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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket last year is still mentally incompetent to stand trial, further delaying court proceedings in the case.
The prosecution of Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 22, has been on hold since December, when Judge Ingrid Bakke ruled that he was mentally incompetent — unable to understand legal proceedings and work with his lawyers to defend himself.
The ruling came nearly a month after Boulder, the home of the University of Colorado, marked the first anniversary of the attack that killed workers, customers and a police officer who rushed inside the store. Alissa was not in court for Friday’s hearing.
Few details have been released about Alissa’s condition. Reports on his evaluations are not available to the public, but a court filing discussing one of the evaluations last year said he had been provisionally diagnosed with an unspecified mental health condition that limits his ability to “meaningfully converse with others.”
In December, one of Alissa’s attorneys, Kathryn Herold, said her client has a “serious” mental illness but did not elaborate. At the time, District Attorney Michael Dougherty said Alissa had “deteriorated” over the previous months while being held in jail.
Investigators have not released any information about why they believe Alissa launched the attack or why he may have targeted the supermarket. He lived in the neighboring suburb of Arvada, where authorities say he passed a background check to legally buy the Ruger AR-556 pistol he allegedly used six days before the shooting.
Competency is a different legal issue than a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, which involves whether someone’s mental health prevented them from understanding right from wrong at the time a crime was committed.
The judge set a July 21 hearing to again evaluate Alissa’s competency to stand trial.
The March 22, 2021, attack at a King Soopers grocery shocked a state that has seen its share of mass shootings, including the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting.
Boulder police Officer Eric Talley, a 51-year-old father of seven, was shot and killed while rushing into the store with an initial team of police officers. The nine others killed inside and outside the supermarket were Denny Stong, Neven Stanisic, Rikki Olds, Tralona Bartkowiak, Teri Leiker, Suzanne Fountain, Kevin Mahoney, Lynn Murray and Jody Waters.
Stong, Olds and Leiker worked at the supermarket.
The remodeled King Soopers reopened in February, with about half of those who worked there at the time of the shooting choosing to return.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 15, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
250 PM CDT Fri Apr 15 2022
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS PANHANDLES..
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a Red Flag
Warning for strong winds and low relative humidity, which is in
effect from 11 AM this morning to 8 PM CDT this evening.
* Affected Area...In Oklahoma...Cimarron...Texas and Beaver. In
Texas...Dallam...Sherman...Hansford...Ochiltree...Lipscomb...
Hartley...Moore...Hutchinson...Roberts...Hemphill...Oldham...
Potter...Carson...Gray...Wheeler...Deaf Smith...Randall...
Armstrong...Donley...Collingsworth and Palo Duro Canyon.
* 20 Foot Winds...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
* Relative Humidity...As low as 6 percent.
* Red Flag Threat Index...4 to 7.
* Timing...Critical fire weather conditions today through 8 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now...or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures will
create favorable weather for rapid fire growth and spread. Avoid
activities that promote open flames and sparks.
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SEATTLE — President Joe Biden will make his first trip to Seattle since his inauguration on Earth Day, Friday, April 22 after visiting Portland to discuss infrastructure and clean energy.
On Thursday, April 21, Biden will make a stop in Portland to discuss investments being made from the recent infrastructure bill, according to the White House.
Biden will then be in Seattle to discuss his administration’s efforts to continue growing the country's clean energy economy, as well as bringing down costs for families, the White House said.
Biden signed his $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law in November 2021.
“My message to the American people is this: America is moving again and your life is going to change for the better,” Biden said at the signing.
The federal funding allocates billions for improvements to the state's transportation, aviation, highway, broadband and wildfire mitigation programs.
Here's a breakdown of how the funding is expected to be used in Washington state:
Transportation
The state would receive $1.79 billion for transportation alone which amounts to $381 million for Sound Transit and $559 million for King County Metro.
High-speed internet access
Washington will get a minimum of $100 million to expand broadband internet in the state. Congress estimates this will help at least 241,000 Washingtonians who lack fast internet.
Climate change
There's also funding for more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, with Washington expected to receive $71 million to expand EV charging networks.
Roads and bridges
The infrastructure bill will funnel $4.7 billion for federal aid highway apportioned programs and $605 million for bridge replacement and repairs.
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Broadway theatergoers will have to keep their masks up through at least May 31, the Broadway League said Friday. The announcement comes as the United States deals with a COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline.
One policy change is that Broadway theaters will soon leave vaccination checks up to theater owners. The Shubert Organization, which owns 17 theaters, said it will not require proof of vaccination from patrons starting May 1.
The Broadway League will announce future masking protocols in May. Broadway’s mask and vaccination policy has been in place since July 30, 2021.
“Since resuming performances last fall, over 5 million attendees have seen a Broadway show, and the safety and security of our cast, crew, and audience has been our top priority,” Charlotte St. Martin, president of The Broadway League said. Our intention is that by maintaining strict audience masking through at least the month of May, we will continue that track record of safety for all. And of course, we urge everyone to get vaccinated.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a small uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases throughout the United States. Cases are up 30% from a week ago, causing concerns that deaths and hospitalizations could also rise.
Although experts say COVID-19 is more contagious than ever before, as more Americans gain antibodies through vaccines and infections, it's unclear how deadly another surge of the virus would be
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A couple had to scramble to make their plane after boarding the wrong Ryanair flight. Simon and Michelle Robinson were allowed to board the flight despite it not being the correct one, and only realised the mistake minutes before take-off.
They only realised the error when other passengers alerted them that they were in the wrong seats. The pair have since slammed Ryanair over the lack of organisation in allowing them to board the plane.
Ryanair has admitted the mistake, but said it was the responsibility of 'passengers' to ensure they board the correct plane. Nonetheless, Simon has branded the incident 'concerning' as they 'could have been anyone', the Manchester Evening News reports.
READ MORE: Dad 'living on crisps and biscuits in hotel' after fire forced him from home
The couple, from Stalybridge, Tameside, said they were confident they were boarding the correct flight. But Simon said due to there being two Ryanair flights to Alicante at similar times, this might have caused the mix-up.
He said: "When we arrived at the airport, it was extremely busy. We got to terminal three and I put my case on the bag drop, but it didn't work so we had to queue up for check-in.
"We got our printed boarding passes and that was all fine. We went through security and it was absolutely mad. We got through to departures and knew exactly what time our flight was.
"The gate went up and we arrived at gate 48. They called out the number on our boarding pass and me and my wife went up. We went through and straight on to the plane.
"Someone came over and said we were in their seat, but we knew we were in the right seat. Luckily, we went to the front of the plane and they told us we were on the wrong plane."
Simon said fortunately the correct flight was held for them until they were able to board, but claims they were unable to sit in the seats they had paid for and booked.
"The lack of organisation from Ryanair was abysmal. For some reason, there were two Ryanair flights to Alicante at pretty much the same time," he said.
"They should have told us before we were allowed to go through to the plane. Luckily, our bags were on the right plane, but I could have been anyone. Thankfully, they held our flight for us. I would have been fuming if we had missed it. I won’t be flying with Ryanair again after this."
A spokesperson for Ryanair said: "It is each passenger's responsibility to ensure they board the correct aircraft. There are several touch points throughout the passenger journey which inform passengers of the aircraft's destination.
"These include: flight number and destination are clearly printed on the passenger’s boarding card; flight number and destination are displayed at the gate; flight number and destination are called out in the standard boarding PA; flight number and destination are mentioned in the welcome PA on board.
"As these passengers passed through security control pre-boarding, there was no security risk. We are working with our handling agents in Manchester Airport (Swissport) to ensure that this error doesn’t reoccur."
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Most of the people walking through the halls of the East Tennessee Children's Hospital wear long white coats or scrubs. It's not often that three football players are seen entering patients' rooms.
Maurese Smith, Latrell Bumphus and Chase McGrath all visited the hospital wearing the team's iconic colors. Tennessee Football posted the visit on social media Friday and showed them meeting with patients in their beds.
The players brought treats with them to hand out to children — boxes of Girl Scout cookies. They also brought gifts like Tennessee-branded pillowcases, signed shirts and more. During the visit, they also tossed a small football around with recovering patients, brightening up their stay there.
"Can't thank our friends with Tennessee Football enough for their visit and gifts," the hospital said on social media. "They always make the day of our young patients."
Bumphus is redshirt senior defensive lineman who has played 42 games with 14 starts. He was originally recruited as a tight end and moved after the 2018 season. He is also working his way back from a season-ending knee injury in November 2020.
McGrath is also a redshirt senior who plays as a kicker who connected 43 of 56 field goals during his career, including a career-long goal of 52 yards.
Smith is a redshirt freshman defensive lineman.
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BJP functionary’s car set ablaze
A car belonging to a BJP district secretary was set on fire at his house in Maduravoyal on Thursday night.
Sathish Kumar, 48, is Tiruvallur West BJP district secretary. He had parked his car in front of his house in Krishnanagar, The family woke up to notice a blaze and put out the fire.
On being informed, personnel from Maduravoyal police station rushed to the spot and scrutinised CCTV footage. The footage showed that a couple arrived in a car to Mr. Kumar's house and set it on fire after pouring inflammable material on the car. The police are investigating further to trace the suspects.
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(NEXSTAR) – While it’s not a federal holiday, last-minute errands on Easter Sunday 2022 may get tricky if you don’t do your homework.
For some big-name businesses, Sunday will mean normal operating hours, while others will modify their schedules or close completely.
Because the holiday falls on a Sunday, most banks, government buildings and schools will be closed as usual. The United States Postal Service doesn’t observe Easter as a holiday, so service will continue as normal, but your local post office may close on Sundays.
Most fast-food and casual restaurants such as Taco Bell, McDonald’s, Olive Garden, Sizzler and others will be open, but hours may change for the holiday. Malls, however, often close on Easter, so you may want to double-check your local shopping center’s hours on Sunday.
When it comes to notable stores and restaurants, here are some that will be open and closed on Easter Sunday, according to WJZY, in case you need to hop in for a bite or to pick up a few dozen eggs:
Open on Easter
- 7-Eleven
- Academy Sports + Outdoors (reduced hours)
- Advance Auto Parts
- AutoZone
- Barnes & Noble
- Bed Bath & Beyond (reduced hours)
- Big Lots
- CVS Pharmacy
- Dollar General
- Food Lion
- Harris Teeter
- Lowes Foods
- O’Reilly Auto Parts
- Pep Boys
- Petco
- PetSmart
- Spectrum (reduced hours)
- Staples
- Starbucks
- The Home Depot
- Trader Joe’s
- Walgreens
- Walmart
- Whole Foods Market
Closed on Easter
- ALDI
- Belk
- Best Buy
- Container Store
- Costco
- Crate & Barrel
- Dick’s Sporting Goods
- Dillard’s
- Dollar Tree
- Hobby Lobby
- HomeGoods
- IKEA
- JCPenney
- Kohl’s
- Lidl
- Lowe’s
- Macy’s
- Marshalls
- Michaels
- Neiman Marcus
- Nordstrom / Nordstrom Rack
- Office Depot
- Publix
- Ross Dress for Less
- Sam’s Club
- Sprouts Farmers Market
- Target
- T.J. Maxx
- Tractor Supply Co.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina prisoner scheduled to be the first man executed in the state in more than a decade has decided to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair later this month, according to court documents filed Friday.
Richard Bernard Moore, 57, is the also first state prisoner to face the choice of execution methods after a law went into effect last year making electrocution the default and giving inmates the option to face three prison workers with rifles instead.
Moore has spent more than two decades on death row after being convicted of the 1999 killing of convenience store clerk James Mahoney in Spartanburg. If executed as scheduled on April 29, he would be the first person put to death in the state since 2011.
The new law was prompted by the decade long break, which corrections officials attribute to an inability to procure the drugs needed to carry out lethal injections.
Moore’s attorneys have asked the state Supreme Court to delay his death while another court determines if either available method is cruel and unusual punishment. The attorneys argue prisons officials aren’t trying hard enough to get the lethal injection drugs, instead forcing prisoners to choose between two more barbaric methods. However, South Carolina Corrections Director Bryan Stirling signed an affidavit Friday as part of the notice of execution affirming that his agency has made efforts to get the drugs, but the manufacturers will not sell them to the state.
His lawyers are also asking the state Supreme Court to delay the execution so the U.S. Supreme Court can review whether Moore’s death sentence was a disproportionate punishment compared with similar crimes. The state justices denied a similar appeal last week.
The state corrections agency said last month that it finished developing protocols for firing squad executions and completed $53,600 in renovations on the death chamber in Columbia, installing a metal chair with restraints that faces a wall with a rectangular opening 15 feet (4.6 meters) away. In the case of a firing squad execution, three volunteer prison workers will train their rifles on the condemned prisoner’s heart.
South Carolina is one of eight states to still use the electric chair and one of four to allow a firing squad, according to the Washington-based nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.
Moore is one of 35 men on South Carolina’s death row. The state last scheduled an execution for Moore in 2020, which was then delayed after prison officials said they couldn’t obtain lethal injection drugs.
During Moore’s 2001 trial, prosecutors said Moore entered the store looking for money to support his cocaine habit and got into a dispute with Mahoney, who drew a pistol that Moore wrestled away from him.
Mahoney pulled a second gun, and a gunfight ensued. Mahoney shot Moore in the arm, and Moore shot Mahoney in the chest. Prosecutors said Moore left a trail of blood through the store as he looked for cash, stepping twice over Mahoney.
At the time, Moore claimed that he acted in self-defense after Mahoney drew the first gun.
Moore’s supporters have argued that his crime doesn’t rise to the level of a death penalty offense. His appeals lawyers have said that because Moore didn’t bring a gun into store, he couldn’t have intended to kill someone when he walked in.
The last person executed in South Carolina was Jeffrey Motts, who was on death row for strangling a cellmate while serving a life sentence for another murder.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The sheriff of Oregon’s most populous county sounded the alarm Friday over a spike in arrests for violent crimes and said the number of people in jail for murder and attempted murder is the highest it has been in nearly 30 years.
Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese said in an open letter that the county that's home to Portland is seeing a dramatic rise in arrests and bookings for so-called Measure 11 crimes, or violent felonies such as murder, attempted murder, rape, sodomy and assault that carry state-mandated prison sentences upon conviction.
There were 371 defendants charged with those offenses in jail on an average day in 2021 — already a huge spike — and currently half the jail’s population is charged with a Measure 11 offense, Reese said.
The county is also struggling with record-high levels of traffic fatalities and overdose deaths, he said.
“We need to act with a sense of urgency. Summer is approaching, a time when we typically experience increased violence in our community,” Reese said. “Violent crime, traffic fatalities and overdose deaths are already at historic high rates. Without action, we can expect worse to come.”
In addition, homicides have been on the rise in Portland for the past few years. From 2019 to 2020, Portland had a sharper rise in killings — an 83% increase — than nearly all major cities. Nationally, homicides had increased by nearly 30% in the same time, based on FBI data.
Amid a surge in gun violence, Portland recorded 90 homicides last year — shattering the city’s previous high of 66 set in 1987.
City police and officials say the increase — which disproportionally affected Portland’s Black community — was fueled by gang-related arguments, drug deals gone awry and disputes among homeless people. The situation was exacerbated by the pandemic, economic hardships and mental health crises.
Gun violence hasn't slowed, with officials warning that Portland is on track to outpace last year’s grim homicide record.
The Oregonian/Oregon Live reports that so far this year there have been 30 homicides, including one deadly officer-involved shooting.
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The gambling industry's national trade association is asking the federal government to crack down on illegal betting sites, saying consumers need to be protected.
The American Gaming Association is asking Justice Department to investigate and prosecute the largest illegal bookmaking operations. Association president Bill Miller says the illegal sites are brazenly defying U.S. and state laws, without offering any legal protection to customers.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Sports betting is legal in 33 U.S. states and Washington D.C.
Bill Miller, the president of the American Gaming Association said, “While the challenge of illegal gambling is not new, the brazen and coordinated manner in which it occurs — both online and in communities — has elevated this problem to a level that requires significant federal attention.”
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona victims of long-ago child sex abuse can proceed with lawsuits against groups like the Boy Scouts of America following a decision by the state Supreme Court that rejected claims that a 2019 state law extending victims' right to sue was unconstitutional.
Arizona is among many states that have reacted to child sex abuse in recent years by allowing victims of even decades-old abuse to sue groups that didn't protect them from predators. That has led to lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church, Scouts and others.
The high court without comment last week rejected appeals by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and its affiliates in central and southern Arizona of lower court rulings that found the 2019 law extending the statute of limitations was constitutional.
The rulings appear to be the first to directly address whether the Arizona law is legal, according to an attorney who represents victims in the two cases the high court considered.
Those lawsuits allege that the group that connects youth called 'Littles" with adult mentors known as “Bigs” did not properly oversee the Bigs. The cases involved two men who abused boys, one in 1983 and one in the 1970s, Phoenix attorney Robert Pastor said Thursday. The men are not defendants.
Child USA, a national group that pushes for so-called “revival” laws that allow old cases to be pursued in court, urged the high court to uphold the trial court rulings. It noted Arizona was among more than 30 states enacting legislation since 2002 allowing such lawsuits, most in recent years.
“A ruling against (the law's) revival window would have negative ramifications for all the child sexual abuse survivors throughout Arizona who are embracing the window in pursuit of long overdue justice,” the group's filing said.
The Utah Supreme Court in 2020 threw out its revival law, but other states have upheld them, including the Connecticut Supreme Court in 2015 in a case involving a Roman Catholic priest.
Arizona's high court considered appeals from decisions by two Maricopa County Superior Court judges who rejected Big Brothers Big Sisters' arguments that the Legislature violated its due process rights by extending the statute of limitations.
The judges said in rulings issued last year that courts have long held that changing a statute of limitation is within the rights of legislatures.
“The Revival Law does not violate the due process clauses of either Arizona’s Constitution or the United States Constitution,” Judge Randall Warner wrote in his ruling. A second judge made a similar decision.
The lawsuits were put on hold while the group appealed, but now can proceed.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America spokeswoman Dvon Williams said the group does not comment on litigation. The CEO of the Southern Arizona chapter, Marie Logan, declined to comment on the suits, and calls and emails to the affiliate in Phoenix were not immediately returned.
Arizona's 2019 law provided a one-time window for victims of long-ago child sex abuse to sue beyond the existing two-year statute of limitations that began once they turned 18. That window closed at the end of 2020. It also created a much longer time for more recent victims to sue after they turn 18, allowing lawsuits to be filed up to age 30.
The lawmaker who pushed the law said he was pleased with the court rulings.
“I never had any concerns that it wasn’t constitutional,” said Republican state Sen. Paul Boyer, whose insistence on the law held up the state budget in 2019. “I would have loved the window to have been open longer and I would have loved to have it higher than age 30, but it was a compromise.”
Pastor, the attorney who represents the two unidentified men suing over abuse by their “Bigs,” said he'll now be able to find out how much Big Brothers Big Sisters knew about child predators who he says used their organization to groom and victimize children.
He said groups like Big Brothers Big Sisters provide vitally needed support for children, but must be vigilant about keeping predators from using them to find victims.
“What we know as litigators advocating for survivors is that perpetrators will seek out volunteer opportunities in these organizations, because perpetrators need access to children," Pastor said.
In addition to the cases Pastor is pursuing against Big Brothers Big Sisters, lawsuits have been filed in Arizona against the Boy Scouts of America, the Roman Catholic Church, the state Department of Child Safety and schools and universities, he said.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Police video released Friday shows officers bumping a car on a Georgia interstate to get it to stop and then almost immediately firing on the Black driver, who climbed out a window and ran across the highway and down an embankment.
The dashcam and body-worn camera video was released by lawyers for Devin Nolley, who say their client was paralyzed from the neck down after officers shot him in the legs and back in December 2018. A Fulton County grand jury last week indicted two of the East Point Police officers involved, who are no longer employed by the department. Nolley filed a lawsuit in 2019 seeking damages.
When the shooting happened, East Point police told the Georgia Bureau of Investigation that an officer in an unmarked vehicle identified a stolen black Nissan sedan about 11 a.m. on Dec. 28, 2018. Officers in the unmarked car and two marked police patrol cars followed the sedan to a grocery store parking lot and uniformed officers got out and approached the car.
The driver of the Nissan, later identified as Nolley, reversed into the unmarked police vehicle, and uniformed officers fired their guns at the car, the GBI said in a news release at the time. The driver of the Nissan then drove off toward Interstate 285. East Point officers pursued the car and South Fulton officers joined the chase.
That's consistent with the videos released by Nolley's lawyers. A dashcam video shows an officer holding his gun as he gets out of a marked car with its lights on that's stopped in a shopping center parking lot facing the front of a black sedan. As the officer approaches, the sedan reverses and then moves forward. The officer fires at the car as it drives off and a second officer runs into the video frame with a gun drawn. Then the first officer gets back in the car and pursues the sedan.
Other dashcam video shows the sedan traveling in the left lane of the interstate when a police car bumps it, causing it to spin around. Even before the car stops moving completely, a man is seen climbing out of the driver's side window and running away. Within seconds, officers can be seen firing at him as he runs.
At least four officers can be seen pursuing the man down an embankment into a wooded area, where he is seen lying facedown. As the officers approach with their guns drawn, they shout at the man not to move. Officers cuff the man's hands behind his back and roll him over.
The indictment filed on April 4 charges former East Point officers Rodney Etienne and Shiron Nicole Varner each with two counts of violating their oaths and one count each of reckless conduct, aggravated battery and aggravated assault. The races of the officers could not be determined immediately. No one responded to a phone message left at the East Point Police Department.
Phone numbers for Etienne and Varner could not immediately be found Friday, and neither had a lawyer who could comment on the charges listed in the criminal case file online.
The aggravated assault and aggravated battery charges, as well as one violation of oath count, are related to Nolley's shooting. The reckless conduct charge and the other violation of oath count stem from the officers firing their guns at the shopping center, where they endangered the safety of a woman, the indictment says.
The GBI said at the time of the shooting that one of the rounds fired at the shopping center hit a drug store in a separate lot and a woman was cut by falling glass.
Filed in Fulton County State Court in October 2019, Nolley’s lawsuit originally named Etienne and Varner, as well as the East Point Police Department, the city of East Point, a South Fulton police officer, the South Fulton Police Department and the city of South Fulton. The case was moved to federal court the next month. The claims against the two cities and their police departments have been dismissed.
The lawsuit says Nolley was unarmed when he exited the vehicle and ran away and “posed no danger" to the officers, “who had no reason to believe Mr. Nolley posed a safety threat to anyone as he fled on foot.” When the officers fired at him, he was hit twice in the legs and twice in the back, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, the lawsuit says. There was no legal justification for the use of force, according to the lawsuit, which called the shooting “unreasonable and excessive.”
The lawsuit seeks a jury trial and asks for $30 million in damages, as well as legal costs and fees.
After being told at a hearing that the Fulton County district attorney’s office planned to bring charges against two of the officers in the case this month, U.S. District Judge Charles Panell last month stayed the civil case until mid-May.
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WASHINGTON — Liz Sheridan, who played doting mom to Jerry Seinfeld on his hit sitcom, died early Friday. She was 93.
Sheridan died in her sleep from natural causes, five days after her April 10 birthday, said Amanda Hendon, her longtime representative and friend. She did not provide further details, including where Sheridan was living.
Her “Seinfeld” role as Helen was her best known but followed decades of work on stage and screen. In the 1970s, Sheridan appeared on Broadway in plays and musicals, the latter including “Happy End” with Meryl Streep and “Ballroom."
She was always very grateful to her fans and felt blessed to have enjoyed decades of work in the entertainment business,” including performing in her one-woman show, “Mrs. Seinfeld Sings,” Hendon said in a statement.
Sheridan had guest roles on TV series including “Kojak,” “Cagney & Lacey” and “Family Ties,” and played the pesky neighbor Raquel Ochmonek on “ALF” from 1986 to 1990. She was on “Seinfeld” for the show's 1990 to 1998 run, playing opposite Barney Martin as her husband, Morty.
“How could anyone not like him?” Helen said of her beloved Jerry.
The actor appeared in films including “Legal Eagles,” “Forget Paris” and “Wedding Bell Blues.” The 2010 TV movie “The Rooneys” was among her final credits.
In her book “Dizzy & Jimmy,” Sheridan recounted a romance in the early 1950s with a then-unknown James Dean. Sheridan, nicknamed Dizzy, was a young nightclub dancer in New York City when she met Dean. After they split, he became a star with films including “Rebel Without a Cause.” He died in a car crash in 1955, at age 24.
The news comes soon after the death of another "Seinfeld" alum, Estelle Harris, who played George Costanza's short-fused mother. Harris died at 93 in early April.
Born Elizabeth Ann Sheridan, the New York native was married to jazz musician William Dale Wales, who died in 2003. Sheridan is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, according to Hendon.
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Which folding bed is best?
If you frequently have guests over but don’t have a spare bedroom or your couch is too small and uncomfortable, consider a folding bed. If you live in a small apartment such as a studio, folding beds are also excellent for maximizing your space. And standard-size sheets fit them perfectly, so there’s no need to hunt for anything special.
The best folding bed is the Milliard Diplomat Folding Bed. It uses a reinforced steel frame for stability and durability, and it includes a mattress.
What to know before you buy a folding bed
Why use a folding bed
There are several reasons to use a folding bed over a standard bed, but here are the main three.
- Space: They save a surprising amount of it in small or one-room apartments.
- Comfort: They are more comfortable for guests than couches, rickety cots and air mattresses.
- Price: They are much cheaper than standard mattresses and bed frames.
Size
Folding beds have two sizes: open and folded.
- Open: Folding beds use the same terminology as standard bedding, such as full and queen, making it easy to find matching sheets. Most folding beds are twin size. Larger sizes are available but uncommon. Smaller sizes are more common, as they’re intended for children.
- Folded: Folding beds fold down to different sizes. This is most important for ensuring it will fit in your storage space, but knowing how much space you’ll save if it’s your main bed in a studio apartment is also crucial.
Weight
Folding beds have their total weight and a weight limit.
- Total: Most folding beds weigh 30-60 pounds. Heavier beds may have wheels to help you move them.
- Limit: Most folding beds have weight limits of 250-300 pounds.
What to look for in a quality folding bed
Mattress
There are two key aspects of the included mattress to consider.
- Material: Most included mattresses are made of foam, though the foam used differs. The most common is high-density foam, inexpensive and reasonably comfortable. The best is memory foam, though it can be pricey. Some mattresses mix them to improve comfort while keeping costs down.
- Thickness: The mattress’s thickness helps determine how plush it feels. Most are 2-5 inches thick.
Frame
Frames also have two key aspects to consider.
- Material: Most frames are made of metal. Steel is more durable but aluminum is lighter and more affordable.
- Base: There are two kinds of bases — slats and springs. Slats run thin pieces of metal across the base in a latticework, while springs hold up a trampoline-like base. Spring bases are better — they are more supportive, more comfortable and more durable.
How much you can expect to spend on a folding bed
Folding beds typically cost $100-$250. Some are available for less than $100, but these either don’t include a mattress or have a barely serviceable one. Others are available for $250-plus and can be as good as a regular bed.
Folding bed FAQ
How do I know what size folding bed to buy?
A. That depends on your needs and how much space you have. If the bed is for a child, you can get a size smaller than a twin. For adults, you should get at least a twin or, if you know you have guests regularly, the largest size your home can afford — both in terms of space and cost.
Do I need a dust cover?
A. No, but it can be useful. Dust covers help keep the mattress fresher for longer, which helps it to last longer.
Should I buy a better mattress than what comes with my frame?
A. That depends on how often it will be used. The occasional one- or two-night guest should be comfortable enough that it won’t be an issue. If you know you’ll be having guests regularly for long periods, or you’ll be using it as your main sleeping setup, it’s worth investing in a high-quality folding mattress.
What’s the best folding bed to buy?
Top folding bed
What you need to know: This excellent frame and mattress combo has wheels for easy mobility.
What you’ll love: The frame is steel with a full wire lattice base that can hold up to 300 pounds. It’s 75 by 38 inches with an included foam mattress that’s 2 inches shorter to allow for optimal folding.
What you should consider: The mattress is firm — those who prefer a softer sleep will find it uncomfortable. Some consumers received mattresses that were an inch less deep than advertised.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top folding bed for the money
Amazon Basics Foldable Bed Frame
What you need to know: It’s a great frame for those who already have the mattress.
What you’ll love: It’s available in all major sizes from twin up, in both 14- and 18-inch heights. Assembly is simple and doesn’t require any tools, but expert assembly is offered for those who need it, though it’s expensive. The bed rarely, if ever, squeaks from movement.
What you should consider: Some of the edges are sharp, enough to cause minor damage if hit just right. A few customers had issues with wire supports breaking or coming loose.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: It uses a spring-held hammock base instead of wire.
What you’ll love: It’s available in twin, twin XL and small single for the especially space-conscious. It has wheels for easy mobility, and they lock into place to prevent sliding. The spring-supported bed is comfortable without sacrificing stability and has a weight capacity of 350 pounds.
What you should consider: A few purchasers didn’t receive all the parts needed to complete assembly, while others received parts for a different sized version.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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200+ firearms stolen from Indianapolis area warehouses
By Richard Essex
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (WISH) — More than 200 firearms within the Indianapolis law enforcement community have been stolen from warehouses in the city, sources have told I-Team 8.
The thefts started a couple weeks ago, and many of those guns are high-end firearms that could now be on the streets of Indianapolis.
I-Team 8 confirmed two rifles valued at $4,800 each were stolen from a warehouse on South Tibbs Avenue.
What happened to the guns is anyone’s guess, according to Greg Burge, the owner of Beech Grove Firearms. He says gun dealers are not given alerts from local or federal agencies when firearms are stolen. “They know all of these guns have been stolen. They are making no public information. They are not notifying the dealers at all and, again, I don’t know what guns. I can only guess that many guns are traveling everywhere.”
Burge added, “In my opinion, it is a grave concern for so many levels. It is a public safety concern.”
Burge says a delivery driver recently stole two boxes of firearm accessories that were supposed to have been delivered to his shop. The driver forged a signature and kept two boxes in the delivery truck. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating.
The owner of the gun shop and range says when firearms are shipped the seller tracks the serial numbers. The ATF requires federally registered firearms dealers to account for every firearm they buy and sell. Burge and other federally registered dealers are not given a way to check firearm serial numbers to verify if a gun has been stolen or not. However, pawn shops have that ability.
Burge said, “You bring in a firearm into a pawn store, they are going to enter it in a government database and they are going to be told ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ so it helps. We do not have access to that program, nor is it required.”
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department sent a statement to I-Team 8:
“We can confirm a joint investigation with our federal partners to include the ATF and US Attorney’s Office is underway. At this time, beyond what is in the police report we refer additional comment to the US Attorney’s Office.”
When asked for a comment, the ATF referred I-Team 8 to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which would only confirm that an investigation is underway.
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A Bahrain-based private equity firm is in exclusive talks to buy seven-time European champion AC Milan and become the Italian league's first Middle East investor, a person with knowledge of the process said.
The buyout by Investcorp could see the Serie A leader sold for around 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion), the person told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss details of the exclusive talks which began this month.
The U.S.-based hedge firm Elliott Management has owned Milan since 2018 after the former Chinese owner failed to repay part of a loan. Milan declined comment while club director Paolo Maldini remained tight-lipped about the deal on Friday before the team's 2-0 win over Genoa.
“I know little,” Maldini said. "It's normal that there could be a sale in the future of Milan. I don't know when that will be.
“With a few rounds remaining, I think it's in the interest of everyone to try to win this championship."
Investcorp, which was founded in Bahrain in 1982, delisted from the Bahrain stock exchange last year after almost four decades as it continues its global expansion of investments.
Investcorp executive chairman Mohammed Alardhi has been involved in the talks with Milan, the person with knowledge of the process said.
With offices across the Middle East, the U.S., Europe and Asia, Investcorp has assets valued at more than $37 billion, including from corporate investment, real estate and hedge funds.
The potential takeover comes with Milan on top of Serie A with five games remaining. Milan looks to win a first title since 2011, and a 19th overall, after a period of domestic dominance by Juventus broken by crosstown rival Inter Milan only last season.
The two Milan clubs share the San Siro stadium and they are looking to build a new stadium jointly as part of “The Cathedral” project.
AC Milan is also looking for investment that would allow the team to return to the pinnacle of European football having not won the Champions League since 2007 during the ownership of former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi. The team, which features Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, went out in the group stage in December after ending a seven-season absence from the lucrative UEFA competition.
Milan reported debts of around 100 million euros in the last financial year, to June 2021, as the club reported pandemic-impacted losses halving to 96.4 million euros.
While Investcorp would mark the entry of Gulf investment to Serie A, the English Premier League has Abu Dhabi funding of Manchester City and Saudi ownership of Newcastle, and Qatari investment has transformed Paris Saint-Germain.
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(KSWB) — Liz Sheridan, an accomplished actress of stage and screen who had her breakout role in the 1990s playing Jerry’s mom on “Seinfeld,” has died, according to multiple media reports. She was 93.
Sheridan died peacefully in her sleep early Friday, TMZ and Deadline reported. Her death comes just five days after her 93rd birthday and nearly two weeks after her fellow “Seinfeld” star Estelle Harris, who played George Constanza’s mother on the sitcom, also died at age 93.
A New York native, Sheridan’s IMDb page shows dozens of roles through the years, including another role she’s remembered for in playing the supporting character Raquel Ochmonek on the 1980s hit “ALF.”
She starred in the 1977 Broadway musical “Happy End” with Meryl Streep and Christopher Lloyd.
Sheridan was the last surviving parent of the four main characters from “Seinfeld.” Jerry Stiller, who played George’s father, died in 2020. Sheridan’s husband on the show, Barney Martin, who played Morty Seinfeld, died in 2005. Others include Sheree North, who portrayed the mother of Michael Richards’ Kramer, also died in 2005 and the actor playing Elaine Benes’ father, Lawrence Tierney, died in 2002.
She also penned the book “Dizzy & Jimmy” in 2000, a memoir about her relationship with actor James Dean.
Sheridan’s last listed roles on IMDb came in 2010, playing Helen in the film “Trim” and appearing in the TV movie “The Rooneys.”
Sheridan was survived by a daughter and son-in-law, according to multiple outlets.
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Rennes misses chance to go 2nd after home loss to Monaco
PARIS (AP) - Rennes missed the chance to move into second place in the French league and the automatic Champions League spot after losing at home to Monaco 3-2 on Friday.
Third-placed Rennes would have been second on goal difference if it won. But the Brittany side's defeat meant Marseille can move six points clear in second with victory at runaway league leader Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday.
Monaco is creeping into contention for the European places and moved into fourth spot - which earns a place in the Europa League - after a fourth straight league win. Monaco was only three points behind Rennes.
Midfielder Flavien Tait gave Rennes the ideal start after three minutes when he headed in a cross from right back Hamari Traore.
Hardly surprising, perhaps, given that Rennes has scored nine times in the first 15 minutes this season - more than any other team.
Monaco's comeback began when Brazilian Vanderson equalized in the 12th. He met fellow midfielder Aleksandr Golovin's fine pass and shot confidently past 19-year-old Turkish goalkeeper Dogan Alemdar.
Monaco's Wissam Ben Yedder scores his side's second goal during the League One soccer match between Rennes and Monaco, at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes, France, Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)
France forward Wissam Ben Yedder then grabbed his 19th league goal when he latched onto strike partner Kevin Volland's header from near the halfway line and sprinted clear to finish with aplomb.
Vanderson turned provider for Netherlands striker Myron Boadu in the 77th.
Rennes striker Martin Terrier's injury-time penalty was a consolation, but moved him level with Ben Yedder on 19 and one behind top scorer Kylian Mbappe of PSG.
PSG is 12 points clear at the top.
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Monaco's Wissam Ben Yedder celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's second goal during the League One soccer match between Rennes and Monaco, at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes, France, Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)
Rennes' Martin Terrier runs with the ball after scoring his side's second goal during the League One soccer match between Rennes and Monaco, at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes, France, Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)
Monaco's Myron Boadu scores his side's third goal during the League One soccer match between Rennes and Monaco, at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes, France, Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)
Monaco's Kevin Volland, left, duels for the ball with Rennes' Lovro Majer during the League One soccer match between Rennes and Monaco, at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes, France, Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)
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Crew aching for a goal against second-place Orlando City
Orlando City will head to Ohio looking to take advantage of the struggling Columbus Crew on Saturday.
A 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire on last Saturday lifted Orlando City (3-2-2, 11 points) into second place in the Eastern Conference, five points behind the Philadelphia Union.
The goal was by Austrian forward Ercan Kara, the first of the designated player's MLS career after being held scoreless in six matches.
It was a relief to Orlando coach Oscar Pareja.
"The forwards depend on goals, and it was very important that Ercan was able to score his first goal with the club," Pareja said. "It should give him more boost in confidence and we hope that can be the start of a scoring streak, so we can count on his presence on the final third."
The Crew (2-2-2, 8 points) would take a goal from anybody at this stage. After tallying four goals in the season opener, the defending champions have watched their production decline from three goals, to two and then to one in three March games. Now they are coming off consecutive 1-0 defeats.
Crew coach Caleb Porter wants his forwards to be more ruthless and physical.
"We do need to have some training sessions where guys are getting bloodied a little bit and we're battling a little bit more," he said. "I think that will potentially help us in moments. The accountability needs to be there.
"The attackers need to be a little more disappointed because they've got to find goals for us. Otherwise, we're going to be falling short here and I'm going to be losing my job."
Columbus hasn't gone three straight MLS matches without scoring since a stretch in June and July of 2019 that included a 2-0 home loss to Orlando City.
That was Orlando's only win in Columbus in six games (1-4-1).
"I think we can't allow ourselves to lose another game at home," Crew defender Milos Degenek said. "We can't allow ourselves to be on a negative run. We have to turn this around, and we will turn this around."
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dover Fueling Solutions ("DFS"), a part of Dover (NYSE: DOV) and a leading global provider of advanced customer-focused technologies, services and solutions in the fuel and convenience retail industries, today announced that it has expanded its agreement with Global Technical Services ("GTS") to include the provision of its DX Wetstock management services, an end-to-end fuel management solution, to the Egyptian markets.
"We are very excited to partner with GTS and bring our real-time wetstock management services to Egypt. As a licensee of DX Wetstock, GTS will be able to leverage the DFS team's in-depth experience of providing wetstock software and services, while maintaining the local presence and market understanding necessary to guarantee the best possible value from the service," said Andy Sullivan, General Manager and Senior Director Wetstock, DFS.
Based in Cairo, Egypt, GTS specializes in industrial automation solutions and is renowned in the fuel retail sector for selling fueling equipment and providing maintenance, design, engineering projects and consultancy services. GTS is a supplier of equipment and services to over 3,600 sites in Egypt, including the Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation.
"DX Wetstock works seamlessly with our extensive install base of DFS automation solutions, and we are anticipating a high demand for the solution. This new service allows us to take our fuel management solutions to the next level, bringing our customers a level of visibility and actionable insight into the causes of fuel loss that they have never had before. We expect our customers to benefit greatly from these new services, minimizing their fuel losses, decreasing their operational costs, and transforming their fuel reconciliation processes. Our partnership with DFS has grown significantly in recent years and has proven to be very successful. We look forward to this exciting next chapter and to working with DFS for years to come," said Mahmoud Nasr, Smart Solutions Business Unit Director of GTS.
GTS has distributed Wayne Fueling Systems and ProGauge products for nearly four years, deploying DFS tank gauging equipment to over 3,000 sites throughout Egypt to date. The addition of DX Wetstock increases GTS' offering to its considerable customer base and further strengthens the position of both DFS and GTS in this market.
For more information on DX Wetstock visit: https://www.doverfuelingsolutions.com/dxwetstock.
About Dover Fueling Solutions:
Dover Fueling Solutions ("DFS"), part of Dover Corporation, comprises the product brands of ClearView, Fairbanks, OPW Fuel Management Systems, ProGauge, Tokheim, and Wayne Fueling Systems, and delivers advanced fuel dispensing equipment, electronic systems and payment, automatic tank gauging and wetstock management solutions to customers worldwide. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, DFS has a significant manufacturing presence around the world, including facilities in Brazil, China, India, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom and the United States. For more information about DFS, visit www.doverfuelingsolutions.com.
About Dover:
Dover is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of approximately $8 billion. We deliver innovative equipment and components, consumable supplies, aftermarket parts, software and digital solutions, and support services through five operating segments: Engineered Products, Clean Energy & Fueling, Imaging & Identification, Pumps & Process Solutions and Climate & Sustainability Technologies. Dover combines global scale with operational agility to lead the markets we serve. Recognized for our entrepreneurial approach for over 65 years, our team of over 25,000 employees takes an ownership mindset, collaborating with customers to redefine what's possible. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Dover trades on the New York Stock Exchange under "DOV." Additional information is available at dovercorporation.com.
Dover Fueling Solutions Contact:
Jen Neale
+44 (0) 7391 865 815
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Dover Media Contact:
Adrian Sakowicz, VP, Communications
(630) 743-5039
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Dover Investor Contact:
Jack Dickens, Senior Director, Investor Relations
(630) 743-2566
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Russian air force Tu-22M bombers flew into Ukrainian air space on Thursday and dropped unguided bombs on Ukrainian troops in the besieged city of Mariupol, on the Sea of Azov coast.
It was the first time the 120-ton, swing-wing, supersonic bombers directly have raided Ukraine since Russia widened its war on the country starting the night of Feb. 23. Before the Mariupol mission, the Tu-22Ms attacked Ukraine without leaving Russian air space—by firing long-range cruise missiles.
The bombing run, which was recorded by a Russian drone and later confirmed by Ukrainian officials, could indicate that the Kremlin is running low on cruise missiles.
It requires a certain amount of recklessness, or desperation, to fly the big bombers within range of enemy air-defenses. Georgian troops famously shot down a Tu-22M, killing its four crew, during the Russian invasion of the Republic of Georgia in 2008.
The drone footage of the Tu-22M raid clearly depicts a stick of gravity bombs exploding on the campus of the Azovstal steel plant on the eastern outskirts of Mariupol.
Around 160,000 civilians are trapped in the ruins of Mariupol. Thousands more have died. “The humanitarian situation in the city is worsening,” the U.K. Defense Ministry warned. “Most of the 160,000 remaining residents have no light, communication, medicine, heat or water.”
Azovstal is an important strong-point in the city’s defense. Troops from the far-right Azov Battalion, the Ukrainian marine corps and the local territorial defense force have holed up in and around Azovstal’s industrial maze. A number of marines a few days ago broke out of an isolated defensive pocket in Mariupol in order to link up with the Azov Battalion.
Surrounded and all but cut off from the rest of the Ukrainian military except for occasional, high-risk helicopter supply runs, the Azovstal defenders for more than six weeks have managed to hold off a much larger force of Russian, Chechen and separatist troops.
“Ukraine’s continued defense of Mariupol is currently tying down significant numbers of Russian troops and equipment,” the U.K. Defense Ministry stated.
As battered Russian formations retreated from northern Ukraine earlier this month, the Kremlin has redoubled its efforts in the east and south, including around Mariupol. “Russian air activity is expected to increase in the south and east of Ukraine in support of this activity,” the ministry explained.
It makes military sense for Russia to bombard Azovstal. But it’s somewhat surprising that the Kremlin was willing to fly Tu-22Ms directly over the plant. It’s not for no reason that every previous Russian bomber sortie carefully avoided going anywhere near Ukraine.
Fifty days into the wider war, Kyiv’s air-defense system still mostly is intact. Ukrainian air-defenders so far have shot down at least 71 Russian aircraft that analysts can confirm. They’d surely love to add one of Russia’s 60 or so Tu-22Ms to their tally of kills.
It’s possible the Russians are running out of cruise missiles and, in order to keep up the pressure on Mariupol’s defenders, have no choice but to drop bombs.
A Pentagon official on March 25 told reporters the Kremlin’s stockpile of long-range precision munitions was down by half. “Air-launched cruise missiles in particular are the thing that they're the lowest on,” the unnamed official said. “And then we think that's one of the reasons why we're seeing them use more and more dumb bombs, if you will.”
The Tu-22Ms in the recent raid got lucky and apparently returned to their base undamaged. It’s unclear what carnage they left behind. “Russia’s continued reliance on unguided bombs decreases their ability to discriminate when targeting and conducting strikes while greatly increasing the risk of further civilian casualties,” the U.K. Defense Ministry stated.
If the Russians really are running low on cruise missiles, expect more bombers to fly directly over the war zone and drop more dumb bombs. Also expect the Ukrainians to take aim at the giant warplanes.
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If you look to the skies Saturday night, you'll see the "pink moon" -- but it won't be pink. Each month's full moon has a popular nickname, and the pink moon is on April 16, 2022.
NASA says the moon will reach its peak fullness at 2:55 p.m. EDT Saturday afternoon -- before the sky gets dark enough for us to see it. However, it will appear full from Friday through early Monday morning, making this a "full moon weekend."
Why is it called the pink moon?
Moon nicknames, popularized through farmers' almanacs, are based on what's happening in the natural world each month. The Farmers’ Almanac and the Old Farmers’ Almanac both say the nickname was inspired by a pink springtime flower called creeping phlox, or moss phlox.
“Although we wish this name had to do with the color of the Moon, the reality is not quite as mystical or awe-inspiring,” the Old Farmers’ Almanac says. “In truth, April’s full Moon often corresponded with the early springtime blooms of a certain wildflower native to eastern North America: Phlox subulata — commonly called creeping phlox or moss phlox — which also went by the name ‘moss pink.’”
Both almanacs say the tradition of nicknaming every month’s moon in North America began with Native American lunar calendars and was then adopted by early Colonial American settlers.
At least it's a nice name. March's full moon -- the "worm moon" -- was less lucky. Next on the calendar is the "flower moon" on May 16, then the "strawberry moon" on June 14.
It will be the first full moon of spring, making it the Paschal Moon in the Christian ecclesiastical calendar. NASA said it's also the Pesach or Passover Moon.
Can you sometimes see a colorful moon?
Nicknames aside, some lucky photographers might get to snap a rosy-hued photo of the pink moon. If atmospheric conditions are right, the moon can sometimes appear to be a different color when it is low on the horizon -- similar to how we get colorful sunsets.
“So that's part of why I would also encourage people to look at the moon when it's close to the horizon — when it's rising or when it's setting — because at that point, you'll be looking at it through the most amount of the Earth's atmosphere, which is gonna have all sorts of things in it,” said Jackie Faherty, a scientist and educator in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History.
She said particles in the Earth's atmosphere, like smoke or even volcanic ash, could give the moon a warm hue at times.
The VERIFY team contributed to this report.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Until a few days ago, Volodymyr Musyak was on the front lines defending Ukraine from Russia’s devastating assault on his nation. Now he’s preparing to pick up a bow and arrow in the Invictus Games archery competition.
The sporting event for active service personnel and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday and ends April 22 in this Dutch city that calls itself the global center of peace and justice.
Those concepts seem a world away to the team of 19 athletes from Ukraine and their supporters as they settle in The Hague for the games.
“I think that emotionally it’s something that requires time … because we come from a very disturbed area as we come from the areas where the actual killings every day are happening, the shelling, the bombing, we hear sirens every day,” said Oksana Horbach, Ukraine’s Invictus Games National Coordinator.
One of the team, Taira Paievska, did not even make the trip after being taken hostage by Russian forces in Mariupol where she worked as a paramedic, Horbach said.
Four Ukrainians who were not due to participate in the games but were active in the worldwide community of injured servicemen and women died in March, two while on active duty and two in rocket attacks, Invictus Games organizers said on their website.
Pavlo Kovalskyi, who is participating in rowing, archery, wheelchair basketball and possibly also sitting volleyball, said that, as well as competing, he wants to spread the word about the harsh realities of war in his homeland.
Traveling to the games gives the 31-year-old a chance “better to tell, convey information to the audience, our friends, our new acquaintances, just fellow athletes, what is happening now,” he said.
Ukrainian Minister for Veteran Affairs Yuliia Laputina agreed that the competitors decided to take part as a way of spreading the word.
“They wanted to be with their country, their people, but understanding the role of sports ambassadorship in the international relations they take the … decision to take part and it was a hard decision for them,” she said.
Members of the Ukrainian team drew big cheers Friday evening at a reception also attended by Britain’s Prince Harry — whose brainchild the games were — and his wife Meghan.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the team on via a video link after their arrival Thursday.
“Victory is important for us, it is important to prove that we are all unconquered,” he told the participants. “And your team is part of the spirit of indomitability of Ukraine, the Ukrainian people and each of us.”
The Ukrainians are among some 500 competitors from 20 nations participating in the Invictus Games. Russia has never taken part in any of the previous games and does not have a team in The Hague.
This year’s games were twice delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The first edition of the games was held in London in 2014, followed by Orlando in 2016, Toronto in 2017 and Sydney in 2018.
Service personnel compete in athletics, archery, cycling, indoor rowing, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair basketball, and wheelchair rugby as well as a driving challenge organized by one of the event’s official partners, car maker Jaguar Land Rover.
For the Ukrainians, the games are a brief respite from the grim realities of life in wartime and an opportunity to highlight the plight of their nation.
“The death, the destruction, the rapes, everything, this is something that my competitors and team staff members experience every day,” Horbach said. “So it needs to be heard, it needs to be told. It is very important for us that we, as Ukrainians, have that voice, have a platform to voice who we are, what we do and what we experience every single day since Feb. 24,” when the Russian invasion started.
Musyak, who suffers from concussion caused by a mine blast, is competing in events including archery, but has to prepare without his coach, Dmytro Sydoruk, who died in the war.
“On the eve of our departure, he died,” Musyak said. “Whether military or civilian, every loss for us, especially when our children are killed, when civilians are killed, when women are killed, is an irreparable loss.”
And while Musyak is competing in The Hague, his mind is elsewhere.
“We are only the second day here, we got here from the front line and, until now, I’m mentally with my brothers in arms, of course,” he said. “After the end of the competition, we return to the front line to defend our country.”
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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The line between celebrating and patronising is a difficult one to tread. This week, it was announced that seven of the 31 matches at this summer’s Uefa Women’s Euros had sold out almost three months before the tournament begins.
Cue plenty of well-meaning congratulation and righteous excitement. After last year’s men’s Euros and this winter’s men’s World Cup, there was a vague sense that the tournament could get a little lost, delayed as it is by 12 months. The opposite seems true.
But some of that congratulation must be tinged with slight regret. As well as firm proof of significant public interest in Euro 2022, it also hints at a lack of ambition.
Two of the sellouts that don’t involve England are Belgium vs Iceland and Italy vs Iceland, the second, third and fourth seeds in Group D. Both are being played at the Etihad Academy Stadium in Manchester. That is not a coincidence.
The capacity of the Etihad Academy is 7,000. Not only is it comfortably the smallest stadium at this summer’s tournament, it is the smallest capacity stadium used for any women’s European Championship or World Cup match since 1997. Given that attendances in that edition averaged at 2,382, and considering women’s football’s rapid rise since, it strikes as an extraordinary move.
At the Women’s World Cup in France in 2019, when advertising for the tournament in some cities was abject, the smallest capacity stadium used was the Stade des Alpes in Grenoble that seated 18,000. Of the eight regular venues this summer (Wembley and Old Trafford will only be used once each), half have a capacity smaller than all of those used in France.
Over a quarter of scheduled matches (although Russia’s suspension without replacement would alter the number) will take place in stadiums with a capacity of 12,000 or less. Matches at the Brentford Community Stadium, Rotherham’s New York Stadium and Leigh Sports Village have also sold out.
England’s matches are affected. Their first group match at Old Trafford against Austria at Old Trafford – capacity 74,000 – has sold out, so it’s little surprise that their other group games at Brighton’s Amex Stadium and Southampton’s St Mary’s have gone the same way given both have less than half the capacity of Old Trafford.
Is this not a significant misstep? Having demand that outstrips supply is something to provoke pride, but having members of the public – probably tens of thousands – of the public unable to attend England’s matches is a crying shame. England has 18 stadiums larger in capacity than St Mary’s and 22 bigger than the Amex. Why has their selection process been so conservative?
Stadium capacities for Euro 2022
- The Amex (Brighton & Hove Albion) – 31,800
- Brentford Community Stadium (Brentford) – 17,250
- Bramall Lane (Sheffield United) – 32,050
- St Mary’s (Southampton) – 32,384
- Old Trafford (Manchester United) – 74,140
- Manchester City Academy Stadium (Manchester City Women) – 7,000
- stadium:mk (MK Dons) – 30,500
- New York Stadium (Rotherham United) – 12,021
- Leigh Sports Village (Manchester United Women) – 12,000
Beyond the issues with capacity, there are geographical oddities. The last 16-team tournament England hosted – Euro ‘96 – had matches in England’s eight biggest cities, a reasonable approach if a little limiting for the south west and east of England. For this tournament, eight stadiums have been roughly picked in pairs – Rotherham and Sheffield, Manchester and Leigh (which doesn’t even have a train station), Brighton and Southampton, Brentford and Milton Keynes.
Leigh is the most northerly ground. Only Milton Keynes is hosting football between London and Sheffield. There are no stadiums in the north east, the West Midlands, the East Midlands, the south west or on the east coast. But we do have two within 18 miles of each other, with a combined capacity of 19,000 and two others within seven miles of one another.
If it’s done to limit travel time, have you seen the size of England? Surely those concerns should be eclipsed by the desire to take the game to the public. And they have had a 12-month delay to gauge the interest and react accordingly.
We can all opine haughtily from afar. This is not intended to lambast those in charge of selection criteria nor suggest that their job was easy.
The perfect scenario would have been England matches at Wembley, Old Trafford and Villa Park with others played at Leicester, Newcastle, Brentford, Brighton, Leeds and Liverpool, but perhaps those clubs weren’t interested and perhaps those stadiums were considered too ambitious. And stadiums selling out should be celebrated. It is a wonderful thing.
But perception matters at this tournament more than most others. One of its unique opportunities, in contrast with the ubiquity of the men’s team, is to help further fuel the growth of an entire sport in the national consciousness.
It can ensure the formation of a new generation of England supporters who cannot normally afford match tickets or travel to Wembley. It will be a cause of great lament if some of them were lost because games are being played in low to mid-range capacity stadiums caused by a lack of ambition. That seems a distinct possibility.
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MUHLENBERG TWP., Pa. - Inside this Farmer's Market is something 'berry' exciting.
"You just gotta take that first bite," said Joe Ferderbar, Oola Bowls co-founder and co-owner, "and then we think we'll have you hooked for life."
The Fairgrounds Farmer's Market in Muhlenberg Township is welcoming Oola Bowls. It's the 6th location for the Lancaster County-based chain crafting colorful, Instagram-able acai bowls.
"We like to use the comparison if you like the way a peanut butter and jelly sandwich tastes you probably like an acai bowl."
Acai, you say? It's a berry referred to by many as a superfood, with lots of claimed health and well-being benefits.
"There's not too many berries that have natural fats in them," said co-founder and co-owner Brock Snider.
Each Oola Bowl starts with an organic acai base. From there, it's your choice of fresh fruits, granola and more. If you can't decide, there are a number of recipes you can choose from.
"We have berries, granola, peanut butter, all fresh fruit prepared daily," said Ferderbar.
The company says on Saturday, the first 50 customers in line at 8am at the Fairgrounds Market get a free bowl to celebrate their debut in Berks.
"We've had a lot of local support from Berks County," said Snider.
If you're new to bowls, you may see a word or two on the menu you might not know how to pronounce. "I think that's the half of the fun," said Snider. "We're here to educate our customers as well."
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(Motor Authority) For some, a clean car isn’t enough. It needs to be closer to perfection.
Deep cleaning your vehicle’s paint, including correcting the imperfections in the clear coat, then applying a layer of protection, can make your car look like new.
Once complete, you’ll have a layer of protection on your paint. If done right, the vehicle will look better, feel smoother (why are you touching the paint? Stop that!), and shine brighter. Sunglasses sold separately.
Properly detailing a car isn’t an hour-long endeavor. Depending on the condition of the paint, it could take anywhere from a morning to a lifetime; that shine is addictive. With the right time, equipment, and practice, a vehicle can sit in the sun and never reflect paint swirls, hazing, or scratches.
Based on more than 25 years of detailing vehicles (and boats), along with six years of professional detailing experience, here are my recommended steps to properly clean, correct, and protect your vehicle’s paint.
Precautions and warnings
The risks of scratching, marring, or damaging a vehicle while detailing it are severe. Taking a power tool or abrasive chemicals to a vehicle’s finish increases those risks exponentially. The result could be a marred finish or worse, burning through the clear coat. Then you’ll have a dull spot showing exposed paint, like an open wound.
Following the right process is the start, but trial and error is required to truly master the art of detailing. Practicing on an old hood, body panel, or car no one cares about is advised.
The hardness of clear coats varies by automaker. Vehicles with softer clear coats will be easier to work with and imperfections will buff out quicker. With experience you’ll spot consistent trends and learn that, in general, the clear coats of Japanese vehicles are softer, Germans are harder, and Americans are thicker.
Jewelry and watches should be ditched before starting. Sorry, Honey, the wedding ring needs to come off temporarily. Belts should either be ditched or the buckle should be covered 100% by a shirt.
Equipment
You’ll need clean microfiber towels, paint clay, liquid spray detailer, bug/tar remover, an orbital buffer or rotary polisher with a backing plate, polishing and cutting pads, liquid paint compound, wax, an LED headlight, and bright lights. A good portion of this stuff can be purchased locally at the auto parts store or a home improvement store, but buying online opens a world of choices with typically higher quality products.
All this equipment can be had for less than $1,000, or you could easily spend ten times that amount. It’s an investment in your vehicle. Except for the lighting and hardware, a lot of this stuff will need to be replaced over time.
Wash, then detail
The vehicle has to be completely clean from any road grime and debris. Sand, rain spots, pollen, bird droppings, and any other dirt have to go. Here’s a handy guide on the proper way to wash your car.
Location, location, location
Detailing should be done inside, or at a minimum under some sort of structure that protects the vehicle from sunlight and debris. A well-lit garage is the ideal location.
LED lighting has made it much easier to to shine a lot of light on a car. A 10,000-lumen LED light bulb costs less than $100. I have three 10,000-lumen bulbs in my garage. My wife will tell you it’s like looking at the sun. Imperfections in the paint can hide in the shadows and darkness, but ithey can’t escape the sun or bright LED lights.
Process
Detailing is a panel-by-panel, section-by-section process. Work the vehicle from top to bottom, front to back, starting with the hood. Leave the bottom quarter of the vehicle—lower bumpers, doors, moldings, rear bumper—for last during each step as that’s where the most dirt lives.
Clay, for cars
After washing the car, clean the clear coat with clay. Skip this step and you’ll swirl dirt and contaminants that you can’t see onto the clear coat.
Some clays are softer and stickier, making them easier to use, while some are harder and less enjoyable to work with. While some bars are as light as 60 or 80 grams, most are 100 grams. I prefer a larger 120+ gram bar to ensure I have more clay to work with.
Using liquid detailer, spray a section of the hood and rub the clay bar in side-to-side motions across the clear coat. For the Jeep Grand Cherokee shown here, I broke the hood into four sections. A 2-foot by 2-foot section is typical. Once you’ve gone over the entire section a few times, stop, fold the clay into itself half a dozen times or so to work the dirt and contaminants into the center of the clay. Dry the panel with a microfiber towel, and feel the paint.
If it’s not perfectly smooth, go over it again. Putting your fingers in a thin Ziploc bag and running them over the paint increases the sensation and allows you to better feel contaminants in the paint.
Repeat the process across the entire vehicle. Start with the hood, and move on to the front fenders, A-pillars, roof, door uppers, rear fenders, and trunk/hatch. Next, move on to the lower bumpers, rockers, and moldings. Never use the clay without folding it into itself half a dozen times or so after a panel and never use a clay bar that’s been dropped on the ground or otherwise contaminated. Never reuse a clay bar. One clay bar for one vehicle.
Remaining bits
The paint’s now clean, but what if you see tar or stubborn baked-on bug guts? Grab a can of bug and tar remover and remove it with a microfiber rag. Real tough stuff can be treated with chemicals such as Goof Off or even lacquer thinner, but these are harsh; touch the wrong part and a piece of trim or decal might droop or lose its shine. Proceed with extreme caution. You don’t need to clay bar these areas again as any contaminants the clay would remove have already been removed.
Paint correction: Decision time
My grandfather used to say, “God only made so much land.” He was right, and automakers only put so much clear coat on a vehicle. Before you correct a vehicle’s paint there are some important questions that need to be answered. Is this vehicle a daily driver that hauls the kids to soccer practice? Is this a supercar or hypercar? Is this a classic? Does this vehicle have single-stage paint? Is this car headed to a concours event that will be judged? The answers to these questions impact the next steps.
You have to decide what level of correction is desired. Play the long game for most vehicles. There are only so many times a high-touch area (hood, fenders, rear pillars, etc,) can be corrected before the clear coat runs out. Every time you detail a vehicle and correct its paint it should look better than the last time as you’re building off your previous work. However, that also means you’re removing clear coat each time. It’s unwise to go for perfection every time as you’ll run out of clear coat.
Show cars headed to events or sports cars/hypercars/supercars that will rarely be driven or are about to be fully wrapped in protective film should be made perfect.
Measure before you cut
Before correcting the paint it’s important to know roughly how much clear coat is on the surface. Between primer, paint, and clear coat, most vehicles have about 4 to 5 mils of coating, though some have a bit more based on the painting process. About a third of that, or 1.5 to 2 mils on average, is the clear coat. The vehicle shown, my Jeep Grand Cherokee, had a thicker coating that measured between 6.8 and 8.8 mils depending on the panel.
A paint depth gauge costs as little as $20, though the more you spend the more accurate and better quality the gauge will be. Get one and measure a few spots on each panel to get a feel for the depth of the coating on your vehicle. This process can show you areas where you have to be careful due to a thinner clear coat.
If a vehicle has been detailed many times, especially by someone without experience, it’s likely there’s less clear coat. A mistake during correction could result in blowing through the clear coat.
Time to correct
Unless you’re trying to fix a scratch you’ll be correcting the paint on your entire vehicle. Otherwise, you’ll have one shiny, swirl-free panel on a marred car. My Jeep is a daily driver and I wasn’t aiming for perfection, just correction to remove swirls, hazing, and micro-scratches.
Correcting your car’s paint is akin to sanding. You’re rubbing a grit on the clear coat to reduce or remove imperfections. Both the pad and compound you use will have grits and cutting and finishing properties. Sometimes it’s necessary to start with rougher grits and work your way to a finer grits. Foam, microfiber, or wool pads can all get the job done. I prefer foam.
Paint correction can be done by hand with a microfiber rag or pad, but it’ll take far longer and require a lot more energy than using an orbital buffer. It’ll also be harder, though not impossible, to produce the same results. Tools help.
Choose the first grit for your pad—on the Jeep I used a foam light cutting pad—and attach the pad to the orbital or rotary buffer backed by a backing plate. Put three or four fingernail-sized dots of rubbing compound on the pad—I used a 1,200-grit fast-cutting compound—turn the speed dial to three or four, and place the buffer on the panel you intend to work on. Only now you can turn on the buffer. Applying mild, even pressure, move the buffer across the panel’s surface in vertical, then horizontal, then diagonal lines. Scratches, swirls, hazing, and mars go in all directions and just like Pokemon Go you want to try and catch them all. When complete, remove the compound by wiping the surface with a microfiber rag.
Stop.
Now check your work with an LED flashlight. Look directly at it and from side angles to check the progress. It’s important to check each section after these passes. Rinse and repeat section-by-section, panel-by-panel for the entire vehicle. Yes, you can do taillights and headlights. Yes, you can do chrome. But it’s important to know what compound and pads you are using on these things and ensure it’s the same grit level that you want for the clear coat.
Correcting is done in stages, just like sanding. If a vehicle’s clear coat is in rough shape and this is a car that is being made perfect it will likely take multiple rounds of correcting with multiple compounds and pads.
Polish and protect
Congratulations! You’ve corrected your vehicle’s clear coat and hopefully not burned through it. Now it’s time to polish and apply protection to your vehicle’s finish.
Just like the correction stage, this can be done by hand with a microfiber towel or pad, but it’ll take far longer and it will be hard to produce the same results as an orbital or rotary buffer.
At this point, evaluate where compounding and correcting has left your finish.
If the finish could use one more step, a cleaner wax can be applied with a very mild finishing and polishing pad on the orbital buffer or rotary polisher. This will add another layer of protection while helping clean up a few tiny scratches.
The last step is to apply a wax or sealant with a fine finishing pad on the buffer. This provides no correction and instead applies a layer of protection that adds a brilliant shine.
Wheels!
You aren’t done yet. Wheels need love too. Some vehicles have painted wheels while others have steel, chrome, or painted alloys. It’s important to protect your wheels and to choose the right product based on the wheel finish. If they are painted you might want to correct them so they shine just as brightly as the paint. This is typically done by hand, but some wheels are large enough or have enough surface area that a smaller buffer can be used.
Clean up
You’re hot, sweaty, and tired, but the job’s not done. Wax dust covers your vehicle’s glass, chrome, grille, and other bits. Don’t go through all this work only to leave a sloppy look.
Wipe down the glass with a clean microfiber rag to remove all the dust. Then clean it with an ammonia-free glass cleaner. Wipe down the grille, lights, and trim bits with a microfiber rag. Make sure there’s no wax left behind on any seals, rubber gaskets, or in cracks and crevices such as door handles.
Now you’re done!
Enjoy a beautiful, shiny, and protected finish and repeat these steps every 6-12 months to keep your car looking shiny all the time.
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MOBILE, Ala. (WGNO) — On April 14, the United States Coast Guard rescued a swimmer that was in critical condition.
According to reports, Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a call at 4:18 p.m. of three swimmers caught in a rip current off the beach of Dauphin Island.
Reports show that the swimmers managed to swim back to shore to wait for the Dauphin Island Police Department officers and emergency medical services before the aircrew arrived on the scene.
The aircrew landed nearby and assisted emergency crews by transferring one swimmer in critical condition and two EMS personnel to Providence Hospital in Mobile, Alabama according to USCG.
The swimmer was last reported to be in critical condition.
The Coast Guard urges the public to be cautious of rip currents by heeding posted beach flags and warning signs.
Learn more about rip current safety here.
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Which Bermuda grass seed is best?
Whether your lush green lawn unfurls over a dozen rolling acres or is confined to a tiny plot in a backyard urban oasis, you’ll want to use the best Bermuda grass seed to keep it vibrant all season long.
Scotts Turf Builder Grass Seed Bermuda Grass is designed to produce a bright green, finely textured grass that is heat-tolerant and disease-resistant. It’s a great choice for warmer regions.
What to know before you buy Bermuda grass seed
Growing region
Bermuda grass is native to hotter climates. Because of this, most of this type of seed is drought-resistant and heat-tolerant. However, there are varieties that will grow well even in cooler regions of the U.S. If winters are long where you live, make sure the seed you choose is engineered for that type of weather.
Speed of germination
The hull of Bermuda grass seeds features a naturally occurring protective coating. Many seed manufacturers strip this layer so that seeds germinate more quickly. If your growing season is short, you’ll want to look for a product that is on the shorter end of the seven- to 21-day germination cycle. Germination times should be indicated on the packaging.
Amount of shade
Another deciding factor on how well Bermuda grass seeds grow is the amount of shade where they are planted. Some varieties require full sun for long periods of time while others are designed to grow even in the shade.
What to look for in quality Bermuda grass seed
Added fertilizer
Fertilizer provides nutrients that grass needs to grow quickly. Look for Bermuda grass seeds with fertilizer added in to skip this step during installation.
Water retention
In addition to fertilizer, some varieties of Bermuda grass seed include mulch or other water-retaining materials. This is one of the ways in which Bermuda grass is made to be more drought-resistant, and it reduces the frequency of watering that is required.
Easy installation
Installation is as easy as walking across the lawn and casting handfuls of seed about, but there are other even easier options. Pre-seeded grass mats can be installed in minutes, rolled out across the lawn and watered. You don’t need any special seed broadcasters to use these products.
How much you can expect to spend on Bermuda grass seed
The price varies depending on the size of the bag, but a 10-pound bag of seed (or a grass mat to cover 110 square feet) costs $16-$50.
Bermuda grass seed FAQ
How do you plant Bermuda grass?
A. Whether you are establishing a new lawn or reseeding an established patch of grass, the process is the same.
- Rake the soil that is being seeded. This loosens it up and allows the seed to make contact with the earth.
- If using fertilizer, add a thin layer over the area to be seeded.
- Spread the seed across the lawn. A broadcast spreader ensures the most even coverage, but if you don’t have that, you can scatter handfuls. Pay attention to where the seed falls to make sure you get every spot.
- Water three times a day to keep the soil moist (but not waterlogged).
- Do not use straw to keep moisture in the seed. Spread with a weed-free mulch if that is not included in the seed you’re using.
- Fertilize every six to eight weeks during the growing season.
- Mow for the first time when seedlings are at least 2 inches high, then maintain the grass at a height of 1-2 inches.
Bermuda grass is a warm-weather grass, so it’s green in the spring and summer and may go dormant and brown in the fall and winter. If your grass loses its green as the mercury drops, don’t be alarmed.
When should you plant Bermuda grass?
A. Late spring and early summer is the best time to plant Bermuda grass. Wait until after the average last frost date in your region, then look for temperatures that are consistently 70-80 degrees. The soil temperature must also be 65-70 degrees or your seeds may not germinate.
What’s the best Bermuda grass seed to buy?
Top Bermuda grass seed
Scotts Turf Builder Grass Seed Bermuda Grass
What you need to know: This heat-tolerant variety is perfect for lawns in hotter climates.
What you’ll love: It spreads easily and is drought-resistant, growing quickly and in a thick mat. It’s easy to plant and holds onto moisture. It’s available in bags ranging from 1-40 pounds. The largest bag can reseed a 5,000 square foot established lawn (or seed a 1,700 square foot new lawn).
What you should consider: This may not work as well in colder parts of the U.S.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top Bermuda grass seed for the money
Pennington One Step Complete Bermuda Grass Seed
What you need to know: If you don’t want to spend time applying multiple layers of lawn care products, this is the seed for you.
What you’ll love: It includes the triple threat of seed, fertilizer and mulch, all in one bag. It repairs bare spots in as little as three weeks and is guaranteed to grow. One 10-pound bag covers 150 square feet.
What you should consider: To repair bare spots caused by urine, make sure to hose down the area first.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Worth checking out
Grotrax Biodegradable Grass Seed Mat
What you need to know: It’s perfect for homeowners who want an easy application.
What you’ll love: Installation could not be easier — simply roll out the mat and water. It’s great for installing a new lawn over bare ground, and full growth is achieved within five weeks. It’s drought- and heat-resistant, but it thrives in a variety of climates. It’s available in rolls that cover 50-110 square feet.
What you should consider: It does not do well in full shade.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
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If you look to the skies Saturday night, you'll see the "pink moon" -- but it won't be pink. Each month's full moon has a popular nickname, and the pink moon is on April 16, 2022.
NASA says the moon will reach its peak fullness at 2:55 p.m. EDT Saturday afternoon -- before the sky gets dark enough for us to see it. However, it will appear full from Friday through early Monday morning, making this a "full moon weekend."
Why is it called the pink moon?
Moon nicknames, popularized through farmers' almanacs, are based on what's happening in the natural world each month. The Farmers’ Almanac and the Old Farmers’ Almanac both say the nickname was inspired by a pink springtime flower called creeping phlox, or moss phlox.
“Although we wish this name had to do with the color of the Moon, the reality is not quite as mystical or awe-inspiring,” the Old Farmers’ Almanac says. “In truth, April’s full Moon often corresponded with the early springtime blooms of a certain wildflower native to eastern North America: Phlox subulata — commonly called creeping phlox or moss phlox — which also went by the name ‘moss pink.’”
Both almanacs say the tradition of nicknaming every month’s moon in North America began with Native American lunar calendars and was then adopted by early Colonial American settlers.
At least it's a nice name. March's full moon -- the "worm moon" -- was less lucky. Next on the calendar is the "flower moon" on May 16, then the "strawberry moon" on June 14.
It will be the first full moon of spring, making it the Paschal Moon in the Christian ecclesiastical calendar. NASA said it's also the Pesach or Passover Moon.
Can you sometimes see a colorful moon?
Nicknames aside, some lucky photographers might get to snap a rosy-hued photo of the pink moon. If atmospheric conditions are right, the moon can sometimes appear to be a different color when it is low on the horizon -- similar to how we get colorful sunsets.
“So that's part of why I would also encourage people to look at the moon when it's close to the horizon — when it's rising or when it's setting — because at that point, you'll be looking at it through the most amount of the Earth's atmosphere, which is gonna have all sorts of things in it,” said Jackie Faherty, a scientist and educator in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History.
She said particles in the Earth's atmosphere, like smoke or even volcanic ash, could give the moon a warm hue at times.
The VERIFY team contributed to this report.
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Santa Fe Skies RV Park is family-built, owned and operated. It sits on 17 acres overlooking the beautiful mountains of Santa Fe, New Mexico. We are “Big Rig friendly”: Fifty-five sites are pull-thrus designed to accommodate large motor coaches and travel trailers. All sites are equipped with 20-, 30- and 50-amp electrical service. Water and Sewer are available at all pull-thru and almost all back-in sites. We are “pet friendly.” Free Wifi is available.
Santa Fe Skies is within a short driving distance to two major shopping malls (one an outlet mall), several restaurants, a large supermarket and other local businesses. We are located just off the scenic Turquoise Trail, which includes the historic Villages of Cerrillos and the artist center of Madrid. It is only a short distance from the 17th-century Spanish Colonial Living History Museum, El Rancho de Las Golondrinas, which was the last overnight stop for travelers coming to Santa Fe on the El Camino Real from Mexico.
The city of Santa Fe is located at the base of the Sangre de Cristo mountains at an altitude of 7,000 feet above sea level. (That is 1,500 feet higher than Denver, Colorado.) Since the Santa Fe Skies RV Park sits on a ridge just outside of town, you get a panoramic view of the entire Santa Fe area! Not only can you see the historic Sangre de Cristo Mountains, where the sunset makes the mountains shine with a red glow in the evening (hence the name “Sangre de Cristo” or “Blood of Christ”), you can also see the Jemez Mountains to the west, and in the south and southwest the Cerrillos Hills, the Ortiz Mountains and the Sandia Peak at the base of which lies the city of Albuquerque.
Be our guest and enjoy the Painter’s Sunsets and Starry Nights at Santa Fe Skies!
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(CNN) — Rapper DaBaby was at a North Carolina home Wednesday when a person trespassing was shot, the Troutman Police Department said.
A 26-year-old man allegedly climbed the fence surrounding the property and was shot, according to an incident report from the police department. No charges were filed in the shooting as of Thursday night.
READ MORE: Volodymyr Zelensky Says The World Should Be Prepared For The Possibility That Putin Could Use Nuclear WeaponsAccording to CNN affiliate WSOC, the person was shot on a football field outside a mansion belonging to DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk. Although police would not confirm to CNN that DaBaby owns the home, they said he was present when the shooting occurred. Troutman Police did not release the name of the shooter.
“I can confirm the shooting did not occur inside the residence and that Mr. Kirk was on the property,” police chief Josh Watson told CNN in an email. Watson said the investigation is in “an ongoing status” and he was not able to provide further information.
Around 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, police arrived at the residence and found a man suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, TPD said in a statement.
The victim was transported by Iredell County EMS to a medical facility to treat his injury, the statement said.
READ MORE: Atlanta mayor, police announce "significant arrests" of repeat offenders, fugitivesA manager for the rapper declined to comment Thursday.
The eight-time Grammy-nominated rapper is a North Carolina native.
DaBaby made headlines last summer when he made false and disparaging comments about gay men and HIV during a performance in Miami. The comments were quickly condemned by fans, LGBTQ+ groups and other celebrities, including Elton John, Dua Lipa and Madonna, and DaBaby later apologized.
The town of Troutman is located around 35 miles north of Charlotte.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday signed a redistricting measure expected to preserve Republican supermajorities in the Kansas Legislature while also making it possible for conservatives to elect more members to the state school board.
Kelly didn't say why she signed the measure in announcing her action, but she had praised the new House and Senate maps as fair to incumbents and “a pretty good job.” The maps also had bipartisan support among lawmakers.
The debate over the State Board of Education map was more contentious, with board members opposing it.
The Kansas Constitution requires the state Supreme Court to review the legislative maps and rule on their validity within 45 days. If the court strikes them down, lawmakers have another 15 days to pass new maps.
The state constitution also mandates that lawmakers redraw their districts every 10 years to make them as equal in population as possible after population shifts. Southeastern, central and parts of western Kansas lost population, while the Kansas City, Wichita, Lawrence and Manhattan areas gained.
The Board of Education offered its own plan, one likely to preserve the 10-member board's current moderate GOP-Democratic majority. That plan also avoided any districts with two incumbents, while the measure signed into law by Kelly created two of them.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Until a few days ago, Volodymyr Musyak was on the front lines defending Ukraine from Russia’s devastating assault on his nation. Now he’s preparing to pick up a bow and arrow in the Invictus Games archery competition.
The sporting event for active service personnel and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday and ends April 22 in this Dutch city that calls itself the global center of peace and justice.
Those concepts seem a world away to the team of 19 athletes from Ukraine and their supporters as they settle in The Hague for the games.
“I think that emotionally it’s something that requires time … because we come from a very disturbed area as we come from the areas where the actual killings every day are happening, the shelling, the bombing, we hear sirens every day,” said Oksana Horbach, Ukraine’s Invictus Games National Coordinator.
One of the team, Taira Paievska, did not even make the trip after being taken hostage by Russian forces in Mariupol where she worked as a paramedic, Horbach said.
Four Ukrainians who were not due to participate in the games but were active in the worldwide community of injured servicemen and women died in March, two while on active duty and two in rocket attacks, Invictus Games organizers said on their website.
Pavlo Kovalskyi, who is participating in rowing, archery, wheelchair basketball and possibly also sitting volleyball, said that, as well as competing, he wants to spread the word about the harsh realities of war in his homeland.
Traveling to the games gives the 31-year-old a chance “better to tell, convey information to the audience, our friends, our new acquaintances, just fellow athletes, what is happening now,” he said.
Ukrainian Minister for Veteran Affairs Yuliia Laputina agreed that the competitors decided to take part as a way of spreading the word.
“They wanted to be with their country, their people, but understanding the role of sports ambassadorship in the international relations they take the … decision to take part and it was a hard decision for them,” she said.
Members of the Ukrainian team drew big cheers Friday evening at a reception also attended by Britain’s Prince Harry — whose brainchild the games were — and his wife Meghan.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the team on via a video link after their arrival Thursday.
“Victory is important for us, it is important to prove that we are all unconquered,” he told the participants. “And your team is part of the spirit of indomitability of Ukraine, the Ukrainian people and each of us.”
The Ukrainians are among some 500 competitors from 20 nations participating in the Invictus Games. Russia has never taken part in any of the previous games and does not have a team in The Hague.
This year’s games were twice delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The first edition of the games was held in London in 2014, followed by Orlando in 2016, Toronto in 2017 and Sydney in 2018.
Service personnel compete in athletics, archery, cycling, indoor rowing, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair basketball, and wheelchair rugby as well as a driving challenge organized by one of the event’s official partners, car maker Jaguar Land Rover.
For the Ukrainians, the games are a brief respite from the grim realities of life in wartime and an opportunity to highlight the plight of their nation.
“The death, the destruction, the rapes, everything, this is something that my competitors and team staff members experience every day,” Horbach said. “So it needs to be heard, it needs to be told. It is very important for us that we, as Ukrainians, have that voice, have a platform to voice who we are, what we do and what we experience every single day since Feb. 24,” when the Russian invasion started.
Musyak, who suffers from concussion caused by a mine blast, is competing in events including archery, but has to prepare without his coach, Dmytro Sydoruk, who died in the war.
“On the eve of our departure, he died,” Musyak said. “Whether military or civilian, every loss for us, especially when our children are killed, when civilians are killed, when women are killed, is an irreparable loss.”
And while Musyak is competing in The Hague, his mind is elsewhere.
“We are only the second day here, we got here from the front line and, until now, I’m mentally with my brothers in arms, of course,” he said. “After the end of the competition, we return to the front line to defend our country.”
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Ralf Rangnick keeps counsel on Glazer ownership but backs fans’ right to protest
By PA Staff published
Ralf Rangnick declined to offer an opinion on the Glazer family as Manchester United’s interim manager backed fans’ right to protest about the club’s ownership.
A small number of fans turned up at United’s training ground on Friday to make their anti-Glazer feelings known before being moved on by police, while a larger protest is planned ahead of Saturday’s match at home to Norwich.
The 1958 Group has called for fans to gather at the Tollgate in Stretford before marching to Old Trafford, and said supporters should not take up their seats before the 17th minute – one minute for every year of the Glazers’ ownership.
Share, retweet, let’s get the message to all Reds! 🇾🇪— The 1958 (@The__1958) April 15, 2022
Rangnick – who is contracted to remain at United as a consultant once a permanent manager is appointed this summer – said fans were entitled to voice their opinion, asking only that they continue to support the team on the pitch, and would not be drawn on his own views on the hierarchy.
“There is no point in speaking or talking about that right now, that’s not the issue,” he said. “The issue is how can we win the game? It’s not my job to speak about our ownership.
“I had a long conversation before I came over here at the beginning of December with the owner. Right now it doesn’t makes sense to speak about that.”
Previous demonstrations have turned ugly – United’s Premier League match against Liverpool was called off last May as a planned peaceful protest escalated when fans broke into the stadium and caused damage.
Though there is potential for a repeat, Rangnick said he had not felt any negativity around the team as they look to bounce back from last week’s 1-0 defeat to Everton, a result which has seen them drop six points off the top four with seven games left to play.
“I don’t think so far we’ve had to deal with that,” he said. “The support of the fans has been massive, no matter if it’s home or away. So far we haven’t had that situation where they turned their emotions against the team.
“I can understand it, it’s a game of passion and emotion.
“Whenever we come to the ground be it away or at home they’re receiving the players with love and passion but it’s up to us, to them, that we still care, that the coaching staff care and that the players care and try and get the best out of it and try and win the game.”
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked in November with United seventh in the table, the same position they find themselves in ahead of the weekend fixtures, but Rangnick insisted he had seen signs of improvement and had no regrets on taking on a job more difficult than might have been anticipated.
“No regrets whatsoever,” he said. “I would do it over and over again. As a manager you always have to question and ask yourself what you could have done better, if I could have played with a different formation in certain games, if a substitution could have been done earlier…
“I think we are all aware it’s not an easy squad, the whole situation was not easy or I would not be sitting here and Ole would probably still be here.
“I think we have shown in the past couple of months we were able to raise the level but not in the same sustainable way that I would have wished. That’s the reason I’m not happy at all with what we’ve done and achieved so far.”
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC)-A feud between two formerly married movie stars, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, is playing out in a Virginia courtroom this week. Some say it’s an example of “libel tourism” that shows how state law is coming up short when it comes to protecting free speech.
Depp is accusing Heard of defaming him in a 2018 op-ed calling for reform in which she details her own experience with sexual assault and domestic abuse without naming specific perpetrators.
The two are facing off in Fairfax County, Virginia even though both actors live in California.
Depp’s attorney has said it’s because the piece appeared in The Washington Post, which has Virginia ties.
Jennifer Nelson, senior staff attorney with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, has another theory.
“There is a reason he filed it in Virginia and not in California and that is because Virginia’s anti-SLAPP law is weaker,” Nelson said. “This has been a case that has dragged on for years and has taken up a significant amount of judicial resources.”
SLAPP stands for “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation.” Nelson said anti-SLAPP laws are designed to deter powerful people and corporations from using expensive lawsuits and lengthy trials to suppress opposition.
Senator Scott Surovell (D-Fairfax) said lawyers are seeking out states with lower safeguards in place and loose connections to a case to justify filing suit there. He said Depp vs. Heard is just the latest high-profile First Amendment fight to land in Virginia.
Surovell said, in states with stronger protections, meritless cases are dismissed in the early stages and a plaintiff can be forced to cover the defendant’s attorney’s fees. That’s not the case in Virginia, according to Surovell.
“Not addressing it chills free speech. It makes people think twice about saying things about people or corporations that have lots of money. They can be afraid they can be spent under the table or buried in litigation,” Surovell said.
The disparity has some calling for federal standards and reform at the state level in the meantime.
A bill introduced by Delegate Schuyler VanValkeburg (D-Henrico) in Virginia passed with bipartisan support in 2020 but failed to make it out of closed-door negotiations meant to iron out differences between two versions of the legislation. He said the structure of Virginia’s legal system complicated the issue and the push lost momentum when the coronavirus pandemic hit.
Surovell said he plans to revive the effort in either the 2023 or 2024 legislative session, depending on bill limits. He said the implications of change would be much further reaching than this celebrity feud.
“This is a problem that can happen to almost anyone if they choose to speak out in public about a matter that’s important to them in their community,” Surovell said.
University of Virginia Law Professor Fred Schauer pointed out that the debate surrounding anti-SLAPP laws is not the central issue when it comes to Depp vs. Heard, since both sides have deep pockets. He couldn’t comment on whether it influenced the decision to bring the case to Virginia in the first place.
“Attorney’s fees are hardly an issue for people as wealthy as the people involved in this case,” Schauer wrote in an email. “The real issue is simply that, under current First-Amendment-inspired standards, public figures can only win a libel suit if they can show with ‘convincing clarity’ that what was said about them was false and that the person who said it knew it was false when they said it, or at least had an actual suspicion that it was false. And this is really very difficult to prove.”
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Which Panasonic microwave is best?
Panasonic microwaves are among the better midrange brands. They provide plenty of power and offer useful features across their product line, all while being offered at comfortable price points. They also come in a variety of looks and finishes so they can fit in any kitchen and on any countertop.
A top option is the Panasonic NE-1054F Heavy-Duty Commercial-Grade Microwave. It has touch controls and the ability to store up to 20 heating settings for quick and easy repeat cooking.
What to know before you buy a Panasonic microwave
Size and capacity
Before purchasing a Panasonic microwave, it’s important to consider the total size and cooking capacity to meet your needs.
- Size usually doesn’t vary much from model to model, and if it does, it’s likely no more than a few inches. The typical range is 11 to 14 inches tall, 21 to 24 inches wide and 17 to 20 inches deep. When shopping for a microwave, the only real consideration is whether you have the counter space to place it. Remember to leave an inch or two of space around it for venting when doing your calculations.
- Capacity, on the other hand, varies greatly. Some Panasonic microwaves have only 0.8 cubic feet of capacity, while others have 2.2 or more. Capacity also doesn’t have a 1:1 correlation to size — the same given size microwave could have any number of capacities.
Power
Like all microwaves, Panasonic measures their heating power in watts. Higher wattages not only mean faster cooking, but a more even one as well. Most models have 1,000 watts, but the very best can have up to 1,250. The weakest, though not necessarily bad for it, can have as little as 600 watts — these are rare, as most don’t dip below 800 watts.
Finish
The finish of a Panasonic microwave only affects how it looks in your kitchen, should you care about matching or contrasting. Most of them are either black or white plastic or stainless steel.
What to look for in a quality Panasonic microwave
Adjustable power
Sometimes you need to heat food that would be damaged or overcooked if blasted at your microwave’s full power. In these cases, you’ll want a Panasonic model that lets you choose how much of its power to use for a given session. Models with this ability typically have three or five power settings. Some models have more than five but rarely have the 10 settings of high-end microwaves.
Turntable
Most Panasonic microwaves have a turntable. This helps your food cook more evenly, so make sure your model has one. If you rarely use your microwave and only for basic reheating, it’s fine to use a low-powered and turntable-less model.
Time cooking
Like most microwaves, Panasonic models let you manually punch in the amount of time you wish to cook for. Some Panasonic models have time shortcuts that immediately start cooking for that chosen length — the most common times are 30 seconds and 1-minute intervals. The best models let you program any time and save it to a specific button — you can set a cook time of 75 seconds, for example.
Sensor cooking
Many microwaves offer some kind of sensor-based cooking; in Panasonic’s case, it’s called Genius Sensor. It measures the steam coming off cooking food and adjusts the total cooking time as needed. It isn’t perfect but is an excellent feature for basic reheating.
How much you can expect to spend on a Panasonic microwave
Panasonic microwaves usually cost $100-$300. For less than $150, you won’t get much more than the basics. Excellent midrange models usually cost $175-$225, with the best costing $250-$300.
Panasonic microwave FAQ
What’s the difference between a microwave, a toaster oven and a convection oven?
A. Microwaves heat their food using a combination of electricity and magnets to send special particles into the cooking interior. These particles travel through your food and the plates they’re on, causing them to vibrate and produce heat. Toaster ovens use heating elements just like a standard oven, usually just one but sometimes two. Convection ovens combine both cooking forms and can usually use one method at a time or both at once.
Can I adjust the volume of a Panasonic microwave?
A. Sometimes. Models with adjustable volume are able to adjust the levels or completely turn them off. Some also let you adjust how often and how many times it beeps after it’s finished heating your food.
What’s the best Panasonic microwave to buy?
Top Panasonic microwave
Panasonic NE-1054F Heavy-Duty Commercial-Grade Microwave
What you need to know: This microwave has the power and functions to be Panasonic’s best.
What you’ll love: It has 0.8 cubic feet of cooking space and 1,000 watts of power that can be used in six levels. It has 10 programmable buttons, each with the ability to store two personalized presets, and it has a sleek stainless steel finish.
What you should consider: A few buyers had issues with the timer function not working as it should. Several found its tendency to beep repeatedly once cooking is done to be irritating.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Panasonic microwave for the money
Panasonic NN-SN686S Microwave Oven
What you need to know: This option offers plenty of cooking functions at a lower price.
What you’ll love: Its design lets it work in both countertop and built-in orientations. It has a roomy 1.2 cubic feet of cooking space and 1,200 watts of power, plus it uses a special inverter technology to more evenly heat your foods.
What you should consider: Some users had issues with the magnetrons or inverter circuits dying as soon as one month after purchase. The interior light doesn’t trigger when the door is opened.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Panasonic NN-SD975S Microwave Oven
What you need to know: This is a big, powerful microwave that uses a special heating system to cook food evenly and efficiently.
What you’ll love: It has a huge 2.2 cubic feet of cooking space and 1,250 watts of power that heats using a special cyclonic wave inverter technology. Sensor cook and sensor reheat functions tackle foods without needing to set a timer.
What you should consider: A few consumers felt the door was a little loose on the hinge, though it still closes tightly. Some error codes are hard to fix.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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We smelt a rat when Major Charles Ingram was overheard having a huge dressing room bust-up with his wife – minutes after winning that million, reveals CHRIS TARRANT
- Charles was the third member of his family to appear on the programme
- His wife, Diana, had already been on the show a year before and won £32,000
- After the win, the couple were heard having a 'massive row' by many show staff
The phone call came out of the blue. It was from David Briggs, a former colleague from Capital Radio, and he had an idea for a new TV programme.
It was based on a game we used to play on the radio, Double Or Quits. Would I do a pilot as a favour for an old mate?
I had my doubts. I was really busy doing my breakfast slot on Capital every morning, and recording a new series which I’d just taken over from the brilliant Clive James.
‘I’ll do the pilot,’ I told Briggsy. ‘But I’m really too busy to do the actual show, if it takes off.’
Can you believe it? I actually did nearly turn down Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Anyway, as I did the TV pilot, I quietly thought to myself, ‘This is actually quite good. It’s a really good format and I might even think about doing a series. It could last even for two or three years.’
I clearly knew nothing, because the show went on to run for 15 years, becoming the No 1 TV programme in 120 countries and changing countless lives, my own included.
Patricia, the director, said to me, ‘No. Something is wrong. Something is definitely bloody wrong. Something was going on.’ I didn’t believe it. Or maybe I didn’t want to believe it
I’ll never forget the morning after the pilot episode went out in September 1998. I was walking up from the studio to the Hilton Hotel in Wembley, North London, to do a few press interviews, when a bloke in a lorry pulled down his window and shouted at me: ‘Phone a friend.’
Now, I was already very used to people shouting catchphrases at me in the street. I’d worked on the children’s TV series Tiswas for seven years, as well as Capital Radio for 14, and they’d both had their fair share of popular sayings.
And now, it seemed, there were to be a whole lot more. ‘Is that your final answer?’, ‘phone a friend’, ‘we don’t want to give you that’, ‘go 50:50’ and ‘ask the audience’ were about to become a part of global parlance.
But bear in mind, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? had only gone out once anywhere in the world the night before, yet within a matter of hours, ‘do you want to phone a friend?’ was already on the nation’s lips. It did seem to me we were clearly on to something enormous. Which, of course, we were.
It’s now — and I’m working this out as I write — just over 20 years, four months, three weeks and about 20 hours since I could last walk down the street anywhere in Britain without somebody shouting at me: ‘Hello, CT. Do you want to phone a friend?’
I haven’t done the show for years, but it still happens every single day. It’s already happened once this morning when I went down to the petrol station just off the M4.
I honestly never mind it at all. Usually, they get thoroughly embarrassed, go bright red, and think, ‘Oh Christ, he’s probably heard that one or two times before.’ Yes, but make that one or two million times, and you’re probably closer to the mark.
Well, when I say I never mind catchphrases, I usually don’t. But there was one exception.
A few years back on one of those rare, very hot days we do occasionally get in the summer, I was driving through Leicester, and I really desperately needed a beer.
I stopped at a busy pub, where the landlord stared at me in a gormless sort of way as he poured my pint, without saying anything.
And you know that thing when you get the froth coming right up to the top and you are desperate for it? Well, we got to that point, with my tongue hanging out almost to my knees.
The landlord got right to the top, then turned the beer glass over and said, ‘But we don’t want to give you that.’
And he poured it into the slop bucket. There were howls of laughter right across the pub as I somehow resisted the temptation to shake him firmly by the windpipe. I wanted that beer so much!
But I was then given a fresh pint and a very nice lunch, all on the house. So I couldn’t really complain.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? was enormous. We did nearly 700 shows, gave away more than £60 million in prize money, just in the UK, and we had six honest, million-pound winners.
After the show, I went back towards the Ingrams’ dressing room to congratulate them. But I was stopped in my tracks by Eve, a lovely girl in our research team. 'I went to see them with a big bottle of champagne, but they were having this massive row,' she said
Well, five and a dodgy one. But more of him a little later. The list of people who came on the celebrity version of the show in the UK was extraordinary.
Just about every TV personality in Britain: Stephen Fry, Jonathan Ross, Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan, Ann Widdecombe, Tim Rice, Bear Grylls, Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and his son, Eamonn Holmes and his wife, Dermot O’Leary and his dad, Frank Skinner, David Baddiel, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. The list goes on and on.
Terry Wogan came on the first time with Chris Evans. They were extraordinary. Mainly because of Terry’s intelligence, they coasted to £1 million in rehearsal, so we thought, ‘They’re gonna be great.’ Come the show, and I don’t know what happened, but it was a complete disaster, and they went away with 500 quid each.
Four months later James Martin, the chef, came on, and for some incomprehensible reason he brought Chris Evans along with him. I said, ‘Why on earth have you brought him?’ and James said, ‘Well, last time he went home with 500 quid,’ and Evans piped up, ‘So I couldn’t possibly go home with less, could I?’
But do you know what happened? He actually did. James and Christopher left with just 250 quid apiece.
But one thing that really gratified me was the number of people that came on who would never normally go on a game show: Sir Alex Ferguson, Frederick Forsyth, Alastair Campbell, Greg Rusedski, Hugh Bonneville, Amir Khan, David Haye, Ronan Keating, George Michael, and Paul McCartney with his then wife Heather.
The McCartneys were great, and after the show I remember saying, ‘They seemed a lovely couple. They are obviously really happy.’ Which is one of the many reasons why I have never worked for Relate, as they got divorced four years later.
On the whole, though, I liked ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Our first millionaire, Judith Keppel, was lovely, but decidedly odd. During rehearsals she came up to me, and said, ‘Do you stop the show at all?’
‘Not really. We do stop for the amount of time it would take for commercial breaks, but otherwise it pretty well runs to time.’
‘Well,’ she said, ‘what happens if I faint?’
Puzzled, I asked, ‘Are you likely to faint? Do you have a fainting problem?’
‘No, not at all. I’m just curious.’
‘Well, I suppose if you were lying on the floor at my feet, and I was asking questions that you couldn’t answer because you were unconscious, yes we would probably stop, because it wouldn’t be much of a show.’
When you realise that the next day she went on to win £1 million, it was one weird conversation.
The contestant who is probably the best known all around the world, from all those who have appeared on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, is Major Charles Ingram. Sadly, he is remembered for all the very worst reasons.
Charles was the third member of his family to appear on the programme. The Ingrams seemed totally obsessed with it. His wife, Diana, had already been on the show a year before his appearance, where she won £32,000. I remembered her as being quite fed up.
In the bar afterwards, I said to her: ‘£32,000 is a pretty good night’s work.’
‘Yes,’ she said, ‘but I’m annoyed with myself that I didn’t beat my brother.’
Her brother, Adrian Pollock, had also appeared on the show earlier, having made an incredible number of phone calls to get on, and he, too, went away with £32,000.
Charles was the third member of his family to appear on the programme. The Ingrams seemed totally obsessed with it. His wife, Diana, had already been on the show a year before his appearance, where she won £32,000. Above, the couple at Southwark Crown Court
So when the Major appeared, I do remember myself and the production team feeling sorry for him. He seemed to be under a lot of family pressure, and we didn’t fancy his chances at all. We could never have believed that he would go on to become our third millionaire.
From the word go Charles seemed hesitant and struggling, but eventually he got to the question that would guarantee him leaving with at least £1,000. It was: The Normans, who invaded and conquered England in 1066, spoke which language?
Surely this is one of those questions that every schoolchild in England has known since they were about four years old. 1066 and all that. Charles finally answered it, but after a lot of hesitation. ‘Pretty sure it’s French,’ he said.
The whole country must have been screaming, ‘Of course it’s bloody French!’ He paused a lot on that question, but as the show went on, I realised that big, long pauses were very much his style.
At the end of the first day he’d used up two of the three ‘lifelines’ that the show allows, and only won £4,000. It was clear his performance was not at all the stuff of millionaires.
Most of the big winners on the show in the UK haven’t even paused for breath before they’ve got to about £125,000. So the idea of him plodding on from here with just the one lifeline left seemed pretty hopeless.
On day two the Major now began what became his routine. With each question, he admitted to being unsure and then went through each option verbally, out loud, with pauses between. This very significantly became a feature of the manner in which he answered every question that night.
Now, over the 15 years I fronted Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? there were probably no more than a dozen or so contestants who got to the £500,000 mark.
Very few of them went on to win the million, and several of them pulled out at this point, but there was a thing I said that always got a reaction.
‘You have £500,000. If you go for the next question and get it right, you win a million pounds. But if you get it wrong, you lose £468,000. You do not have to play it.’
Everybody I ever said that to suddenly had a look of real shock and panic. In their minds they had already banked £500,000, but the reality that they could still lose such an enormous amount of money suddenly hit home.
The Major was the only one who never paused for a second. ‘Yes, come on,’ he said. ‘Let’s play.’
His final question was: A number one, followed by 100 zeros, is known by what name?
The suggested answers, from which he had to choose one, were:
A. Googol
B. Megatron
C. Gigabit
D. Nanomole
Charles said, ‘I’m not sure.’ Inwardly, I gave a big sigh of relief, thinking, ‘That’s it, great. He’s out of here.’ Nobody in their right mind would go for this unless they were absolutely certain. I joked with him, ‘Charles, you’ve not been sure since question No 2.’
‘I know,’ he said, ‘but I think the doubt has now multiplied. I think it’s a nanomole, but it could be a gigabit. I don’t think it’s a Megatron,’ and then uttered the famous words, ‘I’ve never heard of a googol.’
After his usual round-the-houses way of calling out each answer, he suddenly said, out of the blue, ‘I think it’s a googol. I think it’s googol.
‘By process of elimination, I have to think it’s googol. I don’t know what a googol is. I don’t think it’s a gigabit or a nanomole, and I’m pretty sure it’s not a megatron. I think it’s a googol.’
There was a huge gasp from the audience, and in amazement I said to him, ‘But you thought it was a nanomole, and you’d never heard of a googol.’
‘Googol,’ he shouted. ‘Final answer.’ I genuinely didn’t know if it was the right answer, until the screen went to orange and as I looked down, googol was confirmed as the correct answer.
I couldn’t believe it. The mad Major was somehow a millionaire. When I told him he was right the studio erupted.
Diana came down from the audience and gave him a hug of delight, but clearly also surprise, and as they left the studio to hysterical applause, she said quite clearly, ‘No one is ever going to believe it. You are mad.’
These were meant to be private words between the couple, but of course both the Major and his wife were still wearing radio microphones.
It was an amazing night. It was probably one of the most extraordinary television programmes I have ever been a part of. Somehow, we had another million- pound winner.
I went to see the team to say what an amazing show it was, but instead of the usual euphoric atmosphere, I found some very sombre faces and shaking of heads.
Patricia, the director, said to me, ‘No. Something is wrong. Something is definitely bloody wrong. Something was going on.’ I didn’t believe it. Or maybe I didn’t want to believe it.
I went back towards the Ingrams’ dressing room to congratulate them. But I was stopped in my tracks by Eve, a lovely girl in our research team who was sobbing. ‘What’s wrong, Eve?’ I asked. ‘It’s been the most amazing night.’
‘No,’ she said, ‘the Major has just told me very forcibly to get out of his dressing room and eff off. I went to see them with a big bottle of champagne, but they were having this massive row.’
Now, it doesn’t matter who you are, and how unhappy you may be as a couple, if you have just won £1 million, surely you would be in a celebratory mood?
However, the screaming row was heard by Eve, the security guards, and Paul Vaughan, my manager. He still berates himself for not putting one of those glasses to the wall to hear what was actually being said.
I went home on a high, but several of the production team sat through the tapes later that night trying to find out what had happened. But they could spot nothing.
It was only when they were viewing it all for a second time, at about a quarter to two in the morning, that a young editor said, ‘Hang on, there. Hang on, there’s a cough.’
The exhausted team said, ‘What are you talking about?’ and he said, ‘There’s a cough.’ They spooled back and there it was, from early in the second show, quite clearly: a distinctive cough.
A clear pattern emerged. Ingram would call out each possible answer in his round-the-houses way, and to one of them there would be a cough, and he would then say, ‘Final answer.’
And that’s what happened all the way up to and including ‘Googol’.
At 4am the fraud squad were called in, and they agreed there was a case to answer, and the police brought a prosecution.
Two years later we all went to court and Charles, his wife and an accomplice called Tecwen Whittock were found guilty.
We were certainly very naive in those days. We didn’t ever imagine anybody would come and try to cheat £1 million in such great big close-ups on a game show — especially a serving British Army Major.
All we used to ask was, ‘Can you please all turn off your mobile phones.’
Following the Major’s appearance, all show security was completely updated and tightened up.
No mobile phones were allowed in the studio at all, and nobody was allowed to leave during the programme.
We have never got to the bottom of exactly what happened, but clearly if you do have a phone on and open in the studio the questions and answers can be heard from anywhere. You then only need a very basic search engine to find the right answer.
Although I saw nothing at the time, I have now sat with the programme’s makers and the fraud squad for so many hours viewing tapes, that I am convinced in my own mind that the Major is guilty as sin.
Apropos of nothing, a footnote.
I was filming one wet winter’s morning down in the Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, when a woman appeared out of nowhere wanting an autograph, which I happily signed. But then she added: ‘Your mate’s up the road today.’
‘Which mate’s that?’ I asked.
‘You know . . . that cheating Major.’
‘Well, he’s not exactly my bestest mate,’ I said. ‘Not exactly top of my Christmas list. But anyway, what’s he doing?’
‘Oh, you’d have loved it. He’s at a car boot sale with a sign up saying, “Forced to sell all my worldly goods by ITV.” ’
‘That’s rubbish,’ I said. ‘It should say, “Forced to sell all my worldly goods for being a cheat.” ’
‘Anyway,’ she continued, ‘me and my best mate found one of those Millionaire board games at another stall and took it over to the Major and asked him to sign it.’
‘Oh my god,’ I said. ‘How did he take it?’
Not well, the woman told me. He had not only refused their request, but used some pretty ripe language in the process.
Poor old Charlie Ingram. You’d almost feel sorry for him — if he wasn’t as guilty as hell.
- Adapted from It’s Not A Proper Job by Chris Tarrant, to be published by Great Northern Books on April 25 at £17.99. © 2022 Chris Tarrant. To order a copy for £16.19 go to www.mailshop.co.uk/books or call 0203 176 2937. Offer valid until April 30, 2022, UK delivery is free on orders over £20.
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Which Panasonic microwave is best?
Panasonic microwaves are among the better midrange brands. They provide plenty of power and offer useful features across their product line, all while being offered at comfortable price points. They also come in a variety of looks and finishes so they can fit in any kitchen and on any countertop.
A top option is the Panasonic NE-1054F Heavy-Duty Commercial-Grade Microwave. It has touch controls and the ability to store up to 20 heating settings for quick and easy repeat cooking.
What to know before you buy a Panasonic microwave
Size and capacity
Before purchasing a Panasonic microwave, it’s important to consider the total size and cooking capacity to meet your needs.
- Size usually doesn’t vary much from model to model, and if it does, it’s likely no more than a few inches. The typical range is 11 to 14 inches tall, 21 to 24 inches wide and 17 to 20 inches deep. When shopping for a microwave, the only real consideration is whether you have the counter space to place it. Remember to leave an inch or two of space around it for venting when doing your calculations.
- Capacity, on the other hand, varies greatly. Some Panasonic microwaves have only 0.8 cubic feet of capacity, while others have 2.2 or more. Capacity also doesn’t have a 1:1 correlation to size — the same given size microwave could have any number of capacities.
Power
Like all microwaves, Panasonic measures their heating power in watts. Higher wattages not only mean faster cooking, but a more even one as well. Most models have 1,000 watts, but the very best can have up to 1,250. The weakest, though not necessarily bad for it, can have as little as 600 watts — these are rare, as most don’t dip below 800 watts.
Finish
The finish of a Panasonic microwave only affects how it looks in your kitchen, should you care about matching or contrasting. Most of them are either black or white plastic or stainless steel.
What to look for in a quality Panasonic microwave
Adjustable power
Sometimes you need to heat food that would be damaged or overcooked if blasted at your microwave’s full power. In these cases, you’ll want a Panasonic model that lets you choose how much of its power to use for a given session. Models with this ability typically have three or five power settings. Some models have more than five but rarely have the 10 settings of high-end microwaves.
Turntable
Most Panasonic microwaves have a turntable. This helps your food cook more evenly, so make sure your model has one. If you rarely use your microwave and only for basic reheating, it’s fine to use a low-powered and turntable-less model.
Time cooking
Like most microwaves, Panasonic models let you manually punch in the amount of time you wish to cook for. Some Panasonic models have time shortcuts that immediately start cooking for that chosen length — the most common times are 30 seconds and 1-minute intervals. The best models let you program any time and save it to a specific button — you can set a cook time of 75 seconds, for example.
Sensor cooking
Many microwaves offer some kind of sensor-based cooking; in Panasonic’s case, it’s called Genius Sensor. It measures the steam coming off cooking food and adjusts the total cooking time as needed. It isn’t perfect but is an excellent feature for basic reheating.
How much you can expect to spend on a Panasonic microwave
Panasonic microwaves usually cost $100-$300. For less than $150, you won’t get much more than the basics. Excellent midrange models usually cost $175-$225, with the best costing $250-$300.
Panasonic microwave FAQ
What’s the difference between a microwave, a toaster oven and a convection oven?
A. Microwaves heat their food using a combination of electricity and magnets to send special particles into the cooking interior. These particles travel through your food and the plates they’re on, causing them to vibrate and produce heat. Toaster ovens use heating elements just like a standard oven, usually just one but sometimes two. Convection ovens combine both cooking forms and can usually use one method at a time or both at once.
Can I adjust the volume of a Panasonic microwave?
A. Sometimes. Models with adjustable volume are able to adjust the levels or completely turn them off. Some also let you adjust how often and how many times it beeps after it’s finished heating your food.
What’s the best Panasonic microwave to buy?
Top Panasonic microwave
Panasonic NE-1054F Heavy-Duty Commercial-Grade Microwave
What you need to know: This microwave has the power and functions to be Panasonic’s best.
What you’ll love: It has 0.8 cubic feet of cooking space and 1,000 watts of power that can be used in six levels. It has 10 programmable buttons, each with the ability to store two personalized presets, and it has a sleek stainless steel finish.
What you should consider: A few buyers had issues with the timer function not working as it should. Several found its tendency to beep repeatedly once cooking is done to be irritating.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Panasonic microwave for the money
Panasonic NN-SN686S Microwave Oven
What you need to know: This option offers plenty of cooking functions at a lower price.
What you’ll love: Its design lets it work in both countertop and built-in orientations. It has a roomy 1.2 cubic feet of cooking space and 1,200 watts of power, plus it uses a special inverter technology to more evenly heat your foods.
What you should consider: Some users had issues with the magnetrons or inverter circuits dying as soon as one month after purchase. The interior light doesn’t trigger when the door is opened.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Panasonic NN-SD975S Microwave Oven
What you need to know: This is a big, powerful microwave that uses a special heating system to cook food evenly and efficiently.
What you’ll love: It has a huge 2.2 cubic feet of cooking space and 1,250 watts of power that heats using a special cyclonic wave inverter technology. Sensor cook and sensor reheat functions tackle foods without needing to set a timer.
What you should consider: A few consumers felt the door was a little loose on the hinge, though it still closes tightly. Some error codes are hard to fix.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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HC tells trial courts not to disclose identity of child
Madurai April 16, 2022 04:57 ISTTaking note of the fact that a trial court in Pudukkottai district failed to ensure that the identity of a child was not disclosed during trial, which is contrary to the mandate of the POCSO Act, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court observed that the trial courts must be cautious in future and adhere to the provisions of the statute.
A Division Bench of Justices R. Subramanian and N. Sathish Kumar observed that Section 33 (7) of the POCSO Act makes it mandatory for the special court not to disclose the identity of the child during the trial.
The trial court had not maintained the same in the judgment. While recording the evidence, the child’s name was typed on the deposition form, without adhering to the mandatory provisions, the judges said. The court said that the trial courts must be cautious.
The court was hearing an appeal preferred by a 70-year-old man against the order of Mahila Court, Pudukkottai district. In 2019, the Mahila Court sentenced the man to life imprisonment under the POCSO Act for sexually assaulting his sister’s granddaughter in 2018.
The trial court had sentenced the man for life till his natural life with a fine of ₹1,000. The judges observed that it is relevant to note that the occurrence took place in the year 2018, prior to the amendment of Section 6 of the POCSO Act, which came into effect in 2019.
The punishment prior to the amendment to Section 6 of the POCSO Act, should be for a term which shall not be less than 10 years but it may extend to imprisonment for life and also fine. Therefore, the action of the trial court convicting the accused for life imprisonment till his natural life is not according to law, the judges said.
The trial court ought to have imposed the punishment as per law that stood prior to the amendment. Taking note of the overall circumstances and the fact that the accused is already 70 years old, the judges said that they were of the view that if the accused is convicted for the period of 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, the same will meet the ends of justice. Therefore, the sentence alone is modified, the judges said.
Confirming the conviction passed by the trial court, the judges modified the substantive sentence of imprisonment imposed by the trial court.
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DENVER (AP) — A jury on Friday acquitted Denver-based dialysis giant DaVita Inc. and former chairman and CEO Kent Thiry of charges that they conspired with three competing firms not to hire certain employees from each other, in violation of federal labor law.
The Denver federal court trial was a first-of-its kind prosecution by the Justice Department, which argued that agreements not to hire each other's executives deprived workers of career opportunities in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, an 1890 law intent to curb activity that restricts marketplace competition.
Friday's verdict came after two days of deliberations, The Denver Post reported.
A grand jury indicted DaVita, a leading provider of kidney dialysis services, and Thiry on three conspiracy counts last year. The indictment alleged that DaVita and Thiry agreed with Surgical Care Associates, Hazel Health and Radiology Partners not to recruit each other's senior executives and other employees between 2012 and 2019.
DaVita and Thiry, supported by local and national business groups, argued the non-solicitation agreements violated no laws and that the government was applying an exaggerated, if novel, interpretation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Thiry led DaVita for two decades before stepping down as CEO in 2019.
Surgical Care Affiliates faces similar charges in federal court in Texas. It denies any wrongdoing.
DaVita had faced a maximum penalty of $100 million per count if convicted, while Thiry had faced up to a $1 million fine per count and up to 10 years in prison.
Anthony Mariano, an anti-trust attorney with the Justice Department, told jurors in closing arguments Wednesday that Thiry and DaVita cheated employees of job opportunities and that Thiry used the threat of retaliation to block executives from leaving his firm.
“This isn’t the story of a CEO wanting what’s best for his employees,” Mariano argued, according to the Post. “It’s a story of a CEO who wanted control.”
Employees generally didn't know about the agreements, Mariano said, inadvertently losing opportunities to advance their careers.
“Because Kent Thiry didn’t tell them about it, they never know when they’re cheated out of a job opportunity,” Mariano said.
Former DaVita executives and a mid-level employee testified for the prosecution. The employee, Elliott Holder, said he didn't take another job after he was told he had to tell his DaVita supervisor first that he was job-hunting.
Thiry did not testify during the trial. His attorney, Juanita Brooks, called the Justice Department case a “witch hunt.”
The defense's only witness, Pierre Cremieux, an economist with expertise in anti-trust issues, testified that an analysis he performed of executives' compensation and turnover data showed no evidence of any agreement stifling opportunities for employees.
DaVita attorney John Dodds argued that asking employees to inform supervisors about job searches was meant to make DaVita more competitive, not stifle competition, by prompting DaVita to offer raises or promotions to keep those employees.
“It may have been the wrong way to do it; it may have been a messy way to do it,” Dodd said. “But the question is the purpose of it. That was the purpose of it.”
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The case of a teenage couple killed and tossed down an abandoned mine shaft culminated in murder convictions Friday for a Utah man who prosecutors said killed the pair because he found them hanging out with his girlfriend.
Jarrod Baum, 45, faces up to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of two counts of aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping and other counts in the 2017 slayings after a monthlong trial.
Brelynne “Breezy” Otteson, 17, and Riley Powell, 18, disappeared days after Christmas. Their bound and stabbed bodies were found months later in Utah’s west desert, 100 feet (30 meters) down an abandoned mine shaft.
Prosecutors said they died after meeting up with a friend, Morgan Lewis, on Dec. 30 at her home in Eureka, a former silver mining town. While they were there, her boyfriend, Baum, returned home. He grew angry because he had forbidden Lewis from having male friends over, and she previously dated Powell.
Lewis told police her boyfriend tied up Otteson and Powell, duct-taped their mouths and threw them in the back of Powell’s Jeep. Then he drove them, along with Henderson, to the site of an abandoned mine outside town.
There, he beat and stabbed Powell before cutting Ottenson’s throat, then tossed them down.
“He retaliated against Riley and Morgan and made her watch so she would know this is what happens when you break my rules,” said prosecutor Ryan McBride, Fox13 reported.
The couple’s family and friends searched for months before Lewis was pulled over during an unrelated traffic stop on March 25. She eventually agreed to cooperate with police.
Much of the prosecution’s case was based on her testimony, which was questioned by the defense. Attorney Dallas Young said there was a lack of DNA evidence linking the slayings to Baum
“You cannot believe (Lewis), and you cannot be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt,” he argued, according to KSL.
Prosecutors countered that Lewis and Baum had burnt and bleached important evidence, obliterating DNA.
Prosecutors originally sought the death penalty, but Utah County Attorney David Leavitt later took it off the table as he vowed to no longer pursue capital punishment.
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BOSTON (AP) — Jacky Hunt-Broersma runs like a woman possessed. And in a way, she is: The amputee athlete is trying to run at least 102 marathons in 102 days.
Last month, a little more than two-thirds toward her goal of setting a new world record for back-to-back marathons, the South Africa native posted something on Twitter that got people talking.
“The first thing I did after my run today was take off my leg. Felt so good,” she tweeted. “Marathon 69 done. 31 marathons to go.”
That was last month, and she’s still running — covering the classic 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometer) marathon distance day in, day out, rain or shine, occasionally on a treadmill but mostly on roads and trails near her home in Gilbert, Arizona. If her streak remains intact heading into the Boston Marathon on April 18, it’ll be marathon No. 92.
Unlike the 30,000 others running the storied course, Hunt-Broersma, 46, will have done a marathon the day before. Somehow, she’ll have to rally body and soul to run another the day after. And another after that. And then eight more.
All on a carbon-fiber blade that’s been her left leg ever since she lost the real thing below the knee to a rare cancer.
“You make peace with pain,” she said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I think my pain threshold is probably quite high at the moment. It’s one step at a time.”
Boston is the only certified marathon she’s including in her quest. The others she’s running on one of two loops near her home or indoors on a treadmill — a monotonous machine many runners derisively call the “dreadmill.”
In 2001, while she and her Dutch husband were living in the Netherlands, Hunt-Broersma was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare cancer more typically seen in children. Overnight, a golf ball-sized bulge appeared on an old scar that had become tender. A biopsy confirmed the worst, and within weeks, her leg was amputated below the knee.
“The biggest struggle was accepting that part of my body was gone,” she said. (She’s since made peace with that: A favorite T-shirt reads, “A Zombie Chewed It Off.”)
Until five years ago, she wasn’t at all athletic, but getting started was expensive. Carbon-fiber blades designed for running cost around $10,000 and aren’t covered by health insurance. Survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which killed three spectators and wounded 260 others, ran into the same problem when they sought to reclaim their lives.
“Running really changed my life,” she said. “It helped me accept myself as an amputee. It gave me a sense of freedom. I fell in love with the process of pushing my body further just to see what I could do.”
Subsequent marathons led to ultrarunning over extended distances, including a 100-mile (160-kilometer) race. So when Hunt-Broersma learned that Alyssa Amos Clark,a nondisabledrunner from Bennington, Vermont, covered the marathon distance 95 days in a row in 2000, an idea was born: She’d do 100. That plan got foiled this week when British runner Kate Jayden completed 101 marathons in as many days, so Hunt-Broersma has a new goal: “Now I’m going for at least 102.”
“I hoped it would inspire a lot of people to get out of their comfort zone and push a little bit farther,” she said.
She worried her stump would become raw and painful, and the first two weeks were rough. Since then, though, she’s gotten into a sustainable rhythm, taking care to ice and massage the stump. When it became swollen, she switched to a running prosthesis with a little more room.
But there have been mental challenges as well on the road to 102, which began on Jan. 17. On a recent outing, Hunt-Broersma — who’s been averaging a little over five hours per marathon — felt near collapse at 15 miles (24 kilometers) and burst into tears. Suddenly the entire odyssey was in doubt.
“I had a total emotional breakdown. I was like, ‘I just can’t do this. What was I thinking?’” she said. “The trick for me is just to break it down into little goals. Just get to the next mile. And then the next one.”
Her support team is her husband and their two young children, but she’s also gained a large social media following.
This week, after logging marathon No. 85, well-wishers offered virtual applause. “You just seem to eat marathons for breakfast,” one person tweeted. “In such bleak times, thank you for serving as an inspiration,” commented another.
As she nears the end of her epic quest, Hunt-Broersma hopes she inspires a singular thought in others, regardless of their own physical challenges:
“You’re stronger than you think — and you’re capable of so much more.”
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Group B strep: Crucial research into infection which hits newborn babies 'in jeopardy'
Kate Rogers sought the help of the Group B Strep Support organisation when her son Frank was born five years ago. He seemed healthy at first but quickly stopped feeding and within hours had a seizure.
Saturday 16 April 2022 00:57, UK
Newborn babies are being put at risk by an infection caught from their mothers and crucial research into how to prevent its spread is in jeopardy, according to campaigners.
Jane Plumb has been fighting for the routine testing of pregnant women since she lost her 17-hour-old son Theo in 1996 as a result of a Group B strep infection passed on during labour.
Medical research is now underway to assess the effectiveness of such testing but the trial needs 80 hospitals to get involved and so far only 30 have signed up.
"It really is a now or never moment," said Ms Plumb, who is the chief executive of Group B Strep Support.
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"Without having the robust evidence, policy won't change and the trial is absolutely the best and probably only shot at being able to get the evidence to affect change."
Group B strep, short for streptococcus, is a type of bacteria.
Between two and four in every ten women carry it but there's a small risk it can spread to the baby during labour, making them ill.
This happens in about 1 in 1,750 pregnancies.
"Roughly two babies a day develop Group B strep infection, typically sepsis, pneumonia or meningitis," Ms Plumb added.
"One of those babies, every week, dies and another baby survives with lifelong disability. And this is unforgivable because most of these infections are preventable."
The answer, she said, is for antibiotics to be given to those who test positive for the infection.
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Other countries do offer testing and Ms Plumb said the UK "needs to catch up".
"Most developed countries, including France, Germany, Spain, the US, routinely offer pregnant women a test for Group B strep during pregnancy and then offer antibiotics in labour, and they've seen their rates of these infections fall dramatically," she added.
'I remember feeling incredibly guilty'
Kate Rogers sought the help of the group when her son Frank was born five years ago.
He seemed healthy at first but quickly stopped feeding and within hours had a seizure.
Doctors broke the news that her three-day-old son was critically ill with meningitis.
It was the result of a Group B Strep infection that would leave him with cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
"I remember feeling incredibly guilty that it was an infection that I had carried and passed on to Frank and also that I didn't know about it," said Ms Rogers.
"I hadn't read enough. I hadn't done enough research. That was how I remember feeling at the time - just really responsible for passing this on and not knowing."
Like Jane, she is urging hospitals to join the trial, led by researchers at the University of Nottingham, before the deadline at the end of September.
Frank is thriving despite his disability, but Ms Rogers is determined to prevent other babies from being put at risk.
"Frank's incredible and amazing and we wouldn't change him for the world," she said.
"It's just it is difficult to know that this could have been prevented."
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said protecting pregnant women and their babies from disease is an "absolute priority".
"Those identified at risk of having a baby affected by this infection are offered antibiotics in labour, enabling priority care and treatment for those we know are most vulnerable," they said.
"There is currently insufficient evidence regarding the benefits of universal screening in relation to the potential harms, but we keep this evidence under review and will consider the results of an ongoing large-scale clinical trial when it reports."
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VASYLKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The final hours before Passover found the chief rabbi for Kyiv and Ukraine in a cemetery. Before he could mark the Jewish people’s escape from slavery in Egypt thousands of years ago, he was burying a man who didn’t escape a Russian bullet.
Rabbi Moshe Azman doesn’t know how many Jewish people have been killed in Russia’s invasion. But on Friday, on a rural hillside, he buried one more.
“People of all nationalities, they are in this tragedy,” he said.
The dead man was from Bucha, the community outside Kyiv whose name is now shadowed by horror. The man last posted on his Facebook page in the earliest days of March. His body was only recently found after the Russians withdrew.
No family attended his burial, and the rabbi didn’t know where they are.
“He was a quiet man,” the rabbi said. “A very good guy.” He had been shot and his body showed signs of possible torture.
This Passover, “I pray to God he will make miracles, the way he made miracles for the Jewish people in Egypt,” the rabbi said. The Ukrainian people would like to be free of the Soviet Union, where he was born. “I don’t want to go back,” he said.
When asked what he thought about the Russian government’s claims of “de-Nazifying” Ukraine, the rabbi paused, then turned and indicated the grave.
“This is the answer,” he said. “They killed him. And not only him.” The Russians are killing Russians, Ukrainians, Jewish people, including children, even at hospitals, without asking who they are, he said. He believes these are war crimes.
The rabbi’s message to Jewish people in Ukraine who can’t celebrate Passover because they’re trapped or have no food is simple, direct and meaningful: “We pray for you.” He worries about the people in the besieged city of Mariupol, the bombarded city of Kharkiv.
The rabbi said he and colleagues had been working to get the needed Jewish food to hundreds of thousands of people throughout Ukraine. “Be strong,” he said. “Believe in God.” He wished for a “new, good world, without war.”
Passover also was being celebrated in the Ukrainian cities of Odesa, Dnipro and Kharkiv, the rabbi said, though he wasn’t sure about Chernihiv.
At the synagogue in Kyiv shortly before the dinner, a young boy said “Ooh!” as wine bottles were popped open. It was not clear how many people would attend because of the curfew.
One attendee, Natan Skybalskyi, said he usually marked Passover elsewhere but saw fellow wartime volunteers like him as a new family. He had been pitching in as a driver to help with evacuations, he said.
Some people are still waiting for that deliverance.
“I hope this is the last Passover we have in war,” Skybalskyi said.
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Energy firms face fines of millions if they take advantage of the crisis to inflate profits, watchdog Ofgem warns
- Energy firms warned not to use cost of living crisis to hike direct debit payments
- The price cap on gas and electricity increased by a massive 54 per cent on April 1
- There is evidence that some companies have doubled monthly direct debit bills
Watchdogs have warned energy firms against using the bills crisis to push up customers’ direct debit payments by more than justified.
The price cap on gas and electricity increased by 54 per cent on April 1 – but there is evidence that some companies have doubled monthly direct debit bills.
Some firms also appear to be putting pressure on worried customers to sign up to long-term rip-off tariffs which will lock them into paying extortionate bills for longer than necessary.
At the same time, there are concerns energy firms are sitting on millions of pounds in over-payments from struggling families to prop up their businesses.
The industry regulator Ofgem has warned energy retailers that it plans to tackle the scandal and is threatening multimillion pound fines.
The price cap on gas and electricity increased by 54 per cent on April 1 – but there is evidence that some companies have doubled monthly direct debit bills
The typical annual energy bill is rising by the equivalent of around £700 to almost £2,000 a year, however some firms are pressuring customers to pay even more.
Ofgem’s chief executive Jonathan Brearley said: ‘Concerns have been raised that some suppliers may have been increasing direct debit payments by more than is necessary, or directing customers to tariffs that may not be in their best interest.
'We have also seen troubling stories about the way some vulnerable customers are being treated when they fall into difficulties.’ Ofgem has launched a series of investigations and reviews into apparent bad practice, backed up with warnings of penalties.
Mr Brearley added: ‘This will include stricter supervision of how direct debits are handled, how much they are holding in customer credit balances and ensuring companies are held to higher standards for overall performance on customer service and protecting vulnerable customers.
‘This work will allow Ofgem to determine if companies are fulfilling their licence conditions and to work with them to rectify deficiencies.
Where they fail to do so, we will not hesitate to take swift action to enforce compliance, including issuing substantial fines.’
Energy firms have been sitting on millions of pounds in customer balances and money collected from levies on customer bills to fund support for green energy, such as wind farms.
Ofgem is concerned the companies are raiding this cash to fund their operations, rather than keeping it safe.
Campaigner Martin Lewis, founder of MoneySavingExpert.com, recently told MPs there are ‘worrying’ signs energy firms are trying to force through much higher increases in monthly direct debit payments than is justified.
‘There is no reason to double someone’s direct debit when they’re in credit and the price cap is going up 54 per cent. That’s not mathematically sound and it’s a breach of licence conditions,’ he said.
Citizens Advice surveys have found customer service levels are crashing. For example, people are finding it difficult to contact their suppliers, creating a risk they will not get the help they need and are entitled to.
Its chief executive Dame Clare Moriarty said: ‘The drop in customer service standards comes at the worst time possible.’
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Boris Johnson must now face the House of Commons and growing discontent among MPs over his Partygate fine
- The Prime Minister will face MPs next week to see the fallout of Partygate fines
- After he and the Chancellor were fined by the police, he will apologise to MPs
- Mr Johnson is preparing to 'set the record straight' on Partygate on his return
Boris Johnson faces a fraught week as he returns to Parliament after the Easter recess to confront growing discontent among MPs.
After being fined by the police for attending an impromptu celebration for his birthday in No10 during lockdown, the Prime Minister is preparing to apologise to the Commons.
He will seek to ‘set the record straight’ on Partygate and address claims he misled MPs, with more than a dozen Tories now publicly questioning his future.
Johnson will seek to ‘set the record straight’ on Partygate and address claims he misled MPs
Many of Mr Johnson’s toughest critics on the backbenches have said ousting him amid the Ukraine crisis would be a mistake - but dissenting voices are now emerging.
They include Lord Wolfson who quit as a justice minister over the scandal, former Cabinet minister Karen Bradley and senior Tory Tobias Ellwood.
Backbenchers Nigel Mills and Craig Whittaker have called for the Prime Minister to quit - suggesting Mr Johnson could face a tricky period once politicians return to Westminster next week.
Yesterday Andrew Mitchell, the former Cabinet minister, said he still believed Mr Johnson should go.
In February he said the allegations of lockdown-breaking parties in No10 were like ‘battery acid’ on the reputation of the Tories.
However, he told BBC Radio 4 yesterday that the ‘key issues’ facing the country now are the war in Ukraine, the Rwanda policy and the local elections.
Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross said yesterday that the Met’s decision to fine the PM will not negatively impact his party at the local elections.
He said he is confident voters will back Tory candidates on May 5, adding: ‘I think voters can make the difference between national issues which are rightly angering people. And I’m angry.
‘I think the Prime Minister’s actions were completely unacceptable. I said that back in January and had it not been for a war in Ukraine, my position would be the same.
‘But I also have to look at the situation where we have atrocities happening in Europe and innocent men, women and children being murdered on a daily basis by war criminal Vladimir Putin and his troops.
‘These national issues are clearly dominating much of the national coverage, but people also know that they’re electing local councillors for the next five years.’
But speculation that the party is nervous about the fallout from the PM’s fine has been fuelled by an absence of Mr Johnson in Scottish and Welsh Tory campaign literature.
The Telegraph said he has also been kept away from the launch of the local elections in England, and he does not appear in online campaign material.
However, Tory sources said it was ‘nonsense’ to suggest Mr Johnson had been airbrushed out of the campaign.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For years, Tennessee Democratic Senate Minority Leader Jeff Yarbro’s call to require the state’s voting infrastructure to include a paper record of each ballot cast has been batted down in the Republican-dominated Legislature.
But as false claims still swirl around the 2020 presidential election — and some GOP voters remain distrustful of voting machines — Tennessee Republican lawmakers who have held off are coming around on a paper-backed mandate. A similar scenario is playing out in some of the five other states — most of which are Republican-led — that do not currently have a voting system with a paper record.
The Tennessee GOP bill that is gaining traction would set a 2024 deadline for Tennessee to join the vast majority of states that already have voting systems that include a paper record of every ballot cast, so any disputed results can be verified.
Yarbro said he’ll take the change, even if he doesn’t love the impetus for it.
“I’m disappointed that it’s taken this long, and somewhat concerned over the rationale,” the Nashville lawmaker said. “But at the end of the day, this is good public policy.”
Mississippi and Indiana plan to have a paper trail by the 2024 presidential election. Last year, lawmakers in Texas — where slightly more than 1 in 10 registered voters cast ballots on paperless machines — passed a law requiring paper records by 2026. Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick touted the move as helping to rebuild trust in elections.
Efforts in two states — Democratic-led New Jersey, and Louisiana, which has a Democratic governor and a Republican-led Legislature — have been slowed by either process issues or funding.
“Across the partisan spectrum, there is some sense that the controversy around 2020 underscores how important it is to have paper records of voter intent that we can go back to,” said Mark Lindeman, director of Verified Voting, a group that tracks voting equipment across states.
In Tennessee, GOP Gov. Bill Lee has proposed $15 million for a switch to voter-verifiable, paper-backed equipment. The changeout could cost up to $37 million, with leftover federal election funds covering the rest, state officials said. Nearly two-thirds of the state’s 95 counties currently do not produce a paper record.
Republican lawmakers say Tennessee’s elections are just fine. They direct scrutiny at other states, despite a lack of any evidence of widespread fraud or other major problems anywhere in the 2020 election.
“When they had the vote, there were a lot of questions about it, especially in several of the states, Georgia and different ones — ‘Is this done right?’” said Tennessee Sen. Ed Jackson, the Republican bill sponsor. “So, that’s what we are trying to accomplish. But we don’t have that issue here in Tennessee.”
Nationwide, election officials continue to grapple with false claims spread by former President Donald Trump and his allies about the 2020 election. This has led to new mail voting restrictions, threats directed atelection officials, costly and time-consuming partisan ballot reviews and calls to abandon voting machines altogether and rely solely on paper ballots counted by hand.
About 68% of U.S. registered voters will mark ballots by hand for the 2022 midterm elections, while the rest will use touchscreen voting machines, according to Verified Voting. About 5% of ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election did not have a paper record, down from about 18% in 2016, according to federal officials.
That will shrink further by 2024.
In Indiana this year, Republicans decided not to replace existing equipment. Instead, they added a small printer to some 5,000 voting machines to create a paper trail by 2024.
That plan advanced through the GOP-dominated Legislature in March despite criticism from voter advocacy groups. They argue the printer technology is outdated and relies on lightweight thermal paper, similar to cash register receipts, that is easily damaged and lets voters see only part of their ballot at a time through a small window.
Democratic state Rep. Ed DeLaney of Indianapolis argued not having voter-completed paper ballots available for recounts threatens election integrity far more than claims such as mail ballot fraud.
“If we want to have voter confidence, then we need to do those things which are simple and effective in preventing a miscount,” said DeLaney. “That’s what we need to do and then we can worry about our fantasies and fears.”
This month, Mississippi lawmakers sent the governor legislation to require paper backups by 2024. On a radio show last year, Republican Sen. Jeff Tate said his bill addresses the perception of rigged voting equipment.
In New Jersey, GOP Sen. Joe Pennacchio has sponsored a bill to require paper ballots for all in-person voting, saying that even without the complaints over the 2020 election, “it’s still the right thing to do.” Some majority-party Democrats have introduced paper-trail proposals, as well. New Jersey has a long-standing requirement to upgrade to paper-backed voting systems, but a 2009 deadline still hasn’t kicked in due to funding issues.
New Jersey has a hodgepodge of counties with voting machines that produce paper trails, and some that don’t. The state’s law permitting early in person voting, which took effect in 2021, called for machines with paper records. Though the state financed them for all 21 counties, only some bought enough to run their entire election on paper-backed machines.
About one-third of Mississippi voters and nearly half of New Jersey voters use paperless machines, according to Verified Voting.
Louisiana’s Republican Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin has favored ballot-marking machines that print a paper receipt that is electronically scanned so results could be available on election night, but efforts to replace the state’s paperless machines have been mired in process delays.
A 2021 law tasked a new commission with recommending a replacement with a paper trail. As it mulls its options, the commission has heard calls for hand-marked paper ballots along with unsubstantiated claims of “cheating” in the 2020 election.
There is no evidence of any widespread fraud or coordinated efforts to steal the 2020 election. Last year, The Associated Press reviewed every instance of potential voter fraud reported in the six states disputed by Trump and found fewer than 475 cases — a number that would have made no difference in the contest.
Over the years, Tennessee election officials have said counties can choose their voting equipment. More recently, they encouraged a move toward paper-backed systems. Now, they support requiring the change, reasoning that increasingly fewer paperless machines are produced.
Last year, a Republican-led legislative subcommittee halted a Democratic push for a paper-trail mandate.
“If there’s not a problem, why are we trying to fix it? And why are we mandating that our local governments have to foot the bill for it?” GOP Rep. Ryan Williams said in 2021.
Williams has since come around. He voted for the new bill last month, telling fellow lawmakers that Tennesseans were “disturbed” about “elections in other states that they felt like disenfranchised them.”
“I think one of the things our citizens wanted to know after the last elections, that we did have a way to verify them in paper,” Williams said.
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Cassidy reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writers Tom Davies in Indianapolis; Kevin McGill in New Orleans; Emily Wagster Pettus in Jackson, Mississippi; and Mike Catalini in Trenton, New Jersey, contributed to this report.
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BOSTON — Jacky Hunt-Broersma runs like a woman possessed. And in a way, she is: The amputee athlete is trying to run at least 102 marathons in 102 days.
Last month, a little more than two-thirds toward her goal of setting a new world record for back-to-back marathons, the South Africa native posted something on Twitter that got people talking.
“The first thing I did after my run today was take off my leg. Felt so good,” she tweeted. “Marathon 69 done. 31 marathons to go.”
That was last month, and she's still running — covering the classic 26.2-mile marathon distance day in, day out, rain or shine, occasionally on a treadmill but mostly on roads and trails near her home in Gilbert, Arizona. If her streak remains intact heading into the Boston Marathon on April 18, it'll be marathon No. 92.
Unlike the 30,000 others running the storied course, Hunt-Broersma, 46, will have done a marathon the day before. Somehow, she'll have to rally body and soul to run another the day after. And another after that. And then eight more.
All on a carbon-fiber blade that's been her left leg ever since she lost the real thing below the knee to a rare cancer.
“You make peace with pain,” she said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I think my pain threshold is probably quite high at the moment. It's one step at a time.”
Those steps are a little different for Hunt-Broersma. Preparing to fly to Boston Thursday, she told Instagram followers that she uses 20% more energy to run the same distance as someone without a prosthetic.
"Does that mean if I run 26.2 miles that I'm actually running 31.44? No wonder I'm so tired," she joked.
Boston is the only certified marathon she's including in her quest. The others she's running on one of two loops near her home or indoors on a treadmill — a monotonous machine many runners derisively call the “dreadmill.”
In 2001, while she and her Dutch husband were living in the Netherlands, Hunt-Broersma was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare cancer more typically seen in children. Overnight, a golf ball-sized bulge appeared on an old scar that had become tender. A biopsy confirmed the worst, and within weeks, her leg was amputated below the knee.
“The biggest struggle was accepting that part of my body was gone,” she said. (She's since made peace with that: A favorite T-shirt reads, “A Zombie Chewed It Off.”)
Until five years ago, she wasn't at all athletic, but getting started was expensive. Carbon-fiber blades designed for running cost around $10,000 and aren't covered by health insurance. Survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which killed three spectators and wounded 260 others, ran into the same problem when they sought to reclaim their lives.
“Running really changed my life,” she said. “It helped me accept myself as an amputee. It gave me a sense of freedom. I fell in love with the process of pushing my body further just to see what I could do.”
Subsequent marathons led to ultrarunning over extended distances, including a 100-mile race. So when Hunt-Broersma learned that Alyssa Amos Clark,a nondisabled runner from Bennington, Vermont, covered the marathon distance 95 days in a row in 2000, an idea was born: She’d do 100. That plan got foiled this week when British runner Kate Jayden completed 101 marathons in as many days, so Hunt-Broersma has a new goal: “Now I'm going for at least 102.”
“I hoped it would inspire a lot of people to get out of their comfort zone and push a little bit farther,” she said.
She worried her stump would become raw and painful, and the first two weeks were rough. Since then, though, she’s gotten into a sustainable rhythm, taking care to ice and massage the stump. When it became swollen, she switched to a running prosthesis with a little more room.
But there have been mental challenges as well on the road to 102, which began on Jan. 17. On a recent outing, Hunt-Broersma — who's been averaging a little over five hours per marathon — felt near collapse at 15 miles (24 kilometers) and burst into tears. Suddenly the entire odyssey was in doubt.
“I had a total emotional breakdown. I was like, ‘I just can’t do this. What was I thinking?’” she said. “The trick for me is just to break it down into little goals. Just get to the next mile. And then the next one.”
Her support team is her husband and their two young children, but she's also gained a large social media following.
This week, after logging marathon No. 85, well-wishers offered virtual applause. “You just seem to eat marathons for breakfast,” one person tweeted. “In such bleak times, thank you for serving as an inspiration,” commented another.
As she nears the end of her epic quest, Hunt-Broersma hopes she inspires a singular thought in others, regardless of their own physical challenges:
“You’re stronger than you think — and you’re capable of so much more.”
Val Lick contributed to this report.
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California became the first state in the nation to announce it would require COVID-19 vaccines to attend public or private school, news that Gov. Gavin Newsom touted with great fanfare in a San Francisco classroom in October.
The vaccines are currently approved for children 5-17 under emergency use authorization. Newsom’s requirement was contingent on full federal authorization of the vaccines for children and teens. He said students would be required to have the shots by the start of the semester after full approval. The requirement was widely expected to be implemented this July, but with the federal Food and Drug Administration’s full approval still pending for ages 5 through 15, state health officials announced this week that the vaccine school requirement would not go into effect until at least July 2023.
Why did the California Department of Public Health delay the requirement?
Currently, vaccines for children 5 to 15 are under an emergency use authorization. While vaccine makers have requested full approval for the various age groups, the decision is still pending. State officials said Thursday that delaying the implementation of the state mandate until July 2023, at the earliest, will give education officials time to implement the requirement.
What does that mean in terms of a requirement for teachers and staff in schools?
Neither Newsom nor state health officials have yet required school staff and teachers to be vaccinated against COVID. Newsom has repeatedly said that adults will be required to show proof of vaccination if there is a student vaccination mandate. The announcement this week did not address whether adults in schools will be subject to a vaccine mandate prior to July 2023, even though federal officials have fully authorized the use of the vaccines for adults.
What about legislative action to require the vaccine?
This week, the Legislature backed off of adding COVID-19 to the list of required school vaccines that do not allow for a personal belief exemption. That means, at this point, when the mandate does go into effect, families can avoid the requirement by filing a personal belief or medical exemption.
Can school districts require student vaccination before the state?
Yes. Individual school districts and private or charter schools can choose to exceed state pandemic guidelines, meaning they could opt to require students be vaccinated before the state. Piedmont Unified, for example, already has a mandate in place.
But for the most part, Bay Area education leaders appear to also be waiting on full federal authorization. Oakland Unified, for example, initially decided to require students to be vaccinated against the coronavirus starting in January, but delayed that until Aug. 1. Bay Area districts that delayed the roll out of vaccine mandates cited the low vaccination rates in their communities. If they had kept the mandates in place and families still didn’t get their children the shots, they risked a huge number of kids being diverted into online learning.
Currently, it’s unclear whether Oakland and other districts will follow the state’s decision to wait another year.
What do vaccination rates look like now for California children?
So far, two-thirds of children ages 12-17 have been fully vaccinated. The younger set, however, lag behind, with just 34% of children 5 to 11 getting the vaccines. The rates vary greatly depending on race, with 64% of Asian American children in the youngest group fully vaccinated, compared to 21% of Black children, 23% of Hispanic children and 28% of white children. San Francisco has been scrambling to get more children of color vaccinated on the heels of data disclosed in February showing significant racial and ethnic disparities in vaccination rates among children 5 to 11.
Local, state and federal health officials have strongly urged families to get children vaccinated.
State officials Friday announced a $10 million grant program to help clinics and medical providers increase vaccination rates, with up to $25,000 for each site to expand operating hours to accommodate families.
Still, some California school districts had already pledged to defy Newsom’s mandate amid a wave of parental resistance in some areas.
What are the current vaccines required to enter kindergarten in California?
Currently, California requires children have the following vaccinations to enter kindergarten unless they have a health waiver: Polio, Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP), Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR), Hepatitis B, Varicella (Chickenpox)
Jill Tucker is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: jtucker@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @jilltucker
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Jordan Poole spent his first three seasons in the NBA peppering Warriors teammates with questions about the playoffs. On Saturday, finally, he will find out for himself.
Poole’s playoff debut comes with an ample supply of intrigue. His breakout season leaves him in curiously flattering limbo, clearly good enough to start but possibly heading back to the bench with Stephen Curry expected to return from his foot injury.
Will head coach Steve Kerr stick with his conventional starting lineup of Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins and Kevon Looney? Or will he keep Poole with the starters and bring Wiggins or Looney off the bench? Even if Poole doesn’t start, will he join Curry and Thompson in a three-guard closing lineup?
They’re all tantalizing questions ahead of Game 1 on Saturday against Denver. And if Poole cares at all about his role, he didn’t show it after Friday’s practice at Chase Center.
“As long as I’m out there being able to make an impact, help our team win and lead us as far as we can go, I’m excited for it,” he said. “Whatever opportunity presents itself, I’m going to be ready to step up.”
Poole averaged 18.5 points and four assists this season, a striking improvement compared to his numbers last year (12.0 and 1.9). He averaged 20.8 points in his 51 starts.
Along the way, Poole clearly earned the trust of his more experienced teammates. Just watch the way Green goes out of his way to set up Poole for shots when they’re on the court together — in much the same way Green springs Curry for open looks.
“It’s truly amazing, especially as a young guy,” Poole said. “That’s what you want, to have the guys who are established, who have been through so much, trust that you can make the right plays and put our team in a situation to win. It’s awesome to know they have that trust in me.”
Looney, a fellow Milwaukee native, expects Poole to prosper in the playoffs. Looney finds significance in the way Kerr and the team’s older players — Curry, Thompson, Green and Andre Iguodala — didn’t let up on Poole even as he blossomed into a front-line player this season.
“He’s been playing all year and they’ve been on him,” Looney said. “For a guy who averaged 20 points a game, they hold him accountable like he’s one of the last guys on the bench. He allows people to coach him, so I think he’ll be ready.”
Poole increased his productivity in the second half of the season, averaging 23.4 points after the All-Star break. That included two strong games against the Nuggets, when he scored 32 and 21 points.
But those were regular-season games. The stage becomes bigger starting Saturday, giving Poole the chance he has craved since he joined the Warriors in 2019.
Soon, he will stop wondering what the playoffs feel like, because he will know.
“If I see something or hear something or watch something, I just ask,” Poole said. “I’m pretty curious and I want to know. I haven’t been there yet, so I’ve been asking questions for two years.”
Ron Kroichick is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: rkroichick@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @ronkroichick
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 15, 2022
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...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES..
Critical fire weather conditions have ended and no further
critical fire weather conditions are expected through the
remainder of this evening and overnight tonight.
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN TEXAS...
Although relative humidity will remain below 20 percent through
the late evening across southwestern Oklahoma, wind speeds where
this dry air exists have fallen well below 20 mph. Therefore, the
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PANHANDLES..
Critical fire weather conditions have ended and no further
critical fire weather conditions are expected through the
remainder of this evening and overnight tonight.
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN TEXAS...
Although relative humidity will remain below 20 percent through
the late evening across southwestern Oklahoma, wind speeds where
this dry air exists have fallen well below 20 mph. Therefore, the
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H.S. track and field: Huge night for SC's Hamilton in sprints at Dunbar
- By Kal Oakes Georgetown News-Graphic
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Scott County three-sport athlete Jeremy Hamilton fittingly was a three-event star Tuesday night in the open track meet at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School.
Hamilton won the 100-meter dash by a stunning margin of three-tenths of a second, clocking in at 11.18.
In the 200, Hamilton was second place in a time of 23.32, trailing only fellow senior Kerrington Eubanks of Frederick Douglass.
To round out his 19-point night, Hamilton snagged sixth in the 400 at a clip of 54.69.
That provided the vast majority of the team points for Scott County, which finished 11th with a total of 27. Great Crossing was 14th place, accumulating 10.5 points.
SC's other podium finisher was freshman Cristian Rodriguez, a strong second in shot put with a distance of 40 feet, six inches.
Jacob Coulter of GC finished fourth behind Hamilton in the 100, and his time of 11.54 was only six-hundredths out of the runner-up spot.
University of Tennessee football signee Kalib Perry was fifth for the Warhawks in the long jump, clearing 19-9½.
Also for GC: Malakhi Young tied for fifth in high jump with a top measurement of 4-10; Bryce Lee (110-10) was sixth in discus; and the 4x800 relay (9:26.78) took sixth.
The race for the team victory couldn't have been any closer, with three teams separated by a single point. Lafayette (65) edged Woodford County (64.5) and Lexington Catholic (64).
In the girls' meet, Scott County was 13th place with a matching total of 13 points, while Great Crossing was 15th, scoring six.
SC excelled in the pit, where sophomore Jala Trent took third (31-7) in triple jump and fifth (15-4) in long jump, while junior Brooke Satterly was sixth (4-4) in high jump.
Senior sprinter Maquoia Raglin ran 1:04.91, good for fourth in the 400.
Arianna Hager, a freshman, scored the only points for Great Crossing, third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 18.45.
Both schools will host an all-comers meet of their own, GC on May 3 and SC on May 10. This weekend's headline meet is the Tyson and Trinity Gay Invitational, Saturday at Lafayette.
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(The Hill) — Concerns about skyrocketing gas prices across the U.S. have been a major worry for Americans this year, but high inflation has also led to soaring prices at the grocery store.
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 8.5 percent over the last 12 months, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recording large bumps in everything from fruits and vegetables to meats and dairy products.
Below are the five grocery items with the largest 12-month cost increase, according to the USDA and Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Beef and veal products
Uncooked beef and veal have seen the biggest spike on store shelves, rising 20.4 percent over the last year.
Uncooked beef roasts rose 17.7 percent, and beef steaks jumped 16.4 percent.
A severe labor shortage in the meat-packing industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to the increase in meat prices.
Citrus fruits
Citrus fruits, including lemons, limes and grapefruits, climbed 19.5 percent.
The prices for oranges and tangerines rose 18.3 percent.
A myriad of factors have jacked up prices for fresh produce, including rising wages in Mexico, a major importer of fruits and vegetables, and a drought in California, according to The Washington Post.
Bacon
Bacon products soared 18.2 percent in the last year.
Breakfast sausages have also risen considerably, at 16.5 percent in the past 12 months.
Margarine and peanut butter
The price for margarine rose 15.8 percent annually, while peanut butter rose 15.8 percent in the past year.
Butter production has fallen 1.4 percent from February 2021 and 5.4 percent from this January, according to the latest USDA report.
Fresh and frozen chicken parts
Chicken parts, which includes packages of drum sticks, thighs and breasts, rose 15.1 percent.
The price for birds could rise again as the bird flu has been spreading across the country and in some cases affecting commercial flocks.
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CM Stalin pays surprise visit to Ambattur police station
Stalin enquires with the inspector about the number of staff working in the station
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin made a surprise visit to T-1 Ambattur police station on Friday to check the working conditions and functioning of the station.
The station falls under the newly created Avadi Police Commissionerate and caters to a population of over 5.5 lakh in its limits.
Mr. Stalin was returning from attending programmes in Thirumullaivoyal and Avadi. When his convoy entered the premises, the police personnel attached to the station, including the inspector M. Ramasamy, were standing at a little distance as part of the security duty.
The personnel were taken by surprise by the Chief Minister's sudden visit. Mr. Ramasamy saluted the Chief Minister and introduced himself. Then Mr. Stalin occupied the seat of a police officer and checked the records. He enquired about the staff strength of the station and sought to know about the last complaint received and the last case booked.
The inspector said the personnel in the station were given weekly off on rotation basis following the system that was introduced after Mr. Stalin took over as Chief Minister. He showed the chart of weekly off and leave to the Chief Minister, who perused the general diary maintained at the station.
The Chief Minister checked the lock-up room to ascertain if hygienic conditions were maintained.
Mr. Stalin left the station after posing for a group photo with the police personnel.
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GILA BEND, Ariz. (AP) — The pilot of a helicopter was declared dead after it crashed Friday at Gila Bend Municipal Airport, authorities said. No passengers were on board.
The male plot was pronounced dead shortly after sheriff's deputies responded to the crash at the airport about 8:30 a.m. just east of Gila Bend about 70 miles (112 kilometers) southwest of Phoenix, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said.
Sgt. Monica Bretado said in an email to The Associated Press he was the only one on board the aircraft. His name has not been released. An official cause of death is pending.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigation but other details have been released, Bretado said.
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EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Employees at Verizon stores north of Seattle in Everett and Lynnwood won their union election on Friday, making them the first unionized Verizon stores in the country outside of New York.
The near-unanimous victory represents the latest in a growing labor movement across the country that includes the unionization of Starbucks stores and the first Amazon warehouse union.
A group of workers and supporters watched the vote count streamed on Zoom by the National Labor Relations Board on Friday, in the parking lot by the Everett Verizon store, the Daily Herald reported.
The victory earns workers the right to bargain with Verizon over pay and working conditions. Austin Hitch, a Verizon employee and organizer in the union campaign, said employees want cost-of-living raises and more control of their schedules.
“We really want to codify what we already have — we have pretty good benefits and 401Ks, but Verizon has been systematically taking things away from us, and we want to put a stop to that,” he said.
Workers voted to be represented by the Communications Workers of America, which has more than 700,000 members nationwide.
Verizon did not respond to messages from the newspaper seeking comment.
Verizon stated it “respects our employees’ rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining … including the right to join or not join labor unions” in a February filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Steve Yu, a sales representative at the two Verizon stores, came out to celebrate with coworkers and supporters during his break Friday. Yu has been with the company for 22 years and voted for a union. His biggest frustration has been changes Verizon made to employees’ commission pay.
“We don’t want any more taken away from us, and we don’t want any more taken away from future employees," Yu said.
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Lawrence Jones warns Democrats are in 'deep water' ahead of midterms
He says America is waking up to how 'phony' DC is
Fox News host Lawrence Jones told viewers on Friday's "Jesse Watters Primetime" that Democrats have been abandoning urban America and treating minority groups as just an easy vote.
LAWRENCE JONES: So November midterms are just around the corner and Democrats are starting to feel some serious heat. Karma is coming to bite them back. Real America is getting fed up with what they're seeing in Washington. They gave the Democrats complete control for over a year. But what did they get in return? Nothing. They've been left behind by Democrat politicians just focusing on themselves, showing real America that all they care about is power, not the people. Acting as the party of no substance and self-interest. And that guy that campaigned on uniting America, Joe Biden, can't even unite his own party. Instead, he's focusing on policies that divide his own supporters. People are unsatisfied and turning their backs on him in record numbers. Now he's lost the media, too. They aren't covering for him anymore. In fact, their a---s are on the line, CNN is finally admitting that the president is failing.
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The reality of it is they're heading into the midterms with historic lows and their party is scrambling for a solution right now. No wonder why they're trying to put all the blame on the White House communications problem, acting like they're just having problems touting their wins. That's just one of the many excuses, but they never own up to the real problem. The problem is they've been abandoning urban America, treating minority groups as just an easy vote, ignoring their needs throughout the whole year, just coming around during election season. But America is starting to see how phony Washington really is. Hispanics, who are always a slam dunk for the Democrats, are turning their backs on the Democratic Party in a big way. In a new Quinnipiac poll, Biden's approval among Hispanics is in the gutter, with only 26% of Hispanics approving Joe Biden — doesn't get much lower than that, and the media is starting to admit that they're in deep water.
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In full: Xplore Dundee reveals rises in bus fares for 2022 By Emma Duncan April 15 2022, 12.08pm Updated: April 15 2022, 7.42pm Passengers getting on an Xplore Dundee bus in the city centre. [[intro]] [[title]] [[text]] [[button_text]] [[outro]]
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NEW YORK — When smoke bombs and bullets were unleashed on a subway full of morning commuters as it crawled toward a stop in Brooklyn, the train's driver, David Artis, couldn't hear the shots.
His first indication something was wrong was when passengers crowded near the door to his operator's compartment to report chaos, one car back.
Artis said after a moment of shock, his thoughts quickly shifted from, “Oh my God!” to concern for his passengers. He leaned on his emergency training.
“Then it kicked in. Get them out,” he said Friday after he and fellow transit workers were honored by the mayor for their response to Tuesday's shooting.
In a few minutes of lightning-quick decisions, Artis and train conductor Raven Haynes radioed in the attack, threw open the train doors and evacuated all of the passengers to another train on the same platform, then began getting aid to the wounded.
Photos and video taken by passengers captured the pair calmly but authoritatively herding stunned commuters onto the other train, which sped away.
“This week New York City showed the entire globe what our city has always been about, courage, heroism, quick thinking and decisive action,” Mayor Eric Adams said.
Adams, who appeared at the City Hall ceremony virtually because he is isolating after having tested positive for COVID-19, had the workers presented Friday with proclamations to honor them for their heroism.
The ceremony came a day after the man authorities say was responsible for the carnage, Frank James, made an initial court appearance in a federal courthouse a few stops up the line from where the attack took place.
Prosecutors say he dressed as a construction worker and set off smoke grenades then pulled a handgun and fired 33 times, reloading once before his gun jammed.
The subway workers said that amidst the chaos, they didn’t see the gunman in the crowd and were just focused on getting people out.
“I was shouting to the people, ‘Get on the train! Get on the train! Get on the train!’” Artis said.
Haynes, the conductor, said she didn’t feel any fear, having worked at an airport before joining the Metropolitan Transportation Authority several years ago and was already used to reacting to unpredictable situations.
“I can’t stress enough the importance of having a stoic attitude in a moment of chaos. You having a calm demeanor helps your passengers become calm, which helps them get out as safely and quickly as possible,” she said.
The shooting victims ranged in age from 16 to 60. Most of the wounds were to the legs, back and buttocks. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the hand. They are all expected to survive.
As the wounded passengers limped on to the platform, several knelt to assist the injured. One took off a shirt to create a tourniquet for someone shot in the leg.
Artis said that when he checked the subway car to ensure it was empty, he found blood on the floor, luggage the gunman left behind and bullet casings, which he said he immediately reported to the transit operators so police could be called.
Haynes described the moment she took in the scene, just after directing the passengers to escape.
“I finally looked down toward the front of the train and I saw the whole entire second car engulfed in smoke, along with the whole north side of the platform,” she said.
Investigators said that in the confusion, James slipped away on the rescue train with the other passengers, exiting one station down having ditched his construction worker outfit and helmet.
He was arrested a day later in Manhattan after a citywide manhunt that ended shortly after he called a police tip line and gave his location.
The NYPD said Friday that a $50,000 reward for information leading to James’ capture would be split evenly among five people whose tips it said “contributed directly to the arrest.” Because the tip process is anonymous, the department did not release the names of the people receiving the reward money, which was contributed by the New York City Police Foundation, a nonprofit supporting the NYPD’s work, the MTA, and the transit workers union.
So much is yet unknown about the motives behind Tuesday's shooting, as the suspect's previous brushes with the law come under scrutiny.
Among his first contacts with law enforcement was when he was fired from his maintenance job at Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he had been a client more than 15 years ago, the organization's chief executive officer said in a statement.
“At the time of his termination, we referred Mr. James for additional mental health services, and contacted the Elizabeth, New Jersey police department who conducted their own investigation. Since that time he has not been engaged with our organization,” said Cory Storch, Bridgeway's chief executive officer.
“This devastating incident highlights the urgent need to increase access to mental health treatment and follow-up services for those in crisis so that future acts of violence may be avoided,” Storch said.
At a brief court appearance Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara K. Winik said James’ premeditated, carefully planned attack “caused terror among the victims and our entire city.”
James was ordered jailed without bail. At the request of James’ lawyers, Magistrate Roanne Mann said she would ask for James to get “psychiatric attention.”
Hourari Benkada, a passenger who was shot in the leg, told The Associated Press in an interview that he was just feet away from the gunman.
Benkada said he was listening to music on his headphones when smoke began filling the car and he thought it was a small fire.
But the smoke “kept escalating to black, black smoke like 9/11,” he said, “and the whole train was pitch-black.”
Benkada said he heard gunshots and screams and he tried to shield a pregnant woman from getting hit during the mayhem, and as people pushed forward, a gunshot tore into his knee.
Investigators were scouring dozens of videos that James posted on social media as they work to determine a motive for the shooting. The videos include profanity-filled diatribes about racism, society’s treatment of Black people, homelessness and violence.
James, a New York City native, also discussed his history of psychiatric treatment and complained about how New York’s mayor is dealing with homeless people on subways and with gun violence. He also talked about shooting people, prosecutors noted in court papers.
Investigators say James, who recently left Milwaukee and was living at a short-term rental in Philadelphia, rented a U-Haul van in Philadelphia and drove it to New York City hours before the shooting.
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Associated Press writers Michael R. Sisak, Karen Matthews and Bobby Caina Calvan in New York and Claudia Lauer in Philadelphia contributed to this report.
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MORE BAD LUCK FOR BUX
The Twins are hoping for good news on Byron Buxton after he injured his knee Friday and was sent for an MRI.
The Platinum Glove-winning center fielder slid late into second base in the first inning of an 8-4 win at Boston. His left leg appeared to get caught underneath him while his right foot slammed into the bag.
The 28-year-old has been among the game’s best players in recent years when healthy — and unfortunately for the Twins, that’s rarely been the case. He batted .306 with 19 home runs in 61 games in 2021 but was limited by a broken hand and a right hip strain.
Buxton signed a $100 million, seven-year deal to remain a Twin long-term over the winter. He was off to another powerful start this season, slugging three homers over seven games.
COVID ISSUES
The Mets are without outfielders Brandon Nimmo and Mark Canha after one of New York's coaches tested positive for COVID-19. Nimmo and Canha were added to the injured list prior to Friday's home opener against Arizona.
The team did not say whether Nimmo and Canha tested positive. Manager Buck Showalter would not say whether either player is vaccinated against COVID-19, but did acknowledge the rules for returning to the roster under baseball’s new labor agreement are different for players who are vaccinated versus those who aren’t.
Meanwhile, the Athletics placed outfielder Stephen Piscotty on the COVID-19 injured list and put catcher Austin Allen and left-handers A.J. Puk and Kirby Snead on the restricted list before Friday’s game in Toronto. To enter Canada, the Canadian government requires a person must have received a second COVID-19 vaccine dose — or one dose of Johnson & Johnson — at least 14 days prior to entry.
Players sidelined by COVID-19 vaccine issues are not paid and do not accrue major league service time while on the restricted list.
GREENE DAY
Reds rookie fireballer Hunter Greene is set for his second big league start, this time against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 22-year-old right-hander delivered 20 fastballs at least 100 mph in his debut Sunday against the World Series champions Atlanta Braves, striking out seven over five innings of three-run ball.
O'S NO
Baltimore left-hander John Means could be out a while after being added to the 10-day injured list with a left elbow strain.
Means will have additional tests for what manager Brandon Hyde described as a forearm muscle strain.
Last year, Means was a bright spot on a Baltimore staff that ranked last in the majors in ERA. He went 6-9 with a 3.62 ERA and threw a no-hitter at Seattle in May.
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Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira knows it will be difficult to replace Conor Gallagher for Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final with Chelsea but has praised the “special” loanee for preparing this week like he is playing in the tie.
The terms of the midfielder’s loan agreement from Stamford Bridge meant he was unable to feature against the Blues this season and a written request for him to line up at Wembley was rejected by Thomas Tuchel’s side last week.
Gallagher’s energy and pressing role, in addition to scoring eight goals, has been a key feature of Palace’s transformation from a pragmatic counter-attacking side to one who aim to dominate possession after regaining the ball.
It has contributed towards one of the most exciting campaigns at Selhurst Park in years, with the Eagles fighting for a top-10 finish and at Wembley for the first time since 2016, when Manchester United beat them in the FA Cup final.
Cup success for Palace would be some cherry on top of what has already been an impressive debut season in the dugout for Vieira, but he will have to make this penultimate step without a key man.
“He is professional enough to understand the situation and deal with it, but of course there is the expression on the face and that doesn’t lie,” the Eagles boss said of Gallagher.
“It is difficult to find in the squad a player with Conor’s type of energy. We have different profiles and players who can score goals and create chances maybe more than Conor can do.
“Of course his profile is different, but we have players who are capable of bringing something different to the team.”
Gallagher will be at Wembley and will stay with the Palace squad at a hotel on Saturday, with his professionalism praised despite a difficult week.
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel revealed on Friday he personally apologised to the 22-year-old for denying him the chance to play in the semi-final.
Vieira added: “Conor has been like he is starting the game. He has been working well, working hard.
“We gave him a couple of days (off) in the week, but he is preparing himself like he is going to play and that is what makes him really special.”
Even though Chelsea have stopped Gallagher having the chance to haunt them, one man they no longer have a hold over is Marc Guehi, who completed a summer switch from across the capital to Palace last summer.
After an excellent loan in the Sky Bet Championship with Swansea, the Cobham academy graduate has kicked on even more after joining the Eagles on a permanent basis and regularly worn the captain’s armband.
Given his friendship with Gallagher, with the pair playing together for Chelsea, Swansea, Palace and most recently England, Guehi is sorry to see the all-action midfielder miss this clash.
He said: “Conor’s an important player. He has been vital for us this season, but we have a lot of good players in the side who can come in. We have seen that throughout the season, substitutes the manager has made coming in and really making an impact.
“Conor’s a big miss. but we have got a lot of good players in the team as well.”
If Palace stun Chelsea, it would mean Gallagher could get his FA Cup moment at Wembley for the final next month.
Guehi’s motivation is clear, he said: “Conor has been immense for us this season and the team doing well would allow him to play in that final because of what he has done this season, so hopefully we can get there.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The major leagues celebrated the 75th anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson broke the major league color barrier with an appreciation of his trailblazing life and an evaluation of how much farther the sport still must go.
Every player, coach and umpire on Friday wore Robinson’s No. 42, as they have since 2009 on April 15 — now known as Jackie Robinson Day.
But for the first time, everyone wore the numerals in the famed Dodger blue to highlight this milestone anniversary of the day Robinson first took the field with the Dodgers at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field in 1947.
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts believes the day is an important vehicle to raise awareness and to continue to shape attitudes in the sport and beyond.
“Jackie was all about looking out and looking forward,” said Roberts, who became the second Black manager to win the World Series in 2020. “So to appreciate how far we’ve come is certainly fair, but more important is where we need to go. That’s what pushes and challenges all of us to keep getting better and to make change. ... What Jackie did was incredible, but we’ve got to keep going.”
Four hours before the Dodgers’ game against Cincinnati, Roberts led his players out to the park behind the outfield bleachers at Dodger Stadium to the plaza where a statue of Robinson has stood since 2017. The Dodgers gathered around and listened to remarks from Robinson’s son, David.
“Baseball, it’s bigger than us individually,” Roberts said. “So we all have a platform, an opportunity, a responsibility, as David said today, which is great.”
April 15 has become a day to reflect on Robinson’s legacy across the sport. Roberts and his fellow baseball leaders use Jackie Robinson Day to spotlight the perpetual fight toward equality for all races while embracing the sport's importance in driving social change.
“It seems to get bigger and bigger as we go along, and rightly so,” San Diego manager Bob Melvin said. “The ultimate trailblazer in this game, and everybody’s proud to wear that number beyond belief now. I think it educates people the more we do this, every year, understanding of what he went through and what he’s meant to this game. This has become one of the real, real special days in the course of the baseball season.”
The day is particularly special at Dodger Stadium, where Robinson's memory never fades. Robinson grew up in Pasadena, 10 miles from the site of the Dodgers' future home , and the park is festooned with his image and iconography.
“Growing up in the Dodgers organization, we made sure we knew what he means," said Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who spent his first seven seasons with the Dodgers as a player. "To be part of this, it’s a special day. I think they got it right, wearing Dodger blue for one day. … He changed the world, right? And we don’t live in a perfect world, still.
"For him to do what he did, I can’t even imagine. I can’t imagine how he felt, how he went (through it). The fact that he persevered, he put us in this spot. We have a better world because of Jackie Robinson, but we still have a lot of work to do.”
Before their home opener at Citi Field, the Mets unveiled a long-awaited statue of Tom Seaver a few steps from the ornate Jackie Robinson Rotunda that serves as the ballpark’s main entrance. Robinson Canó, named for the former Dodgers great, homered in a 10-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Canó and teammate Francisco Lindor, who went deep from both sides of the plate, wore special cleats for Jackie Robinson Day.
“Always special. He’s one of the reasons that I’m here,” Lindor said. “Courage, excellence and commitment to the game of baseball.”
Canó, who sat out last season while serving his second suspension for performance-enhancing drugs, was asked if it was especially meaningful to connect on Jackie Robinson Day.
“For sure. This is the day that myself and everybody is always going to remember,” he said. “You do something special on that day.”
The first 25,000 fans received a Brooklyn Dodgers Jackie Robinson T-shirt, and Jackie Robinson Foundation scholars went down the handshake line with Mets players on the field during pregame introductions. Robinson’s granddaughter did the same, and pregame ceremonies included a recorded message from his son, David, and the 75th anniversary logo displayed on the large video board in center field.
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AP Sports Writers Mike Fitzpatrick, Kyle Hightower and Bernie Wilson contributed to this report.
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Couple celebrates 70 years of marriage
SOUTH DAKOTA - A woman wore her original $35.00 wedding dress while celebrating her 70th anniversary with her husband.
Nancy and Melvin, from South Dakota, are celebrating 70 years of marriage, and they marked the milestone with a romantic photoshoot.
The teenage sweethearts got married on January 6th, 1952. Nancy was only 16.
The couple has five children together.
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State of Florida rejects dozens of textbooks deemed inappropriate
ORLANDO, Fla. - Today Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran approved rejecting 54 textbooks out of 132, used for math in the state.
The reasons for rejecting the books include, references to Critical Race Theory, inclusions of Common Core and the unsolicited addition of Social Emotional Learning.
We asked parents what they think of the new list. One parent of a student, Mark Arnold said, "I think that’s fantastic. CRT and Common Core aren’t things that I support. And I’m happy the Governor made that decision."
Another parent added, "I think we have to adopt to the new kind of way of living and mentalities as it’s changing and evolving a little bit more," said Jadel Alvarez.
According to the Department of Education, the highest number of books rejected were for grades K-5, where 71 percent were not aligned with Florida standards.
"I think if the book is going to teach something I think why not. But if it’s going to in any way confuse them with the current situation that we’re going through then maybe banning them would be better," said Alvarez.
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Education officials say, the instructional materials process allows Florida to prevent publishers from incorporating inappropriate, ineffective or unsolicited concepts and strategies into instruction materials.
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An endowment from the Public Service Company of New Mexico will bring scholarships to college students from New Mexico's 19 Pueblos this fall, the utility company announced Thursday.
PNM officials and Pueblo leaders hope the PNM Pueblo Scholarship Endowment Fund, which will disseminate 15 scholarships a year, will help keep Indigenous college students connected to New Mexico and draw some students to the energy industry.
All Pueblo Council of the Governors chairman Mark Mitchell called the investment a "legacy-level" commitment from PNM in a news release about the new fund.
The scholarships will range from $2,000 to $7,000 per person, and are made possible with $1 million from PNM, plus an annual $50,000 investment for the next four years.
The endowment seed, PNM officials said, will allow the Albuquerque-based American Indian Graduate Center charged with distributing the scholarships to do so for years.
Applications are open to full- and part-time undergraduate, graduate and other students seeking certifications particularly in math- and science-related fields, public policy, business administration, communications, education and vocational trades.
"Part of this was certainly wanting to lift up the interest in the energy field on behalf of PNM," said PNM tribal government and community engagement director Cathy Newby.
The other idea, Newby said, is to focus on fields with in-demand skills that graduates could bring home.
"The idea is to support capacity development in their communities," Newby said.
Among the scholarships is a needs-based one students could use to cover emergency costs, food, child care or other expenses, Newby said.
Two others, one for graduate and one for undergraduate engineering students, are named in honor of the late three-time Pueblo of Santo Domingo Gov. Everett F. Chavez, who was also an electrical engineer and served as superintendent at Santa Fe Indian School from 2008-13.
Chavez died in 2018.
"He was truly just a transformational leader, and dedicated to the educational interests of students in our Pueblo communities," Newby said. "He had a long working relationship with our CEO."
Newby, who is Navajo, said students at New Mexico colleges and universities will be prioritized, but the scholarship is also open to Pueblo students studying elsewhere.
"Really, from time immemorial, New Mexico tribes and Pueblo nations have lived in the Southwest," she said. "The commitment of teaching future generations while working to really stay connected with their communities, this is out of that respect and understanding for their culture, and their beliefs."
The first deadline for applications is June 1.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
01-21-22-46-48, Lucky Ball: 9
(one, twenty-one, twenty-two, forty-six, forty-eight; Lucky Ball: nine)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
01-21-22-46-48, Lucky Ball: 9
(one, twenty-one, twenty-two, forty-six, forty-eight; Lucky Ball: nine)
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WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; z - regular season champion; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Moose Jaw 5 Brandon 2
Portland 4 Tri-City 3 (OT)
Wednesday's results
Red Deer 8 Calgary 3
Seattle 6 Vancouver 0
Thursday's results
Regina at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Friday's results
Regina at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Victoria, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.
Kelowna at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Spokane at Victoria, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Lethbridge at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Regina, 4 p.m.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nelson Cruz and Josh Bell drove in three runs each and Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2 on Friday night.
Each of the top four hitters in the Nationals’ lineup – César Hernández, Juan Soto, Cruz and Bell — had two hits while combining to go 8 for 17.
Washington manager Dave Martinez feels Hernandez sets the tone of as the leadoff hitter. Hernandez was signed in the offseason.
“The key for him, don’t try to do too much, just get on base,” Martinez said. “Right now, he’s staying on the ball with two strikes, hitting the ball the other way and trying to get on base, which is awesome.”
Erik Fedde (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits in five innings, struck out six and walked two.
Three pitchers combined for four scoreless innings of one-hit relief.
“They were awesome,” Martinez said of the trio of Sean Doolittle, Austin Voth and Paolo Espino. “I’ve got all the faith in the world in those guys.”
Mitch Keller (0-2) struggled for a second straight start, giving up four runs, seven hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings. His ERA is 9.39 after two starts.
“I’m cool with how I’m throwing right now,” Keller said. “I’m feeling really good. It was seven singles today. I just got to keep pushing forward.”
The Nationals had four straight singles to begin the game, including RBI hits by Cruz and Bell. Cruz singled in another run in the third to make it 3-0.
“When he gets hot, it’s a sight to see,” Martinez said of Cruz, signed as a free agent during the offseason. “He’s a professional hitter and has a lot of RBIs for a reason. Him and Josh Bell are swinging the bats really well right now.”
Hoy Park accounted for the Pirates’ scoring with a two-run double in the second.
“We had Fedde on the ropes a few times and made him have to execute pitches and we just couldn’t get the big hit,” Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton said.
The Nationals broke open the game in the middle innings, increasing their lead to 7-2. Cruz plated a run with a groundout in the fourth, Yadiel Hernández doubled and scored on Lane Thomas’ double in the fifth and Bell delivered a two-run single in the sixth with the bases loaded.
Bell has reached base in each of the Nationals’ nine games. He played for the Pirates from 2016-20 and started in the 2019 All-Star Game.
“We are where we want to be,” Cruz said of the offense. “It’s early in the season, but we’re doing good things: getting on base, finding ways to score runs. That’s what we need to be doing.”
TIME OFF FOR ROBLES
Nationals center fielder Victor Robles did not start for a second straight game. Instead, he did extensive pre-game work with hitting coach Darnell Coles.
Robles is hitless in 15 at-bats so far this season. He also batted .209 in 159 games the past two seasons.
ROSTER MOVES
The Nationals place infielder/outfielder Dee Strange-Gordon (illness) on the 10-day injured list and recalled outfielder Donovan Casey from Triple-A Rochester. Casey was one of four prospects acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers last July in a trade for Max Scherzer and Trea Turner.
Washington also claimed outfielder Josh Palacios off waivers from Toronto and optioned him to Rochester. Palacios made his major league debut last season, playing in eight games for the Blue Jays.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Nationals: Martinez said Strange-Gordon was feeling better Friday, a day after being scratched from the lineup, but was unable to comment further.
Pirates: C Roberto Perez (bruised left quadriceps) left the game in the second inning after being struck by Cruz’s foul tip … LHP Sam Howard (mid back muscle strain) began a rehab assignment at Low-A Bradenton. … OF Anthony Alford (right wrist strain) has started swinging a bat and could go on a rehab assignment next week.
UP NEXT
Nationals: LHP Josh Rogers (1-0, 1.69 ERA) starts Saturday. He allowed two earned runs in 6 2/3 innings last season in his lone appearance against the Pirates.
Pirates: RHP Bryse Wilson (0-0, 6.75 ERA) will be making his second start of the season after giving up three runs in four innings Sunday at St. Louis.
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Fast Retailing Gains After Operating Profit Tops Projections
Bloomberg News
,(Bloomberg) -- Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing Co. rose the most in more than three weeks after reporting a 27% jump in quarterly operating profit and kept its outlook for the fiscal year despite the shutdown of its Russian operations and the resurgence of Covid in China that are fueling uncertainty in clothing sales across the world.
Fast Retailing rose as much as 5.3% in Tokyo trading, the biggest intraday gain since March 17. The stock, which hit a record in February 2021, has lost more than 40% of its value since then through yesterday.
Operating profit rose to 70 billion yen ($558 million) for the three months ended Feb. 28, led by higher sales in North America, Europe and Southeast Asia, compared with the 66 billion yen average of analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue rose 1.5% to 592 billion yen.
“The robust growth in North America and EU markets reflects the strong demand amid the continued easing of COVID-19 restrictions and stronger digital and in-store marketing.” said Eric Lau, an equities analyst at Citigroup Inc. in a note to clients.
For the current fiscal year through August, Fast Retailing is forecasting operating profit of 270 billion yen on revenue of 2.2 trillion. The company raised its outlook for net income to 190 billion yen, from a prior 175 billion yen, citing a weaker yen that boosts income brought back home.
Last month, Fast Retailing’s rival Hennes & Mauritz AB reported a sudden slowdown in revenue growth during March, sending shares to a two-year low. China, the largest market for Fast Retailing outside of Japan, is sticking to its policy of eliminating Covid-19 infections, locking down cities such as Shanghai. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut its forecast for China’s growth in 2022 by 0.5 percentage points due to the increased difficulty of containing the omicron variant. China accounted for 22% of Fast Retailing’s sales last year.
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The retailer temporarily suspended operations in Russia in March, joining a growing list of global businesses in curtailing their activities in the country after its invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Fast Retailing has 50 Uniqlo shops in Russia, the largest number of outlets outside of Asia. Russia’s war against Ukraine comes at a time when Fast Retailing seeks to expand its presence in Europe and reduce its dependence on Japan where the population is shrinking.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
09-24-25-26-35
(nine, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
09-24-25-26-35
(nine, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
08-11-22-26-29
(eight, eleven, twenty-two, twenty-six, twenty-nine)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
08-11-22-26-29
(eight, eleven, twenty-two, twenty-six, twenty-nine)
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski continues to have a substantial cash advantage over her opponent backed by former President Donald Trump.
Murkowski, in office since 2002, brought in more than $1.5 million in the three-month period ending March 31, according to a filing with the Federal Election Commission.
Murkowski ended the quarter with $5.2 million on hand with no debt, the records show.
“We are humbled by the overwhelming support our campaign continues to receive,” Nate Adams, Murkowski’s campaign manager, said in a statement Thursday when the campaign released her top-line fundraising numbers.
Republican Kelly Tshibaka, who is challenging Murkowski, raised $673,383 during the last quarter, a total that included donations from a fundraiser at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, which Trump attended, Tshibaka campaign spokesperson, Tim Murtaugh, told The Associated Press on Friday.
According to FEC records, Trump didn’t contribute to Tshibaka’s campaign during the quarter, but Murtaugh said Trump donated $5,000 in July. Factcheck.org reported the donation was made by Trump’s Save America political action committee.
As of March 31, Tshibaka had $967,600 on hand with just over $95,000 in debts.
Murtaugh said not all campaign contributions for the Mar-a-Lago event were recorded this quarter; some came in during the fourth quarter of 2021.
“Kelly Tshibaka raised more money in the first quarter of 2022 than she did in the last quarter of 2021 and she will have all the resources she needs to defeat Lisa Murkowski,” Murtaugh said in an email.
FEC records show she raised $601,447 during the final quarter of last year.
“We are very comfortable with where this race is headed,” he said.
Trump has said he would campaign for Tshibaka after vowing revenge against Murkowski, who voted to convict him in his second impeachment trial and called on Trump to resign after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
“He said that he’ll come up into a rally for us, and I think that’ll be great for voter turnout,” Tshibaka told reporters Monday after filing for office in Anchorage.
In addition to Murkowski and Tshibaka, 11 other candidates so far have filed with the state Division of Elections to run in the Senate race. None had immediately filed fundraising reports with the FEC Friday.
Under a new election system approved by Alaska voters in 2020, the top four vote-getters in the August primary, regardless of party, will advance to the November general election, where ranked-choice voting will be used.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
08-11-22-26-29
(eight, eleven, twenty-two, twenty-six, twenty-nine)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
08-11-22-26-29
(eight, eleven, twenty-two, twenty-six, twenty-nine)
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Which women’s ice skates are best?
If you’ve ever dreamed of gliding smoothly across a pristine frozen pond, you’re not alone. From community ice palaces to backyard rinks, women across the U.S. are lacing up and taking off, skating for the health benefits and enjoyment of being outside.
For women who have been skating for a season or more, the Jackson Ultima Women’s Mystique Figure Skates are an excellent choice. They’re easy to fit and provide good ankle support for more challenging moves.
What to know before you buy women’s ice skates
Level of skating
In many sports, the level of athlete doesn’t matter when it comes to purchasing gear, but the same doesn’t hold true for women’s ice skates.
Women’s ice skates for beginners have more padding inside the skate and are more comfortable to wear right out of the box. The toe pick at the front of the blade is smaller than a professional skater’s, and the boot of the skate is made of more flexible material.
Professional skates have features designed to support more athletic and complex maneuvers. This includes a larger toe pick, plus stiffer boot material that requires a longer period of breaking in. Professional skates also have less padding inside the boot.
Blade materials
Blades come in several different materials, including nickel, chrome-plated carbon steel, tempered carbon steel and aluminum.
These blades may be pre-sharpened and ready to wear right out of the box, but some skaters prefer to sharpen their own blades.
Boot material
There are two choices of boot material in women’s ice skates: leather or synthetic.
- Leather: Leather is the choice of professionals for its durability and support. This material tends to be more expensive, and it requires an extensive break-in period to be comfortable.
- Synthetics: Synthetic boot material is comfortable immediately and doesn’t require much breaking in, if any. However, it doesn’t last as long as leather, and it offers less foot and ankle support.
What to look for in quality women’s ice skates
Blade covers
Removable blade covers protect blades from damage and prevent them from losing their edge. You can also add blade covers to your skates if you want to walk around between sessions on the ice or while you’re breaking your skates in at home.
Padded lining
For beginner skaters, padded lining can be the difference between a pleasant afternoon skating and a miserable evening soaking your feet. Look for padding inside the boot and on the tongue too.
Removable blades
Removable blades are easier to sharpen. They’re also easier to replace if they become damaged beyond repair.
How much you can expect to spend on women’s ice skates
While professional women’s ice skates cost $900 or more, expect to spend $30-$200 on skates for beginners.
Women’s ice skates FAQ
How do you properly fit yourself for ice skates?
A. When shopping for ice skates, many people assume that their shoe size and the size of their skates are the same — this is not correct.
Start by carefully reviewing the skate manufacturer’s fit guide. This can help you properly measure your feet to order the pair that fits you. Some brands run large or small too.
Keep in mind that skates with thick padding feel tighter than skates with a plain interior. While you don’t want to feel as if your feet are uncomfortably squeezed, it’s important that your skates fit snugly. This helps support your ankles as you move on a thin blade of metal. If your skates are too loose, the boot may rub and cause blisters.
The fit can be adjusted slightly when you lace up the boots, but start with an unlaced boot first. Toes should just graze the front of the skate, and you should have no more than a quarter-inch of space between your heel and the back of the boot.
How long does it take to break in a pair of ice skates?
A. This depends on the material of the skate and how often you hit the ice. A general rule is that it takes six to eight hours in the rink to break in new skates. You can speed up the process at home.
- Use a shoe stretcher.
- Put on a wet pair of socks, don your skates and walk around the house.
- Rub with oil (mink oil or neatsfoot oil works).
The best way to break them in is to skate as much as possible.
What are the best women’s ice skates to buy?
Top women’s ice skates
Jackson Ultima Women’s Mystique Ice Skates
What you need to know: These skates are perfect for advanced beginner and intermediate skaters.
What you’ll love: The boot is stiff but the sizing is perfect. They’re well-designed for practicing more advanced spins and jumps. They have extra ankle padding for support as well as a foam padded tongue.
What you should consider: The breaking-in period can be long and uncomfortable.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Top women’s ice skates for the money
American Athletic Shoe Women’s Tricot Lined Figure Skates
What you need to know: This is a good beginner skate at a reasonable price.
What you’ll love: The stiff material provides good ankle support and keeps your foot centered in the skate. The lining is padded for more comfort. The stainless steel blade has a beginner-style toe pick.
What you should consider: These don’t hold up to heavy use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Worth checking out
Rollerface Switch 3-in-1 Skates
What you need to know: This is a multipurpose set of skates for year-round recreation.
What you’ll love: These transform from ice skates to roller skates to inline skates by simply swapping out the blades. The inside is padded and helps stabilize your ankles. The ice skating blade is made from stainless steel and has a blade guard to keep it sharp when not in use.
What you should consider: Learning how to change between blades and wheels is challenging.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Marilyn Manson's former assistant readies for court battle after claiming she suffered 'horrific' abuse - as the singer tries to have her case thrown out for the THIRD time
- Ashley Walters, 37, prepares to go to court against her former employer and alleged preparator Marilyn Manson, 53
- The singer attempted to get the case thrown out for a third time, claiming she is passed her two-year statute of limitation
- Walters claimed she qualifies for a delayed discovery time, which allows plaintiffs to start their time limit after comprehending their loss and injury
- She claimed she didn't understand her 'repressed' abuse until October 2020 when she sat down with other abuse victims and released her own
- She claimed Manson forced himself on her at a photoshoot in 2010, threw hatchets at her, and forced her to stand for 12 hours, and forced cocaine on her
- Manson has denied the allegations and they are expected to go to court in May
Marilyn Manson's former assistant gears up court after claiming she suffered 'horrific' abuse from the singer, but the star claimed she's passed her statute of limitations because she 'understood' his behavior as wrong when he did it in a third attempt to get the case thrown out.
Ashley Walters, 37, is preparing for a court hearing scheduled for May after her alleged perpetrator launches a third attack on the case, attempting to have it thrown out.
Walters' claimed Manson, 53, sexually, physically, and psychologically abused her during her employment, but the star is claiming the only thing that will save her is her 'creative writing skills.'
The singer - born Brian Warner - also claimed her case is in violation of the two-year statute of limitations, as the alleged abuse occurred between 2010 and 2011.
However, Walters claimed her case is within its time frame as it falls within the delayed discovery rule that allows plaintiffs, in some cases, to start their time limit after comprehending their loss and injury.
Ashley Walters, 37, (pictured) is preparing to go to court with former employer and alleged perpetrator Marilyn Manson, 53, after he attempted to get her case thrown out for a third time, claiming she is passed her statute of limitations. She, however, claimed she is eligible for delayed response, as she didn't 'discover' her abuse until meeting with other victims in October 2020
The singer has denied abusing her and she 'understood' the abuse when it was happening
'[We] believe our amended complaint specifically addresses the court’s concerns and establishes that Ms. Walters suffered such severe harm while working for Mr. Warner that she repressed the vast majority of abuse she was subjected to, and that the nature of the abuse should strip [Warner] of any statute of limitations defense.
'Regardless of the outcome, we will continue to work to expose Mr. Warner for exactly who he is, a narcissistic predator and pathological violator,' her lawyer James Vagnini said.
The singer is claiming the case does not fall within this special category because she 'understood' the abuse when it happened, citing that she had to hide from him during her employment.
'Plaintiff contradictorily claims that throughout her employment she was cognizant of a need to hide from her employer, while simultaneously arguing that she did not know that her employer was committing arguably actionable acts towards her,' Manson claimed in new court documents, viewed by Rolling Stone.
She said she 'discovered' her abuse until she met with Manson's former girlfriends in October 2020, which include Westworld actress Evan Rachel Wood and Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco. The latter is also suing Manson. He sued Wood recently for defamation.
Walters said she 'fully understood' her abuse after entering therapy following the meeting, learning that Manson's alleged behavior caused her to 'near-immediately repress' the memories.
She originally claimed the abuse started in 2010 at a photo shoot after he contacted her over MySpace and said he liked her photography. The singer allegedly pinned her to a bed, bit her ear, and forced her hand down his underwear. She said she moved away from him and left the shoot feeling 'confused and fear[ful].' Afterward, she claimed the singer bombarded her with messages and offered her extra pay to stay. Throughout the next year, he allegedly threw dishes at her, threatened suicide, and pushed her into a wall during drunken rages, Rolling Stone reported.
Manson was recently see attending Kayne West's Sunday Service, a first since the women accused him of abuse
He also allegedly sent her a photo of Bianco's back showing whipping wounds with the subject line: 'See what happens?'
The former bestselling artist also reportedly took Walters to an awards show in 2010, where he allegedly pushed her onto the lap of an actor and said he could 'have her', according to the lawsuit.
'The actor proceeded to kiss Walters and keep her on his lap,' the lawsuit said.
Manson also introduced Walters to a film director who sexually assaulted her.
'It just made me feel like a piece of meat,' Walters told The Cut.
Walters also claimed he forced her to stand for 12 hours and take pictures of him and made her take cocaine to stay awake; whipped her and others, telling them they could 'take it;' and threw hatchets when he was angry. She also said she watched him throw a prop skull at Woods so hard it left a welt, Rolling Stone reported.
Manson has denied assault. He is being investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for domestic violence.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
09-23-32-41-44
(nine, twenty-three, thirty-two, forty-one, forty-four)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
09-23-32-41-44
(nine, twenty-three, thirty-two, forty-one, forty-four)
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Gut microbiota by-products circulate in the bloodstream, regulating host physiological processes including immunity, metabolism and brain functions. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur (a partner research organization of Université Paris Cité), Inserm and the CNRS have discovered that hypothalamic neurons in an animal model directly detect variations in bacterial activity and adapt appetite and body temperature accordingly. These findings demonstrate that a direct dialog occurs between the gut microbiota and the brain, a discovery that could lead to new therapeutic approaches for tackling metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity. The findings are due to be published in Science on April 15, 2022.
The gut is the body's largest reservoir of bacteria. A growing body of evidence reveals the degree of interdependence between hosts and their gut microbiota, and emphasizes the importance of the gut-brain axis. At the Institut Pasteur, neurobiologists from the Perception and Memory Unit (Institut Pasteur/CNRS), immunobiologists from the Microenvironment and Immunity Unit (Institut Pasteur/Inserm), and microbiologists from the Biology and Genetics of the Bacterial Cell Wall Unit (Institut Pasteur/CNRS/Inserm) have shared their expertise to investigate how bacteria in the gut directly control the activity of particular neurons in the brain.
The scientists focused on the NOD2 (nucleotide oligomerization domain) receptor which is found inside of mostly immune cells. This receptor detects the presence of muropeptides, which are the building blocks of the bacterial cell wall. Moreover, it has previously been established that variants of the gene coding for the NOD2 receptor are associated with digestive disorders, including Crohn's disease, as well as neurological diseases and mood disorders. However, these data were insufficient to demonstrate a direct relationship between neuronal activity in the brain and bacterial activity in the gut. This was revealed by the consortium of scientists in the new study.
Using brain imaging techniques, the scientists initially observed that the NOD2 receptor in mice is expressed by neurons in different regions of the brain, and in particular, in a region known as the hypothalamus. They subsequently discovered that these neurons' electrical activity is suppressed when they come into contact with bacterial muropeptides from the gut.
Muropeptides in the gut, blood and brain are considered to be markers of bacterial proliferation."
Ivo G. Boneca, Head of the Biology and Genetics of the Bacterial Cell Wall Unit, Institut Pasteur (CNRS/Inserm)
Conversely, if the NOD2 receptor is absent, these neurons are no longer suppressed by muropeptides. Consequently, the brain loses control of food intake and body temperature. The mice gain weight and are more susceptible to developing type 2 diabetes, particularly in older females.
In this study, the scientists have demonstrated the astonishing fact that neurons perceive bacterial muropeptides directly, while this task was thought to be primarily assigned to immune cells. "It is extraordinary to discover that bacterial fragments act directly on a brain center as strategic as the hypothalamus, which is known to manage vital functions such as body temperature, reproduction, hunger and thirst," comments Pierre-Marie Lledo, CNRS scientist and Head of the Institut Pasteur's Perception and Memory Unit.
The neurons thus appear to detect bacterial activity (proliferation and death) as a direct gauge of the impact of food intake on the intestinal ecosystem. "Excessive intake of a specific food may stimulate the disproportionate growth of certain bacteria or pathogens, thus jeopardizing intestinal balance," says Gérard Eberl, Head of the Microenvironment and Immunity Unit at the Institut Pasteur (Inserm).
The impact of muropeptides on hypothalamic neurons and metabolism raises questions on their potential role in other brain functions, and may help us understand the link between certain brain diseases and genetic variants of NOD2. This discovery paves the way for new interdisciplinary projects at the frontier between neurosciences, immunology and microbiology, and ultimately, for new therapeutic approaches to brain diseases and metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity.
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Journal reference:
Gabanyi, I., et al. (2022) Bacterial sensing via neuronal Nod2 regulates appetite and body temperature. Science. doi.org/10.1126/science.abj3986.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
09-24-25-26-35
(nine, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
09-24-25-26-35
(nine, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
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Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; z - regular season champion; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Moose Jaw 5 Brandon 2
Portland 4 Tri-City 3 (OT)
Wednesday's results
Red Deer 8 Calgary 3
Seattle 6 Vancouver 0
Thursday's results
Regina at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Friday's results
Winnipeg 6 Regina 1
Prince Albert at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Victoria, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.
Kelowna at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
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Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Spokane at Victoria, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Lethbridge at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Regina, 4 p.m.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a massive civilian parade in the capital, Pyongyang, celebrating a milestone birth anniversary of his state-founding grandfather in which thousands marched in a choreographed display of loyalty to the Kim family, state media said Saturday.
The reports didn’t mention any speech or comments made by Kim during Friday’s event and it appeared the country passed its biggest holiday without showcasing its military hardware, amid heightened tensions over its nuclear program.
Commercial satellite images in recent weeks have indicated preparations for a large military parade in Pyongyang, which could take place on the April 25 founding anniversary of North Korea’s army and display the most advanced weapons in Kim’s nuclear arsenal, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles.
There’s also expectation that Pyongyang will further escalate its weapons testing in the coming weeks or months, possibly including a resumption of nuclear explosive tests or test-flying missiles over Japan, as it attempts to force a response from the Biden administration, which is preoccupied with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a rivalry with China.
State media images showed Kim waving from a balcony looking over Kim Il Sung Square, which is named after his grandfather, as huge columns of people carrying red plastic flowers and floats with political slogans marched below.
Ri Il Hwan, a member of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Politburo, issued a call for loyalty during a speech, saying that North Koreans will “always emerge victorious” under Kim’s guidance. It appeared Kim didn’t deliver a speech during Friday’s event and state media didn’t mention any comments toward the United States or rival South Korea.
The parade came hours before thousands of young people performed a mass dance in the square as fireworks launched from a nearby riverbank lit up the night sky.
Kim Il Sung’s birthday is the most important national holiday in North Korea, where the Kim family has ruled under a strong personality cult since the nation’s founding in 1948. This week’s celebrations marking the 110th anniversary of his birth came as his grandson revives nuclear brinkmanship aimed at forcing the United States to accept the idea of North Korea as a nuclear power and remove crippling economic sanctions.
North Korea has opened 2022 with a slew of weapons tests, including its first flight test of an ICBM since 2017. South Korea’s military has also detected signs that North Korea is rebuilding tunnels at a nuclear testing ground it partially dismantled weeks before Kim’s first summit with then-U.S. President Donald Trump in June 2018.
Kim Jong Un’s defiant displays of his military might are also likely motivated by domestic politics, experts say, as he doesn’t otherwise have significant accomplishments to trumpet to his people after a decade in rule.
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His stated goals of simultaneously developing nuclear weapons and bringing economic prosperity to his impoverished populace derailed after the collapse of his second summit with Trump in 2019, when the Americans rejected North Korea’s demands for major sanctions relief in exchange for a limited surrender of its nuclear capabilities. The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed further shock on his broken economy, forcing him to acknowledge last year that the North was facing its “worst-ever situation.”
Sung Kim, the top U.S. official on North Korea, is scheduled to visit South Korea next week for talks on the international community’s response to the North’s recent missile tests.
North Korea has recently resumed its trademark harsh rhetoric against its rivals. One of its international affairs commentators labeled U.S. President Joe Biden as “an old man in senility,” while Kim’s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, called South Korea’s defense minister “a scum-like guy” and threatened to annihilate South Korea with nuclear strikes.
“Kim Jong Un’s stated goal of deploying tactical nuclear weapons, Kim Yo Jong’s recent threats toward Seoul and satellite imagery of tunneling activity at Punggye-ri all point to an upcoming nuclear test," said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor of international studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul. “Additional missile launches are also expected for honing weapons delivery systems."
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — You’re an infantryman in World War II. Your commander comes to you with a secret mission behind enemy lines. You’ll have to go alone, and if you’re caught, the United States will disavow any knowledge of you. As far as the Army is concerned, you are AWOL. If you’re killed, your family will not receive any life insurance.
It sounds like a movie plot. But it was the exact question put to Maj. Philip Larimore in April of 1945.
The secret mission he accepted led to the rescue of some pretty famous names. His stranger-than-fiction military career was put together by his son, Walt, after his death in 2003.
Like most men who survived the battlefields of WWII, Philip Larimore left his war stories behind.
“We knew he had a bunch of medals in his office,” Walt Larimore said. “And he had a bunch of photographs of generals signed like, ‘To a fighting man,’ ‘To the best soldier I’ve ever fought with,’ but he never talked about it.”
It wasn’t until Philip Larimore had been married 50 years and his children had grown that he began to speak about what happened over there.
“The stories, quite frankly, are unbelievable. Stories of hopping on the back of a tank to rescue a squad. Stories of shooting snipers out of a tree at 100 yards with a .50 caliber machine gun,” added Walt.
Walt had to find out more, so he dove into his father’s life.
“He was a ruffian, a hooligan, and a delinquent, so his mother and father sent him to military school,” joked Walt.
Philip graduated from Gulf Coast Military Academy and headed off to Officer Candidate School. He was commissioned a second lieutenant on his 18th birthday - the youngest commissioned officer ever in the U.S. Army.
From there, it was off to the trenches of Anzio with the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion.
“He had gone there, he said, ‘to kick the heil out of Hitler.’ For liberty, and freedom, and battle, and warrior, and hero. That first night, he realized he was there for his men,” explained Walt.
It was Philip’s job to supply those men on the front lines. A conversation with a farmer he met led Philip to change the way the entire Army moved ammo for the rest of the war.
“The farmer said that these mules are smarter than a horse. They know where mines are, and they’ll avoid them. When a flare goes off, they’ll lay down and protect your men, and can carry more than any of your men,” noted Walt.
The 30th Infantry liberated Rome, Sicily, and drove the Nazis from the Vosges Mountains.
“They fought for 513 days without stop. Dad fought for 413 of those days. Psychiatrists tell us that when a frontline soldier reaches day 200, that’s when they start losing grasp of reality. These men didn’t break for hundreds of days,” Walt said.
Philip was wounded seven different times in the fighting.
“He was awarded seven Purple Hearts. He turned down three of them because he said the wounds weren’t significant enough,” Walt said.
Philip wasn’t finished. The conversation with that Italian farmer set him on the path for a secret mission behind enemy lines.
“This pudgy little guy who wanted to develop the perfect race also wanted to develop the perfect horse for the perfect race,” added Walt.
Turns out, the perfect horse was the Lipizzan stallion. Rumor had it, Hitler’s veterinarians had been breeding them in Czechoslovakia. The Army asked Philip to confirm the existence of the horses and the farm. A pilot flew Philip to a small clearing carved out of the Czech forest.
“They had a steeple chase course set up. So, the vet bet him he couldn’t beat him on the steeple chase course. Dad’s story was he won the steeple chase,” said Walt.
Shortly after Philip returned, Gen. George Patton authorized Operation Cowboy to rescue the last remaining Lipizzans in the world.
Philip returned to his platoon where he was shot from the back of a tank as he attempted to rescue his squad from an ambush. That final wound cost him his right leg. After rehab, the Army discharged him.
By that time, he had received every medal of valor the Army awards, except the Medal of Honor.
“He never talked about those medals. He never talked about those battles and a lot of the men were like that. They fought for freedom. They fought for liberty but when they came home, they wanted to live life,” explained Walt.
That’s what Philip did until 2003. He and his wife raised four sons. He put the LSU Cartography Department on the map and gained a reputation for producing high-quality maps and graphics.
You can read all about his stranger-than-fiction service in his son Walt’s book, “ At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse.”
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ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Welcome to pollen season.
It means index fingers scribbling ‘wash me’ on dirty car hoods and rear windshields all across the Upstate.
To avoid embarrassment, a quick car wash can keep your vehicle clean during the peak of pollen season in early spring.
Early spring is the busiest time of the year, and it drives a lot of the boom in their sales and volume, said Ashton Hines, a ten-year business owner and operator of Papa Bear Car Washes, located all throughout the Upstate.
“We see a significant increase in volume and ticket average because of pollen,” Hines said.
Customers who normally spend $10 to $15 for a wash, increase their ticket purchases to $20 to $25 washes during the pollen season, she said.
“The word soap is an insult,” Hines said.
The chemical mixtures — not simple suds — make the difference in protecting the car’s paint job against pollen, muck and grime.
Tire shine, honey glaze and pina colada blast are some of the combinations that keep the ragweed off cars and trucks.
A CAR WASH ON EVERY CORNER?
Have you noticed an overwhelming amount of new car washes in the Upstate area?
One expert attributes any oversaturation of more wash spots to development and population growth within a specific region or area.
“The car wash industry used to be a well-kept secret in the business community,” said Christopher McKenna, a private consultant and operations manager of various car wash businesses in Los Angeles.
“Secrets out now.”
McKenna estimates that from the 1970s through the mid-1990s people were oblivious to the types of profits a car wash business could return, ranging between 20% and 50% annually.
He said it’s been somewhat watered down within the last 15 years.
But, he cautioned, that a lot of people were excluded from the industry because it costs so much.
To start a car wash business, McKenna estimates it would cost nearly $3 million without land already acquired.
There are four types of car washes within the industry:
— Express: Wash through a tunnel, can self vacuum after the wash
— Flex: Customer can wash and vacuum, a specific area for interior services
— Full-service: Customer can drive the car through, outside and inside clean
— Self-service: Gas station, side of the road, park and spray the vehicle
An express car wash is the most popular kind of industry model on the market, McKenna said.
For Upstate’s growing car wash businesses, McKenna has seen similar market clashes happen, like in Phoenix, Arizona, where car washes within close proximity have engaged in price wars, dropping from $5 to $4 to stay competitive.
“People building on top of one another is going to end up spreading the hustle thin,” McKenna said. “Nobody will make the money they could have.”
SMALLER WASHES NEED POLLEN TO SURVIVE
A basic, affordable and convenient car wash is the best option to eliminate road film, bugs and pollen, said Jacob Repokis, owner of six Tiger Wash car washes in the Upstate area.
Tiger Wash in Pendleton offers a self-service operation, $1.50 a wash.
It also doubles as a laundromat, but the car wash portion peaks during the time
High pollution starts in mid-March, and lasts for about a month or two, or at least through the end of May.
The Upstate’s geography and location make it a uniquely bad place for allergies and pollen, said Dr. Emmanuel Sarmiento, in a 2019 Greenville News story.
Repokis said that his car wash business is not a multi-million dollar operation.
“The only time we do enough volume to sustain is during pollen season,” Repokis said. “If we didn’t have pollen season we wouldn’t have enough to sustain.”
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The NFL Draft is over. Thank God. I was so excited headed into that first night. Then the unpleasantness happened. Because somehow I managed to go through the five stages of grief after the Bears selection of Mitch (I won't call him Mitchell, because we are going to be boys) Trubisky. This was not my favorite pick. In fact, I spent the better part of three months ignoring mock drafts that had the Bears taking Trubisky at No. 3. Well that didn't happen. They traded up for him and I wasn't too happy.
Thankfully, it was all captured on Twitter.
I was on full tilt at this point. In fact, I even missed the selection of Corey Davis to the Titans because I was in a sports-induced blackout. But eventually I recovered. And I was very excited for Davis to go to the Titans. They truly need a No. 1 receiver. And while I love Rishard Matthews who played well for Tennessee last year, he's a No. 2 who should benefit from Davis being there. Although I kind of fear Davis will get the Marvin Jones treatment and could let Matthews continue to flourish. But I've still not fully committed to that just yet. I'll have to indulge in further study.
And speaking of further study, I also started to come around on Trubisky, too. In fact, I even started to defend him. Or at least I tried to get people to stop booing our quarterbacks in public.
Let me say this. I was very upset with the selection. But I do kind of get what Pace is going for here. He wants us to at least have hope. It's been a long time since the Bears had some hope at quarterback. I mean, Jay Cutler lasted nearly a decade. I remember the excitement when he first landed with the Bears. And we had some years where it was like, "well, he's a jerk, but he's our jerk." And then last season was just unpleasant. So it's not like it was too long ago. But the Bears do have a quarterback they can groom. So that's fun.
Oh, and don't count on a rookie quarterback to be a sleeper. I even debated putting up some quarterback sleeper. But does Marcus Mariota or Jameis Winston really count at this time? I didn't think so.
So let's do this thing.
Oh, I know. Patriots running backs, amirite? The situation got even murkier once the team went after Mike Gilislee. It would be a foolish endeavor to try to figure out the rotation here in May. So I'm not going to. I'm just going to take a shot at one of the Pats running backs in later rounds, especially since all of them will fall down the draft boards.
Boise State running backs, amirite? Actually, the Broncos have nearly become Running Back U with some modest success of Doug Martin and Jay Ajayi. McNichols joins the former in what looks like a crowded Bucs backfield. But realize, Chuck Sims already has a dedicated role with the team. McNichols is good on all three downs and has the potential to be a lead back. His biggest knock coming into the draft was his lower-leg strength. But should he overcome that, he figures to benefit the most here. And realize the Bucs offense is loaded and could end up being in situations where they need to salt away games at the end, something McNichols could surely do.
He's a tough trucker who has drawn comparisons to former Chargers running back Michael Turner. Sorry, I know he played for the Falcons but he'll always be a Charger to me. But Perine's a bruising running back who could end up taking the gig from my guy, R. Kelley. You just have to read the tea leaves here. I would be willing to make a big gamble for Perine in my leagues. I know; Redskins running backs amirite? But this guy smells of a Freddy Morris-type of breakout this year.
And this bit is getting kind of old, amirite? Fine. That was the last one.
I like Spencer Ware. I invested heavily in Ware last year, and he kind of didn't hold up down the stretch. Injuries are to blame. Andy Reid seems to really love him. But I'm not allowed to believe anything coaches say otherwise I'll be mocked for believing a coaching trope. So when Andy Reid says Ware is "dirty tough." And "He's going to give you an honest down every snap" I guess that means he sucks. Or something. I can't keep up with all of this. I just know the Chiefs are going to have an open competition at running back. I'm going to keep tabs on Kareem Hunt, mostly because the team traded up to get him.
Corey Coleman, WR, Cleveland Browns
The Browns aren't expected to do well this season. Oh sorry, should have thrown in a spoiler alert there. But I do like Coleman headed into the season. Mostly because of the opportunity it presents. If the Browns aren't winning, they are playing from behind and throwing the ball a ton. When looking for prospects, always look for the target monsters.
He's another potential target monster. Quincy Enunwa had a nice season in 2016, but I found myself being more impressed with Anderson. I've been critical of the Jets in the past, but there is some potential at the receiver position. The best thing that could happen for Anderson would be for the Jets to ship off Eric Decker and Matt Forte. Well, they should really move those two for humanitarian reasons. Decker could fulfill his destiny to play for the Patriots. Forte should be sent to a winner. Like Tampa Bay? I know it's not a huge need, and it would nuke McNichols who I just touted earlier. But the fan in me would love to see it.
A brutal injury ended his 2016 season, but he's expected to make a full recovery. And really, I can't explain how much this bummed me out. Matt Harmon was/is the president of his fan club, but I'm clearly the sergeant-at-arms. Lockett figures to start the season as the team's No. 3 receiver, but he has the play-making ability to carve out a much bigger role. I don't expect him to be a guy you can trust every week, but clearly, he could be a spot-starter. Or even a flex option in different types of leagues.
Fuller was on the cusp of a nice rookie season, but then Brock Osweiler happened. Oh man, Fuller got caught in the collateral damage here. Nuk Hopkins gets all the attention for having his season struck down by Osweiler. But Fuller suffered as well. I'm hoping DeShaun Watson becomes the starter, but if not, Tom Savage is still an upgrade.
For the record, I had the Chargers going Christian McCaffrey at No. 7 (which they should have) and some of you lost your (stuffing). But the Chargers still focused on offense, which was probably the wise decision. Williams is an elite-level player. And he would benefit greatly in a shakeup of the depth chart, which is a nice way of saying injuries, though he should find a role on this team regardless. I like this move. Guys like Dontrelle Inman and that Tyrell Williams are nice. But this a legit No. 1 receiver on any other team that will be playing opposite one of the best receiving talents in the game. So I would say he's better off if Keenan Allen plays and could be the best rookie receiver of the bunch.
He outplayed Dwayne Allen who has now been shipped off to New England. Doyle should thrive in his role as the lead tight end in this offense. And let's be honest, everybody loves to yell "The Doyle Rules" every time he catches a touchdown pass, so you also have that going for you.
He's got great upside and is just a prospect at this point. In truth, he's probably going to be better for dynasty drafts. Njoku is a great athlete and pass catcher who I believe can make an impact in fantasy because I love pairing young quarterbacks with young tight ends. I know this has been proven to be more myth than fact (even though it's a yearly talking point), but I like this situation. I might have liked it more had the Browns held on to Gary Barnidge, but I'm willing to take a stab at Njoku in deep leagues. For instance, my 14-team League of Leagues team.
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Josh Mandel runs Ohio GOP Senate campaign 'through churches'
NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (AP) - Before digging into his six-egg omelet at a bustling northeast Ohio diner, Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel stopped to bow his head.
"Bless our food, our time, our conversation, in Jesus' name," said Pastor J.C. Church, who joined Mandel after a campaign event at a local church. "Amen."
The scene encapsulated Mandel's campaign strategy as he competes in a crowded field of Republican contenders ahead of Ohio´s May 3 primary. He is a Jewish candidate who makes no secret of his faith, but who is centering his campaign around evangelical churches as he tries to win over religious, conservative voters.
"Usually, when someone´s running for U.S. Senate or governor or Congress, they´d go to all the Republican rubber chicken dinners and clam bakes and hog roasts, stuff like that," Mandel said in a recent interview between campaign stops. "We´re blowing up the playbook. I´m sidestepping all of the Republican Party groups and, instead, I´m running a campaign through churches."
Indeed, Mandel's campaign is steeped in Christianity. His website features a picture of a cross and an American flag. He pledges to make decisions in Washington with "the Bible in one hand and the Constitution in the other." And he holds most of his campaign events at evangelical churches.
Raised in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood, Mandel is the grandson of Holocaust survivors, attended B´nai B´rith Perlman summer camp and was married in Israel. His children are enrolled at a modern orthodox Jewish day school where they study Torah half the day.
FILE - Josh Mandel, a Republican former Ohio treasurer running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, speaks during a debate against Morgan Harper, a progressive Democrat, Jan. 27, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)
Mandel describes himself as a "proud Jew" and dismisses those, including some GOP primary rivals, who have portrayed him as insincere in his emphasis of conservative Christian values.
Some critics say they're more concerned with Mandel´s history of controversial statements. He was briefly kicked off Twitter after running a poll on which "illegals" would commit the most crimes, "Muslim Terrorists" or "Mexican Gangbangers," and has characterized Black Lives Matter protesters as "thugs."
The Rev. Tim Ahrens, senior minister of the First Congregational Church of Columbus, said Jesus dedicated his life to caring for those who had been forsaken and forgotten, "so to use his name to further divide people is really sick."
"The problem that I have is when you literally take what is the Christian faith and turn it into a political campaign, it´s abusive of the faith," he said.
Still, Mandel's alliance is part of a broader shift in U.S. politics, with Republicans like former President Donald Trump working to win over conservative Christians by aligning themselves with pro-Israel policies. With Jewish Americans overwhelmingly voting Democratic, according to Pew Research Center, some conservative Jewish groups have banded with white evangelical Protestants - who are more likely than Jews to favor stronger U.S. support for Israel - to form new allegiances on the right.
It's unclear whether that shift will benefit Mandel. In a major blow to his campaign, Trump endorsed rival JD Vance on Friday.
Mandel sees no contradiction between his faith and his campaign approach.
At his events, the boyish Marine veteran often introduces himself by telling the story of how "courageous Christians" sheltered his grandmother during the Holocaust, saving her life. And he explains that, when it comes to his support for Israel, he often has more in common with evangelical Christians than he does with liberal Jews.
"From my perspective, you know for me, I´m a proud American, I´m a proud Marine Corps vet and I´m a proud Jew," he explained. "And when I look at the U.S.-Israel relationship, I think liberal Jews in America should be ashamed of themselves for supporting anti-Israel groups like J Street. And I think the best friends of the U.S.-Israel relationship in America are evangelical Christians."
Mandel touts his opposition to abortion and a belief that "there is no separation between church and state," signaling a willingness to support policies such as prayer in public schools and permitting private businesses to turn away customers based on their religious beliefs.
"You know, people want faith instilled in the classroom, in the workplace, in all aspects of society," Mandel said.
Fred Zeidman, a longtime GOP donor and Mandel supporter who worked on Jewish outreach for multiple Republican presidential campaigns, noted that evangelicals are among the party's most consistent voters.
"If you want to win an election, you´ve got to go where the voters are," he said. "So I think it´s essential for him, if he wants to win, that he lets the faith-based community know that he thinks like they do. He doesn´t think like 80% of the Jewish community that votes Democrat no matter what."
The strategy has also garnered him attention. In a world where tweets equal visibility for a politician, Mandel's particular take on religious topics gained him more than 27,000 mentions on Twitter from October to December -- more than religion-related mentions for all other candidates, Republican or Democrat, combined, according to an analysis for The Associated Press by Zignal Labs.
Stephanie A. Martin, a professor of communications at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, said Mandel´s embrace of Christianity may serve to neutralize worries among Republicans about his Jewishness in a country where antisemitism is still a potent force.
When Mandel describes his platform as protecting "the Judeo-Christian bedrock of America," he is invoking what scholars term "founders rhetoric," she said, which creates "a kind of narrative logic that positions evangelicals as the rightful heirs and the rightful defenders of authentic American values."
"It´s a very smart way to orient around a shared understanding of the founding narrative and what it means to have a traditional outlook on what the country means," she said, noting that vision leaves little room for versions of history that aren´t white, patriarchal and Christian.
Some of Mandel´s longtime Jewish friends and supporters described feeling out of place when they first attended his events. But they said they came to see the evangelicals as a natural base of support for Mandel, given their shared support for Israel, even if his efforts may make others in the Jewish community feel uncomfortable.
"I wouldn´t say it feels weird, but it definitely feels different. But a great difference," said Yoel Mayerfeld, a longtime friend and supporter who lives in Mandel's native Beachwood, which boasts the second largest Jewish population per capita outside Israel. Mayerfeld, who is Jewish, said he´d been to Mandel events where he´d met religious and evangelical Christians who share many of his values.
"I think it´s really unique. I think it´s really beautiful in many ways," he said.
Rich Soclof, another Jewish Mandel friend and supporter, said he "was admittedly a little hesitant, not about the concept, but even what it´s going to be like when I got to this event." But he, too, was pleasantly surprised, especially by the fact that Mandel has not tried to downplay his own religion.
"I love it. I can´t tell you if I would have loved it 10 years ago," he said. "He´s finding this synergy, in a creative way, by ´running it through churches' and being embraced by them."
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Smyth reported from Columbus, Ohio.
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Thai rebels excluded from talks take responsibility for Ramadan bombings
By Panu Wongcha-um
BANGKOK, April 16 (Reuters) - Thai rebels sidelined from peace talks claimed responsibility on Saturday for deadly bombings in the country's Muslim-majority deep south that broke a Ramadan holiday agreed between the main rebel group and the government.
The two explosions on Friday, which killed a civilian and injured three policemen, were carried out by "G5", a militant group of the Patani United Liberation Organisation (PULO), its president, Kasturi Mahkota, told Reuters.
More than 7,300 people have been killed since 2004 in the fighting between the government and shadowy groups seeking independence for the Malay-Muslim provinces of Narathiwat, Yala, Pattani and parts of Songkhla. The area was part of the Patani sultanate that Thailand annexed in a 1909 treaty with Britain.
Mahkota said by telephone the blasts in Pattani province represent "business as usual" for PULO, left out of the talks between the government and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), which agreed two weeks ago to stop violence during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan through May 14.
A spokesman for the Thai security forces in the south, Colonel Kiatisak Neewong, said without naming PULO that a group not included in the peace talks were likely responsible for bombings aimed at disrupting the Ramadan truce.
The Thai team at the peace talks and the BRN declined to comment.
"The talks are not inclusive enough and it is going too fast," said Kasturi, whose group objects to the agreement that would exclude the possibility of independence from Buddhist-majority Thailand.
The talks seek a political solution to the decades-long conflict under the framework of the Thai constitution. Talks have been frequently disrupted since beginning in 2013. The latest round started in 2019.
(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um in Bangkok; Editing by William Mallard)
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Colorful Flying Geese soar every which way on this whimsical throw quilt.
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Home Ec. Workshop
Location: Iowa City, Iowa
Owner: Codi Josephson
Website: homeecworkshop.com
When a textile lover wants a local place to shop for fabric and supplies, she opens one. Today Home Ec. Workshop offers makers a place to browse, learn, and gather.
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String Together
Exclusive design from: Home Ec. Workshop
Designer: Codi Josephson
Fabrics: Kaleidoscope collection by Alison Glass for Andover Fabrics, Ombre Wovens by V and Co. for Moda Fabrics, and the Chambray Union collection from Robert Kaufman Fabrics
Colorful utility quilting and ties at the intersections
of the pink squares create the look of beads strung in rows.
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Olde City Quilts
Location: Burlington, New Jersey
Owners: Rob and Judy Engime
Website: oldecityquilts.com
Antique charm and innovative thinking converge in this cozy corner of historical Burlington, New Jersey.
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Cottage Cozy
Exclusive design from: Olde City Quilts
Designer: Judy Engime
Fabrics: Amelia collection from P&B Textiles, Kona Cotton solids from Robert Kaufman Fabrics, and batiks from Island Batik
Use a clever sashing method and strip-set segments to sew up this easier-than-it-looks twin-size quilt.
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Stitchin' Heaven
Location: Quitman, Texas
Owners: Clay Luttrell and Deb Luttrell
Website: stitchinheaven.com
A little slice of quilting bliss resides in a pocket of rural Texas —and it just keeps getting bigger.
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Texas Starlight
Exclusive design from: Stitchin' Heaven
Designer: Tiffany Hayes
Fabrics: Ombré Galaxy collection by Vanessa Christenson of V and Co. for Moda Fabrics
Create a throw featuring a rainbow of luminescent stars.
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Buttermilk Basin
Location: Spring Lake Park, Minnesota
Owner: Stacy West
Website: buttermilkbasin.com
In a suburb north of Minneapolis, Buttermilk Basin is stitching together a new kind of shopping experience and offering a welcoming community for sewing enthusiasts near and far.
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Patriotic Sampler
Exclusive design from: Buttermilk Basin
Designer: Stacy West
Fabrics: Stacy West Wools and Seeds of Glory collections by Stacy West for Riley Blake Designs
Celebrate the pageantry of the stars and stripes with a wool appliqué wall hanging.
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The Quilting Bee
Location: Spokane Valley, Washington
Owners: Treasure and Scot Auble
Website: quiltingbeespokane.com
Fabric lovers can harvest a wealth of ideas at a barn-style
gathering place designed to cultivate community.
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Keeping it Cool
Exclusive design from: The Quilting Bee
Designer: Lori Hein
Ombré blocks cascade down a throw quilt inspired by the shady trails of the Pacific Northwest.
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Cary Quilting Company
Location: Cary, North Carolina
Owner: Julianne Walther
Website: caryquilting.com
Julianne Walther got into the quilting business a bit backwards, as she puts it. But these days she and her shop are moving forward at breakneck speed—and customers are along for the delightful ride.
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Sweet Talk
Exclusive design from: Cary Quilting Company
Designer: Julianne Walther
Pamper the new arrival with some delightfully tasty fusible appliqué.
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All Stitched Up by Angela
Location: Slidell, Louisiana
Owners: Angela and Mark Holley
Website: allstitchedupbyangela.com
A go-getter maker shares her love of creativity and pays homage to her mom at a one-of-a-kind Louisiana shop.
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Rosy Disposition
Exclusive design from: All Stitched Up by Angela
Designer: Angela Holley
Fabrics: Beautiful Day collection by Corey Yoder for Moda Fabrics
Make a springtime throw with blocks reminiscent of flowers blowing in the breeze.
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Mad B's Quilt & Sew
Location: Mesa, Arizona
Owner: MaDonna Baker Randt
Website: madbsquiltandsew.com
In an Arizona city full of winter-only residents and multiple quilt stores, one shop manages to stand out brilliantly.
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Mesa
Exclusive design from: Mad B's Quilt & Sew
Designer: MaDonna Baker Randt
Bring a taste of the Southwest to your home with this geometric table topper.
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Sewlovelee
Location: Irvington, Virginia
Owner: Lee Taylor
Website: www.sewlovelee.com
The owner of a Chesapeake Bay quilt shop curates a nautical-theme inventory that draws in locals as well as tourists.
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Just Beachy
Exclusive design from: Sewlovelee
Designer: Lee Taylor
Fabrics: Sewlovelee Crab Batiks exclusive collection and Bali Batiks from Hoffman California Fabrics
Take this throw—featuring a bottom-dwelling blue crab—to the beach, or stitch it up in memory of a trip to the shore.
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