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RIDGELY, Md. - A Caroline County family is seeking justice after the family dog was shot and killed in an apparent accident.
On Sept. 3, Lynn Zepp and her family were hosting a birthday party for their 5-year-old. According Maryland State Police, Jordan Glensor was target shooting from his grandmother's residence. As he was shooting, the bullets ricocheted off the ground and flew into the nearby neighborhood. In that neighborhood was Zepp's home.
Zepp said her home is in the direct line of where the target shooting was. "I remember I was still sitting here on the picnic table and I said, 'does that sound like fireworks' because there were so many booms all at once. It was like 4:20 in the afternoon".
There is also a wooded area behind Zepp's home where the bullets were coming from. "We just started panicking because you could here them whizzing and whistling past our heads. They were so close. We just all tried to grab the kids," says Zepp.
The party consisted of five children, five adults, and one dog. And, Zepp who is 9 months pregnant. Fortunately, none of the guests or family members were hurt. But, only a few feet away from everyone was Zepp's family dog, McGraw. The dog was struck by a bullet and later died.
Zepp's brother, Matthew Rinehimer, was at the party. He says his 3-year-old was no more than five feet from the dog. "I drive by my sisters house everyday taking my 3-year-old to day care. She says, 'daddy that's where that man shot that dog. He died.' It brings tears in my eyes because she has no idea how lucky we were that it wasn't one of us," says Rinehimer.
Charges against Glensor were filed Wednesday. There are 10 counts of reckless endangerment.
Rinehimer says he went to a County Commissioner meeting to bring light of this incident, before charges were filed. Rinehimer says, "We are not looking to drag anybody through the mud. We just want the right thing done because something bad happened and that's punishable."
Lynn Zepp's husband, Justin Zepp, says he will meet with the state's attorney office, Friday, to discuss the charges and steps going forward with the case. | https://www.wboc.com/news/target-shooting-accident-kills-dog/article_b73d81e6-3574-11ed-b40d-133820259a5d.html | 2022-09-16T05:11:41Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/target-shooting-accident-kills-dog/article_b73d81e6-3574-11ed-b40d-133820259a5d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SEATTLE, Wash.-
For over two years, protein structure prediction has been changed by machine learning. On Sept. 15, two science related research talk about a similar idea in the revolution of protein design.
The findings show how machine learning can create protein molecules that are more accurate and made quicker than before.
“With these new software tools, we should be able to find solutions to long-standing challenges in medicine, energy, and technology,” said senior author David Baker, professor of biochemistry at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
The algorithm used in machine learning which includes RoseTTAFold have been trained to predict the smaller detailed shapes if natural proteins based on their amino acid sequences.
Machine learning is a type of artificial intelligence that allows computers to learn from data without having to be programmed.
A.I. has the ability to generate protein in two ways. One being akin to DALL-E or other A.I. tools that produce an output from simple prompts. The second is the autocomplete feature we can find in a search bar.
As a way of making things go by faster the A.I. team created a new algorithm that creates amino acid sequences. This tool, called ProteinMPNN, creates the sequence in one second. That's over 200 minutes faster than previous best software.
The Baker Lab also says combining new machine learning tools could reliably generate new proteins that functioned in the laboratory. Among those were the nanoscale ring that could make up part of a custom nanomachines. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/university-of-washington-graduates-use-artificial-intelligence-to-create-new-proteins/article_14de8d24-356e-11ed-b62b-df0c52bf1385.html | 2022-09-16T05:12:16Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/university-of-washington-graduates-use-artificial-intelligence-to-create-new-proteins/article_14de8d24-356e-11ed-b62b-df0c52bf1385.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joshua Crenshaw, 8th Healthcare Operations Squadron bioenvironmental engineering technician, inspects a water sample during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 14, 2022. The bioenvironmental engineering flight increased their water sampling operations during training to mirror the simulated increased threat to the installation’s water sources. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sadie Colbert)
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Grassroots support for Union Station restoration has culminated in a festive fundraiser set for Sept. 24 at 95 Union St.
Supporters operating as the non-profit organization New York Central Train Station Inc. have been meeting every Sunday for the past month to organize the fundraiser / awareness event. Their final planning meeting will take place this Sunday at the Niagara County Golf Course, beginning at 2 p.m.
Member Andrew Kifner, a long time supporter of restoring Union Station, said the organization is still trying to get on its feet, but looking forward to more Union Station-focused events and more hands-on involvement by like-minded community members.
“We get a lot of interested people, but honestly, we end up with the same questions: Is this real? Is the owner involved?,” Kifner said. “I don’t know if it’s because of what they’ve seen in the past, but they have doubts.”
Now they also have answers, from Mark Davidson, the longtime owner of Union Station.
“This is real,” Davidson told the Union-Sun & Journal. “I’m from Missouri, the ‘show me’ state. I believe half of what I hear and nothing I see, but everything is being taken care of.”
Davidson said he’s committed to seeing Union Station resurrected however long it takes. His ultimate goal is to see it used in passenger train service between Niagara Falls and Brockport.
“I want to take everything really slow, and that includes all restoration work,” he said. “I’ll be overseeing all of it, electrical, etc. and I’ll make sure we’re getting a good deal to rebuild this. All money (raised through New York Central Train Station Inc.) will be going towards renovating this building.”
During the upcoming fundraiser, which is scheduled for 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 24, “decorative” bricks arising from the original 1880s construction of Union Station will be available for purchase. They’re authentic to the site, Davidson said, but they cannot be used in restoration.
Admission to the grounds is free during the event, and there will be a food truck and a bar on site. Proceeds of a basket raffle and a 50/50 split will go to New York Central Train Station Inc.
Also, two bands, Yellow Jack and Southbound, will play during the event.
Yellow Jack’s sound has been described as “Americana-rama, for the band’s embrace of local history in songs it performs such as “O Mighty Niagara” and “Buffalo Gals,” and band member Dennis Reed Jr. said they’re happy to have been invited to get involved with Union Station.
“We’re really interested in local lore and the way it’s preserved in song. We see that this organization is doing something similar, in a physical way, to save it,” Reed said. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/union-station-rebuilding-campaign-underway/article_09bbaedc-3531-11ed-a409-9b17f16da94c.html | 2022-09-16T05:16:31Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/union-station-rebuilding-campaign-underway/article_09bbaedc-3531-11ed-a409-9b17f16da94c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thursday’s Thankfulness
O God of earth and skies above;
I am so thankful for thy love
For meadows lying gold and green
For dappled sunlight’s lovely sheen
For clouds and skies of azure blue,
For music, flowers, moon-glow too
For friends to care and stand beside me,
Faith to reassure and guide me.
— by Helen Steiner Rice
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My mother always shared her love of poetry with our family. When I was growing up, she had an extensive library that included many books of poetry and prayers.
The poem “Thursday’s Thankfulness” is from one of the gift books I received on my 14th birthday, a book of prayers by Helen Steiner Rice offering a poem for each day of the week. I memorized these prayers, and would pray one each day, while walking up the long, steep hill to school. In rain, snow or sunshine, these daily prayers were the humble beginnings of morning devotions for me, although I was unaware of it at the time. I loved the beautiful pictures on each page, and the poems, to me, were just as lovely.
I first became acquainted with the poetry of Helen Steiner Rice through her wonderful work on greeting cards. I’d scan the hundreds of cards on display, looking for just the right one for my family and friends, always enamored of the pictures and the verses. I couldn’t help noticing that the words of Ms. Rice were always as lovely as the artwork no matter the occasion, be it birthday, anniversary, wedding, shower or something else.
Despite the changing times, greeting cards, notes and bouquets of flowers are still the ways people show their love, appreciation or sorrow. Right now, people of different nations, races, ages and ethnicities are in mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Thousands upon thousands of flowers, notes, cards and tributes have been left by admirers paying their respects and expressing their grief over the passing of their monarch. It matters not that she lived to be 96 years of age. The sentiments, and the sorrow felt by millions, are real, as we witness the passing of greatness, dignity and grace. Truly this is a historic time. For the first time in the lives of countless millions, Great Britain has a king instead of a queen on the throne.
The most reassuring news I’d heard about the late queen occurred years ago, when I learned that she was a woman of great faith. Despite the grandeur she experienced in life as a royal, she still felt the frailties of humanity with each passing decade. In this life, nothing compares to the true majesty and glory of God, revealed in Eternity, for those who know Him as Savior and Lord:
“For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality…then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.” (I Corinth 15:53-54)
“The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs — heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ…For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” (Romans 8:16-18)
Let our thoughts and prayers be with those around the world who are in mourning during this time of loss. May God grant comfort, reassurance, blessings and peace.
Jackie Davis of Lockport is an experienced inspirational vocalist, musician and music teacher. Her column is published every other Friday in the Niagara Gazette. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/jackie-davis-true-majesty-revealed/article_c1dd47d2-3518-11ed-9328-5fec562b1dcd.html | 2022-09-16T05:16:37Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/jackie-davis-true-majesty-revealed/article_c1dd47d2-3518-11ed-9328-5fec562b1dcd.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NowThatsTV LLC is a black-owned network founded and operated by Teleau Belton.
The South Carolina native began in artist management while also working in photography and videography. His network dream began to take shape while filming his client Big Lex. The event sparked an interest in independently creating opportunities for content creators and filmmakers to have a platform and eventually came to fruition as NowThat’sTV.
NowThat’sTV’s primary objective is to give filmmakers and content creators a more accommodating platform to promote their work, and monetize and expand their brands. Currently, NowThatsTV has over 100k subscribers.
How did you arrive at this career choice?
I’ve always had my hands in some sort of entertainment and business. I naturally wanted to be a businessman who gradually advanced in entertainment and deliberately wanted to be a success.
How do you stay on the cutting edge of your craft?
Connecting and staying connected to your audience and considering all options and opinions always keep me on track.
What separates you from others in your field?
To be relatable and … to connect with others. The content we create isn’t created. We don’t create content, storylines, or script our content. They are who they are.
How do you measure your benchmarks?
I evaluate my company every day. Things change daily, so I wake up every morning evaluating my company as a consumer to give myself a clear vision. My success is measured by the close ones around me being successful at something they want to do.
What type of content does NowThat’sTV provide?
NowThatsTV provides an unfiltered look at reality TV … the side of reality before fame and money effects the cast. It represents the majority and not the minority. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/15/teleau-belton-is-bringing-nowthatstv-to-reality/ | 2022-09-16T05:19:51Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/15/teleau-belton-is-bringing-nowthatstv-to-reality/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HS Roundup: Tri-Valley netters topple Morgan
McCONNELSVILLE — Eva Dittmar hammered 16 kills and Lexi Howe collected 15 kills and 15 digs, as visiting Tri-Valley swept Morgan 25-17, 25-18, 25-15 in a Muskingum Valley League crossover on Thursday.
Caity Journey added nine digs, Ingrid Dittmar passed out 27 assists, Annika Collett and Sami Cameron made three blocks apiece, Dittmar went 19-of-21 serving and Collett was 14 of 15 from the service line for the winners.
Evelyn Newton had nine kills and Jensen Payton eight, while Odessa Smith and Ashtyn Filkins made nine digs apiece to lead the Raiders. Chloe Baker set out 24 assists with six digs and two aces, while Montana Pettet added six digs, Blair Clawson four digs, Haven Cook four kills and Smith three kills.
Morgan reserves (7-4, 6-2) won 25-22, 25-23, as Klaire Cain had four kills, five digs and seven aces, Riley Cunningham six digs, Paige Lanning three kills, 10 assists and three digs, Jacee Wallace and Myleigh Williams six digs apiece and Grayson Welsh three digs for the winners. Cunningham, Welsh and Wallace were 100% servers. No leaders were reported for Tri-Valley.
Sheridan 25, 25, 18, 25, Coshocton 14, 9, 25, 22: The visiting Generals got big nights from Jamisyn Stinson, who pounded 20 kills to lead their potent attack, and Alyssa Ward who was right behind with 15 kills and two blocks.
Alexis Bradley dished out 25 assists with 10 digs and 15-of-16 serving; Stinson chipped in 14 digs, three aces and two blocks; Peyton Powell added 18 assists and nine digs with 10-of-10 serving; Reagan Davis made 23 digs with 12-of-12 serving; and Miranda Ellars had 13 digs for Sheridan (7-3, 7-1).
Jalynn West had another solid night for the 'Skins (6-4, 5-3), dishing out 26 assists to go along with six kills, 12 digs and two aces. Lindsey Bryant was the kills leader with 13, Kenidi Jackson added nine and Saige Abbott four, while defensively, Miyah Davis dug up 25 Sheridan attacks while Jackson and Abbott led in blocks with two each.
Sheridan reserves won 25-12, 25-11, as Emma Daughtery slammed nine kills with four digs and four aces, Lilly Talbot added 21 assists, five digs and four aces with 11-of-11 serving and Hayden Goodfellow had eight digs and was 12-of-12 serving. Jaeli Tiedt put up four assists for the Redskins (3-7).
Coshocton looks to right the ship Saturday as it travels to Cambridge to face the Bobcats in a non-league contest. The reserve match starts at 11:30 a.m.
John Glenn 25, 25, 25, Crooksville 11, 8, 19: Emma Briggs and Lauren Blair showed their all-around talent to pace the visiting Muskies (5-7, 4-4) to an MVL crossover win.
Briggs had a team-high 11 kills with eight digs and Blair added 17 assists with three kills and a team-high 13 digs, leading a balanced attack that also saw Sarah Wayne collect 12 digs, Hannah Chrisman three aces with six digs and Aleea Musselman and Kara Fields five kills each.
Khirra Wilson had dive kills and Mylee Moorehead and Tasia Riggs nine digs for Crooksville (2-10, 1-7). Julianna Locke had five assists and Paige Frame three kills.
Brelynn Barr and Natalie Kiggans had 15 digs each in John Glenn's 25-23, 15-25, 25-17 reserve win. Alexia Van Meter was 16-of-17 on serves with 10 digs for Crooksville; Alexis Eyman had four kills and eight digs.
The Muskies host Meadowbrook on Tuesday.
New Lexington 25, 25, 24, 25, River View 16, 13, 26, 15: Lizzie Ellis set up 52 kills in the host Panthers' impressive MVL crossover win against the Lady Bears.
Jerilynn Koehler totaled 22 kills and six blocks, Nora Duperow four aces with eight kills and nine digs and Trinity Cook nine kills with six digs for New Lex (8-3, 5-3).
Bailey Laudick had 11 kills, Kayla Dulgar 10 kills with 16 assists and Alivia Spaulding six blocks for River View (8-3, 5-3).
West Muskingum 25, 24, 23, 25, 15, Maysville 18, 26, 25, 16, 13: The Tornadoes stormed back from a two-set deficit to win a marathon match against the rival Panthers in an MVL crossover.
Rachel Jarvis tallied 11 kills with 13 digs and two blocks for Maysville; Haylee Cornett added nine kills with three blocks, Olivia McPeek 25 assists, 17 dihgs and four aces for Maysville.
Leaders weren't reported for West M.
Meadowbrook 25, 25, 25, Philo 5, 5, 15: The Colts improved to 9-2 overall and 8-0 in the MVL with a sweep of the visiting Electrics. No other information was reported.
Meadowbrook reserves (10-1, 8-0) also won 25-15, 25-10.
Boys Golf
West Muskingum 172, Philo 174: Jack Porter earned medalist honors with a 34 at Jaycees, as the Tornadoes edged the Electrics in MVL play.
Jake Allen added a 40 and Kyle Porter and Nick Anton shot 49s, while no leaders were available for Philo.
Morgan 183, River View (NS): Wyatt Weaver shot 43 to pace the Raiders in a dual with the Black Bears at Lakeside.
Kaden Garrett added a 46 and Craig Gorrell and Austin Dille shot 47s for Morgan, while Caleb Kline carded a 46, Thad Cox a 48 and Isaiah Carpenter a 56 for River View.
Crooksville 173, Tri-Valley 187: Bo White's 40 was good for medalist honors and led a balanced attack for the Ceramics in an MVL win on Wednesday at Perry Country Club.
Vaughn Childress and Cooper Watts had 44 and Riley McKenzie 45 for the Ceramics.
Jacob Grear posted 43, Connor Preston 45 and Xander Smalley 46 for Tri-Valley, while Garrett Brocklehurst carded 53.
Boys Soccer
Morgan 5, Philo 0: The host Raiders rolled the Electrics in MVL play, but no other information was reported.
Girls Soccer
John Glenn 7, Philo 0: Marina Nicolozakes knocked in four goals, as the visiting Muskies (5-3-2, 4-0-1 MVL) led 4-0 at the half in a MVL win over the Electrics.
Nicolozakes scored twice in the first half, then put in the first two in the second. Estelle Matheney, who had two first-half assists, scored the final goal to cap the scoring — off an assist from Nicolozakes.
Olivia Perrin and Riley Zamensky also scored for John Glenn, while Faith Lemon and Bean Sowers combined for five saves.
Scarlett Shanks had 11 saves for Philo (1-7, 1-4).
Coshocton 6, Morgan 0: Isabelle Lauvray scored four goals and assisted another, as the Lady 'Skins shut out the Raiders in MVL play.
Lauvray assisted Julia Curtina Bach's score at the 31:18 mark of the first half then scored her first goal on an assist from Gabby Wesney two minutes later. Lauvray added two more goals in the first half for a 4-0 halftime lead.
Cammy Wilson finished a loose ball in the box for a goal 40 seconds into the second half, and Lauvray knocked in her fourth goal with 31:42 left, as Coshocton held a 29-3 advantage in shots.
Destiny Frye made three saves and Courtney Snyder had one stop to combine for the shutout.
Sheridan 1, River View 1: The visiting Generals led 1-0, but Kylie Miller scored on an assist from Paige Stone halfway through the second half to help the Lady Bears earn a draw.
Regan Foster had seven saves in her debut in the goal for River View, which is now 5-3-1.
No information was available on Sheridan. | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/09/15/hs-roundup-tri-valley-netters-topple-morgan/69492981007/ | 2022-09-16T05:20:41Z | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com | control | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/09/15/hs-roundup-tri-valley-netters-topple-morgan/69492981007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
House prices increase slightly in West Lothian and hold steady in Falkirk
House prices increased slightly, by 0.2 per cent, in West Lothian in July, but held steady in the Falkirk Council area, new figures show.
The boost contributes to the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area achieve 13.8 per cent annual growth. The average West Lothian house price in July was £207,756, Land Registry figures show –a 0.2 per cent increase on June.
Over the month, the picture was similar to that across Scotland, where prices increased 0.6 per cent, and West Lothian underperformed compared to the two per cent rise for the UK as a whole.
The lack of movement in Falkirk maintains the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area achieve 13.7 per cent annual growth. The average house price in July was £165,978, largely unchanged from June. | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/house-prices-increase-slightly-in-west-lothian-and-hold-steady-in-falkirk-3843641 | 2022-09-16T05:29:09Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/house-prices-increase-slightly-in-west-lothian-and-hold-steady-in-falkirk-3843641 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hacker claims to breach Uber, security researcher says
(AP) - Uber said Thursday that it reached out to law enforcement after a hacker apparently breached its network. A security engineer said the intruder had provided evidence of obtaining access to crucial cloud systems at the ride-hailing service.
There was no indication that Uber’s fleet of vehicles or its operation was in any way affected.
“It seems like they’ve compromised a lot of stuff,” said Sam Curry, an engineer with Yuga Labs who communicated with the hacker. That includes obtaining complete access to the Amazon and Google-hosted cloud environments where Uber stores its source code and customer data, he said.
Curry said he spoke to several Uber employees who said they were “working to lock down everything internally” to restrict the hacker’s access. That included the company’s Slack internal messaging network, he said.
He said there was no indication that the hacker had done any damage or was interested in anything more than publicity. “My gut feeling is that it seems like they are out to get as much attention as possible.”
The hacker had alerted Curry and other security researchers to the intrusion by using and an internal Uber account to comment on vulnerabilities they had previously identified on the company’s network through its bug-bounty program, which pays ethical hackers to identify vulnerabilities.
The hacker provided a Telegram account address and Curry and other researchers then engaged them in a separate conversation, sharing screenshots of various pages from Uber’s cloud providers to prove they broke in.
The Associated Press attempted to contact the hacker at the Telegram account where Curry and the other researchers chatted with them. But no one responded.
One screenshot posted on Twitter and confirmed by researchers shows a chat with the hacker in which they say they obtained the credentials of an administrative user and then used social engineering to access Uber’s internal network.
Uber said via email that it was “currently responding to a cybersecurity incident. We are in touch with law enforcement.” It said it would provide updates on its Uber Comms twitter feed.
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80th FS and FGS launches with MOPP gear
The 80th Fighter Squadron and 80th Fighter Generation Squadron practices launching in mission-oriented protective posture gear during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 13, 2022.
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UPDATE: 23-year-old man found dead in east Macon
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a body was found in east Macon Thursday night.
UPDATE: A 23-year-old man was found dead Thursday night in east Macon.
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a call of a person shot at the intersection of Denton Street and Haywood Road. Upon arrival, deputies found 23-year-old Jermaine Brandon Reynolds lying in the road unresponsive.
Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley pronounced him dead at the scene.
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.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a body was found in east Macon Thursday night.
Sgt. Clay Williams confirmed the discovery without confirming the exact location. He said he’s working to provide more information.
That’s all we have right now. Check back for updates. | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-sheriff-office-investigating-body-found-east-macon/ | 2022-09-16T05:38:47Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-sheriff-office-investigating-body-found-east-macon/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
UPDATE: 23-year-old man found dead in east Macon
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a body was found in east Macon Thursday night.
UPDATE: A 23-year-old man was found dead Thursday night in east Macon.
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a call of a person shot at the intersection of Denton Street and Haywood Road. Upon arrival, deputies found 23-year-old Jermaine Brandon Reynolds lying in the road unresponsive.
Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley pronounced him dead at the scene.
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.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a body was found in east Macon Thursday night.
Sgt. Clay Williams confirmed the discovery without confirming the exact location. He said he’s working to provide more information.
That’s all we have right now. Check back for updates. | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-sheriff-office-investigating-body-found-east-macon/ | 2022-09-16T05:38:47Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-sheriff-office-investigating-body-found-east-macon/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Historic Macon unveils new headquarters
The Historic Macon Foundation unveiled its new office headquarters Thursday.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Historic Macon Foundation unveiled its new office headquarters Thursday.
The preservation group moved from Poplar Street to the old fire hall No. 4, located at 950 Third Street.
Crews rehabilitated the fire station, which was originally built in 1870.
Executive Director Ethiel Garlington says the building is a central location for all of the organization’s current projects and it brings life to historic downtown Macon.
“It really is pushing the development boundaries of downtown, and so this was a unique opportunity for us,” he said. “But when you see this building, you see our sign on this building, you think Historic Macon should have their headquarters in this beautiful historic building.” | https://www.41nbc.com/historic-macon-unveils-new-headquarters/ | 2022-09-16T05:38:53Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/historic-macon-unveils-new-headquarters/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Historic Macon unveils new headquarters
The Historic Macon Foundation unveiled its new office headquarters Thursday.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Historic Macon Foundation unveiled its new office headquarters Thursday.
The preservation group moved from Poplar Street to the old fire hall No. 4, located at 950 Third Street.
Crews rehabilitated the fire station, which was originally built in 1870.
Executive Director Ethiel Garlington says the building is a central location for all of the organization’s current projects and it brings life to historic downtown Macon.
“It really is pushing the development boundaries of downtown, and so this was a unique opportunity for us,” he said. “But when you see this building, you see our sign on this building, you think Historic Macon should have their headquarters in this beautiful historic building.” | https://www.41nbc.com/historic-macon-unveils-new-headquarters/ | 2022-09-16T05:38:53Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/historic-macon-unveils-new-headquarters/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed on 41NBC News Top stories from September 15, 2022 September 15, 2022 Clayton Poulnott, 2 Arrested in Washington County for attempting to smuggle items into prison with drone Macon-Bibb files for closure of M&M Grocery of Montpelier Avenue Local health providers recommend high-dose flu vaccine for those 65 and up For other stories you may have missed, click here. FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-on-41nbc-news-9/ | 2022-09-16T05:38:59Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-on-41nbc-news-9/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Macon elementary school celebrates ‘Dot Day’
Heard Elementary School celebrated International Dot Day Thursday by showing off some art work.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Heard Elementary School celebrated International Dot Day Thursday by showing off some art work.
Dot Day started with a book titled The Dot.
It’s a story of an art teacher looking to motivate a student who felt they couldn’t draw.
Heard Elementary art teacher Tracy Wheeler says when students are nervous about art, it’s best to start out slow.
“There’s something creative in everybody, and I just have to draw it out,” she said. “So I start with just a line and shape, and then add color, and to try to just get them ease, not to be afraid of it and be able to create.”
Principal of Heard Elementary Carol Cote said the students had a good time showing off their dot outfits.
“One little boy who came in with eyeballs glued on his shirt,” Cote said. “He was precious, and he was so proud, so you can tell that had been a family activity and activities like this they engage everybody, so it’s nice to have our parents help the children.” | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-elementary-school-celebrates-dot-day/ | 2022-09-16T05:39:05Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-elementary-school-celebrates-dot-day/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Macon elementary school celebrates ‘Dot Day’
Heard Elementary School celebrated International Dot Day Thursday by showing off some art work.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Heard Elementary School celebrated International Dot Day Thursday by showing off some art work.
Dot Day started with a book titled The Dot.
It’s a story of an art teacher looking to motivate a student who felt they couldn’t draw.
Heard Elementary art teacher Tracy Wheeler says when students are nervous about art, it’s best to start out slow.
“There’s something creative in everybody, and I just have to draw it out,” she said. “So I start with just a line and shape, and then add color, and to try to just get them ease, not to be afraid of it and be able to create.”
Principal of Heard Elementary Carol Cote said the students had a good time showing off their dot outfits.
“One little boy who came in with eyeballs glued on his shirt,” Cote said. “He was precious, and he was so proud, so you can tell that had been a family activity and activities like this they engage everybody, so it’s nice to have our parents help the children.” | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-elementary-school-celebrates-dot-day/ | 2022-09-16T05:39:05Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-elementary-school-celebrates-dot-day/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
A note from ANZ in New Zealand on what they expect for the NZD.
This in summary:
- The Kiwi has now made a convincing break below the key psychological and technical 0.60 level
- While much of the poor performance of the NZD/USD has been a function of USD strength, the Kiwi is also losing ground on crosses as EUR and GBP rebound off lows.
- Markets are factoring in military gains by Ukraine and putting UK political uncertainty behind them, and the AUD is rising to the fore as the preferred Antipodean currency on the perception that the Australian economy is in better shape than New Zealand.
- Markets continue to favour the USD, and it’s difficult to stand in the way of that for the time being.
On the RBNZ, ANZ:
- see the OCR peaking at 4.75% (previously 4%)
- with 25bp hikes added to our profile in February, April, and May next year | https://www.forexlive.com/news/nzdusd-forecast-to-062-by-year-end-higher-in-2023-20220916/ | 2022-09-16T05:39:05Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/nzdusd-forecast-to-062-by-year-end-higher-in-2023-20220916/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The End Zone Game of the Week Preview: ACE vs. Northeast, Pt. 3
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 matchup between the ACE Gryphons and the Northeast Raiders.
The ACE Gryphons have kicked off year one under head coach Keith Hatcher 4-0 and are averaging 54.8 points per game, making this the best start to a Gryphons season since the football program began in 2018.
“The biggest thing we want to do is give our community a football team they can be proud of. We wanted to generate some excitement early on. We’ve done that. But again, we’ve got a long way to go. We’re still growing as a program. We want to get to the level where we can compete for championships,” said Hatcher.
After coming off their best season in program history, The Northeast Raiders haven’t had the best of luck this season, losing their first two games by a combined three points. But last week, the Raiders claimed their first victory against Carver, who was ranked second in the 3A. So for head coach Jeremy Wiggins, it’s about continuing what the team did well last Friday.
“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,” said Wiggins.
Facing a Macon school like Northeast gives the Gryphons a solid point of comparison.
“Northeast is an established program. Coach Wiggins has done a great job over there. They’ve got some really good players, and they’re well-coached. They’ve had a lot of success in recent years. They’re really where we want to get to. So this is a big measuring stick for us Friday night to kind of gauge where we are as a program,” said Hatcher.
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-3/ | 2022-09-16T05:39:11Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-ace-vs-northeast-pt-3/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
The End Zone Game of the Week Preview: ACE vs. Northeast, Pt. 3
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 matchup between the ACE Gryphons and the Northeast Raiders.
The ACE Gryphons have kicked off year one under head coach Keith Hatcher 4-0 and are averaging 54.8 points per game, making this the best start to a Gryphons season since the football program began in 2018.
“The biggest thing we want to do is give our community a football team they can be proud of. We wanted to generate some excitement early on. We’ve done that. But again, we’ve got a long way to go. We’re still growing as a program. We want to get to the level where we can compete for championships,” said Hatcher.
After coming off their best season in program history, The Northeast Raiders haven’t had the best of luck this season, losing their first two games by a combined three points. But last week, the Raiders claimed their first victory against Carver, who was ranked second in the 3A. So for head coach Jeremy Wiggins, it’s about continuing what the team did well last Friday.
“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,” said Wiggins.
Facing a Macon school like Northeast gives the Gryphons a solid point of comparison.
“Northeast is an established program. Coach Wiggins has done a great job over there. They’ve got some really good players, and they’re well-coached. They’ve had a lot of success in recent years. They’re really where we want to get to. So this is a big measuring stick for us Friday night to kind of gauge where we are as a program,” said Hatcher.
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-3/ | 2022-09-16T05:39:11Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-ace-vs-northeast-pt-3/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Credit access, debt balances rise in Q2: TransUnion study
More consumers gained access to credit in the second quarter of this year and as a result, their debt also increased, according to a recent report from TransUnion.
The number of consumers with credit cards and personal loans rose to new record highs in the second quarter, according to TransUnion’s Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report.
"Consumers are facing several challenges that are impacting their finances on a day-to-day basis, namely high inflation and rising interest rates," Michele Raneri, TransUnion's vice president of U.S. research and consulting, said. "These challenges, though, are happening against a backdrop where employment opportunities are still plentiful and jobless levels remain low. We see lenders offering more access to credit to non-prime consumers, some of whom are new to credit."
"This is a welcome development as more consumers have gained access to credit during a time when high inflation has placed a greater burden on their wallets," Raneri said. "While delinquencies generally rise after a period when more non-prime borrowers secure loans, the rates of delinquency remain mostly at or below pre-pandemic levels, particularly for cards and personal loans."
If you have accumulated debt over the past quarter, you could consider using a personal loan to help you pay it down quickly at a lower interest rate. Visit Credible to find your personalized interest rate without affecting your credit score.
INFLATION HITS 8.5% ANNUALLY IN JULY, MONTHLY RATE REMAINS UNCHANGED
Inflation drives Americans to use credit products
Loan growth to non-prime borrowers, or Americans with credit scores between 601 to 660, increased in the second quarter, TransUnion said. This was mainly due to an increase in personal loans and credit cards, which were used more by consumers as inflation surged.
Inflation rose 8.3% annually in August, down slightly from the month before but still near the highest it has been in about 40 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The share of balances for personal loans for subprime borrowers, or those with credit scores between 501 and 600, increased from 8.1% last year to 11.8% in the second quarter of 2022. And credit card balances rose to 6.9% in the second quarter, up from 5.3% at the same time last year.
If you are looking for ways to pay down your debt, you could consider using a personal loan to consolidate your payments at a lower interest rate, saving you money each month. Visit Credible to compare multiple personal loan lenders at once and choose the one with the best interest rate for you.
THIS IS HOW MANY SHOPPERS USE CREDIT CARDS FOR BNPL PURCHASES: SURVEY
Credit card, personal loan debt balances rise in Q2
The number of consumers with access to a credit card increased to 161.6 million in the second quarter, up from 153.3 million at the same time last year, according to TransUnion. The average balance on these credit cards in the second quarter of this year was $5,270 per consumer, up from $4,817 last year.
When it came to personal loans, 21 million consumers had access to one in the second quarter, up from 18.7 million at the same time last year. The average personal loan debt per borrower totaled $10,344 in the second quarter of this year, up from $9,079 last year.
"We observed positive trends in the credit card industry in the first half of 2022, with more younger and subprime borrowers gaining access to credit cards," Paul Siegfried, TransUnion's senior vice president and credit card business leader, said. "While serious delinquencies are rising, that is to be expected when more consumers – many of whom are new to credit – secure a credit card.
"On the positive side, serious delinquencies are nowhere near concerning levels," Siegfried said. "The employment picture still remains relatively strong, though increased interest rates and high inflation are placing more pressure on consumers. Overall, it’s a positive for the credit ecosystem to have younger consumers gain access to credit so they can build their credit profiles for the future."
If you have taken on too much debt, a personal loan could help you pay it down at a lower interest rate. To learn more about this option, you can visit Credible to speak to a personal loan expert and get all of your questions answered.
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Fall housing inventory building slowly: Altos Research
In a new blog post, Altos Research said it adjusted its housing forecast for the remainder of the year amid a slowdown in buyer demand and a lower-than-expected housing supply coming for sale.
In July, Altos said it forecasted that housing inventory levels would reach its 2022 peak of roughly 600,000 in late September before falling back to 535,000 to end the year.
Inventory levels have instead built up slower than expected – July peaked at 547,000 homes for sale – which prompted the research group to revise its end-of-year figure to 470,000. It also said inventory levels could potentially end even lower.
"Just a few years ago in 2019, the real estate market was healthy and functioning. We had nearly a million homes on the market," Michael Simonsen, founder and CEO of Altos Research, said. "We have fewer homes on the market now than we did early in the pandemic when home buyers were starting to go crazy with the low interest rates."
If you are looking to buy a home in today’s market or refinance your current mortgage, you could consider using Credible's online marketplace to compare multiple lenders and find the best rate for you.
HIGH MORTGAGE RATES DRIVE BORROWERS TO ARMS FOR SAVINGS, EXPERT SAYS
Home prices remain high
The slower-than-anticipated pace of homes coming up for sale is playing a hand in keeping home prices up nationally. The National Association of Realtors® latest quarterly report showed that prices have continued to climb despite a slowdown in buyer demand. Of the 185 metro areas tracked by the trade group, 80% posted double-digit price gains in the second quarter of this year, up from 70% in the first quarter. Moreover, home prices for the median single-family existing home eclipsed $400,000 for the first time, rising 14.2% from one year ago to $413,500.
And Simonsen said that the lack of inventory means that listed homes are getting snapped up quickly. However, these homebuyers are seeing a slight discount in pricing. The percentage of homes that have had a recent price cut from their original listing is more than 40%, according to Altos.
"Overall the percentage with price reductions shows how this market is not tanking," Simonsen said. "It’s not tanking because there simply are so few homes on the market. Supply is just too low."
If you are considering taking out a mortgage or getting a mortgage refinance, using an online marketplace like Credible can help you compare multiple lenders at once and find the best loan option for your financial situation.
MORTGAGE RATE SAVINGS STILL POSSIBLE DESPITE HIGHEST LEVELS IN 14 YEARS
Buyers also dealing with higher borrowing costs
Aside from the lack of inventory, higher mortgage rates have also made it increasingly harder for buyers to snag bargains, economists said.
Mortgage rates have nearly doubled from where they were this time last year, and it's likely that they will pass the 6% mark, according to Realtor.com. With higher home prices and borrowing rates hovering around 5.9%, buyers face an average monthly mortgage payment that is "nearly two-thirds, 63%, more expensive than the same time a year ago and more than three-quarters, 78%, more expensive than two years ago."
At the start of the summer, economic research reports indicated that a confluence of extra supply and less buyer demand could create opportunities for buyers, despite the already rising mortgage rate environment. Simonsen said he’s not as sure now that that remains the case. Investors are expecting to find bargains from sellers who are hurting, Simonsen said, but "sellers aren’t hurting."
"Higher mortgage rates combined with still-high home prices are making it challenging for homebuyers as we head into what historically has been the best time of the year to find a better deal," Realtor.com's senior economist George Ratiu, said. "Something has to give."
If you want to take advantage of today’s interest rates, you could consider refinancing your mortgage. Visit Credible to compare multiple mortgage lenders at once and choose the one with the best interest rate for you.
TAPPABLE HOME EQUITY RISES TO A NEW RECORD HIGH
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Danny Trejo visits Saint Ignatius College Prep, shares special message with students
CHICAGO - Actor Danny Trejo visited Saint Ignatius College Prep Thursday to kick off National Hispanic Heritage Month.
He spoke with the school's association of Latin American students and the campus acting club, The Harlequins.
Trejo shared his life experiences with the students, along with a message.
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"Drugs and alcohol will ruin your life. Education is the key to anything you want to do. Anything," he said.
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(WPRI) – The quartet of high school football games on Thursday night in the Ocean State brought plenty of fireworks. East Providence beat St. Rays at home 29-22. Shea edged Barrington at home 15-14. Woonsocket went to South County and held down South Kingstown 19-14. And Pilgrim went on the road and handled Mt. Hope 24-9.
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Alberto Bernal Cortez Jr., 44 Sep 15, 2022 56 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Alberto Bernal Cortez Jr., 44, of Yakima died Monday, Sept. 12, in Seattle.Arrangements are by Rainier Memorial Center, rainiermemorial.com. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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Deborah K. Gentry, 68 Sep 15, 2022 56 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Deborah K. Gentry, 68, of Charlotte, N.C., died Wednesday, Sept. 14, in Yakima.Arrangements are by Shaw and Sons Funeral Home, Yakima, 509-453-0331. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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SELAH — Junior Kennedy Cobb punched in two goals and assisted on another as Selah opened its CWAC girls soccer season with a 5-1 victory over Ephrata on Thursday at Karl Graf Stadium.
With the match tied at 1-1, Cobb sparked a four-goal breakaway in the second half. Brooke Reiber assisted on the first two of those goals.
The Vikings (1-0, 2-2) travel to Othello on Friday for a rescheduled match from Tuesday's air-quality postponements and then play at East Valley on Tuesday.
In other CWAC action Thursday, Ellensburg beat Prosser 2-0.
First half: 1, Selah, Allison Moultray (Madi Huri), 14:00; 2, Ephrata, 37:00.
Second half: 3, Selah, Kennedy Cobb (Brooke Reiber), 44:00; 4, Selah, Elayna Blodgett (Reiber), 54:00; 5, Selah, Cobb (Moultray), 59:00; 6, Selah, Yobi Ruark (Cobb), 69:00.
Saves: Lexi Grenz (S) 2, Sarah Russell (S) 0.
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NONLEAGUE
EAST VALLEY 6, CASCADE 2: At East Valley, Ariana Lopez had two goals and two assists and the Red Devils moved to 3-0-1 heading into Saturday's CWAC opener at Grandview.
First half: 1, EV, Lilliana Byers (Ariana Lopez) 2:00; 2, EV, Shannah Mellick 3:00; 3, EV, Mellick (Lopez) 4:00; 4, EV, own goal 14:00; 5, Cascade, Mya Herrera (Savanna Rowles) 33:00.
Second half: 6, EV, Lopez 43:00; 7, EV, Lopez (Jada Mendoza) 51:00; 8, Cascade, Adi Castaneda 65:00.
Saves: Madison Morrison (EV) 1, Giselle Uriostegui (EV) 3, Rayen Blue (Cascade) 15.
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TOPPENISH 2, ROYAL 1: At Royal, Esmeralda Ramos knocked in both of the Wildcats' goals after a scoreless first half.
First half: No scoring.
Second half: 1, Toppenish, Esmeralda Ramos, 50:00; 2, Toppenish, Ramos, 65:00; 3, Royal, 72:00.
Saves: Jeanette Torres (T) 3, Royal 5.
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EWAC SCORES: Cle Elum 11, Granger 0; Highland d. Burbank, forfeit; Goldendale 2, Mabton 1; Warden 19, White Swan 0.
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VOLLEYBALL
CBBN
WEST VALLEY 3, DAVIS 0: At Davis, the Rams prevailed 25-10, 25-18, 25-15 in their conference opener and moved to 3-0 overall. Both teams will play in Saturday's SunDome Festival.
WV highlights: Kennedy Webb 12 kills, 3 aces, 11 digs; Lily Kinloch 11 kills, 13 digs; Mia Gonzalez 9 kills; Kaitlyn Leaverton 6 kills, 2 aces, 6 digs; Ella Ferguson 7 kills; Emily Strong 13 digs; Lexi Barbee 33 assists.
Davis highlights: Shaela Allen-Greggs 8-8 serving, 5 kills, 8 pp, 9 digs; Kailey Willsey 7-7 serving, 7 kills, 4 digs, 5 blocks, 1 assist; Litzy Carillo 4-5 serving, 1 kill, 5 pp. 5 digs, 2 blocks; Camryn Birch 8-8 serving, 1 kill, 2 pp, 1 dig, 3 blocks; Kathlene Velazquez 8-8 serving. 1 kill. 1 pp, 4 digs, 1 block, 12 assists; Nathaly Hernandez 2 digs, 3 assists; Sally Gargus 9-9 serving, 15 pp, 12 digs, 1 assist; Vennesy Martinez 1 block; Leslie Suarez 2 digs.
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EWAC WEST
GOLDENDALE 3, WHITE SWAN 0: At Goldendale, sophomore setter Emily Tindall collected 27 assists and Brylee Mulrony served seven aces as the Timberwolves swept 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 and moved to 2-0 in league.
Goldendale highlights: Gwen Gilliam 17-17 serving, 5 aces, 12 digs, 8 kills; Taryn Rising 11 kills; Brook Blain 10 kills; Emily Tindall 27 assists, 2 aces; Ada Garner 15-15 serving, 4 aces, 5 kills; Brylee Mulrony 7 aces, 14 perfect passes; Lydia Hanning 2 kills; Lexi Molnar 8-9 serving, 3 aces.
WS highlights: McKayla Broncheau 12 service points; Keegan Wolfsberger 6 kills; Kamyia Jackson 12 digs.
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GRANGER 3, MABTON 0: At Mabton, Marian Alaniz and Amy Torres were a combined 31-for-31 on serving and Torres had six aces as the Spartans won 25-7, 25-11, 25-14.
Granger highlights: Jaylin Golob 9-12 serving, 2 aces, 26 assists, 2 digs; Eliana Rios 7-8 serving, 1 ace, 2 kills, 11 digs, 18 pp; Alyssa Roman 10-11 serving, 4 kills, 7 digs, 5 pp; Jasmin Vasquez 8-8 serving, 2 aces, 5 kills, 8 digs, 6 pp; Marian Alaniz 16-16 serving, 1 ace, 4 kills; Amy Torres 15-15 serving, 6 aces, 11 kills, 7 digs, 10 pp; Stacey Cruz 2 digs, 5 pp; Estrella Valencia 3 kills.
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NONLEAGUE
SELAH 3, HANFORD 1: At Hanford, 13-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-14.
Selah highlights: Jacey Scott 11-11 serving, 1 ace, 8 pp, 18 digs, 1 kill; Madi McNett 1 block, 5 kills; Emily Hutchinson 5 kills, 7 digs; Taylor Kieser 3 aces, 7 kills, 4 digs, 23 assists; Maddy Miller 19-20 serving, 2 aces, 4 digs, 4 assists; Ana Hrle 1 ace, 1 block, 5 kills; Kylee Huntley 3 kills, 1 dig; Emilee Nelson-Hawkins 12-13 serving, 3 aces, 5 digs, 10 assists; Madilynn Shurtleff 11-11 serving, 4 pp, 11 kills, 15 digs.
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CHELAN 3, ELLENSBURG 0: At Chelan, the reigning 1A state champions won at home 27-25, 25-12, 25-12. Both teams will play in Saturday's SunDome Festival.
Ellensburg highlights: Abby Harrell 10 kills; Olivia Anderson 3 blocks, 2 kills; Leah Drexler 9 perfect passes, 17 digs; Taylor Alder 9 digs; Lilly Button 9 assists.
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LA SALLE 3, KIONA-BENTON 0: At La Salle, Malia Wheeler was 17-for-17 serving with 24 assists to lead the Lightning to a 25-9, 25-20, 25-17 sweep.
La Salle highlights: Malia Wheeler 24 assists, 2 aces, 17-17 for serving, 4 digs, 1 kill; Jocelyn McCoy 1 block, 2 kills; Angeles Torres 7 digs, 2 aces; Kaylee Wheeler 15 kills, 3 aces, 3 digs; Tatum Marang 7 kills, 3 blocks, 1 ace; Violet Tunstall 5 digs, 3 aces; Natalia Valladares 2 aces, 3 digs; Anelisa Ramirez 1 kills, 3 digs.
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HIGHLAND 3, YAKAMA TRIBAL 0: At Highland, Diana Avelar's 15 serves paced the Scotties to a 25-14, 25-10, 25-16 sweep.
Highland highlights: Lanessa Jones 5 kills; Autumn Hamett 12 serves; Diana Avelar 15 serves.
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FOOTBALL
CWAC
PROSSER 54, GRANDVIEW 0: At Grandview, Kory McClure threw touchdown passes to four different receivers during a 35-point second quarter as the third-ranked Mustangs opened league play.
Prosser (1-0, 3-0), which also got two rushing scores by Neo Medrano, finally plays its home opener on Sept. 24 when it hosts Aberdeen.
Prosser=7=35=7=5=—=54
Grandview=0=0=0=0=—=0
Pro — Neo Medrano 30 run (Max Flores kick)
Pro — Carson Bailey 5 pass from Kory McClure (Flores kick)
Pro — Erik Delgado 4 pass from McClure (Flores kick)
Pro — Isaac Kernan 16 pass from McClure (Flores kick)
Pro — Chris Veloz 65 pass from McClure (Flores kick)
Pro — Medrano 2 run (Flores kick)
Pro — Havic Prieto 22 interception return (Flores kick)
Pro — Safety, ball snapped through end zone
Pro — FG Flores 28
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SLOWPITCH
NONLEAGUE
WEST VALLEY 17-18, HERMISTON 5-3: At Hermiston, Samantha Ostriem was 5-for-6 for the day with a home run, five runs scored and eight RBI for the Rams in their season openers.
WV highlights — Game 1: Samantha Ostriem 4-4, HR, 3 runs, 6 RBI; Linnea Butler 3-4, 2b, HR, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Kenidee Holden 2-3, 2b, 3 runs; Hannah Betterton 1-3, run, 2 RBI, CG. Game 2: Kenidee Holden 3-3, 2 2b, 2 runs; Linnea Butler 2-3, 2 runs, RBI; Maris Barbee 3-3, 2 RBI; Leah Statler 1-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Samantha Ostriem 1-2, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Evka Ball 2-3, run, 2 RBI.
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WALLA WALLA 9-6, EISENHOWER 2-2: At Walla Walla, Ellie Suhm was 3-for-3 with a run and RBI in the second game for the Cadets.
In other games, Davis split with Pasco and won the opener 10-3 and Grandview split at Sunnyside.
Eisenhower highlights — Game 1: Danielle Niblett 2-2; Zabella Hickenbottom 2-2, run; Emma Dohrman 2-2, RBI. Game 2: Ellie Suhm 3-3, run, RBI; Zabella Hickenbottom 1-3, RBI.
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GIRLS SWIMMING
CBBN
Eisenhower 115, Davis 56
200 medley relay: Eisenhower (Loeser, Mickelson, Stephens, Martin) 2:17.72. 200 free: Mary Mickelson (E) 2:31.96. 200 IM: Adelaide Loeser (E) 2:32.71. 50 free: Lindsay Martin (E) 31.83. Diving: Tessa DeLozier (E) 125.95. 100 fly: Adelaide Loeser (E) 1:08.67. 100 free: Sofia Castillo (E) 1:14.39. 500 free: Evangeline Knerr (E) 6:43.24. 200 free relay: Davis (Scott, Marquez, Martinez, Pham) 2:28.04. 100 back: Kellynn Scott (D) 1:20.92. 100 breast: Amalia Pham (D) 1:21.26. 400 free relay: Eisenhower (Loeser, Mickelson, Knerr, Martin) 4:43.27. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/prep_sports/roundup-tied-at-half-selah-soccer-pulls-away-to-win-cwac-opener-5-1/article_bc8f17de-3562-11ed-8823-6f7ddfb445e3.html | 2022-09-16T05:59:49Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/prep_sports/roundup-tied-at-half-selah-soccer-pulls-away-to-win-cwac-opener-5-1/article_bc8f17de-3562-11ed-8823-6f7ddfb445e3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TOPPENISH — A one-sided fight ended quickly in the main event Thursday night at Legends Casino, much to the delight of a boisterous crowd.
Selah’s Andrew Murphy displayed a variety of attacks against Rafael Garcia, who didn’t even throw a punch in the first 80 seconds. A vicious combination sent him through the rope and to the canvas in the second round, setting Murphy up for a knockout just a few moments later.
“I really expected him to pressure me more, but I think my power off rip and my explosiveness really caught him off guard,” Murphy said. “I don’t think he thought I was gonna really punch like that so I really wanted to give the fans a stoppage this fight and give them something exciting to see.”
Murphy easily dodged Garcia’s looping left hook midway through the second round and never took any significant hits while improving his professional record to 7-0. Garcia would occasionally stomp theatrically when the fighters gained separation, sometimes drawing a smile from Murphy before he stepped forward to throw more punches.
Fans of Murphy, an East Valley graduate, made their presence felt as “White Lightning” strolled into the ring while AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” blared over the speakers. The roars continued as Murphy dominated with his trainer, former world champion boxer Roy Jones Jr., looking on from the corner.
Garcia, who has lost his last four fights by knockout and wasn’t named as Murphy’s opponent until early September, weighed in 10 pounds overweight on Wednesday. Murphy knew he couldn’t let down a crowd anxious to see him defend the National Boxing Association’s Americas middleweight championship belt he won against Isiah Jones in his first fight at Legends on July 14.
Carlos Villanueva, an old sparring partner Murphy referred to as “a big brother” also drew significant local support in his first fight since January 2018. The heavyweight from Yakima started slow before taking over to earn a unanimous decision against Aurek Anderson.
“I’ve never fought in my hometown,” said Villanueva, an accomplished amateur with a pro record of 4-3. “I always fought in Tacoma, Medford, Seattle. I knew Yakima was going to come out and pull it out for me.”
He found out he’d be fighting just two weeks ago but didn’t hesitate to take advantage of a dream opportunity to join Murphy at an event put on by Roy Jones Jr. promotions. Villanueva plans to lost weight and return the next time Murphy fights at Legends.
Jones Jr. indicated that could be soon when he announced plans to keep Murphy’s fights in Toppenish whenever possible, even though he trains across the country in Pensacola, Fla. That drew another loud round of cheers from the crowd as Murphy beamed proudly from the ring.
Results: Andrew Murphy d. Rafael Garcia, TKO 2nd rd.; Jesus Saracho d. Nick Jefferson, TKO 5th rd.; Carlos Villenueva d. Aurek Anderson, unanimous decision; Ricardo Lucio d. Omero Gallegos, unanimous decision; Joseph Aguilar d. Billy Drywater, TKO 3rd rd.; Marco Cardenas d. Margarito Hernandez, TKO 3rd rd. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/sports_watch/selahs-murphy-stays-unbeaten-with-second-round-knockout/article_97f7a364-33aa-11ed-a2d1-5377cec6b878.html | 2022-09-16T05:59:55Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/sports_watch/selahs-murphy-stays-unbeaten-with-second-round-knockout/article_97f7a364-33aa-11ed-a2d1-5377cec6b878.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It was a gruesome discovery for Puna patrol officers, responding to an active burglary just before 5 a.m. Thursday at a vacant home under renovation in Hawaiian Shores: officers found the body of a woman in the backyard with multiple blunt-force injuries to her head and body.
Police also discovered a man in his mid-30s hiding behind a wall bordering the property. He was arrested for trespassing.
Officers are still investigating his involvement in the woman's death, which is classified as a second-degree murder. Her identity hasn't yet been released.
This latest homicide is causing fear among many residents in the rural community.
"It's become very unsafe. I don't feel comfortable walking," said Eileen O'Hara, president of the Hawaiian Shores Community Association. "I will not walk down there by myself anymore."
The Hawaii Police Department confirms its seen a big spike in calls and is more than 50 officers short on the Big Island. The problem is not being able to recruit new officers to fill vacant positions -- with only eight officers on duty at any given time patrolling the entire Puna district.
"People need to feel -- they deserve to feel -- safe in their homes and in their own communities," said Ashley Kierkiewicz, a member of the Hawaii County Council.
The Police Department says the number of applicants has dropped way down since before the pandemic despite increasing recruitment efforts. And those who do apply, aren't able to keep up with the demands of the job.
That's why the community is stepping up.
O'Hara of the Hawaiian Shores Community Association says the huge uptick in crime is fueled by drugs. The group started a new neighborhood watch in November and is meeting tonight about the problems plaguing Puna.
Members are also lobbying Hawaii county Mayor Mitch Roth to bring back the Weed-and-Seed program -- to help root out criminal activity.
"We have to get to the root -- the root causes of the crime and that is addressing poverty, making sure that there are resources to support mental health issues, substance abuse, because at the end of the day, we have a safe, healthy community when people are thriving," Kierkiewicz added.
The Big Island has seen a total of six murders so far this year -- four in Puna alone and two in Kona.
Kristen joined KITV4 in March 2021 after working for the past two decades as a newspaper reporter. Kristen's goal is to produce meaningful journalism that educates, enlightens and inspires to affect positive change in society. | https://www.kitv.com/news/big-island-residents-fear-rise-in-crime-after-reports-of-homicide-in-puna-neighborhood/article_e444b122-3570-11ed-b99e-2b6bab24ff18.html | 2022-09-16T06:01:15Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/big-island-residents-fear-rise-in-crime-after-reports-of-homicide-in-puna-neighborhood/article_e444b122-3570-11ed-b99e-2b6bab24ff18.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ranking officers at the Honolulu Police Training Academy have adopted an 'out with the old, and in with the new' approach to preparing recruits after experiencing high drop-out rates.
"They were very bad, and I take ownership of that as a major of training. Instead of sitting there and blaming people, we looked at it and we made adjustments," Honolulu Police Department Training Major Mike Lambert said.
Among the changes -- shifting focus towards mentoring recruits from the start, compared to the previous strategy, which Lambert explained, "what it used to be was more of a warrior mentality right, you just come in, you do your job, if you don't command the room, you die. It was literally that extreme."
Lambert and others tasked with training have made class time more interactive, instead of relying on PowerPoint presentations.
"We were able to actually lower our failure rate for test taking," Lambert said.
There is also more emphasis on how to properly respond to mental health crisis situations.
Meantime, HPD continues to grapple with an ongoing worker shortage.
"Currently the Honolulu Police Department is down approximately 349 positions out of 2,100 authorized sworn positions," state police union president Robert Cavaco said.
There are currently a few dozen recruits in training and many say they're enjoying the experience.
"We all became close from day one, we were taught how to become one family real quickly," senior recruit Nainoa Aiu-Fong said.
Aiu-Fong and 12 others from the 203rd recruit class are set to graduate from the academy Friday. Their group started with 19.
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'A'ali'i is a reporter with KITV. He was born and raised on the island of Maui and graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in Journalism. | https://www.kitv.com/news/hpd-switches-up-training-approach-at-police-recruit-academy-to-lower-drop-out-rates/article_7f2cdb34-3575-11ed-b76e-9b1b524669f1.html | 2022-09-16T06:01:21Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/hpd-switches-up-training-approach-at-police-recruit-academy-to-lower-drop-out-rates/article_7f2cdb34-3575-11ed-b76e-9b1b524669f1.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HONOLULU – Medicare is the federal health care insurance program mainly for people 65 or older. The open enrollment period starts on October 15 and ends on December 7.
During the enrollment period, people can join, switch, or drop a Medicare plan for coverage that starts in January 2023.
The Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistant Program (SHIP) has been busy helping to answer questions from seniors, their families and caregivers.
Wanda Anae-Onishi, director of Hawaii SHIP, appeared on KITV4 Island News at 4 on Thursday for a live interview to talk about what's new regarding Medicare, and to answer some of the most frequently asked questions.
Hawaii SHIP is holding free virtual, phone, and in-person sessions to help seniors understand Medicare and the options available to them.
Hawaii SHIP’s certified counselors are providing one-on-one consultations, and plan comparison specialists are helping seniors find plans that best meet their healthcare needs.
For more information, call the Hawaii SHIP Helpline at 808-586-7299 or toll-free at 1-888-875-9229, or visit Hawaii SHIP's website.
A Medicare counselor will contact those who request an appointment within two to five business days.
Hawaii SHIP representatives will also be at Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin on Oct. 21 and 28, and Nov. 10 and 18 from 10:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m.
They will also be at Pearl City Public Library on Nov. 2 and Dec. 1 from 10:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m.
Hawaii SHIP is federally funded by the Administration for Community Living, and is administered by the Hawaii Department of Health, Executive Office on Aging.
Marisa Yamane joined KITV4 in January 2022 as an anchor and executive producer. She is an award-winning veteran journalist, who’s spent most of her career in Hawaii. She’s a proud graduate of Iolani School and UCLA. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/free-help-available-ahead-of-medicare-enrollment-period/article_31a54f1c-3576-11ed-92f3-d7323d3e0bc9.html | 2022-09-16T06:01:33Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/free-help-available-ahead-of-medicare-enrollment-period/article_31a54f1c-3576-11ed-92f3-d7323d3e0bc9.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
President Joe Biden will be meeting with the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner Friday, as the U.S. is continuing its negotiations to bring Griner home from a Russian prison, where she has spent the last seven months.
Biden will meet with Cherelle Griner and Elizabeth Whelan, the sister of Paul Whelan, a former Marine convicted of espionage in Russia who Biden has additionally requested to be released.
The president spoke with Cherelle Griner in July, shortly after Brittney Griner penned a letter to the president, in which she said she was "terrified I might be here forever."
The Biden administration considers the pair to be wrongfully detained, and in exchange for their commutations, has offered to free Viktor Bout, a notorious Russian arms dealer who was sentenced to 25 years in 2011.
"As we have said before, we believe that Russia is wrongfully detaining Brittney and Paul under intolerable circumstances," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. "And as you know, we have been directly engaged with the Russian government through appropriate channels."
Griner, 31, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and plays for the Phoenix Mercury. Since 2014, she has also played for Russia's UMMC Ekaterinburg team during the WNBA offseason. She was arrested in February for possessing marijuana vape cartridges as she entered the country to prepare for the playoffs. In August, she was found guilty of the crime and sentenced to nine years.
Whelan, 52, also traveled to Russia openly for years, but was arrested in 2018 and convicted on espionage charges in a secret trial.
Jean-Pierre said she cannot share details about the Biden administration's negotiations with Russia due to security reasons, but did say Russia has not been responsive to their proposal.
"While I would love to say that the purpose of this meeting is to inform the families that the Russians have accepted our offer and we are bringing their loved ones home, that is not what we're seeing in these negotiations at this time," she said.
"The Russians should accept our offer," she added. "They should accept our offer today. We will keep working diligently until the day we get to share that good news."
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Thrissur: Two people died after iron sheets fell off of a moving lorry in Thrissur on Friday.
The deceased are Muhammadali Haji (70) and Shaji (40), both natives of Akalad.
As per reports, the entire load of galvanized aluminium sheets, which are used to build cargo boxes, fell onto the road.
The incident happened around 7 am. Shaji was right behind the lorry on his scooter, and Muhammadali was waiting for a bus on the same route after offering morning prayers when the bundle came undone and fell on them, killing both instantly. Shaji's scooter was also damaged.
Though locals and police pulled them out from under the sheets and rushed them to the hospital, they were declared brought dead.
The lorry was en route to Ernakulam from Kozhikode. Based on a preliminary investigation, the sheets were being transported without adopting adequate safety measures. The lorry driver fled the scene immediately after the accident. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/16/iron-sheets-fall-from-moving-lorry-two-dead.amp.html | 2022-09-16T06:23:25Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/16/iron-sheets-fall-from-moving-lorry-two-dead.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed the plea by the Mohammed Nisham, serving life term in the infamous Chandrabose murder case of 2015, seeking relaxation on his sentence.
Chandrabose's wife Jamanthi expressed happiness over the court decision, but said her request to the court was to award him death sentence.
Nisham, a multi-millionaire businessman, was sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment for killing K Chandrabose, a security guard at a luxury apartment in Thrissur.
Nisham, the managing director of King Beedi Company, was outraged over the delay in opening the gates of the apartment and assaulted the security guard before ramming his Hummer SUV on the victim in January 2015.
In January 2016, Nisham was awarded rigorous life imprisonment and another 24 years in jail for the coldblooded murder. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 80.30 lakh on him.
Nisham was also in the news after allegations that he was getting special treatment in the central prison.
A few years ago, the Kerala HC had directed the state government to submit a report on the mental condition of Nisham, while he was the inmate of the Kannur central prison. A medical board of Kannur district hospital examined Nisham, and the government later informed the court that he did not suffer from any mental ailments. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/16/suv-murder-case-hc-rejects-nisham-plea.amp.html | 2022-09-16T06:23:51Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/16/suv-murder-case-hc-rejects-nisham-plea.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A former criminal justice instructor at an Oklahoma college was arrested after drugs and a human jaw bone were found inside his campus apartment, according to reports.
The shocking discovery at Bryan Denny’s home was made during an Aug. 31 routine safety inspection of all student and residential apartments on campus at Eastern Oklahoma State College, according to an affidavit obtained by the Stillwater News Press.
Denny, who at the time was a criminal justice instructor at the school, immediately began “displaying nervous behavior” after he was informed of the routine check-up of his home, according to the affidavit.
The 44-year-old then allegedly grabbed a box and “marijuana rolling tray” from his living room and put them in a bathroom drawer, the affidavit states.
That sparked a search warrant approved by a district judge of the Choctaw Nation on the tribal citizen’s home where weed, a substance that tested positive for cocaine and paraphernalia were found, according to the report.
More shockingly, officers also located a “black hard plastic carrying case” that appeared to have a “human jawbone with five decayed teeth” inside according to the affidavit.
After another search warrant was issued by a judge, authorities found three firearms, the Stillwater News Press reported.
Denny was charged with distribution of a controlled dangerous substance including possession with intent, unlawful removal of a dead body, possession of a firearm while committing a felony and possession of marijuana.
He was fired by the school on Sept. 5. Before becoming a criminal justice instructor, Denny was the college’s police chief and dean of student life during his tenure, the report said.
Denny’s lawyers argued the human remains are actually an artifact that was passed down to him by a family member, KFOR reported. His legal team also insisted their client, who is a member of the Cherokee Nation, was “a target of a retaliation campaign by former friends and members of law enforcement” in a bid to “destroy a good man’s reputation.”
“The charge is meant solely for the purpose to sensationalize Mr. Denny’s arrest, embarrass him, and shame him into pleading to a lesser charge or soft deal when he is not guilty of anything,” the law firm Wagner & Lynch said.
“We look forward to our opportunity in court, and hope that the media will report Mr. Denny’s exoneration with the same fervor that they report these over sensationalized and trumped-up charges.” | https://nypost.com/2022/09/16/former-oklahoma-college-instructor-bryan-denny-arrested-after-drugs-human-jaw-bone-found-in-home/ | 2022-09-16T06:43:10Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/16/former-oklahoma-college-instructor-bryan-denny-arrested-after-drugs-human-jaw-bone-found-in-home/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sept. 16, 2022) – Sailors assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) pick up and bag dry leaves during an installation-wide “Ship Shape” cleanup event. For more than 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet’s forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families. (U.S. Navy photo by Tetsuya Morita)
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REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. -- Neighbors living near Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach are fed up with decorative fountains installed by city officials and have asked that they be removed for good.
According to Rehoboth Beach mayor Stan Mills, the two fountains, located on either side of the bridge, were installed about three years ago. Neighbors living closest to the two fountains have complained about the mist that blows off the fountains during intense winds.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," Mills says. "We've got some people that think they're absolutely visually appealing and wonderful, including the colored lights. Yet, we've got others on other end of the spectrum that think they're a blight over the lake; that lakes are natural areas and you're putting these artificial fountains there."
Mike Klingel, who's lived in his home near Silver Lake for 29 years now, is on the latter end of that spectrum.
"I love them, especially at Christmas time when they put lights on them," Klingel says. "I'd hate to see them go. I like watching them."
Meanwhile, neighbor Francis Fabrizio, who's spent much of his life in Rehoboth Beach and has lived near Silver Lake for nearly three decades, has complained to city officials about the fountains many times. His concerns range from health hazards to simply not being able to enjoy spending time with his family on their lake gazebo.
"Silver Lake is a retention pond for South Rehoboth," says Fabrizio. "The water is filthy and the fountains atomize the water. When there is a wind from the west or southwest, we get clouds of mist that will blow, and it depends on the intensity of the breeze, but it can be pretty bad."
Fabrizio has noticed the lake getting progressively dirtier as runoff from lawns and streets continue to enter it. The water coming out of the fountains is recycled lake water. Fabrizio mentioned that he believes he developed a lung infection form inhaling the fountain's mist.
"I don't want to breath it, and I don't want to come in contact with it," Fabrizio says.
Fabrizio and other neighbors addressed the Rehoboth Beach Board of Commissioners through letters concerning their frustrations with the fountains and in-person at a commissioners workshop at the beginning of the month.
Mayor Mills says the commission will vote on the relocation of the fountains during their next meeting on Sept. 16. He says the vote will decide if the fountains will remain in their current location on Silver Lake, be relocated to a different location on Silver Lake, relocated to a different lake, or abandoned completely. | https://www.wboc.com/news/silver-lake-residents-express-fountain-frustrations/article_1ca75af2-3570-11ed-bb2a-03f695a05114.html | 2022-09-16T06:51:54Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/silver-lake-residents-express-fountain-frustrations/article_1ca75af2-3570-11ed-bb2a-03f695a05114.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
U.K. Retail Sales For August:
MoM
Act: -1.6%
Prev: 0.3%
Fcst: -0.5%
Core Retail Sales YoY (SA) (Aug)
Act: -5%
Prev: -3%
Fcst: -3.4%
Making for a pretty grim outlook for UK PLC
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FCTA disburses N2.9bn to Area Councils, stakeholders
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed a total sum of N2,892,081,930 billion to the six Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for July.
Minister of State for the FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani-Aliyu, who presided over the 168th Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) meeting, used the occasion to appeal to stakeholders to show understanding as the revenue from the Federation Account keeps nose diving.
Aliyu, who was represented by the Acting FCTA Permanent Secretary, Mallam Mohammed Bashir, called on the council authorities to pay cleaning company contractors in their respective councils.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that the breakdown of the figures released at the JAAC meeting indicated that the sum of N611,276,341.46 million was made available for distribution to the six area councils, while the sum of N2,280,805,588.83 billion was made available to other stakeholders, bringing the total sum to N2,892,081,930.29 billion.
Similarly, distributions to area councils showed that the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), received N170,582,270.76 million, while Gwagwalada got N82,954,656.18 million and Kuje Area Council received N119,206,233.92 million.
Other area councils include, Bwari which received N87,675,782.37 million, Abaji got N77,928,662.74 million while Kwali received N72,928,735.49 million, bringing the total sum to N611,276,341.45 million disbursed to the six area councils.
Nigerian Tribune further learnt that distribution to other stakeholders, including primary school teachers, gulped N1,917,556,374.33 billion, 15 per cent pension funds took N226,478,989.57 million, 100 per cent training fund gulped N28,920,819.30 million, while 10 per cent employer pension contribution gulped N107,849,405.63 million, bringing the total sum to N2,280,805,588.83 billion.
Those present at the meeting include the representative of FCTA, Acting Permanent Secretary, Bashir, Mandate Secretary Area Council Services, Ibrahim Abubakar Dantsoho, Director of Administration and Finance, FCT Area Council Services Secretariat, Mrs. Omolola Olanipekun, chairmen of the six area councils, among others.
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NIGERIANS, especially pregnant women and nursing mothers, have been advised to always patronise government health institutions where qualified and experienced personnel abound instead of visiting quacks and unauthorised medical centres.
Alhaja Latifat Kilani, wife of the immediate past National Organising Secretary of the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, Alhaji Ibrahim Kilani, gave this advice at the Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Ikare, while presenting gifts to a baby born to Mr and Mrs Matthew Ishola on her birthday.
Alhaji Kilani, who noted that he was born at the same hospital, presented the gifts to the baby’s parents on behalf of his wife.
Alhaja Latifat Kilani, who also donated bedspreads to the Psychiatric Hospital, Akure and promised to also make a donation to the Afin Akoko Basic Health Centre, stated that rather than throwing a party to celebrate her birthday, her heart and thoughts were with the underprivileged in the society.
The Chief Medical Director of the Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Ikare Akoko, Dr Idowu Ayodeji, commended the Kilani family for their philanthropy, particularly in the area of health.
Dr Ayodeji emphasised that government alone could not shoulder the responsibility of providing quality healthcare for the people, calling on other well-meaning Nigerians to support the health sector in terms of donation of funds and equipment.
Mr and Mrs Matthew Ishola commended Alhaja Kilani for the gift which they described as precious and timely.
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New Delhi: The probe into the Rs 200 crore extortion case involving multimillionaire conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar has found that four models/actresses met him in Tihar Jail and were given money and expensive gifts, sources said.
According to the sources, 'Big Boss' fame Nikki Tamboli, 'Bade Achche Lagte Hai' fame Chahat Khanna, Sophia Singh, and Arusha Patil met Chandrashekhar in the jail premises and he introduced himself as a producer of southern film industry.
A source said that Chandrashekhar's aide Pinky Irani, who was arrested later, had facilitated their meetings with Chandrashekhar.
All these four actresses were given expensive gifts of renowned brands such as Gucci, Versace, and Louis Vuitton.
Chandrashekhar also transferred some Rs 5.20 lakh into the account of Patil, who has admitted to have met him but not in the jail.
When Irani introduced Khanna to Chandrashekhar, the actress was allegedly given Rs 2 lakh and a blue-coloured Versace watch.
Chandrashekhar allegedly deposited Rs 2 lakh into the account of Singh and later gifted her a LV bag. She was, later on, given Rs 1.5 lakh more.
Irani got an amount of Rs 10 lakh from Chandrashekhar for introducing him to Tamboli, and she later gave Rs 1.5 lakh to Tamboli. Later on, Chandrashekhar gave her a Gucci bag and Rs 2 lakh on their first meet. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/16/conman-sukesh-chandrashekhar-jail-actress-expensive-gifts-probe.amp.html | 2022-09-16T07:15:10Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/16/conman-sukesh-chandrashekhar-jail-actress-expensive-gifts-probe.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has added a major new question to its litany of mysteries. Along with “Who is The Stranger?” we can now wonder: “Who is the burned elf leading the orcs?”
Now that the sinister new character (played by Joseph Malwe) has been revealed in episode four, “The Great Wave,” the big surprise is that he’s not an orc, or a manifestation of Sauron (as some of Arondir’s companions theorized.) Instead, he is a living elf—and we don’t see many elves in J.R.R. Tolkien’s lore who side with evil. So who is Adar, and why is he helping the Dark Lord?
Tolkien’s appendices to The Lord of the Rings novels, The Silmarillion and The Unfinished Tales edited by his son Christopher provide some clues. We can also explore a few other burning questions from this episode: What is mithril? What’s the Mirrormere and where have we seen it before? And what are the Palantiri orbs that reveal the doomsday prophecy that gives this episode its name?
Adar
As explained in the previous episode’s recap, “Adar” is Tolkien’s elvish word for “father,” and it’s the name the orcs overtaking the Southland use for their mysterious leader. Now we’ve seen who they’re talking about, and he turns out to be an elf himself. He's familiar with Arondir’s home region of Beleriand, which was largely destroyed in the War of Wrath that first defeated Morgoth and his apprentice Sauron. He even knows the river that ran north to south in the area.
Now, the mysterious Adar is making preparations for Sauron’s return. He tells Arondir that he has been taught many lies, but doesn’t specify what those are. Instead, he releases Arondir to carry a message to the Southland humans who have fled the village and taken shelter in the abandoned elven watchtower. If they surrender and serve him, they live. If not …
But who is Adar? What's his true identity? Arondir doesn’t recognize him, but should viewers? The highminded and ethereal elves very seldom gave in to dark impulses, but Tolkien does include a few in his legendarium. Two, in particular, stand out as likely suspects for the mystery being generated here by showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay:
This elf from the First Age hailed from Beleriand, the same place Adar referenced to Arondir, and was a blacksmith who developed new methods of metalworking. He devised a unique black alloy called galvorn, that could be forged into weapons or armor. When Adar euthanizes a wounded orc in The Rings of Power, note the obsidian-like black blade. No matter who the so-called Adar ends up being, that’s almost certainly a galvorn Easter egg.
Eöl was a cruel figure, who was horrible to his wife Aredhel and their son Maeglin. While he was away visiting some dwarf allies, she fled to her original home in the elven realm of Gondolin. An enraged Eöl hunted down his own wife and child, killing her with a poisoned spear. He was sentenced to death for the crime. When he was hurled from the Caragdûr, a steep cliff, he called down an everlasting curse on his son before he died.
Sadly, the curse seems to have stuck. That’s why Eöl’s son Maeglin is outsecond, and perhaps most likely, guess at Adar's true identity. The black dagger he uses to end the orc’s life in this episode could still be galvorn, a relic of his hated father.
Also, Adar tells Arondir he went down the river in Bereland “once,” and Eöl would have traversed it many times. Plus, there’s one other major clue in The Rings of Power about Adar—the burn scars on his face. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-recap-adar-elf | 2022-09-16T07:23:37Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-recap-adar-elf | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ukrainian president: Mass grave found near recaptured city
IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities found a mass burial site near a recaptured northeastern city previously occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Thursday night.
The grave was discovered close to Izium in the Kharkiv region.
“The necessary procedures have already begun there. More information — clear, verifiable information — should be available tomorrow,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly televised address.
Associated Press journalists saw the site Thursday in a forest outside Izium. Amid the trees were hundreds of graves with simple wooden crosses, most of them marked only with numbers. A larger grave bore a marker saying it contained the bodies of 17 Ukrainian soldiers.
Investigators with metal detectors were scanning the site for any hidden explosives.
Oleg Kotenko, an official with the Ukrainian ministry tasked with reintegrating occupied territories, said videos that Russian soldiers posted on social media indicated there were likely more than 17 bodies in the grave.
“We haven’t counted them yet, but I think there are more than 25 or even 30,” he said.
Izium resident Sergei Gorodko said that among the hundreds buried in individual graves were dozens of adults and children killed in a Russian airstrike on an apartment building.
He said he pulled some of them out of the rubble “with my own hands.”
Zelenskyy invoked the names of other Ukrainian cities where authorities said retreating Russian troops left behind mass graves of civilians and evidence of possible war crimes.
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" Bucha, Mariupol, now, unfortunately, Izium. … Russia leaves death everywhere. And it must be held accountable for it. The world must bring Russia to real responsibility for this war,” he said in the address.
Sergei Bolvinov, a senior investigator for Ukrainian police in the eastern Kharkiv region, told British TV broadcaster Sky News that a pit containing more than 440 bodies was discovered near Izium after Kyiv’s forces swept in. He described the grave as “one of the largest burial sites in any one liberated city.”
Some of the people buried in the pit were shot. Others died from artillery fire, mines or airstrikes. Many of the bodies have not been identified yet, Bolvinov said.
Russian forces left Izium and other parts of the Kharkiv region last week amid a stunning Ukrainian counteroffensive. On Wednesday, Zelenskyy made a rare trip outside the capital to watch the national flag being raised over Izium’s city hall.
Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Enin said Thursday night that other evidence found after Kyiv’s sweeping advance into the Kharkiv region included multiple “torture chambers” where both Ukrainian citizens and foreigners were detained “in completely inhuman conditions.”
“We have already come across the exhumation of individual bodies, not only with traces of a violent death, but also of torture — cut off ears, etc. This is just the beginning,” Enin said in an interview with Ukraine’s Radio NV.
He claimed that among those held at one of the sites were students from an unspecified Asian country who were captured at a Russian checkpoint as they tried to leave for Ukrainian-controlled territory.
Enin did not specify where the students were held, although he named the small cities of Balakliya and Volchansk as two locations where torture chambers were found. His account could not be independently verified.
“All these traces of war crimes are now carefully documented by us. And we know from the experience of Bucha that the worst crimes can only be exposed over time,” Enin said, in a reference to a Kyiv suburb where the bodies of hundreds of civilians were discovered following the Russian army’s withdrawal from the area in March.
Earlier Thursday, Zelenskyy said that during the five months the Russians occupied the region, they “only destroyed, only deprived, only took away.”
“They left behind devastated villages; in some of them there is not a single undamaged house. The occupiers turned schools into garbage dumps and churches — shattered, literally turned into toilets.”
In other developments Thursday, Zelenskyy worked to add political momentum to Ukraine’s recent military gains, while missile strikes that caused flooding near his hometown demonstrated Moscow’s determination to reclaim the battlefield advantage.
A week after the Ukrainian counteroffensive, Zelenskyy met with European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen during her third wartime visit to Kyiv. Von der Leyen publicly conveyed the wholehearted support of the 27-nation bloc and wore an outfit in Ukraine’s national colors.
“It’s absolutely vital and necessary to support Ukraine with the military equipment they need to defend themselves. And they have proven that they are able to do this, if they are well equipped,” she said.
Air raid sirens blared twice in Kyiv during von der Leyen’s meeting with Zelenskyy, a reminder that Russia has long-range weapons that can reach any location in Ukraine even though the capital has been spared attacks in recent weeks.
Ukrainian officials said Russian missiles late Wednesday struck a reservoir dam near Kryvyi Rih, Zelenskyy’s birthplace and the largest city in central Ukraine. The strikes flooded over 100 homes.
Russian military bloggers said the attack was intended to flood areas downstream where Ukrainian forces made inroads as part of their counteroffensive.
The head of the local government on Thursday reported a new attack on the dam and said emergency crews were working to prevent more water from escaping.
The first attack so close to his roots angered Zelenskyy, who said the strikes had no military value.
“In fact, hitting hundreds of thousands of ordinary civilians is another reason why Russia will lose,” he said.
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Hanna Arhirova in Kyiv and Joanna Koslowska in London contributed reporting.
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SUNNYSIDE, Wash.-
September 16 and 17 is the Sunshine Days and Parade in Sunnyside and the Washington State Patrol is partnering up with Sunnyside Police Department to make sure the event is safe and family friendly.
With this being Sunnyside's oldest parade, kick off will begin Saturday, September 17th at 10 a.m. The parade route will go from Sunnyside High School all the way to the 100 block of S 1st St. Local vendors and entertainment will be out until 4 p.m.
The Sunnyside Police Department is expecting to have an big turnout of people walking and driving in their cars.
Washington State Patrol will also be out to help in the city and local highways, supporting the Sunnyside police department.
WSP would like to remind everyone attending The Sunnyside Days and Parade to be responsible about not driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
With the increase in people walking and driving, WSP would like to remind people to be extra cautious when driving around the city during the event and it's dedicated to preventing car crashes and keeping the event safe. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/annual-sunshine-days-and-parade/article_b0b1e64a-357f-11ed-be28-13a2c9ebfecf.html | 2022-09-16T07:28:23Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/annual-sunshine-days-and-parade/article_b0b1e64a-357f-11ed-be28-13a2c9ebfecf.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Chris Reid was a librarian at Garfield Elementary School for 14 years. She died last week after battling ovarian cancer for two years. Her family, friends and now the community's trying to keep her memory alive with some playground additions she's always wanted.
"It gives us something to put our grief into," said her stepson and fundraiser starter, Corey Granstrand.
Her family's fundraising for a canopy for shade, benches and new playground equipment for students.
"She'd always talk about the playground and how we didn't have shade," said PE teacher, Guillermo Llamas. "There's no shade if you go out there, it's like a desert."
In just one week, Reid's family raised more than two-thirds of their fundraising goal. If you'd like to donate, click the GoFundMe link here.
"I'm really excited and I know she would be excited because she loved this school, she really loved the kids," said Chris' husband, Denny Granstrand.
Mireya Compton worked beside Reid for 12 years. She said Reid taught her everything she knows about the library.
"She will be living in this school, her spirit, her memory is still very alive not only in this library but at the playground," said Compton, the library assistant.
Although Reid retired in 2014, she always came back to visit, said Compton. She said she wanted what was best for her students and friends.
"Chris was always trying to make people's lives better and if we can carry on her mission for her I think that would mean a lot to her," said Corey.
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BEIJING, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from Thursday to Friday. The summit attracted international attention as it took place at a special time. How to interpret the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Central Asia? Why has the SCO become a model of successful regional cooperation? Global Times invited four experts from Russia and Central Asian countries to share their views.
Anton Bugayenko, chief expert of the Chinese and Asian studies program under the Institute of World Economy and Politics in Kazakhstan
Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Central Asia comes as significant changes are taking place in the political environment and the socio-economic sphere of countries in the region. Central Asia and China are interested in joint development, and the current global turbulence has pushed both sides to cooperate closer with each other.
Kazakhstan is where President Xi Jinping first proposed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) back in 2013. Kazakhstan's leadership is positive about the results of cooperation under the BRI. Kazakhstan has received notable dividends from participating in the BRI. In particular, it increased the diversification of the economy by shoring up the manufacturing industry. The diversification of Kazakh exports has also increased through the supply of non-oil goods to the Chinese market, from rolled steel and ore to agricultural products. With the help of Chinese investment, Kazakh authorities are addressing the development of less economically developed provinces.
Oleg Ivanov, deputy head of the International and National Security Department, Diplomatic Academy, Moscow.
The SCO promotes wide cooperation and security based on common interests and international law. Therefore, countries neighboring the SCO do not feel threatened when more countries join the organization. Willingness of more countries to join as members indicates that the organization is becoming more and more attractive and is growing.
The SCO is a vivid example of diversity of the international community, where different countries find common ground for mutually beneficial cooperation. The SCO summit is sure to be a clear evidence that evolving multipolar world has a non-Western strong pillar that the world community can rely on.
Sheradil Baktygulov, an independent political analyst based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
International cooperation is based on multilateral institutions and the SCO is a model of successful regional cooperation. The SCO has managed to unite countries with different cultural and civilizational codes, and different foreign policy guidelines and models of national development. In a short historical period, the SCO has come a long way, becoming an integral element of the modern global political and economic world order.
The SCO makes all decisions on the consensus base. It doesn't matter how big a territory or economy of this or that country is. The matter is goodwill to mutually benefiting cooperation on a wide range of real world issues.
The SCO introduces the goodwill approaches. The human values, solid international legal base, good relations among countries, good relations among peoples represent some examples of goodwill approaches. Thus the SCO is providing new opportunities to all interested countries in mutually benefiting economic growth. And none of the member states dictates to another what should be done.
Farkhod Tolipov, director of the Non-Governmental Research Institution "Knowledge Caravan," Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The SCO can make its important and tangible contribution to mitigating conflicts by, for example, strengthening peace and security in its own "zone of responsibility."
For example, two members of the SCO - India and Pakistan - are in cleavage and conflict over Kashmir. If SCO strategically manages to really contribute to mitigation of this territorial dispute, it would be a strong example for other countries and regions of dealing with conflict-prone issues.
Moreover, SCO is better positioned for realization of multiple projects on activation of cooperation in political, economic, trade, cultural-humanitarian and other spheres. From its inception, the SCO has served as a forum for mobilization of member-states for multi-faceted cooperation. We can argue that it helped to nurture and prepare environment for what is today called Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In other words, Shanghai Spirit is on the background of BRI; and success of the latter will be linked to a great extent to the success and efficiency of the former.
Global Times: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202209/1275267.shtml
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KIHEI, MAUI (KITV4) -- At least one humpback whale has made it's way into Hawaiian waters early this year.
Zach Schilling took video of a whale breaching about a mile off Cove Park in Kihei Wednesday morning.
Research ecologist with the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Marc Lammers, confirms this sighting was indeed the first.
"We don't know if this whale's going to stick around or if he's on his way potentially back to Alaska," Lammers explained. "It's hard to say. We would expect to start to see whales in a few weeks but this is a bit early."
Although it's hard to tell, Lammers said based on other reports it's likely a juvenile whale or one passing through from another location.
He said the last time Hawaii saw a whale this early was about five years ago.
Hawaii's whale season starts on November 15, but Lammers says we typically start see them by mid-October.
It then runs through April and early parts of May.
Lammers reminds everyone to use proper protocol when approaching whales.
"Just always keep an eye out during whale season because they are big animals and we want to make sure that all interactions with them are safe."
Do you have a story idea? Email news tips to news@kitv.com
Mika is the co-anchor for KITV4 Island News at 5, 6, and 10 p.m.
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A woman has been arrested and charged with calling in a false bomb threat last month to Boston Children's Hospital, which has been hit with a barrage of threats linked to its providing of gender-affirming care, US Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins said Thursday.
"Boston Children's Hospital has been subjected to a sustained harassment campaign based on the dissemination of information online regarding the services offered by the hospital's gender multi-specialty service, which, according to the hospital, provides individualized, safe, and affirmative care to gender-diverse and transgendered individuals and their families," Rollins said.
Catherine Leavy of Westfield, Massachusetts, was arrested Thursday by FBI agents at her home without incident and charged with one count of making a false telephonic bomb threat, said FBI Boston Special Agent in Charge Joseph Bonavolonta.
The hospital received a threatening phone call on August 30 which said, in part, "There is a bomb on the way to the hospital. You'd better evacuate everybody, you sickos," Rollins said.
The threat led to the hospital and surrounding areas being placed on lockdown and a bomb squad being dispatched, Rollins said, and it was determined "no explosive devices were located at the hospital."
Investigators were able to identify a cell phone account that made the call and linked it to Leavy "through court authorized search warrants and other techniques," according to Rollins. The telephone used to make the alleged threat was recovered when Leavy was arrested, she said.
While multiple threats have been called into the hospital, at this time Leavy is only being charged in connection with one call, Rollins said.
The 37-year-old appeared before a magistrate judge for an initial appearance Thursday afternoon, Rollins said, and will be held pending a detention hearing scheduled for Friday afternoon.
CNN has reached out to an attorney for Leavy for comment.
Boston Children's Hospital, which calls itself "home to the first pediatric and adolescent transgender health program in the United States," has said it faced a "large volume" of threats of violence for offering such care.
Gender-affirming care is medically necessary, evidence-based care using a multidisciplinary approach to help a person transition from their assigned gender -- the one they were designated at birth -- to their affirmed gender -- the gender by which they want to be known.
Major medical associations -- including the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry -- agree gender-affirming care is clinically appropriate for children and adults.
Misinformation spread online has suggested Boston Children's performed gender-affirming genital surgeries on young children. The hospital says it provides overall care to children who identify as transgender or nonbinary, but surgeries are performed only on consenting adults.
Rollins would not comment on a motive for the alleged bomb threat but said, "Generally, health care providers who support and offer care to gender-diverse and transgendered individuals deserve to do so without fear." | https://www.kitv.com/news/national/woman-faces-federal-charge-for-calling-in-a-false-bomb-threat-to-a-boston-hospital/article_d524eabb-4d33-58f6-a3c5-92588dc789bc.html | 2022-09-16T07:37:06Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/national/woman-faces-federal-charge-for-calling-in-a-false-bomb-threat-to-a-boston-hospital/article_d524eabb-4d33-58f6-a3c5-92588dc789bc.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Queen Elizabeth II dies: What's happening today?
A special meeting of Edinburgh City Council is being held today so councillors can pay their own tribute to the Queen.
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The council will agree a motion of condolence proposed by the Lord Provost Robert Aldridge, noting the Queen’s “great appreciation” for Scotland and Edinburgh, praising her “unwavering and inspirational, dedication to serving the nation and the Commonwealth” and offering the council’s deepest sympathy to the Royal family.
Meanwhile, thousands of people continued to queue in London to file past the Queen’s coffin as it lies in state at Westminster Hall ahead of the state funeral on Monday. At 7.30am today the queue was almost 4.5 miles long and the estimated waiting time was at least 11 hours.
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Charles III will visit Wales today for the first time as King before returning to London to hold a vigil at the Queen's coffin with his sister and brothers this evening.
The King and the Queen Consort will travel to Cardiff in the latest leg of a home nations tour, after trips to Edinburgh and Belfast. They will attend a service of prayer and reflection at Llandaff Cathedral before receiving condolences at the Welsh parliament, the Senedd, and meeting Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford.
Edinburgh council leader Cammy Day said scenes from the commemorations in Edinburgh which followed the Queen’s death last week – from the arrival of the coffin on Sunday to the lying-at-rest in St Giles Cathedral – would be remembered forever.
He said: “The city truly shone as well over 100,000 people welcomed the Queen’s cortège to Edinburgh on Sunday afternoon, with the King and members of the Royal Family following on Monday to participate in the Ceremony of the Keys. They then joined an historic procession up the Royal Mile and a service at St Giles’ Cathedral, where the Queen lay at rest until her final departure for London on Tuesday.
“And who can forget the pictures of 33,000 people queueing peacefully into the small hours to pay their respects at St Giles’ Cathedral? And the scores of volunteers who supported them through the night.
“All in, this was a hugely significant operation, involving an unparalleled level of planning to ensure the comfort and safety of everyone in the huge crowds. An astonishing achievement and display of hard work in honour of a remarkable Queen, a monarch who openly cherished her Scottish Capital and its people.
“I’d like to thank the people of Edinburgh for turning out in their thousands to pay their respects. And to pay tribute to the many council colleagues, partners and volunteers, who all played their part in delivering – gracefully and flawlessly – this unique series of events at a scale and pace many cities would find unimaginable. You have done Edinburgh, Scotland and Her Majesty proud.”
The full text of the motion which the council will agree today reads: “On behalf of the citizens of Edinburgh, this council offers its deep condolences to the Royal Family on news of the death of Her Majesty the Queen.
“Throughout her extraordinary reign she showed great appreciation for her ancient and hereditary Kingdom of Scotland and its capital city Edinburgh.
“During her countless visits to Edinburgh she reached out to charities, veterans, service personnel, hospitals and children and won a very special place in the hearts of the citizens of Edinburgh and Scotland.
“Over her seven decade reign, she showed unwavering and inspirational, dedication to serving the nation and the Commonwealth, offering wise counsel in often turbulent times.
“This council and this city are in mourning. Council gives thanks for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's exceptional 70 years’ service and extends its deepest sympathy to the Royal Family at this very difficult time." | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-whats-happening-today-3845279 | 2022-09-16T07:50:36Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-whats-happening-today-3845279 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BEIJING, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from Thursday to Friday. The summit attracted international attention as it took place at a special time. How to interpret the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Central Asia? Why has the SCO become a model of successful regional cooperation? Global Times invited four experts from Russia and Central Asian countries to share their views.
Anton Bugayenko, chief expert of the Chinese and Asian studies program under the Institute of World Economy and Politics in Kazakhstan
Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Central Asia comes as significant changes are taking place in the political environment and the socio-economic sphere of countries in the region. Central Asia and China are interested in joint development, and the current global turbulence has pushed both sides to cooperate closer with each other.
Kazakhstan is where President Xi Jinping first proposed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) back in 2013. Kazakhstan's leadership is positive about the results of cooperation under the BRI. Kazakhstan has received notable dividends from participating in the BRI. In particular, it increased the diversification of the economy by shoring up the manufacturing industry. The diversification of Kazakh exports has also increased through the supply of non-oil goods to the Chinese market, from rolled steel and ore to agricultural products. With the help of Chinese investment, Kazakh authorities are addressing the development of less economically developed provinces.
Oleg Ivanov, deputy head of the International and National Security Department, Diplomatic Academy, Moscow.
The SCO promotes wide cooperation and security based on common interests and international law. Therefore, countries neighboring the SCO do not feel threatened when more countries join the organization. Willingness of more countries to join as members indicates that the organization is becoming more and more attractive and is growing.
The SCO is a vivid example of diversity of the international community, where different countries find common ground for mutually beneficial cooperation. The SCO summit is sure to be a clear evidence that evolving multipolar world has a non-Western strong pillar that the world community can rely on.
Sheradil Baktygulov, an independent political analyst based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
International cooperation is based on multilateral institutions and the SCO is a model of successful regional cooperation. The SCO has managed to unite countries with different cultural and civilizational codes, and different foreign policy guidelines and models of national development. In a short historical period, the SCO has come a long way, becoming an integral element of the modern global political and economic world order.
The SCO makes all decisions on the consensus base. It doesn't matter how big a territory or economy of this or that country is. The matter is goodwill to mutually benefiting cooperation on a wide range of real world issues.
The SCO introduces the goodwill approaches. The human values, solid international legal base, good relations among countries, good relations among peoples represent some examples of goodwill approaches. Thus the SCO is providing new opportunities to all interested countries in mutually benefiting economic growth. And none of the member states dictates to another what should be done.
Farkhod Tolipov, director of the Non-Governmental Research Institution "Knowledge Caravan," Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The SCO can make its important and tangible contribution to mitigating conflicts by, for example, strengthening peace and security in its own "zone of responsibility."
For example, two members of the SCO - India and Pakistan - are in cleavage and conflict over Kashmir. If SCO strategically manages to really contribute to mitigation of this territorial dispute, it would be a strong example for other countries and regions of dealing with conflict-prone issues.
Moreover, SCO is better positioned for realization of multiple projects on activation of cooperation in political, economic, trade, cultural-humanitarian and other spheres. From its inception, the SCO has served as a forum for mobilization of member-states for multi-faceted cooperation. We can argue that it helped to nurture and prepare environment for what is today called Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In other words, Shanghai Spirit is on the background of BRI; and success of the latter will be linked to a great extent to the success and efficiency of the former.
Global Times: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202209/1275267.shtml
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Existing investor SoftBank Group to sell full stake in Kahoot! to General Atlantic
New partnership with global growth investor to further accelerate Kahoot!'s momentum with customer expansion, product roadmap, and commercialization efforts
OSLO, Norway, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahoot!, the global learning and engagement platform company, today announced that General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, has joined its investor base to support the company's next phase of expansion. Existing investor SB Northstar LP, a fund managed by a 100% directly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp., partner to Kahoot! since 2020, is selling its full 15% stake in the company to General Atlantic. Upon completion of the transaction, General Atlantic is expected to become Kahoot!'s largest shareholder. With a mission of making learning awesome for millions of people around the world, Kahoot! plans to partner with General Atlantic to accelerate further growth initiatives, drive innovation, and expand its global footprint in homes, schools, and corporations.
Since its founding in 2013, the Kahoot! Group has grown into a multifaceted offering and a portfolio of leading brands at the intersection of digital learning and audience engagement. Since launch, the core Kahoot! service has been used by 8 billion non-unique cumulative participants across the globe. The engagement and learning platform targets customers across diverse demographics and application verticals through Kahoot! at Work, used in 97% of Fortune 500 companies for corporate learning and engagement; Kahoot! at School, used by approximately 9 million teachers in the classroom; Kahoot! at Home & Study, used by more than 18 million users as an at-home gamified learning solution; and Kahoot! Academy, an online creator community and marketplace for educational content. Across verticals, Kahoot! services recorded 28 million active users globally in the last twelve months. Since 2021, the Group also includes Clever, a single sign-on EdTech platform and digital classroom, used by approximately 70% of U.S. K-12 schools. With extensive engagement, learning, and content solutions for home, school, and work, the Kahoot! Group caters to users across North America, Europe, APAC, LATAM, and MENA.
Eilert Hanoa, CEO of Kahoot!, commented, "We are very grateful to SoftBank for their partnership over the past two years. As Kahoot! continues to pursue its mission to improve lifelong learning by building a leading global learning and engagement platform, we are thrilled to add a partner of General Atlantic's caliber. The team at GA brings deep experience in scaling global education technology and software businesses and positioning market leaders for long-term success, and we look forward to our next phase of momentum in empowering the learning ecosystem around the world."
Chris Caulkin, Managing Director and Head of Technology for EMEA at General Atlantic, continued, "We believe Kahoot! has significant potential for further growth as digital learning solutions continue to be adopted across its work, school, and home markets. With its much-loved brand, product-centric approach, and engaged global user base, Kahoot! is well positioned to scale, and we look forward to supporting Eilert and the full Kahoot! team in the years to come as they reach and engage ever more users worldwide."
Closing remains subject to customary regulatory conditions. Following closing and subject to shareholder approval, Chris Caulkin is expected to join the Board of Directors.
J.P. Morgan served as financial advisor and Wikborg Rein as legal advisor to General Atlantic.
Kahoot! is on a mission to make learning awesome! We want to empower everyone, including children, students, and employees to unlock their full learning potential. Our learning platform makes it easy for any individual or corporation to create, share, and host learning sessions that drive compelling engagement. Launched in 2013, Kahoot!'s vision is to build the leading learning platform in the world. Since launch, Kahoot! has hosted hundreds of millions of learning sessions with 8 billion participants (non-unique) in more than 200 countries and regions. The Kahoot! Group includes Clever, the leading US K-12 EdTech learning platform, together with the learning apps DragonBox, Poio, Drops, Actimo, Motimate, and Whiteboard.fi. The Kahoot! Group is headquartered in Oslo, Norway with offices in the US, the UK, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Spain and Poland. Kahoot! is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker KAHOT. To learn more, visit us at kahoot.com. Let's play!
General Atlantic is a leading global growth equity firm with more than four decades of experience providing capital and strategic support for over 445 growth companies throughout its history. Established in 1980 to partner with visionary entrepreneurs and deliver lasting impact, the firm combines a collaborative global approach, sector specific expertise, a long-term investment horizon and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with great entrepreneurs and management teams to scale innovative businesses around the world. General Atlantic currently has over $73 billion in assets under management inclusive of all products as of June 30, 2022, and more than 215 investment professionals based in New York, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Munich, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Stamford and Tel Aviv. For more information on General Atlantic, please visit the website: www.generalatlantic.com.
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A Dutch Paratrooper packs away his German T-10 parachute after landing on the Drop Zone during Exrcise Falcon Leap onto Ginkelse Heide Drop Zone, Arnhem, Netherlands., Sep. 14, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Austin Berner)
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The United Kingdom has lost its most vibrant asset, Queen Elizabeth ll, who kept the dignity and grandeur of the empire, even as it diminished over 70 years of her reign. The sun never set on her because she still had realms around the world, in the hearts of people in distant lands.
As Simon Armitage, the poet Laureate wrote:
“This lily that thrives between spire and tree, whose brightness
Holds and glows beyond the life and border of its bloom.”
She became the symbol of the soft power of the UK and 56 countries anointed her as the head of the Commonwealth and 14 of them revered her as their head of state. My own credentials as Indian High Commissioner to Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu were addressed to the Queen, but handed over to the respective Governors General.
President Macaron told the British, “She was your Queen, but for us, she was the Queen.”
If the UK today retains the relics of power it once had, like the permanent membership of the UN Security Council, its nuclear weapon state status, its membership of G7 and its Great Power status as a leading member of NATO, the person of the Queen had a role in it as she strode the earth with confidence and good cheer.
Though the empire had lost its jewel in the crown before she became the Monarch, she saw to it that she nurtured good relations with India and visited India three times and hosted three Presidents of India at Buckingham Palace.
Together with the English language, which some Indians spoke better than the British, the BBC and Shakespeare, who is visible in India in every imaginable manner, the Queen was the symbol of the glory of the past. No wonder President Draupadi Murmu will be paying her first visit abroad to pay homage to the Queen.
When Princess Elizabeth climbed a tree top resort in Kenya in February 1952, she had not realised that she would come down the next morning as the Queen. Her father had passed away in London. Her becoming the heir to the throne was also in exceptional circumstances because her father became King in 1936 only because his brother abdicated the throne to marry an American divorcee.
The Queen was exceptionally fortunate to have become the longest reigning British Monarch and the longest known female head of state in history. She retained her charm, sense of humour and familiarity with world affairs till the very last moment of her life. She had received the new Prime Minister of the UK, Liz Truss, perhaps her sixteenth, before she passed away.
Since the Queen only reigned and not ruled, she was not held responsible for either the good or the evil of colonialism; but some of the crimes of colonialism affected her too. The call for her removal as head of state in some countries and actual removal in others reflected on her, but she took it in her stride as the inevitable march of history.
A referendum on the continuation the Queen as head of state in Australia went in her favour. Fiji, the only territory, which requested Queen Victoria to accept it as a colony, retained the Queen’s status as the monarch even after Fiji was expelled from the Commonwealth on account of a racist coup there, which disenfranchised the Indian immigrants.
In a significant gesture, she and Prince Philip visited Jallianwala Bagh and placed a wreath for the martyrs even though she had no authority to apologise for the brutal killing of unarmed freedom fighters there. She proudly showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi a Khadi scarf she had received from Mahatma Gandhi as a wedding gift.
The Queen’s longevity imposed on her the responsibility to keep three generations of royals under control. It was hard for her to deal with the young princes and princesses who rebelled against her dictates, but she contained the differences within the fold.
She called the year 1992 “Annus Horribilis” on account of a divorce and a castle fire. What she faced when she did not express grief publicly on Diana’s death, forced her to make amends. We do not know how her enormous personal wealth will be distributed as her Will will remain in a vault, with other royal Wills.
King Charles lll, who had trained himself for the throne for 70 years is conscious of the challenges he faces, including the threat to the monarchy in an increasingly democratic world. Without the charisma of the Queen, he is vulnerable to the demand for him to move with the times. But he has been in the limelight for so long and nothing adverse has been noticed except his divorce of Princess Diana, who was the darling of the masses. He is well educated and groomed for the throne and he has a record of espousing popular causes such as climate change. However, the way he funded his charity projects through his cronies had caused concern. His style may be contrasted with his mother’s charm.
While the government will take the brunt of the new challenges in Europe, including Brexit and the confrontation with Russia, he will have the responsibility to keep the monarchy intact. His mother’s impeccable record of flexibility and firmness will be hard to follow, considering the King’s impatience about which even the Queen Consort Camilla had commented.
The Queen’s legacy is certainly positive and no clamour is likely for the abolition of the monarchy. The sympathy wave will be strong for a few years at least. King Charles lll cannot expect a long reign, but he has the necessary background, experience and wisdom to keep the monarchy intact even in a fast-changing world. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/global-indian/2022/09/15/global-indian-column-on-queen-elizabeth.html | 2022-09-16T08:11:47Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/global-indian/2022/09/15/global-indian-column-on-queen-elizabeth.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Vatican told China that Pope Francis was willing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping while both leaders where in the Kazakh capital but China said there was not enough time, a Vatican source said on Thursday.
The source gave no details on how or when the Vatican approached China, with which it is involved in a delicate dialogue over the status of the Roman Catholic Church in the country.
The source said the Vatican made "an expression of availability". The Chinese side said they "appreciated the gesture" but that there was no free time on Xi's schedule.
Both the pope and Xi were in Nur-Sultan on Wednesday. Xi was there for an official visit and the pope was there to attend a congress of world religious leaders..
A meeting between the two men, however brief, would have been historic.
Speaking to reporters accompanying him on his flight to the Central Asian republic on Tuesday, Francis was asked whether he might meet Xi in its capital.
Francis replied coyly: "I don't have any news about that," without elaborating.
Asked if he was ready to go to China, Francis responded: "I am always ready to go to China".
The pope has tried to ease the historically poor relations between the Holy See and China, and told Reuters in an interview in July that he hoped to renew a secret and contested agreement on the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in China. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/09/16/pope-francis-chinese-president-xi-jinping-meeting.amp.html | 2022-09-16T08:11:55Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/09/16/pope-francis-chinese-president-xi-jinping-meeting.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Vatican told China that Pope Francis was willing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping while both leaders where in the Kazakh capital but China said there was not enough time, a Vatican source said on Thursday.
The source gave no details on how or when the Vatican approached China, with which it is involved in a delicate dialogue over the status of the Roman Catholic Church in the country.
The source said the Vatican made "an expression of availability". The Chinese side said they "appreciated the gesture" but that there was no free time on Xi's schedule.
Both the pope and Xi were in Nur-Sultan on Wednesday. Xi was there for an official visit and the pope was there to attend a congress of world religious leaders..
A meeting between the two men, however brief, would have been historic.
Speaking to reporters accompanying him on his flight to the Central Asian republic on Tuesday, Francis was asked whether he might meet Xi in its capital.
Francis replied coyly: "I don't have any news about that," without elaborating.
Asked if he was ready to go to China, Francis responded: "I am always ready to go to China".
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U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Shane Arena, a fire support coordinator (left), assigned to 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, and Republic of Korea (ROK) Marines call for fire during tactical air control party and close air support training at Pilsung Range, Gangwan Province, South Korea, September 15, 2022. Korea Marine Exercise Program (KMEP) 22-3 is one iteration in a series of continuous combined-training exercises designed to enhance the ROK and U.S. Alliance, promote stability on the Korean Peninsula and strengthen ROK-U.S. military capabilities and interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Austin Gallegos)
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Tel Aviv, Israel: The administration of CBD-rich cannabis is associated with clinical improvements in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to data published in the journal Translational Psychiatry.
Israeli researchers evaluated the efficacy of cannabis treatment in a cohort of 82 young people (ages 5 to 25) with ASD. Subjects in the trial consumed whole-plant cannabis extracts (oils with a CBD:THC ratio of 20 to 1) adjunctively over a period of six months. Investigators used a variety of standardized clinical assessments to evaluate patients’ symptoms prior to and immediately following treatment.
They reported, “Our results revealed significant improvements in [the] overall … scores of the ASD participants who completed the 6-month treatment protocol with CBD-rich cannabis. Overall changes were mostly driven by improvements in social communication skills.
“[T]hese findings suggest that treatment with CBD-rich medicinal cannabis can lead to significant improvements in social communication skills of some ASD individuals, particularly those with more severe initial symptoms,” authors concluded. “These positive findings motivate further double-blind placebo-controlled studies for determining the efficacy of treatment with specific cannabis strains and/or synthetic cannabinoids.”
The researchers’ findings are consistent with those of numerous other studies demonstrating that the use of either CBD-dominant cannabis or oral extracts is associated with symptom mitigation in adolescents with ASD.
Full text of the study, “Children and adolescents with ASD treated with CBD-rich cannabis exhibit significant improvements, particularly in social symptoms: An open label study,” appears in Translational Psychiatry. Additional information on cannabis and ASD is available from NORML. | https://www.yesweekly.com/cannabis/study-autism-patients-show-clinical-improvements-following-use-of-cbd-rich-cannabis-study-autism-patients/article_0529226a-3535-11ed-a709-03869f28d33c.html | 2022-09-16T08:23:42Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/cannabis/study-autism-patients-show-clinical-improvements-following-use-of-cbd-rich-cannabis-study-autism-patients/article_0529226a-3535-11ed-a709-03869f28d33c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
- Live Music - Sept. 16-18, 2022 - The Flat Iron, located at 221 Summit Ave. in Greensboro, will host Flat Fest. The 3-day music festival celebrating the grand reopening of The Flat Iron will kick off the party on Friday, September 16 at 8 p.m. with Night Blooms, Josh King’s Fools, and Old Heavy Hands. Sounds from Sacred Steel, Ranford Almond and Ranford’s Dead will be on display Saturday. On Sunday, September 18, the songwriters will close out the festival. For more information or tickets, visit www.etix.com/ticket/k/9909755/flat-fest-2-day-pass-greensboro-flat-iron.
- Fashion Week - Sept. 17-18, 2022 - Winston-Salem Fashion Week will host its annual WSFW Style and Swap event from Saturday, September 17 through Sunday, September 18 at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Downtown Winston-Salem. Swap your unwanted clothes and accessories for something new. Guests may bring up to 3 new or gently used fashionable items to participate in the clothing swap. Receive free styling tips from professional stylists. Enjoy music, food, drinks and more. This event is free but space is limited. Register for swap rules and reserve your space. For more information, visit www.wsfashionweek.com
- Bar Crawl - Sept. 17, 2022 - Otis & Wawa will host the GSO Pride Bar Crawl on Saturday, September 17 beginning at 3 p.m. 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 p.m. on the rooftop of OneThirteen Brewhouse at 113 Greene St. in Greensboro. The bar crawl wraps up at Boxcar Bar + Arcade, 120 W Lewis St. Greensboro, with an evening of drag performances. There will be a pre-party for giveaways, drink specials, and performances from Anna Yacht, J-Lo Jonez, Karma Killz, Taylor Knight Addams St. James, and Brenda the Drag Queen. No tickets required. Must be 21+ to enter.
- Groove Jam - Sept. 17, 2022 - Doodad Farm will host Groove Jam XI on Saturday, September 17 from 2 to 11 p.m. The event, held at Doodad Farm located at 4701 Land Rd. in Greensboro, is a music festival, food drive and fundraiser benefiting the Greensboro Urban Ministry. There will be food trucks, vendors, live music, and games. Coolers are welcome. The admission is a suggested minimum $15.00 donation. All festival goers are asked to bring nonperishable food items for our local food bank. For more information, volunteer opportunities or advance ticket sales, call Rich Lerner (336) 314-3336. More details at groovejamgreensboro.com.
- Dance - Sept. 17, 2022 - Downtown Parks Inc will host National Dance Day on Saturday, September 17 at LeBauer Park from 1 to 9 p.m. National Dance Day GSO is an annual celebration of coming together through dance. Join professional dancers representing a variety of cultural styles and genres. Food trucks and vendors will also be onsite.
- Block Party - Sept. 17, 2022 - iAlign Dance Company will host a Dancin’ in the Streets Block Party on Saturday, September 17 at 243 Commerce St. in Greensboro. The event will run from 4 to 9 p.m. and is free to the public. There will be a "September - The Ultimate Earth, Wind, & Fire Tribute" as well as performances by Candi "Sugafoot" Herbin and Satyr.Black. There will be food trucks, vendors, and iAlign Dance Company will be performing. Visit www.ialigndance.com for more information or to register as a vendor or food truck.
- Food Truck - Sept. 18, 2022 - The Winston-Salem Food Truck Festival will be held on Sunday, September 18 from 1 to 7 p.m. The event, which features more than 20 food trucks, will be held at 216 E. 9th Street and surrounding streets. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/594399298606453/?active_tab=about.
- Pride Festival - Sept. 18, 2022 - Greensboro Pride will host the 2022 Greensboro Pride Festival on Sunday, September 18. The 2022 Greensboro Pride Festival kicks off with Triad Pride Performing Arts and a parade of colors by the Tarheel Leather Club. The Festival. Celebrate all things Pride with performers, musicians, food trucks, KidZone (sponsored by the Greensboro Children’s Museum) and vendors. Ada Vox, Runner-up from “RuPaul’s Queen of the Universe” on Paramount + & top 8 finalists 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 festival is free and open to the public.
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Fall Gardening Activities at Reynolda
Plant sale, guest speakers, and workshops
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Sept. 15, 2022)—Reynolda will host a variety of gardening activities this fall, including the season’s highly anticipated plant sale, workshops, and the Tuesday Gardening Series—talks by local gardeners designed to enhance knowledge and build skill.
The Reynolda Gardens Fall Plant Sale will take place Sept. 24 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the front lawn of Reynolda House Museum of American Art. The cost to attend the plant sale is free, and more than 100 different varieties of plants will be individually priced for purchase. View the plant list online.
“Autumn is the time for planting, and our fall plant sale is a popular opportunity to purchase a great selection of native plants, as well as a smattering of staff favorites,” Reynolda Gardens Director Jon Roethling said. “We will be offering varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials, ferns, grasses, herbs, fruits, houseplants, vines and bulbs for fall planting.”
All Tuesday Gardening Series talks begin at 12:30 p.m. and last approximately one hour. Attendees may choose to join in person or virtually. The cost is $5 per person, with free admission for Friends of Reynolda Gardens and Wake Forest University faculty, staff and students. Advance registration is required and may be made at reynolda.org/tuesdaytalks.
The series features:
Sept. 27: Raising Magical Monarchs
Jeanne Mengel will offer an introduction to raising monarchs from the egg to the adult. While the discussion will center around raising them indoors, the same principles apply for indoors or out. Learn how to find the eggs, as well as some of the perils and pitfalls of raising monarchs. Mengel has a degree in biology from Nebraska Wesleyan University. She loves to travel and has spent time in the Amazon jungle learning about the importance of our rainforests and the creatures that dwell within. Her first book, Raise Healthy Monarchs at Home, shares her knowledge and enthusiasm for assisting this beautiful pollinator in its journey for survival.
Oct. 4: Creating an Indoor Seed Starting Station
Lauren Dubinsky, founder of Floricult Gardens, will provide insight on starting vegetable and flower seeds indoors, and getting a jump start on the growing season next year. The talk will share recommended materials for shelving, grow lights, heat mats, domes, soil mixes and other dos and don’ts for success. Dubinsky is a garden consultant, designer and urban farmer who is dedicated to creating sustainable gardens for everyone and empowering people to grow their own food.
Oct. 11: Herbs and the Culinary Connection
Chef, author and producer of artisan spice blends Belinda Smith-Sullivan will draw from her experience to share how herbs influence and define regional and cultural cuisines. She will also include discussion around herbal flavor profiles, herbs vs. spices and the healing properties of herbs. Smith-Sullivan graduated from Johnson & Wales University with a degree in Culinary Arts. She has lived in France, Kenya and South Africa, and has traveled extensively throughout the world experiencing the foods and flavors of multiple cultures. She currently calls Winston-Salem home.
Three workshop opportunities occur in the months of September and October. A leaf casting workshop will take place on Sept. 20 at 12:30 p.m. and again on Oct. 18 at 5:30 p.m. at the Gardens’s Education Wing. The cost to attend is $60 per person or $50 per person for Friends of Reynolda Gardens and Wake Forest University faculty, staff and students. Workshop attendees will create representations of leaves using cement and imagination. Material and leaves will be provided. Advance registration is available online.
On Oct. 25 at 12:30 p.m. join Josh Myrick, co-owner of local business Mossy Mojo Terrariums, in the Gardens’s Education Wing for a terrarium workshop. Attendees will create their own sustainably crafted terrarium. Glass containers, a selection of plants and all materials will be provided. The cost to attend is $120 per person or $110 per person for Friends of Reynolda Gardens and Wake Forest University faculty, staff and students. Advance registration is available online.
Hours and Admission
Reynolda Gardens is free to visit and open to the public year-round from dawn to dusk. The Reynolda Gardens Greenhouse is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Proceeds from workshops and the Tuesday Gardening Series support the preservation of the Gardens’s more than 134 acres.
About Reynolda
Reynolda is set on 170 acres in Winston-Salem, N.C. and comprises Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Reynolda Gardens and Reynolda Village Shops and Restaurants. The Museum presents a renowned art collection in a historic and incomparable setting: the original 1917 interiors of Katharine and R. J. Reynolds’s 34,000-square-foot home. Its collection is a chronology of American art and featured exhibitions are offered in the Museum’s Babcock Wing Gallery and historic house bedrooms. The Gardens serve as a 134-acre outdoor horticultural oasis open to the public year-round, complete with colorful formal gardens, nature trails and a greenhouse. In the Village, the estate’s historic buildings are now home to a vibrant mix of boutiques, restaurants, shops and services. Plan your visit at reynolda.org and use the free mobile app Reynolda Revealed to self-tour the estate. | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/fall-gardening-activities-at-reynolda/article_1fc06c62-3537-11ed-8d55-3742c9d95a70.html | 2022-09-16T08:23:55Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/fall-gardening-activities-at-reynolda/article_1fc06c62-3537-11ed-8d55-3742c9d95a70.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Traffic Crash Fatality- S Elm-Eugene Street
GREENSBORO, NC (September 15, 2022) – On September 15, 2022 at approximately 6 a.m., Greensboro Police responded to the 2800 block of S Elm-Eugene Street in reference to an accident with personal injury.
A pedestrian, John Wayne Rankin, 71, of Greensboro, was attempting to cross S Elm-Eugene St near W Meadowview Rd from east to west, outside of a marked crosswalk.
A 2022 Ram 1500 pickup, operated by Johnny Lee Cook, 63, of Greensboro, was traveling south on S Elm-Eugene St in the left travel lane. The front of the Ram pickup struck Mr. Rankin, who then came to rest in the roadway.
A 2019 Ford Ranger, owned by the City of Greensboro, operated by Pernell Winston Fulton, 60, of Greensboro, was also traveling south on S Elm-Eugene St in the left travel lane. The Ford Ranger pickup ran over Mr. Rankin, who was in the roadway after initially being struck. Mr. Fulton, the driver of the Ford Ranger, failed to remain at the scene following the collision events.
Mr. Rankin was pronounced deceased at the scene from his sustained injuries. The Crash Reconstruction Unit is conducting this ongoing investigation. | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/traffic-crash-fatality--s-elm-eugene-street/article_beca5e54-353b-11ed-a0ea-af57e5dfaaac.html | 2022-09-16T08:24:01Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/news/traffic-crash-fatality--s-elm-eugene-street/article_beca5e54-353b-11ed-a0ea-af57e5dfaaac.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
British government to continue waiving NI Protocol rules
The British government has responded to EU legal action over breaking its own Northern Ireland Protocol by announcing further breaches.
The European Commission said it received a letter from the UK in response to its legal action – which had been frozen to allow negotiations.
Thursday 15 September was the deadline for the UK to respond more than half a dozen infringement proceedings launched by the European Commission, one of which dates back to March of last year.
Three infringement procedures were started by the European Commission in June and four the following month, in July after the then Foreign Secretary Liz Truss introduced legislation which to dismantle the protocol.
It is currently due to make its way through the House of Lords, having been passed in the Commons.
Infringement proceedings normally go through different stages before reaching the European Court of Justice.
On Thursday the UK briefed it is continuing with its own, self-declared unilateral extensions of the grace period of not requiring retailers and exporters to adhere to the agreed checks on goods between Britain and Northern Ireland.
Officially Downing Street said it has no comment.
Britain’s diplomatic mission to the EU formally replied by the end-of-Thursday deadline, reportedly to say it will continue to waive the rules.
Optimists hope that Britain believes delaying the checks will help create the space for a negotiated solution.
But EU member states warn that continuing with the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill will flout international law.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin, who sat beside Prime Minister Liz Truss at a memorial service in Belfast for the Queen earlier this week will be in London on Monday for the Queen’s funeral at Westminster Abbey.
He has repeatedly said Ireland believes there is a negotiated solution possible. | https://www.theirishworld.com/british-government-to-continue-waiving-ni-protocol-rules/ | 2022-09-16T08:24:45Z | theirishworld.com | control | https://www.theirishworld.com/british-government-to-continue-waiving-ni-protocol-rules/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
More than 100 Heathrow flights cancelled ‘to avoid noise’ during Queen’s funeral
More than 100 Heathrow Airport flights will be cancelled due to the Queen’s funeral.
The west London airport announced that 15 per cent of its 1,200 flights due to take off or land on Monday will be disrupted “to avoid noise”.
The airport said it wants to ensure the skies over London will be quiet during the two-minute national silence as the Queen’s funeral at Westminster Abbey nears its end shortly before noon.
No flights will be allowed to take off or land from 15 minutes before the silence starts until 15 minutes after it ends.
Departures and arrivals will also be halted during the arrival of the funeral cortege and procession at Windsor Castle and diverted around the castle during the private family service on Monday night.
British Airways – the most-affected airline – will cancel 100 short-haul flights due to the restrictions.
Virgin Atlantic said it will cancel four flights.
A Heathrow spokesman said: “Heathrow, Nats (the air traffic control provider) and airlines are supporting the ceremonial aspects for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey and the committal service at Windsor Castle on Monday.
“As a mark of respect, operations to and from the airport will be subject to appropriate changes in order to avoid noise disruption at certain locations at specific times on Monday.”
A British Airways spokesman said: “As a mark of respect for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her state funeral, we have reduced our schedule and retimed some flights at Heathrow to ensure the skies are quiet at certain moments on Monday.
“Our thoughts remain with the royal family and the nation.”
BA was forced to cancel 16 flights on Wednesday during the Queen’s coffin procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall.
Heathrow warned that many roads near the airport will be closed on Monday due to the events in Windsor.
Passengers are “strongly advised” to use London Underground and rail services to get to and from the airport. | https://www.theirishworld.com/more-than-100-heathrow-flights-cancelled-to-avoid-noise-during-queens-funeral/ | 2022-09-16T08:24:52Z | theirishworld.com | control | https://www.theirishworld.com/more-than-100-heathrow-flights-cancelled-to-avoid-noise-during-queens-funeral/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Top news and notes from around Northern Virginia and beyond.
5. Teacher injured
A Lake Ridge Middle School teacher was injured Tuesday taking a knife away from a 12-year-old girl who held it to another girl's throat in class.
4. AG visit
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares joined Prince William County police leadership and others Tuesday in hopes of raising awareness and increasing urgency to the issue of human trafficking locally.
3. Broken record
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2. Veterans jobs
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin officially welcomed Walmart as a Certified Virginia Values Veterans (V3) employer at a special National Hire a Veteran Day ceremony and presentation earlier this summer.
1. Beautifying bus stops
Local partnerships have sprung some colorful artwork around Prince William County’s bus stops.
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Looking for fun things to do now that fall's around the corner? We've got a list for you, everything from Halloween haunts to the annual Manassas Fall Jubilee. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/infive-middle-school-knife-attack-veteran-jobs-and-another-sunny-day/article_8d7348ae-358e-11ed-8b1b-db9ec03d91d9.html | 2022-09-16T08:24:54Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/infive-middle-school-knife-attack-veteran-jobs-and-another-sunny-day/article_8d7348ae-358e-11ed-8b1b-db9ec03d91d9.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Taoiseach says he is open to return of disgraced, ousted predecessor Bertie Ahern to Fianna Fáil party
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he is open to allowing former leader and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern back into the party he leads.
Ten years ago Mr Martin formally moved to expel Mr Ahern from the party after he was heavily criticised for financial improprieties following a critical report by the Mahon Tribunal of inquiry into corrupt payments to politicians.
But the former Taoiseach quit before he could be expelled.
This week Mr Martin said he has been engaging with the former Taoiseach particularly about issues around the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Then Taoiseach Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were instrumental in negotiating the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.
At a Fianna Fáil parliamentary party this week it was proposed that to mark next year’s 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement that Mr Ahern be readmitted to the party.
Speaking in Tallaght on Thursday where Mr Martin was opening a new branch of Penney’s (Primark in the UK), the Taoiseach said: “In terms of Bertie Ahern, I have been engaging with Bertie Ahern actually over the last year and a bit, since the rows on the protocol, and he’s very involved in Northern Ireland issues, he maintains contacts with different groups.
“From my perspective, like that level of consultation will continue because I think he has invaluable insights to all of that.”
Mr Martin said Mr Ahern has experience wof conciliating with a range of groups in Northern Ireland.
“He has reached out to communities in the north and is sort of picking up perspectives in different communities and that’s been valuable in terms of engaging and discussions on that,” the Fianna Fail leader added.
“No one can take from the contribution he made to peace in Ireland and to the peace process, so the fullness of time certainly we will give him that consideration.
“It’s very relaxed when we meet.”
“As far as I am concerned, it’s ten years on, I’m conscious of the contribution he has made to peace in the country.
“He made a very significant contribution.
“There’s no immediate decisions yet. He has his views on these things as well.
“We’ve had good conversations, we meet at informal occasions, at matches and that.
“His commitment is to making sure that we can try and resolve the current issues around the protocol are very sincere and heartfelt, and that’s something we can take value from.
“I’m experienced in Northern Ireland as well. I’ve been a Minister of Foreign Affairs.
“People in Northern Ireland know I am very familiar with the issues on all sides of all parties and the fact that would have been a member of the government as part of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement at the time.
“I’ve invested a lot of my political life in the north, but I do think it’s always important, no one has total expertise in any subject matter, but I’m conscious he has been working community groups and working with people in terms of understanding current threads as well.
“That’s useful to get that.”
Fianna Fail TD for Dublin South West John Lahart said he supported Mr Ahern’s readmission to the party and rehabilitation. return.
“I think the discussion was specifically in the context of the value of experience that he brings, particularly in the context of the 25th year of the Good Friday Agreement next year – that’s the story element of this.” | https://www.theirishworld.com/taoiseach-says-he-is-open-to-return-of-disgraced-ousted-predecessor-bertie-ahern-to-fianna-fail-party/ | 2022-09-16T08:24:59Z | theirishworld.com | control | https://www.theirishworld.com/taoiseach-says-he-is-open-to-return-of-disgraced-ousted-predecessor-bertie-ahern-to-fianna-fail-party/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It’s 6:30am on Sunday morning. I hadn’t planned on waking up this early, but someone in the tent next to me was knocked out so cold from the previous night’s revelry that not even a solid 15 minutes’ worth of iPhone alarm could raise them to turn it off. I couldn’t go on listening to it for any longer; I had to roll out of my tent.
Edition38 is a UK event famous for inviting you to party in a field in Moulton, Northampton with your friends from Friday afternoon, before displaying your high-quality VAG project on Sunday morning. Not only is it a test of one’s ability to build an interesting car, but also the ability to stomach unearthly amounts of devil’s potion for one or two nights leading up to the actual show.
I rose from my short night’s sleep to find other unfortunate victims of the obnoxious alarm ringing also up and about.
I sat up in a damp camping chair overlooking the obliteration that had been our campfire for the previous two nights. My stupid friends decided it would be hilarious to throw everything and anything into the pit over the weekend, no matter what disgraceful material it was made from. Wood, metal, plastic, glass – it was all in there.
That, mixed with a weekend’s worth of cars continually driving through the dry and dusty field meant the air quality around the venue felt comparable to something between Chernobyl and Jupiter. Edition38, yet again, successful shaved a few months from my life expectancy.
I didn’t stay sitting for long; the iPhone alarm was still ringing and I’d had enough. I stood up and felt my car keys in my pocket; this was great because it meant I didn’t lose them in the rave tent the night before. Even better, it meant I could now start my car and flatten the tent where the alarm was coming from.
Sadly though, my plans of sweet vengeance were put to rest as I realised my car was blocked in by Nathan Chapple attempting to wash the dust off his car. He too was woken up by the alarm, and decided to spend his early morning doing something useful: readying his car for the show.
Inspired by Nathan’s ability to actually do something productive at this hour, I decided to grab my camera and go for a stroll around the campsite.
Despite being a VAG event, the campsite is open to everyone. Some would argue this area is more exciting than the show itself, as during Friday and Saturday the field gets turned into a gymkhana circuit of donuts and burnouts. That is of course until one of the security guards rocks up in their little John Deere buggy and politely tells everyone to stop behaving like Neanderthals.
The relationship between the campers and security is always interesting, but this year they were pretty funny to interact with and there was a level of mutual respect.
Some individuals had sophisticated camping gear, while others were not so fortunate.
It was surprisingly fun walking around the field in the morning, taking in the last bits of the sunrise and appreciating the volume of people in attendance. Also, not to use a buzzword here, but ‘variety’ was at its peak in the makeshift campground. Also, believe it or not, that Ford Escort RS Turbo is actually white.
With my morning side quest complete, I wandered over to the actual show area. At this point it was around 8:30am and plenty of show-goers were rocking up. I envied how fresh and happy they all looked, having spent the weekend in the comfort of their own beds whilst I’d had the pleasure of a tent in no man’s land.
I freshened up with a tea and breakfast bun and waited for the field to fill up with VAG motors.
Edition38 is pivotal to the UK’s (and Europe’s) VW scene. Originally, Edition38 was an internet forum where Volkswagen fans far and wide gathered to talk about all things VW. The name Edition38 spawned from VW’s naming convention of calling special runs of models Editions, and the year when the Volkswagen factory was founded, 1938.
The nature of forums is that they host conversations, and Edition38’s forums were no different, filled with information, knowledge, photos, people’s thoughts and emotions. Basically, a whole host of things worth archiving and passing on to future generations of VW enthusiasts. The forum grew quickly and had the reputation of being a goldmine of Volkswagen info.
The importance of internet forums like Edition38’s cannot be underestimated. During the mid-2000s and early-2010s, forums were the only place to have sophisticated online discussions around specific topics. At this point in time, Facebook was still just for poking your friends.
My forum of choice was StanceWorks, where I had an account to comment on people’s conversations before I even had a drivers licence. Of course, no one knew they were interacting with a 15-year-old, but that was just the nature of things. Everyone was engaged though, with certain topics racking up thousands of comments, and certain posters updating their build threads on a daily basis for an eager audience, which I was part of.
The build thread on my first BMW racked up over 90,000 views and 25 pages’ worth of comments from strangers. That was a big deal to 19-year-old me, and really put into perspective the power of story and words. I personally made over 1,000 posts and met some good friends through it, such as Lewis who I spoke to over the forum before we ever met.
That’s Lewis looking into the red Lupo GTI in the photo above.
Our very own Ryan Stewart used the Edition38 forums as his main online stomping ground back in the day. He puts my pathetic statistics to shame, with over 25,000 posts about VWs on there. His Mk4 Golf build had 300,000 views and 100 pages of comments.
Remember, this is pre-internet-in-your-pocket days; this is a time where in order to consume any online car content you would need to actually sit down at a PC and use a mouse and keyboard. Communication was a bit more demanding than an app pushing your 15-second video into a steroid-fuelled algorithm.
In parallel to running the busiest car modifying forum in Europe, the team at Edition38 ran annual, self-titled car shows. Edition38 wasn’t just a digital space for conversation about VWs, it was a real-world VW gathering too.
The first show took place in 2000. The first time Speedhunters attended Edition38 was in 2008 (unfortunately the post was lost during a site upgrade). I attended my first Edition38 in 2016.
Speak to any true modified car enthusiast in the UK from the last 20 years and they will tell you stories about their time at the Edition38 weekender. And no matter where they fall on the timeline, their stories are likely to be the same, because the main recipe of the event has gone unchanged since the very beginning.
The event was such a big deal that people would often build cars specifically to take along to this event. For many, Edition38 was the deadline to meet. You knew you could build your car and then have the opportunity to take it up on stage in front of the audience on Sunday and tell them all about it.
Due to obvious reasons, in 2020 and 2021 the show wasn’t able to go ahead, which made this year’s event the 20th. So, two decades later, where are we at?
The VAG themes that have been around since the start are still at large. European wheels, immaculate engine bays and paint takes centre stage in the show field. The builds that kept this in mind enjoyed the most interest throughout the day.
Rare colours, specs and limited editions were present as ever. I particularly like the supercharged G60 Corrado and this Edition One G60 Mk2 import. I tried finding the owner of the Golf to shed some light on what makes the Edition One G60s special, but I had no luck. Perhaps someone can help me out in the comments?
It’s not just all classic VWs though; modern stuff also gets attention at Edition38. My favourite of the bunch had to be this laid-out Jetta. Fitment and well specced wheels will never get old.
Despite this show being over 20 years old now, and the organisers gracefully ageing with their brand, there were a lot of young people in attendance. Interest in cars has no age bracket, and for some of my friends that I was camping with, this year was their first Edition38.
There were many VWs at Edition38 this year pushing proper power units. 4WD MK1 Golfs, VR6 and R32 lumps everywhere, with even humble vans getting involved. I’m 100% certain a lot of the knowledge transfer that allowed these creations to come to light came from internet forums like Edition38.
Or did it?
In 2019, the Edition38 forum disappeared. Without warning, the website was shut down and every post, conversation and bit of knowledge vanished. While naturally the pace of the forums had slowed down to a standstill (this is the same with most forums now), the quality of discussion has failed to replicate in Facebook or Instagram comment sections.
When you lose conversation you lose community.
It was hard to avoid the fact that despite a super-fun weekend of camping, the Sunday show didn’t seem as busy as it has been in the previous years I’ve attended Edition38. Whether this can be linked to the shutting of the forum or the event’s two-year hiatus is all guess work.
Fortunately, community has always been at the forefront of Edition38, so I’m sure the team is not losing track of that. The challenge they face now is figuring out how to continue growing the show it in a post-forum era. Thanks to TikTok, most younger kids seem to only really care about Japanese import cars and things that go sideways. We need to remember that these are the future show-goers, ticket-buyers and voices of the community.
While VWs aren’t famous for going sideways, to me they are famous for the class and nostalgia that comes with models like the MK1 and MK2 Golf. The GTI badge specifically is in a class of its own, and it’s up to events like Edition38 to work out how to play that to their strengths and continue growing the show and the VW community in the UK for the next 20 years. And the 20 years after that…
Michał Fidowicz
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Every so often, Justin Dedich’s parents would try to broach the subject. The nation’s top-rated center in his high school class, Dedich had struggled to find consistent playing time at USC. Through four years, he started three games at his natural position, plus four more on a rotating basis at guard.
Meanwhile, the college football landscape had shifted since he graduated from Chaparral High in 2017. A transfer portal had been established for players seeking greener pastures. And his parents knew how much a chance at more playing time would mean to their son.
They also knew, however, that a direct approach would only provoke backlash. So they would ask more innocent questions, like, ‘How does the transfer portal work?’
Each time, Dedich would shut them down. He knew the direction they wanted him to consider, and he wanted no part in it.
“I knew I wanted to be here and it really is unmatched, the opportunities here,” Dedich said. “This place is special regardless of what’s going on and I just wanted to be a part of that. I think that was just always in the back of my head and I knew I made the right choice out of high school.”
Dedich’s unusual patience in a time of rampant transfers has been rewarded. This season, he is the Trojans’ starting right guard, a job he holds all to himself, with all the bumps and bruises that come with it on a weekly basis.
And prior to the season, his teammates elected him as a team captain, fulfilling one of his earliest goals as a Trojan.
For those who watched Dedich work in the background at USC the past four years, they seem almost more excited about this development than he is.
“I’m super proud of his leadership,” left guard Andrew Vorhees said, “and his ability to navigate through the tough times and not get necessarily the playing time that he thought he was gonna get throughout his years here. But I think everything he’s done has put himself in a position where he can prosper.”
But Dedich admits there were “dark times,” where he considered a possible change of scenery.
The first came during his second spring camp. He had a strong week of practice, and expected to be elevated to more important reps the following week. When that did not happen, he started overthinking everything. Soon, he was losing one-on-ones or missing plays he usually made.
“I had to put all that away and be like, regardless of the circumstance I need to play up to my level,” Dedich said. “You’ll have a week or day that’s just not going your way and it can be easy, even if it’s your fault, it can be easy to blame it on someone else.”
So he continued to work in the background. His teammates attest that no matter the circumstance, even as USC rotated through offensive line coaches and eventually made a head coaching change, Dedich remained upbeat and always did the right thing. When an injury popped up, he was ready to fill the role asked of him.
Even as the bigger role remained elusive, Dedich did not speak aloud any doubts he might have had.
“I think he still has a sense of accomplishment that he has to get done,” his father, Bill, said. “I think there’s just a work ethic and a blue-collar guy that wants to finish what he started.”
When head coach Lincoln Riley was hired in November, former OL coach Clay McGuire came up to him and introduced Dedich as “the toughest dude on this football team.”
“You can just count on him. He never misses anything. He’s always intent. He’s been a really strong leader for us,” Riley said. “It’s kind of the no job too big, no job too small. That’s how I would describe him. He’s risen up enough to the occasion to be a starter and a captain and a leader, but there’s no job too small for this guy either. We need to keep finding more like him.”
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Cost of living: Shock fall in UK retail sales stokes recession fears
Both the value and the volume of sales in Britain’s retail sector have slipped back for the first time since the end of 2021 as shoppers tighten their belts, heightening recessionary fears.
Retail sales volumes fell by 1.6 per cent in August, more than the 0.5 per cent expected by analysts, building on a downward trend that started around a year ago when Covid-19 restrictions were lifted for the hospitality sector.
Since then volumes have eased as people switch from buying food and drink in shops to going back to local pubs and restaurants.
But the amount that people spent at retailers rose by 8 per cent between July 2021 and July this year. Then, in August, this dropped by 1.7 per cent from the month before, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Lisa Hooker, industry leader for consumer markets at professional services giant PwC, said: “After July’s surprise month-on-month increase, retail sales reverted to recent trend, with every category of the sector seeing volume declines. On an annual basis, this decline has been masked by inflation.
“As we approach the critical ‘Golden Quarter’ in the run up to Christmas, retailers will be looking with anticipation to the outcome of next week’s mini-budget.
“The confirmation of an energy price cap and possibility of tax cuts may boost wavering consumer spending, but businesses will also be looking for help to alleviate soaring utility costs of their own.”
The ONS said that food shops, non-food shops, online retailers and fuel sellers had all registered declines in August - the first time since July 2021.
Non-store retailers - largely the online sellers - saw volumes drop by 2.6 per cent in August, giving back some of the ground they gained during the pandemic. But sales in the sector are still a quarter higher than before lockdowns.
Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst at investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown, noted: “There is the possibility these figures suggest the UK is already in recession. Sales were down in all key sectors, including food, fuel and non-food stores.
“There was a notable decline in sports equipment, furniture and lighting. This gives an indication of the types of items consumers push to the bottom of their priority list in difficult times, and has some tough connotations for members of these industries.”
Earlier this week it emerged that Scottish retail sales had nudged higher last month, but non-essential spending is likely to come under pressure in the run-up to Christmas as purse strings are tightened.
Releasing its latest sales monitor, the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) said total sales north of the Border increased by 6.2 per cent in August, compared with the same month last year. However, adjusted for the effects of spiralling inflation, the year-on-year rise was just 1.1 per cent.
Paul Martin, partner and UK head of retail at KPMG, which helps to produce the monthly sales monitor, said: “Many retailers will be bracing for consumers tightening their belts at a time when their own margins are under pressure from rising costs.”
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The business of business is making an impact - Paul Winstanley
For decades, demonstrating the impact of businesses and economic activity has focused on factors such as job creation, additional investment generated and financial returns. However, we have to recognise that the definition of the word has evolved and it should now include a broad spectrum of measures, from environmental performance to community benefits.
You might see the word used more than ever before, but ‘impact’ is more than just jargon or a buzzword. It represents an important shift that is taking place in terms of how we measure the value of activities such as innovation or research and development. Quantifying it should cover at least three areas: people, planet and prosperity.
I don’t believe it is too ambitious to say that if an initiative is truly making impact, then it will touch all three strands. Indeed, with the right approach to innovation, and more specifically digital transformation, the effect of a business or organisation introducing a new piece of technology or process could, and should, span each of them.
Of course, times are tough for businesses and communities. We are already facing a climate emergency and cost of living crisis, while a recession looks to be on the horizon – but we cannot afford to think of each challenge in isolation. There are still opportunities to introduce new tools and technologies which have multifaceted impacts for the companies using them, the end-users of their goods and services, their sectors, and wider society too.
One example is Smart Green Shipping, an organisation delivering digitally enabled wind powered solutions for commercial shipping. On the one hand, the company is developing smarter, emission-reducing sail technology, but at the same time, it is also reducing fuel costs, proving the business case for reducing the carbon used across the sector, and helping to establish a new supply chain for environmental technologies.
Scotland has a deep-rooted history of invention and innovation, with world-class research outputs from our academic institutions. Yet, whether it is because of the level of risk involved, or a lack of access to investment, there is room for improvement when it comes to commercialising these opportunities and, ultimately, delivering impact.
Our business community is largely made up of SMEs and we must ensure Scotland’s innovation ecosystem continues to nurture companies of this size. They need the right kind of support to engage with academic expertise, adopt new technologies and transform ways of working for the better. Collaboration should remain at the heart of the strategy, with multiple partners getting involved to deliver new initiatives for maximum results.
It is always going to be hard to measure results that don’t follow a traditional economic or financial model, but demonstrating value is only becoming more important for stakeholders, investors, and customers. As a starting point, businesses need to evidence their impact in as wide a sense as possible, demonstrating their positive influence in the widest sense possible.
Paul Winstanley, CEO of CENSIS - Scotland’s innovation centre for sensors, imaging systems, and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies
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Rangers training ground talks revealed, Napoli response but unwanted 131-year record
The SPFL’s decision to postpone the weekend’s Premiership fixture card was a benefit to Rangers after the most torrid of weeks.
A 4-0 spanking away to their eternal foes, followed by another 4-0 trousering in their first sojourn into the Champions League group stage since 2010, brought about talk of crisis.
Pittodrie was originally the next destination, prior to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II which brought a period of national mourning and the postponements out of respect.
Rangers had lost just once at Aberdeen since 2009, but the manner in which they lost those games to Celtic and Ajax had the Dons sensing an upset. Such a result would have increased the pressure on Giovanni van Bronckhorst, pushed the club deeper into crisis and, with Celtic to play Livingston at home, likely further behind in the title race.
While the club paid its respects and mourned Queen Elizabeth II, the extra time to take stock, to talk, to work on the training field was on display against Napoli on Wednesday, until James Sands was sent off prior to the hour mark when the score was 0-0.
The Serie A leaders may have gone on to win 3-0 but there was a determination, an organisation and a clear plan for that game which could be viewed from the stands as they stood toe-to-toe with an exciting, dynamic side, something which Rangers have looked the antithesis of in recent weeks.
"We have obviously had meetings back at the training ground,” midfielder Ryan Jack said. “The last two results haven’t been good enough and we have all had to look in the mirror, myself included. I think it was clear to see that everyone was giving their all and ran ourselves into the ground.
"Hopefully going forward that is the benchmark for us as a squad and as a team when everyone on the pitch can empty the tank. When you do that, more often than not you will get the result.”
"I think maybe the last two performances, what we have worked on and then what we as players have taken onto the pitch has not looked the same. What we worked on in the last two or three days in training, how it looked on the pitch is exactly how we worked it.
"Pressing high, getting after them, not giving them time and getting in their faces. For large spells it worked.”
‘Meet that demand’
The whizz behind the brilliant SPLStats Twitter account is “99 per cent confident” that the only other time Rangers have lost three consecutive games, while conceding at least three goals in each, was 1891.
This weekend Dundee United are the perfect opposition, on paper, to get back to winning ways after three successive defeats, no goals scored and 11 conceded.
“There is always a drama when you lose two on the bounce and three on the bounce," Jack said. “It is unheard of for us and as players you have to front it up and take that responsibility.
"You don’t get the time to feel sorry for yourself or feel down, you have got to analyse what has gone wrong and go and put it right on the pitch. You see that is what these fans and this club demands so the players have to meet that demand.”
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Libertarian Party of Virginia has voted to dissolve itself amid disagreements with the party's national direction, but some are questioning whether the vote was legitimate.
The Virginian-Pilot reports that the vote was taken during a virtual board meeting on Sunday.
Holly Ward, the party's chair, said she voted to dissolve the organization because she didn't believe it would be able to run high-quality candidates for office owing to some of the statements coming from Libertarian officials nationwide.
Ward cited several examples, including a social media post from the national party calling social justice “a Marxist lie” and a tweet from the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire stating: “All Republicans want to do about wokeness is whine. Libertarians have a solution: Repeal the Civil Rights Act.”
“I am certainly not going to be a fraud and take members’ money and promise them something and not be able to deliver, and I’m certainly not going to deliver candidates who believe in repealing the Civil Rights Act,” she said.
Ward said she heard from national party representatives that legal action might be taken against the Virginia chapter, but she doesn’t believe there’s any basis for litigation.
In a statement, the Libertarian National Committee’s chair, Angela McArdle, said the group has not yet acknowledged the disaffiliation because of questions over the legitimacy of the vote.
"Based on what I know so far, the LPVA’s board did not have the procedural or legal authority to disaffiliate or ‘dissolve’ without a vote of the membership,” McArdle wrote. | https://www.wboc.com/news/virginias-libertarian-party-votes-to-dissolve-itself/article_4553f9f4-3590-11ed-a820-2f57ecd99abd.html | 2022-09-16T08:40:15Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/virginias-libertarian-party-votes-to-dissolve-itself/article_4553f9f4-3590-11ed-a820-2f57ecd99abd.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Forecast Updated on Friday, September 16, 2022, at 3:30am by WBOC Meteorologist Mike Lichniak
Today: Sunny. Highs: 78-84. Winds: NE 5-10 mph.
Tonight: Clear. Lows: 58-68. Winds: NE-E 5-10 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 80-85. Winds: SE 5-15 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear. Lows: 62-72. Winds: SE 5-10 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 82-88. Winds: SE-S 5-15 mph.
Monday: Partly to mostly sunny. Highs: 84-90. Winds: S-SW 5-15 mph.
A very quiet weather pattern sets up across Delmarva as high pressure takes control for the rest of the workweek and for the weekend. The wrap up of the workweek is a fantastic one! Coming off a cool and comfortable morning, high temperatures again climb up into the 70s and 80s on this Friday. The wind starts to turn more off the Atlantic and this will start the push of higher humidity levels as we move into the weekend.
As the high eventually starts to slide off the coast, warmer air will start to move in and lead to temperatures with highs in the mid and upper 80s by Sunday and Monday. This will also begin to drive up the humidity and make things start to feel a bit more uncomfortable by the weekend as well. There are indications that this ridge of high pressure may break down enough that a weak front could bring a chance of a shower or storm into the forecast early next week. At this point, I am going to keep things on the dry side for now with indications that the heat will really build back with highs near 90 degrees by the middle of next week. A chance of a few showers and storms do actually enter the forecast by next Thursday afternoon and evening.
Also, we will have to monitor Fiona in the Atlantic. I say this because there are some indications that this storm will pass by close enough heading into next weekend that the wind may pick up a bit and the open waters of the Atlantic will be very rough with high seas and massive waves at our beach towns. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-summary/great-weather-for-a-busy-weekend-of-events-on-delmarva/article_fc55b66a-3590-11ed-8e1b-a7264fb3f09c.html | 2022-09-16T08:40:21Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-summary/great-weather-for-a-busy-weekend-of-events-on-delmarva/article_fc55b66a-3590-11ed-8e1b-a7264fb3f09c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Atlantic Ocean:
Friday: NE 5-10 knots. Seas: 2-3 feet.
Saturday: E 5-10 knots. Seas: 2-3 feet.
Chesapeake Bay:
Friday: NE 5-10 knots. Waves: 1 foot.
Saturday: SE 5-10 knots. Waves: 1 foot.
Delaware Bay:
Friday: N 5-10 knots. Seas: 1-2 feet.
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Press outlet, Kyodo, is reporting that Japan is to use 3.5 trln yen in reserve funds for economic measures
- This comes after comments yesterday, from a senior Japanese ruling party official, suggesting a stimulus package of more than 30 trillion yen ($208.97 billion) is needed to address inflationary pressures in Japan's economy - Full Story | https://www.forexlive.com/news/japan-is-to-use-35-trln-yen-in-reserve-funds-for-economic-measures-kyodo-20220916/ | 2022-09-16T08:42:12Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/japan-is-to-use-35-trln-yen-in-reserve-funds-for-economic-measures-kyodo-20220916/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
‘Breakthrough’ Treatment Cures 5 People of an Autoimmune Disease
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Like other autoimmune diseases, lupus is the result of an immune system that is at war with one’s own body. When someone has an autoimmune disease, their natural defense systems can’t distinguish between normal, healthy cells in their bodies and those that are foreign and infectious. Treating these conditions, then, is a game that plays out in the dark — preventing the immune system from falsely identifying the body’s own cells as a threat is a medical challenge.
That is until now: recently, scientists used a “groundbreaking” therapy to reverse symptoms in five people living with lupus. Published in Nature Medicine on Thursday, the study could prove “revolutionary.“
Globally, lupus affects almost five million people. Lupus has proven to be a bit of a puzzle in medicine. There’s no clear template of what its symptoms look like, how it’s triggered, or how to diagnose it with certainty. People experience everything from fever and fatigue to lesions and swelling. Moreover, the case burden of lupus — and other autoimmune diseases — is disproportionately higher among women (women represent 80% of all cases of autoimmune disease in the U.S.) And nearly 4% of the world’s population live with one or the other of the 80 different autoimmune diseases known to science, each intricately changing the quality of life for the individual.
The present study outlines how genetically altered cells helped to send lupus into remission. “We are very excited about these results,” said Georg Schett, a rheumatologist who led the work at Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremberg. What makes this research interesting too is that four of the five people for whom the lupus cells went into remission were women.
The treatment works by using the patient’s T-cells, the central determinants of the immune system. These are important white blood cells that determine how well the body responds to threats, and act as “weapons” against unruly viruses and diseases. This trait has allowed scientists to come up with a Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy that is most commonly used against cancer; the T-cells are collected and modified such that they attack new targets upon being infused back into the body.
This therapy, which was first used in a leukemia patient back in 2015, and has helped in treating some other forms of aggressive cancer, has stood resilient in the case of lupus now. Germany-based doctors used CAR T-cell therapy among severely ill lupus patients aged between 18 and 24, who weren’t responding to other forms of medications and had organ complications.
The immune system’s defense unfolds something like this: when fighting off invaders, two kinds of white blood cells become active: T-cells, and similar-looking B cells that make antibodies. “[T-cell] can act as ‘killer cells,’ attacking cells which have been infected with a virus or another kind of pathogen, or they can act as ‘helper cells’ by supporting B cells to produce antibodies,” explained immunologist Rosemary Boyton, who was not part of the study. In people living with lupus, the antibodies B cells produce were attacking healthy tissues instead of protecting against pathogens.
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In the current research, T-cells upon re-infusion attacked the aberrant B cells among the patients, effectively “rebooting the immune system,” the researchers noted.
Naturally, there’s always a risk of relapse. It is also unclear if the therapy will work for all patients or how long the benefits might last. To say that these people were “cured” of lupus is to overstate the intent of scientific research.
But the present study offers both a hope and promise. Hope, for it uses the proven efficacy of an already existing therapy that scientists have used to combat cancer. Promise, because it presents a treatment that could potentially be used for other autoimmune illnesses such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
“Several other autoimmune diseases which are dependent on B cells and show autoantibodies may respond to this treatment,” Schett explained. “These include rheumatoid arthritis, myositis, and systemic sclerosis. But also diseases like multiple sclerosis may be very responsive to CAR T-cell treatment.”
Such drastic recalibrations of the immune system naturally raise concerns about leaving people at a greater risk of infection. But blood tests showed that the participants’ immune systems recovered four months after the treatment, and were no longer producing the very antibodies that caused lupus. Moreover, they resumed functioning in the way they should be by still addressing other foreign pathogens. The researchers tested this by observing the patients’ reaction to different vaccines like hepatitis B and tetanus, and found that the body’s immune response to these infections was what it should have been.
The doctors reiterate that the durability of the CAR T-cell therapy treatment, and its homogenous use among patients, are some factors that need to be closely observed.
But arguably, it’s “a landmark study in the treatment of autoimmunity,” said Aimee Payne, a dermatologist and immunologist at the University of Pennsylvania, who wasn’t involved in the study
The problem with “mysterious” illnesses like lupus is they get sidelined in both medical research and public healthcare. More research on one level could spotlight the experiences of people living with autoimmune diseases and legitimize their struggles. But also, it could spark major improvements for treating women’s autoimmune diseases in particular. | https://theswaddle.com/breakthrough-treatment-cures-5-people-of-an-autoimmune-disease/ | 2022-09-16T08:50:53Z | theswaddle.com | control | https://theswaddle.com/breakthrough-treatment-cures-5-people-of-an-autoimmune-disease/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
By Undermining Established Truth, ‘Freethinkers’ Threaten Society’s Trust in Itself
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Yes, thought should be free. Nobody can police it — for the most part. Instituting a regime of thought crimes would make societies lurch into a death-spiral of authoritarianism, a la 1984. Under this seemingly simple premise, there lies a pool of ideas and allowances that has populated the zeitgeist with personality cults around a very specific brand of men: freethinkers. They’re modern prophets of truth-telling — except the truth is never anchored to any shared experience of fact, but one’s own truth. And this, precisely, is the problem.
These are men who style themselves after courageous philosophers and inhabit corners of the Internet that aren’t subject to the rigor of fact-checking or moderation: YouTube, podcast platforms, and of course, Twitter, the public town square. These are platforms with mass appeal and digital footfall — and the “freer” the thoughts expressed, so to speak, the more the likelihood of a fanbase devoted to opening their minds, as these men promise to enable.
Take Russell Brand, who was called out last week for promoting Ivermectin as a Covid19 cure — a claim that has been debunked repeatedly since it caught on like wildfire. His popularity on YouTube hinges on his contrarian position on most things — even when, by his own admission, he’s wrong. But as a self-proclaimed free-thinker, the truth doesn’t matter as much as the freedom to express anything for its own sake. Many proponents of this approach endorse it because it stays away from “groupthink” — a pejorative among freethinkers who style themselves as lone rangers against the tide of public opinion. In fact, the damage may have already been done, as he popularized anti-vaxx discourse online under the notion that vaccine mandates are what a vague, undefined “They” want people to believe in. Under this logic, the idea of freedom is leveraged to make people oppose norms that are imposed for a collective purpose.
But “groupthink” has garnered an unjustifiably bad name. Groupthink is harmful when leveraged for violence — but on its own, it represents shared values and commonly respected strictures that hold society together. As a group, we agree upon certain common denominator principles — it’s what makes living in a society possible. But freethinkers often undermine the value of the collective public good, in favor of holding, in their minds, unpopular views that uphold individuality. This leads to a situation where there no longer exists a notion of truth that society holds on to — rather than moving forward, we’re forced backwards by being compelled to argue the validity of positions that have already been disproven.
And that’s at the heart of freethinking: a rugged, masculine individualism that valorizes a person’s freedom to think and act in any which way they’d like, even against public interest. In fact, public interest is distorted into various animal-related epithets: anyone who professes loyalty to a proven fact is said to be part of the “sheeple”; those who denounce conspiracy theorists are accused of having a “crab mentality.”
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Brand soon admitted his mistake — after his own followers fact-checked him. But not before “claiming that other media outlets are funded by Pfizer and accusing them of imposing “a set of systemic beliefs,” whatever that means, on their viewers,” as Vice reported. His philosophy is telling: “Reality is only a story, a consensus, what you believe in. That’s why it can change so easily,” he once said in an interview.
A few years ago, Kanye West — also a self-styled freethinker (“Free thinkers don’t fear retaliation for your thoughts. The traditional thinkers are only using thoughts and words but they are in a mental prison,” as he observed in a Tweet) — called slavery a “choice.” The comments predictably triggered a storm of backlash, but it allowed West to further entrench his position as a martyr for free thought, where the outrage arguably proves his whole point. In a deleted Tweet, he said “[O]nce again I am being attacked for presenting new ideas,” with his then wife, Kim Kardashian, chiming in to ask whether freethinking “is not allowed in America?”
Scholars have noted that freethought as a term emerged in the context of American independence when a group of people fought for the separation of church and state — but its roots go back to the Enlightenment. As such, it also represented a group of people who fought for ideas that, at their time, were considered radical — abolitionists, feminists, and others were early freethinkers who emphasized reason and equality rather than obedience to religious scriptures. But the tradition soon got “bastardized” by right-wing contrarians, as Jeet Heer noted in The New Republic. Where it was once used to argue for greater freedoms for all, freethinking is now used to reposition conservative and regressive ideas as “suppressed” by a progressive “establishment.”
Perhaps the most popular freethinker of our times — and, for that reason, among the most harmful — is Joe Rogan. Rogan’s podcast is a monster hit on Spotify, and is among the most streamed for its deceptively simple premise: experiencing new ideas together, even from people you may not like. It’s reasonable to a fault — except for the fact that people with actively dangerous ideas are reframed as people you “may disagree with.” Within this freethinker’s utopia, no idea is out of bounds, and nothing is established fact that cannot be deconstructed. But sans the academic rigor required to question and unpack ideas, Joe Rogan simply calls upon the most polarizing figures — alongside progressive ones, too — to speak their minds as a way to challenge audiences. It frames something as essential as fact-checking as yet another censorship tool by “Big Media,” stifling thoughts that “They” don’t want you to think.
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There’s a populist appeal to figures like Joe Rogan. They’re eminently affable men with cool guy personas that one might be able to picture themselves having a beer with. They’re open-minded enough to accept anything and come to a decision themselves. But herein lies the fatal flaw — there’s an inherent self-aggrandizement in the notion that a single person is in possession of all the knowledge, facts, and critical thinking skills to be able to weigh arguments each other in a subject they’ve not encountered before. It dismisses the idea of expertise or interpretation — in one fell swoop undermining academics, scientists, and journalists who do the work of reporting, fact-checking, and analyzing for us.
When freethinkers do this, they open up an abyss where anything goes, facts are dissolved, and what supposedly emerges is a free for all playground of ideas — ones which, when held in equal weight with facts, actively instill harm. Joe Rogan’s podcast has seen all manner of ideas given equal weightage: from the fact that the mythical underwater city of Atlantis was a real place, to vaccine hesitancy amid a pandemic that killed millions. These are both disproven, but the value system of freethinking suggests that the vastly unequal consequences of normalizing both ideas are subsumed under the supremacy of the Idea itself. In other words, all ideas have equal space and consideration, which has devastating consequences.
“Part of the job of the media is to do something similar: to go out and look for the truth, adjudicate carefully between competing claims, and tell us what’s actually the case. Media outlets shouldn’t be “relativistic,” telling us that while some people say the Earth is flat, others say it’s round, and leaving us to sort out who is right,” notes Nathan Robinson. But (justified) distrust in the media has led to freethinkers filling the vacuum to insist that all positions are equally valid, leading to a crisis of truth at a moment when there’s no time to constantly debunk false claims.
Climate change is killing us now. Vaccines are essential now. The consequences of slavery continue to bear out on people now. Going back to the foundations of a fact simply for the sake of it, then, leads us astray into our own self-destruction. | https://theswaddle.com/by-undermining-established-truth-freethinkers-threaten-societys-trust-in-itself/ | 2022-09-16T08:51:01Z | theswaddle.com | control | https://theswaddle.com/by-undermining-established-truth-freethinkers-threaten-societys-trust-in-itself/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Good morning, we have another beautiful, sunny day ahead! It’ll be mild in the morning with temperatures warming up through the 60s, hitting the mid to upper 70s for lunch around noon. Afternoon highs today will be from 80-85 under a mostly sunny sky. After 7pm this evening, it’ll be in the 70s, making for a great Friday night out. Overnight lows will be in the upper 50s to low 60s.
This terrific weather will continue for Saturday and Sunday with daily highs in the mid-80s and a nice mix of blue sky, sunshine, and clouds.
Let’s talk next week. That’s when the heat will be back. Monday will be the transition day with highs in the upper 80s to 90 under a mostly sunny sky. The humidity will also be slightly greater, but still not too bad. Then, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday will reach from 90-95. Humidity will also bump up another notch, so you’ll notice the hot stickiness of the air. | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/splendid-sunshine-and-warmth-for-your-friday/article_55ddec88-3597-11ed-9920-e3006549035a.html | 2022-09-16T09:05:39Z | local3news.com | control | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/splendid-sunshine-and-warmth-for-your-friday/article_55ddec88-3597-11ed-9920-e3006549035a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BEIJING, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI, Inc. (NASDAQ:IQ) ("iQIYI" or 'the Company'), an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, announced the upcoming release of 235 new films, drama series, and variety shows at its iJOY Conference held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on September 15. With a range of diversified and extensive genres, the new titles show iQIYI's commitment to producing premium and innovative original content for viewers and ensuring a rich supply of material for brands.
Rich slate of new shows and dramas with diverse genres
This year has witnessed the great popularity of iQIYI's original content across many themes, from A Lifelong Journey, a drama that details the lives of ordinary people to the recent favored drama Love Between Fairy and Devil. The unveiling of the new titles also came just four months after the announcement of 213 new titles in May.
GONG Yu, Founder and CEO of iQIYI, said: "We turned profitable for the first time this year and now maintain the 'calm growth' strategy. iQIYI will keep investing in premium content and create values for our users while achieving good revenue and profit."
iQIYI has expanded its library with more than 20 variety shows that captures different genres and cultural trends to cater the ever-evolving appetite of the Gen Z viewers. The music shows of The Rap of China 2023 and The Big Band Season 3 are both in the pipelines after gaining great popularity in the past few years, while established comedy-themed programs, such as Super Sketch Show Season 2 and The Detectives' Adventures Season 3, will also continue to provide laughter for the audience.
Further to that, iQIYI is dedicated to presenting its content in diverse methods to increase wider audience via multi-channels. The newly launched reality show, The Farming Youth, featuring celebrities doing farm work, will be accessible in both long and short video forms on different channels as the company collaborates with other platforms.
As for the dramas, the platform will release a series of titles focused on telling the stories of women in modern society on top of the highly-anticipated content under the well-known LIGHT ON, SWEET ON and LAUGH ON Theatres.
The latest releases have both titles that draw on contemporary life and fantasy stories in ancient China. The former includes crime drama The Big Examination and Ball Lightning, featuring the work of life of flight crew, while the latter consists of Story of Kunning Palace and Fox Spirit Matchmaker (Yuehong Chapter).
"Producing premium content is always our core value at iQIYI and we are committed to providing continuous supply of great content to our loyal user base," said WANG Xiaohui, Chief Content Officer and President of Professional Content Business Group (PCG) of iQIYI. Wang added the company will keep focused on producing popular dramas and variety shows.
Leveraging integrated platform with brands
Apart from the new titles, the company also showcases its integrated platform and rich marketing choices for clients at the event, including the popular drama Love Between Fairy and Devil and reality show Camping LIFE.
"Nowadays brands are increasingly looking for integrated marketing opportunities campaigns. iQIYI's IP-centered model provides an effective and efficient one-stop solution," said WU Gang, Senior Vice President of iQIYI.
For example, on top of embedded commercial content in the drama of Love Between Fairy and Devil, dairy brand Mengniu also interacts with the audience via the bullet chatting function and offline events attended by the casting. The rich variety of offerings has landed in partnerships from leading brands of different industries from restaurants to toys.
"The IP-centered model organically connects content, marketing and consumption, and has rich offerings for the brands to reach their target audience," added Wu.
CONTACT: iQIYI Press, press@qiyi.com
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Mala'ai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School, also serves as a culinary classroom.
Students not only grow and harvest their food, but also learn to appreciate where it comes from.
"If they’re having a science class we’re going to have a short little lesson that’s related to what they’re learning about in science and how that relates to something in the garden," explained Mala'ai Executive Director Zoe Kosmas. "Always connecting that classroom learning.”
Students say practicing Hawaiian culture in the garden is important to perpetuate it, and keep it from dying off.
"Before we enter the garden we usually do these chants," explained Waimea Middle School student Rene Daniel Soriano. "It's just to sometimes ask permission just to enter. But also to show our appreciation.”
Another activity that’s done in the garden, is 'Kilo'.
A two-minute silent time for students to use their senses to observe themselves and their surroundings.
“You breathe in and out, just think of your day, how it went, and what you’re feeling right now," said Soriano.
The garden serves as a space for students to feel connected and present.
"It's helped me so much come out of my shell," said Soriano. "When you're actually in the garden you get to make friends. Even if you don't have any, you'll still meet people and then you'll be friends."
Mala'ai's lead garden teacher Holly Sargeant-Green, said she's noticed a huge transformation in students since the pandemic.
"Just to watch them totally become joyful and happy again. I think the garden offers an opportunity to directly be hopeful, and make a change right in front of your eyes," said Sargeant-Green.
Founded in 2003 and in operation since February 2005, Sargeant-Green said even alumni come back to visit the garden.
"What I learned from the garden, is how to grow your own food, how to be more sustainable, and how to use that food, and use basically all parts of it. So you get to see the whole cycle." explained Waimea Middle School alumni Ocean Kanekoa.
The Culinary garden of Waimea Middle School helps grow and share food in an outdoor living classroom, while cultivating connections between people and the land.
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A new study from Nielsen finds that Latino viewers not only love to watch shows on streaming platforms, but they also influence which are the most popular.
Researchers looked at 530 shows that streamed in 2021 and the first part of 2022 in English and Spanish. The study found nearly half of the shows considered the most "bingeable" had Latinos in front of and behind the cameras, as writers, directors and producers.
"I think that's a really important marker for how Latinos are influencing America's most watchable entertainment," says Stacie de Armas, Senior Vice President at Nielsen.
The study shows that Latino-led content attracted new viewers to streaming platforms, and then they stayed to watch other shows.
"It's important to have Latinos on camera," says de Armas. "But if you also add behind the camera, look at how much higher your binge ability becomes. So it becomes a business case for media companies that are looking to acquire content."
She points to the popularity of Hulu's mystery-comedy Only Murders in the Building. Selena Gomez not only co-stars but is one of the executive producers of the show.
Latinos represent 19% of the U.S. population, de Armas says, yet they account for 42% of the country's most-watched content on the streamers. And she says they account for many new subscribers to streaming platforms.
The study shows Latino audiences enjoy crime dramas and 20% of viewers felt best represented by comedies. De Armas says the finding is interesting "because if you look to comedy, actually representation is pretty low on screen," adding there's more work to be done on all fronts.
"I'm curious, as a researcher, about the social science around this," she adds. "How does this perhaps influence identity formation of Latinos and other people's perception of Latinos?"
The study also showed that among the most popular recent shows for Latino viewers was HBO Max's Gordita Chronicles (the coming-of-age comedy about a young Dominican woman in Miami was canceled after its first season).
"It did attract a significant amount of new viewers to the platform just for that show," says de Armas. "Once they came to the platform, they watched Gordita Chronicles. They binged it. They stayed on the platform after the premiere and watched more content. And in fact, about 78,000 or 57% of that new audience was Hispanic."
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Sam Curry, a self-described hacker, says he was mysteriously paid $249,999.99 by Google last month and that he had no idea why the tech giant simply handed over a quarter-million dollars.
"It's been a little over 3 weeks since Google randomly sent me $249,999 and I still haven't heard anything on the support ticket. Is there any way we could get in touch @Google," Curry tweeted on Tuesday with a screenshot of the transaction.
He added: "it's OK if you don't want it back..."
A staff security engineer at Yuga Labs, Curry told NPR that he sometimes does bug bounty hunting for companies including Google. That's when people are paid to help firms and other organizations find vulnerabilities in their software.
But he says he was unable to figure out a link between bug bounty hunting for Google and the sum dumped into his bank account.
The money was available for Curry to spend, but he said he was simply holding onto it in case Google tried to get it back. He said if Google took too long to get back to him, he might have to move the cash into a separate account to avoid paying taxes on it.
Ultimately, Curry guessed that Google most likely paid him accidentally. Turns out he was right.
In a statement to NPR, a Google spokesperson said: "Our team recently made a payment to the wrong party as the result of human error. We appreciate that it was quickly communicated to us by the impacted partner, and we are working to correct it."
The company intended to get the money back, the spokesperson said.
For his part, Curry said he was curious how often something like this happens at Google and what systems the company has in place to check for similar errors.
As of Thursday afternoon, he said he still had the money in his account.
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U.S. Army Sgt. Jacob Morris, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division gives a shout out to the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Klain presses progressives on permitting reforms
The White House is privately pressuring House progressives to support Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) permitting reform proposal, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
Driving the news: White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain called Pramila Jayapal (D-Wa.), the chair of Congressional Progressive Caucus on Wednesday to urge her to support Manchin’s proposal to make it easier to get regulatory approval for energy transmission and pipeline projects, people familiar with the matter said.
Why it matters: Progressives' opposition to the plan could not only sink a tentative deal between Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Manchin, but potentially trigger a government shutdown and cost Democrats crucial support from swing voters just weeks before midterm elections.
- Some 80 House progressives, led by Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) have demanded that congressional leaders separate the permitting reform language from the government funding bill, which has to be passed by Sept. 30, or else the government will shut down.
State of play: Jayapal mentioned some of the White House’s concerns to fellow progressives on their weekly zoom call Thursday morning.
- So far, many progressives aren’t budging and continue to stare down the Senate -- and now the White House -- daring them to send over a funding bill that they could potentially vote down.
What they are saying: “We don't like it. We didn't agree to it," Jayapal said, adding that she wants to pass a "clean" CR and consider other avenues for the permitting measure, like the National Defense Authorization Act.
- "We understand the White House's consternation,” Grijalva told Axios. “Maybe they are upset about the fact that this has not been going as it was planned.”
- “The White House has to realize that there was no inclusion on the part of rank and file members,” he said. “That the issue of NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) is huge, and that many members are very protective about that.”
- Senior White House officials, led by Louisa Terrell, the director of legislative affairs, are in regular contact with congressional leadership and lawmakers on all White House priorities, a White House official told Axios.
- Klain has been in touch with Jayapal, as well as other lawmakers across the political spectrum, on the permitting issue, a person familiar with the matter told Axios. Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Steve Ricchetti, a counselor to the president, Terrell and other member of legislative affairs are also in contact with lawmakers.
House lawmakers are also keen to see the actual legislative text of Manchin’s proposal, instead of the various factsheets that are floating around town on it.
- At an executive meeting of the CPC, “there was an acknowledgement that there needs to be some reform to the permitting process, but some concern about some public reporting about what it contain,” Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) said.
- “Let's see what the proposal is. Let's see what the Senate actually sends to us.”
The big picture: Schumer insists that he’ll include the permitting reform in the government funding bill, as part of a deal he cut with Manchin to secure his vote for the $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act.
- "I'm going to add it to the CR and it will pass," Schumer Tuesday.
- But Senate Republicans have indicated that they will oppose anything other than a “clean” CR.
- House progressives further complicated the the CR’s passage when they also demanded to separate the two issues.
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The DWP has confirmed that people can expect early benefit payments due to the Queen's funeral bank holiday. Queen Elizabeth II has her state funeral on Monday (September 19) which will cause many closures across the country.
This has also meant unforeseen changes to Government payments as a new bank holiday has been announced for the occasion. The previous bank holiday in England was on August 29 and the next one hadn't been expected until December 26, Birmingham Live reports.
The DWP said: "The Government has confirmed payments of benefits due to land in accounts on Monday, September 19, will be made early. The Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs have put arrangements in place to ensure all benefits and credits due to be paid on this date – now a bank holiday for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral - will be delivered in advance.
Read more: 17C highs and sunny weather forecast in Kent for Queen's funeral
"People who are due to receive payments on Monday, September 19, will instead be paid on Friday, September 16, the last working day before the State Funeral. This arrangement follows standard DWP and HMRC protocol that sees benefit and credit payment dates brought forward in line with national bank holidays."
Which benefits are affected by this change?
The DWP announced that these are the 14 payments to be affected by this change:
- Attendance Allowance
- Carer's Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance
- Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Income Support
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
- Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA)
- Pension Credit
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- State Pension
- Universal Credit
- Child Benefit/Guardian's Allowance (from HMRC)
- Working Tax Credit (from HMRC)
- Child Tax Credit (from HMRC)
What time does the money go into accounts?
Depending on your bank, funds are available sometime after midnight on the day they are due, usually in the early hours. Some banks deposit money into your account around 11.30pm so you can withdraw it before midnight on benefits payday. Others will release your funds at midnight or just a few minutes after that.
But in some cases, you have to wait until 2am to 3am and others will not let you touch your money until at least 6am on payday. These are the typical paying-in times for banks:
- Clydesdale, Yorkshire - 11.30pm the night before to 12.30am
- Lloyds - midnight to 1am
- Bank of Scotland - midnight to 1.30am
- Metro Bank - midnight to 2am
- Barclays , Co-op- 1am to 2am
- Natwest, RBS, Ulster Bank, Nationwide - 2am to 3am
- Halifax - 3am to 4am
- HSBC, Santander - 6am to 9am
Helplines for contacting DWP or HMRC staff if payments are not in your account will be closed over the bank holiday so it is important to check on the due day that the money is there.
When are the next bank holidays?
England, Wales and Northern Ireland
The Government says the next bank holidays in England and Wales are:
- Monday, September 19 - Bank holiday for the State Funeral of Her Majesty The Queen
- Monday, December 26 - Boxing Day
- Tuesday, December 27 - substitute holiday for Christmas Day which is on the preceding Saturday
The same bank holiday dates have also been listed for Northern Ireland.
Scotland
The next bank holidays in Scotland are:
- Monday, September 19 - Bank holiday for the State Funeral of Her Majesty The Queen
- Wednesday, November 30 - St Andrew's Day
- Monday, December 26 - Boxing Day
- Tuesday, December 27 - substitute holiday for Christmas Day which is on the preceding Saturday
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Forecasters expect cloud with sunny spells this weekend ahead of the Queen's state funeral on Monday (September 19). Many will travel to London over the next couple of days to see the Queen's coffin lying in state at Westminster Hall, while others will be finalising their own plans for the sad day.
Blue skies are expected throughout Saturday, while a mixture of sunshine and cloud is expected across the county on Sunday, according to BBC Weather. The mercury will peak at 17C this weekend, rising to 18C on Monday.
Although sunny weather is expected to remain, night temperatures could feel rather brisk over this period. Tonight the mercury is expected to drop as low as 5C in Kent, rising to 7C and 8C on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
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As many people head to London to see the Queen lying in state, Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge advised: "If you are standing around for a few hours then you will definitely need to wrap up a bit warm."
"It will not be wall-to-wall sunshine. There will be sunny spells through the days and clear spells overnight, but gradually it will get a little bit cooler each day."
Cloudy conditions with sunny intervals have been forecast for the day of the Queen's funeral, along with the remainder of the week
Met Office five-day forecast for London and the South East
Today:
A dry and fine day for much of the region with bright or sunny spells, but feeling a little cool in a fresh breeze. Scattered showers persisting along eastern coastal areas with strengthening winds. Feeling cool. Maximum temperature 17 °C.
Tonight:
A generally dry night with clear skies throughout. Feeling breezy, especially towards the coast, where showers will continue to affect parts of eastern Kent. Minimum temperature 6 °C.
Saturday:
A cool day with long periods of sunshine. Winds easing inland, but still breezy towards the east where showers may affect eastern coastal areas. Chilly overnight. Maximum temperature 17 °C.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
After a chilly start Sunday, dry with sunny spells, windy with some coastal showers. Patchy overnight frost. Dry Monday, isolated showers, winds easing. Sunny spells Tuesday and less cold.
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Roger Federer has announced his upcoming retirement. Federer posted a video and note on social media on Thursday to confirm that next week's Laver Cup would be his final ATP event.
ATP: Roger Federer Announces End of Historic Career
"As many of you know, the past three years have presented me with challenges in the form of injuries and surgeries," Federer said. "I’ve worked hard to return to full competitive form, but I also know my body’s capacities and limits and its message to me lately has been clear. I am 41 years old. I have played more than 1,500 matches over 24 years. Tennis has treated me more generously than I ever would have dreamt and now I must recognize when it's time to end my competitive career.
"The Laver Cup next week in London will be my final ATP event. I will play more tennis in the future, of course, but just not in Grand Slams or on the Tour."
To my tennis family and beyond,
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) September 15, 2022
With Love,
Roger pic.twitter.com/1UISwK1NIN
ATP: Federer's Legacy Looms Large
The Hologic WTA Tour and its players, past and present, took to social media to celebrate the Swiss great. As always, Billie Jean King led the way, along with Serena and Venus Williams and current No.1 Iga Swiatek.
(2/2) Congratulations @rogerfederer.
— Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) September 15, 2022
We wish you the very best as your journey continues.
He was the epitome of a champion; class, grace, humility, beloved by everyone…and he elegantly mastered the sport like no other…Good luck to you, @rogerfederer don’t go too far!😉🙏
— Chris Evert (@ChrissieEvert) September 15, 2022
What a heartfelt message , full of love, life, hope, passion and gratitude. Which is exactly how Roger played the game we love so much. Thank you thank you thank you, for all the magic!!!
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) September 15, 2022
Xoxoxo https://t.co/2s1Aw5SpJ5
I just want to thank you for everything you've done and everything you are for our sport. It's been a privilege to witness your career. I wish you all the best. 🐐🤗 https://t.co/gJSV5PZO2Y
— Iga Świątek (@iga_swiatek) September 15, 2022
From one Wimbledon legend to another, Petra Kvitova honored Federer inspiration. Belinda Bencic and Garbiñe Muguruza celebrated the times they were able to share the court with the Swiss great.
Roger - you have always been such a huge inspiration to me. Your elegance, your grace, your beautiful game. I have always held you in the highest regard and want to congratulate you for an amazing career. Tennis won’t be the same without you! Thank you ❤️@rogerfederer pic.twitter.com/tAGirtB5m4
— Petra Kvitova (@Petra_Kvitova) September 15, 2022
The biggest idol and inspiration to me and so many others, forever
— Belinda Bencic (@BelindaBencic) September 15, 2022
Thank you for everything ♥️
„Its a beautiful day to go after your dream, Belinda!” - RF
31.7.2021 pic.twitter.com/PRNuwyot8x
R O G E R! ♥️ 😢#Federer#RogerFederer pic.twitter.com/zjLaWRem9Z
— Garbiñe Muguruza (@GarbiMuguruza) September 15, 2022
Greatness defined.
— wta (@WTA) September 15, 2022
The end of an era.#ThankYouSerena #RForever pic.twitter.com/LKpFqHo3GF
#RForever https://t.co/p0C9HNDbkB
— Coco Gauff (@CocoGauff) September 15, 2022
Words can’t begin to describe the inspiration you have been to me. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world and for everything you have done for tennis. Wishing you the best 🤍 pic.twitter.com/a9e0x5O7sL
— leylahfernandez (@leylahfernandez) September 15, 2022
(2/2) y compartir momentos son de las cosas más lindas que me dió el tenis.
— Gabriela Sabatini (@sabatinigabyok) September 15, 2022
Uno de los mejores deportistas de la historia, definitivamente el tenis no será lo mismo sin vos. Te deseo todo lo mejor para esta nueva etapa junto a Mirka y los niños 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼❤️ @rogerfederer #RForever pic.twitter.com/yDrgBW6kW4
Incredible human, incredible career. You will be missed Roger✨ https://t.co/pnxGD0VXrH
— sloanestephens (@SloaneStephens) September 15, 2022
From Jessica Pegula to Camila Osorio to Laura Robson and Anabel Medina Garrigues, Federer's worldwide impact across generations was evident.
Tearing up just listening to this. We love you Roger 😢 https://t.co/n2YsJJkIfC
— Jessie Pegula (@JLPegula) September 15, 2022
Serena and Roger in less than 2 weeks... 💔
— Alize Cornet (@alizecornet) September 15, 2022
And I never dared to take a picture with you @rogerfederer 😪
The game will miss you.
We love you ❤️🙏🙏🙏 #ThankYouRoger
Gracias Roger ♥️
— Camila Osorio (@CamiOsorioTenis) September 15, 2022
Me voy a llorar otro poquito más 🥹 pic.twitter.com/cGPTNcxAt7
🥹🥹
— Jil Teichmann (@jilteichmann) September 16, 2022
Sad day for tennis… but as well what a great day to cherish all the memories & emotions Roger has brought us over the last two decades.
You are pure class, kindness & an inspiration in all aspects in life. @rogerfederer eifach MERCI 🫶🏼 #peRFect
Roger 🥺❤️
— Caroline Garcia (@CaroGarcia) September 15, 2022
It was such a pleasure to watch you play every time
A true inspiration on and off the court 🙏🏻🙌🏻#Roger #RogerForever
Roger 😭😭😭
— Genie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) September 15, 2022
Aún no te has ido y ya te echamos de menos 😢… ¡GRACIAS por todo lo que has hecho por nuestro deporte, @rogerfederer! 😘 pic.twitter.com/HOPRMAiLKe
— Anabel Medina (@anabelmedina) September 15, 2022
Not this 😭 My hero https://t.co/rOE6q4P8pm
— Laura Robson (@laurarobson5) September 15, 2022
It’s a year of saying goodbye. An incredible career and one of the greatest ever. Such class #federer https://t.co/wrD392tanI
— Melanie South (@melaniesouth) September 15, 2022
#RForever ❤️ https://t.co/cpHEXHIxIt
— Eri Hozumi × 穂積絵莉 🐰 ⁷ 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝑜𝒻 (@hozumieri) September 15, 2022
Don’t do this to us Rog 😭😭😭😭😭. Just getting over Serena and now hitting us with another farewell. A lot to process in 2022. 💙 you forever and always https://t.co/LD6AI1tXt2
— Jamie Loeb (@jloeb308) September 15, 2022
Impossible not to cry! 🥺Thank you for all of the amazing moments and most beautiful swings tennis has ever seen 😍🤩
— Shelby Rogers (@Shelby_Rogers_) September 15, 2022
We love you Roger🫶🏼 https://t.co/7DUrrB4ORJ
Thank you for being an inspiration❤️🎾🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/8ZGGCXrRmV
— Marie Bouzkova (@MarieBouzkova) September 15, 2022
Thank you @rogerfederer for the last 24 years! You have inspired the world and have taken tennis to a different level. It was an absolute blast to know you and follow your career as a colleague and Tv expert. I’ll miss your tennis and our chats 🙌Danke @eurosport #legend pic.twitter.com/1ktlsUtcn5
— Barbara Schett-Eagle (@Babsschett) September 15, 2022
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Former French Open semifinalist Nadia Podoroska pulled off a comeback late in the deciding set tiebreak to oust fourth seed Tatjana Maria 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(6) in second-round action at the Chennai Open.
The 25-year-old Argentine started the match on the back foot as Wimbledon semifinalist Maria quickly built a 5-0 lead. Podoroska pulled one break back but Maria held her next service game to win the set 6-3.
That little run was enough to give Podoroska some confidence heading into the second set, as she told the press after the match, which she won 6-2.
The final set went down to the wire with both players holding their serve to take the match into a tiebreaker. Maria built a 5-1 lead in it, but Podoroska fought back once again to win seven of the last eight points and complete the win in 2 hours and 46 minutes.
Podoroska, who took a 10-month break after the 2021 US Open to recover from multiple injuries, will meet former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard in Friday's quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, No.2 seed Varvara Gracheva and No.3 seed Magda Linette scored straight-set wins to also move into the last eight. Gracheva defeated Canada's Carol Zhao 6-1, 7-5 while Linette scored a 6-2, 6-0 win over Oksana Selekhmeteva. Gracheva will face Czech teenager Linda Fruhvirtova next while Linette will square off against Mo.7 seed Rebecca Marino.
Chennai R2 highlights: Swan d. Gasanova | L.Fruhvirtova d. Peterson | Bouchard d. Thandi
Briton Katie Swan also advanced to the first Hologic WTA Tour quarterfinal of her career with a hard-fought straight-sets win over Anastasia Gasanova 7-6(5), 6-2 which lasted two hours and 25 minutes.
In doubles, the Indian duo of Karman Thandi and Rutuja Bhosale were defeated 6-0, 6-3 by the top-seeded pair of Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani, while the unseeded duo of Bouchard and Yanina Wickmayer advanced 5-7, 6-3, [12-10] over Gasanova and Selekhmeteva. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2791625/podoroska-comes-back-from-the-brink-to-upset-maria-in-chennai | 2022-09-16T09:40:14Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2791625/podoroska-comes-back-from-the-brink-to-upset-maria-in-chennai | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CALEDONIA, Mich. — Tonight's Game of the Week is Hudsonville against Caledonia High School.
Hudsonville is going into tonight's game 0-3 while Caledonia is 3-0.
Today, Elliot is visiting Caledonia High School before the team competes against Hudsonville for their fourth game of the season. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/morning-news/caledonia-high-school-football-team-prepares-for-big-night-with-elliot-grandia | 2022-09-16T09:45:40Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/morning-news/caledonia-high-school-football-team-prepares-for-big-night-with-elliot-grandia | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (Sept. 16, 2022) Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, meets with Deputy Chief of Defence and His Majesty’s Armed Forces Commander Capt. Sione Ulakai during a visit to Nuku’alofa, Tonga. The visit to Tonga emphasized the U.S. commitment to strengthening partnerships for an enduring free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nick Bauer)
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Left to right, Staff Sgt. Christopher Sy, 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron fleet management and operations, Master Sgt. Angelic Briningstool, 52nd LRS equipment accountability element, and Tech Sgt. Robin Strickland, Armed Forces Network Spangdahlem operations manager, participate in a POW/MIA remembrance run, Sept. 15, 2022, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Every 30 minutes, Airmen rotated in order to keep the POW/MIA flag in motion for a full 24 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jessica Sanchez-Chen)
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'Exceptionally decrepit' Raritan Mall qualifies for redevelopment. Now what?
RARITAN BOROUGH – The borough is taking another step toward the potential redevelopment of the nearly vacant Raritan Mall.
The borough Planning Board is scheduled on Sept. 28 to hold a public hearing to determine whether the shopping center at the corner of Route 206 and Orlando Drive should be declared an area in need of redevelopment.
The Borough Council passed a resolution in June authorizing the Planning Board to conduct a study of the property.
The study concluded that the 12.2-acre property meets five of the criteria under state law to be eligible for redevelopment.
The shopping center, which was flooded during the remnants of Hurricane Ida last year, lost its primary tenant in 2016 when the Stop & Shop supermarket chose not to renew its lease.
The study says that no new tenant has been found for the space "despite efforts from the municipality to attract a suitable replacement."
Since that time, most of the 15 units in the main L-shaped building and three units in a smaller building on the highway are vacant or "have fallen into a state of disrepair," the report states.
The facade on the bigger building, according to the report, has "become exceptionally decrepit with vandalism, graffiti, bird excrement, broken glass, exposed nails and mold prevalent almost everywhere."
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"The excess bird excrement is unsanitary and unpleasant and certainly needs to be remedied," the report states
Sidewalks in the shopping center have not been maintained and the foundations around the building are "compromised."
The report does conclude that the few occupied spaces "appear to be maintained reasonably well."
The report also found that the parking lot has sections that have caved in, possibly as a result of the landfill that the shopping center was built upon.
Before any new construction or redevelopment, the report recommends that the subterranean conditions of the landfill "should be assessed in great detail."
The property is entirely within a flood hazard area.
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Raritan Mall LLC, with an address in Bayonne, purchased the property in October 2020 for $5.6 million from Raritan Center SPE Owner, part of the Fortress Investment Group in Manhattan.
Fortress acquired the property when a previous owner, RAIT Financial Trust, of Philadelphia, went bankrupt and sold its assets to Fortress.
The assessed value of the property has dropped from $14.7 million in 2015 to $6 million.
If the Planning Board after the public hearing recommends the property qualifies for redevelopment, the Borough Council will vote on the redevelopment designation.
If the council approves, the council will prepare a redevelopment plan with planning board input which will act as the zoning for the property.
Once the redevelopment plan is adopted, then the borough will seek a developer and draft a redevelopment agreement.
The developer will then create a site plan which has to be approved by the Planning Board.
Email: mdeak@mycentraljersey.com
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Rahway's Kyle Hall voted BCC Football Player of the Week
Kyle Hall did more than just have an outstanding football game last Friday against Lincoln. The Rahway senior also acted as a leader in an uncertain and emotional time.
The explosive do-everything Hall scored four touchdowns in the 45-16 win that was played in deep sorrow.
Last Thursday, the players found out that senior teammate Ali Muhammad had unexpectedly died when he didn’t wake up for school that morning. Rahway coach Brian Russo asked the seniors if they wanted to play the next day.
“We leaned on Kyle and Amir Robinson and Jalen Barnes and all the captains and our seniors,” Russo said. “We spoke to all them and Kyle’s usually the voice that represents the seniors and our team.”
Russo continued, “He’s everything you can hope for in a football player, not only on the field but in the classroom. He’s the real deal. He does things the right way."
Friday, his teammates erupted after he returned a fumble for a 68-yard touchdown on Lincoln’s first series. Hall went on to rush for touchdowns of 10 and 12 yards and caught a 10-yard TD pass from Robinson.
In all, Hall had 162 rushing yards on nine carries and two catches for 70 yards, while also playing inside linebacker and on special teams.
Readers voted Hall the MyCentralJersey.com Big Central Conference Readers’ Choice Football Player of the Week for his efforts.
He garnered 30,289 votes, or 42 percent of the 71,574 cast for eight candidates.
In 2021, Hall led Rahway with 20 catches and 408 receiving yards and rushed for 153 yards. This season, he's playing more of a role in the running game and has rambled for 202 yards on 16 carries as Rahway is off to a 2-0 start.
Russo noted that Hall improved his speed by running track in the spring and he also plays basketball.
“I can’t say enough about Kyle,” Russo said. “He’s all you can ask for in a senior leader. He’s worked very hard. He’s a three-sport athlete. ... He was in the weight room every opportunity he got. As a result of that, he’s reaping the benefits of his hard work. He’s a team guy. He’s a real selfless player.
“He’s willing to do whatever we ask him to do and that’s play numerous positions and do numerous things just to help us. He’s on the field on offense, defense and specials. He’s a great player and he’s even a better student and even a better young man.” | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/09/16/big-central-conference-nj-football-rahways-kyle-hall-player-of-week/69493267007/ | 2022-09-16T09:50:30Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/09/16/big-central-conference-nj-football-rahways-kyle-hall-player-of-week/69493267007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
'People in this town love this sport': First sellout crowd in CSU volleyball history sees Rams top rival Colorado
Moby Madness, volleyball-style, reached an all-time high Thursday night with the first sellout in Colorado State program history.
Fans were packed to the rafters throughout CSU's arena, with students making up nearly half of the over-capacity “White-Out” crowd of 8,396. Moby Arena's capacity is 8,083.
“I want to say how incredible it is to coach in a community like this,” longtime CSU coach Tom Hilbert said. “That was as good an environment as you’re going to see anywhere in the United States for collegiate volleyball.”
The Rams fed off that energy to beat rival Colorado in four sets – 25-18, 25-19, 21-25, 28-26 – in the first of two matches in two nights between the schools. They’ll play again at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, in Boulder.
The crowd was the largest ever for a CSU home match, easily eclipsing the 7,745 on hand for a five-set loss to Illinois on Aug. 24, 2018, and the second-largest crowd that has ever seen the Rams play, behind only the 8,624 for an NCAA Tournament match Dec. 3, 2011, at Hawaii.
“Knowing that this is the first time women’s volleyball has ever sold out Moby, it felt amazing to see how many people that really is,” CSU junior Kennedy Stanford said. “Like, to look up in the rafters and see people up there cheering felt so good.”
Hilbert usually schedules one home match a year that he knows will draw strong crowd, but this was the second one this season. There were 5,962 fans at Moby for CSU’s season opener Aug. 26 against North Carolina.
Volleyball fans have flocked to CSU matches for decades, helping the Rams rank among the national leaders in average attendance since the mid-1990s, when they began a string of 25 straight NCAA Tournament appearances that ended in the 2020-21 season.
“We are always very courageous about the way we schedule; our team gets out in the community like crazy and meets people and earns fans that way,” Hilbert said. “What happens is, even if our average last year was 2,500 or something, but that’s 2,500 people that are coming every night. And they are talking to other people in this community, and then when we do these community challenges like we did tonight, people talk about it. It’s not like people look at it and go, ‘Oh, I don’t want to go to volleyball.
“People in this town love this sport.”
Big hitters carry Rams past Buffs
Outside hitters Malaya Jones and Stanford played key roles in the Rams’ victory, constantly attacking a CU defense designed to block them and still coming through far more often than not.
Jones, a junior transfer from USC who missed some early matches with an injury, had 19 kills to lead the Rams (7-3). Stanford, also a junior, added 16.
The Rams also got eight kills apiece from Naeemah Weathers and Karina Leber while hitting .285 to CU’s .171.
Maya Tabron had nine kills to lead CU (7-2), which dropped its second straight match.
Strong finishes carry CSU to victory
CSU broke out of an 18-18 tie and scored the final seven points of the opening set. It was 18-18 again in the second after CSU erased an early 8-1 deficit, and the Rams won seven of the final eight points for the win.
In the fourth and final set, CSU fought off match point three times before rallying to win 28-26 in a four-set thriller.
Rams open Mountain West play with Border War
CSU’s next home match is its Mountain West opener at 7 p.m. Tuesday against Border War rival Wyoming.
The Rams have won 17 of a possible 26 regular-season titles since the MW was formed and were picked to win the conference again this year in a preseason coaches’ poll.
Kelly Lyell reports on CSU, high school and other local sports and topics of interest for the Coloradoan. Contact him at kellylyell@coloradoan.com, follow him on Twitter @KellyLyell and find him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/KellyLyell.news. | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/csu/volleyball/2022/09/16/colorado-state-volleyball-draws-first-sellout-moby-arena-crowd/65465061007/ | 2022-09-16T09:51:47Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/csu/volleyball/2022/09/16/colorado-state-volleyball-draws-first-sellout-moby-arena-crowd/65465061007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kochi: The High Court will on Friday consider the petition submitted by the survivor-actor in the sexual assault case seeking its interference, alleging a move to subvert the probe.
While hearing the case earlier, the court severely criticised the petitioner. It asked her on what basis she was making the allegations against the trial court judge.
The actress had levelled charges that the trial court was biased against her and refused to grant permission to examine the memory card containing visuals of the attack, despite a forensic report confirming the modification of the card's hash value thrice.
A bench led by Justice Ziyad Rahman A A will hear the arguments. The same bench had set aside the pronouncement of verdict in another petition filed by the survivor, seeking to transfer the case from the Ernakulam Principal Sessions court.
Meanwhile, a copy of the supplementary charge sheet submitted by the Crime Branch in the case regarding the abduction and sexual assault of the actor by a quotation gang was handed over to the accused. The District Principal Sessions court will consider the case again on Friday.
The court had on Thursday stressed the Supreme Court directive to complete the trial proceedings in the case before January 31, 2023. There was also a direction to submit a progress report every four weeks, starting from September 5.
The prosecution pointed out that the petition filed against the District Principal Sessions court hearing the case, earlier handled by a special CBI court holding the stature of the Additional Sessions court, was still under the consideration of the High Court.
The prosecution said the arguments could be continued after the High Court pronounced a verdict in the case. However, the trial court made it clear that the case can't be postponed, citing the Supreme Court's direction to conduct the trial proceedings on a daily basis. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/16/actress-assault-case-hc-to-consider-survivor-plea.amp.html | 2022-09-16T09:56:02Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/16/actress-assault-case-hc-to-consider-survivor-plea.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kollam: An advocate was found hanging from the ceiling of the bedroom of her husband's house in Chadayamangalam on Friday. Aiswarya Unnithan, 26, daughter of Aravindakshan and Sheela of Mangalathu house at Thudayannur at Ittiva in Chadayamangalam ended life at her husband's house.
Aiswarya's relatives alleged that she committed suicide after being unable to bear the torture received at the husband's house.
She married Kannan Nair of Sreemoolam Vilas at Medayil in Chadayamangalam three years ago.
Earlier, both of them lived separately for some time after Aiswarya was allegedly physically tortured by her husband. Later, they were sent for counselling.
The police have begun investigation into the unnatural death of the advocate on the basis of the complaint filed by her brother Atul Unnithan.
The body was shifted to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital for post-mortem. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/16/aishwarya-unnithan-advocate-ends-life-husband-house.html | 2022-09-16T09:56:21Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/16/aishwarya-unnithan-advocate-ends-life-husband-house.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kochi: A division bench of the Kerala High Court has stayed the transfer of former Kozhikode District Judge S Krishnakumar, who made controversial comments while granting bail to writer Civic Chandran in sexual assault cases.
The bench consisting of Justice A K Jayakrishnan Nambiar and Justice Muhammad Niyas gave the order following the judge's appeal. They stayed his transfer as Kollam Labour Court Judge.
Earlier this month, a single bench of the High Court had dismissed his petition.
Judge Krishnakumar's observations regarding survivors in his two orders on the anticipatory bail pleas moved by Civic Chandran, in two sexual harassment cases, had stirred up a nationwide controversy.
While granting bail to Chandran in the case, judge Krishnakumar, in his order on August 2, observed that the accused was a reformist and against the caste system. Hence it was highly unbelievable that he would have touched her knowing fully that she belongs to the Scheduled Caste (SC), the judge remarked.
The judge had also made controversial observations about the survivor's dress while granting bail to Chandran in another case.
In its August 12 order, the court observed that the photograph of the complainant, produced by the accused along with the bail application, would explain that she "herself is wearing exposing dresses which are having some sexual provocative one and it is impossible to believe that a man aged 74 and physically disabled can forcefully put the complainant on his lap and sexually press her breast." | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/16/civic-chandran-case-judge-transfer-stayed-hc.html | 2022-09-16T09:56:34Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/16/civic-chandran-case-judge-transfer-stayed-hc.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kozhikode: Babila Ummer Khan, the Supreme Court lawyer representing the security guard, who was brutally assaulted by workers of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) at Kozhikode Medical College recently, said she received death threats from unknown persons.
The incident allegedly happened on September 13 when the lawyer reached the Kozhikode District Court to file a private petition in the assault case.
According to Babila, the threat was that her hands and legs would be severed for appearing in the case.
The following day, while the court was considering the bail application of the DYFI workers, Babila submitted to the court that if the accused were released, it would be a threat to her life.
It has been stated in the private petition that the shoe which was used to assault the guard should be considered a weapon under Section 326. The petition also mentioned as the evidence from the CCTV camera might be destroyed, the medical college superintendent should hand over the footage directly to the court.
The court will consider the private petition after pronouncing its verdict on the bail plea of the DYFI workers accused in the incident. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/16/lawyer-of-security-guard-beaten-by-dyfi-workers-gets-death-threat.amp.html | 2022-09-16T09:56:53Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/16/lawyer-of-security-guard-beaten-by-dyfi-workers-gets-death-threat.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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