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GOP governors in Texas and Florida are trying to send a message about the nation’s failed immigration system under the Biden administration by sending migrants to Democrat enclaves like New York, Washington and Martha’s Vineyard, a Republican senator said Sunday.
“They’re doing their best to try to send a message to the rest of the nation about the plight of those individuals that are coming from south of the border,” Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“You’re talking about 3.4 million people just since the start of this Biden administration that have crossed the border, and they’re coming into southern states,” Rounds continued. “What is a governor supposed to do? They’re trying to send a message to the rest of the country that this is not acceptable, and that their states can’t handle that type of an inflow.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis caused a stir among Democrats last week when he flew 50 migrants who had arrived in the US from South America to the posh liberal enclave of Martha’s Vineyard.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, meanwhile, has been shipping busloads of migrants to New York, Chicago and even outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ official residence at the Naval Observatory in the nation’s capital.
Rounds said the governors of the border states, including Arizona’s Doug Ducey, are being overwhelmed by the influx of immigrants crossing into the US.
“I would suspect that the individuals in the Southern states that are trying to find a way to get the attention of the administration would love to have other alternatives to them,” he said.
“It’s been 606 days since Joe Biden took office, and this problem has done nothing except continue to develop. This is a national problem. And yet these governors along the southern borders are the ones that are faced with trying to address it,” Rounds said.
Democrats have called the shipping of migrants to cities away from the border a political stunt, with some, like New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, accusing Republicans of committing “crimes against humanity on refugees.”
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said he met some of the migrants when they stepped off the buses in Chicago.
”It is pathetic that these governors are taking advantage of these helpless people, making promises to them to get on the bus and life is just going to be fine, and off they go to places far removed from where they’re supposed to be appearing under the requirements of our law in a matter of weeks and months,” Durbin said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
“Why is it when the Republicans want to enforce their immigration theories, it’s always the kids that end up being the victims,” he said, referring to the criticisms that the Trump administration was separating children from their parents as part of its “zero tolerance” immigration policies.
“We saw it with kids in cages. We saw it with the forcible removal of children from their parents, some who’ve never been reunited with their families. And now, once again, it’s the kids and families that are put on these buses and transported for political purposes across the United States,” he said.
Rounds said that the lax border policies are allowing more than immigrants to enter the US.
“It’s also everything else that is coming across the border at the same time. We’re 1,200 miles away from the border here in South Dakota, and yet the drug trafficking still affects our state as well,” he said. “Our Native American population reservations have got huge inflows of drug trafficking coming into our state.” | https://nypost.com/2022/09/18/gop-exposing-broken-immigration-system-under-biden-with-migrant-buses-sen-mike-rounds/ | 2022-09-18T21:31:08Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/18/gop-exposing-broken-immigration-system-under-biden-with-migrant-buses-sen-mike-rounds/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Whether you’re camping, boating, lounging by the pool or picnicking with friends, everything is better with a drink in hand. If you’re bringing wine, sparkling water or bottled beer along, glass containers can pose an issue. Not only are they fragile, but they are also banned in several places like child-attended events, pools and concerts.
That’s why it can be useful to transport beverages in well-designed, insulated, unbreakable containers. You can keep liquid at its ideal temperature no matter the weather or how far you’re traveling.
There’s a stainless steel wine chiller picnic set available on Amazon for $28.99 that’s shatter-proof, sweat-proof, odor-, smudge- and rust-resistant.
Wine Chiller Gift Set
The set includes two 14-ounce insulated wine tumblers with lips, one 750ml ergonomically designed bottle with screw top lid, funnel and cleaning brush. The clear sliding cup lids are BPA-free and have a silicone seal. This will not only keep pesky bugs out of your beverage, but they also help prevent spills. Crafted to mimic the design of a wine bottle, the flask holds whatever beverage you fill it with to the exact temperature for up to 24 hours.
This set is not only useful for travel, but it’s also nice when spending time in your backyard, saving you from frequent trips to the fridge.
With more than 1,100 global ratings and an average of 4.7 out of 5 stars, this set comes highly rated with 81% of people ranking it 5 full stars. People found it easy to hold, simple to clean and a great value.
Several reviewers mentioned this set works for more than wine and that hot drinks are kept at the proper temperature just as well as cold ones.
CBailey ordered a set for a holiday gift for a friend right after she started using hers for the first time because she immediately fell in love with it. She likes to use it for hot chocolate.
Another reviewer was worried her margarita wouldn’t stay cool in the wine bottle but she found it was perfectly refreshing.
“I’m so surprised with the quality of this,” she wrote. “Definitely a great purchase!”
Mike T. found it to be excellent for chilled white wine or for keeping red wine at a reasonable temperature, even when it’s in the trunk of your car on a hot travel day. He also liked that the flask is leak proof.
“I’ve stored it in a suitcase, full of red wine, and no leaking which would have been easily detected,” he wrote. “And the price is more than fair, giving this set great value as well as functionality.”
This useful wine chiller set would make for a great gift because it comes packaged in an attractive gift box. Take it along to your next barbecue, beach party or tailgating event.
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories. | https://www.katc.com/wine-chiller-set-is-perfect-for-gifts-travel | 2022-09-18T21:32:12Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/wine-chiller-set-is-perfect-for-gifts-travel | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It is possible to win ugly, but for a franchise that has lost ugly for so long, any win at all is a thing of beauty and a sight to behold. Thus, the Giants outlasting the Panthers 19-16 on Sunday at MetLife Stadium looks like a work of art.
The Giants are 2-0 for the first time since 2016, giving Brian Daboll two wins to start his head-coaching career.
Graham Gano’s howitzer right leg was the difference, as he hit four field goals, including a 56-yarder with 3:34 remaining for the decisive points.
The Giants needed a defensive stop to secure the game and they got it when coordinator Wink Martindale dialed into his well-known aggression and called for a blitz on third down. Safety Julian Love stormed through and dropped Baker Mayfield for a 9-yard loss, forcing a Panthers punt. The Giants got the ball back at 2:06 and never gave it back, as Daniel Jones scrambled for 11 yards for a first down to seal the deal.
The Giants took all the positive reinforcement they created in their 21-20 upset victory in Week 1 over the Titans in Nashville into their home opener. This is a franchise that needs to turn around its fortunes in its building. In the past five seasons, the Giants were 12-28 at home. They are now 1-0 for Daboll at home.
Jones made his best throw early in the third quarter, under duress, on third-and-10, when he dropped the ball between Panthers defenders to find David Sills for a 24-yard pickup. That helped set up Gano’s 51-yard field goal with 12:31 left.
Jones finished 22-for-34 for only 176 yards and one touchdown pass. Saquon Barkley started slowly and ended faster with 68 yards on 20 rushing attempts.
Christian McCaffrey’s 49-yard burst set up Eddie Pineiro’s 38-yard field goal to make it 16-16 with 10:46 remaining. Oshane Ximines, playing with force as a starting outside linebacker with injuries keeping rookie Kayvon Thibodeaux and Azeez Ojulari on the bench, pressured Mayfield on third down to force the Panthers to settle for the field goal.
The Giants got the ball and stuck to the ground to move into a field goal range, but a holding penalty on center Jon Feliciano appeared to push them out of field goal range. Jones completed a 5-yard pass to Sterling Shepard, setting up a 56-yard field goal try for Gano. He drilled it and the Giants regained the lead with 3:34 left.
The Panthers finally located D.J. Moore against rookie cornerback Cor’Dale Flott — starting in place of injured Aaron Robinson — and when Flott slipped, Moore had an easy 16-yard touchdown reception to put the Panthers up 13-6. When Jones was forced into a throwaway and Barkley picked up only 1 yard, boos cascaded down on the offense. Jones then hit Richie James for 15 yards and Barkley followed with a 16-yard run around the right end. There were cheers when Jones tossed a short pass to Daniel Bellinger and the rookie tight end dove to the pylon to complete a 16-yard scoring play to give Bellinger his first NFL touchdown and pull the Giants even at 13.
The Giants dominated the first quarter and yet led by only 6-0, settling for Gano field goals after two stalled drives on offense, as turnovers by the Panthers twice handed the Giants the ball in Carolina territory.
A fumble on the opening kickoff, forced by Carter Coughlin and recovered by rookie Dane Belton, put the Giants on the Panthers’ 22-yard line before many fans settled into their seats. Jones completed two short passes but the Giants could not muster a first down for their first wasteful series.
Next, Darnay Holmes put a hit on Robbie Anderson to dislodge the ball, and the Giants went to work on offense on the Carolina 40. Jones ran for 2 yards and a first down on fourth-and-1 and Sills made a nifty move past safety Xavier Woods to set the Giants up on the 5-yard line. Still, no trip into the end zone. Jones lost 6 yards on a run and then was sacked for a loss of 7 yards.
From there, the remainder of the first half was offensive malfeasance. Barkley could not get untracked — he was dropped by Frankie Luvu for a 5-yard loss on a first-down play — and a 47-yard completion to Kadarius Toney was wiped out by an offensive pass interference penalty on David Sills. The Giants had no control of the line of scrimmage and finished the first half with 60 total yards. Jones completed 12 passes — for only 60 yards. Barkley had only 3 yards on five rushing attempts.
Clearly, Daboll is not using experience, pedigree or salary to determine his rotation at wide receiver. Last week, Kenny Golladay was on the field for 46 of the 60 snaps on offense and Toney got just seven snaps. Seven days later, Golladay did not start and was barely seen. He did not get on the field until the second series. Toney picked up his workload.
The Panthers were not exactly dynamos either. They managed two field goals to pull even at halftime at 6-6. On defense, the Giants twice turned aside the Panthers with third-down stops to limit the damage to two Pineiro field goals.
The Giants lost defensive tackle Leonard Williams to a knee injury midway through the third quarter. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/18/giants-outlast-panthers-for-first-2-0-start-since-2016/ | 2022-09-18T21:35:23Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/18/giants-outlast-panthers-for-first-2-0-start-since-2016/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (WWLP) – A South Hadley church with a rich history of civil rights support put on display an exhibit honoring the work of advocacy of women of color in the late 20th century.
The Center Church across from Mount Holyoke College honors the 45th anniversary of the “Combahee River Collective Statement,” saluting the authors who advocated women’s rights along with racial equality. “Voices of Resilience” as they described themselves.
Pastor Lori Souter told 22News it was her church that held a long running vigil following the murder of George Floyd in May of 2020.
“So for 80 or more consecutive Saturdays, we held the vigil, and that drew people from Greenfield, and Springfield,” Pastor Souter said.
And this latest exhibit honoring the “Voices of Resilience” will be on display at the South Hadley Church through Saturday, October 15. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampshire-county/south-hadley-church-celebrates-45th-anniversary-of-civil-rights-advocacy/ | 2022-09-18T21:45:26Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampshire-county/south-hadley-church-celebrates-45th-anniversary-of-civil-rights-advocacy/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SACRAMENTO – The nation’s violent crime rate had fallen by 2019 to levels not seen in decades, with the murder rate hitting five per 100,000 people – lower than the 7.3 rate in 1969 and approximately the same level as 1960. Overall violent crime rates were still higher than in the 1960s, but had fallen significantly since the 1980s and 1990s crime wave. California’s data largely tracked the national trends.
That was undoubtedly good news, yet criminologists had no better answers for the crime drop than for its past increases. It’s almost entertaining to read various – and occasionally dubious – theories that tried to explain the numbers. Conservatives credited a raft of tough-on-crimemeasures, but myriad studies dispute whether they really had much to do with falling crime rates.
Liberals credited tougher gun laws, even though crime rates fell dramatically in states with the loosest gun laws – and even after concealed-carry laws spread across the country. Others pointed to various economic and demographic data. The weirdest explanation, popular circa 2000, credited legalized abortion for the crime drop – but it’s not the only unusual theory.
Countless academics and authors find some direct connections around the margins, but generally point to a variety of possibilities. One analysispoints to 25 factors, including obvious theories – changes in police strategies, mass incarceration, economic improvement and a decline in teen births. But it also pointed to oddities including an increase in air conditioning and video games (both of which kept people at home) and a boost in anti-psychotic drugs.
In the last few years, crime rates have soared – and now every politician is an expert on why murder rates for the first half of 2022 are 39-percent higher than they were in 2019. California’s latest data shows murder rates up in 2021 by 9.1 percent from the previous year. Other data and anecdotal evidence points to a shocking post-pandemic crime wave.
It’s more fascinating sorting through the crime-rate entrails in a time of falling crime, given that the exercise is largely academic. In times of rising crime, fear understandably motivates people – and politicians are motivated to exploit that fear to win elections. Conservatives have ramped up their historic law-and-order rhetoric and blame criminal-justice reform measures and progressive district attorneys for the chaos. (Meanwhile, liberals focus on gun availability as usual.)
In fact, Republicans have built their mid-term strategy on depicting Democrats as criminal coddlers. In one typical example, the National Republican Congressional Committee released an ad targeting a New York Democrat: “Violent crime is surging, but extreme liberal Pat Ryan marched to defund the police, wanted to deny local police critical equipment, and is backed by extremists who support cashless bail.”
Here in California, Republicans almost uniformly blame Proposition 47 (which reduced certain lower-level crimes from felonies to misdemeanors), Proposition 57 (which increased the use of parole) and Assembly Bill 109 (prison realignment) for the state’s crime problems, along with those darned “soft on crime” DAs. Never mind that crime rates went up just as much in states without those measures.
The latest story, however, fits squarely in the man-bites-dog category. “The biggest risks for homicides came in conservative counties with iron-fist sheriffs and district attorneys, places where progressives in power are nearly as common as monkeys riding unicorns,” noted the Los Angeles Times’ Anita Chabria after looking deeply at the attorney general’s crime data. Republican counties, such as Kern County (home to Bakersfield) often have the highest homicide rates.
Mainstream media sources and political groups have jumped all over this story. “In 2020, per capita murder rates were 40 percent higher in states won by Donald Trump than those won by Joe Biden,” according to the left-leaning Third Way think tank in an article not-so-subtly titled, “The Red State Murder Problem.”
During the Orange County primary, District Attorney Todd Spitzer built his re-election campaign around the theme “No LA in OC” – as he depicted his Democratic opponent as a clone of Los Angeles County’s liberal DA George Gascón. That was good politics – and Spitzer actually is one of the most thoughtful and nuanced California DAs. But at the time, Orange County’s murder rate increase was far outpacing the statewide increases.
Democratic efforts to blame conservative policies for crime increases are as transparently partisan as GOP efforts to always blame liberal policies. Consider that many red-state murder capitals are cities run by Democratic officials and many blue counties have law-and-order sheriffs and DAs. Crime policy flows from a patchwork of elected and appointed officials.
And, as criminologists understand, crime-rate changes often have little to do with public policy – and everything to do with economics, demographics, cultural changes, pandemics, drug epidemics and perhaps the prevalence of air conditioning. That’s not to say law-enforcement strategies and sentencing rules are irrelevant, but crime is a surprisingly complex topic.
If Americans are serious about combating it, we might start by removing our partisan blinders.
Steven Greenhut is Western region director for the R Street Institute and a member of the Southern California News Group editorial board. Write to him at sgreenhut@rstreet.org.
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Japan is on holiday today, Monday, 19 September 2022, for Respect for the Aged Day.
This will thin out interest and liquidity today.
New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong are all in as normal. China also.
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The 49ers are about 90 minutes away from kickoff, and the inactive are in. As expected, George Kittle will not play Sunday as he’s still working through a groin injury. Earlier reports on Sunday hinted that Kittle might return next week against the Broncos.
Here’s a look at the inactive list for Week 2:
TE George Kittle
OL Daniel Brunskill
DE Kemoko Turay
QB Brock Purdy
OL Nick Zakelj
That means Danny Gray and Ty Davis-Price will suit up. Last week, Malik Gray and Jordan Mason played a more prominent role on special teams. This week, the 49ers are shorthanded at running back as Elijah Mitchell will be out for a couple of months with a sprained MCL.
Because of that, Deebo Samuel might be used more in the backfield. Or TDP. Gray’s speed will be a big role in holding the safeties today for some of Kyle Shanahan’s patented play-action concepts. And if one of the defensive backs feels the need to jump one a high across from Brandon Aiyuk or Deebo, Trey Lance might let it fly deep to Gray.
Also, we’re seeing more 11 (3 WR/1 TE/1 RB) personnel with Kittle injured. That means more usage for wide receivers.
I’m excited to see his speed on display, if you couldn’t tell.
This is a young team. TDP and Gray will play a role, as will Jordan Mason. Drake Jackson played a few snaps last week, but Spencer Burford and Samuel Womack start. That’s five rookies we’ll see in action today. Oh, and the 22-year-old quarterback making his fourth career start. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/18/23359663/49ers-injury-kittle-is-officially-inactive | 2022-09-18T21:56:01Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/18/23359663/49ers-injury-kittle-is-officially-inactive | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
According to reporters on the field, it’s windy enough to the point where it could affect the kicking game. So that’ll be something to keep an eye on.
Also, Ty Davis-Price appears to be the starting running back. Jordan Mason also rotated in, but TDP will get the first crack at it.
NaVorro Bowman is the honorary captain today. The energy at the stadium is electric, and the weather is beautiful. As of now, there are clear skies, and you couldn’t ask for better weather.
Some friends that I talk to are falling for last week and think what Geno Smith did was sustainable against the 49ers and what we saw last week at Soldier Field, despite the conditions, is what we’ll get offensively today.
I’m not buying it.
I’m curious to see how aggressive Kyle Shanahan comes out against a banged-up secondary. Also, how will the secondary hold up against the Seahawks wideouts? DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett have this team’s number. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/18/23359760/49ers-vs-seahawks-1st-quarter-game-thread-lets-see-if-the-niners-can-make-a-statement | 2022-09-18T21:56:08Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/18/23359760/49ers-vs-seahawks-1st-quarter-game-thread-lets-see-if-the-niners-can-make-a-statement | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 49ers had no issue moving the ball on their first drive. Eleven plays, 73 yards, and took nearly 5:44 off the clock. Trey Lance found Brandon Aiyuk underneath, who made a tackler miss en route to a 30-yard gain.
Trey Lance converted a third down with his legs, but an unblocked defender on third down was the difference between a touchdown and a field goal. Twice. A 20-yard field goal was good but that felt like a drive where you make a statement and show some faith in your offense. Instead, 3-0.
The Seahawks had to punt on their first drive.
The 49ers moved the ball on their next drive, but it may have cost them their franchise quarterback. Lance went down with an ankle injury and was ruled out immediately. He left on a cart with his right leg in an air cast.
Now, it’s on Jimmy Garoppolo. There’s a good chance Jimmy will play for a good portion of the season. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/18/23359817/49ers-vs-seahawks-second-quarter-thread-back-to-jimmy-we-go | 2022-09-18T21:56:14Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/18/23359817/49ers-vs-seahawks-second-quarter-thread-back-to-jimmy-we-go | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Brutal. Brutal, brutal, brutal. Trey Lance didn’t make it to the second quarter of his fourth start. It seemed like the game plan was going to involve a heavy dosage of Lance’s legs. The Niners had 12 carries to start the game and Trey had three of them.
On his final touch, Lance went down with what appeared to be an ankle injury. It looked as though Lance’s ankle got caught during a tackle. Immediately, the cart came out for Lance. His right leg was then put in an air cast.
We’ll learn more about Lance’s injury post-game and after he has an MRI, but the look in his face on the cart appeared like someone who knew something was wrong. What a bummer. The kid seemed poised to have a big game and a big season.
Unfortunately, that was cut in half today. The 49ers have the lead, but it feels like this game lost all its excitement when Lance went down with an injury. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/18/23359847/49ers-trey-lance-carted-off-the-field-with-his-right-leg-in-an-air-cast | 2022-09-18T21:56:21Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/18/23359847/49ers-trey-lance-carted-off-the-field-with-his-right-leg-in-an-air-cast | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Jimmy Garoppolo came in and, honestly, looked great on his first two drives. At one point, Garoppolo was 5-for-7 for 80 yards and a touchdown. One of his incompletions came on a 4th & 8 when nothing was there. Jimmy finished the half 8-for-11 for 105 yards.
He had another play on 2nd & 14 when there was a free runner, but Garoppolo hung in there and delivered a strike to Brandon Aiyuk. Those are the plays San Francisco needs him to make.
The Seahawks had a 27-yard gain on a busted coverage. Geno Smith found Tyler Lockett open down the field after breaking the pocket. Unfortunately, for them, Seattle got too cute near the goal line. They ran a halfback pass but the running back woefully underthrew the pass and it landed directly into the hands of Mooney Ward, who had his first interception of the game.
The offense had to punt, but Lockett muffed it and gave San Francisco a short field. Garoppolo found Jeff Wilson, who was split out wide at wide receiver, on third and short for a first down. On the next play, Kyle Juszczyk scored his fifth rushing touchdown of his career.
At the half, it’s 20-0. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/18/23359917/49ers-vs-seahawks-third-quarter-thread-keep-them-at-0 | 2022-09-18T21:56:27Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/18/23359917/49ers-vs-seahawks-third-quarter-thread-keep-them-at-0 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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(ps Just for clarity, the pain will be for you, not Lane, K?)
More from Lane:
- "Demand is now a source of inflation Inflation Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market. Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market. pressure, it was not six or nine months ago in the same way it now is."
- rates could continue to go up at each remaining meeting this year and may rise early next year also
- a recession cannot be ruled out
As head of economics at the ECB, Lane had argued for months that the drivers of inflation were the shocks caused by expensive energy prices. And that monetary policy is largely ineffective against such supply shocks. To be fair, he was not the only DM central banker making such an assessment. Lane now recognises that inflationary price growth has broadened out, and robust consumer demand is also driving prices.
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Bundesbank President, and therefore a member of the European Central Bank Governing Council, Joachim Nagel spoke from Frankfurt over the weekend.
- “If the data trend continues, more interest-rate increases have to follow -- that’s already agreed in the Governing Council”
- “We have to be determined, in October and beyond”
Even if the economy suffers:
- “We must bring inflation back under control, we mustn’t let up, even if the economy worsens.”
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Buescher Wins Bristol; Field Set For Round of 12
The first round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs came and went without a single victory by a contending driver as Chris Buescher collected the victory at the Bristol Motor Speedway Night Race.
As a result, the Playoffs moves into the Round of 12 minus a couple of former champions – Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch.
Buescher joined Erik Jones and Bubba Wallace as Round of 16 winners.
To get the win, Roush Fenway Keselowski driver Buescher had to hold off 2020 champion Chase Elliott over the final 50 laps.
Elliott finished second – .45 seconds back – while Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron was third.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell was fourth and Hendrick’s Kyle Larson fifth.
The second round of the Playoffs begin next week in Texas.
“It‘s so special here,” said Buescher, whose win was the second of his career. “I love this race track. I love the fans. I love every time we come here. It‘s so special. It‘s pretty awesome.
“I don‘t know what all to say right now. I‘m out of breath. This place will wear you flat-out, and I love that about it. It‘s just a special night.”
Buescher, a Texas native, became the 19th driver to win a race in 2022.
The victory was the first for RFK Racing since Brad Keselowski joined the organization as an owner/driver after the 2021 season.
Elliott, Ross Chastain, Kyle Larson, William Byron, Bell, Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, Daniel Suarez, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Austin Cindric and Alex Bowman clinched spots in the next round, though all had serious issues during the race.
Elliott got closer to Buescher on the final two laps but ran out of time.“I felt like we were gaining, but it was… I wasn’t close enough to do anything with him,” Elliott said. “But I appreciate the effort. We had a long day yesterday. Was able to battle back from a bad qualifying effort (23rd) to get a top two, so proud of that.
“Glad to be moving on (in the Playoff) and looking forward to some more opportunities here these coming weeks.”
Harvick and Busch were eliminated after the former had trouble on pit road and the latter blew and engine.
“It was pretty tough,” Harvick said. “We pitted in front of the 17 (Buescher), so just kind of the way the year has gone. Just went from having a chance to lead the parade to being a part of the parade. Just difficult to pass.”
“It just goes with our year,” Busch said. “I don’t even know what to say. I’m flabbergasted. I just feel so bad for my guys. They don’t deserve to be in this spot. They work too hard. We are too good of a group to be this low—down on the bottom, fighting for our lives just to make it through. Two engine failures in three weeks, that will do it to you.”
Tyler Reddick and Richard Childress Racing teammate Austin Dillon both failed to make the Round of 12 after both drivers’ Chevrolets were damaged in a 12-car pileup on the backstretch on Lap 277. Reddick finished 25th and Dillon 31st.
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NASCAR Cup Series Race – 62nd Annual Bass Pro Shops Night Race
Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol, Tennessee
Saturday, September 17, 2022
- (20) Chris Buescher, Ford, 500.
- (23) Chase Elliott (P), Chevrolet, 500.
- (16) William Byron (P), Chevrolet, 500.
- (8) Christopher Bell (P), Toyota, 500.
- (5) Kyle Larson (P), Chevrolet, 500.
- (12) Ross Chastain (P), Chevrolet, 500.
- (13) AJ Allmendinger(i), Chevrolet, 500.
- (11) Cole Custer, Ford, 500.
- (4) Denny Hamlin (P), Toyota, 500.
- (7) Kevin Harvick (P), Ford, 500.
- (18) Michael McDowell, Ford, 500.
- (19) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 500.
- (10) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 499.
- (2) Chase Briscoe (P), Ford, 498.
- (31) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 497.
- (27) Harrison Burton #, Ford, 497.
- (32) Cody Ware, Ford, 497.
- (30) Todd Gilliland #, Ford, 496.
- (29) Daniel Suarez (P), Chevrolet, 494.
- (9) Austin Cindric # (P), Ford, 493.
- (24) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, 492.
- (35) Landon Cassill(i), Chevrolet, 492.
- (36) JJ Yeley(i), Ford, 491.
- (33) BJ McLeod(i), Ford, 491.
- (17) Tyler Reddick (P), Chevrolet, 469.
- (34) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, Steering, 457.
- (15) Joey Logano (P), Ford, Suspension, 437.
- (1) Aric Almirola, Ford, Steering, 418.
- (14) Bubba Wallace (P), Toyota, 408.
- (6) Ryan Blaney (P), Ford, 338.
- (28) Austin Dillon (P), Chevrolet, DVP, 279.
- (3) Alex Bowman (P), Chevrolet, Accident, 277.
- (26) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet, Accident, 276.
- (21) Kyle Busch (P), Toyota, Engine, 269.
- (25) Ty Gibbs(i), Toyota, Steering, 265.
- (22) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Steering, 198.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 88.286 mph.
Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 1 Mins, 7 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.458 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 11 for 80 laps.
Lead Changes: 12 among 6 drivers.
Lap Leaders: A. Almirola 1-35;R. Blaney (P) 36-44;A. Almirola 45;B. Keselowski 46-128;C. Bell (P) 129;C. Buescher 130-237;C. Bell (P) 238-356;K. Larson (P) 357-387;B. Keselowski 388-413;C. Bell (P) 414-435;K. Larson (P) 436-438;C. Bell (P) 439;C. Buescher 440-500.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Chris Buescher 2 times for 169 laps; Christopher Bell (P) 4 times for 143 laps; Brad Keselowski 2 times for 109 laps; Aric Almirola 2 times for 36 laps; Kyle Larson (P) 2 times for 34 laps; Ryan Blaney (P) 1 time for 9 laps.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 6,20,18,14,5,48,17,8,24,19
Stage #2 Top Ten: 20,1,14,9,18,48,24,3,5,4
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Odd-Ball 2022 Season Continues At Bristol Night Race
By Deb Williams | Senor Writer
RacinToday.com
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Parity and unpredictability, trademarks of the 2022 NASCAR Cup season continued at Bristol Motor Speedway Saturday night as Chris Buescher became the 19th different winner this season and two Cup champions failed to advance to the Round of 12 in the playoffs.
Two-time Cup champion Kyle Busch found himself sidelined from the title hunt due to a blown engine, his second in the last three races. It marked the first time Busch has failed to advance to the second round since this format was instituted in 2014.
“This sort of goes with our year,” Busch said. “I don’t even know what to say. I’m flabbergasted. We’re too good of a group to be this low on the bottom and fighting for our lives to make it through, but two engine failures in three weeks will do it to you. It’s not our normal.”
Kevin Harvick finished 10th in the Bass Pro Shops Night Race, but the Stewart-Haas Racing driver needed to win to advance due to problems in the first two playoff races. Harvick appeared poised to possibly win the Bristol event on the tough half-mile track, running in the top five with slightly more than 60 laps remaining. However, when he pitted during the 11th and final caution period on lap 438, the left-front wheel on his Ford fell off as he started to exit his pit. He had to back up to get a new wheel attached and that left him 10th on the restart, a deficit he couldn’t overcome in the closing laps.
“The luck has just been terrible (this year). It’s been one thing after another,” Harvick said. “It sucks not being in control. With all of the trouble everybody had tonight all you needed to do was ride around.”
Joining Busch and Harvick on the playoff sidelines are Richard Childress Racing drivers Tyler Reddick and Austin Dillon. Both were involved in a 12-car accident on the backstretch and finished 25th and 31st, respectively.
With non-playoff drivers winning at Darlington, Kansas and Bristol, it meant those advancing to the Round of 12 had to accomplish the feat on points for the first time ever. A few of the drivers fluctuated in-and-out of the standings due to various issues.
Austin Cindric, the first rookie to advance into the second round since Chase Elliott in 2016, had an issue with right-front tires throughout the evening. His crew didn’t tell him the point situation until the final stage when it appeared he had a chance of advancing into the playoffs’ second round.
“I was about 16 (points) out at the beginning of Stage 3,” Cindric said. “Then we were five out, four out, tied with the 18 (Busch). The fact that we finished 20th certainly shows the attrition.
“Just a perfect storm in some ways. Bristol showed us some mercy tonight. Not a very impressive night for Team Penske. I’m just glad all three of us made it through to the next round.”
While most of the attention in Saturday night’s race focused on the playoff contenders, RFK Racing demonstrated its renewed strength with Buescher and team co-owner/driver Brad Keselowski leading a total of 278 of the race’s 500 laps.
“This is a legacy type of win,” Keselowski said. “There’s some tracks that winning at is always great. Don’t get me wrong, but there’s some tracks that winning at is just not as special as others, and Bristol is right up there at the top of being special. (It’s a) big moment for us.”
Buescher’s second career Cup victory came 223 races, 2,238 days after he scored his inaugural win at Pocono in August 2016. It also came in a season where he’s been upside down after barrel rolling at Charlotte and dealing with a car fire at Indianapolis.
“We’ve had some really close ones this year,” said Buescher, who finished 0.458 second ahead of Chase Elliott. “The progress and the speed has been there at a lot of places. We’ve come back on Monday and been happy for a lot of reasons and really upset on some missed opportunities or some small things that we felt like could have completely changed some of our days or some big things like catching on fire at Indy.
“There’s been a lot of moments through the summer, really through the season, that we could add up and say we’ve been sneaking up on this. So, it was nice to put it together.
“You know, I think about the Pocono win, and that one was special, but this has been the one I would take over any other race, whether it’s the 500, the Coke 600. This is the one I’ve wanted forever.”
Next weekend’s race at Texas Motor Speedway kicks off the playoffs’ second round with Elliott once again leading the standings since the points have been reset. Joining him in the Round of 12, respectively, are Joey Logano, Ross Chastain, Kyle Larson, William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, Chase Briscoe, Alex Bowman, Daniel Suarez, and Cindric.
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Hove: The graceful Smriti Mandhana once again enhanced her reputation as one of India's biggest match winners with an attractive 91 that literally decimated England by seven wickets in the opening WODI, here on Sunday.
Harmanpreet Kaur won a good toss and veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami was accuracy personified with 42 dot balls in one of of her last international games as England managed a sub-par 227 for seven, largely due to efforts from the lower middle-order.
India were never in trouble during the chase as Mandhana (91 off 99 balls) literally drove and pulled her way before missing out on a deserving sixth WODI hundred by nine runs.
But by the time she was dismissed, Mandhana ensured a 45th over finish for the Women In Blue, who now go 1-0 up in three-match series.
Yastika Bhatia (50 off 47 balls), who hasn't done justice to her enormous talent, also notched up her third half-century and scored at more than run-a-ball strike-rate.
Yastika-Mandhana second wicket stand of 96 in just 16.1 overs set the foundation and then Harmanpreet (74 not out in 94 balls) eased her way to a another fifty as she added 99 runs with her deputy and then finished it off in style with a slog sweep six.
Mandhana's innings had 10 fours and a lovely six over long-on off seamer Issy-Wong.
While both Yastika and Mandhana drove majestically through the covers during the Powerplay, the Indian vice-captain also played a lot of pull-shots with English bowlers drifting down the leg-side.
It must be said that Harmanpreet read the conditions at the County Ground in Hove way better than her England counterpart Amy Jones.
While Indian spinners Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Deepti Sharma varied pace of their deliveries to make strokeplay difficult, England's seamers Kate Cross (2/43 in 10 overs), Alice Davidson-Jones (0/48 in 7.2 overs), Wong(0/35 in 5 overs) along with off-spinner Charlie Dean (1/45 in 10 overs) allowed the visiting team batters to use the pace of their deliveries to score runs behind the square.
In the first 15 overs, India hit 13 fours and a six (by Yastika) and it was all over for England.
Earlier, Goswami, the 39-year-old legend, was parsimonious, giving away only 20 runs in 10 overs with as many as 42 dot balls.
She didn't concede a single boundary or six and also bowled a fine off-cutter to get rid of the seasoned Tammy Beaumont (7).
On a track where ball wasn't always coming onto the bat, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur did the correct thing by opting to field.
After seamer Meghna Singh (1/42 in 8 overs) hurried the other opener Emma Lamb (12) with a short ball, Goswami and the two spinners Deepti (2/33 in 10 overs) and Gayakwad (1/40 in 10 overs) choked the run flow consistently.
However, Sneh Rana (1/45 in 6 overs) and Pooja Vastrakar (0/20 in 2 overs) along with Meghna did leak a few runs as the home team did put up a 220 plus score in the end.
Dani Wyatt (43 off 50 balls), Alice Davidson-Richards (50 not out off 61 balls) and Sophie Ecclestone (31) were the notable contributors for England.
Even Charlie Dean played a nice cameo (24 no off 21 balls) towards the end to beef up the target.
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King gives thanks to nation for support and comfort ahead of Queen’s funeral
The King has issued a message of thanks to the nation ahead of the Queen’s state funeral.
Charles said he wanted, “as we all prepare to say our last farewell”, to offer his gratitude to “all those countless people who have been such a support and comfort to my Family and myself in this time of grief”.
He said he and the Queen Consort were “deeply touched” by the many messages they had received from around the world, and “moved beyond measure” by those who turned out to pay their respects throughout the UK to “my dear mother”.
Charles will lead the nation in mourning for its longest reigning monarch on Monday as Westminster Abbey stages a spectacular state funeral for Elizabeth II.
Two thousand people including foreign royals, world leaders, presidents and prime ministers will flock to the gothic church for a day of pageantry, military processions and solemnity in honour of the late Queen.
Charles said, in the written message issued by Buckingham Palace: “Over the last ten days, my wife and I have been so deeply touched by the many messages of condolence and support we have received from this country and across the world.
“In London, Edinburgh, Hillsborough and Cardiff we were moved beyond measure by everyone who took the trouble to come and pay their respects to the lifelong service of my dear mother, The late Queen.
“As we all prepare to say our last farewell, I wanted simply to take this opportunity to say thank you to all those countless people who have been such a support and comfort to my Family and myself in this time of grief.”
It came after the Queen Consort paid her own televised tribute, describing the Queen’s “wonderful blue eyes” but also how her gaze could be a little withering if you “dare question” her equestrian knowledge.
Buckingham Palace released an unseen portrait of the Queen smiling with joy on the eve of her funeral. The photograph, taken in May ahead of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, shows the monarch beaming brightly at the camera in her Windsor Castle home.
The Queen Consort, who had known the monarch for decades, said the Queen had a clear demarcation between her public duties and private life and her summer breaks at Balmoral in Scotland were a moment for “her enjoyment”.
Her tribute to her mother-in-law was aired on Sunday on the BBC, shortly before the national minute’s silence at 8pm.
Speaking about her wedding day on April 9 2005, the Queen Consort said: “I remember coming from here, Clarence House, (to) go to Windsor the day I got married when I probably wasn’t firing on all cylinders, quite nervous and, for some unknown reason, I put on a pair of shoes and one had an inch heel and one had a two-inch heel.
“So, I mean talk about hop-a-long and there’s nothing I could do. I was halfway down in the car before I realised and you know, she – she could see and laughed about it and said, ‘look I’m terribly sorry’ and she did, you know, she had a good sense of humour.”
The late monarch was never happier than when visiting her thoroughbreds at the royal stud or watching them race and Camilla commented on her “passion for racing”.
The Queen Consort said: “She was able to escape to Sandringham. She had the stud next door. She could go every day, see her foals, work out you know, the next meetings for the year. I think she always kept that as you know, her, her private bit.
“You wouldn’t dare question her or argue with her on how horse are bred or how it ran because you’d get a very steely blue-eyed look back again.”
Camilla added: “She made a rule that she had her private time and her private passions and then her public role and I think that is very important that, you know, the diary is planned out so you know when you’re on duty and when you’ve got to do things.
“Then when she went up to Scotland in August, you know that was the moment where it was her enjoyment.
“Although she was probably working, you know with her red boxes throughout, she could have her family to stay, she could do the things she loved.”
Camilla, in pre-recorded words, also spoke about how Queen Elizabeth II carved out her own role for many years in the “difficult position” of being a “solitary woman” in a male-dominated world.
The Queen delivered a masterstroke on the eve of her Platinum Jubilee in February 2022 when she endorsed the then-Duchess of Cornwall to be known as Queen Consort when the time came.
The Queen said it was her “sincere wish” and called on the public to back both her daughter-in-law and Charles when he became King.
It was a shrewd move from the monarch, in her twilight years, setting her affairs in order and ensuring as smooth a transition as possible.
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Lillehammer (Norway): India were thrashed 0-3 by a far-superior Norway team as world No.2 Casper Ruud combined with Viktor Durasovic to win the doubles match and complete the rout in the World Group-I tie of the Davis Cup here on Saturday.
The Indian pair of Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni went down 3-6, 6-3, 3-6.
Having lost both the singles on the opening day, the Yuki-Saketh pair did put up a fight before losing to the fancied Norwegian duo in an hour and 50 minutes.
On day one, both Ramkumar Ramanathan and Prajnesh Gunneswaran had lost their respective singles matches by identical margins of 1-6, 4-6 to Durasovic and Ruud, respectively.
While Ruud, a finalists at French Open and the US Open is a cut above the rest, the Indians couldn't tame even Durasovic, whose singles ranking is a lowly 325 and stands at 224 in the doubles list.
Ruud, on the other hand, doesn't even play doubles on the circuit. However, as had been the case often, the potent singles player had an advantage over the specialist doubles players.
The Norwegian pair needed one break point each in the first and third set to clinch the rubber.
The Yuki-Saketh pairing had had some success at the Challenger level where it reached a few finals, but at a level which is a few notches higher, the duo failed to keep India afloat despite having a better understanding on paper, compared to the pair of Ruud and Durasovic.
With Norway taking an unassailable 3-0 lead, the two reverse singles won't be played.
The Indian team was staring at a heavy defeat after conceding a 0-2 lead to the hosts following Ramkumar's loss to Durasovic in the second singles on Friday evening.
Ramkumar, the number one singles player for India, failed to live up to expectations as he suffered a straight-set loss to his lower-ranked opponent Durasovic in one hour and 16 minutes.
After Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost to Ruud in an expected result in the first singles, the onus was on Ramkumar to keep India in the tie by winning the second match.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Chris Buescher closed out a bizarre first round of NASCAR’s playoffs in which none of the title contenders won a race by becoming the 19th winner this season with his victory Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.
The second win of Buescher’s career marked the first time in this format of NASCAR’s postseason that a playoff driver failed to win a race during a round. Erik Jones won the opener and Bubba Wallace won last week.
Buescher won for RFK Racing, the longtime Jack Roush-owned team that took on Brad Keselowski in the ownership group this season, to give the organization its first win in a points-paying Cup race in over five years. Buescher and Keselowski both won a pair of exhibition races for RFK at Daytona in February.
“This is so special, this team does such a good job,” said Buescher, who won with a late call for two tires on the final pit stop. “It’s special to get RFK into victory lane for the first time.”
Keselowski, who left a long successful career at Team Penske to become an owner and driver at rebranded RFK, won the first stage for his first stage victory of the season. He congratulated Buescher both on-track and in victory lane.
It was the first points-paying win for RFK — then called Roush Fenway Racing — since Daytona in 2017, and the first non-superspeedway win on an oval since Carl Edwards won at Bristol in 2014.
The showdown on the Bristol short track was the first elimination race of NASCAR’s playoffs and it was a nail-biter to the very end as at least a dozen of the 16 title contenders had some sort of problem. There was a rash of flat tires for Ford drivers, mechanical problems for Toyota, an engine failure for Kyle Busch and Richard Childress Racing’s two drivers were both involved in a crash.
The 16-driver field was cut by four, and eliminated from the playoffs were Kevin Harvick, Busch and RCR teammates Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick.
“This place is tough on the drivers. It’s tough on the cars,” Reddick said. “You never know how it’s going to go.”
Harvick, Busch and Dillon were all below the cutline headed into the race, but Harvick had a shot at the win until a wheel fell off his Ford during the final pit stop. He’d inherited a near-clear path to the victory — and an automatic berth into the next round — when Keselowski got a flat tire and hit the wall while leading.
“Just went from having a chance to lead the parade to being a part of the parade,” said Harvick, who noted he was ahead of Buescher at the final pit stop. ”
Austin Cindric barely advanced because he was one of the early Ford drivers to run into trouble with a flat tire. There was a rash of tire problems for Ford drivers, and it would have eliminated many of them if so many playoff drivers didn’t have problems.
Among those who had no problems were Hendrick Motorsports teammates Chase Elliott and William Byron, who finished second and third in Chevrolets.
Christopher Bell finished fourth in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing and was followed by Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain of Trackhouse Racing. Non-playoff drivers AJ Allmendinger and Cole Custer finished seventh and eighth.
The 19 winners in a season has been done a record four other times in NASCAR history and Elliott, who cycled back to the points lead for the start of the second round of the playoffs, noted the first three races showed what a crapshoot the process is this year.
“I don’t think anybody is safe,” Elliott said. “Nobody is safe in these rounds. And we want to do better, too.”
BIZARRE END FOR BUSCH
Kyle Busch won’t race for a third championship in his final season with Joe Gibbs Racing. Busch closed a wild week in which he announced he was leaving JGR to drive for Richard Childress Racing, then went to Bristol desperately trying to stay in title contention.
But his engine seemed to fail just past the halfway mark and Busch bounced off the wall, then drove his Toyota to the garage and walked back to his truck. He never removed his helmet.
“I don’t even know what to say. I’m flabbergasted,” Busch said. “I just feel so bad for my guys. They don’t deserve to be in this spot, we’re too good of a group to be this low down on the bottom and fighting for our lives just to make it through. But two engine failures in three weeks, that will do it to you.
“This is not our normal.”
It seemed certain Busch had been eliminated from the playoffs until the next restart and Daniel Suarez triggered a crash that also caused damage to contenders Dillon and Reddick. Like Busch, Dillon went to Bristol below the cutline and in danger of elimination.
The crash gave new hope to Busch, but he said he wasn’t sticking around to find out if he advanced. He said once released of his NASCAR obligations, he was headed back to North Carolina: “I’ve got kids at home,” Busch said.
Busch wound up 34th and was eliminated.
UP NEXT
The opening race of the second round of the playoffs is Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. Blaney won the All-Star race there in May, and Larson won the playoff race there last season when Texas opened the third round and Larson’s victory earned him an automatic berth in the championship finale.
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In a new documentary, four refugees from Zimbabwe compete in an international wine tasting competition. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with sommelier Tinashe Nyamudoka about "Blind Ambition."
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — When Saturday’s Oklahoma-Nebraska game was scheduled 10 years ago, the intention was to celebrate what once was among college football’s greatest rivalries.
It turned out to be further confirmation the Cornhuskers are just a shell of the program that decades ago battled the Sooners for conference titles year in and year out.
Dillon Gabriel threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and sixth-ranked Oklahoma hammered Nebraska 49-14 in the Huskers’ first game following the firing of Scott Frost.
OU (3-0) posted its most lopsided victory over Nebraska (1-3) since a 45-10 win in 1990 and scored its most points in Lincoln in 43 all-time visits. The Sooners have won seven of eight against the Huskers. The next meetings are set for 2029 and ’30.
“We’ve not done anything but win our first road game,” first-year OU coach Brent Venables said. “No one here is beating their chest. Today was a good, strong win and I think we improved today in lots of different ways.”
The Huskers have lost 19 straight against Top 25 opponents and nine in a row against Bowl Subdivision teams.
Frost’s tenure, which lasted four years plus three games, was marked by close games. The first one under interim head coach Mickey Joseph was never in doubt after the opening quarter, and Memorial Stadium began emptying at halftime.
Joseph said it was apparent he didn’t get his team ready emotionally.
“It’s not my kids’ fault, not my assistant coaches’ fault, this is on me,” he said. “I’ve got to accept responsibility for it, and I have. We’re going to get better next week. We’ve got eight games left, and we’re going to get ready to win some games.”
Oklahoma scored 49 straight points after Nebraska opened the game with a six-play, 77-yard touchdown drive. The Huskers totaled just 71 yards on their next 37 plays in the first half and didn’t score again until backup quarterback Chubba Purdy ran for a late touchdown.
Gabriel was 16 of 27 for 230 yards and turned things over to backup Davis Beville on the third series of the second half. The Sooners finished with 580 total yards, 312 on the ground.
“I’m extremely critical of myself and felt like I left a lot of things on the field,” Gabriel said. “We were a couple explosive plays away from making us feel really good about how we played.”
Gabriel got the Sooners started with a career-long 61-yard touchdown run on a quarterback draw. “What sweet feet he had,” Venables said.
Gabriel then threw a 25-yard pass to Jalil Farooq to put his team ahead. Marcus Major scored the next two TDs. The first score was a short run and the second on a trick play where Gabriel lateraled to tight end Brayden Willis, who lofted a 24-yard pass to the wide-open Major.
Eric Gray’s 16-yard run made it 35-7 at half, and then the Sooners mostly kept it on the ground to chew up clock.
The Huskers’ Casey Thompson was 14 of 20 for 129 yards and a touchdown and got sacked four times. He was replaced by Purdy after the Huskers went down 49-7 in the middle of the third quarter.
Nebraska and Oklahoma combined for 44 of 48 Big Seven and Big Eight championships and 11 national titles from 1948-1995.
Nebraska and Oklahoma players from the 1970s and ‘80s made a weekend of it. The Huskers’ 1970-71 national championship teams held a reunion and Johnny Rodgers was honored on the field to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his winning the Heisman Trophy.
Joseph said he didn’t see such a poor performance coming.
“Yes, it’s surprising,” he said. “But I wanted them to continue to fight, and they did. It’s on me. I’ve got to fix this problem.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Oklahoma: After scoring seven first-half points against Kent State last week, the Sooners had 35 by half and will go into Big 12 play off their most complete game of the season on both sides of the ball.
Nebraska: The defense continues to flounder, having given up more than 500 yards to a third straight Bowl Subdivision opponent. The offensive line doesn’t give Thompson a chance to create a rhythm.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
The Sooners should hold their place in the AP Top 25 and, with all the teams above them winning, probably will have to wait to crack the top five for the first time since the middle of last November.
SOONER EJECTED
Oklahoma’s DaShaun White was ejected for targeting in the second quarter when he hit Thompson with the crown of his helmet after Thompson released the ball.
LINE CHANGE
Nebraska left tackle Teddy Prochaska didn’t dress because of a shoulder injury and is out for the season, Joseph said. Turner Corcoran, who started the first three games at left guard, took over Prochaska’s spot.
UP NEXT
Oklahoma: hosts Kansas State on Saturday in Big 12 opener.
Nebraska: open date before hosting Indiana on Oct. 1.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KTVI) – Anheuser-Busch is settling a class-action lawsuit associated with their Ritas™ line of drink, meaning if you’ve ever had a Lime-a-Rita, you may be eligible to file a claim.
The lawsuit, filed in Missouri, alleges that the brewer advertised that the drink contains tequila or wine when they do not. Anheuser-Busch denies any wrongdoing and settled the lawsuit.
A court has not yet decided whether to approve the settlement, but you can start your claim now to receive settlement money if you’re eligible.
To be eligible, you’ll need to have purchased any of the dozens of Ritas™ Brand Products listed in the settlement in the U.S., from Jan. 1, 2018, through July 19, 2022.
You can receive a partial refund of up to $9.75 without proof of purchase. If you have a receipt, then you may get $21.75. Your refund total will depend on the product or products you purchased.
The deadline to file a claim is Dec. 16, 2022.
According to the settlement’s website, a hearing will be held in early December to determine whether the settlement should be approved.
Learn more about the products this settlement applies to and file a claim here. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/drink-a-lime-a-rita-since-2018-you-could-receive-21-in-a-new-settlement/ | 2022-09-18T22:26:44Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/drink-a-lime-a-rita-since-2018-you-could-receive-21-in-a-new-settlement/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Florida woman accused of attempting to murder her roommates after stabbing them, and then going shopping
MARION COUNTY, Fla. - A 31-year-old woman has been arrested for attempted first-degree murder after deputies found two people who were stabbed Friday morning.
Christina Adams, 31, was arrested shortly after the stabbing in Marion County after one of the victims called 911 to report the incident, deputies said.
When deputies responded to the 911 call around 8:03 a.m., one of the victims said Adams was the person who stabbed her and another person. Adams allegedly fled the scene, but was located by deputies near where the stabbing happened, deputies said.
Adams initially denied any involvement, but she later told detectives that she was "angry over being asked to leave the home that she shared with the victims."
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Adams told deputies she grabbed a large knife and attacked both of her roommates and stabbed them multiple times, according to the report.
Thinking both of her roommates were dead, deputies alleged Adams attempted to "destroy evidence," and then eventually left the house. Adams told deputies in an interview that she changed her clothes and went shopping
Deputies located Adams as she was driving back to the house.
She was booked into jail on two counts of attempted first-degree murder and tampering with evidence. She is being held at the Marion County jail without bond. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/florida-woman-accused-of-attempting-to-murder-her-roommates-after-stabbing-them-multiple-times-deputies-say | 2022-09-18T22:28:13Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/florida-woman-accused-of-attempting-to-murder-her-roommates-after-stabbing-them-multiple-times-deputies-say | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Highland Park man faces firearm charge after police investigate deadly fight on Lake Michigan's shoreline
LAKE COUNTY, Ill. - A Highland Park man was arrested after Lake Forest Police say a man was killed in a violent fight at the Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve Saturday.
Around 5:10 a.m., police were called to the first block of Cliff Road in Highland Park for a report of an unconscious man on Lake Michigan's shoreline.
Police later found a man in Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve at 117 Sheridan Road in Unincorporated Lake Forest.
According to preliminary information, a 45-year-old man went to talk with people being loud on the lakeshore.
The man got into a fight with two men, ages 20 and 18. Both men were injured and were hospitalized.
The 20-year-old, Nicholas M. Caban, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm without a serial number.
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During a search of Caban's residence Saturday, authorities located a semiautomatic pistol.
The firearm had no identifiable serial numbers.
Authorities said the firearm was not used in the incident that took place in the forest preserve.
Additional charges for Caban are possible following further investigation, and the results of the victim’s autopsy, authorities said.
Caban's initial hearing is scheduled for Monday. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/highland-park-man-faces-firearm-charge-after-police-investigate-deadly-fight-on-lake-michigans-shoreline | 2022-09-18T22:28:19Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/highland-park-man-faces-firearm-charge-after-police-investigate-deadly-fight-on-lake-michigans-shoreline | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
'Wheel of Fortune' host Pat Sajak ripped on social media for photo with Marjorie Taylor Greene
LOS ANGELES - A photo of longtime "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak with Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has surfaced, and people on Twitter are fuming.
The picture, apparently captured earlier this month, went viral on Twitter after it was re-shared by a Twitter account described as "exposing right-wing extremism and other threats to democracy."
One user wrote, "Pictured: Pat Sajak and Vanna Whitesupremacist," referencing Sajak's "Wheel of Fortune" co-host, Vanna White, while another tweeted, "Pat Sajak has always been a far-right lunatic I’m not surprised at all."
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Additionally, members of academia and a former political candidate for office offered their take on the Sajak photo and whether they believed it to be a revelation or not.
Temple University Professor, Marc Lamont Hill, shared his disgust, writing, "First Chuck Woolery. Now Pat Sajak. Are all game show hosts trash?" Chuck Woolery, the original host of "Wheel of Fortune," has also been met with criticism for his political views.
Diana Gonzalez, the Director Of Media Relations at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine, wrote that she won't be watching "Wheel of Fortune" anymore. She tweeted, "The company you keep is quite unfortunate @patsajak. (Sic) Will be changing the channel when you spin the wheel."
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Former U.S. House of Representatives candidate Johnny Akzam seemed confused about why the photo was garnering such an intense reaction, writing, "This isn't news. It's well known Pat Sajak is a raving conservative. Watch the show, don't watch the show, but he's about to retire and y'all are late by over half my life."
Sajak, who has hosted the game show since 1981, recently opened up about a potential departure and retirement.
Other users were less critical of the TV personality for his photo appearance with Greene.
One person noted, "That people hate Pat Sajak just because of his conservative views is a microcosm of everything wrong with our country right now."
Another individual came to the defense of the 75-year-old, tweeting, "Cancel Culture is completely out of control. The latest victim.......PAT SAJAK!!"
Neither Sajak nor Greene have commented on the photograph going viral.
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The D.C. Air National Guard celebrated the U.S. Air Force’s 75th Anniversary at the Joint Base Andrews Air & Space Expo at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Sept. 17-18, 2022. The Air & Space Expo included aerial demonstrations and aircraft static displays with families, youth groups and veterans in attendance. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen)
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The D.C. Air National Guard celebrated the U.S. Air Force’s 75th Anniversary at the Joint Base Andrews Air & Space Expo at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Sept. 17-18, 2022. The Air & Space Expo included aerial demonstrations and aircraft static displays with families, youth groups and veterans in attendance. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Natalie Filzen)
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CITRA, Fla. (AP) — A small plane crashed in a heavily wooded area of central Florida, killing both people on board, officials said Sunday.
The plane crashed late Saturday in a wooded area between Citra and Orange Springs in Marion County, the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post.
Because of the remote location of the crash, a special operations force in the Marion County Sheriff's Office was called in to help get to the site, deputies said.
The Federal Aviation Administration was notified, and their investigators were planning to look into the crash, the sheriff's office said. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/florida-news/small-plane-crashes-in-central-florida-woods-killing-two | 2022-09-18T22:48:25Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/florida-news/small-plane-crashes-in-central-florida-woods-killing-two | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A strong earthquake has shaken much of Taiwan, killing one person and injuring nine.
A three-story building was toppled but all four people trapped inside were rescued.
The magnitude 6.8 quake on Sunday also stranded about 400 tourists on a mountainside and knocked part of a passenger train off its tracks.
It was the largest earthquake that rattled the island’s southeastern coast since Saturday evening, when a 6.4 quake struck the same area. Most of the damage was in Yuli town, where a cement factory worker died and the three-story building that has a store and residences collapsed.
Over 7,000 households are without power. None of the 20 passengers were hurt when their train derailed at a station because of the shaking. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/strong-quake-kills-1-knocks-house-derails-train-in-taiwan | 2022-09-18T22:48:31Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/strong-quake-kills-1-knocks-house-derails-train-in-taiwan | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Nearly 2,000 people will gather in Westminster Abbey Monday morning for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
In addition to the family, friends and world leaders expected to gather in Westminster Abbey, the British government has erected large public viewing areas for the public to gather to watch the funeral service. Monday has also been declared a federal holiday in the U.K. and a number of Commonwealth nations.
Here is a schedule of events:
5:44 a.m. ET (2:44 a.m. PT): The coffin will travel from the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) to Westminster Abbey
6 a.m. ET (3 a.m. PT): Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral
6:55 a.m. ET (3:55 a.m. PT): Two-minute moment of silence near the end of the funeral service
7 a.m. ET (4 a.m. PT): Procession along Broad Sanctuary, Parliament Square, Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade, Horse Guards Road, The Mall and Constitution Hill
10:10 a.m. ET (7:10 a.m. PT): The hearse will travel in procession along Albert Road and the Long Walk to St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle
11 a.m. ET (8 a.m. PT): Committal service for Elizabeth will take place at St George’s Chapel | https://www.wtxl.com/news/world/the-world-pays-its-final-farewell-to-queen-elizabeth-ii | 2022-09-18T22:48:37Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/world/the-world-pays-its-final-farewell-to-queen-elizabeth-ii | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw two touchdown passes to Christian Kirk, and Jacksonville dominated short-handed Indianapolis 24-0 on Sunday for its eighth consecutive home victory in the series.
The Jaguars sacked Matt Ryan five times, intercepted three of his passes, held reigning NFL rushing champion Jonathan Taylor to 54 yards and notched their eighth shutout in franchise history. The past three have come against Indianapolis (0-1-1), which hasn’t won in Jacksonville since 2014.
This one was never in doubt and helped Doug Pederson record his first victory with the Jags.
Jacksonville (1-1) scored touchdowns on two of its first three possessions and cruised past the team picked as a contender in the AFC South.
Lawrence completed 25 of 30 passes for 235 yards, with TD passes of 5 and 10 yards to Kirk. Kirk finished with six catches for 78 yards.
James Robinson ran 23 times for 60 yards, including a 37-yard TD scamper in the first half that showed he’s fully back from a torn Achilles tendon sustained last December.
Jacksonville's defense was the bigger story. Rookie linebacker Devin Lloyd and safeties Andre Cisco and Rayshawn Jenkins picked off Ryan. Josh Allen had two of the unit's five sacks. He also forced a fumble. It was one of the more impressive shutouts in franchise history.
It also might come with an asterisk. The Colts played without three key starters: All-Pro linebacker Shaquille Leonard and receivers Michael Pittman and rookie Alec Pierce. Without Pittman, Ryan had little experience and even less speed on the field. Ashton Dulin led the way with five receptions for 79 yards.
Ryan had been 4-0 against Jacksonville. But he will surely feel his first loss against the team. Ryan was knocked around early and often — his jersey was covered in dirt and grass stains — and was slow to get up after several hits.
The Colts had two fourth-quarter drives in the red zone, but Ryan was under duress on both incompletions to the end zone.
Indy’s bigger issue was getting Taylor loose. After running for 161 yards last week in a tie at Houston, Taylor had just 4 yards on five carries at halftime. He broke free for a 21-yard gain in the second half, but it was too little too late.
Colts coach Frank Reich fell to 0-5 against Jacksonville, a dubious skid that surely won't sit well with team owner Jim Irsay. Reich and his team blew a chance to make the playoffs last season by losing the finale in Jacksonville. They spent the past eight months waiting for this rematch — and then were essentially no-shows.
KEY INJURIES
Colts FS Julian Blackmon left the game in the first half with a shoulder injury but later returned. ... Jaguars CB Tyson Campbell missed a play in the fourth quarter.
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Colts: Host Kansas City in their home opener next Sunday, beginning a daunting, three-game stretch that also includes Tennessee and Denver.
Jaguars: Travel cross-country to face the Los Angeles Chargers next Sunday. Jacksonville has lost 15 of 18 games in the Pacific time zone. | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/jags-home-win-streak-vs-colts-reaches-8-with-24-0-shutout | 2022-09-18T22:48:49Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/jags-home-win-streak-vs-colts-reaches-8-with-24-0-shutout | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — See latest article on Fiona.
Aside from Hurricane Fiona, there is one tropical wave located out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This is set to fizzle out over the next few days and pose no threat to land.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — See latest article on Fiona.
Aside from Hurricane Fiona, there is one tropical wave located out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This is set to fizzle out over the next few days and pose no threat to land. | https://www.wtxl.com/weather/sunday-evening-first-to-know-tropics-check-09-18-22 | 2022-09-18T22:49:07Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/weather/sunday-evening-first-to-know-tropics-check-09-18-22 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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A Louisiana State University student died after being shot multiple times while sitting in her vehicle early Friday, Baton Rouge police say.
Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Allison Rice of Geismar, Louisiana, who was shot around 2:19 a.m. Friday on the 1500 block of Government St, the Baton Rouge Police Department said in a news release.
"Rice was shot multiple times while sitting in the driver seat of her vehicle. Rice died at the scene," the release reads. "The motive and suspect(s) are unknown at this time."
Louisiana State University called for anyone with information on the shooting to contact police.
"The LSU community is saddened to hear of senior Allison Rice being killed. Her family and friends are in our thoughts, and we encourage anyone who may have more information about this crime to contact Baton Rouge Police," the university said in a statement to CNN Sunday.
Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome issued a statement on Twitter condemning the attack.
"This senseless violence is completely unacceptable, and Baton Rouge Police officers are thoroughly investigating to bring the perpetrator to justice. Our university community is an essential part of the fabric of Baton Rouge. It is of the utmost importance that we create a safe environment as we welcome students from across our state and the nation," the mayor said.
Broome said she is coordinating a meeting with various local university officials, student government and law enforcement to discuss safety for all college students in Baton Rouge.
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy expressed his condolences on Twitter.
"Becky and I are devastated to learn about the tragic passing of LSU senior Allison Rice, whose life was taken in a senseless act of violence. We are sending our prayers and deepest condolences to her family and the LSU community," Kennedy said in the post.
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(iSeeCars) – Be prepared. There’s a reason why the Boy Scouts adopted this simple motto, which can apply to all areas of life. And one area where it’s crucial to be prepared is in your car, because regardless of how reliable your vehicle is, it will inevitably break down and you’ll likely be far from the comforts of home when it does. To help drivers prepare for all unexpected scenarios, we’ve developed a helpful guide of things to keep in your car. These essential items could make all the difference when ensuring your breakdown is benign versus catastrophic. Some of these items will help you travel more comfortably during your day-to-day driving as well.
We hope your vehicle doesn’t leave you stranded on the side of the road, but we recommend these 24 things to keep in your car just in case.
1. Up-to-Date Registration
We’ll start with the obvious one here. You’ll need your car registration if your vehicle doesn’t break down. There’s always the chance that you’ll be going a tad over the speed limit or unknowingly take a turn at a red light when you weren’t supposed to, and a police officer will happen to be watching. More importantly, however, is the off-chance that you’re in an accident. Your registration will be a necessity in this instance as well. In either instance, you will need proof of your registration. If you don’t have that proof, you can receive a citation or a fine. If your registration isn’t current, you can be pulled over for having an expired registration. This will result in a harsher penalty than simply not having proof of a current registration, and your penalty will depend on how long your registration has been expired. In the most extreme case, your vehicle could be impounded. Always be aware of when your registration is set to expire, and make sure you renew it before that happens.
2. Insurance Card
Car insurance is mandatory in 49 of 50 states. The exception is New Hampshire, where it is not required as long as you can show financial responsibility. To show that you are compliant with your state’s law you should always have your proof of insurance with you. Not only is it the law, it is also a necessity should you ever get in an accident. Proof of insurance varies with your insurance company and can be in the form of an ID card or in a document. It must contain your policy number, effective dates, your vehicle description and VIN, and name of the policyholder. Online versions of these documents are also available, so you can save them on your phone for easy retrieval instead of keeping the physical version in your glove compartment. However, we recommend having a physical version handy along with the electronic version.
3. Owner’s Manual
Another item that should be a mainstay in your glove box is your car’s owner’s manual. This will include helpful information like what your tire pressure should be and what certain warning lights mean. You never know when you’ll need it, so you should always have it accessible. Modern cars often include a ditigal version of the owner’s manual, but just like registration, we recommend a paper copy as backup, and you can often request these from the manufacturer or a site like Helminc.com.
4. Spare Tire/Tire Jack
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of the roads, waiting to take a nice big chunk out of one of your tires, or poke something really sharp into one. Unless your vehicle is equipped with run-flat tires, these occurrences can quickly put an end to your travel plans. So, unless you want to pay a tow truck to come and haul your vehicle to the nearest service station, you’ll want to make sure your spare tire is always properly inflated (something you can ask any shop to do whenever your vehicle is in for service), and your tire jack is in proper working order. You should also have the correct tools to change a tire, including a lug wrench. AAA members can call to have their tire replaced with their spare, though you will likely have to wait a long time.
5. Tire Pressure Gauge
Keeping with the tire theme is a tire safety gauge. While modern vehicles have warning indicators to let you know if your pressure is low, it’s important to have a tire pressure gauge to ensure you fill your tire up to the correct PSI.
6. Tire Pump and Sealant
Keeping wth the tire theme, you can also go a step further and have a portable tire inflator so you never have to rely on air from a gas station. If you have a minor puncture, filling the tire with air and sealing it will allow you to safety drive to your destination.
7. Jumper Cables/Emergency Road Kit
Did you know some car batteries only last for two years? While three to four years is the norm for battery life, a dead battery can come without warning, especially during the winter months. While jumper cables are a necessity, the full emergency road kit is a strong recommendation. Most emergency kits, which can be purchased on Amazon or at any big-box retail store, will come with a small array of tools, such as wrenches, screwdrivers, and pliers, as well as road flares, fluorescent reflective triangles, hose tape, and those jumper cables. The jumper cables will come in extremely handy if you have a habit of leaving your headlights or dome lights on. Either thing can drain the life from your battery in as little as a few hours depending on the age and strength of your vehicle’s battery.
8. Blankets
This may seem like a silly thing to have in your car if you live in a warm place like Florida, Texas, or Southern California; but blankets come in handy for more than just keeping you warm. Say you break down on a road that’s covered in dirt, gravel, mud, grime, or some sticky substance you dare not guess about. Laying a blanket down to get on the ground and see what’s wrong, or simply to change a tire, can save your clothes, knees, and back a whole lot of trouble. Of course, there’s always the keeping warm thing, too, if you live in an area where it gets cold.
9. Washer Fluid
We suggest always keeping a gallon of washer fluid in the trunk. Chances are you’ll never need it, until that one time when a semi throws three inches of mud and muck on your windshield and you hit the windshield wiper button only to hear that familiar buzz…and get nothing. Pulling over and grabbing the washer fluid from the trunk is much easier than dumping whatever drink you have in the cup holder on your windshield and trying to scrub it clean with your shirt.
10. Flashlight
Some of those emergency road kits we talked about earlier do come with a flashlight; however, most don’t. A flashlight will not only come in handy if you happen to break down at night and need to see under your hood or around your car, but it’s also very handy for keeping oncoming traffic away from your vehicle if you don’t happen to have road flares or markers. A flashlight can also come in extremely handy if a passenger needs to find something in the vehicle at night while you’re driving. Driving with the dome light on is still illegal in most states. Just make sure you check the batteries in it often.
11. First Aid Kit
In times of crisis, a first aid kit can literally be a lifesaver. This one should need no explanation whatsoever. If you’re bleeding, a spare tire isn’t going to do much for you, but band aids will.
12. Cell Phone Charger
Having a dedicated phone charger that remains in your car is a lot more convenient than bringing one with you on long road trips or when you think you’ll be out of the house for a while. Sometimes we neglect to charge our phone the night before or accidentally run an app in the background that drains your battery. Regardless of the circumstance, you don’t want to be without your only lifeline should you break down and need to call for help. You may also rely on your phone as a GPS system, and you don’t want to be at the mercy of your phone battery to get you safely to your destination.
13. Duct Tape
Duct tape is one of the most versatile items out there. Just like it can come in handy for temporary (or even permanent) household repairs, it can be very helpful should something break on your vehicle. Say you sideswipe a pole, or if you were the victim of a hit-and-run and your mirror comes loose. Duct tape can keep it in place until it can properly be repaired. You can also use it to temporarily halt leaks in your roof or sunroof to mitigate or prevent costly water damage.
14. Ice Scraper
If you live somewhere with inclement winter weather or even somewhere where it snows infrequently, you should always have an ice scraper in your car. You can get one that is attached to a snow brush so you have everything you need to remove snow and scrape ice off your vehicle. Driving with compromised sight lines can present a hazard to you and other drivers on the road. And in areas with extreme snowfall, keeping a shovel in your trunk to remove snow around your vehicle can also be helpful.
15. Paper Towels and Tissues
Paper products may not save you from danger, but they can certainly make any ride more comfortable in the event of a spill, an unexpected runny nose, or an extra messy drive-through order. If you travel with children, these are even more essential. Baby wipes, even if you don’t have a baby, also prove effective to help clean up spills and messes.
16. Spare Change
You should keep spare change or an emergency stash of cash somewhere in your car. While most parking meters now allow you to pay with a credit card, there are still some holdouts that require change. You may also come across an unexpected toll.
17. Fire Extinguisher
This item is one that you will hopefully never have to use, but it’s important nonetheless. Because vehicles can catch fire during an accident, a fire extinguisher can help put the fire out before help arrives. Modern fire extinguishers are available in extremely small sizes without sacrificing effectiveness, so there’s no excuse to forego this item, even in smaller vehicles or sports cars.
18. Multi-tool
A multi-tool is a small toolkit that includes common tools in a compact package that can fit right in your glove box. It includes scissors, a screwdriver, wrench, knife, and can/bottle opener to cover your bases should you need a tool.
19. Water Bottles
Water bottles can save your life if you are stranded and in need of hydration. In less extreme circumstances, like unforseen traffic, having water handy can make the ride more comfortable. Just make sure your water bottle can withstand extreme temperatures.
20. Non-Perishable Snacks
It’s a good idea to have an easy-to-eat snack handy in the event that hunger strikes. Suggestions include energy bars, nuts, or crackers.
21. Escape Tool
An escape tool is another item you will hopefully never need, but it can provide peace of mind knowing it’s there. An escape tool can cut through a seatbelt and can break window glass from the inside. These can also be lifesavers if you encounter a car accident with someone trapped in their vehicle.
22. Umbrella
Even if there is no rain in the forecast, you never know when you’re going to be caught in an unexpected shower.
23. Hand Sanitizer
Hand sanitizer is top-of-mind during the global pandemic, and it should remain a mainstay in your vehicle even after the pandemic ends to help prevent the spread of infectious germs.
24. Kitty litter
If you live in an area where icy conditions occur, having kitty litter in your trunk during the winter can be very helpful. It can provide the necessary traction to get out of an icy parking spot or driveway. You don’t need a whole bag though, as it can weigh down your vehicle. A smaller container filled with kitty litter should be sufficient in most cases.
25. Reusable Grocery Bags
Not only are plastic grocery bags banned in some states, but they are also bad for the environment. Having a stash of reusable grocery bags in your trunk will come in handy for trips to the store and can also hold more items than the typical single-use grocery bag.
While there’s something satisfying about an empty trunk and a minimally-filled glove compartment, these empty spaces will leave you unprepared during an emergency or inevitable on-the-road inconvenience. Hopefully you will never need to use these emergency items, but you can rest assured knowing that you have them accessible.
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The Ebenezer Baptist Church held a special church service to commemorate the 95th birthday of the longest serving congregant in the history of one of Atlanta’s oldest churches.
When Dr. Christine King Farris, a former Spelman College professor, Atlanta Public Schools teacher and author, entered the sanctuary, the congregation, Spelman College Glee Club Ebenezer Church choir choirs greeted her with song and applause.
The eldest sister of the late Civil Rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Farris had been baptized in the church and thus is its longest continuous participant. A former member of the choir, Farris watched her grandfather, father, and younger brothers- Dr. King and the late Rev. Alfred Daniel Williams King- preach from the very same pulpit as pastors of the church.
Her mother, the late Alberta Williams King, the choir director for more than 20 years. Ebenezer Baptist Church is home and what better place to celebrate comes birthday than home.
The Rev. Sen. Raphael Warnock (Ga.-D), the fifth pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, spoke of the big sister/little brother relationship between Farris and her brother “ML.”
“Thank God for big sisters,” said Warnock as he told the biblical story of the baby Moses being placed in a basket and sent down river by his mother only to be found by the King’s daughter and raised in the palace by his mother once again. Moses’ sister watched the baby float down river but never took her eyes off him, said Warnock. “Thank God for Dr. Christine King Farris, the longest serving member of Ebenezer Baptist Church,” he said.
“If the folks that are 25 were as strong as Dr. Christine King Farris is at 95 the church would be much better off.”
Farris’ niece, Dr. Bernice King, CEO of The King Center, took the microphone next and spoke of her aunt’s work in setting up and helping run The King Center as vice chair and treasurer all those many years ago following the murder of her younger brother, the centers namesake.
“We are here today to obviously celebrate 95 years of life, a woman of strength, a woman of grace, a woman of dignity, elegance, resilience, faith and great integrity and inspiration,” said King. “A woman who served The King Center for some 51 years.”
King added, “We love you, happy birthday, May God bless and may you continue to live 95 more years.”
Former U.S. Ambassador, City of Atlanta Mayor and MLK confidant Andrew Young took an opportunity to sing, I Love Everybody in My Heart, when he had the chance to speak. Young has been a friend of Farris and the King family for decades.
Farris was said to be a woman of few words by many in attendance, but her work as an educator and author continues to enlighten and entertain. She used to read her book, ‘My Brother Martin” to King Center visitors from time to time. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Park Superintendent Judy Forte presented a crystal golden one to Farris as a birthday gift and said, “I promise we will hold on to your stories and will tell them faithfully to future generations.”
The Spelman Glee Club sang its rendition of Wade In The Water and brought all in attendance to their feet.
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Q. Tyler, what was that like tonight?
TYLER REDDICK: Frustrating for sure. We just -- I don't know, we thought qualifying was better for us in our Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen Chevy, but we didn't quite have the pace or the balance really to make our car better, and unfortunately the balance issues we were fighting, we were pretty much limited.
We couldn't really adjust on it without hurting downforce of the car overall, so we were kind of boxed in. Then we just kind of got collected in that accident back there. I checked up in time, but yeah, I got absolutely ran over from there. Caught the right front and broke the upper control arm for the second week in a row.
Q. Tyler, how crazy is it when -- I don't know if you were sure or not sure if it was organizational, manufacturer, whatever, with all the different problems that were happening out there?
TYLER REDDICK: I mean, I heard about it, but I don't know, this place is tough on the drivers. It's tough on the cars. It's one of those type of places. You never know how it's going to go.
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Christopher Bell (fourth) had another strong run in the final race of the Round of 16. The Oklahoma-native led four times for 143 (of 500) laps, earned a Playoff point with a second stage win and was leading late when he suffered a flat tire, before battling back for a fourth-place finish. Bell was the only driver to finish each of the first three Playoff races in the top-five. Denny Hamlin (ninth) will join his teammate Bell in the second round of the Playoffs – the Round of 12. Kyle Busch (34th) had a strong run early in the event as he scored 14 stage points before he suffered an engine failure ultimately ending his race and his quest for a third championship. The Las Vegas-native failed to make the next round by two points.
Toyota Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Cup Series (NCS)
Bristol Motor Speedway
Race 29 of 36 – 266.5 miles, 500 laps
TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Chris Buescher*
2nd, Chase Elliott*
3rd, William Bryon*
4th, CHRISTOPHER BELL
5th, Kyle Larson*
9th, DENNY HAMLIN
29th, BUBBA WALLACE
34th, KYLE BUSCH
35th, TY GIBBS
36th, MARTIN TRUEX JR.
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 Yahoo Toyota Camry TRD, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 4th
How disappointing is fourth tonight?
“It’s terribly disappointing. That’s two weeks in a row we have had speed, and the car underneath me to win the race, and haven’t done it. Extremely proud of this 20 group. They keep bringing Camrys that are incredible to the race track. It makes me really excited about where we are going, especially Texas – which is one of my best race tracks. I proud of everyone on this group. Proud to carry the Yahoo colors. Hopefully, we can carry this momentum.”
How important is Texas when you have Talladega and the ROVAL in the Round of 12?
“Looking at the next seven races, I would say Texas is arguably the most important race, outside of Phoenix. Talladega, we all know how that is – there is going to be some lucky guys, and some unlucky guys. Texas is kind of the one place where you can control your destiny into the next round and the winner is going to feel really good if it is a Playoff car.”
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry TRD, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 9th
How was tonight’s race overall and how difficult was it to pass?
“Had good track position from our qualifying effort but passing was just impossible. It was just a type of day where you needed to stay up front at all costs and we just couldn’t quite do it and ended up having a blown tire that set us back and we were trying to play catch up from that point.”
How challenging was this new Next Gen car here at Bristol?
“It was tough. I would like to see the racing improve overall. Some lap time variation a little bit. We’re just running around there and it’s like we’re running faster in the corners than we are on the straightaways. Just extremely hard to pass. We had some steering issues, and it looks like our Toyota teammates also had steering issues. We just battled through it and held on to a ninth place today.”
How much noise can you make in the Round of 12 starting next weekend in Texas?
“We can win anywhere we go to. We’ll go to Texas and try to win like we always do. Just need to get a good, solid round going. Just seems like mechanical stuff with this Next Gen and wrecks are the X-factor in moving on so you just have to be really consistent and with five races to go, that’s when you have to start winning.”
How concerning were the steering issues with the other Toyotas in the race?
“The steering, it looked like some issues. I had some steering issues in practice and then had some issues in the race, but I knew we couldn’t fix it so I just had to tough it out and hold the wheel as hard as I could.”
Why was the passing so challenging in this race?
“Just the corner speeds are so fast. That’s why we’re not passing, and lap times aren’t falling off. We’re just running way too fast for way too long. It just seems like a problem at these short tracks that we need to fix.”
In a race like this, are you just happy to get out of Bristol with a top-10 and moving to the next round?
“Not really, we came here to try to win. We didn’t care where we finished. We knew we were going to move on, so I just wanted to execute a mistake-free race so we’re still trying to work on that.”
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry TRD, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 34th
What are your thoughts? This doesn’t seem like a place where you have an engine issue.
“Definitely. It just goes with our year. I don’t even know what to say. I’m flabbergasted. I just feel so bad for my guys. They don’t deserve to be in this spot. They work too hard. We are too good of a group to be this low – down on the bottom, fighting for our lives just to make it through. Two engine failures in three weeks, that will do it to you. I really feel bad for all of Rowdy Nation, everybody at M&M’s, Interstate Batteries, Rowdy Energy, all of the partners that get us going every week. This is not our normal.”
Are you going to stick around and see if you are able to make to Round 2 here?
“If I get done with my media obligations, and NASCAR releases me, I’m going to the house. I’ve got kids at home.”
MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota Camry TRD, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 36th
You said when it locked up, it locked up big. Is it finally done?
“Yeah, it blew the seal out and pushed all the fluid out on the right front tire. Just unbelievable. What (Kevin) Harvick say? Crappy parts.”
How worried would you be if you were Kyle Busch?
“Well, he’s not going to worry. He’s going to drive it till it stops working. At the end of the day, that is all that you can do. There’s another one (Bubba Wallace). I don’t know.”
What happened that took you out of the race?
“Blew all the (power steering) fluid all over the right front tire and you literally can’t drive the car here without power steering. You lose it, you’re done.”
Are you concerned that there are three Toyotas behind the wall with the same issue?
“I’m concerned, I’m out of the race. Bass Pro Shops night race and we have the Bass Pro Shops Toyota here and we’re sitting in the garage. It’s been a horrible string of luck for us, and we had another strong car tonight. We were working our way forward, every run going forward. Ready for this year to be over and start over.”
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Chris Buescher won his first race of the season and second overall with today’s victory.
The win is the 138th NASCAR Cup Series triumph for car owner Jack Roush and the first under the Roush Fenway Keselowski banner.
Today’s win is Ford’s 718th all-time in NASCAR Cup Series competition.
CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 Fastenal Ford Mustang – VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – “THis has been number one on my list for a really long time. I actually love this racetrack. It’s my favorite place we come on concrete. It’s just so special to get Fastenal their first points Cup race. After all these years we finally got them into Victory Lane. We’ve got a bunch of Fastenal folks out here with us, so that’s really special and to get Ford in Victory Lane and spoil the playoffs. Everybody on this team did such a great job, executed all day long and we had a really fast Ford Mustang. A lot of special things came together. I want to give a shout out to Adam Reagan. He’s back at home and just had some knee surgery, so he’s at home recovering. I’m just so excited right now. This is one I’ve had circled for a really long time and if there was gonna be one this year to get, this is it.”
YOU MENTIONED SPOILING THE PLAYOFFS. WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THIS CAR THAT ALL THREE PLAYOFF WINNERS HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYOFF DRIVERS? “I don’t even know what that count is for the year now. I think that we knew we’ve had a ton of different winners this year and we’ve been really close and fighting hard to get here. We’ve had a great summer. A little bad luck, but we didn’t have any of that tonight. We had some good fortune and some good execution and a fast race car and got to park in Victory Lane.”
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO GET ROUSH BACK IN VICTORY LANE? “This is big to get RFK their first win and to get to talk to Jack and Brad and have our owners excited and pumped up to get back in Victory Lane is a great feeling and hopefully it’s the first of many. I feel like we’ve taken some big steps, so it’s special to get here. I appreciate Jack and everything he’s done for my career through the years and giving me a chance very early on and all the people back then – Robbie Reiser and Ken Ragan, David Ragan, all those that have done so much for my career and, of course, my parents and my family as well. It’s all come to this. This one is a little more special than the first one even, so it’s pretty big.”
BRAD KESELOWSKI, Owner, No. 17 Fastenal Ford Mustang – VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – “There are forty-some of the best cars that nobody is gonna give you anything. You scratch and claw for every little bit every day and every hour and, if you’re lucky and you don’t wreck, you don’t blow up, you don’t have a problem and you finish 10th to 15th, and if you’re lucky and you’re damn good, you win. If you’re damn good and you’re not lucky, you still finish 20th or worse, so we had two cars that were really good today and one that was unlucky and one that executed and everything came the right way for them.”
COULD YOU GET USED TO THIS BEING YOUR FUTURE, STANDING HERE AND WATCHING OTHERS WIN? “Oh yeah, I’m proud as hell. Everybody has some level of ego and I’m not gonna say I don’t have any ego, but it’s easy to get over ego when you see that.”
WHAT’S IT LIKE CELEBRATING AS AN OWNER VERSUS A DRIVER? “It’s a lot different, but it’s good. This team really earned this. We really needed this for Fastenal. They’ve been a long-term partner for us and half the battle here is just keeping sponsors. There’s a lot to keeping the race team going and, sure, trying to find that speed or the next pit crew member or whatever the heck it is, but trying to keep the sponsors is the only way we can do those things and you can’t keep sponsors if you don’t win.”
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With Chase Elliott pursuing him relentlessly for the final 50 laps, Chris Buescher held on to win Saturday's Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motors Speedway, becoming the 19th different NASCAR Cup Series winner this season.
After the event that set the field for the Round of 12 in the series Playoffs—and eliminated superstars Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick from the postseason—a dozen drivers were breathing sighs of relief and hoping fervently for a return to stock car sanity in the next round.
A two-tire pit stop under caution on Lap 438 of 500 put Reddick in the lead for a restart on Lap 444. The driver of the No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford led the final 61 laps and a race-high 169 overall to give the RFK organization its first victory since Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took the checkered flag at Daytona on July 1, 2017 at Daytona.
The victory was the first for RFK Racing since Brad Keselowski joined the organization as an owner/driver after the 2021 season.
Buescher was the third straight non-Playoff driver to win a race in the Round of 16, an unprecedented occurrence.
“It’s so special here,” said Buescher, whose only other Cup win came in a rain-shortened race at Pocono in 2016. “I love this racetrack. I love the fans. I love every time we come here. It’s so special. It’s pretty awesome.”
Buescher said he wasn’t worried about starting the final run on two fresh tires, even though everyone chasing had four.
“I wasn’t a bit,” he asserted. “It was up to me at that point. I made it work, and we had a really fast (car). We knew we had a really fast race car in practice and didn’t quite get the job done in qualifying (20th)—but what a race car.
“I don’t know what all to say right now. I’m out of breath. This place will wear you flat-out, and I love that about it. It’s just a special night.”
Elliott was .458 seconds behind Buescher at the finish. William Byron came home third, followed by Christopher Bell, who posted his third straight top-five finish in the Round of 16. Kyle Larson was fifth and Ross Chastain sixth, as all five drivers immediately behind Buescher in the finishing order advanced to the Round of 12.
Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, Daniel Suarez, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Alex Bowman also clinched spots in the next round, though all had serious issues during the race.
Elliott got closer to Buescher on the final two laps but ran out of time.
“I felt like we were gaining, but it was… I wasn't close enough to do anything with him,” Elliott said. “But I appreciate the effort. We had a long day yesterday. Was able to battle back from a bad qualifying effort (23rd) to get a top two, so proud of that.
“Glad to be moving on (in the Playoff) and looking forward to some more opportunities here these coming weeks.”
Needing a victory to advance to the next round, Harvick ran consistently in the top five after staying out at the end of Stage 1 to gain track position. But Harvick’s chances evaporated in the pits on Lap 438 when his crew failed to secure the left-rear on his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford.
As the tire rolled away, Harvick had to back up into his pit stall. The lost time left him 10th for the final restart on Lap 444. That’s where he finished, exiting the Playoffs in 16th place.
“It was pretty tough,” Harvick said. “We pitted in front of the 17 (Buescher), so just kind of the way the year has gone. Just went from having a chance to lead the parade to being a part of the parade. Just difficult to pass.”
Busch’s ouster was a touch-and-go affair. Both he and Tyler Reddick fell two points short after Austin Cindric, who finished seven laps down in 20th place but gained enough positions by passing back markers to advance.
Busch had accumulated 14 points in the first two stages and was running above the cut line when his engine blew on Lap 270—Busch’s second such failure in the three Playoff races.
“It just goes with our year,” Busch said. “I don’t even know what to say. I’m flabbergasted. I just feel so bad for my guys. They don’t deserve to be in this spot. They work too hard. We are too good of a group to be this low—down on the bottom, fighting for our lives just to make it through. Two engine failures in three weeks, that will do it to you.”
Reddick and Richard Childress Racing teammate Austin Dillon both failed to make the Round of 12 after both drivers’ Chevrolets were damaged in a 12-car pileup on the backstretch on Lap 277. Reddick finished 25th and Dillon 31st.
Keselowski led 109 laps and appeared to have race-winning chances until his right-front tire went flat on Lap 414 while he was leading.
“We had two cars that were really good today and one that was unlucky and one that executed, and everything came the right way for them,” Keselowski said. | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/73081-chris-buescher-triumphs-at-bristol-as-playoff-field-is-trimmed-to-12 | 2022-09-18T23:09:44Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/73081-chris-buescher-triumphs-at-bristol-as-playoff-field-is-trimmed-to-12 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHRIS BUESCHER EARNS FIRST WIN FOR RFK RACING
Chris Buescher won his first race of the season and second overall with today’s victory.
The win is the 138th NASCAR Cup Series triumph for car owner Jack Roush and the first under the Roush Fenway Keselowski banner.
Today’s win is Ford’s 718th all-time in NASCAR Cup Series competition.
Ford Finishing Order:
1st – Chris Buescher
8th – Cole Custer
10th – Kevin Harvick
11th – Michael McDowell
13th – Brad Keselowski
14th – Chase Briscoe
16th – Harrison Burton
17th – Cody Ware
18th – Todd Gilliland
20th – Austin Cindric
23rd – JJ Yeley
24th – BJ McLeod
27th – Joey Logano
28th – Aric Almirola
30th – Ryan Blaney
CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 Fastenal Ford Mustang – VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – “THis has been number one on my list for a really long time. I actually love this racetrack. It’s my favorite place we come on concrete. It’s just so special to get Fastenal their first points Cup race. After all these years we finally got them into Victory Lane. We’ve got a bunch of Fastenal folks out here with us, so that’s really special and to get Ford in Victory Lane and spoil the playoffs. Everybody on this team did such a great job, executed all day long and we had a really fast Ford Mustang. A lot of special things came together. I want to give a shout out to Adam Reagan. He’s back at home and just had some knee surgery, so he’s at home recovering. I’m just so excited right now. This is one I’ve had circled for a really long time and if there was gonna be one this year to get, this is it.”
YOU MENTIONED SPOILING THE PLAYOFFS. WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THIS CAR THAT ALL THREE PLAYOFF WINNERS HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYOFF DRIVERS? “I don’t even know what that count is for the year now. I think that we knew we’ve had a ton of different winners this year and we’ve been really close and fighting hard to get here. We’ve had a great summer. A little bad luck, but we didn’t have any of that tonight. We had some good fortune and some good execution and a fast race car and got to park in Victory Lane.”
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO GET ROUSH BACK IN VICTORY LANE? “This is big to get RFK their first win and to get to talk to Jack and Brad and have our owners excited and pumped up to get back in Victory Lane is a great feeling and hopefully it’s the first of many. I feel like we’ve taken some big steps, so it’s special to get here. I appreciate Jack and everything he’s done for my career through the years and giving me a chance very early on and all the people back then – Robbie Reiser and Ken Ragan, David Ragan, all those that have done so much for my career and, of course, my parents and my family as well. It’s all come to this. This one is a little more special than the first one even, so it’s pretty big.”
BRAD KESELOWSKI, Owner, No. 17 Fastenal Ford Mustang – VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – “There are forty-some of the best cars that nobody is gonna give you anything. You scratch and claw for every little bit every day and every hour and, if you’re lucky and you don’t wreck, you don’t blow up, you don’t have a problem and you finish 10th to 15th, and if you’re lucky and you’re damn good, you win. If you’re damn good and you’re not lucky, you still finish 20th or worse, so we had two cars that were really good today and one that was unlucky and one that executed and everything came the right way for them.”
COULD YOU GET USED TO THIS BEING YOUR FUTURE, STANDING HERE AND WATCHING OTHERS WIN? “Oh yeah, I’m proud as hell. Everybody has some level of ego and I’m not gonna say I don’t have any ego, but it’s easy to get over ego when you see that.”
WHAT’S IT LIKE CELEBRATING AS AN OWNER VERSUS A DRIVER? “It’s a lot different, but it’s good. This team really earned this. We really needed this for Fastenal. They’ve been a long-term partner for us and half the battle here is just keeping sponsors. There’s a lot to keeping the race team going and, sure, trying to find that speed or the next pit crew member or whatever the heck it is, but trying to keep the sponsors is the only way we can do those things and you can’t keep sponsors if you don’t win.”
KEVIN HARVICK, No. 4 Busch Light Ford Mustang – TALK ABOUT BEING ELIMINATED. “It just kind of goes with the whole year. Nothing has gone right, really. The wheels literally fell off tonight.”
YOU’VE HAD A PIT CREW ALL YEAR LONG. “Yeah, they’ve done a good job, just bad timing.”
HOW FRUSTRATING WAS IT NOT TO HAVE A SHOT TO RACE FOR IT AT THE END? “It was pretty tough. We pitted in front of the 17, but that’s just the way the year has gone. We went from having a chance to lead the parade to being a part of the parade, just difficult to pass. The cars are way too fast in the corners. You can’t race.”
ARE YOU JUST ABOUT RACE WINS FROM HERE ON OUT? “We wouldn’t do anything different. We do that every week.”
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Pennzoil Ford Mustang – YOU HAD A BIG CUSHION, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE NIGHTS LIKE TONIGHT IT PAYS TO HAVE THAT, DOESN’T IT? “Yeah, definitely. You never know what can happen and having that flat, there’s nothing that we can do about it. You’re lucky you have that cushion going into this race. The most unfortunate part is our car was super fast, too. That was the terrible thing about it. The worst part about it now, looking back. The car was really good and just had no indication. It seemed like a lot of guys had right-front problems tonight, but I’m proud of everybody for getting it fixed up and just out there to finish the race. There really wasn’t much we could do, just log laps and let everything play itself out. That’s why you try to have two good races beforehand because you never know when you’re gonna need some points.”
ANY ANXIOUSNESS SITTING IN THE CAR DURING STAGE TWO WHILE THEY WORKED ON IT? “I mean, you’re always concerned. I just didn’t know what the situation was until the start of stage three when I asked and we got back on the track. There were so many changing factors at the time, so you’re always nervous but there’s nothing we could do. We were wrecked and running last. We were gonna be 150 laps down, so I was trying not to be too nervous, but I did ask. I might have been biting my nails a little bit, but luckily we did a good job the first two races.”
AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 2 Freightliner Ford Mustang – DO YOU HAVE TO CATCH YOUR BREATH AFTER THAT ONE? “For a while I was just trying as hard as I can and as they fell off like flies just trying not to force any issues, try not to force any more right-front tire failures. From there, I think I was tied with the 18 for 100 laps, but just one hell of a night. I still don’t think this place loves me back, but it probably showed me a little mercy tonight, so I’ll take it and run with it. We’ll be on offense for the next three races just like we were to start Darlington this round and have some fun with it.”
YOU QUESTIONED THE CAUTIONS AT ONE POINT BECAUSE THERE WASN’T ONE THROWN FOR YOU AND A COUPLE OTHERS DIDN’T EITHER, BUT SOME DID. “Yeah, there’s a part of me that wants to go, ‘Man, that’s kind of b.s. I blew a tire and didn’t get a caution,’ but I would also think that NASCAR probably recognized there might be some issues with tires and probably understand that, ok, it’s not just a one-time deal. Mine was the first to go. I’m happier about it because I made it in. I’d be less happy about it if I didn’t make it in, but certainly there’s something to be said about coming to a very important race in the year with a new tire, but it’s not my decision to make and just understand how we can make that better on our side.”
WHAT WAS YOUR RANGE OF EMOTIONS AFTER THE TIRE WENT DOWN? IT WAS A LONG NIGHT. “The only time I got emotional was when the 10 tried to wreck us into the 21. That was kind of lame, but after that I just drive as hard as I can, don’t take too many chances, calculate your risks and stay updated with the situation.”
WERE YOU UPDATED CONSTANTLY ON THE POINTS? “Not until there was a chance. I would say I got told at the beginning of stage three how close it was or how close it wasn’t. I was probably about 16 out at the beginning of stage three and then we were five out, four out, tied with the 18 and that wave around really helped me be able to conserve my car and get a lap ahead of the 77 and the 43, so just a perfect storm in some ways, but Bristol showed us a little mercy tonight.”
THE 22 MECHANICAL FAILURE WORKED TO YOUR ADVANTAGE A LITTLE BIT. “Not a very impressive night for Team Penske, so I’m just glad all three of us made it through to the next round. Certainly, a tense evening.”
CHASE BRISCOE, No. 14 Magical Vacation Planner Ford Mustang – “I was kind of worried pretty early in the race that I was gonna struggle and was able to get fourth in that first stage, third in the second stage and really set us up to where I think we were right at the cut line starting that final stage. We had some luck with the 18 blowing up and a couple guys getting wrecked and there at the end it was unfortunate, we kind of just rode around making sure we didn’t eliminate ourselves, so I’m super proud to be able to move onto the Round of 12. That’s a really big accomplishment. We’ve just got to do what we did today, not eliminate ourselves. That’s gonna be the key to this next round, especially with how many wild card races there are, so if we can go there and do that, guys are gonna keep eliminating themselves. We just have to limit our mistakes and if we do that, we know we’ve got to have a little more speed, but if we can just limit our mistakes it gives us a chance to move on in the next round as well.”
HOW DID YOU GET POWER-STEERING BACK? “I didn’t have it the whole race. My arms are smoked. That was not the most fun. It was ripping the wheel out of my hands every time I ran the bottom and up at the top it was a little bit easier, so I kind of had to run the top no matter what just to try to last, but luckily there wasn’t a ton of long, long runs. There was a couple there towards the end where I was struggling. Luckily, we were already kind of locked in. I didn’t have to race super hard, but not the most fun place to not have power-steering for sure.”
COLE CUSTER, No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang – “We had a really solid day. The guys brought a really fast car the whole weekend from when we just unloaded. It was a lot of fun to drive, so we had a solid day. We executed well and stayed out of trouble and was able to end up with a top 10. Hopefully, we can carry that momentum to next week.”
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THE MODERATOR: Good evening. Thank you, everyone, for joining us and hanging with us for a bit. We're now going to roll into our post-race press conferences here at Bristol Motor Speedway after this evening's Bass Pro Shops Night Race.
We've been joined by Brad Keselowski, who is the race-winning owner this evening here for Chris Buescher and the No. 17 team. Brad, thank you for joining us and being willing to sit with us, as well, after a probably semi-disappointing night for you from the driver's seat.
Talk a little bit about what it means to have Chris go to Victory Lane but also just what it meant to you tonight to have the opportunity to lead several laps in the race.
BRAD KESELOWSKI: Yeah, it was quite a night first off I'll say. We had two really fast cars between Chris Buescher's 17 and my No. 6. I was thinking for a while there I was going to be in here wearing both hats as the owner and driver, but unfortunately had a tire go down for an unknown reason there with about 75 to go.
That was quite a roller coaster of emotions, and then obviously Chris and his team, Scott Graves made a really bold call there to put two tires on, and I think they had a great car, don't get me wrong, but the call to get the lead and knowing what they had was really clever.
They capitalized from there.
Chris was in position all day to -- you run in the top 5 long enough and things kind of work their way out. Just glad that we had kind of the redundancy between our two cars with the speed that we showed this weekend to make something happen.
Really proud for him, really proud for his team, and I certainly wanted to win for myself, but if there's any solace, that's a good one to have.
I'll say for Chris, he's done such a great job growing this year. I'm really proud to work with him and see that, and his focus is top level. He deserves a lot of credit. This is not an easy race to win. It never has been. But it's a big race to win for your career. The Bristol Night Race is a race that champions win, and I think the growth that he's shown this year shows that he can be just that.
It's a big moment for him and a big moment for our company to be able to win races. It's really so important at this level. You're really not relevant if you can't win races. If you're not relevant, you can't have sponsors. You can't have sponsors, you can't go to the racetrack every weekend. We need to win. We need to win for our partners.
Fastenal is a key partner for us, and it's good to see them rewarded for their loyalty to us with a big win at a big race.
Just a lot to be proud of today, even though from the driver's side I didn't get what I wanted out of it, but certainly a huge night for us.
Q. Brad, this is the first time in the playoffs an entire round has been swept by non-playoff drivers. Does that show the parity of this car?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: Yeah, I think that's fair. I mean, there's been a lot of circumstances, but parity, as well.
I thought last two races Bubba drove a great race, Erik Jones drove a great race. There were some other crazy things that happened, as well.
It's hard to say how that all is going to play out, but I would say parity is certainly a part of it for sure.
Q. Like you said, you wanted both hats tonight, but when you made the move from Penske to what's now RFK, I think a lot of people probably openly questioned it. It's been a building process. Did you see the pieces that were necessary to get to this point where you guys would be back in Victory Lane as an organization when you made the decision to move over?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: Yeah, I mean, it's painful, but anything in life worth doing is painful. It's a little bit like working out. I moved up a weight class here and I've got to build a lot more muscle and get better off the track as much as I have to on the track.
There was a lot of room for growth within the company. We've been making major investments to try to get to where we can get this thing to where it can win, and when you make those investments, you want to get a result out of it, and it's really important that you get those results when you do them.
There's been a little bit of a lag, and some of that -- one of our biggest problems is there was a ton of supply chain issues that probably affected us as much as anyone else this year, or more, and we're just now starting to realize some of those investments, and they're paying off with results.
Q. Brad, you're a race-winning team owner in the NASCAR Cup Series now. Is this one of the most satisfying moments of your racing career up to this point?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: It's certainly a good feeling. I've got to try to clear my emotions and memory out of not winning the race as a driver and working your butt off to do that and coming short of it.
But also I'm trying to remember to be grateful because it's super hard to win races in this sport even as a car owner. In that sense, a big moment for us.
I know to you guys this is our first win. I would say the Duels felt more like our first win, but you get in all these qualifications of points races and exhibition races. I'll tell you, I felt like that was our first win.
But with respect to that, this is a different type of win. This is a legacy type of win. There's some tracks that winning at is always great, don't get me wrong, but there's some tracks that winning at is just not as special as others, and Bristol is right up there at the top of being special. Big moment for us.
Q. With your own race tonight, first you stay out -- you don't pit at all in the first stage, but the tires still held up pretty decent, and then you're leading, you have a flat tire. Is there any explanation? How do you reconcile those two things?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: I don't know. We looked at all the tire wears after the first run and the tires showed they'd go almost 300 laps. I don't think the tire wore out; it either failed or we ran over something.
Q. Following up on that a little bit, you run the entire first stage without pitting, and then your teammate takes two tires and wins. Did you guys have that feeling coming in that you were going to be able to play that strategy out that way?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: Yeah, we spent a lot of time talking about our strategy for the race. Tires seemed to not be an issue until they're a really big issue today. We kind of thought that was how it was going to play out, and it's a little bit of a lottery of when it's going to happen.
The 6 car we lost that lottery today, and the 17 we won it.
Q. I heard some guys talking about it was difficult to pass, the speed's really high in the corners. When you got out front did you feel like you could control the race?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: Yes and no. I restarted third there on the restart -- probably 150 to go, and was able to pass the front two cars for the lead. I feel like yes, I could pass. It wasn't easy, but it's not supposed to be easy.
Would I like to see us continue to work on the cars? Absolutely. I've said this to NASCAR and I've said it to the media before and I'll say it again. If the Next-Gen car looks the same as it does this year then we've failed. We should continue to grow, we should continue to learn, we should continue to make it better.
There's probably some car owners that don't want to hear it because it costs money to change the cars, but like anything, when you create something new like the Next-Gen car, there's going to be things that are optimized and there's going to be things that aren't.
I think there's opportunities to continue to make this car better and the racing better with it. I think it's still a step forward from where we were in a lot of ways. I think we've seen some great racing because of that great parity. I think that's what Jacob was trying to allude to, and I think he's right.
There's a lot of big positives. Like any industry we probably get caught up in the negatives more than the positives, but that's not to say -- that's the issue at hand, I feel like there's two camps.
There's the everything is wrong with this car camp and there's the nothing is wrong with this car camp, and I'm trying to say, Nah, it's a pretty big step forward for our sport, actually pretty good, but I'd like to keep working on it.
It seems like much like many things today, that polarization means there's no room for middle ground.
In my eyes I'd like to see some small tweaks, but I'm thankful and proud of our sport and where the Next-Gen car has taken us so far.
Q. I realize you're biased but there were a ton of durability concerns tonight and a lot of attrition. I'm sure that's going to be the narrative going forward, like you said. Do you think the car deserves a passing grade for how it performed tonight?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: I'm not aware of all the durability issues so it would probably be unfair for me to comment, but I just know we didn't have any other than the tire. I maybe heard some power steering issues. We didn't have those, so I couldn't comment on that.
I heard there was maybe a fuel pump issue, but from what I understand that's not related to the Next-Gen car, it's similar parts if not identical to the older car. But that's all I'm aware of at the moment.
Q. Brad, a few weeks ago Steve Newmark told me that when you all put your deal together, one of the first things you said to him is how long is Chris Buescher signed for. He didn't know how to take if that was a good thing or a bad thing, but you were very pleased to know that he had a few years on his contract. Is he someone that you envision that you're going to work with for a long time; you want him in the company? He's earned his place?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: Yeah. You know, I wanted Chris Buescher to drive the 21 Cup car about five years ago. I thought that highly of him. There was a number of reasons why it didn't come over, timing and so forth. But I thought that was a natural fit for him.
I thought a lot of his talent then.
I went to a Ford driving school with him somewhere around 2015, and I was blown away by his talent and his feel for the car. I just felt like he didn't have the support system around him to be successful with the teams he was with.
I kind of felt like he was a hidden free agent gem that wasn't being scouted properly and felt that way for a handful of years. So yeah, the first thing -- it was literally the first thing I did when I signed the papers at RFK.
The next step after signing my papers was putting an offer in front of him to give him a contract extension. I thought he was somebody we could build around and get results, and today clearly shows that that was the case.
Q. So he has an extension? I think the last we heard was it was through '24.
BRAD KESELOWSKI: Yeah, he's got multiple years left in his contract.
Q. Tonight you both were in the top 5 when you had your tire issue. Is tonight a good showing of what this team -- these two teams are capable of? Was tonight just a Bristol specific type thing?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: You know, with Next Gen, somebody wins one week and runs 30th the next. I'd like to sit here and tell you, yeah, we're going next week to Texas and we're going to lead every lap and win the race. But as you can tell, it's not that simple.
I think as a whole the Fords seem to be more competitive on the short tracks, so that's probably part of our strength. The mile-and-a-halfs have been a struggle.
I hope we can go to Texas and have a good run next week and think we'll run really well at Talladega if we can not get wrecked. In that sense, it's hard to say -- it's kind of one week at a time.
Q. From a business standpoint, winning the races at Daytona and now winning the Bristol Night Race, in what ways does being able to give those moments to your partners help you kind of build another foundation on this company as you guys want to grow?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: Yeah, I mean, we want to get back to being at least a four-car team. That's been our goal all along. Before you can get to a four-car team, you've got to get to a three-car team. Before you can get to a three-car team, you have to be relevant as a two-car team.
For us, again, relevancy is winning races, multiple races a year with both of your cars and competing for playoffs.
Obviously we're not in the playoffs with either of our cars, so we have more work to do. But our stated goal internally is to get back to being a four-car team. That's not going to happen if you're not winning races and you're not relevant as a two-car team.
This is a good step forward for us. We've got a long ways still to go. We need to be able to win multiple races a year. But before you can do that, you've got to win a first race. Not to take anything away from today.
Q. To your point, I think this car has definitely made intermediate tracks, bigger tracks better, and the challenge has been short tracks. Do you have enough data between here and Martinsville as far as a direction as an owner and a driver you would like to point NASCAR towards, whether it's tire falloff or aero, what have you?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: I probably don't have a perfect answer at the moment for that. I know we won't get there unless we try. I think there's some effort being put into those things. I couldn't specify what they are. Certainly we have some room to continue to grow and be better.
Q. Brad, you alluded to this a little earlier, but obviously this isn't your first time winning a race as a car owner. You did it plenty of times with BKR in the Truck Series. Also not your first time winning a Cup race. You mentioned the Duels at Daytona; it's not necessarily the first time winning with RFK Racing. Does that make the feeling of winning a points race with RFK Racing more of a satisfactory feeling than necessarily a high of elation or an emotion or anything like that?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: Yeah, we've had an up-and-down year, so you do have to enjoy the wins, no doubt. But you also want to keep perspective.
What becomes really natural inside of any company and specifically in racing is when you win, to kind of become complacent.
I naturally probably hedge against that, maybe even too much, and don't enjoy the moments as much as we should.
That said, we've got a lot more that we need to do and that I want to see us do to continue to be in a position to win more races than we've been in this year.
This is certainly a good sign, and I'm really proud of everyone in our company, but we've got to keep our head down. We have got to keep getting better.
Q. Are there any particular racetracks in the next seven races that you think this company has a particularly good chance of winning?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: Yeah, I really like what we saw out of our cars at Martinsville in the spring and at our test, as well. Then Talladega, I probably have that one circled, as well. Not to say that there aren't other tracks I feel really good about, but those two are probably at the top of our list.
Q. Earlier this summer, you were pushing for more practice as -- essentially more cost effective than relying on the sim stuff. I'm curious how as a driver-owner do you marry the issue of you're taking hits, you're feeling those hits more with the cost that at some point -- obviously safety is important, but there does get to be a point, can it cost too much? How are you dealing with it? Because obviously this is a big issue in the sport is how much more can be done. The drivers want it to be everything done and the owners have got to look at a bottom line. How do you look at it since you have both perspectives and nobody else does?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: Yeah, again, it's a really polarizing topic. You have the owners that don't want to touch anything on the car, and you have the drivers that are kind of screaming that we've got to make safety advancements on the car. Sitting in both rooms can get awkward at times, no doubt.
But I don't think this car is end of the world unsafe or anything like that. I don't feel that way. But I don't think it's optimized, either.
I'd like to see some small iteration changes to continue to improve it, and I think those are out there. But again, it's a really polarizing topic between the everything is perfect camp and the everything is wrong camp, and I think there's probably a spot in between.
Q. Are you a unifier or are you sitting in the back of the room and being quiet?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: Right now all I care about is getting this team to win races, or company as a whole. I feel like that's 99 percent of my energy is what is it going to take to get these cars to where they can compete at a high level to show the pace that's required to be competitive, and in that light that's where my bandwidth is.
Q. Obviously your schedule is always busy and obviously you had your business and you've done a lot of things, but can you give me a sense of what this year has been like and the double duty with everything and trying to build this organization up? How tired are you at this point? How much has this year taken out of you? How are you feeling at this point with seven weeks left in the season?
BRAD KESELOWSKI: Yeah, I'm not tired. I've probably wore some other people down, though.
CHRIS BUESCHER: He hasn't slowed down at all, not the first bit.
BRAD KESELOWSKI: I'm not tired. I'm driven. I want to see this thing be successful. Today is a clear sign that it can be successful. But it ain't going to be successful sitting on our hands. You've got to grind it out. That's a hell of a journey to grind it out.
I'll tell you, there's days you look back and say, did I get better today or did I get worse? And more often than not, you have to get worse to get better.
That can be really frustrating. It can be letting go of someone who's good because they're not great, and that ain't fun; I can tell you that. Then biding it out until you can find great.
It can be tearing down the walls in the shop and having a mess everywhere and knowing that's what needs to be done to be better in six months.
It's a lot of playing the long game and having confidence that we're doing the right things, and that's not easy because, like I said, anytime we make a change, I think it's really natural -- not just for our company but for any company, for everyone to go, okay, where is the instant result. There are no instant results.
Every change, you don't see a result for six to 12 months. That can be really painful because you start to lose people, and they start to not believe in you.
This is a big win for us to kind of regain the confidence of -- not just our partners and the external factors that we race, but our internals, as well. I'm excited for them and excited for that for our company.
THE MODERATOR: Brad, thank you for your time. We really appreciate it.
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Race Winner: Chris Buescher of RFK Racing (Ford)
Stage 1 Winner: Brad Keselowski of RFK Racing (Ford)
Stage 2 Winner: Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
SHR Race Finish:
● Cole Custer (Started 11th, Finished 8th / Running, completed 500 of 500 laps)
● Kevin Harvick (Started 7th, Finished 10th /Running, completed 500 of 500 laps)
● Chase Briscoe (Started 2nd, Finished 14th / Running, completed 498 of 500 laps)
● Aric Almirola (Started 1st, Finished 28th / Steering, completed 418 of 500 laps)
SHR Points:
● Chase Briscoe (10th with 2,081 points, 14 points ahead of top-12 cutoff… advances to Round of 12)
● Kevin Harvick (16th with 2,045 points, 24 points below top-12 cutoff)
● Aric Almirola (20th with 627 points)
● Cole Custer (24th with 519 points)
Playoff Standings to Begin Round of 12:
1. Chase Elliott (3,040 points)
2. Joey Logano (3,025 points) -15
3. Ross Chastain (3,020 points) -20
4. Kyle Larson (3,019 points) -21
5. William Byron (3,015 points) -25
6. Denny Hamlin (3,013 points) -27
7. Christopher Bell (3,013 points) -27
8. Ryan Blaney (3,013 points) -27
9. Chase Briscoe (3,009 points) -31
10. Alex Bowman (3,007 points) -33
11. Daniel Suárez (3,007 points) -33
12. Austin Cindric (3,006 points) -34
Failed to Advance to Round of 12:
13. Tyler Reddick (2,067 points)
14. Kyle Busch (2,067 points)
15. Austin Dillon (2,058 points)
16. Kevin Harvick (2,045 points)
SHR Notes:
● Custer earned his third top-10 of the season and his first top-10 in four career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Bristol.
● This was Custer’s best finish so far this season. His previous best was a pair of ninth-place drives July 10 at Atlanta Motor Speedway and July 31 on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
● Custer’s eighth-place finish bettered his previous best result at Bristol – 23rd, earned in September 2020.
● Harvick earned his 14th top-10 of the season and his 22nd top-10 in 42 career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Bristol.
● Harvick’s 22 top-10s at Bristol are the most among active NASCAR Cup Series drivers.
● This was Harvick’s third straight top-10 at Bristol. He only has three finishes outside the top-15 at Bristol since joining SHR in 2014.
● Harvick finished 10th in Stage 2 to earn a bonus point.
● Briscoe earned his 13th top-15 of the season and his second top-15 in two career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Bristol
● This was Briscoe’s second straight top-15. He finished 13th in the series’ prior race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City.
● Briscoe finished fourth in Stage 1 to earn seven bonus points and third in Stage 2 to earn eight more bonus points.
● Almirola won the pole for the Bass Pro Shops Night race with a lap of 14.946 seconds at 128.382 mph around the .533-mile oval. It was his fourth career pole, his first of the season and his first at Bristol. Almirola became the 52nd different NASCAR Cup Series driver to win a pole at Bristol.
● Almirola led twice for 36 laps to increase his laps-led total at Bristol to 39.
● A mechanical issue forced Almirola out of the race after 418 laps.
Race Notes:
● Chris Buescher won the Bass Pro Shops Night Race to score his second career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his first of the season and his first at Bristol. His margin over second-place Chase Elliott was .458 of a second.
● Buescher was the record-tying 19th different winner in the 29 NASCAR Cup Series races run this season. This is the fifth time in NASCAR’s 74-year history where there have been 19 different winners, but only the second time in NASCAR’s modern era (1972 to present). There were 19 different winners in 1956, 1958, 1961 and 2001. In 1956, the 19th winner came in the third-to-last race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway (race No. 54 of 56). In 1958, the 19th winner came in the fourth-to-last race at Orange Speedway in Hillsborough, North Carolina (race No. 47 of 51). In 1961, the 19th winner came at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway with 10 races still remaining (race No. 42 of 52). And in 2001, the 19th winner came in the season finale at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon (race No. 36 of 36). Among the five seasons to reach 19 different winners, this season has seen 19 winners in the fewest races (29). The previous record was 36 races in 2001.
● This was Ford’s 718th all-time NASCAR Cup Series victory and its seventh of the season.
● This was Ford’s 41st NASCAR Cup Series victory at Bristol. It won its first race at the track on March 31, 1963 with NASCAR Hall of Famer Fireball Roberts.
● There were 11 caution periods for a total of 80 laps.
● Only 12 of the 36 drivers in the Bass Pro Shops Night Race finished on the lead lap.
Sound Bites:
“We had a really solid day. The guys brought a really fast car all weekend from when we unloaded. It was fun to drive today. We executed well, stayed out of trouble and were able to come out with a top-10. Hopefully, we can carry that momentum to next week.”
” – Cole Custer, driver of the No. 41 Autodesk / HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang
“It was pretty tough. We pitted in front of the 17 (Chris Buescher), so just kind of the way the year has gone. Just went from having a chance to lead the parade to being a part of the parade. Just difficult to pass.” – Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Busch Light Ford Mustang
“I was kind of worried pretty early in the race that I was gonna struggle, but I was able to get fourth in that first stage and third in the second stage, and that really set us up to where I think we were right at the cutline starting that final stage. We had some luck with the 18 (Kyle Busch) blowing up and a couple guys getting wrecked and there at the end it was unfortunate, we kind of just rode around making sure we didn’t eliminate ourselves. I’m super proud to be able to move onto the Round of 12. That’s a really big accomplishment. We’ve just got to do what we did today, not eliminate ourselves. That’s gonna be the key to this next round, especially with how many wild-card races there are. If we can go there and do that, guys are gonna keep eliminating themselves. We just have to limit our mistakes and, if we do that, we know we’ve got to have a little more speed, but if we can just limit our mistakes, it gives us a chance to move on to the next round, as well.” – Chase Briscoe, driver of the No. 14 Magical Vacation Planner Ford Mustang
Next Up:
The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500 on Sunday, Sept. 25 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. It is the fourth race of the 10-race NASCAR Playoffs and the first race in the Round of 12. The AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500 starts at 3:30 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by USA and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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No. 2 Freightliner Ford Mustang – Austin Cindric
Start: 9th
Race Finish: 20th
Stage 1 Finish: 35th
Stage 2 Finish: 31st
Laps Led: 0
Point Standings: 12th (-34)
Race Rundown: Austin Cindric and the No. 2 Freightliner team are coming away from a drama-filled Round of 16 finale at Bristol Motor Speedway with the 20th-place finish and a ticket to the Round of 12. Cindric began the night from the ninth position, but a flat right front tire on lap 83 sent the Team Penske driver to pit road for an unscheduled pit stop, causing him to lose significant track position at the 0.533-mile short track. Cindric’s night quickly turned into a game of managing the race over the remainder of the event, navigating a plethora of cautions, and utilizing the misfortunes of others to his advantage. The grit and determination of the No. 2 team never wavered, keeping the NASCAR Cup Series rookie in the fight. Cindric advanced to the Round of 12 by a slim two points to keep his championship hopes alive, joining fellow Team Penske drivers Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney in the second round of the NASCAR Playoffs.
Cindric’s Thoughts: “For a while I was just trying as hard as I can and as they fell off like flies just trying not to force any issues, try not to force any more right-front tire failures. From there, I think I was tied with the 18 for 100 laps, but just one hell of a night. I still don’t think this place loves me back, but it probably showed me a little mercy tonight, so I’ll take it and run with it. We’ll be on offense for the next three races just like we were to start Darlington this round and have some fun with it.”
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No. 12 Menards/Pennzoil Ford Mustang – Ryan Blaney
Start: 6th
Race Finish: 30th
Stage 1 Finish: 36th
Stage 2 Finish: 36th
Laps Led: 9
Point Standings: 8th (-27)
Race Rundown: Ryan Blaney and the No 12 Menards/Pennzoil Ford Mustang finished 30th Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. After starting in the sixth position, Blaney wasted little time moving to the front, taking the lead on lap 36. Following a caution on lap 43, Blaney would pit from the lead. He would begin to work his way back to the front until a cut tire sent the Menards/Pennzoil Ford into the wall. The crew would make fast repairs on pit road, but the damage proved to be more severe, and he would spend over 150 laps behind the wall for repairs. Blaney would return to competition crossing the line in 30th at race’s end. The points accumulated locked the No. 12 team into the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Playoffs.
Blaney’s Thoughts: “You never know what can happen and having that flat, there’s nothing that we can do about it. You’re lucky you have that cushion going into this race. The most unfortunate part is our car was super fast, too. That was the terrible thing about it. The worst part about it now, looking back. The car was really good and just had no indication. It seemed like a lot of guys had right-front problems tonight, but I’m proud of everybody for getting it fixed up and just out there to finish the race. There really wasn’t much we could do, just log laps, and let everything play itself out. That’s why you try to have two good races beforehand because you never know when you’re going to need some points.”
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No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Mustang – Joey Logano
Start: 15th
Race Finish: 27th
Stage 1 Finish: 20th
Stage 2 Finish: 18th
Laps Led: 0
Point Standings: 2nd (-15)
Race Rundown: Joey Logano had an up and down night in Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway which ultimately ended up behind the wall. Logano started 15th and would maintain position outside the top-15 in Stage 1. Fortunately, the points accumulated in Stage 1 locked Logano into the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Playoffs. Crew chief Paul Wolfe would take several swings to make the balance better throughout the night and eventually it paid off as Logano moved inside the top-10 late. Unfortunately, a strong night would come to an end as Logano would join the list of many drivers with tire issues. The damage proved to be too severe, and the Shell-Pennzoil Mustang was retired from competition on lap 437.
Logano’s Thoughts: “Not a great night for us. I thought we made our Shell-Pennzoil Mustang better as the night went along and unfortunately, we lost a right front tire late and had suspension damage. Certainly, a bummer, but we locked ourselves into the next round and happy for Ryan and Austin too.”
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Will Power and Team Penske stepped into the spotlight again as the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES champions Saturday night during the Victory Lap Celebration at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.
Power clinched his second series championship with a third-place finish in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet last Sunday at the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. He won his first title in 2014 with Team Penske.
Australia native Power prevailed by 16 points over teammate Josef Newgarden, delivering Team Penske its record-extending 17th INDYCAR SERIES championship. Team Penske President Tim Cindric accepted the Championship Owner Award.
Newgarden and Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing also were saluted for finishing second and third, respectively, in the standings.
Power led the 2022 season with five NTT P1 Awards for pole, earning the NTT P1 Award as the best qualifier of the season. It’s the fifth time in his career he has won this award. Power also made history last weekend by winning his 68th career pole, breaking a tie with fellow legend Mario Andretti for the all-time INDYCAR SERIES record.
Team Penske’s technical team also was honored with two awards. Kyle Moyer won the Team Manager of the Year Award for the fifth time. It’s the sixth time a Team Penske executive has won. Pennzoil presented Trevor Lacasse with the Chief Mechanic of the Year for the first time, the sixth time a Team Penske mechanic has earned this award.
Power’s No. 12 Verizon Team Penske crew also won the Firestone Pit Performance Award for earning the most cumulative Pit Stop Performance Award points during the 2022 season.
Team Penske drivers Power, Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin delivered nine of Chevrolet’s series-leading 11 victories this season, helping Chevy win the Manufacturer Award for the seventh time since it returned to the series in 2012 and the first time since 2017. Jim Danahy, U.S. vice president, Competition Motorsports Engineering for Chevrolet, accepted the award on behalf of his team.
Christian Lundgaard was honored as the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Rookie of the Year. Lundgaard, from Denmark, scored one podium finish, two top-five finishes and seven top-10s in the No. 30 Honda fielded by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. He edged David Malukas of Dale Coyne Racing with HMD by 18 points in the standings for first-year series drivers.
Success in Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires also was honored this year at the Victory Lap, as in 2022 INDYCAR took over execution and promotion of the series that provides the last step of preparation for drivers aspiring to race in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES.
Linus Lundqvist was honored as champion after a dominant season for HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing. Lundqvist, from Sweden, won a series-high five races in the No. 26 HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing entry and clinched the Lights championship with a race to spare, ending with a 92-point advantage over Sting Ray Robb.
Lundqvist also received a painting representing his 2022 championship season created by noted motorsports artist Jim Swintal, also a longtime INDYCAR SERIES race official. Swintal has painted these works for Lights champions every year since 1991.
Andretti Autosport teammates Robb and Matthew Brabham also were honored for finishing second and third, respectively, in the standings.
HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing owners Henry and Daiva Malukas accepted an honor for their championship-winning team this season in Lights.
Hunter McElrea received the Rookie of the Year Award in Indy Lights. McElrea, from New Zealand, drove to two victories, seven podium finishes and three poles in the No. 27 Andretti Autosport entry en route to finishing fourth in the series standings.
Newgarden and Lundqvist also received the AiM Sports Move Award for their respective series, presented to the driver judged to have made the most dramatic pass of the year.
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The championship battle in the Lunkerdaddy Pro Late Models looks to go down to the wire, after Saturday night’s thriller with Las Vegas’ Kyle Keller topping Vancouver, Wash.’s Jadan Walbridge by just .005 seconds in the 80-lap feature at Madera Speedway. The MAVTV-televised championship concludes on October 15th with the Short Track Shootout, where Keller and Walbridge will be unofficially tied at the top of the standings.
The first 50-laps of the penultimate Pro Late Model round of the season were led flag-to-flag by San Jose’s Jay Juleson after drawing the pole position. The first dozen laps saw the top-ten lined up around the bottom of the one-third mile speedway.
Walbridge won his fifth fast-time of the season but drew seventh in the redraw. He rode sixth throughout much of the opening segment before driving into fourth on lap 46. Eagle, Idaho’s Jacob Smith spent the lion’s share of the first 50 laps in the second position but was passed by Keller on lap 47.
Juleson enjoyed a three second advantage over the field when the race reached the Mission Racing Style Tortilla Chips break for interviews and adjustments on lap 50.
Juleson restarted inside of Keller but the lead immediately changed hands in Keller’s favor. Walbridge then used the outside to drive past Juleson into second as well. Walbridge drove inside of Keller to begin their side-by-side battle for the top spot. The first caution of the event fell on lap 55 when Loomis’ Kenna Mitchell tagged Coarsegold’s Shaun Reynolds, sparking a spin and relegating both to the rear.
Keller picked the outside line and maintained the lead. The next caution fell just a lap later when Atwater’s Jason Aguirre tagged the front stretch wall, then backed into the turn one wall.
2021 51FIFTY Jr. Late Model champion Brody Armtrout used the caution to drive past Smith on the outside for third.
Walbridge began throwing moves inside of Keller for the lead, showing his nose in turn three on multiple occasions. Ethan Nascimento of Manteca drove past Smith for fourth on lap 57.
Over the final five laps, Walbridge tried several crossover attempts and lunges up the inside for the lead to no avail. Keller and Walbridge ran the final two laps side-by-side around the speedway. Walbridge made one last drive into turn three but Keller prevailed by mere inches for his coveted third win of the season. Walbridge, Armtrout, Nascimento, and Smith rounded out the top-five. Keller’s win places the drivers into a dead heat at the top of the championship and propelled Keller past 200-laps led for the season.
Ethan Nascimento persevered over a wild battle with Washington’s Kasey Kleyn for his fourth consecutive 51FIFTY Jr. Late Model Series win in a 70-lap feature. The win extended Nascimento’s points lead and pushed him past 200-laps led as well.
Nascimento drew the pole position while fast-time qualifier Robbie Kennealy of Madera rolled off fourth. Kennealy fell as low as eighth during a second attempt at getting the race underway after Caden Cordova of Bakersfield spun. Martinez’ Vito Cancilla and Mill Valley’s Monty Tipton collided to bring out a caution on lap seven. When action resumed, Kennealy drove back up to fourth quickly.
A caution on lap 38 brought the race into its scheduled break two laps early, with Nascimento leading Kleyn, Kenna Mitchell, Kennealy, and a resurgent Tipton.
Kleyn tried to use the outside to nab the lead on the restart but Nascimento drove ahead. Mitchell capitalized to drive inside of Kleyn for second. Cancilla collided with Tipton for a hard crash on the front stretch that brought out a red flag on lap 60. When action resumed, Kleyn leaned on Nascimento to take the lead on lap 61. Nascimento drove back to Kleyn and they made contact in turn one. Kleyn then spun into turn three and brought out a caution on lap 65. Kleyn was unable to return to the event.
Nascimento paced the final five laps to top Mitchell, Robbie Kennealy, Joey Kennealy, and Tracy’s Rebecca Dubie for a career-best fifth place.
Andrew Williams of Madera won an unlikely victory in the INEX Bandolero feature, coming back from a spin and avoiding a late-race melee on the front stretch to be scored the victor. Skyler Schoppe of Clovis finished second and Kellen Keller of Las Vegas was third.
The highly anticipated 49th Harvest Classic presented by Protect the Harvest and Lucas Oil is up next at Madera Speedway on September 24, featuring tributes to Kenny Takeuchi and Donnie Large, Sr.
It includes Open Comp Supers vs Winged Sprint Cars, Legends of Kearney Bowl, California Hard Tops, NCMA Sprints, BCRA Vintage Midgets, Madera Late Models, Madera Super Stocks, Modified Super Toyotas, Madera Mini Stocks, and the INEX Legends Tour Series.
For more information about the Madera Speedway including how to advertise with a race team on MAVTV please visit www.racemadera.com or call the race office at 209-356-1968.
The 2022 season would not be possible without the support of Lunkerdaddy Fishing Lures, 51FIFTY LTM, Mission Foods, 805 Beer, Race 2B Drug Free, Competition Carburetion, Hoosier Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuel.
Madera Racing on MAVTV airs Monday nights at 3:00pm Pacific and 6:00pm Eastern.
2022 MADERA MAVTV LATE MODEL SCHEDULE
March 5 - $5,000-to-win
April 2
April 30
May 21 – Military Tribute Night
June 25 – Reverend Ron Spencer Red, White Blue Classic
July 30 - $5,000-to-win Summer SpeedFest
August 27
September 17
October 15 - $10,000-to-win Short Track Shootout
October 29 – Pumpkin Cup Open (Non-Points)
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Race fans who were on hand to watch the final Modified point race of the season at Mahoning Valley Speedway couldn’t have asked for anything better as a trio title hopefuls put on a dazzling display of wheel twisting around the tight confines of the paved ¼-mile oval.
Brian DeFebo, Kyle Strohl and Lou Strohl raced the entire 35 laps under a blanket, lap after lap with amazing precision as they hovered tightly. When it was all said and done DeFebo scored his second straight win while K. Strohl crossed the line in second and earned the class championship. For L. Strohl his close third placed him second in the final standings, just six points behind the champ.
Right from the outset the intense battle took shape as pole sitter DeFebo grabbed the lead and behind him the two Strohl’s went side-by-side with Kyle on the inside and Lou to the outside. It would then remain that way well into the final laps.
With two circuits left to run K. Strohl finally shook free but could not make a pass as DeFebo took his 22nd Mahoning win and 109th overall.
“I have to thank Gary (Slusser, crew chief) and my mom (Sophie Welsh, car owner) who stuck behind me all year. The driver doesn’t make the right calls all the time and now here we are two weeks in a row getting wins,” said DeFebo.
“I slowed down the pace, raced my own line and that kept them from going around me and it all paid off. I could feel the bumps and I knew I couldn’t get off the bottom so then I was just trying to go slower in order to go faster and it feels good to go back-to-back wining.”
Bobby Jones was fourth and Rod Snyder Jr., who came into the night second in the standings, was fifth.
“Running for championships is fun but running for wins is a lot more fun and congratulations to Kyle and his team, they’ve worked hard and deserve the title,” offered DeFebo.
A week ago K. Strohl took the championship in the Mahoning Valley Speedway Hall of Fame Series but truth be told winning the regular season battle was the main focus. And he did it without the aid of a feature win, although his eight runner-ups throughout the year didn’t hurt.
“This is what we were working so hard for ever since I got into a Modified and I’m glad that I can finally put us in the right spot for not only myself but my crew as well,” said K. Strohl.
“Even though there was not many cars here there were really good cars here and that side-by-side battle with Louie was as a good as you could ask for. We raced hard but clean the whole time and Brian held his line but we just couldn’t get a run on him.”
Late Model winner Frankie Althouse was parked in Victory Lane for the first time in three years and he couldn’t have been more grateful. Last year he was told his racing days where over due to a concussion he suffered from an early track accident, however, months of rehab paid off for Althouse.
Given the opportunity to drive Kenny Hein’s car, Althouse showed his old form that carried him to countless wins and a pair of championships over the years.
Taking to the lead from Brooks Smith after three laps, Althouse then stayed the course and drove to a compelling win, his 34th with a Late Model.
Geno Steigerwalt kept himself close behind Althouse and was scored second while third place finisher Nick Ross’s tally was good enough to earn him his second straight Mahoning crown.
Coming into the night the Sportsman Modifieds had the closest point battle to decide as Nick Baer and Jaden Brown began the feature separated by just two points.
For Baer, he was both lucky and good. Starting on the outside of the front row he was able to grab the lead from Greyson Ahner on lap one. He then stayed there the rest of the way, fending off a very strong Brody George en route to his second win and the championship.
Brown finished third which alas thwarted his hopes of a second straight title.
Matt Kocher backed up his career first Street Stock win from a week ago with a return visit to Victory Lane.
Despite starting from the pole Kocher had a race-long battle to stay there having to dealing with the likes of Cody Geist, Todd Ahner and then a relentless Jon Moser who applied all kinds if pressure. But Kocher refused to back down to them, particularly Moser who leaned on him right to the finish.
There was also plenty of drama that unfolded in the fight for the championship as well which fell to Tommy Flanagan by just six points over Jillian Snyder and 10 on Ahner.
When the Pro 4 feature began Cody Kohler started on the outside of row one. When it ended he finished in the Winner’s Circle for the sixth time this season and more notably the championship.
Kohler took the lead from the onset and then cruised on to victory over Ken Reeder. In gaining the title he is the first driver in class to win three straight Pro 4 championships and four overall.
In the Hobby Stocks there was no denying Corey Edelman his division leading eighth win of the season. Edelman passed Nicholas Kerstetter on lap four and from there went into cruise control.
And not only did his go on to a runaway victory, he also locked up the 2022 championship, his record third such with the Hobby Stocks.
Jake Kibler, in just his third Hobby Stock start, was a solid runner-up with Travis Solomon third.
The Futures ran in a special extra distance race to conclude their regular season and through the efforts of the Kutz Racing Team extra money paid out to every driver.
Racing to the win and championship was 11-year old Parker Ahner. He passed Makayla Kohler midway through and then blistered the field the rest of the way. Ahner becomes the youngest driver in track history to win a championship.
Gabrielle Steigerwalt led early then took hold of second in the later laps to secure the runner-up spot over Kohler.
Modified feature finish (35 laps): 1. Brian DeFebo, 2. Kyle Strohl, 3. Lou Strohl, 4. Bobby Jones, 5. Rod Snyder Jr., 6. Terry Markovic, 7. Nick Baer, 8. Cody Kohler
Late Model feature finish (25 laps): 1. Frankie Althouse, 2. Geno Steigerwalt, 3. Nick Ross, 4. Mark Hudson, 5. Mike VanFossen, 6. Brandon Turbush, 7. Brain Romig Jr., 8. Rusty Turbush, 9. Brooks Smith, 10. Seth VanFossen, 11. Paul Cummings
Sportsman Modified feature finish (25 laps): 1. Nick Baer, 2. Brody George, 3. Jaden Brown, 4. Greyson Ahner, 5. Troy Bollinger, 6. Richard Lapolt
Street Stock feature finish (30 laps): 1. Matt Kocher, 2. Jon Moser, 3. Tucker Muffley, 4. Todd Ahner, 5. Cody Geist, 6. Jamie smith, 7. Jillian Snyder, 8. Tommy Flanagan, 9. Logan Boyer, 10. Randy Green, 11. Mark Martini, 12. Rick Reichenbach, 13. Thomas Flanagan DQ: Jeremy Scheckler
Pro 4 feature finish (20 laps): 1. Cody Kohler, 2. Ken Reeder, 3. Colton Breiner, 4. Tyler Stangle, 5. Kadie Pursell, 6. Richie Pursell, 7. Alexis Jones
Hobby Stock feature finish (25 laps): 1. Corey Edelman, 2. Jake Kibler, 3. Travis Solomon, 4. Cody Boehm, 5. James Tout, 6. Michael Wambold, 7. Lyndsay Buss, 8. Dave Imler Jr., 9. Nicholas Kerstetter, 10. Don Bauder, 11. Ralph Borger Jr., 12. Mallory Kutz, 13. Shayne Geist, 4. Jake Oswald
Futures feature finish (20 laps): 1. Parker Ahner, 2. Gabrielle Steigerwalt, 3. Makayla Kohler, 4. Maggie Yeakel, 5. Mayson Moyer, 6. Michael Klotz, 7. Arland Moyer Jr., 8. Adam Steigerwalt, 9. Lexus Kutz, 10. Zoe Kuchera, 12. Hallie Muffley
MVS PR | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/speedway-news/73092-brian-defebo-wins-second-straight-mahoning-valley-speedway-modified-feature-kyle-strohl-is-2022-champion | 2022-09-18T23:10:59Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/speedway-news/73092-brian-defebo-wins-second-straight-mahoning-valley-speedway-modified-feature-kyle-strohl-is-2022-champion | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The only parade in the US honoring a WWII hero returns to Raritan
RARITAN BOROUGH – The life and legacy of John Basilone, the hometown hero who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II, was celebrated Sunday with the 41st running of his memorial parade.
In the leadup to the parade last week, the Somerset County commissioners dedicated five blocks of West Somerset Street as “Basilone Boulevard” during a ceremony. Commissioner Deputy Director Melonie Marano was joined by Basilone family members Kim Van Note and John Basilone, as well as Raritan Mayor Zachary Bray and members of the Borough Council for the unveiling.
“It is a great privilege to move this idea forward, to be a part of honoring John Basilone for all he represents to the country, the county, and especially Raritan,” Marano said. “The signs are up in time for Sunday’s John Basilone Parade, and from now on everyone shopping and dining in downtown Raritan will know they are doing so on Basilone Boulevard.”
Basilone, a member of the U.S. Marines, received the Medal of Honor for his action during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942 and the Navy Cross posthumously for more heroism in the Battle of Iwo Jima, where he was killed in 1945. He is the only Marine to have received both honors as well as return to action after recovering from injuries and then be killed in action.
Also see:John Basilone Honor Platoon celebrates 60th anniversary
The John Basilone Memorial Parade is the only parade in the country honoring a World War II hero.
The idea of the street dedication came from borough resident Adam Armahizer, who recently completed his own honorable service with the Marines.
“Growing up in Raritan, I heard the stories of John Basilone’s heroism and even marched in the parade, and that’s a major reason I joined the Marines,” Armahizer said. “After my time with the Marines, I realized how much he gave to us, and working on the Basilone Boulevard concept is my small way of honoring his heroism.” | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/somerset-county/2022/09/18/john-basilone-memorial-parade-raritan-nj/69497156007/ | 2022-09-18T23:14:47Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/somerset-county/2022/09/18/john-basilone-memorial-parade-raritan-nj/69497156007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Football: Big Central Player of the Week ballot for Week 3
Welcome to the third MyCentralJersey.com’s Big Central Conference Readers’ Choice Football Player of the Week poll of the 2022 season.
Voting closes Thursday at noon.
Please note that the votes don't always show up immediately. There are lags for the votes to register and a winner isn't declared until hours after the poll closes.
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Isaiah Barnes
North Brunswick
The senior contributed to a big North Brunswick defensive effort in the Raiders’ 33-7 win over Old Bridge. The defensive end had six tackles, two sacks and a fumble recovery. North Brunswick (3-0) has allowed a combined 17 points in its three wins.
Connor Laverty
Bernards
The junior quarterback accounted for five touchdowns in Bernards’ 35-0 win over Voorhees. He threw for 179 yards and four TDs, while completing 64 percent of his passes (11-for-17). Laverty also rushed for a touchdown (31 yards on three carries). The Mountaineers improved to 3-1.
Joseph Lepore
South River
The junior excelled on both sides of the ball as Pro Football Hall of Famer Drew Pearson looked on in South River’s 31-0 win over Bound Brook. Lepore caught a 35-yard touchdown pass from Parker Lane and scored on a 60-yard interception return. He also caught a screen pass and tossed it to Darius Armstrong, who scored on the 70-yard hook and ladder play.
Brett Makowsky
A.L. Johnson
The senior kicker/punter helped Johnson (3-0) remain undefeated with a 38-0 win over Metuchen. He went 5-for-5 in his point-after attempts, booted a 29-yard field goal and boomed a 55-yard punt.
Shawn Purcell
Manville
The senior was all over the field for the Mustangs in their 46-7 win over Dayton. The elusive Purcell rushed for 195 yards on nine carries and scored touchdowns on runs of 63, 59, 5 and 39 yards. He also caught a 55-yard touchdown pass from Danny Wildgoose as Manville improved to 3-1.
Patrick Smith
South Plainfield
The explosive junior has a chance to produce a huge play every time he touches the ball. He rushed for 155 yards on seven carries in South Plainfield’s 53-30 win over North Plainfield. Smith scored on runs of 1, 18, 55 and 60 yards. He's rushed for 301 yards for the undefeated Tigers (3-0). | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/09/18/big-central-conference-nj-football-player-of-the-week-ballot/69502084007/ | 2022-09-18T23:14:53Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/09/18/big-central-conference-nj-football-player-of-the-week-ballot/69502084007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On Friday the German government seized control of a major Russian-owned oil refinery. A unit of Russian oil firm Rosneft is now under the trusteeship of the German industry regulator. Its taken over the business' Schwedt refinery, which supplies 90% of Berlin's fuel.
More info here: Germany Tightens Control Over Industry With Russian Oil Grab
and here: Germany takes control of Russian-owned refinery amid energy crisis
This raises the stakes with risks of further retaliation from Putin, further restrictions of Russian energy flow in Europe.
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Hapless Russian leader Putin: | https://www.forexlive.com/news/icymi-germany-took-control-of-a-major-russian-owned-a-unit-of-rosneft-oil-refinery-20220918/ | 2022-09-18T23:24:30Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/icymi-germany-took-control-of-a-major-russian-owned-a-unit-of-rosneft-oil-refinery-20220918/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ROCK SPRINGS -- The 15th annual KD Foundation Color Rush Fundraiser added a pop of color to the attire of those who participated on Saturday, Sept. 17.
The annual event raises money and awareness for Sweetwater County juvenile diabetics.
The 5K event saw participants running/walking around town while volunteers threw colored powder onto anyone who wanted to add some color to the event t-shirt, which were white this year.
Jane Daniel is the founder of the KD Foundation and said that she was inspired to start the foundation after her daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 10.
Tina Egbert, secretary of the KD Foundation, said that she was happy to see so many people come out to support the foundation.
“It’s been a beautiful day and it’s the perfect day for the event. We are so blessed to have so many wonderful people involved in the community,” Egbert said. “We have had people of all ages come out to participate. We’ve had people bring their dogs and strollers; also, people have come out on their bikes and roller skates. We’re so thankful for this generous community that has come out to support the foundation.”
Egbert said that they had over 500 people register to participate in the event.
Following the color rush, Commerce Bank provided food for those in attendance to enjoy.
Kristen Brough and Ashlynn Giovale are two of the participants who participated in the color rush. This was their first year participating in the event.
Brough said that she decided to participate in the event because she knows someone with Type 1 diabetes.
“One of my contractor friends has a daughter who was diagnosed with diabetes. So, I’m participating because I wanted to support her,” Brough said.
This year’s event was also the first time Breanna Jackman has gotten to participate in the color rush.
“This has been on my to do list. I have always been busy on this weekend in years past. So, I was really excited that I was free this weekend and able to come out to support such a great cause,” Jackman said.
The 15th annual KD Foundation Color Rush was also the first time Melissa and Tarin Anderson got to participate in the event.
“This is a really neat fundraiser for the kids that are experiencing Type 1 diabetes. We don’t have it in our family but we still wanted to come out and support those kids,” Melissa said.
For Tammy Hartman, getting to participate in the color rush is very important to her.
“I’ve been helping with the KD Foundation since it started. The founders, Kaydin, Jane and Jimmy, are amazing people and they’re doing a great thing for our community,” Hartman said. “It’s always fun to come out, participate and get to see all of the people we haven’t seen since last year’s event.”
Near the conclusion of the event, Daniel and Egbert spoke to the participants about the impact of having the color rush.
“This is our 15th annual fundraiser. Without our community, we would not be here. I want to thank all of those who participated, donated and sponsored,” Egbert said.
Egbert also introduced Jaron Shereda during the event. Shereda has Type 1 diabetes and through the KD Foundation, received a scholarship for college.
“The scholarship that the KD Foundation has provided to me has helped to pay for my schooling,” Shereda said. “It’s helped me to keep pursuing my dream. Currently, I am going into musical theater at Western Wyoming Community College.”
Overall, Daniel said that she thinks that the event went well.
“We had a beautiful day to hold the event on. We had a great turn out,” Daniel said. “I couldn’t be happier. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/annual-kd-foundation-color-rush-raises-awareness-for-juvenile-diabetes/article_1c65a884-3799-11ed-b685-1fd9d85213b3.html | 2022-09-18T23:26:09Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/annual-kd-foundation-color-rush-raises-awareness-for-juvenile-diabetes/article_1c65a884-3799-11ed-b685-1fd9d85213b3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Via an ANZ note on their Federal Reserve expectations, this their main points:
• Underlying inflation is not showing any signs of abating. Moreover, the spread of inflation throughout the services sector points to "sticky" prices, implying inflation will take time to moderate.
• The Fed is intensifying efforts to get inflation down and will remain resolute in its commitment to do so. We expect that the FOMC will hike by 75bp at its meeting this week, and Chair Powell will reiterate that more is needed.
• Based on current and expected price trends we now forecast a terminal fed funds range of 4.75-5.00% to be reached by Q2 2023, which is 100bp higher and almost six months later than we previously projected.
• Fed forecasts need to reflect a sustained period of restrictive policy leading to a lengthy spell of sub-trend growth. This will entail a steeper and higher dot plot, downgrades to growth and a higher unemployment rate.
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Earlier previews:
- ICYMI - Goldman Sachs now expect a 75bp Federal Reserve rate hike this week
- Week Ahead Preview: FOMC is the highlight
Meetings remaining this year (boxed in the pic below):
The statement from the FOMC is due at 1800 GMT on the 21st, Powell's press conference follows at 1830 GMT. | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/anz-forecast-a-75bp-federal-open-market-committee-fomc-hike-this-week-terminal-rate-5-20220918/ | 2022-09-18T23:28:39Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/anz-forecast-a-75bp-federal-open-market-committee-fomc-hike-this-week-terminal-rate-5-20220918/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
To be honest, I never knew I liked alfredo sauce until a few years ago. Since I had never made it before, I have to be honest, I thought it was complicated. Nothing could be further from the truth. In reality it only takes 5 ingredients but those 5 ingredients make a perfect complement to your favorite pasta.
2 cloves of minced garlic (I use a garlic press)
6 Tablespoons of butter
1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
½ to 1 cup parmesan cheese
Pepper
First, start with grating your parmesan cheese. Yes, I said grate your cheese! I know they make shredded cheese, but pre-shredded cheese does not melt as well as freshly shredded. Trust me, this is important.
In a medium saucepan, sauté butter and minced garlic over medium to medium-low heat. Sauté until butter is melted and garlic is fragrant, about a minute or so. Don’t melt the butter too quickly and don’t burn it.
Stir in cream and simmer for about 4-5 minutes, constantly stirring so the cream and butter combine and mixture thickens.
Stir in Parmesan cheese, about a tablespoon at a time to make sure the cheese is fully incorporated before adding more. Don’t forget to taste test as you stir in the cheese, that way you can adjust the cheese levels to your personal preference. Stir the sauce until combined, the sauce should be smooth.
Just before your last stir, add in a dash or two of pepper.
Serve over your favorite pasta and meat. I love it over seafood ravioli.
Sauce serves about 4.
Alfredo Extra info:
If you have leftovers and want to reheat the sauce, I reheat it is a sauce pan and add a touch more cream (a tablespoon or so) and stir until hot.
If you want your alfredo with a little zip, add a tablespoon of pesto to your sauce. Yum.
Discuss the news on NABUR, a place to have local conversations The Neighborhood Alliance for Better Understanding and Respect ✔ A site just for our local community ✔ Focused on facts, not misinformation ✔ Free for everyone | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/lifestyle/getting-saucy-alfredo-sauce/article_5ef0697a-35fd-11ed-b640-67e1bd08f013.html | 2022-09-18T23:31:54Z | fergusfallsjournal.com | control | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/lifestyle/getting-saucy-alfredo-sauce/article_5ef0697a-35fd-11ed-b640-67e1bd08f013.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DOVER, Del.- A man was found shot at a hospital in Dover early Sunday morning.
Police say a 23-year-old Dover man was found with several gunshot wounds a Bayhealth Kent Campus just before 5 a.m.
He told police that he was in the area of South New St. and West Reed St. when he was shot. Police went to the area and found several shell casings.
He was uncooperative with police and would not give any more details or suspect description.
If you wish to provide information on this case or other criminal activity, please contact the Dover Police Department at (302)736-7130. Callers may remain anonymous. Tips may also be submitted to law enforcement through Delaware Crime Stoppers at 800-TIP-3333 or online at delaware.crimestoppersweb.com; a cash reward is possible for information leading to an arrest. | https://www.wboc.com/news/dover-man-found-shot-several-times-at-hospital/article_7ff20a9a-379f-11ed-924c-f3178bc30ad0.html | 2022-09-18T23:33:54Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/dover-man-found-shot-several-times-at-hospital/article_7ff20a9a-379f-11ed-924c-f3178bc30ad0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MAGNOLIA, Del.- A motorcyclist was killed early Sunday morning after running into a SUV in Magnolia.
Delaware State Police say that a 22-year-old Pennsylvania man was riding a Honda Motorcycle northbound on Bay Rd. in the left lane, just south of Trap Shooters Rd., around 1:30 a.m. A GMC SUV, driven by a 25-year-old Delaware woman, was ahead of the man in the right lane.
The woman began to change lanes, and moved in front of the motorcyclist.
Police say, the man was speeding and the front tire of the motorcycle hit the back bumper of the SUV.
The man, who was wearing a helmet, died at the scene, according to police. Identification is pending notification to the next of kin.
The woman was wearing her seat belt and was not injured.
Alcohol or drug usage is not suspected of being a factor in this collision.
The roadway was closed for approximately 3 hours while the collision was being investigated. The Delaware State Police Troop 3 Collision Reconstruction Unit continues to investigate this incident. Troopers are asking anyone who witnessed this collision to please contact Cpl/3 J. Lane by calling 302-698-8457. Information may also be provided by contacting Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333. | https://www.wboc.com/news/motorcyclist-killed-in-early-morning-magnolia-crash/article_b7dc7aca-379b-11ed-b281-e7eccf648bbf.html | 2022-09-18T23:34:01Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/motorcyclist-killed-in-early-morning-magnolia-crash/article_b7dc7aca-379b-11ed-b281-e7eccf648bbf.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Tonight: Clear. Lows: 65-69° Winds: S 3-5 mph
Monday: Sunny. Highs: 87-88° Winds: SW 5-10 mph
Monday night: Partly cloudy. Lows: 66-68° Winds: S 6 mph
Tuesday: Sunny. Highs: 86-89° Lows: 66-68°
Wednesday: Sunny. Highs: 88-91° Lows: 61-67°
Thursday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 77-85° Lows: 69-70°
Friday: Sunny. Highs: 68-71° Lows: 48-57°
Saturday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 64-71° Lows: 47-51°
Forecast Discussion:
Good Sunday evening Delmarva! It was a beautiful day with temperatures reaching the low 80s in some areas. Tonight temperatures will fall to the upper 50s with clear skies.
Monday will start the work week off on a warm note. Temperatures will rise from the mid to upper 60s to the upper 80s by the afternoon. Although the start of the work week will be flirting with the 90s, the dew points will not be unbearable. With dew points in the mid-60s at the most, we will just be feeling the air. Monday evening we will see a cold front move through the area. There will not be a need to worry about precipitation from that front just some cloudy cover is likely. We will be cooling to the mid to upper 60s once again.
Most of the work week will be dry, warm, and sunny until Thursday night when a stronger cold front will change our weather patterns and remind us that the first day of fall is next Thursday. Thursday morning temperatures will be in the upper 60s to low 70s but by the time the front sweeps through, we will wake up to temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s.
As for what is now Hurricane Fiona, the storm is making its way through Porto Rico and dumping heavy rain on the island and surrounding areas. Fiona is forecasted to strengthen as it takes a slight southeast turn in the Atlantic where it will then weaken by Monday or Tuesday. Not seeing any threat to the East coast at this time.
The average temperature for mid-September is 79 degrees for a high and a low of 60 degrees. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-updated-on-sunday-september-18-2022-at-5-43-pm/article_da1e8caa-379a-11ed-819e-7ba1ed12a6c7.html | 2022-09-18T23:34:07Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-updated-on-sunday-september-18-2022-at-5-43-pm/article_da1e8caa-379a-11ed-819e-7ba1ed12a6c7.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. (NYSE: BHVN) ("Biohaven") today announced that it has set a record date of September 26, 2022 (the "Record Date") for the previously announced spin-off by Biohaven of its Biohaven Ltd. ("SpinCo") subsidiary, which will own the Kv7 ion channel activators, glutamate modulation, myeloperoxidase inhibition and myostatin inhibition platforms, preclinical product candidates, and certain corporate infrastructure currently owned by Biohaven. The completion of the spin-off remains subject to closing conditions noted in Biohaven's Proxy Statement filed on August 30, 2022, including receipt of shareholder approval at Biohaven's special meeting of shareholders to be held on September 29, 2022.
On the date of the distribution (the "Distribution Date"), each holder of Biohaven common shares will receive one common share of SpinCo for every two common shares of Biohaven held as of the Record Date. No action or payment is required by Biohaven shareholders to receive shares of SpinCo.
Beginning on September 23, 2022, and continuing until the occurrence of the distribution on the Distribution Date, Biohaven common shares will trade with an entitlement to the distribution under the symbol "BHVN". Any holders of Biohaven common shares who sell shares on or before the Distribution Date will also be selling their right to receive SpinCo common shares. Investors are encouraged to consult with their financial advisors regarding the specific implications of buying or selling Biohaven common shares on or before the Distribution Date.
Beginning on September 23, 2022, SpinCo common shares are expected to begin trading on a "when-issued" basis on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "BHVN WI" and under "Biohaven Ltd." When-issued trading of SpinCo common shares will continue until the distribution occurs. SpinCo common shares are expected to begin "regular-way" trading on the NYSE under the symbol "BHVN" on the first trading day following the Distribution Date.
About Biohaven
Biohaven is a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company with a portfolio of innovative, best-in-class therapies to improve the lives of patients with debilitating neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases, including rare disorders. Biohaven's Neuroinnovation™ portfolio includes FDA-approved Nurtec ® ODT (rimegepant) for the acute and preventive treatment of migraine (EMA-approved as Vydura ™ (rimegepant) for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura, and prophylaxis of episodic migraine in adults who have at least four migraine attacks per month) and a broad pipeline of late-stage product candidates across five distinct mechanistic platforms: CGRP receptor antagonism for the acute and preventive treatment of migraine; glutamate modulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder and spinocerebellar ataxia; and MPO inhibition for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Kv7 Ion Channel Activators (Kv7) for focal epilepsy and neuronal hyperexcitability, and myostatin inhibition for neuromuscular diseases. More information about Biohaven is available at www.biohavenpharma.com.
Special Note on Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking information about Pfizer's proposed acquisition of Biohaven, Biohaven's related spin-off of its development stage pipeline compounds, Biohaven's commercial and pipeline portfolio, including rimegepant, expected best-in-class and growth potential, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks related to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to closing the proposed acquisition (including the failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals and failure to obtain the requisite vote by Biohaven shareholders) in the anticipated timeframe or at all, including the possibility that the proposed acquisition does not close; the possibility that competing offers may be made; risks related to the ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed acquisition, including the possibility that the expected benefits from the acquisition will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period; the risk that the businesses will not be integrated successfully; disruption from the transaction making it more difficult to maintain business and operational relationships; risks related to diverting management's attention from Biohaven's ongoing business operation; negative effects of this announcement or the consummation of the proposed acquisition on the market price of Biohaven's common shares and/or operating results; significant transaction costs; unknown liabilities; the risk of litigation and/or regulatory actions related to the proposed acquisition, spin-off or Biohaven's business; risks and costs related to the implementation of the separation of SpinCo, including timing anticipated to complete the separation and any changes to the configuration of the businesses included in the separation if implemented; the risk that the integration of Biohaven and Pfizer will be more difficult, time consuming or costly than expected; other business effects and uncertainties, including the effects of industry, market, business, economic, political or regulatory conditions; future exchange and interest rates; changes in tax and other laws, regulations, rates and policies; future business combinations or disposals; the uncertainties inherent in research and development, including the ability to meet anticipated clinical endpoints, commencement and/or completion dates for clinical trials, regulatory submission dates, regulatory approval dates and/or launch dates, as well as the possibility of unfavorable new clinical data and further analyses of existing clinical data; risks associated with interim data; the risk that clinical trial data are subject to differing interpretations and assessments by regulatory authorities; whether regulatory authorities will be satisfied with the design of and results from the clinical studies; whether and when drug applications may be filed in particular jurisdictions for rimegepant or zavegepant or any other investigational products; whether and when any such applications may be approved by regulatory authorities, which will depend on myriad factors, including making a determination as to whether the product's benefits outweigh its known risks and determination of the product's efficacy and, if approved, whether rimegepant, zavegepant or any such other products will be commercially successful; decisions by regulatory authorities impacting labeling, manufacturing processes, safety and/or other matters that could affect the availability or commercial potential of rimegepant, zavegepant or any such other products; uncertainties regarding the impact of COVID-19; and competitive developments.
You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties that affect the business of Biohaven described in the "Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Information and Factors That May Affect Future Results" sections of its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other documents filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), all of which are available at www.sec.gov. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Biohaven assumes no obligation to, and does not intend to, update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, unless required by law. Biohaven does not give any assurance that it will achieve its expectations.
Nurtec and Nurtec ODT are registered trademarks of Biohaven Pharmaceutical Ireland DAC. Vydura is a trademark of Biohaven Pharmaceutical Ireland DAC.
Neuroinnovation is a trademark of Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.
Additional Information and Where to Find it
In connection with its proposed transaction with Pfizer Inc., Biohaven filed a preliminary proxy statement on August 24, 2022 and a definitive proxy statement on August 30, 2022 with the SEC. The definitive proxy statement was mailed to Biohaven's shareholders in connection with the proposed transaction on or about August 30, 2022. This communication is not a substitute for the proxy statement or any other document that may be filed by Biohaven with the SEC. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PRELIMINARY AND DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENTS AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE PROXY STATEMENT WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Any vote in respect of resolutions to be proposed at Biohaven's shareholder meeting to approve the proposed transaction or other responses in relation to the proposed transaction should be made only on the basis of the information contained in Biohaven's proxy statement. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of these documents (when they are available) and other related documents filed with the SEC at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov or on Biohaven's website at https://www.biohavenpharma.com/investors.
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This communication is for information purposes only and is not intended to and does not constitute, or form part of, an offer, invitation or the solicitation of an offer or invitation to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any securities, or the solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction, pursuant to the proposed transaction or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law.
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Biohaven and certain of its directors, executive officers and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed transaction. Information about Biohaven's directors and executive officers is set forth in its proxy statement for its 2022 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022. Other information regarding participants in the proxy solicitations in connection with the proposed transaction, and a description of any interests that they have in the proposed transaction, by security holdings or otherwise, in the proposed transaction will be included in the proxy statement described above. These documents are available free of charge at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov and by going to Biohaven's website at https://www.biohavenpharma.com/investors.
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Biohaven Investor Contact:
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+1 (201) 248-0741
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CLALLAM COUNTY, Wash. — Human remains were found Friday in the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, the Clallam County Sheriff's Department (CCSD) confirmed on Saturday.
Around 12:00 p.m. on Friday, deputies were summoned to the area after beachgoers reported finding what they believed was a female torso.
Deputies, along with U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials, closed the area of the beach where the remains were found, roughly 100 yards southwest from where the trail meets the beach according to CCSD.
The remains were transported to a local funeral home after being inspected by a coroner from the Clallam County Prosecutor's Office. Foul play is not suspected at this time by CCSD.
A search that included the use of a drone over the water and spanned both Friday and Saturday did not discover any additional remains.
CCSD is in touch with NTSB and Island County Agencies as these human remains could potentially be related to the floatplane crash off Whidbey Island earlier this month.
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BOISE, Idaho — Hope. It is one word that can be very powerful. That is what one operation provided to 6 Idaho women who were victims of human trafficking.
Treasure Valley Human Trafficking Taskforce is made up of multiple law enforcement agencies and community partners coming together; their goal is to combat human trafficking in Idaho.
On Thursday, they performed a victim-centered sting operation where they were able to provide clothing, food, housing and hope to six victims.
"If we save one female, if one female shows up and we're able to love her and wrap around her, win-win. It's a success," Paula Barthelmess, president of Idaho Community Outreach Behavioral Services (COBS) said. "Because that's one person that has hope. And that's the number one thing that these women are telling me, they never had any hope. So that was our goal."
The operation has been in the making since February. Idaho State Police put the operation together with collaboration between multiple city and county police departments. Several community organizations were involved too, including non-profit Idaho COBS.
The operation was victim-centered, designed to help and find care for victims of trafficking.
"They've been labeled as prostitutes their whole life and don't understand the difference between prostitution and human trafficking," Barthelmess said. "There is a very big difference."
The sting operation was set up at a local hotel. "Chatters" were set up to portray soliciting the victims. When the women showed up, they were provided care by the task force.
"We were able to make contact with six women, which is huge. And out of those six women, we were able to provide clothing, housing, food, any kind of essentials," Barthelmess said. "We even had a triage, a medical team there. So they were able to have a medical exam upon coming to the area that we had all our services at."
Idaho COBS operates safehouses for victims of trafficking.
Advanced Clinical Trauma Services (ACTS) was also on-site to provide mental health care and trauma therapy.
Idaho COBS works with law enforcement in human trafficking training. They also act as a third party when talking with victims, since many come from traumatic backgrounds.
"We come in, a lot of our victims unfortunately have bad pasts and have questionable relationships with law enforcement and child protection and all the different government entities," Barthelmess said. "As a non-governmental organization and a non-profit, I’m able to offer them that middle ground where I can bond with them and provide them some comfort while they’re dealing with law enforcement."
Barthelmess says they hope to do more operations in the future.
“I really want to emphasize how amazing all the law enforcement entities came together," Barthelmess said. "We did a briefing before the operation and there were 60-65 people in the room...This group of people coming together for these victims."
Sex trafficking is an issue that plagues every state. Barthelmess says most of the victims she sees are native Idahoans. She also says the biggest problem is familial trafficking; the selling of a member of one's family.
“We actually have a very large issue with sex trafficking," Barthelmess said. "The sex trafficking industry here in the Treasure Valley. It’s happening in every single hotel. It’s happening in all different socio-economic levels. So there’s no discrimination."
Outside of the operation, Idaho COBS gets in contact with 2-4 victims of trafficking every week. The organization was founded eight years ago,
Barthelmess has advice on what to do if you suspect someone is being trafficked:
“If something doesn’t look right, if something looks off, that you recognize if a female is very young and she’s with an older man. Or there’s just some other stuff happening that you see the clothing, they’re not fed, please call," Barthelmess said. "Call any of the police departments, the non-emergency numbers, because we have people at all the different police departments that are beginning to specialize in trafficking…It’s better to be careful, and it’s better to step up and say something.”
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.
One person died and nine people had minor injuries, Taiwan's Emergency Operations Center said.
The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island's southeastern coast since Saturday evening, when a 6.4 quake struck the same area.
Most of the damage appeared to be north of the epicenter, which Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said was in the town of Chishang at the relatively shallow depth of 4 miles.
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In nearby Yuli town, a cement factory worker died and the three-story building, which had a 7-11 convenience store on the ground floor and residences above it, collapsed, the island's Central News Agency said.
The 70-year-old owner of the building and his wife were rescued first, but it took longer to get to a 39-year-old woman and her 5-year-old daughter.
A photo released by the Hualien city government showed the girl lying on a blanket and being handed down a metal ladder from the top of the debris by helmeted rescue workers in orange uniforms.
The top two stories of the building were left sprawled across a small street and onto the other side, with electricity wires pulled down by the fallen structure.
More than 7,000 households were reported without power in Yuli, and water pipes were also damaged. Shelves and musical instruments fell over at the Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church and a long crack ran down its floor. Outside, the pavement was broken into slabs of concrete.
Police and firefighters rushed to a bridge collapse on a two-lane road in what appeared to be a rural part of the same town where three people and one or more vehicles may have fallen off, according to media reports.
Also in Yuli, a landslide trapped nearly 400 tourists on a mountain famous for the orange day lilies that blanket its slopes this time of year, the Central News Agency said. They had no electricity and a weak cellphone signal.
Debris from a falling canopy on a platform at Dongli station in Fuli town, which is between Yuli and the epicenter at Chishang, hit a passing train, derailing six cars, the Central News Agency said, citing the railway administration. None of the 20 passengers were injured.
The shaking was felt at the north end of the island in the capital, Taipei. In Taoyuan city, west of Taipei and 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of the epicenter, a man was injured by a ceiling collapse on the 5th floor of a sports center.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory for several southern Japanese islands near Taiwan, but later lifted it.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. —
Geno Smith falls back to earth
After earning all kinds of praise following the Seahawks' season-opening win, Smith struggled to consistently move the football against a 49ers defense that is far superior to the one Seattle picked apart against the Broncos in Week 1.
Smith finished Sunday's loss 24-30 for 198 yards and an interception on a stormy day in Santa Clara. With the Seahawks' offense mostly focusing on short and intermediate routes, Smith's completion percentage always will be a bit deceptive.
The ceiling of this offense always will be limited with Smith under center, and we likely will see more performances like Sunday's than what Seahawks fans saw in an emotional opening night win. Smith is far from the only issue with the Seahawks' offense, but he further proved in the Bay Area why the organization must find a different signal-caller to be the franchise quarterback.
Running game fails to get going
Sloppy weather tends to lend itself to more prolific rushing games in the NFL, but the Seahawks just never were able to get going on the ground.
Rashaad Penny was the team's leading rusher Sunday with just 15 yards on 6 carries. Second-round draft pick Kenneth Walker made his regular-season debut after being sidelined by injury in Week 1, but registered just 10 yards on 4 carries.
Pete Carroll and the Seahawks need the running game to perform in order to set up the passing game, and it will be very hard to win against any team without a rusher even getting above 50 yards on the ground.
NFC West race shaken up
The division race was impacted by an injury on the other sideline in the Seahawks' loss to the 49ers, as quarterback Trey Lance was carted off the field with an apparent ankle injury in the first quarter. Former starter Jimmy Garoppolo took his place and immediately threw a touchdown pass.
It remains to be seen what the diagnosis is for Lance, but anytime a player is carted off the field that typically means a long-term absence is a strong possibility.
The Seahawks won't see the 49ers again until mid-December, but if the 49ers end up having to turn to Garoppolo, we could see a more competitive NFC West race over the remainder of the season.
Tariq Woolen continues making plays
The rookie cornerback was one of my top choices to make an instant impact in his first NFL season, and he made a pretty significant play in Sunday's loss, although it didn't end up helping the Seahawks get the win.
Woolen blocked the 49ers' field goal attempt and Mike Jackson scooped it up and returned it for a huge touchdown, the Seahawks' only scoring play of Sunday's loss.
Although he hasn't been perfect in his first two games at cornerback, Woolen will continue getting opportunities if he keeps making big plays on special teams the way he did on Sunday. | https://www.krem.com/article/sports/nfl/seahawks/seahawks-takeaways-loss-to-49ers/281-74d23437-d34b-4e12-9cc5-7f3590e63665 | 2022-09-18T23:56:10Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/sports/nfl/seahawks/seahawks-takeaways-loss-to-49ers/281-74d23437-d34b-4e12-9cc5-7f3590e63665 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPOKANE, Wash. — Drivers who frequently drive Sprague Avenue in Spokane Valley need to be prepared to have less room starting Monday.
The city of Spokane Valley will be doing a study on Sprague Avenue as part of the Sprague Avenue Pilot Project. Sprague Avenue will be reduced from a five-lane street down to three lanes for six weeks.
The reason for this reduction? The city will study the impact lane reduction has on motorists, pedestrians and overall traffic. Spokane Valley also has plans for stormwater runoff and crosswalk reduction along a three-block segment of westbound Sprague Avenue between University Road and Herald Road.
Cameras and other monitoring equipment will be set up to study how the lane changes will affect traffic. There will also be a survey available to motorists to give feedback while the project progresses.
If the project's deemed a success, the city will move forward to install a stormwater runoff that will go directly to a treatment plant. The crosswalk would also be shortened for pedestrian safety and a new bus stop would be added to the intersection.
Drivers and pedestrians can access the feedback survey for the lane reduction project between Sept. 19 and Nov. 4.
Additional details for the project can be found here.
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(AP) – Post Malone apologized to his St. Louis fans Sunday for an on-stage accident that sent him to the hospital and shortened his set the night before at the Enterprise Center.
In the middle of a song Saturday, Malone fell into a hole on stage that moments before was opened to lower an instrument into.
In a video message posted on Twitter on Sunday, he said the fall, “Got me pretty good.” He said he’d just gotten back from the hospital, where he was prescribed pain medication.
“I just want to apologize to everyone in St. Louis,” Malone said. “Next time I’m around this way we’re going to do a two-hour show for you, so we can make up for the couple missed songs.”
Manager Dre London took to Instagram Sunday to say Malone bruised his ribs in the fall.
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3 Questions for a Community College Director on Chromebooks
A conversation with Allan Hancock College’s Andy Specht.
Andy Specht, the Director of Information Technology Services at Allan Hancock College, reached out after reading my piece Why So Few Chromebooks in Higher Ed? Andy had some interesting things to say in our initial e-mail exchange regarding his experience with Chromebooks at his institution. This Q&A is our effort to bring Andy’s Chromebook insights to our broader IHE community.
Q1. What is the story of Chromebooks and Allan Hancock College?
Prior to the pandemic we had been kicking around the idea of purchasing Chromebooks, as a low-cost way to loan computers to students or to use in the classroom. Once March 2020 hit, and we suddenly had a need to loan hundreds of computers to students, investing in Chromebooks became a necessity. Of course, Chromebooks also suddenly became a hot commodity and were very difficult to source. We were fortunate that one of our peers, Santa Monica College, had purchased too many Chromebooks, and they were willing to sell a few hundred of them to us at cost.
The process to get Chromebooks up and running was pleasantly easy and fast. We dusted off our old Google Admin tenant that we had used many years ago for student Google accounts, before switching to Microsoft. We connected our SSO provider to Google, enrolled the Chromebooks, and then we were ready to start handing them out. Students were able to use the Chromebooks for joining classes on Zoom and completing coursework. One thing that is notable is how few support requests we received for Chromebooks. They seem to either power on and work fine or they’re dead and off to surplus, without much in between. Over the last couple years, our library has maintained Chromebook lending for students, and Chromebooks continue to be in high demand.
One roadblock to Chromebook adoption that we recognized early on was the lack of Microsoft Office desktop applications. Although many students are familiar with browser-based apps like Google Docs and Office Online, we have a good number of computer technology courses that specifically teach students how to use Microsoft Office desktop products like Excel, Access, and Publisher. Typically these students would use our on-campus computer labs for the applications, but those labs had very limited availability during the early days of the pandemic. Our solution was to pilot Azure Virtual Desktop for students. This allows students to access a full Windows desktop environment in a browser. It is a nice solution for students borrowing a Chromebook, since they can run a Windows desktop and all of those Microsoft Office desktop applications from within the Chrome browser.
Q2. Where would you like to see Google make investments so that Chromebooks could be more viable and desirable in our higher ed context?
On the one hand, Chromebooks are still somewhat ahead of the curve for higher education. Software is continuing to move into the browser and not live as a desktop application. But there are still instructional materials or other software that require installation onto a Windows or Apple desktop environment, and that’s the limitation of Chromebooks. This obstacle should diminish over time, since almost every software company is focusing on building and improving browser-based software.
The biggest obstacle for wider Chromebook adoption is that many of the less-expensive models just aren’t that exciting. The keyboards can be a bit mushy and the camera resolution isn’t great on the lower-end machines. Google has stepped back from producing Chromebooks themselves, but if the manufacturers bumped up the hardware quality while maintaining a low cost, that would certainly make Chromebooks more appealing.
Q3. What advice do you have for other colleges or universities that are considering introducing Chromebooks in order to close digital divides, lower total costs, and provide a more resilient computing infrastructure?
Just try it out! It is a small investment to buy a few Chromebooks and management licenses, and you can get them configured and working pretty quickly. At the same time, it is important to set expectations about how the Chromebooks will be used; recognize that they won’t fit the needs of all of your students, but Chromebooks likely can find a place at your school where they are a useful and cost-effective option.
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It seemed like an oversight from the start. Why offer a sports car without a manual transmission from the get-go if plans call for one later?
When Toyota released A90-generation Supra for 2020 with a sizable assist from BMW, the car came exclusively with a very capable ZF 8-speed automatic. While that transmission has paddle shifters, a portion of the buyers the Supra is meant to attract still want the connection that a manual provides. Without one, Toyota no doubt left sales on the table.
Toyota remedies that situation for the 2023 model year with the release of a 6-speed manual for turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-6 versions of the car. Toyota invited Motor Authority to Park City, Utah, to experience the new manual on a 2-plus mile road course at the Utah Motorsports Campus. Laps around the track, as well as a more subdued drive around the track’s ring road, showed the manual is a key ingredient the car was missing, and it unlocks a fun factor that every sports car should have.
BMW flavor
The new manual is built by ZF and was designed for the power and torque of the BMW engine it serves. However, Toyota representatives say the company’s engineers worked with ZF to give it the character they wanted for the Supra. They started with an existing transmission housing and gear set, but engineered a larger clutch friction area and a stronger spring. They also removed some of the acoustic materials to save weight and developed a new short-shifter.
Still, the BMW feel isn’t lost. If anything, this transmission takes the best of the BMW elements and improves them with Toyota flavor.
Driving a lap at a time, the flowing 12-turn course required only the first three gears. Immediately upon takeoff, the clutch felt light, with a natural, medium take-up point that makes it hard to stall and very easy to shift above first gear. Gear changes had a familiar soft pop as I slotted them from gear to gear via a shift lever that’s slightly shorter than typical BMW fare. The short, satisfying shift action would feel right at home in the related Z4. In fact, it would also slightly improve the feel of the manual gearbox in the M3 and M4, mostly due to the shorter shift lever.
The inline-6 also keeps its BMW feel. It revs as freely as it always has, with a meaty torque band that starts at the 1,800-rpm torque peak—actually a plateau that runs to 5,000 rpm—and builds smoothly and relentlessly up to the 6,500-rpm redline
With the automatic, the Supra is a quick car, posting a 0-60 mph time of 3.9 seconds. Like most manuals, this 6-speed is slower, but only a touch. Toyota quotes a 4.2-second 0-60 mph time for the manual. That’s less of a loss than the half-second or so most manuals scrub off, and it’s due to revised final gearing. With the manual, Toyota gives the Supra a shorter 3.46 final gear ratio compared to 3.15 with the automatic. The shorter gearing also makes it easier to tap into the power upon corner exit to rocket to the next corner.
Standard rev-matching also keeps the car stable when downshifting for turns without the need for deft heel-and-toe action. It’s turned on by default, but drivers can turn it off through the Individual drive mode settings.
My track drive proved that with the manual the Supra may lose some of the outright performance, but it makes up for it with driver engagement.
2022 revisions
Tweaks for 2022 on all models also have a slight effect on the Supra’s ride and handling. Toyota retuned the steering and adjusted the dampers for improved roll balance and ride comfort, but I couldn’t feel it on the track. It would take a back-to-back drive to notice any difference.
In the twisties, the Supra is still a tight, darty machine with lots of grip and great agility. The steering remains quick and direct, but without a lot of feel for what’s going on at the front wheels. And the rearward seating position still exposes occupants to the back-of-the-bus up-and-down motions over bumpy or broken pavement.
With these updates, Toyota has also tamed lift-off oversteer, which we viewed as a possible issue when we first drove the car. We figured the car’s big-time power could bring the rear end around if the driver gets on the gas too soon when exiting a corner, and that’s when the 6-cylinder made 335 hp versus the 382 hp it got for 2021. The manual makes that more likely due to a possible sudden clutch engagement combined with a premature kick of the throttle. To counter that issue, Toyota revised the stability control program to intervene at an earlier point when there’s a sudden loss of grip with the suspension in its Sport mode.
I drove the Supra hard on the track and never experienced any tendency for the rear end to come around. I may not have felt the suspension and stability control changes Toyota made for 2022, but I also feel they made the car safer during performance driving.
Manuals used to be a credit option, but now they’re so rare they usually just take on the price of cars equipped with the automatic. That’s the case here. Buyers can get the new 6-speed on the A90 Premium and A91 Special Edition models at no cost. The starting price for the A90 Premium is unchanged from the automatic’s at $56,745, while the A91 Special Edition runs $59,440 and is only available with the manual.
A manual in the Supra is an oversight no more. It costs no more money, and while it won’t make the car rocket from 0-60 mph more quickly or go around a track faster, it will make it more fun for enthusiasts every time they row their own gears. Isn’t that the point of a sports car in the first place?
Toyota paid for airfare, lodging, and track access for Motor Authority to bring you this firsthand report.
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3 shot, 1 fatally, while sitting on porch on Chicago's South Side
CHICAGO - Three people were shot, one fatally, on Chicago's South Side Sunday afternoon.
At about 4:30 p.m., three people were on a front porch in the 6100 block of South Evans when they were struck by gunfire, police said.
According to preliminary information, the offender exited a dark blue Chevy Impala and fired shots at the victims.
A 31-year-old man was shot in the body, and transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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A 35-year-old man was shot multiple times in the body, and transported to an area hospital in critical condition.
The third victim, a man between the ages of 20 and 30, was shot multiple times in the body. His condition was not released.
No one is currently in custody.
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Toy Review: Mezco One 12 Collective Wolverine Deluxe Steel Box Edition
This week’s review of Mezco‘s Wolverine Deluxe figure comes courtesy of Entertainment Earth, who provided the sample. Superhero Hype is an affiliate partner with Entertainment Earth, and may earn fees from purchases made through site links. Opinions expressed herein are independent of Entertainment Earth.
Mezco’s One:12 Collection figures are the line that most toy collectors would probably be into if they had the budget. But as basic mass-retail figures creep up to the $30 mark, more deluxe figures for $80-$150 might start to look reasonable. Other lines may call their figures “ultimate” because they have an alternate head and a handful of accessories. Mezco, calling this Wolverine simply “deluxe,” provides, all this:
And this…
Indeed, those are AAA batteries, which light up the Sentinel base nicely. The white lights even flicker like they’re losing energy. And the base is sculpted to look clawed to all hell by Logan.
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The left eye pops in and out, for alternate looks.
Open the tin the figure comes in, and the first thing inside is a disclaimer, warning this is not a toy for kids. It isn’t, mainly because it’s too fiddly and easily breakable if not handled carefully. The heads pop on and off easily; the hands offer perhaps the tiniest moment of anxiety. The shoulder pads, which connect to the shoulders, take nimble work to reattach if they pop off.
Those arm hairs use such subtle painting that it’s only really obvious in the close-up photos. The micro-level of detail is the primary appeal of these figures, with the tiny outfits impressively tailored to look like they hang properly as if larger. The spandex-y torso and leggings, and the rubbery trunks, scrunch just right when the figure hits a new pose. These are figures designed for display, posing, and photo shoots. In the case of this Wolverine, plenty of customizable options allow collectors to pick their version.
It’s not as simple as just masked or unmasked. This figure’s heads include comic-style unmasked, movie hairstyle unmasked (not a Hugh Jackman face, but his hairdo), first appearance open-mouthed, first appearance closed mouth, classic open-mouth, classic closed-mouth, and battle damaged. There’s also a loose, around-the-neck mask to use with the unmasked heads.
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Hand options include open and closed hands with claws and without, bone claw hands, and a right-hand pointing finger. Multiple slashing effect options attach to all the claws, some snugly but some loose balanced.
Word to the wise: it might be best to leave his belt as is. By virtue of packaging, the default black belt sticks a bit to the rubbery undies. It’s designed to come off, though, replaceable by a red belt with two interchangeable buckles — standard and X-logo. However, these fall off more easily. They’re more meant to help you reach your ideal custom and then glue it in place than to switch out regularly. Both belts may also migrate up the torso once freed. Best to just keep the black belt there, mildly stuck by friction.
The giant “X” slash effect looks cool from in front of the figure, and the claws fit in to easy-to-find holes.
From the side? Not quite so much.
A note about scale. One: 12 makes it sound so calculated, like they measured exactly what height Wolverine would be and scaled it down specifically. Not quite — like many figures with cloth outfits, Wolverine uses a more generic body. And Mezco’s 1:12 isn’t Hasbro’s 1;12, for example.
The articulation on both is about the same, with Mezco’s appeal being that they’re under clothes for a more realistic look. As with most Mezco figures, the figure’s sewn into the outfit, which cannot come off without destroying it.
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A considerate feature of many Mezco figures is a brabded plastic Ziploc bag for the accessories. Mezco, however, needs this less than most, since the figures also come in trays that snugly fit every accessory. And in this case, a collector tin too. The Ziploc bag for extras is a great idea, though.
Though the Sentinel base supposedly allows for foot pegs to plug in to several ports, none come in this set. But the plastic arm that usually attaches to Mezco bases does. The flat logo base here, meanwhile, simply sports a foot peg.
While many may have fun switching out Wolverine parts regularly, most will probably assemble their specific favorite. Here, that’s the battle-damaged head, metal claw hands with one fist and one open, and the black belt. Slash effects look fun but seem unnecessary.
It’s a great display piece, with lots of options. Careful stop-motion animators should also have a blast. Entertainment Earth’s price tag of $155 may seem steep to some, but that’s partly because diorama base bits cost quite a bit in themselves. Throw in one that has multiple ports for waist clips (aerial battle with multiple Mezco X-Men, maybe?) and light-up effects with convincing flickering, and the deal sounds better.
For fans of the yellow and blue comic-based Wolverine, it’s hard to imagine what more a figure would need. One might say, at least in this instance, that Mezco are the best they are at what they do. But what they do is very nice. Check out the gallery below for more.
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University of Tampa student shot, killed getting into wrong car identified as New Yorker
TAMPA, Fla. - A University of Tampa student who lost his life early Saturday morning as he tried to enter a man’s car has been identified as Carson Senfield.
Investigators say Senfield had been hanging out with friends on South Howard Avenue and caught an Uber to his home near the 1000 block of W Arch St. around 1 a.m.
Police say after Senfield got out of his Uber, he tried to get into another car that was parked nearby with a man in the driver’s seat.
The driver, who police say feared for his life and did not know Senfield or why he was trying to force his way into the car, shot him in the upper body.
Senfield died at the scene.
According to the Tampa Police Department, the shooter remained on the scene and is cooperating with law enforcement.
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News of Senfield’s death sent shock waves through the UT campus and his hometown of Orchard Park, New York.
Carson Senfield was shot and killed as he tried to get into the wrong car, according to the Tampa Police Department. Photo is courtesy of the Orchard Park School District.
David Lillec, the superintendent of the Orchard Park School District released a photo of Senfield and share the following statement:
"It saddens me greatly to inform you that the Orchard Park community has suffered a tragic loss as Carson Senfield, a 2021 graduate of Orchard Park High School, passed away today.
Given Carson’s wide circle of friends, and the fact that Carson’s two siblings attend OPHS, the Orchard Park School District recognizes that his passing has a far-reaching impact.
In order to support current and former students, the District has established a network of support. Counselors will be available for those in need. If your child needs support, please reach out to their counselor. Additional resources are available on the OPHS website. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Senfield family during this difficult time. Carson was a light in this world and will forever be a Quaker."
Back at home, the close-knit University of Tampa community mourned the loss of a fellow student.
"It's a small enough campus where people know each other, and you don't think stuff like that can happen around here, but it can," said freshman Gino Secchiano. "It's a tragedy and I'm very sorry for his family and everyone. My heart is with them."
On Saturday afternoon, the University of Tampa stated:
"The UT administration is deeply saddened to report that a UT student was killed early this morning near the intersection of W. Arch and N. Munro streets. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the student’s family and friends, as well as all who were affected by this incident. The University values all members of the community and mourns this tragic loss."
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DETROIT (WXYZ) — On Sunday, September 11, while Deveia Martin fought to bring her sixth child Josiah into the world at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, just seven miles away, her family home in Detroit and everything she'd done to prepare for her little boy, was burning to the ground.
"Around 3 o'clock Sunday morning my neighbor called basically saying open the door, open the door, your house is on fire," said Daveia Martin. "I had a baby shower August 27, everything that everyone brung, just burnt. What else am I to do? That’s the only thing I could think of is, what am I about to do?"
While these thoughts raced through Martin's head, the women who were helping deliver her baby overheard her conversation on the phone.
"I think that was one of the biggest thoughts was how can we help? What can we do?" said Mesha Farrington, unit educator for the Mom/Baby Unit at Henry Ford Hospital.
Farrington and her co-workers say they did what nurses are meant to do. They helped this mother.
"Everybody was like, ‘Well we want to help,’" recounts Martin. "It was just like ‘Ya’ll really want to help me?' like, 'Ya’ll want to help me??"
Henry Ford has an annual "baby shower" put on by the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Club every spring.
At the event, piles of baby goods are donated to help moms in need throughout the year.
Henry Ford Hospital says they see around 2,500 births per year and about a third of those families fall into a needs based category where this program can help them out.
Because Martin's family need was so great, the nurses were able to gift her goods from the program and they've all banded together to donate personally.
"This has really been a team effort in that literally the entire labor and delivery team has pitched in," said Dayna Heitman, assistant clinical manager for labor and delivery at Henry Ford Hospital.
Martin said, "It’s less stress because I was just thinking like ‘I need to hurry up and heal so I can get back to work and get everything for my kids.’ So to have help? It’s really a blessing, trust me."
The Martin's still don't know what caused their house fire.
While Daveia, her husband, and their now six kids look for a place to stay, they tell 7 Action News they'll be getting a hotel room every night.
Their sister in-law has created this Go-Fund-Me you can donate to if you'd like to help the family get back on their feet.
The Martin's say they know it's going to be a battle to recover from this, but the nurses at Henry Ford have shown them that when times reach their hardest, the community has their back.
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WILLING - PLAY THIS TRULY BEACOU-Y GAME - ALL HISTICAN ACCESS\nDaily Hive Vancouver Continent Feeds - Continually fed, but there has to also occur a\nDifferent access in order there might to still occur an\nEvent as to be an\nAn example are shown as follow below where is still the Access Continuer by some means when still access all HISTEN (P2), so ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Jared Goff threw two of his four touchdown passes to Amon-Ra St. Brown, lifting the Detroit Lions to a 36-27 win over Washington on Sunday.
Aidan Hutchinson had three sacks in the first half to help the Lions (1-1) lead 22-0 at halftime, and Will Harris had an interception in the second half to stunt the Commanders (1-1) as they tried to rally.
Washington made adjustments to give Carson Wentz more time in the second half. Wentz took advantage, pulling his team within seven points in the third quarter with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Curtis Samuel, a 20-yard pass to Logan Thomas and 2-point conversion to rookie Jahan Dotson.
Detroit restored its cushion when Goff converted a third down by barely getting a pass off under pressure to D'Andre Swift, who slipped to the turf before regaining his footing and cutting across the field for a 22-yard touchdown.
Washington went for it on fourth-and-1 from its 26 on the ensuing possession and Terry McLaurin made the gamble pay off with 7 yards on an end-around. The speedy receiver converted a third down later in the drive with a 17-yard catch that helped set up Antonio Gibson's 1-yard run.
Commanders coach Ron Rivera went for a 2-point conversion and Wentz was picked off, allowing Detroit to keep an eight-point lead.
Goff's threw an 11-yard touchdown to St. Brown on the ensuing drive, giving Detroit a 36-21 lead.
Wentz connected with Dotson for a 1-yard touchdown with 1:56 left and Joey Slye missed the extra point to the right, allowing the Lions to lead by nine and raising more questions about Rivera's decision to go for a 2-point conversion.
Slye's onside kick went about 5 yards, ending Washington's slim chance to come back against a team that was favored to win earlier in the week for the first time since late in the 2020 season.
In a matchup of the top two picks from the 2016 draft, Goff outplayed Wentz.
Detroit's quarterback was 20 of 34 for 256 yards with four touchdowns. Wentz completed 30 of 46 passes for 337 yards with three touchdowns and an interception, leading an offense that didn't have a first down until its sixth possession.
NFL RECORD
St. Brown had nine receptions for 116 yards with two touchdowns. He's the first player in league history to have six straight games with at least eight catches and a score. The second-year pro tied an NFL record with eight-plus catches in eight consecutive games.
GOOD COMPANY
Hutchinson, the No. 2 pick overall, joined Julius Peppers (2002) and Chip Banks (1982) as top-10 selections to have three sacks within the first two games of their career. The 22-year-old Hutchinson is the fourth-youngest player with a three-sack game, slightly older than Vernon Maxwell, Nick Bosa and Greg Townsend when they pulled off the feat.
INJURIES
Commanders: Starting safety Kam Curl and starting guard Wes Schweitzer were inactive with injuries.
Lions: Starting offensive linemen Jonah Jackson and Frank Ragnow were inactive with injuries, as was the team's top cornerback, Amani Oruwariye.
UP NEXT
Commanders: Host Philadelphia on Sunday.
Lions: Play at Minnesota on Sunday.
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3 Sisters Music Festival has announced its lineup for 2022.
Just two weeks from now the 3 Sisters Music Festival will be presenting its 15th year of great bluegrass free to the public at Ross’ Landing.
This year the event hosted by Fletcher Bright Realty is scheduled for September 30th and October 1st.
Organizers say music begins on Friday, September 30 at 6:00pm with music by local bluegrass favorite, The New Dismembered Tennesseans.
The host band for the festival, the New Dismembered Tennesseans started with McCallie school classmates including Fletcher Bright and Ed Cullis around 75 years ago, and now continues the musical tradition with current members Eleanor Bright (Fletcher’s granddaughter), Laura Walker, Don Cassell, Bobby Burns, Tom Morley and original member Ed “Doc” Cullis.
Following the New Dismembered Tennesseans, the Grammy-winning “Queen of Bluegrass” Rhonda Vincent & the Rage will play at 7:20, and the schedule closes with
banjo virtuoso and winner of 15 Grammy’s, Bela Fleck, playing in the traditional bluegrass configuration Bela Fleck My Bluegrass Heart beginning at 9:10pm.
Great local bluegrass is highlighted as the event kicks off on Saturday, October 1, beginning at noon with Bluetastic Fangrass featuring Louie, Lynn and Daniel Wamp.
Lone Mountain Band takes the stage at 1:00pm, followed by The Bad Oats
from the Berklee American Roots Program at 2:00pm, and the California Bluegrass Reunion, featuring Darol Anger, Bill
Evans, John Reischman, Jim Nunally, Sharon Gilchrist & Chad Manning at 3:00pm.
The poppy stringband Twisted Pine will perform at 4:20pm, the 2018 International Bluegrass Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year, Balsam Range, performs
at 5:40pm. Musical trailblazers The Gibson Brothers play and sing with their brotherly harmonies at 7:00pm, and North Carolina-based band Mipso will provide the closing set of the festival at 8:30pm, performing their lush blend of Americana and Applacnian musical traditions.
Food from a wide variety of local food trucks, along with beer, wine, spirits and non-alcoholic drink concessions will also be available at the festival.
Organizers say this is a family-friendly and dog-friendly event where the public is invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets. However, no outside food or beverages are allowe
Along with Fletcher Bright Realty, the 3 Sisters Festival receives support from the City of Chattanooga and is produced by Chattanooga Presents!
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National Voter Registration Day is on September 20th this year.
If you’re already registered, make sure your information is current with the registrar’s office.
If you’re hoping to vote in the State and Federal General Election, you must be registered at least 30 days before Election Day. This means all voters must register before Tues., Oct. 11.
Several businesses in the Tennessee Valley usually plan events to assist Chattanoogans on National Registration Day.
To check if you are eligible to vote in Tennessee and/or more information on registering to vote, click here.
To be eligible to vote in Tennessee:
- You must be a citizen of the United States.
- You must be (18) years of age or older on or before the date of the next election.
- You must be a resident of Tennessee. (View Guidelines for Determining Residency and special considerations for Homeless Persons Residency and Non-resident Property Owners.)
- If you have been convicted of a felony, your eligibility to register and vote depends upon the crime you were convicted of and the date of your conviction. If your conviction made you ineligible, you may regain your eligibility if your conviction has been expunged or if you have had your voting rights restored, unless you were convicted of a crime that rendered you permanently ineligible to vote. View Eligibility to Vote after a Felony Conviction.
How and where to register to vote:
There are many ways to register to vote in Tennessee.
1. Residents can use the online voter registration to conveniently register to vote or update your voter registration.
2. Residents can also download and complete the Voter Registration Application and mail the application to your county election commission.
3. You can even pick up voter registration applications in person at the following locations:
- County Election Commission Offices
- County Clerk’s Offices
- Public Libraries
- Register of Deeds Offices
4. OR you can register during a transaction with one of the following agencies:
- Department of Health (WIC program)
- Department of Human Services
- Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Department of Mental Health
- Department of Safety (motor vehicles division)
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaking in Kansas on Sunday, gave every indication he intends to capitalize on the latest wave of attention that has followed from him sending migrants to Massachusetts last week.
"This is a crisis. It's now getting a little bit more attention," DeSantis said, earning a standing ovation as he talked about the southern border and nodding to the headlines he instigated when he flew 50 migrants from the border to Martha's Vineyard.
The reception DeSantis received in Kansas enforced the perception that last week's ploy accomplished more than raising awareness for the border crisis or diverting migrants who may have eventually ended up in Florida (though none said that was their destination). It also expeditiously thrust the Republican leader, who's running for reelection this fall, into the national spotlight as he weighs whether to run for president in 2024.
The rally in Kansas marked the fifth stop in a national blitz by DeSantis to boost a new generation of conservative candidates and test his political brand in a tour coordinated by the conservative group Turning Point Action.
DeSantis' road trip mirrors the state-by-state rallies that former President Donald Trump is holding in battlegrounds ahead of the midterms and his expected foray into another bid for the White House, and it has served as a prelude to a hypothetical primary battle between the GOP's two biggest names. On Saturday, Trump held a rally for Republican Senate nominee J.D. Vance in Youngstown, Ohio, where DeSantis dazzled a large crowd last month. From Olathe, Kansas, DeSantis is expected to travel to Green Bay to stump for Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial nominee Tim Michels, about 90 minutes north of where Trump did the same in August.
DeSantis' action on migrants has galvanized the GOP base and won praise from fellow Republicans, some of whom have predicted it will pay off for DeSantis politically.
Conservative radio host Pete Mundo, speaking earlier in the program, called the flights arranged by the Florida governor as "one of the most savvy political moves I've ever seen in my lifetime" and suggested sending protesters outside the event to Martha's Vineyard. Kansas GOP Sen. Roger Marshall said in his remarks that he asked DeSantis backstage, "How I could get a ticket to drive one of those buses from the border to the Delaware beach?"
The actions by DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who sent migrants to Washington, DC, were widely criticized by local officials in the cities where the migrants arrived unannounced, as well as by Democrats and the White House. President Joe Biden accused the Republican governors of "playing politics with human beings."
But in the days after migrants arrived in Martha's Vineyard, turning the wealthy vacation destination into a waypoint for asylum seekers overnight, DeSantis has doubled down on his decision to get Florida involved. He vowed to use "every penny" of the $12 million the Legislature budgeted to transport more migrants from the border, even though the state law says the money is intended to move people from inside his state.
DeSantis told the Kansas crowd that his move laid bare the hollowness of sanctuary cities that advertise as welcoming to outsiders. The 50 migrants were "given basically a lottery ticket to get to the wealthiest sanctuary jurisdiction in the country," DeSantis said, adding that there were "job listings" on the island and hotels where migrants could stay.
"You're talking about 50 people. Did they get them employed? Did they get them set up? No," DeSantis said of the residents of Martha's Vineyard. "They called out the National Guard and they deported those people off the island the very next day."
The migrants were moved by boat to Cape Cod 48 hours after arriving in Massachusetts to receive additional services. Despite no warning of the migrants' arrival, the citizens there quickly mobilized food and shelter.
"Now we see that's just self-congratulatory virtue signaling," DeSantis said.
DeSantis' recent actions -- and many others -- received a positive response from GOP candidates in deep-red Kansas.
"I'm all for it," said Derek Schmidt, the Republican state attorney general running for governor whom DeSantis was campaigning for in Olathe.
Schmidt is challenging incumbent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, a political outlier who is hoping to once again win in a state where Trump carried all but a handful of counties just two years ago. Schmidt's odds are complicated by state Sen. Dennis Pyle, a former Republican running for governor as a conservative Independent.
Despite the toss-up nature of the race, it has largely flown under the national radar compared to other closely watched contests for governor and US Senate. Kansas made headlines last month when voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed lawmakers to ban abortion in the state, which has contributed to Democratic enthusiasm across the country about running on the issue in November.
DeSantis' visit to Kansas was illustrative of his growing influence in all corners of the Republican Party. Not only did he draw a sizable crowd, but Schmidt made clear that if elected he would model his governorship after DeSantis.
"I want a future for our great state of Kansas that looks a whole lot more like Ron DeSantis has in Florida than like where Joe Biden and Laura Kelly want to take this country," Schmidt said.
Schmidt highlighted DeSantis policies he would adopt, many modeled off the divisive social battles that Floridians have experienced in the past two years. He promised Kansas would have a parents bill of rights, that he would ban sexual orientation and gender identity instruction in the classroom and would prohibit transgender women and girls from participating in scholastic female athletics -- all actions DeSantis has already taken.
"You have a legislature here that will produce a lot of good legislation," DeSantis said. "You just need a governor that will sign the legislation. And you guys can make that happen."
Ahead of the planned rally in Wisconsin, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers panned Michels and DeSantis for holding a rally a couple miles from Lambeau Field just before the Green Bay Packers kicked off their home opener against the Chicago Bears.
"Wisconsinites don't want an out of touch, out of state radical ruining their Sunday — and they don't want Ron DeSantis here either. Tim Michels continues to show Wisconsin voters that he's wrong for our state, and holding an event just before a Packers game with one of the most divisive politicians in the country is another red flag," Evers said in a statement.
Meanwhile, in Kansas, Republicans assured the audience that they made sure the event wouldn't conflict with a Kansas City Chiefs game. The city's much-loved professional football team played on Thursday night.
DeSantis joked, "(Organizers) said they wanted to do it on a Sunday afternoon and I said, 'the Kansas City Chiefs better not be playing.'"
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The family of Lucian Munguia is still searching for the 4-year-old boy who went missing Sept. 10 at Sarg Hubbard Park in Yakima.
On Sunday, several family members set up a booth at the farmers market on South Third Street to spread the word and pass out flyers. Searchers are still operating out of Sarg Hubbard Park and Family members are looking for volunteers to help in the search.
Lucian’s aunt, Amy Bailey, emphasized that volunteers can do whatever they’re comfortable with. Searchers need help with a range of activities, from putting up flyers on streets and in public places to scouring local parks and wooded areas to specialized searches of the Yakima River.
“We’re hoping that today, at the farmers market, we’ll be able to send more people out there,” Bailey said. “It’s whatever our volunteers are comfortable with.”
Lucian, who has autism, was last seen wearing blue shorts and a blue shirt with a shark on it walking south and east at Sarg Hubbard Park on Saturday evening, Sept. 10.
Bailey said family members are trying to check every park in Yakima and are asking volunteers to take flyers to their local parks and conduct their own searches there.
They’re also systematically reaching out to specific communities and places throughout the week. On Sunday, volunteers were stopping by churches to hand out flyers. On Monday, they’ll go to colleges and tech schools.
Meanwhile, hikers and other specialized searchers have their eyes on the river.
“We’ve done Selah all the way past Union Gap,” Bailey said.
Trevor Bailey, Lucian’s uncle, said searchers have also been active as far south as Wapato.
Bailey added that the Yakima River Runners, a local river recreation group, conducted kayak searches of the Yakima River over the weekend. Cub Crafters, a Yakima-based plane manufacturer, is flying over the river regularly. A volunteer dive team arrived recently to search local bodies of water.
Lucian’s family members are also taking donations to help fund their efforts. Bailey said seven family members have stopped working while looking for Lucian, and that donations were entirely devoted to supplies. Any remaining donations will go to a missing children fund and to increased safety measures at local parks, like fencing, lighting and cameras.
Lucian’s grandmother, Tammy Bailey, praised the community support the family has received.
“People that we don’t know are just showing up to help,” she said. “It’s just incredible.”
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When journalist and author Maria Shriver takes the stage at The Capitol Theatre on Wednesday, it will mark a major milestone for the Yakima Town Hall Series.
Shriver’s talk kicks off the 50th season of the program, which has brought speakers from the worlds of politics, theater, academia, sports and popular culture — including one of Richard Nixon’s Watergate henchmen — to the Valley.
The program was, at the time of its inception, an audacious move, but one that has become one of the city’s cultural gems.
The public lecture circuit in the United States is not a new idea. It’s been around since the early 19th century, starting with the Lyceum movement, which set up circuits for speakers to lecture or debate a variety of topics, with the goal of creating a better-educated public.
White Swan native Nipo Strongheart, whose acting career went from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show to Hollywood, was a regular on the Lyceum and Chautauqua lecture circuits, giving presentations on Native American culture that some have credited with Congress granting Native people full American citizenship in 1924.
The idea for a Yakima lecture series started in 1971, when Peggy Lewis, Bella Rash and Bootsey Semon — regarded as among the “founding mothers” of the Town Hall Series — attended a Bellevue Town Hall event.
Afterward, the women discussed the idea of having a similar program in Yakima.
Their first step was to pick the brain of Ginny Detweiler, the organizer of Bellevue’s series who had also organized a similar program in Minneapolis.
“We took her out to lunch and began questioning her, and we all had our notebooks and were writing like mad,” Lewis said in an April 1972 interview with the Yakima Herald-Republic.
A major hurdle was how to pay for speakers who could attract an audience large enough to cover the cost of the event — especially since Bellevue, a Seattle suburb, had a larger audience pool to draw from compared with Yakima, a community few outside Washington could find on a map.
Detweiler said the idea of having an “escape clause” in a speaker’s contract in case things didn’t work out never occurred to her.
“Frankly, we were a little scared,” Lewis said in the interview.
But the group pressed on, finding enthusiastic reactions when they pitched the idea around town.
Finally, they took their proposal to the Allied Arts Council of Yakima Valley, which was impressed enough to loan the group $150 to get the ball rolling.
In December 1971, Yakima Town Hall Inc. appointed its first board and drew up articles of incorporation.
The organizers contacted speakers’ bureaus to see who was available, and for the first season signed contracts with film critic Judith Crist, the mentalist Kreskin, actor Vincent Price and actress/singer Kitty Carlisle Hart.
At that time, season tickets cost $12 — $80.53 when adjusted for inflation. They also sought community donors to help subsidize the program, a tradition that continues today.
Another tradition is that the board has always been women.
The Capitol Theatre, built in the 1920s, has been the home of the series from the beginning. When the theater was gutted in a 1975 fire, the series moved to Holy Family Catholic Church and Davis High School until the Capitol reopened in 1978.
Among the speakers who have graced the stage were former First Lady Laura Bush, anthropologist Jane Goodall, advice columnist Abigail Van Buren (the original “Dear Abby”), oceanographer Robert Ballard, astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and G. Gordon Liddy, the Nixon aide who orchestrated the Watergate break-in that eventually led to Nixon’s resignation.
Jill Falk, Town Hall president, said getting big names has not been a problem, as they get word-of-mouth advertising from their previous speakers.
“The board works diligently to make sure that not only do ticket holders have a great experience, but that our speakers do as well,” Falk said. “Our board took Caroline Kennedy (daughter of President John F. Kennedy) on a hike near Snow Mountain Ranch. We took (NFL referee) Sarah Thomas to Owen Roe for wine tasting and we provided (food critic) Ruth Reichl some of our James Beard Award-winning tamales from Los Hernandez.”
But rarely, despite the board’s best efforts, speakers don’t exactly get a warm welcome from Yakima audiences.
When Kissinger spoke in the 1984-85 season, some people stormed the stage in protest. Anticipating problems, Yakima police were standing by, and one protester who went after Kissinger was thrown out.
The objections to Monica Lewinsky, whose relationship with President Bill Clinton led to his impeachment, were confined to letters to the editor, but the board stood by the decision: “We believe in Monica Lewinsky’s platform of overcoming shame, building equality and cultivating compassion.”
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Bitcoin is among the most loving crypto in the world. Apart from being the most loved ones, it is among the pricey ones. Whether you love or hate it, the currency has much to offer to the world. You will not find this coin caring for anyone. It is free from all the issues and problems which fiat currencies have. It is a decentralized currency that remains away from the clutches of any central bank or government. It offers too many more benefits to the users, making it popular. However, consumers also face some cons of it due to issues like unpredictability and volatility. Yet, we find the coin has a fatal attraction for the users. The currency has developed a revolution for users all over the global market. People often enjoy high rewards while following it as an essential element of fiat currency worldwide. Now, if you want things in detail, visit the site BITCODE-PRIME.CLOUD for more, while here, we only cover the gist of this topic as under:
How Bitcoin is Power?
One may find Bitcoin a lousy currency for a few, but for the majority, it has proved to be a power. Bitcoin is seen as showcasing a revolution, and it is because it assures people some level of sovereignty and liberty, which is also a new kind of freedom. Thus we see people putting them on par with several other states and companies. It is a rare incident that took place with Bitcoin. The banks were the first ones to hate it; many financial institutions and states kept on denying access to it like a monetary system. The regular financial system helps add power to it, allowing many countries like the EU and US to impose sanctions on many more dictators and states. The decentralized structure of Bitcoin also assured that no form could help control the system that can further allow its use. The coin then comes up with the power tool. Bitcoin is there for many more stocks, gold, bonds, and funds, even without tax or property tax.
How is Bitcoin a revolution for our monetary system?
Bitcoin has developed its parallel system in the market. All you can see is the alternative to the financial system with Bitcoin. It has managed to gain a fair understanding of the financial market. It would help if you had a private key that helps in controlling Bitcoin assets in a big way. All you require is to remember these words in your memory, and then you can be a part of the same. It can help develop a Bitcoin process that can further allow the cross border with the idea of Bitcoin that is stored over any head. Also, if you can check with the customers, it can help bring the foreign currency and further allow the money to remain intact with the technology of Blockchain. It only means that it comes with something worthy of it. You can develop a good buzz around Bitcoin and Blokchcian that goes smoothly simultaneously.
We have seen Bitcoin recognizing no borders that can help shut down over the night. It helps take up during the weekends and gives too many more bank holidays or curfews. It went on to open the business for 24 hours, and the day has seen some good changes in the seven to four weeks for the entire day. Also, there are many more moments when you can find them with the license that will use Bitcoin irrespective of its purpose. Also, some experts are now calling for permission to trigger Bitcoin as a big thing in the market. Bitcoin comes as a decentralized system that is now censored with no power in the world coming with the transaction. It is also coming along with the demands of Bitcoin, and it helps with the responsibility of the users. It helped many in reaching for the money-based system. It also helps in coming along with the hotline. It can help add the desk that can come along with the CEO and works very smart with it.
Wrapping up
Bitcoin has the power to emerge big in the market. Perhaps this power only has created an excellent revolution in the decentralized market. It helps in giving away the best facilities others fail to gain. These include getting secured and affordable cross-border transactions in the market. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/bitcoin-is-it-a-revolution-for-our-monetary-system/ | 2022-09-19T00:34:02Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/bitcoin-is-it-a-revolution-for-our-monetary-system/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A decentralized ecosystem with a gamified economic model that offers players game-based rewards and bounties is called as GameFi. Platforms like quantum ai provide top-class services with no hidden fees for bitcoin trading. GameFi is a player-centric platform with a decentralized ecosystem and gamified economic model.
The below-mentioned portion explains what GameFi is, how it works, and why it’s better than other blockchain games that have been seen before. Finally, the author talks about how GameFi’s unique model enables the players to earn tokens through playing games and how the tokens can be used within the GameFi ecosystem.
What is Gamefi?
GameFi has all its heroes, who are exploring dungeons in search of treasures and loot while fighting off all kinds of baddies. The game has a colorful visual style built to work on mobile devices, PC, or Mac. In addition, GameFi has several prominent features, including quests and missions, a trading system (the in-game auction house), and PvE/PvP systems.
The game uses the Ethereum blockchain to store all in-game information on player accounts, assets, and more. It means that the black market won’t be able to intrude into your game experience, and you’ll always have complete control over your items. It also means you can log onto any computer in the world to play GameFi. GameFi is an innovative system that enables players to earn tokens through playing games and then use those tokens for various purposes within a host of other games.
How is GameFi monetizing the gaming industry?
Gaming platforms have always required new ways to make money. GameFi is using blockchain technology to bridge gaming and cryptocurrency, creating a mutually beneficial ecosystem that enables gameplay while monetizing many aspects of the traditional gaming industry.
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The platform offers services, including free games (which can be played for free), in-app purchases, and micro-payments. Micro-payments are made through the in-game auction house and are tied to a player’s account, so you’ll have to play the game for a certain period before you start earning real money. Also, GameFi tokens can be used within other games on the same system or traded on external sites.
What is a GameFi token?
The GameFi token (GFT) is the only native cryptocurrency used by the platform and can be earned, used, and traded at any time. The initial coin offering will help to unlock the GFT tokens, which can then be used for in-app purchases and micropayments within the platform. In addition, the GFT tokens are also available for exchanges on external sites.
As mentioned above, players can earn tokens by playing games. These tokens can then be used for any of the services offered by GameFi in-game: purchases or micropayments can be made from anywhere in the world, with additional benefits beyond just earning money and exchanging value through playing games.
How did bitcoin help in the establishment of GameFi?
GameFi is a new blockchain platform that presents a unique, game-based economy model. The main goal of GameFi’s developers was to create a decentralized ecosystem for the gaming industry – this was achieved by using blockchain technology and implementing it into the game structure.
GameFi’s ecosystem enables players to earn tokens through playing games and use them for various purposes within a host of other games. Bitcoin was used as an investment in creating and developing this platform for the gaming industry, along with raising awareness about blockchain and cryptocurrencies in general.
A Short History of Blockchain Games
Blockchain games have been around for a few years (for example, CryptoKitties opened in late 2017). In these years, blockchain games have gone through various evolutions. The first generation of blockchain games consisted of mostly collectibles-based games. The critical factor in this generation was the uniqueness and scarcity of game assets.
This feature enabled players to show off their collections. Unfortunately, the games from the first generation had a limited number of features, and some things weren’t as easy to implement as in other blockchain games, which resulted in a small number of players.
The second generation of cryptocurrency-influenced games, which started appearing early this year, had more personalized features for each player and intelligent contracts. The main features of this generation were the possibility to customize something, uniqueness, and an ability to connect various games within one ecosystem. In addition, developers also focused on creating more “social” games because they could easily integrate different games into one larger whole and be able to create a multi-gaming platform.
The third generation is closely related to the previous one. However, it can be called the next step in developing blockchain games or their maturity, rather than an entirely new generation. It is essential to understand that blockchain games haven’t completely transitioned from a first generation to a second or third one. Blockchain games are still in their formative stage, so we can expect the third generation to be used by the masses shortly.
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As you check the current Bull run, the crypto market has shown an excellent investment across the globe, and it can even help in coming along with the testing time. People have maintained a good trust in crypto and are now seeking the chance to buy Bitcoin using a credit card and gain the financial revolution. Investors have seen the rise and evolution of Bitcoin in the market, and it has come up like a revolution in the financial world. As we know, investors are more inclined toward finding alternative crypto in the market. This is because they can gain good profits with the help of trading. However, aspiring traders and investors are now very much aware of gaining something heavy in crypto, known as Bitcoin. In this post, we will try to understand how Bitcoin has gained popularity in the financial market to embark upon as big-time money. To get started with trading cryptos, visit the official website of https://cryptolina.com/
Bitcoin is becoming a huge market
If you have gained well in the crypto market, the best bet to enjoy is through Bitcoin. We can find crypto is moving faster, and many more people tend to have gained huge with it. If you check the market, you can find Bitcoin price going up, and the other cryptos’’ cost falls. The same happens with other cryptos gaining immense value and alternative coins gaining massive. Knowing what comes back, you can determine how Bitcoin can score points with others. Bitcoin plays a vital role in the entire financial market, with diverse sectors now gaining entry. You can find some parallels set with the stock market. It can help to consider how the share market and stock are growing. All these factors are essential in making Bitcoin a leader in digital money.
Bitcoin was the first.
As Bitcoin emerges as the pioneer in the new industry, you can find much weight is put on its shoulder of Bitcoin, which has been coming for years. However, it can help allow the original crypto to club itself to ensure the value store can boost its popularity to astronomical levels. Regardless of your options, Bitcoin can claim to put crypto into the mainstream. It also helps in setting the idea of Bitcoin that has caught over the general public that went on to put over the coveted option as seen today. It has helped the entire industry in a big way, and today you can find crypto owning the best of cryptos like Bitcoin. It is worth checking this in the town when Bitcoin can go up without hassle.
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Bitcoin influences all the cryptos.
As we know, Bitcoin came first in the market. First, it has helped boost the value and popularity of the proliferation of Bitcoin clones that come along in the years to come. For example, the first alternative coin is to check for mainstream adoption, and Bitcoin can help in using a copy of Bitcoin code that can help in gaining the option to become fast, light, and quick like the original crypto. Many of the alternative cryptos are only clones of Bitcoin. These include Bitcoin Diamond, Bitcoin Gold, and many other currencies. We see each of these put their efforts into becoming a better version of Bitcoin; however, most of the time, these coins only follow the lead. In this way, we can see Bitcoin emerging as the most significant money in the crypto world. Also, compared to fiat currencies, Bitcoin is gaining an edge over traditional money.
Bitcoin Enjoys the most secure network.
We see Bitcoin is working as a PoW system, and it has gained around 18 million miners working with the decentralized money. Blockchain technology has made this a reality. We see several investors are now working as a reserve currency for crypto. Also, when you visit the pioneering status in the market, Bitcoin is currently acting as a currency that can help make it a global stock market. Also, many crypto trading platforms fail to propose any fiat tradition choice for compliance and regulator measures that can allow many more nations to work. As of now, you can find too many investors are not putting their money and gaining profit. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/how-did-bitcoin-grow-up-and-become-big-money/ | 2022-09-19T00:34:42Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/how-did-bitcoin-grow-up-and-become-big-money/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
When talking about forex trading, Nigeria and Africa in general are not the first thing that comes to mind. But such dismissive presumptions are not justified by reality. Nigeria is not only the most populous country on the African continent, but also one of the largest and fastest growing economies in the region. Online trading of forex and CFDs is actually very popular in the country, with Nigeria even surpassing South Africa in this regard.
Despite the activity in this market, however, forex trading is not placed in a formal regulatory framework and is virtually unregulated. This is not to say that Nigeria is like a financial Wild West. Earlier this year, for example, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the local Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stepped in to introduce guidelines for companies offering cryptocurrency trading. The move was the result of a boom in crypto investment in the country, which was predictably coupled with a rise in related crypto scams.
But in terms of forex and CFD trading, the responsibility to judge which broker is trustworthy rests squarely on the shoulders of the trader. While this carries risks for inexperienced people just entering forex trading to fall into the clutches of scammers, investors in this country actually have a fairly extensive choice of quality brokers.
Being a large emerging market, Nigeria has attracted many of the leading brands in the industry. Due to the lack of a specific regulatory framework, they usually offer their services in Nigeria through their offshore divisions based in jurisdictions such as Belize or Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. As a general principle, it is advisable for the retail trader to use the services of duly licensed regulated intermediaries. But in the absence of such a choice, the next best option is a broker with a well-established international brand.
The desire of these brands to maintain their image drives them to maintain good business practices even in their formally unregulated offshore branches. Many provide offshore clients with guarantees such as negative balance protection and segregation of client money from firm operational funds even though they are not required to do so.
Among the advantages of global brands is that they offer their clients the latest and greatest in terms of trading software. At the very least, a trader can expect to have access to advanced platforms such as MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5), as well as the ability to trade from whatever device is most convenient. Competition between major players in the Nigerian market also benefits customers because it leads to more advantageous overall terms.
The more experienced and willing to take risks traders in Nigeria can also benefit from much higher levels of leverage than is allowed to retail clients in highly regulated jurisdictions. Many forex brokers in Nigeria also take advantage of the opportunity to offer bonuses and promotions to clients, which is prohibited for their branches in the European Union, the United States or Australia.
Let’s take a look at who the leading brokerage brands operating in Nigeria are and what they offer their clients.
FXTM
While this is not a ranking, it is logical to mention FXTM first. It is one of the most established international brands, licensed in the EU, UK and South Africa, and has received numerous industry awards. In Nigeria, FXTM operates through a company incorporated in Mauritius. But the company’s presence in the African country is not just online – customers have the option of contacting two local offices in Lagos and Abuja.
FXTM allows beginner traders to open a Micro Account for just a 10 USD minimum deposit. The broker also maintains an extensive library of educational materials. The threshold for the more professional trading accounts, Advantage and the Advantage Plus, is 500 USD. These two accounts give the trader a choice to pay the broker either just a spread or a fixed commission, the amount of which hangs on the volume of trading – i.e. the more actively and large-scale you trade, the lower the price you pay.
The maximum leverage reaches the impressive level of 1:2000 when trading with major currency pairs, but the broker imposes lower limits when the account balance exceeds 50,000 USD.
FXTM clients have the option to use desktop and mobile versions of the MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms. This software has been an undisputed favourite of brokers and traders for a second decade thanks to its extensive and advanced automated trading features.
FXTM customers can take advantage of loyalty programs and participate in trading contests for which they can receive rewards. The broker also provides a 50 USD refer-a-friend bonus.
Depositing and withdrawing funds can be done with virtually any method – international and local bank transfer, credit/debit cards, a host of popular e-wallets and even Bitcoin.
FBS
FBS is also a well-known and awarded global brand with licensed branches in Cyprus, Australia, South Africa and Belize. The latter is responsible for the broker’s operations in Nigeria, as well as other emerging markets such as Indonesia and Malaysia.
In terms of trading software, FBS offers an industry-standard choice between MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, with the addition of their own mobile app, FBS Trader.
However, the broker distinguishes itself with a very broad selection of trading accounts covering the needs of the widest possible range of traders. Newbies can open a Cent or Micro account for as little as 1 USD and 5 USD, respectively. Professional investors can benefit from a Zero Spread Account or an ECN account with an investment of 500 USD and 1000 USD. There’s even a dedicated cryptocurrency trading account, which also has a threshold of just 1 USD.
The standard account requires a minimum deposit of 100 USD, but offers a competitive floating spread starting at 0.5 pips. When Zero Spread and ESP accounts are used, the trader can expect a spread close to zero, but pays a fixed commission of 20 USD and 6 USD per lot respectively.
The maximum leverage depends on the account type, with Micro, Standard and Zero Spread reaching the impressive level of 1:3000. Even the ECN account allows trading with a leverage of 1:500, which is tens of times higher than allowed in Europe or the US.
The bonuses offered by FBS Nigeria include a “Level Up” bonus of up to 140 USD, a 100% Deposit Bonus as well as a cashback promotion for customers who trade more than 5 lots. Customers can also participate in trading competitions with prizes even including luxury cars.
Account funding and withdrawals can be made through Visa, Skrill, Neteller, StickPay, PerfectMoney and wire transfer.
OctaFX
Another big name in the industry that offers its services in Nigeria is OctaFX. The primary licensing of this premier brand is from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC). In non-regulated markets outside the EU such as Nigeria, OctaFX operates through a subsidiary incorporated in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. As pointed out, working with an offshore branch means you have to put your trust entirely in the brand, but in this case that’s not an issue.
Like its main competitors, OctaFX provides clients with the ability to use the full capacity of the MetaTrader 4 and 5 platforms, including the copy-trade capability, which is particularly useful for novice traders who want to benefit from the insight of experienced traders.
The trading platform is the main difference between the two types of accounts offered by OctaFX. The account for MT5 users is called Smart Trader and the one for those who prefer MT4 is called Habitual Trader. MT5 users also have access to trade with more indices – 10 versus 4.
The financial instruments offered by OctaFX are relatively few in number and with a clear focus on cryptocurrencies. The broker offers trading in 30 cryptocurrencies and just 35 fiat currency pairs.
In this regard noteworthy is the very high leverage offered for crypto trading – 1:25. In comparison, the clients of the Cyprus division of a broker can trade crypto assets with a leverage no higher than 1:2. The maximum leverage for forex trading is 1:500.
Both accounts only have a recommended minimum deposit of 100 USD and promise competitive spreads starting from 0.6 pips.
OctaFX also provides a 50% Deposit Bonus and organises regular trading competitions in which outstanding traders receive various prizes. If you have referred other clients to OctaFX you receive rewards depending on their trading volume.
As you might expect, Octa offers a very wide choice of payment methods, ranging from local banking, established e-wallets like Skrill and Neteller, to a host of cryptocurrencies.
FP Markets
Another broker that is easy to recommend is FP Markets. The group of companies behind the brand are licensed by respected regulatory bodies such as CySEC and Australian Securities and Exchanges Commission (ASIC). In markets such as Nigeria, the broker operates through a company registered in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
FP Markets offers two types of accounts to all its clients – Standard and Raw, through which over 60 currency pairs, commodities and indices can be traded. With the Standard account, the client pays a single spread starting at 1 pip. As the name implies, the Raw account offers raw spreads starting at 0.0 pip, coupled with a commission of 3 USD per side per lot.
Both accounts can be used with MT4 and MT5 platforms. The software is available on all major desktop operating systems, mobile devices, as well as in browser version.
FP Markets’ customers in Nigeria can, as expected, benefit from higher leverage than those in Australia or Europe – up to 1:500. The minimum deposit is 100 AUD or equivalent in another
currency.
Accounts have an included perk in the form of a Virtual Private Server, which allows automated trading scripts to be independent of the trader’s personal hardware.
One significant difference between FP Markets and most of their competitors is that their offshore company does not offer bonuses and promotions. However, this is offset by the favourable trading conditions and vast amount of educational materials and programs.
The list of payment methods is impressive. In addition to the standard options such as credit cards, local and international bank transfer and e-wallets such as Skrill and Neteller, FP Markets allows account funding through a large number of local providers as well as with the Broker-to-Broker method. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-forex-trading-in-nigeria-in-2022/ | 2022-09-19T00:35:15Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-forex-trading-in-nigeria-in-2022/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bitcoin has added a good impact on the crypto market. The currency comes as decentralized money that has come along as a P2P payment system that offers quick, secure, and affordable overseas transactions. We have seen rapid adoption of Bitcoin, and it has developed a good buzz around the market. Bitcoin seems to be a financial domain that helps in allowing many more sectors to rely on it. These include the investment, banking, finance, insurance, and remittance markets. Many more institutions and individuals now use Bitcoin as a payment option for goods and services, while others have investment asset. Besides, these serve as a transformative technology that seems to have inspired groundbreaking innovations, which use Bitcoin as a payment option for goods and services. Here we will talk about the methods through which you can make changes that have kept it high in the market. Bitcoin use less energy if you want to start bitcoin trading.
Born from the crisis.
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The story of Bitcoin started when we first saw the global recession hitting the world hard. The recession is caused for several reasons. These include losing money due to inflation to the blockages of money that hamper the market in a big way. However, to counter this problem, we came in touch with the audience, claiming they wanted freedom from this issue. Ironically, not many accepted this idea of Bitcoin when it first was presented through the whitepapers by its creator – Satoshi Nakamoto. Many called the currency fake and fraudulent, while others claimed it would die soon. The banks called it the most significant energy in the world and many more similar things. However, the banking crisis caused many technology-savvy people to believe in the idea of Bitcoin. On 1st Jan 2009, the coin hit the world, and it started with a meager value in the market that came to deliver something interesting for the audience.
Bitcoin – From minimal to mightier coin
You can quickly check the influence of the banking crisis as seen per Bitcoin’s ideology. For this, you need to be very specific about the financial institutions. Also, there are many more breaches that can help in giving away the trust of people for the economic critics. Also, a money market fund can allow you to enjoy the primary reserve fund that can further save people. It also went on to break the buck; if you have invested around one USD, you can get around 97 cents back in the market. You can also enjoy too many money market funds known as Reserve Primary Fund that do not do many scary things if invested with the one USD in the market.
The early days had witnessed a financial crisis for the currency since the agitation against it was at its peak. It took two years for the coin to start getting recognition and the first to check in the market came with the idea of achieving massive with it. You can further check more about it and thus enjoy the option to gain the matter fixed with it. Bitcoin has now gained the clarity in the market that can make it a dominant currency in the crypto domain, with many more virtual currencies now becoming the best bet on the web. The team managed to embark on the notion of BTC, which gained P2P money. The adoption of Bitcoin went slow, but slowly and steadily, it started attracting people worldwide, including individuals and institutions.
The current state
If you look at the current state of Bitcoin, it seems to have gained momentum once again after losing its value. The current value of Bitcoin in the market is at an all-time low. However, the same coin peaked in the previous two years. During the Pandemic, when the currency was down with no value to enjoy, we had some exciting options to explore with it. Crypto witnessed something huge in the market, and they gained something wild and competitive in the market. All you can say is that you have the choice of earning huge in the market, which touched 70K USD last year in November. If you still do not believe in it, you can find the reports claiming to see someone the best. Bitcoin will rise again, and the day will come when it will have an everlasting impact on the market. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/why-is-bitcoin-a-successful-crypto/ | 2022-09-19T00:35:34Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/why-is-bitcoin-a-successful-crypto/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ANAHEIM
Roommates Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale of the Ducks had supplies for the long afternoon ahead of them on Sunday at Honda Center.
Water bottles for hydration.
Sharpie Pens for signing.
For three hours, they signed autographs and squeezed out a few words here and there as the long line kept moving. The meet-and-greet event with the two players was sparked by their new jersey numbers for this upcoming season with Zegras, switching to No. 11 from No. 46 and Drysdale moving to No. 6 from No. 34. “I’ve always worn No. 11 – worn it my whole life,” Zegras said.
The line snaked through the Honda Center corridors and spilled outside around the arena. Apparently, the earliest arrivals showed up just after 4 in the morning to queue.
Zegras brought his usual charisma to the proceedings and temporarily tabled his anxiety about the performance of his two NFL fantasy football teams. The (usually) unflappable defenseman, Drysdale, was tested when he was asked by his parents if he wanted to hold a baby (Dominic, all of two months) for a picture.
“It’s terrifying,” said Drysdale, chuckling. “I have no clue how it looked but it probably looked so awkward. I didn’t know how to hold it. I was struggling. It was pretty funny when they said, ‘Do you want to hold the baby?’ I said, ‘You’re going to trust me with your baby?’ They had a lot of trust in me.”
There were lesser challenges for the duo. Zegras looked at a big homemade sign by a fan, advertising to share season tickets and said, “Where do you want me to sign? I don’t want to mess it up.”
Zegras did his share of listening from the fans while signing.
“You’re the future of hockey brother.”
“I’m trying to do the Zegras in my league …it’s not working.”
So about that future. With all eyes on Zegras, how does he manage expectations after a headline-making rookie season? The 21-year-old center had 23 goals and 61 points in 75 games this past season, finishing second in Calder Trophy voting to Moritz Seider of the Detroit Red Wings, who led rookie defensemen in assists (43) and points (50).
“I feel expectations just mean pressure,” Zegras said. “I try not to think about that stuff. You just go out there and do the best you can. I know what I’m capable of. And I’m not going to let anybody try to put extra pressure on me because I feel that’s just a recipe for disaster.
“I’m not one to get bogged down by the outside noise. If coaches are happy and teammates are happy, I’m happy.”
Zegras had a clever response about handling his second full season in the NHL.
“You just pretend it’s year three,” he said.
Still there are lessons from the 2021-22 campaign that he can use when the regular season starts next month. The Ducks’ season opener – against the visiting Seattle Kraken on Oct. 12 – will be his 100th NHL game.
“I feel like everything was new last year, so now I have an idea of what I’m getting into,” Zegras said. “I don’t know if the nerves will be as calm, but I feel like I’ve got a good idea of what I’m coming into this year. I feel like I’ll be better prepared, for sure.”
Except for one thing. Someone in the Zegras-Drysdale household might have to learn another skill … eventually.
“We refrain from cooking,” Drysdale reported. “We eliminate the things that could get under each other’s skin. At the end of the day, it’s good. He’s a funny guy, as everybody knows.”
Plus it’s simple to decide whether Zegras or Drysdale is driving on any given day.
“Whoever is parked in front of the other one,” Zegras said.
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INGLEWOOD — The Rams had their offense back on track Sunday until they ran into a sinister 28-3 scoreboard against the Atlanta Falcons, who made the score infamous in the Super Bowl six years ago.
The Falcons, known for blowing double-digit leads, were on the other side this time, putting a scare into the reigning Super Bowl champions. But Jalen Ramsey, who was in need of a bounce-back performance, ended the Falcons’ fourth-quarter rally with an interception to preserve the Rams’ 31-27 victory.
The Rams’ answer to getting their offense back on track was to make star receiver Cooper Kupp wait his turn in the game at SoFi Stadium and build a double-digit lead by getting newcomer wide receiver Allen Robinson involved on the opening drive.
Also, running back Cam Akers didn’t stand on the sideline for long stretches as he had in the Rams’ season-opening loss to the Buffalo Bills, and tight end Tyler Higbee made an impact early and often.
Kupp eventually got going after seeing his first target around the two-minute warning of the first half, and turned his late start into another spectacular performance at SoFi.
But his fumble in the fourth quarter gave the Falcons the ball back with a six-point deficit and 3:22 left in regulation.
The Rams survived, getting past an embarrassing loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 1 to record their first win of the 2022 season.
For 10 days, the Rams (1-1) were constantly asked about Robinson’s quiet team debut, Akers’ lack of playing time, and the banged-up offensive line allowing seven sacks to the Bills.
But the team had no concerns about Kupp and decided to give him offensive help by being intentional about giving Robinson the ball early against the Falcons.
Robinson provided the Rams’ first score after a 1-yard touchdown reception on the opening drive. Kupp added two touchdown receptions, including a 10-yard scoring grab to extend the Rams’ lead to 28-3 with 9:22 in the third quarter.
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford started the game 12 of 12 for 120 yards before throwing an interception in the end zone to Falcons cornerback Casey Hayward while targeting Higbee late in the second quarter.
The Rams quickly returned to the Falcons’ territory after rookie cornerback Cobie Durant returned an interception 51 yards. Falcons running back Cordarrelle Patterson bobbled the ball before Durant grabbed it to set up Stafford’s three-yard touchdown pass to Kupp to extend the Rams’ 21-3 advantage with 14 seconds left before halftime.
The Rams didn’t waste time getting Robinson involved in Week 2. Stafford’s first pass attempt was 15 yards to Robinson, who only had 12 receiving yards versus Buffalo. Robinson capped the opening drive with a 1-yard touchdown reception on a fade pass from Stafford to give the Rams an early 7-0 advantage with 1:44 in the first quarter.
On the second drive, Akers, the Rams’ other missing Week 1 playmaker, got involved by recording an 8-yard rushing attempt and a 10-yard reception out of the backfield, but it was Darrell Henderson who closed the drive with an 8-yard rushing score to give the Rams a 14-0 advantage with 9:30 remaining in the first half.
The Rams entered the game as 10-point betting favorites, but many questioned that line because of the issues raised in the Bills game.
The offensive line might have been the biggest concern because the Rams were without center Brian Allen because of a knee injury. Coleman Shelton moved from right guard to center, and Tremayne Anchrum took over for Shelton. But Anchrum’s his first career start lasted less than a drive before Anchrum left the game with an ankle injury and second-year lineman Alaric Jackson replaced him.
Atlanta was expected to put up a better fight before its late rally because of its young playmakers, with tight end Kyle Pitts and rookie receiver Drake London, the Moorpark native and USC product. London recorded a 4-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter, but the Rams’ defense contained Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota and his offense for most of the game.
More to come on this story.
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SAN FRANCISCO – The Dodgers have ridden the power trio at the top of their lineup to the best record in baseball.
Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman rank in MLB’s top 10 for WAR (Wins Above Replacement) – the specific number depending on which formula you prefer – with Trea Turner just outside the top 10. No team in MLB history has rolled out a lineup with each of the first three hitters in MLB’s top 10 for WAR.
But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said it doesn’t stop there.
“It’s been the ‘Big Four’ for me for quite some time,” he said, referring to Will Smith who moved into the fourth spot in the order in early July. “I think that he doesn’t have the name cachet so it’s kind of held. But if you look at numbers and talking to opposing managers of having him in the number four, it’s been the ‘Big Four’ for quite some time. He’s solidified kind of the top of the order.”
Smith went into Sunday’s game ranking second on the Dodgers in home runs (22), third in RBI (82) – and fourth in slugging percentage (.464), OPS (.812) and OPS-plus (121, tied with Justin Turner).
Smith settled into the fourth spot behind Betts, Trea Turner and Freeman in early July after Betts returned from a rib injury.
“I sort of expected this from Will,” Roberts said of Smith who had a higher OPS (.860) last season. “I just think that he’s just a smart player. He’s always watching the right things, and the right people. I know he has the ability to hit with two strikes. I know he has the ability to hit to all fields. He hits right and left(-handed pitchers). He values the walk. So those are really good ingredients that I know he possesses.
“To kind of see where he’s at in his career, that’s why I had no hesitancy hitting him in the four (spot).”
That Smith is doing it while carrying the heavy load required of a catcher makes him that much more valuable to the Dodgers. Seven of his home runs and 18 of his RBI have come during 31 starts at DH. But only one catcher in MLB has hit more home runs (Seattle’s Cal Raleigh) and only one has a higher OPS (Willson Contreras of the Cubs). None have driven in more runs.
“You could argue he is the most valuable position player we have,” Roberts said. “That just speaks to the delta in catchers’ offensive performance versus first baseman to their performance and Freddie, to Mookie and right fielders, to their performance. If you look at the delta from the catching position, to offensive performance, you could argue he’s the most valuable player on our team.”
PROUD PAPA
Tyler Anderson and his wife welcomed a son, Tucker, born on Saturday.
Dad is expected to throw a bullpen session at Camelback Ranch in Arizona Sunday then travel to Los Angeles on Monday and rejoin the Dodgers.
The left-hander is expected to come off the paternity list and start one of the games in Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Right-hander Michael Grove is scheduled to start the other game.
NOT YET
Veteran left-hander David Price said he was surprised to read Sunday morning that he had decided to retire after this season. The report in USA Today, he said, is premature.
“Nothing is set in stone,” Price said Sunday.
Earlier in the season, the 37-year-old Price acknowledged that 2022 was most likely his final season. Currently on the Injured List with inflammation in his left wrist, Price hopes to return to action during the Dodgers’ upcoming homestand and vie for a role on the postseason roster.
The first overall pick in the 2007 draft, the 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner and a five-time All-Star, Price has a 157-82 record over 14 big-league seasons.
“He’s had a great career on the field,” Roberts said. “The legacy that he has, being a teammate, is first class. Yeah, I’m sure he’s motivated to get back and pitch and be healthy. He’s worked hard to do that, and my hope would be that he would get healthy and be able to help us.”
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Spurred by conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, activists around the country are using laws that allow people to challenge a voter’s right to cast a ballot to contest the registrations of thousands of voters at a time.
In Iowa, Linn County Auditor Joel Miller had handled three voter challenges over the previous 15 years. He received 119 over just two days after Doug Frank, an Ohio educator who is touring the country spreading doubts about the 2020 election, swung through the state.
In Nassau County in northern Florida, two residents challenged the registrations of nearly 2,000 voters just six days before last month’s primary. In Georgia, activists are dropping off boxloads of challenges in the diverse and Democratic-leaning counties comprising the Atlanta metro area, including more than 35,000 in one county late last month.
Election officials say the vast majority of the challenges will be irrelevant because they contest the presence on voting rolls of people who already are in the process of being removed after they moved out of the region. Still, they create potentially hundreds of hours of extra work as the offices scramble to prepare for November’s election.
“They at best overburden election officials in the run-up to an election, and at worse they lead to people being removed from the rolls when they shouldn’t be,” said Sean Morales-Doyle of The Brennan Center for Justice, which has tracked an upswing in voter challenges.
The voter challenges come as activists who believe in the election lies of former President Donald Trump also have flooded election offices across the country with public records requests and threats of litigation, piling even more work on them as they ready for November.
“It’s time-consuming for us, because we have to consult with our county attorneys about what the proper response is going to be,” said Rachel Rodriguez, an elections supervisor in Dane County, Wisconsin, which includes Madison, the state capital.
She received duplicate emails demanding records about two weeks ago: “It’s taking up valuable time that we don’t necessarily have as election officials when we’re trying to prepare for a November election.”
Michael Henrici, the Democratic commissioner of elections in New York’s Otsego County, received a single-line email last week warning of unspecified “election integrity” litigation, then a follow-up complaining he hadn’t responded.
“These aren’t people with specific grievances,” Henrici said. “They’re getting a form letter from someone’s podcast and sometimes filling in the blanks.”
Multiple investigations and reviews, including one by Trump’s own Department of Justice, found no significant fraud i n the 2020 presidential election, and courts rejected dozens of lawsuits brought by Trump and his allies. But Trump has continued to insist that widespread fraud cost him re-election. That has inspired legions of activists to become do-it-yourself election sleuths around the country, challenging local voting officials at every turn.
In Linn County, Iowa, which includes the city of Cedar Rapids, Miller said he and the auditors who run elections in the state’s other 98 counties have been deluged with both records requests and voter challenges.
“The whole barrage came in a two-week period,” Miller said, following the tour by Frank, who uses mathematical projections to make claims of a vast conspiracy to steal the election from Trump, “and it’s happening to auditors across the state.”
Election offices routinely go through their voter rolls and remove those who have moved or died. Federal law constrains how quickly they can drop voters, and conservative activists have long complained that election officials do not move swiftly enough to clean up their rolls.
The recent challenges stem from activists comparing postal change-of-address and other databases to voter rolls. Election officials say this is redundant, because they already take the same steps.
Sometimes the challenges come after election conspiracists go door-to-door, often in heavily minority neighborhoods, seeking evidence that votes were cast improperly in 2020.
Texas’ heavily Democratic Harris County, which includes Houston, received nearly 5,000 challenges from a conservative group that went door-to-door checking voter addresses. The election office said it dismissed the challenges it legally had to review before the election and will finish the remainder after Nov. 8.
Activists in Gwinnett County, which stretches across the increasingly Democratic northern Atlanta suburbs, spent 10 months comparing change-of-address and other databases with the county’s voter rolls. They submitted eight boxes of challenges last month. About 15,000, they said, were complaints that specific voters improperly received mail ballots in 2020. Another 22,000 were for voters they contend are no longer at their registered address.
There are so many challenges that election officials have yet to even count them all. But Zach Manifold, Gwinnett’s election supervisor, said that, in every single mail ballot complaint the office has sampled, the voter properly received a mailed ballot.
But if any of the address-challenged voters do try to cast a ballot in November, the county’s elections board will need to decide whether that vote should count. They’ll only have six days to make a decision, as they have to certify their vote total by the Monday after Election Day under Georgia law.
Manifold estimated his office has a month to log and research the challenges, before mail ballots go out for the November elections: “It is a tight window to get everything done,” he said.
Many of the large counties facing voter roll challenges are places where President Joe Biden beat Trump in 2020, including Gwinnett and Harris. Yet those behind the effort dispute the notion that they are targeting Democratic-leaning counties and say they’re working on behalf of all voters. In Florida’s Nassau County, for example, Trump won with more than 72% of the vote.
“They should be glad that the voter rolls are being cleaned up so they can make sure their votes count,” said Garland Favorito, a conservative activist who has teamed up with supporters of Trump’s election lies and is helping with voter challenges in Georgia.
Favorito said more challenges are coming in other Georgia counties.
Under legislation passed last year by the Republican-controlled Legislature, there are no limits on the number of voter challenges that can be filed in Georgia. Most states implicitly set restraints on challenges, said Morales-Doyle of the Brennan Center. They require a complainant to have specific, personal information about the voters they target and establish penalties for making frivolous challenges.
Florida is an example. Its voter challenge law only permits the filing of challenges 30 days before an election, requiring election officials to contact each voter challenged before Election Day. It is a misdemeanor to file a “frivolous” challenge. But voter challenges almost derailed Florida’s primary last month in heavily-Republican Nassau County, in the northeastern part of the state.
Two women who belonged to a conservative group, County Citizens Defending Freedom, dropped off the nearly 2,000 challenges at the county elections office six days before the Aug. 23 primary.
Luckily for the office, the challenges were filed in an incorrect format. Elections Supervisor Janet Adkins told the activists they would review them, anyway — after the primary.
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This from analysts at Moody's on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting this week, and what lies beyond.
- The August U.S. consumer price index changes the calculus for the Federal Reserve, which is now likely to hike the target range for the fed funds rate by 75 basis points
- Financial markets are fully pricing in a 75-basis point rate hike this month and put the odds of a 100-basis point hike at 25%.
- It’s fairly clear that the Fed is going to front-load rate hikes more than in our September baseline and the terminal rate, or the peak for the fed funds rate this cycle, will also be higher. The upcoming baseline forecast is going to factor in a 50-basis point rate hike in November (previously 25 basis points) and maintain a 25-basis point hike in December. This would imply that the target range for the fed funds rate will likely be near 4% to 4.25%.
Moody's concludes on this pessimistic note. Its hard for me to disagree with them:
- All told, there is a material risk that inflation remains higher for longer since traditional monetary policy tightening is not equipped to address the supply shocks pushing inflation higher in the U.S. The Fed could be faced with a Hobson’s choice: Push the economy into a mild recession, as in one of our scenarios, to tame inflation, or wait and cause a more significant recession, since a stagflation scenario is possible next year if the Fed is not aggressive enough.
- The Fed’s track record in tightening monetary policy without causing a recession is not great.
Good luck with that.
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Some census takers who falsified information during the 2020 count didn't have their work redone fully, weren't fired in a timely manner and in some cases even received bonuses, according to the U.S. Commerce Department's watchdog group.
The findings released Friday by the Office of Inspector General raise concerns about possible damage to the quality of the once-a-decade head count that determines political power and federal funding,
Off-campus students at colleges and universities were likely undercounted since the census started around the same time students were sent home to stop the spread of COVID-19 in March 2020, the review found.
During the 2020 census, The Associated Press documented cases of census takers who were pressured by their supervisors to enter false information into a computer system about homes they had not visited so they could close cases during the waning days of the census.
Supervisors were able to track their census takers' work in real time through mobile devices that the census takers used to record information about households' numbers, demographic characteristics and members' relationships to one another. As a result, supervisors would get alerts when actions raised red flags about accuracy, such as a census taker recording data on a home while far away from the address or a census taker conducting an interview in just a few minutes. As a quality control check, others census takers were sent back to homes to re-interview residents.
The Inspector General's probe concluded that some alerts weren't being properly resolved, some re-interviews weren't properly conducted and that the work of some census takers whose work had been flagged for falsifying data had not been reworked to fix its accuracy. In fact, some census takers whose work was flagged for falsifications were given more cases, weren't fired and were reassigned to other operations, the report said.
Of the 1,400 census takers who were designated “hard fails" because questions about the accuracy of their work, only 300 were fired for misconduct or unsatisfactory performance. Of the 1,400 “hard fail" census takers, 1,300 of them received bonuses ranging from $50 to $1,600 each, the report said.
The census is the largest nonmilitary mobilization in the U.S. Data gathered during the census determines how many congressional seats each state gets. The numbers also are used for redrawing political districts and distributing $1.5 trillion in federal spending each year. Because of that, undercounts can cost communities funding.
The 2020 census faced unprecedented challenges including the pandemic, natural disasters and political interference from the Trump administration.
In response to the Inspector General's report, the Census Bureau said it appreciated the concerns that were raised but disagreed with the conclusions that data quality may have been damaged since the report cited only a small number of cases out of the overall workload.
“As a result, we asserted that the findings could not and should not be presented as a conclusive assessment of overall census quality," Census Bureau Director Robert Santos said in the written response.
Under Census Bureau rules, college and university students should have been counted where they spent the most time, either at on-campus housing or off-campus apartments, even if they were sent home because of the pandemic. Most schools didn't provide the Census Bureau with off-campus student data, and the bureau had to use a last-resort, less-accurate statistical tool to fill in the information gaps on more than 10% of the off-campus student population when they were given the information, the Inspector General's report said.
Schools often didn't provide the data because they didn't information on off-campus students or because of privacy concerns. The Inspector General recommends passage of legislation that would require schools to provide needed information in future head counts.
“Although difficult to quantify, the fiscal implication of specifically undercounting off-campus students at the correct location for states and localities is potentially far-reaching," the report said.
The city of Boston, which is home to Northeastern University, Boston University and several other schools, said in a challenge to its census figures that the count missed 6,000 students.
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The SNB policy decision is due on Thursday (see below for timings)
Via MUFG Bank:
- CHF has been the top performing G10 currency so far this month as it has strengthened sharply against both the EUR (+2.2%) and USD (+1.5%).
- It has regained upward momentum against our equally-weighted basket of other G10 currencies after a period of consolidation at higher levels between July and August. The CHF’s renewed upward has once again coincided with an abrupt hawkish repricing of SNB rate hike expectations similar to in June.
- Market participants are increasingly confident that the SNB will continue to play catch up with major central banks and deliver a larger 100bps hike in the week ahead (Thurs) to combat upside inflation risks. There are currently 86bps of hikes priced in. The SNB has also become more tolerant of currency strength since their last policy meeting in June as it provides another channel to help dampen upside inflation risks.
- The CHF appears well positioned to extend its recent advance, especially against other high beta G10 currencies. | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/swiss-national-bank-meet-this-week-a-100bp-rate-hike-on-the-table-chf-impact-20220919/ | 2022-09-19T01:00:11Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/swiss-national-bank-meet-this-week-a-100bp-rate-hike-on-the-table-chf-impact-20220919/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A member of the Yankee Air Force prepares the B-17 Yankee Lady for its aerial display at Joint Base Andrews 2022 Air & Space Expo at JBA, Md., Sept 18, 2022. JBA celebrated the Air Force's 75th Anniversary with a three-day Air & Space Expo, showcasing aerial demonstrations, static displays, along with Heritage and STEAM displays. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kristen Wong)
This work, Joint Base Andrews celebrates day three of the Air & Space Expo [Image 5 of 5], by Kristen Wong, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright. | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7422923/joint-base-andrews-celebrates-day-three-air-space-expo | 2022-09-19T01:03:41Z | dvidshub.net | control | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7422923/joint-base-andrews-celebrates-day-three-air-space-expo | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Brigade network and communications specialists train on the assembly and operation of the U.S Army’s OE-254, a ground based communications antenna at the Rosemount National Guard Training and Community Center in Rosemount, Minn., Sept. 18, 2022. The 40-foot tall antenna is built to withstand up to 90 mph winds and extend communication abilities of the unit to 36 miles across normal terrain.
This work, Communications Soldiers Assemble Antenna [Image 4 of 4], by SSG Bill Boecker, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright. | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7422950/communications-soldiers-assemble-antenna | 2022-09-19T01:04:37Z | dvidshub.net | control | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7422950/communications-soldiers-assemble-antenna | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Brigade network and communications specialists train on the assembly and operation of the U.S Army’s OE-254, a ground based communications antenna at the Rosemount National Guard Training and Community Center in Rosemount, Minn., Sept. 18, 2022. The 40-foot tall antenna is built to withstand up to 90 mph winds and extend communication abilities of the unit to 36 miles across normal terrain.
This work, Communications Soldiers Assemble Antenna [Image 4 of 4], by SSG Bill Boecker, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright. | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7422952/communications-soldiers-assemble-antenna | 2022-09-19T01:04:50Z | dvidshub.net | control | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7422952/communications-soldiers-assemble-antenna | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Vote now for Monroe County Region Football Player of the Week
Niles Kruger
The Monroe News
Running backs made a resurgence in Week 4 of the Monroe County Region football season. Bedford’s Trey Brueggemann ran for 276, Jack Mills of Airport 217, Ronny Johnson of Milan 156, Omari Carter of Gibraltar Carlson 138 and Jake Iott of Whiteford 135.
All five are nominated for Football Player of the Week along with Korbin Herrera of Erie Mason, Cole Jondro of SMCC, Gavin Moczydlowsky of New Boston Huorn, Brandon Thompson of Summerfield and Ryan Zanger of Dundee.
Click here to cast your vote.
The polls will be open until midnight Wednesday. You can vote once each day. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/09/18/vote-now-for-monroe-county-region-football-player-of-the-week/69502418007/ | 2022-09-19T01:06:30Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/09/18/vote-now-for-monroe-county-region-football-player-of-the-week/69502418007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A$AP Rocky is claiming that his former friend and fellow rapper A$AP Relli is falsely claiming that he was shot by Rocky in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.
Rocky and his attorney says that Relli had been badgering his former buddy for money for an undetermined amount of time and then, in November 2021, aggressively confronted Rocky to allegedly shake him down for a bag.
“Rocky didn’t shoot him by any stretch,” Tacopina told Rolling Stone, calling the firearm assault allegations “just a plain and blatant classic attempt at extortion.”
The LAPD and the county district attorney’s office, however, claim to be in possession of a video that clearly shows Rocky shooting at Relli as he fled the scene of the in-person meeting. Relli was reportedly grazed in the hand and sought medical treatment at a local hospital.
Rocky, who was born in Harlem as Rakim Mayers, has been charged with two counts of using a semiautomatic firearm to assault Relli, whose real name is Terell Ephron. Rocky, 33, was arrested in April 2022 while returning to Los Angeles from his girlfriend Rihanna’s hometown of Barbados. He remains free on a $550,000 bond and is staring at nine years in prison if convicted.
The attorney for Rocky, Joe Tacopina, is confident that his client will be vindicated. He added that the charges are the result of a resentful friend who was stewing in bitterness due to a lackluster career.
“He’s a failed associate – ex-associate – of Rocky’s, and he’s jealous,” Tacopina said of Relli. “He was trying to get money from Rocky. He wanted Rocky to support him. He made it clear. There were repeated attempts where he tried to ask for money in lieu of not causing problems for Rocky. That’s what he said. We have all this memorialized in text messages and otherwise, so it’s an extortion.”
Tacopina also says that Relli was the aggressor during the incident in question.
“He tried to attack Rocky, and some other guy got involved, and he punched some other guy in the face and knocked his teeth out, and of course now, according to him, he’s a victim.” | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/18/aap-rocky-claims-he-is-being-extorted-by-his-former-friend/ | 2022-09-19T01:06:49Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/18/aap-rocky-claims-he-is-being-extorted-by-his-former-friend/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 49ers marched the ball down the field after forcing a three-and-out to start the half but were stalled in the red zone. Despite averaging nearly six yards a carry, Kyle Shanahan elected to kick a field goal from the 2-yard line. That was the second time Shanahan made that decision.
This time, it was blocked for a field goal and returned for a touchdown. That score made it 20-7 and took the wind out of the sails. San Francisco would punt on their next drive., and that’s how the third quarter went. It felt like the 49ers had all of the momentum, but special teams' plays can turn games on a whim.
We’ll see how the fourth quarter goes and if the defense can continue to hold while the offense tries to tack on another touchdown. Seattle looks to have adjusted on defense with Jimmy under center. He’s cool off since a hot start. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/18/23359991/49ers-vs-seahawks-fourth-quarter-thread-one-more-touchdown-should-do-the-trick | 2022-09-19T01:24:50Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/18/23359991/49ers-vs-seahawks-fourth-quarter-thread-one-more-touchdown-should-do-the-trick | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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