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African American educators and students who have excelled academically and professionally will be honored during The St. Louis American Foundation milestone 35th Annual Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship & Awards Gala on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 at America's Center downtown. This is the first gala in person in three years.
In addition to the prideful celebration of Black excellence in education and presentation of substantial scholarships that support under-resourced, high achieving students, guests and awardees are guaranteed to be entertained by the exciting musical stylings of The Jazz Edge Orchestra, a 17-piece ensemble under the direction of Thomas Moore. Jazz Cabaret Internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist will also grace the stage.
In addition, there will be an “Old School” Dance Party after the program.
Thimes, who performed for the late Queen Elizabeth, said she is honored to again share her Jazz cabaret performance with the Salute jazz lover guests.
“I’m always excited and humbled that The St. Louis American Foundation thinks enough to ask me to do this,” Thimes said.
“We all know there are some great performers here in St. Louis, and to be chosen each time to do this is definitely an honor.”
Thimes said, “The Salute gives me the chance to sing out of my box.”
“It gives me the chance to do all types of genres of music. I will be doing Jazz, Blues, Pop, Rock, and more. You’ll hear me cover artists we all know and love including Tracy Chapman, and Simply Red. The Salute gives me a chance to mix my music up and be as musically palatable as I can be.”
Thimes also brings glamor with her fashion sense, and determines what she’ll wear based on the event decorator’s color scheme and design.
“Sometimes I reach out to [Jeanetta Hawkins, the gala’s event decorator] and say ‘Hey, what color have you given me this year for my background?,’ Thimes said.
“If she tells me a certain color I try to complement whatever curtain, star, glitter, she has with my background for my dress.”
She expressed the importance of her looking the part for her performance.
“I love to dress nice. It's important for me as a vocalist to always look my best,” Thimes said. “When I step on stage, the first impression always attracts the audience during my performance. I enjoy it.”
She continued her feelings of gratitude thanking Publisher Dr. Donald M. Suggs and The St. Louis American team for selecting her to perform.
“I’m always honored and grateful to Dr. Suggs and everyone for thinking of a hometown girl and saying ‘Hey, we choose you’” Thimes said.
“The gala motivates me to reach even greater levels of excellence. I’m very proud and grateful to be a part of the event this year.”
The Jazz Edge Orchestra began when the Washington University Jazz ensemble and Harris Stowe Jazz Ensemble incorporated as a non-profit in 1990.
It has grown into a dynamic 17-piece orchestra performing in top St. Louis venues including Powell Hall, the Sheldon Concert Hall, the Arch, and the Touhill Performing Arts Center.
Many nationally and internationally known musicians including Clark Terry, Frank Foster, James Moody, Lester Bowie, and Jimmy Wilkins, have performed with the band.
The Jazz Edge Orchestra has also served as an incubator for local and national talent such as Montez Coleman, Russell Gunn, Tony Suggs, Danny Campbell, Adaron Jackson, and Kasimu Taylor. They all were students who had their musical horizons expanded by their experience with the band.
“We want to ensure we have something for every audience member, so in addition to our Jazz Cabaret with Denise Thimes, we also have our dance party featuring Darryl Jones, DJ of Blacklight Productions,” said Raven Whitener, St. Louis American Foundation & Special Events director.
“The dance party will feature old school hip hop and current hits for all to enjoy. We’re sure there will be something for everyone of all ages. This night is guaranteed to be full and exciting as we celebrate with a purpose.”
The St. Louis American Foundation’s 35th Annual Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship & Awards Gala kicks off with a general reception at 5 p.m. The banquet and awards ceremony is at 6 p.m., and post-gala afterparty begins at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 at America’s Center, Downtown St. Louis.
Attendees have a chance to dress up as attire is Black-Tie optional.
For tickets and more information, visit https://www.stlamerican.com/site/forms/salute_to_excellence/education/education_ticket_form/.
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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WSPA) – STAND T.A.L.L. announced Thursday that they will hold a free K-9 Agility Demonstration on Tuesday with the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office.
The demonstration will be held at Jackson Park Field #5 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
“Law enforcement is critical to the safety and security of all of us, and the K-9 Corp of the Sheriff’s office is a key part of their total program,” said Ron Kauffman, president of STAND T.A.L.L. “The K-9s will demonstrate their athleticism, conduct training drug search techniques, and show off the ability when engaged in suspect apprehension. It’s a part of law enforcement that most people aren’t aware of, and we thought it would be fun to invite the public to see these amazing animals in action.”
STAND T.A.L.L asks that you bring your own chair and that you do not bring your pets.
To find out more about STAND T.A.L.L visit their website.
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(NewsNation) — This past August, Homebuyer.com released a study detailing the 15 cheapest and five most expensive places to buy a home in 2022.
Research on mortgage rates is especially important right now as the Federal Reserve tries to cool what has been the hottest U.S. inflation rate in four decades.
It’s an economic trickle-down felt hardest by consumers as 60% of the country now lives paycheck-to-paycheck, dealing with everything from escalating grocery bills and rent to surging utility costs.
Home ownership is no different: Used home sales slowed for the seventh consecutive month in August, while mortgage rates in the U.S reached their highest levels since 2008.
To determine which states are the most and least expensive to purchase a home, these lists factor in not only the state’s economic standing among other states, but also income data and home prices, then determines each state’s rank based on the average percentage of income it takes to cover monthly mortgage costs.
Here are the cheapest states to buy a home in 2022:
1. Iowa
- Median Home Price: $147,800
- Estimated Monthly Mortgage Payment: $702
Iowa came into the top spot among the cheapest states in which to purchase a home because in Iowa, it only requires 10.6% of the average median household income to do so.
The largest housing markets in Iowa include Des Moines, Iowa City, and Cedar Rapids.
2. Indiana
- Median Home Price: $141,700
- Estimated Monthly Mortgage Payment: $673.23
In second place is another Midwestern state, Indiana. Only requiring 11.03% of the average median income to buy a house, home buyers can pick between the state’s farmlands or cities including Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Evansville.
See mortgage rates in Indiana.
3. Ohio
- Median Home Price: $145,700
- Estimated Monthly Mortgage Payment: $692.24
Making an even stronger case for the Midwest is the Buckeye State. Along with only requiring 11% of the average earners’ income to buy a house, home ownership hopefuls there can look forward to a lively football culture and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
4. Nebraska
- Median Home Price: $155,800
- Estimated Monthly Mortgage Payment: $740.22
Mortgage slightly increases once we travel west of America’s Heartland to Nebraska. There, residents will spend 11.19% of their income on a median-priced home, as houses are just under $156,000.
See mortgage rates in Nebraska.
5. Kansas
- Median Home Price: $151,900
- Estimated Monthly Mortgage Payment: $721.70
Technically tied for fourth with Nebraska, Kansas homes also cost 11.9% of inhabitants’ income to purchase. The average home price, though, is more expensive, and mortgage payments come out slightly more expensive.
The top 5 most expensive states to buy a house in 2022
Although it may not be a category prospective homeowners seek out, knowledge of the five most expensive places to purchases a home in the U.S. could help them know where to avoid.
Some states on the the list come as no-brainers. California, for example, which is the third-largest state in the country and the most populous. Then you have others you wouldn’t expect, such as Oregon, where the typical home costs just over $312,000.
- Hawaii
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- Colorado
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INDIANAPOLIS – Five NFL games were determined by three points or fewer last weekend to make it 12 total decided by that slim margin, the most in league history through two weeks.
To add to the thrilling finishes, three teams (Cardinals, Dolphins and Jets) rallied from 13 points or more in the fourth quarter to win. Football fans are hoping for more of the same this weekend.
Week 3 begins with an AFC North battle between the Steelers and Browns on Thursday Night Football. Both teams are looking to respond after blowing their chances to go to 2-0 last week.
On Sunday, two of the remaining six unbeaten teams will meet in Miami when the Bills visit the Dolphins in a 1 p.m. ET matchup.
In the second wave of games, future Hall of Fame quarterbacks Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers square off in Tampa. The two have combined for six Super Bowl MVP awards.
WXIN’s Chris Hagan runs down this weekend’s whole slate of games in “Big Game Bound” on Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET.
Chris talks with WJW’s P.J. Ziegler about how the Browns can rebound after blowing a 30-17 lead to the Jets last week.
Also on the Week 3 edition: reports from Buffalo, Detroit and Cincinnati and picks from former NFL running back Jarrett Payton.
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LONDON, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the face of an imminent air transport crisis, digital technologies have provided a new ramble into what aviation experts have described as sustainable and profitable ways to address the mounting environmental pressures and optimize efficiency. Of critical importance, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) represent two technological levers that airline companies will require to meet their carbon footprint targets and increase fuel efficiency.
Numerous reports have revealed that aviation accounts for more than 3% of global carbon emissions. Besides, air transport represents over 12% of the total emissions from transport-related activities. With the anticipated growth in air traffic, the general expectation is that the aviation industry will report a manifold increase in carbon footprint by 2050.
Like other transport sectors, aviation has also suffered from the adverse consequences of the intensifying economic pressure. The industry is grappling against unprecedented challenges that have pushed many airlines into a near crisis, putting them in the line of interrupted cash flows and reduced profitability. According to IATA, global airlines are now operating in a "bullish oil market," with fuel prices surpassing $80 per barrel. Inconceivably, such spikes in fuel price and curbed supplies represent a critical problem for airlines, given that jet fuel accounts for more than 30% of airline's costs.
Avia Solutions believe that Big Data and data science have provided new possibilities for airlines to accurately predict the amount of fuel needed for every scheduled flight and optimize flight routes to increase energy efficiency. The best scenario is to have a single analytical tool. Case in point, Southwest Airlines provides an excellent example of a carrier that has successfully invested in data analytics through its fuel consumption project.
The investment by Southwest Airlines in an analytics project is reported to have enabled the company to realize significant improvements in fuel demand forecasts for its fleet of over 700 aircraft. In this project, the airline has built eight predictive models, comprising time series algorithms and a series of neural networks. The airline's analytics system can produce up to 9,600 fuel demand forecasts per month and over 100 airports the carrier flies to. Before Southwest Airlines adopted the analytics system, the project team generated as low as 1,200 forecasts for jet fuel demand each month. At that point, each financial analyst would take up to 3 days to create one forecast that, in most cases, turned out as inaccurate.
OpenAirlines envisions that airlines can confront their current predicaments by going the digital way. As a leading digital solutions provider in the European region, the company has created data analysis platforms that airlines can implement to collect real-time feedback during flights, monitor aircraft performance, provide advanced routing calculations, and facilitate on-time performance analysis.
Over 50 airlines worldwide have started to experience the benefits of information technologies such as Big Data and AI in their day-to-day operations. By implementing analytics platforms such as SkyBreath 360°– a big data analysis software by OpenAirlines – these airlines have reported a 2-5% decline in fuel consumption during flights and subsequent reduction in their CO2 equivalents.
Through eco-friendly digital platforms like SkyBreath 360°, airlines can either switch to alternative solutions to revitalize existing digital fuel efficiency programs or introduce novel solutions in their classical fuel efficiency programs.
Inferring to a statement by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), digital technologies represent a new frontier that aviation companies can capitalize on to mitigate their carbon footprints, primarily by increasing energy efficiency while simultaneously generating other economic opportunities.
Some changes must take place for airlines to experience the expected structural evolutions and move towards greening aviation at various levels in the aircraft value chain. They must work with digital providers to accelerate progress toward digital solutions aimed at helping them attain fuel efficiency and meet their zero-carbon targets. Further, airlines must explore ways to combine AI with other digital technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), to build intelligent capabilities for operations management through analytics.
Incorporating Big Data algorithms and other intelligent systems such as AI and Machine Learning (ML) during original engine manufacturing and fright data records will support sophisticated aerospace analytics and forecasting on fuel usage and recommend changes to achieve energy efficiency. Analytics platforms like Skywise, Aviator, Analytx, and R2 Data Labs by Rolls Royce collect and analyzes billions of data from various aircraft systems and provide recommendations for potential savings and optimization based on the exact flight conditions. With such systems, airlines can monitor their aircraft in real-time and identify fuel-saving opportunities to attain energy efficiency, reduce fuel consumption, and subsequently cut down their carbon emissions.
For media inquiries:
Vilma Vaitiekunaite
+370 686 16336
vilma.vaitiekunaite@aviasg.com
About Gediminas Ziemelis:
Throughout a business development career spanning more than 24 years, Gediminas Ziemelis has established over 50 start-ups and green-field investments in various industries such as IT, media, luxury furniture, pharma, clinics, agriculture, and across other industry sectors. At present, these companies are either owned by PE "Vertas Management", or have previously been sold and are now components of other sizeable organisations.
Gediminas Ziemelis is the founder and chairman of Avia Solutions Group - a leading global aerospace services group with almost 100 offices and production stations providing aviation services and solutions worldwide.
Spanning his career to date, G. Ziemelis has received many prestigious awards and industry recognitions. In 2016, G. Ziemelis received a prestigious European Business Award in recognition of his visionary business management and development skills. The same year, under his leadership, Avia Solutions Group was named a national public champion in the category of Entrepreneurship, earning a spot in the top 110 European businesses. Twice – in 2012 and again in 2014 – Ziemelis was acknowledged as one of the top 40 most talented young leaders in the global aerospace industry by the leading USA aerospace magazine 'Aviation Week'.
Over his career, Gediminas Ziemelis has taken part in many impressive business ventures. Between 2014 – 2017, he personally supported and consulted Chinese Banks (including ICBCL, CMBL, and Skyco Leasing) concerning financing aircraft sale-leaseback transactions where the total value was more than US$ 4 bn.
Between 2006 – 2019, Avia Solutions Group Chairman executed successful IPOs of 4 companies at OMX and WSE, oversaw many public bonds issues, along with the raising of public capital worth more than US$ 400 M.
His total net worth is US$ 1.38 bn, according to local business media.
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“Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations,” is a musical biography about the group’s formation, success, and adversities told from the perspective of Otis Williams, the last living original of the five founding members.
The Temptations’ seemingly endless catalog of chart-topping hits remains a staple in American music history 60 years after the group was formed. Black households especially embraced the group’s signature sound, making it an intergenerational soundtrack for all music lovers.
Their music may be internationally known by many, but many people are not familiar with their story.
“Ain’t Too Proud” looks at a retrospective lens on the lives of Williams, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, and Paul Williams. It also follows the transformation of the group as it lost and gained members.
James T. Lane, who stars as Paul Williams, says he is recognized as the group’s choreographer.
“I enjoy diving into the choreography and all those things people identify The Temptations with,” Lane said. “Paul was the start of ‘The Temptations Walk’ and those smooth moves.”
Fans remember The Temptations mesmerizing them with their impeccable vocal range abilities and fancy footwork. To outsiders they could be perceived as having “The Good Life,” selling millions of records and being recognized as one of the most revered Black male vocalist groups over decades.
In reality, the group wasn’t “picture perfect,” as presented to the rest of the world.
“I call them supernovas because they burned bright and hot,” Lane said.
“Most of their stories are really tragic about how they left this world. They were icons, the first of their kind.”
David Ruffin suffered from a cocaine addiction leading to his demise. Melvin Franklin and Eddie Williams both suffered from major health issues, which would cause their deaths.
Paul dealt with having sickle cell anemia, and his struggles with the disease led him to alcoholism. He would ultimately die from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Paul is more than just a character for Lane, he has personal connections to the role making it simplistic for him to fill the shoes.
Similar to Paul, Lane also once struggled with alcoholism and drug abuse.
“I have an adjacent understanding of my character,” Lane said.
“I am 17 years free of drugs and alcohol. I was able to get on the other side of that battle. Paul unfortunately succumbed to his battle. I feel honored to live on from where he didn’t get to.”
Tracie Elaine Lee plays Johnnie Mae, The Temptations’ first manager, and Mary Wilson, founding member of The Supremes.
“I love playing two different people especially in this show,” Lee said. “I love playing someone everyone across the world knows as this beautiful glamorous icon that is Mary Wilson and I love playing Johnnie Mae where people may not think she is. She’s a very real person and I love bringing someone’s story that you may or may not know to light. Her story fits into The Temptations’ story.”
Lee went into greater detail about who Mae was and how she parallels the former manager.
“Johnnie Mae makes me think of all the no nonsense women in my life who raised me, I’ve been lucky enough, blessed enough, and honored enough to be raised by women who really run things,” Lee said.
“Johnnie Mae is pieces of these amazing women who built me up —my grandmother, my mother, my Godmother, my aunts have shaped me and instilled in me the sense of when you see something you want to go after it.”
Lane and Lee collectively said working on the production is fun and they encourage everyone to come see it.
“There’s so many wonderful tunes you’ll hear and you’ll also learn more about other characters —Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy, [St. Louisan] Dennis Edwards,” Lane said. “You have the opportunity to see full people, three-dimensional icons. Not too many shows do that.”
“Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations,” is based on Otis Williams’ Memoir “Temptations.” The musical had its world premiere in 2017 at California’s Berkeley Repertory Theatre. It opened on Broadway March 2019. Broadway production took a pause in March 2020 due to coronavirus; it reopened Oct. 16 2021. Its last Broadway performance was Jan. 16, 2022.
“Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations,” has a running time of two hours and thirty minutes with one intermission. Mature themes and explicit language is displayed in the production.
For tickets and more information, visit https://www.fabulousfox.com/events/detail/aint-too-proud.
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For the first time in its 94- year history, The St. Louis American received first place honors for General Excellence from the National Newspaper Association, an industry association comprised of more than 1,600 member newspapers nationwide. At the same time, The American won the first place General Excellence award for large weekly newspapers in the state of Missouri, by the Missouri Press Association.
Both awards were part of recent Better Newspaper Contests, where The American won more than two dozen total awards.
State-wide awards:
The St. Louis American won 15 industry awards which were handed out last weekend at the Lake of the Ozarks at the Missouri Press Association annual convention. Five of the awards were first place awards, including: General Excellence, Best Online Newspaper, Community Service, Multi-Media Reporting and Best Video.
Referencing the General Excellence category, one of the judges stated “This is the best-looking weekly newspaper I've seen in a long time. The coverage is interesting and there's a good variety of content, ranging from national entertainment news to super-local stories. Great job, great paper!” This marks the 9th time The American has won first place in General Excellence from the Missouri Press Association, including the last two years in a row.
Judges had a lot to say about stlamerican.com, which won for Best Online Newspaper. They stated “Very impressed with the extensive depth and breadth of this website, which is an outstanding example of Black/African-American journalism that shines through important hyper-local coverage of issues critical to this community. The local news drop down menu with the Black History feature was very cool; and the jam-packed opinion section featured a range of diverse opinions and Black voices expressing their views. The four-story carousel had a nice mix of news, with people piece, sports and important diversity and equity articles. Then you slide down a tad bit to get a dedicated COVID-19 section - critical to the Black community across the nation which has been ravaged by the pandemic at higher rates than other racial populations.”
The first place Community Service award was for The St. Louis American’s annual Salute to Excellence in Education Gala and program. In the Multi-Media Reporting category, The American won first place for its extensive print and digital coverage (including video) of Mayor Tishaura Jones becoming the first African-American female mayor in the history of St. Louis. The first place Best Video award was for The American’s coverage of Dr. Jerome Williams, Jr. being named recipient of the Lifetime Achiever in Health Care Award from the St. Louis American Foundation.
Other Missouri Press Association awards garnered by The St. Louis American include: Best Overall Design, Best Newspaper in Education Project, Best Coverage of Government, Best Military Story, Best Story About History, Best Feature Photograph and Best Sports Photograph.
National awards:
The St. Louis American was the recent recipient of nine awards from the National Newspaper Association, including five first place awards. Again, this marks the first time The American received NNA’s first place award for General Excellence. The St. Louis American’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion special edition again won first place for Best Multiple Advertiser Section. The American also won first place awards for Best Breaking News Story; Best Education/Literacy Story; and Best Sports Feature Story or Series.
Other awards include: Best Investigative or In-Depth Story or Series; Best Newspaper In Education Program – Partnerships; Best Reporting on Local Government; and Community Service Award.
“We are thrilled about and appreciative of these accolades, judged by objective industry professionals, and we certainly don’t take them for granted,” said Donald M. Suggs, publisher and executive editor of The St. Louis American. “We are mission driven. It is a team effort at The American, where every one of our associates deserves recognition, as we seek to serve our community,” in a meaningful way.
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Growing up in the segregated South, the family was my world. And that extension of my family included neighbors, teachers, administrators, and preachers. These individuals were my influencers.
They guided our paths and directed the way for us to be the best individuals we could be. They loved us when we needed it and admonished us when we were out of line. It was all fair game. After all, we were a family.
I grew up in a neighborhood where people owned their own homes. They were small houses, and the residents took pride in their homes and the community. While growing up I frequently heard my family members — both actual and figurative — repeatedly say that you need to own a piece of God’s Green earth. That was the goal, to own your piece of the “American Dream.”
The house we lived in had six rooms (including two rooms that were used only for special occasions: the living room and dining room). Reflecting on those times gives me pause at the thought that those two rooms were named for things in our everyday life, but they were spaces that were reserved for guests and special occasions.
One of my professors at the University of Georgia would often state “you should return home, get a job, and after a year get your place.”
At 22, I had the fortunate opportunity to purchase a small townhouse with mortgage payments of $125.00 a month. This payment was less than rental rates at that time. The optimum word in this example is OPPORTUNITY! The right place and time presented themselves, and I was prepared to own my slice of the “American Dream.”
Today it feels more like the “American Dream” has changed. The same obstacles that we, Black Americans, faced during the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s, for example, are not as prevalent today. Less than 50% of Black Americans own their homes (44.1%) compared with 74.5 percent of White Americans, according to the U.S. Census Bureau (2020).
In 1960, during the great migration of Black Americans from the South to cities like Detroit and (Harlem) in New York City, for example, the opportunity to work in the automobile industry led many to plant roots in the Midwest and purchase homes.
My brother-in-law, Frank Washington, has completed the research and authored a forthcoming book, “Blacks and Cars” that categorizes this prosperity. Today, the homeownership rate among Black Americans in Metro Detroit is just 42 percent, still under the national average.
The Black home ownership rate in the St. Louis area in 2020 was 40.2%, compared to 76.6% for white residents, according to US Census Bureau data.
The transfer of wealth has dropped with each generation. It will only continue to drop if Black home and land ownership rates don’t increase soon.
The “American Dream” can’t just be to have nice things, drive luxury cars, travel to nice places, or eat at high-priced restaurants. It must return, ever so slightly, to having a place to call home where you can own a piece of God’s Green earth.
The value of all these items diminishes as soon as you walk out the door or drive off the lot. What has not receded in value is the home.
Using my native Atlanta as an example, the housing market here has blown up. The average price of a home in metro Atlanta, which consists of 13 counties north and south of the city center, is just over $390,000, according to Zillow.com.
Nationally, CNN Business reported in February that home prices across the country have jumped 30% since 2019, and half of the homes on the market are priced so that a buyer needs to earn a minimum of $100,000. However, only 20% of Black households earn that much.
The nation’s population and average income have increased, and our consumption of goods and services has also increased, thus simultaneously devaluing that income. However, these obstacles do not mean we should stop saving and give up on the dream of home ownership.
Let’s rethink how the death of the American Dream translates to lack and limitations for our people, our children, and our children’s children. Let’s reconstitute the plan by working together.
For example, if we know that Black people carry a larger student loan debt burden — a median of $45,000 — which makes it difficult to save for a down payment, we can encourage our youth to take advantage of dual enrollment programs. These programs afford our young people the opportunity to take college courses at technical colleges or community colleges. This is common in Georgia where I live as well as in other school districts nationwide.
Students, during their junior and senior years of high school, can take college courses at no additional cost to their parents or guardians. Some programs will even allow students to complete the programs and transition to full-time employment.
Let’s encourage students that aren’t interested in attending traditional college to visit technical colleges where jobs and career paths await them which could include starting their businesses — which could get them into the earnings bracket they need to be in to afford a home. These options can change the trajectory of their lives.
Let’s take responsibility for our own resources to save more and spend less. Enjoy yourself but remember operating within an established budget is crucial. The return of “The American Dream” depends on it.
Janis Ware is publisher of The Atlanta Voice. This commentary was originally published in The Afro.
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More than 777,000 Missouri college students, including 502,200 who have Pell Grants, are eligible for student loan forgiveness under President Joe Biden’s recent loan forgiveness plan.
The White House reported 1,486,600 Illinois borrowers will be eligible for relief, including 863,600 borrowers who received a Pell Grant.
The plan could provide up to $10,000 of loan forgiveness to borrowers who did not receive a Pell Grant, and forgive $20,000 for Pell Grant borrowers.
The U.S. Department of Education estimates that more than 40 million borrowers nationwide could benefit from the student debt relief plan, and nearly 20 million might see their entire remaining balance discharged.
Last month, Biden announced his plan to forgive borrowers up to $10,000 in debt relief, and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients.
“The Biden Administration’s student debt relief plan will help borrowers and families recover from the pandemic and prepare to resume student loan payments in January 2023,” administration officials wrote in a fact sheet.
They said about 90% of relief dollars will go to those earning less than $75,000 per year – and no relief will go to any individual or household in the top 5% of incomes in the United States.
Officials said by targeting relief to borrowers with the highest economic need, the administration’s actions are also likely to help narrow the racial wealth gap.
The White House noted that nearly 71% of Black undergraduate borrowers are Pell Grant recipients, and 65% of Latino undergraduate borrowers are Pell Grant recipients.
The Department of Education plans to soon release additional details on how individuals across the country can benefit from the Administration’s student debt relief plan.
“President Biden believes that a post-high school education should be a ticket to a middle-class life, but for too many, the cost of borrowing for college is a lifelong burden that deprives them of that opportunity,” administration officials said ahead of Biden’s scheduled announcement.
“During the campaign, he promised to provide student debt relief. Today, the Biden Administration is following through on that promise and providing families breathing room as they prepare to start re-paying loans after the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic.”
For more information, visit StudentAid.gov/debtrelief.
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The school days are dwindling for Dr. Kelvin Adams’ 14-years of distinguished service as St. Louis Public Schools superintendent.
He is retiring on Dec. 31, 2022, and will leave behind a school district that has full accreditation and a much brighter future than when he took over the position.
Adams was hired by the Special Administrative Board that ran SLPS in 2008. He said in a letter to parents and staff on the SLPS website, “I dedicated myself to increasing academic outcomes for students with a commitment to returning to the district to full accreditation. Together we did it.”
For his outstanding work and guidance of SLPS, Adams, the 2017 Salute Stellar Performer awardee, will receive a special tribute during the milestone 35th Annual St. Louis American Foundation Scholarship and Awards Gala on Oct. 1, 2022, at America’s Center downtown.
While he says there is still challenging work to do, the time for retirement from his role is now here.
“I feel this is the right time. It is time to make the transition, to pass the baton to someone else to do the work,” Adams said in a recent interview on Donnybrook Next Up.
Adams said his departure will not slow the district’s progress.
“Regardless of me, the work is with the kids. At the end of the day, it is about supporting them. I am one of just 3,500 employees,” he said.
His only piece of advice to whoever replaces him is “make kids your top priority.”
“It is so easy to get pulled into the political places that sometimes superintendents get pulled into. You find yourself fighting for things that don’t make sense around the kids,” he said.
That could be the school board, that could be elected officials, that could be service organizations. If you get pulled into that space you will walk away from supporting the reasons that you are there, and that is the kids.
“If you stay focused, you can’t go wrong.”
In August, city voters overwhelming passed Proposition S with 87% of ballots cast.
“It shows us that voters trust this board and administration to continue to build momentum and accomplish great things for our students, teachers, and families. Having managed the elected board’s return to power and the great energy they bring to the position, I am leaving the district in caring and capable hands.”
“What we have built over the past fourteen years is a solid foundation of support for our students, families, and community. I am leaving strong people and programs in place, and I trust them to keep moving SLPS forward,” Adams said.
Adams, a former SLPS Human Resources director, came back to St. Louis after serving as chief of staff for the Recovery School District in New Orleans, a district in which 86 percent of students are eligible for free/reduced lunch and 99 percent are of a minority group.
“As I continue to serve the students, families, and staff of Saint Louis Public Schools over the next few months, I do so with a deep sense of pride and humility.”
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The early-morning vote to recommend approval of the proposed PW Digital Gateway data center complex included several last-minute changes that soften restrictions put forth by Prince William County planning staff.
Shortly after 5 a.m. on Sept. 15, the Planning Commission voted 4-3-1 to recommend approval of changes to the Comprehensive Plan to serve as guidelines for the overall development.
The Board of County Supervisors will hold the final public hearing on the project on Oct. 11.
The hearing is on the request from dozens of landowners to designate 2,139 acres in western Prince William County for data centers. Specifically, it is to change the land in the Comprehensive Plan currently designated as agricultural/estate and environmental resource to technology/flex, parks and open space, county registered historic site and environmental resource overlay.
The project, which proposes 27.6 million square feet of data centers along Pageland Lane, has quickly become the most controversial and contentious local land-use proposal in decades. Opponents and proponents have launched personal attacks against each other, and it has spawned recall efforts against Gainesville Supervisor Pete Candland and Board Chair Ann Wheeler and a federal lawsuit against Candland.
Neabsco Commissioner Qwendolyn Brown made the motion to recommend approval. Her motion was to include the requested changes outlined in exhibit A of a Sept. 9 letter to the Planning Commission from representatives of Compass Datacenters and QTS Realty Trust Inc., the companies planning to develop the area.
The letter, which was not discussed during the staff presentation to the Planning Commission, asks for several revisions specific to the Comprehensive Plan amendment. It softens staff proposals related to buffering, stormwater runoff, historical resources, screening equipment and wildlife protection.
It is unclear when the document was publicly released. It was posted on the county’s website as of Sept. 19, but opponents of the proposal say it was not available before the Planning Commission voted.
The combined Compass and QTS projects cover 1,636 acres and 18.42 million square feet.
The county is currently only considering the Comprehensive Plan amendment, not the two rezonings. However, if the Comprehensive Plan change is approved, it will weigh heavily in favor of the rezonings.
Proposed changes
The letter has four exhibits, with exhibit A covering the first set of proposed changes, exhibits B and C showing revised maps and exhibit D proposing additional alterations to the county’s plan.
The first change in exhibit A comes with a warning that Compass might pull its rezoning application if the revision isn’t adopted.
The letter calls for removing a stretch of protected wildlife corridor north of Artemus Road, saying it is not currently suitable for wildlife and is not “the most desirable habitat.”
“Unless the wildlife corridor designation is removed … it will severely diminish the development potential of the … area north of Artemus Road, make it nearly impossible to achieve the economic benefits expected from the [Digital Gateway] Corridor as a whole, and, as a result, may prevent Compass from moving forward with its Application,” the letter says.
The second change calls for a roughly 60-acre open space area in the southwestern corner touching Manassas National Battlefield Park to be reduced by 15 to 20 acres. The companies say that because the area is near the existing transmission lines, it is needed to support electrical facilities.
Further, the letter says the county’s proposal uses the same buffering and screening regulations for substations regardless of their location within the development. It asks for regulations to be based on location.
The letter requested less stringent stormwater regulations than proposed by the county, saying those put forth aren’t feasible because of the type of rock and soil in the area.
The county said that development should achieve “no net runoff” from the average rainfall.
The companies call the regulations “a confusing and unworkable stormwater management standard that takes these new regulations one step too far and will be impossible to achieve during implementation.”
The letter requests that the requirements instead limit runoff to what currently exists on the properties.
“[T]hese standards exceed current state and County regulations for the treatment of storm runoff and are achievable,” the letter says.
The companies also challenge the plan’s designated historical areas, saying it “unreasonably and prematurely assumes” that those areas should be protected. It refers to a potential mass burial site as an “alleged, as-never-documented, unlocated” site.
“Rather than put the cart before the horse, the Applicants propose language … to require a detailed evaluation of each of the identified elements to determine whether they exist and, if so, how best to honor or preserve them,” the letter says. “Absent such an analysis, the [plan] essentially proposes to preserve an unproven allegation or unsubstantiated memory, rather than an actual resource.”
The letter requests the removal of a line county staff included to analyze a connection from Pageland Lane to Interstate 66 and Route 234, or Prince William County Parkway.
The connection proposes to extend the parkway to connect with U.S. 50 through the county’s western end. But in March, the Board of County Supervisors told staff to no longer consider including the road as part of the Comprehensive Plan update.
The letter says it was included “[f]or reasons unclear to the Applicants” and requests that it be removed.
It’s unclear if Brown meant to exclude the revisions discussed in exhibit D. She did not return a request for comment this week.
Exhibit D seeks changes to requirements to screen all rooftop equipment, how to provide an interpretive plan for historic resources and a landscaping plan and reductions in buffer requirements.
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Tashanna Stanciel has guided students and youths in many ways during her career.
Whether it was helping them navigate through college financially and socially or building a university’s diversity on campus, Stanciel has been up to the challenge.
During her 16-year career, she has held positions in higher education and nonprofit administration, and the first-generation college student has devoted her career to serving, advising, and mentoring young people.
She serves as Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri [BBBSEMO], where she maintains key education and employment relationships to advance its reach and impact, including at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and her alma mater, Southeast Missouri State University [SEMO.]
For her dedication and service, Stanciel has been named the SEMO Community Based Partner of the year. She will be honored during the milestone 35th Annual St. Louis American Salute To Excellence in Education Scholarship and Awards Banquet on Oct. 1, 2022, at America’s Center.
"There’s more than just financial aid when it comes to college,” Stanciel said in a recent interview.
“It’s important that you can afford it. But do you have a sense of belonging on campus? Are there support systems in place to make sure that you are going to be successful? In addition to those support services, who are those individuals on campus who truly care about you and are going to help you get to the finish line. That’s what this partnership is going to help.”
Stanciel supports students from high school to career and connects them with resources to
help them achieve their personal, professional, and career goals. She has exuded her
confidence in young people since beginning her career in 2006 as a financial aid and scholarship counselor at Missouri State University in Springfield where she assisted students fund their college education.
She has also managed all Missouri Department of Higher Education financial assistance programs and educated students and their families on financial aid eligibility, options, and processes.
From 2008-2014, she served as Morehead State University senior enrollment services counselor for diversity and aligned the annual minority student recruitment strategic marketing plan with MSU’s enrollment goals.
Additionally, she organized and facilitated innovative student recruitment and community outreach initiatives to diverse student populations including “Diversity Day” and “Evening with the Eagles”.
As a Staff of Color Representative [SOCRep], she was integral in developing "Three Best Hopes", which outlines recommendations for advancing the agency’s anti-bias anti-racist [ABAR] practices, policies, and procedures. With Staff of Color leadership, hard work, and dedication, “Three Best Hopes” is now part of the agency’s core documents.
She has built relationships, trust, and rapport with high school personnel, workforce development program staff, higher education administrators, parents, youth, community organizations, and community leaders.
Stanciel is a graduate of the Morehead State University President’s Leadership Academy [Class of 2014] and was honored as a Nine PBS Public Media American Graduate Champion [2016] and a Focus St. Louis Emerging Leaders Alum [Fall 2018.] She serves as the Vice President of the Board for Brownpreneurs and chairs its Community Outreach Committee.
Raised in St. Louis, she holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with an emphasis in corrections, and a minor in developmental psychology from Southeast Missouri State University.
She earned a Master of Science in Public Administration and Policy Analysis with an emphasis in nonprofit administration from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.
She is married to Terry Stanciel and is mom to “soccer sensation,” Micah.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Mexico early Thursday, causing at least two deaths, damaging buildings and setting off landslides.
The earthquake struck at 1:19 a.m. near the epicenter of a magnitude 7.6 quake that hit three days earlier in the western state of Michoacan. It was also blamed for two deaths.
The U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday’s earthquake was centered in a sparsely populated area 31 miles (50 kilometers) south-southwest of Aguililla, Michoacan, at a depth of 15 miles (24.1 kilometers).
Michoacan’s state government said the quake was felt throughout the state. It reported damage to a building in the city of Uruapan and some landslides on highways.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said via Twitter that it was an aftershock from Monday’s quake and was also felt in the states of Colima, Jalisco and Guerrero.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said via Twitter that two people died — a woman who fell down the stairs of her home and a man who had a heart attack. Residents huddled in streets as seismic alarms blared.
It also knocked out power in some areas, though service was soon restored.
The earthquake rattled an already jittery country. Monday's more powerful quake was the third major earthquake to strike on Sept. 19 — in 1985, 2017 and now 2022. The 2017 and 2022 Sept. 19 quakes came very shortly after the annual earthquake drill conducted every Sept. 19 to commemorate the devastating 1985 temblor that killed some 9,500 people.
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WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones appeared in court Thursday in Connecticut as he and his lawyer try to limit the damages he must pay for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.
More than a dozen family members of some of the 20 children and six educators killed in the shooting also showed up to observe his testimony in Waterbury Superior Court, which is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) away from Newtown.
Jones was expected to be the first witness called, but there was a delay as the court dealt with Wi-Fi issues in the courthouse.
Jones has been in Connecticut this week in preparation for his appearance. He held a news conference Wednesday outside the courthouse, bashing the proceedings — as he has on his Infowars show — as a “travesty of justice” and calling the judge a “tyrant.” He made similar comments on his way into the courthouse Thursday, indicating he may invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and not answer some questions.
“This is not really a trial,” he said. “This is a show trial, a literal kangaroo court.”
Several victims' relatives, meanwhile, have given emotional testimony during the trial about being traumatized by people calling the shooting fake, including confrontations at their homes and in public, and messages including death and rape threats. The plaintiffs include an FBI agent who responded to the shooting and relatives of eight of the victims.
Judge Barbara Bellis last year found Jones liable by default for damages to plaintiffs without a trial, as punishment for what she called his repeated failures to turn over documents to their lawyers. The six-member jury only will be deciding how much Jones and Free Speech Systems, Infowars' parent company, should pay the families for defaming them and intentionally inflicting emotional distress.
Bellis began the day going over with Jones the topics he cannot testify about — including free speech rights, the Sandy Hook families' $73 million settlement earlier this year with gun maker Remington (the company made the Bushmaster rifle used to kill the victims at Sandy Hook) or the percentage of Jones' shows that discussed Sandy Hook.
“This is not the appropriate forum for you to offer that testimony,” Bellis said. Jones indicated that he understood.
Bellis said in court on Wednesday that she was prepared to handle any incendiary testimony from Jones, with contempt of court proceedings if necessary.
Jones also was found liable by default in two similar lawsuits over the hoax lies in his hometown of Austin, Texas, where a jury in one of the trials ordered Jones last month to pay nearly $50 million in damages to the parents of one of the children killed. A third trial in Texas is expected to begin near the end of the year.
When Jones faced the Texas jury last month and testified under oath, he toned down his rhetoric. He said he realized the hoax lies were irresponsible and the school shooting was “100% real.”
“I unintentionally took part in things that did hurt these people’s feelings,” testified Jones, who also acknowledged raising conspiracy claims about other mass tragedies, from the Oklahoma City and Boston Marathon bombings to the mass shootings in Las Vegas and Parkland, Florida, “and I’m sorry for that.”
Jones had portrayed the Sandy Hook shooting as staged by crisis actors as part of gun control efforts.
Testimony at the current trial also has focused on website analytics data run by Infowars employees showing how its sales of dietary supplements, food, clothing and other items spiked around the time Jones talked about the Sandy Hook shooting.
Evidence, including internal Infowars emails and depositions, also shows dissension within the company about pushing the hoax lies.
Jones' lawyer Norman Pattis is arguing that any damages should be limited and accused the victims' relatives of exaggerating the harm the lies caused them.
The relatives have testified that they continue to fear for their safety because of what the hoax believers have done and might do.
Jennifer Hensel, whose 6-year-old daughter Avielle Richman was among the slain, testified Wednesday that she still monitors her surroundings, even checking the back seat of her car, for safety reasons. She said she is trying to shield her two children, ages 7 and 5, from the hoax lies. A juror cried during her testimony.
“They're so young,” she said of her children. “Their innocence is so beautiful right now. And at some point there are a horde of people out there who could hurt them.”
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By DAVE COLLINS and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Clashes between Iranian security forces and protesters angry over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody have killed at least nine people since the violence erupted over the weekend, according to a tally Thursday by The Associated Press.
The scope of Iran's ongoing unrest, the worst in several years, still remains unclear as protesters in at least a dozen cities — venting anger over social repression and the country’s mounting crises — continue to encounter security and paramilitary forces.
To prevent protests from spreading, Iran's biggest telecom operator largely shut down mobile internet access again Thursday, said Netblocks, a group that monitors internet access, describing the restrictions as the most severe since 2019.
An anchor on Iran's state television suggested the death toll from the mass protests could be as high as 17 on Thursday, but did not say how he reached that figure. “Unfortunately, 17 people and police officers present at the scene of these events lost their lives,” the anchor said, adding official statistics would be released later.
In a country where radio and television stations already are state-controlled and journalists regularly face the threat of arrest, the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard urged the judiciary on Thursday to prosecute “anyone who spreads fake news and rumors” on social media about the unrest. Widespread outages of Instagram and WhatsApp, which are used by protesters, also continued Thursday.
The demonstrations in Iran began as an emotional outpouring over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman held by the country’s morality police for allegedly violating its strictly enforced dress code. Her death has sparked sharp condemnation from the United States, the European Union and the United Nations.
The police say she died of a heart attack and was not mistreated, but her family has cast doubt on that account. Independent experts affiliated with the U.N. said Thursday that reports suggested she was severely beaten by the morality police, without offering evidence.
The protests have grown in the last five days into an open challenge to the government, with women removing and burning their state-mandated headscarves in the streets and Iranians calling for the downfall of the Islamic Republic itself.
“Death to the dictator!” has been a common cry in the protests.
Demonstrations have rocked university campuses in Tehran and western cities such as Kermanshah. Although widespread, the unrest appears distinct from earlier rounds of nationwide protests triggered by pocketbook issues.
The protest movement that erupted in 2019 over the government’s gasoline price hike mobilized working class masses in Iran's towns. Hundreds were killed as security forces cracked down, according to human rights groups, the deadliest violence since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran’s state-run media this week reported demonstrations in at least 13 cities, including the capital, Tehran. Videos online show security forces firing tear gas and water canons to disperse hundreds of protesters. London-based Amnesty International reported that officers also fired birdshot and beat protesters with batons.
Footage on social media from the northern city of Tabriz shows a young man allegedly shot by security forces bleeding out in the street as protesters shouted for help.
At least nine people have died in the confrontations, according to an AP count based on statements from Iran’s state-run and semiofficial media. In a statement on Thursday, the Guard blamed the unrest on “Iran's enemies."
In Amini’s home province in the northwest, Kurdistan, the provincial police chief said four protesters were killed by live fire. In Kermanshah, the prosecutor said two protesters were killed, insisting that the bullets were not fired by Iran’s security forces.
Some demonstrators appear to have targeted security forces. Three men affiliated with the Basij, a volunteer force under the Guard, were killed in clashes in the cities of Shiraz, Tabriz and Mashhad, semiofficial media reported, bringing the death toll acknowledged by officials to at least nine on both sides.
The independent experts with the U.N. said the clashes have killed at least eight people, including a woman and 16-year-old boy, with dozens more injured and arrested.
The confrontations have left a trail of destruction. In the northern province of Mazandaran, angry crowds damaged or set fire to over 40 government properties and injured 76 security officers, Rouhollah Solgi, the deputy governor, said.
Iran has grappled with waves of protests in the recent past, mainly over a long-running economic crisis exacerbated by Western sanctions linked to its nuclear program. Citizens also blame government corruption and mismanagement as prices of basic goods soar and the Iranian currency shrivels in value.
The Biden administration and European allies have been working to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear accord, in which Iran curbed its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief, but the talks have been deadlocked for months.
From New York, where Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi took the stage Wednesday at the U.N. General Assembly, CNN’s chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour said she had planned to confront Raisi about the protests roiling Iran in what would be his first U.S.-based interview.
But Amanpour wrote on Twitter that when the interview was due to start, Raisi didn’t show. An aide told her the president refused to take part unless she wore a headscarf given the “situation in Iran.” The Iranian government did not immediately acknowledge her account.
“I couldn’t agree to this unprecedented and unexpected condition,” the British-Iranian anchor wrote beside a photo of Raisi’s empty chair.
“As protests continue in Iran and people are being killed, it would have been an important moment to speak with President Raisi.”
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former director of Mississippi's welfare agency is set to plead guilty Thursday to new federal charges in a conspiracy to misspend tens of millions of dollars that were intended to help needy families in one of the poorest states in the U.S. — part of the largest public corruption case in the state's history.
John Davis was scheduled to appear in federal court to plead guilty to five counts of conspiracy and 13 counts of fraud against the government.
Davis was indicted on state charges in February 2020. He was re-indicted this spring on state charges that he participated in misusing welfare money, including using some to send a former pro wrestler to a luxury drug rehab facility.
The state charges are being dropped in exchange for Davis agreeing to plead guilty to federal charges and to testify against others in the case, according to a state court agreement filed Wednesday.
The federal charges were handed down Sept. 15, but remained sealed until Wednesday. Federal court records show Davis appeared before a magistrate judge Wednesday, and that Davis waived indictment and agreed to be prosecuted under the federal charges.
Davis was executive director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services from February 2016 through July 2019. He was appointed to the job by then-Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican.
The federal charges say Davis conspired with four other people, who are not named. Court documents describe two of the alleged conspirators as executive directors of organizations, one as the owner of two companies and one only as a resident of Hinds County, Mississippi. The capital city of Jackson is in Hinds County.
The conspiracy charges say one of the organizations paid nearly $498,000 to one of the companies in June 2018. A few days later, that company entered a $1.1 million contract with the other company “purportedly in exchange for creating a program to serve inner-city youth.” The charges also say the same organization paid $700,000 that summer to the company with the youth program contract.
The theft charges say Davis misused federal grants of more than $10,000.
Conviction on each conspiracy charge is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, and conviction on each theft charge carries up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
In April, a mother and son who ran a nonprofit organization and an education company pleaded guilty to state charges of misusing welfare money, including on lavish gifts such as first-class airfare for Davis. Nancy New and Zachary New agreed to testify against others.
In a state court filing Sept. 12, an attorney for one of the News' organizations listed text messages between retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre and Nancy New, between Favre and Bryant and between Bryant and New.
The messages showed discussions about millions of dollars in welfare money being directed to a pet project of Favre — a volleyball facility being built at the University of Southern Mississippi. Favre, Bryant and New all attended the university, and Favre's daughter started playing volleyball there in 2017. Favre and Bryant have not been charged in the welfare misspending case.
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SAINT-NAZAIRE, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called for a “massive acceleration” of renewable energy development in his country, including offshore wind farms and solar power, via a new plan that seeks to bring lagging France closer to the energy policies of its European neighbors.
The move comes amid a major energy crisis in Europe aggravated by Russia's war in Ukraine. Macron wants France to gain more independence in terms of electricity production.
“The war changed everything... it disrupted the European model, because many countries were depending on Russian gas for (energy) production. And clearly, for the first time, energy has become a weapon of war, ” Macron stressed in his speech in Saint-Nazaire, a port in western France.
Macron went on a boat Thursday morning to visit France’s first offshore wind farm off its Atlantic coast.
He then detailed a range of measures to accelerate renewable energy projects. A bill will be presented next week at a Cabinet meeting.
“We need a massive acceleration," Macron said. “I want us to go at least twice as fast for renewable energy projects. ... “our neighbors often managed to do more, better and, above all, faster."
Macron’s new strategy comes as a long-term response to the energy crisis, but it won’t help in dealing with shorter-term challenges. France and other European countries fear electricity shortages this winter as Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes.
France’s energy strategy has long relied on developing nuclear power — based on imported uranium— which provides about 67% of French electricity, more than any other country.
Macron announced at the beginning of the year plans to build six new nuclear reactors and to extend the life of its existing nuclear plants as part of the country’s strategy to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.
But relieving France’s dependence on global gas and oil also involves boosting renewable energy, he said.
France had previously set a goal to increase its renewable energy sources to 23% by 2020 — but only managed to reach 19%. That leaves the country in 17th position in the European Union, below the average of 22% in the bloc of 27 countries, according to latest statistics.
Despite France's thousands of kilometers (miles) of coastline, only the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, with its 80 turbines, has emerged so far. Macron set the goal to build about 50 similar wind farms by 2050 in France.
He also hopes to multiply by 10 the amount of solar energy that is produced, and to double the power from land-based wind farms in the same period.
New measures will aim at reducing the delays in building and launching offshore wind farms from 10-12 years now to about six years, and big solar farms from 6 years to 3 years, Macron said.
The new bill will also aim at providing connections to the grid as soon as a new facility is ready — instead of a delay of up to three years now.
Other planned measures include building solar farms on vacant land along highways, railways and in car parks.
Solar parks will also be encouraged on agricultural lands under certain conditions — including keeping them small to preserve fields for the food industry.
The bill will need to guarantee money for local communities to see local benefits from the energy shift, Macron said.
Macron added he hopes to take the “same approach" for nuclear energy, accelerating and simplifying procedures to build new reactors more quickly.
At the moment, about half of France’s 56 nuclear reactors, all operated by EDF, are shut down for usual maintenance and, in some cases, to repair corrosion problems. The government said this month that EDF committed to restart all of them by this winter.
The French government has warned that a worst-case scenario could lead to rolling power cuts in French homes, and officials have presented an “energy sobriety” plan targeting a 10% reduction in energy use by 2024.
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Sylvie Corbet reported from Paris.
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(CN) — To many, the existence of a black hole at the center of our galaxy is unsettling, maybe a bit scary. That Sagittarius A is a supermassive black hole, equal in mass to roughly 4 million suns, does not help matters.
But Maciek Wielgus, a Polish-born astrophysicist at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, is here to tell you not to worry. Sagittarius A may be big, and it may be at the center of the Milky Way, but it's still 27,000 light-years away. At that distance, it may as well be another planet or star.
"A black hole, from a distance, just behaves like a big portion of mass," Wielgus said in a recent interview conducted over Zoom. "There is nothing scary about a big portion of mass. Only when you are close, you have this weirdness. Like time stopping."
On the one hand, black holes are mysterious. What happens to objects that get sucked in, beyond the event horizon? Where do they go? On the other hand, black holes are, as Wielgus puts it, "ridiculously simple objects." According to the general theory of relativity, they only have three properties: mass, spin and charge. And scientists are pretty sure that most black holes have a neutral charge.
"One can say we understand black holes extremely well," Wielgus said. "The problem is, we don’t know if that theory is true."
He added: "Also, the problem is we are not able to learn directly about black holes. There’s no communication between what’s behind the event horizon and the outside world. The way we study black holes is how they interact with immediate environment."
Which brings us to the hot gas bubble.
This year, the public got its first look at Sagittarius A. The photo was the result of the Event Horizon Telescope (or EHT) Collaboration, which used data from eight radio telescopes all over the world, including the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, or ALMA, in the Chilean desert, the most powerful radio telescope on this planet.
Wielgus led a team of European scientists who analyzed ALMA's data in as part of the EHT collaboration. While doing so, they stumbled upon an intriguing observation: a hot gas bubble, hurtling around Sagittarius A at an astonishing pace — 30% of the speed of light. They observed the bubble for less than two hours.
In a paper published Thursday in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Wielgus and his co-authors revealed their findings support the existing theory that the flares originate from magnetic interactions in "very hot gas" orbiting close to Sagittarius A.
Of course, this observation was really a look into the past — 27,000 years into the past. But Wielgus believes Sagittarius A will routinely produce gas bubbles, the physics of which are similar to solar flares, though they differ in substance. Similar observations have been made with X-ray and infrared telescopes, but never with radio telescopes, which detect much longer wavelengths.
Wielgus described the discovery as another small step toward understanding the true nature of our very own black hole.
"We are mostly operating on the level of hints, suggestions," Wielgus saud. "Every observation is a bit of the puzzle.
"Hopefully, one day, we will be comfortable saying that we know what is going on with Sagittarius A.”
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Anti-violence group says permits pulled for softball league after Washington Park mass shooting
CHICAGO - Khalil Denny wanted to watch a friendly ballgame in Washington Park, his mom said.
But about 7:45 p.m. Sept. 13, an argument between two groups near the baseball field escalated into an exchange of gunfire, killing Denny, 19, and Lionel Coward, 43, and wounding eight others.
"He was watching the softball game, he wasn’t playing. I don’t know why shots rang out," his mother, Lanette Denny, said. "Whatever’s going on I guess our teenagers aren’t safe here in Chicago anymore."
Now, activists with Acclivus Inc., an anti-violence group that organizes the friendly softball league between neighborhoods, say they are being wrongly blamed for the shooting and are not allowed to hold any more games.
The group held a balloon release in Washington Park on Wednesday for victims of the mass shooting and called on the Chicago Park District to reinstate its permits for future games.
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"The shooting had absolutely nothing to do with this baseball game," Gwen Baxter, a trauma response specialist with Acclivus, told reporters. "Nobody at the game, no players, no spectators, no cooks, the people that were providing food, nobody had anything to do with that unfortunate incident."
"Shame on Chicago Park District for taking the permits," Baxter said. "They want to hold Acclivus accountable for what happened, but you cannot hold us accountable. This has been a good thing that’s going on, bringing people together, bringing communities together."
Chicago police Supt. David Brown last week said the shooting wasn’t connected to the game and may have stemmed from "a personal conflict with gang affiliations."
State Rep. Kam Buckner, a candidate for mayor, said Wednesday the shooting should spark more investment into violence prevention.
"We have to invest dollars into the pandemic of violence in this city in the same way we’ve invested dollars into COVID-19. It needs to happen, and if we do not release funds we will continue to release balloons," Buckner said.
Torrence Cooks, who coordinates the games for Acclivus, said the group held games without incident at other parks this summer. He said the goal of the games was to attract younger people away from the streets.
"We getting people hanging in the parks instead of just hanging on the corners," Cooks said.
That’s what Khalil Denny was trying to do. He was at the game with his friends, enjoying their company, his mother said.
Khalil was a "sneaker head" who loved shopping and was excited to celebrate his birthday this Friday, Lanette Denny, 49, said. He had recently bought a new bottle of Dior brand cologne for the occasion.
"He was a fun and loving person," she said.
Lanette Denny credits the groups Warrior Moms and Heal Your Heart for helping her make it through such a traumatic experience.
"I told everybody I was in the ICU, I was in critical condition, now I’m in stable condition."
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Chicago joins global protest over Iranian woman's death
CHICAGO - Chicagoans are joining the world in protesting the death of an Iranian woman while she was in custody of Iran's morality police.
On Wednesday night, hundreds of people gathered downtown in support of Mahsa Amini, 22, who died in Iranian police custody on Friday.
Protesters called for justice and peace as they marched in front of Federal Plaza where a memorial for the young woman was set up.
"The government has to do something about this. They have to speak up. They have to apologize," a protester told FOX 32.
Amini was arrested in Tehran for not wearing her hijab correctly. She was allegedly brutally beaten in a police van on the way to a detention center.
"As we are standing here tonight, Iranians are in the streets fighting empty-handed. They are getting tortured, shot at and jailed for speaking up against the government," another protester said.
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Many Islamic women have burned their hijabs and cut their hair in acts of defiance against Iran's government.
"The freedom of Iranian people started with an innocent girl," a supporter said.
At least seven people have died in Iran following unrest after Amini's death.
Wednesday night's protests in Chicago remained peaceful and organizers say there will be more demonstrations to come.
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Round Lake Beach woman runs illegal dental practice out of home: police
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. - A Round Lake Beach woman is being charged with running an illegal dental practice out of her home.
Round Lake Beach police say the Illinois Department of Finance and Professional Regulation notified them of a possible unlicensed dental practice in the 1200 block of Brentwood Drive.
Round Lake Beach Police launched an investigation and determined a dental operation was taking place in that location.
One victim told detectives they received dental procedures that later resulted in significant complications.
The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office issued an arrest warrant for Maura Perez, 59, of the 1200 block of Brentwood Drive on two counts of unlawful practice of dentistry.
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Perez was arrested at her home Thursday without incident and numerous pieces of dental equipment and cash proceeds were confiscated in the arrest.
Perez was taken to Lake County Jail for the arrest warrant with a $100,000 bond. Her bond court information is unknown.
"Residents who are uninsured and in need of dental services should never go to an unlicensed dentist, especially someone operating out of their home," said Round Lake Beach Police Chief Wayne Wilde, Jr. "Any uninsured Round Lake Beach or Lake County residents in need dental services are always allowed to contact the Lake County Health Department’s Community Health Center at (847) 377-8800 for dental care assistance."
The investigation into this unlicensed dental practice is ongoing.
Anyone with additional information can contact the Round Lake Beach Police Department Investigations Division at (847) 546-2127.
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Teen charged with armed robbery on CTA Blue Line train
CHICAGO - A 16-year-old boy was charged with armed robbery after an incident on a CTA Blue Line train in early August.
On Aug. 7, police say the teen robbed a 28-year-old man at gunpoint while riding a Blue Line train in the 400 block of South Halsted Street on the Near West Side.
The teen is also being charged for the armed robbery of a 27-year-old man in the 900 block of South Paulina Street on the same day.
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He was arrested on Wednesday in the Lawndale area.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine announced a high-profile prisoner swap early Thursday that culminated months of efforts to free many of the Ukrainian fighters who defended a steel plant in Mariupol during a long Russian siege. In exchange, Ukraine gave up an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President Volodymr Zelenskky said his government had won freedom from Russian custody for 215 Ukrainian and foreign citizens. He said many were soldiers and officers who had faced the death penalty in Russian-occupied territory.
Russia officials didn’t immediately confirm or otherwise comment on the swap.
Of the total, 200 Ukrainians were exchanged for just one man — pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk, who is Ukrainian. The 68-year-old oligarch escaped from house arrest in Ukraine several days before Russia’s invasion Feb. 24 but was recaptured in April. He faced up to life in prison on charges of treason and aiding and abetting a terrorist organization for mediating coal purchases for the separatist, Russia-backed Donetsk republic in eastern Ukraine.
Putin is believed to be the godfather of Medvedchuk’s youngest daughter. His detention sparked a heated exchange between officials in Moscow and Kyiv. Medvedchuk is the head of the political council of Ukraine’s pro-Russian Opposition Platform-For Life party, the largest opposition group in Ukraine’s parliament. The government has suspended the party’s activity.
“It is not a pity to give up Medvedchuk for real warriors,” Zelenskyy said in a post on his website. “He has passed all the investigative actions provided by law. Ukraine has received from him everything necessary to establish the truth in the framework of criminal proceedings.”
In another swap, Ukraine gained the release of five more citizens in exchange for 55 Russian prisoners it was holding, Zelenskyy said.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the exchanges, calling them “no small feat,” but adding that “much more remains to be done to ease the suffering caused by the war in Ukraine,” his spokesman said. The U.N. chief reiterates the need to respect international law on the treatment of prisoners and will continue to support further prisoner exchanges, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
According to Zelenskyy, many of those freed belonged to Ukraine’s Azov regiment, whom he called heroes. More than 2,000 defenders, many in the Azov unit, marched out of the Azovstal steel plant’s twisted wreckage into Russian captivity in mid-May, ending a nearly three-month siege of the port city of Mariupol. Five of the released Azov commanders are now living in Turkey, according to a post on Zelenskyy’s website.
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SALISBURY, Md. - A Crisfield man on Wednesday was sentenced to life behind bars for the 2021 murder of a man in Salisbury.
Wicomico County Circuit Court Chief Judge Kathleen Beckstead sentenced Levonte Javar Martin, 30, to life plus 35 years in the Maryland Division of Corrections.
On June 15, 2022, after a three-day jury trial presided over by Beckstead, Martin was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree assault, firearm possession with felony conviction, firearm use in a crime of violence, and other offenses. Sentencing had been postponed pending a pre-sentence investigation.
Prosecutors said that on Jan. 29, 2021, Martin traveled from his home in Crisfield, to the Parkside Apartment complex located off of Glen Avenue in Salisbury. Once at the complex, he remained in the shadows for more than an hour while he awaited his victim’s arrival. At approximately 10 p.m., Davonta Fagans arrived at the complex and parked his car. Prosecutors said that when the victim got out of his vehicle, Martin emerged from the shadows and ambushed Fagans, shooting him multiple times.
Following the shooting, Martin ran to a neighboring apartment complex where he obtained transportation back to Crisfield.
Fagans succumbed to his injuries during the early morning hours of Jan. 30 while at Tidal Health Peninsula Regional Medical in Salisbury.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose slightly last week with the Federal Reserve pushing hard to cool the economy and tamp down inflation.
Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Sept. 17 rose by 5,000 to 213,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Last week's number was revised down by 5,000 to 208,000, the lowest figure since May.
First-time applications generally reflect layoffs.
The four-week average for claims, which evens out some of the weekly volatility, fell by 6,000 to 216,750.
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark short-term borrowing rate by another three-quarters of a point in an effort to bring down persistent, decades-high inflation. Though gas prices have steadily retreated since summer, prices for food and other essentials remain elevated enough that the Fed has indicated it will keep raising its benchmark interest rate until prices come back down to normal levels.
Fed officials have pointed to the remarkably resilient U.S. labor market as added justification for raising rates five times this year, including three 75-basis point hikes in a row.
The Fed’s move boosted its benchmark short-term rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, to a range of 3% to 3.25%, the highest level since early 2008. The officials also forecast that they will further raise their benchmark rate to roughly 4.4% by year’s end, a full point higher than they had envisioned as recently as June.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that before Fed officials would consider halting their rate hikes, they want to be confident that inflation is retreating to their 2% target. He noted that the strength of the job market is fueling pay gains that are helping drive up inflation.
He emphasized his belief that curbing inflation is vital to ensuring the long-term health of the job market.
“If we want to light the way to another period of a very strong labor market,” Powell said, “we have got to get inflation behind us. I wish there was painless way to do that. There isn’t.”
For now, businesses remain desperate to find workers, posting more than 11 million job openings in July, meaning there are almost two job vacancies for every unemployed American.
Earlier this month, the Labor Department reported that employers added still-strong 315,000 jobs in August, though less than the average 487,000 a month over the past year. The unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7%, largely because hundreds of thousands of people returned to the job market. Some didn’t find work right away, so the government’s count of unemployed people rose.
The U.S. economy has been a mixed bag this year, with economic growth declining in the first half of 2022. Investors and economist worry that the Fed's aggressive rate hikes could force companies to cut jobs and tip the economy into a recession.
Online real estate companies RedFin and Compass recently announced job cuts as rising interest rates have cooled the housing market. The National Association of Realtors reported Wednesday that sales of existing homes fell again in August, the seventh straight monthly decline.
Other high-profile layoffs announced in recent months include The Gap, Tesla, Netflix, Carvana and Coinbase.
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DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly 1.1 million vehicles in the U.S. because the windows can pinch a person’s fingers when being rolled up.
Tesla says in documents posted Thursday by U.S. safety regulators that the automatic window reversal system may not react correctly after detecting an obstruction.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that’s a violation of federal safety standards for power windows. An online software update will fix the problem, Tesla says.
The recall covers certain 2017 to 2022 Model 3 sedans and some 2020 and 2021 Model Y SUVs. Also included are some Model S sedans and Model X SUVs from 2021 and 2022.
Tesla discovered the problem during production testing in August. Owners will be notified by letter starting Nov. 15. The company says in documents that vehicles in production got the update starting Sept. 13.
Tesla was not aware of any warranty claims or injuries due to the problem as of Sept. 16, according to the documents.
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SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Salisbury Committee, and PACE at Salisbury University will hold the 2022 Wicomico County Executive General Election Forum on Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 6-7:30 p.m. at Salisbury University's Holloway Hall auditorium.
This forum is open to the public.
All three candidates running for the office of county executive will answer a series of questions developed by the three sponsoring organizations.
The candidates are County Council Vice-President Ernest Davis (D), Salisbury City Council Member Muir Boda (L), and Julie Giordano, (R).
If time permits, written audience questions will be taken.
Reigstration is not required. Free parking is available.
For more information on this forum and other upcoming general election forums, email Bill Chambers at bchambers@salisburyarea.com or 410-749-0144, ext. 101.
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s central bank delivered another massive interest rate cut Thursday despite eye-popping inflation above 80%, moving the opposite way from world economies that are raising rates to control prices as the lira sunk to record lows.
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey lowered the benchmark rate by 1 percentage point, to 12%. The lira was trading around 18.38 against the dollar, weakening further than the previous record low of 18.36 in December.
The depreciation of Turkey’s currency is likely to intensify the financial worries of residents who have seen their purchasing power erode during a series of economic shocks in the country.
Turkey has followed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unorthodox belief that high interest rates cause high inflation, cutting borrowing costs despite consumer prices rising by 80.21% in August from a year earlier. Traditional economic thinking says raising interest rates fights inflation.
“Inflation is not a crippling economic threat,” Erdogan said in an interview with PBS NewsHour this week. “There are currently countries threatened by inflation rates of 8% and 9%. This rate is 80% in our country.”
He said Turkey would bring inflation under control after New Year’s and that supermarkets were well stocked.
Central banks around the world are taking the reverse action from Turkey, aggressively raising rates to target soaring inflation.
The U.S. Federal Reserve hiked rates by a large three-quarters of a point for the third consecutive time Wednesday, followed Thursday by the Swiss National Bank’s biggest hike ever to its key interest rate. The Bank of England enacted a smaller half-point hike as other banks from Europe to Canada move quickly to rein in rising prices.
Official Turkish statistics released this month showed annual inflation was the worst among the Group of 20 major economies, but independent experts say inflation is actually much higher.
Critics also say the independence of the central bank and the official statistical institute have been undermined under Turkey’s presidency.
Last year, the currency kept hitting record lows as the central bank lowered interest rates from 19%. When it finally hit 18.36 against the dollar, Erdogan announced extraordinary measures that he claimed would safeguard the lira.
The government encouraged people to swap their dollars for the lira and place them in a deposit account that would give the interest rate plus any lira depreciation against the dollar. Though the lira rebounded after that announcement to a high of 11.09, it steadily declined this year.
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The rout in bonds today is not what anyone wanted to see.
Stocks are taking another beating so you would expect a flight to safety. The Fed was also more-hawkish so you would think there would be a bid in the long end on declining growth and inflation.
Instead it's the opposite, proving that markets always find a way to do what's least expected. Could it be a fuction of Japanese intervention?
Or could this be a global bond phenomenon with the UK spending more and Europe doing the same? We're inevitably heading towards an era of higher government spending, could we be at some kind of breaking point?
I doubt it's happening right now but I'm struggling to explain why long-dated bonds are blowing up.
Could it be technical? Long bonds have been the best trade of the 30 years before covid. Could the bond bulls be getting squeezed?
I really don't know but this is an ugly picture and risk assets certainly aren't turning around if this direction continues.
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Will issue instructions to ministers about an economic package on Sept 30Will ease border controls further from Oct 11USD/JPY was last down 215 pips to 141.98.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” who orchestrated one of the largest bribery scandals in U.S. military history has been arrested in Venezuela after fleeing before his sentencing, authorities said Wednesday.
The international manhunt for Leonard Glenn Francis ended with his arrest by Venezuelan authorities Tuesday morning at the Caracas airport as he was about to board an airplane for another country, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
Francis had traveled to Venezuela from Mexico with a stopover in Cuba, Interpol Venezuela Director General Carlos Garate Rondon said in a statement posted on Instagram. Francis was headed to Russia and was arrested at the main international airport in Caracas, the agency said.
The arrest came on the eve of his scheduled sentencing in a federal court in California for a bribery scheme that lasted more than a decade and involved dozens of U.S. Navy officers.
There was no immediate word on when he might be extradited to the United States.
The U.S. government faces an uphill challenge returning the fugitive back to American soil. The U.S. government doesn’t recognize Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government, has no embassy in the country and has imposed crushing sanctions on the country that has further embittered relations. Law enforcement cooperation between the two countries is rare.
Francis was under home arrest in San Diego when he cut off his GPS ankle bracelet and escaped on Sept. 4. Ten U.S. agencies searched for Francis and authorities issued a $40,000 reward for his arrest.
U.S. authorities also issued a red notice, which asks law enforcement worldwide to provisionally arrest someone with the possibility of extradition. Malaysia and Singapore both have extradition agreements with the United States.
Francis pleaded guilty in 2015 to offering prostitution services, luxury hotels, cigars, gourmet meals and more than $500,000 in bribes to Navy officials and others to help his Singapore-based ship servicing company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd. or GDMA. Prosecutors said the company overcharged the Navy by at least $35 million for servicing ships, many of which were routed to ports he controlled in the Pacific.
Francis had been allowed to remain in home confinement to receive medical care while he cooperated with the prosecution. With his help, prosecutors secured convictions of 33 of 34 defendants, including more than two dozen Navy officers.
U.S. District Court Judge Janis Sammartino had feared Francis would run when she denied a request four years ago to allow him to be under house arrest without around-the-clock security guards.
The judge repeatedly maintained that security guards must be on site for Francis to be on house arrest, despite his poor health.
According to a transcript of a closed-door hearing in February 2018, which was unsealed in January, Sammartino expressed concern that her name would come up if Francis escaped and ended up back in Malaysia if anyone asked “who let somebody do this without security.”
She raised similar concerns in a Dec. 17, 2020, after receiving a report that the home was left without anyone guarding it for nearly three hours, according to the court transcript. The guard was on a lunch break, and Francis apologized to the judge for the mishap.
Officials found no security guards when they arrived at Francis’ home in a tony San Diego neighborhood some seven hours after he removed the ankle monitor, according to Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marsha, Omar Castillo. The device, believed to have been removed with heavy scissors, was found in the home.
Castillo said someone had called the San Diego police department, which sent officers to the home on the afternoon of Sept. 4. Officers found the home empty and contacted U.S. Pre-Trial Services, the federal agency in charge of his confinement, which then contacted the U.S. Marshals Service.
Neighbors reported seeing U-Haul trucks coming and going from the home one or two days before the escape, Castillo said.
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The NASDAQ index is trading down -105 points at -0.92% at 11114 .67. The low for the day reached 11086.16. That took the price to the lowest level since July 14. It also took the price briefly below its 200 week moving average currently at 11096.20 (see green line in the chart above).
The last time the price traded below its 200 week moving average was back on June 13. That was the day that the NASDAQ index bottomed at 10565.14.
You have to go back to the weeks of March 16 and March 23 of 2020, to find the previous dips below the 200 week moving average. At that time the price closed below the moving average on March 16, but rebounded and closed higher the following week (March 23 week). That failure started the bull move that culminated in the price peaking at the end of 2021 at 16212.23.
From the peak to the the current level, the decline has erased -31.62% off the NASDAQ index.
Needless to say the 200 week moving average is a key support level . Move below is more bearish but recent history has also said that the declines below the 200 week moving average are limited. The only way to find that out is if the price breaks and then fails. If it breaks, however, the sellers are still in control and the bias is to the downside.
The move to the downside is been helped by continued rise in US yields. The 10 year yield is now pushing 3.7%. That's up 18.8 basis points on the day.
UPDATE. The price in the last few minutes has moved to a new session low at 11082.68. That puts the price back below its 200 week moving average. Sellers bearish bias increases. The buyers need to push the price back above the moving average and stay above that level to get out of this hole.
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CHURDAN, Iowa (AP) — In the 1970s when George Naylor said he wanted to grow organic crops, the idea didn’t go over well.
Back then organic crops were an oddity, destined for health food stores or maybe a few farmers markets.
“I told my dad I wanted to be an organic farmer and he goes, ‘Ha, ha, ha,’” Naylor said, noting it wasn’t until 2014 that he could embrace his dream and begin transitioning from standard to organic crops.
But over the decades, something unexpected happened — demand for organics started increasing so fast that it began outstripping the supply produced in the U.S.
Now a new challenge has emerged: It’s not getting consumers to pay the higher prices, it’s convincing enough farmers to get past their organic reluctance and start taking advantage of the revenue pouring in.
Instead of growing to meet the demand, the number of farmers converting to organic is actually dropping. Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture committed up to $300 million to recruit and help more farmers make the switch.
“It feels good,” said Chris Schreiner, executive director of the organic-certifying organization Oregon Tilth, referring to the government help. “It’s a milestone in the arc of this work.”
Schreiner, who has worked at the Oregon-based organization since 1998, said expanding technical training is important given the vast differences in farming land conventionally and organically. Schreiner noted that one farmer told him that converting a conventional farmer was like asking “a foot doctor to become a heart surgeon.”
The key difference is the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides as well as genetically modified seeds. Most conventional farms rely on those practices but they are banned at organic farms. Instead, organic farmers must control weeds and pests with techniques such as rotating different crops and planting cover crops that squeeze out weeds and add nutrients to the soil.
Crops can only be deemed organic if they are grown on land that hasn’t been treated with synthetic substances for three years. During that period, farmers can grow crops, but they won’t get the extra premium that accompanies organic crops.
According to the USDA, the number of conventional farms newly transitioning to organic production dropped by about 70% from 2008 to 2019. Organic comprises about 6% of overall food sales, but only 1% of the country’s farmland is in organic production, with foreign producers making up the gap.
In the U.S, “There are so many barriers to farmers making that leap to organic,” said Megan DeBates, vice president of government affairs for the Organic Trade Association.
While farmers seem hesitant, U.S. consumers aren’t. Annual sales of organic products have roughly doubled in the past decade and now top $63 billion, according to the Organic Trade Association. Sales are projected to climb up to 5.5% this year.
That growth is clear to anyone pushing a cart in an average supermarket, past bins of organic apples and bananas, through dairy and egg sections and along shelves brimming with organic beef and chicken.
The new USDA effort would include $100 million toward helping farmers learn new techniques for growing organic crops; $75 million for farmers who meet new conservation practice standards; $25 million to expand crop insurance options and reduce costs; and $100 million to aid organic supply chains and develop markets for organics.
Nick Andrews, an Oregon State University extension agent who works with organic farmers, called the USDA effort a “game changer.” It should be especially attractive to farmers with small parcels of land because the added value of organic crops makes it possible to make significant money off even 25 to 100 acre (10 to 40 hectare) farms — much smaller than the commercial operations that provide most of the country’s produce.
“I’ve seen organic farmers keep families in business who otherwise would go out of business,” Andrews said.
Noah Wendt, who in the past few years has transitioned 1,500 acres (607 hectares) of land in central Iowa to organic, noted the shift has been “rocky” at times for him and his farming partner, Caleb Akin.
But he and Akin recently bought a grain elevator east of Des Moines to use solely for organic crops, the kind of project the USDA program can assist. They hope the elevator will not only be a nearby spot to store grain but provide a one-stop shop to learn about growing and marketing organic crops.
Seeing all the organic activity is gratifying for George and Patti Naylor, who farm near the tiny central Iowa community of Churdan. But they say they still value most the simple benefits of their choice, such as evenings spent watching hundreds of rare monarch butterflies that flock to their herbicide-free farm.
As Patti Naylor put it, “It really helps to believe in what you’re doing.”
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia honored the late Queen Elizabeth II with a national day of mourning Thursday, including dignitaries placing sprigs of golden wattle in a wreath at Parliament House, which she had opened on one of her visits three decades ago.
The focus at the ceremony at Parliament’s Great Hall was a portrait of the former monarch of Britain and Australia in a yellow dress adorned with golden wattle motifs that she wore on her first night in Australia in 1954, known as the “Wattle Painting,” created by Australian artist William Dargie.
The queen’s death on Sept. 8 came during the Southern Hemisphere spring when wattle blooms, its golden flowers and green leaves reflecting Australia’s national colors in what has become a symbol of unity.
The government declared Thursday a public holiday and the ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Governor-General David Hurley, King Charles III’s representative in Australia. Both had returned Wednesday from the queen’s funeral in London.
The holiday was marked by some protests that focused on the harm British colonization caused Indigenous Australians. Australia is one of the few former British colonies that never struck a treaty with the Indigenous population.
“I acknowledge that her passing has prompted different reactions for some in our community,” Hurley said. “I’m conscious to respect that the response of many First Nations Australians is shaped by our colonial history and broader reconciliation journey, that is a journey we as a nation must complete.”
The government plans to change the Australian constitution with a referendum that would create a mechanism for Indigenous people to consult Parliament about policies that effect their lives.
Lidia Thorpe, an Indigenous senator for the minor Greens party, led hundreds of protesters against the British monarchy in the city of Melbourne.
“The crown’s boot is on our neck and we’re sick of it,” Thorpe told the rally.
Indigenous responses to the queen’s death have been mixed. Indigenous dancers and singers started the Parliament House ceremony.
Albanese, who wants Australia to replace the British monarch with an Australian head of state, spoke about how the nation had changed since 70% of the population turned out to see the queen in 1954.
“Perhaps the greatest tribute we can offer her family and her memory is not a marble statue or a metal plaque,” Albanese said. “It is a renewed embrace of service to community.”
Political leaders past and present, judges, military chiefs and other dignitaries were among 700 guests at the service.
The queen officially opened Parliament House in 1988. Her father opened a temporary Parliament House nearby in 1927. King George VI was then Duke of York, making his daughter the first reigning monarch to visit Australia.
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GENEVA (AP) — An envoy from China’s Xinjiang province said Thursday that Chinese authorities are ready for a “fight” with “anti-China” critics in the West and elsewhere over allegations of rights abuses in the anti-extremism campaign against Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups in the region.
Xinjiang government spokesman Xu Guixiang said Chinese authorities won’t be afraid if “anti-China forces” attempt to use the ongoing Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva to seek greater scrutiny of the situation in Xinjiang.
Xu has spoken repeatedly in defense of China’s policies designed to fight violent extremism in Xinjiang. This week he is heading a delegation in Geneva to take the message to the rights office and diplomats at the 47-member state council, of which both China and the United States are currently members.
Some Western nations are trying to maintain international scrutiny of the rights situation through the council after the U.N. rights office issued a scathing new report last month that alleged “crimes against humanity” had taken place in Xinjiang in recent years. Such Western efforts could come through a draft resolution or other steps at the council.
“If some forces in the international community — or even anti-China forces — make so-called ‘Xinjiang-related motions’ or so-called ‘resolutions,’ we won’t be afraid,” Xu said. “We will take countermeasures resolutely and fight.”
Xu acknowledged, in a somewhat unusual admission: “Of course, the human rights situation in Xinjiang is in a process of further improving and making more efforts,” before adding, “but there is no such thing as the massive violation of human rights as claimed by the Xinjiang report.”
He said China is looking for “exchange, dialogue and cooperation” and hopes to “learn from the beneficial measures taken by other countries in the world” on human rights. But Xu also insisted unspecified “human rights disasters” perpetrated by Western countries should be investigated, too.
In the waning minutes of her last day in office on Aug. 31, the office of Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a report accusing China of serious human rights violations against Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups. It called on the world community to give “urgent attention” to the situation in Xinjiang.
Human rights groups have accused China of sweeping a million or more people from the minority groups into detention camps where many have said they were tortured, sexually assaulted, and forced to abandon their language and religion.
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Which One A Day vitamins are best?
If you’re looking for a multivitamin to give your immune system and overall health a boost, One A Day has it all. These vitamins are carefully formulated to support the nutritional needs of anybody, regardless of age or sex. They’re generally easy to take and considered a safe option for people who are looking to increase their daily vitamin and mineral intake.
Reasons to take One A Day vitamins
Eating a balanced diet is often the best way to get the essential vitamins and minerals needed for a healthy body. However, if you live a fast-paced lifestyle, it can be difficult to keep up with your nutritional needs. That’s where vitamins come in. One A Day multivitamins could help by:
- Improving the rate of vitamin and mineral absorption: As people get older, their bodies start to slow down when it comes to how well and quickly they can absorb certain nutrients from food.
- Combating nutrient deficiency: Many people suffer from a deficiency in specific vitamins or minerals. This is often due to having a certain diet, drinking alcohol, taking prescription medications or underlying health conditions. Symptoms of a nutrient deficiency include brittle hair, bleeding gums, dry skin, dandruff and hormonal changes.
- Filling other nutritional gaps: Even if you spend a lot of time preparing healthy, well-rounded meals, you could still be lacking in certain areas. Multivitamins can help fill in the gaps.
- Replenishing lost nutrients: Most people, especially those who exercise regularly, lose essential nutrients throughout the day. Multivitamins can replenish these, something that’s particularly helpful for bodybuilders and athletes.
- Supporting a healthy pregnancy: Certain dietary supplements, such as multivitamins or prenatal vitamins, can help ensure a smooth, healthy pregnancy.
- Aiding with other health conditions: Vitamins can help those who suffer from certain health conditions, such as Crohn’s Disease, especially when that condition prevents absorption.
- Supplementing specific diets: With vitamins, you can get more of the essential nutrients your regular diet might be lacking.
- Lowering the risk of chronic illness: According to PubMed, taking daily vitamins could lower the risk of developing certain diseases, such as cardiovascular disease.
Types of One A Day vitamins
One A Day vitamins come in two main forms:
- Tablets or capsules: These are taken with water or another liquid and swallowed whole. For those with sensitive stomachs, they should be taken with meals.
- Gummies: These often contain an artificial fruit flavor and can be chewed and swallowed. Many vitamins, especially those for children, come in gummy form.
These vitamins are formulated for specific demographics, including:
- Age: Kids, adults, older adults, etc.
- Biological sex: Male or female.
They’re also meant for certain health needs, such as:
- Immunity support.
- Energy boost.
- Heart health.
- Skin and hair health.
- Nail support.
Some of these vitamins can be taken in conjunction with one another. However, you should only take those meant for you to get what you need.
Common ingredients
On the back of each container should be a detailed list of the ingredients included. It should also have the percentage daily value, which is based on a typical 2,000-calorie diet. If you’re looking for specific vitamins or minerals, check the label to see if the multivitamin has what you need. Keep in mind that the ingredients and quantities can vary based on factors like age.
Common ingredients in One A Day vitamins include:
- Vitamins A, C, D, E and K.
- Thiamin.
- Biotin.
- Riboflavin.
- Niacin.
- Folate.
- Calcium.
- Iron.
- Zinc.
- Iodine.
- Copper.
- Manganese.
Some multivitamins include other ingredients, such as gelatin, gluten or flavoring agents. These generally support the structure of the supplement or give it a specific taste. These ingredients are also listed on the label or back of the container.
Quantity
When buying tablets, most containers have between 160 and 300 tablets. Gummies usually come in a lower count of 80 to 230.
Dosage
As indicated by the name, One A Day vitamins should be taken once daily. If you have specific nutritional needs or aren’t sure what to take, consult a doctor for advice.
8 best One A Day vitamins
With 200 tablets, this multivitamin is ideal for those looking for complete immune system support and general health. It fills in nutritional gaps and can help with everything from healthy muscle function to digestive processes to energy and heart health. It contains no artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners.
One A Day Women’s Multivitamin
FDA-compliant, these vitamins offer immune support and can give your skin, hair, heart and bones a healthy boost. They contain 100% of the recommended daily value for over 10 essential vitamins and minerals. The container comes with 200 tablets.
One A Day Women’s 50-plus Healthy Advantage Multivitamins
For adults over the age of 50, this multivitamin can help the body absorb essential nutrients. It also supports brain function, bone health, eye health and energy levels. It doesn’t contain any dairy, wheat or shellfish allergens. It comes in a 200-count bottle.
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One A Day Men’s 50-plus Healthy Advantage Multivitamin
With 200 tablets in the container, this multivitamin is formulated for those over the age of 50. It can help support heart and brain health while giving the overall immune system a boost.
One A Day Teen for Her Multivitamin Gummies
This gummy multivitamin is perfect for those who don’t like or have trouble taking pills. It is made for growing teenagers and has a fruity flavor. It specifically supports bone development and immune health. It’s also free from high fructose corn syrup. There are 60 gummies in the container for a 30-day supply.
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One A Day Teen for Him Multivitamin Gummies
Also formulated for adolescents, this 60-count gummy multivitamin supports immune and bone health. It also contains essential nutrients, such as B vitamins, niacin and biotin, to help convert food into energy, making it ideal for active kids. The gummies also have a good fruity taste, making them easier to take.
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One A Day Proactive 65-plus Multivitamin
Formulated for anyone over the age of 65, this supplement contains the necessary vitamins and minerals to help support general health and nutrient absorption. It can also support bone health, give you an energy boost and promote healthy blood pressure. It comes with 150 tablets and contains vitamins D and B12. It does not contain vitamin K.
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One A Day Women’s Prenatal 1 Multivitamin
This complete prenatal multivitamin can help supplement a healthy diet before, during and after pregnancy. It contains folic acid, iron and vitamin D to support bone health, brain development and eye development. It’s free of artificial sweeteners, flavors and dairy.
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Which women’s Crocs are best?
Crocs is an interesting brand. They make some of the most comfortable shoes you can wear in dozens of types, forms and designs. However, they face near constant derision. As such, wearing them becomes something of a statement. You slip them on and tell the world that you don’t care what anyone thinks. You know what you like and what’s comfortable for you, and you’re going to do what you please. That’s a powerful message to send by just wearing some shoes.
What to know before you buy women’s Crocs
Size
Technically, all Crocs are unisex. There are no special design choices made that separate men’s and women’s Crocs, such as men’s Crocs being wider. This doesn’t stop manufacturers and even Crocs itself from labeling some shoes as being for men or women and only using that gender’s shoe sizing. However, it does mean that, for example, a women’s size 7 is always identical to a men’s size 5.
Additionally, Crocs only makes shoes in whole sizes. If you wear a half size, you need to order up or down depending on how tight you like your shoes to feel.
Fit
On top of size, Crocs come in three fit types.
- Standard fits are the tightest. They stay close to the foot in all places, including the toe box.
- Relaxed fits open up a little space. There’s typically just enough wiggle room so you can adjust your feet inside without being overly slippery.
- Roomy fits do let your feet move around inside. This lets your feet breathe better than the other fits, but you need to wear the heel strap (if the shoe has one) or your Crocs could slip off.
Jibbitz
Jibbitz are Crocs’ specially made charms designed to pop into the small ventilation holes found on most pairs of Crocs. Many Crocs even come with a Jibbitz or two to get you started. You can find them ready-made in a massive range of designs, or you can custom order them from websites like Etsy.
Best women’s Crocs
Crocs Unisex Adult Classic Clogs
This is the pair that started it all. It has all the hallmarks of a good pair of Crocs, such as the bountiful ventilation holes, the soft and springy material and the heel strap to keep it firmly in place no matter where you walk.
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Crocs Unisex Adult Classic Tie-Dye Lined Clogs
This pair adds a faux fur lining to increase your comfort while helping your feet stay warm on colder days. You can wear them out on the town or as slippers at home.
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Crocs Women’s Classic Platform Clogs
These are the perfect way to add 1 inch or 2 to your height while taking advantage of the same ventilation and comfortable material as standard clogs. They come in 24 colors.
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Crocs Women’s Mercy Work Clogs
This pair is designed for use in jobs where you spend hours on your feet, walking on slippery floors. Special soles increase your traction, and the quieted-down design doesn’t draw attention to itself.
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This pair is a cross between classic clogs and Crocs’ line of sneakers. The LiteRide material adds even more comfort than usual and ups the durability, so you can use these in harsher locations.
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Crocs Women’s LiteRide Pacer Lace-Up Sneakers
These are the closest Crocs comes to a “regular” shoe. However, the same ultrasoft material and bevy of ventilation holes ensure you don’t sacrifice comfort by turning away from the usual Crocs designs.
Crocs Women’s LiteRide 360 Sandals
If you prefer your feet to breathe naturally in the open air but still want the superior durability and cushioning of Crocs’ LiteRide material, grab these shoes. The top straps even use hook-and-loop closures for a custom fit.
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Crocs Women’s LiteRide Stretch Sandals
This alternate version of the LiteRide sandals uses soft and stretchy elastic rather than hook-and-loop straps, so there’s no need to worry about anything wrenching the straps off. They come in nine colors.
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Crocs Unisex Adult Classic Two-Strap Slide Sandals
These shoes are Crocs’ take on slides, using two straps rather than the usual one. These dual straps help the shoes stay put better than one-strap slides and make it clear to others that you’re wearing Crocs.
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Crocs Unisex Adult Classic Cozzzy Fuzzy Slide Sandals
Another entry into the faux fur-lined world of Crocs, these make perfect house slippers for those with sweaty feet. They also allow you to show a little more personality with have space for seven Jibbitz on each foot.
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Crocs Women’s Brooklyn Low Strappy Wedge Sandals
Who says Crocs doesn’t offer designer-like shoes? With these platform sandals, you can wow the people around you while still feeling like you’re walking on a cloud. They also come in five colors.
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Crocs Women’s Tulum Toe Post Sandals
Crocs have more than one designer-like shoe, and these sandals are one of them. Most designs use a plain tan sole to help the brightly colored top strap pop even more, plus a buckle helps you customize the fit.
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Crocs Women’s Kadee II Sandals
If you just want something simple but still want a fun design, these sandals are perfect. They act like any other slide, but the crisscross top straps make it feel a little more special.
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Crocs Unisex Adult Classic Flip-Flops
These flip-flops act like the usual beach-day classic in every way, just with the benefits of the comfy Crocs material and space for six Jibbitz on each strap. They also come in 14 colors.
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Crocs Unisex Adult Classic Slide Sandals
Another “if it ain’t broke” offering from Crocs, these classic one-strap slides are equally great for trips to the mailbox as they are for days at the mall or pool.
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PRAGUE (AP) — NHL teams playing in the Czech capital next month have been told their Russian players are not welcome.
The Czech Foreign Ministry has told the NHL of its stance because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ministry declined to say whether the NHL has replied.
The Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks are to play regular season games on Oct. 7 and 8 at Prague’s O2 Arena. The travel rosters have not been finalized but Nashville has forward Yakov Trenin and San Jose has forward Evgeny Svechnikov. Defenseman Nikolai Knyzhov won’t be available for the Sharks due to an injury.
“We can confirm that the Czech Foreign Ministry has sent a letter to the NHL to point out that, at this moment, the Czech Republic or any other state in the (visa free) Schengen zone should not issue visas to the Russian players to enter our territory,” Deputy Foreign Minister Martin Smolek said in a statement.
The ministry added it informed the league “about ongoing negotiations about banning entry for those citizens of the Russian Federation who already had received valid visas before.”
The ministry said a ban on Russian athletes in sports events in European Union countries was also recommended by EU sports ministers.
The Czech Republic was one of the first EU countries to stop issuing visas to Russian nationals following the February invasion of Ukraine. Exceptions include humanitarian cases and people persecuted by Russia President Vladimir Putin’s regime.
The NHL is coming back to Europe for its first games outside of North America since the start of the pandemic.
Besides the two games in Prague, the Colorado Avalanche and Columbus Blue Jackets will play another two in Tampere, Finland, on Nov. 4-5. The Finnish government’s position on Russian players was not immediately clear.
Czech NHL great Dominik Hasek has led the opposition to Russian players coming to Prague since the games were announced in April. Hasek approached the the upper house of Parliament, the Senate, the government and the Foreign Ministry about the issue.
“It’s very important for the support of our Ukrainian ally and safety of our citizens,” Hasek said in an interview for a Russian broadcaster. After it was not aired in Russia, he published it in Czech media.
“Yes, we don’t want any promotion of the Russian aggression here,” Hasek posted on Twitter after the ministry’s move. “We’re guarding our lives and the lives of our allies in the first place.”
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LONDON (AP) — It was quite a collection of tennis luminaries sharing the black indoor hard court for a Laver Cup doubles practice session Thursday, 66 Grand Slam titles among them, a group collectively nicknamed the Big Four: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on one side of the net; Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray on the other.
This team event founded by his management company marks the end of Federer’s career, and his last match will come Friday night alongside longtime rival Nadal for Team Europe against the Team World doubles pairing of Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock.
“I’m not sure if I can handle it all. But I’ll try,” the 41-year-old Federer said about his sure-to-be-emotional on-court farewell after 20 major championships, a total of 103 tournament titles and hundreds of weeks at No. 1 across nearly a quarter of a century as a professional tennis player.
“Sitting here,” Federer said Thursday at a team news conference, with Nadal, who is 36, to his left, and Djokovic and Murray, both 35, a couple of seats down to his right, “it feels good that I go first from the guys. It feels right.”
Federer is ending his playing days following a series of operations on his right knee. He hasn’t competed since a quarterfinal loss at Wimbledon to Hubert Hurkacz in July 2021.
In February of this year, when word emerged that Federer would be in London this week, he said Nadal messaged him suggesting they play doubles together again. They teamed up to win a doubles match during the first Laver Cup in 2017.
“I saw him playing on TV before I arrived on tour. I saw him having success on TV, and then (we were) able to create an amazing rivalry together. And on the other hand, something that probably we are very proud of is having a friendly rivalry,” Nadal said Thursday. “Tomorrow is going to be a special thing. Difficult. Going to be difficult to handle everything, especially for Roger, without a doubt. But for me, too. At the end, one of the most important players — if not the most important player — in my tennis career is leaving.”
They played each other in singles 40 times (Nadal won 26), including 14 Grand Slam matchups (Nadal won 10). Nadal came out on top in their classic 2008 Wimbledon final, considered by some the greatest match in history; Federer won their last showdown, in the 2019 semifinals at the All England Club.
“To be part of this historic moment,” Nadal said about Friday, “is going to be something amazing, unforgettable.”
Tiafoe, a 24-year-old American who beat Nadal en route to his first Grand Slam semifinal at the U.S. Open this month, deadpanned: “Yeah, I’m just excited to play two up-and-comers tomorrow.”
Added Tiafoe: “It’s going to be iconic to be a part of that. Both guys are absolute legends. And obviously, (it’s) Roger’s last dance.”
The full lineup for Day 1 of the three-day Laver Cup was announced Thursday.
The singles matches will be Sock against two-time 2022 Grand Slam finalist Casper Ruud of Team Europe, Diego Schwartzman of Team World against 2021 French Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas of Team Europe, and Alex de Minaur of Team World against three-time major champion Murray, before the Federer-Nadal doubles match closes the schedule.
Everyone knows what the main event will be: Federer’s goodbye.
“For me,” Murray said, “it feels right seeing him and Rafa on the same side of the net together.”
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SYDNEY (AP) — Everything happens for a reason.
Last year I didn’t make the U.S. Olympic roster and I used that as motivation. Falling down always provides motivation for me. So all season long last year, I used that to elevate my game and it paid off with a WNBA championship in Chicago.
Unfortunately, we couldn’t defend our title, but there wasn’t much time to dwell on it. After we lost, I had 24 hours to pack up my house and then flew home to Philadelphia. A short stop there before heading to San Francisco to meet the team before they came to Sydney.
There wasn’t a lot of time to pack for this trip, but I had to make sure that I had my Crocs with me.
My birthday was last month and my Chicago Sky family took care of me getting me an awesome pair of Crocs with Jibbitz that fit my personality. There’s SpongeBob, Drake, my birthdate, and hot sauce on them. I don’t go anywhere without the hot sauce. Not to mention my nickname KFC and my number 2.
Once in Sydney we started practice and there was a quick turnaround to learn plays. There wasn’t much time, but you figure things out. As a pro, you have to. Fast forward to this week when I’m waiting to go into the room for my five-minute meeting to see whether I’ll be on the World Cup roster.
I admit I was anxious and a feeling a little bit nervous. After all, this is the big time. I remembered what happened last year when I didn’t make it, but I went into this meeting with my head up and prayed for the best.
There was immediate relief and a feeling of gratefulness and reward when they told me I made the team and that now I’m part of the U.S. roster that’s competing for the World Cup.
Now it’s time to focus on trying to win a gold medal. I like Cheryl (Reeve). She’s a competitor — which is no surprise since she’s a Virgo. She’s a winner and wants to do whatever it takes to win.
There’s 12 great players on this team and everyone’s working hard, doing what they are supposed to do. You know that there other greats waiting to come in after you.
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Chicago Sky star Kahleah Copper is playing on her first World Cup team for the U.S. and is periodically checking in from Sydney.
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Lauren Lopez and Colby Hebert will reign as queen and king of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s 2022 Homecoming.
Lopez, Hebert and the eight other members of the Homecoming Court will be presented during halftime of the Homecoming game. The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns will face the South Alabama Jaguars at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, at Cajun Field.
Any registered student organization or athletic team could submit nominations for the court. A panel of faculty and staff members, student-athletes and student leaders interviewed applicants and assigned scores to each.
The 10 nominees with the highest scores became members of the court. The highest-scoring female and male applicants were Lopez and Hebert.
Destiny Broussard is a senior from Opelousas, La., majoring in human development and family sciences. She was nominated by the Student Government Association.
Broussard served as learning coordinator for the University of Louisiana System’s Student Advisory Council. Broussard is SGA president and a SOUL Camp lead staff mentor for the Office of Orientation. She was director of volunteer and recruitment for The Big Event. Broussard belongs to Infinity Dance Group.
Her parents are Cynthia and Joseph Broussard.
Amelia Claire Hebert is a junior from Lafayette majoring in kinesiology. She was nominated by Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Hebert serves as Delta Delta Delta Sorority’s vice president of membership experience. She belongs to the Greek Life Core Team of Ragin' Cajun Catholics. Hebert served as a volunteer for The Big Event, a daylong community service effort completed by students.
She is the daughter of Raymond and Allyson Hebert.
Colby Hebert is a junior from Lafayette majoring in political science. He was nominated by the Student Government Association.
Hebert has served as president of both Sigma Chi Fraternity and the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Student Supporter Organization. He is SGA vice president.
His parents are Melanie Hebert and Donny Hebert.
Lauren Lopez is a junior from Lafayette majoring in management. She was nominated by Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority.
Lopez served as the sorority’s vice president of new member education. She was Panhellenic Woman of the Year. Lopez was an SGA senator for the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration. She has been a member of the Student Orientation Staff leadership group, and was a New Student Convocation host for the Office of First-Year Experience.
Lopez is the daughter of Betsy and Jason Lopez.
Jordan Elizabeth Richard is a senior from New Iberia, La., majoring in biology. She was nominated by Kappa Delta Sorority.
Richard has served as the sorority’s vice president for community service and its vice president for inclusion. She has been president and volunteer coordinator for the Pre-Professional Society for the Office of Student Engagement and Leadership. As a member of Ragin’ Cajun Catholics, Richard has led Bible studies and retreats.
Her parents are Russ and Melissa Richard.
Cade Roy is a sophomore from Maurice, La., majoring in political science. He was nominated by Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority.
Roy represents the University as a member of its Ragin' Ambassador Program for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Recruitment. He belongs to the University Honors Program. Roy was a New Student Convocation speaker. He serves as executive board president for Dance Marathon, a Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals initiative.
His parents are Scott and Angela Roy.
Grayson Stepanek is a senior from Lafayette majoring in marketing. He was nominated by Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Stepanek is the fraternity’s public relations chair. He has been the Interfraternity Council’s vice president of public relations. Stepanek earned the Outstanding Marketing/Recruitment Award as part of the 2022 Ragin’ Recognition Awards. He was among five athletics marketing interns who volunteered for the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game.
His parents are Doc Stepanek and Roxanne Stepanek.
Emma Taylor is a senior majoring in kinesiology. She was nominated by Order of Omega, and served as president for the Greek honor society.
Taylor has been the Panhellenic Council’s vice president of membership recruitment. She represented the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration as an SGA senator. Taylor was a student ambassador for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Recruitment. She worked as an intern for Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Football.
Stacia and Michael Taylor are her parents.
Rylan Theyard is a graduate student from New Orleans majoring in kinesiology. He was nominated by the University’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Theyard is a member of the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns track and field team and belongs to the Black Student-Athlete Association. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and the National Panhellenic Council.
His parents are Rodrick and Nikeitha Theyard.
Terence Toomer Jr. is a senior from New Orleans majoring in general studies. He was nominated by the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Student Supporter Organization, and served as its vice president.
He is president of the University Program Council, and as a three-year peer mentor for the Office of First-Year Experience.
He is the son Anya Braddy and Terence Toomer Sr.
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Officials in Alaska recently announced that residents will each receive $3,284 from the state’s Permanent Fund Dividend. The fund is paid for by the state’s oil producers.
The fund is open to those who were considered Alaska residents for all of 2021 and who intend to remain in Alaska. The fund also stipulates other certain residency requirements.
The fund is open to children and adults.
The Permanent Fund Dividend was established in 1976.
“The PFD is equitable since it compensates everyone equally, even future generations, regardless of who’s in power or their political opinions. Finally, the PFD is sustainable since the Permanent Fund can generate returns forever, even if there is no new injection of cash from taxpayers,” said Alaska Gov. Michael Dunleavy.
The fund fluctuates every year. The 2022 dividends are nearly three times higher than 2021’s.
As of 2020, Alaska had the sixth-highest cost of living in the nation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will join forces in what's expected to be the Swiss star's final professional tennis match.
The longtime rivals will team up in a doubles match at the Laver Cup, which begins Friday.
"Super special playing with Rafa," Federer said. "It feels really different, you know, also just walking out on court and having the chance to play with the likes of Rafa or Novak also in the past has been an amazing experience for me, so to be able to do that one more time, I'm sure it's going to be wonderful."
Federer and Nadal will take on the American team of Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe.
"This historic moment gonna be something, yeah, amazing and unforgettable for me," Nadal said.
Federer announced he would be retiring earlier this month.
With 20 grand slam titles and an Olympic gold medal, Federer will go down as one of the greatest male tennis players of all time.
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Headwinds hardly slow emissions-tech investment
Cooling valuations and fears of a recession hardly blunted venture capital investments through H1 in the areas of carbon capture, building efficiency and other carbon tech, per data from PitchBook.
Why it matters: Demand for decarbonization remains strong in both the public and private sectors.
Driving the news: Deal value dipped 3%, a bullish sign at a time when valuations are getting hammered.
What they're saying: "The increase in emission reduction pledges has been huge even in the last three years," John MacDonagh, senior analyst for emerging technology at PitchBook, tells Axios.
- "End-year figures will probably fall slightly below 2021, just because of how big that year was. But there are a few areas within the carbon tech vertical that are doing quite well."
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The 2022 Hyundai Santa Fe plug-in hybrid is easy to overlook in the paradigm shift from internal-combustion engines to full battery electric vehicles. A bridge spans these two automotive eras, and Hyundai has a representative on both sides. In addition to a gas-powered Santa Fe, there is a Santa Fe hybrid, and, on the electric side, a Santa Fe plug-in hybrid.
The differences can be confusing, even as Hyundai, Kia, Toyota, Lexus, Volvo, Jeep, Chrysler, Ford, Lincoln, BMW, Audi, Porsche, and Mitsubishi introduce more PHEV versions. Shoppers are starting to notice. PHEV sales doubled from 2020 to 2021, though the number of sales of full battery electrics and hybrids rose even more.
The benefit of plug-in hybrids such as the Hyundai Santa Fe and Hyundai Tucson is you can drive around town without ever using the gas engine, and you can go on long road trips without having to worry about charging it.
This was the case in a Labor Day road trip in the 2022 Hyundai Santa FE PHEV Limited. It satisfied both ends of the bridge with a trait once extolled as a virtue: compromise.
Here’s where that compromise benefited the PHEV experience, and where it fell short.
Hit: Seamless power delivery
The Santa Fe PHEV balances power from its 1.6-liter turbo-4 gas engine and 66.9-kw motor without much notice, unless you’re checking out the power delivery display in the 12.3-inch instrument cluster. A 13.8-kwh battery feeds the motor, and a 6-speed automatic transmission optimizes the engine efficiency based on the driver inputs. It defaults to all-electric mode until you push hard enough on the throttle to trigger the engine, but even when the turbo-4 kicks on and the system’s total output of 261 hp is reached, the cabin remains quiet.
It’s quicker off the line than Santa Fes that lack the electric burst, but there can be a slight delay if you’re cruising along and need to make a passing move. Switching the dial to Sport mode narrows that gap. Overall, the engine-motor combo offsets the 500-lb weight gain over a similarly equipped gas model, and adds in a lot more versatility in how you want to drive.
Miss: Many modes, but no EV hold
The four drive modes are in a console dial with a center button to lock the center differential for even torque between the axles. The all-wheel-drive system is a mechanical one, so the motor alone isn’t powering the rear axle as in other PHEVs. There’s also an EV/Hybrid button beside the dial. It defaults to Eco mode, which operates under electric power until the battery is depleted. The many modes and BEV button allows drivers to customize the powertrain response based on their desired efficiency, or vice versa. For example, in Eco mode with the EV button on, the throttle pedal lacks the firmness of Sport mode.
Despite the several settings, it lacks an EV Hold function, so I couldn’t save any of the EV battery for when I got off the highway and rolled the last few miles into my destinations.
Hit and Miss: A busy console
Most climate, seat, and drive functions can be found in a busy center console that also houses the electronic gear shifter, touchscreen hot button bar, climate control buttons, heated and cooled seat buttons (in the top Limited trim), and volume and tuning knobs. It’s a lot to take in, but it also limits the reliance on the 10.3-inch touchscreen perched on the dash. I’d rather have real climate buttons and temperature toggles than having to touch the screen.
Hit: Storage shelf above glove box
The Santa Fe PHEV sacrifices about two inches of rear leg room compared to the gas model, down to 39.5 inches, mostly because the battery pack is under the rear seat. That’s really the only sacrifice to interior space, and it’s minor. Hyundai makes up for it with wonderfully clever storage options. My favorite, as well as my various passengers riding shotgun, was a shelf above the glove box perfect for a passenger’s phone, pen, wallet, energy bar, toll transponder, and any number of other items for quick access. It’s tilted up so nothing slides out, and it integrates well with dash trim that arcs from the doors toward the windshield and back to the center screen.
Hit: 31 miles of electric range
The 31 miles of EV range means it’s a great commuter around town with no tailpipe emissions. Hyundai might be understating its range based on my impressions. The RAV4 PHEV leads the pack with 42 miles of range, but 31 miles is more than enough to handle the daily grind without grinding a drop of gas. And it’s so quiet.
Miss: Relatively inefficient
The Santa Fe PHEV’s weight gain means it’s not all that efficient on the highway, however. I averaged about 26 mpg on the interstate. The EPA estimates a 33 mpg combined rating without battery power, but the regular Santa Fe Hybrid without a plug has an EPA rating of 33 mpg city, 30 highway, 32 combined.
The Toyota RAV4 Prime, Hyundai Tucson PHEV, and Ford Escape PHEV are more efficient and have more range, but they’re also smaller. The only real mid-size SUV competitors are the six-seat Kia Sorento PHEV and the seven-seat Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which both have more range and better hybrid efficiency when the battery is depleted.
Miss: 12.4 gallon tank
I didn’t have to worry about charging on the road, but I stopped more often than usual to fill up gas due to the Santa Fe PHEV’s small 12.4-gallon tank. For long-distance commuters or frequent road trippers, standard hybrids might be more efficient and convenient.
Hit: Smartest smartphone charger yet
Another simple but brilliant design element is the wireless smartphone charger the size of a deck of playing cards. In an ashtray-sized slot next to the cupholders in the console is a small mechanical sleeve that accepts the smartphone vertically and charges it against its wall. An orange button indicates the charge is active. It’s seamless to slip it in and start charging, easy to pull in or out, and never gets lost or confused on a sliding pad tucked under the center stack or forgotten under the armrest console. It’s the best wireless phone charger on the market.
Miss: Still no wireless ACP
Despite that innovation, Hyundai still has to contend with the lack of wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto with its larger touchscreen. With all this tech on the top Limited trim, the lack of wireless smartphone compatibility becomes even more egregious. A new head unit with that capability has to be around the corner.
The 2022 Hyundai Santa Fe PHEV gives shoppers more choice within the Santa Fe family, which has gas, hybrid, and plug-in options. The PHEV is a great choice for drivers who log most of their miles around town.
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2022 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited Plug-In Hybrid
Base price: $46,585 including $1,225 destination
Price as tested: $46,780
Powertrain: 1.6-liter turbo-4 with a 67-kw motor and 13.8-kwh battery pack, a 6-speed automatic transmission, and all-wheel drive
EPA fuel economy: 33 mpg combined, 76 mpge gas and electric, 31 miles of electric range
The hits: Seamless power delivery, great packaging, great wireless smartphone charger
The misses: Not much more efficient on the highway, still no wireless Apple CarPlay, no EV Hold
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Drivers are being warned about "unethical" parking charges being issued by the company responsible for Tesco Express' car park on Foord Road in Folkestone. A local driver, who has asked to remain anonymous, says signage at the car park is unclear and describes fines issued as a result of this as "underhand".
The car park - managed by Worthing-based One Parking Solution - operates a 'no return' policy within two hours of arrival. Drivers are limited to a 30-minute stay in the short-stay car park.
The driver was hit by a £100 fine after visiting the branch twice in a short period of time. They argue that the signs at the entrance to the car park make no reference to this policy and it's only available to read when you enter the car park, by which time you'll already have broken the rule.
They said: "I wasn't aware that there wasn't a rule that you couldn't return in a certain period and I know other residents have had issues with the same car park.
"£100 is not a small amount of money, especially at the moment when everything is going up. When electricity and gas are going up as much as they are, it's just another unwanted cost.
"I appealed, but when they got back to me I was told it wasn't a valid reason. There's no option to speak to someone - you have to do it all online or by post.
"It's quite clear that you're allowed to stay for 30 minutes, which is nice and big on their signs. What's not clear is that you then can't return within a certain time frame.
"That's on a completely separate notice, where the writing is so small that you're not going to see it. It's not visible if you're driving past.
"There's quite a few permit roads around Folkestone now and the signs on those roads all have the same size lettering, in a nice big font and you can see it easily when you pull up. It's very easy to understand and there can be no misconceptions - this isn't the same in the car park.
"I find this unethical and it is completely outrageous that they are allowed to get away with this underhand practice. I'd like to see the signs made a lot clearer so that other people don't fall foul of the same issue."
On their website, One Solution Parking state that they don't accept in-person visits to their offices. The appeals page provides a short form to fill in.
A Tesco spokesperson said: “There is signage in the car park at our Folkestone Foord Road Express store outlining the parking restrictions which are in place to make sure all customers can shop with us and park easily. We would kindly advise contacting the parking company to raise any concerns about individual tickets.”
A Facebook post on the Folkestone Residents Group page saw drivers exchanging similar stories and their failed attempts to appeal against their fines. At the time of publication, One Parking Solution had not responded to a request for comment from KentLive.
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A Kent mum says she has been left to feel "useless" as her young son battles his twelfth ear infection of 2022. Baby Grayson is only 21 months old, but has been plagued with problems for over a year of his short life so far.
Jade Johnson, of Herne Bay, says the repeat ear infections are causing both her and her son understandable distress. His symptoms, which began last summer, include a bright red and hot ear and being off his food.
Grayson is only well for a few days before he's in pain and tugging at his ear again. He has delayed speech and can't communicate what's happening.
Jade told KentLive: "It's really stressful. It's distressing because I can't give him anything other than ibuprofen or antibiotics. I feel useless. He just screams in pain. He goes off his food, and thrashes his head around.
"Recently he's started to go really red behind the ear and down his neck. I'm getting a bit worried that there's something else going on. We need to find out if anything else is going on.
"He basically lives off ibuprofen - I go through bottles of it. He's been on antibiotics and ear drops, but the antibiotics are too strong so we just have ear drops at the moment.
Jade, 30, also has a 7-month old daughter and is struggling trying to juggle looking after Grayson when he's ill and getting the young baby to sleep through the night. Grayson has delayed speech and can't communicate what's happening.
Worryingly, he's begun headbutting the wall in frustration. Tests revealed he has a retracted ear drum in his right ear, although a hearing test at least came back all clear.
After being told there's up to a year-long wait to see an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist on the NHS, she had to think outside the box. Jade launched a crowdfunding page to help cover the costs of seeking private medical car.
'I want him to be out of pain'
In just over a week she's already raised £855 of the £2,500 target, allowing her to book a consultation at a paediatric ENT specialist in Blackheath in London. Consultation costs alone will set you back £250.
The visit to London is about 48 miles from Jade's family home, but she says that's a small price to pay if it helps her son. Grayson being free of pain may also help his other developmental issues.
"I don't really mind if it's a five hour drive, I just want to see him get better," she said. "The number one thing is I want him to be out of pain. I will do whatever I can for my kids.
"The number one thing is I want him to be out of pain. He gets unsteady on his feet when his ears are playing up. I don't know if it makes him dizzy, as he can't tell me.
"I would hope that his speech would improve and also his behaviour. The doctors can't rule out whether or not his speech issues are related to the trouble with his ears.
"Seeing people help us, it's really nice, and actually quite humbling. I was really nervous about putting the GoFundMe page up - I thought people would think I'm begging or scrounging.
"I just want to say a big thank you to the people that have already donated. It's really helped, and because of them we can actually book a consultation. That sets the ball rolling - hopefully we can then start to rule things out."
You can read more about Grayson's story on Jade's GoFundMe page here.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A Fox News Channel original, Trace Gallagher, was named anchor of the “Fox News @ Night” hour that airs at midnight on the East Coast, the network said Wednesday.
A veteran news reporter based in Los Angeles, Gallagher has been with the network since its inception in 1996.
He replaces Shannon Bream in the role. Bream recently took over as anchor of “Fox News Sunday.”
Gallagher covered the death of Queen Elizabeth II and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine recently. He spent much time on stories about the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years.
With Gallagher at the helm, the show will originate from Los Angeles.
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Folkestone sea swimmers have been speaking about about the ongoing issue of sewage and pollution along the Kent coast, and the apparent lack of action being taken to address what is a "very serious public health issue". KentLive went along to Mermaid Beach to speak to members of the sea-swimming community.
At the start of September one third of Kent beaches monitored for water quality were displaying warnings for pollution or sewage, according to an environmental charity (September 6). Using data from Southern Water and its own monitoring, Surfers Against Sewage revealed that nine of the county’s total of 27 sites along the coastline were affected at that time.
In August, warnings were issued by the Environment agency to stay out of the sea in Folkestone, but since then apart from the reported sightings of a basking shark at Sunny Sands everything sea-related went a little quiet. However according to the people that swim every day the problem has far from gone away.
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Kirsty Hogben is a resident of Sandgate, and a prominent figure in the sea swimming community. She is a an open water swimming coach and a regular swimmer at Mermaid Beach. She said: "It is a really big public health crisis and no one seems to care.
"The popularity of sea swimming has really increased in the last few years and it is having such a positive impact on peoples lives. It feels like all that work is about to come undone.
"When we had the warnings back in August, it really affected people. My numbers were down for the following two weeks, people were cancelling, and quite rightly concerned about going in the water.
"Around August 18, I fell really ill and I am sure it is because of sewage in the water. After going swimming I started to have a really bad tummy, I was sweating, feeling faint and by the evening I had diarrhoea and was really unwell.
"The next morning, I spoke to four other people who had been swimming that day and experienced the same."
The Environment agency had issued a warning about the release of raw sewage in the Folkestone area prior to the date Kirsty fell ill. Just the previous week they had issued this statement. "We are investigating the release of raw sewage from a Southern Water pipe out at sea overnight on August 11/12 at Dover.
"Our current advice to swimmers and others members of the public is to stay out of the sea at Folkestone until Saturday morning." This left one local swimmer "absolutely infuriated" as she had already been swimming when she found out that the warning had been issued.
Bridget Chapman, who swims regularly at Sunny Sands Beach, said: "It was in the middle of the heatwave and I had already been to the beach that morning and took photos and video footage of how busy the beach was. It was only when I got back I saw the warning not to go in the water.
"All of those families were swimming in contaminated water and no one had told them. It is disgusting and irresponsible and I think people should face prosecution for it.
"These people that are sitting on huge salaries dumping sewage into the water and not warning people, it's disgusting."
A lot of sea swimmers use apps to track the release of sewage before going into the water. Southern Water has one called Beachbuoy and there is also one from Surfers against Sewage called Safer Seas and Rivers Service.
Victoria Stirrup is a regular swimmer at Mermaid Beach, she used to use the Beachbuoy app but has now switched to using the Safer Seas and Rivers Service app.
She said: "I have found the Beachbuoy app is no longer very accurate. They have changed the reporting structures on the app and now I find that they do not verify the release for 72 hours, by which time you could have already been swimming in contaminated water.
"All sewage needs to be treated prior to releasing, dumping raw sewage and microplastics untreated, not only into the sea but rivers as well just renders them unsafe to swim in. Southern Water are the main disposer, their profits are soaring and this issue is not being adequately handled by them.
The general feeling among the sea-swimming community is that this issue is not being taken seriously enough and they are being met by a wall of silence when they try to engage prominent figures in the discussion.
Angie Challands says that she emailed both Southern Water and local MP Damian Collins on eight different occasions over the summer, and only received one automated response back.
She said: "Everyday there was a cross on the app I was writing to raise my concerns with both Southern Water and Damian Collins and all I ever got back was one automated response, and I know I wasn't the only one. There are 1600 members in the Folkestone Sea Swimmers group and I know there was more than just me emailing.
"Even just something along the lines of 'we hear you and we are looking into this' would have been nice, but I received nothing. This is the biggest issue facing our area, and it seems no one is bothered."
KentLive approached the office of Mr Collins for comment, he was unavailable today (September 22) but a spokesperson addressed the concerns, and said: "It is most interesting and, indeed, concerning to read that some people have claimed that they have not received a response to correspondence.
"Given that we respond to all correspondence within a reasonable timeframe - and have written to a number of local swimmers - this is most curious. I would kindly suggest that they email in once again, forwarding the original correspondence so that we can check our records."
KentLive also approached Southern Water with regards to their Beachbuoy service. A spokesperson said: "Southern Water’s Beachbuoy application, which provides the public with near-real time information about storm release activity for coastal bathing waters, has been improved to provide a more accurate picture of the impact of storm overflows along the south coast.
"Throughout September there will be several enhancements including improved user experience, pop ups on outfalls, easier to see outfalls on the interactive map and better feedback provision. But the big update is now live – dynamic impact mapping.
"Now Beachbuoy will consider the impact a release has on a local bathing water based on the location of the outfall, the duration of the release and tidal conditions at the time. Beachbuoy previously did not account for tidal conditions and duration, and cautiously took the worst-case scenario, leading to flagging bathing waters which causes unnecessary worrying for the public and the tourism industry alike.
"Now if the outfall is a long way out to sea, the release was short and the tidal conditions meant there could be no impact on a bathing water, the tool will no longer trigger a warning to users. Information about the release will still be available on Beachbuoy, to continue to provide a transparent view of all releases."
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Pregame Notes\nP. Lea Tener '79 writes: Pray on for this \"gimme-tory\": Notre Lame and Texas are playing the Pee Wimbles championship final here soon so as we walk across \"Purloch Row\" from Dix/Dixen Coven, to our digs in Shutte (Tourister Shuck, Shrimp to be clear as the water from Thames here is ict If anyone would care to join. (This being if no modererater/owner steps in...) We can chat here.... Or is an other way needed ? Maybe the Forum is better... ? The members should think together anyway what could better done/changed here..... !? It needs now a start with an idea..... (WXMI) — National Coffee Day is coming up, and participating Tim Hortons locations are celebrating with discounted menu items!
On Thursday, Sept. 29, guests can received a medium-sized coffee, hot or iced, for only $0.25 when ordering online or through the Tims app, the restaurant chain tells us.
Starting two days later on Oct. 1 (International Coffee Day), patrons can order a medium-sized hot or iced coffee for $0.99 through the end of October, according to a representative of Tim Hortons. Again, orders must be placed online or via the app.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)Rays teammates Yandy Diaz and Randy Arozarena had an altercation after a 4-0 loss to the Astros on Monday, partially prompting Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash to bench both players Tuesday in a 5-0 defeat to Houston.
Arozarena told reporters Wednesday night that there was no physical contact with Diaz, and that there were some little things they needed to address. He said things are good between the pair.
”I think these players, we owe it to them to keep what goes on in the clubhouse in the clubhouse,” Cash said before Wednesday night’s game with Houston. ”I’m not going to confirm, deny, whatever, but, I’m very confident we’re past everything.”
Arozarena, a breakout star of the 2020 postseason who won AL rookie of the year in 2021, was in Wednesday’s lineup. Diaz was out again due to a left shoulder injury that has impacted him recently.
”His left shoulder has been barking at him a little bit on the finish of his swing,” Cash said.
Tampa Bay entered Wednesday a half-game ahead of Seattle for the second of three AL wild cards.
Arozarena was seen watching Tuesday’s game from the Rays bullpen.
”I didn’t know he was in the bullpen, but I couldn’t care less where he was,” Cash said. ”If I would need him to hit, I’m sure he would have ran down pretty quick.”
The altercation was initially reported by Zac Blobner and Tom Krasniqi of the Rays’ flagship radio station, WDAE.
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WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones took the stand Thursday at his defamation trial in Connecticut as he and his lawyer try to limit damages he must pay for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.
More than a dozen family members of some of the 20 children and six educators killed in the shooting also showed up to observe his testimony in Waterbury Superior Court, which is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) away from Newtown.
Jones has been in Connecticut this week in preparation for his appearance. He held a news conference Wednesday outside the courthouse, bashing the proceedings — as he has on his Infowars show — as a “travesty of justice” and calling the judge a “tyrant.” He made similar comments on his way into the courthouse Thursday, indicating he may invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and not answer some questions.
“This is not really a trial,” he said. “This is a show trial, a literal kangaroo court.”
Plaintiffs attorneys began by asking Jones whether he believed Judge Barbara Bellis was a tyrant and whether he calls a lot of people tyrants.
“Only when they act like it,” he said.
Several victims’ relatives, meanwhile, have given emotional testimony during the trial about being traumatized by people calling the shooting fake, including confrontations at their homes and in public, and messages including death and rape threats. The plaintiffs include an FBI agent who responded to the shooting and relatives of eight of the victims.
Bellis last year found Jones liable by default for damages to plaintiffs without a trial, as punishment for what she called his repeated failures to turn over documents to their lawyers. The six-member jury only will be deciding how much Jones and Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company, should pay the families for defaming them and intentionally inflicting emotional distress.
Bellis began the day going over with Jones the topics he cannot testify about — including free speech rights, the Sandy Hook families $73 million settlement earlier this year with gun maker Remington (the company made the Bushmaster rifle used to kill the victims at Sandy Hook), the percentage of Jones’ shows that discussed Sandy Hook and whether he profited from those shows or a similar case in Texas.
“This is not the appropriate forum for you to offer that testimony,” Bellis said. Jones indicated that he understood.
Bellis said in court on Wednesday that she was prepared to handle any incendiary testimony from Jones, with contempt of court proceedings if necessary.
Jones also was found liable by default in two similar lawsuits over the hoax lies in his hometown of Austin, Texas, where a jury in one of the trials ordered Jones last month to pay nearly $50 million in damages to the parents of one of the children killed. A third trial in Texas is expected to begin near the end of the year.
When Jones faced the Texas jury last month and testified under oath, he toned down his rhetoric. He said he realized the hoax lies were irresponsible and the school shooting was “100% real.”
“I unintentionally took part in things that did hurt these people’s feelings,” testified Jones, who also acknowledged raising conspiracy claims about other mass tragedies, from the Oklahoma City and Boston Marathon bombings to the mass shootings in Las Vegas and Parkland, Florida, “and I’m sorry for that.”
Jones had portrayed the Sandy Hook shooting as staged by crisis actors as part of gun control efforts.
Testimony at the current trial also has focused on website analytics data run by Infowars employees showing how its sales of dietary supplements, food, clothing and other items spiked around the time Jones talked about the Sandy Hook shooting.
Evidence, including internal Infowars emails and depositions, also shows dissention within the company about pushing the hoax lies.
Jones’ lawyer Norman Pattis is arguing that any damages should be limited and accused the victims’ relatives of exaggerating the harm the lies caused them.
The relatives have testified that they continue to fear for their safety because of what the hoax believers have done and might do.
Jennifer Hensel, whose 6-year-old daughter Avielle Richman was among the slain, testified Wednesday that she still monitors her surroundings, even checking the back seat of her car, for safety reasons. She said she is trying to shield her two children, ages 7 and 5, from the hoax lies. A juror cried during her testimony.
“They’re so young,” she said of her children. “Their innocence is so beautiful right now. And at some point there are a horde of people out there who could hurt them.”
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Guests embarking on Norwegian Getaway in New York today will not be sailing the itinerary they originally booked.
Due to the path and intensity of Hurricane Fiona, the ship will not be sailing south to Bermuda, but instead will follow a northern New England and Canada route instead.
Complete Route Change for Norwegian Getaway
Norwegian Getaway was to have set sail on Thursday, September 22, 2022, on a 5-night roundtrip sailing to Bermuda, with an overnight visit to that beautiful tropical island from 9 a.m. Saturday morning until 3:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
Norwegian Cruise Line reached out to booked guests with details of itinerary changes on Wednesday, the day before sailing.
“While we always maintain original itineraries, at times, as with hurricanes, it is necessary to modify our ports of call,” the email read.
“Due to the storm’s projected path, we will no longer be able to call to Bermuda. Please review this communication in its entirety as embarkation/sailing requirements have changed due to the required change in itinerary.”
Now, the ship is heading in a completely opposite direction and nothing is the same except departing New York at 4 p.m., and spending the last day of the sailing – Monday, September 26 – at sea.
Norwegian Getaway will be visiting three northern ports of call: Newport, Rhode Island, on Friday; Portland, Maine, on Saturday; and St. John’s, Newfoundland, on Sunday.
Monday will remain a day at sea, but the ship is expected to arrive an hour later on its return to New York City on Tuesday, September 27, at 7 a.m. instead of 6 a.m.
These changes are due to the expected impact Hurricane Fiona – now a major Category 4 storm – which will be just east of Bermuda and impacting the island on Friday.
Travel Requirements Changes
Because the Breakaway-class Norwegian Getaway will now be visiting Canada, travel requirements for the cruise have changed. Now, all guests age 12 and older must be fully vaccinated, which is not required for travel to Bermuda.
Furthermore, all guests must complete ArriveCan to document their vaccination status and COVID-19 test results prior to embarkation. Bermuda has a similar travel authorization requirement, but the two are not transferrable and the new documentation must be completed.
Guests must also present negative COVID-19 test results, but the testing windows vary between the two destinations. While vaccinated guests sailing to Bermuda may have been able to complete a NAAT test up to four days prior to embarkation, Canada requires the same test to be administered no earlier than three days before sailing.
This could mean some guests may be left scrambling for tests just hours before embarkation, while also needing to complete their ArriveCan documentation.
Norwegian Cruise Line is offering full refunds in the form of future cruise credits (FCCs) to guests who are now unable to travel on the cruise. The FCCs will be applied to guests’ Latitudes accounts, and will be available no later than October 10, with an expiration date of August 31, 2023.
But the Storm Will Be Gone!
While Norwegian Getaway‘s route and the time of the ship’s scheduled visit to Bermuda would not be directly impacted by the storm, rough waters can be felt far from the center of the storm and would not make for the most pleasant cruise if the ship were to head south as planned.
Furthermore, if docking facilities are damaged in Bermuda on Friday, it might be impossible for the ship to visit on Saturday. Similarly, power outages or other damage on the island can disrupt services, cancel tours, and close local retailers, impacting tourist options.
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Hurricane Fiona has strengthened to a Category 4 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour (210 kilometers per hour), and is currently positioned west-southwest of Bermuda, approximately 440 miles (708 km) from the island.
Moving north-northeast at 13 miles per hour (21 kph), the storm is expected to most closely approach the island on Friday. Hurricane warnings are currently in effect for the entire island.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station welcomed three new residents Wednesday following a smooth Russian launch.
The Soyuz capsule rocketed into orbit from Kazakhstan and, just three hours later, pulled up at the space station. American Frank Rubio checked in for a six-month stay along with Russians Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin.
Rubio, a doctor and former Army parachutist from Miami, rode up on the Soyuz under a new crew swap agreement between the two countries. The agreement was finalized in July despite tensions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine, a sign of continuing Russia-U.S. cooperation in space.
Under this cash-free barter, Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina will fly SpaceX to the space station from Florida in less than two weeks. NASA and the Russian Space Agency want to keep exchanging seats like this to ensure a constant U.S. and Russian presence at the space station.
NASA astronauts routinely launched on Russian Soyuz rockets — for tens of millions of dollars apiece — until SpaceX started flying station crews from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 2020. A Russian last launched from Florida 20 years ago.
SpaceX aims to launch Kikina along with one Japanese and two Americans as early as Oct. 3.
The new arrivals will replace astronauts living up there since early spring; the crew size eventually will settle back to seven.
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti said the view of the launch from the space station was “spectacular.” She tweeted stunning photos of the glowing limb of the Earth and the rocket’s zigzagging white contrail.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor launched a new television ad on Wednesday in which she says men don’t belong in women’s sports. It’s a move seeking to blunt Republican attacks on her for vetoing two proposals to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s school and college sports.
Gov. Laura Kelly doesn’t go into details on her position in the 30-second ad, which is her first to address what Republicans see as a key education issue that hurts Kelly during a close reelection race. Her campaign later said Kelly believes decisions about transgender athletes should be made by schools, doctors, families and local officials and that the two bills she vetoed would have “created unnecessary new government mandates.”
GOP challenger Derek Schmidt, the state’s three-term attorney general, tweeted that Kelly is lying about her record, and the Republican Governors Association released a digital ad Wednesday highlighting Kelly’s vetoes. Other Republicans said Kelly is trying to hide an unpopular, liberal stance.
But Democrats said the party’s voters would understand the ad as saying that the issue doesn’t involve men playing women’s sports because trans women are women.
“Men aren’t playing girls’ sports. This is the scare-tactic framing of the far right,” said Tom Witt, executive director of Equality Kansas, the state’s leading LGBTQ-rights group. “What we’re talking about in this situation is schoolkids in competitive games with their peers at school, and our position is, trans girls are girls; trans boys are boys.”
In the ad, Kelly looks into the camera and says: “Of course men should not play girls’ sports. OK, we all agree there,” before criticizing Schmidt on school funding issues.
Her campaign launched the ad after a Republican Governors Association ad featured a collegiate swimmer criticizing Kelly. That followed five other ads in which the RGA raised the issue, including one last week in which Schmidt says Kelly is aligned with groups pushing “the transgender agenda.”
The swimmer featured in the last RGA ad, University of Kentucky graduate Riley Gaines, said in a phone interview that she was surprised by Kelly’s ad because, “It’s not aligning with anything she’s said thus far.”
Tim Shallenburger, a former state treasurer and Kansas Republican Party chair, said Kelly had to deal with the issue because it’s important to many voters. He called Kelly’s latest ad “pretty sly,” adding that she’s “trying to catch Republicans.”
Joan Wagnon, a former Topeka mayor and Kansas Democratic Party chair, questioned whether Schmidt’s stance will play well with moderate Republicans. But Wagnon also said that, had she been the candidate, she’s not sure she would have made the ad.
“If you get sucked into those kind of tit-for-tat responses, it clouds your message,” she said.
Kelly is the only Democratic governor running for reelection this year, in a state that former President Donald Trump carried in 2020. That makes her a big target for the national GOP. But Democrats were buoyed in August, when Kansas voters decisively rejected a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would have allowed the Republican-controlled state Legislature to greatly restrict or ban abortion. Kelly opposed the measure, while Schmidt backed it.
However, Republicans see an opportunity to tap into suburban parents’ frustrations with coronavirus-related school restrictions and what’s taught about racism, gender and sexuality. They were encouraged by Republican Glenn Youngkin’s victory in the 2021 governor’s race in normally blue Virginia after making parents’ rights in education a key issue.
Youngkin and Schmidt were set to campaign together Thursday in the Kansas City area, after a Sunday rally with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who has pushed conservative education initiatives.
And Republicans across the U.S. have framed restrictions on transgender athletes as keeping competition fair and preserving opportunities for girls and women, though there are relatively few transgender athletes.
Several polls this year show majorities of Americans oppose transgender athletes competing in women’s and girls’ sports, including an NPR/Ipsos poll in June that showed about two-thirds of U.S. adults are opposed to allowing transgender student athletes to compete on women’s and girls’ sports teams. A Washington Post/University of Maryland poll in May showed only about 3 in 10 said transgender women or girls should be allowed to compete.
State Sen. Renee Erickson, a Wichita Republican and the leading sponsor of the two measures, said of Kelly: “She’s having to pivot and backtrack on her two vetoes, and I don’t think Kansans are going to buy it, quite frankly.”
Including Florida and Texas, 18 GOP-led states have laws banning transgender athletes from participating in youth sports, according to the Movement Advancement Project, a Colorado think tank promoting LGBTQ rights. In the Kelly campaign’s statement Wednesday, spokesperson Lauren Fitzgerald noted that Republican governors in Indiana and Utah have vetoed such measures, although those vetoes were overridden by GOP-controlled Legislatures.
Critics say such bans are discriminatory, and that merely discussing them leads to bullying.
Kelly’s veto messages for bills in 2021 and 2022 also said they would hurt the state’s business climate. In her second message, she added that such proposals did not come from athletes or schools but from “politicians trying to score political points.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — There are few places in the U.S. with a more deeply ingrained reputation as a refuge for immigrants than New York City, where the Statue of Liberty rises from the harbor as a symbol of welcome for the worn and weary.
But for Mayor Eric Adams, reconciling that image with an influx of migrants landing in the city, including thousands being bused there by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, is proving difficult. The city is struggling to accommodate what Adams says has totaled more than 13,000 asylum seekers, leading him to explore whether New York can ease its practices for sheltering the homeless or even temporarily house migrants on cruise ships. Both ideas have drawn blowback from liberal advocates who are influential in the city’s politics.
Adams is one of several leaders of Democratic-leaning jurisdictions facing a sudden test of their commitment to being “sanctuary” cities or states. The designation, in which local officials pledge to limit their cooperation with federal immigration authorities, has long proved popular among progressives pressing to ensure the government treats migrants humanely.
But officials say the policy is being exploited by leaders hoping to make a political point.
“We are not telling anyone that New York can accommodate every migrant in the city. We’re not encouraging people to send eight, nine buses a day. That is not what we’re doing,” Adams said this week about his request for Abbott to coordinate with the city about the buses of migrants he’s sending. “We’re saying that as a sanctuary and a city with right to shelter, we’re going to fulfill our obligation.”
The GOP effort began in the spring when Abbott and Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona put migrants on buses to Washington and later New York. The move was intended to draw attention to what the GOP governors deemed failed border and immigration policies under Democrats and the Biden administration. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis intensified the tactic, chartering a flight last week to Martha’s Vineyard, an elite Massachusetts vacation spot.
The unpredictability that Adams referenced is precisely what the governors say they’re trying to accomplish.
“If you believe in open borders, then it’s the sanctuary jurisdictions that should have to bear the brunt of the open borders,” DeSantis said at a news conference Tuesday.
Abbott’s office has dismissed complaints and says Democratic officials should call for President Joe Biden to secure the border “instead of complaining about fulfilling their sanctuary city promises.”
Sanctuary cities or states are not legal terms but have come to symbolize a pledge to protect and support immigrant communities and decline to voluntarily supply information to immigration enforcement officials. Advocates say they are havens for immigrants to feel safe and be able to report crime without fear of deportation.
Adams isn’t the only leader struggling to navigate the challenge.
In Washington, D.C., where Abbott has sent about 8,000 migrants this year, Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared a limited state of emergency. She sought help from the National Guard, which the Pentagon has denied. The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted to create an Office of Migrant Services to help asylum seekers.
Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois brought in the Illinois National Guard to assist more than 750 migrants who have arrived in Chicago since late August, but officials in some Chicago-area suburbs have complained that they got no notice when dozens of asylum-seekers were put up in local hotels for emergency housing.
Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso, a Republican, said both Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot apologized for not giving him advance notice, echoing complaints by Democrats that the Republican governors had not provided a warning the migrants were coming. But Grasso’s town has not been asked to provide any resources to help with the migrants, and all the hotel rooms are being paid for by the state, county and city of Chicago, according to Pritzker’s office.
Laura Mendoza, an immigration organizer for advocacy organization The Resurrection Project, said putting migrants in suburban hotels has helped relieve some pressure but finding everyone a place to stay has been a challenge.
Mendoza said she has lost count of how many buses she has helped welcome at Chicago’s Union Station as they arrive from Texas. After a 24-hour bus ride with minimal breaks, she said, some of the people disembark dehydrated and with swollen legs from sitting so long. Others have bruises and scars from their journey, Mendoza said.
“Unfortunately,” she said, “we don’t have a lot of answers other than: ’You’re going to have a safe place to sleep tonight.”
Tens of thousands of migrants who cross the border illegally are released in the United States each month to pursue their immigration cases, a practice that accelerated during Donald Trump’s presidency and has reached new levels during the Biden administration.
To avoid the time-consuming task of scheduling court appearances, the Border Patrol has sharply expanded use of humanitarian parole. Migrants are released with an order to appear at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office.
In New York City, Adams said he is considering legal action against the GOP governors. He said Monday that the city had opened an investigation after one woman seeking asylum died by an apparent suicide over the weekend at a New York City shelter.
His administration has been strained by a long-standing court-ordered “right to shelter” law requiring the city’s homeless services to provide shelter to anyone without a roof over their head. Adams has recently suggested reassessing how the city complies with the law, but he said Tuesday he would not consider trying to send the migrants back to border states.
“It would be the wrong thing to do, and it would send the wrong message,” he said. “When I look at the large number of other communities that have come from other places to experience the American dream, what would’ve happened if we would’ve sent them back? That is not who we are as a country.”
New York City opened a resource center last week to connect migrants with services like legal help, housing and medical care. Adams is exploring whether New York can get the migrants permits to work, perhaps in the city’s short-staffed restaurants.
Sandro Hidalgo, a Venezuelan construction worker who arrived last week on a bus sent from El Paso, is among those being sheltered in New York and said he’s looking for work.
“I feel like there is an intention to help, but there is no organization,” he said. “There are no beds to sleep. I slept on the floor last night, inside, but on the floor. I am trying to get out of the shelter, but the city is very expensive.”
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Associated Press writers Bobby Caina Calvan and Claudia Torrens in New York, Elliot Spagat in San Diego, Claire Savage in Chicago and Anthony Izaguirre in Tallahassee, Fla., contributed to this report.
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LOS ANGELES (AP)Jalen Hill, who played basketball at UCLA for three seasons until leaving last year for personal reasons, has died, according to his family and the university. He was 22.
His family posted on Instagram Tuesday that Hill had died after going missing in Costa Rica. No further details were provided.
”We know Jalen has played a part in the lives of so many people,” Hill’s family wrote in the post. ”We also acknowledge the role that so many of you have played in his. As we try to navigate this devastating time in our lives, we ask that you please give us time to grieve. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers.”
UCLA and coach Mick Cronin posted statements on social media Wednesday acknowledging Hill’s death.
”Our program is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former student-athlete Jalen Hill. We offer our sincere condolences to his family and friends during this difficult time,” the school said.
Cronin called Hill’s death ”heartbreaking.”
”Jalen was a warm-hearted young man with a great smile who has left us far too soon,” the coach tweeted.
Hill, a forward-center from Corona, California, averaged 6.5 points and 6.4 rebounds while starting 40 of 77 career games for the Bruins during three seasons.
In April 2021, Hill posted an Instagram video in which he explained his reasons for leaving the program that February. He said he would be retiring from basketball as he dealt with anxiety and depression.
”The reason I left had nothing to do with the team or Cronin or coaches, nothing like that. Just so everybody can understand, it was me,” he said in the video.
As freshmen, Hill, along with LiAngelo Ball and Cody Riley, were arrested in China in November 2017 for shoplifting during the program’s goodwill visit to play a Pac-12 game. UCLA suspended all three players for the entire 2017-18 season.
Ball left school, but Hill and Riley returned to complete their college careers.
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The best camera gimbals you can buy in 2022 reviewed
Whether you want a stand-alone gimbal, one for your camera, or for your phone, these are the best available.
Serious videographer, amateur camera enthusiast, or just someone looking to produce a high-quality video for a big event: there are plenty of uses for a good camera gimbal. However, the main problem is finding one that will work for you.
There are a lot to choose from, with a number of brands competing for your attention. To make the decision easier for you, we rounded up and tested the 7 best camera gimbals, including options that work with your smartphone, DSLR camera or even an all-in-one camera and gimbal.
DJI OM 5
Small, lightweight and pocket-sized, the DJI OM 5 is a three-axis phone gimbal featuring a unique detachable magnetic phone clamp, allowing you to attach and detach your phone quickly and easily. While a 215mm telescopic arm makes the gimbal longer to provide greater distance between you and your phone, which is ideal for vlogging and selfies.
The gimbal is easy to use and the companion DJI Mimo provides camera functionality and control for both photos and videos. Plus, it includes useful tutorials to help you to set up the gimbal and learn how to use the controls. In use, the controls are well positioned and responsive, while the powerful motors do a great job of keeping your phone steady in both landscape and portrait formats.
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The OM 5 folds down to a small size when not in use and is available in white and grey finishes. Also in the kit is a soft storage bag, a wrist strap and a small tripod that can be used to stand the gimbal independently. The OM 5 also includes Active Track 4.0 for tracking moving subjects, which is an extremely useful feature that can be used when the gimbal is handheld or mounted on its mini tripod.
Zhiyun Smooth 5 Combo
The idea of a professional-level phone gimbal may seem strange, but with smartphones able to produce high-quality photos and videos, many people capture videos for work, pleasure and social media using their phone. So, a high-spec three-axis gimbal like the Zhiyun Smooth 5 Combo is the perfect choice if you’re looking for advanced features and functionality.
The features and level of stabilisation for a phone gimbal are second to none, but the compromise is a gimbal that’s slightly larger and heavier than entry-level options. It’s a small price to pay, but with features including four shooting modes for different situations, various modes including Hyperlapse and Pano, dolly zoom, subject tracking and a focus/zoom ring, it’s a seriously impressive piece of kit. Plus, the gimbal motor doesn’t block the phone, which can be rotated a full 360°.
The ZY Cami app works seamlessly with the Smooth 5 and provides access to the camera and its controls. The kit includes the gimbal, case, mini tripod, a charging cable and a magnetic fill light with up to 300-lumens brightness with colour temperature control. One LED comes in the kit, but a second can be purchased separately so that two can be used at once.
DJI Pocket 2
If you’re looking for the ultimate all-in-one solution, the DJI Pocket 2 is a pocket-sized camera and three-axis gimbal that you can carry anywhere. It’s smaller and lighter than a phone gimbal at just 117g, which makes it incredibly portable and comfortable to use with one hand. And with the ability to shoot video in up to 4K up to 60fps, and photos up to 64MP, you’ll never feel that your creativity is limited.
The Pocket 2 can be used as a standalone device using the controls on the handle, or it can be plugged into Android and iOS phones using the included USB-C and Lightning Connectors that are stored neatly away in the case. This provides a much larger screen for composing your photos and videos when compared to the tiny screen on the Pocket 2, but you may have to remove your phone case to do so.
The level of stabilisation is highly effective and includes several modes for different shooting situations. Video modes include everything you’d get with a modern smartphone including Hyperlapse, but you can also enjoy HDR video and the ability to shoot in the Normal colour profile for straight-out-of-camera video footage, or in D-Cinelike for colour grading in professional workflows.
Manfrotto MVG220
With a maximum payload of 2.2kg and weight of 1.1kg, the Manfrotto MVG220 is a compact and lightweight professional gimbal offering a variety of useful features that extend its use beyond video stabilisation. Alongside the gimbal locking modes for achieving different gimbal movements, the MVG220 offers portrait mode to flip the camera upright, selfie for vlogging, inception for rotating the camera and time-lapse for combining gimbal movement with interval shooting.
The MVG220 can be controlled using the onboard controls and LCD touch screen, or you can use the Manfrotto gimbal app to control it remotely. Plus, with a variety of connectors included for different cameras, you can stop and start recording using the gimbal, and if the camera is compatible, you can adjust additional camera settings such as ISO, exposure compensation and white balance.
The MVG220 is easy to set up and use with a comfortable feel in the hand, and the included handle is great for additional stability and low-angle shooting. The gimbal comes in a robust polystyrene case and is quick and easy to set up after balancing using scales on adjustable parts, if the camera set-up remains the same, but it must be reset to the default after use to fit in the case.
Zhiyun Weebill 3 Combo
Zhiyun Weebill 3 Combo is aimed purely at video stabilisation, with no additional features beyond a built-in noise cancelling microphone and a Built-in LED light. The latter offers up to 1000 lux illuminance and an adjustable colour temperature of 2600-5400K allowing you to go from daylight balanced to warmer light. These are certainly useful in situations where you have minimal kit and need a quick fix.
The Weebill 3 is a solid three-axis gimbal that’s easy to set up and provides smooth movements and great stabilisation throughout the gimbal modes that change the way it behaves. Movement can be controlled using the controls or remotely using the ZY Play app. And with a record button on the Weebill 3, you can use the included cables to connect a variety of cameras and stop/start recording without touching the camera.
What’s most impressive about the Weebill 3 is simply how comfortable it is to hold and use. The wrist rest dramatically helps redistribute the weight of the gimbal, camera and lens. And the handle with a soft grip is ideal for added stability and low-angle shooting. The bag is much larger than the gimbal but allows it to be stored set up, with additional space for other gear at the bottom.
Zhiyun Smooth Q4 Combo
Beginner phone gimbals don’t have to be basic, and the Zhiyun Smooth Q4 Combo offers everything many users will need in a small and lightweight package that will fit in a jacket pocket. The combo kit also comes with a handy storage case and an LED light, alongside standard accessories including a mini tripod and a wrist strap. Stabilisation is smooth and the gimbal can comfortably accommodate both smaller and larger smartphones.
In terms of features, the Smooth Q4 offers four gimbal modes to provide different stabilisation results alongside a record button that can be used to stop/start video recording, switch between photo and video as well as shoot photos. The Smooth Q4 also features a 215mm telescopic pole which allows you to capture more creative angles and distance the phone camera for wide-angle selfies.
Camera control through the ZY Cami app works well with the gimbal and app; there’s a zoom wheel on the side of the gimbal’s handle that controls the camera zoom. And when the magnetic 5500K daylight balanced LED fill light is attached, pushing in the zoom dial allows you to turn the light on and off and access the four power settings. Plus, there are four coloured filters for colour-matching light sources and creative effects.
DJI RS 3 Combo
The DJI RS 3 Combo is a professional-level gimbal offering high-end features and functionality that will satisfy the needs of more demanding users. And with a rated payload of 3kg, the RS 3 can support a wide range of cameras, lenses and accessories with confidence. Everything comes in a small and comfortable case.
The combo kit also comes with a focus motor and accessories for adjusting focus. Plus, there’s a handle for additional support, shooting at low angles and with the gimbal positioned horizontally, while a 1.8-inch OLED touchscreen allows you to navigate the menu easily. And through the use of the DJI Ronin app, you can use your smartphone as a monitor, control some camera settings and even use the phone as a motion controller.
The RS 3 uses powerful motors that provide highly effective stabilisation alongside smooth and positive camera movements. Then there are various modes for different stabilisation effects, alongside Timelapse, Panorama and Track for combining gimbal movements with still images. Alongside these features, SuperSmooth mode can be used for enhanced stabilisation with longer lenses and fast-moving subjects, and the gimbal automatically unlocks and locks the three stabilisation axis for faster set-up when powered on and off, which is extremely useful.
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Tarantula Nebula photographed in unprecedented detail
Newly released mosaic from the James Webb Space Telescope peers through the cosmic dust to reveal never-before-seen young stars.
A mere 161,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, is the Tarantula Nebula. Although the wispy swirls of clouds give a sense of serenity the Tarantula Nebula is actually one of the largest, and most violent star-forming regions in our Local Group.
The Local Group is essentially our galactic neighbourhood, of which our own Milky Way is a part. The biggest member of the group is the Andromeda Galaxy, while keen eyes (under dark and clear skies) may also be able to spot the more distant Triangulum Galaxy, thanks to its relatively bright apparent magnitude. Dozens of smaller dwarf galaxies are also members of the Local Group.
This incredible mosaic image, viewed with JWST's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), stretches 340 light-years across, although the total width of the nebula is more than 1,000 light-years. The nebula is named after the web-like appearance of its dusty filaments that can be seen in previous images, the cavity in the centre resembling a burrowing tarantula’s home, lined with silk.
The nebula is a hotbed for some of the hottest and most massive stars known to astronomers, and in the centre, sparkling blue with massive young stars, is star cluster R136, its most active region.
"R136 sits in the middle of the larger cluster called NGC2070," says Professor Mark McCaughrean, senior advisor for science and exploration at the European Space Agency (ESA).
"R136 is a giant cluster of young stars, far exceeding anything in our own Milky Way galaxy, with almost half a million solar masses. It’s often suggested that it may be a proto-globular cluster, and its huge cumulative luminosity is what lights up the Tarantula Nebula, of which the new JWST image only shows a small fraction," McCaughrean explains.
Blistering radiation has blown away the dusty cocoons that once surrounded these protostars. Left behind is only the densest material, sculpted into pillars and ridges able to resist erosion from these torrential stellar winds.
Within these pillars are more newly-forming protostars. They too, will eventually emerge from their own cosmic cocoons and take their turn in shaping the nebula.
"The JWST image of the Tarantula Nebula was made using mosaics made through four separate infrared filters, F090W, F200W, F335M, and F444W, at 0.9, 2.0, 3.35, and 4.44 microns, respectively," McCaughrean says.
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"The first, second, and fourth filters are all broad-band, capturing lots of starlight and nebular emissions. The third, the F335M filter, isolates an important emission line of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, a strong tracer of dust."
"The colour coding in the image is F090W as blue, F200W as green, F335M as orange, and F444W as red. The latter two filters make the dust in the region appear to 'glow' in orange-red colours. In the equivalent Hubble images, these regions are dark," explains McCaughrean.
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Untreated sewage is being pumped onto British beaches. And the problem may be worse than we think
The UK’s ageing water network is struggling to cope with increased rainfall, a growing population and additional runoff caused by the loss of green spaces, experts say.
In recent months there have been fresh concerns over a wave of discharges of untreated raw sewage in the UK. At one point in early September, the Safer Seas and Rivers Service, which is run by the charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), issued pollution warnings for more than 100 beaches. Rising awareness of these events has led to public anger about the situation. But why is this happening now, and what can actually be done about it?
Unlike some other countries which have split systems, the UK has a combined system that accepts both rainfall and sewage. This system is managed by water and sewage companies, who, if all is well, biologically treat the sewage before discharging it into the environment.
However, under extreme circumstances, such as exceptionally high rainfall, these companies are legally allowed to discharge untreated sewage. This is to avoid capacity being reached and sewage literally coming back into homes and businesses, says Dr Sarah Purnell, a researcher in aquatic environment health at the University of Brighton.
The legal model works relatively well when these events happen infrequently, notes Purnell. And since the sewage is mixed with stormwater in these events it should be highly diluted.
The problem is that these legal discharges are happening far more than many realised and may be more concentrated. Michelle Walker, technical director of The Rivers Trust, says overflows of untreated sewage are being routinely used even when it hasn't been raining.
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She attributes this to three causes: investment in the sewer network and treatment facilities failing to keep pace with pressures such as population growth; more intense rainstorms due to climate change; and more runoff from urban areas as more and more green spaces are paved over.
As well as being unpleasant, people swimming or boating in untreated wastewater are at risk of coming into contact with disease-causing pathogens and developing gastrointestinal illnesses or respiratory, eye and ear infections.
“If you're going to recreationally swim after rainfall events, you're more likely to come across discharges in those conditions, and the chance of you getting sick is likely to be greater,” says Purnell. Sewage discharges also significantly impact the ecological quality of rivers, she adds.
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Purnell notes these overflows are likely not a new issue but have become more visible as the UK has begun to monitor them more effectively. Since 2020, the Environment Agency has required water companies to monitor and report on how often and for how long storm overflows are used. However, “we still don't know the volume of wastewater that gets discharged”, notes Purnell.
Hugo Tagholm, chief executive of the charity Surfers Against Sewage, which runs an online map showing up-to-date warnings of discharges, argues the water industry and regulatory bodies have cut financial corners in favour of “greedy shareholders”.
“Our beaches, rivers and lakes are some of our most precious natural resources, but water companies are treating them as an open sewer, devastating wildlife and posing serious health risks to all those who attempt to enjoy them.”
An Environment Agency criminal regulatory investigation into sewage discharges at wastewater treatment works in England is currently ongoing. Its initial analysis in May found that there “may have been widespread and serious non-compliance with the relevant regulations”.
In response to concerns over sewage discharges, in late August the government announced a plan requiring water companies to invest £56bn to improve all storm overflows by 2050, and by 2035 for storm overflows discharging near designated bathing waters and certain protected natural sites.
But Walker says the government's plan is “too little, too late” and doesn't go far or fast enough to tackle the problem. She says stronger regulation and enforcement of the privatised water industry is needed.
She also calls for leadership from the government to “work with nature” to reduce the pressure of rainfall entering the sewer network. Measures to do this include increasing the use of water butts and rain gardens to reduce urban runoff, using wetlands to clean up sewage pollution, and expanding ponds and dams upstream as a form of natural flood management, she says
These measures would also reduce agricultural pollution runoff, keep rivers flowing in dry periods, reduce flood risk and help to tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis, she notes.
Purnell also says nature-based solutions are useful.
“Anything we can do to slow down runoff or infiltration of that rainfall to the sewage network will help ultimately,” she says.
Areas with the most problems with discharges could be targeted to implement these sustainable drainage solutions, she adds. And all new housing estates and new builds should also be thinking about slowing down water paths.
But water and sewage companies also need to invest into upgrading their infrastructure, Purnell says, through storage or increased treatment capacities. A longer-term solution would be to redesign the UK’s system to deal with rainfall runoff separately to sewage, she adds, although noting this would be difficult and expensive and is the “least realistic” solution in the short term.
Meanwhile, the UK also needs to focus on gaining a real understanding of the current discharges, says Prof Andrew C Johnson, environmental research scientist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
He says two critical pieces are missed by current monitoring: the volumes of untreated sewage being discharged, and whether it is happening more frequently now than in the past. To truly assess the risks, he says, both the volume of sewage overflows and the water quality downstream from these overflows need to be measured.
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Guardsmen with the Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Main Air National Guard train on installing a Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure System (LAIRCM) on a KC-135 aircraft at the 171st Air Refueling Wing near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sept. 8, 2022. The defensive system uses an infrared laser to protect against missile threats. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Shawn Monk)
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House of the Dragon Star Emily Carey Makes Her Entrée Into Fashion
As Kim Jones’s Fendi spring 2023 ready-to-wear collection walked down the runway in Milan on Wednesday, Emily Carey sat front row, taking pictures of her favorite pieces. She did it for Instagram content, and because “that’s what you do,” as she explained—but also to later show her stylists her favorite looks for future red carpet appearances. It seems like a normal thing for a young actor to do, but for Carey, the star of the new Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, the experience was completely foreign. “I keep having to pinch myself. I can’t believe I’m in Milan right now,” Carey told W over the phone following the presentation. In just a few months, the 19-year-old went from being a relatively unknown actor and feeling completely removed from the fashion world to starring on HBO’s most-watched show of all time—and, soon after, getting a front row seat at Fendi.
Carey’s exploration of fashion is just getting started. Growing up, the actor says she didn’t have access to luxury brands. “I was never into fashion because I wasn’t able to be,” she said. But once the fashion gates opened themselves up to Carey, the actor immediately proved to be worthy. Three premiere looks for Dragon provided her with three successes, including a red take on a Fendi spring 2022 couture gown that, with a structured jacket atop a more romantic high-low skirt, perfectly encapsulated Carey’s aesthetic. “I don’t like anything incredibly feminine,” she said. “And if it is feminine, I like to add a little edge to it.” When it came to dressing for the Milan show, Carey gravitated toward an ensemble straight from the brand’s resort 2023 collection, simply because it was a bit different.
“It’s a mash up between two different things,” she said. “You’ve got this chiffon dress, but then the huge jumper on top, which makes the dress lose its feminine shape, which I find quite appealing.” Of course, Carey was also drawn to the bright colors of the look, the socks with an attached Fendi Baguette, and the shoes—she especially loved the shoes. “I want to steal them. I won’t, I’m not going to steal them, but I’m very close to stealing them.”
Carey’s trip to Milan comes just days after her final episode of Dragon aired on HBO. Next week, the storyline will jump forward ten years, and Sound of Metal star Olivia Cooke will take over the role of Alicent Hightower. Carey is sad to say goodbye, of course, but she’s refreshingly positive about the situation.
“It’s Olivia Cooke,” she said. “She is just a phenomenal actor and I’ve admired her for years and years.” Carey may have struggled to pass Alicent on to someone else, but sharing the character with Cooke makes it easier. “I cannot wait to see the Alicent she’s created, because it is almost like we’re playing two different characters.” And her assessment rings true: Carey’s Alicent was naive and moldable, a chess piece in everyone else’s game. It’s not until episode five of the series—right before we have to say goodbye to Carey—that Alicent finds her footing and realizes the power she holds as a queen. That all culminates in the wedding banquet scene in episode five, when Carey’s Alicent arrives fashionably late to the party, making a statement—and, in effect, declaring war—in an emerald green dress.
“I remember shooting that moment and being terrified,” Carey said. “It’s such a make-or-break moment. If this 10-second shot of me entering in the green dress doesn’t work, the Dance of the Dragons doesn’t work. It had to land.” Luckily it did, and Carey ended her run on Dragon triumphantly. In fact, she was surprised by how well the audience responded to her final scenes.
“I was expecting a lot of hate for Alicent because in the book, she is a villain,” she said. In actuality, however, many people have taken Alicent’s side and declared themselves “Team Green,” as Carey calls it, representing those who support Alicent and her son’s ascendency to the Iron Throne. “Some people are being steered in my direction, which has been fun and interesting to see. A lot of people unexpectedly are admiring that moment for the character.”
Whether fans will support Cooke’s Alicent is less clear. But at the moment, Carey is more focused on taking it slow now that her five-week run on Dragon has come to an end. “It’s been a crazy whirlwind,” she said. “Now, I’m just chilling and letting things happen.” She’s taking things in as they come, just like she did with the clothes that walked the Fendi runway. Her favorite part, by the way? The colors Jones used to bring his designs to life—particularly the bright green that popped up in handbags, shoes, and sweaters. She is a Hightower, after all.
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‘80s Polkadots Are Having Their Moment
Polkadots have always been a bit tricky. They can easily came off either a bit too childish or bit too old-fashioned. However, when done right a good polka-dotted fabric can add some much-needed whimsy to a look. In a time when nostalgia is in and every aesthetic seems to be a least partly borrowed from another time period, polkadots can reference a time when they were at the height of their pattern game—the ‘80s. Recently, two of Hollywood’s biggest stars embraced dots, proving their staying power, and the possible resurgence of ‘80s style.
The polka-dotted train was initially led by Margot Robbie, who is busy promoting her latest film, Amsterdam. The actress appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon earlier this week wearing a blue silk dress from the Alessandra Rich fall 2022 collection. In addition to the polkadots covering the dress, the added details of the puffed sleeves, ruffled collar, and ornate buttons really brings the piece back to the ‘80s, as do the white pumps she paired it with. We can very much see Princess Diana (a noted lover of polkadots) wearing this look. It could also easily be in the new Princess of Wales’ closet, as Kate has proven to be up to the task of continuing her late mother-in-laws spotted legacy.
It could have been a splash in the pan, but just a day later, and it was Ana de Armas’ turn to take on late night. For her appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, de Armas gravitated toward a very similar style from the same designer. The actress wore a black silk pleated midi dress covered in, yes, polkadots. The silhouette and bow details on the shoulders also gave this ensemble an ‘80s feel, but de Armas modernized it slightly with an Alessandra Rich chain belt and some silver strappy Aquazzura heels.
Of course, three makes a trend, so we’ll need one more A-lister to step out in dots before we can confidently declare that they are back. But given the pattern now has the blessing of both Robbie and de Armas, it’s safe to say we’ll be seeing more polkadots very soon.
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Prada Does Subversive Horror Heroines for Spring 2023
Amid the scenic, immersive film installation created in collaboration with Danish film director Nicolas Winding Refn (known for his films Drive and the Pusher trilogy) and the architectural creative think tank AMO, the first model from Prada’s spring 2023 collection stepped out in an oversized, boxy suit jacket with a form-fitting button down and skinny trousers to match.
If one wasn’t familiar with the action-packed, crime thriller dramas of Refn, the set for Prada’s spring 2023 collection could read as devotedly Hitchcockian with a little bit of Polanksi and De Palma thrown in. Yet, the idea behind the collaboration, titled “Touch of Crude” was deeply connected to the show’s theme of “Domestic Voyeurism” and modes of observation in different spaces.
Perhaps the chilling moments of opposition throughout the show, which was soundtracked by a horror synth tune by Cliff Martinez, is what best provided proof of concept.
We saw two sides of the Prada woman—the domesticated, private persona; and the outward-facing one. Blazer suiting that mimicked co-creative director Raf Simon’s ubiquitous bomber jacket in bulky shapes, coats with strong lines which models clasped together (as Miuccia herself often does), and leather suiting with angular backs and severe skirts represented the public-facing persona. The monochromatic onesies, sheer gowns with lace trimming, and sheer lurex knits represented the private life—hiding in the shadows as if in one of Refn’s films.
The amount of quiet yet conceptually splashy pieces that seemed to be pulled directly from cinematic tropes didn’t go unnoticed. The delicately sheer dresses and spider-like, upside-down lashes placed on models’ eyes were pure Rosemary’s Baby. The bright slip dresses and silk tube dresses that looked slightly off-kilter with folded, bunched-up hems could have been ripped from any classic horror flick. Villainous blazers with flowing trains were right for any noir-flick heroine, and floral rosettes pinned to little slip dresses like corsages looked like modern, albeit less gruesome, take on Carrie’s gown.
Purely pragmatic Prada-isms could be found throughout the collection, which felt intrinsically more intellectual than past seasons where Simons served as co-creative director. The immersive idea of hard and soft–of women as heroines, villains, doll-like figures, damsels in distress, and victims of voyeurism—came to life through tailoring that looked severe in the front and baggy in the back; raw black dresses whose undone hems may unravel any second; sheer silks and gauzy turtlenecks, piles of gossamer-like fabric and doll negligées layered over suiting. The primitive rawness of fabrics also recalled Prada’s spring 2009 collection in many ways.
The one thing that felt missing for the Prada purists were the prints. Here, we received only small doses—three to be exact, out of a collection of 55 looks—of papery, floral-patterned dresses with black slips peeking out. Still, Miuccia’s intellectual play on women and how they’re perceived through fashion is a gift, and it’s nice to see it still persevering with a male co-creative director at the helm.
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Extensive Search and Recruitment Process Led by Envision Consulting
PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After searching the cosmos for the right candidate, The Planetary Society recently announced that Jim Suh has been named as their new Chief Financial Officer. Suh brings to The Planetary Society over 20 years of finance and business administration experience in both the nonprofit and private sectors. He most recently worked in nonprofit as Controller for the Hollywood Community Housing Corporation, and prior to that he was the Director of Operations and Finance for Education Through Music – Los Angeles.
"I'm honored to work for The Planetary Society," said Suh, "and I am passionate about using my multi-faced background and broad skillset to serve this community."
Founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Louis Friedman and Bruce Murray, and helmed today by famed science educator, Bill Nye, The Planetary Society aims to empower the world's citizens to advance space and science exploration.
Chief Operating Officer of The Planetary Society, Jennifer Vaughn, said, "We are thrilled to have Jim join our team at The Planetary Society. His leadership and diverse business skills, coupled with his admirable integrity, make him exactly the candidate we were looking and hoping for when we began the search for a new CFO."
The appointment of Suh comes after an extensive search and recruitment process led by Envision Consulting--a nonprofit consulting firm based in Los Angeles, specializing in executive search, organizational strategy, merger exploration and executive leadership transitions. Envision's commitment to DEI is integrated into its practices, including inclusive surveys and stakeholder interviews, focus groups, structured hiring processes, a focus on anti-biased decision making and more. In 2021, Envision was named by the Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy as a Top 10 Search Firm that Works for Women of Color. www.envisionnonprofit.com
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No more letters home to Mom.
Air Force cadets are being told to address people in ways that “include all genders” — dropping the use of “boyfriend or girlfriend” and even “mom and dad.”
Diversity and inclusion (D&I) training at the Air Force Academy in Colorado includes instruction on how to “use inclusive language,” according to documents shared by Fox News Digital.
“Use words that include all genders,” the training material tells cadets, warning them to “ask” people what they “call themselves” rather than assuming.
Instead of saying “you guys,” cadets are told to use gender-neutral terms like “team,” “squaddies,” “folks” and even “y’all.”
“Some families are headed by single parents, grandparents, foster parents, two moms, two dads, etc.: consider ‘parent or caregiver’ instead of ‘mom and dad,'” the presentation states, telling cadets to “recognize diverse family formation.”
Equally, they are told to use “partner” rather than “boyfriend or girlfriend.’”
The training says to also use “person-centered” language, such as “people with disabilities” instead of “the disabled” and “transgender people” rather than “transgenders.”
“Not ‘Colorblind’ or ‘I don’t see color,’ but Color Conscious,” it adds. “We see Color/Patterns AND VALUE people for their uniqueness.”
The slides insist that inclusive language is critical in both helping “lift others (motivate our teams)” as well as in “developing warfighters.”
“Today we are preparing to face challenges that may not exist today,” the training says.
“For example, Information Warfare only became a career field 7 years ago, and we stood up the Space Force in 2019. This makes our need to innovate critical.
“Thus, our leaders have deemed D&I a warfighting imperative.”
An Air Force Academy spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital that the training was developed to “introduce all cadets to Department of the Air Force definitions of diversity and inclusion, as well as how these concepts enhance our warfighting effectiveness.”
The force “develops leaders of character that can lead diverse teams of Airmen and Guardians inclusively, to enhance innovation and win future conflict,” the spokesperson said.
The exercises “were intended to highlight diversity of thought and the benefits of including multiple perspectives,” the rep said.
“It is the diversity of Airmen and Guardians coming from all corners of our nation who perform the Department of the Air Force’s hundreds of critical mission sets that make us the best, most innovative Air and Space Forces the world has ever known,” the spokesperson insisted.
Rep. Mike Waltz, a Green Beret and Afghan War veteran, warned that it was just the latest woke “macro-aggression” that is disturbing military members and their families.
“It’s been a tradition in the military to get letters from mom and dad or your boyfriend and girlfriend for as long as there’s been a military,” he told Fox News Digital.
“Now we’re instructing every cadet entering the Air Force to not say mom and dad, to not say boyfriend or girlfriend … I think the Air Force should be worried about the macro-aggressions against America that are happening all over the world.”
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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have had many epic duels over the years. As Federer gets ready to call it a career, the two will share the court one last time — as partners.
Thursday’s Laver Cup draw revealed that Federer will team with Nadal in doubles for his final match Friday night in London before retiring. The two will face Americans Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock, then Matteo Berrettini will replace Federer for the remainder of the tournament.
“For as long as we battled together, having had always this respect for one another, our families, coaching teams, for us as well to go through a career we both have had, come out the other side and have a nice relationship, is maybe a great message to tennis and beyond,” Federer said of teaming with Nadal, according to ESPN.
Nadal, who appeared with Federer on the practice court Thursday along with Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, said it’s going to “be difficult to handle everything” about Federer’s sendoff match.
“After all the amazing things that we shared together on and off court, be part of this historic moment gonna be something amazing [and] unforgettable for me,” Nadal said during Team Europe’s group press conference, per Tennis.com.
The 41-year-old Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam winner, announced his retirement on social media last Thursday, citing the “challenges” his lingering knee issues have presented.
Though it’s in vogue for aging iconic athletes to waffle on retirements — Tom Brady unretired after 40 days and Serena Williams left the door ajar for more tennis after the US Open — Federer told NBC’s Savannah Guthrie that he’s “definitely done.”
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Warning: This “Stranger Things” optical illusion may haunt your dreams.
The internet is freaking out over this “Stranger Things”-inspired optical illusion, which hides an image that might be scarier than anything from the most recent season of the show. A video depicting the terrifying brain teaser currently boasts 14.7 million views on TikTok as puzzlers’ minds are flayed over the scary sight.
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“You can only see this portrait with your eyes closed,” intones the illusion’s creator @rishi.draws in the trippy clip, which depicts a multi-colored negative of Eleven, the clairvoyant protagonist from the Netflix series.
To achieve the spine-tingling vision, the viewer must stare at the white dot in the middle of her forehead for 30 seconds and then close their eyes, per the clip.
They’re then instructed to tilt their head up towards a “bright light source” — doing this during the day works best, per the clip — and open their eyes. After about eight seconds, a negative visage of “Eleven” will materialize in front of their face like an optometrical jump scare, per the video.
Needless to say, the frightening effect sent shudders across social media with one TikTokker writing, “Wow – that was way cooler than I expected.”
“I WAS LIKE NAHH I DON’T SEE IT AND THEN SHE WAS RIGHT THERE LOOKING AT ME BRUH,” shuddered another.
“Help it won’t go awayyyyy,” cried one terrified TikTokker, while another claimed that they could still see the ghostly image while looking at the comments.
The delayed jump scare effect is due to a principle called afterimage, which occurs when one spies a previously seen image when that image is no longer present, according to the Illusions Index.
“Negative afterimages exhibit inverted lightness levels, or colors complementary to, those of the stimulus and are usually brought on by prolonged viewing of a stimulus,” the site writes. “They are best seen against a brightly light background.”
They add that this retinal specter, at least in part “because some cells (cones) on the retina do not respond to the present stimulation because they have been desensitized by looking at a previous stimulus.”
This isn’t the first star-powered optical illusion to send social media users running for the hills.
In July, puzzlers were losing their minds over this creepy image, which makes celebrity’s faces look hideously distorted like a fun-house mirror.
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Long considered the very definition of a tropical paradise, the Cayman Islands is made up of three small islands—Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac—known for gorgeous beaches and top-notch diving spots.
The island nation also holds the reputation as the “Culinary Capital of the Caribbean,” and though this alliterative moniker may be self-appointed, you’ll find a bounty of tasty island specialties like fried red snapper, conch fritters, and turtle stew—all typically available at your hotel’s in-house restaurant.
With delicious cuisine, technicolor sunsets, abundant outdoor and aquatic adventure—not to mention a wealth of R&R in the sun and sand—Cayman vacations all but promise a smorgasbord of tropical pleasures. To plan your next trip, these are some of the top hotels and resorts across the Cayman Islands.
1. Westin Grand Cayman: Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa
Location: Grand Cayman
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At the Westin Grand Cayman, guests can alternate between hanging out at the largest freshwater pool in the Cayman Islands and swimming off the famous Seven Mile Beach located steps from the hotel lobby. The resort has plenty of places to lay out and soak in the ample Caribbean sun.
The resort underwent a massive renovation in 2017. All 343 updated guest rooms include nautical-themed navy blue carpeting, oversized abstract artwork above the beds, and sleek, modern bathrooms. Start your day with breakfast at Ferdinand’s which includes a standard buffet with waffles, bacon, and an array of pastries. Some culinary standouts are the lamb chops and crab cakes at the hotel’s beachfront Beach House restaurant and the sushi and ceviche at woto, the resort’s new Asian restaurant.
2. The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman
Location: Grand Cayman
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in 2021, the Ritz-Carlton, the island’s “grand dame,” polished up with an expansive restoration, resulting in newly reimagined guest rooms and suites with soaring four-poster beds, marble bathrooms, and rich wood furniture. Amenities include six restaurants, a golf club, a water park, and a kids club.
The resort’s crown jewel is Blue by Eric Ripert. This signature restaurant serves six- and seven-course tasting menus alongside an extensive 700-bottle wine portfolio. The resort’s two towers are connected by a walkway—the Resort Tower and Ocean Tower; the latter has guest rooms with terraces overlooking Seven Mile Beach. The resort is what you’d expect from a Ritz-Carlton: elegant furnishings, top-notch service, and excellent food.
3. Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa
Location: Grand Cayman
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Kimpton brand hotels and resorts are known for their design-forward properties, and the Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa doesn’t disappoint. Visitors can expect guest rooms with velvet armchairs, stylish hanging wicker seats, and bright orange throw pillows. Most of the 264 rooms and suites have balconies with direct views of Seven Mile Beach, and guests can also opt for freestanding villas or bungalows near the sand.
The resort feels cozy but has lots of amenities, including an 8,500-square-foot spa, a kids camp for ages 5–12, and a water park. Outside, guests can Jet Ski or book a sunset sail on the resort’s own 36-foot catamaran aptly named Seafire. And there’s no shortage of good dining options. Head to Coccoloba for piña coladas and chicken tinga tacos or score a seat at the dining counter at Avecita for the chef’s special tasting menu.
4. Palm Heights
Location: Grand Cayman
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One of the latest additions to the Seven Mile Beach shoreline, Palm Heights is a trendy boutique resort with a bohemian ’70s theme. The attention to detail is impressive, with the hotel lounge featuring 1970s-style furniture decked with ’70s-era magazines and books. The resort houses a mere 52 suites, each of which boasts an ocean view to take full advantage of the beachfront location.
The property has four restaurants, including Tillie’s, a local favorite for long lunches, and Paradise Pizza, an outpost for brick oven pizza in a backyard setting. The hotel also has an artists’ residency program and hosts DJs, dancers, and visual artists who create a piece of work while there. On site, guests can enjoy the beach and pool, or the concierge can arrange for activities like horseback riding, scuba diving, and helicopter tours.
5. Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort
Location: Grand Cayman
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This Grand Cayman staple has a clean, natural aesthetic and the guest rooms feature classic Caribbean decor like light turquoise walls and contrasting dark wood furniture. Most of the 295 guest rooms at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort have fantastic views of Seven Mile Beach.
The hotel offers babysitting services, a kids club, and one- and two-bedroom suites with a seating area and a dining table for six. There are four restaurants and lounges; the most popular is Anchor & Den, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner with an eclectic international menu of dragon rolls, pad thai, housemade ravioli, and seafood paella.
6. Botanica Cayman
Location: Grand Cayman
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Botanica Cayman is a family-owned property on Grand Cayman that includes 14 luxury cottages. Accommodations start at 600 square feet for the Queen Cottage and max out at 1,200 square feet for the two-bedroom Deluxe Cottage. The gorgeous white-washed cottages include fully equipped kitchens, and the living areas are minimalist and come with sleeper sofas and rustic wood furniture. The bedrooms feature ecofriendly details like bamboo sheets and mattresses.
Guests can laze by the pool or enjoy meals in the private courtyard adjacent to their cottage. When you’re ready to head to Seven Mile Beach—a few minutes away—the property has complimentary beach chairs, umbrellas, and snorkel gear.
7. Caribbean Club
Location: Grand Cayman
Book Now: Caribbean Club
For those in search of supreme privacy, Caribbean Club provides 37 one-, two-, and three-bedroom suites with open floor plans and fully equipped kitchens. The guest rooms have a warm, classic decor with beige upholstered furniture, leather armchairs, and floral area rugs. Ideal for long-term travel, the suites come with washers and dryers and daily housekeeping is included.
In addition to its direct access to Seven Mile Beach, the property offers a shared pool with a waterfall, and access to beach cabanas is included. The suites are a hit with return travelers, and past guests rave about the property’s attentive service. The main restaurant, Luca, has an Italian seafood menu for brunch, lunch, and dinner. Standouts include the lobster ravioli (made in-house) and the pan-seared yellowfish tuna.
8. Southern Cross Club
Location: Little Cayman
Book Now: Southern Cross Club
Located on Little Cayman—the smallest of the three islands that make up the Cayman Islands—Southern Cross Club is a collection of 14 beach cottages perched on 900 feet of white-sand beach. Guests will need to take a short flight from George Town to Blossom Village via Cayman Airways, which offers four flight options a day. The brightly colored cottages have cool tile flooring, updated furniture, and wide windows that overlook the private beach. Select cottages have outdoor showers, and the secluded honeymoon suite on the eastern edge of the resort has French doors off the primary bedroom that lead to an expansive deck ideal for watching sunsets.
Southern Cross Club has also been designated as a “Green Globe Certified’’ property thanks to its commitment to minimizing air emissions while leveraging more efficient water and energy systems. The resort has an indoor/outdoor restaurant and offers a meal package that includes a buffet-style breakfast and lunch in addition to an à la carte dinner.
9. Rum Point Club Residences
Location: Grand Cayman
Book Now: Rum Point Club Residences
Numerous accommodations on Cayman Island are condos and beachfront apartments, and Rum Point Club Residences offers guests the comforts of staying in a one-, two-, three-, or four-bedroom residence combined with the services of a high-end resort. Tucked away in Cayman’s quiet North Side, the residences offer king-size beds, floor-to-ceiling windows in the bedrooms, and furnished, covered balconies.
Guests can have their kitchens stocked before arrival, dine at the resort’s restaurant—RPC Restaurant and Bar—or enjoy meals prepared by the resort’s private chef. Other amenities include a beachfront infinity pool, a luxurious spa, and a fitness center with personal training sessions. The concierge can also arrange local excursions to the nearby Crystal Coves, Stingray City, or to Cayman’s bioluminescent bay.
10. Le Soleil d’Or
Location: Cayman Brac
Book Now: Le Soleil d’Or
A mix of rugged and bohemian, Le Soleil d’Or is a sustainable farm-to-table estate on Cayman Brac, five miles east of Little Cayman. Only 12 miles long, Cayman Brac is full of limestone caves and verdant hiking trails along with Cayman’s signature white beaches, making Le Soleil d’Or a prime property for those seeking outdoor adventure.
Le Soleil d’Or translates to “the golden sun,” and the resort’s breezy studios and beach cottages (plus a three-bedroom house) all make outstanding use of the Caribbean’s abundance of sunshine. The star is the 20-acre farm where the on-site restaurant sources its fresh, seasonal ingredients. Though it feels like a remote hideaway, the resort also includes such amenities as daily housekeeping, Wi-Fi, a shared oceanfront pool, and a daily breakfast with fresh fruit from the property farm. The resort has a knowledgeable concierge to arrange activities like snorkeling, hiking, and rock climbing around Cayman Brac.
11. Wyndham Reef Resort
Location: Grand Cayman
Book Now: Wyndham Reef Resort
The Wyndham Reef Resort is one of the few properties on Grand Cayman with an all-inclusive option, and for stays longer than five nights the resort offers a customizable all-inclusive plan with meals, water activities, and premium alcohol add-ons. There are 152 beachfront condos; the largest is a two-bedroom suite with a living and dining room, ensuring plenty of space for families to spread out.
Families can also take advantage of the in-room babysitting services, kids pool, and nightly entertainment. The resort offers a daily activity schedule with bird and fish feeding opportunities, arts and crafts, bingo, and movie nights. For travelers looking to have everything in one place, the Wyndham Reef Resort provides a hassle-free vacation.
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The police remand report on the AKG Centre attack states that the accused Jithin hurled the firecrackers intending to cause physical harm.
The report also mentions the involvement of a conspiracy. Jithin, who was later on the day remanded, had reportedly told a section of the local Youth Congress leaders and friends about the attack, the report states.
On forensic examination of the residue, traces of Potassium Chlorate was found, the report says. Potassium Chlorate is an oxidising agent that can be found even in safety matches.
According to the investigators, Jithin has confessed to launching the attack close to midnight on June 30 in retaliation to the CPM attacks on Rahul Gandhi's office in Wayanad and on a KPCC office.
The police say Jithin used a friend's Dio scooter, which is yet to be traced. At least 17,333 vehicles in the Thiruvananthapuram district have been checked to find the one that was used by the suspect to commit the crime.
Jithin works for an online taxi company and from there the copy allegedly traced his location during the day of the attack to Gowreesapattom. The police claim to have also found the t-shirt and shoes used by the accused during the attack.
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KSRTC has announced that it will operate all services on Friday when the Popular Front of India has called for a state-wide hartal.
Biju Prabhakar, CMD, KSRTC has directed all units to continue the daily services and ensure the availability of buses to hospitals, airports, and railway stations if necessary.
The unit heads have been directed to seek police help and even make formal requests for protection if needed. The PFI has informed that it will observe a 12-hour hartal beginning 6 am on Friday protesting the nationwide crackdown on its offices by the NIA and other agencies.
Uni exams update
Kerala University, MG University, and Kannur University have postponed all exams that were scheduled to be held on Friday in the wake of the hartal.
Kerala University has also postponed Friday's B.Ed spot allotment to September 25.
No change in PSC exams
Meanwhile, the Kerala Public Services Commission has informed that its exams and service verification will go ahead as scheduled on Friday.
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Increases Carbon-Negative Support in ERCOT to 2,304 MW Passes Halfway Point to Goal of 4,000 MW by 2025
HOUSTON, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WattBridge Energy, LLC announced financial closing for 480 MW of firm dispatchable generation for ERCOT. The transaction includes the company's sixth installation in 32 months—the 288-MW Remy Jade facility—and a further 192 MW of incremental units at existing WattBridge sites. Furthermore, this new generation advances the company's 2025 goal to boost energy security in Texas by 4,000 MW.
When completed, these facilities will increase the WattBridge portfolio in the load-heavy ERCOT Houston zone to 2,304 MW, with another 1,696 MW in advanced development. The platform uses fast-start technology specifically engineered to support renewable installations when demand surpasses available supply, whether in routine or extreme weather conditions.
"Following Winter Storm Uri, our State's leadership prioritized electric reliability to meet the everyday needs of Texas citizens," says State Senator Brandon Creighton, District 4. "I'm pleased to see a Texas-based company using American innovation and manufacturing to not only answer our call, but also deliver at a pace and cost that quickly realizes the reliable, affordable power Texans need."
Anticipated to be online in January of 2024, the Remy Jade facility will operate in Harris County using six LM6000 gas-turbine packages while the merchant units will incorporate four LM6000 gas-turbine packages. Like all WattBridge plants, the new facilities will be delivered as turnkey solutions by PROENERGY. Leveraging standardized design, the company specializes in resilient power that serves as a backstop to renewable energy and addresses grid intermittency concerns.
"Over the past year, the United States has seen record demand for fast-start power generation, and this trend is repeating all over the world," says Jeff Canon, PROENERGY CEO. "We believe that our technology—driven by passionate engineers and manufacturing teams in Sedalia, Missouri—offers a responsible pathway to progress the energy transition and support a sustainable energy future."
As one of the most prolific owners of LM6000 aeroderivative engines in the world, WattBridge offers a model that stabilizes grids while decarbonizing power generation, says the company's President Mike Alvarado.
"By displacing inefficient, high-carbon assets, the WattBridge platform offers a carbon-negative addition to any market," he says. "With the financial backing of our investors, close relationships with governmental and regulatory bodies, and EPC capabilities of PROENERGY, we're demonstrating the relevance and repeatability of our platform for the energy transition in Texas and beyond."
Key parties in the Remy Jade project are:
Facility Owner—WattBridge Energy
Plant Equipment, Engineering, Construction, and Operation—PROENERGY
Financing—MUFG Union Bank, N.A., CoBank ACB, ING Group, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale (Helaba)
Gas Transmission and Gas Supplier—Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline, LLC
Transmission Service Provider—CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC
WattBridge Energy is a Houston, Texas-based global independent power producer. Serving as a bridge between emissions-intensive power generation and a fully renewable future, WattBridge operates under the vision of enabling wind and solar-energy growth. With 2,304 MW operating or under construction in ERCOT and a further 1,696 MW in advanced development—all driven by reliable LM6000 engines—WattBridge is among the largest owners and operators of this technology in the world. For more on WattBridge, visit www.wattbridge.info.
Based in Sedalia, Missouri, PROENERGY is a global peaking-power solutions provider with operational experience on every continent. The company offers vertically integrated aeroderivative power services, including engineering, construction, operations, repair, maintenance, research, and true, turnkey power generation facilities that include the complete balance of plant. For more on PROENERGY, visit www.proenergyservices.com.
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First-of-its-kind Galleri® Multi-Cancer Early Detection blood test can screen for multiple cancers through a single blood draw.
DETROIT and MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Henry Ford Health, one of the nation's leading academic medical centers recognized for excellence in clinical care, research and education, and GRAIL, LLC, a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, today announced Henry Ford Health as the first healthcare provider in Michigan to offer Galleri®, GRAIL's Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) blood test. Henry Ford is among an early group of healthcare providers in the U.S. to offer this MCED test.
"We are entering an era of unprecedented ability to detect cancer at its earliest stages, which may ultimately help save many lives," said Adnan Munkarah, M.D., Chief Clinical Officer at Henry Ford Health. "Diagnosing and treating cancer at an earlier stage often leads to more favorable outcomes. We are excited to offer this MCED blood test, which research shows can detect a cancer signal shared across more than 50 types of cancer through a single blood draw."
The Galleri test is intended for use in those who are at an elevated risk of cancer, such as individuals ages 50 or older. Some younger people may also have an elevated risk of cancer, which is why Henry Ford is making the Galleri test available to patients who are 22 years or older, have no history of cancer or have been cancer-free at least three years, and are not currently pregnant.
"We believe that multi-cancer early detection tests like Galleri are the new front on the war against cancer and will enable us to dramatically increase cancer detection from screening in the population, with the goal of improving public health," said Bob Ragusa, Chief Executive Officer at GRAIL. "We are excited to work with Henry Ford Health in adding Galleri as a complement to U.S. guideline-recommended cancer screenings."
Galleri MCED test can detect many cancers that are not commonly screened for today to allow for earlier treatment, and can be incorporated into a routine healthcare visit. If a cancer signal is found, the results can point to where in the body the cancer is coming from. This can help healthcare providers guide next steps.
"Routine cancer screenings remain essential for early detection," said Ben Movsas, M.D., Medical Director of Henry Ford Health Cancer. "But a MCED blood test can be used in addition to guideline-recommended cancer screenings, such as mammography, colonoscopy, prostate-specific antigen or cervical cancer screening. In a clinical study, the test also detected some cancer types, such as pancreatic, ovarian and esophageal, that currently lack routine recommended screening guidelines. This can provide a way to detect cancers earlier that are often not detected until a later stage."
All cells in the body release DNA into the bloodstream, but DNA from cancer cells is different from the DNA of healthy cells. The Galleri test looks at the DNA in a patient's blood to determine if any of it may have come from cancer cells. In a clinical study, the Galleri test demonstrated the ability to detect a shared signal from more than 50 types of cancer, more than 45 of which lack recommended screening tests today. Final results from the first PATHFINDER study, an interventional study that examined how well an MCED test can be integrated into clinical practice, were presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2022 and demonstrated Galleri's performance was consistent with findings from previous observational and case-controlled studies, underscoring the potential real-world ability of Galleri to find more cancers in earlier stages.
"For many people, routine cancer screenings are a part of the regular care they receive from their primary care physician," said Dan Passerman, D.O., Chair of Family Medicine at Henry Ford Health. "The ability to include this test in a routine visit, and to obtain actionable health information as a result, will help people protect their health in a very meaningful and convenient way."
Because the test is not currently covered by insurance, the Galleri MCED test is an out-of-pocket cost. Patients may be eligible to participate in the interventional PATHFINDER 2 study, which is evaluating the implementation and performance of Galleri in a clinical care setting. The study is currently enrolling individuals who meet the eligibility requirements, which include:
- 50 years or older and receive care at Henry Ford Health.
- Have never been diagnosed with cancer or have been cancer-free at least three years.
- Are not participants in previous or ongoing GRAIL sponsored studies.
Henry Ford team members and their dependents who are enrolled in a Health Alliance Plan (HAP) of Michigan insurance plan may be eligible for a test at no cost.
Galleri is available by physician order only. Those who may be interested in the Galleri test should consult with their Henry Ford primary care physician to determine whether the test is appropriate for them.
To learn more about the Galleri test at Henry Ford Health, visit henryford.com/cancerbloodtest.
Serving communities across Michigan and beyond, Henry Ford Health is committed to partnering with patients and members along their entire health journey. Henry Ford Health provides a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care, to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other healthcare retail.
It is one of the nation's leading academic medical centers, recognized for clinical excellence in cancer care, cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, and multi-organ transplants. Consistently ranked among the top five NIH-funded institutions in Michigan, Henry Ford Health engages in more than 2,000 research projects annually. Equally committed to educating the next generation of health professionals, Henry Ford Health trains more than 4,000 medical students, residents and fellows every year across 50+ accredited programs.
With more than 33,000 valued team members, Henry Ford Health is also among Michigan's largest and most diverse employers, including nearly 6,000 physicians and researchers from the Henry Ford Medical Group, Henry Ford Physician Network and Jackson Health Network.
The health system is led by President and CEO Robert G. Riney and serves a growing number of customers across 250+ locations throughout Michigan including five acute care hospitals, two destination facilities for complex cancer and orthopedics and sports medicine care, three behavioral health facilities, primary care and urgent care centers.
GRAIL is a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. GRAIL is focused on alleviating the global burden of cancer by developing pioneering technology to detect and identify multiple deadly cancer types early. The company is using the power of next-generation sequencing, population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to enhance the scientific understanding of cancer biology, and to develop its multi-cancer early detection blood test. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. GRAIL, LLC, is a subsidiary of Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) currently held separate from Illumina Inc. under the terms of the Interim Measures Order of the European Commission dated 29 October 2021.
For more information, visit grail.com.
The earlier that cancer is detected, the higher the chance of successful outcomes. The Galleri multi-cancer early detection test can detect signals across more than 50 types of cancer, as defined by the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Manual, through a routine blood draw. When a cancer signal is detected, the Galleri test predicts the cancer signal origin, or where the cancer is located in the body, with high accuracy to help guide the next steps to diagnosis. The Galleri test requires a prescription from a licensed healthcare provider and should be used in addition to recommended cancer screenings such as mammography, colonoscopy, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, or cervical cancer screening. It is intended for use in people with an elevated risk of cancer, such as those aged 50 or older.
For more information about Galleri, visit galleri.com.
The Galleri test is recommended for use in adults with an elevated risk for cancer, such as those aged 50 or older. The Galleri test does not detect all cancers and should be used in addition to routine cancer screening tests recommended by a healthcare provider. Galleri is intended to detect cancer signals and predict where in the body the cancer signal is located. Use of Galleri is not recommended in individuals who are pregnant, 21 years old or younger, or undergoing active cancer treatment.
Results should be interpreted by a healthcare provider in the context of medical history, clinical signs and symptoms. A test result of "No Cancer Signal Detected" does not rule out cancer. A test result of "Cancer Signal Detected" requires confirmatory diagnostic evaluation by medically established procedures (e.g., imaging) to confirm cancer.
If cancer is not confirmed with further testing, it could mean that cancer is not present or testing was insufficient to detect cancer, including due to the cancer being located in a different part of the body. False-positive (a cancer signal detected when cancer is not present) and false-negative (a cancer signal not detected when cancer is present) test results do occur. Rx only.
GRAIL's clinical laboratory is certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) and accredited by the College of American Pathologists. The Galleri test was developed, and its performance characteristics were determined by GRAIL. The Galleri test has not been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. GRAIL's clinical laboratory is regulated under CLIA to perform high-complexity testing. The Galleri test is intended for clinical purposes.
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Avatar Re-Release Features a New Look at The Way of Water
This weekend, James Cameron’s Avatar will return to theaters for a limited time and give viewers the chance to experience the movie as the director claims it was “meant” to be seen. The re-release promises to show the film with enhanced picture and sound. Regardless, this may not be enough to convince some fans to shell out money for a ticket. But this may be the proper incentive. Via Deadline, the upcoming screenings also include a post-credits tag featuring new footage from Avatar: The Way of Water.
As of today, Avatar has already been re-released in international markets including Korea and France. But fans who have already seen the film have begun sharing their reactions online. And it sounds like they were very impressed by what they saw from the highly-anticipated sequel. Deadline also notes that moviegoers aren’t being treated to the exact same footage. So depending on which screening you attend, you might be getting a different collection of scenes.
This isn’t the first time that Avatar has come back to theaters. A Chinese re-release in 2021 helped the film reclaim its spot as the highest-grossing movie of all time (replacing Avengers: Endgame, which snatched the crown for itself in 2019). However, the new screenings re-master the original installment in 4K high-dynamic range. And the film will be available to watch in all formats, including 3D.
RELATED: James Cameron Doesn’t Know if Avatar 2 Will Be Successful
Right now, it remains to be seen if The Way of Water can replicate the original Avatar’s record-breaking box office intake. Cameron himself recently admitted that he isn’t sure about the sequel’s financial prospects. It’s hard to say if interest in Pandora is still the same after 13 years between films. But in the long run, the upcoming re-release will give us a definitive answer. If successful, it could signal a bright future ahead for the Na’vi’s next adventure.
Avatar returns to theaters tomorrow, September 23. Avatar: The Way of Water will arrive on December 16.
Is the promise of new footage enough to get you to see the film on the big screen this weekend? Let us know in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: The World of Avatar: A Visual Exploration
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INROADS PARTNERS WITH THE GREATER KANAWHA VALLEY FOUNDATION AND STEP BY STEP, INC. TO PREPARE HIGH SCHOOLERS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS
CHARLESTON, W.Va., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new INROADS partnership is preparing more minority high school students for college and careers. The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation and Step by Step, Inc. are investing in underserved students by bringing the INROADS College Links program to Charleston, WV.
"This is an opportunity to change the lives of students in Charleston. Our future will depend on the ability to identify and cultivate the talent of tomorrow, and the INROADS College Links program provides us with a chance to invest in bright, young minds," says Michelle Foster, President and CEO of The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation.
Together, both organizations are investing over $287,000 for the expansion of the INROADS College Links program to Charleston, West Virginia. INROADS College Links is an innovative program that seeks to close the knowledge and skills gap that often plagues talented and underserved youth, particularly from racial minority communities. Step By Step, Inc.'s and The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation's investment will be used to provide support to high school students preparing early for college and career success.
"We are thrilled to provide these life-changing benefits to students in Charleston, West Virginia," says Forest T. Harper Jr., President and CEO, INROADS, Inc. "Bringing our College Links program to Charleston provides high school students with access to financial literacy, career training, a network of corporate influencers, and early entry into a talent pipeline that leads to powerful careers they may not have had before. We aim to create brighter futures. Bring hope. Make a difference."
Students in high school can take advantage of INROADS College Links' year-round support in areas like job exploration, professional development, and coaching and mentoring to start early leadership development. Participating in this program gives students a leg up on the competition when applying to universities and internships.
"Step by Step, Inc. is honored to partner with INROADS College Links to bolster our foundational commitment to helping youth in the areas we serve not only dream of a brighter future, but more importantly build the skills, knowledge and competencies necessary to connect to meaningful work that will make a difference in their lives and the lives of others," says Michael Tierney, Founder and Executive Director of Step by Step, Inc.
To learn more about the launch of INROADS Charleston, WV market plan to attend the live media event on Friday September 23, 2022, at 11am est. at Slack Plaza 177 Summers St. Charleston, WV.
Founded in 1970, INROADS delivers innovative programs and creative solutions that identify, accelerate, and elevate the development of underrepresented talent throughout their careers. Through this development, students become equipped for corporate and community leadership that effects community renewal, social change and elevates economic status and quality of life. INROADS has graduated more than 30,000 alumni into full-time professional and leadership positions with more than 1,000 corporate partners. Currently, INROADS serves nearly 1,000 interns. Learn more at INROADS.org and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn: @INROADSInc.
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation is a philanthropic leader that helps donors, nonprofits, and other collaborative partners strengthen our community so all of the people and places we serve have the opportunity to thrive. The Foundation was created in 1962 by and for the people of the Greater Kanawha Valley area, which encompasses Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Fayette, and Putnam counties in West Virginia. The Foundation is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation is the largest Community Foundation in the state of West Virginia and celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2022.
Step by Step, Inc. is dedicated to people working together to achieve their dreams in kindred communities across southern West Virginia through dialogue, education and the arts, wellness, local leadership and resources, and service. Since our founding in 1988, Step by Step continues to uphold the core commitments we have made as a leadership, peer support and creative expression group for youth in the child welfare system. Through a three-pronged strategy, Step by Step helps youth to 1) Dream- To provide opportunities for young people to explore, discover and express their gifts; 2) Work- To recognize the agency, the importance of the work of children, youth, parents and guardians, and to create paths for them to develop the skills to be vital, thriving citizens; and 3) Grow- To develop communities that surround children and youth with love and support, following them from early childhood to independent adulthood.
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The partnership uses comprehensive virtual clinical research technology in people-forward research to advance the science of pain and inflammation.
LOS ANGELES and HUNTINGTON, N.Y., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- People Science™, a direct-to-consumer scientific research company providing a scaled R&D platform for alternative medicines, and Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical, a drug development company creating novel solutions for pain and inflammation, announce today a partnership to develop tools for healthcare providers and their patients to track, monitor, and understand the effects of treatments on their health in the real world setting. Using a data-driven and people-forward approach, People Science will develop protocols and workflows, designed in collaboration with experts in opioid use disorder and inflammatory disease states. People Science's proprietary software technology CHLOE™, the Consumer Health Learning and Organizing Ecosystem, will enable both the healthcare providers and their patients to track symptoms, outcomes, quality of life, and the response to various therapies and approaches. CHLOE is a highly customizable, modular software technology that combines a consumer-facing mobile app with a rigorous high-quality clinical research platform. People Science will then work with engaged clinicians and their patients to prototype the useability and usefulness of this tool in everyday practice in the clinics and at home.
"We are thrilled to be collaborating with People Science as our missions are exactly on point with driving advancements that put people at the center of the outcomes gathering." said Jackie Iversen, RPh, MS, Cofounder and Head of Clinical Development at Sen-Jam. "The number one reason a person cannot release themselves from the grip of opioid use is the harrowing withdrawal symptoms. We believe our product can radically reduce these symptoms using a non-opioid, safe and effective product. This partnership promises to liberate independent study on a pre-clinical level for so many who desperately need it."
More and more attention is being given to the worsening drug epidemic with both prescription opioids as well as illicit substitutes. Recently, the American Medical Association released a report that found barriers to care have worsened in the nation's drug overdose epidemic, asking industry stakeholders to take greater action in response. The partnership between People Science and Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical is arguably a huge step to that end.
Not only will this approach provide more diverse and relevant data related to real world interactions and standards of care in managing inflammatory conditions, this will also support patients in taking an active role in tracking their symptoms and their journey to health and wellness. This partnership is a reflection of People Science and Sen-Jam's shared vision to give individuals the tools to live healthy, happier, pain- and stress-free lives.
"We are excited to support the mission of Sen-Jam as they are thinking so creatively about this challenging societal problem and how to engage meaningfully with the people suffering the most", said Belinda Tan, MD, PhD, Co-founder and Co-CEO of People Science, "This partnership represents a great use case of how CHLOE can enable a better understanding of how we care for people suffering with pain and opiate use disorders."
Using technology to bridge the communication gap between patients and healthcare providers has become the standard of clinical research, given worldwide quarantine measures and rapid adoption of telehealth. Patients suffering from inflammatory conditions are well-suited to flexible tools that save cost, time, and energy. Insights from CHLOE will be used to further develop technology for patients and clinicians to discover what works best.
People Science™ is a public benefit corporation building a people-forward clinical research infrastructure to support the evolution, knowledge, and understanding of alternative medicines and digital health solutions - things that can keep us well or make us better. We help clients determine if their products actually improve the health and wellness of customers. As a technology-enabled clinical research company we also empower individuals to answer the question, "what works best for me?" via the proprietary CHLOE™ app. People Science tests good ideas by supporting research with the people that care about those ideas. Learn more at People Science, and follow People Science™ on LinkedIn.
Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical is a drug development and licensing company that aims to revolutionize pain and inflammation. Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical's mission is to improve societal wellbeing by developing therapeutics that are safe, efficacious, and accessible by all. Sen-Jam repurposes small molecules to develop novel therapeutics for large unmet needs with a focus on improving clinical outcomes. Using patented proprietary technology and the accelerated 505(b)2 pathway, Sen-Jam is on a mission to offer the next generation of anti-inflammatory relief since aspirin was invented 125 years ago. Learn more at www.sen-jam.com.
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Company Executive And Beverage Alcohol Industry Veteran, Andrew Levy, Promoted to SVP of Strategy
CHICAGO, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Provi, the largest ecommerce marketplace for the beverage alcohol industry, today announced its new SVP of Strategic Partnerships, Andy Berman, to deepen relationships with wine, beer, and spirits suppliers through the company's digital B2B offerings. Berman previously served as Head of Americas, Audience Network at Facebook and was most recently an executive at GoPuff. Andy brings over a decade of technology and online marketplace experience to Provi.
In this role, Berman will help accelerate Provi's mission of strengthening connections throughout the three-tier system with digital offerings for large, mid-size and emerging suppliers. Provi's online marketplace supports suppliers' three-tier ecommerce strategies and trade advocacy programs by increasing awareness, education and product accuracy to on-and-off premise retailers.
"We're thrilled to welcome Andy Berman to further unlock new opportunities for brands of all sizes," said Provi's Founder & CEO, Taylor Katzman. "Andy's extensive marketplace experience will help fuel our mission of a connected marketplace across buyers, distributors and suppliers."
Provi's online marketplace simplifies the complex process of ordering wholesale alcohol by connecting buyers, distributors, and suppliers all in one place. With over 1,400 distributor integrations, Provi's three-tier compliant solution enhances brand visibility and education for licensed trade buyers on the marketplace.
"I am excited to apply my knowledge to the beverage alcohol industry and further support Provi's mission of propelling the sector forward, through digital advancements," stated Berman. "Online solutions, like Provi, have the ability to positively transform the overall growth and innovation of beer, wine, and spirit products. I'm thrilled to have a direct impact in how suppliers will develop and enhance their go-to-market strategies."
Andrew Levy, who previously filled Provi's SVP of Strategic Partnerships role, has been promoted to SVP of Strategy overseeing efforts across corporate development, commercial partnerships, and industry affairs. Levy, who brings with him nearly two decades of beverage alcohol experience including his former role as Constellation Brands Vice President, will further embed Provi as an industry resource and active member of the industry. Levy's department will focus on giving back to the hospitality industry and providing education around the digital transformation of the sector.
Both Levy and Berman will report directly to Taylor Katzman.
Provi is an online marketplace that connects the beverage alcohol industry. Active in key markets throughout the U.S., Provi's robust, online marketplace improves communication and efficiency for on- and off-premise buyers, distributors and suppliers. As of 2022, 10 percent of licensed retailers in the U.S. are on the marketplace. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Provi has received a total of $125 million in funding, is valued at $750 million and has recently been named an Emerging Unicorn by Crunchbase. The company also received Built In Chicago's Best Places to Work recognition in 2022. In 2022, Provi joined forces with SevenFifty.
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Near Perth Amboy? How to help Hurricane Fiona victims in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic
PERTH AMBOY – Donations will be collected in the city Saturday to help the people of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic who are dealing with widespread power outages and massive flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona.
The city, which has a large Hispanic population, is partnering with Agencia de Servicios Sociales Pentecostales (ASSPEN) and Troopers United Foundation, to host the Hurricane Fiona relief drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Alexander Jankowski Community Center, 1 Olive St., off Market Street in Perth Amboy, Mayor Helmin Caba announced.
Acceptable donations include water, canned goods, toiletries, batteries, cleaning supplies and first aid supplies.
"Our hearts and prayers are with the families in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic," Caba said in a Facebook post. "My office is actively working to identify partners, including our state officials, to mobilize additional aid to help meet the urgent needs of the residents on the island."
Caba said the need ranges from volunteers, emergency essentials, food and drinkable water to tarps for covering collapsed roofs.
"We ask you to be vigilant in prayer and to be mindful of any scams requesting donations," Caba added. "Let's unite our thoughts and lift our voices in prayer for our brothers and sisters in the Caribbean."
Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico last weekend as a Category 1 storm dumping up to 20 inches of rain on parts of the island which was still recovering from the devastation caused five years ago from Hurricane Maria.
For subscribers:5 years later, Puerto Ricans are still struggling with Hurricane Maria's devastation. Then came Hurricane Fiona.
"Puerto Rico has suffered yet another tragic natural disaster with Hurricane Fiona,” said Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez, D-Middlesex, in a statement. "In a matter of hours, Hurricane Fiona wiped out much of the resiliency and rebuilding efforts undertaken by the island leaving mass power outages, severe flooding, and substantial damage in its wake.
“New Jersey’s relationship with Puerto Rico has always been strong and we stand ready to offer whatever may be needed in this time of crisis. My thoughts and prayers are with all of those impacted and I know the island will recover from this too and rebuild. I encourage anyone who would like to help Puerto Rico to visit www.redcross.org to support their efforts,” Lopez said.
“Seeing the destruction levied on Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic by Hurricane Fiona only days before the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria is devastating," added Assemblywoman Annette Quijano, D-Union, in a statement.
“My heart goes out to the residents and families being affected by the unthinkable property damage, power outages, and flooding brought on by this natural disaster. Thank you to those working on the frontline to keep people safe and begin clean-up efforts,” Quijano said.
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Hundreds show up for hearing on future jet fighter pilot training plan
Ebbing Air National Guard Base expected to land program
A crowd of about 400 people filled the Fort Smith Convention Center Wednesday night for a public hearing on the future jet fighter pilot training plan to train foreign pilots at Ebbing Air National Guard Base.
The U.S. Air Force hosted the first of three public hearings about the plan to train foreign pilots to fly F-16s and F-35s the United States sells to other countries. The program is expected to bring a significant financial impact to the River Valley.
There were 60 people who signed up to speak for two minutes about the future training program Wednesday night. The City of Fort Smith has an environmental impact study underway in regards to the training program. The runway will need to be expanded and a flight simulator building constructed, officials said Wednesday night..
Areas near the air base could be impacted by noise, the land use, air quality or other environmental issues. There is a potential for an increase in noise at schools, events and in low-income and minority neighborhoods adjacent to the air base.
The health of the nearby population, including children and older adults is considered. Comments from the public will be taken through Oct. 17.
David Martin, Air Force Civil Engineer project manager was at the hearing part of a panel Wednesday night.
John Jeter, the music director of the Fort Smith Symphony, said he supports the plan for the jet pilot training program.
"I think it will be great for our community financially, it would bring a lot to our community," Jeter said. "And I think having so many foreign trained professionals which the base is going to be I think will really add quite a bit of flavor to the community."
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Motorcycle rider killed in Fort Smith collision
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A person riding a motorcycle was killed in Fort Smith Wednesday evening in a collision with a sport utility vehicle, police report.
About 6:10 p.m., police said the collision was on Waldron Road and Duncan. Waldron was closed between Ellsworth and Gordon while an accident reconstruction team worked to determine what happened.
The person who was riding the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene, police report.
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How Arkansas football's Jordan Domineck went from a rough start to an impact transfer
FAYETTEVILLE — Jordan Domineck's first practice with Arkansas football did not go well. The Georgia Tech transfer defensive end wasn't on campus for spring ball, so his first appearance in Razorback red came in preseason practices. It was a shock to the system for the redshirt senior.
During a team meeting, coach Sam Pittman did his usual routine. He showed the team practice footage of "effort plays" — both good effort and bad. Early in preseason practice, Domineck was the bad.
"He just didn’t know how to practice like we like to practice," Pittman said in August. "I actually put it up in front of the team and said, 'Since 1902, this is the worst D-line rep I’ve ever seen. I told them I went back in the archives to 1902 of every high school, every college … I was mad."
What followed was nothing short of a metamorphosis. Domineck answered the challenge from Pittman, and his effort didn't waiver from then on. Pittman praised him for the improved effort, and the results showed as soon as the season began.
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In Arkansas' opener against Cincinnati, Domineck had a strip sack and recovered the fumble himself. It was a heads-up play that earned him SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors.
He followed it up with another sack against South Carolina then 2.5 sacks and seven tackles against Missouri State in Week 3. Along with the team's sack leader, linebacker Drew Sanders, Domineck has been a key factor in a defense that leads the country with 17 sacks.
Pittman said Domineck chose to transfer because he wanted to see if he was "good enough" to play in the SEC, according to Pittman. Through three games, he's certainly looked good enough. Domineck's four sacks so far have already equaled his previous season-high from his sophomore year with the Yellow Jackets. He'll get his first SEC West test on Saturday (6 p.m. CT, ESPN) when the No. 10 Razorbacks (3-0, 1-0 SEC) play No. 20 Texas A&M (2-1) in Arlington, Texas.
"He’s a playmaker," safety Simeon Blair said. "He’s a go-getter. He’s going to make sure that he does his job, and if the ball gets out to the perimeter, he’s going to run out there and do that job, too."
An impact transfer
Domineck is one of nine new transfers getting consistent playing time for the Razorbacks and one of three on the defensive line. Arkansas' depth chart at defensive line is led by returners, but the group has been rotating frequently with a number of players seeing significant snaps.
The difference between the Domineck who started preseason practice and the Domineck who is flying to the quarterback now has been "night and day," Pittman said. He said the problem early on wasn't that Domineck wasn't a talented player, it was that he wasn't prepared for the way Arkansas practices. Every transfer player has to make that adjustment and become acclimated to their new team.
Georgia Tech finished 3-9 in each of the past three seasons. Playing for a nine-win SEC team was, naturally, different.
"It’s a very different vibe," Domineck said in a radio appearance on Sam Pittman Live. "The cohesion we have out here just as a unit, the whole team, not just certain individual groups. ... Anybody can go up and share advice with everybody, and everybody’s willing to listen."
Arkansas was the first school to reach out to Domineck when he entered the transfer portal, he said. He was drawn to the idea of an SEC atmosphere, the way Pittman had built up the program, and the university's physical therapy program. He hopes to become a physical therapist after football and open his own practice.
After one game in front of the Razorback Stadium crowd, Domineck knew he'd made the right choice.
"It was really electric, something that I've really never seen before up close and personal," Domineck said after the opener. "You'll always see a bunch of places where you can see on TV the crowds are getting into it, but it's nothing like actually feeling the electricity in the air that was there."
Christina Long covers the Arkansas Razorbacks for the Southwest Times Record and USA Today Network. You can follow her on Twitter @christinalong00 or email her at clong@swtimes.com.
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2023: Akeredolu will deliver South-West for Tinubu ― APC spokespersons
• Call for issue-based campaigns
The State Publicity Secretaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-West geopolitical zone, have thrown their weight behind Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State to succeed and deliver the region to the party.
The Publicity Secretaries who promised to support the Ondo State governor in the task ahead, following his appointment as the South West Coordinator for the Tinubu/Shetima Presidential Campaign Council, urged him to make the campaign issue-based.
Rising from a meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, the APC image makers congratulated Akeredolu and resolved to “explore the advantages inherent in unity and cohesion, to maximize potentials in the interest of the party and its candidates.”
The APC Publicity Secretaries in a statement issued and signed by the Secretary of the Conference of APC Publicity Secretaries in the zone, Alex Kalejaye, assured Akeredolu of their support to ensure overwhelming victory for the party in the South-West in the forthcoming elections.
The statement read: “We acknowledge the vocal and consistent push for the party to zone the presidency to Southern Nigeria by Arakunrin Akeredolu and all other governors and party leaders from the zone.
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“The appointment of Akeredolu, therefore, does not come to us as a surprise. We see it as striking appropriateness and of strategic values,”
The spokespersons called for “issue-based campaigns, devoid of fake news and hate speech, to enhance peace and harmonious relationship among ethnic leaders and stakeholders across the board in the overall interest of Nigeria.”
To steer its affairs, the meeting unanimously endorsed the spokesman for APC in Ogun state, Comrade Tunde Oladunjoye as the Zonal Coordinator, while Hon Alex Kalejaye of Ondo State will serve as the Secretary.
The meeting also acknowledged the parental role of the Conference of APC State Publicity Secretaries (CAPS) and promised to work in accord with the State Publicity Secretaries of our party in all other zones of the federation.
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Ajayi Crowther University has set up a firm, known as ACU Seeds, that specialises in producing seeds for high yield harvest to farmers.
The firm is being superintended over by the Faculty of Agriculture of the University.
In a meeting with staff of the faculty, where the company was inaugurated, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Timothy Adebayo, noted that he was delighted that the company was coming on board to alleviate the problem of farmers within the South west region and beyond, urging the staff to put in their best to ensure that the company gives quality service to farmers.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Muyiwa Popoola, who was also at the inauguration, expressed delight that the faculty was making waves, especially because previous attempts to mount it in the university did not see the light of the day.
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He described the Vice-Chancellor as a passionate professor of agriculture, who has brought his passion to bear on the job since he assumed duty nearly two years ago.
The Dean of Postgraduate School, Professor Joel Ayodabo, who also has interest in agriculture, also lauded the project.
In his presentation, Dr. Moses Adebayo, a Plant Breeder and Associate Professor in the Faculty, said the bulk of seed companies in Nigeria are in the northern part, noting that insecurity has largely made it difficult for them to supply farmers in other parts of Nigeria with quality seed to aid better harvest.
He said the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan has been very helpful in providing ‘breeders seed’ for the take off.
The Dean of the Faculty, Professor W.B. Akanbi, thanked the vice-chancellor for supporting the establishment of ACU Seeds, stating that apart from training students, the faculty would render more practical services to the community.
In an interview, Dr Adebayo, said ACU Seeds has 325 kg of seeds planted in 13 hectares of land in three locations.
He said the firm has been incorporated as a limited liability company, stating that the next stage, which has commenced, is registration with the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), the regulatory body for seed companies in Nigeria.
He said many farmers are aware of high yield seeds but resort to planting ordinary crops because they have no access to such seed.
He said the university would bridge that gap, and market the seeds to alleviate the problem of farmers in that respect.
He said the company currently has high maize seeds in stock.
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The Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Rt.Hon. Uchenna Okafor has called for a true Federalism in Nigeria where all the states and other Federating organs will be given the opportunity to develop optimally, using the country’s available resources.
Emma Madu, Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, who disclosed this in a statement made available to Journalists in Awka, on Thursday, said the Speaker, made the call in a lecture he delivered at Ottawa Canada during the 2022 Nigeria’s Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures Training held at University of Ottawa’s Institute of Governance.
He said the legislative training which is aimed at understudying the Canadian System and how it will aid legislation and good governance in Nigeria, was attended by the Speakers of various Houses of Assembly in Nigeria as well as reputable resource persons across the world.
“As one of the few resource persons who delivered lectures during the event, the Anambra State Assembly Speaker, Rt.Hon. Okafor whose lecture centred on “True Federalism, The Quest for a New Nigeria”, expressed hope that despite the prevailing sociopolitical and economic challenges facing Nigeria, the country will be great again with a genuine change of attitude of the masses, especially Nigerian leaders.
“He spoke glowingly of the contributions of the Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo to the economic growth of Nigeria as Economic Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria as well as Consultant to the World Bank, enjoined Nigerian leaders to emulate Governor Soludo’s selfless service to the county to ensure a peaceful and progressive Nigerian nation.
The Speaker noted that the Canadian Legislative Conference offered them the opportunity to study the Canadian legislative and democratic system with a view to applying the experience to our environment for more effective federalism in Nigeria.
While commending the organizers and facilitators of the conference for their interest in global development, Rt. Hon. Okafor urged Speakers of various Houses of Assembly in Nigeria to ensure total implementation of the valuable contents of the Canadian legislative training in their states and the country at large.
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The Christian Association of Nigerian (CAN) has lamented that the current happenings in the Country have worsened its image as citizens are now seen as thieves or beggars.
The CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, said this at the opening ceremony of the Third Abuja Archdiocesan General Assembly with the theme ‘Witness in Politics: The Role of the Catholic Faithful, than now’.
Okoh said Nigeria is currently passing through challenging times that require all hands to be on deck in order to salvage it lest it descends into a state of anarchy.
He said it is a collective responsibility to negate such perception by the citizens conducting themselves in their daily lives.
“The image of Nigeria has gone so low that every citizen is perceived as either a thief or a beggar who has nothing to offer but this is not true.
“It is our individual and collective responsibility to negate such perception by conducting ourselves in our daily lives (both private and public) in the light of the values that we learnt from our Lord, Jesus Christ,” Okoh said.
He tasked those who engage in partisan politics to remember that they need to provide leadership in showing right values so that they can influence good governance that will bring about a peaceful and prosperous nation.
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“Even as Christian politicians mix up with the good, the bad and the ugly, they should not envy the wicked as Psalm 37 teaches us because we know that their ways end in destruction.
“We must bring the good news of our Lord to bring the long desired change in governance. We must turn the world upside down as the apostles of old (Acts 17:6).
“In politics, Christians must occupy our space and participate as the light in darkness; resisting all forms of intimidation.
“In order to keep up with the tide of events, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) inaugurated a Political Strategy and Action Committee to encourage Christians to participate in politics amongst several other things,” he stated.
He, however, expressed confidence that God is raising a new generation of leaders like Esther whom God will use to deliver the country from annihilation, and Nehemiah who will be an instrument in the hands of the Almighty God to rebuild Nigerian broken walls.
“However, we should help those who are in politics to remain on the path of righteousness by making them account for their actions or inactions in public service.
“When we commend them for good works, we must also encourage them to touch the lives of those who suffer exclusion, denial and rejection – not only people of their denomination or Christian religion.
“It will be a great disservice to our nation and the unborn generation if we fold our arms and believe that they can do it alone,” the CAN President added.
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Nigeria’s image terrible, citizens seen as thieves, beggars, CAN laments
Nigeria’s image terrible, citizens seen as thieves, beggars, CAN laments
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WICHITA, Kansas — Kansas finds itself in a budding nursing home crisis.
A lack of workers and money troubles forced dozens of nursing homes and assisted living centers to close their doors during the pandemic, and more look doomed to follow.
Homes that remain open stand more than twice as likely to see staff shortages as the country overall.
Meanwhile, Kansas falls deeper into a demographic spiral with a fast-aging population and a lack of young people to take care of them. By 2036, the number of Kansans 65 years and older is projected to grow by more than 40%.
Already, 35 long-term care facilities closed or downsized during the pandemic, according to new report by nonprofit aging services providers group LeadingAge Kansas.
The biggest reason, say nursing home operators, is a shortage of staff.
“For every person we hire, it seems like two are leaving,” said Heather Pilkinton, an administrator with Evergreen Community of Johnson County in Olathe.
The nursing home recently closed one fourth of its residential capacity because it couldn’t find enough workers. Pilkinton said that over the past year, around 20 of their 51 certified nursing assistant positions have remained unfilled.
Last week, the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha got into a bidding war with a nearby hospital over workers, said executive director Ed Strahm.
“Our staff is very much aware that they are in high demand,” he said. “It makes it a real challenge to stay competitively priced to the end customer.”
A similar story is playing out across the state.
An AARP analysis found that, for the past 12 months, over half of Kansas nursing homes saw a shortage of direct care workers. Shortages have outpaced the national average at least sinceearly in in the pandemic. Now the shortfall in Kansas is more than twice the national rate.
The costs for residents are tangible. When workers are in short supply and turnover is high, research shows patients tend to lose weight and get more pressure sores, and COVID-19 spreads more rapidly.
If a nursing home can’t hire workers on its own, it might turn to a staffing agency to supply traveling nurses and nursing assistants for months-long contracts or one-day assignments.
But those private agencies charge much more than what the nursing home would pay to hire that same worker full-time. Part of the money goes to agency nurses in the form of higher paychecks, but a big chunk — sometimes nearly half — stays with the agency.
Across the health care industry, reliance on staffing agencies exploded during the pandemic as an already-dire shortage of nurses worsened. And as demand went up, travel nurse salaries ballooned.
Temporary state and federal aid during the pandemic helped medical providers shoulder those costs, but that money is running out.
Now Kansas nursing home administrators want lawmakers to further regulate staffing agencies that they say are gouging prices.
“Nursing homes can’t sustain that,” Pilkinton said.
A growing dependence on agency nurses creates unique concerns in long-term care environments where elderly residents often crave consistency.
“It’s really difficult to have a different person caring for you all the time,” said Dana Weaver, the chief operating officer of LeadingAge Kansas. “It produces anxiety for the individual, and the individual actually has to teach the agency staff person how to care for them.”
But for many nurses, the decision to join a staffing agency comes down to a simple reality: they can make more money doing the same work. Certified nursing assistants, among the most common medical staff in nursing homes, earn a median income of $30,000 per year and often work multiple jobs to make ends meet.
Rebecca Givan, a professor of labor studies at Rutgers University, said the sudden growth of staffing agency costs raises questions, especially as investors rushed into the industry during the pandemic. But she said administrators could take steps to reduce their reliance on agencies.
“The way to do that is to pay them more,” she said. “And, often, these facilities don’t want to pay them more — but then they’re actually paying multiple times that out to the agencies.”
Givan said administrators should also think more holistically about how to improve working conditions.
“It means pay, but it also means voice,” she said. “It means if they’re unionized or want to unionize, not resisting.”
Robert Livonius, a former chairman of the American Staffing Association who sits on the boards of multiple health care staffing agencies, said “some bad actors … popped up during the pandemic period and took advantage of the situation, raised prices.”.
“Those people,” he said, “should be taken out of the industry.”
But he said agencies aren’t to the blame for the bigger problem: a systemic lack of health care workers.
“There is a very acute shortage of enough certified nursing assistants and nurses to work in long-term care,” he said. “That problem was there before the pandemic, and it’s just been exacerbated.”
Rose Conlon reports on health for KMUW and the Kansas News Service. You can follow her on Twitter at @rosebconlon or email her at conlon@kmuw.org.
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WICHITA, Kansas — Last week, Emporia State University professor Max McCoy penned a column that began, “I may be fired for writing this.”
McCoy, Emporia State’s sole journalism professor and advisor to the student newspaper, was among 33 faculty members laid off as part of a large-scale restructuring in response to declining enrollment. His column had criticized the move and university leadership.
“A lot of people are angry on campus,” he said in an interview. “A lot of people are still scared. I’m disappointed and dismayed that the institution that I love would treat me this way.”
The layoffs followed a plan approved by the Kansas Board of Regents last week.
Emporia State President Ken Hush said decades of nip-and-tuck budgets put the university on a path toward financial crisis — “death by a thousand cuts,” he told the Regents — and he said reinvention was the only path forward. On-campus enrollment has declined by more than 25% since 2017 and state funding has not kept pace with expenses.
“So what’s the choice? Charge students more?” Hush said. “We don’t want to do that.”
He said Emporia State will focus on its core programs, including nursing, biology, business, library and information management and teacher education, and eliminate some low-enrollment majors.
“Use of this framework is not just another budget-cutting exercise. Been there, done that, numerous times,” he said. “It will enable us to fundamentally change what we can offer our students, and that’s exactly what we are going to do.”
The layoffs at Emporia State may hit only a few dozen professors, but the firing of instructors who might have thought tenure all but guaranteed their jobs for life sent a shiver through campuses across the state. Maybe tenure in Kansas might not be the golden ticket to job security and academic freedom that professors had come to take for granted.
Faculty at other state universities contend the move dismantles tenure and could have long-term consequences for higher education in Kansas.
“What has happened at Emporia is clearly a violation of the agreement that was made with Emporia faculty, both when they were hired and when they were tenured,” said Neal Allen, a political science professor at Wichita State University. “We … will have trouble attracting people because of how our Regents have violated … commitments.”
Tenure is intended to protect academic freedom. Normally, tenured professors can be fired only for justifiable cause or under extreme circumstances, such as when a university declares financial insolvency. Earning tenure often marks a major landmark in an academic career.
But a controversial measure passed by the Kansas Board of Regents last year temporarily lets universities bypass regular policies on faculty and employee terminations to balance budgets. The policy was originally set to expire at the end of 2021 but was extended to Dec. 31, 2022.
Emporia State administrators said their plan will affect about 7% of the school’s faculty. They have not said which majors, minors or concentrations may be cut, but said about 2% of students are enrolled in those programs.
Students will be allowed to finish their degrees. Most faculty who were laid off were told they can work through May and will get three months of severance pay.
University spokeswoman Gwen Larson said more information will be released in coming weeks. She said the process is painful but necessary to keep Emporia State viable.
“This is all about reinvesting in programs that we already have that we want to elevate,” Larson said.
She said the cuts were a short-term solution and not an attack on tenure.
“We are not abolishing tenure across campus. We are not going to start hiring people and telling them they can't be in a tenure track position,” Larson said. “Tenure still exists on this campus and will continue to exist.”
Critics say that’s small comfort.
“We have already accepted, with minimal complaint, the temporary suspension of tenure,” said George Dehner, a history professor at Wichita State. “That’s not a thing. You either have tenure, or you don’t.”
McCoy, the journalism professor, said Emporia State faculty had little notice of what was coming and almost no time to offer feedback. Officials announced their plan to eliminate positions on Sept. 7. Employee feedback was due by Sept. 12.
The proposal presented to the Regents lists nine bullet points that could be used to terminate any employee through Dec. 31. They include low enrollment, reduction in revenues for specific departments, current or future market considerations, performance evaluations and realignment of resources.
McCoy and other critics have also criticized how Hush was hired. The school president, an Emporia State graduate, was named president following a secret search — a practice that has become common at Kansas universities in recent years. He does not have an advanced degree. He worked for Koch Carbon, a subsidiary of Koch Industries.
“We are quickly moving toward an oligarchy where only money and power matter,” McCoy wrote in the column preceding the layoffs. “What has traditionally been rewarded in higher education, merit in the form of academic achievement and expertise in a discipline, is sneered at because it doesn’t make it rain.”
Some faculty fear what happened at Emporia State could be copied on other campuses.
“This is not an ESU-only situation,” said Wichita State sociology professor Chase Billingham. “Because what happens at that university has ramifications, given the nature of the academic job market for every other institution, including our own.”
The Kansas Board of Regents voted in February to hire Maryland-based RPK Group to conduct a systemwide review of degree programs at all six major state universities. It will analyze areas of duplication, workforce needs and varying rates of demand among academic programs.
When RPK conducted a similar review in Vermont, it led to the consolidation of several state colleges. The group will deliver its report to the Kansas Regents in December.
Larson, the Emporia State spokeswoman, said one factor in the layoffs was an attempt to head off the RPK report.
“Rather than waiting for an outside entity to give us recommendations of what to do with different programs, we decided we wanted to start looking into that and make our own decisions and try to take control of the situation,” Larson said.
Suzanne Perez reports on education for KMUW in Wichita and the Kansas News Service. You can follow her on Twitter @SuzPerezICT.
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For the past 10 years, craft beer breweries have popped up all over the country, and some Midwest farmers are responding to the local craft beer craze by growing their own hops.
In the U.S. nearly all hop production takes place in the Pacific Northwest, with 70-75% of the crop grown in Yakima, Washington where it’s often irrigated. The crop thrives in a moist temperate climate with long sunny days. Yet while a lot fewer acres of hops are grown in Midwestern states, farmers and researchers are trying to change that.
Katie Stenmark is a horticulture doctoral student at Oklahoma State University and is one of three hop growers in Oklahoma. She’s currently researching how well different hop varieties will grow in both a greenhouse and on a quarter of an acre field environment.
“Oklahoma has ample access to wheat and barley for making beer, but we don’t have access to hops,” Stenmark said. “The overall goal of this project is to create quality hop cones that we can then use for a local brewery to create an Oklahoma-grown beer.”
Stenmark said her three-year study on growing hops will eventually help make recommendations to farmers interested in growing it in Oklahoma, where there’s currently less than an acre of the crop. Universities in Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri have also invested in research into growing the specialty crop.
More than 85% of Americans live within ten miles of a brewery, according to the Brewers Association, a trade organization of small and independent brewers. Although the latest hops production report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows total acreage was down by 2%, it doesn’t get the whole picture — it only records data for Washington, Oregon and Idaho, the three major hops producers.
“Since craft beer consumes so many hops, it’s really spiked a demand for this commodity,” said Maggie Elliott, science and communications director for Hop Growers of America. “Growers in the Midwest are engineering adaptive ways to embrace different challenges.”
Ryan Triggs, a Kansas hop grower and co-owner of Kansas Hop Company, has been learning how to adapt to the state’s heavy soil and daylight conditions since 2016. His familiarity with the craft beer scene and marrying into an agricultural family sparked his interest in growing hops. But he said it’s taken a lot of work to get to where he is now.
“We sold all our hops to four different breweries in our first year,” Triggs said. “But we had about 20 people on the field handpicking hop cones in the August heat — it was miserable. We realized quickly that we never wanted to handpick again.”
While the average size of a hop yard in the Pacific Northwest is 800 acres, Triggs grows hops on 3 acres — and his farm makes up about 30% of Kansas’ hops acreage. Triggs sells hops to about 75 breweries across the Midwest and opened a taproom called Tall Trellis in Olathe, Kansas., earlier this year.
But growing hops on a commercial scale is labor intensive and expensive. Adapting to a region’s challenges, like installing LED grow lights and an irrigation system, is a financial investment for farmers. It also requires setting up 18-foot trellises with coir twine every year for the hop bines, or long stems, to grow on.
“So far, there’s been no way to mechanize how to string the hops,” Elliot said. “Sometimes people have to even train the hops to grow and have to wind twine around every single plant.”
According to researchers at Michigan State University, it costs nearly $14,000 for a farmer to establish a hop yard the size of an acre. Then it takes about three years for hop plants to mature and produce a good yield.
Hops farmers are exploring how the climate and the soil the crop is grown in affect its flavor, similar to wine grapes. Triggs said having a unique flavor will make a grower’s hops stand out from the rest.
“It's like having a brand-new color for an artist that they’ve never had before when they're trying to paint a picture,” he said. “So giving a brewer an ingredient that they haven't had access to before, opens up some doors as far as making new beers that can't be released anywhere else.”
As for Stenmark, the Oklahoma State researcher, she looks forward to discovering how locally grown hops will influence local brews.
“We’re not necessarily expecting the same flavor profile as something that would be produced in the Pacific Northwest,” Stenmark said. “But we’re interested in finding out Oklahoma’s flavor of beer.”
Xcaret Nuñez covers agriculture, food systems and rural issues for KOSU and Harvest Public Media and is a Report For America corps member. Follow Xcaret on Twitter @Xcaret_News.
This story was produced in partnership with Harvest Public Media, a collaboration of public media newsrooms in the Midwest. It reports on food systems, agriculture and rural issues. Follow Harvest on Twitter: @HarvestPM
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Compositions and Recordings
Symphony in G major
by Antonio Rosetti
Matthias Bamert with the London Mozart Players
Symphony No. 1 in G minor
by Vasily Kalinnikov
Kirill Kondrashin with the Moscow Philharmonic
Compositions and Recordings
Symphony in G major
by Antonio Rosetti
Matthias Bamert with the London Mozart Players
Symphony No. 1 in G minor
by Vasily Kalinnikov
Kirill Kondrashin with the Moscow Philharmonic
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What has the government done for you lately?
In spite of the many billions of dollars that our government has in its coffers and the outsized influence that it has over our nation and the world, it appears that the majority of us scratch our heads when this question is posed to us. In addition to police, fire and other emergency services, there is no doubt that we have access to a variety of other government programs. However, if one takes a step back and looks at the broader picture, it would appear that the majority of these government programs are in place to solve a problem that the very government itself created.
Government thrives when it maintains power and it is precisely its desire for greater power and enormous wealth that motivates it to place the populous in situations that force the same populous to become almost completely dependent on the government, begging for help when in need.
During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were witnesses to a myriad of problems that had been created by the government and that will have long-lasting effects on future generations of children and adolescents. Businesses were forced to close during mandated lockdowns which led to a number of bankruptcies and employees were terminated because they refused to obtain the COVID-19 vaccination. Both of these outcomes drove people into poverty and increased the rate of unemployment which at one point reached almost 15%. Perhaps most importantly, lockdowns forced students to remote learn, driving them away from the enriching experiences that are scientifically necessary for their development into successful and sociable young people who will effectively lead our society.
Recent studies demonstrate how students in the United States have been significantly impacted by the closure of schools. For instance, the number of children who attempted suicide rose by 51% during the peak of the pandemic lockdowns. In addition to that, the number of children who are classified as obese has nearly doubled. To add insult to injury, the pandemic claimed the lives of at least one parent or primary caregiver for more than 200,000 children.
As a direct result of this, we are already observing children who are significantly less sociable as well as significantly more depressed and overweight. It does not take a genius to understand how the life of a child could be negatively impacted by these catastrophic government-mandated changes to normal society.
Should we be thankful to the government if, in the future, it provides us with things like health care subsidies and tax credits, as penance for the harm they caused? No, not in my opinion. When the government is the source of a problem, it should not be praised for finding solutions to the very same problem. It is inevitable that these problems are the result of hasty decision-making, which in turn results in poor policy. The situation is made even worse by the fact that the only place individuals can turn for assistance is the same government that created the issue.
These problems, created by the government, have forced the people into reliance on government assistance which has resulted in a myriad of issues. Chief among them is the pervasiveness of poverty, the growth of criminal activity and the severe lack of employment opportunities for younger people.
The fact that many of these issues have simple solutions is the aspect of this scenario that’s the most frustrating. For example, in the case of children going to school, it was known from the very beginning what the consequences of exposing them to COVID-19 would be, as well as the effects of locking children up in their rooms for two years without providing them with any opportunity for social interaction. The minimal risk of COVID-19 to children did not outweigh the benefit of keeping them in school.
It is true that children can be carriers of the COVID-19 virus even if they are not sick, however, research suggests that the lockdowns and other restrictions that we were subjected to did little, if anything, to impede the virus’s ability to spread. You need only look as far as Florida to see a state that broke the mold and did the polar opposite of what every other state did. Florida made it possible for their children to go to school, allowing them to develop socially as well as intellectually. Despite breaking the mold, which was highly controversial, their current COVID-19 rates are comparable to those of the general U.S. population. It is now abundantly clear that the potential dangers are relatively insignificant when weighed against the dangers posed to the growth and development of our children.
Take this issue into careful consideration. How are votes gained for political candidates? Candidates gain support from voters by giving hope to individuals. Yet, if there is no issue then there cannot be any hope for a future without it. So, after the government has fixed a problem that they initially created, our elected officials have almost no trouble promoting their accomplishments on television and online while unabashedly failing to acknowledge that they created the same very problem. Pain and suffering have become part and parcel of our daily lives and as a result, too few people notice how the government wrongs them daily.
Corruption is an ongoing issue within the government and is one of the biggest contributing factors to the decline of both our communities and our nation. As Americans, we are no longer unified. Instead, we are divided by partisan politics which are made worse by the efforts of the government to increase its control over us. Unfortunately, as long as there is civilization, there will be those who seek to rule and the government needs only one idea to guide them: the more issues, the more solutions.
Armstrong Williams is a syndicated columnist.
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“Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
Buzz: Rising mortgage rates are taking a toll on workers at Southern California’s real estate-related businesses.
Source: My trusty spreadsheet, filled with August state job figures, looked at hiring habits in construction, real estate and finance business in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Topline
Local property-related businesses overall added 600 jobs for the month and 14,900 more workers in 12 months, or 2.3% growth. That’s a brisk year’s hiring rebound from 2020 pandemic lockdowns — nearly triple the average annual employment growth of 0.82% since 1990.
However, August’s hiring pace at these businesses was slow compared with 1,240 workers added monthly on average in the past year. And local bosses added workers at a 1,140 monthly pace in 2018-19 before we knew anything of coronavirus.
The details
There’s a bigger “but” in the numbers.
A building boom — both for housing and infrastructure projects — keeps construction workers busy though the overall hiring pace cools. The region had 381,600 workers building things after adding 1,800 in a month and growing by 17,700 in a year. Recovery hiring since 2020’s coronavirus economic chill averaged 2,260 a month.
But workers handling real estate transactions haven’t fared as well. Soaring mortgage rates of 2022 slashed homebuying to Great Recession levels. Those rates also dried up the ability of homeowners to refinance mortgages. Higher financing costs cut lucrative business for real estate salespeople and lenders alike.
So, employment at real estate and finance firms dropped 1,200 to 293,600 in August — down 2,800 in a year. That’s a sharp reversal from hiring that averaged 400 a month in the pandemic era’s jobs rebound.
Another view
Let’s ponder employment this summer compared with before the pandemic era.
August employment for all Southern California property-related businesses was exactly back to where it was before coronavirus hit. But it’s a split picture: Construction was 3% above February 2020 levels vs. 4% below real estate and finance firms.
Compare those patterns to August employment at other key Southern California employment niches vs. February 2020 Industries above pre-pandemic staffing include transportation/warehousing (20% higher), healthcare and social services plus business services (up 3%); and retail trade (up 1%). Industries still playing catch-up: restaurants (off 1%), manufacturing (off 3%), recreation (off 8%), and hotel (off 20%).
Regions inside the region
Hiring also varied in construction, real estate and finance, geographically speaking, in August …
Los Angeles County: A slight cooling with 324,800 workers after adding 400 in a month and growing by 7,900 in a year. Recovery hiring has averaged 1,176 a month to bring the L.A. job count to 99% of February 2020.
Orange County: Still toasty with 199,400 workers after adding 900 in a month and growing by 2,800 in a year. Recovery hiring has averaged 610 a month bringing O.C. jobs to 99% of pre-pandemic days.
Inland Empire: The boom in Riverside and San Bernardino counties stopped in August with a drop of 700 workers. Still, the 151,000 workers are up 4,200 in a year. Recovery hiring has averaged 869 a month bringing I.E. jobs to 105% of February 2020.
How bubbly?
On a scale of zero bubbles (no bubble here) to five bubbles (five-alarm warning) … THREE BUBBLES!
Workers at real estate and finance firms are early victims of the Federal Reserve’s quest to tamper inflation rates at 40-year highs. Folks working residential construction sites could be next.
This rapidly changing market for workers at property-related businesses is one example of how higher interest rates could create a slower but more sustainable pace for the broad economy — and real estate specifically.
Please note that property-related workers equaled 8.6% of all Southern California jobs in August — far off 2006’s record high of 10.6% in the last bubble era. Will significant job cuts outside of the real estate game be needed to cure 2022’s inflation ailments?
Jonathan Lansner is the business columnist for the Southern California News Group. He can be reached at jlansner@scng.com
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As Scott Turow worked on 2020’s “The Last Trial,” the best-selling author of legal thrillers noticed that a new character on the edges of his story kept creeping into the plot.
“The Last Trial,” like Turow’s 1987 breakout, “Presumed Innocent” featured attorney Sandy Stern. But it was Stern’s quirky granddaughter Clarice “Pinky” Granum who kept demanding more time on the page, Turow says.
“Somewhere historically, because Stern appears in almost every novel, I mentioned that his daughter Kate had a daughter that she didn’t get along with,” Turow says. “I can’t even remember where or how or whether that line even made it into the novel, but I’m pretty sure I said something like that.”
The idea lay dormant in his imagination for years until “The Last Trial,” when Turow thought to place Pinky, a washout at the police academy, who’d also had a few run-ins with the law, in Stern’s employ as a paralegal and investigator.
Turow knows a book is going well “when there is a character who sort of runs away with the book – who demands more space and more pages and more time on stage than you originally planned,” he says.
“Pinky was that character,” he says of the pink-haired, septum-pierced protagonist at the heart of “Suspect.”
The relationship between Stern and Pinky, grandfather and granddaughter, was at the heart of the appeal for Turow. Especially the ways in which their love for each other transcended their differences, he says.
“It’s always great when what you are actually writing kind of sneaks up on you,” Turow says. “I kind of loved Pinky for that reason. She’s sort of a scene stealer.
“And I thought, ‘Well maybe that young woman should have a book of her own.”
“Suspect,” which arrives on Tuesday, Sept. 27, is Pinky’s book. In it, she’s working for defense attorney Rik Dudek, who is representing Police Chief Lucia Gomez against charges that she coerced three officers into having sex with her in exchange for their promotions.
The chief, Rik, and particularly Pinky, are convinced it’s a set-up, a revenge plot cooked up by The Ritz, a crooked cop-turned-corrupt businessman known as The Ritz.
Of course, Pinky being Pinky, she takes on an extracurricular investigation over the objections of Rik and grandfather Sandy after she becomes convinced that the mysterious and attractive new tenant in the apartment next to hers is up to something.
“I started there,” Turow says. “Just because it seemed really Pinky-ish, to me, to become convinced that guy next door was a hitman or in witness protection.”
Stepping into new shoes
There was one obstacle Turow had to convince himself he could overcome, he says.
“It seemed somewhat audacious, to be honest, for me, a now-73-year-old male to be writing about a female 40 years younger,” Turow says. “And one whose social experiences do not reprise any of mine.”
He wrote his editor to ask his opinion about not only writing the character but telling the story in her first-person voice. After sending the editor a draft of the first chapter, they decided Turow should write it as his instinct told him he should.
“Neither one of us ever looked back,” Turow says. “I did it; it seemed relatively smooth sailing.
“I think the key was that from the time Pinky first appeared on the page in ‘The Last Trial’ I kind of got her,” he says. “I understood her. I felt the sincerity at her core, and her sort of well-intentioned way of very often (messing) up.
“She was always clear to me.”
Not that he didn’t check himself as he wrote Pinky, including asking outside readers including his daughter and stepdaughter to read the manuscript for feedback on Pinky’s millennial voice.
“I had a lot of people take a look at the book to make sure I wasn’t too far out over my skis,” Turow says. “But I had a great time with her. She was a lot of fun to live with despite her conviction that she’s not a good roommate.”
A new kind of trial
For Turow, a new thriller requires not just compelling characters and a twist-filled plot to keep readers guessing, it requires a legal framework around which each new book’s courtroom action revolves.
“I find, like a lot of people, that the experiences from earlier in my life sort of recirculate in my imagination,” says Turow, who throughout his career as an author has also practiced law.
“So when I left the U.S. Attorney’s Office, one of the first substantial cases that came to me was being hired in Oak Park, Illinois to be a special prosecutor investigating that police department, and then trying two different highly contested police disciplinary cases.”
As a federal prosecutor and in private practice, Turow worked with police officers in all manner of cases criminal and civil. Setting the legal issues in “Suspect” within a police commission holding hearings on alleged misconduct by a chief seemed both familiar and fresh, he says.
“I tried those cases; I knew how they ran,” Turow says. “I saw a lot about the police and I hadn’t really written that much from that experience.
The idea of having his accused police chief be a woman instead of a man also appealed to him as a different way to approach the issues of sexual harassment allegations in the workplace.
“As I started thinking about it, my fingers started twitching,” Turow says. “It just felt like it was going to be pretty interesting to write.”
Coming attractions
While Turow has often had characters jump between books – most of his stories take place in the fictional Kindle County, a stand-in for the Chicago metro area – he’s never done a traditional sequel or a series based on one character.
For now, that means he doesn’t plan to write a new Pinky book anytime soon – though that doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t get more of her in the future.
Producer-writer David E. Kelley has optioned “Suspect” and “he certainly envisions further adventures for Pinky,” Turow says.
First, though, Kelly has a different Turow adaptation to bring to life. Apple TV has ordered a series based on Turow’s “Presumed Innocent,” the book that also inspired a 1990 hit movie starring Harrison Ford as Rusty Sabich and the late Raul Julia as Sandy Stern.
Shooting for the show is supposed to start in Los Angeles in January, Turow says. After this, Kelley has told him he plans to get to work on Pinky and “Suspect.”
“That’s certainly his vision of what he wants to do,” Turow says. “She couldn’t be in better hands.”
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