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Big Central Conference football scoreboard, complete coverage: Week 2
The second full week of action is set for the Big Central Conference as Week 2 gets going Friday night.
A full schedule of games can be found below. Final scores of those contests, as well as links to stories and other coverage will be updated on this page throughout the weekend.
MyCentralJersey.com's team of photographers and reporters will be staffing multiple games this weekend and providing complete coverage of all this weekend's action.
Week 1 live coverage plan:
FRIDAY, SEPT. 9
♦ Reporter Josh Rosenfeld has the game of the week, as North Brunswick heads to Edison. Twitter updates @JoshPRosenfeld
♦ Reporter Donovan Hugel’s got the coverage from Bridgewater-Raritan, as the Panthers host Hillsborough. He’s on Twitter @DonoHugel
♦ Reporter Harry Frezza heads to Ridge, with Phillipsburg in town. He has live updates on Twitter @TheFrez56
♦ Beatwriter Andy Mendlowitz heads north to Lincoln HS, as Rahway visits. He’s on Twitter @Andy_Mendlowitz
SATURDAY, AUG. 27
♦ Beatwriter Andy Mendlowitz visits Franklin, where Piscataway is in to take on the Warriors in a rivalry game. He’s on Twitter @Andy_Mendlowitz
♦ Reporter Harry Frezza will be covering Montgomery’s trip to Plainfield. He has live updates on Twitter @TheFrez56
♦ Reporter Josh Rosenfeld has live coverage of Union at Westfield. He’s got updates on Twitter @JoshPRosenfeld.
Also, correspondent Marcus Borden will provide live updates, in-game video highlights and postgame interviews from Friday’s Watchung Hills at North Hunterdon game and Saturday’s Bernards at South River game. Follow him on Twitter @bordenfb4ever
In addition, our staff will provide full write-ups of every other game in the Big Central Conference and our local independent teams in our weekly roundup
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ADDITIONAL COVERAGE
For insight and analysis into this week’s contests, check out our picks column from Courier News football beat writer Simeon Pincus and Home News Tribune football beat writer Andy Mendlowitz.
Also, check this week's team rankings for the Big Central Football Conference Top 15
Stay with MyCentralJersey.com throughout the year for the most comprehensive coverage of the Big Central Football Conference.
WEEK 2 SCHEDULE AND SCOREBOARD
Friday, Sept. 9
Dayton at Roselle Park, 6 p.m.
J.P. Stevens at Perth Amboy, 6 p.m.
Spotswood at Brearley, 6 p.m.
Old Bridge at South Brunswick, 6:30 p.m.
A.L Johnson at Bound Brook, 7 p.m.
Carteret at South Plainfield, 7 p.m.
Colonia at J.F. Kennedy, 7 p.m.
Delaware Valley at Voorhees, 7 p.m.
East Brunswick at Monroe, 7 p.m.
Elizabeth at Hunterdon Central, 7 p.m.
Highland Park at Dunellen, 7 p.m.
Hillsborough at Bridgewater-Raritan, 7 p.m.
Manville at Middlesex, 7 p.m.
North Brunswick at Edison, 7 p.m.
North Plainfield at Governor Livingston, 7 p.m.
Phillipsburg at Ridge, 7 p.m.
Rahway at Lincoln, 7 p.m.
Roselle at New Providence, 7 p.m.
Sayreville at New Brunswick, 7 p.m.
South Hunterdon at Belvidere, 7 p.m.
St. Joseph-Metuchen at Somerville, 7 p.m.
St. Thomas Aquinas at Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 7 p.m.
Watchung Hills at North Hunterdon, 7 p.m.
Woodbridge at Linden, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 10
Bernards at South River, 1 p.m.
Hillside at Metuchen, 1 p.m.
Montgomery at Plainfield, 1 p.m.
Union at Westfield, 1 p.m.
Cranford at Summit, 2 p.m.
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Rahway High School football team mourns death of player
Rahway High School senior football player Ali Muhammad has died, according to a statement posted to the team's Twitter page Thursday night.
"It is with great sadness, and a heavy heart, that we are sharing the unfortunate passing of Rahway Senior football player, Ali Muhamad. Our hearts go out to the family during this tough time. You will forever be in our thoughts," the post read.
Head coach Brian Russo said the team wanted to play Friday’s 7 p.m. game at Lincoln High School in Jersey City.
“We obviously didn’t practice yesterday and we came back and we met for dinner last night,” Russo said early Friday afternoon. “We told them, obviously, if you feel uncomfortable playing the game we expect to cancel, but the kids really wanted to play.
“So we’ll go out there, we’re going to do our best and keep him in our hearts and prays. All our thoughts, especially as a staff, are with his family. We all have children and when you think about something like that, man, it’s just unconscionable.”
Russo didn’t have any additional details about Muhammad's passing.
“All the players and the whole football family and the whole football community,” he said, “we’re all mourning now and our hearts and our thoughts are with his family.”
Assistant coach Mike Kuchar retweeted a Facebook post from Percy Lamont Brown that said, “I am in grieving, my son is passed away, Ali Muhammad, gone way too soon.”
Kuchar wrote on Twitter, “Lost a brother today. We will be playing for him, his family and everything he represented tomorrow night.”
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Trump team, Justice Dept. to make new Mar-a-Lago filing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and Donald Trump’s legal team are to stake out positions Friday on the precise role to be played by an independent arbiter who will review documents seized during an FBI search of the former president’s Florida home.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had given both sides until Friday to submit potential candidates for the role of a “special master,” as well as proposals for the scope of the person’s duties and the schedule for his or her work.
The back-and-forth over the special master is playing out amid an FBI investigation into the retention of several hundred classified documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago within the past year. Though the legal wrangling is unlikely to have long-term effects on the investigation, it will almost certainly delay the criminal probe and has already caused the intelligence community to temporarily pause a national risk assessment it was doing.
Over the strenuous objections of the Justice Department, Cannon on Monday granted the Trump team’s request for the special master and directed the department to temporarily halt its review of records for investigative purposes.
She said the person would be responsible for sifting through the records recovered during the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and filter out from the criminal investigation any documents potentially covered by claims of attorney-client or executive privilege.
Roughly 11,000 documents — including more than 100 with classified markings, some at the top-secret level — were recovered during the search. That’s on top of classified documents contained in 15 boxes retrieved in January by the National Archives and Records Administration, and additional secret records the department took back during a June visit to Mar-a-Lago.
The Justice Department had objected to the Trump team’s request for a special master, saying it had already done its own review and identified a limited subset of records that possibly involve attorney-client privilege. It said that executive privilege does not apply in this investigation because Trump, no longer president, had no right to claim the documents as his.
The department on Thursday filed a notice of appeal indicating it would contest the judge’s order to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Officials asked the judge to lift her hold on their investigative work pending their appeal, as well as her requirement that the department share with a special master the classified records that were recovered.
It is not clear whether Trump or anyone else will be charged.
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‘The gates are open’: Illinois ending cash bail system
VIENNA, Ill. (KFVS/Gray News) - Illinois is getting ready for some changes in 2023 that include eliminating its cash bail system.
However, select lawmakers and law enforcement officials say it could make communities more dangerous.
“I believe the elimination of cash bail, particularly as it’s written in the SAFE-T Act, will reduce public safety and lead to more crime in Illinois,” said Patrick Windhorst, former state attorney and current state representative.
Windhorst said he voted against the bill when it came about and was one of the leading voices against it.
KFVS reports the Illinois SAFE-T Act is legislation aimed at overhauling the state’s criminal justice system.
“I know after talking with prosecutors and law enforcement officers, they’re really concerned that the public is going to point the finger at them and say, ‘Why aren’t you doing more about these offenses?’ And with this major change in the law, a lot of their ability to do their jobs has been restrained,” Windhorst said
The Johnson County sheriff agreed with Windhorst.
“Anyone sitting in jail right now with all these pending charges, they’re going to be let out,” Johnson County Sheriff Peter Sopczak said. “The gates are open and they’re going to be let out onto the streets.”
The bill reportedly passed with the support of upstate lawmakers. Proponents of the law said it’s wrong to keep people locked up simply because they can’t afford bail.
According to Sheriff Sopczak, fewer suspects will end up going to jail. Only suspects involved in specific deadly incidents could be held.
“We’re going to end up calling someone saying, ‘Can we arrest them?’ Just because of liability, if you take someone into custody and it doesn’t meet all the criteria, then you can get in trouble,” said Sopczak.
Sopczak also said he isn’t clear how the law will be implemented.
Windhorst listed some of the offenses that won’t involve detention before going to trial.
“Violent crimes, burglary, robbery, arson, kidnapping, almost all drug offenses, DUI offenses, even DUI offenses involving a fatality, do not qualify for detention under the Illinois Safety Act,” Windhorst said. “That’s going to mean a lot of individuals are committing crimes and being released immediately, if not within a couple of days.”
Illinois is the first state in the country to abolish cash bail.
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HERZLIYA, Israel, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nayax Ltd. (TASE: NYAX), a global commerce enablement and payments platform designed to help merchants scale their business, today announced that its shareholders meeting has approved a 10-for-1 reverse share split of the Company's ordinary shares.
As a result of the reverse share split, each ten of the Company's issued and outstanding ordinary shares will be automatically combined and converted into one issued and outstanding ordinary share. The Company's shares will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on the TASE Market commencing upon market open on September 11, 2022. Immediately after the reverse split becomes effective, there will be approximately 32.9 million ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
About Nayax
Nayax is a global commerce enablement and payment platform designed to help merchants scale their business. Nayax offers a complete solution including localized cashless payment acceptance, a management suite, and consumer engagement tools, enabling merchants to conduct commerce anytime, anywhere. With global experience in serving the unattended retail industry, Nayax has transformed into a comprehensive solution focused on our customers' growth across multiple channels. Today, Nayax has 9 global offices, over 700 employees, connections to more than 80 merchant acquirers, payment method integrations and is a recognized payment facilitator worldwide. Nayax's mission is to improve our customers' revenue potential and operational efficiency. For more information, please visit www.nayax.com.
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WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Snapdragon Chemistry today announced that the previously announced acquisition by Asymchem will not proceed. Snapdragon and Asymchem were unable to agree to mitigation terms that would satisfy the U.S. Treasury's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
"We are disappointed this deal was unable to be completed," said Snapdragon President and CEO Matthew Bio. "The goal of the deal was to expand domestic manufacturing capacity and be able to deliver a full range of drug development services to our clients. We remain committed to this goal. We have long enjoyed a productive relationship with Asymchem on behalf of our clients. We look forward to continuing to collaborate on current and future client projects."
The news comes at a time of substantial growth for Snapdragon. Snapdragon recently commissioned a new, 51,000 square foot R&D and GMP manufacturing facility.
"These continued investments in facilities and advanced manufacturing technology enable an accelerated path to clinic for our clients," said Bio. "We have an outstanding team, best-in-class technology, and a growing, loyal customer base. Despite the change in plan, I remain excited about our future."
Snapdragon Chemistry is a chemical technology firm providing services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and fine chemical industries. Snapdragon's headquarters, R&D, and manufacturing facilities are in Waltham, MA.
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On the evening of Dec. 5, 1975, Lindy Sue Biechler’s aunt and uncle returned home to find their 19-year-old niece with a knife sticking out of her neck and signs of a struggle in the blood-splattered entranceway of the house in Manor Township, Pennsylvania.
Investigators combed through the grisly scene and continued re-examining the evidence for decades to no avail. Male DNA was obtained from Biechler’s underwear in 1997, but investigators didn’t receive a hit when they submitted it to the nationwide law enforcement database, CODIS.
In 2019, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Cold Case unit enlisted the help of CeCe Moore, the chief genetic genealogist at Parabon NanoLabs, which used cutting-edge DNA analysis and traditional genealogy to identify 68-year-old David Sinopoli as the suspect.
In February 2022, investigators stealthily obtained fresh DNA from a coffee cup that Sinopoli threw into the trash as he traveled to Philadelphia International Airport.
That DNA was compared to blood taken from the victim’s pantyhose, which came back as a match in June, and Sinopoli was arrested at his home the next month in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is now facing criminal homicide charges.
After nearly five decades, Biechler’s family is starting to receive closure thanks to a burgeoning new field of forensic science called investigative genetic genealogy, which combines cutting-edge DNA analysis and traditional genealogy to uncover decades-old secrets and crack the coldest of cases.
Moore, the genetic genealogist at Parabon NanoLabs who helped identify Sinopoli as the suspect, has been a pioneer in the field since the 2000s, originally focusing on non-criminal human identification cases, such as helping adoptees find their biological families.
Even then, Moore and others knew these groundbreaking techniques could be used to help solve the most gruesome crimes.
“If you can identify someone’s birth parents, if you can identify someone that’s abandoned with no information, if you can identify an amnesiac, of course you would be able to identify a killer, a rapist, a Jane Doe,” Moore told Fox News Digital.
The 2018 arrest of 74-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo — a former police officer known as the Golden State Killer who was responsible for at least a dozen murders and as many as 50 rapes in the 1970s and 1980s — served as a proof-of-concept for law enforcement that this new forensic science could help uncover secrets that have eluded them for decades.
“The Golden State killer arrest and identification was a watershed moment because that’s what really opened people’s eyes to the power of genetic genealogy on an international level,” Moore said.
The case opened the floodgates, with law enforcement agencies around the country contacting Moore and other genetic genealogists for help cracking cold cases. Since then, Moore and the team at Parabon have identified more than 200 violent criminals.
The scientists at Parabon use autosomal DNA single nucleotide polymorphisms, also known as SNPs (pronounced like “snips”), to identify possible distant relatives of an unknown subject by comparing that person’s DNA sample to hundreds of thousands of others in a public genetic database, such as GEDmatch or FamilyTreeDNA.
From there, Moore and her team will reverse engineer the unknown person’s family tree in an effort to identify that subject using traditional genealogy.
“I’ve got to figure out: who is this match, who are their parents, and build that family tree,” Moore said.
“That sometimes means reading obituaries, reading newspaper articles, looking at social media, figuring out who these people’s parents are and then their grandparents. Once I get far enough back, I can start using those traditional genealogical records that you might find on Ancestry.com or on Familysearch.org, but there’s a lot of creativity that has to go into it.”
The DNA Doe Project, which focuses on identifying Jane and John Does, sometimes is able to use a voluntary target uploader — a potential relative of a missing person who uploads their DNA sample from a commercial site like 23andMe to a public database like GEDmatch to help investigators build out a clearer family tree.
“These people have family and friends and loved ones that are missing, so usually, when it comes to our mission, people are really motivated to help, and they’re happy to upload to GEDmatch,” DNA Doe Project team leader Cairenn Binder told Fox News Digital.
Just two weeks before the Golden State Killer was arrested by law enforcement in California, the DNA Doe Project successfully identified the “Buckskin Girl” as Marcia King, a 21-year-old woman who was murdered in April 1981.
It was one of the first victims ever identified using genetic genealogy. Since then, detectives from the Miami County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio have worked to reconstruct what led up to her murder more than 40 years ago with the hopes of identifying a suspect.
“If you don’t know who somebody is, how do you know who killed them?” Binder said. “The vast majority of people who are murdered are killed by people that know them, that are in their friends and family. So, if you have a homicide victim and you don’t have their identification, then that doesn’t give law enforcement a good place to start with investigating their killing.”
While genetic genealogy has proved to be a remarkable advancement in finding long searched for answers, privacy advocates have taken issue with its potential for civil rights violations.
“Now is the time for legislators, the courts and law enforcement to ensure that the benefits of genetic-science technology don’t come at the cost of our privacy rights,” Vera Eidelman, a staff attorney with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, wrote after the Golden State Killer was arrested.
“Blockbuster investigations, as gratifying as they are, shouldn’t obscure the very real dangers of government access to sensitive information.”
The most popular at-home genetic testing companies do not allow genetic genealogists to access their databases, and law enforcement can only pull a DNA profile with a warrant.
These privacy concerns are legitimate and have been at the forefront of genetic genealogists’ minds since the beginning of the booming field, Moore said.
“I, at the time, was hesitant to start doing this work because I wanted to make sure it was something positive and that people didn’t see it as a betrayal or a privacy issue,” Moore said.
“I’ve had hundreds of people come to me, thousands of people probably, entrust me with their family mysteries, with their secrets,” she continued. “I have seen how sensitive people are about their DNA, understandably, right? It’s something that is so personal to us.” | https://nypost.com/2022/09/09/how-experts-are-cracking-hundreds-of-unsolved-cold-cases/ | 2022-09-09T20:54:50Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/09/how-experts-are-cracking-hundreds-of-unsolved-cold-cases/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
London: Britain's King Charles gave a televised address to the nation on Friday, his first since the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth.
Below is a text of his address:
"I speak to you today with feelings of profound sorrow. Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen – my beloved Mother – was an inspiration and example to me and to all my family, and we owe her the most heartfelt debt any family can owe to their mother; for her love, affection, guidance, understanding and example. Queen Elizabeth was a life well lived; a promise with destiny kept and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. That promise of lifelong service I renew to you all today.
"Alongside the personal grief that all my family are feeling, we also share with so many of you in the United Kingdom, in all the countries where The Queen was Head of State, in the Commonwealth and across the world, a deep sense of gratitude for the more than seventy years in which my Mother, as Queen, served the people of so many nations.
"In 1947, on her twenty-first birthday, she pledged in a broadcast from Cape Town to the Commonwealth to devote her life, whether it be short or long, to the service of her peoples. That was more than a promise: it was a profound personal commitment which defined her whole life. She made sacrifices for duty. Her dedication and devotion as Sovereign never wavered, through times of change and progress, through times of joy and celebration, and through times of sadness and loss.
"In her life of service we saw that abiding love of tradition, together with that fearless embrace of progress, which make us great as Nations. The affection, admiration and respect she inspired became the hallmark of her reign. And, as every member of my family can testify, she combined these qualities with warmth, humour and an unerring ability always to see the best in people.
"I pay tribute to my Mother’s memory and I honour her life of service. I know that her death brings great sadness to so many of you and I share that sense of loss, beyond measure, with you all.
"When The Queen came to the throne, Britain and the world were still coping with the privations and aftermath of the Second World War, and still living by the conventions of earlier times. In the course of the last seventy years we have seen our society become one of many cultures and many faiths. The institutions of the State have changed in turn. But, through all changes and challenges, our nation and the wider family of Realms – of whose talents, traditions and achievements I am so inexpressibly proud – have prospered and flourished. Our values have remained, and must remain, constant.
"The role and the duties of Monarchy also remain, as does the Sovereign’s particular relationship and responsibility towards the Church of England – the Church in which my own faith is so deeply rooted.
"In that faith, and the values it inspires, I have been brought up to cherish a sense of duty to others, and to hold in the greatest respect the precious traditions, freedoms and responsibilities of our unique history and our system of parliamentary government.
"As The Queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, I too now solemnly pledge myself, throughout the remaining time God grants me, to uphold the Constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. And wherever you may live in the United Kingdom, or in the Realms and territories across the world, and whatever may be your background or beliefs, I shall endeavour to serve you with loyalty, respect and love, as I have throughout my life.
"My life will of course change as I take up my new responsibilities. It will no longer be possible for me to give so much of my time and energies to the charities and issues for which I care so deeply. But I know this important work will go on in the trusted hands of others.
"This is also a time of change for my family. I count on the loving help of my darling wife, Camilla. In recognition of her own loyal public service since our marriage seventeen years ago, she becomes my Queen Consort. I know she will bring to the demands of her new role the steadfast devotion to duty on which I have come to rely so much.
"As my Heir, William now assumes the Scottish titles which have meant so much to me. He succeeds me as Duke of Cornwall and takes on the responsibilities for the Duchy of Cornwall which I have undertaken for more than five decades. Today, I am proud to create him Prince of Wales, Tywysog Cymru, the country whose title I have been so greatly privileged to bear during so much of my life and duty. With Catherine beside him, our new Prince and Princess of Wales will, I know, continue to inspire and lead our national conversations, helping to bring the marginal to the centre ground where vital help can be given.
"I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas.
"In a little over a week’s time we will come together as a nation, as a Commonwealth and indeed a global community, to lay my beloved mother to rest. In our sorrow, let us remember and draw strength from the light of her example. On behalf of all my family, I can only offer the most sincere and heartfelt thanks for your condolences and support. They mean more to me than I can ever possibly express.
"And to my darling Mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late Papa, I want simply to say this: thank you. Thank you for your love and devotion to our family and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years. May 'flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest'. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/09/09/queen-elizabeth-king-charles-first-address.amp.html | 2022-09-09T20:56:46Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/09/09/queen-elizabeth-king-charles-first-address.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
London: Britain's King Charles gave a televised address to the nation on Friday, his first since the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth.
Below is a text of his address:
"I speak to you today with feelings of profound sorrow. Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen – my beloved Mother – was an inspiration and example to me and to all my family, and we owe her the most heartfelt debt any family can owe to their mother; for her love, affection, guidance, understanding and example. Queen Elizabeth was a life well lived; a promise with destiny kept and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. That promise of lifelong service I renew to you all today.
"Alongside the personal grief that all my family are feeling, we also share with so many of you in the United Kingdom, in all the countries where The Queen was Head of State, in the Commonwealth and across the world, a deep sense of gratitude for the more than seventy years in which my Mother, as Queen, served the people of so many nations.
"In 1947, on her twenty-first birthday, she pledged in a broadcast from Cape Town to the Commonwealth to devote her life, whether it be short or long, to the service of her peoples. That was more than a promise: it was a profound personal commitment which defined her whole life. She made sacrifices for duty. Her dedication and devotion as Sovereign never wavered, through times of change and progress, through times of joy and celebration, and through times of sadness and loss.
"In her life of service we saw that abiding love of tradition, together with that fearless embrace of progress, which make us great as Nations. The affection, admiration and respect she inspired became the hallmark of her reign. And, as every member of my family can testify, she combined these qualities with warmth, humour and an unerring ability always to see the best in people.
"I pay tribute to my Mother’s memory and I honour her life of service. I know that her death brings great sadness to so many of you and I share that sense of loss, beyond measure, with you all.
"When The Queen came to the throne, Britain and the world were still coping with the privations and aftermath of the Second World War, and still living by the conventions of earlier times. In the course of the last seventy years we have seen our society become one of many cultures and many faiths. The institutions of the State have changed in turn. But, through all changes and challenges, our nation and the wider family of Realms – of whose talents, traditions and achievements I am so inexpressibly proud – have prospered and flourished. Our values have remained, and must remain, constant.
"The role and the duties of Monarchy also remain, as does the Sovereign’s particular relationship and responsibility towards the Church of England – the Church in which my own faith is so deeply rooted.
"In that faith, and the values it inspires, I have been brought up to cherish a sense of duty to others, and to hold in the greatest respect the precious traditions, freedoms and responsibilities of our unique history and our system of parliamentary government.
"As The Queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, I too now solemnly pledge myself, throughout the remaining time God grants me, to uphold the Constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. And wherever you may live in the United Kingdom, or in the Realms and territories across the world, and whatever may be your background or beliefs, I shall endeavour to serve you with loyalty, respect and love, as I have throughout my life.
"My life will of course change as I take up my new responsibilities. It will no longer be possible for me to give so much of my time and energies to the charities and issues for which I care so deeply. But I know this important work will go on in the trusted hands of others.
"This is also a time of change for my family. I count on the loving help of my darling wife, Camilla. In recognition of her own loyal public service since our marriage seventeen years ago, she becomes my Queen Consort. I know she will bring to the demands of her new role the steadfast devotion to duty on which I have come to rely so much.
"As my Heir, William now assumes the Scottish titles which have meant so much to me. He succeeds me as Duke of Cornwall and takes on the responsibilities for the Duchy of Cornwall which I have undertaken for more than five decades. Today, I am proud to create him Prince of Wales, Tywysog Cymru, the country whose title I have been so greatly privileged to bear during so much of my life and duty. With Catherine beside him, our new Prince and Princess of Wales will, I know, continue to inspire and lead our national conversations, helping to bring the marginal to the centre ground where vital help can be given.
"I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas.
"In a little over a week’s time we will come together as a nation, as a Commonwealth and indeed a global community, to lay my beloved mother to rest. In our sorrow, let us remember and draw strength from the light of her example. On behalf of all my family, I can only offer the most sincere and heartfelt thanks for your condolences and support. They mean more to me than I can ever possibly express.
"And to my darling Mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late Papa, I want simply to say this: thank you. Thank you for your love and devotion to our family and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years. May 'flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest'. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/09/09/queen-elizabeth-king-charles-first-address.html | 2022-09-09T20:56:52Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/09/09/queen-elizabeth-king-charles-first-address.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PASADENA — The phone was ringing off the hook Thursday morning at Rose Tree Cottage, where Edmund Fry — “Sir Edmund,” as his guests often call him — and the frequent sound of the three-note door bell was chiming at his and his wife Mary’s English tea room and garden.
It wasn’t long ago this summer when Fry was happy to see a smiling Queen Elizabeth chatting with the country’s beloved Paddington Bear as part of a video celebrating The Queen’s Jubilee.
But on Thursday morning came the call of the Queen’s passing. And he found himself placing a portrait of Queen Elizabeth in the front yard of his cottage, where he and his wife have served tea for decades amid rooms and a patio adorned with all things British.
“We’ve gone from the joy of celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee to this,” said Fry, donning black tails, white gloves, a silky vest and white carnation on his lapel.
The tuxedo was not new. But the context on this particular day was. The passing of his native country’s longest-reigning monarch hit hard, even though he new the day would eventually come. After all, he remembers her coronation — that day in 1953 when the queen became the queen.
There was a hint of melancholy at Fry’s garden at what he and his wife have established as a happy place – an authentic piece of Britain right smack in the middle of L.A. County. But there was also pride.
“Her reign was magnificent. She was regaled all around the world. If there was ever a time someone was going to heaven, she’s in heaven now,” said Fry, as he moved room to room, answering phones, catching up with customers.
For decades, Fry and his wife Mary have been UK ambassadors of sorts at their cottage, serving their special brand of tea to visitors from all over the world, with the ubiquitous Union Jack placed on tables and walls – walls and patio canopies festively adorned with multicolored lights, finely placed tableware, and photos from Fry’s own family to British rock stars to British Royals and celebrities.
Paid a visit to The Rose Tree Cottage in Pasadena Thursday, where Edmund Fry prepared a toast. “To Her Majesty,” he said. #QueenElizabeth pic.twitter.com/NdHaOG0k6N
— Ryan Carter (@ryinie) September 8, 2022
Along with the tea, and the atmosphere, are foods, Royal commemoratives, china, clothing.
“Full afternoon and special Teas, each by telephone reservation only,” their website proclaims. “If the clock has not passed 12 noon then Afternoon Tea cannot and will not be served! Freshly baked scones, and sausage rolls are still on the menu.”
Fry is proud of the couple’s Rose Tree Cottage’s African Children’s Charitable Foundation. Called “Bloom Where Planted,” he said it provides assistance to maintain the school buildings, provide materials, and improve the education of children who attend Rose Tree Cottage’s adopted school in Kenya.
But on Thursday, Fry was musing on the future and the past of the UK, the only monarch he’s ever known in his home country now gone, and her son ascending to the throne.
Outside, in honor of the Queen, Fry had set up a special table, re-enacting the Queen’s final happy days, a Paddington Bear ready for tea with a cardboard cut out of the Queen smiling, and her purse atop the table with two pieces of toast inside — a nod to the Jubilee video and the curiosity of what she carries in her fine bag.
“I’m still in a state of shock,” he said.
It wouldn’t be long before customers flowed in to Fry’s tea room, just to offer support.
“We can’t jump on a jet so this was the very best next thing,” said Anna Sanchez, of L.A.
“I feel sadness but also gratitude for what she gave both countries,” she said. “She gave hope and comfort. I think she was an ambassador of goodwill.”
Fry echoed Sanchez, noting that the endearing value of Elizabeth II was her steadiness on the thrown for so long.
He noted that her son, Prince Charles — now King Charles III — nor his son, will see that kind of longevity, no matter how great they might be.
That said, Fry was ready for the next chapter, the next era.
“The Queen is dead,” he said. “Long live the King.”
And with that, Fry prepared a toast, which he offered to his visitors.
“To Her Majesty,” he said.
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By Spencer Soper | Bloomberg
Amazon.com sellers are bracing for a bleak holiday shopping season as inflation-bitten consumers curb their spending.
Many merchants, who sell more than half of the goods on Amazon’s web store, fear they’ll be forced to cut prices to move a mountain of unsold inventory. It’s an abrupt change from the previous two years when sellers scrambled to get enough products into Amazon warehouses to meet pandemic-fueled demand even as chronic shortages let them jack up prices.
This year US online sales will rise just 9.4% to $1 trillion, the first time growth has slipped into the single digits, according to Insider Intelligence, which in June lowered its earlier annual forecast. Spending on Amazon will hit $400 billion, up 9% and slower than the overall industry, the research firm says.
“Consumers don’t seem to be spending much on anything beyond basic necessities, so sellers have to offer discounts and coupons and aggressive marketing, which can be expensive,” said Lesley Hensell, a co-founder of Riverbend Consulting, which advises Amazon sellers. “The fourth quarter looks scary this year.”
The challenging holiday shopping season was Topic A this week at the Surge Summit, an e-commerce networking event hosted by Hensell’s firm that drew about 300 sellers to Tampa, Florida. During a session called “Navigating the Bear Market as a Seller,” dozens of merchants discussed the abrupt shift in consumer behavior and how to adjust their businesses accordingly.
Korion Morris, who ran the bear-market session, is the director of growth at Unybrands, which owns e-commerce companies in such categories as baby, fitness and personal care. He told attendees that Unybrands is trying to hold the line on prices by cutting logistical and other costs.
“Consumers are hurting right now,” Morris said during the event. “In the rare instances we do increase pricing, we’ll add a promotion to offset it.”
Amazon itself is being forced to adjust to the new normal. The world’s largest e-commerce company was saddled with too many warehouses and workers when the pandemic boom ended. Amazon has since abandoned dozens of existing and planned facilities around the US, according to MWPVL International Inc., a closely watched research firm.
Some of the closings are related to a modernization program, an Amazon spokesperson said last week, and the company continues to open facilities where customer demand requires extra capacity.
Responding to merchants’ concerns about a lackluster holiday shopping season, an Amazon spokesperson said sellers using the company’s logistics service typically pay less than other methods. Amazon has also expanded a program offering low shipping costs on inexpensive items to include products weighing up to three pounds; previously the limit was 12 ounces.
“Sellers are incredibly important to Amazon, and we work every day to provide them with powerful tools and services that help reduce their operational burdens, build their brands and connect them with customers so they can rapidly grow their businesses through busy shopping periods and beyond,” spokesperson Patrick Graham said in an emailed statement.
Meanwhile, merchants are making their own moves to cut shipping costs. Marlee Rabin of Montreal launched her organization brand Homie Collection on Amazon two years ago and her best-seller was a $25 transparent plastic pantry bin. She’s preparing to launch a smaller kitchen organizer this year that she expects to sell for less than $10. Besides targeting cost-conscious shoppers, she says, the smaller, lighter bin will save her a bundle on Amazon storage and shipping fees.
“I’d love to charge premium prices,” she said. “But in this environment, I think I’ll do a lot better at the lower price point.”
The effects are rippling from sellers to firms that support them, including small business lenders. Amazon merchants commonly borrow about $100,000 to buy inventory and pay for marketing campaigns during the holidays, paying the loans off with their proceeds. Seth Broman, chief revenue officer of Swiftline, which offers loans to online merchants, is turning down more loan applications this year. Rising costs and slower growth has simply made lending sellers money too risky, he said.
“A lot of customers are over-leveraged, and their sales are off,” Broman said.
Even the smallest merchants are feeling the pinch. Nancy Philips sells used books on Amazon that she snags at yard sales and library clearance sales. She’s slashing prices on about 100 books that have been lingering in Amazon warehouses for about a year before her storage fees go up. Amazon increases storage fees on products that don’t sell quickly to prevent its warehouses from getting cluttered.
“Books I’d sell for $20 I marked down to $10 or less,” she said. “Amazon fees are about $8, so I won’t make any money. I need to get rid of them, and people are buying less.”
Steven Pope, who has been selling gifts on Amazon for seven years, says he’s never been more nervous about a holiday season. Sales of his $50 “mom box” that includes a bath bomb, soaps and lotion, plunged more than 50% this Mother’s Day compared to 2021. He fears a similar drop heading into Christmas since shoppers are focused on necessities like food and gas and have less money for indulgences.
“The gift-giving industry has completely collapsed,” said Atlanta-based Pope, who is developing new snack products to compensate for slowing gift sales.
Pope, who also provides consulting services to more than 300 merchants, recently changed his marketing slogan to reflect leaner times. Before it was “We grow sales.” Now it’s “We deliver peace of mind.”
“It’s very difficult to navigate the climate right now,” he said. “This will be a make or break year for a lot of businesses.”
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By Chunzi Xu | Bloomberg
Californians can’t get a break.
The ongoing heat wave is raising the risk of blackouts on top of perennial drought and fires. And now, after enduring record pump prices in June that were much higher than the national average, Californians face surging gasoline costs again at the end of the summer travel season when they typically fall.
Pump prices jumped 10 cents a gallon in a week in Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire and 13 cents in Orange County, according to auto club AAA. Record wholesale premiums signal they could rise even further. At the state level, retail prices average $5.34 a gallon on Friday, 4 cents more than the previous day.
The confluence of bad news highlights how vulnerable California’s energy systems are to supply disruptions. The state is an energy island, cut off from crude and fuel hubs in the Gulf Coast and Midwest by the Rocky Mountains. Regulators require a boutique grade of cleaner-burning fuel that few refineries are geared to produce outside of the state. As a result, fuel shortages take time to resolve and price spikes are far more common than elsewhere in the country.
Gasoline stockpiles on the US West Coast have fallen by 11% since the beginning of August amid a lack of imports to their lowest level in about seven years, data from the Energy Information Administration show. The California grade of gasoline known as Carbob also saw inventories drop to 8% below the five-year average for this time of year, according to the California Energy Commission.
Refiners in the state are running harder, but hot weather and a stressed power grid may be causing some problems. Excess heat challenges the water cooling system in refineries, and one way to handle it is to cut operation rates, said John Auers, managing director at RBN Energy.
“Heat, along with the way the power grid is being managed, can be contributing to the refinery issues,” Auers said in a phone interview. A string of incidents recently surfaced in Southern California and may have spooked traders in the spot market, which sets the basis for retail prices.
Some relief is on the way. A South Korean gasoline cargo is about to discharge fuel in the San Francisco Bay area, and two more are expected to reach the West Coast by the end of next week, data from oil analytics firm Vortexa show.
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Halloween Horror Nights 2022: Jamie Lee Curtis, Greg Nicotero, Jordan Peele open the event with a scream
Universal Studios Hollywood's annual scare-a-thon kicked off on Thursday with dozens of horror actors, directors and producers walking the red carpet and running through the all-new attractions.
Universal Studios Hollywood’s annual Halloween Horror Nights got off to a screaming start in front of the Universal Cinema at CityWalk on Thursday, Sept. 8 as dozens of horror writers, directors, producers and actors walked the blood red carpet ahead of entering the theme park.
Though it was a sweaty 100 degrees on the carpet, the event marks the start of the haunting season. The talent was ready to explore what fresh frights HHN executive producer John Murdy & Co. created within eight elaborately detailed attractions based on movies like the original “Halloween,” director Jordan Peele’s films “Nope” and “Us,” Blumhouse Productions’ “The Black Phone” and “Freaky” and a maze that captures the horrors of pop and R&B star The Weeknd’s album “After Hours.” Halloween Horror Nights continues on select evenings through Oct. 31.
“Living in the TV and movie world, to be able to be a part of something that’s this immersive, where you can walk in and feel like you’re there, there’s just nothing like it,” “The Walking Dead” and “Creepshow” director, producer and special FX artist Greg Nicotero said of the event. “Horror fans go to like the Georgetown steps from ‘The Exorcist’ or they go to Martha’s Vineyard where they shot ‘Jaws’ because that’s what people want, they want to get as close as they can to it and really, nothing is closer than Halloween Horror Nights.”
Zackary Arthur reacts to meeting Jamie Lee Curtis on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Vince Vaughn arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Cast members from the Vampire Academy at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Lin Shaye arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
The opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Filmmaker Jordan Peele arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
James Wan at Universal Studios at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Jabbawockeez arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Ingred Bisu at Universal Studios at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
The Plaza at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Daniela Nieves on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Chandler Kinney arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Mia McKenna-Bruce on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Inside the La Llorona maze at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Brooke Thames on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Madison Curry at Universal Studios at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Stephen, Charles and Edward Chiodo on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Visitors and knife wielding characters at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Sarah Snook arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
The opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
The Plaza at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Inside the La Llorona maze at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Kate Siegel arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Filmmaker Jordan Peele arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Inside the La Llorona maze at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Inside the La Llorona maze at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Barbara Alyn Woods arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Jena Rose arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Inside the La Llorona maze at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Inside the La Llorona maze at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Halloween Horror Nights executive producer John Murdy arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Guests are welcomed to the the La Llorona maze at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Halloween Horror Nights executive producer John Murdy arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
The plaza at Universal Studios at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Jonetta Kaiser on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Filmmaker Jordan Peele arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Ghools wonder Universal Studios at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Christine Elise arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Jesse C. Boyd arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Inside the La Llorona maze at the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Gillermo Diaz arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Barbara Alyn Woods and Alyvia Alyn Lind on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Barbara Alyn Woods and Alyvia Alyn Lind on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Mason Thames arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Alyvia Alyn Lind arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Charles Chiodo arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Johnny Caz arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Greg Nicotero arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Mario Domm arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Arian Moayed arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Singer Jena Rose arrives on the red carpet for the opening of Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, September 9, 2022. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Fans who had gathered around the red carpet cheered as some of the genre’s biggest names showed up. Jordan Peele made a quick appearance before ducking off to go experience his attraction on the Universal backlot, where The Tethered from “Us” took over the set of the fictional Jupiter’s Claim theme park from “Nope” with a unique twist. I won’t give that away here, but it was one of the coolest, most unnerving moments I’ve had in a dozen years of covering Halloween Horror Nights.
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“I am beyond grateful,” Curtis, who has famously played “Halloween” final girl Laurie Strode for more than four decades, said of the fans that lit up when she hit the carpet. “My entire life is due to them and I am here to represent all of the people who love these movies and who love Laurie Strode. By loving Laurie Strode, they love me and I feel the most incredible pride in that.”
Actor Miguel Cazarez Mora was starstruck when he met Curtis. The 15-year-old actor, who starred as Robin in “The Black Phone,” had just met the horror legend on the carpet.
“Someone asked me what my favorite movie was and I said ‘Halloween’ and she was right behind me,” he said. “I turned red instantly, but I just met her and she was so nice.”
Mora said he’s not super into horror movies, but was hoping that the HHN maze based on the film he was in would have as many jump scares as the movie did — thanks in part to actor Ethan Hawke’s creepy portrayal of the film’s antagonist, The Grabber.
“The Grabber is terrifying, but so is Michael Myers,” he said of the notorious “Halloween” villain. “He just goes around killing everyone, he doesn’t care and that’s terrifying. I think that maze is going to be pretty terrifying as well.”
Stars of the forthcoming Peacock TV series “Vampire Academy,” including Daniela Nieves, Sisi Stringer, Dominic Sherwood and André Dae Kim, were also awe of the event. Stringer, who is from Australia, and Sherwood, who is from the United Kingdom, said Halloween isn’t a big deal where they come from and that they’d never been through themed haunted houses. The cast said they all watched various vampire films as research for their roles on the show, but Kim said he found inspiration in an unusual place.
“I mean, ‘Sesame Street,’” he said with a laugh. “Come on, The Count?! That was a big inspiration for me.”
Halloween Horror Nights
When: 7 p.m. select evenings through Oct. 31
Where: Universal Studios Hollywood, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City
Tickets: $72-$102 general admission; $179-$289 Universal Express; $219-$329 Universal Express Unlimited; $112-$154 After 2 p.m. Day/Night Passes; $319-$449 R.I.P. Tour; $199 Frequent Fear Pass; $329 Ultimate Fear Pass. All tickets are now on sale at universalstudioshollywood.com.
Kelli Skye Fadroski lives for entertainment. She came to The Orange County Register in 2006 after freelancing for numerous regional, national and international music magazines and has covered all things music, stand-up comedy, horror and more. She graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 2006 with a B.A. in Communications Journalism and minored in Political Science. When she’s not out reviewing a concert or interviewing some random famous person, she’s catching up on episodes of "The Walking Dead," out somewhere sampling craft beer, enjoying Taco Tuesday or semi-reluctantly watching "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette" with her girlfriends. She’s also a diehard Detroit Lions fan and she's freakishly good at carnival games.
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Disney’s Bob Chapek Teases a New Avengers Campus Attraction
Ever since it opened last summer, Avengers Campus has been a hit with any Marvel fans who can afford to make the trip to Disney California Adventure. The park already boasts plenty of opportunities for guests of all ages to immerse themselves in the fantastical world of the MCU. Now, another mystery ride is currently in the works. CEO Bob Chapek has confirmed that a brand new attraction featuring even more Marvel superheroes is coming to the park’s Anaheim location.
Chapek shared the news during today’s Disney Legends ceremony at the D23 Expo. Unfortunately, he didn’t reveal any specifics…yet. More details about the attraction will be formally unveiled at D23 this Sunday, presumably during the Disney Parks presentation happening at 10:30am PST. You can check out the announcement below.
JUST ANNOUNCED: During the Legends Ceremony at #D23Expo, CEO Bob Chapek shared that Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure is expanding with a third attraction with a brand-new story that will bring guests into battle alongside their favorite Super Heroes. pic.twitter.com/5CBkJTJUHV
— Disney Parks (@DisneyParks) September 9, 2022
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Right now, its anyone’s guess which MCU characters will be at the center of the new installation. But there are still a few possibilities to choose from. As early as 2019, the park was reportedly developing the Avengers Quinjet Experience, an E-ticket attraction which lets fans fly to Wakanda with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes on a mission to battle winged aliens. But earlier this year, Chapek confimed that the project was on hold. Other attractions like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Nano Battle! and the Iron Man Experience are currently exclusive to Disneyland’s Hong Kong location. Regardless, there doesn’t seem to be any reason why they can’t eventually make their way over to the California park at some point in the future.
Do you have any theories about the upcoming Avengers Campus attraction? Tell us your ideas in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1: The Final Gauntlet
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Marvel Teases Amy Hennig’s Captain America and Black Panther Game
Late last year, Marvel and Skydance New Media announced that they were collaborating on a new video game to be led by Amy Hennig, one of the primary writers and directors for the Uncharted and Jak and Daxter games. At the time, Henning declined to share what the game was about. But during today’s Disney and Marvel video game announcements at D23 Expo. it was revealed that the currently untitled game will feature Captain America and Black Panther.
Hennig previously hinted that the game “epitomizes all the action, mystery and thrills of the pulp adventure genre that I adore and lends itself perfectly to an interactive experience.” And the trailer appears to back up the pulp setting by placing the action in Paris and Wakanda during World War II. There are also ominous hints about the threat of Hydra lurking in the background.
RELATED: Marvel Joins With Skydance New Media For an Upcoming Video Game
There is actually a precedent for Cap and Black Panther teaming up in World War II. The 2010 miniseries, Captain America/Black Panther: Flags of our Fathers, was a previously untold adventure that paired Cap with T’Challa’s grandfather, King Azzuri, the Black Panther of his era. Hennig’s game will probably be an original story, but Azzuri is more likely to be the Black Panther in the game than T’Challa is.
For now, there’s no gameplay reveal. This is just a cinematic teaser that doesn’t even have an official title yet. Still, it’s an intriguing glimpse at what’s to come.
What do you think about the first look at Amy Hennig’s Marvel game? Let us know in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: Captain America/Black Panther: Flags of our Fathers
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NASCAR fans are going to get a kick out of Sunday’s Grand Marshal at Kansas Speedway.
Kansas Speedway announced today that former Kansas City Chiefs punter Dustin Colquitt will give the command to start engines before the Hollywood Casino 400 presented by Barstool Sportsbook.
“Dustin Colquitt is a champion on and off the field,” said Kansas Speedway President Pat Warren. “He’s a fitting choice to give the command for this thrilling NASCAR Cup Series playoff race, and I look forward to hearing him deliver the most famous words in motorsports.”
Colquitt was a special-teams stalwart for the Kansas City Chiefs for 15 seasons, setting numerous team records including a franchise record for games played at any position (238). In 2019, Colquitt’s boot was an integral part of the Kansas City Chiefs championship run, culminating with a win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV.
Ironically, the two-time Pro Bowler seriously considered NASCAR racing as a profession. That dream was dashed after taking his driver's license test when he crashed through the window of the driver's ed building. He felt like that was God telling him to explore a different profession.
Thankfully, his love of NASCAR racing remained. Upon ascending to the National Football League, he shared his passion for racing with his fellow Chiefs and brought his teammates to Kansas Speedway to experience the racing action.
Colquitt’s command to start engines will be part of a thrilling day for NASCAR fans in America’s Heartland. Prior to the Hollywood Casino 400, U.S. Army veteran and country music superstar Craig Morgan will perform a full concert on the pre-race stage. And prior to Colquitt’s command, legendary artist Lee Greenwood will deliver a rousing rendition of “God Bless the U.S.A.” as a tribute to our nation’s military and first responders.
Racing action at Kansas Speedway begins tonight with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ Kansas Lottery 200. On Saturday, the NASCAR Xfinity Series and ARCA Menards Series will deliver a doubleheader with the Kansas Lottery 300 at 2 p.m. and the Kansas Lottery 150 at 6 p.m.
For ticketing information and further details about the upcoming race weekend, please visit www.kansasspeedway.com.
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Dad lies about baby being inside stolen Jeep to get quicker police response, sheriff says
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (Gray News) – A man in Texas has been charged with filing a false report after he lied about his infant son being inside a stolen vehicle, officials said.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the father lied about his son being inside the vehicle in order to get a quicker police response for the stolen Jeep.
Gonzalez said Anthony Ray Gray, 38, called 911 to report that his 2018 Jeep Cherokee was stolen Thursday morning and that his 6-month-old son was inside at the time.
Gray told deputies he went inside a store and left the vehicle running in the parking lot with the child inside. Gray said unknown men then took off with the vehicle.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office shared photos on social media of the 6-month-old, asking for the public’s help in bringing him home safely.
Later Thursday morning, Gonzalez said the Jeep was found but the baby was unaccounted for. By the afternoon, Gonzalez said the child was located and safe.
Investigators determined that the baby was never with Gray that morning nor inside the Jeep. The baby was at a relative’s house all morning.
Gonzalez said Gray told deputies he lied about his son being in the Jeep in order to get a quicker response to his stolen vehicle.
Gray was arrested and charged with filing a false report.
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Inmate at LMDC saves other inmate using Narcan
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - An inmate at LMDC saved another inmate’s life with Narcan Friday morning.
According to the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, an inmate was overdosing on an unknown substance when another inmate revived and used Narcan that had been installed recently inside the housing unit.
The inmate who used the Narcan notified LMDC officers and medical staff was called.
The inmate who overdosed was taken to the hospital and has been released back into custody.
“We are disappointed that someone was successful in smuggling a dangerous substance inside LMDC. However, we are thankful that the Narcan was available, and that other incarcerated people took quick action to help the person who overdosed,” said Jerry Collins, director at LMDC. “We will continue to work every day to prohibit this poison, but today the safety net worked and a life was saved.”
In collaboration with the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness (LMPHW), Narcan was recently placed in all 51 dorms at LMDC. If a person is overdosing, another person can access the overdose reversal drug and use it to save a life.
All corrections officers are trained in the use of Narcan.
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Rockford man wanted for 2019 homicide arrested in Freeport
FREEPORT — A man being sought for a 2019 homicide in Rockford was arrested Wednesday in Freeport, police said.
Officers executed a search warrant at 2568 Stephenson Circle, where Mario Williams, 31, was taken into custody without incident.
Williams is charged with the May 11, 2019 shooting death of 32-year-old Robert Brooks.
The victim was shot to death at an apartment building in the 4100 block of Auburn Street.
More:Police searching for Rockford man in connection to 2019 homicide
Officers recovered a gun while taking Williams into custody. He was also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm without a FOID card.
Williams was lodged in the Stephenson County Jail.
Ken DeCoster covers business news and features. Contact him at 815-987-1391, kdecoster@rrstar.com or @DeCosterKen. | https://www.journalstandard.com/story/news/crime/2022/09/08/rockford-man-wanted-for-2019-homicide-arrested-in-freeport/66874793007/ | 2022-09-09T21:13:14Z | journalstandard.com | control | https://www.journalstandard.com/story/news/crime/2022/09/08/rockford-man-wanted-for-2019-homicide-arrested-in-freeport/66874793007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Don't trust the rumor mill: Hy-Vee still coming to Freeport
FREEPORT — Despite rumors, Hy-Vee is still coming to Freeport, according to a statement by the city of Freeport.
“A little bit of patience will go a long way in anticipation of Hy-Vee, especially as the Meadows Mall area is redeveloped by another major investor with long-term goals for Freeport,” Kevyn Sutter, the director of communications for the city of Freeport, said.
A disgruntled citizen started a widespread rumor that Hy-Vee had ended its agreement with Freeport because of a flood-retaining wall, the city said.
“It’s unfortunate that it has gained so much traction,” Sutter said. “The rumor has been having negative impacts on the business owners that are currently in the Meadows Mall area, even in a time of great excitement with their remodeling projects.”
“The public, in general, has a negative mindset,” Casey Stewart, co-owner of JK Salon in the Meadows Mall, said. “We’ve had many people come in and make negative comments about it but we just keep it positive.”
JK Salon is one of the businesses currently in the Meadows Mall that will get a larger and updated space as part of the redevelopment project.
“We’re anticipating being busier than ever,” Stewart said. “I think it’s great for business and great for Freeport.”
The city announced developer Freeport IL LLC planned to invest $11 million in Meadows Mall in June. The multi-million dollar investment planned on bringing stores like Marshalls, Five Below, Pet Supplies Plus and more to the mall.
The project is being completed by using the city’s Enterprise Zone, Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing provided by CastleGreen Finance.
“Development, as much as we might want, doesn’t happen overnight,” Sutter said.
There is no opening date set yet for Hy-Vee, according to the city.
Marshalls and Five Below are anticipated to open by mid-November. Pet Supplies Plus should open mid-2023, according to the city.
In 2023, Anytime Fitness will expand its space by more than 50%, the new release states.
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US Rep. Cheri Bustos tours new Rosecrance facility in Freeport
FREEPORT — U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos visited and toured the new Rosecrance outpatient center in Freeport on Tuesday and was recognized for the $300,000 in federal community project funding she helped secure for the space.
The center opened in May offering outpatient treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. Both Bustos and Rosecrance President/CEO Dr. Dave Gomel emphasized the increased need for behavioral health services in Stephenson County.
“There was a great need in this community, and we wanted to make sure we could partner with an organization like Rosecrance that knows what they’re doing,” Bustos said in a news release. “We know these funds are in good hands, and we know they’ll take good care of the community.”
Substance abuse help:'We are here. We are open;' Freeport's first substance abuse treatment facility now open
“The need is great. Thanks to Congresswoman Bustos, we were able to work and secure this building and begin our services for mental health and substance use for this community,” Gomel said in the release. “And as we said to the local leaders — we own the building and we’re not going anywhere. And we’re very grateful to the Congresswoman for her support.”
Rosecrance, which is based in Rockford, served more than 54,000 people last year through locations in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
“Rosecrance is grateful to be able to serve this community in this way,” Gomel said. “There are wonderful individuals in this community, people who need behavioral healthcare. Mental health and substance use are often stigmatized illnesses, but these are chronic illnesses that require help and healthcare. Rosecrance is an expert in behavioral healthcare treatment, and we’re so grateful to be expanding our mission into this region.”
The Freeport location, 1631 S. Galena Ave., is open now and accepting new appointments.
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Community comes together for COVID-19 vigil in Freeport
FREEPORT — More than a dozen people gathered outside FHN on Wednesday to remember loved ones and honor healthcare workers during a community COVID-19 vigil.
“Tonight, there are people here who have never met each other but are going to know that the person standing next to them has been through the same experience,” Sean Huguenin, FHN’s spiritual care coordinator, said.
After nearly two years of battling the COVID-19 pandemic, FHN’s President and CEO Mark Gridley said the organization wanted to hold a vigil to acknowledge the grief and suffering everyone has experienced.
“Events like this are instrumental because it brings people together that were not alone in this,” Huguenin said. “Everybody suffered a loss in many avenues, from their homes to their jobs to their loved ones to their way of life. This allows us to come together as a community.”
As the Spiritual Care Coordinator, Huguenin provides spiritual and emotional needs for patients, families, and staff, especially during someone’s last moments.
“There were times when you couldn’t do anything for the patients,” Huguenin said. “One of the toughest challenges was going into rooms knowing that that person wouldn’t be with us for long.”
More than 170 people have died from COVID-19 in Stephenson County and more than 13,000 have tested positive for the virus, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
As the main health organization in Freeport, FHN staff were on the frontlines of the pandemic.
FHN’s employees will carry their pandemic experiences with them forever and many still deal with the trauma of the past two years, according to Huguenin.
“Be thankful to healthcare workers in any organization for what they do regardless of the title of their role,” Gridley said. “It takes an entire team to serve people. A ‘thank you’ to them goes a long way.”
Jena Kleindl is a freelance correspondent. | https://www.journalstandard.com/story/news/local/2022/09/09/community-comes-together-for-covid-19-vigil-in-freeport/67998301007/ | 2022-09-09T21:13:20Z | journalstandard.com | control | https://www.journalstandard.com/story/news/local/2022/09/09/community-comes-together-for-covid-19-vigil-in-freeport/67998301007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On the Market: Two bedroom, three bathroom Freeport condominium for sale
Address: 3409 Katherine Drive, Freeport
Description: This condominium features 1,280 square feet of living space, including two bedrooms and three baths. The bright kitchen features an eat-in area. The large living room boasts an updated gas fireplace. The master suite includes a bath, his & her closets and an updated vanity. The second bedroom has a large closet and a lot of natural light. The unfinished basement has a laundry area and storage space.
Asking price: $140,000
Realtor: Kelly Wolf, Keller Williams Realty Signature, 815-914-1685
About this series
Each week, we feature a unique property for sale in the area. Have a property you'd like to see featured? Email online@rrstar.com and put "On the Market" in the subject line.
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Vikings game day: Where to tailgate, park and more
Football is back and we’ve got you covered if you intend on heading to the stadium this season.
- Axios' Max Millington has this guide on what you need to know to be game-day ready.
Key home games
1. Green Bay Packers, Week 1
Minnesota has the talent to win the NFC North, but they'll have to beat the Packers at home to prove it.
- Details: Sunday, Sept. 11 at 3:25pm
2. Dallas Cowboys, Week 11
America's Team has been kryptonite for Kirk Cousins. The Vikings quarterback is 2-8 against Dallas in his career.
- Details: Sunday, Nov. 20 at 3:25pm
3. New England Patriots, Week 12
The Vikings will host a Thanksgiving game for the first time in franchise history. Minnesota is 6-2 on Turkey Day with all games being played in either Dallas or Detroit.
- Details: Thursday, Nov. 24 at 7:20pm
Tickets
Single-game tickets are available here.
How to get there
Information about U.S. Bank Stadium parking and more ways to get there is available here.
- Stadium Address: 401 Chicago Ave.
Nick's stadium hack: Traffic can be awful before and after games. Consider biking, especially in the early part of the season before it gets cold. There are plenty of separated lanes and trails connecting to the stadium.
Where to eat/drink
Party before the game at Day Block, which offers a breakfast buffet before 1pm and drink specials throughout the day on Sundays.
- Address: 1105 S. Washington Ave.
There's a variety of food to enjoy before and after the game at Off The Rails including wings, nachos and sliders.
- Address: 620 S. 4th St.
3. Crooked Pint
Typically has an outdoor tailgate party.
- Address: 501 Washington Ave.
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After the summer launch of the new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline number, calls to the lifeline increased 45% compared with the same time last year, and the majority of those calls were connected to a counselor, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services.
After the summer launch of the new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline number, calls to the lifeline increased 45% compared with the same time last year, and the majority of those calls were connected to a counselor, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services.
On Friday, HHS released performance data detailing the number of calls, chats and texts made to the 988 lifeline in the month of August, as well as the portion of those contacts that were answered.
The data shows that in August, a total of 361,140 calls, chats and texts were routed to a 988 lifeline call center. Among them, 84% of calls, 97% of chats and 98% of texts were answered and engaged by a counselor -- representing a total of about 88% of people who reached out to the lifeline. The remaining 12% were disconnected before being engaged by a counselor, according to the data.
On average, it took about 42 seconds for calls, chats or texts to be answered after an automated greeting, and the average amount of time counselors spent talking, chatting or texting with contacts was about 18 minutes and 49 seconds.
"Our nation's transition to 988 moves us closer to better serving the crisis care needs of people across America," HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said Friday. "988 is more than a number, it's a message: we're there for you. The transition to 988 is just the beginning. We will continue working towards comprehensive, responsive crisis care services nationwide to save lives."
On July 16, the nonprofit Vibrant Emotional Health, which operates the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on behalf of HHS' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), transitioned the phone number to the three digits of 988, similar to how people can dial 911 for emergencies. The service's name was also changed to the 988 lifeline.
Last month, the 988 lifeline answered 152,000 more calls, chats and texts than in August 2021, according to HHS, and the average speed to answer across all contacts dropped from 2½ minutes to 42 seconds.
"We want everyone to know that there is hope. Whether you're experiencing thoughts of suicide, a mental health or substance use crisis, or any other kind of emotional distress, there is compassionate, accessible care and support," said Dr. Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, HHS assistant secretary for mental health and substance use and leader of SAMHSA. "With rising levels of anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses -- and the devastating number of overdose deaths -- it is crucial that people have somewhere to turn when they're in crisis."
The lifeline has been in operation since 2005. In 2020, the US Federal Communications Commission's five leaders unanimously voted to finalize 988 as the service's new number. Last year, the FCC unanimously voted to require text messages sent to 988 be routed to the lifeline, as well.
Suicide is the second leading cause of death in the United States for people ages 10 to 34, according to the American Psychiatric Association, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes it as a "serious public health problem."
Overall, suicide rates in the United States increased 30% between 2000 and 2018, according to the CDC, and declined in 2019 and 2020. Nearly 46,000 people died by suicide in 2020.
To lower those numbers, the new 988 serves as "a first step towards a transformed crisis care system in much the same way as emergency medical services have expanded" in the United States, John Draper, the lifeline's executive director and executive vice president of national networks for Vibrant, told CNN. | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/calls-to-suicide-prevention-lifeline-rose-45-after-changeover-to-988-number/article_d443c8aa-f7e6-5763-ac6b-116218517684.html | 2022-09-09T21:18:30Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/calls-to-suicide-prevention-lifeline-rose-45-after-changeover-to-988-number/article_d443c8aa-f7e6-5763-ac6b-116218517684.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HONOLULU (KITV4) - Queen Elizabeth had strong ties to Hawaii and visited the islands more than once during her reign. The relationship between Britain and Hawaii goes all the way back to the 18th century.
A historian at Iolani Palace told KITV4 Queen Emma established a close relationship with England's Queen Victoria in the 1860s after both of them lost a husband and a child.
"In Hawaii, in 1887 when Queen Victoria celebrated her golden jubilee, not only did our alii attend the event in London, there was also events here in Honolulu," said Zita Cup Choy, historian at Iolani Palace.
Hawaii's alii kept the relationship years after Queen Emma died. Unlike states on the mainland, Hawaii can relate to the queen's death more because of its history as a monarchy.
"There's a connection with Queen Elizabeth and the idea or service and devotion and what we saw with our kings and queens. They were also dedicated to the nation and helping the people," said Douglas Askman, professor at Hawaii Pacific University.
A professor at UH Manoa said it is important to understand Queen Elizabeth in 2022. He said the idea of a monarchy is supposed to be outdated but the royal family remained relevant through decades of changes.
"A lot of Americans have this thing about the British royalty but a lot of brits don't. We're supposed to be in a democratic modern world. There are other kings and queens like in Denmark but they don't have the wealth and power like the British monarchy does," said Peter Hoffenberg, professor at UH Manoa.
Officials at Iolani palace said there may be an event to commemorate Queen Elizabeth's legacy, although nothing is confirmed.
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Queen Elizabeth II is joined by one of her dogs, a dorgi called Candy, as she views a display of memorabilia from her Golden and Platinum Jubilees at Windsor Castle on February 4.
Buckingham Palace released this official photo by Annie Leibowitz in April 2016 to mark the Queen's 90th birthday. She is pictured with four of her dogs: clockwise from top left Willow (corgi), Vulcan (dorgi), Candy (dorgi) and Holly (corgi).
Queen Elizabeth II is joined by one of her dogs, a dorgi called Candy, as she views a display of memorabilia from her Golden and Platinum Jubilees at Windsor Castle on February 4.
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Buckingham Palace released this official photo by Annie Leibowitz in April 2016 to mark the Queen's 90th birthday. She is pictured with four of her dogs: clockwise from top left Willow (corgi), Vulcan (dorgi), Candy (dorgi) and Holly (corgi).
When Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, died on Thursday at the age of 96, she left behind not just her nation and family members but a gaggle of canine companions.
Throughout her long life, she was regularly photographed with a Welsh corgi at her feet -- a dog breed that became synonymous with the monarch.
But while every detail of what would happen following her death was minutely planned, little is known about what the future holds for her beloved pups, who will now be looking for new homes.
At the time of her passing, Queen Elizabeth is reported to have had four dogs.
According to the American Kennel Club, she had two Pembroke Welsh corgis, Muick and Sandy, as well as an older, mixed-breed "dorgi" called Candy. A cocker spaniel, Lissy, reportedly joined the gang in January this year.
The Queen was often credited with creating the dorgi breed when her corgi mated with a dachshund owned by her sister, Princess Margaret.
Joe Little, a royal biographer and managing editor of Majesty magazine, told CNN he believes the dogs will be cared for by royal staff before being adopted by Princess Anne and Prince Andrew.
"Princess Anne has had corgis of her own in the past," he explained. "The two most recent additions came from the Duke of York and his daughters, so perhaps they could go to him. It's unlikely that they'll be split up."
The Queen's passion for corgis dated back to her childhood, when she fell in love with her father King George VI's dog, Dookie. In 1944, on her 18th birthday, she was given a Pembroke Welsh corgi puppy named Susan. Such was her attachment to Susan, she reportedly took her on her honeymoon in 1947. Susan died in January 1959.
The monarch went on to own dozens of corgis in her lifetime. One, Willow, famously appeared alongside her in the James Bond sketch that she recorded for the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.
When Willow was put to sleep at the age of 14, the Queen lost the last descendant of her original corgi, Susan.
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The death of Queen Elizabeth II this week kicked into effect a series of intricate events, the likes of which have not been seen in the UK for seven decades. As the second Elizabethan age draws to a close, the Queen’s son and heir, King Charles III, is our new monarch: a transition that will be formally marked when the King is proclaimed at an Accession Council meeting this weekend.
A special meeting of the Privy Council, typically held within 24 hours of the death of a monarch, this is the first official event King Charles will attend in his new capacity as sovereign. In a historic first, the occasion is due to be broadcast on television, with Penny Mordaunt MP, Lord President of the Council, presiding over proceedings.
Dating back to 1708, the Privy Council is a body created to advise the monarch, although it largely serves a ceremonial function today. The Telegraph reports that while all Privy Council members were historically summoned to the meeting, the number has now grown so great (more than 700 individuals), that only 200 are now invited, prioritising current Cabinet ministers, former prime ministers, senior judges and the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.
Although made up mostly of politicians, the late Queen’s private secretary is a member, as is her grandson (now the heir apparent), the Duke of Cambridge, and the Queen Consort, who was made a Privy Counsellor in 2016. This means Camilla will be present alongside her husband when he is formally proclaimed as king. Once the King has taken his oath on Saturday, witnessed by members of the Royal Family and Privy Counsellors such as First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, the meeting will be closed by Mordaunt and the proclamation will be signed by the Privy Counsellors.
On 9 September, a day on from the Queen’s death, Buckingham Palace released an announcement explaining the proceedings. It reads: ‘His Majesty The King will be proclaimed at the Accession Council at 10.00hrs tomorrow morning 10 September in the State Apartments of St James’s Palace, London. The Accession Council, attended by Privy Councillors, is divided into two parts. In Part I, the Privy Council, without The King present, will proclaim the Sovereign, and formally approve various consequential Orders, including the arrangements for the Proclamation. Part II, is the holding by The King of His Majesty’s first Privy Council. The King will make his Declaration and read and sign an oath to uphold the security of the Church in Scotland and approve Orders in Council which facilitate continuity of government.
‘The Accession Council will be followed by the Principal Proclamation, which will be read at 11.00hrs from the balcony overlooking Friary Court at St James’s Palace. The Proclamation will be read by Garter King of Arms, accompanied by the Earl Marshal, other Officers of Arms and the Serjeants at Arms. This is the first public reading of the Proclamation. As is convention, a second Proclamation will be read in the City of London, at the Royal Exchange at 12.00hrs on the same day Saturday 10 September. Further Proclamations will be read in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales at 12.00hrs the following day Sunday 11 September.
‘In recognition of the new Sovereign, flags will be flown at full-mast from the time of the Principal Proclamation at St James’s Palace until one hour after the Proclamations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, after which flags will return to half-mast in mourning for the death of Her Majesty The Queen.’
Following the announcement of the Queen’s death on Thursday, the King released a statement mourning ‘the passing of a cherished Sovereign’, as well as a ‘beloved Mother’. Having travelled with the Queen Consort from Balmoral to London on Friday, the couple were greeted by cheering crowds as they arrived at Buckingham Palace, sombrely dressed in mourning clothes. King Charles then proceeded to meet the mourners, speaking with and shaking hands with many, clearly moved by the great show of support he was receiving.
On Friday evening, the King will make his first official speech as monarch, addressing the Nation and the Commonwealth in a pre-recorded message that will be broadcast at 6pm. | https://www.tatler.com/article/king-charles-iii-proclaimed-king-accession-council-meeting | 2022-09-09T21:19:45Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/king-charles-iii-proclaimed-king-accession-council-meeting | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It was at Balmoral that the late Queen Elizabeth II would undertake one of her final royal engagements: meeting new British Prime Minister Liz Truss in the Castle's sitting room. The last public photograph ever taken of the monarch was captured in the minutes following the meeting, showing the 96-year-old Queen smiling brightly. Two days later, Queen Elizabeth II passed peacefully at Balmoral, surrounded by her family.
Described by her granddaughter, Princess Eugenie, as ‘the most beautiful place on earth’, Balmoral was apparently the late Queen Elizabeth II's favourite home. An opinion shared by her grandfather, George V, who once said: 'I am never so happy as when I am fishing the pools of the Dee.' It therefore comes as no surprise that the Queen would make the 516-mile journey north from London every summer to enjoy time off duty with her family at the rural retreat.
The former monarch had no official duties to attend to when at the Scottish estate, meaning the residence was a place of great comfort and relaxation for her. Most recently the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Cornwall and their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, visited Her Majesty at the castle, spending some quality family time together before the children started school in Windsor this month.
While at Balmoral, the Royal Family are reported to spend their time taking ‘long walks in the countryside, fishing, horseback riding, and cycling’. Barbecues also play an important role during their visits, as the late Prince Philip was said to enjoy cooking for his family al fresco using his own 'specially engineered mobile barbecue'. Shooting and stalking and salmon fishing are also some of the traditional activities enjoyed by guests. | https://www.tatler.com/article/queen-elizabeth-death-balmoral-castle-scotland-history-queen-victoria | 2022-09-09T21:19:51Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/queen-elizabeth-death-balmoral-castle-scotland-history-queen-victoria | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As with so many elements of her reign, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral will make history. Our longest-reigning monarch’s funeral will not take place at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, as has been customary for over 300 years, but will instead be held at the rather more grand setting of Westminster Abbey.
The decision to move the funereal proceedings was reportedly undertaken by the Queen herself, who considered the London-based Abbey a more appropriate location, being larger and in more public surroundings.
Of course, it is frequently the site of some of the most significant royal events. Every coronation since the time of William the Conqueror in 1066 has been here, while multiple royal weddings, including the Queen’s own to Prince Philip in 1947, have taken place at the historic gothic cathedral.
The last royal funeral to be held at Westminster Abbey was that of King George II in 1760. The funeral of his successor, King George III, was moved to St George's Chapel in a bid to signal the privacy of the occasion, despite him being a popular king whose reign was at that point the longest in British history.
The Queen's body will be transported via the royal train to London, as per Operation Unicorn, the plan in place for if Her Majesty was to die in Scotland at Balmoral. It is currently expected, but not confirmed, that the funeral will take place on Monday 19 September. The Royal Family, as well as international royalty and world leaders, are expected to be in attendance.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who had been on a whistle-stop tour of Europe, attending the One World Summit in Manchester on Monday, before flying to Dusseldorf for an Invictus Games event on Tuesday, are now expected to stay put until after the funeral. The couple were forced to pull out of attending last night's Wellchild Awards, a charity that recognises the achievements of seriously ill children, due to the rapid decline in the Queen's health. | https://www.tatler.com/article/the-queens-funeral-will-take-place-at-westminster-abbey-in-break-from-royal-tradition | 2022-09-09T21:19:58Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/the-queens-funeral-will-take-place-at-westminster-abbey-in-break-from-royal-tradition | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
One of the big questions coming into the season for Marquette volleyball was, effectively, “What even is this team?” With just one 100% healthy returning outside hitter and a giant pack of major contributor seniors gone plus two new assistant coaches, it was reasonable to wonder how head coach Ryan Theis was going to pull it all together. Maybe more important than that, the question of how fast he was going to be able to pull it all together was looming over the team, and the answer was likely going to dictate how the season went.
We got an answer on how and how fast right out of the gate as Marquette came away from their opener with a five set thriller victory over then-#11 Kentucky. Since then, MU’s only misstep was a four set loss on the road against Wisconsin, and that one was probably a bit closer than the set scores make it look. A record of 4-1 at the five match mark is really a best case scenario based on what was scheduled, so things are running incredibly smoothly.
And yet.....
It seems that Theis and his staff are still evolving what the 2022 squad is. Look no further than how the Golden Eagles went about defeating Loyola-Chicago on Tuesday night. There’s a lot of expected production here: Aubrey Hamilton led the team in attacks, Ella Foti had a highly effective night, MU got kill contributions from both their starting middles as well as starting setter Yadhira Anchante. Great stuff.
But.
Marquette won, to a certain extent, because freshman Ella Holmstrom went OFF against the Ramblers. She had a team high 17 kills, falling just one short of LUC’s Emily Banitt for match-high honors, and she hit .294 on 34 swings, the second best total on the team behind Hamilton.
How is this an evolution of the team just five matches in? Through MU’s first four matches of the season, Holmstrom had played in just 10 of the 16 sets and had taken just 10 total swings at the net. Her kill total on the season before popping off for 17 on Tuesday? FOUR, one in each match.
If that was the gameplan coming in, that’s impressive by Theis et. al. If that was the coaching staff realizing on the fly that Holmstrom was wrecking the Ramblers and running with their largely unproven freshman from Illinois? Thor help me, that’s amazing coaching, the kind of coaching you only see happen from a guy who is completely bulletproof because he’s the best coach in program history.
What’s next? Man, it could be anything. Anastasija Svetnik was dressed for I believe the first time this season on Tuesday night, so maybe she can make an impact. Hannah Vanden Berg is still working her way back from her season ending knee injury last fall, so at some point, she’s going to be able to chip in to the rotation. The point of the story is that this is the #23 team in the country holding one of the best wins of the year by any team in the country already, and it’s very possible that they’re not even a finished product yet.
IMPORTANT PROGRAMMING NOTE: Saturday’s contest is MU’s Mental Health Awareness Match. It’s a partnership with MU alum Jenny Fischer and her Keep Showing Up campaign. The idea is to raise awareness of suicide prevention and mental health in general. Keep Showing Up shirts will be available for sale at the match, and donations will be made to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Besides this being a very good idea, it is National Suicide Prevention Week and specifically, Saturday is World Suicide Prevention Day.
Match #6: vs LSU Tigers (3-3)
Date: Saturday, September 10, 2022
Time: 1pm Central
Location: Al McGuire Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Streaming: FloSports, with Bob Brainerd and Michelle Griffin-Wenzel on the call
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteVB
Marquette is 1-1 all time against LSU. The first meeting was in 2006 and a #15 ranked Tigers team took a 3-0 win. The other contest was in 2018 when the Golden Eagles hosted the Tigers in the second match of the season and swept them. This will be the first time that either team has actually played host on campus for a match between the two.
LSU was picked to finish eighth out of 13 teams in the SEC this season. Marquette has already seen what “picked to win the SEC” looks like as they beat Kentucky in the first match of the season, so that should give us some kind of reference point on the Tigers. With that in mind, their losses so far this year are mostly explainable. So you lost in three at home to noted national power Penn State. Such is life. Falling in five sets to a Rice squad that’s just outside the top 25 at the moment? Eh, big deal. Losing to Houston, who was picked to finish 2nd in the AAC? Not great, maybe, but that’s what happens.
The thing to remember about all of this is that LSU played all of these matches at home. Saturday won’t be their first venture out of Baton Rouge as they visit Milwaukee over on the East Side of town on Friday, but this weekend is their first time experiencing a road trip of any kind. If Marquette fans turn out to support the squad like they did against Loyola on Tuesday? Hooooboy, that could be a rough outing for the Tigers.
Sanaa Dotson is leading LSU’s offense right now. She’s hitting a perfectly acceptable .279 through six matches and averaging four kills a set. No one else is north of 2.6, although the Tigers have three women between 2.4 and 2.6 kills a frame. However, one of them is Paige Flickinger, and she has already missed three matches this season, including last Saturday’s date with Penn State. Seems like maybe she won’t be available if she’s been in and out of the lineup.
LSU’s setting situation is weird at the moment. Neither Josie Vondran nor Maddie Waak have played in every set, although Vondran has started in five matches and played in all six. Vondran is averaging 8.12 assists per set, while Waak is at an even 7.0/set with 13 sets played. Waak played in all three sets against Penn State and Vondran only appeared in one set, and so I have no idea what to expect for their rotation against Marquette.
Match #7: vs Milwaukee Panthers (1-5)
Date: Sunday, September 11, 2022
Time: 1pm Central
Location: Al McGuire Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Streaming: FloSports, with Matt Menzl on the call
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteVB
Marquette is, somehow, 33-46-1 all time against Milwaukee. The series dates all the way back to 1975, the first ever year of competitive volleyball at Marquette. 41 of those 80 matches happened before Marquette made the move to Division 1 in 1986, and since then the series stands at 20-16 in MU’s favor. Marquette has won the last 11 meetings with UWM’s most recent victory coming back in 2007, and the Golden Eagles have won the last six encounters by way of a 3-0 sweep dating back to 2012. The most recent meeting was in 2017.
Part of Milwaukee’s awful record to start the season is that they played two teams that were receiving votes at the time and another that was ranked in the top 15 of the AVCA poll. They took three sets off those three opponents, two from Utah while rallying from down 2-0 and another from #11 Purdue to force a fourth set in the Boilermakers’ home gym. That’s not too bad, not for a team that only has one win this season. That lone win came down in West Lafayette as they beat Bradley 3-1.
All of this is preamble to the point of 1-5 doesn’t tell the full story. Milwaukee is picked to finish second in the Horizon League this season. They grabbed four of the first place votes and fell just three points short of preseason favorite Northern Kentucky. 1-5 start or not, it wouldn’t be completely crazy to see the Panthers in the NCAA tournament when December rolls around. They’re coming off a 22-9 season with a 16-2 record in HL play, but lost their shot at the NCAAs by way of a semifinal loss to #3 seed Illinois-Chicago.
As for what the team actually looks like, Madi Malone leads in kills at 3.25/set and tops the team in total attacks through six matches. She’s hitting .222 at the moment, so there’s a certain amount of “Milwaukee’s played a pretty tough schedule so far, and that can’t be helping” to her numbers. Ari Miller and Natalie Schmitz are both north of two kills a frame and Miller is hitting a very respectable .284.
Kaley Blake and Josie Johnson are splitting time at setter with Blake holding the advantage at the moment with 5.29 assists per set. Johnson’s just over four a game, which probably means they’re splitting time pretty evenly. UWM’s digs situation is led by Sarah Schrader, but she’s only at 3.83/set, so the whole team gets involved. Milwaukee doesn’t have a strong blocking presence, at least statistically speaking, or at least they don’t have a dominant leader. Bri Geurts shares the team lead in blocks at 0.88/set with Ari Miller, and Czhen Beneby is right behind them at 0.79/set. That’s a pretty good 1-2-3, so maybe that can make up for not having a singular player holding it together at the net. | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/9/23342679/marquette-golden-eagles-volleyball-preview-louisiana-state-lsu-tigers-milwaukee-panthers | 2022-09-09T21:21:07Z | anonymouseagle.com | control | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/9/23342679/marquette-golden-eagles-volleyball-preview-louisiana-state-lsu-tigers-milwaukee-panthers | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The U.S. counted its millionth organ transplant on Friday, a milestone that comes at a critical time for Americans still desperately waiting for that chance at survival.
It took decades from the first success — a kidney in 1954 — to transplant 1 million organs, and officials can’t reveal if this latest was a kidney, too, or some other organ. But advocates opened a new campaign to speed the next million transplants by encouraging more people to register as organ donors.
Yet the nation’s transplant system is at a crossroads. More people than ever are getting new organs — a record 41,356 last year alone. At the same time, critics blast the system for policies and outright mistakes that waste organs and cost lives.
The anger boiled over last month in a Senate committee hearing where lawmakers blamed the United Network for Organ Sharing, a nonprofit that holds a government contract to run the transplant system, for cumbersome organ-tracking and poor oversight.
“This is sitting on your hands while people die,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, told the organization’s chief executive as she and other senators suggested UNOS should be replaced.
UNOS continually takes steps to improve organ supply and equity and won’t be satisfied until everyone who needs a transplant gets one, CEO Brian Shepard responded.
Other experts say the fireworks are a distraction from work already underway.
“Everybody would like the system to be better,” said Renee Landers, a Suffolk University health law expert who, as part of an independent scientific advisory panel to the government, co-authored a blueprint for change earlier this year.
That blueprint, from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, sets a five-year deadline for improving every part of the complex transplant system — including the groups that collect organs from deceased donors, transplant centers that decide which ones to use, and the government agencies that regulate both.
“Focusing on only one aspect is actually not going to achieve” that goal, Landers said. “There are so many other pieces that have to fall into place.”
In the U.S., more than 400,000 people are living with functioning transplanted organs, UNOS said Friday. For all the lives saved each year, more than 105,000 people are on the national list still waiting for a new kidney, liver, heart or other organ, and about 17 a day die waiting.
Too often potentially usable organs aren’t recovered from would-be donors and too many hospitals turn down less-than-perfect organs that might still offer a good outcome for the right patient, the National Academies report found.
Kidneys are the organ most in demand and nearly a quarter of those donated last year were discarded, refused by hospitals for a variety of reasons.
A Senate Finance Committee investigation turned up additional problems including testing failures that between 2008 and 2015 led to 249 transplant recipients developing diseases from donated organs, 70 of whom died. In other cases, organs being shipped from one hospital to another were lost in transit or delayed so long they weren’t usable.
While those kinds of errors should never happen, they are a small fraction of the tens of thousands of transplants performed over that time period.
Solutions to the more common problems — procuring more organs and making sure they’re used — are tougher but attempts are underway:
- Kidney transplants increased 16% last year — and by 23% among Black patients — attributed to a UNOS-ordered change in how organs are distributed that allows kidneys to be shipped to sicker patients further away rather than being offered first to hospitals near where they were donated.
- In July, UNOS told hospitals to quit using a certain formula to test kidney function that can underestimate Black patients’ need for a transplant and leave them waiting longer than similarly ill white patients.
- Some “organ procurement organizations,” or OPOs retrieve organs from deceased donors at far higher rates than others. Medicare this year finalized new rules that require improvement or the low performers could be shut down in 2026.
- OPOs are reluctant to retrieve less-than-perfect organs that they know nearby hospitals won’t accept. Some hospitals may always refuse kidneys from donors over 70 or diabetics, for example. But soon, transplant centers’ kidney acceptance rates will be tracked as a new quality measure.
To get ready, dozens of hospitals are using new computer filters to opt out of even receiving offers they don’t intend to accept. Skipping them could allow those offers to more quickly reach places like Yale University’s transplant center — known for success with less-than-perfect kidneys — before the organs sit on ice too long to be usable.
“You can’t criticize OPOs for not recovering organs if you’re not beginning to hold transplant programs accountable for the decisions they make,” said kidney specialist Dr. Richard Formica, Yale’s transplant medicine director. “We have to come up with ways to incentivize people to change their behaviors.” | https://www.wpri.com/health/us-counts-millionth-organ-transplant-while-pushing-for-more/ | 2022-09-09T21:23:29Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/health/us-counts-millionth-organ-transplant-while-pushing-for-more/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed legislation that made Juneteenth a federal holiday—a date that celebrates the emancipation of enslaved Texans at the port of Galveston on June 19, 1865—making the statewide jubilee a national one. But what happened to formerly enslaved Black Texans after emancipation? That answer can be found in Houston, Texas, in the city’s Fourth Ward, where the majority of formerly enslaved Texans made their way—to Freedmen’s Town.
“You were suddenly free,” says Zion Escobar, executive director of the Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy, a nonprofit organization established in 2018 to protect the Fourth Ward. “But where could you go? What could you do? There is no safe space for you. Freedmen’s Town is the answer to what happened the day after Juneteenth. It’s the Mother Ward. It’s where all of Houston’s early Black leaders emanated from.”
In the early days of Houston, the city did not have neighborhoods—rather, Houston was divided into six wards by the city-planning brother duo John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen in the 1840s. At the time, the land in the Fourth Ward was seen as hopelessly undesirable—it was swampy and prone to flooding thanks to its close proximity to a bayou. Now known as Freedmen’s Town, the Fourth Ward primarily became home to formerly enslaved Black people who found they were unwelcome in other areas of the city.
Because many freedmen were also not allowed to purchase from the same services and stores as white Texans, they founded their own businesses. Soon, Freedmen’s Town became a thriving neighborhood full of doctors, lawyers, and businessmen; it was the source of the city’s early Black leadership, ultimately producing over 400 Black-owned businesses. Reverend Ned Pullum, one of the community leaders of Freedmen’s Town, made his fortune from Pullum Standard Brick Work—visitors can still see similarly handmade red bricks lining the streets of the Fourth Ward. After Freedmen’s Town became too crowded, many Black Americans chose to move to the nearby Fifth and Third Wards (where Beyoncé, DJ Screw, and George Floyd all hail from).
“Freedmen’s Town is what it looked like when people started living out their freedom,” Escobar says.
Today, the Fourth Ward is a quiet neighborhood that’s peppered with modern homes and apartment buildings between historic homes. Many of the historic houses in the area are in need of repair or are under renovation (projects which the Conservancy, the R.B.H. Yates Museum, and other community organizations aim to amplify) but can still be visited by travelers and locals alike interested in learning about Houston’s Black history. A grand total of seven sites within Freedmen’s Town Heritage District, a first-of-its-kind recognition for Houston, have been designated as part of UNESCO’s “Routes of Enslaved Peoples: Resistance, Liberty and Heritage” Project. Some points of interest within the neighborhood include the stately former home of Reverend Jack Yates, a freedmen who served as the minister for Antioch Baptist Church and founded Bethel Baptist Church, Revered Ned Pullum’s home, and the African American Library at the Gregory School, the first public school for free Black children established in the Houston area. The library is also home to an exhibit about the history of Freedmen’s Town, which visitors are welcome to peruse.
Although the Fourth Ward’s land was once unwanted by city developers, that’s not the case nowadays. Because it sits adjacent to downtown Houston, the neighborhood is irresistibly appealing to developers who aren’t as concerned about preserving historic buildings as they are with constructing mixed-use high-rise developments. Many old buildings have already been demolished to make way for new businesses: The place where the Rainbow Theater, a historic Black theater, once stood on what was the main strip of Freedmen’s Town recently became a Best Western. Escobar sees national and global recognition, such as through UNESCO, as a way to not only protect the Fourth Ward but to also preserve the history of Black Texans for future generations.
“Freedmen’s Town is going to be a teacher to Houston and a teacher to America,” Escobar says. “These jewels are rare and so much knowledge and cultural economic capital can be realized by not just the city of Houston, but Texas and the nation as a whole, by honoring, respecting, and celebrating Black history in full. We are a poster child for why Black history is important and for why its erasure is criminal.”
For Escobar, her work at the Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy is personal. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in civil engineering, Escobar spent about 15 years specializing in water resource management and even started her own firm. She was invited to help consult on Houston’s I-45 expansion project, a controversial endeavor that saw the state sinking billions of dollars into one of the city’s major corridors and displacing residents living within the new proposed route. During her work on the project, Escobar realized she wanted to focus on work that could directly benefit her community—she’s been at the Conservancy since the end of 2019.
Ultimately through her work, Escobar hopes to preserve the legacy of Houston’s Black forefathers because Freedmen’s Town is an integral part of the story of the city—sometimes literally. The place where Houston City Hall now stands was once a part of Freedmen’s Town, home to several families, and was seized during the 1930s. In a rapidly growing and changing Houston, Escobar wants to make sure that this living testament to the life of freedmen isn’t erased.
“I want people to come here and see the humanity of this story of freedom and to be inspired, andto go support it in whatever way they have the capacity to,” Escobar says. | https://www.afar.com/magazine/houstons-fourth-ward-freedmens-town | 2022-09-09T21:23:51Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/magazine/houstons-fourth-ward-freedmens-town | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bells tolled across Britain on Friday and mourners flocked to palace gates to honor Queen Elizabeth II as the country entered a new age under a new king. Around the world, her exceptional reign was commemorated, celebrated, and debated.
King Charles III, who spent much of his 73 years preparing for the role, met the prime minister and prepared to address a nation grieving the only British monarch most people alive today had ever 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 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. In London and at military sites across the United Kingdom, cannons fired 96 shots in an elaborate, 16-minute salute marking each year of the queen’s life.
On the king’s first full day of duties, Charles left Balmoral and flew to London for a meeting with Prime Minister Liz Truss, appointed by the queen just two days before her death.
He arrived at Buckingham Palace, the monarch’s London home, for the first time as sovereign, emerging from the official state Bentley limousine alongside Camilla, the Queen Consort, to shouts from the crowd of “Well done, Charlie!” and the singing of the national anthem, now called “God Save the King.”
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has triggered a series of carefully structured ceremonial and constitutional steps, as Britain undergoes a period of national mourning and heralds the reign of King Charles III.
The long-established 10-day plan, code-named Operation London Bridge, has been adapted to the specific circumstances of the queen’s death in Scotland, and some details have not been publicly confirmed.
What will happen in the coming days in the U.K.
Friday, September 9
- King Charles III and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, traveled from Balmoral Castle in Scotland to London.
- At noon, church bells rang at Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and across the country in honor of the queen.
- Also at noon, Parliament held a special session so lawmakers can pay tribute to the queen.
- At 1 p.m., gun salutes were fired in London’s Hyde Park and at military sites around the country, one round for each of the 96 years of the queen’s life.
- Afternoon: The king meets with new Prime Minister Liz Truss.
- 6 p.m.: The king makes a televised address to the nation.
- 6 p.m.: A service of remembrance is held at St. Paul’s Cathedral for the queen.
Saturday, September 10
- 10 a.m.: Charles meets at St. James’s Palace with senior officials known as the Accession Council and is officially proclaimed king.
- 11 a.m.: An official reads the proclamation aloud from a balcony at St. James’s Palace. It is also read out in other locations across the U.K.
- 1 p.m.: Parliament holds a second day of tributes to the queen.
Sunday, September 11, and beyond
- The queen’s body is moved from Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands to Edinburgh, where the coffin is likely to rest at Holyrood Palace before being moved to St. Giles’s Cathedral so members of the public can pay their respects.
- The coffin will be transported by train or plane to London.
- The queen will then lie in state for several days in Parliament’s Westminster Hall, where the public will again be able to pay their respects.
- A state funeral at Westminster Abbey will be attended by leaders and dignitaries from around the world.
The period of national mourning will end the day after the queen’s funeral. | https://www.afar.com/magazine/what-happens-in-the-u-k-following-queen-elizabeths-death | 2022-09-09T21:23:57Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/magazine/what-happens-in-the-u-k-following-queen-elizabeths-death | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New COVID-19 booster shots that target both the original COVID-19 strain and the omicron subvariants are now available throughout the Northern Virginia region, with the Centers for Disease Control recommending that everyone 12 and older get the newest booster.
Prior to the CDC’s announcement earlier this month, second booster shots had only technically been available to people 50 and older or those who have pre-existing conditions compromising their immune system. But now the new shots from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are freely available to anyone 12 and older who wants them, promising better protection against the omicron variant as the fall and winter months – which have brought an increase in cases the last two years as more people gather indoors – approach.
The new boosters are being rolled out in national pharmacy and grocery chains, with more doses becoming available every day, according to news releases from CVS and Walgreens. Giant Food, meanwhile, said in a release that all 153 of its pharmacy locations are offering the new booster. Local health districts have doses to administer as well.
To be eligible for the newest shots, you will need to be more than five months out from your initial two-dose vaccine or two months out from your last booster. If you haven’t yet gotten your initial vaccine course, it’s recommended that you do so and then come back for the booster five months after your second dose. The newest Pfizer booster is available to anyone 12 and up, while the Moderna version – which also targets the original strain and the newer subvariants – is available to those 18 and older. Whether your initial vaccine course was from Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson doesn’t matter, you can get either booster regardless of which vaccine you received.
As with the initial COVID-19 vaccine and subsequent boosters, the new booster is not guaranteed to keep you from contracting COVID. But it will offer significantly increased protection against serious illness, hospitalization or death from COVID. During last year’s omicron wave in the late fall and winter, vaccinated and boosted individuals were five times less likely to contract COVID, and even less likely to die, than unvaccinated individuals, which is why medical professionals and experts are encouraging people to stay up to day on their booster shots.
On Tuesday, President Joe Bident encouraged everyone who hasn’t been recently boosted against COVID to get the new “bivalent” booster.
“Winter is not that far away,” he said in a statement. “The past two years, we have seen COVID-19 cases and deaths soar. It does not have to be that way this year. If you are 12 and older, go get your COVID-19 shot this fall.”
Experts say the rollout of new COVID boosters – formulated for the dominant strain at the time – could become an annual event, much like it is for the influenza virus. The way the new booster was formulated and cleared by the Food and Drug Administration and the CDC was also similar to the way the flu shot is updated annually. And while you’re out getting your COVID booster, experts say it’ll probably be a good time to get your flu shot as well.
“It’s looking like the coronavirus vaccines are more like the flu vaccine,” Dr. Leana Wen, emergency physician and health policy professor at George Washington University, told CNN. “Immunity wanes after a time, and there are also new strains that may benefit from more targeted vaccines. … Such [annual] cadence will be helpful, I think, because Americans are already used to getting a flu shot every year.”
Sean Johnson, communications coordinator for the Prince William Health District, said the health district had received a shipment of new vaccines on Tuesday to be distributed to partnering clinics and to be administered from its mobile vaccine clinic. Next week, the clinic will be in front of Americana Grocery in Woodbridge on Tuesday and at the Fresh World off of Liberia Avenue in Manassas on Thursday.
“This booster was created to fight against the subvariants that have come from Omicron and this booster shot is taking on three different subvariants, and those subvariants are 99% of the cause for people getting COVID in the country right now. So this is intended to knock out various subvariants and give people the protection that they need,” Johnson told InsideNoVa. “So we’re hoping people who didn’t get their booster shot [in the last two months] come and get it, because this booster shot should help you more than any other booster shot before.” | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/new-omicron-specific-booster-shots-available-throughout-northern-virginia/article_76c41084-307a-11ed-8b33-e38b10b635a3.html | 2022-09-09T21:27:36Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/new-omicron-specific-booster-shots-available-throughout-northern-virginia/article_76c41084-307a-11ed-8b33-e38b10b635a3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
GEORGETOWN, Del. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that it is adding the Georgetown North Groundwater site in Sussex County to its Superfund National Priorities List. The NPL is the list of hazardous waste sites in the U.S. eligible for cleanup, financed under the federal Superfund program.
"All the people in this country, no matter the color of their skin, their zip code or income, deserve to live in communities free from harmful pollutants and contaminated lands," said EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe. "By adding sites to the Superfund National Priorities List, we are accelerating cleanups and working to ensure that more people living near the nation's most serious uncontrolled or abandoned releases of contamination have the health and environmental protections they deserve."
The Georgetown North Groundwater site is a groundwater plume – an area of groundwater that has been polluted with the solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and its breakdown products. PCE, sometimes referred to as “perc”, is a chemical used in commercial and industrial operations such as dry cleaning. EPA considers PCE as a likely cancer-causing chemical. The area encompasses approximately one square-mile beneath commercial and residential areas within the town of Georgetown.
“To be clear, the public drinking water in Georgetown meets state and federal standards after treatment,” said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz. “Listing the site to the NPL will enable us to continue working jointly to investigate and address the contamination to ensure safe drinking water and protect people’s health in this community for years to come.”
The state of Delaware referred the site to EPA in 2016 for help in better understanding the extent of the groundwater contamination. The state has agreed with EPA’s decision to add the Georgetown North Groundwater site to the NPL.
More information about the site can be found at: www.epa.gov/superfund/georgetowngroundwater. | https://www.wboc.com/news/epa-to-add-georgetown-north-groundwater-site-to-superfund-cleanup-list/article_3166babc-3072-11ed-ae82-9f7f6ba9fcd9.html | 2022-09-09T21:28:37Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/epa-to-add-georgetown-north-groundwater-site-to-superfund-cleanup-list/article_3166babc-3072-11ed-ae82-9f7f6ba9fcd9.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LEWES, Del. - Delaware Natural Resources Police State Park officers on Thursday evening arrested a 48-year-old Newark, Del., man on a charge of driving under the influence and additional traffic violations Thursday evening after he allegedly drove his vehicle into the ocean on Cape Henlopen.
Shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to Cape Henlopen State Park’s Navy Beach following a report of a water rescue in progress. Witnesses called 911 after seeing a vehicle driven into the surf. Bystanders quickly entered the water and helped the driver from the vehicle and onto shore.
During the Natural Resources Police investigation, officers said they observed that Donald R. Quill Jr. displayed signs of impairment. He was then transported to the Rehoboth Beach Police Department for further investigation, where he was charged with DUI, a misdemeanor, and inattentive driving and operating a motor vehicle on closed Delaware State Parks areas, both traffic violations.
Quill was video-arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 2 and was committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on $1,502 cash bond and issued a no-contact order with all Delaware State Parks. | https://www.wboc.com/news/local/man-arrested-for-dui-after-driving-vehicle-into-surf-on-navy-beach-at-cape-henlopen/article_99f3e366-3077-11ed-8ed3-f7fce18986e4.html | 2022-09-09T21:28:43Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/local/man-arrested-for-dui-after-driving-vehicle-into-surf-on-navy-beach-at-cape-henlopen/article_99f3e366-3077-11ed-8ed3-f7fce18986e4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MAGNOLIA, Del. - Delaware State Police on Friday announced the arrest of a 27-year-old Magnolia man accused of murdering his infant son.
Police said that at around 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, troopers were called to a home in Meadowbrook Acres in Magnolia regarding the death of an infant. Troopers, paramedics, and EMS personnel were able to contact the parents of a 3-month-old child who was found dead in his crib earlier that morning.
During the ensuing investigation, police determined that the infant’s death was a homicide. Police said that additionally, it was discovered that the victim’s father, identified as Keith Rawding, had caused lethal trauma to his infant son on Saturday, Sept. 3.
On Thursday, Sept. 8, detectives from the Troop 3 Major Crimes Unit arrested Rawding and charged him with first-degree murder by abuse or neglect. He was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court #2 and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on $1 million cash bond. | https://www.wboc.com/news/magnolia-man-arrested-for-murder-of-infant-son/article_337582d6-3075-11ed-b553-679487d6de23.html | 2022-09-09T21:28:49Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/magnolia-man-arrested-for-murder-of-infant-son/article_337582d6-3075-11ed-b553-679487d6de23.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Forecast updated on Friday, September 9, 2022, at 4:30 PM by WBOC Meteorologist Dan Satterfield (AMS-CBM).
DELMARVA FORECAST
Tonight:Mostly clear and a little cooler. Low 60°. Wind: N 4-8 mph.
Saturday: Mainly sunny and pleasantly warm. Increasing high clouds PM. High 82-83° inland with temps. near 74° on the beaches. Wind: E/SE 5-12 mph. Winds E 10-14 mph PM on the beaches PM.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy. Low 65°. Wind: E 0-5 mph.
Sunday: Increasing clouds and more humid. Scattered showers about PM. High 82-83° inland with temps. near 76° on the beaches. Showers will increase Sunday night. Wind: S/SE 7-14 mph.
Forecast Discussion:
Look for mainly clear skies tonight with light winds and lows near 59-60 degrees by sunrise. It will be warmer near the Bays and the ocean with lows near 67. Winds will be from the northeast at 1-4 mph
Saturday will be partly sunny with an onshore east wind and a little more humidity in the air. High pressure and a relatively dry air mass aloft will keep rain chances near zero. Afternoon temps. will reach near 82-83° inland, but stay near 74 degrees on the coast. Winds will be from the east to SEat around 8-12 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday will turn more humid with increasing clouds as an upper level low-pressure system approaches Delmarva. Look for som epassin gshowers by afternoon. High temps. will reach near 82-83° inland but stay near 76 degrees on the coast. Winds will be from the south at around 9-14 mph in the afternoon. Clouds will lower in the evening and showers are likely in the later evening.
In the long range, Monday will bring scattered to numerous showers as another cool front approaches. Showers will linger into Tuesday as well. Temperatures Monday and Tuesday will be in the low/mid 80's with lows inn the mid 60's. This is a bit above the average for mid September. Skies will clear Wednesday with temps. in the mid 80's and it will stay rather humid. This is several degrees above the average for mid-September.
The average high for today is 82 degrees with an average low of 62 degrees. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/sunshine-saturday-clouds-sunday/article_431485ee-307e-11ed-b259-f7f2bfac0fcc.html | 2022-09-09T21:29:01Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/sunshine-saturday-clouds-sunday/article_431485ee-307e-11ed-b259-f7f2bfac0fcc.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
EWEB is weighing what to do with a near century-old canal that’s feeling its age.
At what’s called the Cogswell Reach on the Leaburg Canal, Jeremy Somogye, strategic evaluation project manager for EWEB, points to sections of the canal first built in the late 1920s. An inspection by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission led to changes.
“In 2018, it became known that there was excessive seepage in the area, and therefore FERC required us to decommission the canal until we came up with a solution to move forward.”
The Leaburg Canal only channels stormwater runoff, now. A coarse line of brush shows where the waters used to flow high and free, but that is now mostly yellowed and scraggly.
The four options EWEB’s board is considering are: complete decommissioning and removal of the dam, canal, and water plant (cost estimate $177M); full restoration/renewal of the same ($180M); partial return to service ($125M); and converting it for stormwater conveyance ($129M).
Mark Zinniker, EWEB’s Generation Engineering Supervisor, confirms that FERC’s inspection kicked off this project.
“Unfortunately we realized in 2018 that the extent of seepage that was taking place was really related to the original construction, and the quality of that construction. The canal was built in the late 1920s and they did use the best practices of that era. However, it had vulnerabilities.”
Those vulnerabilities include seepage issues, and the canal’s vulnerability to earthquakes. Soft deposits have been found in the canal that are not up to today’s seismic resilience standards.
Zinniker emphasizes there is no immediate danger of uncontrolled water flow.
EWEB acknowledges that whatever option is chosen by its board by year’s end, the utility would have to increase its electricity rates to finance the required capital spending. Their finance department is still calculating the potential rate increases for each alternative, and present their findings to EWEB commissioners in October.
Additionally, EWEB says the Project Team has held six listening sessions on Leaburg Lake, to hear from upriver residents on how the proposed alternatives would affect them and are planning additional information sessions for Eugene customers in September and October.
A summary of customers’ concerns gathered through these sessions and submitted through the Public Comment Form (until October 10) will be shared with Commissioners to advise them of the social impacts.
On its website, EWEB invites its customers to EWEB's Operations Center at 4200 Roosevelt Boulevard in Eugene to view a video, "Determining the Future of the Leaburg Hydroelectric Project" and engage in Q&A sessions on the following dates:
- Monday, September 12, 2022 (5:30 - 7:30pm)
- Wednesday, September 28, 2022 (5:30 - 7:30pm)
- Thursday, October 6, 2022 (4-6:00 pm)
In addition, EWEB staff will present virtual webinars for “Lunch & Learn” sessions. Click on the dates below to register:
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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is warning that the risk of a nuclear accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has "significantly increased," following ongoing fighting around the site.
"Let me be clear, the shelling around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant must stop," IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a brief recorded statement released on Friday.
Grossi also warned that the ongoing crisis might require the plant to shut down its last operating reactor. That would set into motion a chain of events that could intensify the current nuclear crisis. Here's how.
Nuclear plants need electricity
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is the largest in Europe, capable of producing thousands of megawatts of electricity. But the plant also needs power from the same electricity grid it feeds.
The power is used to run the various parts of the plant, including its safety and cooling systems. Specifically, nuclear power plants require water to be pumped constantly through their cores in order to function safely, and the pumps need electricity.
At Zaporizhzhia, the power is normally supplied by four high-voltage lines, which connect the nuclear complex to Ukraine's electricity grid, but the conflict has seen those lines systematically cut. The last 750kV line was severed on September 3, according to the IAEA.
A backup line was disconnected two days later due to a fire on the site. In a press conference shortly after returning from Zaporizhzhia, Grossi told reporters that he believed the power lines were being deliberately targeted:
"It is clear that those who have these military aims know very well... to hit where it hurts so that the plant becomes very, very problematic," he told reporters shortly after returning from the plant.
Zaporizhzhia has been making its own power, but that's a limited solution
Since losing its last connection to the grid on Sept. 5, the nuclear plant has been powering itself in so-called "islanding operation mode." Under this setup, the Unit 6 reactor has been producing low levels of electricity that are running the rest of the facility.
The reactors at Zaporizhzhia are designed to operate in this mode during startup, according to a nuclear engineer who worked directly with the reactors at Zaporizhzhia when the plant began operations in the 1980s, but who was not authorized to speak publicly by his current employer.
"It's not good, it cannot be done for a long time," he says. The problem is less to do with the reactor itself than the turbine, generators and other systems–all of which are designed to run at significantly higher power levels than islanding operation mode provides.
Adding to the problem, Grossi said in his statement, is the increasing strain on the plant's Ukrainian operators. Many of the plant's current staff of just under 1,000 live in the nearby town of Enerhodar. Its water, sewage and electrical supplies have all been disrupted in recent days by the same fighting that's damaged the lines around the plant.
"The shelling is putting in danger operators and their families, making it difficult to adequately staff the plant," Grossi says.
Shutting down the last reactor will trigger emergency generators
With conditions deteriorating, it seems more likely that Ukrainian authorities will decide to power down the last reactor. But in the short term, that could exacerbate the crisis.
That's because nuclear reactors are more like charcoal grills than gas stoves. Even after they're shut off, they remain hot for a long period of time. Water must still circulate in the cores to prevent a meltdown.
With its reactors shut down, Zaporizhzhia will switch to backup emergency diesel generators to keep the reactors cool. The emergency generators themselves are a tried-and-true method for cooling a nuclear reactor. In fact, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires U.S. plants to switch to emergency diesel generators immediately, bypassing the "islanding operation mode" used in Zaporizhzhia.
"We don't want to go on the diesel generators, but it's a situation you can abide by for awhile," says Steven Nesbit, a nuclear engineer and member of the American Nuclear Society's rapid response taskforce, which is tracking the current crisis. For example, after losing power during Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant in Florida operated for days on emergency diesel power.
If the generators run out of fuel, a meltdown could occur
According to the IAEA, the Zaporizhzhia plant has more than a dozen emergency generators standing by. Normally, the plant holds a 10-day reserve of diesel fuel, the agency says, and currently has approximately 2,250 tonnes of fuel available.
If that fuel is depleted, or the generators are damaged in further fighting, it could trigger a meltdown.
But Nesbit says that doesn't necessarily mean there would be a Chernobyl-like catastrophe. The meltdown at Chernobyl was due to a unique mix of design flaws and operator error that would be essentially impossible to replicate at Zaporizhzhia.
And unlike the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, some of the reactors at Zaporizhzhia have already been shut down for a while, allowing the nuclear fuel to cool somewhat, Nesbit says.
Even in the worst case scenario, the reactors at Zaporizhzhia are a modern design surrounded by a heavy "containment" building, Nesbit says. "It's reinforced concrete, typically about three to four feet of that; it's designed to withstand very high internal pressures."
That could allow it to hold in any radioactive material.
But the world's nuclear agency doesn't want to test any of this. And for that reason, Grossi is calling on all sides to implement a safety zone immediately.
"There is no time to waste," he says.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Moisés Naím, a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the stability and effectiveness of democracies around the world.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Moisés Naím, a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the stability and effectiveness of democracies around the world.
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A barbershop in Portland, Ore., is celebrating its place on the National Register of Historic Places. The addition is part of a larger effort to recognize and protect Black history.
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GREENVILLE, SC (WSPA) – New Swamp Rabbit Trail pedestrian bridges are moving closer to completion.
According to the City of Greenville’s social media accounts, the installation of the pedestrian bridge over Haywood Road that was planned for today, has been postponed until Friday, September 16th.
“They are building what is going to be called a trust span bridge that’s going to be lifted into place,” said Calin Owens, Mobility Coordinator, City of Greenville.
City staff said this is all associated with the extension of the Swamp Rabbit Trail along Laurens Road.
“This is one of two bridges that’s being put in place right now, as part of a larger trail expansion that’s happening from downtown Greenville – Cleveland Park specifically – to CU-ICAR (Clemson’s International Center for Automotive Research),” Owens said.
“This project is in partnership with the county, and it includes three crossings, as well as the trail in between,” said Dorothy Dowe, Greenville City Council. “The connections between the bridges are the responsibility of Greenville County, our partners on this project.”
Dowe said they’re on track to have to trail in place by December.
Owens said another pedestrian bridge will go across Laurens Road.
“There will be a sister span that’s going to be put in at the Laurens Road site on the 21st of this month. It’ll be a very similar process, road closure in the middle of the night, but that is a part of getting these two approaches connected, and the same thing will happen over there,” Owens said.
“The Laurens Road site actually connects to another project that we have going on that we call the Cleveland Connector or the Paper Clip,” Owens said.
“The Paper Clip is also the responsibility of the city, and it’s the connection to get us from the Richland Way Tunnel, which is in Cleveland Park, up to this elevation of the bridge,” Dowe said.
Owens said another crossing is in the works at Verdae Boulevard.
“The Verdae crossing was actually originally pitted for a third bridge, similar to these two bridges that are being put here,” Owens said. “Due to just the cost of construction and kind of the way the project flushed out, that bridge was nixed from this implementation,” he said.
Owens said to get the trail open all the way to CU-ICAR like they originally planned, they will place a crossing at Verdae Boulevard to help.
“We’re actually going to have an interim crossing that’s going to be at-grade. So, we’re in the process of finalizing the design on that,” Owens said. “During that same time, we’re going to be kicking off the design process for a potential underpass.”
Owens said that within 12 months, they’ll likely have an active at-grade crossing and an approved bridge or underpass they could build.
It’s something people like Stephen Fell are happy about.
“I’ve been riding it for years. Commute to downtown. Love riding it. I’m glad they’re finally piecing it together,” Fell said. “I work downtown Greenville. So, since I live close to the trail, I just bike to work.”
“Anxious to see this piece get done,” Fell added. “So I can actually finally ride all the way on the path and keep commuting,”
City leaders said the projects will not only help those who walk and bike, but also help the economy.
“This work is so important for multiple reasons. It is an economic development project. So, we have a lot of businesses along Laurens Road, and we expect to attract more and we’re certainly looking to add some residential along Laurens Road,” Dowe explained. “It is so important to add those connectivity options close by, to spur that economic development a long Laurens Road, which really we’ll benefit from it.”
“Super excited. It’s probably the largest trail project that the City of Greenville and the Upstate will have seen since the original trail implementation,” said Owens. “This is going to be a huge economic driver for this corridor. It’s going to be a huge economic driver for the city as a whole.”
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Rejoice, Niners Nation readers! You survived the offseason, and in a little over 48 hours, you will see the 49ers take the field in Chicago as they kick their season off against the Bears. DraftKings Sportsbook has the Niners at -7 heading into the weekend.
But, first, I’m going to highlight a few key matchups and give my prediction for a 49ers season that I predict will be very promising.
Let’s start with the quarterback position, where two top quarterbacks from the 2021 draft class will face off. Justin Fields enters year two with a bit more NFL experience than Trey Lance, having almost 200 more passing attempts during his rookie season. Fields finished the 2021 season throwing for 1,870 yards with seven touchdowns and ten interceptions on a 58% completion percentage.
Fields also possesses plus mobility, and the 49ers got firsthand experience with how dangerous Fields rushing ability can be when the two teams met last season.
Still in disbelief that this happened pic.twitter.com/TuPL135S29
— Jordan Elliott (@JLeeElliott) September 9, 2022
On the flip side, the 49ers also have a young and mobile quarterback in Lance, who has shown his ability to stress defenses with his legs.
Trey Lance rushing TD on a ‘WIPE’ call that has the play side TE pin the DE while the PST (Trent Williams) pulls to the outside defender pic.twitter.com/fR4EQKtCYU
— Jordan Elliott (@JLeeElliott) September 6, 2022
While Fields has the upper hand in experience at the NFL level, Lance has the luxury of having a better team around him which is more valuable in the vacuum of a single game. As a result, Fields will likely have to be heroic for the Bears to win this game, and Lance does not.
Chicago does have some nice pieces at the skill positions, as Darnell Mooney, David Montgomery, and Cole Kmet lead a solid group of playmakers. Nobody on the Bears is near the level of Deebo Samuel; however, who did this the last time these two teams met?
— Jordan Elliott (@JLeeElliott) September 9, 2022
Brandon Aiyuk joined in on the fun last time the 49ers were in Chicago.
Brandon Aiyuk running “Lookie” to perfection pic.twitter.com/BdLA2ljhrE
— Jordan Elliott (@JLeeElliott) September 1, 2022
It’s been reported that George Kittle is dealing with a Grade 2 groin strain, and I would expect him to be out for this game after missing practice Thursday. Being without Kittle is a huge blow to the offense, particularly in the running game.
The last time Kittle missed a Lance start, the ground game had a handful of missed opportunities directly tied to missed assignments and or poor execution in the run game from the tight end position sans Kittle. Something to keep an eye on in this game, particularly with a forecast calling for an 80% chance of rain which probably will lead to both teams running the ball more.
Moving to the offensive line, we get a great matchup between two First-Team All-Pro selections from 2021. Robert Quinn is coming off of a year that saw him post 18 sacks, while Trent Williams reset the standard of what greatness is at the left tackle position with one of the most dominant seasons we have ever seen from an offensive lineman.
When the 49ers met the Bears last season, Quinn lined up on Williams’ side for 27 pass-rushing snaps. On those 27 reps, this was the only pressure that Quinn registered against Williams.
Williams got the best of Quinn the last time these two squared off, with most of the reps going something like this.
Trent Williams vs 2021 First Team All-Pro Robert Quinn pic.twitter.com/10AfoQmBWE
— Jordan Elliott (@JLeeElliott) September 5, 2022
Both teams have young starters on the offensive line, but the 49ers’ defensive line is more equipped to take advantage of that. There will also be some familiar matchups, as Arik Armstead will see a recognizable foe on the interior. Bears starting center Lucas Patrick was on the Green Bay Packers last year, and this is what happened the last time he and Armstead went toe to toe.
Arik Armstead vs Lucas Patrick from the divisional round last year
— Jordan Elliott (@JLeeElliott) September 7, 2022
Patrick is now the starting center for the Chicago Bears pic.twitter.com/enE7NubxGP
Chicago also has a familiar face at right tackle, where Riley Reiff is penciled in as the starter. The 49ers saw Reiff in Cincinnati last season, and he and Nick Bosa are quite familiar with one another. Bosa did this against Reiff to cap off a win over the Vikings back in 2019.
— JLeeElliott Film Burner (@splash_cousin) September 7, 2022
I’d expect the pressure the 49ers will ultimately be able to get on the Bears’ defense to be the difference in this contest. In a wet game that will be dictated by who can win at the line of scrimmage, I give the nod to the 49ers in this one. Not having Jimmie Ward on the back end will be tough, and missing Kittle will undoubtedly be felt on the offensive side of the ball.
I think this 49ers team is too talented to let those two injuries prevent them from coming back from Chi-town with a win. My final prediction:
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If you were looking to make Sunday’s game a little more interesting, Michelle Magdziuk and I packed today’s Gold Digger’s podcast with tons of gambling and fantasy advice. If you don’t know, Michelle is a researcher for the NFL Network and writes for NFL.com. Here are three of the best bets you can make in the 49ers game this week.
Trey Lance's longest completion over 36.5 yards
The Bears allowed a 37+ yard reception 15 times in 17 games last season. Granted, there is a new coaching staff, but that doesn’t fix everything overnight. We know the 49ers will want to take shots deep down the field - particularly off play-action. Thankfully, even if Trey doesn’t look deep down the area, the 49ers have the YAC skill to hit this over on a quick pass as well.
Brandon Aiyuk over 49.5 yards receiving
Trey and Brandon have been bosom buddies all offseason long and have been for two straight years. Aiyuk hit this over in eight of his last 11 games last year (including playoffs), which also encompassed 94 yards in Lance’s start against the Texans. You would definitely feel even better about this bet if we knew for sure that Kittle was playing and 100 percent, but even without 85, this should be easy money.
David Montgomery over 14.5 rushing attempts
Even if the Bears get stomped, Chicago will still try and establish the run early - particularly in rainy weather. Once he got healthy last year, Montgomery had at least 15 carries in seven of the team’s last eight games. One of the games he missed did come against the 49ers, but his replacement, Khalil Herbert, still had 23 carries in the game. There will be plenty of carries to be had on Sunday, and Montgomery is going to get at least 15 of them.
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The 49ers' final injury report is out, and tight end George Kittle, who did not participate in practice all week, is officially questionable:
Out
G Daniel Brunskill (hamstring)
Questionable
Friday
TE George Kittle (groin)
Shanahan didn't recall if Kittle had suited up for a regular season game despite not practicing before. Head coach Kyle Shanahan said he was glad the team kept four tight ends with Kittle banged up.
So, on Sunday, we'll see Charlie Woerner, Ross Dwelley, and Tyler Kroft, with Troy Fumagalli if the team feels they need a fourth tight end against the Bears.
The last thing you want, if you're the team or Kittle, is a groin injury to linger into the season where he's in and out of the lineup. So the hope is, by sitting out Week 1, Kittle avoids aggravating an injury early in the year and landing on the injured reserve, like last season.
Brunskill's absence cements Spencer Burford as the starting right guard with Jake Brendel at center, not that we didn't already know that.
Dre Greenlaw, who had been dealing with an elbow injury, is no longer on the injury report and is good to go for Sunday. Last year, neither Greenlaw nor Azeez Al-Shaair was healthy for the Bears game.
Shanahan also said running back Elijah Mitchell has looked healthy during the past two weeks. Mitchell had been dealing with a hamstring injury.
Shanahan said Ty Davis-Price and Jordan mason are battling to be active Sunday on the topics of running backs. The team rarely has four tailbacks on the 53, so whoever can contribute more on third downs, special teams, etc., will likely win the RB3 job in Week 1. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/9/23345155/49ers-injury-report-kittle-brunskill | 2022-09-09T21:43:03Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/9/23345155/49ers-injury-report-kittle-brunskill | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith receives largest monetary gift in school history
$18.7 million donated by Windgate Foundation
The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith plans to use the donation of $18.7 million, the largest in the school's history, to improve both its nursing and art and design programs.
The Windgate Foundation awarded UAFS the money after much discussion and a grant proposal requesting money to draw more students to both nursing and art and design.
The $9.9 million reserved for nursing will bring in new students and faculty. After speaking with the Fort Smith medical community, Paula Julian, the executive director of nursing, said that the area needs double the number of nurses it has. This is something that Julian hopes to address as more people join the nursing program and become eligible to practice nursing in the community.
“As I’ve said before, this is the greatest nursing shortage of our lifetime," Julian said.
For nursing, officials have divided the money into two phases. In the first phase, Julian expects to hire more than 20 nursing educators.
"So having this opportunity and this investment in the future of nursing education is beyond what I could imagine putting into words," Julian said.
Although the number of students in nursing dropped during the height of the pandemic, Julian said that numbers are rising back to pre-pandemic levels. There are about 200 students in the program.
The second phase of the plan creates two new degrees, the associate degree of nursing and the RN-to-BSN pathway.
Julian said that along with these new degrees, the school will offer classes at non-traditional hours such as evenings and weekends.
“So this very generous gift from Windgate Foundation will allow the university to expand both in our nursing and in our creative arts and art and design," Chancellor Terisa Riley said. "It is an incredible opportunity for us to meet the two greatest needs of any society. We need to have great health care, and we already produce great health care professionals out of our nursing program. This will allow us to produce more of them. You also know that the quality of life anywhere that you go is a critical element of why people move to a new town or community, and we are able to produce some of the best artists both in studio art and graphic design to support businesses and community investment and entertainment."
There is $8.8 million of the gift that is dedicated to art and design. In 2023, construction will begin on an expansion to the Windgate Building. Katie Waugh, the head of art and design at UAFS, tentatively expects the expansion to be complete in 2024. This new space will be partly used as studio space for faculty and students.
The department will also expand the number of classes it offers. Waugh said that with this money, UAFS will push into new disciplinary areas of art such as ceramics. The department now has about 140 students, but it is one of the fastest-growing departments in the university.
“As an artist and an educator it’s just extremely grateful, I’m just extremely grateful and excited about this idea that more students want to become artists and designers," Waugh said. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/09/wingate-foundation-donates-18-7-million-university-arkansas-fort-smith/67998613007/ | 2022-09-09T21:49:21Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/09/wingate-foundation-donates-18-7-million-university-arkansas-fort-smith/67998613007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Arkansas football vs. South Carolina: Scouting report, score prediction from SEC opener
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas football begins SEC play on Saturday (11 a.m. CT, ESPN) against South Carolina at Razorback Stadium. It's the first meeting between the two teams since 2017.
No. 17 Arkansas (1-0) and South Carolina (1-0) are coming off similarly serendipitous 2021 seasons. South Carolina became bowl eligible for the first time since 2018 at the end of last year and finished 7-6. Arkansas achieved nine wins for the first time in a decade.
Here's what you need to know — and our score prediction — for the Razorbacks' matchup with the Gamecocks.
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Quarterback Spencer Rattler
South Carolina picked up a big-name transfer this offseason in former Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler. The former five-star prospect has carried the weight of expectation his entire career, but last season with the Sooners, he was benched mid-season in favor of Caleb Williams thanks to too many turnovers. He hit the portal, and the Gamecocks brought him in.
In his South Carolina debut in Week 1, Rattler threw for 227 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. The pair of picks and the fact that South Carolina scored most of its points via special teams in the 35-14 win over Georgia State have fans concerned about whether the redshirt junior has improved his decision-making.
Against Arkansas, Rattler and South Carolina will be looking to prove the struggles of Week 1 were a product of early season growing pains. If Arkansas' defense can put pressure on Rattler, however, the Razorbacks could make it a long day for the Gamecocks.
MORE:Arkansas football's secondary needs improvement with Spencer Rattler, South Carolina next
Offensive line struggles
Rattler wasn't the sole reason for a lack of scoring offensive in Week 1. Although the Gamecocks returned five starters on their offensive line, the group wasn't one of the team's strengths last season. They gave up 31 sacks in 2021, and despite talent at running back, South Carolina managed over 100 rushing yards in less than half its games.
The offensive line struggled again against Georgia State's defensive front, which doesn't bode well for the Gamecocks facing a big, physical SEC defense in Arkansas. The defensive line looked solid against Cincinnati in the Razorbacks' top-25 matchup, and improving the pass rush has been a key goal for Arkansas.
On alert for 'Beamer Ball'
Coach Shane Beamer is a former special teams coordinator at Georgia, where he worked alongside Pittman when he was the Bulldogs' offensive line coach. Beamer's father, former Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer, was known for "Beamer Ball," and winning games with special teams plays.
That brand of football was on display in South Carolina's win over Georgia State. Two of the Gamecocks' four touchdowns in Week 1 came on blocked punts, and a third was the result of a fake field goal.
"(Special teams) is a passion of his, just like O-line is to me," Pittman said. "It's like anything: You emphasize it, you have passion for it, hopefully your team's a little bit better at it, and they certainly are. They're really good on special teams. They're a good team, but they're a good team in all three phases."
Score prediction
Arkansas 35, South Carolina 28: Despite its banged-up secondary, Arkansas' defensive front will take advantage of South Carolina's offensive line to put pressure on Rattler and force him into hurried throws. On offense, the run game will carry Arkansas to its first SEC win of 2022.
Christina Long covers the Arkansas Razorbacks for the Southwest Times Record and USA Today Network. You can follow her on Twitter @christinalong00 or email her at clong@swtimes.com. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/2022/09/09/arkansas-football-south-carolina-score-prediction-scouting-report/65470964007/ | 2022-09-09T21:49:27Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/2022/09/09/arkansas-football-south-carolina-score-prediction-scouting-report/65470964007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
220909-N-YC738-1001 QUANTICO, Va. — On this episode of Pass the Word, Chief Mass Communication Specialist Xander Gamble talks with the United States Naval Community College's director of enrollment, Alphonso Garrett, about getting into the education mindset before committing to pursuing a degree. The United States Naval Community College is the official community college for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. To get more information about the USNCC, go to www.usncc.edu. Click on the Inquire Now link to learn how to be a part of the USNCC Pilot II program. (U.S. Navy video by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Xander Gamble/released)
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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies arrested 160 people in a seven-day operation focused on human trafficking in Florida.
Deputies said the arrests from “Fall Haul 2” included school teachers, a state corrections officer, and a Disney employee. Twenty-six of those charged were said to be married men, and 15 of the arrests involved people from outside of Florida.
One of these out-of-state arrests included a deputy police chief from Georgia, Jason DiPrima, who allegedly tried to hire an undercover detective pretending to be a prostitute with $180 and a pack of White Claw. During a Friday press conference, Sheriff Grady Judd said DiPrima has since resigned from his position with the Cartersville Police Department.
DiPrima wasn’t the only government employee to be arrested. A corrections officer with Lake Correctional Institution, 24-year-old Keith Nieves, of Orlando, was also arrested after trying to have sex with a prostitute who turned out to be an undercover detective, according to the sheriff’s office.
“He’s in the jail as a jail bird like the jail birds he watches,” the sheriff said.
Another suspect, 43-year-old Cameron Burke, of Ocoee, was already out on bond after being accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student at Oak Ridge High School in Orange County. He worked at the high school as a computer technician at the time of the alleged crime.
Judd said when deputies took Burke into custody during their sting, he become very emotional and said he was already out on criminal charges.
“Dude, why didn’t you think of that ahead of time?” the sheriff said.
Meanwhile, two currently employed teachers were also allegedly caught by deputies trying to engage in sex acts with a prostitute.
Judd said 34-year-old math teacher Carlos Gonzalez claimed he was just going to give the two prostitutes money and leave without having sex, but he was arrested anyway.
The other teacher, 26-year-old John Layton, works as a physical education instructor at West Orange High School in Orange County. The sheriff’s office said he was caught after trying to pay someone undercover $40 for a sex act.
Judd said during the arrest, Layton asked how long it would take because he had track practice in the morning.
“No, the students have track practice in the morning; you have jail practice in the morning,” the sheriff said.
Judd went on to quip that it wouldn’t be an undercover operation without at least one Disney employee being arrested as well.
Disney bellhop Guillermo Perez, 57, of Winter Garden, was arrested after trying to have sex with an undercover detective for $80, according to the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office also arrested Samy Claude, 26, of Orlando, who works as a photographer and was often contracted by Disney. Deputies said Claude brought a bag of sour Skittles for the undercover detective.
While the sheriff emphasized the clients of prostitution, he also spoke on the suffering that the victims of human trafficking who are used as sex workers.
The sheriff’s office said it encountered two human trafficking victims in its investigation, along with five other possible victims. Judd said there could be more among the people who were arrested for prostitution, but they must come forward.
One of the victims deputies encountered was a woman who they say was 10 weeks pregnant and was given drugs and fentanyl in hopes to abort her unborn child, who she did not want.
While she was in custody, the victim got a text message telling her to leave her rendezvous soon because of Polk County’s reputation, according to Judd.
One More Child, Heartland for Children, My Name My Voice, and the Children’s Home Society of Florida worked with the sheriff’s office to provide support for victims.
“From the moment they come into the operation, we want to immediately hand them off to our social service friends and our counselors so they can begin working with these victims of human trafficking,” Judd said.
Should a person arrested for prostitution come forward as a victim of human trafficking, Florida law allows law enforcement to wipe their arrest from public record, Judd said.
Marianne Thomas, director of My Voice, My Choice, said she was proud of the work the organizations and law enforcement have done to support the victims of human trafficking.
She encouraged those who were arrested for prostitution in “Fall Haul” to come forward if they were victims.
“You don’t have to do this,” Thomas said. “You can do something different.” | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/disney-worker-teachers-among-160-arrested-in-florida-human-trafficking-investigation-sheriff/ | 2022-09-09T21:51:10Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/disney-worker-teachers-among-160-arrested-in-florida-human-trafficking-investigation-sheriff/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: The dates of the planned meetings were updated.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota educators have had some time to look over a 120-page report outlining new social studies standards in public schools. The proposed standards were released in mid-August. Thursday, several education groups met to go over their assessment of the proposed standards and discuss what changes may be needed.
The meeting organized by the School Administrators of South Dakota took place here at Harrisburg High School. Other groups of education professionals attended, including superintendents, principals, curriculum directors, teachers, and business managers. Some in person and others online.
“Really doing a deep dive into the proposed standards to make sure that we all understand them, we can hear from each other because if I’m a teacher or I’m an administrator, I might understand it differently, so just making sure that we have done our education to make sure we understand them,” said President of South Dakota School Superintendents Association Summer Schultz.
Educators have already expressed their disappointment in how the proposed standards were put together and who came up with them. Instead of 44 educators, this commission was organized by the Governor and her staff.
The 15-member commission included her chief of staff, an out-of-state former professor and two republican lawmakers. Only three certified educators were included in those drafting the proposal.
Schultz says administrators are getting the standards into the hands of teachers.
“Because they know social studies, they know what kids are able to comprehend, and the age appropriateness of the standards and what we are hearing is, it is not necessarily what is in the standards, but the scope and sequence when those standards are delivered what level of thinking we are asking kids to do. In education, we don’t want kids to regurgitate facts,” said Schultz.
Governor Noem has praised the proposed standards saying they are a true, honest, and balanced approach to social studies that is not influenced by political agendas.
The South Dakota Board of Educational Standards will hold four public hearings concerning the new standards.
- Sept. 19, 2022, 9 a.m. (Central) Dakota Event Center, Aberdeen
- Nov. 21, 2022, 9 a.m. (Central) (location TBD), Sioux Falls
- 2023 dates and locations TBD
Parents are encouraged to attend. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/south-dakota-news/south-dakota-school-groups-meet-over-proposed-social-studies-standards/ | 2022-09-09T21:51:29Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/south-dakota-news/south-dakota-school-groups-meet-over-proposed-social-studies-standards/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (WPIX) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency on Friday due to the spread of polio.
In July, a resident in Rockland County tested positive for polio in what is considered the first case of the disease in the United States in almost a decade, according to health officials. A month after, the virus that causes polio was detected in New York City’s wastewater.
The state disaster emergency will run through Oct. 9, according to Hochul. As part of the declaration, Hochul authorized all necessary state agencies to assist local governments, and she freed up more state resources to allocate towards the containment of the polio situation.
The same day the emergency was declared, Hochul shared a Twitter post relaying New York’s efforts to “ramp up” vaccination efforts by allowing “EMTs, midwives, and pharmacists” to administer the shots.
“We’re making it easier for New Yorkers to get their polio vaccine if they haven’t already received it,” Hochul wrote.
The New York Department of Health has also warned that polio spreads more easily in counties with lower vaccination rates.
“That is why it is so important all New Yorkers 2 months and older to get vaccinated against polio as soon as possible.” the health department writes. | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/ny-gov-kathy-hochul-declares-state-disaster-emergency-due-to-spread-of-polio/ | 2022-09-09T21:52:27Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/ny-gov-kathy-hochul-declares-state-disaster-emergency-due-to-spread-of-polio/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – National, state, and local leaders are mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II, including Congressman Richard Neal. Congressman Richard Neal spoke to the longevity of the Queen’s 70 year reign, serving since President Truman was in office.
Neal is the democratic leader of the friends of Ireland Caucus and on Friday he spoke to the Queen’s contributions to ease the tensions there. He said for the Queen to visit there and acknowledge some of the “injustices” that happened there was “substantial.”
Congressman Richard Neal(D) told 22News, “I thought that her words on that occasion were healing. I could tell you the quote. She said, ‘We all wish that some things had been done differently or not at all.'”
Congressman Neal also mentioned her time in the service during World War Two, operating as a mechanic in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In her 70 year reign Queen Elizabeth II met 14 U.S. presidents. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/congressman-richard-neals-reaction-to-the-passing-of-queen-elizabeth-ii/ | 2022-09-09T21:56:24Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/congressman-richard-neals-reaction-to-the-passing-of-queen-elizabeth-ii/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WAKEFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine has revoked a medical license of a physician who allegedly sent sexually suggestive messages and photos to a patient.
According to the board, the following actions were taken against the medical license of Julian A. Mitton, M.D. Dr. Mitton, who last practiced medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital before agreeing to voluntarily not to practice medicine on October 24, 2019.
The board revokes his medical license in a final decision and order after finding that he had texted a patient, sought to convince that patient that he was someone that she knew, and used information that he had obtained as her physician. The board states that Dr. Mitton also asked the patient for photos and sent her sexually suggestive messages, including a sexually explicit photo of himself.
He was licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts since June 2, 2016. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/medical-license-revoked-from-massachusetts-doctor-who-sent-explicit-photos-to-patient/ | 2022-09-09T21:56:31Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/medical-license-revoked-from-massachusetts-doctor-who-sent-explicit-photos-to-patient/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
There continue to be petty spats right and left in the golf world over Saudi-backed LIV Golf.
The latest episode came in a Twitter exchange between Rex Hoggard, a reporter for NBC’s Golf Channel, and LIV Golf’s Ian Poulter, who is from England. At the heart of the dispute was Poulter’s apparel, and the death of Queen Elizabeth.
“European tour CEO Keith Pelley asked the LIV players in this week’s BMW PGA field to not wear their LIV team gear,” Hoggard tweeted. “Most did not. Ian Poulter did, with the logo of his team on his shirt. ‘This is a business I own a part of and I have a right to wear it,’ he said.”
In a since-deleted tweet that was preserved by Daily Mail, Poulter fired back.
“Rex, Sorry Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has sadly passed away. And you can’t help yourself and continue to throw pettiness out to the world,” Poulter tweeted. “Show some RESPECT in these sad times. Give yourself a day off. #RIP Queen Elizabeth. Just for clarification this is not my LIV gear.”
The “Majesticks GC” patch on Poulter’s left arm is the name of his LIV Golf team.
There’s been a lot of sniping back and forth this week, more than normal, because golfers from LIV as well as some players from the PGA Tour are in the DP World Tour’s BMW PGA Championship this week.
There was what was described as a “tense meeting” between LIV Golf players like Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter with Pelley, and we also saw a feisty exchange between the PGA Tour’s Billy Horschel and LIV golfer Talor Gooch over Horschel questioning why LIV players were playing the BMW PGA.
Outside of the BMW PGA, Cam Smith also got his parking spot and TPC Sawgrass membership revoked over joining LIV.
Finally, the wife of LIV Golf’s Pat Perez, Ashley, commented on Instagram (also since-deleted) that a wine trip to Napa with Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele and their significant others did not look like it was that good of a time.
Battle lines continue to be drawn. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/09/liv-golfer-ian-poulter-snaps-at-reporter-for-disrespecting-queen-elizabeth-ii/ | 2022-09-09T22:00:32Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/09/liv-golfer-ian-poulter-snaps-at-reporter-for-disrespecting-queen-elizabeth-ii/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Alteronce Gumby Sees The Color in Everything
The artist, whose first solo show opened at Nicola Vassell Gallery this week, shares the myriad inspirations behind his latest body of work.
Long before he was a visual artist, Alteronce Gumby was a musician and an architect-in-training—he even dabbled in drama, moonlighting as a student at Yale University. “I’m someone who likes to keep my brain going, and to keep challenging myself,” the abstract painter tells me, speaking over Zoom from his studio in the Bronx on a recent afternoon. “Within that, I can evolve faster.”
Gumby, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania native who is now based in New York City, has taken that multidisciplinary ethos and applied it to his artistic endeavors, creating a work that feels genuinely fresh and reflective of his remarkable personal story. And the art world has taken notice: not only does Gumby run in the kinds of circles that would draw envy from any downtown voyeur—the playwright Jeremy O. Harris, the Guggenheim Museum curator Ashley James, art critic Antwaun Sargent, and the actor Jonathan Majors are all friends—but he has also gained well-deserved respect from the galleries and institutions he frequented when he first moved to New York in 2006. And on September 8, Gumby’s debut solo show, The Color of Everything, opened at Nicola Vassell Gallery, which will represent the artist going forward.
The works on view at Nicola Vassell through October 31 expand on the signature style Gumby has cultivated since he began making art in the mid aughts. They feature studies of glass, color, light, and the relationship between them—in addition to inspirations Gumby gleaned from “recent events that have happened to me,” he says. (Among them: a trip to Japan’s Naoshima Island, where he visited the Chichu museum; going to Giverny, France to get a glimpse of the Monet’s famous ponds; and becoming a member of The Planetary Society, an organization that encourages space exploration.)
At the mention of space, Gumby really lights up.
“The James Webb Telescope, which launched this past summer, gave us images of distant galaxies and planets up to 13 billion light years in the past,” he tells me. “We’re seeing these nebula or exploding stars in ways we never have before. It’s kind of crazy, just thinking about the mechanics of it all... I feel like I’m really onto new terrain with this body of work that I’m going to be presenting at Nicola’s show. I look at these paintings and I feel like I’ve never seen anything like them out there before.”
Conversation with Gumby often goes this way, hopping between disciplines, sources of inspiration, and references to pop culture. One minute we’re talking about his favorite rappers (Biggie Smalls, Nas, and Jay Z,) and the next, he’s going into Sir Isaac Newton’s prism experiments, which led him to iridescent pigments (a huge topic of interest for the artist). It makes sense that what piques his curiosity span genres—Gumby started out his artistic journey as an aspiring rapper. “That’s what I moved to New York for,” he explains, adding that, at the time, he was also in vocational architecture school—his “fallback career, a safe job.” During a study abroad trip with his drafting program to Spain, he was exposed to the work of Antoni Gaudí and Pablo Picasso, which he says opened his eyes to the possibilities of actually being a fine artist. He signed up for classes at a community college in upstate New York, where teachers took notice of his work; he began winning awards for academic achievement and his instructors urged him to continue making art. Without even knowing it, Gumby had found his calling. “It made sense to me after they pointed it out, because I literally was the first one in the studio and I was the last one leaving the art department at night,” he recalls. “I was getting special passes to stay later in the open studio session because I didn't want to go home.”
Armed with a newfound “obsession” as Gumby describes it, he returned to the city and signed up for more art classes at Hunter College—an institution located in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, just a stone’s throw away from the art world’s heavy hitters: the Guggenheim, the Frick, the Whitney, the Museum of Modern Art. He and his friends made it their mission to visit these museums, as well as galleries all over the city, on a weekly basis.
But it was at Yale University’s School of Art where Gumby began to explore new, much more personal terrain in his artwork. “I embedded some layer of identity politics within my monochromatic oil paintings to give commentary to current events that were happening at that time in 2015,” he says. “With the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement, and me being at Yale in a very predominantly white space, I looked to my work to talk about the situations and the emotions that I was going through as a Black man in America. I looked to my work for this form of rationality to the world, but also as a form of escapism.”
In this sense, Gumby’s outlook on color has multiple connotations. Not only is he discovering new shades through a glass prism that reflects the light of his works, he’s also looking to deconstruct the way we as a society define color—one of the central messages of The Color of Everything.
“I want people to see color in another light, and that has always been an agenda behind my work,” he says. “It’s the main way that we see the world, but it’s also an element in which we define the world around us. Hopefully, my work over time is delving into someone’s subconscious, allowing them to see the world not only within these parameters society has defined the world around us, but also the infinite possibilities and ways that we can define the world for ourselves.” | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/alteronce-gumby-the-color-in-everything-nicola-vassell-gallery | 2022-09-09T22:01:18Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/alteronce-gumby-the-color-in-everything-nicola-vassell-gallery | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kanye West Has Seen the Errors of His Ways… Because of the Queen’s Death?
Around 24 hours after Buckingham Palace announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II at age 96, we’re at peak saturation of tributes to England’s longest ruling monarch. They’ve come from the obvious: pretty much all of the royals, including her successor Prince Charles; the presidents of France and the US; the most recent of the 15 Prime Ministers to take office during the late royal’s 70-year reign. They’ve come from the unexpected: the Twitter accounts of Heinz, Playmobil, and the Ohio State University Marching Band. The list goes on for each category, but so far only one of those paying homage could be classified as extremely unexpected: Kanye “Ye” West. Apparently, the rapper and Yeezy designer has been a royalist this whole time.
From the look of the first slide, the Instagram carousel that West posted in the early hours of Friday seems like typical Kanye fare. “LIFE IS PRECIOUS,” read a line of white text on a black background. “RELEASING ALL GRUDGES TODAY LEANING INTO THE LIGHT.” Swipe, and you’ll find out exactly what prompted this proclamation: what follows are two portraits of the Queen in the relatively early years of her reign.
Some praised West for “Liz posting,” while others questioned West’s response of the Queen with comments like “Ye Lizzy is not it [loudly crying face emoji].” Others said they preferred the first tribute he posted, which appears to have been much more along the lines of the reaction you’d expect from Ye: a photo of the Queen wearing Yeezy sunglasses. And yet, it also repeated the grudges line, followed by “BEST WISHES AND BLESSINGS TO PETE CUDI DANIEL CHEERY.” Could Lilibet, of all people, really be the one who puts West’s feuds with Pete Davidson, Kid Cudi, and Adidas’s Daniel Cherry to an end?
It doesn’t explain why the Queen’s death has had such an impact on West that he’s making a major life change—or at least saying that he will—but for what it’s worth, his tribute does seem to contain a reference. He cowrote and produced and produced Madonna’s 2015 song “Illuminati,” which contains the verses “Queen Elizabeth and Kanye West” and “truth and light.” Of course, that really doesn’t tell us much at all. Maybe it’s because he’s had more than six months to realize and reflect on his apparent affection for the Queen, seeing as Jason Lee, his head of media and partnerships, infamously spread the rumor that she died earlier this year? With Ye, one never knows. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/kanye-west-queen-elizabeth-ii-instagram-grudges | 2022-09-09T22:01:24Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/kanye-west-queen-elizabeth-ii-instagram-grudges | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
What We Know About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Stay in the UK
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have recently found themselves in the UK more often than expected for a couple who lives in California and hasn’t been getting along with their family across the pond. In fact, they were already in London on Thursday when news broke that the health of Harry’s late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, had taken a turn for the worse. Unfortunately, he arrived to Balmoral Castle in the Highlands of Scotland an hour and a half after she peacefully passed. But he still got to spend time with his aunts and uncles Charles, Camilla, and Anne, as well as his somewhat estranged brother William—and it sounds like he’ll be doing a lot more of that for the foreseeable future.
It stands to reason that Harry and Meghan would remain in the UK until the Queen’s funeral, which will take place at Westminster Abbey within the next 10 days. (Meghan did not join her husband at Balmoral, and their spokesperson declined the New York Times’s request for comment on why.) But Harry—and maybe even Meghan and their children, Archie and Lilibet—may stick around after the service. According to protocol, Harry will then observe a period of Royal Mourning.
The impact of the Queen’s death will stay with Harry and Meghan’s family long after they eventually return home. For starters, Harry will no doubt continue grieving; he and his grandmother long shared a special bond, and Meghan was also fond of the Queen. Throughout all of their public criticism of the royal family, the couple has only had positive things to say about her; she’s even the namesake of their daughter Lilibet. As for their son Archie, the loss of his great-grandmother will change the rest of his life: The three-year-old now has the right to use the title of prince. (Harry’s dad, the newly anointed King Charles III, has made it clear that he didn’t want his grandson to take on the title—purportedly because he wants to “slim down” the royal family, though Meghan has hinted that she believes racism was also a factor.)
On the bright side, the consequences of the Queen’s passing include an opportunity for Harry to make more progress with his plans to heal his fraught relationships with his father and brother, Prince William. He can get started as soon as today: On Friday, the royal was photographed leaving Balmoral to join the rest of the fam in England’s capital. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/prince-harry-whats-next-queens-death | 2022-09-09T22:01:30Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/prince-harry-whats-next-queens-death | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A fashion editor and some comedians walk into New York City’s Comedy Cellar.
This is not the start of some cheesy joke. It’s exactly what happened at designer Susan Alexandra’s Comedy Club on September 8—a one-hour event put on in partnership with Ketel One, Magnum, and The Real Real that kicked off New York Fashion Week and showcased the designer’s collection on the likes of Chloe Fineman, Sydnee Washington, Catherine Cohen, and more of the finest comedians the city has to offer. The consistent characters of MacDougal street—an area of Greenwich Village dotted with memories of NYU, fake IDs, and one too many drinks—were disrupted by saddle bags, beads, and gaggles of the city’s top editors sharing just how many events they were going to that night, as they made their way through the doors of the iconic stand-up venue.
In the Olive Tree Cafe, the restaurant above the cellar, an explosion of color and nerves engulfed comedians like Larry Owens, Jo Firestone, Marie Faustin, and Sarah Sherman as they transformed out of their daily garb and into Susan Alexandra’s cohort of hyper-vivid fruit fairies—Alexandra, of course, acting as their fairy godmother. Just as quickly as they were dressed in her signature beaded bags and accessories, the comedians were booped out of sight, not to be seen again until they hit the stage for a round of stand-up sets.
One comedian in the cellar was Sydnee Washington, who was taking a selfie with Sarah Sherman as she, along with Fineman, waited to be corralled back upstairs. When asked what she finds funny about fashion, Washington replied that it’s all about your vantage point. “It can be whatever you want it to be,” she continued. “There are times when I look at things and I’m like ‘Is that fashion?’ and then somebody that I really like will be like ‘Yes!’ and I’m like, ‘You’re right!’” Sarah Sherman, meanwhile, muttered, “I wear funny clothes,” in response. Both answers encompassed precisely what Susan Alexandra pulled off at her NYFW presentation: perspective, and cheeky, amusing clothes.
It was an effortless collision of worlds, which many comedians noted in their sets. “At a comedy show, we get to see all of these different personalities, with all of these bags that have huge personalities, and I find that there is a ton of parallelism [with Susan Alexandra] there,” MC of the night Larry Owens said. In no other NYFW setting would you ever witness a high-ranking editor get heckled about their name (let alone their outfit)—but the lineup of comedians not only did, they were met with good-natured eruptions of laughter, too. Fineman directly addressed Ella Emhoff, a person she’s parodied on SNL, before going into a string of impersonations of what various celebrities might sound like while having an orgasm. And W Magazine columnist Cat Cohen closed out the night with a number about astrology bringing Susan Alexandra’s vision to fruition. “It’s really funny to check yourself—nothing is that serious. It’s realizing how lucky I am to be in this ridiculous profession,” the designer said. Frankly, fashion is better for it. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/susan-alexandra-comedy-fashion-show | 2022-09-09T22:01:36Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/susan-alexandra-comedy-fashion-show | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Best Emmys Red Carpet Dresses of All Time
Each September, the best and brightest in television are honored at the annual Emmy Awards, bringing out the biggest stars in the world of TV, and, increasingly, film. And while the Academy Awards remain the, well, the Academy Awards of fashion when it comes to the red carpet, the Emmys also have their own history of glamorous, show-stopping dresses. Think Sarah Jessica Parker in a pink confection of a Chanel haute couture gown at the 2003 ceremony, or Blake Lively, in her arguable sartorial star debut, showing up to the 2009 ceremony in a plunging, red hot Versace number. There was also Jennifer Aniston doing boho chic in beaded Chanel in 2004, a pregnant Claire Danes in sunny yellow Lanvin in 2012, and Tracee Ellis Ross immediately going down in history in a fuchsia ball-skirt gown by Valentino Couture. This year’s nominees include stars like Elle Fanning, Zendaya, and Sarah Paulson—a list that all but guarantees that more fashion moments will be rolling around soon. Until then, a look back at the best Emmy Awards red carpet dresses of years past.
Jennifer Aniston wearing Chanel to the 56th annual Emmy Awards in 2004.
Sandra Oh wearing Vera Wang at the 58th annual Emmy Awards in 2006.
Olivia Wilde wearing Reem Acra at the 60th annual Emmy Awards in 2008.
Blake Lively wearing Versace at the 61st annual Emmy Awards in 2009.
Connie Britton wearing Burberry at the 62nd annual Emmy Awards in 2010.
Christina Hendricks wearing Zac Posen at the 62nd annual Emmy Awards in 2010.
Nina Dobrev wearing Donna Karan at the 63rd annual Emmy Awards in 2011.
Emilia Clarke wearing Chanel at the 64th annual Emmy Awards in 2011.
Lucy Liu wears Versace to the 64th annual Emmy Awards in 2012.
Claire Danes in Lanvin at the 64th Emmy Awards in 2012.
January Jones wearing Jason Wu at the 64th annual Emmy Awards in 2012.
Elisabeth Moss wearing Andrew Gn at the 65th annual Emmy Awards in 2013.
Rose Byrne wearing Calvin Klein Collection at the 65th annual Emmy Awards in 2013.
Lizzy Caplan wearing Donna Karan at the 66th annual Emmy Awards in 2014.
Allison Williams wearing Giambattista Valli at the 66th annual Emmy Awards in 2014.
Kiernan Shipka wearing Dior Couture at the 67th annual Emmy Awards in 2015.
Lady Gaga wearing Brandon Maxwell at the 67th annual Emmy Awards in 2015.
Kerry Washington wearing Marc Jacobs at the 67th annual Emmy Awards in 2015.
Taraji P. Henson wearing Vera Wang at the 68th annual Emmy Awards in 2016.
Priyanka Chopra wearing Jason Wu at the 68th annual Emmy Awards in 2016.
Regina King wears Elizabeth Kennedy to the 68th annual Emmy Awards in 2016.
Viola Davis wears Zac Posen to the 69th annual Emmy Awards in 2017.
Tracee Ellis Ross wearing Chanel Haute Couture at the 69th annual Emmy Awards in 2017.
Nicole Kidman wearing Calvin Klein By Appointment, designed by Raf Simons, to the 69th annual Emmy Awards in 2017.
Sarah Paulson wearing Carolina Herrera at the 69th annual Emmy Awards in 2017.
Issa Rae wears Vera Wang to the 70th Emmy Awards in 2018.
Tracee Ellis Ross wearing Valentino Couture at the 70th Emmy Awards in 2018.
Thandie Newton wearing Brandon Maxwell at the 70th annual Emmy Awards in 2018.
Penelope Cruz wearing Chanel Haute Couture at the 70th annual Emmy Awards in 2018.
Zendaya wearing Vera Wang and Cartier at the 71st annual Emmy Awards in 2019.
Kendall Jenner wears Richard Quinn to the 71st Emmy Awards in 2019.
Viola Davis in custom Alberta Ferretti at the 71st Emmy Awards in 2019.
Tracee Ellis Ross wears Alexandre Vauthier for the 2020 remote Emmy Awards.
Regina King wears Schiaparelli Couture by Daniel Roseberry to the 2020 remote Emmy Awards.
Yara Shahidi in Dior at the 73rd Emmy Awards in 2021.
Michaela Coel in Christopher John Rogers at the 73rd Emmy Awards in 2021.
Emma Corrin in Miu Miu at the 73rd Emmy Awards in 2021.
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Gigi Hadid Zips Up in Leather
Ever since Gigi Hadid launched her luxury cashmere brand, Guest in Residence, earlier this week, the model has pretty much been seen in nothing but knits. Over just a few days, Hadid has managed to show off three different looks while out and about in New York City, showing off three different pieces from her new line, and probably influencing more buyers than a traditional ad campaign ever could. On Thursday, though, Hadid took a break from draping herself in cashmere and opted instead to zip up in a very different fabric when the model stepped out in a full leather set.
Hadid wore a full look from the autumn/winter 2022 collection of Stockholm-based fashion brand, Jade Cropper, a uniquely cut leather top that toed the line between a shirt and jacket. A stripe of dark brown wrapped across Hadid’s torso and arms, while a zipper down the bodice allowed for an almost corseted effect. The pants, rendered in the same saddle leather, featured a brown stipe down each leg and matching zipper details. Hadid, and her stylist, Mimi Cuttrell, then completed the ensemble with a black shoulder bag, pumps, and a set of little gold hoops.
Hadid wore the look to attend a book launch party for Edward Enninful’s memoir, A Visible Man, at the Verōnika, which she hosted with Diane von Furstenburg. As fashion week is just getting started, this is likely the beginning of the unique looks we will see from the model in the upcoming days as she continues to support her friends (and possible promote her brand) around the city. | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/gigi-hadid-leather-zip-up-look-nyfw | 2022-09-09T22:01:48Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/gigi-hadid-leather-zip-up-look-nyfw | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Julia Fox Kicks Off Fashion Week the Only Way Julia Fox Can
New York Fashion Week has officially begun, meaning it’s time for Julia Fox to rise up from the Lower East Side, smear on some black eye makeup, and take the world by storm, one skin-bearing look at a time. The actress knows exactly the part she now plays in the week’s festivities, as the Internet’s sort of Fairy God Mother of NYFW, and she seems to be fully embracing it, even dressing the part.
The actress kicked off a week of events on Thursday night in a look that expertly mixed Fox’s gothic sensibilities with a more romantic twist. Wearing the opening dress from Iris van Herpen’s spring 2020 couture collection, Fox attended an event at the Boom Boom Room at the Standard, thrown by Vogue in conjunction with Xeomin, a botox-alternative. Fox lifted her arms, revealing the oversize-pleated sleeves that erupted from the laser-cut black leather torso, which climbed up her neck and low down her waist before once again evolving into a pleated skirt. Fox opted to wear black underwear with the dress, and it poked out under the garment, adding a hint of Fox’s edge to this off-the-runway couture look.
As always, the glam was bold, featuring temporary blunt bags and sideburns adorning a high ponytail. Fox tuned the eye makeup down just a tad, opting for a dramatic, yet thin wing, at least compared to her norm. “I definitely want to stand out,” Fox said in a video for Vogue. “I want people to notice me. I’m being honest.” And likely, she reached her goal, standing out in an event filled with colorful, yet simple pant suits and mini dresses, and reminding us all that this is Julia Fox’s fashion week, thank you very much. | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/julia-fox-iris-van-herpen-fashion-week | 2022-09-09T22:01:58Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/julia-fox-iris-van-herpen-fashion-week | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As New York City transitions from extremely hot to slightly less hot weather, fashion week begins—and with that comes a breath of fresh street style air. Show attendees, fashion royalty, and off-duty models alike are pulling out all the stops; going-out tops that had been banished to the back of their closets amid lockdown are now on full display on the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn. See all the color, tailoring, daring getups, and pure joy, as fashion week kicks off the most anticipated (and watched) month of year for our industry.
Julia Fox
Bella Hadid
Ciara
Emily Ratajkowski
Lila Moss
Joan Smalls
Jennifer Lawrence
Laura Harrier
Angus Cloud
Precious Lee
Tyler the Creator
Chloë Sevigny
Naeem Khan
Amber Valletta
Tory Burch
Maria Borges
Shalom Harlow
Bella Hadid
Olivia Palermo
Jared Leto
Irina Shayk
Tink
Diane von Furstenberg
Alton Mason
Maxwell
Christy Turlington and Grace Burns
Evan Mock
Winnie Harlow
Joan Smalls
Gigi Hadid
In Piferi shoes.
Lily Aldridge
Elsa Hosk
Anna Wintour
Kat Graham
Michael Kors
Alessandra Ambrosio
Nicky Hilton Rothschild
Lori Harvey
Bar Refaeli
Joe Jonas
Sailor Brinkley Cook
Nina Garcia
Nicole Trunfio
Alicia Silverstone
Gigi Hadid
Janet Jackson
Maye Musk
Coco Rocha
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How the Queen's Death Will Affect London Fashion Week
Queen Elizabeth II’s influence has never been more prevalent than on Thursday, when her death sent shockwaves around the world. Not just in the UK, or in the arena of politics, the Queen’s death affected aspects of life worldwide. News stations paused programming, TV shows halted production, and soccer matches were called off, and this is just the beginning. The Queen’s death and the resulting Operation London Bridge, which went into effect immediately following the news, is going to affect various events for days to come, especially those in the fashion realm. With London Fashion week fast approaching, the British Fashion Council has jumped into action, trying to figure out a way to honor the late monarch, without completely shutting down the entire operation. Here, we’re keeping track of what’s been canceled, postponed, and what is still on when it comes to this season’s LFW.
The British Fashion Council suggested cancelling “non-essential” events.
Following the Queen’s death on Thursday, the BFC released a statement regarding Fashion Week, which kicks off in London on September 16th. “London Fashion Week is a business-to-business event, and an important moment for designers to show their collections at a specific moment in the fashion calendar, we recognize the work that goes into this moment,” they wrote. Because of that, shows and collection presentations will take place as planned, though the Council did ask “that designers respect the mood of the nation and period of national mourning by considering the timing of their image release,” and wait until after the traditional 10-day period of mourning. Any shows scheduled for the day of the funeral—which is expected to take place on either the 18th or 19th—will be rescheduled.
But while shows may move forward, the BFC did recommend postponing or cancelling any “non-essential” events like parties or openings out of respect for the Queen.
According to Business of Fashion, the statement also suggested retailers immediately close for 24 hours following the Queen’s death, as well as on the day of the funeral, and asked employees to wear black wristbands to honor the late monarch.
Raf Simons and Burberry canceled their shows.
So far, two major shows set to take place next week have been canceled. Raf Simon’s team released a statement on Thursday saying they plan to “pause during this time of great sadness.” As of now it’s unclear if his show, which was set to take place on the 16th, will be rescheduled.
Burberry has also announced their spring/summer 2023 show, initially scheduled for the 17th, will no longer take place. The brand confirmed the news to Drapers, but again, has not announced any plans for a new date.
Other brands are changing their plans as well.
According to Drapers, French brand Claudie Pierlot, has moved its spring/summer 2023 presentation from the original date of the 16th to September 28th. | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/queens-death-affect-london-fashion-week | 2022-09-09T22:02:10Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/queens-death-affect-london-fashion-week | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Monday
Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee, 8 a.m., Room 225 of the Walter H Nolte Gateway Center, Casper College, 125 College Dr., Casper. Livestream available on the Legislature’s website at www.wyoleg.gov.
Wyoming State Board of Nursing, 8 a.m., via Google Meet. Meeting video link available at https://wsbn.wyo.gov/board/board-meetings.
Wyoming Legislature's Joint Judiciary Committee, 8:30 a.m., Room 3024, Round House Conference Room of Thyra Thompson State Office Building, 444 W Collins Dr., Casper. Livestream available on the Legislature’s website at www.wyoleg.gov.
Wyoming Real Estate Commission, 1:30 p.m., Holiday Inn Cody at Buffalo Bill Village, 1701 Sheridan Ave, Cody, and online. Dial-in number is: +1 929-299-3687 and the pin: 837 472 245#. Or join at https://meet.google.com/bzn-oxif-rpo.
Cheyenne City Council, 6 p.m., Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 2101 O’Neil Ave., and online via Zoom. For online access information, visit www.cheyennecity.org/ecm.
Laramie County Fair Board, 6 p.m., Commissioners’ Board Room, Historic Courthouse, 310 W. 19th St. Visit https://laramiecounty.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx to attend the meeting virtually and comment online.
Laramie County School District 2 Board of Trustees, 7 p.m., Pine Bluffs Junior-Senior High School, 502 Maple St., Pine Bluffs.
Tuesday
Wyoming Legislature's Joint Judiciary Committee, 8:30 a.m., Room 3024, Round House Conference Room of Thyra Thompson State Office Building, 444 W Collins Dr., Casper. Livestream available on the Legislature’s website at www.wyoleg.gov.
Wyoming Environmental Quality Council, 9 a.m., Turntable Room of the Thyra Thomson State Building, Turntable Room, 444 W. Collins, Casper. Contact Joe Girardin at 307-777-7170 or joe.girardin@wyo.gov for information or assistance to gain access to the Zoom meeting.
Wednesday
Wyoming Legislature's Joint Revenue Committee, 8:30 a.m., Room 3024, Round House Conference Room of Thyra Thompson State Office Building, 444 W Collins Dr., Casper. Livestream available on the Legislature’s website at www.wyoleg.gov.
Wyoming Environmental Quality Council, 9 a.m., Turntable Room of the Thyra Thomson State Building, Turntable Room, 444 W. Collins, Casper. Contact Joe Girardin at 307-777-7170 or joe.girardin@wyo.gov for information or assistance to gain access to the Zoom meeting.
State Building Commission, 8:30 a.m., via Google Meet. Meeting video link available at https://meet.google.com/ghs-jxie-wbx?authuser=0&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery, or access by phone by calling +1 413-349-8913 and entering the pin: 12 450 496#.
Thursday
Wyoming Legislature's Joint Revenue Committee, 8:30 a.m., Room 3024, Round House Conference Room of Thyra Thompson State Office Building, 444 W Collins Dr., Casper. Livestream available on the Legislature’s website at www.wyoleg.gov.
Cheyenne Regional Airport Board, 3 p.m., Airport Terminal Conference Room, 4020 Airport Parkway.
Cheyenne Board of Adjustment, 6 p.m., Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 2101 O’Neil Ave., and online via Zoom. For online access information, visit www.cheyennecity.org/ecm.
Friday
Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce, 8 a.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 1150 North Poplar Street, Casper. Livestream available on the Legislature’s website at www.wyoleg.gov. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/government-meetings-9-12-2022/article_2c8b3f5e-307c-11ed-aeb9-6b8dff9d84ce.html | 2022-09-09T22:03:39Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/government-meetings-9-12-2022/article_2c8b3f5e-307c-11ed-aeb9-6b8dff9d84ce.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BUFFALO — It wasn't quite the tourism season local business owners expected.
After a record season in Johnson County in 2021 in the wake of COVID-19, flooding in Yellowstone National Park and the park's subsequent closure threw travel plans into disarray and threatened to derail tourism in the area.
But while business owners said Yellowstone's brief closure had a definite impact, tourism remained strong.
"I think that there's been a significant amount of people traveling this year," said David Stewart, owner of the Historic Occidental Hotel and Blue Gables Motel. "I mean, it's not a blowout, but it's definitely been a good season."
In mid-June, when officials evacuated Yellowstone National Park and shut its gates in the face of massive flooding, local hotels and campgrounds saw a raft of cancellations. Two months on, business owners said walk-in customers have largely made up for those cancellations, though not entirely.
Stewart said that the Occidental — a “destination” stop that often attracts repeat visitors — was able to carry on largely as normal, while Blue Gables saw a decrease from the previous year.
Likewise, traffic at the Deer Park Campground has been down compared with last year, said Ann Kavanagh, the campground's owner.
“We did lose a lot of previous reservations for that period, because people were running scared and afraid they wouldn't be able to get in somewhere else,” Kavanagh said.
The story was the same across the state, where hotel room demand was down 10% and hotel revenue was down almost 18%, according to the Wyoming Office of Tourism.
"This large decrease in June correlates with the drop in visitation to Yellowstone caused by the flooding,” wrote Piper Singer Cunningham, communications manager for the tourism office, in an email to the Bulletin.
Yellowstone was expecting a banner year with 150th anniversary events planned throughout the summer. The 150th anniversary came on the heels of a record year in 2021, when almost 4.9 million people visited.
Buffalo is a popular stop between the Black Hills and Yellowstone and often sees visitors heading in that direction.
But in June of this year - the month of the flooding - Yellowstone's visitation fell by 43% compared with June 2021. By July, most of the park was open, yet the number of visitors fell by half, from almost 1.3 million in 2021 to about 650,000 in 2022.
That hasn't necessarily led to the downfall of local tourism, though.
"We don't even hear about Yellowstone now, and the people coming in now, most of them aren't even concerned because they weren't planning to go there anyway," Kavanagh said. "There's a lot of Wyoming that people come to see that doesn't involve Yellowstone.”
While this summer still felt busy — especially with the COVID- 19 summer of 2020 still fresh in people's minds - sales were noticeably down at the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum, said Sylvia Bruner, the museum's director.
In July, the museum store made $9,076 in sales. That's more than in July 2020, when the store made $8,255, but almost $2,000 less than the 2021 banner year, as well as $1,000 less than 2019, before the pandemic.
Bruner attributed the decline to Yellowstone's closure and said she'd heard from other attractions in the area that their sales were similarly affected.
"I suspect it's a pretty broad effect for tourism in general, but it's definitely a bummer,” she said.
One bright spot was the northern border's reopening.
Passage into and out of Canada was severely restricted during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but travel has begun to pick up again. Business owners reported an abnormally large number of Canadians visiting Buffalo this summer.
Montana's border crossings registered more than 170,000 people traveling into the U.S. from Canada in June and July of this year, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. That's compared to fewer than 20,000 in June and July of 2021.
Longmire Day's in-person return was also a shot in the arm for local tourism.
Jennifer McCormick, executive director of the Longmire Foundation, previously told the Bulletin that around 2,000 people traveled to Buffalo to enjoy the annual celebration of the Longmire book series and television series, the first time since 2019 the event wasn't virtual.
Business owners said they appreciated that extra business.
“Anytime you have an event like that, it makes a difference,” Stewart said. "I'm thankful for the Longmire crowd that comes."
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ALAMO TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Firefighters say they are working to put out a fire that began as a prescribed burn that spread out of control in Kalamazoo County on Friday.
The fire is located near Second Street and EF Avenue in Alamo Township, according to crews on scene.
FOX 17 has contacted the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for more information but is still waiting for a response.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The defense for R. Kelly and two co-defendants rested Friday at the R&B singer's trial on charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex.
They concluded their case after the main defense witness, Kelly co-defendant and former business manager Derrell McDavid, ended three days of testimony.
Prosecutors get a chance to call rebuttal witnesses and the sides will then deliver closing arguments. Jury deliberations aren't likely to begin until next week.
Kelly and McDavid are charged with fixing Kelly's 2008 state child pornography trial by threatening witnesses and concealing video evidence. Kelly was acquitted in 2008. Both he and McDavid also face child pornography charges at the federal trial in Chicago. A third co-defendant, Kelly associate Milton Brown, is accused of receiving child pornography.
McDavid was the only one of the three defendants to testify in his own behalf.
Kelly, 55, already was sentenced to 30 years in prison in June after a separate federal trial in New York.
Kelly, known for his smash hit "I Believe I Can Fly" and for sex-infused songs such as "Bump n' Grind," sold millions of albums even after allegations of sexual misconduct began circulating in the 1990s. Widespread outrage emerged after the #MeToo reckoning and the 2019 docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly."
At times while testifying this week, McDavid sounded like a prosecution witness. He said he believed Kelly's denials about sexually abusing minors in the 2000s but altered his view during the current trial.
During cross-examination, prosecutor Jeannice Appenteng sought to show McDavid was so close to Kelly that he couldn't have been completely ignorant of any Kelly misconduct.
McDavid agreed his job included protecting Kelly's reputation and assets. Citing financial records, the prosecutor said Kelly paid him some $1 million a year starting in 2006. McDavid denied he took steps to fend off sexual misconduct lawsuits against Kelly primarily to protect his his boss and his lucrative income from Kelly.
In a sudden shift at the end of the day Thursday, McDavid expressed doubts about Kelly's insistence in the 2000s that he never sexually abused minors.
Asked by his own lawyer, Beau Brindley, if he was in "a different position" to assess allegations against Kelly after sitting through government testimony by four Kelly accusers, McDavid responded: "Yes, I am."
"The last (few) weeks … I've learned a lot … that I had no idea about in 2008," he added.
McDavid, who previously had testified that he once saw Kelly as a son, was also asked if he had wanted to believe Kelly in the 2000s, including to the end of Kelly's 2008 trial.
"I absolutely did," he answered, "because I loved him and I believed in him."
McDavid's testimony could lend credence to the charges Kelly alone faces — five counts of enticing minor girls for sex, one count each for five accusers. However, it is also in McDavid's interest to say he believed Kelly heading into the 2008 trial because it undermines the government's case that McDavid knew Kelly was guilty and thought the singer would be convicted if evidence wasn't suppressed.
Judge Harry Leinenweber has repeatedly rejected requests from Kelly's defense team that he be tried alone because his and McDavid's interests would conflict at a joint trial.
McDavid testified that he and Kelly grew apart after the 2008 trial amid financial disputes and that he quit working for Kelly in 2014.
The ongoing trial in Kelly's hometown is, in ways , a do-over of the 2008 trial. A single video, which prosecutors said showed Kelly sexually abusing a girl of around 14, was at the heart of that trial. The same video is evidence at the current trial.
The girl in the video, then an adult, did not testify at that 2008 trial, which jurors cited as a reason they couldn't convict. She testified at the current trial under the pseudonym "Jane," saying she was the person in that video and that Kelly made the recording. She also said that Kelly sexually abused her hundreds of time starting when she was 14.
McDavid testified Wednesday that he had seen the then-teenager hanging around Kelly's studio in the late 1990s. He said Kelly angrily denied rumors he was sexually abusing Jane, whom Kelly described as his goddaughter.
"I believed him," McDavid said.
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The U.S. is struggling to solve its homelessness crisis.
The number of Americans living on the streets and in shelters is growing.
"This is home. Housing is so expensive, and you can't afford [it]. I would be killing myself to pay rent," said Knoye Brown, who lives in a tent.
Those rent prices are only increasing.
And that means even more Americans will have a difficult time affording housing.
When you add in record high inflation, that leaves America's homeless even more vulnerable.
In 2020 nearly 600,000 Americans will be left without a home, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
The non-profit organization's data shows that homelessness has improved by 10% since 2007.
But in 2020, the U.S. saw a 30% increase in unsheltered homelessness.
And in recent months, homelessness has reached crisis levels in major cities across the country.
This year Knoxville saw a 50% increase in its homeless population, Long Beach, California, saw a 62% increase since 2020 and
Phoenix saw a 33% spike.
Homelessness can come in many forms and can impact all ages.
In January 2020, 70% of the homeless were individuals, and 30% belonged to families with children.
"I wasn’t able to finish school because I didn’t know where I would sleep after school. So I would stay where I was at, so I had a spot," said Conner Showen, a former young homeless person.
States and cities have set aside more funding to try to curb the issue.
New York has more than doubled its spending to over $3 billion since 2014.
Colorado’s governor approved $45 million to convert a youth corrections facility into a homeless recovery campus.
And in New Mexico, $10 million is going to communities to buy old motels and hotels and transform them into transitional housing.
These are just a string of new methods in an attempt to tackle a problem that goes back decades.
According to Bloomberg, homelessness first peaked after the Civil War when veterans without jobs struggled to find housing and freed slaves struggled to find affordable homes or jobs.
From then on, affordable homes were demolished in many minority neighborhoods as part of urban renewal.
In the 1970s, investment in public housing started to decline when President Richard Nixon imposed a moratorium on new public housing after he declared them a failure and instead pivoted to housing subsidies.
And in the 80s, welfare programs to support those in need were cut under President Ronald Reagan’s economic plans to lower taxes for businesses.
Bloomberg adds the AIDS crisis that hit the LGBTQ+ community, a drug epidemic and mass incarceration of people, specifically Black or Hispanic people, also fueled the problem.
This was further exacerbated by policies that favor single-family housing zones.
According to the New York Times, most land plots are designed for single-family houses. Many state laws and zoning rules limit the land that can be used to build multi-unit buildings, like apartment buildings that can house multiple families.
"Really it’s a blend of a trifecta of affordable housing, mental illness and substance abuse. When you add those three at various levels for each person, this is what we’re facing," said Jeff Hicks, the executive director of Hope Rescue Mission.
Other states like California and Oregon have taken different approaches and passed laws in recent years to end single-family zoning so more affordable housing can be built.
Some cities, like Missoula, Montana, have moved toward sanction camps, known as temporary safe outdoor spaces.
"49% of the people that have gone through here are now permanently in housing, recovery, or in areas where we mended some family situations, but they have not turned back to the system," said April Seat, the director of outreach at Hope Rescue Mission.
In the last year, a number of state legislatures introduced bills that some say criminalize homelessness.
In Tennessee, it’s now a felony for homeless people to camp in parks or other public property. Some argue this is not the solution.
"I believe it’s only a misdemeanor, but with a small misdemeanor and a failure to appear, now you have warrants. You can be jailed at any time, it’s difficult to walk into a state building or federally funded building because you’re worried instead of getting help or resources, you’re scared you’re going to get indebted to a lack of it all," said Seat.
Others, like Judge Glock with the Cicero Institute, believe camping bans are the right path to helping the homeless long-term.
And record-high inflation is adding another hurdle for Americans struggling to keep up with rising rent prices.
For some, those rent price increases are simply unaffordable.
"We do see people falling into homelessness because they can’t afford rent. It’s not like it’s being raised $30 to $60 and some areas are raising $200," said Seat.
According to government data reviewed by the LA Times, new rent leases have increased by more than 11% year-over-year.
And polling from Freddie Mac found a majority of renters saw a rent price hike in the last year.
One in five say they’re "extremely likely" to miss a payment.
The severity of America's homeless problem ranges depending on the city and state, but cities across the country are taking action to address the problem.
The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness says the solution is to tackle the housing issue, integrate healthcare, strengthen crisis response systems and build career pathways. But this can’t be done without building and fostering partnerships to address the root causes of homelessness.
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A celebration over a newly constructed bridge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo went awry as the bridge wasn't quite ready for the stress test that revelers put on it during the ceremony.
As people stood on the bridge during a ribbon cutting ceremony, the bridge gave out and collapsed.
Video showed people grabbing on to each other as it fell.
The bridge appeared fairly small and over a gap in the Earth that wasn't too high, so no one was seriously hurt in the incident, Now This News reported.
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Beyond the obvious, deep love she had for family and country, Queen Elizabeth II also had a special place in her heart for dogs. Long before she ascended the British throne, the queen received a treasured gift from her father that would last a lifetime for the young royal: a little Pembroke corgi named Susan.
Elizabeth first encountered the breed when she was a young princess, but they were not commonly found in Britain. So, the royal family got a Welsh corgi named Dookie in the 1930s for Elizabeth and her younger sister, Princess Margaret.
It took nearly 11 years for the future queen to finally have her own Pembroke corgi. According to The BBC, Elizabeth received Susan, her first Pembroke Welsh corgi, in 1944 as a gift for her 18th birthday from King George VI. The arrival of Susan would start a royal lineage of corgis that would be companions for Elizabeth for more than 70 years. It’s believed Elizabeth had at least 30 corgis during her lifetime.
Elizabeth’s attachment to Susan was so deep that the pup secretly went to the future queen’s royal wedding to Prince Phillip. The Express reported the bride “kept her young corgi hidden in the royal carriage under a pile of blankets while on her way to Westminster Abbey.”
And, yes, Susan even accompanied the newlyweds on their honeymoon to Scotland’s Balmoral Castle.
Over the years, Susan’s family tree grew to 14 generations and Elizabeth constantly had at least one of her treasured pups by her side. In 1955, photographers captured a photo of the queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, and their two children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, playing with Sugar, one of Susan’s puppies.
The queen’s dogs became popular staples of her image over the decades and a pair of them even made a guest appearance in the memorable skit that opened London’s 2012 Olympics. In the video, Elizabeth went on a mission with fellow British icon James Bond, played by Daniel Craig, and the corgis were there to greet him as well.
Many may not realize the role Elizabeth and her corgis had in the creation of a totally new dog breed, the dorgi. Apparently, in 1971, one of the queen’s corgis, Tiny, mated with Margaret’s dachshunds. This royal pairing created a brand-new breed.
Twitter user @ralter shared a BBC graphic of the full lineage of Susan’s family tree over the years, which ended with Willow, the last corgi descended directly from Susan. Sadly, Willow died in 2018 after suffering from cancer.
what's your favorite royal corgi name mine is PLOVER pic.twitter.com/XiuIcluc9h
— Rebecca 'Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Fan' Alter (@ralter) September 8, 2022
“She has mourned every one of her corgis over the years, but she has been more upset about Willow’s death than any of them,” a Buckingham Palace source told The Daily Mail in 2018. “It is probably because Willow was the last link to her parents and a pastime that goes back to her own childhood. It really does feel like the end of an era.”
Just because the line going back to Susan ended doesn’t mean the queen wasn’t done raising dogs, though. NPR reported that Elizabeth is believed to have left behind at least four dogs when she died, including two corgis, a cocker spaniel and a dorgi with the names Muick, Sandy, Lissy and Candy.
It is unclear what will happen to the royal dogs now that the queen has passed. Newsweek reported that they could be cared for by a combination of the queen’s children and staff.
“I imagine the dogs would be looked after by the family, probably Andrew [as] he’s the one that gave them to her, they’re quite young, the corgi and the dorgi,” royal biographer Ingrid Seward told Newsweek.
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All that worrying at the Venice Film Festival may have been good for Darling after all. Variety reports that Don’t Worry Darling: The IMAX Live Experience, which includes a Q&A with the film’s cast and director Olivia Wilde, has become the fastest-selling IMAX Live event to date, selling more than 13,000 tickets and selling out 21 locations in North America in less than 24 hours.
Per IMAX, the live-event screening of Don’t Worry Darling has sold tickets faster than any other recent live-screening event, including Kanye West: Donda Experience, The Beatles: Get Back rooftop concert documentary directed by Peter Jackson, and screenings of Jurassic World: Dominion and Jordan Peele’s Nope, many of which also included Q&A sessions with cast members.
Wilde will attend the IMAX screening for Don’t Worry Darling at AMC’s Lincoln Square along with Harry Styles, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, Sydney Chandler, Kate Berlant, Asif Ali, and Douglas Smith. Notably absent from the live-screening listing are Florence Pugh and Chris Pine, who’ve been at the center of off-screen drama involving Shia LaBeouf, conspicuously missed press conferences, and hotly debated spit takes. In her Vanity Fair cover story, Wilde called rumors of on-set tension between herself, Florence, and the cast writ large “baseless,” saying, “Florence did the job I hired her to do, and she did it exquisitely. She blew me away. Every day I was in awe of her, and we worked very well together.”
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When nominations for the 2022 Emmys were first announced, Vanity Fair’s David Canfield lamented: “Like Everyone Else, Voters Ran Out of Time.” Generally, Television Academy members championed series released early in awards season—from HBO’s The White Lotus to Netflix’s Squid Game, in favor of some buzzy spring releases. Perhaps they were too preoccupied with binge-watching what they missed to consider the shiny new titles placed in front of them.
Too much content is an all too common problem in the current TV landscape. (VF even declared there was “too much” back in 2015!) Even 2022 Emmys host Kenan Thompson has found himself overwhelmed with the onslaught. “You would think!” he laughed when asked by the Los Angeles Times if he was catching up on the year’s nominees. “If I were a smart host, I would be doing that. I’m just keeping it natural and watching what looks appealing. But I really should go down the list and comb through everything so at least I know the faces when I run into them.”
Ask and ye shall receive. Whether you’re an Emmy host in search of a primer, an aspiring binge-watcher, or just want the Cliffs Notes on the year in TV, here are 20 essential episodes from the year’s hottest nominated shows (listed alphabetically) to binge before TV’s big night on Monday, September 12.
Abbott Elementary
With a freshman series that’s been billed as network TV comedy’s next big thing, it’s best to start at the top. Nominated for seven Emmys, including three for creator-star Quinta Brunson, this energetic ABC series follows the daily lives of teachers at the titular public school in Philadelphia. They may be underpaid and their classrooms underfunded, but these educators are brimming with enough humor and pathos to make a season-long binge-watch feel not only breezy but absolutely essential.
Barry
There’s rarely ever a wasted moment on HBO’s increasingly dark comedy (14 nominations) about an actor by day, hitman by night. But the show’s third season finale is perhaps its most action-packed episode to date with series-best performances from nominees Bill Hader, Henry Winkler, and Anthony Carrigan, as well as the woefully snubbed Sarah Goldberg. Word of warning: Do not watch if in need of de-stressing.
Better Call Saul
Choosing a singular installment of this lauded Breaking Bad prequel series is a tricky endeavor. But considering that the show’s final six episodes won’t be eligible until the 2023 ceremony, the explosive midseason finale will have to suffice. And it’s never been a better time to acquaint yourself with the performances of series stars Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn—they’ve achieved major underdog status ahead of the 2022 Emmys, with the show going 0 wins for 39 nominations. Will it finally be able to clinch the win with any of its seven nominations this year?
Dopesick
An especially brutal watch even by awards-season standards, this Hulu limited series allows for some much-needed levity in its final episode. A suggestion of hope lingers throughout Danny Strong’s Emmy-nominated script: Michael Keaton’s Dr. Finnix emerges from a deeply dark cycle, and the Sackler family faces (some) consequences for their role in the opioid crisis. But the show, nominated for 14 Emmys, doesn’t shy away from the real-world epidemic’s ongoing nature, and the absence of at least one Emmy-nominated performer from Dopesick’s final installment lingers long after the credits roll.
The Dropout
If you’re watching a slice of Hulu’s Elizabeth Holmes limited series (six nominations), you came for the transformation. Consider the series’ third episode, in which Holmes adopts her red-lipsticked, messy-bunned, black-turtlenecked persona in the aptly titled “Green Juice.” And if you’d like to see the look in its most unsettling form, peep Amanda Seyfried’s perfectly cringey performance of Lil Wayne’s “How to Love,” as seen in episode five.
Euphoria
Between the memes, the makeup, and the maniacal Twitter discourse, even if you haven’t seen HBO’s teens-behaving-badly drama (16 nominations)—you kind of have. But if you’re looking to take a single trip into creator Sam Levinson’s world ahead of the Emmys, make it season two, episode five. In what fellow nominee Andrew Garfield told Zendaya is “one of the most relentless episodes of television,” her character Rue is on the run, her addiction-fueled lies hot on her trail. It’s also the episode in which one of the season’s central conflicts—a sordid secret kept between Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) and Maddy (Alexa Demie)—threatens to be unearthed.
Hacks
In the sophomore season of HBO Max’s hit comedy, nominated for 17 Emmys this year, legacy comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her newly dear writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) hit the road for a cross-country stand-up tour. But it’s when the pair head back to home base in the finale, after a season of mutual soul-searching, that the show reaches its surprisingly poignant peak.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Let’s cut to the punch line: If you haven’t watched Amazon’s once-zeitgeist-y comedy series (12 nominations) in a while—and had previously invested in a certain will-they-won’t-they romance—surrender yourself to the payoff. Without getting into specifics, creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino finally pull the trigger on a long-awaited love affair in their season four finale, and offer their heroine Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) the opportunity at the gig of a lifetime.
Only Murders in the Building
Utilizing multigenerational talent from Steve Martin, Selena Gomez, and Martin Short, Hulu’s comedic crime series earned a whopping 17 nominations for its first season. In order to theorize about this spirited whodunnit in an upscale building on New York City’s Upper West Side, it’s best to start at the very beginning. Whether or not you’ll be able to stop there is up for debate.
Ozark
If you’re going to take a dip into the electric final season of Netflix’s buzzy Emmy-winning show, you may as well jump right into the deep end. The dramatic series finale takes big swings with the Byrde family, led by nominees Jason Bateman and Laura Linney, alongside the scene-stealing Ruth Langmore (two-time Emmy winner Julia Garner). And they appeared to pay off: Among Ozark’s 13 nominations are writing and directing nods for the show’s ending.
Pam & Tommy
At the heart of Hulu’s somewhat-biographical limited series (10 nominations) is a love story tainted by betrayal. As such, the series is never more gripping than its fourth episode, in which a desperate, dutifully attached Pamela Anderson (played by prosthetics-laden Lily James) and Tommy Lee (the transformed Sebastian Stan) scour the Hollywood Hills for their stolen sex tape. The world knows their search will be fruitless, but it makes watching the chase feel all the more tragic.
Severance
Will it prove somewhat challenging to watch the finale of this hit Apple TV+ series without any prior context? Sure. But feeling left in the dark is typical for even the most seasoned viewer of Severance, which is nominated for 14 Emmys, including outstanding writing and directing for this very episode.
Squid Game
Murderous twists and turns lurk throughout this South Korean phenomenon, which is nominated for 14 Emmys, including outstanding drama series. But it’s the heart-stopping reveal of the show’s conceit in its first episode, nominated for outstanding directing, that made it one of Netflix’s most-watched titles ever. Dare you to stop after just one episode.
Station Eleven
This seven-time Emmy-nominated HBO Max series, adapted from Emily St. John Mandel’s best-selling novel by Patrick Somerville, contains a multitude of breathtaking moments. But none set the stage—and haunt the rest of the show—quite like the first-episode meeting of eight-year-old Kirsten (Matilda Lawler) and floundering journalist Jeevan (Himesh Patel). The unlikely duo forges through one snowy night together after a lethal Chicago production of King Lear that spells doom for the rest of humanity.
Stranger Things
Was there ever any doubt that this would be the “Running Up That Hill” episode? No moment in the Netflix series’ ultra-buzzy fourth season caused as much of a stir as when Sadie Sink’s Max Mayfield combats her Vecna victimhood with an—underrated no longer!—Kate Bush needle drop. The episode has already won outstanding prosthetic makeup and music supervision at the Creative Arts Emmys, and could help lead the sci-fi show to other victories for its impressive 13 total nominations.
Succession
We’re tempted to pick the midseason delight that is “Too Much Birthday,” a celebration of Kendall Roy’s (Jeremy Strong) 40 maddening years as Logan’s (Brian Cox) heir apparent. But there’s no denying the marvel that is the HBO drama’s third-season ender. Among its field-leading 25 Emmy nominations, this finale is up for outstanding writing and directing, and contains an immersive Strong scene detailed in his controversial New Yorker profile, which he has since called “a profound betrayal.” Spoiler alert: Members of the Roy family could say the same thing about this finale’s outcome…
Ted Lasso
Hot off its critically acclaimed first season, the AppleTV+ series about a jovial American transplant AFC Richmond soccer coach (Jason Sudeikis) hit some season two growing pains. Some questioned the sophomore season’s vision and pacing, but by the time the show’s sobering tenth episode—nominated for outstanding writing and directing—rolled around, many of the detractors had quieted. Nominated for 20 Emmys this year, Lasso stuck the landing with major character reveals for Sudekis’s Ted and Hannah Waddingham’s Rebecca.
What We Do in the Shadows
Based on Taika Waititi’s 2014 film, the fourth episode of the show’s third season, “The Casino,” is nominated for outstanding comedy series writing. The installment leans into what this cult-favorite FX series (seven nominations overall) does best: undead shenanigans in an unlikely arena. This time, the vampiric clan heads to Atlantic City where their newfound financial greed may outweigh their typical bloodthirst.
The White Lotus
One could argue that every prickly episode of Mike White’s vacation-from-hell anthology (20 nominations) is a must-see—from dreamy “Arrivals” to deadly “Departures.” But why not dive directly into the chaos and watch the first season’s third episode—the boiling point at which all of the hotel’s guests tip into stir-craziness? Jennifer Coolidge’s full-on breakdown as she cradles an urn of her mother’s ashes alone earns this episode the watch-worthy crown.
Yellowjackets
A sick and twisted mystery looms at the center of Showtime’s freshman drama (seven nominations) led by Emmy nominees Melanie Lynskey and Christina Ricci, alongside Juliette Lewis and Tawny Cypress. There’s no skipping the show’s tantalizing first episode, which earned nominations for outstanding writing and directing. It flashes between a 1996 plane crash involving a high school girls’ soccer team and the present-day lives of those who survived the wreckage but are still very much living in the fallout. If you make it past the first episode’s dark antics, set aside time for the ninth episode’s macabre “Doomcoming.”
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Last night, late-night hosts made a point to recognize Queen Elizabeth II following her death on Thursday afternoon at 96. British Late Late Show host James Corden expressed his sadness over the queen’s death in a three and a half minute segment, saying that he was “so thankful and grateful to the queen for the most incredible service and leadership that she has shown during all of our lifetimes.”
Corden, who was born in Hillingdon, United Kingdom, pointed out the queen's seventy-year reign, making her the longest reigning monarch in British history. “She is the only queen most of us have ever known. She has seen 14 U.S. presidents during her reign and on Tuesday—just on Tuesday—welcomed her 15th prime minister,” Corden said. “We viewed her as immortal and [an] essential part of the fabric of our world.”
Corden went on to note the outpouring of love for the queen across the globe following her death, saying that the queen was “universally adored” and that she “represented good in this world, living a life of honor, a life dedicated to service, dedicated to bettering the lives of others.” He continued his glowing tribute to the queen as a figure of neutrality, tact, and poise. “She was never political. She didn’t need us to hear her opinions. She never gave an interview, she never posted on social media. It was never for her about her own PR, and maybe that’s why she was as beloved and respected by a president as she was by the guy who lives down the street, and she would treat both of them equally too. It didn’t matter who you were, she was there for you.”
Corden ended his tribute by calling the late queen a “guiding light.” “She was always gracious, always dignified, always a shining example of leadership,” he said. “She represented stability in a world where so often it feels like the floor is shaking. Queen Elizabeth was unique. A life’s work never to be repeated.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/late-night-hosts-react-to-queen-elizabeth-iis-death | 2022-09-09T22:09:09Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/late-night-hosts-react-to-queen-elizabeth-iis-death | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An entire year of binge-watching has led up to the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, which celebrate the year’s best in TV. Use Vanity Fair’s printable 2022 Emmy ballot to place your votes for the most exciting shows—from Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building to HBO’s Euphoria. In addition to the printable option, viewers can make their picks via our slickly designed interactive ballot. If you need any tips, V.F.’s Awards Insider team has made its predictions—and lobbied for a few favorites. And stick around for all of the Emmy coverage when the telecast premieres on Monday, Sept. 12, on NBC.
Print your 2022 Emmy ballot here.
Prior to the Primetime Emmy Awards, winners for the Creative Arts Emmys have already been announced with major triumphs for Netflix’s Stranger Things, and both HBO’s Euphoria and The White Lotus, with five trophies each. Among those victories were outstanding guest actor in a drama series for Euphoria’s Colman Domingo, outstanding music supervision for the Stranger Things episode that unexpectedly revived Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill,” and—naturally—outstanding original main title theme music for The White Lotus.
Elsewhere, former president Barack Obama nabbed his first Emmy win, as narrator for Netflix’s Our Great National Parks, and Chadwick Boseman earned a posthumous Emmy for his character voiceover performance as Black Panther in the Disney+ series What If…? Nathan Lane won his first Emmy after a staggering seven nominations for Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building, joining Domingo, Hacks’s Laurie Metcalf, and Squid Game’s Lee Yoo-Mi, as the evening’s outstanding guest-acting category winners.
But those two nights of awards were only a precursor to TV’s major categories, which will be unveiled on Monday night. Questions loom about which series will reign supreme with Emmy voters. Could they spring for buzzy new shows like ABC’s Abbott Elementary and AppleTV+’s Severance; or will they honor critically acclaimed final seasons of Netflix’s Ozark and AMC’s Better Call Saul? And can The White Lotus, which premiered all the way back in July 2021, beat out newer limited series such as The Dropout and Dopesick to claim Emmy gold?
Leading the nominations for this year’s awards is HBO’s Succession with 25 nods, including acting honors for Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, J. Smith-Cameron, Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen, and Nicholas Braun. That show is trailed by The White Lotus and AppleTV+’s Ted Lasso, which won outstanding comedy series for its first season, with 20 nods apiece. Two buzzy streaming comedies—HBO Max’s Hacks and Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building—round out the top five most-nomianted shows with 17 each.
As for the Emmys telecast itself, which will be hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson, executive producer Reginald “Reggie” Hudlin has teased a party-like atmosphere for attendees and viewers. “It’s not a stuffy place, it’s more like a club, it’s like a hot restaurant,” he told the press of the party table arrangement at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, where the event will be held. EGOT winner John Legend will perform his new song “Pieces” live during the In Memoriam segment. Meanwhile, Grammy-nominated producer Zedd has been named the Emmys’ DJ and Emmy-nominated standup comic Sam Jay is set to emcee.
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Every year, an array of Oscar hopefuls arrives on the Lido, Venice’s beach resort island, to launch their bids for awards glory at the Venice International Film Festival. And every year there are triumphs and setbacks, glorious bursts of Academy-friendly artistry and ambitious misfires. How does this year’s roster look now that the festival has mostly concluded? Let’s take a look, and for more from the Telluride Film Festival, which overlapped with Venice, check out my colleagues David Canfield and Rebecca Ford breaking it all down.
Cate and Brendan Sitting Pretty
An early stunner at this year’s festival was TÁR, a bruising and brilliant character study of a renowned conductor who’s careening toward a reckoning. Director Todd Field returns to the medium after 16 years away, looking all the more insightful and visionary for the time off. And he’s employed a singular star to give one of the year’s most breathtaking performances: Cate Blanchett has rarely been better than she is as a furious mind whose success has turned her into something like a monster. She’s mesmerizing and cruel, terribly human with a faint glimmer of the otherworldly hanging around her. It’s a major piece of work that we’d have to assume will be recognized by the Academy. (She’s likely the main competition for Everything Everywhere All at Once star Michelle Yeoh at the moment.) Will the rest of Field’s long and probing film find similar favor? That may be trickier, but at the moment TÁR is at the very least a worthy contender for recognition in screenplay, director, and picture (among other things).
As might be The Whale, from director Darren Aronofsky. I wasn’t a fan of this lurid melodrama, but I was somewhat in the minority at Venice. Audiences went wild for Brendan Fraser, acting under a lot of prosthetics and in some senses re-introducing himself to the world after some time spent in the career wilds. Fraser is a shoo-in for a best actor nomination—the bold and brash among us might even predict he’s already a lock to win. Gloomy and interior as The Whale is, it will have trouble competing with grander films like The Fabelmans or Babylon in best picture. And it will no doubt have to contend with pushback from viewers (and think piece writers) who have concerns about its perspective on matters of obesity. I agree with those early skeptics, though this kind of representational controversy rarely seems to register with Academy voters. Fraser remains very well-positioned after Venice. It would be nice to see his co-star, Hong Chau, get some traction, too; she’s the true soul of the film, to my mind.
Fellow Nominees
One of the more warmly received films at Venice this year was Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, which returns McDonagh to the small-town Ireland of many of his plays. It’s his sharpest, most achingly felt film to date, and features clever and textured performances by Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, who memorably starred together in McDonagh’s In Bruges. Neither venerable actor has been nominated for an Oscar before, but Banshees could change that for both of them. If only one can sneak in (Farrell would likely run in lead, Gleeson in supporting, so they’re not competing), I’d put my money on Farrell. Not just because he’s so good in the film, but because he has, since his sex-bomb bad boy early days, developed a fascinating body of work, veering from commercial to indie to somewhere in between with exploratory verve and good taste. He also seems well-liked in the industry, so maybe it is finally time he gets invited to its biggest party as an honored guest. Searchlight’s campaign for the film had an even better than hoped start in Venice, one that will likely pick up more steam in Toronto. A movie that is, in essence, quaint and small feels, all of a sudden, awfully big.
Give an Oscar to Her, You Bitch
It’s been decades since Sigourney Weaver last got an Oscar nomination, though she’s certainly done worthy stuff in the ensuing years. But there’s something particularly special about her killer supporting turn in Paul Schrader’s Master Gardener, a curious, lo-fi drama-thriller about the long process of uprooting racism in individuals and in communities. As the sly and domineering lady of an old plantation manor, one whose gardens are locally famous, Weaver is at her crackling best. She’s scary and the faintest bit pitiable, sexy and surprisingly vulnerable. Master Gardener is a great use of Weaver’s talents. Though the movie is not really the stuff of Oscar favor (Schrader has had trouble with that of late), Weaver stands out as an emblem of its Hollywood cachet. It would be fun to see her make a run at supporting actress, a mission that could be greatly helped by the release of Avatar 2, right smack dab in the middle of the season. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/what-the-venice-film-festival-might-tell-us-about-the-oscar-race | 2022-09-09T22:09:21Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/what-the-venice-film-festival-might-tell-us-about-the-oscar-race | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Warren J. Pittman, 33, from Spokane was sentenced to more than 23 years in prison for several felony charges on Tuesday.
Pittman was on the run since April 2021 and was arrested near the US - Mexico border in January 2022.
Pittman was found guilty on July 21, 2022, on five charges, which include the following:
- First-degree rape, using deadly weapon enhancements
- First-degree robbery, using deadly weapon enhancements
- First-degree kidnapping, using deadly weapon enhancements
- Second-degree charges for taking a motor vehicle without permission, using deadly weapon enhancements
- First-degree charges for criminal impersonation.
He must appear at the Washington Indeterminate Sentencing Review Board before he can be released. If released, he will be required to register as a sex offender for life.
Pittman had been on the run since April 2021 and was arrested in Texas on Jan. 21 on five felony charges.
According to a Spokane Valley Police Department (SVPD) press release, in April 2021, deputies responded to a possible kidnapping at a North Spokane gas station. When deputies arrived at the scene, they located the victim and Pittman.
According to the police report, Pittman revealed to the victim he had a gun in his waistband, and he made the victim believe he was an undercover cop. He told the victim he would protect her as she was in danger because people were out to get her.
The victim later told deputies in a follow-up interview she quickly realized Pittman was not a cop and she feared for her life.
According to the police report, deputies located two reported stolen semi-automatic handguns after conducting a search in some bushes next to the Shangri La Motel.
Pittman was initially booked into the Spokane County Jail for second-degree kidnapping and two counts of possession of a stolen firearm with a bond at $10,000, which he posted and was released two days later.
After an investigation by the Spokane Regional Safe Streets Task Force (SRSSTF), members continued the investigation, they re-contacted the victim who told investigators Pittman had sexually assaulted her.
SRSSTF investigators then located additional evidence to include Pittman’s car, which was seized pending a search warrant. Investigators contacted Pittman by making a phone call letting him know the car was ready to be picked up, but he answered he was out of the state and couldn’t pick it up, according to the report.
With the assistance of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Marshals Service located Pittman after issuing a national extradition warrant.
Pittman was arrested near the U.S. - Mexico border in Texas on Jan. 21, 2022, and extradited to Spokane County where he faced the charges.
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When Judge Aileen Cannon granted Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago by the FBI in August, blocking prosecutors from using those documents in their investigation until that review was complete, the legal community did not hold back in its assessment of the decision. “To any lawyer with serious federal criminal court experience who is being honest, this ruling is laughably bad, and the written justification is even flimsier,” Samuel Buell, a Duke University law professor, told The New York Times. Judge Cannon’s decision “was utterly lawless. She has disgraced her position as an Article III judge,” constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe tweeted. “This special master opinion is so bad it’s hard to know where to begin,” wrote former US acting solicitor general Neal Katyal. “Frankly, any of my first year law students would have written a better opinion.” (All of these criticisms were soon lent more weight by a Washington Post report on Monday that said “a document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities,” was among the materials seized.)
Cannon’s bizarre decision was largely based on the (very flawed) thinking that because some of Trump’s personal items were seized along with the large volume of classified material, the DOJ could no longer, for the time being, use said classified material in its criminal investigation. Which is a lot like someone saying a murder investigation couldn’t move forward because the police took one of the suspect’s favorite T-shirts, in addition to a knife with the victim’s blood on it, when they searched his house. Obviously, this logic makes zero sense, which is why the Department of Justice is giving Cannon a few days to come to her senses.
In a pair of court filings entered on Thursday, the DOJ asked the judge to reconsider her decision, writing that “uncertainty regarding the bounds of the Court’s order and its implications for the activities of the FBI has caused the Intelligence Community, in consultation with DOJ, to pause temporarily this critically important work.” In her special master ruling, Cannon did allow the continuation of a probe being conducted by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to assess the damage done to national security as a result of classified documents being held at Mar-a-Lago. Arguing that the intelligence assessment was “inextricably linked” with the FBI’s criminal investigation, lawyers for the DOJ requested that the judge allow prosecutors to resume use of the classified documents for their investigation, also asking that such documents be withheld from a special master. Both the public and the government, the department wrote, “are irreparably injured when a criminal investigation of matters involving risks to national security” is stopped or delayed. (It’s also worth noting that the DOJ did not take issue with allowing a special master to go through documents not marked classified.)
In its filing, the DOJ warned that it would attempt an appeal if Cannon did not agree to its requests by next Thursday. While some believe she might do so—which would allow her to avoid potentially having parts of her decision reversed on appeal—others are not sure. As “Politico Playbook” wrote on Friday:
Cannon was nominated to the federal bench by Trump in 2020, owing her lifetime appointment to him. So far that is working out extremely well for the ex-president.
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On Wednesday, Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania made three different campaign stops, each with a different means of thwarting local press. The first event was a luncheon from which the news media were barred entirely, Pittsburgh’s WTAE-TV reported. The second was a speech before a church gathering, where press were allowed to enter before Mastriano got there, “but there was no audio feed made available to clearly record in the ambient conditions of the spacious sanctuary,” according to Bob Mayo, a reporter with the local news station. And at the third event, in a parking lot where Mastriano said his “goal is to make Pennsylvania the Florida of the North,” a staffer told the news crew that “press has to stay outside of the ropes” and that it was up to Mastriano, who was at the time taking pictures with supporters, whether he’d take questions from reporters. They got their answer when Mastriano disappeared into a car waiting for him—“parked on the opposite side of the cordoned area from where the news media was kept at a distance,” Mayo wrote.
Similarly, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette noted this week how journalists at one event “were asked by campaign staff ‘not to engage with Doug or Rebbie,’” the candidate’s wife, and “were physically blocked by campaign members and supporters” during part of Mastriano’s speech. As the Philadelphia Inquirer put it Friday, “On the campaign trail with Mastriano, dissent is squelched. Questions are neither asked nor answered. Paranoia is rampant.”
Dodging press scrutiny isn’t exactly a new campaign strategy, though Mastriano, an election-denying state senator who was at the Capitol on January 6, seems to be pushing the limits of how far a gubernatorial candidate can go in freezing out journalists in the general election. In the Republican primary, Mastriano found success in icing out local and national media—rarely appearing even on Fox News, Axios notes—while turning to right-wing platforms and social-media livestreams. The Donald Trump acolyte is only digging in as Election Day nears, offering a test case for “whether a political movement nurtured in the hothouse of right-wing social media discontent will be unable or unwilling to transcend it,” the New York Times reports.
Mastriano isn’t the only GOP politician testing the strategy this cycle, as media-averse Republicans are increasingly shirking sit-down interviews, barring journalists from 2022 midterms events, and skipping debates—a dynamic that, as I wrote back in July, could upend how the next presidential election cycle is covered. But according to former Trump campaign and administration official Michael Caputo, Mastriano is the one to watch. “It is the best-executed and most radical ‘ghost the media’ strategy in this cycle,” the veteran GOP strategist told the Times, noting he’s not the only one waiting to see whether it’ll work in the general. “It’s never been done before. He’s on a spacewalk,” he said. “And the question we’re all asking is, does he make it back to the capsule?”
Facebook has been crucial to Mastriano’s rise. The state senator found an audience in March 2020 with his own version of “fireside chats,” the Times notes, livestreams in which he railed against Pennsylvania COVID protocols and took questions from those tuning in. His campaign continues to use Facebook to reach their base, posting multiple times a day and seeing engagement in the same league as those of his opponent, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, according to the Times. Contrary to Shapiro, Mastriano has done so without spending any money on digital ads on Facebook (or Instagram), and only $30,000 in Google ads, according to Axios. That’s unlikely to change anytime soon, Axios reports, as the Republican nominee has “so far reserved zero dollars in fall advertising spending.” Shapiro, on the other hand, “has already committed around $35 million to TV advertising, including a $16.9 million for the fall.” Recent polling averages show Shapiro holding onto his lead by about seven points, according to FiveThirtyEight.
Mastriano’s campaign also paid $5,000 in “consulting” fees to Gab. The candidate came under fire for his ties to the far-right social media platform and its founder, Andrew Torba, who has made antisemitic comments. “After days avoiding questions,” the Times reported in July, Mastriano said he rejected “antisemitism in any form.’’
The stakes could not be higher in Pennsylvania this November, with both democracy and abortion essentially on the ballot. Mastriano doubling down on his extreme anti-media stance is among the ways he’s only leaning further into the MAGA philosophy as he makes his pitch in the general, breaking with some GOP candidates who are “softening their rhetoric and scrubbing their campaign websites of hardline positions as the midterms get closer,” Axios writes. At the church event on Wednesday, Mastriano continued to defend a photograph from 2014—but recently reported for the first time—of him wearing a Confederate Army uniform in an Army War college faculty photo. “I'm not going to be intimidated by the left-wing media,” he said, according to WTAE, prompting cheers. "[I] occasionally wear a reenactor's uniform. 'God have mercy on his soul.' People on the other side are just so oppressive and tyrannical. So self-righteous. It's disgusting," Mastriano said. | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-governor-media | 2022-09-09T22:09:33Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-governor-media | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Marking a major win for reproductive rights activists, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a measure to protect abortion access would appear on the ballot this November. “We’re thrilled by this decision, which now allows voters to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade that Michiganders have had for the past 50 years,” said Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, a group that campaigns for progressive ballot initiatives. “Despite political games by members of the Board of State Canvassers who tried to silence the voices of hundreds of thousands of Michigan voters, direct democracy has thankfully prevailed.” The decision came just over a week after two Republicans on the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, in a stunning move, blocked the constitutional amendment from getting on the ballot.
Over the last several months, more than 750,000 Michiganders signed a petition in support of the ballot measure, easily surpassing the minimum requirement of 425,059 signatures. The Michigan Bureau of Elections estimated that roughly 596,000 were valid. However, two Republicans on the four-person board rejected the petition after the antiabortion group Citizens to Support MI Women and Children argued, per a report from the state’s bureau of elections, that there was “minimal spacing throughout the text of the constitutional amendment,” resulting in “series of words being condensed into long, nonsensical letter combinations.” The bureau’s report also noted how “Citizens argued that a petition cannot insert nonexistent words into the Constitution.”
In the Thursday ruling, Chief Justice Bridget McCormack castigated the two board members over what she suggested was bad faith reasoning. “Seven hundred fifty three thousand and seven hundred fifty nine Michiganders signed this proposal—more than have ever signed any proposal in Michigan’s history. The challengers have not produced a single signer who claims to have been confused by the limited-spacing sections in the full text portion of the proposal. Yet two members of the Board of State Canvassers would prevent the people of Michigan from voting on the proposal because they believe that the decreased spacing makes the text no longer ‘[t]he full text,’” she wrote. “They would disenfranchise millions of Michiganders not because they believe the many thousands of Michiganders who signed the proposal were confused by it, but because they think they have identified a technicality that allows them to do so, a game of gotcha gone very bad. What a sad marker of the times.”
If it passes in November, the constitutional amendment will guard the “individual right to reproductive freedom, including [the] right to make and carry out all decisions about pregnancy,” and “allow [the] state to prohibit abortion after fetal viability unless needed to protect a patient’s life or physical or mental health.” Additionally, it will “prohibit prosecution of an individual, or a person helping a pregnant individual, for exercising rights established by this amendment; and invalidate all state laws that conflict with this amendment.” Currently, abortion is legal in Michigan, with a state judge having blocked a 91-year-old law that bans nearly all abortions and leaves providers open to felony prosecution for performing abortions. But while the state’s Democratic attorney general, Dana Nessel, has said she would not enforce the law, the legal fight over the ban wages on.
Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, activists and advocates on both sides of the abortion debate have turned to ballot measures as a popular tool to shape state laws, with Michigan being just one of several states where voters will directly weigh in on the issue this fall. Vermont and California will have similar proabortion measures on the ballot in November, while voters in Montana and Kentucky will decide whether to approve antiabortion ballot measures backed by their GOP representatives. The decisive power of such measures was spotlighted earlier this summer when Kansans overwhelmingly voted against a constitutional amendment that would have allowed legislators to limit access to abortion, which is currently protected in the state.
“I think what we’re seeing right now is the Supreme Court is not reflecting the will of the majority of Americans. It is anti-majoritarian and it’s imposing its will on the entire country,” Falko Schilling, the advocacy director of the ACLU’s Vermont chapter, said. “If this decision is being kicked back to the states, we need to use every tool we can to stand up as a majority of Americans and say, ‘We are in favor of protecting reproductive rights.’” | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/michigan-supreme-court-abortion-ballot-measure | 2022-09-09T22:09:39Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/michigan-supreme-court-abortion-ballot-measure | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, expected to take place at Westminster Abbey in less than two weeks, will no doubt be attended by scores of current and former world leaders and dignitaries, though at the moment, it’s unclear which ones, exactly, will be there. One guy we can definitely mark down as a no? Russian president and bloodthirsty warlord Vladimir Putin.
Yes, on Friday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that while the Russian people “respect” the queen, who died on Thursday at the age of 96, Putin will definitely not be in attendance. Peskov did not say why, but it might be because his boss is busy waging a horrific war in Ukraine, which the British government has harshly condemned while providing the besieged nation with billions in military aid. Or maybe Putin doesn’t have enough AAdvantage miles to make the trip. Who’s to say? As Reuters notes, the queen was “a distant cousin of Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, who was murdered with his family by the Bolsheviks in 1918.” She visited Russia in 1994, and hosted Putin in 2003, “at a time when he was still seen as a potential partner by the West.” Of course, a lot of has changed since then, so it’s not clear whether the Russian president was actually invited to the funeral to begin with.
In any case, another person whose attendance remains an open question is Donald Trump. Though he reportedly kept the monarch waiting for tea during a state visit in 2018, an affair that threw the British tabloids in disarray, the ex-president is nevertheless a self-avowed royalist, presumably because he thinks he should be treated like a king himself. “She’s a spectacular woman, an incredible woman,” he said of the queen in a Fox News interview from 2019: Trump also claimed she had the time of her life when he was there, and suggested the two were attached at the hip. “We had a really great time. There are those that say they have never seen the queen have a better time, a more animated time,” Trump said. “We had a period where we were talking solid straight. I didn’t even know who the other people at the table were; I never spoke to them. We just had a great time.” During that interview, he did not address this:
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This year, more than 25% of New York Fashion Week’s official schedule features Black-owned brands. It’s a historic moment aided by organizations like the Black in Fashion Council and the Fifteen Percent Pledge , who aim to address systematic racism while providing space, opportunity, and resources for Black designers.
As the Council of Fashion Designers of America has grappled to address its lack of inclusivity in the last few years, we’ve seen increasing changes to NYFW ranging from digital innovation to newfound social consciousness and a new wave of recognition for Black designers. Although this representation is still meager in comparison to the ubiquitous influence of Black culture on fashion, it joins a group of other firsts in recent history.
In 2021, Dapper Dan became the first Black designer to be honored with the CFDA lifetime achievement award . In 2020 , Kerby Jean-Raymond of Pyer Moss was named menswear designer of the year, Telfar Clemens accessories designer of the year, and Christopher John Rogers emerging designer of the year—making it the first year three Black designers took home top awards.
This marks real progress toward critical acclaim reflective of the diverse talent that exists in the fashion sphere, but while change in the last few years has been swift, it comes after a lifetime of passion, a lineage of resilience, and an undying will to dream bigger for the creatives behind the brands.
So, I asked Black designers on the American Collections Calendar this season—NYFW veterans and newcomers alike—what it means to show at Fashion Week. Through their responses, one thing became clear: For those historically denied this kind of visibility, NYFW transcends fashion. “It’s important that you know as much about our history and where we come from and why we are doing this. I’m not just doing it for me and my mom, but also my grandmother, my great-grandmother. Had they had the same opportunity, this is likely what they would have done,” says Najla Burt of Dur Doux.
From a chance to be seen and heard, to an opportunity to reclaim community and redefine expectations, to a lesson in the process of becoming, and a step toward ancestral healing, read below as 21 designers reflect on this defining moment.
During every Fashion Week, I stand in the presentation space and I say to myself, “Self, you’re actually doing this.” As a designer who came up in the ranks as a staff designer for many established brands, showing my own collection during NYFW is absolutely a dream come true and my sense of awe and exuberance never diminishes. It is also very important to share this experience with my team, who I lovingly call my little tribe. To be a Black designer showing, to have an organically diverse team of BIPOC people, women, LGBTQIA+ folks, and our allies at my side, in the trenches, is an honor. My shows are always about love and beauty…and this season will be no different as we tell a story of earthbound angels rooted in nature and the elements. —Aaron Potts
The June79 journey has been an incredible one in relatively a short matter of time. We are leading the modern renaissance of menswear dressing and defining an undefined category in mens tailoring. NYFW is an important part of our journey. A few months after we launched, we showcased our first show as a part of Harlem’s Fashion Row style awards. With our roots in NY, being part of fashion week is special to us and allows us to showcase our vision where we call home. For SS23, we were inspired by the Renaissance era and how it changed the views of many in art and architecture. The evolution of this mindset applied to men’s tailored clothing is what you can expect for this season’s vibe. —Shawn Pean
I have spent the past several years pouring all the time, energy, and resources I could leverage into building my brand from the ground up. So many designers of color, especially those of us who are both Black and women, share this same story: doing what we must to keep our brands alive without a roadmap or funding safety net. The first half of 2022 has been challenging, but I have been able to sustain because of community. When words have seemed too inadequate, I have found a lifeline in creating. Every moment of weariness, panic, conviction, love, and connection has helped give life to my forthcoming collection. I am grateful for the unprecedented exposure that showing in the official New York Fashion Week schedule as part of the American Collections Calendar will once again give my growing brand. It is a privilege to have this platform, and I am committed to using it to tell stories about race, culture, and resolve. And I am honored to be part of the movement helping to elevate the beauty and brilliance of Black design and culture on the global stage. This season’s presentation will be a digital visualization of the human heart and mind. Through fashion, dance, and spoken word, the collection will explore the complexities of how we create and persevere, with equal parts of joy and pain. Viewers can expect to see unexpected pairings and wearable, seasonless pieces with warm neutrals and bold splashes of color. Some archival favorites will also be making a return. —Junny Ann Hibbert
I am a big fan of reinvention and taking things out of context, and that’s exactly what the Puma show is about. Puma has been a leader in sport for the last 75 years and this show is an opportunity to present a new, fresh perspective. For me, reimagining the relationship between style and sport, on-schedule, at home in New York, during a season that feels dynamic, is really exciting—it means a lot. I’ve always believed that sportswear is a pillar of American culture and my career has been built on elevating streetwear and sportswear to new sartorial heights, so for the show, I wanted to create a lifestyle moment. The show will tell a visual story of how “Life Is a Sport” through past, present, and future. —June Ambrose
Stepping into our fifth participation in NYFW, we take our position as leaders in this space very seriously, with a tremendous amount of respect and responsibility. We look forward to continuing to contribute to the collective creative and intellectual work. —Kenneth Nicholson
We would describe our journey as designers and founders as beautiful chaos. Operating a self-funded luxury accessories design label is no easy feat. Navigating the experience from inception to this moment has been rooted in the process of “becoming”—exploring, experimenting, discovering, failing, succeeding, and so much more. Presently, we feel grounded. We’ve become more decisive in the way we create and have a clear understanding of our roots and purpose, so our inaugural NYFW showcase timing truly feels divine. Our presentation will be an immersive experience, featuring a shoppable drop and an experimental showcasing of our latest Heritage collection. —Moya Annece and Ashley Cimone
Kimberly Goldson is celebrating 10 years this year. We are excited to show at NYFW and have the world see the culmination of a decade of Brooklyn-born, sister-crafted, luxury-driven excellence on display. —Shelly Powell and Kimberly Goldson
It’s very significant for us this season to not only be part of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund but to have our first live event be on the calendar. I will be letting people into my colorful world and looking forward to seeing all the amazing collections this season as well. —Jacques Agbobly
It means everything to me to show at NYFW each season. Reflecting back on my journey is something I do, although I don’t tend to do it often. When you are consistently working from season to season, you forget to look back at everything you have achieved. When I do take a moment to look back, I feel very proud of what we have achieved. I have definitely surpassed the expectations I had for myself when I was younger and continue to do so each season. —LaQuan Smith
Although the path has been arduous, through much hard work, we are fortunate that we will now be going into our third year showing at NYFW. We are proud to be part of a new generation of designers that are sharing diversity in style and message. Our focus continues to “celebrate inclusivity,” both within our designs for spring 2023 and in our message to the world. We are filled with excitement for what’s to come and for what NYFW will look like in the future! —Najla Burt and Cynthia Burt
Not only is it truly incredible to see such a historic number of Black designers being given the opportunity to show during NYFW and tell their story, but it’s also an especially personal season for me as I designed my spring ’23 collection to be an homage to my Guyanese roots. As a first-generation Guyanese American, I realized that understanding where I am today—as a human, a daughter, a designer, an artist—and what my future may hold, required a deeper exploration of not just my own past but also my heritage and the generations that came before me. So I built the SS23 line around an expressive print story—gestural palm prints, multihued brushstrokes, watercolor strokes—that were inspired both from the Guyana that I know and love today and from the photographs and memories of its past. By exploring my history and my heritage, where I’m from, and where I’ve been, this collection presents a fuller understanding of my future as an artist and of the brand. —Marrisa Wilson
It means a dream fulfilled. It’s an honor to walk in the footsteps of such great American icons, most of whom did not look like me. To know that, now, some young Black boy can see me and believe in himself is the reward. We are taking you to the Glam Slam this season, I can’t wait for you to enter this world we are creating. —Sergio Hudson
I launched two years prior to COVID shutdown and then spent the next two years basically trying to maintain my brand identity. Through the cultural awakening that happened simultaneous to the pandemic, it’s exciting to emerge in a post-COVID world and be part of the new face of American fashion that is more culturally diverse than ever. This Fashion Week, I am looking to the blossoming future both in physical space and the metaverse. —Frederick Anderson
david warren images Being invited to show at NYFW allows me an opportunity to feel seen and heard. As a BIPOC CEO and founder, my success opens doors for many others trying to break through in the fashion world, and this visibility ties into SO.TY’s core mission to create a movement for BIPOC designers to be leaders in sustainable luxury fashion. SO.TY will be redefining sustainability and circularity through our debut line at NYFW. We want to show that style and sustainability go hand in hand. —Neil Montgomery
It means it is bigger than us. We have been witnessing history unfold over these past years. Ourselves and our peers have been putting in the work for a long time and we have contributed and built community and stayed focused on the greater mission. I have seen so many people, professionals, brands support each other and open doors and sacrifice and share and build. I know that we are creating this. I know that we are agents of change. I know that we are living and manifesting the dreams of our ancestors. It is an honor as always to be on the calendar, but it’s even more of an honor knowing that we are all in this together and that includes all the people at the CFDA, NYFW, IMG, Vogue, Harlem’s Fashion Row and Icon360, Designer Hub and Bethann Hardison, the Fifteen Percent Pledge, In the BLK, the Black in Fashion Council, and all the many, many professionals (models, hair, makeup, dressers, movers, lighting, production, designers, manufacturers, stylists, editors, photographers, videographers, artists, architects, etc.) across the board that work so hard to make Fashion Week happen, and who work hard to keep the industry growing throughout the year. I am so glad everyone is getting their chance to shine and I can only hope that more and more people will continue to rise and have their work seen and have their opportunities based on the quality, creativity, and professionalism of their work. We are thankful and we are grateful as designers to witness this and to be a part of a positive change movement forward. It also allows us as always to do our part and create space for many others as we only rise as a society when we all rise together. —Abrima Erwiah
The privilege of being a brand that is a vocabulary, a language women use to express themselves, their singularity, or strength, is an enormous honor. I am encouraged, and it is the most humbling experience for me to be trusted and chosen to do what I love most—creating for and with women. There are hurdles, obstacles, and difficulties, but it all fades next to the pure joy of communion in every moment of crafting, nurturing, draping, or highlighting the diverse and rich facets of women. Being part of New York Fashion Week is an amazing opportunity and perhaps the greatest platform to share with the world my vision. —Omar Salam
It is always exciting to show during NYFW. My first show was in 1998 after I was appointed the design and creative director of the iconic American brand Halston. I had only six weeks to design and show the collection. The stakes were high! Fashion can be insular, so everyone was watching to see if a young Black designer from California was up to the task. I nailed it with a stellar front row cheering me on; André Leon Talley (Vogue), Anna Wintour (Vogue), Liz Tilberis (Harper’s Bazaar) and other major publications. The presidents of Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus were at the showroom the following morning at 8 a.m. to write the collection! This season is inspired by a recent trip to Todos Santos, Mexico. The collection has whimsical prints and fluid silhouettes in hot house colors. —Kevan Hall
Reflecting on my journey to this moment in time, I have a front-room seat on how visibility is paramount. People that look like me can continue to see themselves in rooms, on stage, red carpets, and in spaces such as New York Fashion Week. —Edvin Thompson
Just seeing where we began, cutting down fabric in my apartment in New York, to now having a storefront and showing at NYFW: It really shows you what betting on yourself and your vision gets you. Believe in you, breathe life into yourself. There are so many people betting against you, you gotta level them out. We believe in what we have going on at Todd Patrick and I’m thankful to be able to show a piece of that with the world for NYFW. —Desyree Thomas
Being home and being able to have our hometown community have the first look at our new creations is a feeling that’s next to none. The energy we get from New York City is surreal. It always feels like we’re in the middle of history, especially with the emphasis on Black art lately, but to be a part of that is a privilege that we’ll never take for granted. The plan is to take the conversation to another level this season with extra emphasis on our womenswear, new silhouettes for women’s denim, and our cut and sew portfolio overall. — Téla D’Amore and Ev Bravado
Showing at New York Fashion Week, for me, is essential to the brand and my community. It’s a chance to immerse my audience and my customers into my world and my mind for those 30 minutes and give them the full Tia Adeola experience from the apparel to the production, sound, and glam. I’m a lot older now, I’m 25. This collection is coming from the eyes of a more knowledgeable Tia with new experiences and stories to be told through garments. —Tia Adeola | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/21-black-designers-on-what-it-means-to-show-at-nyfw-this-season | 2022-09-09T22:09:51Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/21-black-designers-on-what-it-means-to-show-at-nyfw-this-season | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A group of Prairie Village residents — including multiple former members of the city council — on Tuesday again packed city hall to voice concerns about a series of recommendations made by city’s ad hoc housing committee. But city officials contend that much of the opposition is based on misinformation and are working to communicate to residents what, exactly, the recommendations would entail if enacted.
City housing webpage: City staff last week launched a new webpage about the housing policy recommendations in response to an onslaught of emails they’re received related to “discussion and misinformation” about the proposed housing policy changes.
The webpage includes frequently asked questions, a housing policy primer and outlines steps needed to rezone a property. It states the city is not considering rezoning any areas, but that the housing committee recommendations do include updates to zoning standards.
Additionally, it reminds the public that no updates to the zoning ordinance are concrete at this time — but will be discussed over the next several months.
These potential updates include considering revising accessory dwelling unit standards in R-1 districts and duplex standards in R-2 districts, according to the FAQ portion of the website.
The FAQ portion also outlines two goals of the housing recommendations: To diversify the city’s housing stock and “maintain the integrity of Prairie Village neighborhoods.”
Opponents voice concerns with proposed changes
Nearly 40 residents spoke at the Sept. 6 city council meeting and all but a few of the comments were in opposition to the ad hoc group’s recommendations.
Several residents, like Todd Bleakley, said they are concerned about what will happen to single family housing because the recommendations include updates for what would be allowed in R1-A and R1-B-zoned lots, which currently accommodate the city’s single family housing stock.
Lori Sharp and others asked the city council to remove the proposed changes to the R1-A and R1-B districts, the single family housing zoning districts, from the recommendations.
Others like Jean Taylor said they do not want to see the domino effect density brings, such as increased traffic, congested parking, overcrowded schools and other issues that will “degrade the integrity” of Prairie Village.
Only a few residents, including Daniel Terreros and Lauren Martin, told the city council they support the ad hoc housing committee recommendations.
While almost all of the residents noted their opposition to the recommendations, many like Randy Hartman said they are concerned with current city leadership and a lack of transparency.
A few former Prairie Village councilmembers like Jori Nelson, Sheila Myers and Brooke Morehead have been outspoken against the housing recommendations.
There are five total former city councilmembers who “adamantly oppose any rezoning in our single family neighborhoods” and who are working with residents across the city, Nelson told the Post via text.
Nelson told the Post these councilmembers “oppose taking away residents’ due process rights” and said “the constant mixed messaging from” city officials is “concerning.”
Echoing residents public comments, Nelson called for the removal of single family housing from any recommendations.
Nelson frequently posts on Nextdoor, a neighborhood website, encouraging residents to remain engaged and questioning city-issued information about the housing recommendations.
Additionally, Nelson is active in the Stop Neighborhood Rezoning PV Kansas Facebook group.
Nelson, Myers and Morehead have spoken to the city council about their concerns, as well.
Myers suggested at the Sept. 6 meeting that the mayor and city council target their own blocks for implementation of the recommendations.
Additionally, Myers said she’s “disheartened” by the governing body’s attitude when speaking to residents about their concerns with the recommendations.
“I’m disheartened by the recalcitrant attitude and frustration expressed by the mayor and councilmembers addressing residents’ questions and concerns,” Myers said at the Sept. 6 city council meeting. “I’m disturbed by the city officials’ efforts to distort and misrepresent their own statements.”
How we got here
The Prairie Village City Council unanimously approved three recommendations from the ad hoc housing committee, which was charged with developing recommendations on how to expand the landlocked city’s housing stock.
Dozens of residents showed up to the July 18 meeting misinformed about a citywide rezoning, which was not on the agenda.
Still, about 25 residents told the city council they are concerned about the housing recommendations and what it means for the future of the city.
The Post reached out to the email associated with Prairie Village Residents United Against Rezoning, the group that sent out an email to other residents and is listed on some Nextdoor posts, but did not hear back.
The planning commission will begin discussions of the ad hoc housing recommendations — and start to develop its own recommendations — at its Sept. 13 meeting, according to the city’s website.
Planning commission will send its housing policy recommendations to the city council for consideration in late September or early October.
Depending on the city council’s direction, “staff will review and prepare formal recommendations on any specific updates to the zoning regulations” in early 2023, according to the website.
Public hearings held by the planning commission and subsequent recommendations to the city council are anticipated for late winter or early spring 2023.
Final decisions on any specific ordinance changes are anticipated to come to the city council in spring 2023.
This story was originally published on the Shawnee Mission Post. | https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2022-09-09/a-proposal-to-help-with-housing-in-prairie-village-is-drawing-vocal-critics-and-misinformation | 2022-09-09T22:09:54Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2022-09-09/a-proposal-to-help-with-housing-in-prairie-village-is-drawing-vocal-critics-and-misinformation | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
When Eric Adams walked into a room of designers, editors, and models on Thursday night, he had a backlog of material to work with as far as setting the stage for an imminent New York Fashion Week. The self-described nightlife mayor, in the nine months since he took office, has placed his own after-hours pursuits at the center of his account of how the city should carry itself—a civic brand ambassador. It’s an approach to balancing work and life familiar to many in the fashion world, with its role as both cultural and economic driver, especially around September. As he delivered his remarks at the cocktail party he was hosting to kick off the week to come, Adams pulled from some of his trademarks.
“New York is as cool as can be right now,” Adams told the crowd, “in Gracie Mansion with this room full of folks with swag.”
The audience at the event, cohosted at the mayor’s official residence with Condé Nast chief content officer and Vogue global editorial director Anna Wintour and Council of Fashion Designers of America CEO Steven Kolb, offered a politely enthusiastic laugh. In this corner of the city, where Tommy Hilfiger and Thom Browne had gathered with Emily Ratajkowski and Tara Subkoff, Adams’s invocation of charisma and aura seemed to be taken well enough.
The broader reaction hasn’t always been so uniform. As his administration has progressed, the list of on-the-town Adams sightings, by now a regular tabloid and social media target,has grown steadily longer: with French Montana, with Cara Delevingne, with assorted Real Housewives players, with the D’Amelio sisters, or else in Los Angeles with Paris Hilton, Kate Hudson, Rich Paul, and Casey Affleck. The private social club Zero Bond, which opened in 2020, has become intertwined with the mayor’s regular visits there. Adams appointed its founder Scott Sartiano to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s board.
Adams’s nightlife has landed, finally, somewhere between meme and legitimate political issue. The New York Times recently published a front-page story that focused on the mechanics and finances of Adams’s regular evenings at the restaurant Osteria La Baia, which is run by two friends, the brothers Robert and Zhan Petrosyants, who pleaded guilty to felony charges in 2014 after federal prosecutors accused them of money laundering. (A spokesman for the mayor told the paper that Adams conducts business and personal meetings at the restaurant and that he personally pays his tab there monthly.) That report came a couple of months after a commonly cited Spectrum News/Siena College poll this summer showed that, amid myriad pandemic recovery issues, 56% of residents said their city is headed in the wrong direction.
During a brief interview ahead of his remarks on Thursday, Adams said in Gracie Mansion’s dining room that he wasn’t feeling any heat. “I’m not going to listen to the noise,” he insisted. “I know I have to focus on the entire city. People miss that at 11 pm, when I leave that establishment, I’m going into the subway system.”
“No one can ever complain that Eric is not up at 5 am pushing forward with the city,” the mayor went on. “You have to say to yourself, ‘I know this guy has a chiplet because he can’t be doing this.’”
When it came to matters of fashion—he arrived at the Met Gala in May with a tuxedo reading “End Gun Violence” on the back—Adams struck a softer tone. “I like to believe I’m a throwback from the ’50s,” he said with a smile. “How you look really handles your mood. Many people don’t believe that.”
After his remarks, Adams chatted with Tory Burch. Ratajkowski formed a circle across the room with the designers Connor McKnight and Batsheva Hay. More than a handful of attendees had been to Bill de Blasio’s 2014 Fashion Week kickoff party, and there’s precedent for the mayoral-fashion alliance. During Michael Bloomberg’s short-lived 2020 presidential campaign, Diane von Furstenberg described him to me as “an extraordinary executive who really knows how to solve problems, who would surround himself well.” But some ramped-up boosterism might come as especially welcome as the fashion industry continues to navigate its own pandemic-related retail hurdles.
In his remarks introducing Adams, Carolina Herrera creative director Wes Gordon recalled how he grew up in Atlanta thinking of New York fashion as “Seventh Avenue, Barneys, Bergdorf’s, Vogue, Saks, Bryant Park, a cinematic version of my fashion-outsider dreams.” The obstacles were there, he said, but they were the old ones: “We all know that this is an industry full of challenges. But it is thanks to programs like this and the work of the CFDA, the young designer is reminded that they are not in it alone.” Gordon noted how meaningful the support of Wintour and von Furstenberg, standing a few feet from him, had been.
When Adams took the podium a few minutes later, he broke into a reflection on what he saw as the power of fashion. “You see your business as just fashion,” he said. “I see something else. I see that wedding dress you designed as that person starts out his or her life. I see that tie, when someone goes to an interview, that because you designed it so correctly, that they were able to nail it and felt good about themselves. I see it when we go out to women who are the victim of domestic violence, and take them…so they can have clothing to dress themselves—when we go to a homeless shelter where young people did not have clothing to make it from day to day, embarrassed to go to school because they did not have a change of clothing, that some of you donate and dedicate the items.”
As he picked up steam, he returned to a more joyous mode. “You grace Gracie Mansion with your presence,” he told the crowd.
The attendees recording the speech on their phones gave a light round of whoos. (“That was cute,” one guest remarked.)
“People thought the city was a 9-to-5 city, it was just a flannel-suit city,” Adams continued. “Then all of a sudden January 2022 comes about and a mayor comes in and says he’s a nightlife mayor.” Times having changed, he ended his speech with a promise: He’d be back to hold this event every year. | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/eric-adamss-247-idea-of-nyc-goes-to-fashion-week | 2022-09-09T22:09:57Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/eric-adamss-247-idea-of-nyc-goes-to-fashion-week | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After more than two years of investigation, the Department of Justice announced Friday it would not file federal civil rights charges against the Overland Park police officer who shot and killed 17-year-old John Albers in his driveway as the teen was backing out of his garage.
While the DOJ declined to charge former police officer Clayton Jenison, it was critical of how he handled the situation.
"The department’s decision that it could not bring charges against the officer who killed John Albers does not alter the fact that his loss was an unnecessary tragedy, and should not be read as anything more than a determination that the department cannot prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, every element of the federal criminal statute, to include willfulness," the statement said.
Police were dispatched to the Albers' home on Jan. 20, 2018, after receiving a report that Albers, who was alone at home, was suicidal.
Shortly after they arrived, a minivan began backing out of the garage. Jenison fired twice at the vehicle and then, after it made a U-turn, fired 11 more times. Six of the bullets hit Albers, who was driving the vehicle, killing him.
The ordeal and frustration with investigators started from the minute the Albers family pulled up to their house and discovered police swarming the block.
At first, Albers' father, Steve Albers, thought his son had killed himself. But then, he later told the Washington Post, an officer on the scene said they were waiting for the Johnson County Officer Involved Shooting Investigation Team (OISIT.)
“That was the first time anybody mentioned a gun,” Steve Albers told the Post.
It took the OISIT team and Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe just six days to clear Jenison of wrongdoing.
Over the next two years, more detail would emerge after KSHB-TV and The Kansas City Star filed lawsuits seeking records related to the incident. The records revealed a controversial $70,000 severance package Overland Park had negotiated with Clayton Jenison and details of the complete OISIT investigation.
Meanwhile, the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division and the local office of the FBI issued at least a dozen subpoenas for the records as well as hours of video and audio recordings.
The DOJ decision comes on the heels of an investigation into the shooting by the Washington Post.
The nearly 20-minute long video produced by the Post highlights flaws in the police investigation following the shooting.
In its statement, the Justice Department said its criminal investigation found "no substantial evidence inconsistent" with the finding of a federal court in Kansas that a reasonable jury could find that Jenison had used unreasonable force. But it said there was insufficient evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that Jenison "willfully committed a violation of the federal criminal civil rights statute."
"Specifically," the statement said, "the evidence does not clear the high bar that the Supreme Court has set for meeting this standard, and the department has therefore closed its investigation into this matter."
In 2019, Overland Park settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Sheila Albers for $2.3 million.
Reacting to the Justice Department's decision not to bring charges, Sheila Albers on Friday said it "was not the outcome we envisioned while seeking justice for John."
"However, we cannot ignore the underlying theme of the DOJ’s statement: local officials failed in their investigation, failed to bring viable state charges, and ignored the fact that a jury could definitely find that the officer used unreasonable force," she said.
She added that she was grateful to the Justice Department and FBI for conducting what she termed a "thorough and impartial review."
"It is up to our local city and county leaders to overhaul the Officer Involved Shooting Investigation Team process to make it impartial, thorough, transparent, and accountable to the entire community — attributes that do not define the current policy," Albers said.
In a statement Friday, Overland Park said it and the police department had "fully cooperated" with the Justice Department's investigation and was "appreciative" that the FBI and Justice Department had investigated and reviewed the matter.
"The Overland Park Police Department strives to de-escalate and prevent the need for use of force whenever possible," it said. "This situation was tragic, and we at the City continue to keep the Albers family in our thoughts."
Stephen McAllister, who was the U.S. Attorney for Kansas when John Albers was shot, told the Washington Post on Friday that he disagreed with the outcome of the Justice Department's investigation.
"If it were up to me as U.S. Attorney, I would push hard to charge it and let a jury decide," McAllister, who now teaches at the University of Kansas School of Law, told the Post. "… I also think there’s strong consensus at least at the federal side, that there is more than enough evidence to charge [Jenison] with reckless homicide. So the state authorities were wrong to decline the charges.” | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-09-09/justice-department-declines-to-file-civil-rights-charges-against-overland-park-officer-who-fatally-shot-teen | 2022-09-09T22:10:00Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-09-09/justice-department-declines-to-file-civil-rights-charges-against-overland-park-officer-who-fatally-shot-teen | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Grace Jones, dressed in a cotton-print robe with black eyeliner in hand, has a request about the air-conditioning. “Can that come down just a tiny bit? It’s blowing in my eye, and I can see it’s starting to cry already,” she says, more cajole than command. This is a woman who occupies a microclimate of her own—supremely cool, eternally hot—and she doesn’t need a jet stream disturbing her slow-fade cat eye in the making. It’s Wednesday evening, on the cusp of New York Fashion Week, and Jones is camped out in the green room of the Public Hotel’s lower-level event space, a ten-minute walk from her late friend Keith Haring’s former studio. Soon, the first guests to the Boy Smells launch party will make their way down a staircase lined with the new Grace candles, the scent simulating a rainy Jamaican landscape. “I’m sorry—we are making up at the same time,” Jones says of the necessary multitasking, as if this weren’t the beauty tutorial to end them all.
For Boy Smells, a six-year-old fragrance brand that rallies behind the term genderful (as opposed to the neutered genderless), Jones is a surreally perfect partner. In her half-century in the public eye—lighting up catwalks and gay clubs and sold-out concert venues, creating culture-defining images with the likes of Antonio Lopez, Andy Warhol, and Jean-Paul Goude—the musician has defied the usual constraints. Geometric haircuts and high-beam blush have proved her fluency in, and disregard for, masculine and feminine codes. Stage costumes (she is slated to perform in Seattle, Oakland, and Los Angeles later this month) lay bare her gleeful celebration of skin, never mind the matter of age. “She’s so unapologetically and ruthlessly authentic to herself and just doesn’t give a fuck,” Boy Smells cofounder Matthew Herman says, under the lilac-tinged glow of a disco ball. “And that’s a big part of queerism.”
Even with all the projects that have floated Jones’s way—she has turned down makeup opportunities, and, famously, Lady Gaga—it was Boy Smells’s perspective that clicked. In an early conversation with Jones, Herman pulled out a musical analogy to explain the layered construction of modern perfumery. “I was like, ‘Top notes are treble, and base notes are bass.’” She cooed in response, “I have no idea what you’re talking about, baby.” Working with an icon means speaking her language: ’80s leather Alaia, marine notes from the Caribbean, the old-world opulence of a once-beloved Norman Norell scent. “Every time I wore this perfume when I was filming, I would be asked to come and look behind the camera,” Jones tells me. No one else was being summoned; was it the fragrance? That’s why her character, Helen Strangé, is so outrageously delicious in 1992’s Boomerang: The fictional model—who demands that her celebrity perfume capture the “essence of sex,” offering her freshly removed underwear as inspiration and tossing out possible names like Love Puss and Afterbirth—was written as a camp homage to Jones.
The new candle, Grace, conveys that sensuality entwined with place, as translated by perfumer Jérôme Epinette. “He kept dipping into my brain to provoke what smells I remember,” Jones says. “After it rains in Jamaica, there’s a smell that is just so, ah! It just brings everything back from my childhood.” Alongside that wet-stone accord (a hard-to-pinpoint phenomenon known as petrichor), there are musky notes that evoke salt on skin. I tell Jones I’ve just finished reading a forthcoming book on butts—a subject that brings to mind her song, “Pull Up to the Bumper,” off the 1981 album Nightclubbing. “Who doesn’t like a nice ass?” she reasons, as she sweeps burnt red eye shadow across her lids. “I mean, a nice dick to go with it is also good.” (A limousine is in fact what pulls up in her lyrics.) “Pussy is also pretty,” she adds, in a genderful spirit. “I think God was an artist, if you want to put it that way.”
Whence this exuberant, full-bodied liberation? Jones grew up in a strict religious household in Spanish Town, Jamaica, as she recounts in the subversively titled I’ll Never Write My Memoirs. The hula hoop offered a playful release (it memorably accompanied her onstage in 2012 for the queen’s Diamond Jubilee); on the punishing end, her siblings at times had to root through foliage to choose their own switch. At age 12 Jones rejoined her parents in Syracuse, New York, where life as a pastor’s daughter imposed a morally high standard. What sparked the turn toward becoming practically a nudist, as she has put it? “Hippie acid love—that was it,” Jones tells me. “And I went all the way in, 110%.” She recalls one surprise birthday in Los Angeles, with a crowd that included Timothy Leary, Sarah Douglas, and her then-boyfriend Sven-Ole Thorsen. “It was like a Last Supper kind of table,” she says of the tequila-fueled outing to a Grace Jones drag show. The Boy Smells party would have its own tribute an hour later, with Symone of RuPaul’s Drag Race performing “Slave to the Rhythm.” When a cultural icon is so known to straddle the masculine-feminine space, is the word drag even necessary?
Above all, Jones is most dismissive about the constraints around age. “This society dwells too much on that,” she chides. “It becomes like a brainwashing for people.” Her voice slips into the register of a pharma ad on network TV: “If you’re over this [age], you should call your doctor and ask for that.” Numbers aside, what is the qualitative experience of being Grace Jones right now? “My body feels—I mean, I became a helicopter not that long ago,” she says obliquely. “If that makes any sense to you. It makes sense to me.” She gives a wide smile familiar to anyone who grew up on the canon of Goude images. Under her headscarf, she explains, are a set of long locs, grown out over the pandemic. During a recent birthday in Jamaica, “I danced and literally became a helicopter.” Jones exists in space, outside the chronological plane. But if pressed, she adds, “I just say I’m 5,000 years old.”
It’s true that she’s lived a totemic life, with a cast of equally singular characters. In 1979, Warhol and Debbie Harry threw her a disco baby shower at Manhattan’s Paradise Garage; later this month, she’ll be back in body paint, a continuation of the collaboration with Haring, who was “like a godfather to my son.” Echoes of her paradigm-shifting Goude images have turned up in internet-breaking ways. There’s the recent Renaissance moment too, with Jones’s cameo on the track “Move,” alongside Tems. “I know Beyoncé from many years ago, so it’s coming from a church place,” Jones says, mentioning her brother who’s a bishop in L.A. This wasn’t a case of magnified star power. “It was like, ‘Will you bless me with your voice on this?’ She’s a beautiful person, a beautiful talent.”
By now, Jones has nearly completed the two-tone wing extending to her temples—a look that transforms her from undercover helicopter to full-throttled hot rod. The makeup artist at her side has been passing along palettes and brushes; Jones describes the process as a collaboration, but her know-how is baked in, dating to her days working with artist Antonio Lopez. “We basically had to do our own makeup, me and Jerry Hall. We were like two peas in the pod.” It's about time for her to slip into the evening’s look: a trompe-l’oeil Gautier dress, capped off by a feather-duster headpiece. Just before I slip out, I hear Jones’s voice call out, more command than cajole: “Let’s see that butt!” I tip my blousy The Row pants in her direction, and she laughs. “Okay!” | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/grace-jones-boy-smells-candle-interview | 2022-09-09T22:10:03Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/grace-jones-boy-smells-candle-interview | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Based in New York, trumpet player Terell Stafford is recognized as an incredibly gifted and versatile player. Listeners describe his sound as a combination of deep love and melody, with its own brand of spirited and adventurous lyricism.
And Stafford has a connection to many Kansas City musicians. His playing with saxophonist Bobby Watson dates back to the early 1990s, and Stafford credits Watson for being one of the reasons his career has taken off.
"Bobby had so much patience with me and everyone in the band, and it was like, unexplainable," Stafford said. "I went to college for four years, and I appreciate everything I learned in college, but the real learning happened with Bobby Watson."
- Terell Stafford, jazz trumpeter
Terell Stafford at the Adam Larson Band will perform at the Prairie Village Jazz Festival at 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10 at Harmon Park, West 77th Place and Delmar Street, Prairie Village, Kansas 66208. | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-09-09/jazz-fans-rejoice-terell-stafford-returns-to-kansas-city-to-play-with-local-legends | 2022-09-09T22:10:06Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-09-09/jazz-fans-rejoice-terell-stafford-returns-to-kansas-city-to-play-with-local-legends | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
One of our indelible rights as beings on this fecund little sphere hurtling through time is the right to not tweet. For Americans, it’s maybe even more important than the freedom of speech. Some of us exercise that right daily, and are better for it. Jeff Bezos didn’t respect his own right to not tweet on Thursday, the day that Queen Elizabeth II died. He, the sometime wealthiest man on this provincial blue dot chose to tweet. He tweeted even though no one made him. They can’t make him! He’s Jeff Bezos! And yet!
Some backstory: Bezos’s tweet followed someone else exercising their own right not to tweet in the wake of a well-known person’s death in a real swing-for-the-fences kind of way. In a missive that has since been taken down because it “violated the Twitter Rules,” Uju Anya, a linguistics professor at Carnegie Mellon University, wrote, “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating.”
The professor added in a follow-up tweet:
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Anya’s tweet went viral Thursday, somewhat predictably given the otherwise ultra-solemn tone in the general media sphere. It was catnip for many on the right—who took a day off from their free-speech pearl clutching. Anya’s employer issued a statement distancing itself from her words. “We do not condone the offensive and objectionable messages posted by Uju Anya [Thursday] on her personal social media account,” the statement read. “Free expression is core to the mission of higher education, however, the views she shared absolutely do not represent the values of the institution, nor the standards of discourse we seek to foster.”
Somewhere along the way, Bezos quote-tweeted Anya with his own add to his roughly 5 million followers: “This is someone supposedly working to make the world better? I don’t think so. Wow.” You hate to see a man who didn’t have to do anything in this situation do something. Anya doubled down: “Otoro gba gbue gi,” she wrote to Bezos, which roughly translates from Igbo into a curse about dying from diarrhea. “May everyone you and your merciless greed have harmed in this world remember you as fondly as I remember my colonizers.”
Meanwhile, while all this was playing out, news was circulating that Bezos’s ex-wife, Mackenzie Scott, donated a couple Beverly Hills properties worth an estimated $55 million to the California Community Foundation. What I think is so extraordinary, what’s really amazing about it all, is that Scott did it without tweeting once. | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/jeff-bezos-tweeted-queens-death | 2022-09-09T22:10:09Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/jeff-bezos-tweeted-queens-death | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Here are two words destined to spark lots of conversation: “race” and “sports.” A two-day virtual symposium Friday and Saturday sponsored by the UMKC School of Law and Athletics focuses on a series of issues connected to those words.
Among them, the hiring of coaches of color, lack of representation in the medical industry and the connection between name-image-and likeness deals and race.
Dr. Margaret Gibson, UMKC's head team physician, will talk about the intersection of race and gender and how it affects the mental health of professional collegiate athletes.
"I think having diversity in the coaches and the staff and the health care professionals really helps students feel more willing to share," Gibson said. "Someone with similar cultural backgrounds may have a better understanding of where they're coming from to understand some of the stressors and things that can cause a lot of depression and anxiety on these college athletes."
Diversifying staff is only part of the problem. Dr. Bridgette Jones, associate professor of pediatrics at UMKC and physician at Children’s Mercy Hospital. said a lack of representation has a direct impact on patients.
"It's important to have someone that can understand, you know, your life from a holistic perspective," Jones said. "So, you know, not just being able to order or interpret a medical test, but being able to understand some of those social and psychosocial and environmental factors that people experience from marginalized backgrounds."
- Dr. Margaret Gibson, UMKC's head team physician
- Dr. Bridgette Jones, associate professor of pediatrics at UMKC and physician at Children’s Mercy Hospital
The UMKC symposium on The Arc of Race in Professional & Collegiate Sports takes place this weekend. To register, go to sportslawsymposium.org | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-09-09/umkc-symposium-tackles-the-intersection-of-race-and-sports | 2022-09-09T22:10:12Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-09-09/umkc-symposium-tackles-the-intersection-of-race-and-sports | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
King Charles III and his wife Camilla, Queen Consort returned to London from Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Friday after his mother Queen Elizabeth died "peacefully" on Thursday.
The royals' return to Buckingham Palace marks the couple's first time in the country's capital in their new roles as monarch and royal consort. The pair landed at RAF Northolt in West London around 1:35 in the afternoon on Friday where they were greeted by over 100 people gathered to watch the new king's arrival, per The Independent. He and Camilla, dressed all in mourning garb, were then escorted in a convoy of four black cars, a black van, and a police car, waving to the crowds as they made their way home to Buckingham Palace.
Once there, the new king and his wife took a moment to mourn the late queen, looking over some of the many flowers, cards, and mementos left by the British public outside the palace in her memory. Later today, King Charles is expected to meet with the also newly appointed prime minister Liz Truss before making his first national address as monarch around 6 p.m. GMT. Buckingham Palace also announced that he will be proclaimed at the Accession Council at 10 a.m. on Saturday in the State Apartments of St James’s Palace.
Charles and Camilla are returning home just one day after rushing to Queen Elizabeth's Balmoral estate on Thursday morning, following months of growing concerns surrounding her health. Once there, they were joined by a number of other family members, including two of his three siblings, Princess Anne and Prince Edward, and two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. The Duke of Sussex has been living in California for the last two years, but luckily happened to be staying in Windsor at the time with his wife, Meghan Markle, as they are currently visiting the UK in support of several charities close to their hearts. The former monarch had been suffering from what the palace described as “episodic mobility problems” for some time, but the 96-year-old’s health took an unexpected turn for the worst on Wednesday, with aides canceling a virtual Privy Council meeting that evening to swear in the new prime minister. | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/king-charles-camilla-queen-consort-return-london-buckingham-palace-after-queen-elizabeth-death-first-national-address | 2022-09-09T22:10:15Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/king-charles-camilla-queen-consort-return-london-buckingham-palace-after-queen-elizabeth-death-first-national-address | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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King Charles III addressed the nation for the first time on Friday, paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth as a mother and a monarch; acknowledging both of his sons, Prince William and, notably, Prince Harry, and vowing, with "unswerving devotion," to continue his mother's history of service as Britain's next king.
"I, too, now solemnly pledge myself, through the remaining time God grants me, to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation," King Charles told the country, his tone somber yet direct. "Whatever your background or beliefs may be, I shall endeavor to serve you with loyalty, respect and love."
Seated beside a framed photo of the Queen, the new sovereign thanked mourners—whom he greeted earlier on Friday outside Buckingham Palace—for their support: "I know that her death brings great sadness to so many of you and I share that sense of loss beyond measure with you all." As per Operation London Bridge, King Charles noted that "in a little over a week’s time," the country will gather for the Queen's funeral.
King Charles quickly and clearly addressed the issue of utmost concern in the aftermath of the Queen's death: the continuity of the institution of the monarchy in a rapidly-changing and diversifying modern world. During his mother's historic, seven-decade reign, "we've seen our society become one of many cultures and many faiths," the king said. "The institutions of the state have changed in turn, but through all changes and challenges, our nation and the wider family of realms have prospered and flourished. Our values have remained and must remain constant."
His ascension—which will formally happen in a ceremony on Saturday at St. James's Palace—also means "a time of change for my family," King Charles said. "I count on the loving help of my darling wife, Camilla," he said. "I know she will bring to the demands of her new role the steadfast devotion to duty on which I've come to rely so much." King Charles also formally appointed Prince William and Catherine as the new Prince and Princess of Wales, his former title and that of the late Princess Diana. "With Catherine beside him, our new Prince and Princess of Wales will continue to inspire and lead our national conversation."
In a notable, wow-moment, King Charles also acknowledged Prince Harry and Meghan, a show of unity despite the many reports of their estrangement. "I want also to express my love for Harry and Megan as they continue to build their lives overseas," he said.
After asserting himself as the new monarch, King Charles closed his speech with the tenderness of a son in mourning: "To my darling Ma Ma, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late Pa Pa, I simply say this: Thank you for your love and devotion to our family and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/kingcharlesfirstspeech | 2022-09-09T22:10:22Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/kingcharlesfirstspeech | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Martha Stewart is back with yet another thirst trap for the masses and, this time, she also has some coffee to sell you.
On Thursday, Stewart promoted her new partnership with Green Mountain Coffee on Instagram while totally in the nude save for an apron that kept the clip safe for work. In the sponsored content post, Stewart clutches a mug of java while standing around her kitchen in just a white smock before addressing the camera. “Oh hi there. I’m just enjoying the natural flavor of Pumpkin Spice from Green Mountain coffee roasters and nothing else, literally,” she says. “Just look at this, a thing of natural beauty—no, no, no not me.” The Martha Stewart Living founder continues, “My Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Pumpkin Spice Coffee it’s made with natural flavors that means they’ve stripped away the artificial and left nothing but goodness … what can I say we have a lot in common.”
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Of course, Stewart is no stranger to sharing a little sex appeal on the 'gram. Back in 2020, the entrepreneur shocked the world with yet another slightly scandalous poolside thirst trap. But while the image may have set the internet on fire, the lifestyle expert revealed that it hasn't resulted in all that many dates. In July of this year, she confided to Chelsea Handler on an episode of her podcast Dear Chelsea that there was “nothing” going on with her love life. She said that while she has had a couple of crushes lately, unfortunately, they were all on married men. Stewart explained, “I had two mad crushes in the last month, which is really good for me, but turns out one of them is married to the mother of some friends of mine,” she added, “He's so attractive.” Handler exclaimed, “You can't be a homewrecker!” But Stewart assured her, “I've never been a homewrecker and I've tried really hard not to be. I've had the opportunity to be a homewrecker and I have not taken anybody up on it.”
She went on to say that the primary issue when it comes to her romantic life at the moment is that the only way she meets any new men is, “They're all married to friends of mine, or something like that.” Handler was sympathetic to the problem, saying, “I think there are certain ages we go through where it's very tempting because you want to believe that, 'Oh, maybe this relationship that they're in is temporary.'” To which Stewart quipped, “Or maybe they'll die. I always think, 'Oh gosh, couldn't that person just die?' Not painfully, just die.” And when they do, the TV personality will be right there to offer their widower a steaming, hot cup of joe, maybe even in the buff, if they're lucky. | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/martha-stewart-nude-green-mountain-coffee-roasters-instagram-reel-pool-thirst-trap-dating | 2022-09-09T22:10:28Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/martha-stewart-nude-green-mountain-coffee-roasters-instagram-reel-pool-thirst-trap-dating | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Continuing the gimlet-eyed analysis of royal power dynamics and history on Vanity Fair’s DYNASTY podcast, a special episode looks back at the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II—and looks ahead into King Charles III’s future reign. On Thursday, September 8, the Windsor clan lost its stalwart head, the woman who changed the UK—and the world. Her four children gathered to be by her side at Balmoral Castle, along with Prince William, and soon Buckingham Palace announced that the queen had died. Prince Harry only arrived at the castle gates once it was definitively too late to say goodbye.
DYNASTY cohosts Katie Nicholl and Erin Vanderhoof paused from their other Vanity Fair coverage of Operation London Bridge to share their thoughts on the historic day and the transfer of power. In this episode, the correspondents share up-to-the-minute information about what we can expect in the days to come, and tackle the bigger existential questions facing the monarchy. Will fractured parts of the family reunite at the queen’s funeral? Does the new King Charles III have what it takes to keep the dynasty strong?
Listen to the episode above, and for more episodes and news about another season, be sure to subscribe at listen.vanityfair.com/dynasty or wherever you get your podcasts. Be sure to check out Vanity Fair’s other podcasts too, including Inside the Hive, where cohosts Emily Jane Fox and Joe Hagan tackle the week’s news, and Little Gold Men, which covers Hollywood from the inside. | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/next-few-days-will-reveal-possibility-of-william-and-harry-reconciliation | 2022-09-09T22:10:35Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/next-few-days-will-reveal-possibility-of-william-and-harry-reconciliation | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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