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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to channel John F. Kennedy on the 60th anniversary of JFK's moonshot speech, highlighting Biden administration efforts aimed at "ending cancer as we know it.”
The president was traveling to Boston on Monday to draw attention to a new federally backed study that seeks to validate using blood tests to screen against multiple cancers — a potential game-changer in diagnostic testing to dramatically improve early detection of cancers. He also planned other announcements meant to better the lives of those suffering from cancer.
His speech at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum comes as Biden seeks to rally the nation around developing treatments and therapeutics for the pervasive diseases that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rank as the second-highest killer of people in the U.S. after heart disease. Biden hopes to move the U.S. closer to the goal he set in February of cutting U.S. cancer fatalities by 50% over the next 25 years and to dramatically improve the lives of caregivers and those suffering from cancer.
Danielle Carnival, the White House cancer moonshot coordinator, told The Associated Press that the administration sees huge potential in the commencement of the blood diagnostic study on identifying and treating cancers.
“One of the most promising technologies has been the development of blood tests that offer the promise of detecting multiple cancers in a single blood test and really imagining the impact that could have on our ability to detect cancer early and in a more equitable way,” Carnival said. “We think the best way to get us to the place where those are realized is to really test out the technologies we have today and see what works and what really has an impact on extending lives.”
In 2022, the American Cancer Society estimates, 1.9 million new cancer cases will be diagnosed and 609,360 people will die of cancer diseases.
The issue is personal to Biden, who lost his adult son Beau in 2015 to brain cancer. After Beau’s death, Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act, which dedicated $1.8 billion over seven years for cancer research and was signed into law in 2016 by President Barack Obama.
Obama designated Biden, then vice president, to run “mission control” on directing the cancer funds as a recognition of Biden’s grief as a parent and desire to do something about it. Biden wrote in his memoir “Promise Me, Dad” that he chose not to run for president in 2016 primarily because of Beau’s death.
Despite Biden’s attempts to hark back to Kennedy and his space program, the current initiative lacks that same level of budgetary support. The Apollo program garnered massive public investment — more than $20 billion, or more than $220 billion in 2022 dollars adjusted for inflation. Biden’s “moonshot” effort is far more modest and reliant on private sector investment.
Still, Biden has tried to maintain momentum for investments in public health research, including championing the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, modeled after similar research and development initiatives benefiting the Pentagon and intelligence community.
On Monday, Biden will announce Dr. Renee Wegrzyn as the inaugural director of ARPA-H, which has been given the task of studying treatments and potential cures for cancers, Alzheimer’s, diabetes and other diseases. He will also announce a new National Cancer Institute scholars’ program to provide resources to early-career scientists studying treatments and cures for cancer.
Experts agree it’s far too early to say whether these new blood tests for finding cancer in healthy people will have any effect on cancer deaths. There have been no studies to show they reduce the risk of dying from cancer. Still, they say setting an ambitious goal is important.
Carnival said the National Cancer Institute Study was designed so that any promising diagnostic results could be swiftly put into widespread practice while the longer-term study — expected to last up to a decade — progresses. She said the goal was to move closer to a future where cancers could be detected through routine bloodwork, potentially replacing more invasive and burdensome procedures like colonoscopies, and therefore saving lives.
Scientists now understand that cancer is not a single disease, but hundreds of diseases that respond differently to different treatments. Some cancers have biomarkers that can be targeted by existing drugs that will slow a tumor’s growth. Many more targets await discovery.
“How do we learn what therapies are effective in which subtypes of disease? That to me is oceanic,” said Donald A. Berry, a biostatistician at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. “The possibilities are enormous. The challenges are enormous.”
Despite the challenges, he’s optimistic about cutting the cancer death rate in half over the next 25 years.
“We can get to that 50% goal by slowing the disease sufficiently across the various cancers without curing anybody,” Berry said. “If I were to bet on whether we will achieve this 50% reduction, I would bet yes.”
Even without new breakthroughs, progress can be made by making care more equitable, said Dr. Crystal Denlinger, chief scientific officer for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a group of elite cancer centers.
And any effort to reduce the cancer death rate will need to focus on the biggest cancer killer, which is lung cancer. Mostly attributable to smoking, lung cancer now causes more cancer deaths than any other cancer. Of the 1,670 daily cancer deaths in the United States, more than 350 are from lung cancer.
Lung cancer screening is helping. The American Cancer Society says such screening helped drive down the cancer death rate 32% from its peak in 1991 to 2019, the most recent year for which numbers are available.
But only 5% of eligible patients are being screened for lung cancer.
“It’s tragic,” said Dr. Roy Herbst, a lung specialist at Yale Cancer Center.
“The moonshot is going to have to be a social fix as well as a scientific and medical fix,” Herbst said. “We’re going to have to find a way that screening becomes easier, that it’s fully covered, that we have more screening facilities."
Biden planned to urge Americans who might have delayed cancer screenings during the pandemic to seek them out swiftly, reminding them that early detection can be key to avoiding adverse outcomes.
He was also set to highlight provisions in the Democrats’ healthcare and climate change bill that the administration believes will lower out of pocket drug prices for some widely used cancer treatments. He will also celebrate new guarantees for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits, that cover their potential cancer diagnoses.
Dr. Michael Hassett of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, said Biden’s goal to reduce cancer deaths could met by following two parallel paths: one of discovery and the other making sure as many people as possible are reaping the advantages of existing therapies and preventive approaches.
“If we can address both aspects, both challenges, major advances are possible,” Hassett said.
In breast cancer, for example, many women who could benefit from a hormone-blocking pill either never start the therapy or stop taking it before the recommended five years, Hassett’s research has found.
“Those are big gaps,” Hassett said. “That’s a treatment that’s effective. But if many people aren’t taking that medication or if they’re taking it but stopping it before concluding the course of therapy, then the benefits that the medicine could offer aren’t realized.”
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CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world's leading cloud software company powering social good, has been named to Quartz's ranking of the Best Companies for Remote Workers 2022. Blackbaud is one of the top 20 large companies that made the list and is the largest company on the list.
"Blackbaud officially transitioned to a remote-first workforce approach in November 2021, so we are thrilled to receive this recognition ahead of our one-year mark," said Margaret "Maggie" Driscoll, chief people and culture officer, Blackbaud. "Together, with our customers, the work we do impacts millions of lives. That's why we work so hard, and why it's so important to us that our culture is one that promotes success for all."
"Companies at the vanguard of remote work helped show everyone else how to do it. Now we are seeing their best practices replicated across industries, at companies of all sizes," said Quartz executive editor Heather Landy. "The companies on our ranking are putting their remote policies to use as a recruiting and retention play, as a tool for diversifying their talent pool, and as a performance strategy. Our second annual ranking honors businesses that have gone above and beyond in ensuring that their remote workers have the tools they need, from technology stipends to wellness perks, to do their jobs effectively."
Blackbaud's remote-first workplace culture is focused on:
- Enabling people who want to drive impact for social good, alongside colleagues and customers who are working together to build a better world
- Encouraging the continuous ability to learn, evolve and grow, whether that's taking on new challenges, exploring opportunities or gaining skills, regardless of location
- Embracing diverse perspectives and experiences that help the company deliver all it can for its customers
- Supporting employees' personal and professional wellbeing, providing the flexibility and resources people need to attend to the things that matter most to them
Over the past year, Blackbaud has also been named one of America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek, one of America's Best Mid-Size Employers by Forbes, and one of America's Best Employers by State by Forbes.
Quartz's Best Companies for Remote Workers, now in its second year, is an opt-in global ranking to recognize employers that are setting the standard for distributed work. The list is determined by employer and employee surveys conducted by the Best Companies Group, with program advisory partner Doist. Employee survey participation is optional and confidential.
Learn more about careers at Blackbaud here.
About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the world's leading cloud software company powering social good. Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, higher education institutions, K–12 schools, healthcare organizations, faith communities, arts and cultural organizations, foundations, companies and individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and empowers organizations to increase their impact through cloud software, services, expertise and data intelligence. The Blackbaud portfolio is tailored to the unique needs of vertical markets, with solutions for fundraising and CRM, marketing, advocacy, peer-to-peer fundraising, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social and governance (ESG), school management, ticketing, grantmaking, financial management, payment processing and analytics. Serving the industry for more than four decades, Blackbaud is a remote-first company headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, with operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.blackbaud.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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CARMIEL, Israel, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American:PLX) (TASE:PLX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, production and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins produced by its proprietary ProCellEx® plant cell-based protein expression system, today announced that Dror Bashan, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, will present in person on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) at the H.C. Wainwright 24th Annual Global Investment Conference, a hybrid conference. The conference is being held on September 12-14, 2022 at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York City. Virtual participation will also be available.
Mr. Bashan will provide a live corporate overview at the conference, a webcast of which will be available on–line. The live presentation replaces the pre-recorded presentation announced by the Company on September 6, 2022.
Live Presentation and Webcast Details:
- Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the Adams Room.
- Company Link: https://protalixbiotherapeutics.gcs-web.com/events0
Webcast Link: https://journey.ct.events/view/326342b0-083d-4eca-81f7-f93cc78d3394
The live presentation webcast and the pre-recorded webcast will both be available for replay for at least two weeks on the Events Calendar of the Investors section of the Company's website, at the above link.
The Company's management will participate in one-on-one meetings with investors who are registered to attend the conference. If you are an institutional investor and would like to attend the Company's presentation, registration for the conference is available at https://hcwevents.com. Once your registration is confirmed, you will be prompted to log onto the conference website to request a one-on-one meeting with the Company.
About Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.
Protalix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins expressed through its proprietary plant cell-based expression system, ProCellEx. Protalix was the first company to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a protein produced through plant cell-based in suspension expression system. Protalix's unique expression system represents a new method for developing recombinant proteins in an industrial-scale manner.
Protalix's first product manufactured by ProCellEx, taliglucerase alfa, was approved by the FDA in May 2012 and, subsequently, by the regulatory authorities of other countries. Protalix has licensed to Pfizer Inc. the worldwide development and commercialization rights for taliglucerase alfa, excluding Brazil, where Protalix retains full rights.
Protalix's development pipeline consists of proprietary versions of recombinant therapeutic proteins that target established pharmaceutical markets, including the following product candidates: pegunigalsidase alfa, a modified stabilized version of the recombinant human α–Galactosidase–A protein for the treatment of Fabry disease; alidornase alfa or PRX–110, for the treatment of various human respiratory diseases or conditions; PRX–115, a plant cell-expressed recombinant PEGylated uricase for the treatment of severe gout; PRX–119, a plant cell-expressed long action DNase I for the treatment of NETs-related diseases; and others. Protalix has partnered with Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., both in the United States and outside the United States, for the development and commercialization of pegunigalsidase alfa.
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Driving the same car number that carried teammate Kurt Busch to victory in the May race at Kansas Speedway, Bubba Wallace claimed a dramatic win at the same track in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400, the second event in the first round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
Wallace regained the lead on Lap 225 after the final cycle of green-flag pit stops at the 1.5-mile track and stayed out front for the final 43 circuits as his car owner, Denny Hamlin, chased him to no avail.
Wallace crossed the stripe exactly one second ahead of Hamlin, as a driver not competing for the drivers’ champion won for the second straight week. Hamlin finished second for the second straight Playoff race, have trailed Erik Jones to the line last Sunday at Darlington.
“Man, just so proud of this team, so proud of the effort that they put in each and every week,” said Wallace, who won for the first time this season and the second time in his career. “Just thankful for the opportunity, right? Took this jump from an idea two years ago from a text from Denny before it all even happened. He was ready to get the deal done…
“Just so proud. Pit crew was awesome today. We had one loose wheel. Just thankful. Thanks for the opportunity, and thankful to shut the hell up for a lot of people.”
Wallace is competing for the Cup Series owners’ championship in the car Kurt Busch drove for the first 20 races of the season before suffering lingering concussion-like symptoms after a wreck in qualifying at Pocono. With his win, Wallace qualified for the Round of 8 in the owners’ competition.
Christopher Bell, who ran third, is the first driver to lock himself into the Playoffs’ Round of 8 on points. The other 15 championship contenders will have to establish their positions in the final 12—or suffer elimination—next Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.
During the final run, Hamlin passed Bell for the second position on Lap 252 of 267. With 10 laps left, Hamlin trailed by 2.066 seconds but could get no closer than the final one-second deficit the rest of the way.
Hamlin clearly had mixed feeling about his pursuit of the No. 45 23XI Toyota he co-owns with NBA legend Michael Jordan.
“It's been a good overall day,” said Hamlin, who recovered from an equipment interference penalty—his 34th pit road infraction of the season—on Lap 27 under a competition caution. “Still frustrated about the first half of the race. We just aren't executing all that well…
“Really happy for our 11 Toyota team. They fought hard. They really stepped up that last half. We made the car quite a bit better. Just really happy about the outcome and really happy for that 45 team and Bubba Wallace and (crew chief) Bootie (Barker). Bubba has just really worked hard on his craft, and we've just given him fast race cars, and now he is showing what he has got.”
Alex Bowman finished fourth, followed by non-Playoff driver Martin Truex Jr. Championship contenders William Byron, Ross Chastain, Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney and Daniel Suarez completed the top 10.
Other Playoff drivers weren’t as fortunate.
A sudden disaster knocked Kevin Harvick out of the race before the end of Stage 1. Racing side-by-side, Chastain and Wallace steered up the track in front of Harvick’s No. 4 Ford as the cars sped through Turn 4.
Harvick’s Mustang snapped loose and the right front of his car pounded the outside wall. With damage too severe to repair, Harvick retired from the race in last (36th) place.
“When those two cars came up in front of me, I just got super tight,” Harvick said after a visit to the infield care center. “When I lifted, it grabbed and got loose. I just wasn’t expecting them to come up and my car getting that tight.”
Harvick entered the race 16th in the Playoff standings. The last-place results puts him in a must-win situation next Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway.
“Yeah, it is what it is,” Harvick said. “We were racing to win anyway today, so that’s what we will do again next week.”
Harvick wasn’t the only casualty of the first stage. Pole winner Tyler Reddick blew a right rear tire while leading on Lap 65 and slammed into the outside wall in Turn 2. He brought his No. 8 Chevrolet to pit road, but attempts to repair the car proved futile, and Reddick was eliminated in 35th place.
“The right-rear tire just blew like we’ve had a few times,” said Reddick, who fell to 11th in the Playoff standings. “At Fontana (Auto Club Speedway), I was able to save it. But here, it snapped at the worst possible point, and we just killed the wall.
“It broke the control arm on the right-front, so our day was over. We leave here with not a lot of points, so we’ll have to fight hard at Bristol.”
Troubles continued for Playoff drivers when Kyle Busch, whose team already had incurred two equipment interference penalties on pit road, spun off Turn 4 on Lap 137. Busch’s right-side tires went flat as he skidded toward the infield grass, and Busch lost a lap as he nursed his wounded car to pit road.
Busch got his lap back as the beneficiary under caution at the end of Stage 2, but he lost two laps during the final 96-lap green-flag run. His 26th-place finish dropped him two points below the current cut line for the Round of 8, trailing Tyler Reddick and Austin Cindric by that margin.
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Race Winner: Bubba Wallace of 23XI Racing (Toyota)
Stage 1 Winner: Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
Stage 2 Winner: Alex Bowman of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)
SHR Race Finish:
● Chase Briscoe (Started 13th, Finished 13th / Running, completed 267 of 267 laps)
● Aric Almirola (Started 36th, Finished 21st / Running, completed 266 of 267 laps)
● Cole Custer (Started 29th, Finished 22nd / Running, completed 266 of 267 laps)
● Kevin Harvick (Started 14th, Finished 36th / Accident, completed 33 of 267 laps)
SHR Points:
● Chase Briscoe (15th with 2,043 points, nine points below top-12 cutoff)
● Kevin Harvick (16th with 2,017 points, 35 points below top-12 cutoff)
● Aric Almirola (20th with 618 points)
● Cole Custer (24th with 490 points)
Playoff Standings (with one race to go before Round of 12):
1. Christopher Bell (2,108 points) +58 points
2. William Byron (2,098 points) +48 points
3. Denny Hamlin (2,097 points) +47 points
4. Joey Logano (2,090 points) +40 points
5. Ryan Blaney (2,086 points) +36 points
6. Alex Bowman (2,080 points) +30 points
7. Chase Elliott (2,078 points) +28 points
8. Kyle Larson (2,077 points) +27 points
9. Ross Chastain (2,076 points) +26 points
10. Daniel Suárez (2,056 points) +6 points
11. Tyler Reddick (2,052 points) +2 points
12. Austin Cindric (2,052 points) +2 points
13. Kyle Busch (2,050 points) -2 points
14. Austin Dillon (2,049 points) -3 points
15. Chase Briscoe (2,043 points) -9 points
16. Kevin Harvick (2,017 points) -35 points
SHR Notes:
● Briscoe earned his 12th top-15 of the season and his first top-15 in four career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Kansas.
● Briscoe’s 13th-place result bettered his previous best finish at Kansas – 19th, earned last October.
● Almirola led once for three laps to increase his laps-led total at Kansas to 72.
● Harvick is the only driver who has competed in every NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas, a run of 34 races dating back to the inaugural race on Sept. 30, 2001.
Race Notes:
● Bubba Wallace won the Hollywood Casino 400 to score his second career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his first of the season and his first at Kansas. His margin over second-place Denny Hamlin was 1 second.
● Wallace was the 18th different winner in the 28 NASCAR Cup Series races run this season.
● There were nine caution periods for a total of 43 laps.
● Only 16 of the 36 drivers in the Hollywood Casino 400 finished on the lead lap.
Sound Bites:
“For us, we definitely started off with our balance way different than in practice. I was worried at the beginning, but our team did a good job of making good adjustments and good pit stops and good restarts to get us up to fourth or fifth there. We were able to run top-five if we could maintain track position. We came down pit road and the 51 (Cody Ware) just buried us and pinned me in. I couldn’t get around him and we went from running fourth to running 15th and I was stuck there the rest of the day. I wish we could’ve gotten our Magical Vacation Planner Ford Mustang up there. I feel like we had top-five speed, we just needed the track position to go with it, and we weren’t quite good enough to drive back through the field again. Going to Bristol not in on points isn’t the end of the world. I would love to be nine points up, obviously, but being nine points out, I feel like we can go there and get some stage points and be in good shape.” – Chase Briscoe, driver of the No. 14 Magical Vacation Planner Ford Mustang
“I thought we had a really good car. Having a motor issue in practice and not getting to qualify really just put us behind because we got given the last pit stall – I was having to come around the 12 (Ryan Blaney) and I kept getting blocked in by the 42 (Ty Dillon). So every time we’d drive from 30th up to 15th, we come down pit road and get blocked in and have to restart 30th. We restarted 30th one too many times, and I got wrecked on a restart and got a lot of damage, and the car was never as good after we got all the damage.” – Aric Almirola, driver of the No. 10 Farmland Ford Mustang
“It was just a battle and we couldn’t really find the balance on the car. We got it better through the race, but we just couldn’t really find it today. But we’ll come back stronger from it and figure out what we need to do the next time. The guys on pit road did an awesome job, so that’s definitely a positive.” – Cole Custer, driver of the No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang
“When those two cars came up in front of me, I just got super tight. When I lifted, it grabbed and got loose. I just wasn’t expecting them to come up and my car getting that tight. It is what it is. We were racing to win anyway, today, so that is what we will do again next week.” – Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Rheem Ford Mustang
Next Up:
The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. It is the third race of the 10-race NASCAR Playoffs and the final race before the Round of 12 begins. The Bass Pro Shops Night Race starts at 7:30 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by USA and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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Dance classes resume today at MCCC
The first session for the 13th fall series of Destination Dance School classes at Monroe County Community College begins today. A second session starts in late October.
Destination Dance School offers classes for children ages 4 and up, through teen and adults. Classes range from ballet, tap, jazz and ballet barre along with a variety of ballroom styles, including foxtrot, rumba, mambo, waltz, nightclub, two step, cha cha, salsa, merengue, tango and swing.
Students can participate in two recitals: one on Dec. 8 and another on May 25.
In addition, instructor Kellie Lajiness offers private dance lesson opportunities and a wedding bells ballroom package. She plans to resume Ballroom Dance Club later this fall.
All of the classes are held in Room H 139 in the Welch Health Education Building on MCCC's main campus, 1555 S. Raisinville Road in Monroe. Each six-week session ranges in cost from from $69 to $78, with senior fees at $39.
Additionally, the MCCC Inside Out Dance Ensemble will host auditions for the 2022-2023 season from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 16 and from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 17. Auditions will be held in room H-139 in the Welch Health Education Building.
“Lajiness is seeking experienced male and female dancers age 18 and over for full company membership and age 14 for apprenticeships to join IODE,” MCCC said. “IODE is a contemporary dance company that was established in 2010. Under the direction of Lajiness, IODE provides entertainment for events and functions both on- and off-campus.”
For more information about IODE or any of the Destination Dance School classes, visit www.monroeccc.edu/LL and select the Dance option or contact Lajiness at klajiness@monroeccc.edu. To register for classes, call (734) 384-4127 or visit the Office of Lifelong Learning in the La-Z-Boy Center on MCCC's main campus during normal business hours. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/entertainment/2022/09/12/dance-classes-resume-today-at-mccc/67885863007/ | 2022-09-12T17:21:53Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/entertainment/2022/09/12/dance-classes-resume-today-at-mccc/67885863007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Faithworks Clinic awarded Blue Cross grant
The Faithworks Charitable Medical Clinic at Oaks of Righteousness Sacred Heart Health Center recently received a $15,000 Strengthen the Safety Net grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
This year, the insurance company awarded a total of $900,000 in grants to 47 Michigan clinics who serve a combined 65,000 patients. Blue Cross has given out Strengthen the Safety Net grants since 2008, so far awarding $18 million to Michigan clinics.
Monroe's Faithworks also received a Strengthen the Safety Net grant last year.
The grants, said Blue Cross, help Michigan clinics provide free or low-cost medical, dental, behavioral health care and other services to vulnerable Michigan residents.
“Access to affordable health care and improving health equity are core to Blue Cross’ historic social mission,” said Ken Hayward, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan vice president and special assistant to the president for Community Relations. “Strengthening the Safety Net is a hallmark program showing our steadfast commitment to improving the health and well-being of everyone in Michigan. The program also reminds us that we need to continue closing the gap in accessibility and quality of care in innovative ways and through collaborative partnerships with our clinic providers and local communities.”
Faithworks Charitable Medical Clinic provides urgent and episodic care to Monroe area patients. It will use the Blue Cross grant money to support its operations and services.
“Lab studies for uninsured, medications, equipment and medical supplies and office supplies and mailings,” said Beth Bedra executive director of Faithworks.
Faithworks is funded by donations and grants and currently sees about 200 patients each year. The clinic was started in 2012, as a way to provide health care to working poor adults. In the last 10 years, the clinic has moved, increased its clientel, added urgent care and, most recently, began to offer counseling.
“We initially opened at Elevate Monroe Church, under the leadership of Dr. Susan Hulsemann,” Bedra said. “Our focus was on caring for the ‘working uninsured.’ We cared for only adults. These working people were the working poor, living at 200% poverty level. When the Affordable Healthcare Act was passed, we found that many of these same patients became insured. We did evaluate over time how the Affordable Healthcare Act may have opened another door for patients in need of care. We found that people were now underinsured and/or their co-pays/deductibles are a stumbling block to seeking care.”
Two years ago, the clinic moved to a new location and expanded its offerings.
“In 2019, we evaluated moving sites, and in 2020, opened and currently operate an office space within Oaks of Righteousness Sacred Heart Health Center. We treat all patients, regardless of insurance status. We are expanding to offer short-term counseling services,” Bedra said.
Faithworks now treats people of all ages, including children.
“This is a walk-in clinic for patients of all ages. We provide urgent, as well as primary care services,” Bedra said. “We also have a family medicine provider who is fellowship-trained to provide obstetrical care. Anyone may come for services, insured, underinsured or uninsured. We do work for insured patients to get them connected with their primary care physician and if they do not have one, to get them connected.”
Faithworks’ staff members include family medicine attending physicians and family medicine residents from ProMedica. Dr. Nicholas Schenk is the lead attending physician. Other physicans are Dr. Laura Grima and Dr. Edward Kresyman.
Volunteer registered nurses from the community who work at the clinic include Bedra, Sandy Libstorff, Sue Durance, Mary DeSloover, Linda Manor, Gretchen Davison and Bev Tipton. Judy Greene, Renee Larzelere and Donna Iott work in patient registration.
In 2020, Faithworks saw 158 patients; in 2021, it saw 201 patients. So far this year, Faithworks has seen 177 patients, Bedra said.
Faithworks is open from 9 a.m. to noon the first and third Friday of each month and from 1 to 4 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. The fourth Tuesday has a focus on women’s health. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/2022/09/12/faithworks-clinic-awarded-blue-cross-grant/66701074007/ | 2022-09-12T17:21:59Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/2022/09/12/faithworks-clinic-awarded-blue-cross-grant/66701074007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
START: 24th
FINISH: 29th
POINTS: 18th
Erik Jones Post-Race Thoughts: “Definitely not the day we were looking for at Kansas Speedway with our FOCUSfactor Chevy. We were off in practice yesterday and made some adjustments to help today, but just never had a good handle on our Chevy. We started the day too tight, adjusted to then be too free. Had contact with a couple of other cars racing three-wide in stage two, and then the handling was just never where it needed to be. Not sure if we broke something when we made contact, but struggled the rest of the race. We’ll go back to the shop, look over everything and refocus on Bristol next week.”
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Monroe County Animal Control's Pets of the Week
Monroe News/USA Today Network
Three dogs and a cat are among the many future pets that are available for adoption at the Monroe County Animal Control. Anyone interested in adopting a pet can call the shelter for information at (734) 240-3125.
Bertha is a female pit mix about 2 to 3 years old.
Lady has been waiting for someone to adopt her and give her a loving home. She is about 5 years old and walks nicely with a leash.
Penny is a female cat about 3 years old. She is spayed and very loving.
Sadie is a female lab mix who loves playing water. She is friendly and sweet. She is looking for an adventurous owner to enjoy nature walks and dips in a pond. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/local/2022/09/12/pets-of-the-week/68012424007/ | 2022-09-12T17:22:05Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/local/2022/09/12/pets-of-the-week/68012424007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Road Watch: Monroe County road construction projects for week of Sept. 12
Following are upcoming road construction projects across Monroe County. Please note that all work is weather permitting:
BEDFORD TOWNSHIP
Tree work continues this week
The county-wide tree removal contractor, Alpine Tree Service, will perform tree work this week at four locations in Bedford Township: Douglas Road between Temperance and Erie Roads; Lewis Avenue between Borg Avenue and Howard Street; Lewis Avenue between Feltis Drive and Dean Road; and Summerfield Road between St. Anthony Road and Douglas Road. The roads will be closed to through traffic during daylight hours with now detour(s) posted due to the short-term duration and mobile nature of the work.
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ERIE TOWNSHIP
Tree work continues this week
The county-wide tree removal contractor, Alpine Tree Serice, will perform tree work along Strasburg Road between Samaria and Erie Roads, and along Temperance Road between Minx Road and US-24. The roads will be closed to through traffic during daylight hours with no detour(s) posted due to the short-term duration of the work and low traffic volumes.
Summit Street between the Ohio state line and Sterns Road
Miller Bros. Construction will continue work on the east half of the Summit Street bridge over Shantee Creek. Two-lane, two-way traffic will be maintained during construction utilizing a temporary paved lane and a lane shift.
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FRENCHTOWN, MONROE, AND RAISINVILLE TOWNSHIPS
Raisinville Road between M-50 and North Custer Road
RAM Construction Services will be applying a concrete surface coating on the bridge railings on the South Raisinville Road bridge over River Raisin. One-lane, two-way traffic will be maintained with traffic regulators when work is being performed.
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CITY OF MONROE
Riverview Avenue resurfacing/reconstruction
This project consists of milling and paving between Maywood and Oakwood, and concrete repairs / replacement between Oakwood and Cole. Paving work is now complete by prime contractor Cadillac Asphalt. The roadway is now fully open to traffic between Maywood and Oakwood. For the coming week, the block between Oakwood and Cole will remain closed while the new concrete on this block sets up, and the roadway should be open to traffic at the end of the week. Remaining work, which should result in spot lane closures only, includes backfilling behind curbs, raising manholes to grade, and other minor work, will continue through the end of September.
Telegraph Road at Holiday - new right turn lane
Salenbien Trucking & Excavating of Dundee and their subcontractors GM & Sons (concrete) and Bergmann Paving (asphalt) are constructing a new right-turn into the former La-Z-Boy Headquarters site. New curb has been placed, and for the coming week, grading and paving for the new lane should be occurring. Until the new lane is paved, the right through lane of northbound US-24 will be closed to traffic.
I-75 lane closures - northbound between Otter Creek and North Dixie Highway
A contractor for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be performing patching work in various areas in the northbound lanes between Otter Creek Road (Exit 9) and North Dixie Highway (Exit 15) from Wednesday, September 14 through Tuesday, September 20. Two lanes will be closed between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., overnight September 14-15 and 15-16, followed by a continuous closure during all hours from Friday, September 16 through Tuesday, September 20. There is no posted detour, but motorists throughout Monroe should expect extremely heavy northbound traffic on parallel routes US-24 and M-125 through the City of Monroe and surrounding townships.
More:Double lane closures to impact northbound I-75 in Monroe County
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SUMMERFIELD TOWNSHIP
Ida Center Road between Sylvania Petersburg Road and Summerfield Road
Gerken Paving will overlay Ida Center Road between Sylvania Petersburg and Summerfield Roads this week. Traffic regulators will maintain one-lane, two-way traffic during the hot mix asphalt resurfacing operation. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/local/2022/09/12/upcoming-monroe-county-road-construction-projects/68038046007/ | 2022-09-12T17:22:11Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/local/2022/09/12/upcoming-monroe-county-road-construction-projects/68038046007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Monroe County agriculture: Region remains in lingering drought
Weather: September marks both meteorological fall (September 1 and the months of September, October and November) and the autumnal equinox (September 22, which is astronomically when the sun will be directly over the equator). Aaron Wilson of Ohio State is forecasting near to below average temperatures and near average precipitation for the 6 to 10-day period of September 12-16. Beth Hall of Purdue reminds us that we are still in a lingering drought but it is not intensifying. Eric Snodgrass of Nutrien Ag Solutions is calling for generally dry weather for the next two weeks, although his scope of coverage is much larger than Monroe County, southeast Michigan or even the state of Michigan.
Soybeans: Sudden Death Syndrome is a late season soybean disease that has been in Monroe County and southeast Michigan for several years. At this point in the growing season, farmers should take note of any disease and make plans to buy varieties with more genetic resistance for 2023. For fields with obviously shorter and poorer standing soybeans, and likely in sandier, coarser textured soils, one problem might be the presence of Soybean cyst nematodes. This microscopic roundworm penetrates the cell walls of soybean roots and disrupts the flow of water and nutrients up to the plant. The Michigan Soybean Committee will pay for free SCN diagnosis on up to 20 soybean cyst nematode soil samples that are sent to the MSU Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory. In addition, farmers can get an evaluation of your SCN type if requested.
Wheat: The Hessian fly free date is the traditional start to planting winter wheat. Laura Lindsey of OSU says the best time to plant wheat is the 10-day period starting the day after the fly free date. Planting before that date increases the risk of insect and disease problems including Hessian fly and aphids carrying Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus. Ohio State is evaluating wheat planting dates as those recommendations were made years ago. After just one year of data from Wood County (Bowling Green), there was no yield advantage to planting wheat prior to the fly free date. However, one year of data is not sufficient to make new recommendations.
Soil Testing: Farmers should consistently do soil sampling either in the spring or fall, but not both, nor go back and forth. Now is a good time to review old/ current soil test results to see what needs to be applied this fall or if new samples need to be pulled. MSU recommends new samples every four year for farmers in a two-crop rotation, such as corn/ soybeans, or every three years if in a three-crop rotation, such as corn/ soybeans/ wheat.
Fall gardening: Can homeowners still plant a garden and get a harvest? Yes, cool season vegetables will do fine in fall weather, similar to when they are planted in the spring. With an average fall frost (32ºF) date of October 25 and freeze date (28ºF) of November 4, carrots, radishes, lettuce, spinach and other cool season vegetables can be planted and still have time to mature and be harvested. However, gardeners who want to take a soil sample need to act quickly as MSU plans to shut down the 100+ year Soil and Plant Nutrient Testing laboratory at the end of the year. The last date to submit samples is November 18. To date I have not heard how MSU plans to assist homeowners or farmers with their soil testing needs, particularly in Monroe County and the phosphorus/ algae problem in the western basin of Lake Erie. Concerned citizens may wish to contact their elected officials.
Fall Armyworm: Last year about this time fall armyworm had descended upon Monroe County and elsewhere and were chewing up lawns, crops and other vegetation. This pest has rarely been a problem this far north in the U.S. Right now monitoring for fall armyworm moth flights have not shown the same level of infestation. The larvae and adult are not cold tolerant as this is a sub-tropical insect species but trapping will continue till the weather gets much colder.
MCCC Student Ag Farm: MSU Entomology will be at MCCC Tuesday, September 13 to plant a new cover crop nematode research plot. The premise is that some cover crops will suppress soybean cyst and/ or other nematodes. This is the second year of this three-year project.
Ned Birkey is MSU Extension Educator Emeritus and a regular contributor to The Monroe News. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/09/12/monroe-county-region-remains-in-lingering-drought/67085818007/ | 2022-09-12T17:22:17Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/09/12/monroe-county-region-remains-in-lingering-drought/67085818007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Coming off of an eleventh top-ten finish last weekend in Darlington, Michael McDowell and the WISE-EV Charging Ford Mustang team started the race from the 23rd position
Starting the race tight but building loose, the team took the major part of stage one working on the handling, and gaining track position. With gains both on the track through multiple restarts as well as execution on pit lane, the team would claw up, and start stage two from the lead after a strategy call. Maintaining good track position through stage two into stage three, the handling began to fall off, as the car struggled for overall lack of grip. With a long green run to the end, the WISE-EV Charging team would finish the race in the 16th position.
"Everyone was fighting the track conditions today, and I felt like we had a good amount of speed with our WISE-EV Charging Ford Mustang, but were just a bit behind with track position and chasing the handling throughout the race. We started off stage two up front with the strategy call, and it worked to our advantage. When more rubber was laid down, we just struggled for grip through stage three to the end."
FRM will head to Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway this weekend for NASCAR Cup and Truck Series action starting on Thursday night.
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DETROIT, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- University of Detroit Mercy ranks among top national universities by U.S. News & World Report for a fourth year in a row, earning a No. 202 rank in the 2023 National Universities category. Detroit Mercy is the highest ranked private university in Michigan.
Other ranks include:
- Best Value Schools, National Universities – No. 40
- Best Undergraduate Business Programs, Finance – No. 44
- Best Undergraduate Nursing Programs – No. 172
- A+ Schools for B Students
"Detroit Mercy is pleased to be ranked among the top institutions of higher education in the U.S. The outstanding quality and affordability of a Detroit Mercy education is what attracts top students to the University. Our efforts to ensure their success represent the core of everything we do and I want to thank our faculty, staff, board of trustees, alumni, the neighborhood community and friends for helping us achieve these new rankings," said President Donald B. Taylor.
This year's rankings also provide an opportunity to highlight initiatives and developments that have taken place this past year.
Detroit Mercy recently opened the new Student Union, where they can complete financial aid, registration, eat, congregate and socialize. The Student Union is one phase of the multi-million-dollar McNichols Campus Renovation Project.
In February, the College of Engineering & Science received a $1-million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that allows Detroit Mercy and partners to improve access to high-quality computer science education to high school students in Detroit Public Schools Community District.
The McAuley School of Nursing (MSON) was selected as one of only 50 schools from 28 states to participate in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) project "Building a Culture of Belonging in Academic Nursing," which works to create inclusive learning environments and build a more diverse nursing workforce.
Philosophy Professor Juan Carlos Flores recently won a $295,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create the first critical edition of writings by 13th Century philosopher Henry of Ghent.
Detroit Mercy has also established programs geared toward student and industry needs.
- An accelerated 5-year Health Services Administration master's program (Health Professions).
- A Master of Science in Ethical Leadership (College of Business Administration).
- An accelerated Bachelor of Social Work geared toward transfer students that can be completed in one year.
For more, please visit www.udmercy.edu.
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It wasn’t easy for differing reasons, but Will Power and Alex Palou both ended up winners Sunday after the season-ending Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Power survived varying tire strategies and challenges from rivals to finish third in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet and clinch his second NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship, adding to his 2014 title. The championship came just one day after Power set the INDYCAR SERIES career record with his 68th pole, breaking a tie with fellow legend Mario Andretti.
SEE: Race Results
“Man, I had to drive the thing today,” Power said. “It was on the edge, very loose. Man, what a relief. What a relief to get that done.”
Power, 41, from Australia, won just one race this season, but this was his series-leading 12th top-five finish in 17 races – three more than any other driver. Power and Scott Dixon also were the only drivers to finish every lap this season.
That consistency was part of a mental shift this season by Power to take what the car offered each race and not overdrive into mistakes. The newfound, Zen-like focus proved pivotal.
“From the beginning (of the season), it was just playing the long game, not necessarily going for the big wins and all that,” Power said.
This was the 17th INDYCAR SERIES championship by a Team Penske driver, extending the team’s record. Power beat teammate Josef Newgarden to the crown by just 16 points.
Palou ended his reign as series champion with his first victory of the season in the No. 10 NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, dominating the race and beating Newgarden to the checkered flag by 30.3812 seconds, the largest margin of victory this season by more than 24 seconds. Palou delivered a victory after a fraught summer marked by a still-unresolved contractual dispute for his driving services next season between Chip Ganassi Racing and McLaren Racing.
The win came despite a six-spot grid penalty for an unapproved engine change after qualifying Saturday, dropping Palou from fifth to 11th on the starting grid.
“We struggled a bit (at) some races, especially the last couple of races,” Palou said. “But today was awesome. Strategy was on point. It’s good to finish a season with a win. We had some power there and good fuel mileage.”
Palou first took the lead on Lap 16 and proved to be the dominant driver almost immediately. He led 67 of the 95 laps in a race slowed by just three caution periods.
Spaniard Palou’s gap over second-place Power was 8.6287 seconds on Lap 50, but Palou rocketed away during the second half of the race as rivals managed varying tire and pit strategies. Palou used the Firestone alternate tires only from Laps 20 to 38 and then blitzed the field for the rest of the way on Firestone primary tires on the slick, highly abrasive surface of the 11-turn, 2.238-mile circuit.
By Lap 62, Palou’s gap over Power was 20 seconds. It was checkout time.
“We struggled a bit during the whole weekend, and I don’t know what happened today,” said Palou, who won three races last year en route to the title. “But everything clicked. Super happy to win a race this year.”
Newgarden started the day second in the standings, 21 points behind Power, who earned a bonus point for the NTT P1 Award Saturday. He faced long odds for capturing his third championship due to starting 25th in the 26-car field after spinning off track in the No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet during the first round of qualifying.
But Newgarden never relented in his tenacious long shot bid to overhaul teammate Power. He started the race on Firestone primary tires – the opposite approach of title rivals Power, Dixon and Marcus Ericsson – and also made one more pit stop than Power in an attempt to use fresher tires and a full-bore fuel mixture to gain track position.
The gambit nearly worked. Newgarden exited the pits on Lap 36 on new Firestone primary tires and started inhaling rivals, especially with frightening closing speed entering the daunting “Corkscrew” turn complex.
Newgarden passed the No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet of Pato O’Ward for fourth on Lap 43 in the Corkscrew and then repeated that move one lap later for third place, passing the No. 7 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet of Felix Rosenqvist.
Power was next on the hit list. Newgarden sailed past his teammate on Lap 46 at the top of the Corkscrew for second place. But Power didn’t panic, again focusing on the long view while doing title arithmetic in his brain at 175 mph.
“I just knew I had to absolutely get the most out of those stints and not lose any more positions,” Power said.
Newgarden had no chance to catch Palou, who already was in a different stratosphere, up by seven seconds just four laps after a Lap 41 restart. The top three cars held station for the rest of the race, sealing the title for Power.
“Even yesterday, with the heartache there, we came back, we fought, and we nearly got there,” Newgarden said. “I’m proud of the effort. We’re going to come back stronger next year.
“But I’m proud of this team. Huge congrats to Will and the entire team.”
Six-time series champion Dixon placed third in the standings, 39 points behind Power, after his 12th-place finish in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Scott McLaughlin ended up fourth in points in just his second season of open-wheel racing after his sixth-place finish in the No. 3 XPEL Team Penske Chevrolet.
2021 Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge winner Ericsson finished his best NTT INDYCAR SERIES season fifth in points after placing ninth in the No. 8 Huski Chocolate Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.
Christian Lundgaard earned series Rookie of the Year honors with his fifth-place finish in the No. 30 PeopleReady Honda. Lundgaard ended with an 18-point gap over David Malukas, who finished 13th today in the No. 18 HMD Honda.
Palou will split $10,000 with his Chip Ganassi Racing team and his chosen charity for his victory as part of the PeopleReady Force For Good Challenge.
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JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 2 HITACHI TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, FINISHED 2ND:
HOW DO YOU PROCESS THIS ON A DAY WHERE YOU FOUGHT SO HARD AND DID EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER ALMOST TO GET IT DONE AND STILL FALL SHORT IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP?
“You know, I hate to say it but in a lot of ways this has been a really tough year. So its going to be a welcome offseason. It has been a taxing, taxing season. We have had a lot of highs, but a lot of lows. And just riding the roller coaster this year has brought me to a breaking point a couple of points in the year. But I am ultimately just proud in the team because this is a big day for everybody to win the championship. Huge congrats to Will (Power) and the entire team because this is an effort by everybody. Whether it was the two car, or the 12 or the three, we all take a lot of pride in it. All these crew members, they work on every single car. The ultimate goal is to win a championship for Team Penske. We did that, so there is a ton to be proud of and for a personal stand point I am really proud of the two car team because they stuck with it day after day. Even yesterday, with the heartache there, we fought back and we nearly got there. So I am just proud of the effort and proud to be supported by Hitachi and Team Chevy. We are going to come back stronger next year and we have to be in a better position and I know we can do better than we did this year.”
HOW OPTOMISTIC ARE YOU TO BEING OVER THERE NEXT YEAR INSTEAD OF YOUR TEAMMATE?
“I am very optimistic. I am going to go back and recharge and come back and hit all these people harder. Believe me, I will be ready to go by the time we get to St. Pete, and I will look forward to it.”
WILL POWER, NO. 12 VERIZON 5G TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, FINSHED 3RD AND CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER:
COULD YOU HAVE PLANNED A MORE PERFECT WEEKEND?
“No. It's so surreal. In the offseason my wife said to me I believe you're going to beat Mario's record and you're going to win the championship. It actually gave me confidence that I could do it. That's how much confidence I have in her gut feel. I just couldn't believe that they came true."
YOU PLAYED THE LONG GAME BY STAYING CALM. WHAT WERE YOU THIKING WHEN YOU SAW JOSEF NEWGARDEN GO PAST YOU?
"I just knew I had to get the most out of those stints and not lose any more positions. I had to drive the thing today. It was on the edge, very loose. What a relief to get that done. I can't thank Verizon enough. They've been with me for close to 12 years now and without them I would never have had this career and obviously Roger Penske and the whole team and Chevrolet."
HOW MUCH OF YOUR OFFSEASON MENTAL ADJUSTMENT HAS LED TO THIS MOMENT?
"From the beginning it was just playing the long game, not necessarily going for the big wins and all that. As I've gotten older, I have a lot more gratitude for my life and what I get to do. Not everyone gets to do this and I'm lucky and I appreciate it a lot."
HOW MUCH DID YOU RELY ON EXPERIENCE THIS WEEKEND?
"That's exactly it; you've accumulated so much experience, you understand how races go and you understand that you can never give up no matter what it seems like, so you just keep digging and it just kept unfolding. A solid day."
FELIX ROSENQIST, NO. 7 ARROW MCLAREN SP CHEVROLET, FINISHED 4TH:
We raced it today. We started on the black Firestones. It was a bit hard to fend off the guys on the reds at the beginning. After that long first stint, we kind of got back in the game, and it was really strong on that stint. A really good job by the team to have the guts to stick it out that late, longer than anyone else, and I think from there on we were really good in the race. We were good on fuel; we were good on tires. After that yellow flag, we should have been more aggressive. It maybe lost us the podium, but it was a strong car. A few cars were a bit stronger, like Josef (Newgarden) was phenomenal. A big congrats to Will (Power). Hopefully next year we can give him a run for his money
SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, NO. 3 XPEL TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, FINISHED 6TH:
“We were doing our best for the team there and just covering Dixon. Covering our bases just so we wouldn't get jumped by Ganssi and stuff. Once we got clear of him for the last stop it was just all about passing cars and using our speed. The XPEL car was so good, and the Chevy power was awesome. Great car -- fantastic and we just picked them up one at a time and got to fourth in the points on the last lap. Really awesome!
PATO O’WARD, MO.5 ARROW MCLAREN SP CHEVROLET, FINISHED 8TH:
I thought we had a great start. It was a great first stint. For some reason, everything went south from there. We have to look into it and really see why. I don’t have the answer for it right now. It was just extremely hard out there. We’ll look toward 2023."
RINIS VEEKAY, NO, 21 BITCOIN RACING TEAM WITH BITNILE ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET, FINISH 14TH:
"I am sad the season is over! We had a pretty good last race of the year. We were really fast, but the tire deg was just a bit too much in the last few laps of a stint. I am proud of the BitNile team! We made the right calls, had good pit stops and fought hard. 14th was the best we could do today. I am 12th in the championship, just like last year, but I am proud. We had many ups and many downs, but we learned a lot. For next year, we can definitely get higher in the championship and filter out those little mistakes and have more ups! I am also proud of Chevy for winning the manufacturer championship this year and finishing 1-2 in the driver championship!”
KYLE KIRKWOOD, NO.14 SEXTON PROPERTIES AJ FOYT RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 21ST:
“So last race done here in Laguna Seca, not the race that we that we really wanted. We were actually on for a pretty decent finish -- it seemed like probably I think p 14 or p 15. And then I drove off going down the pit lane exit and then ultimately, we got a drive through [penalty] so that's super unfortunate, but we didn't have the pace to do what Alex Palou and Power did on a similar strategy to me, so that wasn't absolutely perfect. But overall, it's been a huge learning curve for me throughout the season. We've had a ton of fun. The team's learned a lot. I've learned a lot. So hopefully we can just take everything that we've done this season and even this race weekend and transfer it into something for next year even though I won't be part of the team. The team will be able to do it and I'll be able to do it as well.”
CONOR DALY, NO. 20 BITNILE ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET,FINISHED 24TH:
“We had a really great start and a great first stint. I really enjoyed battling with Marcus Ericsson, Scott Dixon and Felix Rosenqvist. I am not entirely sure what happened after that, we have some research to do because it felt like there was something that was affecting the way the car drove the rest of the race. I just kind of had to hold on to get to the finish. It’s a real shame, these last three races were really tough and it’s hard to end the year this way. There are a lot of great things to look back on though, we had some great moments. Just not the way we wanted to finish it! Super clean year, didn’t hit anything, ever. The BitNile guys did a great job. We’ll be back and be better next year.”
SIMONA DE SILVESTRO, NO. 16 TURNONGREEN PARETTA AUTOSPORT CHEVROLET, FINISHED 22ND: “The race was not too bad. We did three stops, which I think four might have been a bit better in the long run. I felt we had really good pace and were able to pass people, which was positive. For the whole weekend, we had good pace. For today’s race we had a few things happen in the pits, so if we cleaned a couple little things, and even myself with the few mistakes here and there, we can be really competitive.
We had a new sponsor with TurnOnGreen, and it was cool to have all the sponsors and guests of Paretta Autosport here this weekend. I feel like our team is growing from that point of view so that's really positive and hope to do more of it.”
DALTON KELLETT, NO. 4 K-LINE AJ FOYT RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 25TH:
“Not exactly how we wanted to wrap up the 2022 IndyCar season, a tough day out there for the No. 4 crew. I got spun early after a good start where we made some good positions. But I don't feel like we really had the pace to hang on to those gains on the reds, we just seemed to really struggle there. So I was driving pretty defensively. And Jimmie got into the back of me, and when I looped around and just lit the tires up trying to get it turned back the right way and just roasted the rear tire. That was like lap three or four. So for the remainder of that red stint, the rears were just gone. And that pretty much put us a lap down right away. And then there was kind of no recovering from that. We were okay on blacks. I thought our pace was acceptable. But just on reds we really were lacking. And yeah, I think a big factor was just cooking the rears on that spin. In just lost track position which took us out of contention for any possible gain. So not how we wanted it to end but just I can thank AJ Foyt crew enough for this year. You know, it was up and down. We definitely had some great highlights and lots of stuff that we would have liked to have gone better and done better. Like from my side and the team side, just a little bit of a lack of consistency. I think overall we're probably not satisfied with how things ended up this year. But definitely lots to learn and lots of information for everyone to digest and use to improve going forward.”
CALLUM ILOTT, NO. 77 JUNCOS HOLLINGER RACING CHEVROLET, FINISHED 26TH:
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This week’s WTA rankings include a shakeup among the Top 10, a new WTA doubles No.1 and milestones for some of the WTA Hologic Tour’s rising stars and teenagers.
Swiatek doubles up lead as No.1 in singles
By capturing her seventh singles title of the season, including her second Grand Slam title, current World No.1 and 2022 US Open champion Iga Swiatek continues to build on her lead atop the WTA Rankings. Swiatek has owned the No.1 ranking 24 consecutive weeks, a streak that dates back to April 4.
Ons Jabeur returns to No.2 in this week’s rankings, moving up three spots from No.5.
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With 10,365 ranking points, Swiatek now holds a 5,275-point lead over Jabeur, the widest margin between No.1 and No.2 in seven years, when Serena Williams had a 6,591-point lead the week of Aug. 31, 2015.
Siniakova back on top
Katerina Siniakova returns to No.1 in this week’s WTA doubles rankings following her US Open title run with her partner Barbora Krejcikova, who now sits at No.2. This week marks Siniakova’s 63rd week at No.1.
Coco makes Top 10 debut
Following her quarterfinal run at the US Open, American teenager Coco Gauff makes her Top 10 debut this week, at No.8, up four spots from No.12. At 18 years, 183 days old, Gauff becomes the youngest player to break into the Top 10 in 16 years, when a 17-year-old Nicole Vaidisova made her Top 10 debut in 2006. Gauff also is the youngest American to make her Top 10 debut since Serena Williams in 1999.
Garcia returns to Top 10
After starting the season with a 9-11 record, Caroline Garcia has posted a 31-5 record since June. During that stretch, Garcia has won titles at Bad Homburg and Warsaw, while also reaching the final at the WTA 1000 event in Cincinnati and the semifinals at the US Open.
Garcia has jumped from No.75 on Jun. 19 to No.10 this week as she returns to the Top 10 for the first time since the week of Oct. 1, 2018.
Other notable rankings movements
--Daria Kasatkina (from No.9 to No.11) and Garbiñe Muguruza (from No.10 to No.12) have both dropped out of this week’s Top 10.
--Last year’s US Open champion Emma Raducanu drops 72 spots, from No.11 to No.83, while 2021 US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez drops 26 positions, from No.14 to No.40.
--Liudmila Samsonova and Zhang Shuai both climb seven places to return to the Top 30 after fourth-round runs at the US Open. Samsonova (from No.35 to No.28) was ranked No.60 at the end of July, but compiled a 13-match winning streak over the course of August. Zhang (from No.36 to No.29) was last ranked inside the Top 30 in February of 2020.
--US Open quarterfinalist Ajla Tomljanovic, who ended Serena Williams' career in the third round, has hit a new career-high of No.34, climbing 12 places from No.46. The Australian first broke the Top 50 in February of 2015 and was ranked No.72 one month ago.
--Ranked as low as No.624 at the end of January, Daria Saville's comeback from Achilles surgery propelled her return to the Top 50 for the first time since February of 2019. The Australian rises eight places to No.50 this week.
--Wang Xiyu upset Maria Sakkari at the US Open to both score her first Top 10 win and to reach the third round of a major for the first time. The 21-year-old Chinese player is boosted 15 places to a new career-high of No.60.
--After reaching the fourth round of the US Open, Germany’s Jule Niemeier has reached a career-high ranking of No.73 as she moves up 35 spots, from No.108 to No.75.
--Aleksandra Krunic moves up 21 spots, from No.96 to No.75, after reaching the third round of the US Open for the fourth time and first time since 2018.
--Austria’s Julia Grabher makes her Top 100 debut after winning the title at the WTA 125 title in Bari, moving up 23 spots from No.120 to No.97. She is the first Austrian to break the Top 100 since Patricia Mayr-Achleitner in Feb. 2009.
--Three qualifiers who made an impact at the US Open hit new career-highs this week. Yuan Yue reached the third round, and rises 35 places from No.142 to No.107. Daria Snigur upset Simona Halep to reach the second round, and climbs 16 spots from No.124 to No.108.
--Linda Fruhvirtova, 17, made the second round and soars 37 places from No.167 to No.130.
--Brenda Fruhvirtova, Linda's younger sister, makes her Top 200 debut this week at No.192 as she extends her streak to 20 consecutive wins over her past four ITF tournaments. At 15 years old, she is the youngest player ranked in the Top 200. She is one of four Czech teenagers ranked in this week’s Top 200.
--Serena Williams posted her 178th win against a Top 10 player in the second round over Anett Kontaveit. Williams remains on the WTA Rankings, climbing 284 places to land at No.321. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2788616/rankings-update-swiatek-takes-commanding-lead-as-top-ranked-player | 2022-09-12T17:27:48Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2788616/rankings-update-swiatek-takes-commanding-lead-as-top-ranked-player | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ons Jabeur strung together a terrific run at the US Open, where for the second consecutive major, she came up just short of winning her first Grand Slam title.
If anything, Jabeur thrilled us with some spectacular shot-making all summer just as she has in her entire career.
Case in point: Last month in Cincinnati, Jabeur was caught off guard against Caty McNally in a Round of 32 encounter at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.
McNally rushed the net and struck a clean backhand volley down the line. Jabeur quickly retrieved, scrambled deep into her forehand corner and deftly countered with a crosscourt winner.
Jabeur would go on to win the match in a third-set tiebreak. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2788705/shot-of-the-month-jabeur-takes-top-honors-in-august | 2022-09-12T17:27:52Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2788705/shot-of-the-month-jabeur-takes-top-honors-in-august | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The red and swollen fingers of King Charles III have prompted concern from members of the public for some time. People have been so alarmed by his inflamed hands, they have gone online in a bid to find the reason.
Google Trends data shows people have searched terms such as 'prince charles sausage fingers'. Even Charles himself reportedly made a laughing reference to his "sausage fingers" during a tour of Australia in 2012.
Perhaps because of his distinctive habits of laying one hand on top of the other on the front of his body, or touching his cuffs and of course, no hands in pockets, his fingers are often visible and captured on camera. They certainly haven't escaped the notice of the media and the public. His thickened fingers first came to the public's attention when he was seen holding a pint last year in a pub in South London.
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Again, at the funeral of his father Prince Philip last year, Charles' fingers were noticed. As the Daily Express reports, Swollen hands and fingers can be caused by a variety of things, so it is important to discuss your symptoms with a doctor if you are experiencing this.
According to the NHS, a condition called oedema refers to swollen arms and hands as a result of fluid build-up, and this swelling will often go away on its own. But if the condition gets worse or it doesn't get better after a few days of home treatment, it is recommended sufferers contact their GP.
Oedema symptoms include swollen or puffy arms or hands, or shiny, stretched or red skin. Oedema can also affect the ankles, feet and legs. An urgent GP appointment or help from NHS 111 is required if:
- you have swelling in only 1 arm or hand and there's no obvious cause, such as an injury
- the swelling is severe, painful or starts very suddenly
- the swollen area is red or feels hot to the touch
- your arm or hand is swollen and your temperature is very high, or you feel hot and shivery
- you have diabetes and your arm or hand is swollen
Anyone feeling short of breath or struggling to breathe, or their chest feels tight, heavy or painful, should call 999 as this could be due to a blood clot in the lungs.
- an injury – such as a strain or sprain
- sudden changes in temperature – such as very hot weather
- an insect bite or sting
- skin allergy such as angioedema
- problems with your kidneys, liver or heart
- a blood clot
- an infection
- some conditions such as lymphoedema or psoriatic arthritis
How can you ease the swelling?
The NHS recommends you do the following to ease swelling for oedema:
- Lie down and use pillows to raise the swollen area when you can
- Move your whole arm and shoulder – try raising your hand above your head while you open and close your fist
- Massage your arm or hand towards your body using firm, but not painful, pressure – for example, start at your fingertips and massage towards your palm
- Get some gentle exercise, like walking, to improve your blood flow
- Drink plenty of water
- Wash, dry and moisturise your arms or hands to avoid infections
- Put your hands in a bath of warm water and then cold water to help move the fluid away from the area
People suffering from swelling in their hands or arms should avoid staying in the same position for long periods, and avoid wearing clothes that are too tight.
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A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital following a crash that shut a major road in Kent. Police are trying to find a driver who left the scene after their car collided with the rider's bike on the A228 at East Peckham, near Tunbridge Wells.
Kent Police said they were called at just after 3.40pm today (Monday, September 12) to a crash involving a car and a motorbike. Traffic monitoring service Inrix said the collision happened on the A228 southbound between the B2015 Maidstone Road and Branbridges Road.
"Officers and South East Coast Ambulance Service attended the scene where the motorist had left prior to their arrival," said police. "The motorcyclist was treated for injuries that are not described as life-threatening and has been taken to a local hospital for further medical attention."
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Police added: "Enquiries are underway to locate the driver of the car. The carriageway was closed while emergency services dealt with the incident and has now reopened to traffic."
Inrix said the road reopened shortly after 5.30pm. "Road cleared and delays cleared, accident cleared on A228 Southbound from B2015 Maidstone Road to Branbridges Road," an update said.
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A man has been stabbed during an incident in Westwood, near Broadstairs, police said. An investigation has been launched with witnesses to the assault being sought.
Between 7.50am and 8am on Friday, September 2, a man was reportedly assaulted by another man in Gordon Road. He sustained injuries consistent with a stab wound which required hospital treatment and the incident was later reported to Kent Police.
Officers have since been carrying out enquiries and are appealing to anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area, or who has any other information which may assist the investigation. The suspect is described as white, in his 20s, around 5ft 6ins tall, of slim build, with wavy light brown hair and facial hair.
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He was wearing a dark blue tracksuit top with a yellow stripe down the right shoulder and blue trousers. He is believed to have left the scene in the direction of Ramsgate Road. Anyone with information, or relevant dashcam or CCTV footage, is urged to call Kent Police on 01843 222289, quoting reference 46/171413/22.
You can also call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 or complete the online form on their website.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday announced more than $13 million in federal and state highway safety grants as part of a statewide focus to prevent motor vehicle crashes and eliminate roadway fatalities.
The state funds were disbursed at the start of the fiscal year, and the federal funds will be distributed Oct. 1 by the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office. In all, more than 90 organizations, agencies, and programs will receive funds.
“Since the beginning of our administration, we have worked to prioritize safety on our highways through innovative projects and partnerships,” said Hogan. “These grants will continue to help reduce crashes and fatalities all across the state and ensure highway safety remains a top priority.”
In 2021, there were 562 traffic deaths on Maryland roadways, including 131 pedestrians and six bicyclists. While that number is a decrease compared to 2020 when the state had 573 fatalities, including 138 pedestrians and 15 bicyclists, police reports continue to show speed, impairment, and inadequate or improper seat belt use as the most common contributing factors in motor vehicle fatalities.
The highway safety funds announced today will be used for initiatives to:
- Increase the use of seat belts in all seats;
- Prevent impaired, aggressive, and distracted driving;
- Increase safety for pedestrians, motorcyclists, and bicyclists;
- Promote the correct use of child passenger safety seats;
- Support police training for highway safety and traffic enforcement;
- Fund overtime enforcement of Maryland’s traffic laws; and
- Increase the efficiency and capability of Maryland’s traffic data systems.
“To eliminate crashes and fatalities in Maryland, we need to work together as partners at the local, state, and federal levels to maintain a safe and reliable highway system and reinforce good driving behaviors,” said Maryland Department of Transportation Secretary James F. Ports. “These grants affirm the commitment of MDOT and the Hogan administration to invest in critical transportation projects and initiatives that benefit residents, visitors, and businesses across Maryland.”
In 2019, Maryland enacted the Vision Zero initiative that set a goal of zero fatalities and serious injuries on state roadways by 2030. This goal guides partners as they implement safety programs with grant funding. Vision Zero also serves as a blueprint in development and implementation of Maryland’s 2021-2025 Strategic Highway Safety Plan, a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach to reduce fatalities and serious injuries across the state utilizing the “Four Es” of traffic safety—education, engineering, enforcement, and emergency medical services.
The state funds awarded this year can be used for traffic safety initiatives and are allocated based on crash data for each county or organization. Below is a breakdown of the highway safety grant amounts. | https://www.wboc.com/news/13m-in-highway-safety-grants-awarded-to-more-than-90-maryland-agencies-organizations/article_80965b40-32a9-11ed-b24e-6fb32fc4f2cb.html | 2022-09-12T17:34:55Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/13m-in-highway-safety-grants-awarded-to-more-than-90-maryland-agencies-organizations/article_80965b40-32a9-11ed-b24e-6fb32fc4f2cb.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LEWES, Del. - Beebe Healthcare is making visitation updates to the Margaret H. Rollins Lewes Campus as of Monday, Sept. 12.
Inpatients may have well visitors throughout their stay. Pediatric patients may have two well parents or caregiver around the clock.
Oncology patients may have one well support person accompany them for all appointments and treatments at the Tunnell Cancer Center and/or South Coastal Cancer Center.
As a continuation of Beebe’s existing policy, visitors are not permitted for COVID-19 patients and patients under suspicion for COVID-19 except for special circumstances. Additional considerations are made for labor & delivery, surgery patients, and end of life patients.
“As a patient-centered organization, we are pleased to continue to offer more opportunities for our patients to have the support of their loved ones,” said David A. Tam, president & CEO, of Beebe Healthcare. “We know that support from family and friends is an important part of the recovery process, especially during a cancer journey, and therefore it’s our obligation to provide to our patients these opportunities in a safe manner.”
All visitors continue to be required to wear a surgical mask during their entire visit to include when sitting with a patient in their room. Visitors who do not have one upon check-in will have one provided to them. This includes the Lewes Campus, the South Coastal Health Campus, the Specialty Surgical Hospital, and Tunnell Cancer Center. | https://www.wboc.com/news/beebe-healthcare-updates-visitor-policy/article_53bb2eb2-329e-11ed-97ce-0f503b5df987.html | 2022-09-12T17:35:00Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/beebe-healthcare-updates-visitor-policy/article_53bb2eb2-329e-11ed-97ce-0f503b5df987.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DOVER, Del. - The Delaware Division of Public Health on Monday announced upcoming opportunities for individuals to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus.
The current case count for monkeypox in the state is 33, including 22 cases in New Castle County, two cases in Kent County, and nine cases in Sussex County. Delaware continues to offer vaccinations to people at a higher risk of exposure.
DPH and Beebe Healthcare are partnering with AIDS Delaware and the Delaware HIV Consortium to offer monkeypox vaccination during the Sept. 17 AIDS Walk events in New Castle and Sussex counties. The AIDS Walk events are being held at Brandywine State Park in Wilmington and in Grove Park in Rehoboth Beach. Individuals do not need to be registered for the walk to be vaccinated. Pre-registration to receive the vaccine at the Brandywine State Park location with DPH can be done by calling the monkeypox hotline at 866-408-1899. It is operational Monday – Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Vaccinations will be administered between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The vaccine is free.
Pre-registration is not required for vaccination at the Rehoboth Beach event with Beebe Healthcare, being held between 9 a.m. and noon. Staff will provide onsite assistance to schedule second doses. Individuals should bring their ID and insurance card. While the vaccine is free, there may be an administration fee (less than $30), which typically is covered by insurance, but may be billable to a patient without insurance coverage.
Additional details about the AIDS Walk itself can be found at: https://aidsdelaware.salsalabs.org/2022AIDSWalkDelaware/index.html.
DPH is also announcing that it is expanding vaccine access to those deemed to be at a higher risk for monkeypox infection such as those treated for a sexually transmitted infection in the last six months, people experiencing homelessness, those who are incarcerated, or individuals traveling to an area with community spread of MPX cases. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not encouraging vaccination against monkeypox for the broader public or for everyone who is sexually active.
Vaccines are also available to those at highest risk including:
- Those confirmed to have been exposed to someone with the virus
- Persons known or presumed to be exposed to someone with monkeypox in the last 14 days
- Certain individuals who have sex with men and who have had multiple sex partners within the past 14 days
- Those living with HIV or who are receiving HIV PrEP
- Immunocompromised persons (including those with cancer, solid organ or stem cell transplants, those taking immunosuppressive therapy, and individuals with autoimmune disease)
- Those engaging in high-risk activities, including sexual practices, that increase exposure to monkeypox, such as:
- Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and have had multiple, or any, anonymous sexual partners in a social network experiencing monkeypox activity, this includes meeting partners through an online website, digital application (“app”), or social event (e.g., a bar or party)
- Transgender women or nonbinary persons assigned male at birth who have sex with men
- Sex workers (of any sexual orientation/gender)
- Staff (of any sexual orientation/gender) at establishments where sexual activity occurs (e.g., bathhouses, saunas, sex clubs)
Individuals should be aware that the vaccine, a two-dose series given 28 days apart, is not considered effective until two weeks after the second dose. Those at higher risk should continue using preventive measures and reduce engaging in high-risk behaviors both prior to, and after, vaccination to reduce the chance of continued spread of monkeypox in the community.
Eligible Delawareans may also receive monkeypox vaccinations at:
- Newark Urgent Care - Visit NewarkUrgentCare.org to view eligibility requirements and schedule an appointment. Vaccine clinics are on Thursdays, and there is no cost for the vaccine.
- Beebe Healthcare: Individuals can schedule an appointment at beebehealthcare.org/online-scheduling. Walk-ins will not be accepted.
- DPH clinics: Individuals should call the monkeypox hotline at 866-408-1899 for a screening evaluation. Walk-ins at DPH clinics will not be accepted. Monkeypox vaccinations at DPH clinics will continue to prioritize individuals at highest risk, as a result of confirmed or potential exposure to someone with monkeypox. As a result, your appointment may be scheduled a few days out.
Signs and Symptoms
The symptoms of monkeypox are similar to but milder than the symptoms of smallpox. Symptoms usually start within three weeks of exposure to the virus. Most people who contract monkeypox will develop a rash, and some will develop flu-like symptoms beforehand. The flu-like symptoms may include fever, headache, muscle aches and backache, sore throat, cough, swollen lymph nodes, chills, or exhaustion. If someone has flu-like symptoms, they usually will develop a rash one to four days later.
If you suspect you are experiencing any symptoms associated with MPX you should immediately:
- Contact your health care provider and discuss your symptoms and concerns.
- Self-isolate until all lesions have resolved, the scabs have fallen off, and a fresh layer of intact skin has formed.
- Avoid being intimate with others.
- Make a list of your close and intimate contacts in the last 21 days.
It can take three to four weeks for all symptoms to fully heal. While there is no specific treatment for MPX, antivirals can be prescribed, though they are not always needed. To learn more information about monkeypox, please visit de.gov/monkeypox. DPH began posting monkeypox case and vaccine data on the website last week.
DPH launched a hotline for individuals with questions or concerns about monkeypox. The hotline number is 866-408-1899 and is operational Monday –Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Questions may also be emailed to DPHCall@delaware.gov. Both the hotline number and email address share staff with the COVID-19 Call Center. To learn more about monkeypox prevention programs and resources, visit de.gov/monkeypox. | https://www.wboc.com/news/delaware-expanding-monkeypox-vaccine-access/article_3fa67064-32b5-11ed-912d-ff9b82d407ac.html | 2022-09-12T17:35:01Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/delaware-expanding-monkeypox-vaccine-access/article_3fa67064-32b5-11ed-912d-ff9b82d407ac.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BALTIMORE - Maryland’s seven wagering facilities combined to contribute $477,840 during August 2022 to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Fund, which supports public education programs, Maryland Lottery and Gaming announced Monday. Each sports wagering licensee contributes 15% of its taxable win to the state.
Details on each facility’s handle, hold percentage, taxable win, prizes, promotional play and contribution to the state are included in the attached chart and available at mdgaming.com.
Here are the statewide sports wagering totals for August 2022:
Handle (Amount players wagered, including promotional wagers provided to players by sportsbooks):
$18,650,802
Prizes (Winnings paid to players):
$15,418,951
Hold (Handle less prizes paid):
$3,231,851 (17.3%)
Taxable Win (Amount remaining after paying winners and deducting promotional play and other amounts):
$3,185,601
Sports Wagering Tax (15% of the taxable win):
$477,840
The hold percentage for all wagers that were settled during August was 13.41%. Since the inception of the sports wagering program in December 2021, the hold percentage for settled wagers is 10.46%; sports wagering has contributed $3,659,082 to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Fund; and expired sports wagering prizes have contributed $496,189 to the Problem Gambling Fund.
MGM National Harbor, Live! Casino, Horseshoe Casino, Ocean Downs Casino, and Hollywood Casino began their sportsbook operations during December 2021. Bingo World opened on Aug. 1.
Riverboat on the Potomac reported revenue during August for its two controlled demonstrations dates and opened to the public on Sept. 8.
Additional facilities are expected to open in the near future. | https://www.wboc.com/news/maryland-sportsbook-facilities-contribute-477k-to-state-during-august/article_c7dd4efc-32a2-11ed-b21a-4b81b5999c7b.html | 2022-09-12T17:35:02Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/maryland-sportsbook-facilities-contribute-477k-to-state-during-august/article_c7dd4efc-32a2-11ed-b21a-4b81b5999c7b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SALISBURY, Md. - A Salisbury man has been convicted on animal cruelty charges for abusing and killing a kitten.
Prosecutors said Monday that on Sept. 1, Christopher Truitt, 26, was convicted of one count of felony animal cruelty and two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty. Truitt was found guilty following trial and sentenced to 180 days in jail with all but 60 days suspended to be served on house arrest. Truitt was also placed on three years of supervised probation and given a $300 fine. As a special condition of his sentence, Truitt will be prohibited from owning, possessing or residing with animals for a period of five years.
On Dec. 16, 2021, the Wicomico County Humane Society received a complaint of an abandoned box located on Dixon Road with a deceased kitten inside. Director Kim Nock responded and discovered Ember, a black 6-month-old cat, inside the box. Ember had recently been adopted from the Worcester County Humane Society by Truitt and was identified by her pet microchip.
A necropsy performed by the Wicomico Humane Society revealed Ember’s cause of death to be both blunt force trauma and strangulation.
The Wicomico Sheriff’s office conducted an extensive investigation and identified Truitt as the person who caused the injuries and ultimately killed Ember. | https://www.wboc.com/news/salisbury-man-convicted-of-animal-cruelty-in-kittens-death/article_c73ca76e-3297-11ed-b17e-13f4f50f9df8.html | 2022-09-12T17:35:08Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/salisbury-man-convicted-of-animal-cruelty-in-kittens-death/article_c73ca76e-3297-11ed-b17e-13f4f50f9df8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The redesigned 2022 Toyota Tundra pickup truck and redesigned 2022 Lexus NX compact crossover are being recalled for a faulty sensor that could prevent the electronic parking brake from being engaged, the NHTSA disclosed on Monday. If the parking brake can’t be engaged, and the driver ignores or disregards the warning lights in the cluster, the vehicle could roll away when parking on an incline.
The electronic control unit in the electronic parking brake system could falsely detect an overcurrent, which would trigger the system to shut down so as not to lead to a short circuit and possible fire. In this false state, the failsafe prevents the electronic parking brake from engaging or disengaging. The false read triggers a “Parking brake malfunction, visit your dealer” message in the instrument cluster, and/or it illuminates a malfunction indicator light in the cluster.
If the driver ignores these warnings, and if the driver parks on an incline and thinks they have engaged the parking brake and everything is fine, it is not. The truck or crossover can roll away.
The issue affects 83,725 vehicles total, but no hybrid models are included in the recall. The bulk of the volume—64,330 units—is of the 2022 Toyota Tundra. This is the fourth recall for the redesigned pickup truck since it went on sale at the end of last year. Two of the recalls involved the surround-view camera system, while the most significant recall pertained to a rear-axle housing that could separate from the shaft.
Owners will receive notification by mail as early as October 31, 2022. Toyota and Lexus dealers will reprogram the control unit at no cost to owners. For more information, contact Toyota’s customer service at 1-800-331-4331 or visit Toyota’s recall site.
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Swiss electric vehicle startup Piech has hired some big guns to help bring its zero-emission performance cars to market.
The company last week announced the hiring of Manfred Fitzgerald as chairman and Tobias Moers as chief technology officer, both veterans of the industry. Both executives will also share the role of CEO at Piech.
Fitzgerald replaces Matthias Müller, a former Volkswagen Group CEO who was only with Piech for 11 months. Fitzgerald’s last role was as head of Genesis, but perhaps more important to Piech is his time spent at Lamborghini. Fitzgerald spent 12 years at Lamborghini as its head of brand and design, a role in which he helped turn Lamborghini into the globally successful brand it is today.
Moers joins Piech following a brief and somewhat rocky stint as CEO of Aston Martin. Moers’ greatest success has been with Mercedes-Benz AMG. Under his leadership, he helped to double AMG’s product portfolio and quadruple its sales, as well as lay the groundwork for the current expansion into EVs.
Piech, co-founded by a son of Ferdinand Piëch and backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, first made headlines in 2019 when it presented at the Geneva auto show the striking Mark Zero concept, an electric grand tourer with sultry lines reminiscent of classic Aston Martins. The Piëch family has been part-owners of VW and Porsche for decades.
The company last fall said the production version of the Mark Zero was on track for launch in mid-2024, after which a crossover and 2+2 coupe would be added. The cars would all use bespoke platforms developed in-house at Piech.
For the production Mark Zero, Piech promises a trio of electric motors generating 603 hp, and a 75-kwh battery good for a range approaching 300 miles on a charge. According to Piech, an 80% charge will be possible in just eight minutes using a DC fast charger.
“With Manfred Fitzgerald and Tobias Moers, two established authorities from the sophisticated and rapidly evolving world of sports cars and automotive luxury brands join the Piëch team,” Toni Piëch, Piech’s co-founder, said in a statement. “Both have a proven and enviable track record in this segment and possess extensive knowledge, an adept sense of how to communicate with exclusive customers and a distinct understanding of luxury brands.”
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Vinfast reported on Saturday that it has delivered the first 100 of its VF 8 electric SUVs in its home market of Vietnam, ahead of wider availability and international deliveries in the U.S., Canada, and Europe expected by the end of the year.
At a delivery event held at the company’s Hai Phong manufacturing complex the company said it delivered the vehicles to “pioneer customers who made the earliest reservations.”
Vinfast had said that it will make its first deliveries of both the VF 8 and the larger VF 9 by the end of the year, although it appears to have pushed the timeline forward into 2023 for the VF 9. It now says that the first US global delivery of the VF 8 is expected to happen in December 2022.
The VF 8 is 187.0 inches long by 76.1 inches wide and 65.6 inches high overall. It includes a dual-motor drive system and in its Eco version makes 349 hp and about 369 lb-ft of torque, while Plus versions make 402 hp and about 457 lb-ft of torque. On the European/global WLTP cycle, Vinfast is claiming a range of up to 260 miles for the Eco and up to 248 miles for the Plus. The company affirmed in a release announcing the first deliveries that the VF 8 includes a highway driving assist system with automated lane changes, plus remote parking assist, and a smart summon mode. It also details an app that offers more ways to remotely access and interact with the vehicle than most other automakers currently offer.
Vinfast’s timeline in the U.S. has indeed been very fast. It established its U.S. headquarters just last November, and that same month displayed early prototypes of the VF 8 and VF 9—then named VF e35 and VF e36. In July opened its first U.S. retail stores, in California, and announced $1.2 billion in incentives from North Carolina—the largest economic incentive package ever from the state, it claimed—in a planned factory in that state. The company said that it will expand its retail footprint to other states in the future.
Initial deliveries for the U.S. will be sourced from Vietnam, but the company says that the North Carolina plant will eventually build U.S.-bound VF 8 and VF 9 SUVs. Likewise, there are plans for a corresponding plant in Germany.
We’ve had a couple of advance looks at these models, but as recently as the New York auto show in April a VF 8 prototype didn’t yet look at a production level in the details. In an April preview drive, we also found the VF 8 to need some development and fine-tuning yet—surprising given the delivery target.
Vinfast says it will include a 10-year warranty on the SUVs, and pricing for Vinfast vehicles is different than any other automaker has attempted in the U.S. The company will sell its EVs for as little as $40,700 for the Eco and $47,700 for the Plus, but pricing is worked out around a battery subscription program that essentially replaces a battery warranty—and doesn’t include an extra monthly battery subscription of $35/month. How this affects retail and residual values, or basics like insurance costs, remains to be seen, as the battery pack remains a Vinfast asset. As an alternative, Vinfast this month announced a separate plan to all customers to buy the battery pack with the vehicle.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The newly restored Cort Theatre on Broadway will formally be renamed after James Earl Jones on Monday, becoming the second theater on the Great White Way named after a Black artist.
The honor adds to the many that the iconic actor Jones has amassed, including two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two Tony Awards, a Grammy, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honors. He also was given an honorary Oscar and a special Tony for lifetime achievement.
“It means everything. You can’t think of an artist that has served America more,” director Kenny Leon told The Associated Press ahead of the ceremony. “He was in the military, he did his service there. He did his service on stage, he did his service on film, television, radio. He did his service everywhere and he’s still doing it.”
The renaming comes after a wide Broadway coalition of theater owners, producers, union leaders, creators and casting directors hammered out a series of reforms and commitments in 2021 for the theater industry to ensure equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility.
One requirement of the so-called New Deal for Broadway was that the Shubert, Nederlander and Jujamcyn theater chains have at least one of their theaters named after a Black artist. Artists like LaChanze, Audra McDonald, Wendell Pierce, Billy Porter and Leon backed the proposals.
“I couldn’t think of anybody more deserving of this honor,” said Leon. “When I think about it, I think about young kids. I think about Black kids, white and Asian kids, all kinds of kids, standing up outside of that theater and looking up and saying, ‘That’s it: The James Earl Jones Theatre. That represents the good in all of us.’”
Jujamcyn already has the August Wilson Theatre and the Nederlander Organization will soon rename the Brooks Atkinson Theatre after Lena Horne, marking the first time a Black woman will have a Broadway theater named in her honor.
The three-tier Cort Theatre — at 138 W. 48th St. — opened in 1912 and was built by and named for John Cort, general manager of the Northwestern Theatrical Association. Thomas Lamb was the architect.
It has undergone a $47 million restoration and expansion that includes the building of a 35-foot wide and 100-foot deep adjacent space to the theater that allows for bars and lounges on every level, new bathrooms for men and women, and elevators, all in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. A new mural that employs digital tiles connects the floors.
The James Earl Jones Theatre will have a wider stage and a trap room underneath — making musicals now an option — and a new upstairs rehearsal space that matches the stage’s footprint. There is also an upgraded wardrobe room and offices for theater staff and roomy dressing rooms.
Inside the theater, the firm Francesca Russo Architect has brought back the Marie Antoinette color palette in the seating, ornamental plaster, drapery, lighting and carpet. Original cove lighting have been replaced with long life lamps and the original Tiffany glass illuminated proscenium has been restored.
New wider seats actually mean the interior lost four seats from its just-over-1,000 seats — but it promises to offer a more comfortable experience. A new rigging system has been added, as well as a refashioned orchestra pit and ventilation systems.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emmy Awards host Kenan Thompson and the ceremony’s producers are promising a feel-good event — a phrase not applicable to several of the top nominated shows.
The best drama contenders include the violently dystopian “Squid Game,” bleak workplace satire “Severance” and “Succession,” about a powerful and cutthroat family. Even comedy nominee “Ted Lasso,” the defending champ, took a storytelling dark turn.
But after several pandemic-constrained awards seasons, Monday’s 74th Primetime Emmy Awards (airing 8 p.m. EDT on NBC, streaming on Peacock) will be big and festive, executive producers Reginald Hudlin and Ian Stewart said.
They’re actually taking a page from last year’s scaled-down ceremony and its club-style table seating for nominees.
“They had a ball. They had a party. They celebrated themselves,” Stewart said, recalling a comment made by actor Sophia Bush at the evening’s end: “Oh, my God, I actually had fun at the Emmys.”
The tables will be back and again reserved for nominees — and their “significants,” Stewart said — but there will be some 3,000 other guests seated traditionally in the temporarily reconfigured 7,000-seat Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
“When the nominees are having a great time that translates on screen,” Hudlin said, citing the “passionate, touching” speeches delivered by winners.
Thompson, the veteran “Saturday Night Live” cast member taking his first turn as Emmys host, said he wants to enjoy the ceremony and make sure others do.
“This should be a night of appreciating artistry and creativity and removing the stress of it all out. I get it — it sucks to lose, and everybody’s picking outfits and trying to do the red carpet thing,” Thompson said. “But at the same time, it’s an awesome thing to be in the room on Emmys night, and I don’t want that to get lost in the stress.”
He doesn’t expect anything mirroring the Will Smith-Chris Rock confrontation that cast a shadow over the Oscars earlier this year, Thompson said.
Although HBO’s “Succession,” which won the best drama series award in 2020, and “Ted Lasso” from Apple TV+ are considered the frontrunners for top series honors, there’s potential for surprises. Netflix’s “Squid Game,” a global sensation, would be the first non-English language drama series to win an Emmy.
On the comedy side, ABC’s acclaimed newcomer “Abbott Elementary” could become the first broadcast show to win the best comedy award since the network’s “Modern Family” in 2014. It’s also among the few contenders this year, along with “Squid Game,” to field a substantial number of nominees of color.
At the Emmy creative arts ceremonies held earlier this month, the mockumentary-style show about educators in an underfunded Philadelphia school, won the trophy for outstanding comedy series casting. “Succession” won the drama series casting award.
“The Crown,” last year’s big winner, wasn’t in the running this time because it sat out the Emmys eligibility period. The dramatized account of Queen Elizabeth’s reign and family life will return for its fifth season in November, as Britain mourns the loss of its longest-serving monarch who died Thursday at age 96.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Three children were found dead in the surf off Brooklyn’s famed Coney Island boardwalk early Monday and police believe they may have been drowned by their mother.
The bodies of the 7-year-old boy, 4-year-old girl and 3-month-old girl were found after a nearly three-hour search that began at 1:40 a.m. when a relative called police, worried the woman intended to harm her children.
The mother was found 90 minutes later, barefoot and soaking wet, 2 miles (3 kilometers) down the boardwalk from the section of Coney Island where she lived.
Detectives were trying to question the woman at the local police precinct house.
“So far, she’s not said anything,” said NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey.
The search for the children intensified after the mother was found alone. Police sent in a helicopter and marine units. The children were found at the water’s edge shortly after 4:30 a.m. on a quiet section of beach about 13 blocks from the stadium where the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team plays its games.
Efforts to revive the children at a nearby hospital failed, Corey said.
Police didn’t immediately identify the children or the 30-year-old mother. A decision hadn’t been made about what criminal charges she might face.
The children’s bodies were found just three blocks from the woman’s apartment building, where police had first gone when the search began. Corey said officers had canvassed the beach and the boardwalk, searched neighborhood streets and checked the local hospital in the hunt for the children before the mother was found on the boardwalk.
As they continued to search the area, police found a shoe in the water and bagged it as evidence.
A security supervisor for the building where the mother and children lived said the family had moved in less than a year ago. Corey said the mother had not been reported to authorities previously for abusing or neglecting her children. | https://www.wspa.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-police-believe-3-children-drowned-by-mother-at-nyc-beach/ | 2022-09-12T17:41:17Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-police-believe-3-children-drowned-by-mother-at-nyc-beach/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 30 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Three children were found dead in the surf off Brooklyn’s famed Coney Island boardwalk early Monday and police believe they may have been drowned by their mother.
The bodies of the 7-year-old boy, 4-year-old girl and 3-month-old girl were found after a nearly three-hour search that began at 1:40 a.m. when a relative called police, worried the woman intended to harm her children.
The mother was found 90 minutes later, barefoot and soaking wet, 2 miles (3 kilometers) down the boardwalk from the section of Coney Island where she lived.
Detectives were trying to question the woman at the local police precinct house.
“So far, she’s not said anything,” said NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey.
The search for the children intensified after the mother was found alone. Police sent in a helicopter and marine units. The children were found at the water’s edge shortly after 4:30 a.m. on a quiet section of beach about 13 blocks from the stadium where the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team plays its games.
Efforts to revive the children at a nearby hospital failed, Corey said.
Police didn’t immediately identify the children or the 30-year-old mother. A decision hadn’t been made about what criminal charges she might face.
The children’s bodies were found just three blocks from the woman’s apartment building, where police had first gone when the search began. Corey said officers had canvassed the beach and the boardwalk, searched neighborhood streets and checked the local hospital in the hunt for the children before the mother was found on the boardwalk.
As they continued to search the area, police found a shoe in the water and bagged it as evidence.
A security supervisor for the building where the mother and children lived said the family had moved in less than a year ago. Corey said the mother had not been reported to authorities previously for abusing or neglecting her children. | https://www.wspa.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-police-believe-3-children-drowned-by-mother-at-nyc-beach/ | 2022-09-12T17:41:17Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-police-believe-3-children-drowned-by-mother-at-nyc-beach/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 30 |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ rocket company suffered its first launch failure Monday. No one was aboard, only science experiments.
The Blue Origin rocket blasted off from West Texas and was barely a minute into the flight when bright yellow flames shot out from around the single engine at the bottom. The capsule’s emergency launch abort system immediately kicked in, lifting the craft off the top. Several minutes later, the capsule parachuted onto the remote desert floor.
The rocket crashed back to Earth with no injuries or damage reported, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
Although this New Shepard rocket was dedicated to flying experiments, it was the same kind used for launching people on 10-minute rides to the edge of space. The rocket is grounded pending the outcome of an investigation, said the FAA, which is in charge of public safety during commercial space launches and landings.
Blue Origin’s launch commentary went silent when the capsule catapulted off the rocket Monday morning, eventually announcing: “It appears we’ve experienced an anomaly with today’s flight. This wasn’t planned.”
“Booster failure on today’s uncrewed flight. Escape system performed as designed,” the Kent, Washington-based company tweeted close to an hour later.
No further details were provided by the company.
The mishap occurred as the rocket was traveling nearly 700 mph (1,126 kph) at an altitude of about 28,000 feet (8,500 meters). There was no video shown of the rocket — only the capsule — after the failure. It happened around the point the rocket is under the maximum amount of pressure, called max-q.
The rocket usually lands upright on the desert floor and then is recycled for future flights.
The webcast showed the capsule reaching a maximum altitude of more than 37,000 feet (11,300 meters). Thirty-six experiments were on board, half sponsored by NASA. Most were put together by students.
It was the 23rd flight for the New Shepard program, named after the first American in space, Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard and the ninth flight for this particular rocket-capsule pair.
Blue Origin’s most recent flight with paying customers was just last month; the ticket price hasn’t been released. Bezos was on the first New Shepard crew last year. Altogether, Blue Origin has carried 31 people, including actor William Shatner.
The rocket should have launched nearly two weeks ago, but was grounded until Monday by bad weather.
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LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of a tweaked booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine that includes protection against two of the latest versions of omicron, as countries look to bolster their immunization programs ahead of winter.
The EU regulator said Monday that laboratory studies suggest the combination vaccine — which targets both the original COVID-19 virus as well as the omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 — should trigger an effective immune response. The vaccine is expected to be as safe as the original version, but the agency will continue to track its rollout globally since the data is limited.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the modified vaccine shot the green light last month.
According to the World Health Organization, the BA.5 version of omicron is responsible for most of the COVID-19 spreading globally; it made up about 87% of all virus sequences shared with the biggest public database.
Earlier this month, the European Medicines Agency also cleared two combination vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Inc. which aimed at protecting against the earlier omicron subvariant BA.1.
It’s unclear how well the updated boosters will work since experts are still gathering data. But there’s evidence that they are safe, so waiting for more study on their effectiveness would risk another mutation appearing before people are immunized.
Scientists warn that the coronavirus will linger far into the future, partly because it is getting better and better at getting around immunity from vaccination and past infection.
Globally, coronavirus cases and deaths have been dropping for weeks, but experts expect a surge of hospitalizations and deaths with the coming winter in the northern hemisphere. So far the virus has killed over 6.5 million people worldwide.
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Winner of the Silver Lion Grand Jury prize in Venice, Alice Diop’s tour de force Saint Omer follows a novelist who becomes obsessed with a woman who has committed an unthinkable crime. Rama (Kayije Kagame), whom we first see teaching a class on Marguerite Duras, travels to another town to attend the trial of Laurence Coly, who has been accused of leaving her baby to perish on a beach. Through their shared Senegalese backgrounds and academic pursuits, Rama identifies with Laurence—a PhD student who strikes a placidly defiant figure in court, amid elitist and racist attitudes. And in a welter of emotions, she muses on the prospect of motherhood, with a child on the way herself.
Saint Omer premiered this past week at the Venice Film Festival, more typically known as a spectacular showcase for fall movies like White Noise or The Whale—but Diop’s work deserves the same attention. (It screens next in the Toronto and New York film festivals.) Based on the true story of Fabienne Kamou and partly composed from court transcripts, it’s a multilayered movie that feels irreducible. Diop reworks our notions of courtroom drama and stirs in scenes with Rama’s mother and partner, in order to reflect on family, justice, identity, selfhood, and memory. Diop’s previous film, We, won a top award at the Berlin Film Festival for its thoughtful panorama of predominantly black and immigrant communities living along a French train line.
I interviewed Diop on the Lido in Venice, and it was all her translator could do to keep up with her. After talking about the documentary master Frederick Wiseman—Diop told me she used a monologue from his 1975 classic Welfare for auditioning her actors—we discussed the complicated attraction the story held for her.
How did you first encounter the story of Fabienne Kabou?
The story started from a photograph that I saw published in Le Monde. It was a grainy picture taken from a surveillance camera in Gare de Nord in Paris. You saw this woman who was pushing a baby in a stroller. The body of a child had been found on a shore in the north of France, and this image was published on notices looking for Kabou all over the country. And I immediately felt a familiarity with that face. I knew from her features that she was from Senegal, which is my family’s background too, even before they said she was from Senegal. When I learned that she was the mother who had killed that little baby, my interest became a real obsession. I had to attend the trial to try to understand.
I found myself engrossed by this painful situation, together with all the women who were there, too—attendees, lawyers, judges, journalists, most of us were women! I wanted to find answers to my own intimate questions that I had asked myself about my relationship with my own mother and being a mother myself. And I decided that since I shared those same emotions with so many women, if we were all so obsessed with that event, it meant there was something universal in the story, which had to do with motherhood. So I decided to make a film about it.
Fabienne Kamou’s story brings out all these reactions—she’s an object of morbid fascination, and in the film she almost becomes a figure of resistance on the stand—but how do you view her?
You can’t label what this woman is. “She’s a psychopath, she’s manipulative. she’s completely crazy.” She’s all of those things together. But I didn’t want to pass any judgment and give answers to those questions. I just wanted to show the complexity of that human being, which is what interested me the most.
How did you cast the lead actors, Kayije Kagame as Rama and Guslagie Malanda as Laurence Coly (the Fabienne Kamou character)?
I met them at the same time when I was beginning to write the screenplay. As for Kayije, I found myself in Geneva talking about a documentary of mine. She raised her hand and asked a question, and I was immediately mesmerized and fascinated by this woman. I asked to take a picture of her because I was making the film and she let me. I met [Guslagie] at a dinner and I realized there was something very powerful [about her], as if she was haunted by something. So the echoes of their images were in my mind while I was writing. They were the first ones that I called for the first auditions.
I kept thinking of Marguerite Duras while watching the film and its way of reflecting on the past. Could you talk about her influence?
It is indeed a very Marguerite Duras film. It’s a spirit that somehow contaminates the film at different levels. Rama being a novelist and teaching Duras during her lecture is probably what prompts her to attend the trial. he thinks she might get inspiration from Laurence in order to feel the qualities of the protagonist in the novel she is writing, all her ambiguities. But she realizes she is neither a victim nor a perpetrator. And it upsets her because this evokes questions that go far beyond her literary interests.
One of the movie’s layers is a batch of home movies from Rama’s past. Where did these come from?
These are reconstituted archives—completely fictional, with actors. But the reference point was my own family’s archives, which I used in my last documentary, We, and the cultural aspects that I knew well about life in a Senegalese family. My mother is not like the mother of Rama, of course, but there are things I borrowed.
You said the movie came out of an obsession. Do you feel freed from that obsession now that you have made the movie?
I feel that the process of writing and filming helped me to revisit and understand quite personal and intimate things. But I would most like that everyone is able to take stock of their relations to their family, children, motherhood. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/alice-diop-director-saint-omer-movie-venice-interview | 2022-09-12T17:42:23Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/alice-diop-director-saint-omer-movie-venice-interview | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Basically Every Celebrity Showed Up to Beyoncé’s Belated 41st Birthday Party
Between New York Fashion Week, the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, and the Emmy Awards, some celebrities whose birthdays fall in the first couple weeks of September may have trouble gathering their fellow A-listers to celebrate. Beyoncé, clearly, does not have that problem. In fact, she waited until Saturday to throw a party despite actually turning 41 before all the chaos on September 4. The singer-songwriter even managed to have Bella Hadid in attendance, even though she walked the Proenza Schouler show on the opposite coast that very same day.
Let’s start with the musicians—and it’s quite the list. Those who partied well into the night—apart from Drake, who reportedly stayed for just 10 minutes—at a mansion in Bel-Air, California included some of the biggest names in rap and pop. Lizzo, Offset, Ciara, Jaden and Willow Smith, Kelly Rowland, Troy Sivan, Adele, and Machine Gun Kelly were among those who came through (the last two bringing along their partners, Rich Paul and Megan Fox). They were joined by those in Hollywood: Lily-Rose Depp, Storm Reid, Michael B. Jordan, Gabrielle Union, and Zendaya. And then, of course, there were a few Kardashian-Jenners: Khloé Kris, and Kim.
Kim is by far the most surprising attendee. There have been rumors that she and Beyoncé have had a tense relationship for years, starting back when Kim first married Kanye (then Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z’s close friend). There was drama over Bey and Jay-Z failing to attend Kim and Kanye’s wedding, but by 2020, Bey and Kim seemed have put whatever was going on between them in the past. The latter sent the former an Ivy Park PR box, and last year, she wished her happy birthday on her website.
Only a few paparazzi got snaps of Beyoncé’s guests, and so far only Precious Lee has posted a photo from the evening. (Though Megan Fox seemed to have hinted that the theme was roller disco on Instagram.) We’ll just have to wait for the birthday girl to share a glimpse at the festivities, but that may not be any time soon. Clearly, Bey does things on her own time. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/beyonce-41st-birthday-party | 2022-09-12T17:42:29Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/beyonce-41st-birthday-party | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TANAGRA, Greece (AP) — Greece’s air force on Monday took delivery of a first pair of upgraded F-16 military jets under a $1.5 billion program to modernize its existing fighter fleet amid increasing tensions with neighboring Turkey.
The two F-16s presented at the Tanagra airbase northwest of Athens are the first of 83 to be refitted with advanced electronics, radar and weapons capabilities by late 2027 by Greece’s Hellenic Aerospace Industry, in coordination with U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin.
The head of Greece’s joint chiefs of staff, Gen. Constantinos Floros, said the program’s successful and timely completion “is an issue of the highest national importance.”
“Any potential aggressor will have to think twice or thrice before trying their luck,” once the upgrade is completed, he said at Monday’s presentation ceremony, adding that the new planes would increase Greece’s footprint within NATO.
Relations with historic regional rival Turkey have hit a new low following repeated, thinly-veiled threats from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that his country might invade Greece’s eastern Aegean Sea islands.
Turkey claims the islands have been illegally militarized. Greece says it needs to defend them against potential attack. The two NATO allies are also at odds over offshore gas and oil rights, and their fighter jets routinely intercept each other or engage in simulated dogfights over the Aegean.
Asked Sunday by The Associated Press whether the recent escalation in rhetoric from Turkey could be the prelude to an armed conflict, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis replied negatively.
“I don’t believe this will ever happen,” he said. “And if, God forbid, it happened, Turkey would receive an absolutely devastating response.”
Following years of forced savings during the 2010-2018 financial crisis, Greece has embarked on a multi-billion dollar spending spree to boost its armed forces and counter the threat from Turkey.
It has bought or ordered French Rafale fighter jets and FDI frigates, and is planning to purchase F-35 fighters from the U.S.
The F-16s, developed in the 1970s, are the workhorse of Greece’s air force. It acquired a first batch of 40 in 1989, and another 130 over the years. The latest upgrade will bring the 83 planes to the Block 72 variant, which is the most advanced version of the model in service in Europe.
“It’s an aircraft with enormous capabilities, particularly in its electronics systems,” Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos said.
Another four upgraded F-16s will be delivered by the end of this year, while the program is set for completion in late 2027. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-greece-gets-first-2-upgraded-f-16s-out-of-a-total-83/ | 2022-09-12T17:42:29Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-greece-gets-first-2-upgraded-f-16s-out-of-a-total-83/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Harry Styles’ Latest Premiere Went a Lot Better Than the Last
With all the drama surrounding Harry Style’s upcoming film, Don’t Worry Darling, it’s easy to forget that, at the moment, he’s busy promoting an entirely different movie as well. What attention can be paid to something as unsensational as My Policeman, which premiered on Sunday night at the Toronto International Film Festival? Actually, apparently, this film deserves just as many eyes and tweets in its direction as Darling, because Policeman had a successful premiere last night (a lot better than his turn at Venice, at least, though, admittedly, the bar is fairly low), and we can’t help but think Styles breathed a sigh of relief when he woke up this morning and found an Internet devoid of accusations that he spat on Emma Corrin.
Clearly, Styles felt like he needed a bit of luck on Sunday and he seemingly didn’t leave anything to chance. The singer arrived at the premiere of Policeman dressed in a look that can only be described as “Leprechaun couture,” clearly hoping some Irish luck would do him good. Styles wore a complete Gucci ensemble, made up of a dark green, double-breasted jacket featuring an oversized, lily-adorned broach. On the bottom were tailored pale mint pants, white boots, and a Kelly-green Gucci 1947 bag, which Styles totted around throughout the night by its bamboo top handle.
The artist was joined by his costar, Corrin, who similarly demanded attention in their custom Miu Miu look, a dramatically high-cut leotard that allowed for maximum leg display, featuring off-the-shoulder bell sleeves the erupted from each arm into a tulle train. Corrin then finished off the look with sheer black tights, black pumps, and a faux freckle on their right cheekbone. The threesome of stars was completed by David Dawson, who kept his look relatively simple in comparison to Corrin and Styles, opting to wear a black Christian Dior suit made up of a double-breasted jacket with a slightly longer cut and some cargo dress pants.
The trio had a successful night, taking home the Tribute Award for best ensemble, along with their costars Rupert Everett, Gina McKee, and Linus Roache, who play the older versions of Dawson, Corrin, and Styles’ characters in the film, respectively. But while there are no articles about a feud between Corrin and Styles, or a tense interaction between the singer and Dawson spreading through the Internet this morning, the reviews of the film are not exactly glowing. Collider suggested Styles’ Tom may have been in better hands “with a more seasoned actor,” as Styles is “uncertain and nervous” in the role. Meanwhile, The Guardian described him as “all construct and no conviction,” and “a performer as unsure of his ability as we are.”
It’s possible, that between the drama of Darling and the divided reviews of his acting, this duet of movies could be the end to Styles’ turn as an actor. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the artist admitted that he doesn’t plan on doing another movie for awhile. “A large part of acting is the doing-nothing, waiting thing...I don’t find that section of it to be that fulfilling. I like doing it in the moment, but I don’t think I’ll do it a lot,” he said. Styles admitted that he may, at some point, “crave” acting again, but it’s hard to imagine he will ever crave a repeat of this past week. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/harry-styles-emma-corrin-my-policeman-premiere-toronto-international-film-festival | 2022-09-12T17:42:35Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/harry-styles-emma-corrin-my-policeman-premiere-toronto-international-film-festival | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The morning after Joe Keery’s set at Lollapalooza, the musician and actor is in the mood to celebrate. Sprawled out on a couch at the Chicago Athletic Association, he raises his eyebrows suggestively. “I could go for a Bloody Mary,” he says, glancing around to see who can be goaded to drink before lunch. And thus, a round of drinks appear.
Keery is hardwired with the Midwestern friendliness he absorbed during his time as a student at DePaul University in Chicago, where the music festival took place in July. (We spend a chunk of our allotted time together talking about beloved dive bars in our shared northside neighborhood and the absurdities of high school theater.) Between his unshakable eye contact and reciprocal conversation, it’s easy to forget that he is a global sensation thanks to his role as Steve Harrington on Stranger Things—that is, of course, until he clocks a gaggle of indiscreet fans on the hotel balcony and seamlessly lowers his sunglasses over his eyes.
Summer has been busy for Keery, who celebrated the release of Stranger Things season four and his inaugural Lollapalooza performance. But while the seasons transition, Keery finds he is just getting started. His sophomore album, the psychedelic confection Decide, which he is releasing under his moniker Djo, is out September 16th. Below, Keery talks with W about nostalgia, musical influences, and the many Geminis in his life.
You have quite a personal history in Chicago, which you touch on in your song “End of Beginning.” Can you speak to the role that the city has played in your artistry?
It was the jumping-off point for becoming the artist that I am. I went to school here and had a lot of friends here, and I moved from a small town in Massachusetts to Chicago. How can that not have a big influence on you? I'm 30 now, and everybody looks back on their early 20s pretty fondly. Mine just happened to be here.
Were you nervous to play Lollapalooza?
All weekend, I’ve been so nervous. It’s very bizarre, there are a lot of out-of-body moments. Shooting stuff on a set is very contained. It's like doing a play: it’s live and there are stakes in the moment and there are technical challenges and things that could go wrong. I don’t think I’ll ever be really, truly satisfied, because you’re always critiquing the performance. What I want to try to do is to lean into the mistakes.
The first time I listened to Decide, there were moments that struck me as David Byrne-esque. Who are some of your biggest artistic influences?
Definitely David Byrne. His gusto and his freedom was something that I was trying to [emulate.] Also Devo, after the fact, but that leaked in there. Queens of the Stone Age and The Strokes. It was fun to play a character.
I’d love to talk about your stage persona. Do you create boundaries between you and Djo?
Originally, it was to distract from the other stuff I’m known for. It was a way to disassociate the music from that and try to allow people to listen to it with an open mind, and what it’s evolved into is this character. It’s changing and shifting as the project goes on. Obviously, the music is really personal. Lyrically, I’m writing all from me, but sometimes with the delivery it helps to view it from [asking] “What are the influences here? What are we trying to evoke?” I’m interested to see what continues to happen with it, because the word is getting out. So do I need to do it anymore? Is it still important? I don’t know, we’ll see.
Let’s get into the Culture Diet questions. How do you get your news?
Reddit. The New York Times will email me shit every day. I’d say mostly talking with my family. We are all talking every day.
What’s the last thing you Googled?
Mephisto shoes. They’re the best pair of shoes that I’ve ever had on set.
What are you reading right now?
The Kid Stays in the Picture, which the show The Offer is based on. It’s about Robert Evans. I’m also simultaneously reading this book called The Maid [by Nita Prose].
What show is keeping you up at night?
I'm watching My Brilliant Friend on HBO. I feel like there’s not a lot of content about friends, female and male relationships. I mean, obviously, besides the show Friends, but it’s cool to just watch a show about a really complex relationship. And there's that whole thing about how nobody knows who [Elena] Ferrante is. I love that—that’s right up my alley.
What is the last movie you saw in theaters?
Everything Everywhere All At Once. Pretty fucking awesome. It felt homemade, it didn’t feel glossy. It felt like Being John Malkovich and like The Matrix. The Daniels, bravo.
Do you believe in astrology? What’s your sign?
I’m a Taurus, which I feel pretty connected with. Natalia Dyer is very into it. I love to talk with her about it, she always has cool insights. I have a lot of Gemini people in my life—my best friend, my niece, my girlfriend, my uncle, like, three of my friends from Chicago.
What song or album do you have on repeat?
L’Impératrice, they’re a French group. Their album Tako Tsubo is fucking amazing. I’ve also been listening to my Post Animal boys, [their album] Forward Motion Godyssey, a bunch. There are some tracks on that album that hit incredibly, incredibly hard. It made me sad at the time. It was difficult to listen to because it was them doing something without me, which was happy and sad. It’s that nostalgia that we were talking about. Your friends are growing and changing and doing stuff. I’m just so proud of them because I realize how much of an influence it actually had on me, also. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/joe-keery-djo-decide-new-album-interview | 2022-09-12T17:42:41Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/joe-keery-djo-decide-new-album-interview | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
FORESTHILL, Calif. (AP) — Calmer weather in Northern California helped firefighters battle a smoky wildfire threatening thousands of mountain homes on Monday, while remnants of last week’s Pacific hurricane continued to produce thunderstorms that caused flash flooding in the southern part of the state, where crews made headway against another huge blaze.
Major fires were also burning in Oregon and Washington, blanketing swaths of the Western states in thick smoke and prompting alarms about unhealthy air quality.
The Mosquito Fire in the foothills east of Sacramento spread to nearly 73 square miles (189 square kilometers), with 10% containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
Forecasters predicted a respite from the hot and gusty weather that dogged firefighters last week, but possible fuel sources from fine grass to big trees remain very dry and flammable, according to a Cal Fire incident report Sunday night.
After a reconnaissance flight Sunday afternoon, Incident Commander Rick Young said that although the fire’s growth had slowed, “where it was burning, it was really burning.”
More than 5,800 structures in Placer and El Dorado counties were under threat and some 11,000 residents of communities including Foresthill and Georgetown were under evacuation orders.
In Southern California, milder temperatures and rain aided crews battling the massive Fairview Fire about 75 miles (121 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles after days of sweltering heat.
The 44-square-mile (114-square-kilometer) blaze was more than half-contained Monday morning. The fire has destroyed at least 30 homes and other structures in Riverside County. Two people died while fleeing the blaze Sept 5.
The southern part of the state welcomed the cooler weekend weather after what’s left of Hurricane Kay veered off the Pacific Coast and faded, helping put an end to blistering temperatures that nearly overwhelmed the state’s electrical grid.
But unstable air persisted and powerful thunderstorms unleashed flash floods that inundated roads and highways across inland areas. More than 50 people were rescued after mudslides trapped at least 24 cars and a responding fire truck in the mountainous Lake Hughes area north of Los Angeles on Sunday. No injuries were reported.
Flood watches and advisories had mostly expired, but slow moving thunderstorms were possible Monday, the National Weather Service said on Twitter.
To the north, remnants of Kay caused flooding Saturday that stranded about 40 vehicles and closed a stretch of State Route 190 in Death Valley National Park. The park is still cleaning up from floods five weeks ago that closed many key roads.
Smoky skies from wildfires in many areas of the West caused air quality to deteriorate Monday, with dangerous levels of particulate pollution from wildfires detected by government and private monitors in portions of eastern Oregon and Washington, Northern California, central Idaho and western Montana. In some areas, people were told to avoid all outdoor activity until the pollution cleared.
The smoke was expected to be particularly thick in the area around Truckee, California, and across the state border near Reno and Carson City, Nevada.
Winds were forecast to push the smoke east later Monday, giving some relief to parts of western Oregon and Washington, according to government forecasts. But the smoke was expected to linger in many mountain valleys and worsen in parts of Idaho and Montana before improving in the coming days.
In Washington, fire officials were scrambling to secure resources in the battle against a blaze sparked Saturday in the remote Stevens Pass area that sent hikers fleeing and forced evacuations of mountain communities. There was no containment Sunday of the Bolt Creek Fire, which had scorched nearly 12 square miles (31 square kilometers) of forestland about 65 miles (104 kilometers) east of Seattle.
“The fire will continue to advance in areas that will be unstaffed. With limited resources, only point protection will be in place while resources continue to mobilize to the fire,” said a Sunday incident report.
South of Portland, Oregon more than 3,000 residents were under new evacuation orders because of the 134-square-mile (347-square-kilometer) Cedar Creek Fire, which has burned for over a month across Lane and Deschutes counties. Firefighters were protecting remote homes in Oakridge, Westfir and surrounding mountain communities.
According to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center, this weekend there were more than 400 square miles (1,035 square kilometers) of active, uncontained fires and nearly 5,000 people on the ground fighting them in Oregon and Washington.
Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier over the last three decades and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive. In the last five years, California has experienced the largest and most destructive fires in its history.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama could be ready to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a death sentence later this month, a state attorney told a federal judge Monday.
James Houts, a deputy state attorney general, told U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. that it is “very likely” the method will be available for the execution of Alan Eugene Miller, currently set for Sept. 22 by lethal injection.
The final decision on whether to use the new method is up to Corrections Commissioner John Hamm, he said, and litigation is likely.
Nitrogen hypoxia, which is supposed to cause death by replacing oxygen with nitrogen, has been authorized by Alabama and two other states for executions but never used.
Convicted in a triple killing in 1999, Miller is trying to block his execution at Holman Prison. The disclosure about the possibility of using the new method came during a court hearing on Miller’s claim that prison staff several years ago lost his paperwork. In it, he requested nitrogen as his execution method rather than lethal injection.
Houts told the judge the state had gone as far as to see if Miller would agree to be fitted with a mask for use of nitrogen, but the inmate declined.
Miller’s lawyer, Mara Klebaner, said the inmate’s legal team needed more information about the nitrogen process and wouldn’t agree blindly to its use. Miller’s lawyers don’t want him to be the test case for an untried execution method, she said.
Miller, who was in court for the evidentiary hearing, was expected to testify.
Miller, a delivery truck driver, was convicted in workplace shootings that killed Lee Holdbrooks, Scott Yancy and Terry Jarvis in suburban Birmingham. Miller shot Holdbrooks and Yancy at one business and then drove to another location to shoot Jarvis, evidence showed.
Miller was delusional and believed the men were spreading rumors about him, including that he was gay, testimony showed. A defense psychiatrist said Miller suffered from severe mental illness but his condition wasn’t bad enough to use as a basis for an insanity defense under state law. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-state-alabama-nearly-ready-with-untried-execution-method/ | 2022-09-12T17:43:04Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-state-alabama-nearly-ready-with-untried-execution-method/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
“Rent Check” gives a snapshot of the financial challenges tenants face in Southern California’s tight market for rentals — and how it varies across the region.
Buzz: Southern California tenants have to look hard for bargains, but August brought a glimmer of hope as apartment rent hikes chilled a bit.
Source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed ApartmentList’s monthly rent estimates for 21 large cities in the four-county region with a combined population of 8 million residents. To see what existing tenants are paying, ApartmentList looks at what’s happening with asking rents in its own online listings plus landlord pricing data from government sources.
The big picture
Remember, we are talking smaller increases in general, not any large wave of landlords cutting prices.
SoCal big-city rent was $2,107 a month, up $8 in one month and $171 higher in a year. That’s a population-weighted average of the rent indexes for the 21 cities.
One-month change: 0.38% gain vs. average 0.64% increases previous six months — or $8 hikes vs. $13 increases. Rents rose in 15 of the 21 cities in the month.
12-month change: 8.8% jump vs. average 15.8% increases previous six months — or $171 hikes vs. $300 increases. Rents rose in all cities in the year.
Five-year rent inflation math shows increases at a 4.4% annualized pace since August 2017.
The cityscape
Trends vary across Southern California. Let’s look at renting’s extremes at the city level, starting with typical monthly rents …
The highest rent was found in Irvine at $3,125, followed by Temecula at $2,899 and then Rancho Cucamonga at $2,650.
The best bet for tenants was in Long Beach where rent averaged $1,756. Next was Los Angeles at $1,920 and Riverside at $1,994.
Next, how monthly changes varied …
Worst for tenants: Burbank rents were up 1.8%, Glendale 1.7%, and Pasadena 1.6%.
Best for tenants: Santa Clarita rents were down 0.6%, Costa Mesa off 0.5%, Huntington Beach down 0.5%.
Or trends over the past 12 months …
Worst for tenants: Santa Ana was up 15.3%, Long Beach at 12.5% and Pasadena 12.5%.
Best for tenants: Rancho Cucamonga was up 2.4%, followed by Ontario at 5.7% and Corona at 5.9%.
And with a longer-term lens, a peek at five-year annual rent inflation …
Moreno Valley rent has risen at 7.4%-a-year pace, followed by Temecula at 7.2% and Rancho Cucamonga at 6.6%.
The lowest rent inflation was found in Los Angeles, up 2.5%, Orange, up 3.6% and Glendale 3.7%.
The bottom line
The pandemic changed — at least temporarily — how we think about living arrangements, prompting folks to seek their own place or bigger living areas.
If coronavirus has now become part of life — and not an emergency — will the once-hot demand for housing cool significantly?
Landlords seem to be sensing pushback after rents by this math jumped 24% in five years.
The caveat
Rent data varies widely depending on who is counting what, where and when. Is a certain report looking at asking rents for empty apartment units, condos or single-family homes? Or are studies tracking what management companies are collecting each month? Or what tenants say they are paying for any unit?
One example: The Consumer Price Index’s rent index is drawn from a survey of consumers asking what they paid in a wide range of rental arrangements. The rent CPI for Riverside and San Bernardino for July was up 8.8% in a year. In Los Angeles and Orange counties, rent inflation was 4.3%.
Jonathan Lansner is the business columnist for the Southern California News Group. He can be reached at jlansner@scng.com
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The morning forex technical analysis, I spoke to the EURUSD support in the 1.0098 to 1.0121 area (see near 2:00 in the video here). That area has indeed held support with a low for the NY session at 1.01036. PS the 200 bar MA on the 4-hour chart also stalled the fall. That level comes in at 1.00981 currently (green line).
The price is back up at 1.01362 currently. Stay above the swing area and 200 bar MA is key for the the bullish bias today/this week.
On the topside the 61.8% at 1.0175 followed by a swing area at 1.0183 to 1.0202 would be eyed as levels to get to and through as the next targets. A move above would have traders looking toward the high of the July/August swing area between 1.0273 to 1.02934.
Taking a broader look at the daily chart, the high price today stalled ahead of the downward sloping trend line that cuts across at 1.0205 (and moving lower). A move above that level increases the bullish bias on the daily chart. | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/eurusd-holds-support-at-swing-area-20220912/ | 2022-09-12T17:43:20Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/eurusd-holds-support-at-swing-area-20220912/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Since 2015, when Roy Wood Jr. became a correspondent for “The Daily Show,” he has made a name for himself with offbeat but sharply observed political and social commentary, both on the show and in his specials, “Father Figure, “No One Loves You” and “Imperfect Messenger.”
But now Wood is moving in a different direction, or rather, he’s moving in several different directions at once. While he’s still reporting on the state of the nation for “The Daily Show,” he is moving increasingly into acting.
Wood, who started out in standup and radio, had his first acting break on the sitcom “Sullivan & Son” before landing “The Daily Show.” He says the chaos of the Donald Trump years left little time for outside projects. But since 2020 he has had small parts on “Better Call Saul,” “Space Force,” “Only Murders in the Building” and “Flatbush Misdemeanors” and he’s now taking the leap to movies with a larger role in “Confess, Fletch” as a detective fixated on Jon Hamm’s protagonist as a possible murder suspect.
He’s also developing a comedy with Denis Leary for Fox about the National Guard, which he’ll star in; and he’s executive producing a medical drama for NBC about a Black woman doctor coming back to Harlem to take over her family’s practice. “She’s an extremely skilled doctor in an underfunded local clinic,” he says, “if you put House in the hood, with none of the resources, how would he help people?”
Wood is also taking his live act down new paths — this summer he hosted a show called “Tribulations,” which invited audience members to anonymously share their troubles. He and other comedians would riff about those issues but Wood also brought a therapist onstage to discuss the topics in a serious way.
Recently, Wood spoke by phone about his stand-up, his acting and his own tribulations.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Q. How much influence did your parents have on your worldview and career path?
My father was a big-time civil rights journalist — everything that happened during the movement he was there with a tape recorder, trying to get the truth. My mother took part in a lot of protests and was in the first integrating class at Delta State University in Mississippi and got arrested for doing so. She also spent 40 years of her life working in higher education, 30 years at a Black college. Their care and concern about the next generation of young Black people, that’s where I’m from.
I definitely want the truth but I’m just seeking funnier ways to do it than embedding myself with Black platoons in Vietnam like my Dad.
Q. How much were you shaped by years on the road doing stand-up in small towns and cities, especially considering the racism you often faced out there?
A road comedian has an advantage over a New York and L.A. comedian because you see who it is that your product will eventually reach — you’re closer to your constituency and it gives you an idea of their sensibility and why they feel what they feel and think what they think. It made me a more well-rounded comic when I got to the coast. In all of those weird outposts and armpits, I still found good, decent people. It gave me an opportunity to see the chances for redemption in these places
Q. In “Confess, Fletch,” Jon Hamm does a lot of mugging, there’s a surfeit of wacky and quirky characters and Eugene Mirman gets to do comedic riffs, but you’re playing a fairly grounded, normal character. Were you specifically seeking that kind of role?
I’m seeking any opportunities that are different than my normal self. That’s what I enjoy. You get offers for roles that are essentially just yourself and you have to be bold enough to say no, which is very difficult because no one wants to say no to opportunity and money. But you wait for the good stuff to come along and that will show you have the ability to do more.
On “Space Force,” I played someone who was very upright but I didn’t know what the hell he was doing. Playing a Boston cop in “Confess, Fletch” was perfect – my character is sleepy and lazy and completely laid back. That’s completely the opposite of who I am. Roy in real life has way more energy.
In acting, your job is to connect to whatever the character is feeling so the more connected you are in real life, the deeper the reservoir of emotions you have to pour from. I’m anxious and very excited to get into that part of my career.
Q. You even turned up in a small part on “Better Call Saul.” Was that because you wanted to try your hand at drama or were you simply a fan of show?
That was 100 percent that I didn’t care what they asked me to do I just wanted to be part of that show, period. “Saul” also became an odd rite of passage for comedians — Bill Burr, Lavell Crawford, the Sklar brothers — and so getting on there was definitely a good thing.
Q. How has “The Daily Show” influenced your stand-up?
Oh, dude, “The Daily Show” really changed my comedy. I had jokes before that were observations. But now I have observations plus solutions. They may be wacky solutions but they’re solutions. The world’s approach to a problem is often A or B — you stand for the anthem or you kneel for the anthem. That’s it. But “The Daily Show” approach under Trevor [Noah] has always been about the other ways we can analyze this issue.
So my stand-up became deeper and more layered because that thought process was necessitated at work. The angle in my joke in my stand-up became, “Why does that song have to be the anthem.” The song sucks. Maybe if there was a better song people would stand for it.
[Wood’s riff notes that the anthem is actually lifted from a British song: “You’re telling stolen people in a stolen land that they should stand for a stolen song?!?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cXubvddXtI]
Q. Your “Tribulations” shows this summer were very different from the political and social commentary in your stand-up. Is this part of a shift for you?
Yes, the next journey is inward. I’m becoming more in tune with the things that make us human. “Tribulations” is me starting to tune in to that part of myself while inviting the audience along for the ride. It’s an opportunity to have comedic communal sadness.
I didn’t tour this year except for Covid makeup dates and Hawaii, which was like a paid vacation. I deliberately did not go on the road because I wanted more introspection into myself and who I am as a father. Through that exploration, I found myself more obsessed with the darker sides of my own realities and I thought, “I can’t be the only person going through stuff so let’s do this on stage” and that grew into “Tribulations.”
The plan is to bring it back either televised or live or take it back to the 1950s and do a live audio show.
Q. Will that seep into your stand-up shows, too?
I’ve already done a trilogy of specials talking about the world and its problems — gun control and police reform and women’s rights and civil rights. It’s easy to talk about the world because you don’t have to do any work answering questions about yourself.
My next two specials will be about my relationship with my father and my relationship with the men who kind of filled in for my father since his death when I was 16. Those are the next two big mountains I’m going to climb on stage. The third one is a more introspective journey into my thoughts and emotions.
That’s the stuff that will be the most meaningful — it’s this next trilogy of specials I’ll want my son to watch years from now.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WXIN) — If you got a HelloFresh meal kit in July, the ground beef may have been contaminated with E. coli.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert for the beef, but there isn’t a recall because the products are no longer available for purchase.
The ground beef was distributed in the meal kits from July 2 through July 21. The USDA said an investigation into an E.coli outbreak identified that many “case-patients” received the ground beef distributed by HelloFresh.
The FSIS said subject to the public health alert are 10-ounce plastic vacuum-packed packages containing “Ground Beef 85% Lean/15% Fat” with codes “EST#46841 L1 22 155” or “EST#46841 L5 22 155” on the side of the packaging.
The FSIS is concerned that some of the ground beef may be in people’s freezers. Anyone with the ground beef is urged not to consume them and to throw it away instead.
Anyone with questions regarding the public health alert can contact hello@hellofresh.com.
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New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Delaware will host the final multistate primary elections of the 2022 midterm season Tuesday, with contests to select candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and the U.S. House.
Because of their late primaries, the winners of Tuesday’s races will have a mere eight weeks to win over voters ahead of the Nov. 8 general election. Delaware’s primary will feature just one contested statewide race — the Democratic primary for auditor.
As in earlier contests in other states, former President Donald Trump’s shadow looms large over some key races to be decided Tuesday, particularly in New Hampshire.
What to watch:
SUNUNU SEEKS A FOURTH TERM AS NEW HAMPSHIRE GOVERNOR
Until late last year, New Hampshire’s Republican Gov. Chris Sununu was widely expected to run for the U.S. Senate, taking on Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan. Instead, he opted to seek a fourth two-year term as governor, dealing a major blow to Republicans who had hoped he could help them retake control of the Senate.
Although he faced intense pressure to run for the Senate, Sununu insists he can have a bigger and more direct impact as governor than as a senator. And despite efforts by Trump’s former campaign manager to recruit a challenger, none of the other five Republicans on the ballot Tuesday poses a serious threat.
Democratic state Sen. Tom Sherman is running unopposed for his party’s nomination for governor.
REPUBLICANS’ SCRAMBLE FOR U.S. SENATE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
With Sununu out of the running, a crowd of 11 candidates stepped forward to seek the GOP Senate nomination, including state Senate President Chuck Morse, former Londonderry town manager Kevin Smith and cryptocurrency entrepreneur Bruce Fenton. But retired Army Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc, who lost the GOP primary for New Hampshire’s other Senate seat in 2020, quickly emerged as the front-runner via dogged grassroots campaigning to compensate for his lack of cash.
That has made establishment Republicans nervous, with Sununu calling Bolduc “not a serious candidate” and a conspiracy theorist. Sununu issued a last-minute endorsement for Morse.
Democratic groups, meanwhile, have put up ads promoting Bolduc, hoping he’ll be an easy opponent for Hassan in November.
Hassan, seeking a second term in the battleground state, faces two virtually unknown challengers on the Democratic side. Although Democrats hold all four of New Hampshire’s congressional seats, Republicans control the state Legislature, and Hassan’s 2016 win was a narrow one.
GOP EYES 2 CONGRESSIONAL SEATS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Many expected major changes in New Hampshire’s two congressional districts thanks to the once-a-decade redistricting process, but that didn’t happen. Earlier this year, the Republican-controlled Legislature redrew the state’s two districts to give the GOP an advantage in the 1st District. But Sununu vetoed the plans, and the maps were updated by the courts instead with only minor changes.
Still, Republicans are bullish about their chances in New Hampshire and are eagerly eyeing both Democratic-held seats as potential pickups in November.
New Hampshire’s 1st District flipped five times in seven elections before Democrat Chris Pappas won his first term in 2018. He faces no primary opponent this year, while more than 10 Republicans are competing for a chance to challenge him.
The field includes a number of candidates with ties to Trump: Matt Mowers, the district’s 2020 Republican nominee and a former Trump State Department adviser; Karoline Leavitt, a former assistant press secretary in the Trump White House; and former TV broadcaster Gail Huff Brown, who is married to Scott Brown, a former U.S. senator from Massachusetts and the Trump administration ambassador to New Zealand. While Trump hasn’t endorsed in the race, the candidates haven’t been shy about emphasizing their connections to him.
In the second district, Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster faces no primary challenge as she seeks a sixth term. Seven Republicans are vying for their party’s nomination to challenge her, including pro-Trump candidate Bob Burns, a former county treasurer who runs a pharmaceutical safety company; the more moderate George Hansel, mayor of Keene; and Lily Tang Williams, who grew up in China and is a former libertarian U.S. Senate candidate in Colorado.
TOUGH DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR RHODE ISLAND GOVERNOR
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee is trying to fend off four Democratic challengers as he seeks his first full term in office. McKee, the former lieutenant governor, became governor a year and a half ago when then-Gov. Gina Raimondo was tapped to be the U.S. commerce secretary in the Biden administration.
McKee is expected to be in a close contest against Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea. Both were first elected to statewide office in 2014 and maintain a base of support and name recognition among voters.
Also running in the Democratic primary: Helena Foulkes, a former CVS Health executive who has proved to be an adept fundraiser and is spending heavily on the race in her first bid for public office; former Rhode Island secretary of state and progressive candidate Matt Brown; and community activist Dr. Luis Daniel Muñoz.
McKee is hoping his stewardship during the COVID-19 pandemic — and his 94-year-old mother — will earn him the Democratic nomination.
Willa McKee is a star of her son’s first television ad, titled “motha” because that’s how she pronounces “mother.” The two are playing cards as the governor talks about helping the economy, eliminating the state’s car tax, creating affordable housing and passing gun safety laws to keep families safe.
“Not bad for a year and a half,” the governor says.
He laughs as his mother replies, “Not bad for a governor that lives with his motha.”
A RHODE ISLAND CONGRESSIONAL SEAT RIPE FOR FLIPPING?
The 2nd Congressional District seat has been held by Democrats for more than three decades in a state traditionally dominated by the party. National Republican leaders think now is their best chance to flip it.
U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, who has represented the district since 2001, announced his retirement in January. The state’s Democratic treasurer, Seth Magaziner, had been running for governor but switched races after Langevin’s announcement to try to keep the seat in Democratic control.
Magaziner, who is considered the front-runner and has been endorsed by Langevin, faces a crowded Democratic field, including Joy Fox, a former top aide to Langevin; former Biden administration official Sarah Morgenthau; Omar Bah, executive director of The Refugee Dream Center in Providence; and former state lawmakers David Segal and Spencer Dickinson.
A popular former Rhode Island mayor, Allan Fung, is running unopposed for the Republican nomination after two rivals dropped out of the race. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy visited Rhode Island in August to raise money for Fung.
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New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Delaware will host the final multistate primary elections of the 2022 midterm season Tuesday, with contests to select candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and the U.S. House.
Because of their late primaries, the winners of Tuesday’s races will have a mere eight weeks to win over voters ahead of the Nov. 8 general election. Delaware’s primary will feature just one contested statewide race — the Democratic primary for auditor.
As in earlier contests in other states, former President Donald Trump’s shadow looms large over some key races to be decided Tuesday, particularly in New Hampshire.
What to watch:
SUNUNU SEEKS A FOURTH TERM AS NEW HAMPSHIRE GOVERNOR
Until late last year, New Hampshire’s Republican Gov. Chris Sununu was widely expected to run for the U.S. Senate, taking on Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan. Instead, he opted to seek a fourth two-year term as governor, dealing a major blow to Republicans who had hoped he could help them retake control of the Senate.
Although he faced intense pressure to run for the Senate, Sununu insists he can have a bigger and more direct impact as governor than as a senator. And despite efforts by Trump’s former campaign manager to recruit a challenger, none of the other five Republicans on the ballot Tuesday poses a serious threat.
Democratic state Sen. Tom Sherman is running unopposed for his party’s nomination for governor.
REPUBLICANS’ SCRAMBLE FOR U.S. SENATE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
With Sununu out of the running, a crowd of 11 candidates stepped forward to seek the GOP Senate nomination, including state Senate President Chuck Morse, former Londonderry town manager Kevin Smith and cryptocurrency entrepreneur Bruce Fenton. But retired Army Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc, who lost the GOP primary for New Hampshire’s other Senate seat in 2020, quickly emerged as the front-runner via dogged grassroots campaigning to compensate for his lack of cash.
That has made establishment Republicans nervous, with Sununu calling Bolduc “not a serious candidate” and a conspiracy theorist. Sununu issued a last-minute endorsement for Morse.
Democratic groups, meanwhile, have put up ads promoting Bolduc, hoping he’ll be an easy opponent for Hassan in November.
Hassan, seeking a second term in the battleground state, faces two virtually unknown challengers on the Democratic side. Although Democrats hold all four of New Hampshire’s congressional seats, Republicans control the state Legislature, and Hassan’s 2016 win was a narrow one.
GOP EYES 2 CONGRESSIONAL SEATS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Many expected major changes in New Hampshire’s two congressional districts thanks to the once-a-decade redistricting process, but that didn’t happen. Earlier this year, the Republican-controlled Legislature redrew the state’s two districts to give the GOP an advantage in the 1st District. But Sununu vetoed the plans, and the maps were updated by the courts instead with only minor changes.
Still, Republicans are bullish about their chances in New Hampshire and are eagerly eyeing both Democratic-held seats as potential pickups in November.
New Hampshire’s 1st District flipped five times in seven elections before Democrat Chris Pappas won his first term in 2018. He faces no primary opponent this year, while more than 10 Republicans are competing for a chance to challenge him.
The field includes a number of candidates with ties to Trump: Matt Mowers, the district’s 2020 Republican nominee and a former Trump State Department adviser; Karoline Leavitt, a former assistant press secretary in the Trump White House; and former TV broadcaster Gail Huff Brown, who is married to Scott Brown, a former U.S. senator from Massachusetts and the Trump administration ambassador to New Zealand. While Trump hasn’t endorsed in the race, the candidates haven’t been shy about emphasizing their connections to him.
In the second district, Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster faces no primary challenge as she seeks a sixth term. Seven Republicans are vying for their party’s nomination to challenge her, including pro-Trump candidate Bob Burns, a former county treasurer who runs a pharmaceutical safety company; the more moderate George Hansel, mayor of Keene; and Lily Tang Williams, who grew up in China and is a former libertarian U.S. Senate candidate in Colorado.
TOUGH DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR RHODE ISLAND GOVERNOR
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee is trying to fend off four Democratic challengers as he seeks his first full term in office. McKee, the former lieutenant governor, became governor a year and a half ago when then-Gov. Gina Raimondo was tapped to be the U.S. commerce secretary in the Biden administration.
McKee is expected to be in a close contest against Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea. Both were first elected to statewide office in 2014 and maintain a base of support and name recognition among voters.
Also running in the Democratic primary: Helena Foulkes, a former CVS Health executive who has proved to be an adept fundraiser and is spending heavily on the race in her first bid for public office; former Rhode Island secretary of state and progressive candidate Matt Brown; and community activist Dr. Luis Daniel Muñoz.
McKee is hoping his stewardship during the COVID-19 pandemic — and his 94-year-old mother — will earn him the Democratic nomination.
Willa McKee is a star of her son’s first television ad, titled “motha” because that’s how she pronounces “mother.” The two are playing cards as the governor talks about helping the economy, eliminating the state’s car tax, creating affordable housing and passing gun safety laws to keep families safe.
“Not bad for a year and a half,” the governor says.
He laughs as his mother replies, “Not bad for a governor that lives with his motha.”
A RHODE ISLAND CONGRESSIONAL SEAT RIPE FOR FLIPPING?
The 2nd Congressional District seat has been held by Democrats for more than three decades in a state traditionally dominated by the party. National Republican leaders think now is their best chance to flip it.
U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, who has represented the district since 2001, announced his retirement in January. The state’s Democratic treasurer, Seth Magaziner, had been running for governor but switched races after Langevin’s announcement to try to keep the seat in Democratic control.
Magaziner, who is considered the front-runner and has been endorsed by Langevin, faces a crowded Democratic field, including Joy Fox, a former top aide to Langevin; former Biden administration official Sarah Morgenthau; Omar Bah, executive director of The Refugee Dream Center in Providence; and former state lawmakers David Segal and Spencer Dickinson.
A popular former Rhode Island mayor, Allan Fung, is running unopposed for the Republican nomination after two rivals dropped out of the race. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy visited Rhode Island in August to raise money for Fung.
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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has been likened to the invisible glue holding the United Kingdom together. Some think the reign of King Charles III will see those bonds come unstuck, giving new momentum to Scotland’s push for independence.
But the fact the queen died last week at her beloved Highland retreat, Balmoral Castle, has made Scotland the focus of commemorations watched around the globe in the first days after her death. That has served as a reminder of the monarchy’s deep ties to Scotland — and could provide a boost for the union.
Scottish historian Tom Devine said because by “extraordinary serendipity” the queen died in Scotland, “it was possible for the world to see the relationship between the queen and this country.”
“It was a fitting end to a life of service and a life of concern for the four nations — not simply one nation — of the U.K.,” he said.
In a touching display of respect, thousands of people on Sunday lined the 175-mile (280 kilometer) route from Balmoral to Edinburgh as the queen’s coffin was driven in a slow procession to the Scottish capital. On Monday, the coffin was carried along Edinburgh’s medieval Royal Mile to St. Giles’ Cathedral, where thousands more are expected to pay their respects over the next day.
The queen had deep ties to Scotland. Besides spending her summer months at Balmoral, her mother, the late Queen Mother, was Scottish and as a child the queen grew up playing on her grandparents’ estate of Glamis Castle in central Scotland.
So far there have been only tiny protests by anti-monarchist demonstrators. One woman was arrested in Edinburgh on Sunday for breaching the peace after brandishing a profane sign calling for the abolition of the monarchy.
King Charles III has moved quickly to stress that he will be a monarch for the whole of the U.K., undertaking a national tour during his first days on the throne. He was in Scotland on Monday accompanying his mother’s coffin, and he plans to visit Northern Ireland and Wales later in the week, attending memorial services in Belfast and Cardiff.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all part of the U.K. but have distinct histories — and complex ties with England, which dominates the U.K. in both population and politics.
Some Welsh nationalists have objected to Prince William being recently given the title of Prince of Wales — a title first given to the heir to the throne after the English conquest of Wales in the 14th century.
The status of the monarchy has always been fraught in Northern Ireland, where there are two main communities: unionists who consider themselves British and nationalists who see themselves as Irish. That split fueled decades of violence known as “The Troubles,” and remains a deep divide. But in a sign of how far Northern Ireland has come on the road to peace, representatives of the Irish Republican Army-linked party Sinn Fein are attending commemorative events for the queen in Belfast.
Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill praised “the significant contribution Queen Elizabeth made to the advancement of peace and reconciliation between the different traditions on our island, and between Ireland and Britain during the years of the peace process.”
Scotland and England have been governed under the same monarch since 1603, and formally unified in 1707. But Scotland has distinct educational and legal systems and, since 1999, its own parliament.
Relations now between the Conservative U.K. government in London and the pro-independence Scottish administration in Edinburgh are tense.
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who left office last week, was unpopular in Scotland, where a majority opposed his pet project: Brexit. Johnson led the U.K. out of the European Union after a 2016 referendum in which the country as a whole backed leaving — but Scotland voted to stay in the bloc.
Devine said Johnson’s government had displayed “a reduction in respect for Scotland as an historic nation.”
“That attitude of disrespect considerably annoyed the Scottish electorate over the last few years,” he said. “But there is a still a very strong sense here that the monarchy — especially in the person of the queen — maintains that respect.”
In 2014, Scotland held a referendum on whether to remain part of the U.K. Voters rejected independence by 55% to 45% in what was billed as a once-in-a-generation choice. But the Scottish National Party government in Edinburgh is pushing for a new independence referendum, arguing that Brexit has radically changed the political and economic landscape.
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to hold such a vote in October 2023. But new Prime Minister Liz Truss, like Johnson, says her government will not agree, and without its approval a referendum would not be binding.
Amid the political deadlock, Sturgeon has appealed to the courts for the power to call a referendum on her own. The U.K. Supreme Court is to start hearing the case next month.
As monarch, Charles is required to remain politically neutral. His mother caused a stir in 2014 when she remarked that Scots should “think very carefully” before voting — a remark widely seen as opposing independence.
Even after that comment, the queen remained widely respected by people on both sides of Scotland’s independence debate. Sturgeon, the pro-independence first minister, praised Elizabeth on Monday as “the Queen of Scots” and “the great constant — the anchor of our nation.”
Pauline Maclaran, an expert on royal culture at Royal Holloway University of London, said “it will remain to be seen if Charles can command the same loyalty” as his mother.
“There will be a honeymoon period for Charles, I think, where everybody — out of respect, but also their own feelings — will lay off the usual demands for independence,” she said.
But Maclaran felt that period would not last.
“I think they (demands for Scottish independence) will come back. And I think the whole question will be how much can Charles build his bonds with them? What bonds does he have? That will then be one of his tests, that’s for sure,” she said.
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The sound of paddle beats was last heard on the River Thames back in 2018, but after a major refurbishment, the world's last seagoing paddle steamer Waverley is making a return to London and The Thames.
It is returning to London and the Thames to offer a variety of sailings between September 23 until October 9 and will also be return to the charming seaside town of Southwold for the first time in over a decade.
Trips will be from London’s Tower Pier, Gravesend, Southend, Harwich, Clacton, Whitstable and Southwold - with additional coach connections to meet Waverley available from Ipswich, Great Yarmouth and Margate.
Since she last appeared on The Thames, Waverley has been re-boilered and seen some major refurbishment work thanks to successful public fundraising appeals.
Paul Semple, Waverley’s General Manager said: “I am delighted Waverley will make her triumphant return to cruising the River Thames and Thames Estuary, allowing everyone the opportunity to step aboard and enjoy the unique experience of sailing on a paddle steamer. "
From September 23 to October 9 Waverley will once again sail under Tower Bridge as it opens especially for her, alongside offering unique cruises of rivers Orwell, Blackwater and Medway, and popular day trips to Southend, Clacton, Harwich and Whitstable.
With the beat of her paddles, the sound of her whistle and the aroma of hot oil in her engine room Waverley comes alive as she takes passengers on a nostalgic journey. I know many will be pleased to see the sight of her famous red, white and black funnels in the coming weeks.
"Earlier this season we celebrated the 75th Anniversary since Waverley’s maiden voyage, a milestone very few Clyde steamers have reached.
"There are some special sailings planned including a 'Great Day of Steam' on October 3 - a must for all paddle steamer or maritime enthusiasts. The famous Steam Tug Challenge is set to escort Waverley to the Red Sands Fort," added Paul.
Challenge was the last steam tug to have worked on the Thames, but is best known for the role she played in Operation Dynamo, evacuating of troops from the shores of Dunkirk in 1940.
Passengers can enjoy a spectacular evening cruise from Gravesend on September 30 to sail up the 'Twinkling Thames' - cruise by the shimmering Canary Wharf and view the floodlit Tower Bridge open especially for Waverley.
Waverley also has full catering facilities with a self-service restaurant, tea bar and traditional period lounges so enjoy a meal or relax with a drink while you watch the world go by.
There are several dates when you can enjoy a day trip from London to the traditional seaside resort of Southend - home to the UK’s longest pleasure pier.
Southend has a vast array of traditional seaside fun in the form of the Adventure Island amusement park, Pier Museum, the Sealife Centre and a range of shops and cafes. There is the option to cruise on Waverley one-way and return by public transport or return by paddle steamer!
On September 29 passengers will have the chance to step aboard at Southwold for a Cruise to London sailing up the river Thames and steaming through Tower Bridge. There will be a coach connection available from Great Yarmouth.
While aboard the famous vessel passengers have the unique opportunity to fully view the triple expansion steam engine as it drives the ship’s massive paddle wheels and visit the souvenir shop to buy an exclusive memento of their trip aboard Waverley -with all profits going towards the upkeep of the ship.
Tickets for all of Waverley’s London and Thames sailings can be booked online here or by calling 0141 243 2224. | https://www.kentlive.news/special-features/worlds-last-seagoing-paddle-steamer-7576117 | 2022-09-12T17:45:12Z | kentlive.news | control | https://www.kentlive.news/special-features/worlds-last-seagoing-paddle-steamer-7576117 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday that her government will not pursue any moves to change the country into a republic following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Ardern said she thought New Zealand will eventually become a republic, and it would probably happen within her lifetime, but that there were more pressing issues for her government.
The remarks were her first about the New Zealand republic debate since the queen’s death, and reflect previous comments she has made on the issue. Ardern has also previously expressed her support for the country eventually becoming a republic.
Under the current system, the British monarch is New Zealand’s head of state, represented in New Zealand by a governor-general. The governor-general’s role these days is considered primarily ceremonial.
Still, many people argue that New Zealand won’t fully step out from the shadows of its colonialist past and become a truly independent nation until it becomes a republic.
“There’s been a debate, probably for a number of years,” Ardern said. “It’s just the pace, and how widely that debate is occurring. I’ve made my view plain many times. I do believe that is where New Zealand will head, in time. I believe it is likely to occur in my lifetime.
“But I don’t see it as a short-term measure or anything that is on the agenda any time soon,” Ardern said.
She said that becoming a republic was not something her government planned to discuss at any point.
“As I say, in large part actually because I’ve never sensed the urgency,” Ardern said. “There are so many challenges we face. This is a large, significant debate. I don’t think it’s one that would or should occur quickly.”
The death of Elizabeth and ascension of King Charles III to the throne has revived the republic debate in many countries around the world.
Charles became the head of state not only in the United Kingdom and New Zealand but also in 13 other countries, including Canada, Jamaica and Australia.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese started laying the groundwork for an Australian republic after he was elected in May. But he said Sunday that now is not the time for a change but rather for paying tribute to Elizabeth. He previously said that holding a referendum on becoming a republic is not a priority of his first term in government.
Many people in New Zealand have speculated in the past that the republic debate would gather momentum only after the death of Elizabeth, given how beloved she was by so many.
Ardern said she didn’t link the two events. “I’ve never attached it in that way,” she said.
Elizabeth’s image features on many of New Zealand’s coins and banknotes. prompting the nation’s central bank to advise people the currency depicting her remains legal tender following her death.
Ardern also announced Monday that New Zealand will mark the death of Elizabeth with a public holiday on Sept. 26. The nation will hold a state memorial service on that day in the capital, Wellington.
Ardern said Elizabeth was an extraordinary person and many New Zealanders would appreciate the opportunity to mark her death and celebrate her life.
“As New Zealand’s queen and much-loved sovereign for over 70 years, it is appropriate that we mark her life of dedicated public service with a state memorial service and a one-off public holiday,” Ardern said.
Ardern said she will leave this week for Britain to attend Elizabeth’s funeral. | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-new-zealand-pm-says-no-republic-plan-following-queens-death/ | 2022-09-12T17:45:24Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-new-zealand-pm-says-no-republic-plan-following-queens-death/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MOSCOW (AP) — Pro-Kremlin candidates won all of the 14 regional governorships that were chosen in the first elections in Russia since it sent troops into Ukraine, according to preliminary results Monday.
Most of the winners ran as members of United Russia, the country’s dominant political party that is closely tied to President Vladimir Putin. Two ran as self-nominated but support United Russia.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked by reporters Monday, if the results constitute a show of support for Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, said “Absolutely.”
“This shows a high level of support for both the current head and the decisions he makes,” Peskov said.
United Russia candidates also dominated the elections for six regional parliaments in the voting that was held Friday through Sunday. However, in the Sakhalin region, United Russia totaled only 47% of the vote.
Many opposition politicians were barred from running in the three-day vote.
United Russia’s candidates won about 75% of the municipal council seats in Moscow, according to state news agency Tass. Municipal councils, the lowest level of local governance with little real power, have become battlegrounds for opposition politicians cut off from competing in national races. | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-pro-kremlin-candidates-win-all-14-russian-governorships/ | 2022-09-12T17:45:45Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-pro-kremlin-candidates-win-all-14-russian-governorships/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. labor agency estimates that some 50 million people worldwide were living in “modern slavery” – either in forced labor or marriage – at the end of last year, marking a 25% jump from its previous report five years ago.
The International Labor Organization and partners point to worrying trends such as “commercial sexual exploitation” affecting nearly one in four people who are subject to forced labor and with the poor, women and children hardest hit.
ILO, along with the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration and the Walk Free foundation – a rights group that focuses on modern slavery – reported that 28 million people were in forced labor and 22 in forced marriages at the end of 2021.
The report released Monday said such figures marked an increase of 10 million people living in modern slavery since the last such report was published in 2017, based on figures a year earlier. Two-thirds of the increase pertained to forced marriages alone, it said.
Based on available data, ILO and partners found increases in child and forced marriages in countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Congo, Egypt, India, Uganda and Yemen. But the report said wealthier countries were “not immune” to the problem, with nearly one-in-four forced marriages taking place in high or upper middle-income countries.
Crises including the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and armed conflict have underpinned rises in extreme poverty, unsafe migration, and gender-based violence in recent years, raising the risk of all forms of modern slavery, it said.
All told, more than 2/3 of all forced marriages were found in the Asia-Pacific region – the world’s most populous region – but the highest number per capita came in Arab countries where nearly 5 in 1,000 people were in forced marriages.
Forced marriage, the report said, is closely tied to “long-established patriarchal attitudes and practices” – while 85 percent of cases were driven by “family pressure.” Regarding forced labor, about one in eight of those affected were children and half of those in commercial sexual exploitation.
“(Modern slavery) is a man-made problem, connected to both historical slavery and persisting structural inequality,” said Grace Forrest, founding director of Walk Free, in a statement, as the ILO chief urged a broader effort to fight it.
Director-General Guy Rider of the U.N labor agency, which brings together workers, businesses and governments, called for “an all-hands-on-deck approach” and said, “trade unions, employers’ groups, civil society and ordinary people all have critical roles to play.” | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-un-50-million-people-lived-in-modern-slavery-last-year/ | 2022-09-12T17:46:29Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-un-50-million-people-lived-in-modern-slavery-last-year/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BERLIN (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Monday that he has started consultations with Ukraine and Russia on his call for a “nuclear safety and security protection zone” around the Zaporizhzhia power plant, and the two sides appear to be interested.
Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, made his proposal last week after leading a team of inspectors to the nuclear plant, Europe’s biggest with six reactors, but gave few details at the time.
“What we need here really is Ukraine and Russia to agree on a very simple principle of not attacking, or not shelling, at the plant,” Grossi told reporters at the agency’s Vienna headquarters. The IAEA has not assigned blame for recent shelling, for which Ukraine and Russia have blamed each other.
The plant has been occupied by Russian forces but operated by its Ukrainian employees since early in the war.
Pressed on whether his proposal includes demilitarization, Grossi said: “Basically, it’s a commitment that no military action will include or will imply aiming … at the plant, or a radius that could be affecting its normal operation.”
Grossi said of the two sides that he has “seen signs that they are interested in this agreement.” He added that technical details are being explored, including the radius that an accord would apply to and how IAEA experts would work. Two IAEA experts remain at the plant after the rest of Grossi’s team returned home.
“What I see … is two sides that are engaging with us, but that are asking questions, lots of questions,” he added. He said that “we try to keep it simple, we try to keep it practical, because we need it as soon as possible.”
The Zaporizhzhia plant was reconnected to Ukraine’s electricity grid at the weekend, allowing engineers to shut down its last operational reactor in an attempt to avoid disaster as fighting rages in the area.
The plant had lost its outside source of power after all its power lines were disconnected because of shelling. It operated in “island mode” for several days, generating electricity for crucial cooling systems from its only remaining operational reactor. That’s considered an unstable way of operating a nuclear plant.
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Which TCL TV is best?
If you’re shopping for a new TV, it’s natural to want to go with the best-looking one. However, you want to ensure you get a high-quality TV and the features you want.
TCL probably isn’t the first brand that pops into your head when thinking about smart TVs, but it offers models with a high-quality image and premium features. For example, the TCL 85-Inch Class 4K UHD QLED Roku Smart TV is a big-screen TV with dazzling visuals, vibrant colors and a user-friendly interface.
What to know before you buy a TCL TV
Screen size
The size of your new TV should correspond to the room you’re planning on placing it in and the space you have to work with.
For example, a TV with a smaller display of 27 to 37 inches is ideal for kitchens and small-to-medium-sized bedrooms. Any TV 37 to 55 inches is suitable for a primary bedroom, a family room or a basement. If you want a full-fledged home theater or entertainment hub, you’ll need ample room since TVs over 55 inches take up a lot of space.
A big-screen TV can be a worthwhile investment if you have a basement or a large living room where you can ensure there would be a significant distance between yourself and the TV for a comfortable viewing experience.
Resolution
4K TVs are the most popular, and for a good reason. 4K TVs look excellent when streaming ultra high-definition content. However, they’re usually more expensive than full high-definition and quad high-definition.
Full HD and Quad HD TVs look excellent, and although the clarity isn’t as crisp as an Ultra HD TV, they reproduce vibrant colors and deep contrast, and some users can’t even tell the difference.
Series
TCL TVs are categorized into one of four Series groups.
- Series 3 TVs are usually 32 to 40 inches wide and have an integrated Roku platform.
- Series 4 TVs range from 43 to 75 inches and have Roku or Android operating software.
- Series 5 TVs usually have HDR and Dolby Visual technology to reproduce a high-quality image and improved contrast.
- Series 6 TVs are the newest and use quantum light-emitting diode displays to deliver a 4K ultra high-definition resolution.
What to look for in a quality TCL TV
Refresh rate
Refresh rate refers to how often a display loads and refreshes the frame. Most TVs have a standard refresh rate of 60 hertz, but if you want a smooth gaming experience or watch HD sports, look for a TV with at least a 120-hertz refresh rate.
Roku and Android TV interface
Most TCL smart TVs have a built-in Roku or Android TV interface. Roku is easier to use and more user-friendly than Android TV, but both give users access to thousands of streaming apps where they can listen to music and watch live TV and movies. Less tech-savvy users are more likely to enjoy a Roku smart TV, but Android TV is more versatile and lets users download and install third-party apps.
High-dynamic range
HDR technology tweaks a TV’s displays to provide better contrast during bright or dark scenes in movies or games. It boosts brightness, makes colors more vibrant, and delivers improved picture quality. HDR10 is an improvement of the base HDR and offers even more clarity.
How much you can expect to spend on a TCL TV
The cost of any TV depends primarily on its size and resolution. TVs under 50 inches can cost anywhere between $200-$1,000. However, for TVs between 50 to 85 inches, you can expect to pay $1,000-$2,000.
TCL TV FAQ
Are TCL TVs as reliable as those offered by top brands?
A. Although TCL TVs aren’t as well-built or feature-packed as TVs by top brands such as Samsung and LG, they offer a high-quality image, are excellent for casual TV-watching and are more affordable.
Do TCL TVs support HDR10+?
A. No, most TCL TVs only support HDR and HDR10 technology.
What’s the best TCL TV to buy?
Top TCL TV
TCL 85-Inch Class 4K UHD QLED Roku Smart TV
What you need to know: This big-screen TV looks fantastic and is perfect as the central piece for a home theater or entertainment hub setup.
What you’ll love: This QLED TV uses Dolby Vision and HDR10 to deliver stunning visuals and lets you use voice commands. The contrast is individually optimized for a high-quality image, and the THX Game Mode reduces input lag and increases the response time for a smooth gaming experience.
What you should consider: It’s a large TV, so it might not be suitable for some rooms in your home. Also, the image quality during dark scenes can be mediocre.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top TCL TV for the money
TCL 43-Inch Class 4-Series 4K UHD Smart Android TV
What you need to know: This TV offers excellent value for its size and access to the top music and TV streaming apps.
What you’ll love: This TV has a sleek, modern design, supports HDR, and displays vivid colors for a high-quality picture. The interface is super fast, users can browse through Google Photos and it has a built-in Chromecast and Google Assistant for launching apps, movies and other functions.
What you should consider: The virtual remote control from the Google Home app can only adjust the volume, and some users reported having trouble getting some preloaded apps to work.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
TCL 65-Inch 5-Series 4K UHD QLED Roku Smart TV
What you need to know: This TV offers stunning clarity and is excellent for basement home theater setups.
What you’ll love: It has a built-in Roku interface for downloading and launching music and TV streaming apps, and the image contrast is optimized across localized zones for improved depth. It supports Dolby Vision HDR and HDR10, and has a broad color spectrum for a vivid and immersive picture.
What you should consider: There’s no built-in Bluetooth, and the color temperature can’t be adjusted. Also, some customers complained about it randomly rebooting.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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MILAN (AP) — Three Americans were among the winners of this year’s Balzan Prize, announced Monday, for their work in the fields of moral philosophy, musicology and biotechnology.
Martha Nussbaum, a philosopher and scholar at the University of Chicago, won for “her transformative reconception of the goals of social justice, both globally and locally,” the Balzan Foundation said in its citation.
Nussbaum, author of more than 20 books, frequently examines emotions and the role they play in moral and political judgments. Her latest book, “Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility,” is scheduled for publication in December.
Another University of Chicago faculty member, ethnomusicologist Philip Bohlman, was recognized for his work focusing primarily on European and Jewish music. He was cited by the foundation for his exploration of “the interstices between music and religion (and) Jewish music in modernity” as well as for his performance of Jewish urban music.
Bohlman performs both as artistic director of the New Budapest Orpheum Society, and with his wife Christine Wilkie Bohlman presenting works for piano and dramatic speaker written during the Holocaust.
Robert Langer, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, won the biotechnology prize for what the Milan-based Balzan Foundation called pioneering research and advances in mRNA vaccines and tissue engineering, paving the way “for breakthroughs in the controlled release of macromolecules with many medical applications.”
The final prize was shared by Danish palaeoclimatology professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen of the University of Copenhagen and Dutch climatologist Johannes Oerlemans of the University of Utrecht for glaciation and ice-sheet dynamics. The Balzan citation noted their joint and complementary work on the dynamics of glaciation and ice sheets which has helped to create “more reliable projections of ice sheet behavior related to changes in sea level.”
The Balzan Foundation awards two prizes in the sciences and two in the humanities each year, rotating specialties to highlight new or emerging areas of research and sustain fields that might be overlooked elsewhere. Recipients receive 750,000 Swiss francs ($785,000), half of which must be used for research, preferably by young scholars or scientists.
The prizes will be awarded by Italian President Sergio Mattarella in November in Rome. | https://www.wspa.com/science/ap-science/ap-balzan-prizes-honor-work-in-humanities-science/ | 2022-09-12T17:47:20Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/science/ap-science/ap-balzan-prizes-honor-work-in-humanities-science/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Air quality was unhealthy on Monday morning in Yakima as smoke from wildfires was visible across the Northwest.
Air quality was unhealthy for everyone as of 8 a.m. in downtown Yakima, Sunnyside and Ellensburg, according to readings from the Department of Ecology. When air quality is unhealthy, people should stay inside and take steps to filter indoor air. Everyone should avoid strenuous outdoor activity. People who must be outside should wear a respirator mask such an N95.
Rain was falling Monday morning in Yakima, with light winds in the forecast in the afternoon. Tuesday's forecast calls for widespread haze through 11 a.m., with sunny skies for the rest of the week, according to the National Weather Service.
Monday morning’s rainfall in Yakima was the first measurable precipitation to fall at the city’s official weather station (the Yakima Air Terminal) since July 6, when 0.18 inches of rain was recorded.
During the month of August, the National Weather Service reports that only a trace amount of precipitation fell on three days: Aug. 1, Aug. 9 and Aug. 19. Officially, the NWS reported a “trace” of rain for the month at the airport, below the month normal of 0.21 for August.
Fires
Major fires burning in the Northwest include the Goat Rocks Fire near Packwood, the Bolt Creek Fire near Index and Oregon’s Cedar Creek Fire.
U.S. Highway 12 over White Pass reopened Sunday night with evacuation levels lowered around Packwood. That fire was 2,842 acres on Monday morning.
An 18-mile stretch of Highway 2 remains closed from east of Gold Bar to Skykomish. Evacuation orders remain in effect for the Bolt Creek Fire. That fire was 7,600 acres on Sunday.
A burn ban is in place in Yakima County through Sept. 30 because of wildfire concerns.
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BEIRUT (AP) — They literally run the country.
In parking lots, on flatbed trucks, hospital courtyards and rooftops, private generators are ubiquitous in parts of the Middle East, spewing hazardous fumes into homes and businesses 24 hours a day.
As the world looks for renewable energy to tackle climate change, millions of people around the region depend almost completely on diesel-powered private generators to keep the lights on because war or mismanagement have gutted electricity infrastructure.
Experts call it national suicide from an environmental and health perspective.
“Air pollution from diesel generators contains more than 40 toxic air contaminants, including many known or suspected cancer-causing substances,” said Samy Kayed, managing director and co-founder of the Environment Academy at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.
Greater exposure to these pollutants likely increases respiratory illnesses and cardiovascular disease, he said. It also causes acid rain that harms plant growth and increases eutrophication — the excess build-up of nutrients in water that ultimately kills aquatic plants.
Since they usually use diesel, generators also produce far more climate change-inducing emissions than, for example, a natural gas power plant does, he said.
The pollutants caused by massive generators add to the many environmental woes of the Middle East, which is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the impact of climate change. The region already has high temperatures and limited water resources even without the growing impact of global warming.
The reliance on generators results from state failure. In Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and elsewhere, governments can’t maintain a functioning central power network, whether because of war, conflict or mismanagement and corruption.
Lebanon, for example, has not built a new power plant in decades. Multiple plans for new ones have run aground on politicians’ factionalism and conflicting patronage interests. The country’s few aging, heavy-fuel oil plants long ago became unable to meet demand.
Iraq, meanwhile, sits on some of the world’s biggest oil reserves. Yet scorching summer-time heat is always accompanied by the roar of neighborhood generators, as residents blast ACs around the clock to keep cool.
Repeated wars over the decades have wrecked Iraq’s electricity networks. Corruption has siphoned away billions of dollars meant to repair and upgrade it. Some 17 billion cubic meters of gas from Iraq’s wells are burned every year as waste, because it hasn’t built the infrastructure to capture it and convert it to electricity to power Iraqi homes.
In Libya, a country prized for its light and sweet crude oil, electricity networks have buckled under years of civil war and the lack of a central government.
“The power cuts last the greater part of the day, when electricity is mostly needed,” said Muataz Shobaik, the owner of a butcher shop in the city of Benghazi, in Libya’s east, who uses a noisy generator to keep his coolers running.
“Every business has to have a backup off-grid solution now,” he said. Diesel fumes from his and neighboring shops’ machines hung thick in the air amid the oppressive heat.
The Gaza Strip’s 2.3 million people rely on around 700 neighborhood generators across the territory for their homes. Thousands of private generators keep businesses, government institutions, universities and health centers running. Running on diesel, they churn black smoke in the air, tarring walls around them.
Since Israel bombed the only power plant in the Hamas-ruled territory in 2014, the station has never reached full capacity. Gaza only gets about half the power it needs from the plant and directly from Israel. Cutoffs can last up to 16 hours a day.
WAY OF LIFE
Perhaps nowhere do generators rule people’s lives as much as in Lebanon, where the system is so entrenched and institutionalized that private generator owners have their own business association.
They are crammed into tight streets, parking lots, on roofs and balconies and in garages. Some are as large as storage containers, others small and blaring noise.
Lebanon’s 5 million people have long depended on them. The word “moteur,” French for generator, is one of the most often spoken words among Lebanese.
Reliance has only increased since Lebanon’s economy unraveled in late 2019 and central power cutoffs began lasting longer. At the same time, generator owners have had to ration use because of soaring diesel prices and high temperatures, turning them off several times a day for breaks.
So residents plan their lives around the gaps in electricity.
Those who can’t start the day without coffee set an alarm to make a cup before the generator turns off. The frail or elderly in apartment towers wait for the generator to switch on before leaving home so they don’t have to climb stairs. Hospitals must keep generators humming so life-saving machines can operate without disruption.
“We understand people’s frustration, but if it wasn’t for us, people would be living in darkness,” said Ihab, the Egyptian operator of a generator station north of Beirut.
“They say we are more powerful than the state, but it is the absence of the state that led us to exist,” he said, giving only his first name to avoid trouble with the authorities.
Siham Hanna, a 58-year-old translator in Beirut, said generator fumes exacerbate her elderly father’s lung condition. She wipes soot off her balcony and other surfaces several times a day.
“It’s the 21st century, but we live like in the stone ages. Who lives like this?” said Hanna, who does not recall her country ever having stable electricity in her life.
Some in Lebanon and elsewhere have begun to install solar power systems in their homes. But most use it only to fill in when the generator is off. Cost and space issues in urban areas have also limited solar use.
In Iraq, the typical middle-income household uses generator power for 10 hours a day on average and pays $240 per Megawatt/hour, among the highest rates in the region, according to a report by the International Energy Agency.
The need for generators has become engrained in people’s minds. At a recent concert in the capital, famed singer Umm Ali al-Malla made sure to thank not only the audience but also the venue’s technical director “for keeping the generator going” while her admirers danced.
TOXIC CONTAMINANTS
As opposed to power plants outside urban areas, generators are in the heart of neighborhoods, pumping toxins directly to residents.
This is catastrophic, said Najat Saliba, a chemist at the American University of Beirut who recently won a seat in Parliament.
“This is extremely taxing on the environment, especially the amount of black carbon and particles that they emit,” she said. There are almost no regulations and no filtering of particles, she added.
Researchers at AUB found that the level of toxic emissions may have quadrupled since Lebanon’s financial crisis began because of increased reliance on generators.
In Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, miles of wires crisscross streets connecting thousands of private generators. Each produces 600 kilograms of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases per 8 hours working time, according to Mohammed al Hazem, an environmental activist.
Similarly, a 2020 study on the environmental impact of using large generators in the University of Technology in Baghdad found very high concentrations of pollutants exceeding limits set by the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization.
That was particularly because Iraqi diesel fuel has a high sulphur content — “one of the worst in the world,” the study said. The emissions include “sulphate, nitrate materials, atoms of soot carbon, ash” and pollutants that are considered carcinogens, it warned.
“The pollutants emitted from these generators exert a remarkable impact on the overall health of students and university staff, it said.
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Associated Press writers Samya Kullab in Baghdad, Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut, Salar Salim in Erbil, Iraq, Fares Akram in Gaza City, Gaza and Rami Musa in Benghazi, Libya contributed reporting. | https://www.wspa.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-in-parts-of-mideast-power-generators-spew-toxic-fumes-24-7/ | 2022-09-12T17:48:16Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-in-parts-of-mideast-power-generators-spew-toxic-fumes-24-7/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
To Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, BlockBar Will Exclusively Auction an Extra-Rare Vintage of 1800 Colección Tequila, Custom-Designed Decanter by Renowned Artist Leonora Carrington, a Once-in-a-Lifetime Invitation to the Birthplace of Tequila and a Tour of Leonora Carrington's Exclusive Art Collection in Tequila, Mexico
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, 1800 Tequila, the world's most awarded tequila, will release its first ever NFT corresponding to a bottle of its coveted 1800 Colección Tequila, one of the rarest tequilas in the world. 1800 Tequila worked closely with celebrated surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, prior to her passing, to curate a unique decanter titled "El Rey del Tequila" complementing 1800 Colección rare extra añejo tequila. Carrington created only 15 of these silver-sculpted masterpieces fifteen years ago; never released for public sale. Now only one of these prized decanters is available for the first time as an ultra-exclusive collectible with a starting bid of USD $25,000 exclusively on BlockBar.com, the world's first DTC NFT marketplace for luxury wines and spirits.
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, 1800 Tequila will be the first ever tequila to auction on BlockBar.com. Ownership of the NFT includes the "El Rey del Tequila" (2009) Leonora Carrington-designed decanter accompanied by a bottle of 1800 Colección Tequila. The buyer will be invited to visit Jalisco, Mexico for a private tequila tasting at La Rojeña distillery, Latin America's oldest distillery and the birthplace of tequila. They will also tour Leonora's Carrington's exclusive art collection showcasing her connection to the heritage of 1800 Tequila and allowing for a complete immersion in the land that inspired both Carrington and 220 years of 1800 Tequila quality and tradition.
"We're delighted to mark Hispanic Heritage Month by hosting our first ever tequila auction with the iconic 1800 Tequila," comments Dov Falic, Co-Founder and CEO of BlockBar. "1800 Tequila has a history of partnering with world-renowned artists and this unique, never-made-available-before decanter designed by surrealist artist Leonora Carrington makes this auction highly desirable for tequila and art lovers alike."
1800 Colección Tequila celebrates excellence in taste, in both tequila and in art, with past vintages having been paired with decanters custom-designed by renowned creators including Gary Baseman, Bosco Sodi and Hector Velazquez Ortus. As a first for luxury collectors worldwide, this year the brand is releasing one exclusive, limited-edition 1800 Colección Tequila vintage aged in ex-single malt whiskey casks from the United Kingdom as a nod to Leonora Carrington's birthplace. As a deep-rooted Mexican heritage brand, 1800 Tequila commissioned Leonora Carrington, widely considered one of the most important artists in Mexico during the 20th century, to design a unique decanter complementing the ultra-rare liquid of 1800 Colección Tequila. The British surrealist artist was such an admirer of the agave plant and the liquid derived from it after arriving in Mexico in the 1940's, that she designed "El Rey del Tequila" ("The King of Tequila") decanter as a tribute. To be paired with the corresponding bottle of 1800 Colección Tequila, the silver sculpture is infused with amorphous characteristics intrinsic to her work, reflecting the fascinating magic of the heart of the agave.
Only produced and released in the finest years of production, 1800 Colección Tequila is the pinnacle of liquid superiority and a result of a delicate artisan process meticulously supervised by Master Distiller Alejandro Coronado, who creates a special balanced blend between it and the finest aged tequila reserves. 1800 Colección Tequila begins with the selection of the highest-quality agaves that have reached optimum maturity. Following 1800 Tequila tradition, the agaves are steam cooked for several days in stone ovens obtaining a very selected extract, which is then distilled twice, followed by several years of slow aging in ex-single malt whiskey casks. The result is an exquisite, distinctively aged extra añejo tequila with a silky consistency, deep golden color and smooth mellow taste with a subtle touch of caramel, honey and almond that is one of the finest vintages in existence – numbered, limited and certified.
"Always at the forefront of culture, 1800 Tequila partnered with BlockBar to release its first NFT to bring the centuries-old tequila-making tradition to a new audience who appreciates luxury spirits and unique, high-value art," says Lander Otegui, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Proximo Spirits. "A decades-long champion and benefactor of art and culture, 1800 Tequila will contribute 50% of the proceeds from the 1800 Colección Tequila NFT sale directly back to the Council of Leonora Carrington for preservation of various collections including drawings, sculptures and textiles. With a new generation of luxury spirits drinkers and art collectors, this will be the first of many 1800 Colección Tequila NFTs to come."
1800 Colección "El Rey del Tequila" bottle and decanter will be auctioned off with a starting bid of USD $25,000 from 10:00am EST on Monday, September 12th, ending at midnight on Thursday, September 15th. Bids can be placed via BlockBar.com and payment may be submitted via ETH, credit card or wire transfer. To make a bid using ETH you must have the funds in your wallet and be connected to BlockBar. At midnight, all winning bidders have two hours to submit the full balance. Full terms and conditions may be found on BlockBar.com. Bidders planning on using wire transfer must pre-approve the funds by going to BlockBar.com, selecting payment method under the profile icon on the top right of the screen and clicking payment methods, and select "verify funds" for pre-approval. The users who successfully check out will receive an NFT representing the 1800 Colección Tequila physical bottle, which is stored with BlockBar until the bottle owner is ready to redeem.
About 1800® Tequila:
1800 Tequila, the world's most awarded tequila and the #1 premium tequila brand in the US, is made with 100% blue Weber agave harvested at its peak in Tequila, Mexico. Named after the year of origin, 1800 Tequila has never wavered from its original formula and distillation process. Now, as the best taste in tequila, 1800 Tequila has reached category leadership through its liquid superiority, deep-rooted Mexican heritage and culture-driving collaborations with musicians and artists. The iconic bottle is also recognized for its trapezoidal shape, reminiscent of the centuries-old Mayan stone pyramids found throughout Mexico. Please visit 1800Tequila.com to learn more about the 1800 Tequila portfolio: Blanco, Coconut, Reposado, Añejo, Cristalino, Milenio, Colección and The Ultimate Margarita. Trademarks owned by JC Master Distribution Limited ©2022 Proximo, Jersey City, NJ. Please drink responsibly.
About BlockBar:
Founded in October 2021, BlockBar sells NFTs directly from luxury wines and spirits brands. Each NFT corresponds to an actual physical bottle, exclusive to BlockBar, available to purchase with ETH, credit card or wire transfer. Owners can resell, collect, gift or at any point «burn» their NFT in exchange for the physical bottle, shipped from BlockBar's secure facility in Singapore with 24/7 security, motion sensors and temperature control. BlockBar only partners directly with brand owners including LVMH, Diageo, Bacardi, Pernod Ricard, Sazerac, William Grant & Sons and more, and does not take collections from third parties or collectors. BlockBar is democratizing access to luxury wines and spirits allowing anyone, anywhere in the world to participate, while offering bottle owners storage, insurance and a marketplace to re-sell their bottles purchased on BlockBar's platform. BlockBar's proprietary smart contracts verify authenticity tracing every transaction directly back to the partnering brand, and its partnership with top cyber- and crypto-security firms ensures that transactions are fully protected and transparent. For more information, please visit BlockBar.com.
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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cannabis Community College, a leading online cannabis education platform, announces the addition of Evan Marder as Professor of Cultivation for the Cultivation Essentials course. Part of the recently launched 5 Course Essentials Bundle, the curriculum offers a 360 degree view of the cannabis life cycle, equipping students with the skills they need to succeed in their cannabis career paths.
"We are beyond thrilled to welcome Evan to our team of expert instructors," said Christi McAdams, CCC Chairman. "We strive to bring the best the industry has to offer to our students. Evan is truly a top-notch grower and operator. We couldn't be luckier to have him on our team." To promote Evan and his courses, CCC is offering a priceless virtual tour of his commercial cultivation facility in Las Vegas, NV to anyone who registers: https://cannabiscommunitycollege.com/mk/cultivation-virtual-tour/
As a veteran grower, President of Fleur Cannabis and Evergreen Organix, and owner of Redram Consulting, Marder brings with him unparalleled knowledge and experience that promises to be of immense value to CCC students. As President and grower in Nevada's largest licensed organic cultivation facility,
"I'm honored to join the esteemed faculty of Cannabis Community College," Marder said. "My goal is to provide students with everything they'll need to operate a successful grow, achieve higher yields, and craft high-quality, potent plants."
Marder's course covers a wide variety of relevant topics, preparing students for a range of jobs within the industry from seed-to-sale. Modules include:
- Introduction to cultivation facilities
- Let's talk plants!
- Pest control
- Personal protection equipment
- Trimming
- Order fulfillment
- Lab testing
The Cultivation Essentials training course is accessible on its own or as part of the larger 5 Course Essentials Bundle. The package currently has an introductory rate of $270, providing high-value education at a fraction of the cost of traditional coursework. Scholarships and payment plans are available for those in need.
For more information about Cannabis Community College, visit www.cannabiscommunitycollege.com
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SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesis Gives, a corporate social responsibility initiative from Genesis Motor North America, and Genesis of Savannah recently donated a total of $10,000 to the Frank Callen Boys and Girls Club (FCBGC) of Savannah, a nonprofit organization that provides out-of-school educational and youth development programs. A ceremonial check was presented to FCBGC in Savannah, Georgia.
"Genesis is committed to investing in the communities we serve, and we see no better way to accomplish that than through supporting children's education," said Brandon Ramirez, director, corporate social responsibility and external relations, Genesis Motor America. "Genesis Gives recognizes the importance of providing opportunities for children to grow their minds and learn the skills they need to be successful, in a safe and positive environment."
FCBGC is the first chartered Boys and Girls Club in the state of Georgia, just celebrating its 100th anniversary this past July. The club serves about 300 children ages 5-18 every day, majority being from a minority background. The cost to enroll in the program is only $20 per year with scholarships available to those who need it. Programs include support for academic success, emotional and social development, workforce development and career exploration, STEM activities, and many more.
"This donation means everything to us. Without the support of companies like Genesis, we would not be able to exist," said Mark Lindsay, chief executive officer, Frank Callen Boys and Girls Club. "This donation is going to be used for our STEM program, which helps teach our kids valuable life lessons, as well as shows them a variety of potential career paths."
Genesis Gives
Genesis Gives is a corporate social responsibility initiative from Genesis Motor North America. Expanding on the brand's commitment to the highest standards of performance and its athletic elegance design identity, Genesis Gives supports nonprofit organizations with the goal of improving access to, and performance in, youth sports and STEAM education in under resourced communities. For more information, visit www.GenesisGives.com.
Genesis Motor North America
At Genesis, we put the customer at the center of every decision we make. Genesis is a global automotive brand that delivers the highest standards of performance, design, safety, and innovation while looking towards a more sustainable future. Genesis designs customer experiences that go beyond products, embodying audacious, forward-thinking, and distinctly Korean characteristics within its unique Athletic Elegance design identity. With a growing range of award-winning models — including the 2022 MotorTrend SUV of the Year, GV70, along with G70, G80, G90, GV60, and GV80 — Genesis aims to lead the age of electrification by focusing on a dual electrification strategy involving fuel-cell and battery EVs, starting with its Electrified G80 and GV60 electric models. Genesis has stated its commitment to becoming an all-electric vehicle brand by 2030 and to pursuing carbon neutrality by 2035.
Please visit our media site for the latest news at www.genesisnewsusa.com (United States) and www.genesisnews.ca (Canada).
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Dr. Guyuron Named Among the Top 2 for Rhinoplasty and Top 10 for Facelift Surgery
CLEVELAND, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyndhurst-based Bahman Guyuron, M.D., was ranked one of the top two rhinoplasty surgeons in the United States, based on a national survey among more than 5,000 medical professionals throughout the country. Newsweek news magazine published the survey results in its report, America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2022. In addition, Dr. Guyuron ranked among the top ten plastic surgeons in the nation for facelift procedures.
The rankings feature the nation's top 150 plastic surgeons for nose procedures and 200 leading plastic surgeons. Dr. Guyuron's areas of specialties include rhinoplasty, face, and migraine surgeries.
"I am humbled to again be named a top two rhinoplasty surgeon by my peers," Dr. Guyuron said. "I pride myself on delivering unwavering quality results that not only enhance my patients' looks but also improves their lives."
Newsweek, a widely distributed weekly news magazine, invited thousands of medical experts to participate in the online survey. Participants were asked to recommend plastic surgeons in the U.S. who offer at least one of the four procedures. Survey participants could recommend plastic surgeons in their own state as well as for all the U.S.
The survey enabled a quality score based on four core elements: surgery preparation, surgical procedure, follow-up care and surgical outcomes. Dr. Guyuron received a 90.29 percent score in nose procedures.
For more information about the survey visit Newsweek.
Zeeba Clinic is an international plastic surgery practice and medical skincare facility founded by world-renowned Bahman Guyuron, MD. For more than 40 years, Zeeba Clinic has helped patients from 49 states and many countries. Recognized internationally by his peers and patients as one of the best plastic surgeons in the world, Dr. Guyuron is certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is the Teacher's Teacher with more than 290 published medical articles, 63 book chapters on plastic surgery, 6 published textbooks and more than 1,100 presentations and lectures in 30 countries. Dr. Guyuron has developed and pioneered many techniques including a surgical treatment for migraine headaches. To learn more, visit: drbahmanguyuron.com
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MANCHESTER, N.H., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MegaFood®, a B-Corp crafting quality supplements, expands their collection of digestive health products with the launch of its new Digestive Health Water Enhancers now available on Amazon.
In three delicious fruit flavors – Pineapple Mango Kombucha, Guava Passion Fruit Kombucha, and Lemon Ginger Kombucha – MegaFood Digestive Health Water Enhancers deliver refreshing gut support with prebiotics & probiotics.†
These probiotic powders contain 2 billion CFU of DE111® – a probiotic strain clinically studied to be shelf-stable and resistant to stomach acid so it can survive the journey and keep doing its job.† They also includes kombucha powder, apple cider vinegar, green tea extract, and prebiotic fiber from Jerusalem artichoke. Plus, they are Certified Glyphosate Residue Free, vegetarian, and formulated without 9 food allergens: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, fish, shellfish, and sesame.
As consumer demand for functional beverages is on the rise, with a recent study showing 73% of adults consume drinks promoting added functional benefits, this new innovation from MegaFood offers an on-the-go format that is both convenient and supportive.1
"Staying well hydrated and including probiotics in our diet are two pillars of health for overall wellness and healthy digestion." states Erin Stokes, Naturopathic Doctor and Medical Director at MegaFood. "I'm excited about the launch of our new Digestive Health Water Enhancers, as they make these healthy habits easy to build into your everyday routine, whether at home or on-the-go!"
The new line is available in travel-friendly stick packs for on-the-go consumption. Simply add to water, stir well, and enjoy. It's a simple way to get that good gut feeling wherever you go.
MegaFood exists to grow a healthier world and believes in the power of plants to make people & the planet happier & healthier. MegaFood expertly crafts supplements that pair essential vitamins & minerals with real food, and partners with farmers who share a commitment to nutrient-dense food and soil health through regenerative agriculture. Obsessed with quality, MegaFood offers 9 product certifications, like Non-GMO Project Verified and also tests for 125+ pesticides & herbicides. As a B Corporation, the company believes in doing things the right way to sow a strong foundation of health that helps people thrive. Learn more at megafood.com or follow @megafood on Instagram & @megafoodfans on Facebook.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
1. Mintel-Functional Drink US, August 2021
DE111® is a registered trademark of Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes, Inc
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LONDON, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- REVIV President and CEO Sarah Lomas announces that REVIV has partnered with Australian premium skincare brand Grown Alchemist.
Beauty and urban lifestyle brand, Grown Alchemist, have launched into the UK partnering with Nobu Hotel London Portman Square to deliver their revolutionary three phase system; Cleanse, Detox, Activate – which works to restore skin cell function for healthy, radiant skin.
Grown Alchemist's treatments have been crafted to embody the brand's values, viewing beauty in the context of overall health and wellness. Grown Alchemist are at the forefront of innovation in skincare, and alongside the typical facials and massages, they will be delivering IV drip therapy to perfectly complement the benefits of their treatments. A truly great fit for those that want a holistic approach to skincare and wellness.
Grown Alchemist partnered with REVIV, the global leader in IV drip therapy, to design a bespoke infusion. Designed by expert doctors and scientists The Grown Alchemist Exclusive IV focuses on aiding the hydration and detoxification of the body - nourishing skin, hair and nails, in addition to supporting the body's processes for energy and collagen production and digestion. REVIV's highly skilled medical practitioners will be administering our exclusive IV for a quality experience.
Jeremy Muijs, co-founder and CEO of Grown Alchemist says: "Part of being a skincare company is to find the opportunity - whatever the mechanism, to create function and health. Restoring health is anti-aging. Health restoring and anti-aging are identical. So for us, if we can do those two things – restore health and create function in the body, it doesn't matter the mechanism we employ to do it and if science moves in a better way to deliver that, we need to be there. Partnering with REVIV allows us to remain right at the forefront of innovation in beauty and wellness."
About REVIV
REVIV is a life science led provider of nutritional health solutions, and their goal is to be the only personalized nutritional health company that offers precision nutrition solutions, using big data coupled with AI, to evidence that nutrition can have a positive impact on medical conditions or disease. REVIV's vision is to pioneer the democratization of nutrition-based treatments which will reduce disease, extend life and allow people to live better and healthier lives.
For more information about REVIV Global visit our website: www.revivme.com or email Emma Robertson on erobertson@revivme.com, +44 7398 213452
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TB12 Co-Founded by Tom Brady and Alex Guerrero Will Offer Holistic Health and Wellness Options Focused on Performance and Recovery at Resort
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wynn Las Vegas announces a partnership with Tom Brady and Alex Guerrero's TB12, a holistic health and wellness company modeled and inspired by the training regimen of the famed quarterback and his longtime Body Coach. TB12 is built on the TB12 Method, a series of healthy daily habits across five pillars: pliability, nutrition, hydration, movement, and mental fitness. The TB12 Method fully integrates these pillars, designed around muscle recovery and injury prevention to achieve longevity and pain-free living, through the help of solution-oriented Body Coach experts.
"After our successful collaboration with the Wynn for The Match back in June, it was a natural next step to make this partnership official on behalf of TB12," said Tom Brady, TB12 co-founder. "Our TB12 Body Coaches who are the heart and soul of our business and experts in the field of health and wellness will be able to provide guests the exact blueprint of the work Alex and I have been doing together all these years. The addition of the TB12 experience to the Wynn's already premium lineup of wellness-focused offerings is an incredible opportunity for our team to reach all guests looking to continue their health and wellness goals while traveling."
Located within the Encore Fitness Center, the TB12 Body Coach sessions are grounded in innovative and personalized care, connecting guests one-on-one with training experts. The Body Coaches will develop a personalized treatment plan that incorporates the TB12 Method and each of the five pillars. In addition, nutritional snacks and TB12 smoothies and supplements will be available at Encore Juice Bar.
"TB12 is expanding rapidly in the marketplace and as we looked for a new partner on the West Coast, we knew the Wynn could bring forward an integrated wellness program for their visitors of all ages and level of activity," said Grant Shriver, CEO of TB12. "We're thrilled to bring TB12 to the Vegas strip, activating at the highest level at one of the most prestigious resorts."
The newest addition to the lineup of wellness-focused experiences at Wynn Las Vegas, TB12 Body Coach sessions join onsite amenities that include five-star spa services, an 18-hole golf course, and NutriDrip by Clean Market, among others.
"The introduction of TB12 signifies a fresh approach to wellness at our resort," said Brian Gullbrants, President of Wynn Las Vegas. "Offering guests a way to maintain their wellness goals while on-the-go demonstrates our commitment to providing unique amenities not found anywhere else in Las Vegas."
TB12 Body Coach sessions will occur at Wynn Las Vegas starting Sept. 22. Guests can book appointments as of today. Sessions are available to both visitors and guests of the resort. For more information, please visit www.WynnLasVegas.com.
About TB12
TB12 was founded by three-time NFL MVP and seven-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady and his longtime Body Coach, Alex Guerrero. TB12's mission is to empower anyone to love pain-free and perform their personal best, regardless of age or level of athleticism. The TB12 Method is modeled after the daily habits Tom uses to perform and recover at an elite level, and it is built on Alex's theory that a holistic approach to health and wellness starts with pliability. The TB12 Method is a series of healthy daily habits across five pillars, facilitating muscle recovery, injury prevention, and improved performance for anyone with an active lifestyle. TB12 supports clients through an omni-channel approach that incorporates physical TB12 Center locations in Boston, Florida, Philadelphia, with more to come, immersive digital experiences, and innovative functional products. Information about TB12 products and services is available at TB12sports.com. To keep up with the latest TB12 news, please follow TB12 on Facebook (www.facebook.com/TB12sports), Instagram (www.instagram.com/TB12sports) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/TB12sports).
About Wynn Las Vegas
Wynn Resorts is the recipient of more Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Awards than any other independent hotel company in the world and in 2022 was once again honored on FORTUNE Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies list. Wynn and Encore Las Vegas consist of two luxury hotel towers with a total of 4,748 spacious hotel rooms, suites and villas. The resort features approximately 194,000 square feet of casino space, 21 signature dining experiences, 11 bars, two award-winning spas, approximately 513,000 rentable square feet of meeting and convention space, approximately 155,000 square feet of retail space as well as two showrooms, two nightclubs, a beach club, and recreation and leisure facilities, including Wynn Golf Club, an 18-hole, 129-acre championship golf course. For more information on Wynn and Encore Las Vegas, visit press.wynnlasvegas.com.
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What is disc golf? And why, as The New York Times recently reported, is it growing in popularity? Like Pickleball, it is an outdoor sport that is thriving thanks to COVID. With similar rules to traditional golf, players use a variety of plastic discs (like frisbees, but heavier) that are thrown down fairways, and eventually into a goal. The main objective, as in traditional golf, is to complete each “hole” with the fewest amount of strokes.
The brainchild of “Steady” Ed Headrick, disc golf was born in Huntington Beach, Pasadena, in the mid 1970s. (There is so much more to learn about the sport’s inception and growth; check out the Professional Disc Golf Association for a detailed history.)
Aaron Knickerbocker, a landscape gardener in Northwest Connecticut, has become so impassioned by the sport that he’s devoted a large part of his time to clearing out land, managing invasive plants and designing courses in the verdant countryside. I asked him to talk about the phenomenon that’s a grassroots alternative to the country club experience.
How’d you get involved with the sport, and why did you begin designing courses?
I unfortunately only found out about disc golf for the first time through friends in about 2014. One day I was asked to go “Frolfing” (frisbee-golfing, both of which are incorrect terms for the sport but which casual players sometimes use). My friend took me to their little three-acre course they made at their parents’ home, lent me discs to try, and it was on from there. I was instantly hooked. Within a year or two, I heard news of a volunteer project to install a disc golf course in Canaan, CT, where I live. I found out more info and I showed up to help on the first volunteer day. I started to care about the project greatly and helped every opportunity I could. After some time passed, the person who began and ran the project decided they didn’t want to do volunteer work anymore and abandoned the project. I had the tools and skills and design prowess needed, so I took over the lead. The initial design was very rushed and uninspired, so I redesigned the large majority of the course, and over the course of five years (thousands of volunteer hours), completed the course. The success of that course taught me that I was able to render a valuable service to the public, and my disc golf course designing and building continued from there.
How different is it from golf?
Disc golf courses can be in the forest, in open field areas, and anywhere in between. Wooded courses are known to be “technical,” as you are throwing through corridors of trees and there is often elevation change. Open courses are also known as “bomber” courses, as players have the opportunity to focus on distance throws. Open courses are still technical as there is often “out of bounds” areas, elevation change, possibly bodies of water to throw around or over, and various trees, bushes and other natural bunkers. Some of the best courses have a good mixture of wooded and open holes. The main differences in disc golf courses from traditional ball golf courses are that they can use forest areas; there is no end to the variances and creativity because of the open-ended ability to use so many different kinds of natural areas, and most importantly, a disc golf course causes much less natural disruption. Ball golf courses are landscaped and manicured to a degree that they are almost useless to native natural life. Disc golf course have much less environmental impact, and in some cases, a disc golf course installation can save the environment, which was the case with my course in Canaan. The installation process involved years of extensive invasive plant management to save the forest from imploding in on itself under the overgrowth of vines, poison ivy and prickers.
How do you design a course?
My design process doesn’t involve blueprints or landscape design drawings (although some of the biggest higher-end courses may have such things). I establish the property boundaries and then just familiarize myself with the land. Depending on the size of the available parcel and the characteristics of the property, I generally try to decide what my intention for the course is early. (Small and simple for recreational locals? Large and challenging to attract touring professionals? Fun and epic to create a destination-worthy course for amateurs to take a day trip to?) When the intention is clear, I walk the property and discern “course flow,” how the course will wind through the property. If possible I like the front nine to come back toward the parking area again before the back nine heads back out into the depths of the land so players can take a break, access their vehicle, refill water, have lunch, etc. Alvord Park DGC is a perfect example of this design. As you work on the course flow, you start siting disc golf holes. I use common property marking flags, tree tape and wooden stakes to mark out potential disc golf holes as I pass through. Consideration is made to not plan holes that require removing large healthy trees or disturbing nature and the environment in a negative way. After a rough design is complete, there is a long period of play-testing and making tweaks. I often let the public participate and chime in with feedback. Once the public and I are fully confident in the design, the course can be installed.
Do you have a special kind of layout?
The four courses that I’ve designed that have been or are being installed all vary in design greatly. Each design is different based on the qualities of its individual property, and what the intention for the course is. The design I am the most proud of is at Alvord Park DGC in Torrington, CT. It is set on 64 acres of land that is shared by a volunteer-run BMX bike park, and soccer fields. Alvord Park is right off of exit 45 on Route 8, making it very easy to access, and it has the parking needed in order to be able to host large high-level tournaments in the future. Because of all this, my intention was to design a long, challenging course that would give professional players a worthy track to compete on. I am still in the last finishing stages of completing it, but after five years, it is exactly as I’d have hoped to see it come out. It has been by far the most time-consuming, challenging project of my life, but so worth it. I am also making a “short” layout that will make it accessible to recreational players of all skill levels.
You are a landscaper—is there a lot of gardening involved in this?
The skill from my career, aside from design, that has been most helpful in disc golf course creation has been invasive plant management. It was entirely instrumental in the creation and preservation of Camp Brook DGC, Alvord Park DGC and my little private course on my land (my entire property needed advanced invasive plant management to be useful at all). I have done minor horticultural/landscaping projects like tree plantings, stone steps, etc. The gardening aspect is much higher on my private course. There are beautiful gardens and plantings throughout. The land is turning into a little paradise!
You’ve designed four disc golf courses, taking up countless hours. What is the fascination?
I have indeed spent thousands and thousands of hours, as well as thousands of my own dollars on volunteer disc golf course design and installation. When asked why, the simplest answer is “Because I can.” I have the necessary design skills, tools, and work ethic to do it. It’s very rewarding, as it gives me a sense of purpose, and it has created quite a following. I am passionate about my courses and about the design aspect, and I’m very proud of my work. As disc golf is a growing sport, certain communities would never get a course unless someone was willing to head it up on a volunteer basis.
I can see the appeal of a communal gathering, but is disc golf projected as an ESPN kind of world champion sport?
In short, yes. ESPN has featured disc golf aces (a hole in one) on the SportsCenter “plays of the week” segment for many years now. Within the last few years, one of the ESPN networks has aired the DGPC (Disc Golf Pro Tour Championship). So it’s on its way. The overall governing organization is the PDGA (Professional Disc Golf Association) and currently the Disc Golf Pro Tour is the elite professional tour. The DGPT is making huge strides forward annually. Money is starting to flood into the sport, players are getting major sponsorships, and some of the first multimillion dollar player contracts have been signed in the last few years. Disc golf has been known to be one of, if not the fastest-growing sport in the world for some time now, but this elevated drastically during the pandemic. New players flooded the sport, as it is a healthy way to safely spend time with your friends outdoors. | https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-will-disc-golf-become-an-american-pastime/ | 2022-09-12T17:59:25Z | printmag.com | control | https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-will-disc-golf-become-an-american-pastime/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It’s probably safe to say that, in the grand scheme of interior design items, light switch plates are low on the totem pole of importance for most people. But Hannah and Katie of The Clay Agenda aren’t most people.
At the beginning of the pandemic, the artsy sister duo teamed up and started making labia light switch plates out of polymer clay, just for fun. When their labia-inspired creations received more excitement from friends and family than they had anticipated, they decided to try selling them to the masses, and The Clay Agenda was born. Since then, Hannah and Katie have sold over 500 plates, cultivating a warm, inclusive community in the process.
Each light switch plate design feels special. Some are delicate, shrouded in intricately ornamental flowers or mushrooms; others are more overtly raunchy, like one that features a flaming heart where the clitoris would be. But no matter the individual design, the handmade feel of each plate brings a crafty levity and charm to subject matter that is all too often stigmatized and uncelebrated.
Below, Hannah and Katie reflect on their experience with The Clay Agenda and tell us why they’re so passionate about using their work to reframe the vulva.
Of all the things to make, why light switch plates? What drew you to this product in particular?
We’re drawn to functional art and turning a really boring part of your home into a piece of art or a conversation starter. It’s also a bonus that the content of our art is pushing people’s comfort levels to engage in a topic (genitalia— vulvas, specifically) that people tend to be ashamed of. We try to turn the conversation into something fun and playful, and not inherently sexual. We’re shedding light on a topic typically left in the dark— pun absolutely intended.
At what point did you start making labia light switches specifically? Where did that idea come from?
We immediately started making labia light switches and have only recently started doing
non-labia switches. Katie has always collected nude, erotic, sapphic, and queer art, so adding
her own piece to her space was the initial goal.
For Hannah, it was practically the first thing she had made with clay in decades, and started as just a fun weekend project that we did together at the beginning of the pandemic. We posted what we made to our Instagrams, and the response was not just complimentary, but also, “please make me one!”
Why do you think it’s so important to (literally) paint labias in this light? Why is making art of this subject matter the cornerstone of your business?
From such a young age, we’re taught to be ashamed and embarrassed of our bodies,
especially our genitalia. The research on vulvas and female anatomy is all fairly recent, because science really didn’t care about it outside of its function related to childbirth. But vulvas are so much more than that! We see our light switches as a playful and interactive way to talk about our bodies, and become more comfortable with our genitalia.
Are you surprised by the success of The Clay Agenda? When did it click for you that you had created something special?
We were absolutely surprised. We knew we had a creative and cute idea for our business, but we never imagined that it would become such a big part of our lives. We very quickly created a global community of labia light switch lovers, and they truly understand what we are trying to convey.
It clicked that we’d started something special from our first launch. We sold out that weekend,
and it was a total surprise! We went from months of preparation in order to have plenty of product to shipping it out, all within a week of the launch. From there, we realized all that we could possibly do with this format. It was incredibly exciting!
When did you first start writing “Clitch Bios” to go along with each labia light switch design? Where do the ideas for your Clitch Bios come from?
That’s something that came about organically when we were preparing for our first launch. We
started naming the light switches for easy record keeping. Instead of saying, “white light switch,” “white light switch with pink flowers,” “brown light switch with piercing,” etc., we started naming them based off of the vibe they gave us. What type of person would buy this? Who do they remind us of? What would their job be? Their quirks? Their zodiac sign? Do they cut coupons out of the paper, or have they been possessed by a demon? The light switches would come alive as we wrote out these bios, and it was another way to bring humor into the business.
The Clitch Bios have become another way of expanding on the idea that every vulva is different, and every vulva owner is different! Our followers have related to the bios, finding little pieces of themselves in the stories.
As for where the bios come from? Just our imagination! We tend to base them off of movie or TV characters we are watching, music we are listening to, books we are reading, poetry, or our own experiences.
What is it like being both creative and business partners with your sibling? Have you two
always been close and aligned creatively?
We haven’t always been close, but we’ve always been artistic people. We grew up in a chaotic, creative, and whimsical home with a mother who always encouraged us to explore art in any way we wanted to, whether it was quilting, painting, or sculpting. We had an entire closet filled to the ceiling with art supplies; being inspired to make something, and having the tools to make it right in our own home, led to a lot of creativity.
After Hannah graduated from high school, we became very close. We always wanted to start a business together, but it seemed more like a far-fetched dream than a potential reality. We always seemed to be in different places creatively, and just missing each other’s interests.
Hannah is very grounded and detail focused with our business, while Katie is more of the dreamer, big-picture person. Together, we balance each other out really well. We also have different artistic styles and strengths, and we allow each other the space to create and explore other art we align with.
Do you each have a favorite light switch that you’ve created?
For Hannah, her favorites are definitely the Birth of Venus recreation that she made, and Katie’s cherry pie design. But these favorites change all the time, because we keep improving and surprising ourselves!
Katie’s favorite is her interpretation of the Vagina Dentata (if you’ve seen the movie Teeth, you
know what we’re talking about). It was such a cool light switch, and we love the idea that it’s now hanging in someone’s house somewhere. | https://www.printmag.com/designer-profiles/the-clay-agenda/ | 2022-09-12T17:59:31Z | printmag.com | control | https://www.printmag.com/designer-profiles/the-clay-agenda/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
FDA warns of rare cases of cancers possibly linked to breast implants
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a recent warning about rare cases of certain cancers linked to breast implants.
The FDA said in a notice posted on Thursday that it has received reports of cancers, including squamous cell carcinoma and various lymphomas, in the scar tissue that forms around breast implants.
These cancers are different from a previous warning from the FDA about Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), which was first identified over a decade ago.
BIA-ALCL is not breast cancer, but rather a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma — a cancer of the immune system. While rare, the risk is higher for textured implants over smooth implants, according to the FDA.
In the agency’s new warning, it says the cases of squamous cell carcinoma and various lymphomas still seem to be rare but have been linked to both textured and smooth breast implants, and for those filled with both saline and silicone.
The FDA said it’s aware of less than 20 cases of squamous cell carcinoma and less than 30 cases of various lymphomas in the capsule around the breast implant.
"While the FDA believes that occurrences of SCC or various lymphomas in the capsule around the breast implant may be rare, health care providers and people who have or are considering breast implants should be aware that cases have been reported to the FDA and in the literature," the agency’s notice states.
Breast implants are used to increase breast size or to replace breast tissue that has been removed due to cancer or trauma. Sometimes they are used in revision surgeries, which seek to correct or improve the result of an original surgery.
There are two types of implants approved in the United States — saline-filled and silicone-filled — while both types have a silicone outer shell, the FDA says. They vary in size, shell thickness, shell surface texture, and shape.
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Generally, the longer a person has breast implants, the more likely they’ll need to have them removed or replaced, the agency said.
Neither saline nor silicone breast implants appear to be linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, according to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, citing several findings from cohort studies. It noted how a few studies have found a decreased risk of breast cancer among women with breast implants, but said this is "likely due to traits of women who tend to choose breast implants (such as being lean), rather than the implants themselves."
What to know if you have breast implants or are considering them
The FDA said those considering breast implants or patients who already have them should learn more about the risks and benefits.
Those with breast implants should be aware of these rare reports of certain cancers but do not need to change their routine medical care or follow-up, the agency added.
"Monitor your breast implants for as long as you have them. If you notice any abnormal changes in your breasts or implants, promptly talk to your surgeon or health care provider," the FDA said.
"If you do not have symptoms, the FDA does not recommend the removal of breast implants because of this safety communication," it added.
Anyone with breast implants who experiences a problem is asked to file a report through MedWatch, the FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting program, which helps to improve patient safety.
The agency said it is continuing to work with other regulatory authorities, clinical and scientific experts, manufacturers, and breast implant registries to evaluate the safety of approved breast implants and any associated risks.
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Burr Ridge mayor fires back at Lightfoot, Pritzker after migrants were secretly bussed to his village
CHICAGO - A suburban Illinois mayor called out Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot after more than 60 migrants were bussed to his town and checked into a hotel without his knowledge.
Lightfoot previously criticized the bussing of migrants around the country from Texas. On Monday, Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso called out her hypocrisy.
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The governor’s office, however, took aim at local officials who have spoken out about the relocation of migrants, suggesting the complaints were xenophobic.
"It is interesting that local officials are choosing this specific instance to gripe to the press about. Governor Pritzker has made it clear that Illinois is a welcoming state and xenophobia has no home here," the statement read.
Grasso said on "Fox & Friends" Monday that he took offense to being labeled "xenophobic." The town is about 20 miles out of Chicago.
"This has nothing again to do with xenophobia," Grasso (R) told host Steve Doocy. "It’s not about the migrants."
"It's about the very thing that Lori Lightfoot complained about and not giving us a heads-up so we could be prepared, so we can tell our residents."
Grasso’s residents had many questions about safety and health concerns.
"It's just the arrogance of the state, just presuming they can do what they want," he said. "They invite people to come to the state, and then they just willy-nilly put them in the suburbs without even giving us the courtesy of letting us know."
Grasso said he’s not sure who made the decision to send migrants to the suburbs, but he conceded that they are safer in his community than somewhere like Chicago.
He reiterated that the migrants themselves are not a problem. He said he’s working on ways to get their children in schools and looking for possible employment opportunities as he’s unsure of how long they will stay in Burr Ridge.
"There's no issue with them at all," he said. "They're here legally, supposedly, because they are asylum seekers, which I understand just means that they're here temporarily until they go through the process."
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Orland Park mayor drops hammer on new Illinois law eliminating cash bail: 'massive threat'
CHICAGO - An Illinois mayor sounded the alarm on "how dangerous" a state law that eliminates cash bail will be, arguing communities will be left more vulnerable and victims of crimes will lose "their constitutional rights."
"We must not allow this law to stand as passed," Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau said Tuesday at a town meeting. "I can’t even begin to tell you how dangerous this act is."
The Orland Village Board unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday demanding state legislators work with public safety representatives to address problems they see with the Safety Accountability and Fairness Equity Today Act (Safe-T Act). The village is mostly located in Cook County, the most populated county in the state.
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the bill into law last year, provisions such as eliminating cash bail will take effect on Jan. 1 of 2023. The law makes Illinois the first state in the country to eliminate cash bail.
Compilation photo shows Village of Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau speaking at town meeting next to photo of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. (Scott Olson,Getty Images/Village of Orland Park YouTube)
The Safe-T Act will also restrict who can be arrested, increase eligibility for probation for people convicted of some drug crimes, among other changes to policing and police training. Supporters of the law say it will make the criminal justice system more fair for Black, Latino and minority communities.
The legislation has been criticized by politicians and law enforcement officials across the state, with Pekau going over in the town meeting the different ways the community will reportedly suffer if the law is implemented as is.
"Someone could decide to live in your shed, and all we could do is give them a ticket," said Pekau, who is currently running for Congress. "This is a massive threat to residents of Orland Park, Cook County and Illinois."
"But it doesn’t end here," said Pekau. "There is currently a bill in front of the house to remove school resource officers from our schools, which means no school resource officer at Sandburg High School. The city of Chicago has already done this," he said. "I personally do not want to see the city of Chicago become the standard for how we conduct public safety because they have abandoned their police officers, abandoned their residents and created a war zone full of criminals."
A press release from Orland Park Village states that abolishing cash bail will affect "almost every offense," including "kidnapping, armed robbery, second degree murder, drug induced homicide, aggravated DUI, threatening a public official and aggravated fleeing and eluding." Town leadership also argued that victims of crimes will be denied "their constitutional rights," denounced how offenders released on electronic monitoring devices will need to be in violation of their parole for 48 hours before police can act, and police will no longer be able to remove trespassers from a residence or business.
"It’s like they won’t stop until they destroy our communities and our society," Pekau said at the meeting. "We all need to take a stand against this, this is a very dangerous bill."
Village of Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau seen in his official town headshot. (Orland Park)
Orland Park leaders are far from alone in decrying the law.
Former state attorney and current state Rep. Patrick Windhorst said this month that the elimination of cash bail "will reduce public safety and lead to more crime in Illinois." Winnebago County State’s Attorney J. Hanley wrote a recent op-ed outlining that "400 criminal defendants will be released back into our community" due to the law. And Johnson County Sheriff Peter Sopczak warned that "the gates are open" and criminals and suspects are "going to be let out onto the streets."
The Democratic governor has meanwhile celebrated the Safe-T Act as one that supports local police departments with funds and equipment such as cameras, and that the elimination of cash bail will prevent low-level criminals from sitting in jails for months.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker attends the Idas Legacy Fundraiser Luncheon on April 12, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images / Getty Images)
"We do not want someone in jail because they were arrested for a low-level crime like shoplifting to be sitting in jail for months or maybe even years," Pritzker said last month, according to the Center Square. "At the same time, someone who is a wealthy drug dealer, perhaps accused of murder and arrested, can show up with a suitcase full of money and get out of jail."
The governor’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on Orland Park leadership’s criticisms.
The changes to the state's criminal justice system comes after Chicago saw its highest homicide rate in 25 years in 2021, and the city continues to struggle with crimes such as carjackings, illegal street racing, shootings, and robberies.
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Video: Man robbed at gunpoint in Chicago alley
CHICAGO - A man was robbed at gunpoint in an attack that was caught on surveillance video Friday morning in the Bucktown neighborhood.
The 30-year-old man was walking in an alley around 11 a.m. in the 2300 block of West Wabansia Avenue when a dark-colored vehicle pulled up and three people got out with one of them holding a gun to his head, police said.
Video from a neighbor's camera in the alley showed one of the suspects going through the man's pockets while a gun is still pointed at him.
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After roughly 20 seconds, the man shoves one of the suspects and runs out of the alley.
The suspects got back into the vehicle and drove off westbound, according to Chicago police.
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Flooding seeps into Chicago homes as residents clean up storm damage
CHICAGO - Albany Park residents said a lot of the rain that fell in droves across Chicago Sunday went right into their basements.
One neighbor said it was the rain that caused a large tree to fall on a house in the 5200 block of North Monticello Avenue.
Torrential rain caused water to shoot out of the streets in Albany Park and other North Side neighborhoods. Rushing water filled streets under viaducts, stranding cars and running into basements.
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The trees that fell on Monticello Avenue were cut into pieces Sunday. Today, crews plucked the pieces with a construction ripper, filling two large trucks.
Neighbors said the storm caused all sorts of trouble.
Mary Ann Hockman has lived in the area since 1966.
She said the rain came in her house through windows. Her neighbor, who lives in a garden level apartment, had two feet of water and had to move out.
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Squeezing out more summer in September for Chicago
CHICAO - Monday may feel like fall but never fear, there is plenty more "summer" to be squeezed out of September in Chicago.
I put summer in quotes because from a meteorologist's point of view, fall began back on the first of this month. Our three coldest months of the year are December, January and February with our warmest being June, July and August. Sandwiched in between are September, October and November or "meteorological fall".
The forecasts for the next several days of September resemble summer much more than fall. Eight of the next 10 days should be above average with six of the next 10 days having highs in the 80s.
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This warm pattern may stick around well into September. The Climate Prediction Center's 6-10 day and 8-14 day temperature outlooks both suggest a relatively warm pattern. The 6-10 day forecast has us outlooked overall to be "likely above" average from Saturday through the following Wednesday.
The 8-14 day forecast also has us outlooked to be "likely above" average overall for the period from next Monday through the following Sunday (Sept. 19 through Sept. 25).
This shouldn't come as a big surprise. It seems to be following our relatively warm summer pattern. Our summer ended up with an average temperature of 73.9 degrees (that includes both highs and lows) or .6 degrees above average. The summer of 2022 ranks as the 25th warmest out of 150 summers for Chicago.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Everywhere, it seems, back-to-school has been shadowed by worries of a teacher shortage.
The U.S. education secretary has called for investment to keep teachers from quitting. A teachers union leader has described it as a five-alarm emergency. News coverage has warned of a crisis in teaching.
In reality, there is little evidence to suggest teacher turnover has increased nationwide or educators are leaving in droves.
Certainly, many schools have struggled to find enough educators. But the challenges are related more to hiring, especially for non-teaching staff positions. Schools flush with federal pandemic relief money are creating new positions and struggling to fill them at a time of low unemployment and stiff competition for workers of all kinds.
Since well before the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have had difficulty recruiting enough teachers in some regions, particularly in parts of the South. Fields like special education and bilingual education also have been critically short on teachers nationwide.
For some districts, shortages have meant children have fewer or less qualified instructors.
In rural Alabama’s Black Belt, there were no certified math teachers last year in Bullock County’s public middle school.
“It really impacts the children because they’re not learning what they need to learn,” said Christopher Blair, the county’s former superintendent. “When you have these uncertified, emergency or inexperienced teachers, students are in classrooms where they’re not going to get the level of rigor and classroom experiences.”
While the nation lacks vacancy data in several states, national pain points are obvious.
For starters, the pandemic kicked off the largest drop in education employment ever. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of people employed in public schools dropped from almost 8.1 million in March 2020 to 7.3 million in May. Employment has grown back to 7.7 million since then, but that still leaves schools short around 360,000 positions.
“We’re still trying to dig out of that hole,” said Chad Aldeman, policy director at the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University.
It’s unknown how many of those positions lost were teaching jobs, or other staff members like bus drivers — support positions that schools are having an especially hard time filling. A RAND survey of school leaders this year found that around three-fourths of school leaders say they are trying to hire more substitutes, 58% are trying to hire more bus drivers and 43% are trying to hire more tutors.
Still, the problems are not as tied to teachers quitting as many have suggested.
Teacher surveys have indicated many considered leaving their jobs. They’re under pressure to keep kids safe from guns, catch them up academically and deal with pandemic challenges with mental health and behavior.
National Education Association union leader Becky Pringle tweeted in April: “The educator shortage is a five-alarm crisis.” But a Brown University study found turnover largely unchanged among states that had data.
Quit rates in education rose slightly this year, but that’s true for the nation as a whole, and teachers remain far more likely to stay in their job than a typical worker.
Hiring has been so difficult largely because of an increase in the number of open positions. Many schools indicated plans to use federal relief money to create new jobs, in some cases looking to hire even more people than they had pre-pandemic. Some neighboring schools are competing for fewer applicants, as enrollment in teacher prep programs colleges has declined.
The Upper Darby School District in Pennsylvania has around 70 positions it is trying to fill, especially bus drivers, lunch aides and substitute teachers. But it cannot find enough applicants. The district has warned families it may have to cancel school or switch to remote learning on days when it lacks subs.
“It’s become a financial competition from district to district to do that, and that’s unfortunate for children in communities who deserve the same opportunities everywhere in the state,” Superintendent Daniel McGarry said.
The number of unfilled vacancies has led some states and school systems to ease credential requirements, in order to expand the pool of applicants. U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told reporters last week that creative approaches are needed to bring in more teachers, such as retired educators, but schools must not lower standards.
Schools in the South are more likely to struggle with teacher vacancies. A federal survey found an average of 3.4 teaching vacancies per school as of this summer; that number was lowest in the West, with 2.7 vacancies on average, and highest in the South, with 4.2 vacancies.
In Birmingham, the school district is struggling to fill around 50 teaching spots, including 15 in special education, despite $10,000 signing bonuses for special ed teachers. Jenikka Oglesby, a human resources officer for the district, says the problem owes in part to low salaries in the South that don’t always offset a lower cost of living.
The school system in Moss Point, a small town near the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, has increased wages to entice more applicants. But other districts nearby have done the same. Some teachers realized they could make $30,000 more by working 30 minutes away in Mobile, Alabama.
“I personally lost some really good teachers to Mobile County Schools,” said Tenesha Batiste, human resources director for the Moss Point district. And she also lost some not-so-great teachers, she added — people who broke their contracts and quit three days before the school year started.
“It’s the job that makes all others possible, yet they get paid once a month, and they can go to Chick-fil-A in some places and make more money,” Batiste said.
A bright spot for Moss Point this year is four student teachers from the University of Southern Mississippi. They will spend the school year working with children as part of a residency program for aspiring educators. The state has invested almost $10 million of federal relief money into residency programs, with the hope the residents will stay and become teachers in their assigned districts.
Michelle Dallas, a teacher resident in a Moss Point first-grade classroom, recently switched from a career in mental health and is confident she is meant to be a teacher.
“That’s why I’m here,” she said, “to fulfill my calling.” | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/teacher-shortages-are-real-but-not-for-the-reason-you-heard/ | 2022-09-12T18:02:13Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/teacher-shortages-are-real-but-not-for-the-reason-you-heard/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Washita 74\nTaking crop yield measurements across field by manual sensoring is a labor intensive field level task (Averil), time demanding fieldwork at low cure efficiency levels (Diakosavakiris). Thus to get over that problem , Wide Dynamic Data Acquising (WRAP, the project I work from May to End 1 st month at, AIRI) a novel intelligent cassette is under trial (WXYZ) — Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack announced Monday she is retiring from the bench.
McCormack, who has served on the Supreme Court for more than nine years, informed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of her retirement, which will happen no later than Dec. 31, 2022, but not before Nov. 22.
“In her tenure on the Michigan Supreme Court, she upheld the rule of law, stood strong for our constitutional values, and protected the fundamental rights of every Michigander. She worked tirelessly, both on and off the bench, to move our state courts forward and ensure that all Michiganders, no matter their background, means, or circumstance, had equal access to our justice system," Whitmer said in a statement.
The 56-year-old was sworn in as an associate justice on Jan. 1, 2013 and was appointed chief justice since January 2019, and was only the sixth woman to serve as chief justice.
“A decade can be a common measuring point for personal and professional change. Over the last 10 years, my kids grew up and went off to college and graduate school, we bought a pickup truck and an RV, and I have had the honor of serving as Chief Justice for the past four years. Making good on a campaign promise I made in 2012, I have given my every effort to do justice and to make the Michigan judiciary as fair and accessible as possible. After a decade, the time has come for me to move on, to let others lead, and to build on a foundation of progress," McCormack wrote in a letter to court staff.
During her time on the court, she established the Michigan Justice for All Commission, and she was the co-chair on the Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration and chaired the Jail reform Advisory Council.
McCormack has overseen the court at a time where it has made several important rulings, including rulings this year that put abortion rights and voter rights petitions on the November ballot, and a ruling in July that said Michigan's anti-bias laws protect LGBTQ+ people.
McCormack was just re-elected to serve an 8-year term in 2020, which means Whitmer will appoint someone to serve until the next election in 2024. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/mi-supreme-court-chief-justice-bridget-mccormack-to-retire | 2022-09-12T18:05:36Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/mi-supreme-court-chief-justice-bridget-mccormack-to-retire | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
I like writing – whether it will last on a physical page, if people look beyond its contents – and so am quite happy sharing links or reading comments here in Worddile Blipfolio and on FaceSpace… where comments here can get missed (as Wordflare is less public) you might have a slightly broader reach posting in F-space. So just go there when the words (like many more to share over these days in the UK; you guys get a long one), A Virginia man thought he won $600 in the state lottery when he actually won a lot more than that.
According to state lottery officials, Jose Flores Velasquez took his 20X the Money ticket to Virginia Lottery's customer service center to claim his prize. However, lottery employees quickly realized Velasquez actually won $1 million.
Officials said Velasquez bought the winning ticket when he stopped by a Safeway grocery store in Annandale after work to purchase a pack of soft drinks.
Velasquez had the option to take the entire $1 million prize over 30 years or take it as a one-time cash payment of $759,878 before taxes, officials said.
The news release said He took the cash.
According to the lottery officials, the store that he bought the ticket from will receive a $10,000 bonus from Virginia Lottery.
Velasquez said he plans to use the money to take care of his family and possibly start his own business, lottery officials said. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/virginia-man-claiming-600-lottery-win-actually-won-1-million | 2022-09-12T18:06:12Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/virginia-man-claiming-600-lottery-win-actually-won-1-million | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Russia's war on Ukraine: West must give Kyiv everything it needs to secure total victory – Angus Robertson MSP
In extremely welcome news, Ukraine’s armed forces are celebrating a major breakthrough against Russian invaders.
In a lightning offensive east of Kharkiv, Ukrainian troops have made such major advances that Russian troops have fled, leaving behind significant amounts of equipment and ammunition.
Key towns and cities have been retaken along with important road and rail connections that will cause the Russian invaders even more headaches.
Russian TV pundits have been at a loss to credibly explain the collapse of their forces in the north. Meanwhile, Ukraine is continuing its counter-offensive in the south towards Kherson.
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As the democratic world celebrates the success of Ukraine against the forces of illegal Russian aggression and invasion, we must resolve to provide even more in the way of military and non-lethal support.
It is Ukrainian men and women who are fighting, on all of our behalf, for democracy and freedom.
If you haven’t yet seen it, watch the viral video of Ukrainian troops singing their national anthem before launching their recent counter-offensive:
“Ukraine has not yet perished, nor has her freedom, nor has her glory,
Upon us, fellow Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more.
Our enemies will vanish like dew in the sun,
And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own.”
We need to give Ukraine everything it requires to win the war, force total Russian withdrawal, and full reparations as well as war crimes trials.
Slava Ukraini. Glory to Ukraine!
Angus Robertson is the SNP MSP for Edinburgh Central and Constitution, External Affairs and Culture Secretary | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/russias-war-on-ukraine-west-must-give-kyiv-everything-it-needs-to-secure-total-victory-angus-robertson-msp-3840618 | 2022-09-12T18:16:57Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/russias-war-on-ukraine-west-must-give-kyiv-everything-it-needs-to-secure-total-victory-angus-robertson-msp-3840618 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 12 Hibs players on expiring contracts - including several new signings and Easter Road hero
It was a busy summer of ins and outs at Easter Road as new manager Lee Johnson sought to reshape the first team in his image.
With so much upheaval then continuity is the name of the game as Hibs look to avoid a similar scenario each and every summer.
As a result, it’s perhaps no surprise there isn’t a huge proportion of the squad who are entering the final year of their contracts. In fact, the majority of the players are those who either signed during the summer – either on one-year deals or on season-long loans from other clubs – or youngster well out on the fringes of the team.
That being said, there are at least a couple of players here that Hibs fans would like to see inked to new contracts.
Here’s the list in full... | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/the-12-hibs-players-on-expiring-contracts-including-several-new-signings-and-easter-road-hero-3840713 | 2022-09-12T18:17:21Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/the-12-hibs-players-on-expiring-contracts-including-several-new-signings-and-easter-road-hero-3840713 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Rawlins page plan, Sept. 14 Sep 12, 2022 1 hr ago Comments Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save RAWLINS page plan for WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14 A1 (send color)Vol. 133, Issue 74Tease 1:ANALYSIS Americans (often wrongly) think they know a lot about politics, Page A4Tease 2:BAD BEAT FOR BEARS UW pass defense makes strides in dominant performance, Page B1Tease 3:ELECTION 2022 Grey Bull aims to be first Wyo Dem in Congress in 44 years, Page A6________________________________________________________MAIN PACKEAGE: Rare opportunity: Southern Wyoming rare earth deposit shows promise, WNE (photo)Doctor details dangers of tech for teens, WNE (photo)School choice faces constitutional roadblocks, WTE (photo)Jumps to A2 and A3 A2 (send color)Worth noting briefsJumps from A1A3 (send color)Jumps from A1A4 OPINION (send B&W)Syndicated cartoonAmericans (often wrongly) think they know a lot about politics, The Conversation (Other voices)Isn’t 15 years enough?, Hunt column (Wyoming voices) A5 (send color)Obits (if there are any)CWD prevalence high in some hunt areas, WNE (file photo)Cost of proposed Alkali Dam has doubled to $70M, WNEWyoming places undergo name changes, WNE (file photo) A6 (send color)Grey Bull aims to be first Wyo Dem in Congress in 44 years, WNE (photo, bug)B1 SPORTS (send color)MAIN: Pokes pull away from UNC after rocky start, Josh (photos)UW pass defense makes strides in dominant performance, Josh (photo)AP Top 25 reality check, AP (photos)B2 OUTDOORS (send B&W)Yellowstone volcanologists seek to understand small geyser systems, WNE (photo)Hang gliding provides thrill, stress relief, WNE (photo)Fall wildlife activity picks up in Jackson Hole area, WNE (photo) B3-B4 COMICS/PUZZLES (send B&W) B5-B6 CLASSIFIEDS (send color) Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Photo Wne Photography Politics Computer Science Chemistry Stride American Lot Color Volcanologist Recommended for you Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus Trending Now East HS student killed, 3 other teens hurt in car crash Sunday night Homicide suspect detained Monday following deadly shooting Law enforcement arrest two Laramie County men for voting as felons Police blotter 9-3-22 Sexual assault charges against state trooper filed in district court Latest Special Section 2022 UW Football Preview To view our latest Special Section click the image on the left. Latest e-Edition Wyoming Tribune Eagle To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the left. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlins-page-plan-sept-14/article_4cf868ec-32ad-11ed-85da-1b38c1c8b64e.html | 2022-09-12T18:18:13Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlins-page-plan-sept-14/article_4cf868ec-32ad-11ed-85da-1b38c1c8b64e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ROCK SPRINGS -- Western Wyoming Community College (Western) will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Mustang Loop trail system at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20.
The Mustang Loop is multi-use, and the main access is located off the west side parking lot at the college. This celebration is open to the public and bikes or walking shoes are recommended. Come hungry! A BBQ meal that includes a pulled pork sandwich, Carolina coleslaw, baked beans and a drink will be available for purchase. First 100 Western students can eat free by show of ID.
The Mustang Loop would not have happened if it wasn’t for the inspiration, hard work and dedication of Randy Dale. Shortly after moving to Rock Springs in 2019, Dale learned that there were no bike trails within Rock Springs proper. As Dale explained, “I’ve been mountain biking for 25...30 years, a long time. When we came to town it was like, are there any places to ride around here? Oh yeah, you have to go to Wilkins Peak. Wilkins Peak? ...But that’s 15 miles from my house.”
When Dale asked if there were any closer trails he was directed to a couple of ‘outlaw’ trails in the mountains. Dale rode those trails but explained, “...certain parts are really scary.”
But it takes a community to make a project come to life, and this trail system is just one example of how Sweetwater County community members unite.
Dale met with Jason Medler, owner of The Bike and Trike, to discuss the idea of a trail system and together the two put together a presentation for Western’s board of trustees. The board of trustees agreed to provide the land for the trail system and the Sweetwater Trails Alliance (SWTA) was created by Dale and Medler. In partnership with local businesses, organizations and the state of Wyoming, SWTA worked throughout 2021 to layout and build the trail system.
While designing the trail, Dale and SWTA felt it important to make the initial trail Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) accessible for riders and ensuring all experience levels were put into the plan. This first, green coded trail is 42 inches wide throughout and designed for everyone’s recreational usage. In the spring of 2022, four additional connector trails were added, two are coded blue and the other two are coded black.
It was thanks to volunteers that the building of the trail system progressed quickly these past one and a half years. With countless man-hours and equipment, the trail system has come together. During the summer of 2021, Boy Scout Troop No. 4 finished the trail bridges and Sunroc donated 300 tons of road base to keep the trail available even during wet conditions. The all-season availability of the trail will be a benefit for Western students and the community. For a full list of donors visit westernwyoming.edu/mustangloop.
Additionally, Western will be debuting three Trek fat tire bikes for students to check out from the game room for use on the trail system.
"We're so excited and appreciate these new resources that students can use all the time! Having this trail on campus, especially near housing, makes it super easy to take a break from studying and get outdoors," stated Alex Riley, student government president.
The Mustang Loop trail system is multi-use and open to pets. To learn about trail etiquette, visit the International Mountain Bicycling Association’s page: https://www.imba.com/ride/ride-vibes.
To learn more about the Mustang Loop trail system or the ribbon-cutting ceremony, visit: http://westernwyoming.edu/mustangloop. For general information about Western call 800-226-1181. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/western-set-to-hold-mustang-loop-ribbon-cutting-on-tuesday-sept-20/article_f0a5272c-32b3-11ed-af16-435885b1b130.html | 2022-09-12T18:18:26Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/western-set-to-hold-mustang-loop-ribbon-cutting-on-tuesday-sept-20/article_f0a5272c-32b3-11ed-af16-435885b1b130.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Juggling everyone’s schedule is like running a circus, never mind trying to get a meal on the table that everyone can enjoy. That’s one of the reasons why the Instant Pot has such a large fanbase among busy parents.
For the still uninitiated, this multi-function pressure cooker help busy cooks put otherwise complicated meals on the table in a fraction of the normal time. Pair the gadget with the right recipe and you’ll wonder where it had been all your life. The great thing is that Instant Pot recipes have become a cottage industry all their own!
Kitchn.com contributor Laura Rege recently shared her recipe for Instant Pot Chicken Thighs with Garlic and Lemon, and it looks delicious — and easy. Rege uses simple-to-find, healthy ingredients to bring this dish together. From prep stage to completion, the whole dish only takes about 20 minutes to make. A recipe like this can be made on a school night with minimal stress!
Using the Instant Pot cuts down on cooking time, but, unlike other timesaving cooking tools, it doesn’t dry your food out at all. In fact, the countertop gadget actually helps infuse the citrus flavor of the lemons with the garlic and other spices in this recipe, while keeping the meat juicy.
While a glance at ingredient list may look a little long, don’t let that stop you from giving this Instant Pot chicken thighs recipe a try, as it’s mostly dry spices. Many of the spices you’ll use are probably already in your pantry, as smoked paprika is about the most exotic one on the list. The other things you’ll need to make these Instant Pot chicken thighs are 2 1/2 pounds of chicken thighs (bone-in, skin-on), olive oil, garlic, parsley, chicken broth, cornstarch and lemon.
Get the full cooking instructions and ingredient quantities for Kitchn.com’s Instant Pot chicken thighs recipe here.
Rege advises sticking with the pressure cooking time listed to avoid overcooking the chicken.
Once your Instant Pot chicken thighs are done, you might want to pair them with Martha Stewart’s baked potato recipe, a dish of rice, some steamed vegetables or even pasta. You can make your side dish while the chicken is cooking in the Instant Pot, so everything is ready to serve at the same time.
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories. | https://www.katc.com/instant-pot-chicken-thighs-take-20-minutes | 2022-09-12T18:19:26Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/instant-pot-chicken-thighs-take-20-minutes | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An unexpected guest crashed a 2-year-old's birthday party in Connecticut.
Laura Durst said a large black bear decided to help itself to some cupcakes after it popped up behind a guest and sniffed her.
This made some adults grab the children and take them into the garage.
Some guests got into their cars and honked their horns.
Others yelled at the bear to scare it away, but the bear was unfazed.
It made its way to the dessert table and began snacking some more.
Durst said they ended up waiting in the house until the bear left. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/black-bear-crashes-toddlers-birthday-party-in-connecticut | 2022-09-12T18:19:33Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/black-bear-crashes-toddlers-birthday-party-in-connecticut | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
National Park Service officials said a man died after a motorboat flipped on the Colorado River over the weekend.
Grand Canyon National Park officials said they were notified Saturday shortly after 2 p.m. when a boat flipped during a river trip near Bedrock Rapid.
In the news release, officials said 67-year-old Ronald Vanderlugt entered the river at mile 131. According to the news release, he was pulled from the water by members of the rafting group, who began performing CPR when they noticed he wasn't responsive.
The news release said that Park rangers flew by helicopter to the scene and attempted resuscitation efforts but were unsuccessful.
Park Service officials said four other people in non-critical condition were treated and flown to the South Rim Helibase.
Vanderlugt, officials said, was on his fifth day of a multi-day commercial river trip, the news release said.
According to rafting experts, the Associated Press reported that Bedrock Rapid is a rocky island that splits the river into left and right channels.
Officials said that the National Park Service and the Coconino County medical examiner are conducting an investigation. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/man-dies-after-motorboat-flips-at-grand-canyon-national-park | 2022-09-12T18:19:58Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/man-dies-after-motorboat-flips-at-grand-canyon-national-park | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) – Agawam Police are notifying residents that the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) Air Wing will be conducting night training at Robinson State Park Monday night.
The training will include the use of a low flying helicopter using a spot light and marked and unmarked MSP vehicles.
The maneuvers will be held from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/state-police-training-at-robinson-state-park-in-agawam-monday-night/ | 2022-09-12T18:20:04Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/state-police-training-at-robinson-state-park-in-agawam-monday-night/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Palakkad: A dog that bit a three-year-old boy in Attappadi's Sholayur has been diagnosed with rabies.
Akash, son of Manikandan and Parvathi, was bitten by a dog on the day of Thiruvonam at Swarnapirivu tribal colony. The dog was later found dead. Testing its sample, it was confirmed that the dog was indeed infected with rabies.
Akash was playing in the backyard when the incident happened. The dog bit him on the face. There are multiple wounds near the eye.
Akash was administered both serum and vaccine as the bite was a Category-3 wound.
Meanwhile, the state government has decided to organise a vaccination drive to curb the stray dog menace. Local Self-Government Minister M B Rajesh said a month-long vaccination programme will be implemented from September 20.
He said the state will deal with the issue just like it did with the Covid-19 pandemic. He also said more people will be trained to catch dogs. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/12/stray-dog-bites-three-year-old-rabies-confirmed.amp.html | 2022-09-12T18:21:09Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/12/stray-dog-bites-three-year-old-rabies-confirmed.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A Maryland couple and their three children were found shot dead inside their home in an apparent murder-suicide that was allegedly carried out by the father, authorities said.
The deceased family members have been identified as Marcus Milligan, 39, his wife, Tara Ricker Milligan, 37, and their children, 14-year-old Teresa, 11-year-old Nora and 8-year-old Finn.
Autopsies confirmed that all five people died from gunshot wounds, the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office said in a new release on Saturday.
According to the authorities, an unnamed man had called 911 on Friday morning to report that a woman and three children had been shot at a home in Elk Mills, about 60 miles northeast of Baltimore.
Deputies who responded to the scene on Hebron Court found the father dead inside a detached garage, with a semi-automatic handgun lying next to him.
The bodies of Ricker Milligan and her children were found throughout the house.
Authorities said there is no ongoing threat to the public.
“It’s a horrific day, and I know everybody’s prayers are appreciated,” Sheriff Scott Adams said during a press briefing on Friday. “My phone hasn’t stopped ringing from people concerned about this and upset about this.”
The sheriff didn’t provide a possible motive for the shooting. He said his office has no records of previous calls to the Milligan family’s home.
Neighbors said the family had moved to the suburb about two years ago.
The Milligans’ next-door neighbor said the father had been over to his house last Monday to use his printer to print a book report for his daughter.
“It was just as normal as you can be,” the man named Jeff told the station WJZ. “There was no hint whatsoever of anything.”
Those who knew the doomed family said the parents had lost their youngest son, Conor, to childhood cancer three years ago.
Family friend Alisha Minter wrote a moving post on Facebook about the scourge of mental illness — and apologized to Marcus Milligan on behalf of their community for failing to check on him “in these dark times.”
“I’m so sorry that you felt this was the only way out of it,” Minter wrote. “Tara and the children should be alive today. They didn’t deserve this. Marc should be live today. You didn’t deserve this either.”
If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis and live in New York City, you can call 1-888-NYC-WELL for free and confidential crisis counseling. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/12/maryland-dad-shoots-dead-wife-3-kids-in-murder-suicide/ | 2022-09-12T18:28:25Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/12/maryland-dad-shoots-dead-wife-3-kids-in-murder-suicide/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
President Biden is announcing an effort to cut cancer deaths in half within the next 25 years. He is making the announcement in Boston on the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s moonshot initiative.
Here & Now‘s Eric Westervelt talks with Dr. Jeff Meyerhardt of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.klcc.org/2022-09-12/president-biden-pushes-forward-with-cancer-moonshot | 2022-09-12T18:30:34Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/2022-09-12/president-biden-pushes-forward-with-cancer-moonshot | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Here & Now‘s Eric Westervelt talks with NPR’s Frank Langfitt about how King Charles will ascend the throne and the latest on Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral plans.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.klcc.org/2022-09-12/queen-elizabeth-ii-begins-final-journey-through-scotland | 2022-09-12T18:30:40Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/2022-09-12/queen-elizabeth-ii-begins-final-journey-through-scotland | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Nicole Madrid, a 3rd Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team spouse, paints a mural in the battalion headquarters at Fort Stewart, Georgia, June 14, 2022. Nicole and her husband Carlos Madrid volunteered to paint the mural in an effort to connect with their organization and build relationships. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Rakeem Carter, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team)
This work, The art in heart: Raider family connects with their unit through mural [Image 7 of 7], by SSG Rakeem Carter, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright. | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7412458/art-heart-raider-family-connects-with-their-unit-through-mural | 2022-09-12T18:32:15Z | dvidshub.net | control | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7412458/art-heart-raider-family-connects-with-their-unit-through-mural | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Nicole Madrid, a 3rd Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team spouse, paints a mural in the battalion headquarters at Fort Stewart, Georgia, June 14, 2022. Nicole and her husband Carlos Madrid volunteered to paint the mural in an effort to connect with their organization and build relationships. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Rakeem Carter, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team)
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The Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana was selected as the station of choice by four newly arrived Soldiers at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital. Pictured from left: Lt. Col. Alexander Ragan, installation director of psychological health, Capt. Kelvin Cook, chief of operations, Capt. Maria Ong, clinical staff nurse for the mixed medical surgical ward and Staff Sgt. Carlos Constantino, noncommissioned officer in charge of pharmacy chose BJACH for a variety of personal and professional reasons.
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Officer Candidate School Class 59 and 64, from New Hampshire and Vermont respectively, take the Oath of Commissioned Officers, after dawning their new ranks of Second Lieutenant during the OCS commissioning ceremony, in Pembroke, NH, Sept 11.
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It’s Pronounced Yoh-VAH-Na
Identity, names and pronunciation matter, writes Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan.
Pronouncing a person’s name correctly matters, especially in professional situations. Yet those of us with names that may be considered “unusual,” “foreign” or “difficult to pronounce” constantly find ourselves hearing our names uttered using a myriad of creative, usually well-intended but quite incorrect, pronunciations. In such situations, we have two potential courses of action: 1) we can correct people and hope they’ll remember it or 2) we can let it go and thus tacitly agree to accept those new versions of how our names are pronounced.
It’s a tough choice, and neither answer feels good or right. When I taught first-year composition for multicultural students, I saw all too often that my students went by a Western name such as John or Charlotte even though my roster said Peiling or Xiaoquiong.
As someone whose name is regularly mispronounced, I think a lot about names, the act of naming and how people pronounce names. When I had my daughter three years ago, coming up with a name was much harder than it would have been if I lived in my home country of Serbia. Giving her a Serbian name was important to my husband and me. However, in order to spare her from having to go through our recurring experiences of hearing own names garbled, my husband and I came up with a list of Serbian names that we thought would not be difficult to pronounce to Americans. We then asked our American friends to read the list out loud to see how they would pronounce each name. Even though we love the name we gave her, Lenka, I’m sad to say it’s not the name I always imagined I would give my daughter—my grandma’s name, Ljubica—because that name would be butchered here.
Identity Matters
A name is a core part of one’s personal identity, and it often embodies a sense of national, cultural and family belonging, as it has a meaning rooted in them. For me, personally, my first and last name are part of who I am; they represent and summarize everything I’ve achieved and a collection of my different “I ams.” (I am a woman, mother, partner, daughter, friend, scholar, humanist, nature lover and so on.)
In an effort to raise awareness of the postdoc community, the National Postdoctoral Association asked postdocs to submit a recorded 60-second video sharing who they are beyond being postdocs. The recording included saying your name followed by “I am” and then a list of chosen identities. That illustrates how names are symbols for our complex selves. Just as a close-enough password won’t access your bank account, no one should assume that a close-enough pronunciation is acceptable for someone’s name. It has to be right.
Names Matter
In the era of COVID and Zoom meetings, we often begin meetings by asking people to introduce themselves and then call on the next person. You can guess who gets called last in most of the meetings that I join. The ambiguous “J” in my first name and the consonants in my last name are kryptonite for many people.
For my own amusement, I call this practice the “avoiding game.” And this kind of bias and avoidance has far deeper consequences in other contexts. For example, efforts to understand bias in the hiring process show that women and minoritized groups are more often discriminated against, and people’s CVs are routinely passed over, because their names are traditionally associated with Black or other cultures.
To avoid that kind of unfairness at the gatekeeper phase of hiring and admissions, professionals must strive to become comfortable encountering—and pronouncing—names that are different, outside one’s own cultural context, unfamiliar or difficult to pronounce. Of course, that isn’t always easy, and it is uncomfortable when you aren’t sure how to pronounce someone’s name, but you can find ways to go about it. For those who would like to learn what to do when you’re unsure about the pronunciation of someone’s name, Ruchika Tulshyan, a journalist, author and the founder of an inclusion strategy firm, provides helpful advice.
Pronunciation Matters
After eight years of living in the United States, I finally have the confidence to correct anyone who mispronounces my name—which may sound trivial, but most people whose names are mispronounced often don’t feel they can do that. As a result, I am finding that those in my professional network seem to feel more comfortable, especially if we are in a situation where they have to introduce me or invite me to go next in the Zoom conversation. As a consequence, I feel more visible and have a greater sense of belonging. I am comfortable advocating for my own name, and I think everyone should feel similarly empowered.
What upsets me the most is how commonly people turn their own mispronunciation into humor. I don’t understand why they think it’s funny that they can’t say my name properly. If you introduce my colleagues as Ms. Anderson, Mr. Perry and Dr. Smith, why should you call me Dr. Joovanna (mispronounced!) or even worse Dr. Yoka (a nickname used by my friends)? If I were to pronounce people’s names relying on the phonetics of my first language, Jessica would be /yeseeka/, Cari would be /tzaree/ and Michael would be /meetzhaael/. I’ve been thinking about doing a social experiment and starting to pronounce people’s names like that, just to see how they would react.
It’s thanks to Maureen Crawford Hentz, a human resources and recruitment guru, that I finally feel encouraged and empowered to always correct people when they mispronounce my name. She explains why it’s important to do that, after seeing for years people not being called in for an interview because of their names, despite the fact that they might have been the strongest candidate. Here is what I’ve learned from Maureen and my own experience.
Do it right. Because they’re so familiar, we all tend to say our own first and last names quickly and without enunciating carefully. What Ms. Crawford Hentz advises is when we are introducing ourselves, we need to say the first name clearly (and not under your breath), stop, count to one and then do the same with the last name. It may sound funny, but I literally practiced this until it stopped sounding awkward.
Whenever I have an opportunity now to speak to students, for example during orientation, I take time to model it. I say my name, pause and say my last name. Then I repeat it, and then I point out what I did and why. I encourage everyone who works with students—and not just international students—to do the same, regardless of whether your name is easy to pronounce or not. What may seem easy and common to you may not be so for others.
Correct immediately. I know this recommendation is easier said than done, but it’s really important to correct people the first time they make a mistake—and this means everyone and anyone. It shouldn’t matter whether it is your adviser, professor, university president, an interviewer for your dream job or someone a friend just introduced you to. If you don’t do it the first time, it will keep on happening, and it’s going to feel more and more awkward and like an opportunity you missed.
So, as soon as you hear your name butchered, immediately jump in and say, “It’s actually pronounced …” Or if someone is introducing you and you cannot react immediately, as soon as they turn to you to speak, begin by saying something like, “Thank you for the introduction. I’m just going to correct how my name is pronounced—it’s …”
Use phonetic transcription. In my email signature, I have a phonetic transcription of my name. I have heard from many people how great they think it is that I included that. And I appreciate that people notice it and pay attention to it. I did the same on my LinkedIn profile. It may not look neat, but I feel that it really speaks to what kind of person I am: if something is wrong, I will call it out. A couple of years ago, LinkedIn added a great feature of being able to add a short recording of how your name is pronounced. Definitely make use of that tool if your name is often mispronounced. You may also find Name Coach a helpful tool.
I’ll finish by saying that I know it often feels uncomfortable or even impossible to correct someone, especially when there’s a difference in position or power. But along with educating other people, you may learn something important: if someone treats you differently because you corrected them, it says a lot about that person and may serve you well to know it in advance.
My own experience has been that most people are fine with being corrected and, in fact, usually grateful that I helped them get it right. So how we imagine people might feel about our correcting them might be just in our own heads. Start with yourself: How do you feel when someone corrects you about something that’s important to them?
Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan is director of career and professional development at the Graduate School of the University of New Hampshire. She does research on professional development and communication skill development for graduate students and postdocs that supports their career diversification pathways. She is a member of the Graduate Career Consortium, an organization providing an international voice for graduate-level career and professional development leaders.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
In which a veteran of cultural studies seminars in the 1990s moves into academic administration and finds himself a married suburban father of two. Foucault, plus lawn care.
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Notes From a Q&A
When a fact changes an entire conversation.
A few months ago, I gave a public talk at Brookdale on party polarization in U.S. politics. Someone in the audience was a member of a local Jewish center, and he invited me to give a shorter version of that talk there in September. I was the afternoon entertainment on Saturday.
After making clear that I was only speaking on my own behalf, I went through some of the causes of party polarization as I see them. It was a welcome chance to dust off the political science side of my brain. The audience was about 25 people, mostly older than me and apparently mostly conservative. The first half of the talk was mostly presentation and the second half a lively Q&A and conversation.
Anyone who has taught American government has had to learn how to handle pointed questions that may come from semireputable sources, so that was old hat. I made it clear that I wasn’t trying to change anyone’s politics; I was just trying to shed light on why ticket-splitting is much less common than it used to be, and why partisan leanings have become more geographically clustered over the last few decades. (The classic treatment of that is Bill Bishop’s The Big Sort.) Inevitably, of course, the Q&A was focused much more on very current events. Still, one exchange surprised me.
Someone asked pointedly why it makes sense to forgive some student loans when other people are going hungry. Several others immediately agreed, voicing various versions of “kids today …” When I responded that CUNY and the University of California used to be tuition-free, so students didn’t need loans to pay tuition, that seemed to be shocking new information to most. I was relieved when one man in the back thanked me for mentioning CUNY and added that CUNY was free when he attended it. That shifted the tone of the conversation. Suddenly what had looked at first (to many) like some sort of payoff or handout started to look more like an intergenerational apology.
Over the rest of the weekend, that was the moment I couldn’t stop mulling over. A piece of relevant context changed the entire tone of the conversation mostly because most of them didn’t have that piece at first. What if they did?
Television news is terrible at offering context. It doesn’t have to be, but it usually is. It presents measures proposed to deal with long-standing issues as if they’ve come from the clear blue sky. That’s true even when the long-standing issues have been previously reported. The absence of context—the basic connecting of dots—tends to favor responses that only make sense in a vacuum. In the absence of context, it’s easy to fall back on stereotypes.
The encouraging part of the conversation was that when presented with relevant context, some folks were able to move from an adamantly held view to a willingness to engage an alternative. (I don’t know how many actually changed their minds, but they suddenly saw some value in the other side.) Without key information, conversation is pointless; the “right” answer seems as obvious, and as beyond dispute, as simple arithmetic. But with key information, some folks realize that the “right” answer may not be obvious. That’s when real conversation can occur.
Wise and worldly readers, I’m sure many of you have had similar moments. For those of us in higher education, what conversational nuggets have you found to help dispel (or at least soften) strongly held views?
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This Is How the Humanities End
Confronting today’s depressing realities and charting a path forward.
In a recent opinion piece, The New York Times’s conservative columnist Bret Stephens decries what he considers the history discipline’s decline. Whatever you think of this pundit’s politics, he does make several important points:
- Departments’ are overemphasizing post-1800 history at the expense of earlier periods.
- The history job market and doctoral programs are in utter disarray, with, according to the latest statistics, just 27 percent of Ph.D. recipients in a tenure-track job four years after graduation.
- A tendency even among some academic historians to treat history as an evidentiary grab bag to support their political and ideological predilections.
His column’s tag line is this: “The proper role of the historian is to complexify, not simplify; to show us historical figures in the context of their time, not reduce them to figurines that can be weaponized in our contemporary debates.”
Stephens wears his conservatism on his sleeve, claiming that “modern academia has become a fundamentally ideological and coercive exercise masquerading as a scholarly and collegial one.” That’s not a statement of fact; that’s ideological flame-throwing.
The real problem is not the politicization of history. After all, the hijacking of history for partisan and ideological ends isn’t new. What’s much more worrisome is the diminishment of the humanities and of the intellectual, cultural, and artistic life more generally.
What we are witnessing is the decline in the rigorous, engaged, informed study of the arts, culture, history, and philosophy.
Individual humanities departments quite naturally worry about a decline in the number of majors. But for those who care about the humanities as a whole, the most important issue is the relatively small number of students who graduate without a genuine grasp of humanities content and approaches.
What makes the humanities the humanities is the value that these place on:
- The life of the mind, the value of intellectual contemplation, and the importance of cultivating a rich psychological, emotional, and intellectual interior.
- The importance of grappling with life’s biggest questions, involving aesthetics, the determinism and free will, divinity, equity, justice, progress, and the nature of the good life.
- A familiarity with the contours of the past and the myriad forms of human creativity and customs.
- The ability to make informed judgments that reflects an appreciation of context and complexity, and a recognition that opposing perspectives, interpretations, explanations, and narratives can all be true.
The humanities, at their best, engages students in centuries old, yet ongoing, conversations and debates. The aim is to take part in dialogues with the dead but also with the thinkers and creators and innovators of the present. As the humanities increasingly shed their Eurocentric and male-centric roots, these conversations should be growing ever richer and fuller. But that isn’t, alas, I fear, the case.
Let’s not kid ourselves. Assigned reading, even in the most selective institutions’ humanities departments, has declined. Lower-division classes have, in too many instances, become overspecialized, reflecting their instructors’ narrow interests rather than considered, collective judgments of what students’ ought to know and be able to do. Sweeping humanities themes and concerns that cut across department lines are too often neglected. Worse yet, the skills that the humanities nurture – close reading, critical thinking, argumentative writing – can’t be taught in the kinds of performative, instructor-focused lecture classes that predominate
This is how the humanities end.
A fascinating, outspoken, uncompromising, and incendiary polemic by Laura Raicovich, the former activist president and executive director of the Queens Museum, the municipal museum that she sought to transform into a public commons for art and activism, offers a striking example of how instructors might bring the humanities to life.
Passionately presentist and defiantly political, Culture Strike: Art and Museums in the Age of Protest focuses on a series of controversies that have roiled the art museum world -- over how museums are funded and governed, who has a voice in what is displayed, ethics in acquisitions, status and salary hierarchies among museum staffs, the politics, biases, and exclusions in artistic representation, the deaccessioning of and restitution for items acquired under colonialism or duress, the display and labeling of art works, and the steps institutions need to take to better reflect society’s diversity and better respond to the cultural sensitivities of community groups whose opinions were previously ignored.
Among the flashpoints she discusses are:
- Major museums’ decision to cut ties with the Sackler family over its ownership of Purdue Pharma, a manufacturer of maker of oxycontin, and the resignation of Warren Kanders, the Whitney Museum’s vice chair, as a result of protests over his company’s sale of tear gas.
- The removal and burning of Sam Durant's sculpture Scaffold at Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center.
- The protests surrounding Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket,” a depiction of Emmett Till.
- The decision of multiple museums to postpone a retrospective exhibition of Philip Guston’s so-called Klan paintings.
- The proposed artists’ boycott over Guggenheim Abu Dhabi over workers’ rights issues, including withheld pay and unsafe working conditions.
Her argument, in a nutshell, is that art museums emerged as colonial institutions bearing an ideology of neutrality, universality, and historic preservation that masked their role in upholding elitist, white, male, patriarchal, heteronormative, colonialist values, and that these institutions need to be radically reinvented to serve contemporary ends and to create a more inclusive cultural sphere.
Think of all the meaningful humanistic discussions that such a book can prompt, if supplemented with sufficient art historical, historical, and philosophic context: over the artistic canon, museums’ proper roles as public-facing cultural institutions (for education, outreach, contemplation, civic dialogue, and more), and whether there should be an “identity-based limit on who can address a particular image or issue.”
The Queens Museum was itself at the center of a series of political storms during Raicovich’s tenure, which ultimate led to her resignation. These included clamor over her proposals to:
- Make the museum a sanctuary space for immigrants seeking social services.
- Disallow a celebration of Israeli independence that was to feature Vice President Mike Pence.
- Decolonize and broaden the museum’s collections.
It was possible, earlier in time, to view the battles over museums – from Thomas Eakins’s 1875 The Gross Clinic to Andres Serrano’s Piss Christ, Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs documenting bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, and sadomasochism, or Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc -- as rather simple struggles over taste, decency, comprehensibility, censorship, and artistic freedom pitting cutting-edge artists against the uncultured, narrow-minded, and artistically hostile.
Today’s controversies, in contrast, are not so straightforward – and therefore offer instructors and students opportunities to address questions central to the humanities. Not just questions about what constitutes great art, but over gender, race, politics, representation, and inclusion, as well as how to deal with objects from the colonial era, how to divest cultural institutions of problematic sources of funding, how to broaden the artistic canon, and how to handle artists whose personal lives raise problematic issues.
Museums offer a perfect vehicle for teaching key humanities controversies.
- What items should museums collect and display?
- What ethical principles should underlie their acquisition practices?
- What are museums when they are accused of exploiting, plundering, or expropriating a people’s cultural heritage?
- How should museums address issues of intersectionality, race, ethnicity, gender, class, colonialism, and context, and values in interpreting of works of art?
- How should museums handle sacred objects and human remains, as well as dioramas and statues and other objects that reflect now discredited and culturally insensitive sensibilities?
- How can museums better connect with a broader and more inclusive audiences?
The humanities does not simply consist of a body of texts, art works, facts, and interpretations taught in classrooms. The practical, applied, translational, open, and public humanities all seek to connect the humanities with broader publics beyond the campus.
“Far from compromising the humanities,” The New York Times wrote nearly three decades ago, these efforts offer the best “hope for their revitalization.” I couldn’t agree more.
If we want the humanities not merely to persist but to thrive, we’d do well to show students how key humanities issues play out in institutions like museums, as well as in the professions, public policy, and private industry. The humanities, after all, are too important to be confined to the academy.
Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.
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‘Unraveling Faculty Burnout’
Author charts her way back from severe faculty burnout in new book. While the work includes individual coping strategies, it’s also a wake-up call to institutions to stop perpetuating a culture of overwork.
It’s 2018, before COVID-19 both exacerbated faculty burnout and forced widespread—and necessary—conversations about it. Rebecca Pope-Ruark, who literally wrote a book on faculty productivity, can’t concentrate on anything and she doesn’t know why. She’s also tired and worn-out, but she attributes that to a difficult year as a professor and a recent health scare (which thankfully turned out to be just that). She obliges her worried husband by going to a therapist, whom she asks, repeatedly, for attention deficit disorder medication. Pope-Ruark has never been diagnosed with such a disorder before, but late-onset ADD is her only possible explanation for what she’s experiencing. Her therapist has a different diagnosis: burnout, a severe case of it.
Pope-Ruark, then an associate professor of English at Elon University, is startled and more than a little ashamed. What does she have to complain about? After all, she has her dream job. But after sitting with the burnout diagnosis for a time, it makes sense: always an enthusiastic teacher, she now finds students emotionally exhausting; usually an enthusiastic colleague, she now avoids fellow faculty members and meetings whenever possible; a writer by trade and choice, she hasn’t written anything for months. She’s sick all the time. Going to campus evokes dread.
Ever an academic, Pope-Ruark throws herself into researching burnout, including the Maslach Burnout Inventory, a leading measure of occupational burnout. Taking the inventory herself, she’s almost off the scales for the classic dimensions of burnout: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization or cynicism, and reduced sense of personal accomplishment or efficacy. Something has to change. As her therapist tells her, if she keeps running from this problem, she might not make it back.
Today, Pope-Ruark is in a very different place. Her outlook and health have improved. She’s now the director of the Office of Faculty Professional Development at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she’s teaching professors instead of undergraduates. She’s also celebrating the release later this month of her new book, Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal (Johns Hopkins University Press), about her and other women’s experiences with and thoughts on burnout in academe. The book aims to help faculty members understand and build resilience to burnout around the four pillars of purpose, compassion, connection and balance—without normalizing the academic culture that promotes burnout.
Pope-Ruark’s road back from burnout wasn’t direct or easy. It involved raw conversations with senior colleagues, taking a medical leave and ultimately changing jobs. But her retelling of that journey, and what she learned along the way, is an essential read for faculty members who may be struggling and the administrators who care about them. It’s also a warning to institutions that value or appear to value faculty productivity over faculty well-being.
Pope-Ruark spoke with Inside Higher Ed about her book. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Q: This book is powerful in part because it’s so personal. How did you decide how honest you wanted to get about your experiences?
A: Those first pieces of my story were prewriting for myself, to start dealing with it. Just getting it down on paper. I mean, I’m a writer by nature, so it was helpful just to kind of see its shape as a story. And honestly, it’s funny, because I didn’t get worried about putting myself out there until it was already almost published.
What’s also funny is the idea for the book came to me in therapy, when it was kind of most ironic, because my psychiatrist and my therapist had been preaching, “You have to take things off your plate. You’ve got so much going on. You’ve got to deal with this.” And I kept thinking that there’s a book here. I’d also been at a conference, and I would just tell people there, “I’m on medical leave for burnout.” And so many people had stories to tell—either their own experiences or experiences of a colleague close to them or someone in their family, regardless of kind of what industry they were in. But, definitely, the higher ed people almost always had a story.
Q: We have a much better cultural understanding now about what burnout is than in 2018. How long did it take you to realize, “This diagnosis is real,” and what were your first steps toward addressing it?
A: Well, even getting to the therapist was a challenge. My husband basically drove me there. And my general practitioner had said I really needed to go, because I thought it was just depression and anxiety, and maybe some late-onset ADD that needed some medication, because my entire world was my work. So for that to be the problem was identity-changing.
The first thing I did when my therapist said those words in that first session was go to the research. I went through the organizational workplace psychology literature. I found the Maslach Burnout Inventory, which is the most validated research instrument for it. When I took the inventory, I was so far to the ends of the scale that I was almost off the charts with it, so I was like, “OK, this is happening. Now what do we do?” Then your problem-solving brain kicks in. Because this is my life. This is my identity wrapped up completely in this, and if I don’t take care of myself, I’m not going to be that person at all anymore.
Q: I found it interesting in the book when you said—and this is something that I’ve heard before from other faculty members suffering from burnout—that you started to find students emotionally draining. How can faculty burnout bleed over into the student experience?
A: There are three characteristics of burnout. That second one is cynicism and depersonalization, which basically mean pulling back, pulling away from the people that you work with. For teachers, that is students. And that was one of the key signs for me that something was wrong, because I had always been a teacher’s teacher. I knew I belonged in the classroom. And suddenly I can’t stand my students? What is happening to me all of a sudden? I was having feelings for them that were just not me at all. I wanted them to go away, like, “I just can’t process, I can’t deal with you right now. I’ve got too much going on in my head for me to be a good mentor right now.” That was really hard.
Q: I’m sure that added to the identity crisis aspect of this for you. And I think it’s important to point out that burnout is not only devastating to the faculty member but also has ripple effects within the institution. So how did your symptoms overlap with what you now know to be the hallmarks of burnout? Would you consider yourself a quote-unquote “classic case”?
A: The World Health Organization definition of burnout is the one that we mostly use … because it’s the closest one to a clinical definition that we that we have. It’s a syndrome caused by chronic workplace stress that hasn’t been successfully managed. The syndrome piece of it means that it’s a collection of symptoms, not a full-blown mental illness. And I hate that last part of it—the inability to manage—because it makes it sound like it’s your fault, when it’s really this compounding chronic stress that you can’t get away from.
Then there are three characteristics of what burnout looks like. The first one is exhaustion. The second one is the cynicism and depersonalization, and the third one is feelings of reduced professional efficacy. So that feeling of, “What’s the point? Why am I doing this? You know, I’m not making a difference. Who really cares about what I’m doing? I’m not going to cure cancer. Why am I here?” I was really, really high on all of those. I was trying to work through the depersonalization, but my symptoms were pretty classic and then exacerbated past instances of depression and anxiety disorder that I’ve been living with. So it just turned those back on.
Q: Are faculty members particularly vulnerable to burnout and, if so, what about faculty work makes that the case?
A: A lot of the original studies for burnout look at caregivers: medical personnel, teachers, people who are emotionally linked to the people that they work with. Social workers are kind of the classic case. With faculty, you have the three legs of the stool: you’ve got your teaching, you’ve got your research going on and you’ve got service, and all those things are mixed together. But it’s a constant culture of free labor, with the committee work and advising students and additional things we’re expected to do. You have to be in service to your discipline, to your professional organizations, and you should be writing. And many of us are on nine-month contracts, so you spend all summer trying to catch up on your writing because you’ve been teaching or whatever it is. That ongoing workplace stress doesn’t really go away. And if you’re contingent, that’s a whole other ball of wax—the hope labor associated with being a contingent faculty member and the way you’re kind of abused by the system.
Q: You actually wrote a previous book that thinks through some of these structural problems and suggests that faculty members navigate the frenzied productivity culture by prioritizing meaningful work and productivity. Why is that not enough to stave off burnout?
A: Because no amount of productivity will ever be enough. The culture will continue to push you. There’s this constant escalation agenda: you did one thing, now you have to do the next step, right? You’ve gotten published. Now you need to get published in the best journals. You’ve gotten published in the best journal? Now you need a book. You’ve written a book? Where’s your next book? There’s never this feeling that you can step back. And I think that is especially true for women faculty and faculty of color, who feel like we always have to be proving something.
The hope is that you can manage what you have, achieve some sort of balance in your life and think about what is actually important. Because when you get to the point where everything is important, then nothing is important. Knowing who you are, your worth, what you value and what’s important can help you make decisions about your own health, how you do your work, where you do your work and what you actually do. Being able to think through those things is empowering.
Q: How much of this work is about creating boundaries, and how do you stick to that in a culture that rewards work with more work?
A: My book has a lot of individual coping methods and strategies for that … We do need to figure out how to set boundaries, and that’s hard. And I think we need to be crowdsourcing what’s working and what’s not working for people, because that’s going to vary so widely. Some of it may be quote-unquote “easy stuff,” like setting boundaries for when you check your email, blocking time [for specific tasks and goals], and things like that. Start there and work your way up.
But burnout is, by definition, a workplace problem that impacts individuals, not an individual-person problem that impacts institutions, so we have to start looking at the culture. The conversation is open now for individuals talking about burnout. But I think we need to be looking at institutional approaches. You know, last year I did 14 or 15 burnout workshops for institutions, but in only two of those visits was I invited to talk to senior leadership. And they were very interested, but the conversation was still “How do we help the faculty,” not “How do we help the culture?” The culture change is way harder.
Q: How does COVID-19 relate to faculty burnout?
A: Unfortunately, faculty, especially faculty whose primary duty is teaching and faculty who are on a 12-month contract, have not had a break during COVID. They have been going since it started, and they’re still dealing with outbreaks and questions like whether or not to record their lectures and how to manage it all. Because it puts so much additional work on faculty members to be responsible for so much more in terms of teaching modes and how students learn. And there are still health concerns. It hasn’t gone away, even though we kind of seem to be pretending that it has now. We lost a lot of people [to resignations] because of that stress, especially women with children, young children in particular.
COVID also made visible the burnout epidemic that we weren’t comfortable talking about, and we’re learning more about it now.
Q: You dramatically changed your professional life following your burnout diagnosis. Is that necessary?
A: I hope not. If you catch it early and you’re willing to do the work, then I think you can bounce back. Not everyone has to change jobs completely.
Q: This is such an important topic. But I tend to see bigger conversations around some of the other hive of issues that institutions are dealing with right now, such as student mental health. How hopeful are you that faculty burnout also gets the institutional attention it merits?
A: I am hopeful because a lot more people are having the conversation. People are talking about it. They’re talking openly about their own experiences. So there is the groundswell that we need to be able to start looking at institutional cultures. The Catch-22 part is that people are still exhausted from the ongoing trauma of the pandemic that hasn’t really gone away.
Now’s the time we should be having a conversation, because we are still in this bit of limbo between what it looked like when we were pandemic-driven and what it looked like before that. I think people might be more open to some cultural changes because we’ve already had this giant whack at the culture.
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Newly Tenured… at DePaul, Teachers College
September 12, 2022
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- Brian Andrews, cinematic arts
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- Eli Brown, computing
- Joanna Buscemi, psychology
- Jacob Ciocci, cinematic arts
- Eiron Cudaback, health sciences
- Mary Jo Dolasinski, hospitality leadership
- Kristina Fluty, theater
- Graham Griffin, chemistry and biochemistry
- Anna Hozian, cinematic arts
- Yiou Li, mathematical sciences
- Amy Lockhart, cinematic arts
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Who’ll Pay for Public Access to Federally Funded Research?
The White House painted an incomplete economic picture of its new policy for free, immediate access to research produced with federal grants. Will publishers adapt their business models to comply, or will scholars be on the hook?
The status quo for the last decade in publishing the results of federally funded research—sequestering it behind a paywall for up to one year—was from the beginning a compromise that fully satisfied no one. It created modest changes in publishers’ business models but also prevented scientists and citizens from accessing the most recent developments advancing environmental justice, cancer research, clean energy technologies and more.
The U.S. government acknowledged as much in August when it announced a new policy for free, immediate public access to federally funded studies, scheduled to take effect by 2026. Open-access advocates celebrated the news, while others, including the Association of American Publishers, expressed concern about the economic impact on members. But details concerning how much the new policy would cost and who would pay were left for another day.
“It is almost as if there was a decision to kick the hornets’ nest and just see what happens,” Tim Vines, founder and project lead of DataSeer, an artificial intelligence–based tool that helps authors, journals and other stakeholders with sharing research data, told The Scholarly Kitchen. “In this day and age, who needs to consult with stakeholders to see what sustainable open policies should look like?”
The new mandate, which applies to all federal agencies funding research, removes a 12-month embargo on article sharing implemented as part of a compromise in 2013 that has been key in sustaining publishers’ subscription-based business models. In short, as of now, the government is no longer willing to compromise. Federal agencies that fund research must develop plans that permit immediate public access to research and the underlying data. This includes peer-reviewed research articles and final manuscripts published in scholarly journals and may also include book chapters, editorials and conference proceedings born from federally funded research.
Under the new policy, researchers will be allowed to “include reasonable publication costs and costs associated with submission, curation, management of data, and special handling instructions” in the budgets they submit to federal agencies in applications for research grants, according to the White House memo that announced the policy. An economic impact statement that the Biden administration submitted to Congress about the policy offers rough, incomplete financial details that some argue relies on flawed data. It also makes no promise to fund the mandate. That has left many scholars wondering whether publishers will adapt their business toward more open-access models or whether authors will be on the hook to pay for the unfunded mandate.
“The path of least resistance is for scientists to write into their grant proposals the open-access article-processing charges that the publishers would like to generate,” said Roger Schonfeld, vice president of organizational strategy at Ithaka, a nonprofit focused on improving access to knowledge and education. “Some scientists may be happy to do that. Other will ask, ‘If I can get $1 million from a grant maker, do I use $100,000 [of that sum] to pay for another postdoc or to pay for open-access publishing charges?’ A lot of researchers would prefer to have that postdoc.”
The White House memo acknowledged that the federal policy change would likely result in “some downward pressure on publishers to adapt their business models.” This expectation or suggestion (depending on one’s point of view) has precedent in the 2013 policy that required federal departments and agencies with more than $100 million in annual research and development expenditures to provide public access for publications resulting from federally funded research, with an optional 12-month embargo.
Notably, publishers adapted their business models to be less reliant on subscriptions. In 2012, 7.9 percent of all scholarly articles were published as paid-for open access (sometimes called “gold open access”), according to Delta Think, a consulting and advisory company that works with publishers. This compares with approximately 36 percent in 2020, according to Delta Think. Many publishers now offer open-access or hybrid journals with different copyright, payer and access options.
The landscape of scientific publishing has also adapted in other ways in the past decade. Plan S, a European public-access initiative that took effect in 2020, impacted scholarly publishing and access worldwide. Also, transformative agreements, such as the 2020 open-access deal between the University of California system and publisher Springer Nature or the deal between more than 140 U.S. institutions and Cambridge University Press, accelerated the public-access trend. Google Scholar returns results with author-accepted papers. And librarians are better equipped with tools to determine which journals their patrons really need, according to an analysis provided by Clarke & Esposito, a management consulting firm that focuses on academic publishing, among other topics.
“The era of the journal subscription may be nearing its end,” the firm wrote, without forecasting a timeline. “A rapid decline in subscription journals would require federal agencies to adjust their budgets more rapidly, either by requesting additional funds (funds that the U.S. Congress may or may not be willing to provide) or by issuing fewer (or smaller, once publication fees are factored in) research grants. A longer window of subscription viability would be easier for agencies to plan for and manage.”
Not everyone is convinced that a European-style public-access model is viable in the United States.
“In the U.S., that model is a hard one because of the structure of our higher education system,” Schonfeld said. “In Europe they tend to do national-level licensing. We don’t have national-level negotiating with publishers … Right now, lots of institutions pay to read things in the U.S.” Schonfeld sees possibility, if not certainty, in the fact that the 2013 mandate—the one that allowed for a 12-month embargo on article sharing—did not negatively impact publishers’ business models.
“Publishers … might say, ‘If a 12-month embargo didn’t ruin our subscriptions, maybe a zero-month embargo won’t, either,’” Schonfeld said. In such a case, he suggested that publishers might experiment with value-added subscription models offering, for example, enhanced editorial processing or links on their platforms that offer resources beyond the mandate.
The economic impact statement estimated that the government funded between 195,000 and 263,000 articles in 2020 that cost an estimated $2,000 to $3,000 per article to publish. That translates to an estimated cost between $390 million and $789 million for federally funded research articles. Though the statement noted that this figure was “less than half a percent of the billions of dollars spent on taxpayer-funded research each year,” it made no promise to pick up that cost. The impact statement also pointed to healthy publisher profits, given its estimate that publishers themselves spent between $200 and $1,000 to publish an article. The statement identifies factors that might support the mandate, including publishers’ shift from print to digital in recent years, the cost decline of hosting data online and the availability of cloud storage services.
“The ‘production’ cost of depositing a federally funded research article into a free public access repository can be, conservatively, as low as $15 and even lower under a federally owned and managed repository such as PubMed,” the economic impact statement said. That makes public access to federally funded research sound inexpensive and simple, but an official PLOS (Public Library of Science) blog offering transparency on finances suggests that sharing research requires more than posting a PDF.
“Many of our mission-driven publishing activities go well beyond peer review and production services,” the blog asserts.
The economic impact statement also failed to estimate the cost of the part of the new policy that mandates open data. That is, scientific data underlying federally funded research, including data “not associated with peer-reviewed scholarly publication”—an expansion in scope of current data-access standards—will need to be freely available and publicly accessible by default. This piece of the mandate will allow researchers to build on each other’s work and save time, but it will not come free.
Not everyone agrees with the government’s back-of-the-napkin calculations. Angela Cochran, vice president of publishing at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and others have argued that the economic impact statement “heavily relies on flawed data provided by lobbyists for open access policies.”
“Article processing charge averages will not stay at $2,500-3,000,” Cochran told The Scholarly Kitchen. “Not because [those charges] will be artificially inflated, but because for highly selective journals, the [article processing charge] model doesn’t work at that price point.”
The impact statement may be incomplete and contested, but it makes clear that American taxpayers already support academic publishing in at least five ways: direct funding of the research, taxpayer-funded researchers can pay to publish, taxpayer-funded libraries pay for journal subscriptions, taxpayer-funded researchers peer review articles and taxpayers pay to access content behind paywalls. Still, some argue that supporting research, but not public access and data stewardship, is irresponsible.
“Funders hold the stick: they should disburse no further funding without a properly reviewed and budgeted data-stewardship plan,” Barend Mons, a biosemantics professor at Leiden University Medical Center and leading FAIR data specialist, wrote in a Nature opinion piece.
For now, the government is focused on how publishers might step up. For example, publishers that voluntarily made an exception to provide access to COVID-19-related research, according to the economic impact statement, “must” make timely “public access the new norm for all federally funded scientific research.”
That falls short of offering a detailed accounting for how the new mandate might be funded, but it does draw a line in the sand on behalf of federal agencies, including the six—the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of Agriculture and NASA—that account for more than 94 percent of the approximately $150 billion in federal research and development funds, according to the impact statement.
“The publishers are going to need to pay their bills somehow,” Schonfeld said. “They’re going to need to either charge subscriptions or pivot to a more open-access model. That’s the fork in the road … How many of the publishers can develop more mature open-access models?”
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Yeshiva U Wins Gay-Rights Case, for Now
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor rules that the university need not recognize an LGBTQ organization.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ruled Friday that Yeshiva University may—for now—refuse to recognize a LGBTQ student group, the YU Pride Alliance.
Her ruling did not express any opinion on the merits of the Pride Alliance’s request for recognition, or Yeshiva’s statements that doing so would violate its Orthodox Jewish faith. The ruling simply said that the case “is hereby stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the court.”
The Supreme Court has a majority of justices who generally vote in favor of groups that argue that their religious liberties have been violated.
The alliance, for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer students, has been fighting for recognition for several years. Yeshiva argued that as a religious organization, it is exempt from the New York City Human Rights Law, which bars discrimination based on sexual orientation.
New York State Judge Lynn R. Kotler ruled in June against Yeshiva, even though she said “at first blush” the answer to the legal question “may seem obvious,” given Yeshiva’s “proud and rich Jewish heritage.”
But Kotler ruled that Yeshiva’s organizing documents do not describe a religious institution but an “educational corporation.” And she cited a 1995 document in which a Yeshiva official said the university was governed by New York City law. She noted that Yeshiva’s lawyers said the university would be happy to change its charter, but she said that offer “concedes the point.” And Yeshiva applies for state grants as a “not-for-profit institution of higher education.”
That ruling was praised by the Pride Alliance, which said, “Our club applications have been repeatedly rejected, and so we are grateful that the court has affirmed our legal rights … to the same opportunities afforded to every other club at YU … We are proud to be students at Yeshiva University and are excited to continue our work at YU in an official capacity.”
The new ruling was praised by Yeshiva.
“We are pleased with Justice Sotomayor’s ruling which protects our religious liberty and identity as a leading faith-based academic institution,” said Rabbi Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva. “But make no mistake, we will continue to strive to create an environment that welcomes all students, including those of our LGBTQ community. We remain committed to engaging in meaningful dialogue with our students, Rabbis and faculty about how best to ensure an inclusive campus for all students in accordance with our Torah values.”
Also praising the decision was the Becket Foundation, which defends religious people and organizations, and which is representing Yeshiva in the case.
“Yeshiva shouldn’t have been forced to go all the way to the Supreme Court to receive such a commonsense ruling in favor of its First Amendment rights,” said Eric Baxter, vice president and senior counsel at Becket. “We are grateful that Justice Sotomayor stepped in to protect Yeshiva’s religious liberty in this case.”
Not all Jewish organizations have agreed fully with Yeshiva’s position. Many non-Orthodox Jewish organizations have embraced gay rights.
Marc Stern, chief legal officer for the American Jewish Committee, issued this statement, “The interim ruling is not a ruling on the merits. Nevertheless, even a temporary stay would not have been issued if Justice Sotomayor believed the claim was frivolous or that some of her colleagues would think it was substantial. The case is one of a series of cases probing how to reconcile principles of equality with principles of religious freedom and freedom of speech. These are hard and important cases, which deserve levelheaded examination.”
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Antiscience Sentiment and How to Combat It: Academic Minute
September 12, 2022
Today on the Academic Minute: Aviva Philipp-Muller, assistant professor of marketing at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University, explores how to go about trying to change someone’s attitudes. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
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