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How to keep heating costs down for your home as prices expected to skyrocket this winter
CHICAGO - Gas prices for cars are high, and gas prices for homes are expected to skyrocket this winter. So, before its time to fire up the furnace, let’s see what you can do to keep that cost down.
"It’s very important the filter is changed and checked every 30 days," said Kendrick Robinson, Instructor at HVAC Technical Institute. "It causes a restriction when you have a dirty filter … so the heat transfer will not work properly if you don’t have enough air flow going through the system."
That’s tip number one.
While some furnace filters will last for a few months, Robinson says some will not.
"It can. It all depends on the traffic in your house … or if you have pets or not," he said.
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Looking for another way to lower your heating bill? Robinson says lower your thermostat to 60 degrees when you are not at home.
"If a person is not at home, the furnace is just going to keep running trying to keep up to that actual temperature that you set it to before you leave," he said. "If you drop it, it’s not going to come on as you would be if you were at home … so it’s actually saving your furnace instead of wear and tear."
If you are not sure you'll always remember to lower your thermostat before leaving for the day, there are ones that will do it for you.
"Now that a lot of people are returning to work and school, reducing your heat when you are not there during the day will have a big, big impact on your heating bills," said Kevin Brasler, Executive Editor of Consumer’s Checkbook. "You might be able to save as much as 15 percent … by using a programmable thermostat."
"There are other things you can do like using ceiling fans … not just during the summer but during the winter … heat rises. As the heat rises, if you are spinning your fans where it pushes the heat back down, then you are circulating air and it will help out your furnace … it can run more efficiently and you’ll be more comfortable also," Brasler added.
Experts say the trick is to make sure your ceiling fan is rotating clockwise to make sure it is pushing the heat down as it rises up.
Curtains are also a good way to keep the heat in your house.
"The heat tries to leave your actual house. So to try to slow that down, we have the curtains over the windows. It will make a barrier, so it slows down that heat transfer," said Robinson.
Don’t forget to check for leaks around your doors and windows and doing regular maintenance checkups on your furnace.
Here's something else to consider.
"If you do it right, you hire the right installer and you apply correctly for the paperwork, the payback period in Illinois for solar is very fast," Brasler said. "It’s within five or six years … way faster than other places around the country where the payback period is 15 years or longer."
Brasler also says there is a federal tax credit you can apply for that would cover more than 25 percent of your solar startup costs.
If you do receive a heating bill you cannot afford to pay, Brasler says it’s better to get in touch with the utility company and ask if they will work with you. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/how-to-keep-heating-costs-down-for-your-home-as-prices-expected-to-skyrocket-this-winter | 2022-09-15T04:10:44Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/how-to-keep-heating-costs-down-for-your-home-as-prices-expected-to-skyrocket-this-winter | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Pritzker activates National Guard as more migrants arrive in Chicago
CHICAGO - Governor JB Pritzker has issued a disaster declaration and called up National Guard members to help with the waves of migrants being bused to Chicago.
So far, more than 500 migrants have been bused to Chicago from Texas. On Wednesday, Governor Pritzker issued an emergency disaster proclamation as the state braces for many more.
"That's why I'm signing this proclamation today to ensure that these men, women and children get the services they need shelter, food, medicine," said Governor Pritzker.
Flanked by reps from all levels of Illinois government at the State of Illinois Building, Governor Pritzker said that declaration will free up resources for the statewide response.
Plus, he's activating 75 Illinois National Guard members to help with logistics. Everyone involved admits they're scrambling to respond to each bus, because they say Governor Greg Abbott and his entire Texas government are giving zero notice and zero information.
"He's shut those off from us. So, it is a manufactured crisis by ambush to be very clear," said Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
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Mayor Lightfoot says she's had productive talks with suburban mayors who were upset migrants unexpectedly showed up at their hotels. But she says communities around the state may need to step up.
"We are now 11 buses deep. And we know from speaking with our counterparts in New York and DC that this will not relent," said Grace Hou, Secretary, Illinois Department of Human Services.
Both Lightfoot and Pritzker accuse the Texas governor of trying to inflame anti-immigrant sentiment, even with people here legally and seeking asylum.
Lightfoot also suggests federal money going to Texas should come to Chicago instead.
"We should not, and taxpayer dollars should not be used to pay for this kind of callous, inhumane treatment on the part of someone who is racing to the bottom for a political stunt. Those monies need to be reprogrammed and come to us," said Lightfoot.
Governor Pritzker says they're looking into whether Governor Abbot's actions are legal. They’re also seeking federal help to pay for this. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-activates-national-guard-as-more-migrants-arrive-in-chicago | 2022-09-15T04:11:02Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-activates-national-guard-as-more-migrants-arrive-in-chicago | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Republican for Illinois governor Darren Bailey releases tax returns — what to know
CHICAGO - Illinois voters will be choosing between a billionaire and a millionaire for governor.
Republican candidate Darren Bailey has released his tax returns. Some estimates indicate the southern Illinois farmer is worth $5 million.
In 2017, his gross adjusted income was just over $1,700. The following year, it jumped to $211,000 and in 2019, it dipped to $189,000 — more than double the average American household earnings.
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Pro Publica has reported Bailey got more than $570,000 from the federal government during the pandemic in Paycheck Protection Program loans.
The Chicago Tribune found he got $280,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Political Editor Mike Flannery says politicians' tax returns typically tell us only part of the story.
"A spokesman says Bailey owns about 3,000 acres in southern Illinois, has a mortgage on that land. But there's also a trucking company that we know, a transportation company that they run. There's an excavation company as well. There's clearly, the Bailey farms down there in southern Illinois, are a multi-million dollar operation. And what we get in these tax returns is a tiny glimpse of a tiny bit of the money that seems to be moving in any given year," Flannery said.
His challenger, Governor JB Pritzker, was born into one of the richest families in America. His estimated worth stands at $3.6 billion. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/republican-for-illinois-governor-darren-bailey-releases-tax-returns-what-to-know | 2022-09-15T04:11:08Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/republican-for-illinois-governor-darren-bailey-releases-tax-returns-what-to-know | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ryan Reynolds films colonoscopy to raise cancer awareness; doctors find polyp
WASHINGTON - Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are doing their part to raise colon cancer awareness after both undergoing a colonoscopy, in which doctors found a polyp inside Reynolds.
The two friends turned 45 years old this year and decided to make a wager around Wrexham AFC, the Welsh football team. Reynolds bet he would broadcast his colonoscopy if McElhenney learned the difficult Welsh language, which in fact he did— only a few phrases, however.
Both men ended up getting, filming and broadcasting their colonoscopies.
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"I’ve been on camera a lot. But this was the first time one was shoved up my a**," Reynolds said in a video. "The procedure and prep were painless but the discomfort of filming and sharing the process was the hardest part. Rob and I did it because we want this potentially life-saving procedure to be less mysterious and stigmatized."
CANNES, FRANCE - JUNE 22: Ryan Reynolds speaks on stage during "Embrace Next Generation Storytelling" on June 22, 2022 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images)
Reynolds documented the procedure on YouTube.
The video shows Reynolds going through the medical center and talking with a doctor about the procedure before it begins.
The doctor told Reynolds he found an extremely subtle polyp inside his colon.
"This was potentially life-saving for you. I'm not kidding, I'm not being overly dramatic," the doctor said. "This is exactly why you do this. You had no symptoms."
Meanwhile, McElhenney’s colon was spotless.
The two men worked in conjunction with the Colorectal Cancer Alliance to launch the "LEAD FROM BEHIND" initiative to raise awareness.
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"I was diagnosed with Stage III colon cancer at 38. I’m a trend, not a tragedy," Brooks Bell, founder of "LEAD FROM BEHIND," said. "Around one in three people has a polyp by the time they are 45. Polyps usually have no symptoms. A colonoscopy will find them, and snip them out on the spot, preventing cancer down the road! After I was diagnosed, my 35 year old sister got her first colonoscopy and they found and removed a large polyp. It may have saved her life."
Facts about colon cancer
According to the Alliance, colon cancer is the second deadliest cancer in America and can be prevented with a colonoscopy. It’s also predicted to be the top cancer killer for people under 50 by 2030.
"This year, 150,000 people will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer. They don’t need to be because colon cancer is preventable," Michael Sapienza, CEO of the Colorectal Cancer Alliance said. Sapienza lost his mother to the disease in 2009.
According to the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), more than 52,980 people living in the U.S. died of colorectal cancer in 2021.
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It is more common in men than in women, and the risk of getting colorectal cancer increases as a person ages.
The AACR notes that it is also more common among Black Americans than people of other races and that the median age of diagnosis in the U.S. is 67 years old.
Those who smoke, consume alcohol or are obese are more likely to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Adopting healthy behaviors, the association said, can reduce risk.
Symptoms may include a change in bowel habits, blood in or on your stool, diarrhea, constipation, weight loss and abdominal pain, aches or cramps that don't go away.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says regular screening beginning at the age of 45 is the key to prevention, especially because colorectal polyps and colorectal cancer don’t always cause symptoms – especially at first.
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Peterson tagged early, Mets fall to Cubs 6-3 and get swept
NEW YORK - David Peterson got only one out and the slumping New York Mets fell behind early in a 6-3 loss that completed a three-game sweep by the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.
The NL East leaders lost their fifth consecutive home game and dropped to 5-7 in a 16-game stretch against Washington, Pittsburgh, Miami and Chicago — all more than 20 games under .500 this season.
New York remained a half-game ahead of the Braves in the division race after they lost in San Francisco earlier. The Mets have held a share of first place for all but two days this season: April 11 and Sept. 9.
New York has dropped three straight overall for the second time this month and fourth time this year.
Peterson’s only out was a strikeout of Patrick Wisdom, and the left-hander allowed two-run doubles to Yan Gomes and P.J. Higgins. Trevor Williams permitted an RBI double to Michael Hermosillo and a run-scoring single to Nelson Velázquez in Chicago’s 25-minute opening inning.
Pete Alonso and Tomás Nido homered for the Mets, who scored six runs in the series and got swept for the fourth time this year. New York was also swept in a pair of two-game sets against AL-best Houston in June and last month against the Yankees in the Bronx.
Peterson (7-5) allowed five runs and two hits. In his last three starts against Chicago, Miami and Washington, he has given up 11 runs in 9 1/3 innings.
The Cubs won their third straight for the first time winning five in a row Aug. 16-20.
Chicago starter Drew Smyly (7-8) allowed two runs — one earned — and four hits in five innings. He struck out five and walked one.
Williams began warming up 13 minutes into the game and Gomes gave the Cubs a 2-0 lead with a double to the right field corner. Two pitches later, Higgins hit a two-run double down the right field line that just stayed fair, and Peterson was booed off the mound.
Hermosillo’s double to left pushed Chicago’s lead to 5-0, and the center fielder scored the sixth run on a single by Velázquez.
The Mets were within 6-3 when Alonso connected in the eighth, but Michael Rucker whiffed rookie Mark Vientos. Mark Leiter Jr. hit Jeff McNeil in the back with a pitch to open the ninth before getting his second save.
NEAR MISS IN CENTER
Hermosillo made a leaping catch in front of the warning track in center on Eduardo Escobar and nearly collided with right fielder Seiya Suzuki before hauling in the fly ball.
WILLIAMS SPELLS RELIEF
After Peterson’s short outing, Williams allowed one run and four hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out eight, including six straight.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cubs: Suzuki was hit in the left hand in the ninth and stayed in the game after being checked out. … C Willson Contreras (sprained left ankle) worked out on the field and might be activated Friday. … CF Rafael Ortega will miss the rest of the season with a broken finger. Ortega exited Tuesday when he was hit in the finger by a pitch he bunted foul. … SS Nico Hoerner (triceps) took swings, played catch up to 90 feet, took grounders and could return Friday.
Mets: RHP Max Scherzer (left oblique irritation) struck out seven and threw 59 pitches in 3 2/3 innings during a rehab start with Triple-A Syracuse. He’s expected to come off the injured list early next week in Milwaukee. … RHP Tylor Megill (right shoulder strain) will get at least more rehab outing at Syracuse on Friday so he can pitch in multiple innings. … RHP Drew Smith (right lat strain) will make consecutive rehab appearances with Syracuse this weekend.
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Cubs: RHP Marcus Stroman (3-7, 3.91 ERA) starts Friday afternoon at home against Colorado RHP German Marquez (8-10, 5.25).
Mets: RHP Carlos Carrasco (14-6, 3.80) attempts to reach 15 wins for the third time in the opener of a four-game series Thursday night at home against JT Brubaker (3-11, 4.36) and the Pittsburgh Pirates. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/peterson-tagged-early-mets-fall-to-cubs-6-3-and-get-swept | 2022-09-15T04:11:20Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/peterson-tagged-early-mets-fall-to-cubs-6-3-and-get-swept | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It's time to make your nominations for the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council’s Love Where We Live Awards 2022. The awards are a celebration of the people who make the borough of Tunbridge Wells a great place to live and work.
The campaign, which recognises the exceptional work of individuals and groups, is run by the borough council and supported by the Courier and KentLive. This year’s Love Where We Live Awards are open for nominations until midnight on Sunday September 25.
They are bigger than ever with two new categories, Green Household and Good Neighbour. There are nine categories to choose from, so get nominating. Only one nomination is required per nominee, but people can nominate a group or individual for multiple categories.
The council explains below more about the awards.
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Community Group of the Year
Is there a group of people who are the life blood of your community? Do you admire a group’s collective energy, enthusiasm or achievements? Charity of the Year Tell us about a charity that enhances the lives and wellbeing of residents in the Tunbridge Wells borough.
Sportsperson/Team of the Year
Through this award we’d like to recognise an individual, team or club who has made exceptional progress or made an important contribution to sport locally.
Green Business
Do you know or work for an organisation that is putting something back into the community or is committed to having a positive impact on the environment?
Volunteer of the Year
There are people in our borough who make a vital contribution to their community; are you inspired by someone’s dedication and commitment?
Young Volunteer of the Year
This award is for that young person you know, aged 24or under* who gives up their spare time to volunteer and, in doing so, contributes to the welfare of others, their community as a whole or the environment. *Nominees must be aged 24 or under on 25 September 2022.
Young Sports Achiever of the Year
Do you know a young person, a youth team or a young coach who deserves recognition? Specifically for those aged 16 and under*. *Nominees must be aged 16 or under on September 25, 2022.
Green Household
Is your household moving towards a greener future? Have you started to make some lifestyle changes, or been making some for a while? Tell us what initiatives you are introducing at home to adapt and reduce your carbon emissions to be a little ‘greener’ than you were last year…
Have you reduced your use of single-use plastic, improved biodiversity where you live with planting or protecting your local wildlife, started to grow your own veg? Maybe you have used the car less and walk and cycle to work or the local shops more.
Are you careful about saving water or have you made a conscious effort to look at what you can reduce, reuse, or recycle before buying more or throwing something away? Nominate your household and you just might inspire others.
Good Neighbour
Has someone carried out a small act of kindness that has meant a huge amount to you? We want to hear about residents who are doing little things to help others in the community when they most need it.
Everyone needs a helping hand from time to time, whether it’s emergency childcare, having some groceries delivered to help with the gardening. Someone may simply call by to check that you’re okay - what a neighbour! Let us know who has helped you this past year and we’ll do the rest.
It’s quick and easy to nominate online; find out more at twbc.online/lwwl By nominating you will help us recognise the achievements and commitment of some of the amazing people in the borough.
Nominations must be received by midnight on Sunday, September 25. If you don’t use a computer or have internet access, you can go to a public library and use a computer for free. Alternatively, call Lizzie Goodwin in the communications team, who will help you with your nomination, on 01892 554273.
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A travel writer who visited Folkestone for just one day, loved it so much she decided to move to the town. Helen Coffey, is travel editor of The Independent and has recently written about her love affair with Folkestone and how a one day visit resulted in her buying a house and moving her life from London to the seaside.
As a new resident of Folkestone I can fully understand how this could happen. I moved here in April and I have loved every second of exploring and discovering this beautiful seaside town.
Every swim in the sea, every mouthful of food, every walk along the beach or visit to the Harbour Arm has given me endless joy over the summer months. I have discovered something new around every corner, whether it be another stunning view, piece or artwork, or piece of history.
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Helen first visited the town in 2019 on a one day press trip, she said: "By the end of that visit – barely six hours in total – I had predictably fallen in love all over again. But this time was different; this time, for some reason, it stuck."
She previously said that being a travel writer is a 'fickle job' as she is 'compelled to fall in love with a different destination every day'. And is no stranger to having her head turned by the different destinations she visits and writes about.
She said: "My most frequent activity when arriving somewhere new is checking the property listings. Within a couple of hours of any given break, I start to believe I could happily live there and begin researching accordingly. This is, of course, a nonsensical pipe dream.
"Much as I might want to, I physically cannot simultaneously reside in the Isles of Scilly, Rotterdam, the Julian Alps, Marseille, Valencia, Turin, Tangier and Rijeka. My research never translates to reality. Until the one time that it did."
When Helen first visited the town it was a year before the Triennial, and she was given a tour that took in the artworks of Richard Woods, Tracey Emin, Yoko Ono, Tim Etchells and Antony Gormley.
She said: "We stopped for coffee at Steep Street, a cosy, book-lined café serving up generous slabs of cake and honey iced lattes; met charismatic artist Malcolm Allen, aka Whelkboy, in his workshop-slash-gallery in the Creative Quarter to view his latest pieces; and strolled the former train station turned stylish public path, which now plays host to a thriving market on the weekends. "
She goes on to say how the group also visited the Harbour Arm, The Lighthouse Champagne Bar and had lunch at Rocksalt before having a walk along to Sunny Sands and joked with the PR that she 'might end up moving here'. Little did she expect three years later she would have bought a house in the town.
Helen said: "Lots of people have asked me over the last 18 months: why Folkestone? Did I have any connection to it? Know anyone there? Know anything about it at all, in fact? The answer was a not-quite-but-almost resounding no. I visited once, wrote a feature calling it “cooler than Margate”, and my mind was made up.
In the end, what’s my real answer to the question, "Why Folkestone”? Well, some places just get under your skin. Like falling in love with a person, they give the feeling of finally coming home; a curious sensation of, “Wait, haven’t we met before?"
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Baltimore prosecutors asked a judge on Wednesday to vacate Adnan Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee — a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial."
Baltimore's state's attorney filed a motion in circuit court, saying a lengthy investigation conducted with the defense had uncovered new evidence that could undermine the conviction of Syed, Lee's ex-boyfriend.
"The motion filed today supports a new trial for Syed based on a nearly year-long investigation that revealed undisclosed and newly-developed information regarding two alternative suspects, as well as unreliable cell phone tower data," State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's office said in a news release.
Syed, 42, has maintained his innocence for decades and captured the attention of millions in 2014 when the debut season of the "Serial" podcast focused on the case and raised doubts about some of the evidence, including cellphone tower data.
Prosecutors recommend that Syed be released
Prosecutors on Wednesday said they weren't asserting that Syed is innocent, but they lacked confidence "in the integrity of the conviction" and recommended he be released on his own recognizance or bail.
"We believe that keeping Mr. Syed detained as we continue to investigate the case with everything that we know now, when we do not have confidence in results of the first trial, would be unjust," Mosby added.
The state's attorney's office said if the court grants its motion it would effectively put Syed in a new trial status, and his convictions would be vacated, but the case would remain active.
"Whether the State ultimately continues with a trial in this matter or dismisses the charges will depend on the outcome of the ongoing investigation," the state's attorney's office said.
State attorney's office says two other suspects may be involved
Prosecutors said a reinvestigation of the case revealed evidence regarding the possible involvement of two alternative suspects other than Syed. The two suspects may be involved individually or may be involved together, the state's attorney's office said. One suspect had threatened Lee, saying "he would make her
One of the suspects had threatened Lee, saying "he would make her (Ms. Lee) disappear. He would kill her," according to the filing.
"Given the stunning lack of reliable evidence implicating Mr. Syed, coupled with increasing evidence pointing to other suspects, this unjust conviction cannot stand," said Assistant Public Defender Erica Suter, Mr. Syed's attorney and, Director of the Innocence Project Clinic. "Mr. Syed is grateful that this information has finally seen the light of day and looks forward to his day in court."
The suspects were known persons at the time of the original investigation and were not properly ruled out nor disclosed to the defense, prosecutors said.
The investigation also found a separate document from the original trial file, in which a different person relayed information that can be viewed as a motive for that same suspect to harm the victim, prosecutors said. The information about the threat and motives to harm could have provided a basis for the defense and was not disclosed to the trial nor the post-conviction defense counsel, the state's attorney's office said.
Prosecutors also said new information revealed that one of the suspects was convicted of attacking a woman in her vehicle, and that one of the suspects was convicted of engaging in serial rape and sexual assault.
The state's attorney's office declined to release information about the suspects, due to the ongoing investigation.
Prosecutors also noted unreliable cellphone data used during Syed's court case to corroborate his whereabouts on the day of the crime. The notice on the records specifically advised that the billing locations for incoming calls "would not be considered reliable information for location."
"Evidence proved that the State should not have relied on the incoming call evidence," the state's attorney's office said.
Syed has served more than 20 years in prison for the strangling of Lee, who was 18 at the time. Her body was found weeks later buried in a Baltimore park.
More than a decade later, the popular "Serial" podcast revealed little-known evidence and attracted millions of listeners, shattering podcast-streaming and downloading records.
In 2016, a lower court ordered a retrial for Syed on grounds that his attorney, Cristina Gutierrez, who died in 2004, didn't contact an alibi witness and provided ineffective counsel.
But after a series of appeals, Maryland's highest court in 2019 denied a new trial in a 4-3 opinion. The Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court that Syed's legal counsel was deficient in failing to investigate an alibi witness, but it disagreed that the deficiency prejudiced the case. The court said Syed waived his ineffective counsel claim.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Syed's case in 2019.
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SIOUX CITY, IOWA (KCAU)- The Woodbury Central Wildcats are one of a handful of undefeated teams left in Siouxland, led by our SportsZone Week Three Player of the Week junior quarterback Drew Kluender.
The junior quarterback was a big factor in the 40-0 win over IKM Manning, throwing for 273 yards and four touchdowns while completing 69% of his passes. Kluender has been vital to the team’s success all season, as the team is out to a 3-0 start while scoring over 40 points in all of their matchups.
Yet despite the individual success, Kluender feels he would not be in this position without the help and trust of the supporting cast behind him.
“It feels great. Everybody looks at the quarterback and they determine who makes the success or whatever. It’s great. You know, to be the lead guy out there it’s a lot of fun…but got to give props to my teammates still. They’re doing a great job out there making plays, making people miss, doing a great job. It feels great you know to be able to get out there, make plays, do what I do you know it’s a great feeling. It’s especially fun when our teammates get to do it with me.” Kluender said.
Woodbury Central Head Coach Kurt Bremer spoke on his quarterback, who has an already thrown for a dozen touchdowns and just under 1,000 yards in only three games, highlighting how the quarterback gives the Wildcats a dependable playmaker and leader for Woodbury Central on the gridiron.
“Drew will be the first to tell you that it’s just not him. He has some wide outs that are making big plays for him. The line is giving him time but it’s nice to count on him week in and week out because you know he’s going to make that big play come game time and it’s just a matter of time.” Bremer said.
Many young athletes like to model their games after one or two NFL stars. But, Kluender’s influence is one that he’s more than familiar with and has been a big part of his life.
He emphasized the impact his brother and current Morningside Mustang Dallas Kluender has had on him and his development as a quarterback, noting that his older brother and even former teammates continue to provide insight up to this day. Which is something that Drew Kluender is appreciative of.
“Everybody that I’ve learned from in the past, my brother, Jase Manker from two years ago…they’ve been doing a great job. They’ve been texting me all time time letting me know how I’m doing, things I can work on and they’ve been doing a great job so having them teach me from the past has definitely contributed to my game so it’s great.” Kluender said.
Kluender and the Woodbury Central Wildcats will be back in action on the road, traveling to Akron-Westfield on September 16th. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/sports/sportszone-week-3-player-of-the-week-woodbury-centrals-drew-kluender/ | 2022-09-15T04:22:21Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/sports/sportszone-week-3-player-of-the-week-woodbury-centrals-drew-kluender/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On this Pacific Pulse: Osan Air Base hosts numerous national scientific agencies in support of the Asian Summer Monsoon Chemical and Climate Impact Project, the U.S. Navy's next generation subsonic aerial target, the BQM-177A conducted successful tests, and leaders from the 1st Area Medical Laboratory met with leaders from the Republic of Korea Armed Forces Command.
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From Lou Holtz to Bobby Petrino, a history of Arkansas football vs former Razorbacks coaches
FAYETTEVILLE — Playing an FCS team in Week 3 should be considered a "cupcake" game. But for Arkansas football, the matchup with Missouri State has added intrigue thanks to the return of former coach Bobby Petrino.
When the No. 11 Razorbacks (2-0) host the Bears (2-0) on Saturday (6 p.m. CT, SECN+), it will be the 12th time in just over two decades that Arkansas has faced off against a former coach. Arkansas is 7-4 in such games.
The Petrino years were some of Arkansas' best in terms of on-field performance. He got the Razorbacks to a Sugar Bowl and its first 11-win season since the 1970s. In the years following his infamous firing during the 2018 season, Arkansas struggled to stay above .500.
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"Last time Arkansas was relevant was when Coach Petrino was here," Arkansas coach Sam Pittman said Monday. "We're very grateful for his time here and what he did for the program. We've used that in recruiting. Without him and his staff, we wouldn't have been able to do that."
The matchup with Missouri State was first scheduled in 2016. In 2019, the game was pushed back a year. Both scheduling moves took place before Missouri State hired Petrino in 2020. Ahead of Petrino's trip back to Fayetteville, here's a look at former Arkansas coaches who have returned to the opposing sideline in the last quarter-century.
Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz spent seven seasons at Arkansas starting in 1977, well before the Notre Dame tenure he became best known for, and longer still before his sports television career. The Razorbacks went 60-21-2 under Holtz. After the 1983 season, when Arkansas went 6-5, he tendered his resignation to athletic director Frank Broyles.
At least, that was the story at the time. Broyles said Holtz left due to burnout, but two decades later said he had fired him for "losing the fan base with the things he said and did." Holtz had also filmed two TV ads from his office in support of his friend Jesse Helms, a senator from North Carolina who was spearheading efforts to prevent Martin Luther King Day from becoming a national holiday. Reports swirled that this also contributed to Holtz's firing, and when he took his next job at Minnesota, he declared publicly that he would "have nothing to do with politics."
After his stint in Minneapolis and a decade at Notre Dame, Holtz came out of retirement to become coach at South Carolina in 1999. That's when Arkansas began to face its former coach with regularity. The Razorbacks went 4-2 against Holtz's Gamecocks from 1999 to 2004.
Jack Crowe
Jack Crowe was promoted from offensive coordinator to head coach in 1990 after Ken Hatfield departed for Clemson. He lasted fewer than three seasons with a 9-15 record. He was fired after the first game of the 1993 season, which the Razorbacks lost to Division I-AA The Citadel. It was Arkansas' first game as a member of the SEC.
Crowe went on to spend 12 seasons as coach at FCS Jacksonville State. In 2012, Crowe's final season, the Gamecocks faced Arkansas in Fayetteville to open the season. The Razorbacks won 49-24, two decades after the upset that led to Crowe's firing.
Houston Nutt
Houston Nutt's Arkansas tenure began before the 1998 season and lasted through 2007. He went 67-44 with seven bowl appearances with the Razorbacks and was the longest-serving coach since Broyles.
The Nutt era wasn't without controversy, however. Nutt was widely criticized for losing two stellar in-state players, quarterback Mitch Mustain and receiver Damian Williams of Springdale, both of whom transferred after the 2006 season. There was also an apparent rift with offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn, whom Nutt hired from Springdale in 2005 in part to get Mustain and Williams to commit to Arkansas.
Nutt had said he would let Malzahn implement his unique hurry-up, no-huddle offense at Arkansas, but a power struggle ensued between the two coaches regarding play calling and style.
Malzahn left after the 2006 season to become offensive coordinator at Tulsa. Nutt resigned a year later and became coach at Ole Miss, where he spent four seasons. Arkansas faced its former coach each year from 2008-11 and went 2-2.
Bobby Petrino
Petrino's return to Fayetteville comes a decade after he was fired with a 34-17 record in four seasons. A decade after the infamous motorcycle accident, the false claim that he had been alone in the accident, and the revelation that Petrino had hired a woman to his staff with whom he was having an affair. He was fired in 2012.
Now, Petrino has taken Missouri State from a four-win or fewer team to an FCS playoff contender since his hiring in 2020. In a twist of fate, he'll be back at Razorback Stadium on Saturday.
“I'm sure there'll be some feelings and emotions when I step in the stadium," Petrino said this week. "But it's really not about me. It's about our football team."
Christina Long covers the Arkansas Razorbacks for the Southwest Times Record and USA Today Network. You can follow her on Twitter @christinalong00 or email her at clong@swtimes.com. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/2022/09/15/arkansas-football-missouri-state-coach-bobby-petrino-lou-holtz-houston-nutt/68231066007/ | 2022-09-15T04:26:49Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/2022/09/15/arkansas-football-missouri-state-coach-bobby-petrino-lou-holtz-houston-nutt/68231066007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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DOVER, Del. (AP) - A Delaware judge ruled Wednesday that a new vote-by-mail law enacted earlier this year is unconstitutional and that voting by mail cannot be used in upcoming November election.
Vice Chancellor Nathan Cook ruled that the law, the result of legislation that Democrats rammed through the General Assembly in less than three weeks this past June, violates a provision in Delaware’s constitution that spells out the circumstances under which a person is allowed to cast an absentee ballot.
“Our Supreme Court and this court have consistently stated that those circumstances are exhaustive,” Cook wrote. “Therefore, as a trial judge, I am compelled by precedent to conclude that the vote-by-mail statute’s attempt to expand absentee voting ... must be rejected.”
While declaring vote by mail unconstitutional, Cook upheld the state’s new same-day voter registration law.
Julianne Murray, an attorney for plaintiffs challenging the vote-by-mail statute, said she was glad that the judge carefully studied Delaware’s constitution and court precedent in making his determination.
“He started on the Constitutional Convention of 1897 and worked his way through,” said Murray, who is the Republican nominee for attorney general in November.
Jane Brady, a retired judge and former Delaware attorney general who also represented plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said mail-in voting “does not comport with the constitution.”
“I believe that the legislature has known from day one that they needed a constitutional amendment to do this,” she added, noting that lawmakers acknowledged during debate on the legislation that it could likely face a court challenge.
“In my view, they abdicated their responsibility,” said Brady, who is also chair of the state Republican Party.
A spokesman for Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Jennings, whose office represented the Department of Elections in the lawsuit, referred questions to the elections agency. State Election Commissioner Anthony Albence declined to comment.
Democratic lawmakers introduce the vote-by-mail bill after failing to win Republican support to amend the constitution. A constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote by each chamber in two consecutive General Assemblies. The first leg of a constitutional amendment to eliminate limitations on absentee balloting cleared the legislature in 2020, after initially being defeated in the Democrat-controlled Senate, but the second leg failed to win the necessary majority in the Democrat-led House last year.
Republican Sen. Colin Bonini, who spoke out vehemently against the vote-by-mail bill in June and introduced 25 amendments in an effort to change it, said the Chancery Court did “the right thing.”
“I think it was clear that it was unconstitutional,” said Bonini, who finished last in a three-way GOP primary contest on Tuesday and will give up the Dover-area seat he has held for 28 years. “I’m disappointed that the court also didn’t strike down same-day registration.”
Wednesday’s ruling comes two years after a different Chancery Court judge rejected a challenge by the state Republican Party to the constitutionality of a law allowing universal voting by mail in the 2020 election. Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III said in that ruling that the General Assembly’s decision to use its emergency powers to declare that voting by mail was necessary to protect public health and ensure continuity of governmental operations during the coronavirus epidemic was not “clearly erroneous.”
In passing that bill, Democrats asserted that voting by mail was “necessary and proper” during the pandemic, and that conforming to the requirements of Delaware’s constitution, including its explicit limitations on absentee voting, “would be impracticable.”
Glasscock said the constitutional provision authorizing the General Assembly to exercise emergency powers acted as a “safe harbor” allowing it to authorize “general absentee voting” that otherwise would be prohibited under the state constitution. | https://www.wboc.com/news/judge-says-delaware-vote-by-mail-law-is-unconstitutional/article_f22f08e2-349d-11ed-8f5f-4fb0113cf5b4.html | 2022-09-15T04:33:27Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/judge-says-delaware-vote-by-mail-law-is-unconstitutional/article_f22f08e2-349d-11ed-8f5f-4fb0113cf5b4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
REHOBOTH BEACH, De. - Kathy McGuiness was defeated by Lydia York in the Delaware State Auditor's race in a 71-29 percent landslide.
"We did hear a lot of misinformation at the polls, we did hear some pretty interesting, salacious comments and I'm like no that's not what's going on but you know how it is. Rumors happen, etcetera. But that definitely 100 percent played a part in that," McGuiness told WBOC.
McGuiness is referring to the public reaction to her two misdemeanor convictions, one for misconduct in office and one for conflict of interest.
McGuiness says York's campaign took advantage of McGuiness' legal trouble.
"Of course they're going to use everything they can to their advantage, that made sense. That's what you have to do I guess," she said.
While the woman now chosen to be the Democrat's nominee for Auditor Lydia York says voters were reacting to McGuiness' misconduct.
"The voters weren't to blame here. I think what's going on is when given a choice they went with someone who had fewer distractions," York said.
York, an attorney with a background in finance says her win will restore integrity in the Auditor's office.
"I want to get this office back to operating as intended by the statue and do the job that is prescribed in our code," she said.
While McGuiness is not closing the door to returning to public office.
"Honestly I have just been focused on this and focused on my job so I never say never to anything but I've been a public servant long before I was Auditor and I'll be a public servant in some fashion," she said.
McGuiness says she has no plans of resigning before her term expires in January.
York will face Republican Janice Lorrah in the November general election. | https://www.wboc.com/news/mcguiness-york-agree-voters-influenced-by-mcguiness-legal-trouble/article_806fc1ee-34aa-11ed-a6b7-4719e7a64ffc.html | 2022-09-15T04:33:33Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/mcguiness-york-agree-voters-influenced-by-mcguiness-legal-trouble/article_806fc1ee-34aa-11ed-a6b7-4719e7a64ffc.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Public School Board met to discuss expanded in-school healthcare options and vote on paying Durham more for their school bus contract.
At Wednesday's school board meeting, the board discussed a potential partnership with the City of Spokane to fund a potential third health clinic. The City has budgeted $3 million for youth health services that could help build that third clinic.
In the meantime, the district plans to build a new health care clinic on the south side of Logan Elementary. It will bring comprehensive healthcare options to the Logan area. This means that people will be able to go and get regular checkups, visit with doctors and get prescriptions, just like regular doctors offices. The clinic will start by serving students before eventually opening for the rest of the community. Clinics will also offer mental health services. The district is partnering with local healthcare students to make this happen. Students will get their necessary clinical practice and it will provide free healthcare for the community.
In addition to health care clinics, SPS also voted to increase the budget for Durham School Bus Services. The district cannot confirm whether this budget change will bring more bus stops for students. Some parents are frustrated with the changes, but the district said they are working with what they have.
Board members say the total number of routes contracted have gone down. However, per route cost has gone up due to inflation. Therefore, every route the bus service will run will cost more.
Ultimately, the contract provides a 7% increase in the rate schedule for an estimated student transportation expenditure of $11,284,860 for the 2022-2023 school year.
There is a hotline parents can call if they have any questions about the changes. The district said someone should answer that number anytime during school hours.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s popularity improved substantially from his lowest point this summer, but concerns about his handling of the economy persist, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Support for Biden recovered from a low of 36% in July to 45%, driven in large part by a rebound in support from Democrats just two months before the November midterm elections. During a few bleak summer months when gasoline prices peaked and lawmakers appeared deadlocked, the Democrats faced the possibility of blowout losses against Republicans.
Their outlook appears better after notching a string of legislative successes that left more Americans ready to judge the president on his preferred terms: “Don’t compare me to the Almighty. Compare me to the alternative.”
The president’s approval rating remains underwater, with 53% of U.S. adults disapproving of him, and the economy continues to be a weakness for Biden. Just 38% approve of his economic leadership as the country faces stubbornly high inflation and Republicans try to make household finances the axis of the upcoming vote.
Still, the poll suggests Biden and his fellow Democrats are gaining momentum right as generating voter enthusiasm and turnout takes precedence.
Average gas prices have tumbled 26% since June to $3.71 a gallon, reducing the pressure somewhat on family budgets even if inflation remains high. Congress also passed a pair of landmark bills in the past month that could reshape the economy and reduce carbon emissions.
Republicans have also faced resistance since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and its abortion protections. And Biden is openly casting former President Donald Trump as a fundamental threat to democracy, a charge that took on resonance after an FBI search of Trump's Florida home found classified documents that belong to the U.S. government.
This combination of factors has won Biden some plaudits among the Democratic faithful, even if Americans still feel lukewarm about his leadership.
“I’m not under any belief that he’s the best person for the job — he’s the best from the people we had to choose from,” said Betty Bogacz, 74, a retiree from Portland, Oregon. “He represented stability, which I feel President Trump did not represent at all.”
Biden's approval rating didn't exceed 40% in May, June or July as inflation surged in the aftermath of Russia invading Ukraine.
The president's rating now is similar to what it was throughout the first quarter of the year, but he continues to fall short of early highs. His average approval rating in AP-NORC polling through the first six months of his term was 60%.
Driving the recent increase in Biden's popularity is renewed support among Democrats, who had shown signs of dejection in the early summer. Now, 78% of Democrats approve of Biden’s job performance, up from 65% in July. Sixty-six percent of Democrats approve of Biden on the economy, up from 54% in June.
Interviews suggest a big reason for Biden's rebound is the reemergence of Trump on the national stage, causing voters such as Stephen Jablonsky, who labeled Biden as “OK,” to say voting Democratic is a must for the nation's survival.
“The country has a political virus by the name of Donald Trump,” said Jablonsky, a retired music professor from Stamford, Connecticut. “We have a man who is psychotic and seems to have no concern for law and order and democracy. The Republican Party has gone to a place that is so unattractive and so dangerous, this coming election in November could be the last election we ever have.”
Republicans feel just as negative about Biden as they did before. Only about 1 in 10 Republicans approve of the president overall or on the economy, similar to ratings earlier this summer.
Christine Yannuzzi, 50, doubts that 79-year-old Biden has the capacity to lead.
“I don’t think he’s mentally, completely aware of everything that’s happening all the time,” said Yannuzzi, who lives in Binghamton, New York. “The economy’s doing super poorly and I have a hard time believing that the joblessness rate is as low as they say it is.”
“I think the middle class is being really phased out and families are working two and three jobs a person to make it,” the Republican added.
Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults say the economy is in good shape, while 71% say it’s doing poorly. In June, 20% said conditions were good and 79% said they were bad.
Democrats are more positive now than they were in June, 46% vs. 31%. Republicans remain largely negative, with only 10% saying conditions are good and 90% saying they’re bad.
About a quarter of Americans now say things in the country are headed in the right direction, 27%, up from 17% in July. Seventy-two percent say things are going in the wrong direction.
Close to half of Democrats — 44% — have an optimistic outlook, up from 27% in July. Just 9% of Republicans are optimistic about the nation’s direction.
Akila Atkins, a 27-year-old stay-at-home mom of two, thinks Biden is “OK” and doesn’t have much confidence that his solutions will curb rising prices.
Atkins says it’s gotten a little harder in the last year to manage her family’s expenses, and she’s frustrated that she can no longer rely on the expanded child tax credit. The tax credit paid out monthly was part of Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package and has since lapsed.
The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that the expanded tax credit nearly halved the child poverty rate last year to 5.2%. Atkins said it helped them “stay afloat with bills, the kids’ clothing, shoes, school supplies, everything.”
Whatever misgivings the Democrat in Grand Forks, North Dakota, has about Biden, she believes he is preferable to Trump.
“I always feel like he could be better, but then again, he’s better than our last president,” she said.
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The poll of 1,054 adults was conducted Sep. 9-12 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/biden-approval-rises-sharply-ahead-of-midterms/507-aed61d52-531e-4e91-93eb-9549165f084b | 2022-09-15T04:34:23Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/biden-approval-rises-sharply-ahead-of-midterms/507-aed61d52-531e-4e91-93eb-9549165f084b | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SEATTLE — There’s something nostalgic about traveling by train.
“I’d been posting on Twitter for a while - X amount of days until we take the train cross country,” said Brent Parker.
Parker and his girlfriend Quinn are experienced rail riders. They decided to take an Amtrak train from New York City to Seattle for a wedding.
“Our trip begins, we’re going from NYC to Seattle and then it just kind of ended abruptly with me angrily saying well that’s the end of that,” said Parker.
The couple, who planned their trip for more than a year, was in Chicago when they saw their route was canceled due to a looming worker strike this week. They said they were given 24-hours notice and immediately searched for flights and chose the least expensive one that would get them to Seattle in time for the wedding.
The Washington State Department of Transportation told KING 5 that Amtrak canceled their routes to Los Angeles and Chicago because they didn’t want passengers to get stranded mid-trip ahead of a possible freight railroad strike.
“Amtrak is taking precautionary measures to ensure no passengers are stranded mid-trip should a strike occur,” said Janet Matkin, a spokesperson for WSDOT.
On Wednesday, Amtrak announced it was canceling all long-distance trains beginning Thursday.
Matkin said the train tracks in Washington and Oregon are all owned by either BNSF Railway or Union Pacific. Those workers are the ones potentially striking. Amtrak cannot run without dispatchers.
There are 12 unions representing 115,000 workers that must agree on tentative deals and have their members vote on whether to approve them. So far, nine have agreed to tentative deals while three others are still bargaining.
Matkin suggested those traveling by train this weekend should prepare for their routes to be canceled.
Meanwhile, the cancelations are already having an effect on travelers.
"We’re basically held hostage by these private freight companies being able to do whatever they want and that’s very frustrating to me,” said Parker. | https://www.krem.com/article/travel/amtrak-cancelations-seattle-chicago/281-f9163be5-36d9-4598-854a-3a0c89ad6c11 | 2022-09-15T04:34:29Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/travel/amtrak-cancelations-seattle-chicago/281-f9163be5-36d9-4598-854a-3a0c89ad6c11 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
AM Racing | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway | UNOH 200
Fast Facts
No. 22 AM Racing Team:
Driver: Austin Wayne Self
Primary Partner(s): AM Technical Solutions | GO TEXAN
Manufacturer: Chevrolet Silverado RST
Crew Chief: Jamie Jones
Spotter: Tony Raines
2022 Driver Points Position: 25th | 2022 Owner Points Position: 22nd
Engine: Ilmor Racing Technologies
Notes of Interest:
Back in the Saddle: Austin Wayne Self will drive the No. 22 AM Technical Solutions | GO TEXAN Chevrolet Silverado RST for his 15th race of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
Texas Proud: Two Texas-based companies will also return to the team this weekend and serve as major partners for Austin Wayne Self this week at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.
The Statesville, N.C.-based team will sport the signage of AM Technical Solutions and GO TEXAN on the No. 22 Chevrolet Silverado for the 20th of 23 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this season.
Headquartered in Austin, TX, AM Technical Solutions (AMTS) was founded in 1994.
AM Technical Solutions is a Global Architecture, Engineering & Construction firm specializing in the high-tech markets. AMTS has managed over $20B of global capital projects for over 170 different customers in 24 countries and across five continents.
GO TEXAN is a widely recognized brand. It represents a diverse collection of people, products and services that are genuinely Texan. Whether it’s grown, sewn or served on a plate, more than 26 million Texans shop, travel and dine out in full support of Texas business and agriculture.
Thank You For Your Continued Support: AIRBOX Air Purifier returns to AM Racing in 2022 and will serve as a major associate marketing partner for driver Austin Wayne Self in Thursday night’s UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics.
AIRBOX Air Purifier prides itself on having the absolute best commercial-grade air purifier on the market. It is categorically the best in every aspect, and it is built to last a lifetime.
True engineering controls solution based on a proven scientific technology to provide the desired indoor air quality you need. AIRBOX Air Purifier creates a Safe Air Plan to repopulate the business and create the safest possible environment for owners, employees, clients, students, visitors, or just anyone who breathes air.
AIRBOX Air Purifier has partnered with the Statesville, N.C.-based team for six primary partnered races between the 2020 and 2021 seasons respectively.
News Coming Soon: AM Racing is building for its future and will make announcements soon regarding its path for the remainder of the 2022 and 2023 NASCAR seasons in the coming weeks.
Austin Wayne Self Truck Series Bristol Motor Speedway Stats: Thursday night’s UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics at Bristol Motor Speedway will mark Self’s seventh start in Thunder Valley.
In his previous six races at Bristol, Self has a best-track finish of 13th after starting 24th in the 2018 UNOH 200.
He holds an average finish at Bristol of 20.0.
Austin Wayne Self Truck Series Short Track Stats: At NASCAR Camping World Truck Series tracks classified as a short track, Self has made 22 starts throughout his career with one top-10 finish and carries an average finishing position of 20.0.
To The Point(s): Entering Bristol, Self sits 25th in the championship standings.
Despite missing five races this season, 84 points keep Self from 20th in the championship standings secured by Timmy Hill with nearly 83 percent of the 2022 Truck Series season complete.
154 points separate Self from 15th in the championship standings currently held by Corey Heim with four races remaining this season.
AM Racing’s No. 22 team secures 22nd in the Truck Series owner standings.
Kansas Speedway | Kansas Lottery 200 Race Recap: In the most recent NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway, Brett Moffitt wheeled the No. 22 Concrete Supply | Destiny Homes Chevrolet Silverado RST.
After qualifying mid-pack, Moffitt started at the rear of the field for an unapproved adjustment but diligently worked his way through the field and into the top-15 before the motor expired and sent the Grimes, Ia. native to the garage and out of the race.
The Statesville, N.C.-based team and driver were credited with a frustrating 36th-place finish.
Calling the Shots: Veteran crew chief Jamie Jones will lead Austin Wayne Self and the AM Racing team this weekend as crew chief.
This weekend marks his 154th race as crew chief in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series but the fourth race for Austin Wayne Self.
In his previous 153 races, Jones has two poles, two wins, 18 top-five and 42 top-10 finishes to his Truck Series resume.
Career Rundown: Since 2016, Self has competed in 143 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races, delivering two top-five and 15 top-10 finishes. He finished a career-best 12th in the championship standings in 2018.
Spanning seven years of Truck Series competition, he maintains an average finish of 18.7.
Did You Know? Austin Wayne Self and wife Jennifer have 16 chickens and a dog named Echo.
Lineup: In addition to AM Technical Solutions and GO TEXAN continuing their roles as the primary marketing partner for Self in 2022, the AM Racing team will also receive support from, AIRBOX Air Purifier, Don’t mess with Texas, CForce Bottling Company, Flying Circle, Kreuz Market and JB Henderson Construction.
Follow on Social Media: For more on Austin Wayne Self, please visit awsracing.com, like his Facebook page (Austin Wayne Self) or follow him on Twitter @AustinWSelf.
For more on AM Racing, please visit AMRacingteam.com, like their Facebook page (AM Racing) or follow them on Twitter @AMRacingNASCAR.
Austin Wayne Self Pre-Race Quotes:
On Bristol Motor Speedway: “I always enjoy going to Bristol Motor Speedway. It’s a very fast short track with tight racing and a lot of fenders banging.
“I’d love nothing more than go to Bristol this week and capture our best track finish there and give us some momentum towards the rest of the season.
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The UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics (200 laps | 106.6 miles) is the 20th of 23 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races on the 2022 schedule. Practice begins on Thursday, September 15, 2022, from 4:30 p.m. – 5:05 p.m. Qualifying will follow immediately beginning at 5:05 p.m. The 36-truck field will take the green flag shortly after 9:00 p.m. with live coverage on FOX Sports 1 (FS1), the Motor Racing Network (Radio) and SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90. All times are local (ET).
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Ninth annual Give For Good Louisville officially kicks off
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Wave Country can help more than 500 charities in our area get the money they need to help others.
The ninth annual Give For Good Louisville campaign is happening Thursday.
The campaign gives you the chance to support your favorite charity through donations and helping others learn about their mission.
Churchill Downs is sponsoring a Win, Place, Show prize.
If you give to an organization anytime between 7:10 - 7:12 p.m., your donation may be randomly selected to receive a $20,000, $10,000, or $5,000 boost.
- Win - One donor receives a random boost of $20,000.
- Place - Two donors receive a random boost of $10,000 each.
- Show - Five donors receive a random boost of $5,000 each.
Organizers suggest having your donations ready to check out ahead of time so that all you have to do is click “Submit” when the clock strikes 7:10 p.m.
And tune into Wave News at 7: 30 p.m. to see which person and charity won the prize from the Greatest two minutes in giving.
Learn more about participating organizations, attend one of the several in-person hosted by local organizations, and make a donation at www.giveforgoodlouisville.org.
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CARY, N.C. — Angel City FC’s path to a playoff berth hit another pothole on Wednesday night, as the expansion club dropped a 1-0 decision against the North Carolina Courage at WakeMed Soccer Stadium.
With both teams battling to position themselves for one of the six postseason berths in the 12-team NWSL, Angel City (7-6-5, 26 points) saw its five-game unbeaten streak come to an end as surging North Carolina (7-7-4, 25 points) won for the fifth time in six matches and moved within one point of ACFC in the standings.
With four regular-season matches left, Angel City sits two points behind sixth-place OL Reign (7-4-7, 28 points), but there are just six points separating Angel City and first-place Kansas City (9-4-5) in a tightly bunched table.
After a scoreless first half, North Carolina broke through when Brazilian attacker Kerolin Nicoli scored in the 54th minute on a tap-in from fellow Brazilian Debinha.
Angel City pushed for an equalizer, but North Carolina brought on an additional defender to help stifle the visitors and complete the shutout.
Angel City, which could have severely damaged North Carolina’s postseason hopes with a win, faces another quick turnaround. The team completes a stretch of three road matches in seven days with a match against San Diego Wave FC (9-6-4, 31 points) on Saturday night at San Diego State’s new Snapdragon Stadium.
Earlier this month, the Wave announced they had sold 32,000 tickets for that match, enough to surpass the league record of 25,218 set by the Portland Thorns in a 2019 match at Providence Park.
No first-year expansion club has ever made the playoffs in the NWSL, but third-place San Diego and seventh-place Angel City are attempting to change that.
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Sparks beat writer John W. Davis and Southern California News Group assistant sports editor James H. Williams discuss the fallout of the Sparks’ 2022 season and what the team must do to turn things around.
Davis and Williams talk about the Sparks’ need to hire a new general manager and a head coach before the team can even consider rebuilding the roster for next season. Also, the Sparks will have to make the most of the free agency period and consider bringing back All-Star Nneka Ogwumike this offseason.
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PHOENIX — Tony Gonsolin was a revelation in the Dodgers’ starting rotation this season.
But a forearm injury has his postseason role in an evolving state.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Gonsolin’s bullpen session Wednesday was “encouraging” and he was “hopeful” Gonsolin will recover from his forearm injury in time to be a part of the Dodgers’ postseason pitching plans “in some capacity.”
But Roberts painted a picture where Gonsolin does not necessarily return to a role as a starter in the postseason.
“Kind of the theme of our pitching staff as we look out is having the sum be better than the individual parts in the sense of getting 27 outs in games in a postseason,” Roberts said. “I don’t know how it will look like for Tony as far as potential buildup or workload.
“My messaging to Tony was let’s come out with a net positive each day. If we can continue to do that once we get closer we’ll know what we have. For me to speculate what it looks like now is just not fair.”
It would be premature at this point to say Gonsolin will pitch out of the bullpen in October, Roberts said – while pointing out that Gonsolin does have some experience in that role. Gonsolin made seven postseason appearances in 2020 and 2021, four of them in relief.
“Everything is on the table – as it should be. But it’s all contingent on how he’s feeling,” Roberts said.
“It’s about winning a baseball game, winning a series, preventing runs, scoring runs. So however we can do that – whether it’s a little bit more creative or not normal, I don’t think we’re concerned about it. Nor are our players.”
Gonsolin (an All-Star for the first time in his career this season) had already thrown a career-high 128-1/3 innings when he was scratched from his scheduled start on Aug. 29 and went on the injured list with a forearm strain.
PEN DAY
Brusdar Graterol, Blake Treinen, David Price and Gonsolin each threw bullpen sessions at Chase Field on Wednesday afternoon.
Treinen and Graterol could be close to returning.
“For me, it looked normal,” Roberts said of Treinen. “He wasn’t guarding. It was clean. The stuff was good. So I expect him to face hitters in the coming days.”
Right-hander Yency Almonte threw 25 pitches to infielder Gavin Lux in a live batting practice session. Lux could return this weekend in San Francisco.
Almonte said his elbow has not bothered him since getting a platelet-rich plasma injection shortly after going on the injured list in early August. He will throw another live BP session then it will be decided if he is ready to return or needs to go on a minor league injury rehabilitation assignment.
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Right-hander Michael Grove was added to the roster for Wednesday’s start. Andre Jackson was returned to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
UP NEXT
The Dodgers are off Thursday.
Dodgers (RHP Dustin May, 1-2, 4.29 ERA) at Giants (RHP Logan Webb, 13-8, 2.88), Friday, 7:15 p.m., Apple TV+, 570 AM
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PHOENIX — Heading into this season, Trea Turner figured to be one of the most sought-after players on the free-agent market this winter.
Nothing that has happened during the season has changed that – including any attempt by the Dodgers to keep Turner from hitting the open market by negotiating a contract extension to keep him in Los Angeles.
Turner said Wednesday there were preliminary discussions in the spring but “we all agreed we didn’t really get anywhere.” So he told the Dodgers he would “rather just focus on the season” and not talk contract during the season.
“So we haven’t talked since then,” he said. “But I’m sure we’ll be talking in a few weeks.”
Indeed they will. Turner has followed up his 2021 batting title by batting .305 this season (fourth in the National League) with 20 home runs, 24 stolen bases (fourth in the NL) and a personal-best 96 RBIs (also fourth in the NL).
“Yeah, I think this year mentally was definitely different, a little tougher,” Turner said of playing with pending free agency in the back of his mind. “I feel like every day you’ve got something on the line – even though you really don’t, but you do.
“I just tried to keep telling myself that if I can have some fun, enjoy it then that stuff would take care of itself. I think it has. I think this year has been pretty good overall. I definitely feel like I could play better in all facets really. But for the most part, looking back, I think it’s been a pretty good year for me individually.”
When Turner was traded to the Dodgers (along with pitcher Max Scherzer) last July, he admits he was “shocked” by it even though there had been speculation about the Washington Nationals moving him ahead of his free agency.
There was also a perception that Turner was not happy being sent to the West Coast and would not likely sign a long-term deal to stay out west. A Florida native, Turner played college baseball at North Carolina State where he met his wife, Kristen, who is also an East Coast native.
Turner acknowledges that he helped create that perception.
“I originally said that so I wouldn’t necessarily get traded to certain places. I was trying to control as much as I could – because a lot of it was out of my control,” he said. “Yeah, I’m an East Coast guy. But with free agency, you get a chance to pick and control it as much as you can in your entire career. I’m open to anything really. Everything is in play.
“That was more for a trade and an extension in a place I didn’t really know. I didn’t want to get traded and then get offered an extension right away and not know anything about the city and stuff. … To me, that (decision) would be all based off money and that’s not how I want to make my decision. Obviously, that’s a factor but a lot more goes into it. I think it was more of that.
“Yeah, I’m from the East Coast. Would I like to go back? Sure. But I think L.A.’s been really good to me.”
A move back to his natural position at shortstop this year helped make Turner more comfortable in his western home. Off the field, he acknowledges he and his wife and their toddler son have also grown more comfortable in L.A.
“It’s getting better. We’re getting used to it,” he said. “The city’s great and all that. Maybe we just need to find a neighborhood that we feel comfortable in. Renting and moving around was kind of tough. Being able to buy a home and have it be a home I think would be really nice.
“Everything here has been really good. It’s definitely not a ‘I don’t want to be on the West Coast’ thing.”
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Election officials may not top the headlines every day, but without them, our democracy wouldn’t function. These county registrar of voters, city clerks, and volunteer poll workers are also our friends, family members, and neighbors. They not only embody our country’s commitment to government by and for the people, they are specially trained and equipped to ensure that every voter is heard.
As election officials, we know just how much work goes into ensuring that our elections are free, fair, and secure. We’ve also seen firsthand the challenges facing our public servants in recent years: the immense political pressure, intimidation, and disinformation that has fueled a disturbing uptick in violent threats. It’s a reality we must face and work together to address.
That’s why, with the midterm elections quickly approaching, now is the time for our leaders to act and provide the necessary resources and funding to protect our elections officials and keep elections safe in 2022 and beyond.
The continued spread of disinformation following the 2020 election has emboldened election deniers to act out against the very people safeguarding our democratic process. Fearing for their safety, and that of their families, an increasing number of election officials are leaving their jobs. In Gillespie County, Texas, which voted overwhelmingly for former President Trump in 2020, an entire elections office recently resigned, with officials citing threats and stalking as the primary driver for the mass departure.
During the past year alone, the Department of Justice has examined more than 1,000 threats made against election officials, finding that 11 percent were serious enough to merit a federal criminal investigation. The FBI, in recent testimony before the Senate, also said that the volume of incidents is so high that it does not have adequate systems in place to process them.
We’ve seen and experienced the kind of intimidation that has forced many of our peers to fear for their safety. And one thing is clear: our nation cannot wait for this inflammatory rhetoric to cross an even more dangerous line. We need to act quickly to protect the civil servants who keep our elections running.
A bipartisan group of senators recently introduced legislation aimed at updating the Electoral Count Act to make the election certification process less prone to the kind of manipulation or subversion that we saw after the 2020 election. This legislation is important, and we hope Congress passes it swiftly. That group also introduced a companion piece of legislation that would target anyone who threatens or intimidates election workers, voters, poll watchers, or candidates. The bill would increase the maximum penalty for such actions from one year in prison to two.
This is an important start, and we applaud the senators involved for paying attention to this issue, but we must do more to stop this harmful trend of harassment and intimidation so that we can truly protect the people running our elections.
That includes new funding streams, through the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, or the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), that election officials can utilize specifically for threat monitoring, safety training, privacy services, and home security.
Earlier this year, the EAC expanded the use of federal election security funds for physical security and social media monitoring at the state and local level. This is a step forward, but more federal resources are needed to combat ongoing threats and harassment against our election officials.
Collaboration among federal, state, and local officials can also help prepare specific plans of action. Looking at Orange County, by creating a task force with members from the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, state and local law enforcement, we have become better able to assess and address threats against poll workers and others. This kind of enhanced information sharing and coordination should be implemented across the country.
In several counties across the nation, calls to law enforcement regarding instances of intimidation are often met with questions such as, “Is this even a crime?” It’s vital that election officials and law enforcement work together proactively before elections, which should include training to increase their awareness of threats so they can become more effective in addressing them.
Additionally, we need more support systems in place for election officials to protect their physical and mental health. Harassment takes a toll. Counseling and emotional support should be offered to help workers on the front lines. Likewise, physical security should be offered to protect those at work and at home when their safety may be jeopardized.
Thankfully, we are beginning to see signs of progress around the country. Already, several states have either introduced or passed legislation aimed at protecting election workers. In Maine, a new law classifies threats against election workers as a crime and offers de-escalation training to civil servants. In California, a bill has been introduced to keep election officials’ home addresses private. In Washington state, it is now a felony to threaten election officials online.
We hope that more states—and the federal government—follow this lead. Our election officials are integral to our democracy. With more effective programs and policy, we can build a safer future for them—and for our democracy.
Natalie Adona is the Assistant Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters for Nevada County, California. Neal Kelley was the Registrar of Voters for Orange County, California, the fifth largest voting jurisdiction in the United States, from 2005 to 2022. Both are members of Issue One’s Faces of Democracy, a campaign of election officials and workers to strengthen U.S. elections in 2022 and 2024.
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Two people were arrested for their suspected role in a burglary of mayoral candidate Rep. Karen Bass’s home in which she said two guns were stolen on Friday.
Bass told Fox 11 reporters on Wednesday, Sept. 14, that two suspects who she said had stolen a pair of firearms from her house had been arrested. Los Angeles police later that evening confirmed that there had been two arrests in connection with a burglary in the Baldwin Vista community.
“(The firearms) were registered, they were locked in safe box and they were stashed away in a closet,” Bass said in an interview with Fox 11.
Police did not specify what was stolen, but said that according to the victim no valuables, electronics, or money in view had been taken during the break-in.
A license of the suspect’s vehicle had been identified at the residence at the time of the burglary, and on Tuesday, the vehicle was found near the area of Hazeltine Avenue and Sylvan Street in Van Nuys, police said. Officers waited for the suspects to enter the vehicle before making traffic stop arrests. They were both arrested on suspicion of residential burglary.
One suspect is being held on $500,000 bail, the other was held on no bail.
The case will be presented to the District Attorney’s office.
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ONTARIO, Ore. — Yakima Valley rallied from two sets down to knock off Treasure Valley 22-25, 24-26, 25-22, 25-16, 17-15 for its second straight road win Wednesday night.
The Yaks stayed unbeaten in league play thanks to 13 kills, 21 assists, three aces, 14 digs and two blocks from La Salle graduate Courtney Standley, a first-team selection at last weekend’s Edmonds Invitational. YVC won three of four matches on that trip, capped off by a win over host Edmonds.
Former Granger standout Nizhoni Tallman led a strong defensive effort for the Yaks on Wednesday with 22 digs. Jessica Mariscal added 14 digs to go with her 13 kills.
YVC (2-0 NWAC East, 6-6 overall) will head to Gresham, Ore., this weekend for four matches at the NWAC Crossover, starting with host Mt. Hood Friday at 10 a.m.
YVC highlights: Nizhoni Tallman 22 digs, 2 aces; Brynn Widner 4 kills, 20 digs; Dale Schrier 8 kills, 2 aces, 2 digs, 5 blocks; Courtney Standley 13 kills, 3 aces, 21 assists, 14 digs, 2 blocks; Alandra Acido-Pastor 23 assists, 17 digs; Emaline Mariscal 5 blocks; Jessica Mariscal 13 kills, 14 digs.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Yaks fall to Spokane
Yakima Valley lost its second straight match, falling 4-1 to visiting Spokane on Wednesday.
First-year coach Josh Vega said the Yaks hit the post three times before heading into halftime down 1-0. Addy Adams scored YVC’s lone goal in the 79th minute off of an assist from Addy Adams.
Yakima Valley’s (0-2 NWAC East, 3-2 overall) will look for its first league win this Saturday at home against Blue Mountain.
First half: 1, CCS, 30:00.
Second half: 2, CCS, 52:00; 3, CCS, 60:00; 4, CCS, 72:00; 5, YVC, Addy Adams (Kennedy Leach), 79:00.
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BCG's 2022 Most Innovative Companies Report Finds Plenty of "Will" but Much Less "Way" When It Comes to Climate and Sustainability Innovation Readiness
BOSTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Two-thirds of the companies in Boston Consulting Group's 2022 global innovation survey rank climate and sustainability (C&S) as a top corporate priority, while more than half report that they are committed C&S innovators, ranking both innovation and C&S among their top three priorities. However, according to a new report released by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) today, only about one in five companies are ready to act, which means they have incorporated C&S priorities into their innovation engines, have built the capabilities they need, and are ready to develop the product, process, and business model innovations that can deliver.
This year, for its 16th Most Innovative Companies report, Are You Ready for Green Growth?, BCG for the first time asked about the importance of C&S in innovation. As more big companies announce net-zero pledges almost daily, the innovation readiness gap between commitment and capability that emerges from the research becomes an existential problem.
"While many companies talk about sustainability and make net-zero emissions pledges, far too few of them have truly done the work of integrating C&S priorities into their innovation engines and producing tangible results," says Justin Manly, global leader of BCG's growth and innovation segment and coauthor of the report. "At the same time, investors, regulators, customers, and shareholders are all looking to big companies and their CEOs to take the lead in making real progress against global warming."
The report measures committed C&S innovators against BCG's innovation-to-impact benchmarking framework (i2i) to assess the readiness of their innovation practices and platforms. Among committed C&S companies, 28% score 80 or higher (a perfect i2i score is 100), marking them as "ready" and equipped with well-developed and practiced innovation capabilities. This indicates that nearly three quarters of committed C&S innovators need to raise their innovation game and 80% of all companies face a steep learning curve.
Many on the 2022 list of the 50 most innovative companies are already C&S innovation leaders—a good number of them being among the earliest to embrace environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles and establish decarbonization commitments. Almost 80% (39) qualify as top C&S innovators, according to global peer votes.
For the second consecutive year, Apple holds the top spot on the list (see the exhibit). Microsoft climbs two positions to second place, Amazon moves one place to third, Alphabet falls three places to fourth, and Tesla hold onto its fifth place position. Four new companies—ByteDance (#45), Nvidia (#15), Panasonic (#46), and Zalando (#25)—join the top 50. This year's list sees a rebound by the automotive industry, with GM (#42) and Ford (#43) rejoining the top 50, Tesla (#5) and Toyota (#21) holding their positions. Hyundai (#33) is another holdover from the 2021 list. Automotive is also the number two sector for the percentage of companies prioritizing C&S-- a reflection of the industry's commitment to electric and autonomous vehicles).
Consistent with the last five years of BCG's top 50 ranking, more than half the companies on this year's list are based in North America. Meanwhile, Asia-Pacific and Greater China continue to be rising hubs for innovation, with companies from those regions increasing their representation on the top 50 list from four and three companies in 2018 to eight and seven companies in 2022, respectively.
The report reveals that industries responsible for the highest emissions—durable goods (85%), automotive (78%), utilities (77%), and oil and gas (77%)—are the ones that prioritize C&S the most. Additionally, high-emitting companies are 20% more likely than low emitters to target the kind of deep tech solutions needed to substantially decarbonize.
C&S-ready companies emphasize a number of aspects of their innovation systems more aggressively than other ready innovators do. They start with greater ambitions, identify the domains to focus on, manage the "idea funnel," and have clear performance goals. They also engage more actively with partners and even competitors.
Ready innovators have also seen a positive impact on the productivity of their innovation and R&D activities, with 80% of companies surveyed working remotely two or more days a week and 49% of C&S-ready innovators reporting that the productivity of their innovation and R&D activities have improved by 10%–50% because of these new ways of working.
"As sustainability moves up the agenda in boardrooms and C-suites everywhere, the importance of innovation rises commensurately," says Michael Ringel, BCG's global leader for innovation analytics and research and coauthor of the report. "But innovation—be it in products, processes, or business models—is not a siloed function and does not take place in a walled-off lab. Progress depends on innovation being embedded throughout the organization, with the same human and technological capabilities that drive success on other topics."
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LONDON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology PLC (NYSE:IGT) ("IGT") today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary IGT Lottery S.p.A. has completed the sale of its Italian proximity payment business to PostePay S.p.A. – Patrimonio Destinato IMEL for €700 million.
The negotiated sale price represented an enterprise value of €630 million and approximately €70 million of net unrestricted cash. The business held approximately €140 million in unrestricted cash at the closing. The increase in unrestricted cash is primarily attributable to timing of vendor payments and operating cash flows generated since December 31, 2021. IGT will use the proceeds from the transaction primarily to pay transaction expenses and reduce debt.
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Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, who has previously expressed his reluctance at amassing wealth, is giving away his company.
The outdoor apparel company will now be in the hands of a trust and a nonprofit organization. All future profits will be donated to help fight climate change, the company announced Wednesday.
"It's been a half-century since we began our experiment in responsible business," Chouinard, 84, said. "If we have any hope of a thriving planet 50 years from now, it demands all of us doing all we can with the resources we have. As the business leader I never wanted to be, I am doing my part."
He added, "Instead of extracting value from nature and transforming it into wealth, we are using the wealth Patagonia creates to protect the source. We're making Earth our only shareholder. I am dead serious about saving this planet."
The Patagonia Purpose Trust will control all voting stock of the company (2%), while the Holdfast Collective, a climate change nonprofit, will own all nonvoting stock (98%).
Chouinard, who is currently a board member, said in a statement that while trying to fight climate change, he realized his company was contributing to it. So he had been thinking about what to do with the business.
One option was to sell it and donate the money, but Chouinard said he was concerned new owners might not hold the same values or keep the same employees. The other option was to become a publicly traded entity.
"What a disaster that would have been," he said. "Even public companies with good intentions are under too much pressure to create short-term gain at the expense of long-term vitality and responsibility."
The company will continue to give 1% of its earnings to grassroots environmental groups, and the leadership will not change.
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Two hospitalized after accident in Aiea on Kamemeha Highway by KITV4 Webstaff Sep 14, 2022 Sep 14, 2022 Updated 57 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save AIEA (KITV4) -- Two were hospitalized after a collision Wednesday in Aiea.The accident happened Wednesday, September 14 around 2 p.m. in front of Runner's Hi, on Kamehameha Highway. News 'It's perturbing': Kalihi residents blame parking problem on 23-bedroom 'monster home' By 'A'ali'i Dukelow One female, 78, was treated by Honolulu EMS with life-saving measures, and taken to a hospital in critical condition. One male, 78, was also treated by EMS and taken to a trauma facility in serious condition.Both individuals were from the same vehicle, and involved in a single-vehicle collision.This is a developing story. Please check back for more updates. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More From KITV 4 Island News Local Two Chaminade students participate in Zoom discussion with Pope Francis Updated Feb 25, 2022 Local Hunting licenses and stamps to be issued for 2022-23 season Updated Jun 14, 2022 News Hawaii's main staple -- rice -- could eat up more of the family budget Updated Jun 16, 2022 Crime & Courts Closing arguments: Jury deliberates fate of Dr. Rudy Puana Updated Sep 12, 2022 Local Hawaii residents deplete monthly budget 21 days after payday, study reveals Updated May 26, 2022 Crime & Courts Hilo man charged with robbery, assault, and abuse for domestic incident at Reed's Bay Updated Aug 5, 2022 Recommended for you
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The William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa today announced that UH alumnus Jay H. Shidler has donated $1 million in cash to start the Dean’s Innovation Fund. The Fund will allow UH Law School Dean Camille Nelson to bring into legal education the type of innovative approach that drives business.
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- University of Hawaii alumnus Jay H. Shidler donated $1 million to start the school's first Innovation Fund for the William S. Richardson School of Law.
“Lawyers, businesspeople, philanthropists, advocates and community are all looking at challenging moments and opportunities presently,” said Nelson. “When we consider things we never thought about 10, 20 years ago – nonfungible tokens, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, big data, privacy, cyber security, health care, constitutional discord, you name it – we weren’t talking about that in law school and we’re still trying to figure out the legal role and impact. Whenever there are vanguard-type questions, lawyers ought to be involved in the problem-solving. While we don’t think of law schools as hubs or labs for innovation, lawyers have to be creative, increasingly entrepreneurial, and innovative to meet the challenges of the future.”
Recognizing that the law affects nearly every aspect of life, and that society continues to evolve, the Dean’s Innovation Fund will help address how legal education can mirror and anticipate those changes with visionary leaders, professors and students who can meet them.
The fund will allow UH Law School Dean Camille Nelson "to bring innovative approaches to legal education that drive business", the school shared in a statement.
“We are delighted by this gift,” said Nelson. “It allows us to initiate some conversations and seed some possibilities that frankly, we didn’t have the resources to do. This is a really catalytic and exciting opportunity for us. Mr. Shidler has allowed us that span to think about where we should be more engaged and how we ought to be more present.”
Under the dean’s direction, the new fund may be used to help the law school reach potential students and faculty, including those who may come from nontraditional backgrounds or who may believe that the door to a legal education is not open to them. Some of the conversations made possible by the gift will consider ongoing societal change, social justice and equity issues and help to refocus the discussion about who we are as Americans, the disparities between us, the laws that govern us and who writes them as communities continue to confront these issues around the country.
Shidler’s gift to the UH Law School follows his 2017 gift of $117 million in cash and ground leases to the Shidler College of Business, which could yield at least $7.2 billion during the life of the leases, and his history of philanthropic efforts with the University of Hawai‘i totaling $228 million since 2006. The gift to create the Dean’s Innovation Fund stems from his hopes for even greater relevance of the law school through Nelson’s vision and leadership.
“I’m just betting that we’ll get a lot of bang for buck out of this donation that will manifest itself in innovation that will have multiple financial and educational impacts. I trust her,” said Shidler.
“Mr. Shidler has been incredibly generous, and I think that a person of his caliber to take the time to invest in the law school sends a signal about the future,” said Nelson. “The notion of a Dean’s Innovation Fund in itself is innovative and underscores the reality that wherever there are future-oriented problems in need of solutions and collaboration, lawyers are there, too.”
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Investigators have now narrowed down what may have sparked the flame in a deadly ambulance fire last month to a portable oxygen tank and regulator.
Investigators determined it was an accident and still don't know the exact cause of the fire that killed 91-year-old Fred Kaneshiro while he was being transported to Adventist Health Castle hospital.
Paramedic Jeff Wilkinson was critically injured and is still recovering.
He told investigators he was using a breathing machine known as a CPAP that was connected to a main oxygen tank plugged into the wall.
But as they approached the hospital, Wilkinson disconnected the device to plug it into a portable oxygen cylinder.
"There was a sound described as a 'pop' followed by a bright flash of light that the back of the ambulance immediately filling with smoke and fire," said Dr. Jim Ireland, director of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department. "There are no preliminary findings that EMS personnel's actions in treating and transporting the patient based on routine industry practices contributed to the incident."
One Honolulu respiratory therapist says a lot can go wrong in an ambulance as personnel make split-second decisions.
"In an ambulance everything happens very quickly, " said Honolulu respiratory therapist Ed Morse. "You know it's life and death. You have to think on your feet constantly. The stress is very high."
Ireland says there were no external sources of combustion -- including portable defibrillators, lithium batteries and other electronic devices. And crews inspect their equipment every day.
"This was such an overwhelming fire it was beyond what I think a fire extinguishers capabilities are, but we are looking and reviewing all our policies and procedures to see if there is anything we can do differently if this were to happen again -- we hope it never does," he said.
A final report is not expected for several months.
But the Honolulu City Council is set to discuss the safety of EMS ambulances next week Monday.
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The death of Queen Elizabeth II and the accession of King Charles III have led to an outpouring of grief and sorrow across the nation. The change in our head of state has also reopened the debate about the status of former colonies in the Caribbean and their relationship with the monarch - and calls for Britain to pay slavery reparations. Queen Elizabeth II ruled for 70 years - the UK’s longest-reigning monarch - while Britain navigated a post-colonial era.
Both King Charles III and Prince William have expressed in the past their “profound sorrow” for Britain’s role in the slave trade but those living in the Caribbean, Asia, Africa and elsewhere want more than an apology. So what are the Royal links to colonialism and slavery? For more stories like these, sign up to Untold Stories here.
Back in the 16th century, Sir John Hawkins, one of the most notable sailors and naval commanders captured 300 Africans in Sierra Leone and transported them to Spanish plantations in the Americas. Impressed by his work, Queen Elizabeth I, sometimes referred as the Virgin Queen, provided him with ships, supplies and guns for his journeys.
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At the time, the Queen, who reigned between 1558 and 1603, benefited from the profits of the Atlantic slave trade. This led to the enslavement of millions Africans who were held captive and transported from Africa to the Americas
The National Portrait Gallery’s website reads: “Queen Elizabeth (I) enjoyed the profits of the Atlantic Slave trade and employed African entertainers in her court but she issued a decree to expel Africans from England in July 1596. Despite this Africans were to remain a consistent presence in English life.”
Queen Elizabeth I's role in slave trade
It was around this time that the British Empire began with overseas possessions. The first American colony was at Roanoke in 1585, followed by Jamestown in 1607. St Kitts was the site of Great Britain’s first Caribbean settlement in 1623, shortly followed by Barbados in 1625.
According to figures provided by the Royal Museums Greenwich, a total of around 3,415,500 Africans were purchased between 1662 and 1807 by British colonial ships. Of this number, 2.964,800 survived the trip and were sold into slavery.
The people being traded contracted terrible conditions aboard slave vessels on the “Middle Passage” across the Atlantic and many suffered from fever, small-pox, eye diseases or dysentery. “Overcrowding, poor diet, dehydration and disease led to high death rates. Those who resisted by refusing food and water were beaten and force-fed. Attempts at more violent, organised, rebellion were even more savagely punished. Some people preferred death to slavery and committed suicide during the voyage or later,” it reads on the Royal Museums Greenwich.
While slavery was legal in the British Empire for centuries, it was abolished in the nineteenth century as the abolitionist movement grew during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In August 1833, the Slavery Abolition Law received its Royal Assent and took effect in 1834, freeing hundreds of thousands of enslaved people in the Caribbean, South Africa and even in Canada.
Calls for reparations
Since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, many have criticised the monarchy for making money off the slave trade and want King Charles III to address reparations. In Black communities, while some are mourning the death of the Queen, others find it difficult to do so due to a traumatic past.
Niambi Hall-Campbell, an academic who chairs the Bahamas National Reparation Committee said: “As the role of the monarchy changes, we expect this can be an opportunity to advance discussions of reparations for our region.”
Barbados decided last year to remove Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state and other countries want to follow the same path. This is the case of Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada. The Commonwealth, which includes a majority of former territories of the British Empire, now consists of 36 republics, 15 members with King Charles III as King and five others who have different monarchs. Barbados remains in the commonwealth.
Jamaica's government last year announced plans to ask Britain for compensation for forcibly transporting an estimated 600,000 Africans to work on sugar cane and banana plantations that created fortunes for British slave holders.
Prof Corinne Fowler, an academic at the University of Leicester who specialises in Britain’s colonial legacies told the Guardian that the royal family “has an opportunity to show leadership by acknowledging its involvement, making a formal apology and asking openly and humbly what the family can do to begin to repair the damage”.
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After the Vizhinjam Samara Samithi leaders met him during the Bharat Jodo yatra on September 12, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) to make its stand clear on the primary demand of the agitators, which is immediate halt to the Vizhinjam port construction. Gandhi could not have pushed the KPCC into a greater dilemma.
If the KPCC supports such a demand, the desperate measures adopted by the Oommen Chandy government between 2013 and 2015 to lure private investors, especially Adani group, to an ambitious port project will come to nothing.
It was the Congress-led Oommen Chandy government that crafted a lopsided agreement that would potentially allow Adani to prosper at Kerala's cost.
Kerala-Adani agreement
The Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport Project is being done using a public-private partnership (PPP) model on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis. It has adopted a 'landlord port' model where the land procurement, external infrastructure and construction of breakwater would be undertaken by the Kerala government through its implementing agency Vizhinjam International Seaport Limited (VISL).
The private concessionaire - Adani Ports and SEZ Private Limited (APSPL) – is responsible for dredging and reclamation (53 hectares) of land from the sea, construction of berths, roads, equipment, substations, superstructure and operations of the port.
The estimated total project cost (TPC) of the project is Rs 4,089 crore. But if funded works like breakwater, fishing harbour and other external infrastructure are also factored in, the total cost (at the 2015 money value) would be Rs 7,525 crore.
According to the terms of Request for Proposal (RFP), selection of bidder was to be based on the highest premium offered to the Kerala government or the lowest grant demanded from the government. Maximum grant that can be demanded by way of Viability Gap Funding (VGF), which is capital support to PPP projects that otherwise would not be financially viable, was capped at 40 per cent of the TPC (Rs 1,635 crore).
Adani Ports, as it turned out, was the lone bidder with a quoted grant amount of Rs 1,635 crore, the maximum. The cncession agreement was signed between Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Limited and the government on August 17, 2015. As per the agreement, when operations commence in 2019 (the original date fixed), the port should have a capacity of 0.6 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units).
The TEU is a unit of cargo capacity used for container ships or ports. It is the volume of a 20-foot-long shipping container, a standard size metal box. It is usual for action filmmakers to stage fight sequences in between and over these large shipping containers.
The concession period is for 40 years, which can be extended for 20 more years.
Cost sharing
The core responsibilities -- dredging and reclamation, development of berths, roads, substations, superstructure, purchase of equipment and port operations – were to be done for Rs 4,089 crore, of which Rs 2,454 crore will be the share of the concessionaire and the rest Rs 1,635 crore will be provided as VGF by the government.
It was agreed that the 3.1-kilometre breakwater and fishing harbour would be constructed by the concessionaire but the entire tab of Rs 1,463 crore would be picked by the Kerala government. The cost of external infrastructure, Rs 1,973 crore, was also to be funded fully by the Kerala government. All of this together will add up to Rs 7,525 crore.
Of this, Kerala government's investment would be Rs 5,071 crore and that of Adani, Rs 2,454 crore; a 67:33 ratio favourable to Adani Ports.
Though Kerala makes close to 70 per cent of the investment, Adani needs to start paying a minuscule concession fee of Re 1 per annum and an additional concession fee of one per cent of the total Realisable Fee only from the 15th anniversary of the commencement of operations. In the feasibility report done by Ernst & Young, consultants appointed by VISL, Adani Ports would recoup its investment of Rs 2,454 crore by the 11th year.
What's more, the concession agreement allowed Adani to utilise 30 per cent of the land acquired for the project by the Kerala government for what has been termed “Port Estate Development”, which may include residential and commercial buildings.
Surprising cost escalation
Before the agreement was inked, the construction of breakwater and fishing harbour was initially planned to be executed through Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract as a separate work. However, following the adoption of the Model Concession Agreement (MCA) developed by the Planning Commission of India for PPP projects in the Ports Sector, the tender for EPC contract was cancelled in August 2015, and these works were included as funded work.
When this change happened, the cost was reworked to Rs 1,463 to be fully funded by the government. This meant a steep 90 per cent rise in cost, from the original 2013 estimate of Rs 767 crore to Rs 1,463 crore in 2015.
The Chandy government then said the cost of funded works was increased to attract bidders and also to minimise the government grant (VGF) to the concessionaire. As it turned out there was just one bidder, Adani Ports and SEZ Private Limited, and a step up in the government funds did not restrain Adani from asking for the highest possible government grant (VGF) of Rs 1,635 crore. The government yielded.
Adani's gain, Kerala's loss
Net Present Value (NPV) is the difference between a project's financial benefits and costs in current money terms. According to the guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Finance, only projects with positive NPV should be developed because negative NPV would mean that the costs are greater than the benefits.
Ernst & Young (E&Y), the financial consultants appointed by VISL, had estimated in 2015 that there would be a depletion of value, a negative NPV of Rs 3,866 crore for Kerala. For Adani, there would be an accumulation of value, a positive Rs 607 crore.
The Chandy government had argued that these losses would be compensated by a growth in local employment and other economic benefits that would rush in once the port becomes operational. Fact is, even if other economic benefits like employment generation and improved infrastructure are taken into account, there would still be a value depletion of Rs 835 crore for Kerala government.
Clearly, to get a major infrastructure project moving in Kerala, the then Chandy government seemed bothered only about the gains that would accrue to the private partner.
Termination jackpot
The Internal Rate of Return (IRR), the rate at which financial benefits accrue from an investment, is estimated to be 3 per cent for the government and 15 per cent for Adani. But when the termination clause approved by the Chandy government is factored in, even this low IRR seems an overestimate for Kerala and an underestimate for Adani.
Based on the E&Y estimates, the total revenue that would accrue to the Kerala government during 40 years of the concession period would be Rs 13,947 crore. The termination payment that has to be made to Adani as per the concession agreement at the end of 40 years, assuming that they are not keen on extending the contract for another 20 years, has been worked out to approximately Rs 19,555 crore.
(This figure is arrived at on the assumption that on the 40th year after the port commences operations, the Realisable Fee from the port would be Rs 7,822 crore. The termination fee, as approved by the Oommen Chandy government, is the monthly Realisable Fee at the 40th year, 7822 /12, multiplied by 30*.)
Therefore, Kerala government's net receipts from the project after 40 years would be minus Rs 5,608 crore; Rs 19,555 crore (termination payment) minus Rs 13,947 (total revenue). The E&Y Feasibility Study had laid bare such a loss before the Oommen Chandy government before the agreement was inked.
If this termination payment is also factored in, Kerala government's IRR, which is now pegged at 3 per cent, would become negative and that of Adani will rise to 16.08 per cent from the estimated 15 per cent. And Kerala's NPV or depletion in value would be higher at Rs 4,441 crore and Adani's accumulation would be higher at Rs 8,42 crore.
For Adani, such a termination clause would be like the icing on the cake. Such a termination clause is not included in the concession agreements executed for other major PPP projects such as the Hyderabad Metro project or Jawaharlal Nehru Port fourth terminal, Mumbai.
Longer contract, longer profits
The standard concession period for PPP projects is 30 years. Further, in the study report on the Vizhinjam project by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Concession period was recommended as 30 years.
However, the government ended up offering a 40-year concession period. According to the feasibility study by E&Y, the extra 10 years would allow Adani to collect an additional revenue of Rs 29,217 crore.
Exclusive favour for Adani
Under the model concession agreement drawn up by the Planning Commission, project assets, including the right of way over the site, were excluded from assets and rights which could be mortgaged or pledged to lenders as security for debt incurred by the concessionaire.
This did not deter the Kerala government from including a clause in the concession agreement (Article 41.5) that gave Adani the right to mortgage all assets (except breakwater and fishing harbour). The reason given was that “it would provide an additional layer of security to lenders."
This might seem like a government's determination to lure private investors till it is realised that such a clause was inserted after the bid was awarded. In fact, the empowered committee of secretaries of the government had in 2015, before the opening of the bid, rejected a similar demand made by another bidder. This bidder then quit the race.
“Hence, the modification post award of concession (contract) was contrary to the advice of the tTechnical Consultant and conferred upon the concessionaire the right to mortgage assets which include land taken over by the GoK at a total cost of Rs 548 crore,” the Comptroller and Auditor General said in its report in 2017.
Congress version
However, Congress leaders Onmanorama talked to said that in 2013 (when discussions were beginning to firm up) such a massive infrastructure project was unthinkable for a state like Kerala. "The UDF government, by making the agreement attractive to a private partner, was only trying to make the impossible happen," a Congress leader and a former MLA said.
Since the issue was under the consideration of the KPCC no one was willing to come on record. “Now, even the LDF government concedes that the project would do wonders for Kerala in the long run,” another Congress leader said.
The leader also said the Justice C N Ramachandran Nair Commission appointed by the first Pinarayi Vijayan ministry to see if there were lapses in the Adani-Kerala agreement had categorically ruled out corruption. “If at all there were mistakes, it was done in good faith,” he added.
(*As per standard concession period) | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/15/congress-support-vizhinjam-port-protest-unethical.html | 2022-09-15T06:20:56Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/15/congress-support-vizhinjam-port-protest-unethical.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Palakkad: A team under the Human Rights Commission will probe into the death of a woman and her newborn child soon after delivery at a private hospital in Yakkara here.
Commissioner K Baijunath told MMTV the decision to probe action was taken because of the family's complaint that the district medical officer had given a report favourable to the hospital.
The Commission is intervening in the case of the death of Aishwarya, a native of Thattamangalam, and her child.
The family's complaint is Aishwarya, who was admitted for maternity treatment, and her child died due to serious negligence on the part of the private hospital.
They allege the DMO gave an investigation report based on the explanation given by the hospital to cover up its errors.
Aishwarya's husband M Ranjith and sister handed over a written complaint to the Commission describing the “lapses on the part of doctors and hospital staff”.
The rights panel ordered the probe after finding the family's allegations to be serious.
There was a widespread protest over the death of Aishwarya and her baby two months ago.
Though it was announced that action would be taken against the hospital under the Clinical Establishment Act, the medical board has not yet met. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/15/rights-panel-probe-palakkad-woman-child-death.amp.html | 2022-09-15T06:21:15Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/15/rights-panel-probe-palakkad-woman-child-death.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Palakkad: A team under the Human Rights Commission will probe into the death of a woman and her newborn child soon after delivery at a private hospital in Yakkara here.
Commissioner K Baijunath told MMTV the decision to probe action was taken because of the family's complaint that the district medical officer had given a report favourable to the hospital.
The Commission is intervening in the case of the death of Aishwarya, a native of Thattamangalam, and her child.
The family's complaint is Aishwarya, who was admitted for maternity treatment, and her child died due to serious negligence on the part of the private hospital.
They allege the DMO gave an investigation report based on the explanation given by the hospital to cover up its errors.
Aishwarya's husband M Ranjith and sister handed over a written complaint to the Commission describing the “lapses on the part of doctors and hospital staff”.
The rights panel ordered the probe after finding the family's allegations to be serious.
There was a widespread protest over the death of Aishwarya and her baby two months ago.
Though it was announced that action would be taken against the hospital under the Clinical Establishment Act, the medical board has not yet met. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/15/rights-panel-probe-palakkad-woman-child-death.html | 2022-09-15T06:21:22Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/15/rights-panel-probe-palakkad-woman-child-death.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent two full planes of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday — making good on his promise to ship off illegal immigrants to progressive states.
The migrants got off the planes from Florida and could be seen on the tarmac at Martha’s Vineyard Airport on the small Massachusetts island, Fox News Digital reported.
A spokesperson for the Republican governor confirmed in a statement to the outlet that the flights were “part of the state’s relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations.”
“States like Massachusetts, New York and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as ‘sanctuary states’ and support for the Biden administration’s open border policies,” said Taryn Fenske, the governor’s communication director.
Florida’s state legislators appropriated $12 million from the state budget for the Florida Department of Transportation to implement the immigrant relocation program in April.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s office said the arrivals to Martha’s Vineyard were provided short-term shelter, Fox reported.
“The Baker-Polito Administration is in touch with local officials regarding the arrival of migrants in Martha’s Vineyard,” Terry MacCormack, Baker’s press secretary, wrote in a statement to the outlet. “At this time, short-term shelter services are being provided by local officials, and the Administration will continue to support those efforts.”
The Vineyard is a popular vacation destination beloved by progressive celebrities and politicians like former President Barack Obama, who owns a multimillion-dollar home on the island.
DeSantis had proposed Martha’s Vineyard or Delaware as possible destinations for individuals removed from his state through the immigrant relocation program.
“It is not the responsibility of Floridians to subsidize aliens to reside in our state unlawfully; we did not consent to Biden’s open-borders agenda,” the governor’s office said at the time of the program’s launch.
DeSantis is not the only Republican governor to send off migrants to progressive parts of the country.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been shipping thousands of people who entered the U.S. illegally to Washington, D.C., New York City and Chicago. Arizona has also sent busloads of migrants to Washington. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/15/ron-desantis-ships-2-planes-of-migrants-to-marthas-vineyard/ | 2022-09-15T06:22:17Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/15/ron-desantis-ships-2-planes-of-migrants-to-marthas-vineyard/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Local Sports: Young Airport volleyball team keeps The Jug at home
FLAT ROCK – Airport has one of the youngest volleyball teams in the state.
But the Jets are not too young know what’s important.
They kept The Jug at home by beating Flat Rock 25-16, 25-20, 25-21 Wednesday.
“They knew about The Jug and what it means,” Miller said. “They were pumped up to keep it.”
The Jug is a trophy for volleyball and girls basketball at the two schools. The winner of the head-to-head matchup gets to keep it until the next matchup.
There is only one regular-season volleyball clash scheduled this year, so Airport likely will keep The Jug until girls basketball season.
What happens if Airport and Flat Rock play in the Huron League volleyball tournament?
“I don’t know about that,” Miller said. “I would have to meet with Makenzie (Kaiser, Flat Rock’s coach) and see what happens.”
But Miller does know that her young squad, which features five freshmen, including four who start, delivered one of its best efforts of the season.
“We keep telling them that it’s a process and they have to trust the process,” Miller said. “We tell them, ‘Take it slow, play as a team and do what you can. If you do that, you will make it happen.’ … It’s been very rewarding so far. Every time we are in the gym practicing, they are picking things up.”
Joelle Shrewsbury (5 kills, 13 assists), Jade Mittendorf (15 digs), Savannah Barkley (7 kills), Renee Shrewsbury (5 kills) and Peyton Zajac (8 assists) were Airport’s leaders Wednesday.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Slack dishes out assists
GROSSE ILE – Madison Slack dished out 24 assists as Milan dispatched Grosse Ile 25-12, 25-20, 25-18 Wednesday.
“Grosse Ile has a good team and started out blocking us so we needed to change some things and my hitters did a good job adjusting,” Milan coach Kathy Bradshaw said.
Courtney Nye and Sylvia Koch finished with 9 kills each, Mariah Stines logged 3 blocks, and Sylvia had 7 digs as Milan moved to 5-2-2 overall and 2-0 in the Huron League.
Kestrels fly past Pirates
St. Mary Catholic Central improved to 9-3 overall and 2-0 in the Huron League with a 25-17, 25-22, 25-19 win over Riverview Wednesday.
McKenna Payne led SMCC with 13 kills, 3 digs and 2 aces, Jessica Costlow had 12 kills and 4 digs, Mackenzie Niedermeyer recorded 33 assists, Raelyn Turner had 13 digs and 2 aces, and Lauren Conant added 5 kills, 3 digs and a block.
PREP SOCCER
Milan, Huron tie
MILAN – Milan scored a late goal to salvage a 2-2 tie with New Boston Huron Wednesday.
Andy Traster and Jordan Stasak scored for Huron and Brady Fleszar and Landon Julio were credited with assists.
Carter Higgins and Wesley Murphy scored for the Big Reds. Cameron Satterley assisted.
Milan improved to 7-1-1 overall and 3-1-1 in the Huron League.
Rams earn key win
Brady McBride, Reagan Engelbert, Mitchell Smith scored for Flat Rock in a 3-2 win over Jefferson Wednesday.
"Good win for the boys moving forward," Flat Rock coach Sean Sturgeon said. "First Huron League win felt good. The boys needed it after working hard the last few weeks."
Carlson overpowered
WOODHAVEN – Luis Jasso scored twice, but it was not enough for Gibraltar Carlson in a 5-2 loss to Woodhaven Wednesday.
Zack Walder had an assist for the 7-3-1 Marauders.
PREP TENNIS
Horak-Zoldowski shine
TEMPERANCE – Dylan Horak-Nick Zoldowksi pulled out a dramatic win at No. 4 doubles to provide the decisive point in Bedford’s 5-3 win over Woodhaven Wednesday.
Other Mules points came Noah Kaplan, Jaxon Nejedlik and Vince Cole in the first three singles flights, and the No. 2 double team of Carter Ryan-Taylor Burgermeister.
PREP GOLF
Bears maul Huron
NEWPORT – Callie Calvin shot a medalist round of 43 to lead Jefferson to a 194-253 win over New Boston Huron at Big Al’s Grille and Greens Wednesday.
Rylee Dunn (46), Kayce Maitland (51) and Olivia Peare (54) rounded out the Bear attack. Addison Bozynski and Brooklyn Burke led Huron with 59 and 60, respectively.
Sophomores lead Jets
A pair of sophomores carried the day for Airport as Sophie Bucki shot 51 and Hannah Roof 52 in a 220-257 win over Milan Wednesday at Sandy Creek Golf Course.
Ava Giese added a 56 for the Jets.
Jules Meads (53) and Rylee Kennedy (59) led Milan.
SMCC tops Flat Rock
St. Mary Catholic Central recorded four of the top five scores to defeat Flat Rock 218-239 Wednesday at Monroe Golf & Country Club.
Gracie Gentry was medalist with a 51, Emily Bellino shot 54, Anna Cuccia 56, and Alaina Wille 57.
Amanda Page carded a 55 for Flat Rock.
CROSS COUNTRY
Butler leads the way
JACKSON – Luke Butler of Monroe was 15th and teammate Kyle Hoffner 17th in the first Southeastern Conference jamboree of the season Wednesday.
Chelsea won the event with 74 points, 7 ahead of Saline. Monroe was eighth with 199 and Bedford 10th with 256.
Aidan Ortiz and Nicholas Balla went 45-46 to lead Bedford.
Viktoria Bloniarz of Monroe was 23rd in the girls race. Bedford’s Rebekah Asselin finished 40th.
Ann Arbor Pioneer (48) was the girls champ with Saline (54) second. Monroe was ninth with 265 and Bedford 10th with 275. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/09/15/local-sports-young-airport-volleyball-team-keeps-the-jug-at-home/69495656007/ | 2022-09-15T06:39:30Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/09/15/local-sports-young-airport-volleyball-team-keeps-the-jug-at-home/69495656007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Germany Wholesale Price Index (Aug):
MoM:
Act: 0.1%
Prev: -0.4%
YoY:
Act: 18.9%
Prev: 19.5%
Not deflationary, let's put it like that.
Germany Wholesale Price Index (Aug):
MoM:
Act: 0.1%
Prev: -0.4%
YoY:
Act: 18.9%
Prev: 19.5%
Not deflationary, let's put it like that.
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APAC stocks mostly traded with mild gains after the slight reprieve on Wall Street (SPX +0.34%, NDX +0.84%).
European equity futures are indicative of a marginally higher open with the Euro Stoxx 50 future +0.1% after the cash market closed down by 0.5% yesterday.
DXY remains on a 109 handle, EUR/USD EUR/USD The EUR/USD is the currency pair encompassing the European Union’s single currency, the euro (symbol €, code EUR), and the dollar of the United States (symbol $, code USD). The pair’s rate indicates how many euros are needed in order to purchase one dollar. For example, when the EUR/USD is trading at 1.2, it means 1 euro is equivalent to 1.2 dollars. Why the EUR/USD is the Most Popular Trading PairCompared to all tradable currencies, the euro (EUR) is the world’s second most traded currency, behind only the US dollar. This currency pair is the most traded and liquid currency pair on the market.As the most popular trading pair, the EUR/USD is a staple of every brokerage offering and often has some of the lowest spreads relative to other pairs. Ultimately, the currency follows the two most economic blocs in the world and sees the most volume for this reason.The EUR/USD has a wide range of factors that influence its rates. From the EUR side, economic data in the Eurozone as well as internal factors in the bloc can easily impact rates. Even small member states can effectively weigh on the EUR, as seen in Greece during bailout talks in the 2010s. Alternatively, developments in the United States and the Federal Reserve commonly affect the EUR/USD. Many examples include the bailouts during the Financial crisis, tax cuts during the Trump Administration, and Covid-19 relief measures, among others. The EUR/USD is the currency pair encompassing the European Union’s single currency, the euro (symbol €, code EUR), and the dollar of the United States (symbol $, code USD). The pair’s rate indicates how many euros are needed in order to purchase one dollar. For example, when the EUR/USD is trading at 1.2, it means 1 euro is equivalent to 1.2 dollars. 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Many examples include the bailouts during the Financial crisis, tax cuts during the Trump Administration, and Covid-19 relief measures, among others. is unable to reclaim parity and USD/JPY USD/JPY The USD/JPY is the currency pair encompassing the dollar of the United States of America (symbol $, code USD), and the Japanese yen of Japan (symbol ¥, code JPY). The pair’s rate indicates how many Japanese yen are needed in order to purchase one US dollar. For example, when the USD/JPY is trading at 100.00, it means 1 US dollar is equivalent to 100 Japanese yen. The US dollar (USD) is the world’s most traded currency, whilst the Japanese yen is the world’s third most traded currency, resulting in an extremely liquid pair, and very tight spreads, often staying within the 0 pip to 2 pip spread range on most forex brokers. Although the range of the USD/JPY isn’t traditionally particularly high, the lack of large price action often associated with other JPY pairs does make it easier to trade.This is especially true for short-term traders, although without offering a great pip potential. Even though the USD/JPY is the world’s second most traded pair, it’s not as popular as one might think with regards to retail traders.The pair carries a reputation as “boring”, although this isn’t an entirely accurate reflection. Trading the USD/JPYThe JPY is highly regarded as a safe haven currency, with investors often increasing their exposure following periods of uncertainty or market-induced fallouts.As both the US and Japan are highly developed economies, there are several key factors affecting the value of either currencies. This includes a range of economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) growth, inflation, interest rates and unemployment data. Monetary policy by the US Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan are also large determinants in the value of each currency. The USD/JPY is the currency pair encompassing the dollar of the United States of America (symbol $, code USD), and the Japanese yen of Japan (symbol ¥, code JPY). The pair’s rate indicates how many Japanese yen are needed in order to purchase one US dollar. For example, when the USD/JPY is trading at 100.00, it means 1 US dollar is equivalent to 100 Japanese yen. The US dollar (USD) is the world’s most traded currency, whilst the Japanese yen is the world’s third most traded currency, resulting in an extremely liquid pair, and very tight spreads, often staying within the 0 pip to 2 pip spread range on most forex brokers. Although the range of the USD/JPY isn’t traditionally particularly high, the lack of large price action often associated with other JPY pairs does make it easier to trade.This is especially true for short-term traders, although without offering a great pip potential. Even though the USD/JPY is the world’s second most traded pair, it’s not as popular as one might think with regards to retail traders.The pair carries a reputation as “boring”, although this isn’t an entirely accurate reflection. Trading the USD/JPYThe JPY is highly regarded as a safe haven currency, with investors often increasing their exposure following periods of uncertainty or market-induced fallouts.As both the US and Japan are highly developed economies, there are several key factors affecting the value of either currencies. This includes a range of economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) growth, inflation, interest rates and unemployment data. Monetary policy by the US Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan are also large determinants in the value of each currency. retraced some of its weakness.
In commodities, crude was little changed, copper was marginally firmer and gold lacklustre.
Looking ahead, highlights include US Philly Fed, US Retail Sales, Speech from ECB's de Guindos, SCO Summit, Supply from Spain & France.
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CAMBRIDGE, Md. - Accusations fly and so does part of a gavel, as things get heated at a Cambridge Commissioner meeting, on Monday.
Fireworks at this weeks Cambridge City Commissioner meeting when the Commission President slammed her gavel and abruptly ended one person's public comments.
Mya Woods, a community member, tells us she was addressing the mayoral election and wrongdoing that she believes took place. Woods says, "Citizens, around town, feel as though the election was rigged by council members by giving cell phone numbers of the community members to a person running for mayor. They didn't give their permission for that."
When Woods ended her statement, Commissioner Sputty Cephas spoke. However, the gavel was slammed when Woods spoke again. Commission President Lajan Cephas says, it was because Woods did not ask to speak again.
Lajan Cephas' gavel hit the desk three times. She then said, "Go, Go, Go." To which Woods replied, "Have a great day". Lajan Cephas then said, "Thank you very much. You have used your time".
When asked Wednesday about the accusations, Lajan Cephas said, "As far as this emergency contact list, I'm not aware of any list the city has. This person has a campaign team. They purchased software that's called GOTV."
Woods says she has been coming to city meetings since 2020. She believes she is an advocate for those in the city and her generation. Woods says, "What did I say that triggered a response like that? That could've been a teachable moment for me. If I did do anything wrong, that could've been the perfect moment to say, okay this is what you're doing and this is how you should have done it".
Lajan Cephas says, she was trying to establish order in the meeting. "There has to be order, there has to be discipline, and there has to be accountability. I have that power and ability because I run the meeting to bring order back to the meeting," says Lajan Cephas.
The run-off election for mayor, in Cambridge, is next Tuesday. The next Cambridge Commission meeting is set for Sept. 26. | https://www.wboc.com/news/things-get-heated-at-cambridges-commissioner-meeting/article_8f657bac-34b0-11ed-b15a-13cc4b027f56.html | 2022-09-15T06:48:32Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/things-get-heated-at-cambridges-commissioner-meeting/article_8f657bac-34b0-11ed-b15a-13cc4b027f56.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An Indiana law banning abortion at all stages of pregnancy with limited exceptions is now in effect, making Indiana the latest state to enact restrictions on the procedure after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
The law was passed over the summer during a special session, when Indiana became the first state to pass a restrictive abortion law after the court's decision.
The law provides exceptions to save the woman's life, prevent any serious health risk to the woman, and for lethal fetal anomalies, up to 20 weeks post-fertilization. It also allows exceptions for some abortions if the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest during the first 10 weeks post-fertilization.
Under the law, abortion clinics are no longer state-licensed facilities and cannot provide abortions. The law now requires that all abortions be performed in a licensed hospital, or an ambulatory outpatient surgical center majority owned by a licensed hospital.
Abortion providers who violate the law are subject to a criminal penalty of up to six years imprisonment and a fine of $10,000.
Medication abortion is already prohibited in the state after eight weeks of post-fertilization age.
Abortion providers and a nonprofit that operates a pregnancy resource center in the state filed a lawsuit last month, seeking to block the ban from taking effect.
They argue that the law "will infringe on Hoosiers' right to privacy, violate Indiana's guarantee of equal privileges and immunities, and violate the Constitution's due course of law clause through its unconstitutionally vague language."
"Hoosiers experiencing or at risk of pregnancy complications that may seriously and permanently impair their health—but that do not meet the limited exception for serious health risks set out in S.B. 1—will be forced to remain pregnant and to suffer serious and potentially life-long harms to their health," they said in their complaint filed in Monroe Circuit Court on August 31.
"Even patients whose pregnancies should qualify for S.B. 1's narrow Health or Life Exception may still be unable to obtain an abortion because physicians will credibly fear that they will be prosecuted for the exercise of their professional medical judgment if government officials disagree with their assessment of a patient's condition."
A hearing on plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction is scheduled for Monday. Plaintiffs have also asked the court for a temporary restraining order.
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RICHLAND, Wash. - The Kadlec Population Health Community Collaborative Committee is a multi-agency effort focused on community wellness and the wellbeing of people in the Tri-Cities. It has launched a campaign called "Tri-Cities Together" for suicide prevention, which features the new national suicide prevention and crisis line, 9-8-8.
Anyone can call or text 9-8-8 for support in crisis.
The goal of the Tri-Cities Together to campaign is to reach as many people as possible.
"There is a lot of stigma around mental health and it can be very challenging for individuals to seek help when they need it, so having a message out in the community that clearly says we care, we welcome you, we support you, I think is key," said Molly Calhoun, the Director of Nursing at the Kadlec Clinic. "If people aren't comfortable in having those conversations, then they can't access the help they need, so I think really it starts there."
Kadlec is working on a behavioral health program as well.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Benton-Franklin Health District
National Alliance on Mental Illness - Tri-Cities
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Voting opened Wednesday on which toys should go into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year. The class of 2022 finalists are: bingo, Breyer Horses, Catan, Lite-Brite, Nerf Toys, Masters of the Universe, piñata, Phase 10, Pound Puppies, Rack-O, Spirograph, and the top.
“These 12 toys span the history of play. The top is as old as civilization itself and bingo has been played in some form for hundreds of years,” said Christopher Bensch, vice president for collections at The Strong museum in Rochester, where the hall of fame is housed.
The public is invited to vote online through Sept. 21 on the Museum of Play website. The three toys that receive the most public votes will make up a single “Player's Choice” ballot. That ballot will be counted alongside those turned in by a national selection committee whose members include industry experts, academics and others.
The inductees will be announced Nov. 10.
“All 12 of these toys have what it takes to be contenders for the class of 2022,” Bensch said.
Anyone can nominate a toy for the annual honor, but to be recognized by the hall of fame, toys have to have achieved icon status, longevity and foster learning or discovery. They also must have changed play or toy design.
The National Toy Hall of Fame opened at The Strong in 1998. So far, 77 toys have been inducted, from simple favorites like the paper airplane, bubbles and sidewalk chalk to the even more ubiquitous, including the stick and cardboard box.
Last year's honorees were American Girl Dolls, Risk, and sand. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-2022-national-toy-hall-of-fame/article_ed95f7b8-34b2-11ed-a36e-67f9263688e6.html | 2022-09-15T06:52:43Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-2022-national-toy-hall-of-fame/article_ed95f7b8-34b2-11ed-a36e-67f9263688e6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On paper, the average hourly wage Americans have earned has steadily climbed over the past year, from $30.76 to $32.36.
But when inflation is taken into account, that increase seems to evaporate. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans have effectively experienced a 12-month pay cut of $0.31 per hour. Combined with a decrease in hours worked, Americans' inflation adjusted average weekly pay has decreased by only $13.20 from one year ago.
The BLS released data Tuesday showing that monthly inflation had picked up 0.1%, while annualized inflation had climbed 8.3%. The data led markets to tank as investors forecast that the Federal Reserve would maintain its aggressive monetary policy as it works to bring down inflation.
"Clearly the high inflation is undermining Americans’ purchasing power," Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's, told NBC News. While inflation moderated to 8.3% on an annual basis in August, it is still higher than the 5.2% hourly earnings growth Americans experienced over the same period, he said.
Zandi estimates that given current inflation and consumer spending data, Americans are now shelling out $460 more each month than they were a year ago to buy the same goods and services.
A Gallup survey released last week showed that a majority of Americans who responded said inflation has negatively affected their finances.
The situation is even more dire among lower-paid workers. While their wage growth has been faster than that of all workers, the inflation rate specifically calculated for that wage-earning group surged 8.6% year-over-year in August, higher than the 8.3% inflation rate among all consumers, according to BLS data.
If there is any consolation for workers, it is that jobs remain plentiful, said Josh Bivens, director of research at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank.
"If workers were facing it [inflation] with higher unemployment ... people would have fallen even further behind," he said, adding that the impact of higher prices on Americans' standard of living is indisputable.
"Inflation has reduced people's purchasing power. There's no two ways about it."
Another survey released Monday by the New York Federal Reserve showed that consumers expect that annual inflation will moderate to 5.7% by next year. So wages would have to maintain 5% growth for the next 12 months to beat inflation by that time — something that is far from guaranteed.
"So the erosion in real earnings will moderate, but real earnings will be kind of stuck in the mud," Zandi said. "That's something that's going to create a lot of pain and suffering." | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/how-inflation-has-eaten-into-americans-average-weekly-pay-in-the-past-year/article_b598de00-34af-11ed-8de9-a72c1ce684dc.html | 2022-09-15T06:52:49Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/how-inflation-has-eaten-into-americans-average-weekly-pay-in-the-past-year/article_b598de00-34af-11ed-8de9-a72c1ce684dc.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A Starbucks-branded drink is being recalled over concerns about the presence of metal fragments in the product.
The affected 15-ounce versions of Starbucks Vanilla Espresso Triple Shot drinks were sold in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
A total of 221 cases are being recalled.
Although it is branded as Starbucks, the product is distributed by PepsiCo Inc., which manufactures a number of food, snack and beverage brands.
PepsiCo did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson told USA Today the products have a best-by date of March 20, 2023. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/starbucks-drink-recalled-over-metal-fragment-concerns/article_3a8cbea6-34a6-11ed-935b-bfbdf7ec044a.html | 2022-09-15T06:52:55Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/starbucks-drink-recalled-over-metal-fragment-concerns/article_3a8cbea6-34a6-11ed-935b-bfbdf7ec044a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PASCO, Wash. — The Mid-Columbia Symphony will perform at the Pasco Farmers Market on September 24 in a three-hour free concert with musicians from Colima, Mexico, through support from the Colima Pasco Friendship and Collaboration Association (COPA). Starting at 6 p.m., the concert will feature 75 musicians and performers.
“This event is the culmination of a visit by 4 delegates from the governor’s office of Colima, Mexico,” said Mike Gonzalez, Economic Development Manager for the City of Pasco. “They’ll spend 3 days in Pasco exploring economic development, education and the arts. We have a tremendous itinerary for the group. They’ll visit CBC, WSU-Tri-Cities, agricultural facilities, Pasco City Hall and visit with our City Council members.”
Mayor Blanche Barajas will lead the delegation from Colima, serving as an ambassador, according to Gonzalez. The press release says it is thought that many Pasco residents have ties to Colima.
“When you consider more than 50 percent of our population is Latino and nearly 40 percent have ties to Colima, that’s a huge opportunity to develop these relationships to its fullest extent,” said Gonzalez. “We are proud of that connection and want to leverage that relationship for better trade relations, educational ties and good will.”
Gonzalez is a COPA Board member, as is trained opera singer Jose Iniguez, who has been working on this symphony concert project for a year now.
“I wanted to bring something to Pasco that hasn’t been done before,” said Iniguez. “I’m proud of this community and we thank the City for their support.”
A rehearsal will be held from 5-7 p.m. on September 23, which the public can also attend. The Pasco Farmers Market will be on September 24 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., followed by the concert in the evening.
“From an equity standpoint, this free concert is an opportunity for our young Latino kids who may not get this type of opportunity again to see a symphony perform,” said Gonzalez. “I want this to inspire our Pasco kids and families that anything is possible. The arts community deserves a lot of praise for helping to make this happen.” | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/symphony-concert-at-pasco-farmers-market-to-feature-colima-musicians/article_f1c39334-34b9-11ed-9290-4f3cc97012bf.html | 2022-09-15T06:53:01Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/symphony-concert-at-pasco-farmers-market-to-feature-colima-musicians/article_f1c39334-34b9-11ed-9290-4f3cc97012bf.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
YAKIMA, Wash. — The Yakima Symphony Orchestra’s opening night will feature Tchaikovsky’s 5th on September 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. The performance will be conducted by Lawrence Golan with Rony Barrak on percussion.
The concert is opening night for the Rosemary A. C. Gottlieb 2022-23 season of Symphonic Sensations, the Yakima Valley Classical Series. It’s sponsored by Frank Lisa and Patricia Shanley.
The night’s lineup includes the world premiere of Golan’s Fantasia for Orchestra, Higdon’s blue cathedral and Barrak’s Beirut Sensations before Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5.
Tickets are $14, or $7 for students and children. You can buy tickets online or by contacting 509-853-2787. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/yakima-symphony-orchestras-opening-night-will-feature-tchaikovskys-5th/article_d3f0cf4a-34bc-11ed-a0ee-afebfcd2cc36.html | 2022-09-15T06:53:07Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/yakima-symphony-orchestras-opening-night-will-feature-tchaikovskys-5th/article_d3f0cf4a-34bc-11ed-a0ee-afebfcd2cc36.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
UNION GAP, Wash. -- The Valley Mall is celebrating 50 years in business on Sept. 27th. It's welcoming a Nordstrom Rack next fall with a Chuck E. Cheese in the works.
The mall doubled in square feet and added about 15 acres since opening in 1972. More than 6 million people shop at the mall every year.
More and more retailers are seeing the success in the Yakima Valley and want to be a part of it, said the mall's marketing manager, Jacob Butler.
"When we're successful, the entire valley is successful," said Butler.
The destination mall now features more than 80 local, regional and national retailers and restaurants.
Butler said the Valley Mall supports its community more than any other mall in the state. The mall hosts community gathering events, holiday celebrations, giveaways and partners with local organizations.
"It's thinking about who we are and who we get to be and can be when we all come together," said Butler.
Butler said he grew up in Yakima and wants to see another 50 successful years for the mall. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/yakima/a-mall-world-after-all-valley-mall-thanks-community-in-celebrating-50-years-in-business/article_241ce956-34ac-11ed-9be8-737d46ca8099.html | 2022-09-15T06:53:14Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/yakima/a-mall-world-after-all-valley-mall-thanks-community-in-celebrating-50-years-in-business/article_241ce956-34ac-11ed-9be8-737d46ca8099.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SELAH, Wash. -- After years in the making, the Selah Food Bank expanded its services to Naches. The Selah Naches Food Bank opens spring 2023.
People can still get food from the bank at the Selah Civic Center until it opens.
The current food bank only serves up to 40 families a week, said a board member, Bill Harris. He said the new food bank should serve almost 200 more.
"This is a greatly increasing need in the world we're living in," said Harris.
The Selah Naches Food Bank will be located behind the Tractor Supply and Grocery Outlet. It plans to start a delivery option for seniors and work with local school districts. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/yakima/a-new-yakima-valley-food-bank-breaks-ground-wednesday-serving-more-people-in-need-in/article_d2a23114-34b3-11ed-8178-1fad3861730e.html | 2022-09-15T06:53:20Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/yakima/a-new-yakima-valley-food-bank-breaks-ground-wednesday-serving-more-people-in-need-in/article_d2a23114-34b3-11ed-8178-1fad3861730e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
French CPI - Final reading for August:
MoM: Act: 0.5% Prev: 0.4% Fcst: 0.4%
YoY Act: 5.9% Prev: 5.8% Fcst: 5.8%
A tick up for the usually inline final readings... More 'not deflationary' data to add to the pile
French CPI - Final reading for August:
MoM: Act: 0.5% Prev: 0.4% Fcst: 0.4%
YoY Act: 5.9% Prev: 5.8% Fcst: 5.8%
A tick up for the usually inline final readings... More 'not deflationary' data to add to the pile
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J’Mihyia Whitsett’s dream was always to own Marjae’s, she just didn’t know how it would come about.
“Marjae’s has always been a thing since about 2012 but I didn’t know which direction it was going to go. It started out as a restaurant. It just went to all these different ideas with the same concept. Finally, one day I said I was going to do a wine bar,” Whitsett said. I figure the crowd, customers that would be attracted to it would fit me and the vibes that I’m on.”
Whitsett’s dream went deeper than that. She wanted a space where she could hang out with her mom and a space where her mom would want to bring her friends.
“I wanted to come up with a place that was creative. I’m not much of a clubber but I will party here and there. As I got older, I saw there was really nowhere in town for my mom to go hang out or other people like her. Something nice and girly.”
Executing that dream didn’t take that long. For Whitsett, she said it felt like it happened overnight.
“I went and looked at a building and said ‘I want to do this.’ It just took people believing in me, seeing my vision, and pushing me along.”
Whitsett, along with her wife Paris, own and operate Marjae’s Wine Bar, located at 1107 Grecade St. in Greensboro. The establishment specializes in wine, cocktails and mocktails, and offers charcuterie boards.
Prices range from $6 to $25 for some of the wine bars most popular drinks including Bougie Mimosa/Mojito, Champagne Cocktails, Sangrias, Sherbet Mimosas, Marja-rita, and flights.
Patrons can host weddings, bridal showers, birthdays, meetings, and private parties at the location. Those interested can also rent out Marjae’s Mobile Bar, to take the service on the road.
“All of our cocktails can be made into mocktails. With cocktails, you can be so creative and constantly change the menu to fit the season, the holidays, and garnishments. I’m always super excited to see the creativity from our staff.”
Not a fan of the traditional or sports bar, Whitsett created a space that feels like “sitting on your best friend’s couch.” The venue offers a selfie location, an outside patio, clean R&B music, and you can find HGTV and Lifetime on the screens.
“It’s a vibe. You feel like you’re at a cookout when you’re outside and at your friends’ house when you’re inside,” J’Mihyia said.
Most importantly, The Whitsetts want you to know that the bar is a safe space for all.
“We have women who come alone all the time so you don’t have to feel like you need the buddy system, feel harassed or hovered over,” J’Mihyia explained. “You will be greeted, you will not want to leave and you will be planning your next visit before you leave.”
The Whitsett’s have grown with their businesses. Married in March 2022, J’Mihyia and Paris have four children and at least a half dozen businesses between them. Paris owns and operates a barbershop, nail and hair salon, and smoke shop. The couples is planning a coffee shop and hookah lounge across from Marjae’s in a few months and already have plans in the making for a restaurant, salon suites, and a bar.
“Once we see an opportunity, we jump on it,” explained Paris.
J’Mihyia said that a new business and marriage has “been pretty easy because she gets that I walk all the time and she’s working just as hard as me.”
Paris said, “we’re always talking business.”
Paris said that it has been wonderful watching the introverted and laid-back J’Mihyia flourish in business.
“It’s really been good just watching her be herself. I love watching her do that.”
When she needs that assistance, Paris jumps in behind the scenes, except when she’s hosting Karaoke.
“She has a full-time team behind her, but Marjae’s is growing so I’m there to help,” she said.
J’Mihyia said she wants Marjae’s to be a safe space for everyone regardless of their sexuality.
“Of course, we don’t push our beliefs on anyone that comes into the bar. A lot of times people don’t even know that Paris and I are together. However, people who are a part of the community have said that we’ve made them feel so comfortable,” she said. “It’s important to me for everyone - no matter their beliefs to feel comfortable and welcome. It’s just a bonus that we are part of the community.”
Paris agrees.
“It’s important that everyone feels important in our space. We want to talk to everybody and treat everyone the same.”
For more information, visit www.marjaeswinebar.com. | https://www.yesweekly.com/business/marjae-s-wine-bar-captivates-the-triad/article_5ed26102-3461-11ed-a0d4-830ac2705b4b.html | 2022-09-15T06:55:42Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/business/marjae-s-wine-bar-captivates-the-triad/article_5ed26102-3461-11ed-a0d4-830ac2705b4b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday flew two planes of immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, escalating a tactic by Republican governors to draw attention to what they consider to be the Biden administration’s failed border policies.
Flights to the upscale island enclave in Massachusetts were part of an effort to “transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations,” said Taryn Fenske, DeSantis’ communications director.
While DeSantis’ office didn’t elaborate on their legal status, many migrants who cross the border illegally from Mexico are temporarily shielded from deportation after being freed by U.S. authorities to pursue asylum in immigration court — as allowed under U.S law and international treaty — or released on humanitarian parole.
Massachusetts’ Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, said he was in touch with local officials and that short-term shelter was being provided.
State Rep. Dylan Fernandes, who represents Martha’s Vineyard, tweeted: “Our island jumped into action putting together 50 beds, giving everyone a good meal, providing a play area for the children, making sure people have the healthcare and support they need. We are a community that comes together to support immigrants.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began busing thousands of migrants to Washington in April and recently added New York and Chicago as destinations. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has been busing migrants to Washington since May. Passengers must sign waivers that the free trips are voluntary.
DeSantis, who is mentioned as potential presidential candidate, appears to be taking the strategy to a new level by using planes and choosing Martha’s Vineyard, whose harbor towns that are home to about 15,000 people are far less prepared than New York or Washington for large influxes of migrants.
The move is likely to delight DeSantis’ supporters who deride Democrat-led, immigrant-friendly “sanctuary” cities and anger critics who say he is weaponizing migrants as pawns for political gain.
The Florida Legislature appropriated $12 million to transport “illegal immigrants” from the state consistent with federal law, Fenske said.
“States like Massachusetts, New York, and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as ‘sanctuary states’ and support for the Biden Administration’s open border policies,” Fenske said. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/florida-flies-illegal-immigrants-to-marthas-vineyard/article_996fc41e-34aa-11ed-95f9-2766d5e40d3f.html | 2022-09-15T06:55:42Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/florida-flies-illegal-immigrants-to-marthas-vineyard/article_996fc41e-34aa-11ed-95f9-2766d5e40d3f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Teacher Receives Inaugural Keys of Inspiration Teacher of the Year Award
Davis Cahill Recognized for Providing Meaningful and Accessible Music Education to Students
Greensboro, N.C. – At Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting, Guilford County Schools (GCS) administrators recognized Jefferson Elementary School piano teacher Davis Cahill.
Cahill has been named the recipient of the inaugural Keys of Inspiration Teacher of the Year Award from the Lang Lang International Music Foundation. The award celebrates the achievements, creativity and excellence of Keys of Inspiration teachers across the world. Mr. Cahill beat out dozens of applicants from Keys of Inspiration teachers across the country.
Davis has been teaching in the Keys of Inspiration Program for five years. During that time, he developed and led a summer program through the Guilford County Summer Arts Institute, provided private piano and guitar lessons, and created engaging classroom lessons by integrating music that students hear on the radio or stream on the platform of their choice.
“Although piano is the main skill that I teach, my heart’s goal as a teacher is to instill love, grace, and patience into these kids and pray that they carry those virtues throughout the rest of their life,” Cahill said.
As part of the 2022 Keys of Inspiration Teacher of the Year Award, Cahill will receive a $5,000 prize, and lead a workshop for young scholars in New York City that explores how young musicians can contribute to the next generation. In addition to the workshop, Cahill will also be recognized at the Lang Lang and Friends Gala Concert Dinner on September 21.
About the Lang Lang International Music Foundation Keys of Inspiration Program.
The Grammy-nominated, internationally-renowned pianist Lang Lang, has been supporting children through music for over a decade. Keys of Inspiration® is an innovative program that encourages piano performance at all levels as a means of social development for youth by providing students with a safe, creative outlet in school. The Foundation partners with school districts across the country to implement the program in Title 1 elementary schools. Designed to redefine what music education looks like in American public schools and inspire change from within, KOI weaves rigorous, keyboard-centric musical instruction into selected Title 1 public schools’ mandatory curriculum––integrating group piano classes for grades 2-5 twice a week.
About Guilford County Schools
Guilford County Schools, the third-largest school district in North Carolina and the 50th largest of more than 14,000 in the United States, serves nearly 70,000 PK-12 students at 126 schools. With approximately 9,800 employees, GCS works in partnership with parents, businesses, colleges, and the community to deliver an education that connects student interests and skills with the careers and economy of our future here and around the world. We provide educational choices to meet individual student needs in a culturally diverse citizenship and new opportunities to help our students Soar to Greatness. For more information, visit the district’s website at www.gcsnc.com. | https://www.yesweekly.com/education/teacher-receives-inaugural-keys-of-inspiration-teacher-of-the-year-award/article_efacd144-3448-11ed-af56-878b68a7f3ea.html | 2022-09-15T06:55:48Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/education/teacher-receives-inaugural-keys-of-inspiration-teacher-of-the-year-award/article_efacd144-3448-11ed-af56-878b68a7f3ea.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On March 18, 2022, Rich Howes Jr. lost a son.
That was the day 25-year-old Richard “Dick” Howes III crossed South Transit at High Street on foot, was struck by two passing vehicles and died.
While two other young men await trial on charges of manslaughter and negligent homicide, Dick Howes’ friends and family are sticking together and inviting others who might have known him to celebrate his life.
“Ride For Richard,” an open group trip to Letchworth State Park in memory of Howes, hosted by his dad, will take place on Saturday. Anyone with a vehicle may join in.
“We miss him and it’s wild to see how much he affected the people around him,” Howes’ friend Steve Gajewski said. “He thought he wasn’t loved. Turns out more people loved him than he ever knew.”
Reads the Ride For Richard event page on Facebook:
“Roll through Letchworth in celebration of the life of Richard W. Howes III. This is a memorial ride that we would like to make into a tradition. This is not a fundraiser of any sort, just a celebration of a beautiful soul.”
The ride will start at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Bandit’s Hideout, 6863 Slayton Settlement Road (Slayton Settlement and Day roads). | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/riding-for-richard/article_876952ac-3479-11ed-b42b-c7861805054c.html | 2022-09-15T06:55:48Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/riding-for-richard/article_876952ac-3479-11ed-b42b-c7861805054c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Nearly 30 years on, filmmaker Kevin Smith is clearly in a reflective mood with Clerks III, the long-awaited — and possibly final — “installment” of the big-screen trilogy he kicked off with Clerks in 1994. The cult success of Clerks made Smith an instant celebrity, one who was hailed as a personification of the Generation X independent filmmaker. He even embarked on college lecture tours — and filmed them, no less.
Clerks III finds the titular duo Dante (Brian O’Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson) back in action and still manning the counter of Quick Stop Groceries in the heart of New Jersey suburbia. They still take time to play games of hockey on the roof. The video store next door is long closed and is now a marijuana dispensary, so resident stoners Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith) have joined the workforce.
When Randal unexpectedly suffers a heart attack, he undergoes a spiritual awakening of sorts and is determined to make his life meaningful. To this end, he decides to make a movie about his life. In other words, he wants to make Clerks (even if the proposed title is “INConvenience”), with everyone reprising his or her own “real” character. Having suffered a heart attack himself in 2018, Smith brings an unmistakably autobiographical approach to the proceedings. The shadow of mortality looms large here.
The film hits its stride depicting the production of the film-within-a-film, as Smith sends up the nature of independent filmmaking — a subject he is well versed in — as well as his own films. There’s a marvelous sequence in which Randal and Dante, acting as the film’s producers, audition potential actors, most of whom are quite familiar (and best not to reveal them here), and the moments where actors argue their motivations and fidelity to Randal’s script are equally funny. Smith also takes affectionate jabs at other filmmakers, and the pop-culture references (comic books, Star Wars, etc.) are non-stop. It’s particularly interesting for Clerks fans to observe how Smith re-creates and re-enacts scenes from his breakout film.
O’Halloran and Anderson remain good company throughout, their chemistry sparkling in the self-indulgent glow of Smith’s trademark brash humor. Mewes and Smith continue to steal scenes aplenty, and it’s nice to note that Smith looks good, having slimmed down somewhat and even sporting a tan. Rosario Dawson is luminous as Dante’s lost love Becky, and Marilyn Ghigliotti — who bypassed Clerks II (2006) — comes on like gangbusters as his ex-girlfriend Veronica, still simultaneously holding a grudge against and a torch for him after all these years.
Not all the jokes work, which is par for the course. Encoring from Clerks II, Trevor Fuhrmann’s Elias makes a silly transition from chest-thumping Christian to fire-breathing Satanist. It probably read funnier on the page than it plays on the screen, although Fuhrmann does his darnedest, and it’s absolutely in keeping with Smith’s life-long fascination with religion (which he explored in the controversial 1999 comedy Dogma). The lack of restraint in Smith’s comedies doesn’t endear him to everyone, but it’s certainly distinctive. His is a unique voice.
There are some extremely awkward transitions between human drama and lowbrow comedy, yet there’s no mistaking that Clerks III has a heart. Smith is not just paying homage to himself, but his past, his friends, and his home state of New Jersey. That affection is undeniably broad at times, but it’s palpable throughout. Although he hasn’t closed the door on follow-ups, Clerks III definitely brings the trilogy full circle.
— Clerks III will be shown through Sunday, Sept. 18th at the following theaters: The Grand 18 Winston-Salem IMAX (5601 University Parkway, Winston-Salem), The Grand 12 Four Seasons Station (2700 Vanstory Street, Greensboro), Regal Greensboro Grande Stadium 16 (3205 Northline Ave., Greensboro), and Regal Palladium Stadium 14 (5830 Samet Drive, High Point). For showtimes and tickets, visit https://www.fathomevents.com/. | https://www.yesweekly.com/film/jersey-boys-one-last-quick-stop-in-clerks-iii/article_27d27ba4-3468-11ed-8b20-b75905dd75b7.html | 2022-09-15T06:55:54Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/film/jersey-boys-one-last-quick-stop-in-clerks-iii/article_27d27ba4-3468-11ed-8b20-b75905dd75b7.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PICK OF THE WEEK
MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH (Synapse Films/MVD Entertainment Group): Dutch filmmaker Renee Daalder (1944-2019) made his English-language debut with this intriguing, subversive 1976 sociological treatise in the guise of an exploitation film.
A trio of teen toughs hold sway over Central High School, berating and bullying their fellow students with vicious abandon. New student David (Derrel Maury) is disgusted by their behavior and encourages students to retaliate, much to the concern of his best friend Mark (Andrew Stevens). Inevitably, David’s rebellion puts him in harm’s way, and he is permanently injured as a result.
He then methodically plots the demise of his tormentors, but once they are eliminated, he comes to realize that the students he thought he was helping are completely out of control, and if anything are worse than those who terrorized them. The circle of violence is continuing and expanding, forcing David to take even more drastic action.
The “massacre,” such as it is, is a series of so-called “accidents.” That didn’t necessarily endear the film to drive-in/grindhouse audiences expecting a full-scale slasher-movie bloodbath, but it did surprise those who also expected it – including Roger Ebert, who reviewed it favorably on Sneak Previews (guess how yours truly first heard about it?).
The film can be preachy, and there’s no doubt it’s ragged around the edges, but it remains credible and effective, and the talented young cast also includes Robert Carradine, Kimberly Beck, Cheryl “Rainbeaux” Smith, Steve Bond (later of General Hospital), and Lani O’Grady (of Eight is Enough fame),
The special-edition Blu-ray ($34.95 retail) includes the retrospective documentary Hell in the Hallways: The Making of “Massacre at Central High,” retrospective interviews, theatrical trailer, and more. Rated R. **½
ALSO AVAILABLE
BRIGHT VICTORY (Kino Lorber Studio Classics): Arthur Kennedy earned five Academy Award nominations in the 1950s – without a win – and he got his only one for Best Actor portraying an embittered, blind World War II veteran struggling to come to terms with his infirmity and his racial prejudice in director Mark Robson’s 1951 adaptation of Baynard Kendrick’s 1945 novel Lights Out. Dated and even hokey in many respects but well-intentioned and nicely acted by a cast including James Edwards, Peggy Dow, Julie Adams, Will Geer, Jim Backus, Richard Egan, Murray Hamilton and Rock Hudson, this also received an Oscar nomination for Best Sound Recording, available on Blu-ray ($24.95 retail), replete with audio commentary and trailers. ***
CANADIAN BACON (MVD Entertainment Group): The “MVD Rewind Collection” Blu-ray bow ($19.98 retail) of writer/director Michael Moore’s only narrative feature to date, a scattershot 1995 comedy in which the Alan Alda’s U.S. President declares war on Canada to improve his public approval rating. Little wonder that Moore went scurrying back to documentaries, which is undeniably his specialty. A feeble farce that wastes the talents of cinematographer Haskell Wexler (!) and a star-studded cast including John Candy (to whom the film is dedicated), Rhea Perlman, Rip Torn, Kevin Pollak, Steven Wright, Jim Belushi, Bill Nunn, G.D. Spradlin, Kevin J. O’Connor, Brad Sullivan, Wallace Shawn, and an unbilled Dan Aykroyd. Look for Moore in a cameo. Rated PG. *½
“CHILD’S PLAY 4K ULTRA HD COMBO COLLECTOR’S EDITIONS” (Scream Factory/Shout! Factory): A self-explanatory collection of the first three Child’s Play films, each featuring the voice of Brad Dourif as the possessed “Good Guy” doll now available in 4K Ultra HD Combos, each boasting a bevy of bonus features (including audio commentaries, retrospective featurettes and interviews, collectibles, and more): Child’s Play (1988) starring Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, and newcomer Alex Vincent; Child’s Play 2 (1990), which sees Vincent reprise his role; and Child’s Play 3 (1991), in which Justin Whalin assumed Vincent’s role. Each film is rated R – for obvious reasons.
THE COP (Kino Lorber Studio Classics): Originally released as Un condé, director/co-screenwriter Yves Boisset’s R-rated 1970 adaptation of Pierre Lesou’s novel La mort d’un condé stars Michel Bouquet as a veteran police inspector who wages a one-man war against a French narcotics syndicate after his partner is murdered, with Francoise Fabian, Michel Constantin, Bernard Fresson, Gianni Garko, Rufus, and Adolfo Celi caught in the crossfire. In French with English subtitles, available on DVD ($19.95 retail) and Blu-ray ($24.95 retail), each replete with audio commentary and theatrical trailer.
“ELI ROTH’S HISTORY OF HORROR”: SEASON 3 (AMC Studios/RLJ Entertainment): The title tells all as award-winning filmmaker/life-long genre fan/executive producer Eli Roth explores horror and fantasy with a star-studded array of guests – including Jamie Lee Curtis, Cate Blanchett, Quentin Tarantino, Edgar Wright, Rob Zombie, Geena Davis, Joe Dante, Leonard Maltin, and others – in all six episodes from the 2021 (and final) season of the award-winning AMC documentary series, available on DVD and Blu-ray (each $34.97 retail), both boasting bonus features.
GALLANT INDIES (Distrib Films/Icarus Films Home Video): Philippe Beziat directed this immersive, almost overly detailed 2020 documentary feature (originally titled Indes galantes) explories the Opera Bastille’s modern interpretation of Rameau’s classic opera Les Indies galantes from conception to rehearsal to performance. Visually stunning and a must for music mavens. In French with English subtitles, available on DVD ($26.98 retail). ***
“LONDON KILLS”: SERIES 3 (Acorn TV/RLJ Entertainment): Executive producer Paul Marquess created this crime series dramatizing the efforts of an elite police unit headed by Hugo Speer and Sharon Speer as they tackle the toughest cases in the titular city, with Bailey Patrick and Tori Allen-Martin as fellow detectives. All five feature-length episodes from the 2022 season – plus behind-the-scenes featurette – are available on DVD ($39.99 retail).
“MAGNUM P.I.”: THE FOURTH SEASON (CBS Home Entertainment/Paramount Home Entertainment): Jay Hernandez steps into Tom Selleck's shoes as the Hawaiian-based private investigator, in all 20 episodes from the 2021-'22 season of the award-winning CBS remake/reboot of the popular '80s crime series updated to present day, with Magnum a veteran of Afghanistan, backed by Perdita Weeks (as Higgins), Stephen Hill, and Zachary Knighton. The series heads to NBC for at least two more seasons, and the five-disc DVD collection ($41.99 retail) includes bonus features.
SOME GIRLS (Kino Lorber Studio Classics): Director Michael Hoffman’s middling 1988 romantic comedy, made under the auspices of executive producer Robert Redford, stars Patrick Dempsey as the bumbling beau of Jennifer Connelly, who visits her family in Quebec for the Christmas holidays and gets swept up in their eccentricities. Despite a zealous cast including Sheila Kelley (in her feature debut), Ashley Greenfield (in her feature debut), Andre Gregory, Florinda Bolkan and Lila Kedrova, this strives too hard to be quirky and ends up a misfire. The Blu-ray ($24.95 retail) includes audio commentary, retrospective featurette, and theatrical trailer. Rated R. *½
SNIPER: THE WHITE RAVEN (Well Go USA Entertainment): Writer/director Marian Bushan’s fact-based, R-rated action thriller stars Aldoshyn Pavlo as a former physics teacher who vows revenge against the Russian soldiers who murdered his family in the Donbas region of the Ukraine, undergoing training as a sniper to accomplish his goal. In Russian and Ukrainian with English subtitles, available on DVD ($19.99 retail) and Blu-ray ($29.98 retail).
SPITFIRE OVER BERLIN (Shout! Studios/Shout! Factory): Callum Burn edited, produced, co-wrote, directed, and co-stars in this fact-based World War II saga detailing the efforts of dauntless officer Kris Saddler to carry out a perilous mission Berlin in an unarmed Spitfire to collect photographic evidence prior to an Allied attack on Berlin in August 1944, available on DVD ($19.99 retail) and Blu-ray ($22.98 retail), each boasting audio commentary and theatrical trailer.
TERROR SQUAD (Code Red/Kino Lorber): Peter Maris produced and directed this low-budget 1987 shoot-‘em-up filmed on location in Kokomo, IN, wherein Libian terrorists whose attempt to blow up a nuclear power plant fails, after which they take a group of high-school students hostage, with top-billed Chuck Connors as the local police chief, available on Blu-ray ($29.95 retail), replete with bonus features.
WAITING: THE VAN DUREN STORY (MVD Entertainment Group): In their 2018 feature documentary debut, writer/producer Greg Carey and writer/producer Wade Jackson co-directed this chronicle of Memphis musician Van Duren (formerly of Big Star), who skirted with solo stardom in the late 1970s before fading into undeserved obscurity, remembered only by die-hard fans. The filmmakers actually become part of his efforts to reclaim his music rights and reignite his career in the present day. A little ragged at the outset, this perks up considerably in the third act and offers an engaging, upbeat look at Van Duren’s talent and endurance, as well as shining a light on the Memphis music scene then and now, available on DVD ($19.95 retail), replete with behind-the-scenes footage and bonus interviews. ***
WE ARE AS GODS (Greenwich Entertainment/Kino Lorber): Jason Sossberg and cinematographer David Aldarado wrote, produced, and co-directed this feature documentary tracing the life and career of Stewart Brand, the counter-culture icon, environmental activist, member of Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters, and author of the best-selling Whole Earth Catalog. Engaging and relevant but loses momentum in the second half, available on DVD ($19.95 retail). **½
THE WOLF AND THE LION (Breaking Glass Pictures): Upon the death of her grandfather, aspiring concert pianist Molly Kunz relocates to his remote cabin in the mountains, where she comes to care for a wolf cub and lion cub, in producer/director/story writer Gilles de Maistre’s loosely fact-based, award-winning, family-friendly melodrama (originally titled Le loup et le lion). Andrew Simpson’s exemplary animal training and beautiful locations are somewhat hampered by a corny, contrived storyline, available on DVD ($24.99 retail), replete with bonus features. **
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ASHEBORO
Four Saints Brewing
218 South Fayetteville St. | 336.610.3722
Thursdays: Taproom Trivia
Fridays: Music Bingo
Sep 18: Honky Tonk Jam w/ Mark Dillon & Friends
Sep: 24 Kelsey Hurley
Oct 8: Eck McCanless
CARBORRO
Cat’s Cradle
300 E Main St | 919.967.9053
Sep 14: Lake Street Dive w/ The Dip
Sep 14: Joe Purdy
Sep 14: Illiterate Light w/ Paimyra
Sep 15: The Deer
Sep 16: DB Edmunds Album Release Show
Sep 16: BRONCHO
Sep 17: Shoaldiggers w/ Love and Valor & C. Albert Blomquist
Sep 17: The Connells w/ Tonk
Sep 17: Shoaldiggers w/ Love and Valor & Albert Blomquist
Sep 18: The King Khan & BBQ Show w/ Miranda and the Beat
Sep 21: S.G. Goodman w/ Le Ren
Sep 21: Amanda Shires w/ Honey Harper
Sep 22: The Spill Canvas w/ Michael Flynn
Sep 22: Sarah Borges
Sep 23: flor w/ The Wldlfe & good problem
Sep 24: Be Loud! ’22 ft. Preesh!, What Peggy Wants, The Sexells, & Secret Monkey Weekend
Sep 24: Nighblooms, Charity Lane, & Rodes Baby
Sep 25: Eric Sommer, Ken Stewart, & Red Haired Girl
Sep 25: Movements w/ Angel Du$t, One Step Closer & Snarls
Sep 25: Eric Sommer, Ken Stewart, & Red Haired Girl
Sep 26: Girlpool w/ Dream & Ivory
Sep 27: Oseesw/ Bronze
Sep 27: Fleece w/ GRAE
Sep 28: King Buffalo w/ Heavy Temple
Sep 29: Electric Six & Supersuckers
Sep 29: Tinariwen w/ Garcia Peoples
Sep 29: The 502s w/ Happy Landing
Sep 30: Titus Andronicus
Oct 1: Watchhouse w/ Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
Oct 1: Jukebox the Ghost
Oct 3: Lucy Dacus w/ Crooks & Nannies
Oct 4: Melt w/ FRUTE
Oct 4: Rare Americans w/ DYLYN
Oct 4: of Montreal w/ Locate S,1
Oct 5: Ibeyi
Oct 6: Alex G w/ Barrie
Oct 6: The Cactus Blossoms w/ Alexa Rose
Oct 7: Tyrone Wells w/ Nathan Colberg
Oct 7: Steve Kimock & Friends
Oct 8: Wild Rivers w/ Kyndal Inskeep
Oct 8: Clem Snide & Jill Andrews
Oct 9: EddieFest w/ Tha Materials, Secret Monkey Weekend, Phineas Nyang’oro, Nikki Meets the Hibachi, & more!
Oct 9: Caroline Rose w/ Toth
Oct 11: Lucero w/ L.A. Edwards
Oct 11: Sammy Rae & The Friends w/ The Collection
CHARLOTTE
Bojangles Coliseum
2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600
Oct 6: Kevin Gates
Oct 7: Carin Leon
CMCU Amphitheatre
former Uptown Amphitheatre
820 Hamilton St | 704.549.5555
Sep 15: Koe Wetzel
Sep 17: Lake Street Dive
Sep 20: The Head and the Heart
Sep 23: Gryffin
The Fillmore
1000 NC Music Factory Blvd | 704.916.8970
Sep 16: Denzel Curry
Sep 18: Alec Benjamin
Sep 20: 100 gecs
Sep 22: Matt Maeson
Sep 24: Movements
Sep 25: LadyGang
Sep 25: One Ok Rock
Sep 28: King Princess
Sep 29: Fozzy
Sep 30: Highly Suspect
Oct 1: Coin
Oct 1: Monolink
Oct 2: New Rory & Mal
Oct 3: Peach Pit
Oct 3: Barns Courtney
Oct 4: Dave East & Friends
Oct 5: Niki
Oct 7: Twin Temple
Oct 9: Judah & the Lion
Oct 11: Turnstile w/ JPEGMAFIA & Snail Mail
Oct 12: Sabrina Claudio
Oct 12: Yung Bae
PNC Music Pavilion
707 Pavilion Blvd | 704.549.1292
Sep 18: Wu-Tan Clan & Nas
Sep 21: $uicideboy$ w/ Ski Mask The Slump God & more
Sep 24: Zac Brown Band
Sep 26: Shinedown
Oct 4: Alice in Chains & Breaking Benjamin + Bush w/ special guests
Spectrum Center
333 E Trade St | 704.688.9000
www.spectrumcentercharlotte.com
Sep 20: Karol G
Sep 21: Mary J. Blige
Oct 2: Charlotte R&B Music Experience ft. Monica, Tevin Campbell, Tamer Braxton, H-Town, 112, & NEXT
Oct 8: The Millennium Tour ft. Bow Wow, Mario, Keri Hilson, Lloyd, Pleasure P, Bobby V, Sammie, Ying Yang Twins, Dem Franchize Boyz, Lil Scrappy, Travis Porter, Crime Mob, Trillville, & Day26
CLEMMONS
Village Square Tap House
6000 Meadowbrook Mall Ct | 336.448.5330
Sep 15: Josh Jennings
Sep 16: Bad Romeo
Sep 17: Simerson Hill
Sep 22: Joey Whitaker
Sep 23: Black Glass
Sep 29: Anna Mertson
Sep 30: Decades
Oct 6: JVC
DURHAM
Carolina Theatre
309 W Morgan St | 919.560.3030
Sep 17: Matt Nathanson
Sep 19: Brian Culbertson ft. Marcus Anderson & Marqueal Jordan
Sep 20: The Robert Cray Band
Sep 25: The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle
Sep 28: Billy Bragg
Sep 29: Sibling Rivalry Tour
Sep 30: Ninja Sex Party
DPAC
123 Vivian St | 919.680.2787
Oct 6: Wanda Sykes
Oct 7: Brandi Carlile
Oct 8: Father John Misty w/ Suki Waterhouse
Oct 9: Tauren Wells w/ Aaron Cole & Lakewood Music
Oct 11: Gov’t Mule w/ Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs
Oct 12: Wardruna
ELKIN
Reeves Theater
129 W Main St | 336.258.8240
Wednesdays: Reeves Open Mic
Fourth Thursdays: Old-Time Jam
Sep 15: Maia Kamil, Ordinary Elephant, & Django Haskins
Sep 16: I Draw Slow
Sep 23: Mountain Heart
Sep 24: The Reeves House Band plays Fleetwood Mac
Oct 1: Dustbowl Revival
Oct 6: Becca Stevens, Jeff Black, & Joe Thrift
GREENSBORO
Arizona Pete’s
2900 Patterson St #A | 336.632.9889
Oct 11: The Contortionist
Barn Dinner Theatre
120 Stage Coach Tr. | 336.292.2211
Aug 26 - Sep 24: Beehive — The 60’s Musical
Sep 30: Stephen Freeman — 20 Years of Dinnertainment
Oct 1 - Nov 19: Is There Life After 50?
Carolina Theatre
310 S. Greene Street | 336.333.2605
Sep 16: Lakeesha Rice
Sep 17: 1964 The Tribute
Sep 21: Wednesday
Sep 23: Mandisa
Sep 24: LoveFest 2022
Sep 24: Day & Dream
Sep 25: East of Nashville Songwriters in the Round
Sep 24: Living with Ruthie Mae
Sep 30: KRS-One United Way of Greater Greensboro Concert
Sep 30: Bitch
Oct 1: Chris Meadows and The Dark Knights
The Corner Bar
1700 Spring Garden St | 336.272.5559
www.facebook.com/corner.bar.37
Comedy Zone
1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034
Sep 16-17: Dyon “Mojo” Brooks
Sep 23-24: D’Lai
Sep 29: Mike Cannon
Sep 30 - Oct 2: Don “DC” Curry
Oct 7-8: Chris Wiles
Common Grounds
602 S Elm Ave | 336.698.388
www.facebook.com/CommonGroundsGreensboro
Oct 1: Don Merckle
Cone Denim
117 S Elm St | 336.378.9646
Sep 17: Steel Pulse
Oct 8: B.O.B w/ Live Band
Oct 15: Sabbath
Flat Iron
221 Summit Ave | 336.501.3967
Sep 16: Nightblooms, Josh King’s Fools, & Old Heavy Hands
Sep 17: Dashawn Hickman’s Sacred Steel, Randford Almond & Randord’s Dead
Sep 18: Singer-Songwriter Showcase ft. Laura Jane Vincent, Garrett Clemens, Maia Kamil, Taylor Williams, Larry Wayne, Josh Moore, Josh King, Alan Peterson, Jess Klein, Abigail Dowd, Drew Foust, & Nate Hall, followed by THE HIT
Sep 21: Carri Smithey
Sep 22: David Childers & The Serpents
Sep 23: House Flat Iron Vol III
Sep 24: Hustle Souls
Garage Tavern
5211 A West Market St | 336.763.2020
www.facebook.com/GarageTavernGreensboro
Sep 15: Audio Clypse Duo
Sep 16: Clay Howard & Threadbare Trio
Sep 17: Muddy Creek Revival
Sep 22: Patrick Rock & Cierra Dumas
Sep 23: Soundkraft
Sep 24: Diamond Edge Band
Sep 29: Tony & Katy
Sep 30: Hotwax & The Spinters
Oct 1: Camel City Blues Band
Greensboro Coliseum
1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400
Sep 17: Mary J. Blige
Sep 30: Los Tigres del Notre
Oct 8: Real Talk Comedy Tour
Little Brother Brewing
348 South Elm St | 336.510.9678
www.facebook.com/littlebrotherbrew
Wednesdays: Trivia
Sep 17: Kris Atom
Sep 23: Johnny-O and the Jump Out Boys
Sep 24: Paris Avenue
Sep 30: Aaron Woody Wood
Piedmont Hall
2411 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400
South End Brewing Co.
117B W Lewis St | 336.285.6406
Tuesdays: Trivia Night
Sep 15: Jim Mayberry
Sep 16: Barefoo dModern
Sep 17: Sam Robinson Band
Sep 18: Matthew Armstrong & Ranford Almond
Sep 23: Drew Holgate Band
Sep 24: Sammy Turner & The Dirty South Band
Sep 25: Barefoot Modern
Sep 29: Eversole Brothers
Sep 30: Mason Jar Confessions
Steel Hands Brewing
1918 W Gate City Blvd | 336.907.8294
www.facebook.com/steelhandsgreensboro
Sep 15: Tre Smith
Sep 16: Russell Henderson
Sep 17: Laura Jane Vincent
Sep 17: Jack Marion & The Pearl Snap Prophets
Sep 18: Bryan Toney
Sep 22: Jim Mayberry
Steven Tanger Center
300 N Elm Street | 336.333.6500
Sep 24: Mariachi Cobre
The Idiot Box Comedy Club
503 N. Greene St | 336.274.2699
Thursdays: Open Mic
Sep 24: Nick Youssef
White Oak Ampitheatre
1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400
WineStyles
3326 W Friendly Ave Suite 141 | 336.299.4505
www.facebook.com/winestylesgreensboro277
Sep 24: T&K
HIGH POINT
After Hours Tavern
1614 N Main St | 336.883.4113
www.facebook.com/AfterHoursTavernHighPoint
Goofy Foot Taproom
2762 NC-68 #109 | 336.307.2567
Sep 17: The Williamsons
Sep 24: Michael Chaney
High Point Theatre
220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401
Sep 24: Smokey & Me: A Celebration of Smokey Robinson
Plank Street Tavern
138 Church Ave | 336.991.5016
www.facebook.com/plankstreettavern
Sweet Old Bill’s
1232 N Main St | 336.807.1476
Sep 15: Tin Can Alley
Sep 22: Metro Jethro’s
JAMESTOWN
The Deck
118 E Main St | 336.207.1999
Sep 16: Second Glance
Sep 17: South Bound 49
Sep 22: Dan Miller
Sep 23: Simerson Hill
Sep 24: Retro Vinyl
Sep 29: Renae Paige
Sep 30: Big City
KERNERSVILLE
Breathe Cocktail Lounge
221 N Main St. | 336.497.4822
www.facebook.com/BreatheCocktailLounge
Wednesdays: Karaoke
Sep 16: Sprockett
Sep 23: Stone Parker Band
Kernersville Brewing Company
221 N Main St. | 336.816.7283
www.facebook.com/kernersvillebrewing
Thursdays: Trivia
Sep 24: Killer Wabbits
LEWISVILLE
Old Nick’s Pub
191 Lowes Foods Dr | 336.747.3059
Fridays: Karaoke
LIBERTY
The Liberty Showcase Theater
101 S. Fayetteville St | 336.622.3844
Sep 30: John Anderson
OAK RIDGE
Bistro 150
2205 Oak Ridge Rd | 336.643.6359
RALEIGH
CCU Music Park at Walnut Creek
3801 Rock Quarry Rd | 919.821.4111
Sep 17: Wu-Tang Clan & Nas
Sep 24: Farm Aid 2022
Sep 27: Alice in Chains w/ Breaking Benjamin & Bush
Lincoln Theatre
126 E. Cabarrus St | 919.831.6400
Sep 15: The Grass is Dead
Sep 17: Avi Kaplan
Sep 24: The Breakfast Club (80’s Party Band)
Sep 27-29: IBMA Bluegrass Ramble
Sep 30: Joe Hero, Deep 6, & Sickman
Red Hat Amphitheater
500 S McDowell St | 919.996.8800
Sep 14: Zach Bryan w/ Charles Wesley Godwin
Sep 30 - Oct 2: IBMA’s World of Bluegrass Main Stage
PNC Arena
1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300
Oct 2: Panic! At The Disco w/ Marina & Jake Wesley Rogers
WINSTON-SALEM
Burke Street Pub
1110 Burke St | 336.750.0097
CB’s Tavern
3870 Bethania Station Rd | 336.815.1664
Earl’s
121 West 9th Street | 336.448.0018
Mondays: Open Mic
Thursdays: Will Jones
Sep 16: Flat Blak Cadillac
Sep 17: Aaron Hamm and The Big River Band
Sep 23: Jesse Ray Carter
Sep 24: Industry Hill Block Party
Sep 24: Kyle Kelly
Sep 30: Drew Foust
Oct 1: Jason Moss and The Hosses
Oct 7: Carolina Clay
Fiddlin’ Fish Brewing Company
772 Trade St | 336.999.8945
Tuesdays: Trivia
Sep 16: The Hit
Sep 23: Hotwax & The Splinters
Oct 7: Camel City Blues
Foothills Brewing
638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348
Sundays: Sunday Jazz
Thursdays: Trivia
Sep 21: Discount Rothko
Sep 23: The Grand Ole Uproar
Sep 28: Robertson Boys
Sep 30: Heavy Peace
Oct 2: Crystal Fountains
Midway Music Hall
11141 Old US Hwy 52, Suite 10 | 336.793.4218
www.facebook.com/midwaymusichallandeventcenter
Mondays: Line Dancing
Sep 17: Diamond Edge
Sep 23: Jimmy Shirley Jr & the Footlights
Sep 24: Classic Country & Oldies
Oct 1: Sidekix
Oct 8: Jimmy Shirley Jr & The 8 Track 45 Band
Muddy Creek Cafe & Music Hall
137 West St | 336.201.5182
www.facebook.com/MuddyCreekCafe
The Ramkat
170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714
Sep 16: Dai Cheri w/ Shadowgraphs
Sep 18: Kyle Kinane
Sep 20: Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs w/ Alvin Youngblood Hart
Sep 21: Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors w/ The National Parks
Sep 22: Time Sawyer w/ The Pinkerton Raid
Sep 23: Zoso — The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience
Sep 24: Silent Disco Dance Party!
Sep 29: Damn Tall Buildings
Sep 30: Nite Moves
Oct 1: Scythian
ROAR
633 North Liberty Street | 336-917-3008
www.roarws.com | www.roarbrandstheater.com
Sep 14: Trivia Time @ Fords Food Hall
Sep 15: Joe Dowdy Trio @ Fords Food Hall
Sep 16: Ciera Dumas & Patrick Rock @ Fords Food Hall
Sep 16: Torch Songs @ JL Caspers
Sep 16: DJ SK101 @ The Mayfair Club
Sep 16: DJ CHUBBS @ Fords Food Hall
Sep 17: PhilRay @ The Mayfair Club
Sep 17: Susanna Macfarlane @ JL Caspers
Sep 17: The Rockers @ Fords Food Hall
Sep 17: DJ FISH @ Fords Food Hall
Second & Green
207 N Green St | 336.631.3143
www.2ngtavern.com | www.facebook.com/secondandgreentavern
Winston-Salem Fairground
421 W 27th St | 336.727.2236
Oct 3-5: C+C Music Factory & Rob Base
Oct 4: Niko Moon, Restless Road, & Frank Ray
Oct 5: Rend Collective w/ Christian Paul
Wise Man Brewing
826 Angelo Bros Ave | 336.725.0008
Thursdays: Music Bingo
Sep 17: The Slys
Oct 1: William Hinson Band
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Summer officially fades as Pride abounds across Greensboro and festivals aplenty pop up around the state.
Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Greensboro Pride festival reigns over downtown on Sunday, following a “Pride Week” of programming: a “Twisted Trivia” session, Thursday, at Twist Lounge, “Paris is Burning” movie night Friday, at the Carolina Theatre; and a double-dose of revelry on Saturday with a bar crawl from Otis & Wawa, plus a kickoff pre-party at Boxcar with prizes and performances from Anna Yacht, J-Lo Jonez, Karma Killz, and Taylor Knight Addams St. James. Brenda the Drag Queen serves host duties (a role she’ll reprise for the Guilford Green Foundation’s “Green Queen Bingo” at Piedmont Hall on November 4).
Meanwhile, the summer season doesn’t close quietly around here. The new Flat Iron crew will celebrate their grand re-opening with a three-day “Flat Fest” party, September 16-18. Friday features rockers in Nightblooms, Josh King’s Fools, and Old Heavy Hands. Saturday hosts Sacred Steel, Ranford Almond, and Ranford’s Dead (aided by Uncle John’s Bone). And songwriters takeover Sunday with Laura Jane Vincent, Garrett Clemmons, Maia Kamil, Taylor Williams, Josh Moore, Larry Wayne, Josh King, Alan Peterson, Jess Klein, Abigail Dowd, Drew Foust, Nate Hall, and the Hit.
Over on the eastern edge of Greensboro, Rich Lerner and the Groove will host their annual fundraiser for the Urban Ministry with “Groove Jam XI” at Doodad Farm on September 17. They’ll be joined by The Mighty Fairlanes, Wristband, Braco, Midnight Sun, The Ladies Auxiliary, The Firecrackers, Blind-Dog Gatewood, William Nesmith, The Grand Ole Uproar, and Jeff Wall.
Further east on I-40, Durham bumps with the Bull City Summit, September 14-17, which includes a Carolina Waves showcase featuring Greensboro’s FOREVERJABRON; and the Beats n Bars Festival on September 17 with Winston-native Sonny Miles.
Fall officially hits with a bang as Royal Jelly takes over Oden Brewing for their semi-annual festival series celebrating the Autumn Equinox on September 24; Viva La Muerte and Ashley Virginia join in the performer slots, along with a full day of vendors and artisans to welcome the season.
On the other end of downtown, Field Trip (a new gallery and experimental space on Church St.) will host an Applied Labour festival, September 23-24, with Slow Tongued Beauty, YÜ//F, Life Appreciation Renewal, Harmony Opposition, and Fake Object. Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III, Grüse, Healing Factor, Surfacing, Dogsbody Trepanning, Kettling, and Shallow South.
Down in Sanford, Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands will perform as part of the Carolina Indie Fest, September 23-24, at Hugger Mugger Brewing. Pickers and grinners and beer-drinkers delight at the Brewer’s Kettle Kernersville for their inaugural Kernersville BrewGrass Festival, September 23-24 — which serves as an unofficial Triad pre-game for when the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass expounds over Raleigh September 27 - Oct 1.
Rolling into October, the Artz - N - Kraft Fest showcases hip-hop to fundraise for Mental Health Services of NC at Club Orion on October 1. Meanwhile, the second weekend in October offers a little something for just about everyone.
Nostalgia spreads its wings in Greensboro for the First in Flight Fest, October 6-9: featuring four days of early-00’s hardcore and emo reunions with Codeseven, Hopesfall, He is Legend, Mercy Mercedes, Bloodjinn, Knives Exchanging Hands, Akissforjersey, Embracing Goodbye, Sullivan, Quell, Alli with an I, End of All, Kudzu Wish, The Manhattan Project, Azazel, A Stained Glass Romance, Farewell, Onward to Olympas, Xhonorx, There Will Be Blood, Deathblow, the Lineage, My Hero is Me, and Monday in London.
In the Triangle, hippies and technoheads will dance for days on end at the Shakori Hills and Slingshot festivals. Shakori will once again shake down the pines in Pittsboro, October 6-9, with artists like Hiss Golden Messenger, Greg Humphrey’s Electric Trio, William Hinson, Rodes Baby, the Sam Fribush Organ Trio, and Kaleta & Super Yamba Band.
At Slingshot, Brennan Fowler is among the packed bill of international artists bringing beats to the Fruit in Durham, October 7-9. Originally based in Athens, GA, a partnership with Maison Fauna records brought the electronic extravaganza to its new home in North Carolina.
Up in the mountains, Carolina Ramble Productions are bringing a handful of Triad artists to Brayshaw Farm in Watauga County for the 8th annual Carolina Ramble & Reunion, October 7-8. Hosted by Earleine and the Winston-raised Possum Jenkins, the ramble features the likes of Molly McGinn, Will Easter, DaShawn Hickman, and Drew Foust during a two-day campout of music and “ramblympic” activities — races, relays, cakewalks, and bonfires.
Bonfires will also warm the air in Summerfield for the 3.O Fest, October 14-16, with hayrides, fire spinners, and artists like Dr. Bacon, Reliably Bad, Royal Jelly, Ranford Almond, and Casey Cranford joining the celebration of friends and art at GuilRock Downs.
Things get chill during Sleepy Cat Records’ SleepyFest, with Nightblooms and Libby Rodenbough on the bill, at Down Yonder Farm on October 22. Meanwhile, mayhem descends over College Hill at the “Mayhem On Mendenhall” block party on October 23; with musicians (Kelsey Hurley, 30 Is Dead, Maia Kamil, Saphron, Black Haus, Freddie Fred, and SIID) and drag artists (Drag Me to Hill, Xtassi, Bloody Mary, Nadia Rain, Hanna Belle Lector, Paris Pratt, Anna Yacht, Tia Chanella, Reine De L’amour) raising awareness around harm reduction and safe sex practices.
Camping and costumes collide at Camp Transylvania, October 28-30, in Balsam Grove, with daytime activities, a rave barn into the night, and two days of music — with Triad artists Sweet Dream and Condado on the bill.
Condado will also be at the first ever Field Day Fest presented by Four Saints Brewing Company, on November 5, at the Linbrook Heritage Estate in Trinity. A funder for the United Way of Randolph County, the festival harkens high school party days amongst a mix of local and national artists, including Buffalo Kings, Tommy Prine, Leilani Wolffgramm, Chatham Rabbits, Love and Valor, Champagne and Caviar, and After the Ashes.
As if there weren’t enough music festivals on their own, it’s also fair season; and the N.C. State Fair in Raleigh is going all out with their own Homegrown Music Fest. Featuring a handful of bands each operating day (October 13-23), Sonny Miles will perform on October 18, Abigail Dowd on October 22, and Rowdy on October 23. Closer to home, the Carolina Classic Fair in Winston-Salem will also host special music nights: C&C Music Factory and Rob Base on October 3; Niko Moon, Restless Road, and Frank Ray on October 4; and Rend Collective with Christian Paul on October 5.
And lest you think this little hobgoblin forgets: Halloween is on the horizon. While spots are still getting plans together for spooky shindigs, Elsewhere has announced its 13th annual Extravaganza, a Nightmare on S. Elm Street, with haunted tours beginning October 5 (leading to a big’ ol frightfest party on October 8). In Glenwood, Funeral Chic, BloodRitual, Rawhex, Heft, and This is Your God host a Halloween show at Etc on October 28. Dr. Bacon and the Mantras blowout Ziggys.Space on Oct 29. And a Halloween Boograss Jam will rattle the Brewer’s Kettle Kernersville on Halloween proper.
The weather is cooling down, but the festival calendar is staying hot. Grab a jacket and get on out there! | https://www.yesweekly.com/music/fall-festivals/article_508285a0-3448-11ed-b791-775f0c260a37.html | 2022-09-15T06:56:12Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/music/fall-festivals/article_508285a0-3448-11ed-b791-775f0c260a37.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Salem Band announces 2022 Fall Concert, What’s Opera, Doc?
Free concert in Hanes Auditorium
SEPTEMBER 25, 2022, Sunday at 3:00 pm in Hanes Auditorium:
Salem Band Fall Concert, What’s Opera, Doc? Join Salem Band and Bugs Bunny for an afternoon of your favorite classics from the popular Looney Tunes cartoons! Music by Brahms, Johann Strauss, Franz Liszt, and more. Hear Barber of Seville, Dance of the Comedians, Blue Danube Waltz, and other selections to accompany some of the most popular cartoon episodes. FREE in Hanes Auditorium, Elberson Fine Arts Center, on the campus of Salem Academy and College.
All concerts are free and open to the public. Contact musicdirector@salemband.org for more info.
About Salem Band
Established in 1771, Salem Band is the oldest, continuous mixed wind ensemble in the nation, celebrating 250 years in 2021-2022. Eileen Young, Music Director. More information at www.salemband.org | https://www.yesweekly.com/music/salem-band-announces-2022-fall-concert-what-s-opera-doc/article_e05d520a-3442-11ed-9dac-a7d7ea8f721a.html | 2022-09-15T06:56:19Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/music/salem-band-announces-2022-fall-concert-what-s-opera-doc/article_e05d520a-3442-11ed-9dac-a7d7ea8f721a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Alternative Resources of the Triad, the Organization that brings you the annual Greensboro Pride Festival, is excited to announce a week of events dubbed “GSO Pride Week.” The events kicked off on Sunday, and conclude with the festival on Sunday, September 18.
So far there has been a Drag Brunch hosted by Brenda the Drag Queen at SouthEnd Brewing, an Interfaith Service at Unitarian Universalist Church of Greensboro, and a LGBTQIA+ Townhall at Elsewhere Museum hosted by The Guilford County Rainbow Coalition along with Greensboro Pride.
The festival has been on hiatus for the past two years due to the COVID Pandemic. Pride leaders say they are anxious to get Pride back on the streets and finally celebrate the 15th anniversary, which was originally scheduled for 2020.
In 2019, the festival drew 18,000-20,000 people to downtown Greensboro with more than 50 performances and 160 vendor booths. The Greensboro Pride Executive Committee expects 2022 to be another record-breaking year for the festival.
The remaining schedule for the week includes:
Wednesday, September 14 — Takeover at Little Brother Brewing, 348 S Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27401. Join the Greensboro Pride team for a takeover and the introduction of the 2022 Pride Brew. Entry to this event is free. 6:00pm-8:00pm and is for ages 21+.
Thursday, September 15 — Twisted Trivia, Pride Edition, at Twist Lounge, 435 M, Dolley Madison Rd, Greensboro, NC 27410. Get ready to answer questions about all things Pride starting at 7:00pm. This event is for ages 21+ and entry is free.
Friday, September 16 — Movie night at the Carolina Theatre of Greensboro, 310 S Greene St, Greensboro, NC 27401. Join us for an evening out to watch “Paris is Burning.” The award-winning documentary gives a behind-the-scenes story of the fashion-obsessed New Yorkers who created “voguing” and drag balls. Tickets are $5 for the first 100 guests using code GSOPride and $7 after that. Doors and box office open at 6:15pm, movie starts at 7:00pm. Visit https://linktr.ee/gsopride for the link to buy tickets.
Saturday, September 17 — Enjoy a double-dose of fun on Saturday as we celebrate Greensboro Pride Festival Weekend. Events start at 3:00pm with a bar crawl starting hosted by Otis & Wawa. Proceeds benefit Greensboro Pride and the Guilford Green Foundation & LGBTQ Center. Tickets are $20 for a Pride Crawler Ticket and $40 for a VIP Ticket. Must be 21+ to participate. Tickets are available at buytickets.at/otisandwawa/735955/r/facebook. Event registration begins at 3:00pm on the rooftop of OneThirteen Brewhouse at 113 Greene Street, Greensboro. Hosted by Brenda the Drag Queen
The bar crawl wraps up at Boxcar Bar + Arcade at 120 W Lewis St, Greensboro, NC 27406, with an evening of drag performances. Join our pre-party for giveaways, drink specials, and see performances from Anna Yacht, J-Lo Jonez, Karma Killz, Taylor Knight Addams St. James, and your hostess, Brenda the Drag Queen. No tickets required. Must be 21+ to enter.
Sunday, September 18 — GREENSBORO PRIDE FESTIVAL! Celebrate all things Pride with performers, musicians, food trucks, KidZone (sponsored by the Greensboro Children’s Museum) and vendors at the 15th Greensboro Pride Festival. Ada Vox, Runner-up from “RuPaul’s Queen of the Universe” on Paramount + & top 8 finalist from ABC’s American Idol. Pride will also feature the Legends of Drag, Dana St. James, Ebony Addams, and LaWanda Jackson, as well as Greensboro Legends Paisley Parque, Tia Chanella, Rose Jackson and Crystal Frost. Get a VIP Ticket to meet Ada Vox and the Legends of Drag at www.eventbrite.com/e/vip-meet-greet-with-ada-vox-and-drag-legends-tickets-411374511237. VIP tickets are $25 each. The 2022 Greensboro Pride Festival kicks off with Triad Pride Performing Arts and a parade of colors by the Tarheel Leather Club. The Festival is FREE and open to the public. Everyone is encouraged to attend.
Greensboro Pride is still looking for volunteers for the festival. If you are interested, sign up at GreensboroPride.org/volunteer. The most-needed shifts are early in the morning for setup and in the evening for breakdown.
Learn more about Greensboro Pride at GreensboroPride.org and follow them on Facebook and Instagram. | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/gso-pride-week-greensboro-pride-and-their-partners-have-special-events-leading-up-to-the/article_90e7caae-3463-11ed-9bdd-8bd81b4b517a.html | 2022-09-15T06:56:25Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/gso-pride-week-greensboro-pride-and-their-partners-have-special-events-leading-up-to-the/article_90e7caae-3463-11ed-9bdd-8bd81b4b517a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Interactive Resource Center holds Virtual Annual Fundraiser “The Dignity Event” to fight homelessness in Greensboro
Greensboro, NC— 9/14/2022 — The Interactive Resource Center (IRC) will hold its signature fundraising event, The Dignity Event, this Thursday, September 15 at 10am. It will be a live event on the IRC’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/gsodaycenter) and can be viewed any time after the event on YouTube.
Major Sponsors include AZ Development; Greensboro Radiology; Tigermoth Creative; John & Regina Schamberger, and Brian & Kendra Ross.
The goal is to raise funds, awareness, and restore dignity to the most vulnerable citizens in our community. All proceeds from this event will directly benefit the IRC through the Dignity Fund, a fund established to cover emergent needs and remove barriers to success of people experiencing homelessness. The IRC believes in a “whole person” approach that addresses multiple barriers, understanding that each piece must be addressed to reach self-sufficiency. “It’s time to realize that we are not at war with the poor - we are at war with poverty”, says Kristina Singleton, Executive Director of the IRC. The event will also highlight cofounder and longtime IRC supporter, Skip MacMillan.
The IRC relies heavily on funding from the community, and all funds raised at The Dignity Event go directly to providing services to people experiencing homelessness in Greensboro. We couldn’t make as great an impact without the generous support of our community. | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/interactive-resource-center-holds-virtual-annual-fundraiser-the-dignity-event-to-fight-homelessness-in-greensboro/article_a3353950-343e-11ed-baa3-6366bf4c409a.html | 2022-09-15T06:56:31Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/interactive-resource-center-holds-virtual-annual-fundraiser-the-dignity-event-to-fight-homelessness-in-greensboro/article_a3353950-343e-11ed-baa3-6366bf4c409a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The past meets present
The Village Fair will be held Sept. 17 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Mendenhall Homeplace, 603 W. Main St. Presented by the Historic Jamestown Society, the event will feature returning and new exhibitors and vendors who will share their talents in heritage-based trades, crafts and artistic endeavors. Several re-enactor and musical groups will be present to entertain.
Housed in the unique 1805 Pennsylvania-style bank barn is one of only two false-bottomed wagons remaining in the country that was used to transport slaves on the Underground Railroad. This is a unique opportunity to learn the story of the slaves’ escape to freedom.
Admission is free but donations are accepted. Parking will be at City Lake Park across the street, with limited handicap parking at the Homeplace.
Annual Fall Litter Sweep
Join the annual Jamestown Fall Litter Sweep Sept. 24 to help clean up the town. Wear long-sleeve shirts and high-top shoes to protect against unforeseen hazards. Gloves, safety vests and bags will be provided to all participants.
Meet in the Food Lion Parking lot on Main Street at 9 a.m. RSVP to 336-454-1138.
General assistant named GCS Employee of the Month
Kinyetta Williams was recently named Guilford County Schools Employee of the Month. A general assistant at Southwest Elementary School, she wears many hats. Her computer can be found in the front office but she is not likely to be sitting in front of it for long.
Her job is to do whatever is needed, which could mean helping scan OneCards for more than 800 students, administering medicine to students on a care plan, or substituting in a classroom. The variety is what Williams likes.
Several individuals who worked with Williams during summer learning nominated her for Employee of the Month.
“Her spirit, energy and enthusiasm make Southwest Elementary a great place to work and learn,” wrote Michelle Tesiero of Colfax Elementary. “During summer school, she went out of her way to be kind, supportive and helpful to students and staff members who came from other schools.”
Williams received a $50 gift card courtesy of the Greensboro Jaycees. Her photo will hang at the Greensboro Jaycees office, the district’s central offices and at Southwest Elementary during the month of September.
Celebration of Excellence
Guilford County Schools will host its annual Celebration of Excellence award ceremony Sept. 15 at Eastern High School. The event starts at 5 p.m. with food, music, cheerleaders and paparazzi along the red carpet. A spirit parade will be held at 5:30 p.m. followed by a program where seven awards will be presented. | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/jamestown_news/about-town---9-14-22/article_1b74a1e4-3458-11ed-ab04-1fd97f455b47.html | 2022-09-15T06:56:37Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/jamestown_news/about-town---9-14-22/article_1b74a1e4-3458-11ed-ab04-1fd97f455b47.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It would come as no great surprise to hear that parents are their children’s first teachers. By encouragement, direction and example, moms and dads take the fragile beings entrusted to them and guide the little ones as they take their first steps, learn their first words and throw their first ball.
As kids get older, parents help with homework, give driving tips and throughout their entire lives teach important weather-related skills so they will always be properly dressed — i.e. “It’s cold outside, button your coat.”
But at my age (I’m not telling), I find the role of parent/child, teacher/student reversed. My children are constantly sharing important life lessons to help me “grow.” Among the things I’ve learned from them are:
• Generosity. This lesson has been provided mainly by example as I watch them share their home with a friend who has no place else to live, befriend neighborhood children others spurn, or freely watch pets for friends when needed.
• Hospitality. Again this is a lesson by example. I see them quick to offer guests refreshment, or welcome overnight company with pictures of the guest and host displayed in the bedroom in which the guest sleeps. I have learned when entertaining at tea, sugar cubes are preferred and a flower on the tray is a really nice touch.
• Caring. As they share their friends and acquaintances, my kids have taught me to expand my circle of love.
• Eating out. According to my children, going through a fast-food drive-through window does not count as eating out, but sitting down where a server takes your order and waits on you does. They also have provided timely tips on gratuities and paying with a credit card — things I never had to worry about at the “window.”
• Travel. With children who have sometimes lived miles from home, including another country, they have filled me in on carrying proper identification and how to act when going through customs.
• Cooking. Chicken in a crockpot is good, but gets old after years … and years. Now my children give me cooking lessons and add variety to my meals with shared recipes.
• Computers, fashion, make-up and hairstyles. Well, some lessons are a little harder to learn than others. The children are still trying to teach me about these.
• Above all, my children have taught me not to take myself so seriously, to lighten up, laugh at my mistakes and keep trying. They have taught me to enjoy life. | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/jamestown_news/notes-from-norma-role-reversal/article_c8f6248c-3458-11ed-b079-6f10b99861fe.html | 2022-09-15T06:56:43Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/jamestown_news/notes-from-norma-role-reversal/article_c8f6248c-3458-11ed-b079-6f10b99861fe.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It is official. The Pilot Life Insurance Home Office on High Point Road has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, recently was made the decision after the after final review.
The site is the 44th individual property, along with 12 historic districts, in Greensboro, listed on the National Register. The buildings across from Sedgefield have sat empty since the company moved to a new building in downtown Greensboro in 1990 following a merger with Jefferson Standard Insurance in 1987.
This is not the first historic designation sought for the property. The Guilford County Historic Preservation Commission awarded Guilford County Landmark Designation in 2021.
Preservation Greensboro considers this to be part of a broader strategy to restore and adaptively reuse the nearly 100-year-old building. The group believes the owner can leverage federal and state historic tax credits to restore the buildings.
“This is a win for preservation in Guilford County,” Preservation Greensboro wrote on Facebook.
Unlike the Landmark Designation approved by the Historic Preservation Commission, listing on the National Register places no obligation or restriction on a private owner using private resources to maintain or alter the property.
However, the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources website states, “Owners of local landmarks and of property in local historic districts are required to obtain certificates of appropriateness from their preservation commission before making significant changes or additions to a property, before beginning new construction, or before demolishing or relocating a property.”
“Under the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a building that is listed in the National Register or is a contributing building in a National Register historic district may be eligible for a 20 percent federal income investment tax credit claimed against the costs of a qualified rehabilitation of the building. These credits apply only to income-producing, depreciable properties, including residential rental properties. The federal credits do not apply to owner-occupied residential properties.”
Several months ago, the current owner of the property at 4300 High Point Road across from Sedgefield, KSL Sedgefield Pilot LLC, began the process of nominating the property for the National Register of Historic Places. KSL Sedgefield Pilot is a subsidiary of Kisco Senior Living.
Nomination is a multi-step process.
First, the City of Greensboro received a letter in April of this year from Darin J. Waters, State Historic Preservation Officer with the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, nominating the Pilot Life Insurance Company Home Office. The city had 60 days to comment on the nomination before it came before the National Register Advisory Committee on June 9 where it won approval.
The nomination includes the original 1927 Fackler Building in the center along with its two later additions to the north, the 1928 Mebane Building to the left facing from High Point Road, the 1928 Commons Building on the right, the 1961 Lake Building and an addition toward the rear of the complex, as well as a 1928 reflecting pool in front of the Fackler Building. All of the buildings are structurally sound.
A total of 20.75 acres is included but does not include the properties recently developed or currently in development by other parties. | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/jamestown_news/pilot-buildings-listed-on-national-register/article_725dd80a-3457-11ed-b829-47f0512ebe59.html | 2022-09-15T06:56:49Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/jamestown_news/pilot-buildings-listed-on-national-register/article_725dd80a-3457-11ed-b829-47f0512ebe59.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Jamestown Town Council will try again — for the eighth time — to hold public hearings Sept. 20 for rezoning and annexation of the property along Guilford College and Mackay roads formerly known as the Johnson Farm.
The annexation public hearing opened Nov. 21 of last year. It has been continued several times since then without resolution. A rezoning request for the property from Agricultural (AG) to Planned Unity Development (PUD) also has been continued for months.
The delay has been caused by continued work on a development agreement for the property now owned by D.R. Horton, which requested the agreement. A development agreement gives rights to develop a specific project for an extended period of time, subject to terms and conditions specified in the agreement for the mutual benefit of the landowner and public.
This agreement must be in place before the Council can decide if the approximately 467-acre property can be rezoned from agricultural (AG) to planned use development (PUD). The Planning Board approved the rezoning in November 2021.
An incomplete draft of the development agreement was available in the January Town Council packet. In March, the Council learned D.R. Horton representatives had not responded to the Town’s timely comments on the agreement.
Town Manager Matthew Johnson said earlier that crafting a development agreement was a tremendous amount of work, involving not only the Town of Jamestown staff, but also D.R. Horton representatives, Terrell, Town Attorney Beth Koonce and others. It could take several months.
“We will work together to make sure Jamestown gets the best we can,” Johnson said.
Even if D.R. Horton comes back with their part of a development agreement, the Council “is not obligated to accept the agreement or any part of its terms,” according to a statement read by Mayor Lynn Montgomery in March.
There was no development agreement between the Town and the previous developer, Diamondback Investment Group. This led to ill feelings about the development and ultimate denial of a rezoning request by the Planning Board in November 2020 and by the Town Council in February 2021.
In other business, the Council is to consider approval of a contract with Republic Waste for acceptance of solid waste at their transfer station and to set a public hearing date for a rezoning request for 4718 Harvey Road from Agricultural (AG) to Conditional Zoning-Bypass (CZ-B). The final item of new business is to consider approval of a contract for services with the Ragsdale YMCA.
Mayor Montgomery will read a proclamation declaring Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week.
The Council will meet at 6 p.m. in the Civic Center at Town Hall. The public is invited to attend. It will also be streamed live at www.youtube.com/c/TownofJamestownNC and will be available following the meeting. | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/jamestown_news/rezoning-annexation-and-development-agreement-again-on-council-agenda/article_0bce8d10-3456-11ed-98be-f349af1350c0.html | 2022-09-15T06:56:55Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/jamestown_news/rezoning-annexation-and-development-agreement-again-on-council-agenda/article_0bce8d10-3456-11ed-98be-f349af1350c0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Greensboro city council may soon vote on stronger city ordinances prohibiting trash in public spaces, obstruction of public byways, and excessive noise.
According to Deputy City Manager Chris Wilson and Greensboro Police attorney Andrea Harrell, revising several existing ordinances will allow police to keep people from obstructing sidewalks and doorways, remove “abandoned” personal belongings from parks, and reduce amplified sound from persons in public spaces.
A new regulation proposed by District 5’s Tammi Thurm would require large grocery stores to retrieve abandoned shopping carts.
District 3 representative Zack Matheny, who is also the president of Downtown Greensboro Inc., said he hoped to see additional regulation on those who serve free meals in Center City Park.
Wilson and Harrell described the recommendations introduced at the September 1 work session as educational rather than punitive, and not aimed at the homeless population.
“We don’t want to enforce these ordinances by way of any criminal violation,” said Harrell. “Our hope is that an educational campaign and voluntary compliance is really going to help with some of the problems that we’re seeing.
The first modified ordinance described by Harrell was Sec. 16-10. Putting injurious object or substance on street or other public place or space.
It shall be unlawful to throw, drop or deposit, or cause to be thrown, dropped or deposited on any street, avenue, alley, highway, footway, sidewalk, park, or other public place or space in the City, any object, substance, or waste (including but not limited to, refuse, garbage, ashes, rubbish, building rubbish, dead animals, putrescible matter, paper, drinking cups, broken glass, tacks, brush, grass, weeds, and anything injurious to health).
This revision, said Harrell, clarifies “exactly what we’re talking about that you can’t leave on the streets” by addressing “the mostly personal items that we see that are left in parks and along sidewalks and our ability to not let them stay there indefinitely.”
She said it would be a Class 3 misdemeanor with a maximum fine of $50.
District 1 representative Sharon Hightower expressed concern about the potential criminal charge. “If the person is experiencing homelessness, and they can’t get housing because they already have a record, putting a misdemeanor on top of that is something I really can’t support.”
“We can certainly look at whether civil penalties would be more palatable,” replied Harrell.
Mayor Nancy Vaughan said she expected the ordinance to result in few if any citations. “It is nobody’s intent to criminalize poverty, but it is a way to send the message, and it gives us the ability to have the stuff removed.”
Matheny said that he was concerned about something not addressed by the revision-the volunteers who feed the homeless in Center City Park.
“They show up on any given day or time,” alleged Matheny, “and just think that they’re giving help by delivering food that doesn’t go through the health department, and then leave significant trash lying around, which is what this is talking about as well. So, what is our goal, educating those that think they are helping, in cleaning up their own stuff?”
Harrell said the city might require those volunteers to get a special event permit and “go through some sort of food service certification course.”
Harrell then described Sec. 18-44. Blocking or impeding street and sidewalk access, which defines “blocking” as any person or object obstructing 36 inches of access to “a sidewalk, public passageway, or entrance or exit to a building.”
It shall be unlawful for an individual to block a sidewalk or public passageway, or to place an object or objects on the sidewalk or public passageway which blocks the sidewalk or public passageway. If an object or objects shall block the sidewalk or public passageway, a law enforcement officer or his designee shall promptly dispose of the object(s) where practicable.
“Not only is it illegal to block a sidewalk or any public passageway,” said Harrell, “but to place objects that block that passageway. This is going to be into or out of a park, or any sidewalk. It’s pretty broad, and then, if anyone blocks the passage with objects, a law enforcement officer or his designee can promptly dispose of the objects.”
Wilson said the city already does this to some extent, “but this provides clarity for everyone that’s involved in the equation as to what is acceptable and what is not.”
Thurm said the revised ordinances “are not just about downtown and it’s not just about people experiencing homelessness.” She cited drone footage shared on social media that showed an apartment complex in which trash and mattresses were strewn all over the driveway and parking lot.
City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba also stated the ordinances are not targeted “at our homeless neighbors,” but that “this is city-wide, not just focusing on a particular population or a particular geography.”
Matheny again expressed particular interest in Center City Park, which “probably wasn’t configured as well as it should have been, and needs to be updated.” The problem, said Matheny, is in determining where the sidewalk begins and ends. “For District 3, that’s a concern I’d like addressed sooner rather than later.”
Harrell then described two revisions to Sec. 18-50, Unlawful noise-producing activities, which prohibits operating any sound amplifier on public property which is “plainly audible” from 50 feet away.
“A lot of this is standing on the sidewalk with a speaker,” said Harrell, “either playing music really close to restaurants where it’s disturbing customers or some of the folks we have who come downtown and scream into microphones about this and that, disturbing patrons that are just walking by, trying to get to wherever they’re trying to get.”
Matheny asked if the distance could be reduced to less than 50 feet. Harrell replied that, as “there’s strength in numbers,” she felt it best to follow the lead of other cities, and “this was the shortest distance I was able to find in any municipality.”
Matheny replied that High Point’s noise ordinance sets the distance at 30 feet, and “it’s okay for us to be trendsetters, so we can put whatever number we want to on this, we can put ten feet.” He cited an example from his district of a busker playing one song constantly every day, to the irritation of customers at a nearby restaurant. “I would encourage us to be more aggressive on this.”
He then cited videos on social media “of folks screaming racial and homophobic slurs” through a megaphone.
Vaughan referred to these same individuals doing so from tents in LeBauer Park and in front of the Tanger City. When queried on Sunday for a clarification, Vaughan texted a photo of the street preachers known as Black Israelites or Radical Hebrew Israelites. The Southern Poverty Law Center has characterized this separatist movement as an “increasingly anti-Semitic, anti-white, anti-LGBTQ, xenophobic and misogynistic sect” that “perpetuates the anti-Semitic belief that ‘so-called’ Jews have stolen their identity and ‘birthright.’”
“You don’t want to be enacting anything that that is content-based,” cautioned Deputy City Attorney Al Andrews. “Because we get sued on that regularly and that’s a seven-figure suit.”
Thurm asked, “is there a way to deal with non-public property, particularly around doctor’s offices, health providers, that kind of thing.” Thurm stated she would like to see if a similar ordinance could be written for private and public property to restrict electronic amplification around healthcare facilities “whether it be nursing homes, doctor’s offices, hospitals or clinics.”
Harrell said there is an existing ordinance that prohibits amplified sound that can be heard at more than 150 feet anywhere in the city. “We can look at either reducing that or, as you said, a specific healthcare provision.”
Vaughan said there was a particular noise issue in District 4 “in an area that has a lot of bars in it” and asked if this does anything to address that. “The complaint that we get is that on a Saturday they will have afternoon events, and at a nearby restaurant, their patrons can barely speak to one another.”
Harrell replied that this noise ordinance only applied to noises coming from public spaces.
The last ordinance discussed was the new one proposed by Thurm after meeting with the hotel association and a variety of retail businesses on West Wendover. The ordinance states “Each retail establishment with ten or more shopping carts is hereby required to develop and implement a specific plan to retrieve shopping carts that are found throughout the city.”
Thurm said the ordinance is aimed at “big box” grocery stores, as opposed to “a shop with just a few grocery carts; they’re keeping up with their carts, anyway, because they’re too expensive to part with.”
Harrell then addressed the issue of panhandling by stating that the 2015 Supreme Court decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert has “really tied our hands” by ruling that panhandling is free speech. “When we talk about any ordinances around panhandling, they can’t target the panhandling behavior,” and any type of ordinance prohibiting aggressive panhandling or public loitering would likely be ruled unconstitutional.
The last page of the slideshow, titled Signs Installed for Transportation Safety, depicted an example of “a little over a hundred signs” stating NO SITTING OR STANDING AT ANY TIME that Wilson said have been installed on 30 traffic islands and medians throughout the city. “That is a transportation issue, not of panhandling per se,” said Wilson. “If you have a pedestrian median that is less than six feet, it is dangerous.” He said this was “simply enforcing something we already had on the books” and had advertised with stickers on those medians, but those “were too small and were not being paid attention to.”
Vaughan concluded by saying, of the ordinances, “I would like us to actually act on them, possibly at our second meeting in September. I don’t know if that means we need to go ahead and advertise them as a public hearing, but whatever it is we need to do to finalize these.”
The next regular session of the Greensboro City Council, meaning the first one at which a public hearing can be held or anything voted on, will be on Tuesday, September 20, at 5:30 p.m. in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber of the Melvin Municipal Building at 300 W. Washington Street. | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/revised-greensboro-ordinances-more-enforceable-say-city-officials/article_602c338a-346f-11ed-b447-177877f831a9.html | 2022-09-15T06:57:01Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/revised-greensboro-ordinances-more-enforceable-say-city-officials/article_602c338a-346f-11ed-b447-177877f831a9.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Triad International Ballet is ready to kick off its 2022-2023 season with its opening play Don Quixote.
At a recent reception where the organization shared its visions and aspirations for the future, business and community leaders got their first glimpse of an energetic performance by some of their soloist and principal dancers, along with learning how they could continue to help.
“We give to local businesses and suppliers who provide services to us. We give to local arts organizations, including the symphony and other dance companies. By collaborating with them so that together we keep each other alive,” said Executive Director Alexia Maas.
The Triad International Ballet School is a nonprofit, pre-professional ballet academy for students ranging in ages from 10-18 and for graduates, ages 18 and above. Students must audition to attend and pass an annual assessment to remain in the competitive program.
The 8-year study program was developed by the late Agrippina Vaganova and has been further developed by the program’s Artistic Director Natalya Davison.
Students are often included as cast members depending on the productions selected for the season.
Using traditional, classical ballet training to shape dancers and bring about societal changes to the industry. They do that by offering classes to students of all ages and all backgrounds within the Triad via community outreach programs and scholarships to vocational training programs. The company has already launched its first major community outreach program in East Winston, with CSEM, GIDE and the YMCA; a collaboration with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra at Tanger Center for the Spring of 2023; and an international exchange program with Scottish Ballet. The season kicks off with a full-scale production of Don Quixote at The Carolina Theater on October 7 and 8, and at High Point Theater on October 13 and 14.
Maas told the room that the organization is an asset to the community on an artistic and economic level, emphasizing the impact the school has on the area.
“From day one our vision was to serve more than one city. We’ve invested heavily in all three major cities of the Triad already. I love Winston Salem’s original motto meaning a city founded upon cooperation,” Maas said. “Let’s cooperate and see how we grow. You give, we give. If we work together, there’s no limits but the sky.”
She went on to give examples of how the organization invests in its community.
“We give training and work experience to our local college students by giving them opportunities to work with us on our productions, doing costume work, stage and tech management, and scenery design. We give to state universities and our local colleges by positioning our company as a career pipeline for eligible graduates from their dance program and giving them the means to attract even more students to North Carolina, boosting in-state and out-of-state tuition fees. We give to our dancers by providing the stability and career opportunities that I spoke of earlier. We do this for the dancers that were raised here so they can stay here, and for those that come here from afar because of what we’re doing. We give to this state and our home cities by helping raise their profile internationally. We also give you the opportunity to leverage all of these activities through your sponsorship and support of Triad Ballet and by giving you a platform for publicity and good corporate citizenship.”
Dex Davison, chairman of the board and director of Drama at the organization, echoed Maas’ thoughts. Having graduated from Greensboro Day School, Davison would go on to obtain a degree from Davidson College, leaving the area to pursue his dreams.
“Why did I leave? For perceived opportunity. I went as far as Russia and then I got married. When it was time to have a family, what did I do? I came back to Greensboro. I came back to the Piedmont Triad. I came back to the community that I was invested in. This community creates wonderful dancers,” he shared with the room.
He said that while New York and Los Angeles may be the right place for a lot of dancers, it doesn’t have to be.
“What Triad International will do is give those dancers an opportunity to be proactive in their trade, to make a living, and to do it while giving back to the community they are invested in. As a person who loves this area, that means so much to me.”
Artistic Director Natalya Igitkhanyan Davison is proud of the students that she teaches and hopes that her tutelage has reached at least one dancer.
“I’m really proud of their talent. I’m really proud of everything that’s happening right now. Everybody that we can reach. Everybody that we can inspire and I’m very thankful to everybody that inspires us.”
To learn more about the Triad International Ballet, visit www.triadinternationalballet.org. | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/triad-international-ballet-is-ready-for-the-season/article_5ea30968-346e-11ed-b45a-678839d10a64.html | 2022-09-15T06:57:07Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/triad-international-ballet-is-ready-for-the-season/article_5ea30968-346e-11ed-b45a-678839d10a64.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On Sunday, September 18, the Triad Pride Men’s and Women’s Choruses will open the 2022 Greensboro Pride Festival on Elm Street by singing the national anthem.
The choruses have come a long way since what was initially called the Greensboro Gay Men’s Chorus formed in 1998 by Anthony Moore, Chip Alfred, and Alexis Kiger. The three men, who had been driving to the Triangle every week to sing with the nearest gay men’s chorus, decided to start one here. More than 20 men from Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem showed up for the first audition. In 1999, the name of the group was changed to the Triad Pride Men’s Chorus, and they held their first concert in June of that year when Greensboro hosted NC Pride.
The Triad Pride Men’s Chorus, Triad Pride Women’s Chorus, and Triad Pride Acting Company are all now under the umbrella of Triad Pride Performing Arts. YES! Weekly recently spoke to TPPA Theatre Artist Director Stephen Hale about the organization’s past and future.
Hale attended UNC-Greensboro before studying in New York, where he received a certificate in musical theater from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, a private conservatory co-founded in 1964 by director, producer and educator Philip Burton, perhaps best remembered for tutoring the Welsh actor born Richard Jenkins, who changed his surname to Burton in honor of his mentor.
Hale has performed in theaters around the south and at theme parks across the country, has directed and choreographed shows in Greensboro, Winston and High Point, and acted, sung and danced such roles as the Emcee in Cabaret and the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. He first joined the Triad Pride Men’s Chorus as a tenor before either the Women’s Chorus or the Acting Company had been formed.
“My husband and I settled in the Greensboro area some years ago, and together, we are a two-person musical production staff. He’s a music director and I’m a director and choreographer, so we have it all blocked out.”
The aim of the organization’s founders had always been to expand beyond being a male choral group. The Women’s Chorus was created in 2016. A year later, the 501c3 parent organization changed its name from Triad Pride Men’s Chorus to Triad Pride Performing Arts to reflect the existence of multiple groups and performance modes. In 2018, the Acting Company became the third group under that umbrella.
Hale said that the diversity of the three organizations reflects that of the LGBTQ community.
“So, now it’s not just a men’s chorus and a women’s chorus. It’s a treble chorus, in which individual sets sing high and individual sets sing low. We’re embracing a more diverse group, so there’s transgendered individuals in the chorus who may not fit the men’s chorus/women’s chorus binary. I’m proud that TPPA is branching out and embracing that.”
Hale emphasized that both choruses and the acting company are open to anyone who wants to audition or volunteer. The Triad Pride Performing Arts website states the organization consists of LGBTQ performers and their allies, “who perform to entertain, enlighten, and enrich while promoting equality and social justice for all people regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, fostering pride, understanding, and acceptance.”
“One of the original founders was a straight man,” said Hale. “We invite everybody to sing or perform with us.”
In the Sept. 29, 2021 article “Sir Edward and the Wicked Witch,” YES! Weekly profiled beloved local performer and etiquette instructor Edward Burlando, who recalled how, when he co-starred in La Cage Aux Folles at the Carolina Theater in 1996, over 250 Baptist protesters were bused to Greensboro, where they not only picketed the show but, as reported in the New York Times, stormed the Guilford County Commissioners meeting, causing the county to cut off all arts funding in 1997.
Although the Triad Pride Men’s Chorus was formed just two years later, Hale said they have never received that kind of hateful reception.
“We’ve been very lucky in that regard. The choruses have been performing for years, and I don’t recall there ever having been that kind of conflict outside the venue. The Acting Company has performed in both Greensboro and Winston, to hugely supportive audiences. Now, at Pride events, there’s always a few picketers, but outside of that, we’ve never been anything but welcome.”
And the choruses, which have performed in cities ranging from Miami to Montreal, are more popular than ever.
“There’s more visual presence for us now,” said Hale. “We are out there doing more events, singing the national anthem at baseball games, and performing all over the country.”
He said that they have not encountered the rising tide of homophobia that has become more vocal in this country over the past two years. “But it’s not something we’ve ever taken lightly. We’re always aware of the possibility, have and contingencies if it ever manifests.”
But mostly, he and his fellow singers and performers are planning for a happy and festive future, and have had their spirits lifted by recent successes.
“With the acting company, we just did Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins last month. We have an annual production Broadway Our Way, and the second season of that is coming up in November. It’s a musical revue about villains, the bad girls and bad boys of stage and screen. And then we have scary and funny non-musical play Deathtrap in February, and the musical Spring Awakening in May.”
“The choruses have their holiday concert in Winston-Salem on December 3, High Point on December 4th, and in Greensboro on December 11. The two choruses will perform together. They start with the men’s chorus, then the women’s, and join for a combined finale.”
Both choruses will audition new singers in January. Auditions for the musical revue Broadway Our Way will be held this coming weekend at 400 W. Radiance Drive in Greensboro at 7 p.m. on September 16, 10 a.m. on September 17, and 2 p.m. on September 18.
“This is your opportunity to sing a song for a role you might never get the chance to actually perform,” states the invitation on the Facebook event page. “Men, have you ever wanted to belt out the Diva’s number? Women, ever wonder what it would be like to sing the Baritone’s romantic solo?” The auditions are open to everyone 16 years or older. Performers should bring sheet music or recorded accompaniment.
For more information, check out triadprideperformingarts.org. | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/triad-pride-performing-arts-has-much-to-sing-and-act-about/article_5c2fdf70-345b-11ed-aa48-7be69b5b3e9c.html | 2022-09-15T06:57:13Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/triad-pride-performing-arts-has-much-to-sing-and-act-about/article_5c2fdf70-345b-11ed-aa48-7be69b5b3e9c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Recently several voters have told me “I don’t really care about the local school board. I don’t have children in school.”
Why should you care?
43% of your property tax dollars go directly to Guilford County Schools. Another 9% goes to education debt.
The quality of life in your community hinges on the education of those in your community.
There is a correlation between the level of education and crime.
Economic development is dependent upon an educated citizenry.
Companies considering Guilford County for relocation or further development want their employees’ children to be well educated.
The quality of local government is impacted by the quality of local education.
Your day-to-day interaction with businesses is impacted by the quality of education of their employees.
The primary indicator of poverty is education.
The number of social services required by a community is related to the quality of education in that community.
The decisions made by the local Board of Education range from days and times students are in school to the number of buses on the road. In many cases, the decisions made by the local Board of Education are the single most influential parameters that govern the lives of families with school aged children. That reverberates through almost every activity a person engages in from going to the grocery store to getting medical care to visiting the DMV.
In essence, the election of representatives to the local Board of Education has both an immediate and ultimate impact on the quality of a community. Choosing Board of Education representation is an important decision to be made by an informed voter. Informed voters pave the way for freedoms in our country. Be a catalyst for quality of life and freedom in Guilford County and be an informed voter on November 8.
Lynn Andrew
High Point | https://www.yesweekly.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor---why-should-i-care/article_572bb152-3479-11ed-b0ca-d7a972571801.html | 2022-09-15T06:57:19Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor---why-should-i-care/article_572bb152-3479-11ed-b0ca-d7a972571801.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On Tuesday, September 6, 2022, the mayor and aldermen of the Kernersville Town Council held a hearing in which they failed in their duties as elected officials on three counts.But before I get into dereliction of duty, let me remind the reader of the role of an alderman. The modern definition of alderman according to Merriam Webster is “a member of a city legislative body.”The role of an alderman as an elected official is to represent their ward, or section of town, in matters such as education, zoning, waste management, public well-being, economic development, and to promote civic unity. Aldermen are by proxy our representatives. They are by trade politicians. In the United States of America, and therefore Kernersville, North Carolina, politicians are expected to serve the majority –to serve the greater good. On Tuesday, September 6, the Kernersville Town Council failed in this regard.The issue that was errantly addressed concerns noise complaints about The Brewer’s Kettle bottle shop on East Mountain St. For the past year, two households having properties adjacent to The Brewer’s Kettle (TBK) have called the police dozens of times about music from TBK being too loud. Six months ago, Council held a hearing to address this ongoing issue. It was decided that Kernersville should adopt an official noise ordinance which capped weekend noise levels at 65 decibels. Since then, TBK has spent thousands of dollars and much effort in re-working their sound system and installing sound baffles to do their part in being good neighbors while still bringing in local and regional performers and fans who spend money both at TBK and other local businesses. And yet, the same two neighbors continued to call the police another eighteen times, each time resulting in a citation and $250.00 fine for violating the noise ordinance. At the hearing on the 6th, town manager, Curtis L. Swisher,spent a copious amount of time comparing the noise ordinances of other cities in the state with charts and graphs and bullet points. Apparently, the Kernersville Town Council decided that what other cities were doing was good enough, not taking into account that Kernersville might be unique in some way.Instead of working towards a way to bolster success in this matter, Council chose to hide behind their plagiarized, cookie cutter ordinance which clearly doesn’t serve the town of Kernersville well at all. This is fail number one.Fail number two is more complex and goes to the heart of the very nature of representation: Council chose to side with the minority in this case. Two homeowners who live in a commercial district, the very heart of the city in downtown even, were given more consideration than a local business which employs more people and serves more people than the combined residents in the closest four city blocks. Not to mention that many of these residents enjoy their proximity to TBK, walking there often to enjoy a beverage or hear a band play. Council blatantly disregarded the greater good in this case.Fail number three is closely related to number two:while it is not always looked upon with favor, part of a politician’s job is to protect and grow the tax base and to foster an environment of economic growth, especially in a downtown commercial district. In siding with only two households in this matter, the Council has effectively told TBK as well as other businesses that may have chosen to operate in downtown Kernersville, “We don’t care about you, your employees, or your patrons. We don’t care about the charities for which you raise money. We don’t care about the sense of community you bring to our town. We only care about these two homeowners.”Council’s attitude in this matter constitutes a failure to perform their fiduciary duty to their constituents and is the worst representation possible.This failure should result in constituents voting these bad faith actors out of office. The Brewer’s Kettle indeed brings many people to Kernersville every year. They pay corporate property, sales, and payroll taxes. They pay staff. They pay vendors. They pay bands. They contribute countless hours and money to organizing and hosting multiple charity events every year.This small, local business is the epitome of the type of business every town and city desires, even requires,for development of commercially zoned areas. The Brewer’s Kettle should be praised by this Council as “doing it right” and should be left alone to continue enhancing lives for the greater good.
Stephen C. Williams
Greensboro, NC | https://www.yesweekly.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-the-brewers-kettle/article_ffff67f8-3477-11ed-b8e8-3330002006f8.html | 2022-09-15T06:57:26Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-the-brewers-kettle/article_ffff67f8-3477-11ed-b8e8-3330002006f8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thanks to Judge Beryl Howell, we now know more about what was in the FBI search warrant served on Senator Richard Burr, than we knew one year ago. That’s because on August 29, Howell ordered the Justice Department to release a less redacted version of FBI agent Brandon Merriman’s warrant which allowed the agency to seize Burr’s cellphone. And what did agent Merriman conclude after examining Burr’s phone and reviewing other information associated with the stock trade investigation? This statement was in his report:
“I believe probable cause exists that Senator Burr used material, non-public information regarding the impact that COVID-19 would have on the economy, and that he gained that information by virtue of his position as a member of Congress.”
So why in heaven’s name wasn’t Burr formally charged with insider trading? Because federal investigators chose to accept Burr’s lame (and multiple) explanations of his sudden wealth. Burr’s initial statement in March of 2020 was that his decision to suddenly dump stocks was based on “CNBC’s daily health and science reporting out of its Asia bureaus.” But later when the FBI questioned him, Burr changed his story. According to the Winston-Salem Journal, we now know about his revised tale from the newly unredacted search warrant.
“Senator Burr explained that he was uncomfortable with a lot of things in the market…Burr discussed the fact that there has been a long bull market and that it was due for a correction…he also said that the surge of Bernie Sanders in the Democratic party’s nomination process was a risk to the market.”
So, I guess Richard Burr had a crystal ball that no one else had, AND he was afraid that his investments would be devalued if Bernie Sanders snagged the Democratic nomination. Or maybe he just happened to watch CNBC’s Asian-based reporters after receiving classified briefings on COVID. If you believe any of that, then I have some swamp land I’d like to sell you. A simple review of the timeline suggests that Merriman’s conclusion about Burr’s stock trades is right on the money (pardon the expression).
In January 2020, Dr. Anthony Fauci briefed Burr about the seriousness of the spreading COVID-19 virus. Then, according to Reuters, three days later Burr, as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, began receiving daily COVID updates, and on January 31, he received a series of voicemails and text messages, which the Journal reported came from “an individual whose identity remains redacted.” Four hours later Burr, his wife, and her brother began to sell off stocks. During one eleven-minute period on February 13, the Burrs engaged in a flurry of stock trades which, by some estimates, netted them over a million dollars. Many of the stocks Burr unloaded were from the hospitality industry which he knew from private briefings would likely tank in a pandemic. It is important to note that just four hours after the Burrs completed their trading, U.S. Secretary of Health Alex Azar declared a national public health emergency because of COVID.
Burr’s suspicious stock trades should come as no surprise to us. In fact, we should have known this was coming as far back as 2012 when he was one of only two Senators who voted against the Stock Act. That Act makes it illegal for any member of Congress to profit financially from proprietary information. Nevertheless, violations of the Stock Act are difficult to prove, as we have learned from Burr’s pandemic plunder. Richard Burr’s propensity for meteoric wealth building is also nothing new. Based on a report from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, when Burr entered Congress in 1994 his net worth was under $190,000. But, according to OpenSecrets.org, by 2018 Burr was worth over $7.4 million dollars. That’s an increase of 3,600 percent at a time when the income of Average Americans rose by less than one percent.
Over the years there have been proposals to augment the Stock Act. Elizabeth Warren, for example, has lobbied unsuccessfully to ban legislators from even trading stocks while in office. And earlier this year, a number of Democratic Congressmen and Senators attempted in vain to pass legislation that would have required their colleagues to put their portfolios in a blind trust. But if guys like Burr can slither out of violating the Stock Act, then they could do the same with any subsequent laws.
I can’t help but think of Martha Stewart, who in 2001, made a stock trade based on information from her broker’s assistant that the price of ImClone shares would probably decline because its CEO was about to retire. Martha dumped her ImClone stocks in order to avoid a loss that would have amounted to $45,000. For that, Stewart was convicted of obstruction, spent five months in federal prison, was given two years of supervised release, and had to wear an ankle monitor for five months. Moreover, her transactions had no bearing on the health of millions of Americans. The recently unredacted FBI warrants on Richard Burr is a hollow victory for transparency because the soon-to-be-retired Senator wasn’t held to account for the fortune he allegedly made from insider trading. Martha Stewart must be wondering why. | https://www.yesweekly.com/opinion/the-less-redacted-richard-burr/article_a24bb488-347a-11ed-89db-eba0d434ce8a.html | 2022-09-15T06:57:32Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/opinion/the-less-redacted-richard-burr/article_a24bb488-347a-11ed-89db-eba0d434ce8a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Mixxer Community Makerspace has an iron pour every September, but since most folks in the Triad are not yet familiar with this visually exciting event, they have come up with an easy way for you to make your own iron art, and to watch as regional artists pour tons of white-hot liquid iron into molds during Mixxer’s annual Night of Fire event. There are also body-painted dancers (body paint by Cheryl Ann Lipstreu) with flaming regalia and batons, and a flame poofer that shoots flames 20 feet into the air!
The Night of Fire is the finale to the Month of Metal Arts at Mixxer Community Makerspace, and is scheduled for Saturday, September 24, the same day and same location as the Industry Hill Block Party #IHBlockParty. Join us at Mixxer Community Makerspace for the Industry Hill Block Party, 12pm to 10pm, and the Night of Fire from 6pm to 10pm, at the corner of 9th and Trade Street, in Winston-Salem. This year, thanks to a grant from Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, Mixxer is offering workshops every day for you to create your own iron art at Mixxer Community Makerspace for a reduced cost.
How you can create iron art
Here’s how you can create your own personal iron art, and you don’t even have to break a sweat or get near the molten iron to do so. Mixxer Community Makerspace is holding scratch block carving workshops during the Month of Metal Arts. The entire process is explained on their website: ironart | Mixxer Makerspace (wsmixxer.org). The helpful folks at Mixxer will help you learn to carve your design into a scratch block, and that scratch block is what the iron will be poured into to create your unique design. Your completed iron art will be available for pick up on September 25, and they will hold your piece for an entire month.
More about the Industry Hill Block Party
Industry Hill is populated by small businesses that are ran by the people that started them. There are multiple breweries, restaurants, and yoga studios. Live music can be heard throughout the neighborhood nearly every night from the breweries, Earl’s restaurant, or The Ramkat, a music venue that brings national and international artists to Winston-Salem on the regular. The Industry Hill Block Party is an annual event that gets bigger and better every year. Thanks to sponsors like Mast General Store, the Industry Hill Block Party will have more arts vendors, food trucks, family fun games including a kids foam party, live music all day and into the night, plus the fire, flames and molten iron at Mixxer’s Night of Fire.
Learn more at wsmixxer.org.
Arts Council is the chief advocate of the arts and cultural sector in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Our goal is to serve as a leader in lifting up, creating awareness and providing support to grow and sustain artistic, cultural and creative offerings throughout our region.
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There are over 800,000 art experiences taking place in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County annually. To learn more about upcoming arts and culture events happening in our community please visit www.cityofthearts.com. | https://www.yesweekly.com/thearts/mixxer-s-night-of-fire-is-hot/article_b91891f8-3444-11ed-9e7b-9f45376bc191.html | 2022-09-15T06:57:38Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/thearts/mixxer-s-night-of-fire-is-hot/article_b91891f8-3444-11ed-9e7b-9f45376bc191.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Music, movement, and magic on display in UNCSA’s Fall Dance It’s a new semester at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), and the School of Dance kicks off — no pun intended — the 2022-’23 season with its annual Fall Dance, which will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27th through Friday, Sept. 30th, and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1st in the Agnes de Mille Theatre located on the main campus of UNCSA, 1533 S. Main Street, Winston-Salem. Tickets are $20 (general admission) and $15 (students with valid ID) and are available by calling 336-721-1945 or visiting https://www.uncsa.edu/performances/index.aspx.
The three-part presentation includes The Bloom of Youth, wherein UNCSA’s associate dean of dance Brenda Daniels celebrates the beauty, freshness, and vivacity of youth in a dance accompanied by a School of Music student performing Mozart’s Piano Sonata in F major live onstage. Chicago-based choreographer Marian Oliveira will offer a distinctive exploration of the past and present with Dreamland, a comedy/drama influenced by the surrealist art movement and set to vintage songs from the 1930s and ‘40s. Finally, UNCSA veteran Anthony Lee Bryant (High School Dance ’03) has created a new piece titled Entropy, which is influenced by the concept of entropy, the degradation of matter and energy in the universe.
“The outer layer of the costumes will give a nod to the Mozartian era, with hoop skirts and frock coats,” explained Daniels regarding The Bloom of Youth, “but the outerwear will be transparent, so it will also indicate the look of a glass conservatory over the flower-like velvet unitards underneath. The outerwear will be worn only for the first movement, ‘Hothouse,” (while) the second two movements, ‘Buds’ and ‘Full Flower,’ will feature flower-like unitards.”
According to Daniels, the first movement is presented in a stately and formal fashion, followed by the second adagio (slow) movement, in which couples begin to experience the pangs and feelings of love and connection. The final section is a joyous, free-spirited, romantic romp.
“It is always a pleasure to have music played live onstage, being created at the same moment as the dance is unfolding,” she said. “It gives a freshness and immediacy which canned music doesn’t have. It is harder for the dancers, however, (because) they have to be sensitive and adaptable to the little variations in tempo and inflection that occur in live performance.”
Oliveira’s Dreamland combines comedy and pathos, depicting the journey of a character growing and maturing through life, discovering both beauty and adversity, including inevitable love, loss, and death. Said Oliveria: “The piece is influenced by the surrealism movement and the works of visual artist Rafal Olbinski. The soundtrack of Dreamland is based on the songs and artists from the 1930s and ‘40s, such as Xavier Cugat, Rudy Vallee, Charlie Chaplin, and Tommy Dorsey.”
Bryant’s Entropy was directly inspired by Steven Pinker’s 2018 non-fiction book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. “In the book, (Pinker) speaks about entropy, and I found his writings on the ideas being the second law of thermodynamics intriguing,” said Bryant. As Parker wrote: “When energy is poured into a system, and the system dissipates that energy in its slide toward entropy, it can become poised in an orderly, indeed beautiful, configuration — a sphere, spiral, starburst, whirlpool, ripple, crystal, or fractal.”
According to Bryant, Entropy’s tone will utilize varying states of energy and formations in juxtaposition with one another to showcase the physicality and virtuosity of the dancers performing the piece. “My hope is that the audience will enjoy the piece’s nuances and learn to appreciate different aspects of movement within one piece of creation,” Bryant said.
“This year’s Fall Dance centers around joy, youth, and life in bloom,” said UNCSA School of Dance dean Endalyn T. Outlaw. “We are honored to present a work by our talented faculty-artist Brenda Daniels, as well as multi-talented alum Anthony Lee Bryant, and the accomplished Mariana Oliveira. Each of the three works will take us on a stylistically different journey — some filled with humor and whimsy and others with a physically charged movement vocabulary. And all will highlight the artistic and technical skills of our contemporary dancers. Fall Dance will be a truly special experience for both students and audiences.” | https://www.yesweekly.com/thearts/music-movement-and-magic-on-display-in-uncsa-s-fall-dance/article_5c0d8e96-346c-11ed-88cb-2b4433960bb5.html | 2022-09-15T06:57:44Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/thearts/music-movement-and-magic-on-display-in-uncsa-s-fall-dance/article_5c0d8e96-346c-11ed-88cb-2b4433960bb5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bibb deputies investigating armed robbery at north Macon store
Witnesses told deputies two males, dressed in dark clothing with their faces hidden, entered the store with guns and demanded money from the clerk. They ran after receiving cash, and no one was injured.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a commercial armed robbery that happened Wednesday night.
A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release says it happened just before 10 o’clock at Dollar Tree, located at 175 Tom Hill Sr. Boulevard.
Witnesses told deputies two males, dressed in dark clothing with their faces hidden, entered the store with guns and demanded money from the clerk. They ran after receiving cash, and no one was injured.
Call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME if you have any information. | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-deputies-investigating-armed-robbery-north-macon-store/ | 2022-09-15T07:08:02Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-deputies-investigating-armed-robbery-north-macon-store/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bibb deputies investigating armed robbery at north Macon store
Witnesses told deputies two males, dressed in dark clothing with their faces hidden, entered the store with guns and demanded money from the clerk. They ran after receiving cash, and no one was injured.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a commercial armed robbery that happened Wednesday night.
A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release says it happened just before 10 o’clock at Dollar Tree, located at 175 Tom Hill Sr. Boulevard.
Witnesses told deputies two males, dressed in dark clothing with their faces hidden, entered the store with guns and demanded money from the clerk. They ran after receiving cash, and no one was injured.
Call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME if you have any information. | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-deputies-investigating-armed-robbery-north-macon-store/ | 2022-09-15T07:08:02Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-deputies-investigating-armed-robbery-north-macon-store/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BS Report: September 14th – They Blew It!
Falcons fans aren't expecting much from this rebuilt squad, but a heartbreaking turnaround loss may be too much to take.
Falcons fans aren’t expecting much from this rebuilt squad, but a heartbreaking turnaround loss may be too much to take. Bill Shanks explains why the blown 16 point lead against the rival Saints may be the fault of the coaching. | https://www.41nbc.com/bs-report-september-14th-they-blew-it/ | 2022-09-15T07:08:08Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/bs-report-september-14th-they-blew-it/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BS Report: September 14th – They Blew It!
Falcons fans aren't expecting much from this rebuilt squad, but a heartbreaking turnaround loss may be too much to take.
Falcons fans aren’t expecting much from this rebuilt squad, but a heartbreaking turnaround loss may be too much to take. Bill Shanks explains why the blown 16 point lead against the rival Saints may be the fault of the coaching. | https://www.41nbc.com/bs-report-september-14th-they-blew-it/ | 2022-09-15T07:08:08Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/bs-report-september-14th-they-blew-it/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The End Zone Game of the Week Preview: ACE vs. Northeast, Pt. 2
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 16, at 7:30 p.m. at ACE.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The End Zone Game of the Week features a first-ever battle between the ACE Gryphons and the Northeast Raiders.
The Raiders are coming off their best season in program history, going 9-4 and falling in the 2A state quarterfinals. But this season, the Raiders haven’t had the best of luck as they have started the season 1-2, with a 2-point loss against the Mary Persons Bulldogs that ended in the third quarter, followed by a one-point loss to Fitzgerald.
The Raiders bounced back last week, defeating Carver, the second-ranked team in the 3A. So to continue their winning ways, head coach Jeremy Wiggins has a few goals in mind.
“Finish the game. Win all three phases of the game: special teams, offense and defense. Come out and play hard, play fast, play physical. Be mentally sharp. No mental mistakes. No stupid penalties, which we’ve been doing a good job of penalties and cutting down on that. So we just want to make sure we’re in the right place so we can give ourselves a chance to win the game,” said Wiggins.
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 16, at 7:30 p.m. at ACE. | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-ace-vs-northeast-pt-2/ | 2022-09-15T07:08:14Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-ace-vs-northeast-pt-2/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
The End Zone Game of the Week Preview: ACE vs. Northeast, Pt. 2
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 16, at 7:30 p.m. at ACE.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The End Zone Game of the Week features a first-ever battle between the ACE Gryphons and the Northeast Raiders.
The Raiders are coming off their best season in program history, going 9-4 and falling in the 2A state quarterfinals. But this season, the Raiders haven’t had the best of luck as they have started the season 1-2, with a 2-point loss against the Mary Persons Bulldogs that ended in the third quarter, followed by a one-point loss to Fitzgerald.
The Raiders bounced back last week, defeating Carver, the second-ranked team in the 3A. So to continue their winning ways, head coach Jeremy Wiggins has a few goals in mind.
“Finish the game. Win all three phases of the game: special teams, offense and defense. Come out and play hard, play fast, play physical. Be mentally sharp. No mental mistakes. No stupid penalties, which we’ve been doing a good job of penalties and cutting down on that. So we just want to make sure we’re in the right place so we can give ourselves a chance to win the game,” said Wiggins.
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 16, at 7:30 p.m. at ACE. | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-ace-vs-northeast-pt-2/ | 2022-09-15T07:08:14Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-ace-vs-northeast-pt-2/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Average UK house price leaps by 15.5 per cent annually in biggest jump in 19 years
Average price of a house in UK is £292,000 – £39,000 more than the year before.
Rise of 9.6 per cent in Northern Ireland brings average price of a house to £169,000
The annual increase was the biggest since May 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
THE AVERAGE UK HOUSE PRICE ROSE by 15.5 per cent annually in July, marking the biggest increase in 19 years, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The percentage increase was around double the rate recorded in June, when the typical property value increased by 7.8 per cent annually.
The ONS said the inflation rate was the highest recorded since May 2003.
The jump in annual inflation was mainly because of “a base effect” from the falls in prices seen this time last year, as a result of changes in the stamp duty holiday, the report said.
Average UK house prices increased by £6,000 between June and July this year – compared with a fall of £13,000 between the same months last year.
The average UK house price was £292,000 in July 2022, which is £39,000 higher than this time last year.
Average house prices increased over the year in England to £312,000 (a 16.4 per cent annual increase), in Wales to £220,000 (17.6 per cent), in Scotland to £193,000 (9.9 per cent) and in Northern Ireland to £169,000 (9.6 per cent).
A temporary “nil rate” tax threshold under the stamp duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland was reduced from July last year, before the holiday was completely phased out from October 2021.
A similar property tax holiday in Wales ended on June 30 2021 and the equivalent holiday in Scotland ended on March 31 2021.
Sarah Coles, senior personal finance analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the latest house price jump “is the result of changes to the stamp duty holiday last summer. It doesn’t affect the outlook for the market, which is facing real challenges”.
She continued: “Distortions from the end of the most generous period of the stamp duty holiday last June are playing an enormous role in price rises.
“There was a burst of demand last June, and people rushed to get sales over the line before the deadline – pushing prices up. As a result, we had a lull in July.”
Gabriella Dickens, a senior UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said: “Looking ahead, we expect house prices to fall outright in the second half of the year, given the size of the rise in mortgage rates.”
The report was released as separate figures from the ONS showed that Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation reached 9.9% in the year to August, easing from 10.1% the previous month, reflecting a fall in the price of motor fuels.
Mark Harris, chief executive of mortgage broker SPF Private Clients, said: “With 95.5 per cent of mortgages taken on fixed rates during the second quarter of the year, according to the Financial Conduct Authority, borrowers envisage further rate rises and are taking action to protect themselves.”
Jason Tebb, chief executive of property search website OnTheMarket.com, said: “With evidence of a return to a seasonally driven housing market, we wait to see whether a further pick-up in activity in the autumn materialises, with buyers keen to proceed before Christmas.”
Simon McCulloch, chief commercial and growth officer at conveyancer platform Smoove, said: “The dynamics of the UK property market continue to be determined to some extent by a lack of supply, which should prop up prices to a degree even in the event of a prolonged recession.”
ONS figures also showed that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 3.4 per cent in the 12 months to August 2022, up from 3.3 per cent in the 12 months to July 2022.
Private rental prices increased by 3.4 per cent in England, 2.5 per cent in Wales and 3.6 per cent in Scotland in the 12 months to August.
Gareth Atkins, managing director of lettings at Foxtons, said: “This August had the highest level of rental demand we’ve ever seen, as London remains one of the most attractive cities to work and live in.
“This unprecedented demand, paired with low supply, has pushed prices and budgets up across the capital. We can see multiple factors driving the lack of supply in 2022 – about three-quarters of Foxtons tenancies are renewing and there is a strong sales market in London.”
Karen Noye, mortgage expert at Quilter, said: “The housing market has so far remained resilient despite the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
“While the latest UK inflation data released this morning showed a slight fall to 9.9% last month, a higher peak is still expected to materialise over the coming months and as such the Bank of England is expected to continue hiking interest rates and the current resilience may well falter as a result.
“Coupled with rising interest rates, soaring energy prices will also make buyers more cautious.”
She said that despite the recent energy price cap announcement “many will still feel the squeeze financially and this could put a halt on people’s plans to move home”.
Ms Noye continued: “Whether these ongoing issues translate into a fall in house prices will not be seen for some time yet, though this may well be the case if the winter proves to be as difficult as predicted.”
Iain McKenzie, chief executive of the Guild of Property Professionals, said: “The average house will now set you back almost £40,000 more than it did a year ago. That’s £40,000 extra that buyers will need for a mortgage to get them on the property ladder.
“The demand for good-quality housing remains robust, we just need to see the cost-of-living come down to ensure that confidence in buying stays buoyant.”
Mike Scott, chief analyst at estate agency Yopa, said the firm expects house prices will continue to grow for the remainder of 2022, “though the annual rate of growth will quickly fall back from July’s 15.5% figure to something that’s in single figures”.
Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank, said rising mortgage rates “will ultimately curb the double-digit price growth seen over the last two years although we don’t expect prices to fall”.
Nicky Stevenson, managing director at estate agent group Fine & Country, said: “With tax cuts expected in the coming days, many experts may find themselves urgently revising their forecasts for the remainder of 2022.” | https://www.theirishworld.com/average-uk-house-price-leaps-by-15-5-per-cent-annually-in-biggest-jump-in-19-years/ | 2022-09-15T07:11:44Z | theirishworld.com | control | https://www.theirishworld.com/average-uk-house-price-leaps-by-15-5-per-cent-annually-in-biggest-jump-in-19-years/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
First Victoria Cross awarded to a civilian – an Irishman from Westmeath – sold for almost £1m at auction in London
The first Victoria Cross (VC) awarded to a civilian – an Irishman from Co Westmeath – has been bought at auction for almost £1 million.
Auctioneers Noonans, in London’s Mayfair, said the £930,000 paid for the VC given to Thomas Henry Kavanagh represents a new world record.
Kavanagh, from Mullingar, was honoured with the gallantry award, usually reserved for members of the British and Commonwealth forces, for his actions at the siege of Lucknow in 1857 during the Indian mutiny against British rule.
In November 1857 he volunteered to leave the safety of the besieged British residency in Lucknow and managed to avoid capture as he passed through rebel lines under the cloak of darkness to pass a vital message to a cavalry outpost.
Kavanagh, who had worked in the civil service in Lucknow prior to the rebellion, then used his local knowledge to guide the relieving force through the city to the beleaguered residency garrison.
Queen Victoria presented him with a VC for his bravery at Windsor Castle in 1860.
The medal was sold at Mayfair-based auctioneers Noonans on Wednesday.
It went for a £750,000 hammer price from a phone bidder but the total cost, when commission was added, was £930,000.
Oliver Pepys, associate director and medal specialist at Noonans, explained the significance of Kavanagh’s VC.
“Kavanagh’s gallantry at Lucknow 165 years ago stands out as one of the most premeditated and sustained acts of gallantry in the history of the Victoria Cross and the price achieved at auction demonstrates the high regard which Kavanagh is still held in today,” he said.
Chairman and chief executive of Noonans, Pierce Noonan, said: “The record price achieved for Kavanagh’s Victoria Cross reflects not just Kavanagh’s extraordinary gallantry, but also the strength of the market for small collectibles more generally where the prices for high quality items continue to go from strength to strength.” | https://www.theirishworld.com/first-victoria-cross-awarded-to-a-civilian-an-irishman-from-westmeath-sold-for-almost-1m-at-auction-in-london/ | 2022-09-15T07:11:51Z | theirishworld.com | control | https://www.theirishworld.com/first-victoria-cross-awarded-to-a-civilian-an-irishman-from-westmeath-sold-for-almost-1m-at-auction-in-london/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Man who stored Lyra McKee murder weapon jailed for seven years
The journalist was shot dead as she reported on riots in Derry in 2019.
A man convicted of possessing the gun used to shoot journalist Lyra McKee has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Niall Sheerin, 29, pleaded guilty earlier this year to possession of a pistol and ammunition with intent to enable another person to endanger life.
At a hearing in Belfast on Wednesday, judge Mr Justice Fowler handed down an extended custodial sentence of seven years’ imprisonment and a further five years on licence.
The gun used to kill the author – a Hammerli X-Esse .22 pistol – was found wrapped in plastic bags in a hollow behind a telegraph pole in a field in the Ballymagroarty area of Derry in 2020.
Bullets and a spent ammunition magazine were also discovered in the package.
Ballistics tests showed the pistol had been used in five shootings in the city in the previous 21 months, including the April 18, 2019 murder of Ms McKee.
The 29-year-old was shot dead as she observed rioting in the Creggan area of Derry.
The dissident republican organisation styling itself as an organisation calling itself the New IRA claimed responsibility for her murder.
DNA linked to Sheerin was found on the weapon.
The defendant, from Tyrconnell Street in Derry, admitted possession of the weapon on dates unknown between September 11, 2018 and June 6, 2020.
At an earlier sentence hearing, a defence barrister insisted Sheerin had no knowledge of how the weapon had been used prior to him storing it for a “short period of time”.
The Crown contended that Sheerin was aware he was storing a gun on behalf of the New IRA.
However, prosecutors accepted they could not establish whether the defendant would have been aware of the specific history of the firearm.
On Wednesday, Justice Fowler said he wanted to make clear he was not passing sentence in connection with the murder of Ms McKee, as he noted it had not been established whether Sheerin knew the history of the weapon before he came into possession of it.
“I am sentencing on the basis of his intention to enable others to endanger life by virtue of the fact he was in possession and stored this weapon for a terrorist organisation he knew was actively engaged in gun attacks, one of which had caused the death of Lyra McKee,” he said.
The judge said there was no evidence before the court that the defendant had an “organisational role” with the New IRA “nor any involvement over and above storage of this weapon”.
As well as handing down the extended sentence, he ordered Sheerin to sign notification requirements under counter-terrorism laws for 15 years.
Three men are currently awaiting trial charged with the murder of Ms McKee.
Following the sentencing of Sheerin, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said the investigation into the shooting of the journalist remains “very much active”.
Detective Superintendent Eamonn Corrigan said: “Lyra McKee, at just 29 years old, died after being shot in Creggan, in Derry/Londonderry, on April 18, 2019.
“It’s over three years now since that tragic day, and the pain felt by Lyra’s loved ones is understandably as raw as ever.
“I want to thank members of the public for their support, and I’m keen to reassure the community that we remain committed to working with them and our partner agencies to stop the corrosive influence of terrorists.
“Our investigation into Lyra’s murder, as demonstrated by today’s sentencing, is very much active. And, with continued support, we will work tirelessly to bring those responsible before the courts.
“We are very grateful to the independent charity Crimestoppers, which is now offering an increased reward of up to £20,000 for information it receives that leads to the prosecution of those responsible.” | https://www.theirishworld.com/man-who-stored-lyra-mckee-murder-weapon-jailed-for-seven-years/ | 2022-09-15T07:11:58Z | theirishworld.com | control | https://www.theirishworld.com/man-who-stored-lyra-mckee-murder-weapon-jailed-for-seven-years/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HELSINKI, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Moody's has affirmed the Ba3 corporate family rating of Outokumpu Oyj and changed the outlook to positive from stable.
"We are pleased that Moody's recognizes that Outokumpu is now better positioned financially in a more challenging environment," says Outokumpu CFO Pia Aaltonen-Forsell. "We have significantly reduced our net debt and improved our profitability, while at the same maintaining a sufficient liquidity. Outokumpu is now financially stronger than ever and more resilient to withstand also more challenging economic environments."
Outokumpu's current corporate family rating is the best credit rating since Outokumpu first obtained Moody's rating in 2016.
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Investors: Linda Häkkilä, Head of Investor Relations, tel. +358 40 071 9669
Media: Outokumpu media desk, tel. +358 40 351 9840
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Revolve Renewable Power Corp. (TSXV: REVV) ("Revolve" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed an energy services contract for a new 3.2MWh ("megawatt per hour") Battery Energy Storage System (or "BESS")(the "Project"). This is the first BESS project signed under the Company's recently established distributed generation (or "DG") business and complements the recently completed acquisition of Centrica Business Systems (Mexico) (see News Release dated August 29, 2022 (https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/REVV/news/5305963835965510/Revolve_Acquires_100%_of_Centrica_Business_Solutions_with_Operating_Assets_and_Recurring_Revenue_Stream). The Project increases the Company's DG capacity in operation and under construction by 50% to approximately 9MWh.
- The 3.2MWh battery storage system will be installed at the site of a major hotel chain in Cancun, Mexico.
- Revolve will be the owner of the Project with responsibility for the financing, installation and operation of the BESS system.
- A 10-year Energy Services Agreement (or "ESA") has been signed between the Company and the hotel operator for the provision of peak shaving and other energy related services.
- Under the ESA agreement Revolve will receive an annual fixed payment in addition to sharing the energy savings delivered by the Project over the 10-year contract period.
- An Engineering Procurement Contract (or "EPC") has been signed with Quartux Mexico S.A. de C.V. (or "Quartux"), a highly experienced installer and operator of battery storage systems in Mexico, to deliver a turnkey solution for the installation and commissioning of the BESS system.
- In addition to the EPC a 10-year Maintenance Agreement has also been signed with Quartux for the day-to-day operation and optimization of the system including all routine maintenance.
- The Project is targeted to be operational in Q1 2023 and will add to the recurring revenue base established by the Company with the recent acquisition of Centrica Business Solutions (Mexico). An updated financial forecast for the Company's DG division is currently being completed and will be released in due course.
- The project is expected to cost approximately US$1.8m to install and commission including all related financing and transaction costs.
The Project will be financed through a combination of cash on hand and a new CAD$1.86m secured loan (the "Secured Loan") to be provided by RE Royalties Ltd (or "RER"). The financing agreements will consist of a secured loan agreement and a royalty agreement between Revolve and RER. Finalization of the financing agreements is expected to be completed in the next few weeks.
The Secured Loan will be drawn down per a schedule commencing upon signing of the definitive financing agreements and will have a term of 24 months. It will be repayable at maturity, bear interest at 12% on drawn funds, with interest payable on a quarterly basis during the term. The Company will pay RE Royalties a financing fee of 2% of the Secured Loan amount on signing. The Secured Loan will be secured by certain assets of the Company. The Company will also enter into a royalty agreement with RER under which RER will receive a royalty of 5% on gross revenues generated by the Project for the term of the ESA.
Mr. Eric Hickert, CEO of Revolve Business Solutions, commented: "We are extremely pleased to sign our first battery storage as a service deal and to add further contracted capacity to our growing distributed generation business. We are also particularly excited by the partnership with Quartux and are looking forward to working with them on similar projects over the coming months."
Mr. Alejandro Fajer, COO of Quartux Mexico, S.A. de C.V. commented: "In Quartux we are very happy to collaborate with Revolve in a strategic project that will open the door to many opportunities and will further strengthen our position as leaders in the energy storage sector in Mexico and LATAM."
All transactions over the course of this contract as well as the Agreement with the installer will be in Mexican Pesos. For ease of reference all dollar amounts have been presented in U.S. dollars at exchange rate of One Mexican Peso (MX$) to 0.05 US dollars (US$).
Distributed Generation (or "DG") is an approach to the provision of energy by deploying tools, most commonly solar and battery storage technologies, near end consumers of power. The power generation and storage units are typically installed on rooftops or near the power consumer and provide power direct to the customer (often described as "behind the meter" power, as opposed to purchasing electricity off the "grid").
The business model for Revolve entails installing power systems at its own cost at customer premises and selling the renewable energy produced from these systems back to its customers on long-term Power Purchase Agreements or Energy Service Agreements. The primary target market is large commercial and industrial enterprises, including manufacturing operations and hotel chains.
Revolve was formed in 2012 to capitalize on the growing global demand for renewable power. Revolve develops utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage projects in the US and Mexico with a portfolio of 3,700MW under development. The Company has a second division, Revolve Renewable Business Solutions which installs and operates sub 20MW "behind the meter" distributed generation (or "DG") assets. Revolve Renewable Business Solutions currently has an operating portfolio of 2.85MW with an additional 3MW in the construction phase.
Revolve has an accomplished management team with a demonstrated track record of taking projects from "greenfield" through to "ready to build" (or "RTB") status and successfully concluding project sales to large operators of utility-scale renewable energy projects. To-date, Revolve has developed and sold over 300MW of projects.
Going forward, Revolve is targeting 5,000MW of utility-scale projects under development in the US and Mexico, and in parallel is rapidly growing its portfolio of revenue-generating distributed generation assets.
Although Revolve believes, considering the experience of its officers and directors, current conditions and expected future developments and other factors that have been considered appropriate that the expectations reflected in this forward-looking information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on them because Revolve can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. When used in this press release, the words "estimate", "project", "belief", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "plan", "predict", "may" or "should" and the negative of these words or such variations thereon or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information. The forward-looking statements and information in this press release include information relating to the business plans of Revolve and Revolve's management's expectation on the growth and performance of its business in the United States and Mexico, including the planned MW capacity of its projects; its expansion into the distributed generation market; potential opportunities in the distributed generation market; the completion and timing of the development of its planned portfolio of distributed generation projects; the completion of the Transaction, including final approval of the transaction by the TSXV; potential revenues and cashflows generated from its DG division; and the Company's plans to develop, construct and finance rooftop solar, battery storage and energy efficiency projects of up to 5MW and enter into long term power purchase agreements for the sale of electricity from the projects with the underlying customers. Such statements and information reflect the current view of Revolve and/or Revolve, respectively.
The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based on current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions, having regard to the Company's experience and its perception of historical trends, and includes, but is not limited to, expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions relating to the extent of regulations pertaining to the Company's projects and Revolve's ability to continue as going concern. Risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in those forward-looking statements and information, including but not limited to: the effects of weather, catastrophes and public health crises, including COVID-19; labour availability; disruptions to the Company's supply chains; changes to regulatory environment, including interpretation of production tax credits; armed hostilities and geopolitical conflicts; failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals in a timely fashion, or at all; risks related to the development and potential development of the Company's projects; conclusions of economic evaluations; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; the availability of tax incentives in connection with the development of renewable energy projects and the sale of electrical energy; as well as those factors discussed in the sections relating to risk factors discussed in the Company's continuous disclosure filings on SEDAR. Such statements and information reflect the current view of Revolve. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking information contained in this press release represents the expectations of Revolve as of the date of this press release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Readers should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. Revolve does not undertake to update this information at any particular time except as required in accordance with applicable laws.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday flew two planes of immigrants to Martha's Vineyard, escalating a tactic by Republican governors to draw attention to what they consider to be the Biden administration's failed border policies.
Flights to the upscale island enclave in Massachusetts were part of an effort to “transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations,” said Taryn Fenske, DeSantis' communications director.
While DeSantis' office didn't elaborate on their legal status, many migrants who cross the border illegally from Mexico are temporarily shielded from deportation after being freed by U.S. authorities to pursue asylum in immigration court — as allowed under U.S law and international treaty — or released on humanitarian parole.
Massachusetts’ Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, said he was in touch with local officials and that short-term shelter was being provided.
State Rep. Dylan Fernandes, who represents Martha’s Vineyard, tweeted: “Our island jumped into action putting together 50 beds, giving everyone a good meal, providing a play area for the children, making sure people have the healthcare and support they need. We are a community that comes together to support immigrants.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began busing thousands of migrants to Washington in April and recently added New York and Chicago as destinations. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has been busing migrants to Washington since May. Passengers must sign waivers that the free trips are voluntary.
DeSantis, who is mentioned as potential presidential candidate, appears to be taking the strategy to a new level by using planes and choosing Martha's Vineyard, whose harbor towns that are home to about 15,000 people are far less prepared than New York or Washington for large influxes of migrants.
The move is likely to delight DeSantis' supporters who deride Democrat-led, immigrant-friendly “sanctuary” cities and anger critics who say he is weaponizing migrants as pawns for political gain.
The Florida Legislature appropriated $12 million to transport “illegal immigrants” from the state consistent with federal law, Fenske said.
“States like Massachusetts, New York, and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as 'sanctuary states' and support for the Biden Administration’s open border policies,” Fenske said.
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LOS ANGELES — Abbott Elementary creator-star Quinta Brunson took revenge on Jimmy Kimmel's Emmy prank with one of her own, then collected an apology from the late-night host whose bit was criticized as rude and worse.
Kimmel, who had distracted attention from Brunson's Emmy acceptance speech by lying pretend-drunk on stage, was delivering his monologue Wednesday when a pretty-in-pink Brunson appeared.
"I just I have a little favor to ask," she said. "So you know how when you win an Emmy you only have 45 seconds to do an acceptance speech, which is like not that much time. And then ... you get less time because someone does a dumb comedy bit that goes on a bit too long?"
"I have heard of that happening in previous years," Kimmel replied.
"Well, I was wondering, or no, more demanding if I could I have a couple of extra minutes to think, you know, a couple of extra people," Brunson said. Kimmel stepped back to cede the spotlight to his guest, and later in the show told Brunson he was sorry for what he'd done at the Emmys on Monday.
Brunson's and Kimmel's shows share a network, ABC.
Brunson won the best comedy series writing award Emmy and found herself sharing the stage with Kimmel — who was flat on his back, dragged by fellow presenter Will Arnett because the late-night host had supposedly had too many "skinny Margaritas." Kimmel gave Brunson a thumbs-up for her award but didn't budge, a decision that was blasted online as thoughtless by some and cited as an example of white-male arrogance by others.
Abbott Elementary, about an underfunded Philadelphia school earned a total of three Emmy Awards for its freshman season, including one for co-star Sheryl Lee Ralph for best comedy supporting actress.
On Kimmel's show, Brunson received loud applause from the studio audience when she thanked "all of the fans of the show," then joined the host for a chat.
He started out with a one-liner — "Congratulations on your Emmy. I missed it, how did it go?" — then turned apologetic, beginning with an awkwardly qualified mea culpa start.
"That was a dumb comedy bit that we thought it would be funny," he said. "Then people got upset, they said I stole your moment. And maybe I did. I'm very sorry if I did do that. I did do that, actually. ... The last thing I would ever want to do is upset you, because I think so much of you. I think you know that. I hope you know that."
"It's very kind of you to say that," Brunson replied, graciously, avoiding direct criticism of Kimmel. She said she was "wrapped up in the moment" after winning her first Emmy and with Arnett and Kimmel on stage with her.
"Honestly I had a great night. It was a good night and a good time," she said.
Kimmel, who called it all Arnett's fault, lauded Brunson's series and noted that he's never won an Emmy despite repeated trips to the awards.
"And I went one time and won," she said, delivering the dig with a smile.
Kimmel offered one last apology, adding, "I was dumb, and I've got news: It's gonna happen again."
Earlier Wednesday, Brunson and her cast mates fielded questions from TV critics during a virtual panel discussion, with Ralph expressing her displeasure with Kimmel's Emmy act. "I was like, 'Oh, the disrespect, Jimmy,'" Ralph recalled.
She sarcastically referred to it as "lovely that he was lying on the floor during her wonderful acceptance speech. "I told him too, to his face, and he understood," Ralph said.
When Brunson was asked what she expected during her appearance with Kimmel, she said she was "anticipating that we are going to have a good old-fashioned time" and that she was intent on highlighting the season-two return of Abbott Elementary on Sept. 21.
Brunson said that she and Kimmel had already spoken but didn't detail their private conversation. Backstage at the Emmys on Monday, Brunson said the bit didn't bother her "that much" and noted that Kimmel has been a booster of her and Abbott Elementary. If she decides she's mad at him, a smiling Brunson added, she might "punch him in the face" during her appearance on his show.
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SEOUL, South Korea — A woman was arrested in South Korea on Thursday on two murder charges from New Zealand, where the bodies of two long-dead children were found last month in abandoned suitcases, authorities said.
Authorities didn't immediately say if the 42-year-old suspect was the dead children's mother. New Zealand police had earlier told their South Korean counterparts that the mother might be living in South Korea.
South Korean police said they detained the woman in the southeastern port city of Ulsan, based on a South Korean court warrant issued after New Zealand requested her extradition.
The woman remains in South Korea and will undergo a review at the Seoul High Court over whether she should be extradited, said Park Seung-hoon, an official at the National Police Agency. Park said a date hadn't yet been set but the review must take place within two months.
New Zealand police said the warrant was in connection with two charges of murder, and they have applied to have the woman extradited under the provisions of a treaty between the two nations. They said they have asked South Korean authorities to keep the woman in jail until she is extradited.
"To have someone in custody overseas within such a short period of time has all been down to the assistance of the Korean authorities and the coordination by our New Zealand Police Interpol staff," Detective Inspector Tofilau Fa'amanuia Vaaelua said in a statement.
He said the investigation had been "very challenging" and that inquiries were continuing both in New Zealand and abroad.
Vaaelua said police weren't going to comment further as the matter was now before the courts. Authorities in New Zealand typically don't comment on pending court cases in order to avoid the possibility of influencing the outcome.
The bodies were discovered last month after a New Zealand family bought abandoned goods, including two suitcases, from a storage unit in Auckland in an online auction. Police said the New Zealand family had nothing to do with the deaths.
The children were between 5 and 10 years old, had been dead for a number of years, and the suitcases had been in storage for at least three or four years, according to police.
South Korean police say the woman was born in South Korea and later moved to New Zealand, where she gained citizenship. She returned to South Korea in 2018, according to immigration records.
South Korean police say it was suspected she could be the mother of the two victims, as her past address in New Zealand was registered to the storage unit where the suitcases were kept for years.
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HS Roundup: West M girls stay unbeaten in MVL play
NEWTON TOWNSHIP — Five different players found the back of the net for West Muskingum, which earned a 5-0 victory over Maysville to move to 5-0 in the Muskingum Valley League on Wednesday.
Zoie Settles, Allison Latier, Laney Johnson, Hannah Roberts and Maria Hill had goals, while Settles, Claire Smith, Sophie Quinn and Debra Grace Allen each had an assist for the Tornadoes (5-3).
Gracie Settles posted the shutout in goal.
Sheridan 0, Lakewood 0: The Generals earned a hard-fought draw against the Lancers. No other information was available.
Tri-Valley 12, New Lexington 1: The visiting Scotties led 9-1 at the half and picked up another league win. No other information was available.
Boys Golf
Philo 173, Rosecrans 180: The Bishops' Weston Hartman earned medalist honors with an even-par 36 on the back nine at Jaycees, but the Electrics picked up the victory.
AJ Layton, Addison Mershon and AJ Harper scored 42s for Philo, while Charlie Peterson chipped in a 43 and Nathan Hart a 46 for Rosecrans.
Sheridan falls in tri-meet: The Generals lost to Teays Valley and Fairfield Union, as Reed Coconis led the way with a 38.
Cooper Winders added a 40, Adam Saffell shot 43, and Cael Dowdell carded a 46 for Sheridan.
Sheridan reserves beat Teays Valley and Fairfield Union, as Levi Currence had 38, Owen Cains 44, Canyon Daly 45, and Noah Wamer 46.
Cross Country
New Lex runs at Nelsonville: Zander Miller finished 11th overall in the boys race, running a time of 19:02 to lead the Panthers' at the Nelsonville-York Invite.
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People living Kent and the rest of Britain will be making plans ahead of the Queen's funeral. Many pubs and cafes are hosting viewings of the event while huge crowds are also expected to descend on London to show their respects.
Taking place on Monday (September 19), Charles III has declared the day will be a bank holiday and businesses across the country will be closed. People living in Kent will be glad to know that the weather forecast is looking hopeful ahead of the day.
Pure sunshine is expected from 9am until the evening according to BBC Weather. There will be a gentle breeze in most areas on the day, with highs of 17C expected in Maidstone, Medway, Thanet and Dover.
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The Met Office's UK long range weather forecast for Monday until Wednesday reads: "Fine and dry for most with sunny spells at the start of this period, though perhaps cloudier in the east and parts of the northwest, where occasional showers and a few spots of rain are possible respectively.
"Winds generally light but still a little fresher along some eastern coasts. Temperatures rather cool initially but should return closer to average through the week.
"Mid-week, a band of thicker cloud and light rain may spread across northern and northwestern parts and then possibly edge slowly southeastwards, weakening as it does so. Wetter and windier conditions are likely at times in the northwest for the remainder of the period whilst the southeast sees more in the way of dry weather. Overnight mist and fog patches possible throughout but these should clear quickly."
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Investigators have now narrowed down what may have sparked the flame in a deadly ambulance fire last month to a portable oxygen tank and regulator.
Investigators determined it was an accident and still don't know the exact cause of the fire that killed 91-year-old Fred Kaneshiro while he was being transported to Adventist Health Castle hospital.
Paramedic Jeff Wilkinson was critically injured and is still recovering.
He told investigators he was using a breathing machine known as a CPAP that was connected to a main oxygen tank plugged into the wall.
But as they approached the hospital, Wilkinson disconnected the device to plug it into a portable oxygen cylinder.
"There was a sound described as a 'pop' followed by a bright flash of light that the back of the ambulance immediately filling with smoke and fire," said Dr. Jim Ireland, director of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department. "There are no preliminary findings that EMS personnel's actions in treating and transporting the patient based on routine industry practices contributed to the incident."
One Honolulu respiratory therapist says a lot can go wrong in an ambulance as personnel make split-second decisions.
"In an ambulance everything happens very quickly, " said Honolulu respiratory therapist Ed Morse. "You know it's life and death. You have to think on your feet constantly. The stress is very high."
Ireland says there were no external sources of combustion -- including portable defibrillators, lithium batteries and other electronic devices. And crews inspect their equipment every day.
"This was such an overwhelming fire it was beyond what I think a fire extinguishers capabilities are, but we are looking and reviewing all our policies and procedures to see if there is anything we can do differently if this were to happen again -- we hope it never does," he said.
A final report is not expected for several months.
But the Honolulu City Council is set to discuss the safety of EMS ambulances next week Monday.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — A decision by the Washington State Court in 2021, known as the 'Blake Decision,' changed Washington state laws dramatically.
The case involved a woman from Spokane who was arrested after officers found a small amount of meth in the pocket of her jeans. The woman claimed the pants came from a friend and had no idea that there were drugs in the pocket.
The case made it all the way to the state Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the woman, calling Washington's law on simple drug possession unconstitutional, saying the law criminalizes "unknowing" drug possession.
Before the Blake decision, simple drug possession was a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. After the decision, similar convictions were dropped and officers could no longer arrest people for possessing small amounts of drugs.
"Everybody deserves to feel safe in their communities and we're hearing that consistently right now," State Rep. Marcus Riccelli said.
State lawmakers are gearing up for another legislative session and trying to balance how to hold drug users accountable while also helping them recover.
"For almost everyone that's recovered or going through the recovery, relapse is part of that recovery process," said Dan Sigler, Regional Director of Pioneer Human Services.
Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl says property crimes are up 25 percent compared to this time last year and many criminals are stealing to support their drug habit. Those drugs are also killing people.
"There has been an astonishing 285 percent increase in overdose fatalities within the boundaries of Spokane County," Meidl said.
Spokane County has offered a drug court since the 90s, giving people the opportunity to enter treatment while avoiding a felony on their record. But, with the Blake decision, Meidl says there's no longer a carrot at the end of the stick.
The state legislature returns this January. Wednesday night's town hall is one of many discussions lawmakers are having.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Week three of the college football season is upon us.
Washington State and Idaho will both be at home this Saturday with games where the Cougars and Vandals are favorites to win.
Eastern Washington will have a week of rest with a bye week after a 70-14 loss to Oregon on the road.
Here is a look at WSU and Idaho's upcoming games.
Washington State
Washington State finds itself receiving 30 votes in the latest AP Top 25 poll.
That's what happens when you beat a top 25 team in the country.
The Cougs are coming off an upset victory over then 19th ranked Wisconsin 17-14 to improve to 2-0 this season.
Now, the attention is on Colorado State. Unlike WSU, the Rams are off to a poor start this season. A 51-7 loss to Michigan in week one and a 34-19 loss to Middle Tennessee last week.
To say the Rams have struggled up front would be putting it nicely.
CSU has given up the most sacks in the entire country, 16 through two weeks! That's five more than any other program.
With All-Pac-12 first teamer Ron Stone Jr. and All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention Brennan Jackson on the edges, the Cougs will look to capitalize on the advantage they have in the trenches.
"Yeah, I mean, it's one of those things where if that's a weakness of the team you gotta attack it," said Jackson. "I think going into this game, they're going to see our pass rush and they're going to scheme around it. That's what any good coach would do is make sure they can eliminate that. But, for us, we see that as a weakness and we need to make sure we go out there with our best stuff and really attack this team."
"These guys specialize in passing and I think that we have to take advantage of our defensive line," said WSU head coach Jake Dickert. "They'll get the ball out fast at times, but they'll also sit back and try to take shots down the field, so we gotta find ways to be aggressive and we have to disrupt the quarterback who to his credit has taken shots this year and kept going. I've got a lot of respect for this guy."
The big fellas on the d-line will look to eat this Saturday with kickoff against CSU set for 2 PM at Gesa Field.
Idaho
Has there ever been a time to be more excited about an 0-2 start to the season!?
Sure, there is still a zero in the win column. But, Jason Eck's Vandals have played two power five teams down to the wire.
Idaho lost to WSU 24-17 in the Battle of the Palouse in week one after leading 10-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Last week, Idaho led Indiana 10-0 on the road at halftime. A rough 23-0 third quarter for Indiana was the decision maker in a 35-22 Hoosiers win, but a few plays go in favor of the Vandals and they could have pulled of a pair of upsets.
While life has been inserted into the program, coach Eck has one thing on his mind. Getting that first win.
"I'd say the one positive thing is I've been around some teams where you play these games (FBS opponents) and you destroy the confidence of your team if you get blown out by a couple of those teams," said Eck. "So, I think that is a positive. I don't think were going to be an unconfident team going through the rest. I think we believe in what we're capable of, but we got to get victories, man. We got to get victory number one. We got to be 1-0 this week and start getting those on the board to get where we want to go."
This week, the Vandals will have a fellow FCS opponent rather than an FBS power five team, welcoming a winless Drake Bulldogs team into the Kibbie Dome for the first home game this season.
Drake is a team that likes to run the football. The linebacking core will be busy. The Bulldogs have yet to throw for over 180 yards this season. In last week's 17-14 loss to Missouri S&T, Drake ran for 145 yards on 45 carries. The Bulldogs use a backfield by committee, so expect to see multiple running backs make an appearance in this matchup.
Kickoff for Idaho vs. drake is set for Noon in the Kibbie Dome.
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Can Ph.D.s Thrive in the Business World?
Insightful business managers recognize that they’re an undertapped pool of skilled and savvy communicators with the drive and dedication to be effective contributors, writes Tony Topoleski.
It might have been the isolation of dissertating in the pandemic years that got me, or the fact that I finally felt at home again in my native California after years of moving around for academic work. It probably was a mix of things that spurred me to leave academe. But the most significant—and the most positive—was being recruited into the world of executive search and onto a team of thriving Ph.D.s.
The industry of executive search, a form of high-end recruiting that focuses on roles from manager up to CEO, has proven an excellent way to enter the business world. Its requirement of honed soft skills and only a few hard skills means that Ph.D.s can smoothly transition into the space and flourish. Moreover, with the knowledge I’ve gained since my transition, I’ve learned that executive search is by no means the only industry hiring for the skills Ph.D.s have in abundance, with consulting firms, corporations and start-ups chief among them.
When looking at alternatives to the academic market, Ph.D.s are too often bound by the idea that their skills aren’t transferable outside the higher education system. But insightful business leaders recognize that Ph.D.s comprise a large and undertapped pool of skilled and savvy communicators with the drive and dedication to be effective contributors and managers.
For example, while it is well-known that management consulting firms such as the Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey & Company hoover up more M.B.A.s than any other industry, a lesser-known phenomenon is their burgeoning interest in Ph.D.s. As part of a long-developing trend that Walter Kiechel III calls the “intellectualization of business” in his book The Lords of Strategy, these consulting firms and the companies they influence are increasingly seeking out talent in the musty buildings of humanities and social science departments to better deal with the changing demands of the workplace.
At my firm, for example, Ph.D. graduates can apply for three-month paid internship that might lead to full-time employment. Our project managers look at four core areas in a graduate student’s skill set when we are trying to fill positions at both managerial and executive levels, whether for internal or external hiring and promotion.
- Rapid fluency with new subjects. Business leaders constantly switch gears between new clients, projects and problems, and they need to approach those issues with authority and decisiveness. Ph.D.s necessarily develop such skills in the classroom, in workshops and across countless interdisciplinary research areas. The ability to learn and quickly master new subjects gives Ph.D.s a strong advantage in business environments.
- Communication and presentation skills. The core of the business world is communication and persuasion, both skills that Ph.D.s are abundantly equipped to employ. Whether in the seminar room, teaching undergrads or sitting on a conference panel, many Ph.D.s hone well-crafted presentations, communicate information effectively and react to audience questions and comments with tact and diplomacy.
- Management and organization skills. Many Ph.D.s have the diligence, organization and leadership acumen to keep projects on track, work closely and effectively with teams, and stay focused on bigger-picture concerns while resolving everyday challenges. They embody such management skills through teaching, managing long-term projects, organizing departmental events and navigating institutional bureaucracies. Those skills make Ph.D.s well trained to enter a company at the management level.
- Innovation and thought leadership skills. Ph.D.s’ ability to research, assess and critically examine information and trends enables them to analyze processes, systems, behaviors and company data to imagine new ways of operating. The ability to look from the outside in with a critical lens and then recommend actionable innovations is a skill employers can’t afford to overlook.
All this is not to say that transitioning to the business work is without challenge. In the end, one of the greatest difficulties of leaving academe may be the loss of identity and sense of distinct purpose that academic work can inspire. My transition into the business world was, without a doubt, somewhat emotional.
But it was also informative. During that period, I learned that the skills, goals and identities Ph.D.s have built during their time in higher education will not simply disappear or go to waste. Many employers look for the creativity, critical thinking and passion that Ph.D.s bring to their workplace, and good managers mentor their employees to direct it effectively.
At my firm, I’ve found this approach to talent has paid off immensely in terms of fostering employee fulfillment, creating a workplace culture of open collaboration and rewarding and advancing Ph.D.s who consistently outcompete their peers from other backgrounds. Such work is not for everyone, but it is out there for those who seek it.
Tony Topoleski received his Ph.D. in Russian studies from Northwestern University. He is currently a project manager at ECA Partners, a specialized executive search firm focused on serving private equity clients, where he mentors in the Ph.D. internship program.
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Beyond Transfer
Building common ground and shared will for accelerated change
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Realities of the Transfer Student’s Educational Journey
An interview about one adult student’s path.
Veronica Molless is a member of the Beyond Transfer (formerly Tackling Transfer) Policy Advisory Board and an advocate for today’s students, many of whom, like Molless, are adults, juggle competing responsibilities such as work and are transferring across institutions during their educations. Molless is currently studying to receive her bachelor of science in communications from Arizona State University, where she transferred after earning her associate of arts at West Hills Community College. The Beyond Transfer Policy Advisory Board collaborates on recommendations for the field designed to dismantle inequitable credit mobility and transfer policies and practices.
Cristen Moore is an independent consultant to HCM Strategists supporting TransferBOOST, a collaboration with the Institute for Higher Education Policy that is funded by the ECMC Foundation. TransferBOOST works with institutions in Arizona, Illinois and Virginia to increase equity in transfer student outcomes by delivering to students a clear message that credits transfer and apply to degree completion, costs are streamlined, and time-to-degree is minimized.
The following blog post is a conversation between Molless and Moore about Molless’s educational journey and how clear communications about affordability, combined with strong student supports such as coaching, served as driving forces behind her transferring and pursuing her bachelor’s degree.
Moore: Veronica, thank you for speaking with me today. Can I ask you to start by describing your educational journey?
Molless: Absolutely. I graduated from high school in 2005. The following school year, I attended Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria—it’s about two hours southwest of my hometown. I was recruited to play on the women’s basketball team.
I spent one year there. I had three awesome roommates who were on my team as well, but I faced challenges in covering costs of living expenses. After a year I transferred to West Hills College.
West Hills is about a 20-minute drive from my hometown. I was able to live at home, which eased my financial burden, and I also had the support of my family members. West Hills helped me to finish my associate degree on time, in 2009. West Hills took all the credits I earned at Allan Hancock and provided some important services such as transportation to the college—I would not have been able to get to college if they didn’t have a dedicated van.
What stands out from my time at both colleges were the memories I created with amazing people, some of whom have remained close friends to this day.
I am excited to be working on my bachelor of science in communications at Arizona State University, which I started in fall of 2021.
Moore: There was a multiyear gap between you completing your associate degree and when you transferred and enrolled at ASU. Why did you eventually transfer?
Molless: My art instructor and mentor at West Hills encouraged me to transfer to an art school. Years prior, I had the opportunity to attend California Institute of the Arts for the summer. But due to the high cost, I chose to work instead. My aspiration was to be an illustrator, and I’ve been fortunate to have been able to work on community art projects over the years, but I found it hard to find a job with an associate degree in art.
I started working at Starbucks in 2010, where I developed a passion for coffee and an excitement for the people I got to work with and the guests I got to meet. From there, I really have to credit the Starbucks College Achievement Plan (SCAP) and its partnership with ASU for both reigniting my interest in education and helping me see it was possible.
Moore: Oh, that’s interesting. Can you tell us more about what captured your imagination about the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, or SCAP, as you called it?
Molless: There are a few things that ASU and Starbucks do really well. They have a graphic—that features a coffee cup, of course!—that makes very clear what is and is not covered financially. They also make it very affordable. Tuition and fees are fully covered. There are no income restrictions. If you drop out, you keep your credits. If you leave Starbucks, you don’t have to pay them back. At one point, you had to pay tuition ahead and get reimbursed. They dropped that so you don’t have to come up with the money up front, juggle finances, take out loans. Honestly, that can be a time-consuming and overwhelming process, so this direct, up-front payment process alleviated a lot of stress.
You know when you sign up for a credit card and you see a ton of fine print? That does not exist for this program. They are very clear.
As an employee at Starbucks, I was able to get health insurance and other benefits, such as access to Headspace and Lyra Health, which provides emotional and mental health supports.
Starbucks also integrates the work and academic calendars. So if I had to request time off for a class, or shift my schedule for a new semester, my supervisors and I all could see an integrated work/education calendar. The cultures are integrated, and that consistency feels important.
I now no longer work at Starbucks, but SCAP told me that I can afford college, and it brought me back into postsecondary education, and I am continuing at ASU. They said, “You can go to ASU, and this is the information that you need to understand what you are getting yourself into.” That really made a huge difference for me.
Moore: How many credits do you still need to complete your bachelor’s degree?
Molless: I can log into DARS [Degree Audit Reporting System] while we are talking to check. As of right now, I need 25 credits to complete my degree.
The ability to look at my credits and understand how they are applied to my progress is helpful. I don’t think of affordability as tuition alone. To me, it’s a combination of things, like the fact that when I transferred, all of my credits counted toward my degree. Another is understanding what I can do after my degree. ASU has resources like the Handshake app and seminars to ensure we are on the right track to find careers after graduation. Classes are well structured, too. I don’t know how to put my finger on it, but I feel like I leave each class with a stronger foundation for my next class. Each class is jam-packed with interesting lessons and leaves me wishing I had more time to take more in! And at any time, I can go online and see how many credits I have left in order to complete my studies.
Moore: I really appreciate your willingness to share your experiences and insights. Before we conclude, do you have any advice for your peers?
Molless: Lean in on the resources provided by the college or university. They have them in place to help us succeed. One resource I am beyond grateful for is the coaches that are assigned to students. The person assigned to me is more than a coach—she has been a lifeline and a friend. Similarly, my academic adviser gave me a sense of what the pace would be like and got me set up with classes that started me on the right track for my degree. They take your hand and they grip it.
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Fewer Students Study Russian
But in North America and Europe, more students are studying Ukrainian and Polish than in the past.
Colleges and universities across North America and Europe are reporting significant declines in enrollment of first-year Russian-language students, with scholars blaming the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine.
Academics at leading Russian and Slavic studies departments told Times Higher Education that they were seeing 30 to 50 percent declines in enrollment figures for elementary Russian.
At Yale University, enrollment in first-year Russian is 40 percent lower this year than in the past five years. Sweden’s Lund University has seen a 40 to 50 percent decrease from last year. Swarthmore College and Wellesley College—leading U.S. liberal arts institutions—have both seen a 30 percent decrease.
Times Higher Education has seen reports of enrollment figures for other institutions, including the University of Kansas, the University of Tennessee and Williams College, noting declines of a similar order, although the figures were not confirmed by the institutions directly.
Meanwhile, the war appears to have given a boost to other Slavic languages, with Polish and Ukrainian making pronounced gains in some places.
Edyta Bojanowska, professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Yale, said that Yale’s enrollment for introductory Russian was at a six-year low as its demand for first-year Polish reached an all-time high.
“The new geopolitical situation in Eastern Europe certainly opened up a unique window for such initiatives by realigning student interests. Constant media coverage of not just Ukraine but Eastern Europe more broadly may have increased young people’s interest in East European languages and cultures other than Russian,” Bojanowska said.
She noted that “instructors’ reports of informal conversations with students last spring indicate that Russia’s war in Ukraine made many students question their decision to study Russian, and that this decision has acquired an ethical dimension.”
Bojanowska said she hoped that Yale might add in-person Ukrainian teaching if interest continues.
This year the University of California, Berkeley, is offering a Ukrainian-language option for the first time. Meanwhile, the University of Alberta has more than 60 Ukrainian-language students—roughly double last year’s enrollment.
“For Ukrainian 101, this totals about a third of our current Russian [101] enrollments, no small feat considering the novelty of the program,” said David Kurkovskiy, a graduate student teaching the Russian course.
Scholars at two British institutions with major offerings in these areas—the University of Oxford and Durham University—said it was too early to count their student figures.
“In the past, bad news for the region has indeed usually been followed by a rise in student interest in the course,” said Nicolette Makovicky, director of Oxford’s Russian and East European studies program.
She added that the war in Ukraine was already affecting academe in other ways.
“I already get a sense that the war is speeding up a ‘decolonizing’ of Russian history and studies,” said Makovicky, noting “greater interest in what might have formerly been seen as the margins of the U.S.S.R.,” including the Caucasus and Central Asia, and a “re-evaluation of the relationship between the periphery and center.”
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New Presidents or Provosts: American College of Education, Blackfeet CC, Medgar Evers College, Paul Smith’s College
September 15, 2022
- Antoinette A. Coleman, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University System of Maryland, has been selected as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Medgar Evers College, part of the City University of New York.
- Brad Hall, tribal outreach specialist at the University of Montana, has been named president at Blackfeet Community College, also in Montana.
- Nicholas Hunt-Bull, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Paul Smith’s College, in New York, has been promoted to president there.
- Geordie Hyland, executive vice president at Ultimate Medical Academy, in Florida, has been chosen as president and chief executive of American College of Education, in Indianapolis.
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