost muralists. It had been painted in 1989 and depicted heritage scenes and people across the town in vibrant, eye catching style, including Beau Nash and Lord North – colourful historical figures associated with the area.
The lead artist was feted muralist Brian Barnes, who trained at the Royal College of Art and was a “key figure in the wave of mural painting that emerged from the1970s onwards”, said Ben Wiedel Kaufmann of Plymouth University. Southeastern told us at the time the MDF boards on which the pictures were painted had fallen apart when contractors moved them to carry out work.
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They were replaced in 2017 by a new artwork, which again showed charming aspects of Tunbridge Wells including landmarks and historical characters of the town, created by a group of local artists. After the outrage had died down, commuters and other passengers had grown fond of the new mural. But now the walls are bare again as this second mural has disappeared.
Mr Wiedel Kaufmann had said at the time working with Mr Barnes on the artwork as assistants were Carol Kenna and Steve Lobb of Greenwich Mural Workshop, another “seminal force in mural production over the decades” since it was founded in 1975. Mr Lobb had described the original mural's removal as an "awesome blunder".
In 2017, the new artwork was unveiled, which showed 2,500 years of the area's history. Southeastern had donated £10,000 to the project, overseen by the Refresh Tunbridge Wells group, and selected artist Chris Burke to create the new three by 35m piece.
Mr Burke said at the time: “It has been an absolute pleasure to work on this project. From start to finish, the panel, the artists, designers, historians, photographer and vinyl production team have all been local people with a keen desire to produce something worthwhile for Tunbridge Wells.”
The huge work of art depicts the local history from Iron Age forts built at The Rocks around 200BC, to Tunbridge Wells becoming a spa town in 1606. It includes the period when celebrated dandy and 18th century fashionista Beau Nash became Master of Ceremonies and boosted local tourism. And it also shows how the town became a major draw for royals and aristocrats alike.
Perhaps the most fitting image, was the start of the railway and the opening of Tunbridge Wells station in the 1840s, and the gaining of the title Royal Tunbridge Wells, which was agreed by Edward V11 in 1909. Kent Live contacted Southeastern this afternoon.
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U.S. and Virginia flags will fly at half-staff over all local, state and federal buildings and grounds in honor of Queen Elizabeth, who died Thursday at 96 years old.
Youngkin ordered flags to remain lowered until sunset on the day of interment, which is expected to take place within two weeks.
The queen, the longest serving sovereign in British history, died Thursday afternoon at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after seven decades on the throne. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/youngkin-orders-flags-flown-at-half-staff-to-honor-queen-elizabeth/article_bc3fa296-303d-11ed-917d-eb7bb324eee3.html | 2022-09-09T15:51:26Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/youngkin-orders-flags-flown-at-half-staff-to-honor-queen-elizabeth/article_bc3fa296-303d-11ed-917d-eb7bb324eee3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Patriot High School’s offense totaled 490 yards Thursday on 40 plays in their 37-20 non-district at Forest Park.
Scott Bateman threw for 200 yards on 8 of 12 passing and two touchdowns as the Pioneers improved to 2-0. Bateman replaced starter Sam Fernandez, who left the game after he fell on his shoulder on the Pioneers' four offensive play of the game.
Gabe Bigbee led Patriot’s receivers with five catches for 157 yards and one touchdown. Drew Hube caught the other touchdown pass on a 44-yard reception.
Jackson McCarter ran 12 times for 79 yards and a score and Quentin Harrison added 64 rushing yards on five carries and two touchdowns.
Anthony Portorreal-Cuzmar was 5 for 5 in extra point attempts. | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/patriots-balanced-offense-leads-to-win-over-forest-park/article_261ac280-304e-11ed-9047-07e801230b0e.html | 2022-09-09T15:51:32Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/patriots-balanced-offense-leads-to-win-over-forest-park/article_261ac280-304e-11ed-9047-07e801230b0e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
There are some interesting public- and private-school non-conference matchups this weekend in high-school football action involving teams in the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas.
* One private-school game on Saturday, Sept. 10 at noon has the Bishop O’Connell Knights of Arlington hosting Mount Zion Prep Academy of Lanham, Md., in a clash between 0-1 teams. The meeting is thought to be the first between the programs.
“We had a couple of teams from last year’s schedule not want to play us again, so we were able to schedule Mount Zion,” O’Connell coach Ken Lucas said.
Each team scored little in their initial games – O’Connell seven points in a 14-7 loss and Mount Zion only managed a safety in its 21-2 setback.
* Another private-school clash has the Flint Hill Huskies (0-1) hosting the Paul VI Catholic Panthers (1-0) on Friday, Sept. 9 at 4:15 p.m. The teams have met a lot in recent years, with Flint Hill most often having the upper hand.
Paul VI won in a rout, 41-7, last fall, but Flint Hill won the previous seven meetings, including a 28-6 victory in 2019.
Overall, the Huskies have lost 12 straight games over a three season stretch.
* The third private-school matchup has the Potomac School Panthers (1-0) hosting John Paul the Great (0-1) on Friday, Sept. 9 at 4 p.m. in McLean.
Since 2013, the teams have played each year – with 2020 the exception because of the pandemic – in the second game for Potomac School each season. The Panthers have a 5-3 record against the Dumfries team, including a 22-0 victory last fall.
* One of this weekend’s biggest public-school games pits the host Yorktown Patriots (1-1) against the winless and defending Concorde District and 6D Northern Region champion Madison Warhawks (0-2) on Friday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. in Arlington.
It’s still early in the season, but each team needs a win looking ahead to making the region playoffs in November. Madison blanked Yorktown, 41-0, last fall en route to a 13-2 record and runner-up finish in the Class 6 state tournament.
“We want to give them a better game this year,” Yorktown coach Bruce Hanson said. “In last year’s game we made a lot of mistakes early and they jumped on us quickly.”
The teams have met off and on over the years. In 2019, Yorktown knocked off host Madison in the region-tournament semifinals, with the Warhawks winning big in 2015 and 2016 regular-season matchups.
* The Langley Saxons (1-1) are hosting the Oakton Cougars (2-0) Friday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m.
Until 2017, the teams had rarely met, despite the schools not being located very far apart. Oakton won the last three contests, including 34-15 last fall.
Both of Oakton’s wins this season are by shutouts.
* In Friday, Sept. 9 games at 7 p.m., Arlington’s Wakefield Warriors (0-2) and Washington-Liberty Generals (1-1) are in action. Wakefield plays at W.T. Woodson (0-1) in Fairfax and Washington-Liberty hosts the Chantilly Chargers (1-0). | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/some-interesting-weekend-football-matchups-on-tap/article_9de7cbb0-2fda-11ed-99b5-8bfa1801beb7.html | 2022-09-09T15:51:38Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/some-interesting-weekend-football-matchups-on-tap/article_9de7cbb0-2fda-11ed-99b5-8bfa1801beb7.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
“Death Gun Salutes” have been fired out across Great Britain as the nation enters a prolonged period of mourning following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
The long-reigning monarch died Thursday at Balmoral Castle, Scotland at the age of 96.
On Friday afternoon, regiments gathered at significant sites across the UK firing a 96-round salute, with each round symbolizing a year of the queen’s life.
The salutes began simultaneously at 1 p.m., and took place at Hyde Park and the Tower of London, as well as at Cardiff Castle in Wales and Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
Death gun salutes were also performed in York, Portsmouth, Gibraltar and Belfast, Northern Island.
One round was fired every 10 seconds, meaning the salutes lasted for more than 15 minutes in total.
Gun salutes are typically fired as a sign of respect or welcome but are also fired on special UK holidays, including the queen’s birthday.
Death gun salutes, however, are quite rare. They have previously been performed following the passing of Queen Victoria in 1901 and the passing of Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965.
In Hyde Park, the salute was fired by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, with the sounds of the cannon fire heard at nearby Buckingham Palace.
Thousands of mourners stood outside the gates of the royal residence in silence as the salute unfolded.
Meanwhile, the salute under the Tower of London was carried out by the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), which dates its origins to 1537, making it the oldest regiment in the British Army.
Just hours after the salutes were performed, the queen’s oldest son and heir — the new King Charles III — arrived outside Buckingham Palace to greet mourners.
The 73-year-old is set to give a televised address to the nation at 6 p.m., but his official Coronation will not take place for several weeks.
On Thursday evening, following the death of the queen, Charles released a statement mourning his late mother.
“The death of my beloved mother, Her Majesty, the queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family,” the 73-year-old said.
“We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.” | https://nypost.com/2022/09/09/96-round-death-gun-salutes-boom-honoring-queen-elizabeth/ | 2022-09-09T15:54:57Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/09/96-round-death-gun-salutes-boom-honoring-queen-elizabeth/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Chipotle has nixed a “menu hack” that allowed customers to get a burrito for $3 after the trick reportedly drew complaints from employees.
The hack, which went viral on TikTok and other social media platforms, revealed customers could order a single taco through Chipotle’s online system with all available free toppings on the side. By combining the ingredients with a plain tortilla, customers can create a burrito that would otherwise cost much more than $3.
Chipotle executives learned of the hack and informed store managers this week that the ability to order a single taco online would be taken down “until further notice,” according to an email obtained by Insider.
A company representative later confirmed that customers are “currently unable to order a single taco from our online ordering systems.”
“While we have long embraced customizations and even released our own hack menu, the current social media trend is resulting in a poor experience for our food, our employees and our customers waiting for orders,” Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Laurie Schalow told the outlet in a statement.
The Post has reached out to Chipotle for further comment on the situation.
Insider said it spoke to five Chipotle workers in five states, all of whom described the menu hack as an obstacle that slowed down production and wasted too much plastic. One New York-based worker said fulfilling the “$3 burrito” orders was “beyond annoying and disruptive.”
A Chipotle manager in Ohio lamented the fact that customers “would get aggressive when we put the proper taco-sized portions in the cups.”
“It was horribly obvious what [customers using the hack] were trying to do and it was just annoying for everyone trying to just do their jobs,” the worker added.
Menu hacks are nothing new at Chipotle and other fast food chains as customers attempt to secure bargains. Another version of the “hack” directed customers to order a tortilla with beans and cheese to get a “burrito” that cost just $2.36.
Meanwhile, companies across various industries are still in the midst of labor shortages and supply chain issues that have made operations more difficult over the last year.
Earlier this week, a viral TikTok showed a customer who became so impatient about the wait for her food at a Chipotle in Florida that she jumped behind the counter and began working the cash register. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/09/chipotle-blocks-3-burrito-menu-hack-after-employees-complain/ | 2022-09-09T15:55:21Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/09/chipotle-blocks-3-burrito-menu-hack-after-employees-complain/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Paddington Bear paid his respects to Queen Elizabeth Thursday, months after the duo participated in a heartwarming skit for the late monarch’s Platinum Jubilee in June.
Paddington and Elizabeth warmed the hearts of all in a hilarious afternoon-tea sketch where they bonded over their love of marmalade sandwiches.
“Thank you Ma’am, for everything,” tweeted the bear.
The sketch, which kick-started the festival on June 4, shows Paddington and Elizabeth sitting down to a nice cup of tea before the bear guzzles down nearly all of the beverage before serving the monarch only a few drops.
Paddington then offers Elizabeth a marmalade sandwich he had stored in his hat “just in case.”
“So do I,” she replies, taking out a sandwich from her iconic handbag.
“I keep mine in here.”
The light-hearted sketch takes a more serious tone as the bear thanks her for her 70 years of service to Britain.
“Happy Jubilee, Ma’am. And thank you. For everything,” says Paddington.
An attendant then informs the sandwich-toting sovereign that the Jubilee is about to begin, leading both bear and monarch to tap out the beat to “We Will Rock You” before transitioning outside to a live performance.
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According to insiders, Queen Elizabeth spent half a day filming the sketch at Windsor and allegedly kept the entire thing a secret from her family.
Frank Cottrell-Boyce, who co-wrote the skit, recalled how much the sovereign liked to be in front of the camera.
“She had a lot more lines in the Paddington sketch, partly because it was a lot cheaper to film her than to film Paddington,” Cottrell-Boyce noted. “But she did that brilliantly and with evident enjoyment. And it wasn’t easy. Paddington’s not really there, so it’s technically an amazing performance and a brilliantly timed comic performance.”
The royal keeping a sandwich in her purse is a bit of a hat-tip to her favorite food, too. Recently, Queen Elizabeth II’s former private chef, Darren McGrady, spilled the tea on the monarch’s favorite meal for high tea — and, apparently, it’s the same thing she’s been eating since childhood: jam sandwiches.
“The queen was served jam pennies in the nursery as a little girl. She’s had them for afternoon tea ever since,” McGrady claimed on his YouTube channel. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/09/paddington-bear-pays-tribute-to-queen-elizabeth/ | 2022-09-09T15:55:57Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/09/paddington-bear-pays-tribute-to-queen-elizabeth/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
While commoners beyond the walls of Buckingham Palace dared not address Elizabeth outside of her royal designations, inside her grandiose abode she was reportedly known as “Cabbage” during her 74-year marriage to Prince Philip. The prince often borrowed the name of the green, leafy vegetable to affectionately refer to his wife.
The tradition, first started by Elizabeth’s great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, in the mid-1800s, reportedly took place at the queen’s residences at Buckingham Palace, Windsor, Holyroodhouse and beloved vacation home in Balmoral, Scotland. Who needs an alarm clock when you’ve got talented musicians on staff?
The silver-haired sovereign made a cameo opposite actor Daniel Craig as James Bond in the opening visuals of the 2012 London Olympics. When the director of the 007-centric skit requested the queen’s permission to use her likeness, her majesty countered the inquiry with an offer to not only appear in the clip, but to also take on a speaking role.
Elizabeth’s penchant for vibrantly ornate caps wasn’t solely rooted in her zest for haute couture — the hats were for the people. “She needs to stand out for people to say . . . they saw a bit of The Queen’s hat as she went past,” said the monarch’s daughter-in-law Sophie, Countess of Wessex, in the documentary “The Queen at 90.” | https://nypost.com/web-stories/surprising-facts-about-queen-elizabeth-ii/ | 2022-09-09T15:56:46Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/web-stories/surprising-facts-about-queen-elizabeth-ii/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After months of campaigning, and in some cases more than a year since the nominated shows aired, it should feel easy to make Emmy-winner predictions. But with multiple previous winners going head-to-head for the first time, some canny release strategies putting some shows very front of mind for voters, and way too many nominated Succession actors to keep track of, the choices are trickier the closer you look. Our Awards Insider team, however, did their best, predicting the winners—as well as who could win and who should win—in every category that will be announced at the Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, September 12.
Drama Series
Better Call Saul
Euphoria
Ozark
Severance
Squid Game
Stranger Things
Succession
Yellowjackets
As with so much of the TV industry these days, this category effectively comes down to HBO vs. Netflix. Will the prestige-TV hitmaker reign once again with Succession, which won the last time it was eligible? Or will Netflix, which finally won this category for the first time last year with The Crown, hang in there with its surprise global smash Squid Game, or maybe even departing Emmy favorite Ozark? We still give the edge to Succession—after all, Emmy voters never felt the need to abandon HBO’s Game of Thrones, even for its disappointing final season—but given the industry excitement around Squid Game, a surprise seems very possible. —Katey Rich
Predicted Winner: Succession
Could Win: Squid Game
Should Win: Severance
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Brian Cox, Succession
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Adam Scott, Severance
Jeremy Strong, Succession
The only real thousand-to-one shot in this stacked category is Adam Scott. (Sorry, buddy–it’s an honor just to be nominated, right?) Otherwise, every actor present makes a strong case for clinching the gold—perhaps especially Jason Bateman and Bob Odenkirk, both of whom have been nominated year after year for playing signature roles on beloved shows that have come to an end. (Okay, so technically, Odenkirk will be eligible in 2023 for the last six episodes of Saul—but with those final installments now fresh in the minds of voters, now seems like his best shot.) Even so, these stalwarts seem likely to be overlooked one last time in favor of one of Succession’s main men or Lee Jung-jae, the emotional anchor of Squid Game. If Succession wins best drama—and it seems like it will—the academy will probably give this category to Lee as a way of honoring both his performance and Squid Game’s overall achievement. If Squid Game wins best drama, best actor will almost certainly go instead to a member of the Roy family—probably Brian Cox, since Jeremy Strong won for the show’s last season. Accomplished actors all…but seriously, what does Bob Odenkirk have to do to get a damn acting Emmy?! —Hillary Busis
Predicted Winner: Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game
Could Win: Brian Cox, Succession
Should Win: Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Laura Linney, Ozark
Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show
Zendaya, Euphoria
This category seems to come down to the wire every year—Zendaya narrowly outpacing Laura Linney in 2020, Olivia Colman upsetting her Crown costar Emma Corrin last year—and Monday night will be no different. Zendaya is defending her title for Euphoria’s widely embraced second season, with Linney again competitive for a flashy final run on Ozark. But the real spoiler here is Lynskey. The Yellowjackets star won the hearts of critics and voters, and has run the kind of campaign—honest, earnest, witty—that’s hard to resist. A long-respected Hollywood journeywoman, she’s finally got her moment—and voters may very well honor it. —David Canfield
Predicted Winner: Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
Could Win: Zendaya, Euphoria
Should Win: Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nicholas Braun, Succession
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Park Hae-soo, Squid Game
Matthew Macfadyen, Succession
Christopher Walken, Severance
John Turturro, Severance
Oh Yeong-su, Squid Game
The Succession vs. Squid Game narrative extends far beyond the best-drama race, and is alive and well in the supporting-actor category. There’s a chance that Oh Yeong-su, who is 77 years old, could land this for his performance in Squid Game as the seemingly harmless old man, but this looks to really be a two-man race between Succession’s Kieran Culkin and Matthew Macfadyen. Both delivered impressive and nuanced performances in the third season of the HBO juggernaut, but we’re betting that voters will want to reward Culkin for his ability to take Roman Roy from a snide troublemaker to a vulnerable son and brother in this season. —Rebecca Ford | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/emmy-winner-predictions-2022 | 2022-09-09T15:59:11Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/emmy-winner-predictions-2022 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Even so, being a daughter in Birdy’s world is a rotten deal. At one point she recites a litany of things girls can’t do: “Go on crusades, cut their hair, be horse trainers, laugh very loud, marry who they will…go to hangings.” She fantasizes about dressing as a knight and escaping. Instead, she escapes into the diary that her brother (a monk) gives her, urging her to read and write. “Knowing your own story will be your salvation,” he promises.
Dunham, who is an executive producer on the movie in addition to her directing and writing credits, says she added that line, which wasn’t in the book: “I was like, let’s have the monk say not a religious credo, but the thing that’s my credo in life.” In her 2010 film Tiny Furniture, and then in Girls, Dunham played roles partly based on herself. “I love to write characters, particularly female characters, who are disruptive and say the wrong thing, who don’t know how to behave in a social space,” she says. “Those are all things that are interesting to me, characters who see themselves differently than they’re seen.” Birdy’s the latest in Dunham’s line of maddening misfits, whirling ’round the family castle like a dervish of “disruptive naughtiness.”
“I am constantly tweeting things and going, Why did I just say that to the world?” a then 25-year-old Dunham told me the first time I sat down with her, in 2012. She wanted to capture the dissolution of boundaries between public and private that came with social media, she said. Her knack for conjuring controversy both on and off the screen made her a lightning rod for controversy for years—at least partly thanks to her compulsion for following her most cringe-inducing impulses.
When I tell Dunham now that I feel lucky to have come of age before social media kicked in, she grins. “Probably the correct thing [to tell] someone in their 20s would be: Show us your art, and then you’re not allowed to do or say anything else. Just pipe down the rest of the time!” Girls came “at the beginning of this wave of female-led television and I didn’t have a roadmap,” she says. “So I hope some young people can look at my career and go, like, Here’s what I would do, and here’s what I wouldn’t do.” During the 2016 election, when she enthusiastically campaigned for Hillary Clinton, Dunham was demonized by Breitbart and the online cadres of alt-right bros, who seemed equally triggered by her outspoken feminism and her lack of embarrassment about her non-movie star-typical body.
“It was such a strange political time with the shift from this Democratic moment to rampant conservatism, so I felt like I needed to be vocal politically. But there’s a lot of challenges that come with that,” she says now. “Hopefully I’ll be able to take the experience of having momentarily been the fiery face of feminism and package that into something interesting in my work. But I can’t lie and say it was particularly fun.”
At times, Dunham says, she had to have security guards on hand while she was doing public events. “The level of threat on the internet, you assume it’s not real. And you don’t want to take it seriously, but I had someone send me floor plans to my apartment and be like, ‘I know where your bedroom is,’” she says. “I wouldn’t want even my worst enemy to experience the misogynistic rage I’ve experienced.”
Girls ended in 2017, and as Dunham remembers it now, “The negative attention really forced me to go inward after Girls. My biggest prayer after Girls was just to get my joy back. Because telling stories used to be my greatest joy and I lost that feeling for a little while.” The period after the show ended, during which she and former producing partner Jenni Konner made the short-lived HBO series Camping, was crammed with immense turmoil. In 2018 alone, Dunham underwent a total hysterectomy to combat her endometriosis, did a stint in rehab for benzodiazepine addiction, and had public breakups both personal (longtime boyfriend Jack Antonoff) and professional (Konner, in a split so notable that the duo released a joint statement).
Dunham will likely be reliving these things in a second memoir for Random House that’s currently in the editing process. The hardest thing to write about? Getting sober. “I want it to be very specific in the book,” she says. “It’s not like throughout Girls I was a raging wine drunk who came to work inebriated. Towards the end of Girls, I was just a very anxious person dealing with an enormous amount of chronic pain, and that experience went from trying to get care to trying to take care of myself to suddenly being in over my head and needing to take that time away. And that month at rehab, even though it was the best thing I ever did, was so full of shame and fear and anxiety, regret, and it’s amazing for me to think about now, almost five years sober.” Dunham is now married to musician Luis Felber, who collaborated on the soundtrack for Catherine Called Birdy, and says her life has finally calmed down—“probably because I made a purposeful choice to retreat in certain ways.”
Birdy has a light, mischievous feel, soundtracked by versions of indie-rock tunes by the likes of Elastica and Supergrass. The awkward, graphic sex of Girls is completely absent. So is much of the true grimness and squalor of the Middle Ages—the diseases and disfigurements, the bathroom arrangements (or lack of them), the cruel and unusual punishments. “There are lots of things that happen in the 13th century that you don’t see in this movie, because it’s seen through a child’s eyes,” Dunham says.
But there is a grueling scene of childbirth, a factor that also comes up in Sharp Stick—her recent indie film about a 26-year-old virgin, in which Dunham plays a pregnant, working mother. Dunham wrote in a Harper’s essay about learning she would not be able to conceive, but says she often doesn’t know what she’s working through in her films until afterwards. She does see the connective tissue in her last three movies, though. “Tiny Furniture is about late adolescence—the problem we were all discussing in 2008: Are children ever going to grow up? Sharp Stick is about a medically delayed adolescence. And then Birdy is about someone who’s not allowed to be an adolescent.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/lena-dunham-catherine-called-birdy | 2022-09-09T15:59:13Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/lena-dunham-catherine-called-birdy | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power episode three finally brings J.R.R. Tolkien fans to the island realm of Númenor, prominently mentioned in his lore but never depicted onscreen until now. It is Tolkien’s version of Atlantis—a maritime kingdom of high art and advanced technology that was later wiped from the map.
The ship that rescues Galadriel and Halbrand from their raft at the end of episode two hails from this hidden place, but the seafarer who rescues them is someone we have encountered already, even though some viewers may be surprised by where. Showrunners Patrick McKay and JD Payne are humanizing two figures that literally tower over The Lord of the Rings.
Elendil is the captain in question, a man descended from Middle-earth royalty who now serves as a leader in the Númenorean navy. Later in the episode, we also meet his son, Isildur, a novice who hopes to ascend through the ranks, but who is still in training as a shipmate and trying to get over a troubled past. Both of these characters feature prominently in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings movies. Especially in this shot…
Remember the Argonath? It was a monument to the kings of Gondor, which the Fellowship passed on their journey down the Anduin river. Aragorn looks up at the immense figures, with their hands extended in forceful warning, and says: “Long have I desired to look upon the kings of old. My kin…”
On the left of the shot from Jackson's film is Isildur, and on the right is Elendil. (In Tolkien’s books, the statues were Isildur and his brother Anárion, who was left out of the movies but is briefly mentioned during a family argument in The Rings of Power.) An entirely new character—a sister named Eärien, who's training as an architect—is also introduced. (Prediction: she will become part of Elrond’s storyline, either as he helps Celebrimbor construct his massive forge, or later as he builds the Elven city of Rivendell.)
Isildur and Elendil were also important figures from the prologue to The Fellowship of the Ring. The father Elendil’s sword, known as Narsil, was shattered by Sauron, then the son Isildur used the broken blade to separate the evildoer from The One Ring. Isildur then became corrupted by the ring. Rather than destroy it, he lost the artifact (as well as his life).
This is hardly a spoiler. It’s the first five minutes of a 21-year-old movie, but it sets up some dramatic tension for The Rings of Power. We know how things end for Elendil and Isildur, but we don’t know the forces and events that will guide them to those historic moments. That's where the twists and surprises of The Rings of Power will be found. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-episode-three-recap | 2022-09-09T15:59:23Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-episode-three-recap | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
At the heart of the new film The Inspection, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, is a conventional story we’ve seen play out in myriad other movies. A lost and searching young man, Ellis French (Jeremy Pope), joins the military and endures the pains and horrors of boot camp as his resolve quavers and hardens. The variation of this film, from writer-director Elegance Bratton, is that French is gay; he enlisted in the hopes of pleasing his mother, Inez (Gabrielle Union), who kicked him out of the house ten years earlier, leaving him homeless.
That’s a particular military narrative we haven’t seen much before, one that looks back at the era of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and finds one life both clarified and confused in a liminal state of existence. (French’s experience closely mirrors Bratton’s own.) It is a worthy subject for a drama, though a simple recitation of hardship might risk becoming starchy and too heavy with them. Bratton, though, is not solely interested in a litany of struggle. He fills The Inspection with style, with spiky humor and alluring edge. It’s a promising feature debut.
There’s both sadness and something relatably funny in the way French tries to butch himself up, which Pope renders with nuance. Bratton lets the homoerotic fever of these young, fit men living in such close confines dance at the edges of a few scenes. I wish he explored that more, though. Not out of prurience, exactly, but because delving further into French’s incredibly conflicted psychology, and that of the whole military, would only add to the film’s vital specificity.
French gets a bit lost in the movie’s survey of boot camp life, just another grunt in a platoon of hopefuls aching to prove themselves. The Inspection need not necessarily be an anti-military film, nor one that positions French in full diametric opposition to the military’s practices and policies. Bratton successfully illustrates how the fact of French’s being and the identity he’s aspiring to gradually coalesce into a changed person. But there could be more particular friction, between French’s interior life and the outward one he is trying to step into.
To Bratton’s credit, The Inspection doesn’t trade in easy stereotypes. There is the expected legacy recruit asshole (McCaul Lombardi) who torments French in order to prove his own prowess. He’s given some shading, though, Bratton extending a basic empathy toward another young person trying to assert himself, just from a different angle. A drill sergeant who pushes his training too far, played with credible bark by Bokeem Woodbine, is allowed some dimension too. We’re left questioning whether there is good intention buried under his hectoring abuse, because Bratton and Woodbine leave room for complicated interpretation.
The same goes for Inez, who can shift from monstrous to tender in the space of a breath. That’s a precarious balance ably struck by Union, who strips away any movie-star glam but never seems to preen in that imagined daring. Her few scenes with Pope are the film at its most startlingly personal. Bratton’s relationship with his own mother remains fraught, and he generously lets us into that tenuous and difficult bond. That act of sharing will probably resonate with more viewers than will the film’s more perfunctory military process.
The Inspection feels like a cleanse for its filmmaker, a recounting that, one hopes, will finally give some sense of closure to a challenging period in Bratton’s life. Yet there is always an awareness of the audience in the film, of a broader range of experience, that is often lacking in memoir films like this. Which augurs good things for Bratton’s career to come. Now that he’s told this foundational story, I hope he feels he can seek out new and more far-ranging topics. His talent is considerably evident in The Inspection, the product of training and reflection, yes, but also something innate that, it seems, no smothering force could suppress forever. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/the-inspection-movie-review | 2022-09-09T15:59:25Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/the-inspection-movie-review | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The new film Women Talking, now screening at the Toronto International Film Festival after a Telluride premiere, is about an extreme circumstance. A community of Mennonite women, isolated and illiterate and deeply devout, are processing a hideous crime: many of them have been systemically drugged and raped by men in their colony. The perpetrators have been hauled off to jail, the other men following after them with bail money. Meanwhile, the women are considering a set of options. Do they stay and forgive; do they refuse forgiveness and thus face banishment; or do they fight?
These are enormous questions, and ones that might seem, at immediate glance, too specific and absolute to apply to the outside world. But author Miriam Toews and now filmmaker Sarah Polley, who directs this adaptation of Toews’s novel (which was inspired by a real mass rape in a Mennonite enclave in Bolivia), sharply render what is so terribly, universally relevant about what these women are debating.
Women Talking is mounted as something of a Socratic dialogue, dense with conundrums particular to these women and with more general philosophical and social pertinence. The core question of the text is what is tolerable, what is fixable, and what merits only the productive revolution of abandonment. The fundamental urgency of their inquiry feels refreshingly direct, radical even. Hence the blunt title, so vast in its simplicity.
After a community-wide vote that resulted in a stalemate, a smaller group of women has gathered in a hay loft to make a decision for the community. They represent a few esteemed families of the colony. Agata Friesen (Judith Ivey) is there with her daughters Ona (Rooney Mara) and Salome (Claire Foy), and Greta Loewen (Sheila McCarthy) is joined by her daughters Mariche (Jessie Buckley) and Mejal (Michelle McLeod). Some younger women—children really, granddaughters of Agata and Greta—are present too, listening as their mothers, aunts, and grandmothers forcefully debate a major next move.
Polley calmly films this as one might a play, interrupting the proceedings on occasion for a cinematic bit of music or montage. Polley’s main interest seems to be in her actors, though, fitting as she was once (and may still be again?) a beguiling actor herself. For much of Women Talking, this approach works well. The actors nimbly maneuver both the old-fashioned formality of the dialogue and the script’s swells of anger and loss with striking clarity and mettle. Foy painfully illustrates Salome's apoplexy about what was done to her daughter. Mara manages a wistful, dreamy measuredness that can’t quite hide the sadness that has descended over Ona's life. Buckley commandingly lashes out in confusion and fury. McCarthy, as an egregiously harmed elder and a guilt-ridden parent, conjures up generations of unspoken violation.
Sometimes, though, the delicate rhythm of the movie is disrupted by monologue, or by point-making musing that seems as if it’s being addressed straight into the camera for the audience’s instructive benefit. Polley admirably allows her fine performers ample space to bring Women Talking to life. But there are also the bigger needs of the film to be considered—sometimes Polley’s actorly generosity comes at a cost, when the film turns stage-y for a minute and we’re snapped out of its enveloping spell.
Also distracting is Polley’s choice to wash the film in a muddy and desaturated pallor. Of course, these dire matters need not be—and probably should not be—swaddled in false and diluting beauty. Some vividness, though, may have helped embolden the film’s conversation, giving it a more palpable presence.
Even with those dreary aesthetics, the film is poignantly felt. There is a credible tension between those who see leaving as life-altering defeat and those who think staying is, in essence, fatal. A gray area exists in between, too, which Women Talking teases out as it patiently listens to all sides and then gradually synthesizes these many ideas and opinions into some kind of communal agreement. A decision is made, which the film frames as probably the correct one. And yet the other options are still present in that understanding. No perfect choice could be reached here, because these women have been denied the full breadth of autonomy in this cloistered world ordered by and in favor of men.
The men are mostly physically absent from the film, save a few young boys and Ben Whishaw as a kindly teacher who has returned to the community that once exiled him, now enlisted to take the minutes for these women who can neither read nor write. The unseen presence of men is everywhere, though, thick in the air. They are, after all, the ones who have committed or abetted—and set the social conditions for—the crimes that led to this conclave. It’s by their hand that this meeting has to be had at all. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/women-talking-movie-review | 2022-09-09T15:59:27Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/women-talking-movie-review | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After more than seven decades in service of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth has died at the age of 96. She ascended the throne after the death of George VI on February 6, 1952, and over the course of her 70-year reign, she met with countless world leaders and diplomats, overseeing the dissolution of the British Empire and the emergence of the U.K. as a prosperous nation in an increasingly globalised world.
Her funeral is expected to take place in 10 days, per previously leaked governmental plans, and King Charles III will soon embark on a tour of the nations to embrace mourners.
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In northern Arkansas there is a town called Eureka Springs, where no streets meet at a right angle. The town is built into the bedrock, captive to ancient geology, its buildings carved into curving cliffs and its trees erupting through layers of sloping sidewalks. There are no traffic lights in Eureka Springs because there is no clear way to turn, no bearings to get, no center to hold. You can enter the ground floor of a building and walk a straight line out the back door only to discover you have just left that side’s fifth floor. The topography dictates your journey: renames it, replaces it. It’s reassuring in this day and age, such reliable disorientation. No one comes to Eureka Springs for certainty anyway. They come for the magic and the ghosts.
Before the pandemic hit, every December my family would drive from St. Louis, Missouri, to Dallas, Texas, to celebrate Christmas with my sister and her family. Every year we would stop in Arkansas and spend a night in Eureka Springs. The official reason was to break up the ten-hour drive, but the real reason was to stay at the Crescent Hotel, and the reason we wanted to stay at the Crescent Hotel was that it’s haunted. This is not our opinion, but the hotel’s calling card. Since 1886, the Crescent has loomed over Eureka Springs, attracting travelers seeking miracle cures in the town’s waters, which are said to possess magical healing powers. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the famous and infamous passed through as the Ozarks became a gangsters’ paradise and a politicians’ retreat. The hotel changed hands and identities: a luxury resort, a women’s conservatory, a junior college. Then the Great Depression hit and it became a place where people literally died of false hope.
In 1937, a con artist named Norman Baker arrived in Eureka Springs with a new mark in mind. Born in the Mississippi River trade town of Muscatine, Iowa, in 1882, Baker grew up rich and spent his formative years getting wealthier through fraud. In the 1920s, he traveled through a shell-shocked America still reeling from the Spanish Flu, scouring the landscape like a vulture preying on pain. An aspiring politician, former carnival barker, and skilled demagogue, Baker gained a massive audience spouting conspiracy theories through the newly popular medium of radio. He operated a station in Muscatine that he called “KTNT,” which stood for “Know the Naked Truth.” Muscatine was at this time a fledgling Midwestern media mecca. Mark Twain had worked at its newspaper, before being accosted by a local with a knife who insisted he call him the son of the devil or be killed, at which point Twain decided to leave town.
Throughout the late 1920s, Baker warned his audience that evil cabals ruled the United States. He assured his listeners that he could expose the evildoers, so long as they kept on listening. His 10,000-watt broadcasts extended far beyond Muscatine, reaching over one million homes. Off the air, Baker consulted with a team of vicious lawyers he had hired to threaten the public officials and journalists investigating his numerous criminal offenses, which ranged from obscenity to libel to theft.
But Baker’s cruelest crime was making ordinary people believe he could save them. In 1929, as the stock market crashed and America lurched deeper into despair, Baker proclaimed himself a medical genius. In December, he started a print magazine, The Naked Truth, and put a photo of himself on the cover alongside the proclamation cancer is cured. In 1930, he set up a hospital in Muscatine, called it the Baker Institute, and staffed it with people who had minimal medical expertise. He peddled a cancer treatment that consisted of little more than seeds, corn silk, carbolic acid, and water, though he did not tell that to his audience. He branded this tonic “Secret Remedy #5.” Baker’s secrets earned him $444,000 in 1930 alone, the 2021 equivalent of $7.2 million.
Baker was an opponent of vaccines. He told his followers that doctors recommending vaccines were part of a nefarious government plot. He claimed that doctors knew how to cure cancer, but refused to do it because it afforded them no financial gain, unlike his own selfless actions. Baker was vicious in his denunciations, but his audience liked it. In a time of economic misery and political instability, it felt good to have an enemy, and Baker’s confidence was its own lure. Throughout the early 1930s, tens of thousands of desperate Americans gathered together at rallies to hear him speak. Baker assured them that one day cancer would disappear, like a miracle. They drank his treatment down like Kool-Aid-flavored hydroxychloroquine, and thereby sealed their own demise.
Within a year, the American Medical Association had caught on to Baker and sought to shut down his operation, seeing him as a merchant of death. “The viciousness of Mr. Baker’s broadcasting lies not in what he says about the American Medical Association but in the fact that he induces sufferers from cancer who might have some chance for their lives, if seen early and properly treated, to resort to his nostrum,” they wrote in 1931. Baker responded by claiming that the American Medical Association had sent armed assassins to kill him. He then unsuccessfully sued the AMA for defamation.
These were classic Baker tactics—accuse your opponents of an outrageous crime and sue them early and aggressively. But this time, he failed. He lost his radio license and his institute and gained an arrest warrant. He fled to Mexico, where he purchased a border radio station and broadcast to his audience that he would continue to live above the law. After a few years of lying relatively low, he returned to the United States in 1937. He served one day of prison time in Iowa, for practicing medicine without a license, and set off for Eureka Springs. | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/how-trump-follows-in-the-footsteps-of-a-notorious-con-artist | 2022-09-09T15:59:37Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/how-trump-follows-in-the-footsteps-of-a-notorious-con-artist | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In the first day of debate this week over a bill that will ban nearly all abortions in South Carolina, state Senator Sandy Senn made a last-ditch political plea to her colleagues. “Let’s put this whole issue on the ballot,” she said. But standing behind a wooden lectern in the South Carolina statehouse, Senn, a Republican, admitted she knew she was fighting a lost cause. “We won't do that because y'all are scared to do that. The same thing that happened in Kansas would happen here, resoundingly. Y'all think you know better than your own constituents,” she said, referring to Kansans resoundingly rejecting a ballot measure that would have allowed lawmakers to curtail abortion access in the state.
For days, a dispute raged among the state’s Republicans, not over the passage of an abortion ban itself but over the severity of one, specifically, whether there should be exceptions for victims of rape and incest. After two long days of fierce debate on the floor, the chamber—in a vote of 27 to 16—passed more-restrictive abortion measures, though stopped short of a near-total ban. “It was an awful waste of taxpayer money and an awful waste of people’s time,” Vicki Ringer, director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic in South Carolina, said Friday morning.
South Carolina has become a microcosm of the chaos unfurling nationally as women’s reproductive rights have spiraled into a state of legal crisis. Patients and doctors are being forced to wade through a confusing web of state laws—at times conflicting—and pending court cases. South Carolina has a six-week abortion ban on the books, signed into law in February 2021 by Republican Governor Henry McMaster. But the South Carolina Supreme Court temporarily blocked the ban, ruling that it conflicted with a 1974 law that effectively enshrined the protections of Roe v. Wade. The case remains unsettled. In place is an existing South Carolina law allowing abortions up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. The confusion has lead to risk-averse physicians fearing potential prosecution, in some cases to the detriment of their patients, and individuals seeking abortion unsure of what their rights actually are as the political and legal ground continues to shift beneath them.
The amended ban passed by the Senate on Thursday night mirrors the existing six-week ban. It also bans abortion after six-weeks of pregnancy, but it narrows the window in which there are exceptions for rape and incest from 20 weeks to 12 weeks. It also requires doctors to report abortions performed under these exceptions and take a DNA sample from the fetus, which then has to be transferred to the police and kept as evidence. Additionally, the bill allows for abortions in instances of fetal anomalies, but they must be confirmed by two doctors.
“I think what we've seen was that senators realized that there is no popular abortion ban bill, that it is unpopular with their citizens and they could not get to a point where they could ban abortions,” Ringer said. “What they got to last night was essentially back to the six-week ban but tightened the restrictions on rape and incest victims. So the six-week ban with a bit more cruelty on top, just for good measure.”
The debate exposed fissures within the Republican Party. There are lawmakers like Doug Gilliam, who, presented with a hypothetical scenario by his Republican colleague Gil Gatch in which a minor was raped by her father, Gilliam, during the state House debate on the bill, dismissed the characterization that the child was “forced” to carry a pregnancy. “She had choices,” he said, posing Plan B as an alternative. State Senator Tom Davis pushed an amendment on the floor Wednesday that would allow for exceptions "if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, and the probable post-fertilization age of the fetus is fewer than 20 weeks"—which is greater than the 12-week window in the House bill.
The fracture among Republicans can be traced back to a dull, bare conference room on Tuesday, where the South Carolina Senate Medical Affairs Committee—a panel largely made up of white men— voted to strip the exceptions for rape and incest included in a bill that passed the House last week. The bill does include a narrow carve out if the life of the mother is at risk, though similar laws in other states have left women in life-threatening situations as physicians and hospitals to try to legally reconcile anti-abortion laws with their Hippocratic oath.
“We are literally transferring the penalty and criminal liability of the rapist’s crime to the baby,” state Senator Richard Cash, the Republican who introduced the amendment to remove exemptions for rape and incest, argued as he pushed the body to make the bill more severe. “There's nothing good about this,” Ringer said. “This is just pretty tragic.”
In a strategic move, Democrats on the Senate Medical Affairs Committee abstained from the vote that could have blocked the amendment removing the exception for rape and incest, an apparent gamble that the more extreme version of the abortion ban would more likely fail before the full Senate—or at the very least if it went back to the House. Last week, an abortion ban that didn’t include exceptions for rape and incest failed in the House. As State Senate Minority Leader Brad Hutto framed it, Republicans “need to own” the extremism of their reproductive health policies in South Carolina. But the amended version that passed in the Senate on Thursday night is largely similar to the bill that passed the House, increasing the likelihood of its passage.
This fight in South Carolina offers a window into the baffling, high-risk policy taking hold at the state level ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this summer, ending federal protection for abortion rights. Republican legislatures in states across the country are careening toward more and more extreme antiabortion policies, even as public opinion remains in favor of abortion access. "You can't put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig. Exceptions do not make abortion restrictions less harmful. We, as lawmakers, should not be in a position to decide who gets an abortion and who does not get an abortion,” said state Senator Marlon Kimpson, a Democrat. Governor McMaster has called for legislation lacking any and all exceptions. “He will sign whatever Republicans send his way,” Ringer said. | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/south-carolina-abortion-vote-exposes-fissures-in-the-gop-over-just-how-extreme-to-get | 2022-09-09T15:59:43Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/south-carolina-abortion-vote-exposes-fissures-in-the-gop-over-just-how-extreme-to-get | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shia LaBeouf revealed that he recently lost his mother, Shayna Saide, and says her death helped cement his newfound “relationship with God.”
The actor disclosed in an email interview with The Hollywood Reporter this week that he was at his mother's bedside when she died from heart failure in a Los Angeles hospital late last month at age 80. “My mother was full of fear in her last moments: asking the doctor what this tube was and what that machine did. She was frantic,” he shared with the outlet. “She was deeply interested in God and spirituality her whole life, but she didn’t know him. Hence her last moments.”
LaBeouf mother was Jewish while his father is Christian, but he said that it wasn't until very recently that he'd ever felt strongly moved by either religion. He continued, “Her greatest gift to me was to promote, in her dying, the necessity of a relationship with God. Not an interest, not just a belief, but a relationship built on proof as tangible as a hug. Her last gift to me was the ultimate persuasion for faith."
Two weeks ago, the Honey Boy star also opened up about how finding Catholicism saved his life after his ex-girlfriend FKA Twigs filed a lawsuit against him last year accusing the actor of sexual battery, assault, infliction of emotional distress. In preparation for his forthcoming film Padre Pio, in which he plays an Italian priest in the Roman Catholic church, the actor told Bishop Robert Barron in an interview posted to YouTube that he began studying Catholicism and became increasingly interested in it as his personal life took a darker turn. “I had a gun on the table. I was outta here,” he confessed. “I didn’t want to be alive anymore when all this happened. Shame like I had never experienced before—the kind of shame that you forget how to breathe. You don’t know where to go.” But all of that led him to start living with Franciscan Capuchin friars in a monastery and there he discovered the support and connection that a religious community can provide. LaBeouf explained, “I know now that God was using my ego to draw me to Him. Drawing me away from worldly desires.” He added that his troubled past made him feel unworthy of embracing god or being welcomed into any religion, but as he lived with the friars and continued reading the scripture, he felt an “invite” to “let go” of those previous limitations. “It was seeing other people who have sinned beyond anything I could ever conceptualize also being found in Christ that made me feel like, ‘Oh, that gives me hope,’” LaBeouf explained. “I started hearing experiences of other depraved people who had found their way in this, and it made me feel like I had permission.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/shia-labeouf-mom-shayna-saide-died-found-god-catholicism | 2022-09-09T15:59:49Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/shia-labeouf-mom-shayna-saide-died-found-god-catholicism | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPOKANE, Wash. — A group of Spokane neighbors in the West Hills area are suing the City of Spokane, Catholic Charities, Empire Health Foundation, and others over plans to open three homeless facilities in the neighborhood.
The group, Spokane for Safe Neighborhoods, claims in the lawsuit that there has been no public process, no public hearing, no land use approvals issued, and no environmental review of impacts and alternatives.
“…When you establish a homeless shelter, there are governmental processes and standards that have to be followed,” William Hagy, President of the neighborhood group said in a provided written statement. “The City of Spokane cannot just say, ‘We give up. Put them anywhere, just get them out of downtown.’ And that basically is what our city government is doing.”
Among the reasons for the lawsuit, Hagy claims the City of Spokane violated the land use code when it told the “Department of Commerce that the Quality Inn site is approved by the City for a homeless shelter.” Hagy also claims the proposal “is likely to have significant adverse environmental impact,” and wants the city to complete an environmental review.
“Anyone who is familiar with the Catholic Charities shelter or homeless housing in downtown Spokane knows that a homeless shelter or housing opportunity can bring violent crime, theft, and other criminal activity to the surrounding area,” Hagy said in a provided written statement. “You can’t take a small neighborhood and make it absorb a huge homeless population. And even if you disagree about that, you can’t break the law…”
The complaint also states that the proposed housing locations are too far from necessities like grocery stories and community services, and that the West Hills is being allocated a “disproportionate burden.”
Washington State Department of Commerce recently responded to concerns raised by West Hill residents saying they had a "legitimate point" that their neighborhood should not have a disproportionate share of the facilities serving people who are formerly homeless.
"Commerce would be responsive to additional housing solutions in other parts of the county proposed by local governments in Spokane County," Commerce Media Relations Manager Penny Thomas said in a release.
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An Instagram account with 1.3 million followers called @brunchwithbabs, known for its recipe videos, posted a video in late August of a homemade dish detergent “hack" to use in the dishwasher when you run out of detergent.
The homemade recipe was simple: three drops of Dawn dish soap and three tablespoons of baking soda.
The @brunchwithbabs account is not the first to share this do-it-yourself recipe. A similar dishwater detergent recipe that uses dish soap and baking soda was shared by the Huffington Post as far back as 2014.
THE QUESTION
Should dish soap and baking soda be used as an alternative to dishwasher detergent?
THE SOURCES
A representative for Procter & Gamble, the company that owns Dawn dish soap
Appliance Rescue Service, a Dallas area appliance repair company
ServiceOne, a Nebraska-based appliance installation and repair company
Ken’s Plumbing, a South Carolina-based plumbing company
THE ANSWER
No, dish soap and baking soda should not be used as an alternative to dishwasher detergent. It will not clean your dishes as effectively, and it could damage your dishwasher.
WHAT WE FOUND
Dishwashers are designed to be used with dishwashing detergent. Dish soap is designed for hand washing dishes.Dish soap can damage your dishwasher, even when used in small amounts and mixed with baking soda, and won’t wash your dishes effectively when used in the dishwasher.
Manufacturers for both dish soap and dishwashers all warn against the use of dish soap in dishwashers.
"We recommend that Dawn dish soap should not be used in the dishwasher,” a Procter & Gamble representative, which owns Dawn dish soap, told VERIFY. “Dawn dish soap is intended for dishes that you hand wash, such as plates, bowls, serving dishes, glasses, utensils, casserole dishes, pots and pans. It is made up of surfactants, [which] can create a high level of suds that can spill out of your dishwasher creating a mess. Instead, we suggest using a dishwasher detergent."
Whirlpool tells customers to only use automatic dishwasher detergent in their dishwashers.
LG also says to always use detergents intended for automatic dishwashers, and that customers should never use dish soap or hand soap in LG dishwashers because it can fill up the machine with suds and cause it to leak.
Some versions of the recipe warn people not to use more than a few drops of dish soap because any amount more may cause the dishwasher to leak with suds.
But even a few drops of dish soap is enough to cause a sudsing problem, experts say.
“Any amount of dish soap is going to create suds,” says Appliance Rescue Service, a Dallas-area appliance repair company. “Even if you don't see them spilling out, they are there.”
Appliance Rescue Service says this sudsing can potentially damage your dishwater and even void its warranty. ServiceOne, a Nebraska-based appliance installation and repair company, explains the suds can make their way into the internal workings of the dishwasher and build up to cause a clog. Ken’s Plumbing in South Carolina says this build up of suds can ruin pipes, clog filters and affect drainage within the dishwasher’s plumbing.
And all this risk comes without it even properly washing your dishes.
“Dish soap works as well as it does because of the mechanical motion of washing by hand,” Appliance Rescue Service says. “Because your dishwasher doesn't have that type of motion, it's not effective.”
Bidvest Steiner, a South African company that sells dish soap, says dish soap works by lifting bacteria off the surface being cleaned so that it can be washed away with running water. The soap lifts germs off the surface when it’s worked into a lather, so dish soap requires you to scrub your dishes to actually clean them.
Dish detergent has a similar goal, according to SGS Polymer Solutions Incorporated, a materials testing lab. It pulls debris such as fats, grease and oil from dishes to more easily wash them away, and does so in a way that’s designed to work in a dishwasher rather than by handwashing. Meanwhile, your dishwasher kills the germs with heat rather than with detergent.
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Spotty fall colors likely in New England amid drought
(AP) - This summer’s drought is expected to cause a patchy array of fall color starting earlier in the leaf-peeping haven of New England while the autumn colors are likely to be muted and not last as long in the drought- and heat-stricken areas of the south.
In New England, experts anticipate the season, which typically peaks in October, to be more spread out with some trees changing earlier or even browning and dropping leaves because of the drought. Other places, like Texas, could see colors emerging later in the fall due to warm temperatures.
“We will still have brilliant colors in New England because of the fact that we have so many different kinds of trees and they’re growing on kind of ridges, and kind of slopes and wetlands,” said Richard Primack, a professor of plant ecology at Boston University. “You know we will have good color but the color will probably be more spotty than usual.”
Leaf peeping is big business in places like New England, where millions of visitors from around the country and world bring in billions of dollars.
Everyone from inns to diners often count on this business to get them through the rest of the year. But predicting when those colors will peak is not an exact science; requiring experts to consider everything from temperature, the length of the day and stresses like pests and drought.
In Vermont, the 18-room Mad River Barn, an inn in Fayston, typically sells out for about three weeks in a row starting in late September, said inn manager Jess Kotch. But those leaf-peepers don’t make reservations far in advance.
“Typically we get so many inquiries for last-minute stays through that period that I don’t even really start thinking about it until this week and next week,” she said.
This year, drought is one of the big concerns in many parts of the country.
Severe and even extreme drought set in this summer in southern New England and remains in some areas, while up north parts of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are in a moderate drought or are abnormally dry. In those northern New England states, the color will depend on the health of the individual trees and is expected to be good to variable.
“Where you have those real dry sandy soils or you know, trees that have had health issues accumulating over time you may see some effect on fall foliage on those trees,” Wendy Scribner, a forestry field specialist with the University of New Hampshire extension service, said. “But I think we just have so many of them that we still will see some coloration.”
In Oklahoma, where much of the state is in severe or extreme drought, the trees are expected to change earlier than usual and it will be quicker. Some oak trees started browning and dropping leaves this summer, said Alex Schwartz, district silviculturist for the Oklahoma Ranger Districts of the Ouachita National Forest.
“When the trees experience moderate to severe drought stress like we’ve had, what they’re going to do is they’re going to probably stop that production — what little they’ve had over the summer —- stop that production a lot quicker, and they’re not going to produce a lot of those other pigments like the carotenoids that bring out those other fall colors,” he said.
The same thing is happening on some ridgetops in Connecticut where oak trees in thin dry soils are browning and dropping leaves early, meaning they’re shutting down. And many southern New England beech trees, whose leaves typically turn yellow and orange in the fall, have been hit by beech leaf disease, causing them to drop their leaves, said Robert Marra, a forest pathologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
“It’s going to have a very serious impact on fall colors in the sense that most of the beeches, many of them throughout southern New England, were hit so badly by beech leaf disease this year that they’re just dropping, they don’t have leaves on them to change color,” he said.
In Texas, the colors are likely to be muted and warm temperatures could push back the change, said Mac Martin, partnership coordinator for Texas A&M Forest Service.
“We’re going to probably get a shorter window of the fall colors that we get here in general as well as probably less kind of brilliant colors,” he said.
Visitors to the White Mountain Hotel and Resort in North Conway, New Hampshire, are not holding off in making reservations, said Carol Sullivan, director of sales and marketing.
“The last two years for us have been very strong, and that is the same prediction for us this year, that we will have an equally strong, if not even stronger, fall foliage season, regardless of what the weather does,” she said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Hours before dawn on March 1, 2003, the U.S. scored its most thrilling victory yet against the plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks — the capture of a disheveled Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, hauled away by intelligence agents from a hideout in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
The global manhunt for al-Qaida's No. 3 leader had taken 18 months. But America's attempt to bring him to justice, in a legal sense, has taken much, much longer. Critics say it has become one of the war on terror’s greatest failures.
As Sunday's 21st anniversary of the terror attacks approaches, Mohammed and four other men accused of 9/11-related crimes still sit in a U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, their planned trials before a military tribunal endlessly postponed.
The latest setback came last month when pretrial hearings scheduled for early fall were canceled. The delay was one more in a string of disappointments for relatives of the nearly 3,000 victims of the attack. They've long hoped that a trial would bring closure and perhaps resolve unanswered questions.
“Now, I’m not sure what’s going to happen,” said Gordon Haberman, whose 25-year-old daughter Andrea died after a hijacked plane crashed into the the World Trade Center, a floor above her office.
He's traveled to Guantanamo four times from his home in West Bend, Wisconsin, to watch the legal proceedings in person, only to leave frustrated.
“It’s important to me that America finally gets to the truth about what happened, how it was done,” said Haberman. “I personally want to see this go to trial."
If convicted at trial, Mohammed could face the death penalty.
When asked about the case, James Connell, an attorney for one of Mohammed's co-defendants — one accused of transferring money to 9/11 attackers — confirmed reports both sides are still “attempting to reach a pretrial agreement” that could still avoid a trial and result in lesser but still lengthy sentences.
David Kelley, a former U.S. attorney in New York who co-chaired the Justice Department’s nationwide investigation into the attacks, called the delays and failure to prosecute “an awful tragedy for the families of the victims.”
He called the effort to put Mohammed on trial before a military tribunal, rather than in the regular U.S. court system, “a tremendous failure” that was “as offensive to our Constitution as to our rule of law.”
“It’s a tremendous blemish on the country’s history,” he said.
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The difficulty in holding a trial for Mohammed and other Guantanamo prisoners is partly rooted in what the U.S. did with him after his 2003 capture.
Mohammed and his co-defendants were initially held in secret prisons abroad. Hungry for information that might lead to the capture of other al-Qaida figures, CIA operatives subjected them to enhanced interrogation techniques that were tantamount to torture, human rights groups say. Mohammed was waterboarded — made to feel that he was drowning — 183 times.
A Senate investigation later concluded the interrogations didn't lead to any valuable intelligence. But it has sparked endless pretrial litigation over whether FBI reports on their statements can be used against them — a process not subject to speedy trial rules used in civilian courts.
The torture allegations led to concerns that the U.S. might have ruined its chance to put Mohammed on trial in a civilian court.
But in 2009, President Barack Obama’s administration decided to try, announcing that Mohammed would be transferred to New York City and put on trial at a federal court in Manhattan.
“Failure is not an option,” Obama said.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations struggled to find common ground Friday on ways to shield the population from dramatically increasing energy prices that threaten to plunge millions into cold and poverty over the winter as Russia chokes off natural gas supplies.
As tensions with Moscow mount over the war in Ukraine, the energy ministers of the EU's 27 nations could not paper over differences on whether and how to impose a price cap on Russian natural gas, with ever-recalcitrant Hungary refusing to agree, saying it would go against its supply interests.
Other countries differed on whether a price cap should apply only to Russia or to other producers, too.
An immediate solution had not been anticipated at Friday's meeting, but it indicated how Moscow's gas restrictions and threat of a full cutoff has dominated the political agenda of a rich bloc of nations struggling to ensure basic services like heat and light.
“Russia has used its gas supplies as a weapon to foster an energy crisis next winter but also to weaken our economies and divide — politically — the European Union," EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said. “We have to ensure that their efforts will fail.”
Czech Industry Minister Jozef Sikela, chair of the emergency meeting, exhorted his colleagues: “We cannot be blackmailed.”
He hoped to overcome other differing views on proposals to bring natural gas and electricity prices back to affordability. The measures range from windfall levies on oil and gas companies whose profits have risen along with skyrocketing prices to boosting cash for companies to keep operating as they struggle with volatile energy markets.
Several ministers said reaching an agreement would not be easy, given each country’s energy mixes, supplies and needs, but they conceded that time is of the essence if the most vulnerable people across Europe are to receive timely assistance.
Russia has cut back supplies of natural gas that power factories, generate electricity and heat homes, driving up energy prices to record highs and fueling inflation that is poised to tip Europe into recession later this year.
Irish Minister Eamon Ryan insisted that action must be taken “within weeks, not months.” This coming fall, “when we’re really going to see the high prices having effect, that’s when we need the support, that’s when we need to get some of that money,” he told reporters in Brussels.
The ministers might agree to provide support to struggling companies forced to buy energy supplies at inflated prices and back measures on ways to impose reductions in electricity use similar to those already agreed on gas.
“There is no time to wait, and we have to be swift and united,” Sikela said.
Despite the urgency, with several northern nations feeling the first chill in the morning air announcing the onset of autumn, the ministers will only give guidelines to the EU's executive branch, the European Commission, which will present a proposal for the member states next week.
At that point, the EU nations will reassess again, and the hope is that a decision can be made early next month.
The commission has already called for a price cap on Russian natural gas and is seeking a “solidarity contribution” from European oil and gas companies that have made extraordinary profits from the rise in energy costs.
German Economy and Energy Minister Robert Habeck also said it’s important to find a way to uncouple natural gas prices from the costs of all other forms of energy, particularly relatively cheap renewables, “without destroying the market mechanisms.”
While hoping for quick progress, Germany is keeping open the option of imposing a levy on high energy profits whose proceeds would be passed to consumers “if it takes too long,” he said.
“We can’t take this card off the table because the other, better way — namely bringing down prices — could certainly be complicated,” Habeck said. “We’re doing something that affects the heart of European energy supply — we’re intervening in the markets.”
The energy crisis is not only threatening households but also industry, with energy-intensive factories being forced to close. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Russia is “blackmailing” the EU with its threat to turn off the gas to the bloc. Moscow has already cut supplies partially or entirely to 13 EU countries, blaming alleged technical issues and sanctions.
Russian pipeline gas accounted for 40% of all gas Europe imported before President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February, but now it only accounts for 9%.
The commission believes the EU is prepared for the winter, with joint gas storage levels at 82% — well ahead of the 80% target that had been set for the end of October.
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By RAF CASERT Associated Press
Associated Press writers Lorne Cook and Samuel Petrequin in Brussels and Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed.
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(AFP) — India's top court on Friday bailed a journalist held in custody for nearly two years without trial on accusations he had raised funds for terrorism and conspired to sow religious hatred.
Siddique Kappan was arrested in October 2020 in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where he had traveled to report on a high-profile gang-rape case.
He and three others were accused of belonging to an Islamic fundamentalist group and eventually charged with conspiracy to incite violence.
Kappan has maintained his innocence and says that he had only traveled from his home state of Kerala to do his duties as a journalist.
The Supreme Court agreed to bail the reporter after noting the case had yet to progress from the police investigation filed in April last year.
"Every person has a right to free expression. He is trying to show that victims need justice and raise a common voice," the court said.
Earlier attempts to seek bail were rejected by lower courts.
India has slipped 10 places in the Reporters Without Borders press freedom ranking to 150 out of 180 since the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014.
Critical reporters often find themselves behind bars and hounded on social media by supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Nine other journalists are currently in Indian prisons, according to Reporters Without Borders.
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MALMO, Sweden (AP) — With election day in Sweden approaching, Joakim Sandell, the leader of the Social Democratic Party in the city of Malmo, pulled on a jacket with his party’s rose emblem and headed out to ring doorbells and urge people to vote.
Many people in the Mollevangen district, an ethnically diverse neighborhood with roots in the labor movement, support Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats. But Sunday's election is expected to be very close and the center-left party is fighting for every last vote as it faces a strong challenge from the right.
Sandell, who is running for reelection to the national parliament, the 349-seat Riksdag, began his campaign thinking voters would want to discuss health care after the Covid-19 pandemic, which took a heavy toll among the elderly. He also expected them to bring up NATO, after the historically non-aligned Scandinavian nation — which hasn’t fought a war since the Napoleonic era — decided to join the alliance after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
But Swedish voters are mostly focused on rising energy costs in the wake of the war in Ukraine and violent crime at home.
Andersson, who became Sweden’s first female prime minister less than a year ago, enjoys high approval ratings. Her party is a defender of Sweden’s generous welfare state but its support has been declining for years.
“We lost many, many votes in the last 20 years. We’ve been struggling on our way down," said Ines Pentmo, a 62-year-old nurse who was canvasing with Sandell this week in Malmo. She was welcomed in Sweden after fleeing Chile’s dictatorship with her family in the 1970s and doesn’t want Sweden to abandon its traditional openness to refugees.
“The threat is very strong from the right," she said.
The Sweden Democrats, a right-wing populist party that takes a hard line against immigration and crime, is on the rise as other parties move closer to its approach. The prime minister herself campaigned on promises to increase the police force.
The Sweden Democratic party was founded by people from the neo-Nazi movement decades ago. The party has sought a more moderate course but many Swedes remain wary of that shift. When the party first won seats in parliament in 2010, other parties refused to work with them.
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But polls now suggest that the party could get its best result yet with around 20% of the vote, which gives it a chance to overtake the Moderates, a traditional center-right party, to become the dominant party on the right.
If a right-wing bloc of four parties emerges ahead of the left-wing bloc of four parties, the Sweden Democrats would gain unprecedented power. Recent polls show the race as too close to predict.
The Sweden Democrats are “now considered a possible party to cooperate with when it comes to government formation. This was not the case in previous elections, but things have changed,” said Anders Sannerstedt, a political scientist at Lund University in southern Sweden.
The catalyst for this shift came in 2015, when large numbers of migrants and asylum-seekers from Syria and Afghanistan overwhelmed the county’s resources, Sannerstedt argued. The country of 10 million people took in a record 163,000 refugees that year.
The Sweden Democrats accuse Andersson and her left-wing allies of not doing enough to stop the shootings and explosions that have taken place largely in underprivileged neighborhoods that have many people from immigrant backgrounds who have not assimilated into Swedish society.
The violence has lately been spreading. In one high-profile case, a 15-year-old boy fatally shot a gang member inside an upscale shopping center in Malmo in August. A woman nearby was injured.
Mattias Sigfridsson, Malmo's deputy police chief, said there's actually been a decrease in violent crimes in recent years.
“But of course ... when the crimes are very spectacular, when you shoot somebody in a shopping center in the middle of day” or when there are detonations, it creates feeling of insecurity for everyone, he said.
Even in the nearby town of Lund, a peaceful cobblestoned university town near Malmo, safety is a key concern. Victoria Tiblom of the Sweden Democrats in Lund, who was out meeting voters at a town square, was pleased that other parties are now speaking more openly about crime in immigrant neighborhoods, something long viewed as a taboo.
“You can only solve the problems in a no-go zone if you talk about them. And we feel like a lot of the other parties, they have just neglected the problems. Same thing with immigration,” she said. “So we have brought a lot of problems to the surface so we can talk about them and also solve them.”
Despite the Sweden Democrats' attempts to clean up their image, party members sometimes still are accused of racism. One lawmaker recently tweeted a photo of a Stockholm metro train along with the message: “Welcome to the return train. You hold a one-way ticket. Next stop, Kabul!”
In a separate incident, a party employee sent an email encouraging people to celebrate the Nazi invasion of Poland 83 years ago on Sept. 1.
Karolin Lunden, a 40-year-old surgeon, said she always voted conservative. But as she visited the campaign stands in Lund with her 8-year-old daughter, she said she was voting for the left this year due to the willingness of other conservative parties to work with the Sweden Democrats.
“I don’t want them to have any influence," she said.
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(AFP) — U.S. electric car maker Tesla is studying the possibility of building a lithium refinery in Texas and is seeking tax breaks from the state to complete the project, according to documents made public Friday.
While the project is only in the feasibility stage, Tesla said the factory on the Gulf Coast would be the first of its kind in North America, producing an element critical to the batteries used in the growing EV market.
In an application sent to the Texas Comptroller at the end of August and made public on Friday, Tesla said the plant "will process raw ore material into a usable state for battery production."
The finished product, battery-grade lithium hydroxide, would be shipped by road and rail to various Tesla battery plants throughout the country.
Construction could begin by the end of the year with production staring by the end of 2024.
The company led by billionaire Elon Musk stressed that "Tesla is still evaluating the feasibility of this project" which is in a "very preliminary" phase, so no contracts have been signed and no permits have been issued for construction.
The decision to go ahead "will be based on a number of commercial and financial considerations, including the ability to obtain relief regarding local property taxes," the document said.
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The cost of the project has not been quantified.
Tesla also is studying the possibility of building a similar site in the state of Louisiana as an alternative.
Tesla's proposed project comes amid soaring lithium prices due to strong demand for the component, essential for making electric batteries.
Musk complained about the rising costs in a tweet in April, and hinted at the possibility of moving into production.
"Price of lithium has gone to insane levels! Tesla might actually have to get into the mining & refining directly at scale, unless costs improve," he said on Twitter.
China, Australia, Chile and Argentina, where the world's largest lithium resources are located, dominate the market for the production and exploitation of this highly coveted mineral.
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The President of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), Dr Victor Makanjuola, on Friday, decried the wave of brain drain in the nation’s healthcare system, just as he expressed worry over the poor remuneration of medical personnel and sued for better working conditions for the association’s members.
Makanjuola also noted that the inadequate infrastructure in the country’s hospitals and other challenges confronting the sector was responsible for the incessant brain drain being experienced in the healthcare delivery system.
He made the remarks in Benin City, Edo State capital, during the 2022 National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of MDCAN, with the theme: “Needed Entrepreneurial Skills In Medical Practice In Nigeria To Reverse Brain Drain And Outward Medical Tourism To Brain Gain”.
Makanjuola noted that the meeting would proffer pragmatic solutions to the various challenges affecting the nation’s health sector.
The medical expert assured us that the August meeting would also provide its members with the opportunity to brainstorm strategies and policies for sustainable growth, entrepreneurship, and general development of the Association.
“The meeting will provide useful resolutions and recommendations for engaging the policymakers on how best to revamp the nation’s healthcare system,” Makanjuola said.
In his speech, Chairman of Local Organising Committee (LOC) and Chairman of National Eye Health Committee, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), Prof Afekhide Ernest Omoti, said the meeting coming at a critical time as this, is crucial to stakeholders in repositioning the health sector, particularly in proffering solutions to issues of brain drain, insecurity, inflation, poor wages, unemployment and burnout of the medical doctor.
“Benin 2022 promises to be an interesting meeting coming at a time when there are so many issues plaguing medical practice in Nigeria and at a critical time in our democracy. Of particular importance is the ceaseless brain drain, insecurity, inflation, poor wages, unemployment and burnout of the medical doctor.
“We especially appreciate the financial support of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, the Chief Medical Directors of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo Specialist Hospital, and all the consultants in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, and all our other sponsors. We also appreciate the Edo state government for their support,” Omoti said.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health FMOH, Alhaji Mahmud Mamman, who was represented by the Chief Medical Director, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Professor Darlington Obaseki, expressed the government’s commitment to tackling the brain drain by ensuring that healthcare workers that leave are replaced automatically without resort to obtaining approvals.
“One of our proposed interventions is the ‘One for one replacement policy’ for existing medical staff in our hospitals. Healthcare workers that leave are replaced without resorting to obtaining approvals. We believe that this would go a long way towards addressing the present brain drain,” Mamman said.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday that the world owes impoverished Pakistan “massive” help in recovering from devastating floods because other nations have contributed much more to climate change, which experts say may have helped trigger the deluge.
Months of monsoons and flooding have killed 1,391 people and affected 3.3 million in this South Asian nation while half a million people have become homeless. Planeloads of aid from the United States, the United Arab Emirates and other countries have begun arriving, but there's more to be done, Guterres said.
Nature, the U.N. chief said in Islamabad, has attacked Pakistan, which contributes less than 1% of global emissions, according to multiple experts. Nations that “are more responsible for climate change ... should have faced this challenge,” Guterres said, seated next to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
“We are heading into a disaster," Guterres added. “We have waged war on nature and nature is tracking back and striking back in a devastating way. Today in Pakistan, tomorrow in any of your countries."
The U.N. chief's trip comes less than two weeks after Guterres appealed for $160 million in emergency funding to help those affected by the monsoon rains and floods that Pakistan says have caused at least $10 billion in damages. On Friday, the first planeload arrived from the U.S., which Washington says is part of an upcoming $30 million in assistance.
“I appeal for massive support from the international community as Pakistan responds to this climate catastrophe,” Guterres tweeted after landing in Pakistan earlier Friday.
He said other nations contributing to climate change are obligated to reduce emissions and help Pakistan. He assured Sharif that his voice was “entirely at the service of the Pakistani government and the Pakistani people” and that “the entire U.N. system is at the service of Pakistan.”
“Pakistan has not contributed in a meaningful way to climate change, the level of emissions in this country is relatively low," Guterres said. “But Pakistan is one of the most dramatically impacted countries by climate change."
Later, Guterres directed his words to the international community, saying that by some estimates, Pakistan needs about $30 billion to recover.
So far, U.N. agencies and several countries have sent nearly 60 planeloads of aid, and authorities say the UAE has been one of the most generous contributors and sent so far 26 flights carrying aid for flood victims.
Also Friday, Samantha Power, the administrator of USAID, met with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Islamabad.
The floods have touched all of Pakistan, including heritage sites such as Mohenjo Daro, a UNESCO World Heritage Site considered one of the best-preserved ancient urban settlements in South Asia. The civilization that dates back 4,500 years, coinciding with those of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
The U.N. heritage agency on Thursday announced it would send $350,000 to help recover flood-damaged cultural heritage sites.
Since June, heavy rains and floods have added new burdens to cash-strapped Pakistan and highlighted the disproportionate effect of climate change on impoverished populations. Experts say Pakistan is responsible for only 0.4% of the world’s historic emissions that are blamed for climate change. The U.S. is responsible for 21.5%, China for 16.5% and the European Union for 15%.
The floods in Pakistan have also injured 12,722 people, destroyed thousands of miles of roads, toppled bridges and damaged schools and hospitals, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.
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By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday that the world owes impoverished Pakistan “massive” help in recovering from devastating floods because other nations have contributed much more to climate change, which experts say may have helped trigger the deluge.
Months of monsoons and flooding have killed 1,391 people and affected 3.3 million in this South Asian nation while half a million people have become homeless. Planeloads of aid from the United States, the United Arab Emirates and other countries have begun arriving, but there's more to be done, Guterres said.
Nature, the U.N. chief said in Islamabad, has attacked Pakistan, which contributes less than 1% of global emissions, according to multiple experts. Nations that “are more responsible for climate change ... should have faced this challenge,” Guterres said, seated next to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
“We are heading into a disaster," Guterres added. “We have waged war on nature and nature is tracking back and striking back in a devastating way. Today in Pakistan, tomorrow in any of your countries."
The U.N. chief's trip comes less than two weeks after Guterres appealed for $160 million in emergency funding to help those affected by the monsoon rains and floods that Pakistan says have caused at least $10 billion in damages. On Friday, the first planeload arrived from the U.S., which Washington says is part of an upcoming $30 million in assistance.
“I appeal for massive support from the international community as Pakistan responds to this climate catastrophe,” Guterres tweeted after landing in Pakistan earlier Friday.
He said other nations contributing to climate change are obligated to reduce emissions and help Pakistan. He assured Sharif that his voice was “entirely at the service of the Pakistani government and the Pakistani people” and that “the entire U.N. system is at the service of Pakistan.”
“Pakistan has not contributed in a meaningful way to climate change, the level of emissions in this country is relatively low," Guterres said. “But Pakistan is one of the most dramatically impacted countries by climate change."
Later, Guterres directed his words to the international community, saying that by some estimates, Pakistan needs about $30 billion to recover.
So far, U.N. agencies and several countries have sent nearly 60 planeloads of aid, and authorities say the UAE has been one of the most generous contributors and sent so far 26 flights carrying aid for flood victims.
Also Friday, Samantha Power, the administrator of USAID, met with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Islamabad.
The floods have touched all of Pakistan, including heritage sites such as Mohenjo Daro, a UNESCO World Heritage Site considered one of the best-preserved ancient urban settlements in South Asia. The civilization that dates back 4,500 years, coinciding with those of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
The U.N. heritage agency on Thursday announced it would send $350,000 to help recover flood-damaged cultural heritage sites.
Since June, heavy rains and floods have added new burdens to cash-strapped Pakistan and highlighted the disproportionate effect of climate change on impoverished populations. Experts say Pakistan is responsible for only 0.4% of the world’s historic emissions that are blamed for climate change. The U.S. is responsible for 21.5%, China for 16.5% and the European Union for 15%.
The floods in Pakistan have also injured 12,722 people, destroyed thousands of miles of roads, toppled bridges and damaged schools and hospitals, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.
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By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press
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Plateau State Police Command has arrested two suspected child traffickers who escaped being lynched by irate youths in Tundun Wada, part of Jos North local government area of the state.
Addressing newsmen in Jos, the State Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka, said acting on a tip-off that two suspected child traffickers were about to be lynched, a patrol team led by a Divisional Police Officer (DPO)moved to the scene and rescued the suspects.
On interrogation, the suspects confessed that sometimes in the month of July 2022, they were contracted by one Jennifer to abduct and send children to an orphanage home in Abuja for the purpose of attracting funds from Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs).
He narrated that the suspects further disclosed that they succeeded in sending two boys and a girl to the orphanage and had received the sum of three hundred naira (N300,000) for their role, adding that efforts are on to apprehend Jennifer and the owner of the suspected illegal orphanage home in Abuja.
The Commissioner of Police also pointed out that “A” division of the command equally arrested two suspected cultists, adding that the suspects have been on the wanted list of the police for quite some time.
He said the command has launched an aggressive manhunt for other members of the gang still at large, adding that exhibits recovered from the suspects upon instant search include one locally made pistol.
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For more than 30 years, the band’s six original members--Marty Roe, Gene Johnson, Jimmy Olander, Brian Prout, Dan Truman and Dana Williams—have toured the world with their blend of mainstream country, bluegrass, country pop and Christian country music.
In 1991, Diamond Rio released “Meet in the Middle,” making it the first country music group in history to reach number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs with a debut single, the Christmas in Ida Executive Board said.
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The band has three platinum and five gold records and has charted 32 singles and nine studio albums while scoring nine number one hits and placed 15 singles in the top five.
Diamond Rio received the Country Music Association’s “Vocal Group of the Year” award and the Academy of Country Music’s award for “Top Vocal Group” six times. The band received its first Grammy Award for “Best Southern Country and Bluegrass Gospel Album” in 2011 and was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1998.
Diamond Rio has sold more than 10 million records and received the Minnie Pearl Humanitarian Award in recognition of its charitable endeavors, including its work with Big Brothers Big Sisters.
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Denise Miller promoted at Monroe Community Credit Union
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