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The Brewers' Jace Peterson is quietly in midst of best all-around season of his career
PITTSBURGH — For the first time since very early in his career, Jace Peterson has spent the majority of a season at one position — third base.
A byproduct of that stability? According to one metric, he's been the Milwaukee Brewers' best defensive player to date.
Entering Saturday, the 32-year-old has accounted for 11 defensive runs saved as ranked by FanGraphs.com, a total that was tied for fourth-best in the major leagues overall and second-best in the majors at third base among players who'd logged at least 400 innings.
Pittsburgh's Ke'Bryan Hayes led all players with 15 while tied with Peterson at third was St. Louis's Nolan Arenado, a perennial Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner and, most would agree, the best defensive third baseman of this generation.
It's pretty heady company to be part of, even if Peterson wasn't aware of his elite standing among his peers.
"I don’t really look at that too much," he said. "For me, it’s trying to get my work in and prepare every day and I think whatever happens, happens. That’s definitely nice to know, but there’s a long way to go.
"I’ll continue to work at it and be as prepared as I can be."
Peterson, in his ninth year in the majors and third with the Brewers, reported to spring training in March with some uncommon security — a one-year, $1.825 million contract signed last Nov. 30 to avoid arbitration.
His role, everyone expected, was to remain what it had been since first coming to Milwaukee in 2020 — super utility man, with the ability to play pretty much anywhere across the diamond.
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But, as so often happens, plans quickly changed.
Luis Urías, the young incumbent at third base who was coming off a career season, injured his leg at the start of Cactus League play and was sent to the injured list for the remainder of spring training as well as the first 23 games of the regular season.
So, Peterson held the job until Urías came back in early May.
A little over two weeks later, Willy Adames sprained his ankle and landed on the IL. Urías slid over to shortstop and Peterson once again found himself at third.
Adames returned 20 games later. Then, not long after that, Kolten Wong was sidelined by a calf injury that eventually sent him to the IL.
That left Urías to slide to second and Peterson to once again man third.
To this point, 44 of Peterson's 50 starts have come at third base with three more at first, two in right field and one in left.
Last season, of Peterson's 66 starts, only nine came at third compared to 28 at second, 15 in right and seven at both first and in left.
"This is the first year where I’ve kind of gotten to focus all my work basically on one spot," said Peterson, whose previous career high for defensive runs saved was five at third base in 2018 while with the Baltimore Orioles.
"I feel like anytime you do that, you’re going to get better if you continue to work and get all your practice reps," he continued. "You obviously get a little bit more comfortable and get in a better rhythm and a better flow with that spot.
"That’s where we’re at right now with it. But for me, I know I have to be able to play everywhere, so I still try to mix it (up in practice)."
By another metric, Outs Above Average as calculated by Major League Baseball, Peterson also leads the Brewers with six — one more than Adames.
He isn't flashy by any means, nor does he possess the cannon arm that most of the prototype third basemen like Arenado do.
No, steady and reliable are the two words that probably best describe Peterson's play.
"Jace is a player who, throughout his career and just because of his general athleticism and the trajectory of his career, he’s been bounced around position-wise a lot," manager Craig Counsell said. "Just to keep big-league jobs, that’s what he’s had to do. This year, the way it’s worked out with us with some injuries that have happened to Kolten, Willy and Luis, we’ve been able to get him at one position.
"The biggest thing is, he’s just been so steady. Third base is a place where there’s not a ton of highlight plays, but there’s a lot of tricky plays, and you make them and make them look easy and you’re consistent with them – that’s what I think Jace has done. He’s taken a lot of tricky plays and made them look easy and routine. And that’s what good third basemen do.
"You don’t get to pick your hops and your hands are really important. Throwing accuracy – it’s a long throw and there’s a lot of tough throws, so throwing accuracy is very underrated at that position.
"And that’s what Jace has done so far."
Chances are with Urías, Adames and Wong all back and in the lineup, Peterson will find himself mixing and matching defensively a little more.
Which is fine with him.
"That’s probably what it’s going to line up to be," he said. "But I’ll continue to take my ground balls at third and mix in at second and first and short and get a little bit of work in everywhere else – I’ll still take fly balls and shag in the outfield."
Peterson's work with the glove isn't the only part of his game that's surprised this season, however.
He's also tapped into some power with his left-handed bat to the point he's already tied his career high for home runs with seven in 179 at-bats over 67 games.
Peterson first hit seven homers in 2016 (his third season in the majors) but it took him 350 at-bats over 115 at-bats to reach the mark.
Peterson points to 2019 – a season in which he spent all but 29 games in the minor leagues with the Baltimore Orioles – as the jumping-off point for a new approach at the plate.
"That was a huge year for me," said Peterson, whose .747 OPS in 2022 is tops for his career in seasons where he's played at least 60 games. "I was in the minor leagues the majority of that year, but I really worked on – people call it launch angle, but for me it’s trying to catch the ball out front.
"Ever since 2019 I’ve gotten pretty good with it and more comfortable with it, and I feel like it’s just a result of kind of committing to that plan. And now I feel like I’m getting better every year, honestly, as far as approach and what I need to do and what kind of hitter I am."
Peterson credited several coaches in the Baltimore organization in starting him down that path, then former Milwaukee hitting coach Andy Haines with reaffirming his belief that he could indeed hit for more power.
And now, current hitting coaches Ozzie Timmons and Connor Dawson have helped keep Peterson on the path to what should be the first double-digit homer campaign of his career.
"It’s one thing I was speaking with Andy Haines about a couple years ago, and he was very convinced that we could get to some power with Jace," Counsell said. "The organization kind of laid that out to Jace, and he’s done a really nice job of understanding it.
"It’s been a process, but it’s paid some dividends, for sure."
Peterson's .240 average won't wow anyone. It's the versatility, reliability and calm veteran demeanor he brings to the table that makes him so valuable to the Brewers.
And as someone who's bounced around for the majority of his career, to be able to point to some stellar work with the glove and now as someone who can drive the ball over the fence more consistently in the launch-angle era is certainly gratifying.
"I’ve learned a lot over the years. I’ve failed a lot over the years," Peterson said. "So, I have a constant bank I can draw back on and bring back to my mind to see what works and what doesn’t.
"When I first came up, I was pretty raw and was ready (physically) but didn’t know exactly the type of hitter I wanted to be. I feel like I was in-between a lot. Now, I feel like I’m in a better spot of knowing what I want to do, knowing my plan and just trying to execute it every day.
"Obviously, it’s not always going to work out, but I feel like I have power. I keep preparing, doing my work and when I go out there whatever happens, happens." | https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2022/07/02/brewers-jace-peterson-midst-his-best-all-around-season/7784846001/ | 2022-07-02T19:12:26Z | https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2022/07/02/brewers-jace-peterson-midst-his-best-all-around-season/7784846001/ | true |
WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
138 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is
expected.
* WHERE...A portion of west central Texas, including the following
counties, Kimble and Sutton.
* WHEN...Until 445 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 136 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding. Between
1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen, especially along I-10.
Expect ponding of water on roads.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Roosevelt and I-10 Near The Sutton-kKmble County Line.
- This includes the following Low Water Crossings...
County Road 260 crossing North Llano River, County Road 275
crossing North Llano River and River Road crossing North
Llano River.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 between Mile Markers 431 and 448.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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Holiday getaway pushes US airport traffic to pandemic high
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The Fourth of July holiday weekend is jamming U.S. airports with their biggest crowds since the pandemic began in 2020.
About 2.49 million passengers went through security checkpoints at U.S. airports Friday, surpassing the previous pandemic-era record of 2.46 million reached earlier in the week, according to figures released Saturday by the Transportation Security Administration.
The escalating numbers show leisure travelers aren’t being deterred from flying by rising fares, the ongoing spread of COVID-19 or worries about recurring flight delays and cancellations.
Friday’s passenger volume marked a 13% increase from July 1 last year, which fell on the Thursday before Fourth of July. This year’s number of passengers going through U.S. airports also eclipsed the 2.35 million screened at security checkpoints on the Friday before the Fourth of July in 2019, but that was nearly a week ahead of Independence Day.
In a more telling sign of how close U.S. air travel is reverting to pre-pandemic conditions, an average of 2.33 million passengers have passed through security checkpoints at domestic airports during the seven days ending July 1. That was close to the seven-day average of roughly 2.38 million passengers during the same 2019 period, according to the TSA.
But airlines have struggled to keep up with the surging demand amid staffing shortages and an assortment of other issues that have resulted in recurring waves of exasperating flight delays and cancellations that have been transforming some vacations into nightmarish ordeals.
Many airlines, including Delta, Southwest and JetBlue, have responded to the challenge by curtailing their summer schedules in an effort to reduce the inconveniences — and backlash — caused by flight delays and cancellations They are using larger planes on average to carry more passengers while they scramble to hire and train more pilots.
The headaches continued Friday, although they weren’t as bad as they have been at other times in recent months. There were more than 6,800 flight delays and another 587 flight cancellations affecting U.S. airports Friday, according to the tracking site FlightAware. More than 2,200 delays and more than 540 flight cancellations had been recorded as of late Saturday morning.
Besides the flight delays and cancellations, travelers also have had to pay higher prices for tickets driven up by soaring fuel costs and other inflationary factors, as well as navigate around the health risks posed by continuing COVID-19 infections.
The travel bug is also congesting highways, even with the national average price for gasoline hovering around $5 per gallon — and above $6 per gallon in California and all its popular tourist attractions. AAA predicts that nearly 48 million people will travel at least 50 miles or more from home over the weekend, slightly fewer than in 2019.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
133 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...
At 133 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 2.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Sierra Madera.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Leon Creek, Sixshooter Draw, Comanche Creek and Nineteen Draw.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
1-2-6-0, Fireball: 4
(one, two, six, zero; Fireball: four)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
1-2-6-0, Fireball: 4
(one, two, six, zero; Fireball: four) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Midday-game-17281261.php | 2022-07-02T19:22:44Z | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Midday-game-17281261.php | false |
DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors signaled Friday that they would pursue the same charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and eight others in the Flint water crisis, just a few days after the state Supreme Court said indictments must be dismissed.
The attorney general’s office responded by asking two Flint-area judges to simply turn the indictments into common criminal complaints and let the charges proceed.
That step, outlined in court filings in Genesee County, likely will face vigorous opposition by defense lawyers.
“The motion filed by the solicitor general is nothing short of ridiculous,” said Chip Chamberlain, attorney for former state health director Nick Lyon.
“The Michigan Supreme Court made itself clear: Mr. Lyon’s case is to be dismissed — period,” Chamberlain said.
Nine people were indicted in 2021, including Snyder, who faced two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty.
In 2014, Flint managers appointed by Snyder took the city out of a regional water system and began using the Flint River to save money while a new pipeline to Lake Huron was being built. But the river water wasn’t treated to reduce its corrosive qualities. Lead broke off from old pipes and contaminated the city’s system for more than a year.
Lyon’s lawyers led the challenge that resulted in a unanimous Supreme Court ruling Tuesday that a judge sitting as a one-person grand jury had no power under Michigan law to return indictments.
The attorney general’s office hasn’t explained why it chose that extremely unusual route rather than a criminal complaint.
Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud insists the Supreme Court’s opinion was only about procedure. She said anyone facing felonies would now be entitled to hearings to challenge evidence.
“The Supreme Court did not question the merit of our cases, nor evaluate the evidence in these proceedings. … These motions confirm our commitment to keep fighting for the people of Flint,” Hammoud said in a written statement.
Snyder attorney Brian Lennon said the interpretation was flawed.
“How can the Genesee County courts simply convert invalid and illegally obtained indictments into valid complaints?” Lennon said. “What part of the word ‘dismissed’ does she and prosecutor (Kym) Worthy refuse to understand?”
Lyon and former state medical executive Eden Wells were charged with involuntary manslaughter under a theory that they failed to timely notify the public about a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak tied to the Flint River.
Prosecutors still face other hurdles, including the statute of limitations on some charges and the seizure of millions of pages of Snyder administration documents that were confidential.
Snyder, a Republican, left office in 2019.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Hard Rock casino reached agreement with Atlantic City’s main casino workers union on Saturday, removing the last threat of a strike during the busy holiday weekend and clearing the way for the gambling halls and their workers to concentrate on bouncing back from financial losses during the coronavirus pandemic.
Local 54 of the Unite Here union said it reached a tentative agreement with Hard Rock, avoiding a strike that had been threatened for 12:01 a.m. Sunday.
Combined with agreements reached Thursday with the Borgata, Caesars, Harrah’s and the Tropicana, Hard Rock’s deal leaves only two smaller casinos, Resorts and the Golden Nugget, without a contract. But the union said it expects both of them to agree to one in the coming days.
Bally’s and the Ocean Casino Resort have signed so-called “me-too” agreements committing themselves to adopting the terms of contracts the union reaches with the larger casinos.
The deals still need to be ratified by the full union membership.
“We are extremely pleased that we were once again able to reach a successful settlement with Unite Here Local 54 to increase wages and benefits for our deserving team members,” said Jim Allen, chairman of Hard Rock International. “We look forward to further expanding this excellent relationship at both the national and local levels as we expand our iconic brand.”
Joe Lupo, president of Hard Rock Atlantic City, said the deal allows the casino to concentrate on performing well during the peak tourist season.
“We look forward to a vibrant holiday weekend and a tremendous summer season,” he said.
Contract terms were not immediately made public.
The deals not only avoid what would have been a costly and disruptive strike during one of the busiest weekends of the year for the casinos, but it provides labor peace in the crucial third summer of the coronavirus pandemic, as the casinos are struggling to return to the revenue and profit levels they enjoyed before it began.
In past contracts, the union concentrated on preserving health care and pension benefits, but this time sought “significant” pay raises for workers to help them keep pace with spiraling prices for gasoline, food, rent and other living expenses.
The deals avoided what would have been the city’s first casino strike since 2016, when the union rejected demands by billionaire Carl Icahn that the Trump Taj Mahal casino operate without health care and pension benefits that were terminated by a bankruptcy court.
The union went on strike on July 1 of that year, and the casino shut down on Oct. 10. It was sold months later to Hard Rock International, which gutted it and reopened it as the new Hard Rock Atlantic City in June 2018.
The finances underlying the current dispute are complex.
Including internet gambling and sports betting revenue, the casinos and their online partners have won $1.8 billion over the first five months of this year. That’s up more than 49% from the same period in 2019, before the coronavirus hit.
But the casinos claim those figures are misleading because third-party partners keep about 70% of internet and sports betting revenue, leaving little for the brick-and-mortar casinos.
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Follow Wayne Parry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/WayneParryAC | https://www.wane.com/news/business/ap-business/hard-rock-deal-ends-casino-strike-threat-in-atlantic-city/ | 2022-07-02T19:29:46Z | https://www.wane.com/news/business/ap-business/hard-rock-deal-ends-casino-strike-threat-in-atlantic-city/ | false |
Shunning a language
Why do some consider their mother tongue inferior?
It is not unusual for private schools to enforce the English-only rule on their students and teachers. I had to face this rule myself at one point, but my school was lenient for most of my years there. Hindi was mostly acceptable at my alma mater, and yet, my regional language was not. For the past many days, the reason for that has been plaguing my mind. Why was it that Haryanvi was forbidden in a school in Haryana?
“To encourage the usage of English language among students in order to enhance the related skills” — that typical response obviously does not apply here. If that were the case, Hindi (and even Punjabi) would have been similarly discouraged. No, there is another explanation for it. This rejection of the language was not unique to my school. In truth, a good chunk of the State’s population considers its regional language to be “coarse” and “crude” — merely a twisted version of Hindi.
I did not fully realise this while I was a school student, but as they say, hindsight is 20/20. It is now evident in the manner in which some teachers used to react to hearing the dialect in the classrooms. It is evident by the reluctance of many children from Haryanvi families to use the language, their mother tongue, in front of others.
The new generation of Haryanvi-speaking parents make an effort to interact with their children in shudh Hindi, more prominently in urban areas. This is saddening because they are only doing so in the best interest of their children, considering that knowing Haryanvi certainly won’t help them in social and educational settings. Harsh-sounding as it may be, Haryanvi is still the first language to many, and hence a major part of their cultural identity. It should not be something to be shunned.
I might be exaggerating a little, but this seems like a cultural disaster in the making to me. While I was contemplating all of this, I ended up contacting two friends from university, one from the south and another from northeast. Not nearly a big enough sample, I’m aware, but bear with me. I was able to find out that at least one northeastern state is in a similar situation.
With our nation’s linguistic diversity, surely there are more such cases. It sounded absurd to me that I have never witnessed anyone talk about this. We ought to start addressing the current state of affairs and then move towards acceptance and appreciation of our regional languages.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
6-1-7
(six, one, seven)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
6-1-7
(six, one, seven) | https://www.theintelligencer.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17281346.php | 2022-07-02T19:36:41Z | https://www.theintelligencer.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17281346.php | true |
One person was killed and at least seven others were wounded — including a 15-year-old boy — in a spate of shootings across the Big Apple overnight into Saturday, police said.
In the deadly incident, a man was gunned down during a fight inside a bodega at Crescent Street, near Stanley Avenue in the East New York section of Brooklyn shortly after 10 p.m. Friday.
The victim, whose name was not immediately released, was shot in the face and chest and pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital, cops said.
Police at the scene arrested a 27-year-old man who had been shot in the chest and groin after allegedly finding a firearm on him. He was listed in stable condition at Brookdale and charges were pending, according to the NYPD.
It wasn’t immediately clear was fueled the dispute between the two customers, a department spokesperson said.
The mayhem also included an off-duty auxiliary NYPD sergeant shot and robbed for his motorcycle in The Bronx and two innocent bystanders struck by stray bullets while in the back seat of a cab in Manhattan, police sources said.
Cops said the teen boy was shot in the right arm at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday along Hughes Avenue and East 180th Street in the East Tremont section of The Bronx. The youth, who was uncooperative, was taken to Jacobi Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
Less than two hours later, on Staten Island, a 48-year-old man was shot in the face outside a Richmond Terrace tavern. The victim was found holding a towel to his bloody face when officers arrived at about 3:15 a.m., police said. He was taken to Richmond County Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries and was not cooperative, the NYPD said.
Shortly after, at around 3:40 a.m., a 39-year-old woman walked into Kings County Hospital with a gunshot wound to her left leg, cops said. The victim, who also was uncooperative, was listed in stable condition, police said.
Just 10 minutes later in Manhattan, two medical students were wounded when gunfire broke out as they sat in the back of a cab stopped for a red light at West 37th Street between Eight and Ninth Avenues, police and sources said.
The men, ages 22 and 24, were each shot in one of their arms and taken to Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the sources and authorities.
“We don’t believe they were the intended targets,” an NYPD spokeswoman told The Post.
Investigators believe three shooters were aiming at a couple wearing a lot of jewelry that they spotted at a nearby dollar pizza spot, police sources said. The intended targets were not hit, according to the sources.
Cops recovered three shells from the scene. The two victims had gotten into the cab on West 37th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues and were headed westbound when they were shot, the sources said. An NYPD spokesman could not immediately confirm that the two men were medical students.
Shortly after 4:30 a.m., the off-duty NYPD Auxiliary sergeant, 23, was shot in the left leg as three men robbed him of his motorcycle, bag and cellphone on Independence Avenue, not far from West 239th Street in Riverdale, The Bronx, cops said.
The wounded auxiliary officer was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. No arrests were made as of Saturday afternoon. | https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/us/nyc-overnight-shootings-leave-man-dead-7-wounded/245997/ | 2022-07-02T19:39:31Z | https://www.thehamdenjournal.com/us/nyc-overnight-shootings-leave-man-dead-7-wounded/245997/ | true |
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri criticized Prime Minister Yair Lapid's speech this evening (Saturday evening).
"A Prime Minister has decided to refrain from praying at the Western Wall, a remnant of our Temple, and in his first speech omits the phrase 'with God's help', makes us, the Jewish and religious people, take offense on behalf of our Creator." | https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/580850 | 2022-07-02T19:41:34Z | https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/580850 | false |
WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
113 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Kimble
and northeastern Sutton Counties through 200 PM CDT...
At 113 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Roosevelt, moving north at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Roosevelt and I-10 Near The Sutton-Kimble County Line.
This includes Interstate 10 between Mile Markers 431 and 444.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3043 9997 3044 10017 3068 10022 3068 9988
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 184DEG 7KT 3051 10007
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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BREAKING: Driver of Shockwave Jet Truck dies while racing planes at 300mph at air show after vehicle EXPLODES and is engulfed in flames when parachute was deployed to slow it
- A truck driver died after his Shockwave jet truck blew up and engulf in flames
- The truck was racing two airplanes that were going 300mph at the Battle Creek Air Show in Michigan on Saturday shortly after 1pm
- An explosion appears to happen in front of the truck, which barreled through it
- The vehicle came out the other side surrounded by smoke and significantly slower
A driver is dead after his jet truck was engulfed in flames when he released his parachute while racing planes going 300mphs.
The driver was killed during the 'pyrotechnic' event at the Battle Creek Air Show in Michigan shortly after 1pm on Saturday, police confirmed.
Witnesses say the Shockwave jet truck was racing two planes that were going 300 mph. When the driver deployed his parachute, the truck engulfed in flames and a large plume of black smoke.
'[The driver] was doing his show and going down the runway,' Suze Gusching, media relations for Field of Flight told the Battle Creek Enquirer. 'He passed by the explosion, and his truck had exploded.'
Video of the incident shows a large explosion happening right before the truck barreled into it. As the vehicle came flying out of the other side, it significantly slowed and was covered in thick smoke.
Chris Darnell is listed as the driver of the Shockwave Jet Truck. His brother Neal, who pilots the Flash Fire Jet Truck, declined to comment when reached by Daily Mail.com
A driver died after his Shockwave jet truck exploded after he deployed the parachute in Battle Creek, Michigan
The aircraft pilots flew through the smoke but appear unharmed
The truck was racing two airplanes, which were reportedly going around 300mph
Witnesses can be heard going 'ohh' as they realized the situation had just turned dire and the announcer asked people to 'stay back' while emergency teams assisted the scene.
The Battle Creek Fire and Police Departments and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating.
A Shockwave truck features three Pratt & Whitney J34-38 jet engines, which were originally used by the US Navy's T2 Buckeys planes, meaning it produces 36,000 horsepower and provide 21,000 pounds of thrust
The truck can reportedly reach up to more than 350mph, according to the Battle Creek Enquirer.
The Darnell Racing Enterprise, which owns the truck, also owns the Aftershock Jet Fire truck and the Flash Fire Jet truck.
The airshow was scheduled to take place from June 30 to July 4, but is currently postponed due to the accident. The event, which took place at the airport, was largely to celebrate the Air Force's 75th Anniversary.
This is a developing story, check back for updates.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
133 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...
At 133 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 2.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Sierra Madera.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Leon Creek, Sixshooter Draw, Comanche Creek and Nineteen Draw.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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Toddler dies after falling from Manhattan balcony
NEW YORK - A 3-year-old boy has died after falling from the balcony of a Manhattan highrise on Saturday afternoon.
According to the NYPD, at around 11 a.m. police responded to a report of a person falling from a balcony at a building located on Third Avenue near East 12rd Street in Harlem.
The toddler reportedly fell from a balcony on the building's 29th floor onto scaffolding located near the 3rd floor.
EMS responded and took the toddler to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
This is a developing story. Stay with FOX 5 NY for more information. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/toddler-dies-after-falling-off-manhattan-balcony | 2022-07-02T20:05:32Z | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/toddler-dies-after-falling-off-manhattan-balcony | false |
The royal couple is preparing to give a new interview to the TV presenter Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey 's mansion is a five-minute drive from the home of the Dukes of Sussex in Montecito. Harry was driving, and Meghan was in the back seat.
Also in the car was allegedly a family friend, actress Janina Gavankar.
Why Megan and Harry went to Oprah is not known for certain. Daily Mail journalists suggested that the couple is preparing to give a new interview to the TV presenter.
A year and a half ago, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Dukes of Sussex spoke about the manifestations of racism in the royal family.
After the scandal, the dukes were accused of lying; later, Oprah Winfrey deleted the recording from the interview from her channel.
But the meeting could mean more support for the 68-year-old Winfrey and the royal family.
Earlier, It was reported that Elizabeth II took part in the ancient Key Ceremony in Scotland.
The Queen of Great Britain, for the first time since the celebration of the Platinum Jubilee, appeared at an official event. She was accompanied by her youngest son, Prince Edward, and his wife, Sophie. Writes about it Daily Mail.
Elizabeth II became a participant in the ancient Ceremony of handing over the keys, which was held at Holyrood Palace in Scotland.
This is the official residence of the British monarchs and is located in Edinburgh.
In a historic ceremony, the Queen was presented with the keys to the city and welcomed into the "ancient and hereditary kingdom of Scotland."
The guard of honor was provided by the Scots Guards and a regiment of the foot made up of the Highlanders of Argyll and Sutherland.
This week, Her Majesty plans to hold several meetings and, in particular, spend time with the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon. At events, Elizabeth II will be accompanied by Prince Charles. | https://celebrityinsider.org/the-royal-couple-is-preparing-to-give-a-new-interview-to-the-tv-presenter-oprah-winfrey-525607/ | 2022-07-02T20:07:35Z | https://celebrityinsider.org/the-royal-couple-is-preparing-to-give-a-new-interview-to-the-tv-presenter-oprah-winfrey-525607/ | false |
The city has laid out an ambitious vision for Roxbury’s Malcolm X Park as part of a $9 million renovation currently underway: building an outdoor amphitheater, carving pathways that are more accessible to wheelchairs, and creating a new athletic turf field.
But some of the construction details have many neighbors seething. The plan involves chopping down 29 mature trees, which angry neighbors say is an insult to a neighborhood that badly needs tree cover, especially as climate change intensifies urban heat islands. And they say Mayor Michelle Wu, who has made climate resilience and environmental justice a top priority, should know better.
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“The community didn’t ask for this,” said local historian Derrick Evans, 55, of Roxbury. “The community thought they were going to improve this, [not] lose what we already have.”
The Wu administration is defending the project. The Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, Boston’s Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space, said the planned developments are a result of weighing all the community’s needs, despite what some opponents have alleged.
“The city’s not ramming this [project] down your throat,” White-Hammond said. “What we’re trying to do is balance the use of a lot of different people.”
White-Hammond said that the improvements, including the removal of trees, are part of the city’s continuous efforts to make sure all Boston parks have a maximum slope level between 5 and 8 percent — the legal requirement for ADA compliance. She also noted that while removing trees, the department will plant more trees than it removes, including about a dozen different species.
Environmentalists, however, note it will take a long time, perhaps decades, for new trees to absorb the same amount of carbon and provide the same amount of shade as mature trees.
“The Parks Department and the City of Boston are committed to universal accessibility, period,” White-Hammond said. “And that’s not going to change.”
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Malcolm X Park is a busy 15.3-acre park that hosts family gatherings, community events, and countless softball, soccer, and basketball tournaments.
In 2020, talks began to even out the hilly area to comply with ADA guidelines, as well as renovate the existing basketball and tennis courts. The project, originally more modest in scale, is now a $9 million project, including a $2 million donation from Robert Kraft that will help pay for the new turf field. A city spokesperson said city officials reached out to Kraft after residents expressed interest in having a “state-of-the-art” field in their own neighborhood. Spokespeople for the New England Patriots did not respond to requests for comment on the donation.
The plan announced earlier this year called for the removal of 54 legacy trees that either were diseased or that impeded planned improvements. After considerable pushback, the city changed its plan, saying it would remove just 29 trees and plant scores of new ones; then it paused developments for three months to further weigh community concerns.
During a May 2022 hearing, the Committee on Environmental Justice, Resiliency & Parks heard from residents and committed to convening a group of six to eight residents with varying interests to continue discussions about the project, but pressed the need to not stall improvements any longer.
Earlier this month, some watched with dismay as stripping of the park’s trees continued. Those residents say the trees are vital to the neighborhood, which is covered with asphalt and concrete and swelters in the warmer months. Many parts of Roxbury are considered heat islands, where dense urban development absorbs and radiates heat significantly more than green spaces.
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In a city report last year, local officials noted that temperatures in leafier neighborhoods were often significantly lower than in more densely populated areas. For example, on one summer day in 2019, city officials found afternoon temperatures in Chinatown and Lower Roxbury exceeded 105 degrees, about 10 degrees more than in Franklin Park and West Roxbury. There was a similar disparity at night.
Critics of the project say the city can and should make the steep park accessible to everyone. But, increasing accessibility, they say, doesn’t have to encroach on the neighborhood’s limited tree cover and ecological diversity.
“They’re cutting through the trees, not [planning] around them,” said Mela Bush-Miles, a Roxbury resident and environmental justice activist. “They don’t even have respect for our natural elements.”
This isn’t the first time residents in Roxbury have protested plans to remove trees from their neighborhood. In 2020, local residents protested a city road project that would have felled a quarter of the mature oaks, lindens, and maples that line Melnea Cass Boulevard. After residents accused city officials of environmental racism, the city nixed its plan.
Nina LaNegra, a longtime Roxbury resident and organizer who opposes the project, pointed to a variety of factors that plagued the community feedback process. Three mayors have overseen the plan over its lifespan, and the district had no representation on the city council during the eight months that then-Councilor Kim Janey served as acting mayor, she said.
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The pandemic exacerbated health, economic, and internet access inequities that made it difficult for some residents to participate in community discussions over the past two years, she said. And she said community members weren’t properly informed of the tree removal process until workers marked certain trees with orange spray paint this spring.
“Their [community engagement] process was so awful, so heinous,” LaNegra said. “They openly admitted how bad it was.”
The turf field has been another bone of contention.
At first, the project did not call for an athletic turf field. But White-Hammond said some users of the current grass field believe “it’s disrespectful to not give Roxbury the same resources that Charlestown, Dorchester, and West Roxbury already have.” And some advocates say local athletes would benefit from an athletic turf field, which dries faster than regular grass fields after heavy downpours.
Developers have now torn up the grass field, including two softball diamonds, to make way for a multi-use field with one softball diamond in one corner.
But some residents are worried about the potential ill health effects of artificial turf, which has caused concern across the country. Although artificial turf has replaced grass on many playing fields because it’s easier to maintain, it can contain benzene, cadmium, and other known carcinogens, including toxic chemicals known as PFAS.
Bush-Miles, who lives across from the park, said she’s worried the turf could aggravate her son’s chronic asthma and create health problems for her young grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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“This is why I care,” Bush-Miles said.
Turf can also intensify summer heat; the evaporation of water vapor from grass is cooling, but synthetic turf radiates heat. One study by researchers at Brigham Young University found that the surface temperature of artificial synthetic turf could be as much as 80 degrees hotter than natural grass.
White-Hammond said the residents have not shared studies or information showing that the specific artificial turf used for the upcoming field is harmful.
By pausing the project, White-Hammond said the city has lost nearly $500,000 in fees to contractors. She said she’s focused on saving the project’s remaining funding and ensuring that recreational activities can resume as soon as possible so everyone can benefit from the space.
“I cannot pause this any longer,” White-Hammond said. “I’m doing my best to make sure that basketball season next year can still happen.”
Tiana Woodard is a Report for America corps member covering Black neighborhoods. She can be reached at tiana.woodard@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter at @tianarochon. David Abel can be reached at david.abel@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @davabel. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/02/science/city-cuts-down-mature-trees-roxbury-park/ | 2022-07-02T20:07:46Z | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/02/science/city-cuts-down-mature-trees-roxbury-park/ | true |
'Our best defence is attack': James Anderson insists England will continue their aggressive brand of cricket despite rampant India seizing control of the fifth Test at Edgbaston
- James Anderson claimed England's best line of defence against India is to attack
- A Jasprit Bumrah-inspired India dominated the second day of the Test match
- Anderson said England's aggression has lately saved them in 'sticky situations'
Jimmy Anderson insists new-look England will go on the attack again at Edgbaston today despite staring down the barrel of defeat against India.
Ben Stokes’ side trail the tourists by 332 runs with just five first-innings wickets remaining after a chastening second day of the rearranged fifth Test, which they already trail 2-1.
However, Jonny Bairstow – who has scored quick-fire back-to-back hundreds – remains at the crease for the hosts, and he has been joined by skipper Stokes after nightwatchman Jack Leach fell late on.
James Anderson believes England's best shot against India is to keep playing aggressively
India were rampant on the second day of the Test, scoring 416 before leaving England 84-5
England’s plight is similar to their last Test against New Zealand at Headingley. Then, Bairstow and Stokes came together at 22-4, and the former went on to smash 162 as the home side surpassed the Kiwis’ first-innings total of 329 and went on to secure an easy win.
Asked whether England could continue their new aggressive tactics given the match situation, Anderson replied: ‘I’ve got a fair feeling that our best line of defence tomorrow will be attack.
‘The way Brendon (McCullum) and Stokesy have gone about the last few weeks, the way we have got ourselves out of sticky situations in the last few weeks has been by trying to put pressure back on the opposition. I don’t see tomorrow being any different.
Anderson said England's batters 'want to score' and are 'willing to fight' to recover the match
‘Our batters are naturally aggressive. We want to score and move the game forward. That is what we will try and do. Unless we get a message otherwise, I think that will be pretty much the way we play.’
Earlier in the day, Anderson claimed his 32nd five-wicket haul but India racked up 416 as No10 Jasprit Bumrah smashed 29 runs off one Stuart Broad over, which went for a world record 35.
‘We are up against it, but we have been in this position before through this summer,’ added Anderson. ‘We have plenty of guys willing to fight and get us back into the game.’
Anderson said England's batters, like Jonny Bairstow (pictured), are 'naturally aggressive' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-10976485/James-Anderson-insists-England-continue-playing-aggressively-against-rampant-India.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-02T20:09:14Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-10976485/James-Anderson-insists-England-continue-playing-aggressively-against-rampant-India.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
6-1-7
(six, one, seven)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
6-1-7
(six, one, seven) | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17281346.php | 2022-07-02T20:13:53Z | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17281346.php | false |
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Saturday said it shot down three unmanned aircraft launched by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah heading toward an area where an Israeli gas platform was recently installed in the Mediterranean Sea.
The launch of the aircraft appeared to be an attempt by Hezbollah to influence U.S.-brokered negotiations between Israel and Lebanon over their maritime border, an area that is rich in natural gas.
In a statement, the Israeli said the aircraft were spotted early on and did not pose an “imminent threat.” Nonetheless, the incident drew a stern warning from Israel’s caretaker prime minister, Yair Lapid.
“I stand before you at this moment and say to everyone seeking our demise, from Gaza to Tehran, from the shores of Lebanon to Syria: Don’t test us,” Lapid said in his first address to the nation since taking office on Friday. “Israel knows how to use its strength against every threat, against every enemy.”
Israel earlier this month set up a gas rig in the Karish field, which Israel says lies within part of its internationally recognized economic waters. Lebanon has claimed it is in disputed waters.
Hezbollah issued a short statement, confirming it had launched three unarmed drones toward the disputed maritime issue over the Karish field on a reconnaissance mission. “The mission was accomplished and the message was received,” it said.
Israel and Hezbollah are bitter enemies that fought a monthlong war in the summer of 2006. Israel considers the Iranian-backed Lebanese group its most serious immediate threat, estimating it has some 150,000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel.
The U.S. last week said that mediator Amos Hochstein had held conversations with the Lebanese and Israeli sides. “The exchanges were productive and advanced the objective of narrowing differences between the two sides. The United States will remain engaged with parties in the days and weeks ahead,” his office said in a statement last week.
The two countries, which have been officially at war since Israel’s creation in 1948, both claim some 860 square kilometers (330 square miles) of the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon hopes to exploit offshore gas reserves as it grapples with the worst economic crisis in its modern history.
On Saturday, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati told reporters that Lebanon received “encouraging information” regarding the border dispute but refused to comment further saying Beirut is waiting for the “written official response to the suggestions by the Lebanese side.”
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Associated Press writers Fares Akram in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, and Bassem Mroue in Beirut contributed to this report. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Israel-shoots-down-Hezbollah-drones-over-17281393.php | 2022-07-02T20:15:14Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Israel-shoots-down-Hezbollah-drones-over-17281393.php | false |
Explained | How will G-7’s infrastructure plan impact India?
What is the proposed agritech and climate sustainability fund? Will India get adequate funds for infrastructure development?
The story so far: On June 26, the G-7 grouping of the world’s “most industrialised nations” — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. along with the European Union — launched a U.S.-led $600 billion Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) at their summit in Germany’s Schloss Elmau, where India was among five special invitees. The initiative was billed as a “values-driven, high-impact, and transparent infrastructure partnership to meet the enormous infrastructure needs of low- and middle-income countries and support the U.S. and its allies’ economic and national security interests.” Officials also made it clear that the PGII would offer a counter to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for projects worldwide that was formally launched five years ago.
What was India’s response?
A day after U.S. President Joseph Biden made his PGII announcement, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said. “I think the [PGII]...is a separate G-7 initiative and to my recollection, unless there is some other input, I think it is not a G-7 outreach initiative,” adding, “We will have to see the details of that for us to be able to speak specifically on its elements.”
Why is the response significant?
To begin with, Mr. Kwatra’s response indicates that India was not privy to PGII consultations, nor was the infrastructure plan part of the documents that were signed by India, Indonesia, South Africa, Senegal and Argentina, who were part of the “G-7 outreach” invitees to the summit. (The EU has participated in the G-7 since 1981 as a “nonenumerated” member).
The distinction is interesting because just a month ago, at the Quad Summit in Tokyo, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had attended the launch of the U.S. led “Indo-Pacific Economic Initiative” (IPEF) with similarly sudden plans, and India had joined as an “initial” or founding partner country.
It also came as a surprise that India hadn’t endorsed the PGII plan given that the U.S. billed it as a rival to China’s BRI, with much more sensitivity to sustainable debt burdens and environmental concerns. India has actively opposed the BRI because it had ignored these reasons and for its “violation of territorial integrity”.
Is there any specific role for India?
According to U.S. officials, the PGII will have four key priorities on infrastructure: climate and energy security, digital connectivity, health and health security, and gender equality and equity, all of which are priority areas for New Delhi as well. The PGII “factsheet” released by the White House also includes a specific plan for investment in an Agritech and Climate sustainability fund that would “invest in companies that increase food security and promote both climate resilience and climate adaptation in India, as well as improve the profitability and agricultural productivity of smallholder farms.” According to the documents, the India fund would target $65 million by September 2022, and a target capitalisation of $130 million in 2023. The U.S. government’s International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) would mobilise $30 million in private capital for the fund.
What could be some of the reasons for India’s reticence on PGII?
The Ministry of External Affairs has not yet expanded on its initial response to the PGII, and it is quite possible, that once it has studied and verified its strategy, it will endorse it. One of the reasons for some scepticism in New Delhi is that the PGII is one of a number of U.S.-led economic initiatives announced globally and in the Indo-Pacific, without much clarity on whether they would overlap, or run concurrently with each other. At the Quad Summit, Mr. Biden committed to a $50 billion infrastructure fund over five years. The PGII announcement for $600 billion over five years also comes a year after the U.S. led a G-7 initiative to counter China’s “strategic competition” and to narrow the roughly $40 trillion “infrastructure gap” in the developing world.
Last year, the Biden administration also revived a Trump administration project for the “Blue Dot Network Initiative” to certify infrastructure projects, but had stopped short of funding them. Another reason for the Indian reaction, say analysts, could be to show consistency, given India’s earlier reaction to the BRI, when it was first announced by Xi Jinping in 2013, years before the formal launch in 2017. “When China first unveiled the BRI, India’s initial response was also that this was a plan with geopolitical consequences that India had not been consulted on. India said it would have to study before responding. It is possible that the Modi government’s cautiousness on PGII is about striking a similar balance,” said Sanjaya Baru, author, policy analyst and Distinguished Fellow at the United Services Institution of India (USI).
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Explained | How will G-7’s infrastructure plan impact India?
July 03, 2022 01:18 ISTWhat is the proposed agritech and climate sustainability fund? Will India get adequate funds for infrastructure development?
The story so far: On June 26, the G-7 grouping of the world’s “most industrialised nations” — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. along with the European Union — launched a U.S.-led $600 billion Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) at their summit in Germany’s Schloss Elmau, where India was among five special invitees. The initiative was billed as a “values-driven, high-impact, and transparent infrastructure partnership to meet the enormous infrastructure needs of low- and middle-income countries and support the U.S. and its allies’ economic and national security interests.” Officials also made it clear that the PGII would offer a counter to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for projects worldwide that was formally launched five years ago.
What was India’s response?
A day after U.S. President Joseph Biden made his PGII announcement, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said. “I think the [PGII]...is a separate G-7 initiative and to my recollection, unless there is some other input, I think it is not a G-7 outreach initiative,” adding, “We will have to see the details of that for us to be able to speak specifically on its elements.”
Why is the response significant?
To begin with, Mr. Kwatra’s response indicates that India was not privy to PGII consultations, nor was the infrastructure plan part of the documents that were signed by India, Indonesia, South Africa, Senegal and Argentina, who were part of the “G-7 outreach” invitees to the summit. (The EU has participated in the G-7 since 1981 as a “nonenumerated” member).
The distinction is interesting because just a month ago, at the Quad Summit in Tokyo, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had attended the launch of the U.S. led “Indo-Pacific Economic Initiative” (IPEF) with similarly sudden plans, and India had joined as an “initial” or founding partner country.
It also came as a surprise that India hadn’t endorsed the PGII plan given that the U.S. billed it as a rival to China’s BRI, with much more sensitivity to sustainable debt burdens and environmental concerns. India has actively opposed the BRI because it had ignored these reasons and for its “violation of territorial integrity”.
Is there any specific role for India?
According to U.S. officials, the PGII will have four key priorities on infrastructure: climate and energy security, digital connectivity, health and health security, and gender equality and equity, all of which are priority areas for New Delhi as well. The PGII “factsheet” released by the White House also includes a specific plan for investment in an Agritech and Climate sustainability fund that would “invest in companies that increase food security and promote both climate resilience and climate adaptation in India, as well as improve the profitability and agricultural productivity of smallholder farms.” According to the documents, the India fund would target $65 million by September 2022, and a target capitalisation of $130 million in 2023. The U.S. government’s International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) would mobilise $30 million in private capital for the fund.
What could be some of the reasons for India’s reticence on PGII?
The Ministry of External Affairs has not yet expanded on its initial response to the PGII, and it is quite possible, that once it has studied and verified its strategy, it will endorse it. One of the reasons for some scepticism in New Delhi is that the PGII is one of a number of U.S.-led economic initiatives announced globally and in the Indo-Pacific, without much clarity on whether they would overlap, or run concurrently with each other. At the Quad Summit, Mr. Biden committed to a $50 billion infrastructure fund over five years. The PGII announcement for $600 billion over five years also comes a year after the U.S. led a G-7 initiative to counter China’s “strategic competition” and to narrow the roughly $40 trillion “infrastructure gap” in the developing world.
Last year, the Biden administration also revived a Trump administration project for the “Blue Dot Network Initiative” to certify infrastructure projects, but had stopped short of funding them. Another reason for the Indian reaction, say analysts, could be to show consistency, given India’s earlier reaction to the BRI, when it was first announced by Xi Jinping in 2013, years before the formal launch in 2017. “When China first unveiled the BRI, India’s initial response was also that this was a plan with geopolitical consequences that India had not been consulted on. India said it would have to study before responding. It is possible that the Modi government’s cautiousness on PGII is about striking a similar balance,” said Sanjaya Baru, author, policy analyst and Distinguished Fellow at the United Services Institution of India (USI). | https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/explained-how-will-g-7s-infrastructure-plan-impact-india/article65592329.ece/amp/ | 2022-07-02T20:18:01Z | https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/explained-how-will-g-7s-infrastructure-plan-impact-india/article65592329.ece/amp/ | true |
WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
138 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is
expected.
* WHERE...A portion of west central Texas, including the following
counties, Kimble and Sutton.
* WHEN...Until 445 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 136 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. This will cause small stream flooding. Between
1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen, especially along I-10.
Expect ponding of water on roads.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Roosevelt and I-10 Near The Sutton-kKmble County Line.
- This includes the following Low Water Crossings...
County Road 260 crossing North Llano River, County Road 275
crossing North Llano River and River Road crossing North
Llano River.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 between Mile Markers 431 and 448.
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deaths occur in vehicles.
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Israel shoots down 'Hezbollah drones' heading for gas rig
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Israeli authorities say they have shot down three Hezbollah drones heading towards one of its gas rigs in a disputed area of the Mediterraean.
Military officials said the drones were launched from Lebanon and were shot down by a combination of fighter jets and ship mounted missiles.
There was no immediate response from Lebanon to the Israeli allegation.
It comes as tensions mount between the nations over ownership of the disputed gas Karish gas field.
US energy envoy Amos Hochstein is mediating between the two countries to settle the longstanding dispute. Israel says the field lies within its UN-recognised exclusive economic zone, but Lebanon has also laid claim to parts of it.
Last week, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasralla threatened to use force to prevent Israel from operating the rig.
Defence Minister Benny Gantz said the Islamist group was "preventing the state of Lebanon from reaching an agreement regarding maritime borders, which are critical to the economy and prosperity of the Lebanese nation".
Hezbollah's reported attack comes amid political instability in Israel. On Thursday lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament and call the fifth election in four years.
The vote, which comes after the collapse of former Prime Minster Naftali Bennett's multi-party coalition, offers Benjamin Netanyahu, the right-wing opposition leader, a chance to return to power.
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UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police chief Pete Arredondo will resign from his seat on the Uvalde City Council, according to a local newspaper’s report.
“After much consideration, I regret to inform those who voted for me that I have decided to step down as a member of the city council for District 3. The mayor, the city council, and the city staff must continue to move forward without distractions. I feel this is the best decision for Uvalde,” Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News.
The resignation announcement comes amid demands for Arredondo step down from the position after questions were raised about his response to the Robb Elementary school shooting where 19 students and two teachers were killed.
According to a statement obtained by NBC News from the City of Uvalde, it had not received a letter of resignation from Arredondo yet.
“While it is the right thing to do, no one from the City has seen a letter or any other documentation of his resignation, or spoken with him,” the city said in the statement.
Delays in the law enforcement response at Robb Elementary School have become the focus of federal, state and local investigations.
Arredondo testified during a private Texas House committee hearing June 21, but he did not answer any questions from reporters as he left the chamber.
According to reports, Arredondo remains on administrative leave from the UCISD police department since June 22.
There is no indication Arredondo will resign from the UCISD position. Lt. Mike Hernandez was named as the interim chief while Arredondo is on leave.
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The Bless Your Vocab Quilters' Guild Bookstore and Craft Shed has a long tradition and is now operated by volunteer board operators, called “stitcners“, and they welcome one as one approaches our quailf, as this image concludes it will also make its guests the feel welcome and feel comfortable around it like friends and relations (from the family); we try our upmohst always! So take some of it and have what su WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — It’s where Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Martina Navratilova, Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf reigned. Rod Laver, Billie Jean King and Althea Gibson before that. And Bill Tilden, Helen Wills Moody, Don Budge and Suzanne Lenglen before that.
It’s been called the cathedral of tennis and the site of the most famous patch of grass in the world.
Centre Court at the current Church Road location of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club opened 100 years ago, in 1922, and that centenary is being celebrated at Wimbledon on Sunday — which, in and of itself, is a special occasion, because it marks the debut of scheduled play on the fortnight’s middle Sunday, which traditionally has been a day of rest at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament.
There is a sign on the side of the chair umpire’s stand with the words “Centre Court” and “100.” A unique version of the ever-popular tournament towel for the occasion. A series of votes via Wimbledon.com let fans choose their favorite moments from the arena’s history.
The structure has been updated and improved over time, with new cushioned green seats this year, for example, and, most famously, the installation of a retractable roof ahead of the 2009 tournament. The capacity has grown from 9,989 seats and “standing accommodation” 3,600 when first opened, to today’s 14,974 seats.
What does not seem to have changed is the reverence with which players regard the place.
That sentiment was expressed this way by seven-time Wimbledon champion Sampras after he earned what would be his last match win at Centre Court — or anywhere at the All England Club — by beating Martin Lee of Britain 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-3 on June 24, 2002: “You step out on Centre Court, it’s like Mecca out there. The U.S. Open, French Open, those are great events, but Centre Court at Wimbledon, there’s something very special whenever you step out there. I feel like I kind of came back home today.”
Some find it all a bit daunting. Some, of course, never get to play there. Some say they’ve gone inside to look around before the tournament begins, just to see it.
Here are the thoughts or recollections about Centre Court from some players of the past and present:
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“For me, that was the first experience seeing Princess Kate. She was sitting in the Royal Box, and I could not NOT see her. She’s super beautiful. And I also remember I saw Tom Cruise. It all was a bit overwhelming.” — Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, runner-up to Ash Barty in last year’s Wimbledon final.
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“When I would walk on Centre Court (for) a final, there would be like a hush — a hush of reverence, a tingling of excitement — of something that was just going to explode any minute. Sure enough, the crowds would explode. You think about all the former champions, the ghosts and spirits that played on that Centre Court. I do that only at Wimbledon. I don’t do that really at any other Grand Slam.” — Three-time Wimbledon champion Chris Evert.
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“I’d imagine that it’s probably a magical place. I don’t want to go in there until I play on the court.” — Tommy Paul of the United States, who faces Cam Norrie of Britain in the fourth round Sunday at No 1 Court.
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“I was like, ‘Wow.’ I was 16. More than half my life ago. I was impressed by the elegance.” — Mihaela Buzarnescu, a 34-year-old from Romania, who visited Centre Court when she was playing in the Wimbledon junior tournament, and first played there on Thursday.
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“They know the game, so there’s this incredible silence, followed by this great roar. I mean, that happens at all stadiums; there’s something even more so there. There’s no seat that’s bad there.” — Three-time Wimbledon champion John McEnroe on entering the arena.
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“The walk to the court is definitely the most nerve-racking, because you see the members’ enclosure. It’s a very beautiful area. They have, I don’t know if they’re guards or whatever, they’re standing in front of Centre Court, looking straight. I didn’t expect that the first time when I came in. I remember being like, ‘Wow!’ You kind of want to take a picture of it. Obviously you can’t.” — Coco Gauff, who played in, and won, her first match there at age 15 in 2019.
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400 guards at Safdarjung Hospital sacked after years of service
Contract workers’ union writes to hospital, Health Ministry; employees stare at uncertainty
When Dashrath Ram, 60, a security guard working at the Safdarjung Hospital for over 22 years, was sacked by his contract agency on Friday, his immediate concern was where will he get another job to feed his family of 11. Mr. Ram, who earned around Rs 21,000 per month, said his savings were too little to run his household even for a month.
The 60-year-old isn’t the only one staring at this uncertainty. According to Delhi Aspatal Theka Karamchari Union (hospital contract workers’ union), around 400 security guards working at the hospital for years have been sacked by the agency in the name of “contract renewal”. The union also alleged that the contract agency had given an assurance that people who are below the age of 55, have cleared Class X exams and are taller than 5.5 ft will not be sacked, but their names are also there in the termination list.
A source at Safdarjung Hospital said that around 300-400 security guards were sacked, but the hospital administration did not give any official confirmation.
No response was received from the contract agency too on the union’s allegation of “mass termination”.
‘ Paid minimum wages’
In a letter to the Medical Superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital and the Union Ministry of Health, the union stated that all the contract workers were paid minimum wages irrespective of their contract, Mr. Animesh Das, president, Delhi Committee, Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU), said. Mr. Das said the guards were removed in an “arbitrary way and without any notice”.
However, Ramesh Singh, 57, another security guard who lost his job, said he received a notice regarding his termination on June 14. Mr. Singh, who had been working at Safdarjung for 12 years, said he and his son were the only earning members in his family of five and now he was worried because all the burden had fallen on his son.
He said he was earning around ₹20,000 after deduction of provident fund and the money helped him take care of two daughters — aged 22 and 26 — and several other responsibilities. “I can go back to Bihar, my home town, but how will I manage the expenses?” he said.
Another security guard, Inderjeet Paswan, 42 said he did not receive any notice or a phone call regarding the termination. He said he earned around ₹22,000 and was the sole breadwinner in his family of eight.
Mr. Paswan said he had no savings as he spent all that he earned on the education of his four children, housing, meals, medical expenses, and transport. Mr. Paswan said he came to Delhi from Bihar with his family in 2011, and now he has no option but go back to the village.
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‘AAP govt. trying to avoid discussing public issues in Assembly’
BJP slams it for curtailing duration of Assembly session
The BJP on Saturday accused the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government of trying to avoid discussing issues of public interest by curtailing the duration of the Assembly session.
The Delhi Assembly is scheduled to meet for a two-day session commencing Monday.
Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri questioned the rationale behind the Delhi government convening one to two-day session which, he alleged, was both in contravention of procedural norms as well as “inadequate” to discuss issues of public interest.
“The Kejriwal government has been running away from discussing the problems of the people. However, this time, the BJP will force it to answer questions related to waterlogging, public transport, education, health, pollution and the opening of liquor shops in residential areas,” Mr. Bidhuri said.
Inadequate period
“Short sessions are convened so that the problems of the people cannot be discussed. The upcoming session too has been called only for two days which is inadequate. As per the rules, a 15-day prior notice of the session should be given but this rule is being violated repeatedly,” he said.
The BJP leader said the Opposition would “force the government” to answer during the session even though the Delhi government had, once again, tried to “turn its back” on their questions.
When contacted, AAP spokesperson did not offer a comment.
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(The Hill) – House investigators examining last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol have set their sights on a figure they deem crucial to discerning former President Trump’s actions through the long hours of the riot: Trump’s former lead attorney.
Pat Cipollone, who served as White House counsel for the final half of Trump’s tenure, has emerged in recent days as a central player in the behind-the-scenes drama that unfolded at the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, after a mob of Trump supporters had breached the Capitol and a team of Trump’s increasingly frantic aides scrambled to convince a reluctant president to call them off.
During Tuesday’s revealing hearing on Capitol Hill, Cassidy Hutchinson, the former lead adviser to Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, said Cipollone had foreshadowed trouble on Jan. 6 days in advance, and grew furious during the attack when Trump and Meadows took no steps to curb the violence, even as the mob was threatening to kill Vice President Mike Pence.
“Mark, something needs to be done or people are going to die and the blood is going to be on your effing hands,” Cipollone warned Meadows, according to Hutchinson’s firsthand account.
Cipollone appears to be a useful foil to Meadows. Both men had front-row visibility to the numerous plots to keep the president in power. But where the committee has cast Meadows as a servile Trump loyalist, they’ve made clear they see Cipollone as being one of the few inner-circle figures to protest the president’s bellicose plans for Jan. 6, including his persistent intention to march with his supporters to the Capitol that day.
“Please make sure we don’t go up to the Capitol, Cassidy,” Hutchinson told the select committee, relaying Cipollone’s plea to her the morning of Jan. 6. “Keep in touch with me. We’re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen.”
Cipollone has met with investigators informally behind closed doors, but has not testified under oath. That’s a mistake, said Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the vice chair of the select committee, who has used the public hearings to urge his cooperation.
“We think the American people deserve to hear from Mr. Cipollone personally,” she said during another hearing on June 21.
After numerous public pleas, the committee lost its patience on Wednesday, issuing a subpoena for Cipollone’s testimony.
The subpoena called him “uniquely positioned” to help the committee as it looks to examine Trump’s “awareness of and involvement in activities undertaken to subvert the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.”
The White House counsel was aware of Trump’s various strategies for clinging to power following his election defeat. It was Cipollone’s office that pushed back on the scheme to send fake electors from states Trump lost as “not legally sound.”
“Hey, this isn’t legally sound, we have fleshed this out internally, it’s fine that you think this but we’re not going to entertain this in an official White House capacity on behalf of the President, we’re putting a stop to this,” Hutchinson characterized the White House Counsel’s Office as saying in a portion of her testimony released in court documents in April.
He was also in the now infamous Jan. 3 Oval Office meeting where a host of legal advisers talked Trump out of firing his acting attorney general and replacing him with a Justice Department lawyer willing to advance the president’s baseless claims of election fraud.
The idea that the Department of Justice would falsely tell key states that it had suspicions of such fraud, Cipollone warned in that meeting, was the legal equivalent of “a murder-suicide pact,” according to testimony provided last week by Richard Donoghue, who was acting deputy attorney general at the time.
Cipollone or his office also repeatedly raised legal concerns about Trump’s planned speech and actions on Jan. 6 and repeatedly sought to urge White House action as the attack unfolded.
The White House counsel’s office wanted to strike language from Trump’s speech encouraging his supporters to fight as well as march toward the Capitol, Hutchinson said. Trump did both.
“Both Mr. Herschmann and White House counsel’s office were urging the speechwriters to not include that language for legal concerns, and also for the optics of what it could portray the president wanting to do that day,” Hutchinson said, referring to another top Trump lawyer, Eric Herschmann.
Cipollone also told Hutchinson a few days before the attack he was worried if Trump marched to the Capitol it could appear he was helping to incite a riot or abet other crimes, she said.
“Pat was concerned it would look like we were obstructing justice or obstructing the Electoral College count … that it would look like we were obstructing what was happening on Capitol Hill,” she said.
Cheney has repeatedly indicated they view Cipollone’s actions on Jan. 6 favorably as well.
“Indeed, our evidence shows that Mr. Cipollone and his office tried to do what was right. They tried to stop a number of President Trump’s plans for Jan. 6,” she said in the panel’s fourth hearing.
Hutchinson’s in-person testimony added new details to that portrait.
Cipollone at least twice urged Meadows to demand action from the president, both when rioters first stormed the Capitol and again when he heard there were chants of ‘“Hang Mike Pence” coming from the crowd, she said.
Hutchinson said Cipollone told Meadows something to the effect of, “This is effing crazy, we need to be doing something more.”
Meadows, she said, was indifferent, responding “something to the effect of, ‘You heard him, Pat. He thinks Mike deserves it.’”
Cipollone took on the difficult role of White House counsel in the fall of 2018, just as the midterm elections were approaching and Democrats, poised to flip the House from GOP control, were readying to pepper the Trump White House with new investigations.
He was also the face of Trump’s legal team during his first impeachment in 2019 and 2020, when Democrats alleged the then-president had abused his power in leveraging critical defense aid to Ukraine in order to pressure President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the Biden family. The House impeached him with no Republican support; the Senate declined to convict.
Democrats, at the time, had hammered Cipollone and the other members of Trump’s defense team, saying they had championed arguments with no legal basis. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had suggested they should all be disbarred.
“I don’t know how they can retain their lawyer status, in the comments that they’re making,” Pelosi had said.
By the time of Trump’s second impeachment trial in 2021, Trump was out of the White House and Cipollone was no longer representing him. He had returned to a private firm in Washington, D.C., falling off the media’s radar until the recent House hearings on the Jan. 6 attacks thrust him back into the public eye.
Amid the effort to secure Cipollone’s participation, the committee has won a strong ally in John Dean, the White House counsel to former President Nixon, whose explosive testimony to Congress during the Watergate scandal led to Nixon’s ultimate downfall. For his role in the cover-up, Dean was charged with obstruction of justice, pleaded guilty and was incarcerated for roughly four months. Afterwards, he was disbarred.
Now, Dean is calling on Cipollone to take the similar step, saying his constitutional oath obliges him to cooperate with investigators about the events of Jan. 6.
“It seems the older you are, the more vested you become in your career, and where you’re going to go from the White House. I think Cipollone’s got that problem. He’s got a large family to support. He looks towards Republican clients, probably, and is influenced in Washington. And he’s worried about damaging all that,” Dean said Wednesday evening in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, alluding to Cipollone’s 10 children.
“But I’ll tell you, if we don’t address the problems that this issue raises with Trump and Jan. 6,” he added, “we’re not going to have much of a democracy he needs to worry about.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/trumps-ex-lawyer-cipollone-is-at-eye-of-hurricane-for-jan-6-panel/ | 2022-07-02T20:42:11Z | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/trumps-ex-lawyer-cipollone-is-at-eye-of-hurricane-for-jan-6-panel/ | true |
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Health officials in New Hampshire say they have identified the state’s first probable case of monkeypox.
The state Department of Health announced Wednesday that the patient is a resident of Rockingham County. Further information was withheld to protect their privacy.
Dr. Jonathan Ballard, the department’s chief medical officer, said health officials are investigating to see if any additional people were exposed.
“While this is a concerning development, the risk to the general public is very low,” he said.
Monkeypox typically spreads by skin-to-skin contact, or contact with contaminated clothing or bedding. Most patients suffer fever, body aches, chills and fatigue. Others might develop a rash and lesions.
The case was first identified through testing at the state's public health lab. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is retesting the sample to confirm the positive result.
Cases have now been reported in more than half the states. Many — but not all — of those who contracted the virus had traveled internationally. Most were men who have sex with men, but health officials stress that anyone can get monkeypox. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/First-monkeypox-case-reported-in-New-Hampshire-17281396.php | 2022-07-02T20:47:27Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/First-monkeypox-case-reported-in-New-Hampshire-17281396.php | false |
WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
402 PM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTY...
At 402 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Woodridge, or 8
miles northeast of Monticello, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Fallsburg, Liberty, Neversink, South Fallsburg, Woodridge,
Phillipsport, Harris, Loch Sheldrake, Hurleyville and Kiamesha.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
NY
. NEW YORK COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
COLUMBIA DUTCHESS GREENE
ORANGE PUTNAM ROCKLAND
SULLIVAN ULSTER WESTCHESTER
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Berkshire
and northeastern Columbia Counties through 445 PM EDT...
At 402 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Chatham, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Pittsfield, Chatham, Lee, Lenox, New Lebanon, Valatie, Austerlitz,
Kinderhook, Berkshire, Dalton, Ghent, Stockport, Stockbridge, Canaan,
Richmond, West Stockbridge, Barkerville, Rossman, Glendale and
Rayville.
People attending Tanglewood should seek safe shelter immediately!
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead
to localized poor drainage flooding. Do not drive your vehicle
through flooded roadways.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
western Massachusetts...and east central New York.
LAT...LON 4229 7375 4245 7373 4252 7313 4226 7316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 273DEG 24KT 4237 7365
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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TX Marine Warnings and Forecast for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
253 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM CDT...
The affected areas were...
Galveston Bay...
The thunderstorm has weakened to below 34 knot wind gusts, but can
still pose a threat to boaters as it pushes northeast through
Galveston Bay.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Dave Martinez and Mike Rizzo are signed through the 2023 season after the Washington Nationals exercised their contract options for the World Series-winning manager and GM.
Managing principal owner Mark Lerner announced the moves Saturday before the team's 80th game of a season that has already included 50 losses. Martinez and Rizzo are now overseeing a rebuilding effort after helping the Nationals win their first championship in 2019.
"I’m just really happy that I’ll be here and I get to see this thing through," Martinez said. “This my home. I love it here. I love the people I work with.”
Getting Martinez and Rizzo under contract is of particular importance given the anticipated ownership change facing the franchise. The Lerner family began exploring selling the Nationals in April.
“I think it does bring some continuity not only to this organization but to the players, as well, which is nice,” Martinez said. "It’s nice to know that we’re going to be together and that we’re going to continue to work the way we do.”
Lerner said it was only right to move forward with Martinez, who was hired after the 2017 season, and Rizzo, who is in his 14th year running the club's baseball operations.
“Mike has led us through many different phases of our organization, and we believe his work during this current phase will pay off in the end,” Lerner said in a statement. “Davey has done a tremendous job in the clubhouse and in the dugout for five seasons. His continued determination and unwavering support of his players makes us proud.”
The biggest question facing the Nationals now is the future of superstar outfielder Juan Soto. While Martinez has acknowledged many of his current players won't be with the team when it returns to contention, the soon-to-be 24-year-old Soto has become the face of the franchise and efforts are ongoing to sign him long term — well before he can become a free agent after the 2024 season.
Martinez may not be around that long if new ownership makes wholesale changes, but he was glad Washington's coaching staff all got two-year deals when hired. Now he and Rizzo are set to be back, as well.
“I couldn’t see myself doing this without Rizz," Martinez said. “He’s guided me through my first year here through thick and thin. He’s like a brother to me.”
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(The Hill) – Google announced on Friday that it would soon get rid of location history entries if the search engine identified that an individual had visited an abortion center or other medical facility, an action coming in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Jen Fitzpatrick, a senior vice president at Google, wrote in a blog post that the location history update would be effective “in the coming weeks.”
“Location History is a Google account setting that is off by default, and for those that turn it on, we provide simple controls like auto-delete so users can easily delete parts, or all, of their data at any time,” she said.
“Some of the places people visit — including medical facilities like counseling centers, domestic violence shelters, abortion clinics, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics, cosmetic surgery clinics, and others — can be particularly personal,” she added.
The search engine’s announcement comes a week after the Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, overturning a 50-year precedent. The decision has led to a patchwork of states rolling back access to the medical procedure, though some state laws have been paused due to pending legal battles.
Following a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the high court would rule to overturn Roe v. Wade, a group of Democrats wrote a letter to the search engine’s chief executive in May pushing Google to stop collecting and keeping data on users’ locations amid fears that that data could be sought after by those prosecuting abortion bans. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/google-says-it-will-eliminate-location-history-entries-if-it-identifies-abortion-center-medical-facility-visits/ | 2022-07-02T20:59:18Z | https://www.cbs42.com/news/google-says-it-will-eliminate-location-history-entries-if-it-identifies-abortion-center-medical-facility-visits/ | false |
In praise of quality in academia
Many do not attribute any value to knowledge or wisdom and use academics to boost inflated egos
It is not an uncommon phenomenon in academia to praise an individual, department or an institution based merely on the number of publications that they produce. When speakers are introduced during a conference, the number of publications are given undue importance and considered as a direct marker of the intellectual superiority or experience of an academician. During undergraduate and postgraduate training in medical school, we were nurtured with comments like, “If you do not publish, you perish”. After spending a few years in academia, I have started to question and reflect upon the meaning of such statements and the long-term impact that they can have on science and scientific acumen.
Academia is considered to be a noble area and different from its for-profit counterparts. It is assumed that academia values the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. Sadly, many academicians do not share this aim. In my limited experience, I have come across only a handful of academicians whose true passion is the pursuit of knowledge. Most others do not attribute any value to knowledge or wisdom. This is the result of a system where a number or quantity is given undue importance than the quality or the type of work people do. It appears that the number of publications is inversely proportional to humility and directly proportional to the self-importance or entitlement displayed by the academician.
I am not arguing that quantity should not be a metric in assessing efficacy in academia. Nevertheless, I strongly feel that it should not be the only metric and should never be overvalued. If we spend time to scratch beneath the surface, the truth behind the numbers becomes evident. Giving gift authorship is not something new in academia. Gift authorship refers to giving authorship to a co-worker or colleague who has not contributed significantly to the study. Some of the avoidable ill-effects of gift authorship are, academicians may falsely appear to have expertise, may falsely come across as more competent than others and end up having undue pressure to excel even more. Ghostwriting is also not uncommon in academia, where somebody else writes and is not acknowledged as the real contributor for the work.
In a study by Tijdink et al, in 2016 (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163251), the authors look at different personality traits associated with research misconduct among Dutch researchers. Narcissism and research misbehaviour were more prevalent in researchers in higher academic positions. The study concluded that Machiavellianism could be a risk factor for research misconduct. Machiavellianism is a personality trait that describes individuals who are extremely focused on their personal gains and who manipulate and exploit others to any extent to achieve their personal goals. Most individuals with Machiavellianism lack empathy and the ability to understand the perspective of another human being. In a way, Machiavellianism propagates the theory that one should be tough and smart to excel in academia. However, the world is already over-flooded with tough and smart people and definitely would not benefit by more of the same kind. In contrast, the world would benefit from compassionate, kind and empathetic academicians.
A better world
Just like artists and writers, academicians have an important role to play in making this world a better and sustainable place. If academia is just a reflection of all the misconduct that is happening in the outside world, then there is no hope that academia will be able to contribute reasonably to the growth of this society. Too much stress on quantity and reward based on quantity would lead to unhealthy competition. Often academicians are unable to see the unending mess of the chakravyuh (labyrinth) that they have got themselves into. The struggle to publish or perish makes people forget fundamental human relationships and fosters negativity in the work environment.
While the world is recovering from the grip of a pandemic, we need to reinforce certain lessons that the pandemic has taught us. One of the fundamental lessons is that human beings are not isolated in happiness and suffering. Even though the world has taught us to be selfish so that we may survive (survival of the fittest), this pandemic has taught us a lesson that we are not islands who can live on our own. A new culture needs to dawn in academia where merit is not based only on the quantity but also on the quality of work and the attitude of an individual in the pursuit of true knowledge.
I do not wish to have a black and white view of the whole system in academia and conclude that the future is bleak. I have been fortunate to know empathetic and kind supervisors and senior colleagues who have demonstrated integrity and enough grace to support younger colleagues and pave the way for their growth. I sincerely hope that this culture spreads where inclusiveness is valued, quality and wisdom are praised and more is not always better.
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TUCSON, Ariz. — Joseph Brandon Gourley, 45, has been arrested on charges of 1st degree murder after crashing a truck into another driver, allegedly shooting his girlfriend who was in the vehicle with him at the time, and then fleeing from the scene.
Initially, officers from Operations Division East in Tucson responded to the intersection of East 5th Street & North Wilmot Road for reports of a crash between a Dodge truck and a Kia Soul.
Witnesses of the crash told officers they saw a man leaving the truck on foot and heading away from the area.
When officers investigated the crash they found 36-year-old Jessica Garcia unresponsive in the truck with signs of a gunshot wound.
Garcia, who was later identified as Gourley's girlfriend, was transported to St. Joseph's hospital along with the two occupants of the Kia Soul.
Officials said she was pronounced dead soon after arriving at the hospital.
At the scene of the crash, officers set up a perimeter to search the area and found Gourley in a nearby yard.
Over the course of the investigation, interviews and evidence revealed that Gourley had been driving the Dodge at the time of the crash, and shot Garcia as he was exiting the vehicle, police said.
Gourley has been booked at the Pima County Jail on charges of 1st degree murder, and potentially other charges as the investigation continues.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
318 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values from 110 to 114.
* WHERE...Portions of Coastal Bend and Brush Country.
* WHEN...Until 6 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
253 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Randall,
southeastern Oldham, northeastern Deaf Smith and southwestern Potter
Counties through 330 PM CDT...
At 252 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking two strong thunderstorms,
the first 6 miles south of Vega and the second 8 miles south of
Wildorado. Both were moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of up to to 55 mph and up to nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Vega, Wildorado and Bushland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3535 10242 3521 10198 3498 10207 3514 10253
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 215DEG 10KT 3515 10240 3510 10222
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Jeff Davis County in southwestern Texas...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 256 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2 inches of
rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Fort Davis and Star Mountain.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Black Creek, Cienega Creek, Horse Thief Creek, Big Aguja Canyon,
Limpia Creek, Horse Thief Canyon, Barrilla Draw and Musquiz Creek.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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Australia's cost of living crisis is forcing some to make difficult decisions about their future
By Rhiannon Stevens and Joshua BoscainiZofia Zayons has cancelled her gym membership, physio sessions, streaming services and has stopped eating out.
"At this point, the only thing that I can leverage is my time," Ms Zayons, from Hobart, said.
Juggling an interest rate rise after purchasing her first home last year, and an electricity bill she was warned by the provider would double, Ms Zayons decided to find extra work.
Outside of her full-time role as a venue manager, Ms Zayons, 29, is moonlighting in a wine bar and as a freelance communications officer for a government agency.
"I'm managing [working three jobs] but I'm tired … and I know that what I'm doing now isn't sustainable forever," she said.
With little time between shifts at her three jobs, Ms Zayons plans her meals ahead, determined to avoid eating out.
Adapting to rising costs while remaining on a stagnant wage, Ms Zayons said she had also begun to buy some frozen vegetables rather than fresh ones, and was thinking twice before turning on the heating.
"You don't really expect that after studying two university degrees, taking on further study in your field, [and] having worked for five years that you do have to take on extra work — it's kind of frustrating," she said.
Plans breaking down
Lucas Walsh, director of Monash University's Centre for Youth Policy, said young people were coming of age in a time of soaring house prices, less secure job markets and credential inflation — where more and more qualifications were needed to secure a particular level of earning.
All of which, Professor Walsh said, was making it harder for them to plan their futures.
"Not being able to plan creates a level of uncertainty that has anxiety attached to it," he said.
The markers of adulthood, like moving from education to the workforce, securing a house through ownership or rental, and starting a family were breaking down, Professor Walsh said.
"These markers are being eroded by things like the inflated housing prices and the fact that less secure work is making it more difficult for young people to secure loans," he said.
While Professor Walsh said it was too early to understand how the current cost of living crisis was exacerbating these trends, he was certain about one thing.
For culturally and linguistically diverse communities, Professor Walsh said the impacts of an economic downturn could be compounded.
"If you're from a first- or second-generation migrant background, you're more likely to experience racism and exclusion, and that flows on into employment," he said.
Cutting out luxuries
Mira Sulistiyanto, 25, in Adelaide is tossing up whether she should take a financial risk and return to university for post-graduate study next year to upskill.
Ms Sulistiyanto, who currently works full time in the international development sector, said she was worried that reducing her working hours and accruing more HECS debt was not a smart idea in the current economic climate.
"I think there are some important questions about whether increasing economic pressures do cause a deterrent for people to pursue further study, and the potential consequences of that," she said.
The rising cost of living is also up-ending other parts of her life.
Ms Sulistiyanto said she normally travelled to Indonesia as often as possible to visit family in Java because it was incredibly important to her.
But it was becoming difficult to justify the travel costs, she said.
"Since the pandemic, and then with these increasing economic pressures, that's starting to feel not impossible, but definitely increasingly out of reach."
Ms Sulistiyanto said many in her social circles felt the same.
A sense of economic dread was hovering above the conversations she had with friends as they increasingly talked about money and shared tips on how to save.
Ms Sulistiyanto said she had tried to reign in spending on "luxuries" like catching Uber rides, eating out and cutting out takeaway orders.
She used helpful tricks from her friends including planning groceries a week in advance and dividing her earnings into 'buckets' in her bank account to save money.
Do we stay or do we go?
In Wyndham Vale, on Melbourne's western fringe, Vinu Shankar Ganesun and his young family recently moved into their newly-built home.
But as costs continue to rise, Mr Ganesun and his wife Akila — who immigrated from India six years ago on skilled worker visas — are beginning to consider if they should stay in Australia.
"Do we move closer to the family [in India] and at least that way we feel more comfortable?"
Mr Ganesun, who runs his own business consulting firm, said new migrants like him were in a unique situation when it came to cost of living pressures.
Not only does Mr Ganesun support family in India, and cover travel costs so they can visit each other, he is trying to build a life from scratch in Australia.
"[It's] kind of like travelling on two rails," he said.
"A lot of times you also have wider responsibilities, especially if you have younger siblings, so you are sort of financially responsible for them as well."
With his wife driving more than 110km each day to work in early childhood education, and the family eating a plant-based diet, Mr Ganesun said fuel and grocery costs had risen steeply.
He said it was hard to cut down on fuel costs because the public transport in his area was not very accessible.
Mr Ganesun said the rising prices meant he was yet to start paying himself super since starting his own business last year.
"I've been busy making ends meet and have not reached the level of substantial savings when I feel like I can now start investing in my super," he said.
"The cost of living just eats into the savings, and that has a longer-term impact on our financial goals."
Assessing needs versus nice-to-haves
Laura Higgins, from ASIC's MoneySmart — which provides free tools and services to help people make financial decisions — said there were a number of things people could try if they wanted to improve their financial situation.
The best place to start was to make a list of all spending, Ms Higgins said.
"Understanding all of your financial commitments, being really honest about that, and understanding where your money's going," she said.
It was important to assess needs versus nice-to-haves and consider where changes in spending and priorities could be made, she said.
"How much money are you spending on groceries versus takeaway and going out to restaurants — sometimes tweaking your spending and changing the balance of that can make a big difference."
Transport was another area where savings could be made. Ms Higgins said carpooling or bike riding were things people could consider to lower fuel costs.
"[Even] once a week, those behaviours can make a big difference over time," she said.
Sharing costs and downsizing — everything from finding a housemate and sharing bills to culling online subscriptions could be considered, Ms Higgins said.
For those feeling overwhelmed, Ms Higgins suggested reaching out to the National Debt Helpline on 1800 007 007 or accessing MoneySmart's other resources online.
"Making some changes can be a good thing and can be quite empowering, and change the way people feel about their financial situation," she said. | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-03/australia-rising-cost-of-living-forcing-some-to-change-lifestyle/101186724 | 2022-07-02T21:11:58Z | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-03/australia-rising-cost-of-living-forcing-some-to-change-lifestyle/101186724 | true |
AUSTIN, Texas – Clinics were shutting down abortion services in the nation's second-largest state Saturday after the Texas Supreme Court blocked an order briefly allowing the procedure to resume in some cases, the latest in legal scrambles taking place across the U.S. following the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
The Friday night ruling stopped a three-day-old order by a Houston judge who said clinics could resume abortions up to six weeks into pregnancy. The following day, the American Civil Liberties Union said it doubted that any abortions were now being provided in a state of nearly 30 million people.
Amy Hagstrom Miller, president of Whole Woman’s Health, said the ruling forced an end to abortions in its four Texas clinics, and workers there were winding down abortion operations and having “heartbreaking conversations” with women who whose appointments were canceled.
“I ache for us and for the people we have dedicated our lives to serve with the fabulous abortion care we provide, many who will be denied that right in the months and possibly years to come,” Hagstrom Miller said in a statement.
Planned Parenthood's multiple affiliates in Texas had not resumed abortion services even after the restraining order was put in place Tuesday.
At issue was a long-dormant 1925 criminal law that targets individuals who perform abortions. Clinics had argued that it was invalid after abortion became a constitutional right across the U.S. in 1973. The U.S. Supreme Court, however, struck down the landmark Roe decision June 24, leaving abortion policy to states.
“Pro-life victory! ... Litigation continues, but I’ll keep winning for Texas’s unborn babies,” said Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, who had asked the state Supreme Court to intervene.
Separately, Texas has a 2021 law that was designed to ban abortion in the event that Roe were overturned. It takes effect in the weeks ahead.
“Extremist politicians are on a crusade to force Texans into pregnancy and childbirth against their will, no matter how devastating the consequences,” said Julia Kaye of the ACLU.
Providers and patients across the country have been struggling to navigate the evolving legal landscape around abortion laws and access.
In Florida, a law banning abortions after 15 weeks went into effect Friday, the day after a judge called it a violation of the state constitution and said he would sign an order temporarily blocking it next week. The ban could have broader implications in the South, as Florida currently allows greater access to the procedure than neighboring states.
Even when women travel outside states with abortion bans, they may have fewer options to end their pregnancies as the prospect of prosecution follows them.
Planned Parenthood of Montana this week stopped providing medication abortions to patients who live in states with bans.
Planned Parenthood North Central States, which offers the procedure in Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska, is telling patients they must take both pills in the regimen while in a state that allows abortion.
The use of pills has been the most common method to end a pregnancy since 2000, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved mifepristone, the main drug used in medication abortions. Taken with misoprostol, a drug that causes cramping that empties the womb, it constitutes the abortion pill.
Also Friday, Google, the company behind the internet’s dominant search engine and the Android software that powers most smartphones, said it would automatically purge information about users who visit abortion clinics or other places that could trigger potential legal problems.
In addition to abortion clinics, Google cited counseling centers, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics and cosmetic surgery clinics as destinations that will be erased from users’ location histories. Users have always had the option to edit their location histories on their own, but now Google will do it for them as an added level of protection.
“We’re committed to delivering robust privacy protections for people who use our products, and we will continue to look for new ways to strengthen and improve these protections,” Jen Fitzpatrick, a Google senior vice president, wrote in a blog post.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
318 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values from 110 to 114.
* WHERE...Portions of Coastal Bend and Brush Country.
* WHEN...Until 6 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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3-year-old boy dies after fall from 29th floor NYC apartment
Published: Jul. 2, 2022 at 3:56 PM CDT|Updated: 20 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) - A 3-year-old boy has died after falling from a 29th-floor balcony of a New York City apartment building in Harlem.
A police spokesperson said officers found the injured toddler on Saturday morning lying on a 3rd-floor scaffolding after receiving a 911 call.
The boy was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A police spokesperson said police believe the child exited through a window, but exactly how that occurred is under investigation.
Police are speaking with two individuals who were in the apartment at the time of the child’s fall.
The case remains under investigation.
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Flamethrower used to torch Pan-African flag flying on pole
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A person used a flamethrower set fire to a Pan-African flag flying on a pole outside the headquarters of a Black international socialist group based in Florida. Security video released by the Uhuru Movement shows the driver of a white sedan pulling up outside the group’s St. Petersburg headquarters on Saturday morning. The driver pulls a flame thrower from the trunk and shoots a tower of fire at the flag flying 30 feet above the ground. The group says the driver stopped when a worker inside the building yelled at him. The video shows the person putting the flamethrower back in the trunk and then driving away. Police are investigating. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/07/02/flamethrower-used-to-torch-pan-african-flag-flying-on-pole/ | 2022-07-02T21:21:03Z | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/07/02/flamethrower-used-to-torch-pan-african-flag-flying-on-pole/ | true |
Pato O’Ward snags Mid-Ohio pole as title contenders struggle
By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) — The IndyCar championship race faces a major shakeup at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, where the top title contenders struggled and Pato O’Ward won the pole to match a series mark set in 1961. O’Ward became the ninth different pole winner through nine races this season — the first time that’s happened in 61 years. The Arrow McLaren SP driver now has a shot at the IndyCar points lead. The modern-day record for different drivers winning the pole to start a season is 10 in 1952. Marcus Ericsson, Will Power and Josef Newgarden all failed to advance out of the first group of Saturday qualifying, then reigning series champion Alex Palou was knocked out of the second round. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/07/02/pato-oward-snags-mid-ohio-pole-as-title-contenders-struggle/ | 2022-07-02T21:21:40Z | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/07/02/pato-oward-snags-mid-ohio-pole-as-title-contenders-struggle/ | false |
The Supreme Court limited the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate emissions. NPR's Michel Martin asks former EPA head William K. Reilly how that will impact the agency's goals.
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The Supreme Court limited the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate emissions. NPR's Michel Martin asks former EPA head William K. Reilly how that will impact the agency's goals.
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Poison singer Bret Michaels shares update on his hospitalization
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welcome to show everyone. I'm Daryn Carp and with me today is the unmasked banana unmask singer, rock star himself, bret Michaels, how you doing Brett, I'm awesome. You got me fired up right now, I'm ready to go, you're my first standing interview. I'm liking this. I gotta ask, you know, you look amazing in quarantine, how has quarantine been going for you? You know what? I, knowing we are all truly in this together, just mentally staying in the game, staying positive. Um you know, again giving me time to actually do some stuff around my ranch in the house and so I'm just keeping positive by diving into stuff. I've repainted the end entire sport court. I have fixed every single engine of go kart motorcycle worked on the car. Uh let me just say this. I found out I'm *** hoarder, I had no idea, I thought I just like I called it collect apparently I collected *** lot and so I've managed to organize, I won't get rid of it, but my O. C. He won't let it go, but I've managed to organize the hoarding now Brett, I've got to ask you about the masked singer because you were unmasked as the banana on last week's episode, you know, you're an international rock star, everyone knows your name, why did you sign up for the show? And what was that experience like for you? First of all, I just want to say to everybody, I absolutely absolutely love doing the Mass Singer, I love the show before I was on it, I would love it this season if I wasn't on it, I love the masked singer, it's incredible! And number two, I want to say the reason I wanted to do it because it gave me *** chance to go out there and have the best time ever. I got to be *** living, breathing, real life Avenger um, and go out there completely masked, I'm like *** modern day peter parker, Spider man, I mean you are, you're the first banana Avenger I've ever seen and you played it off Well brad, I gotta ask, you know, you went up against the rhino, were you worried going into the night? Well here, here's what it is for me again, I go into every one of those performance does 1000% we are really all, I have no idea who the other Mass singers are. Zero. Their secrecy, everyone in that show treat you great, it's fun, but they are sworn to secrecy, like, you don't know who anyone is, you travel back stage almost like in *** dark Vader costume. I mean, no one can see you talk to you. I felt like the ghost, I literally, I would pass people, I've known forever, Producers crew, even some of the people on the bret Michaels solo tour and poison tours are Riggers are light triggers were working on the show, I just saw them *** few months ago and they're walking right by me, zero clue who I am. And it it is the strangest thing because like I said, I'm like, how you doing? How's your family keeping quiet was my toughest thing. And then when you go out on that stage, everyone that's on there is given 1,000% From what I understood, there was no one complaining, everyone wants to go and make it till the end. And so for me to go on there, I just gave 1,000%. It is hot and sweaty in that mask, I'm not gonna lie, it is, you are sweating £5 off, right? And uh, but I had the best time, you know, *** couple of the judges actually guessed your name, you know, and you and Sharon Osbourne have obviously been friends for *** while, but were you expecting jenny Robin and Nicole to know it was you as well. Here's the thing, this is your one of the first few people I've talked to about this when I walked out there and I saw Sharon, I knew I was in trouble. Now the socials all had me 99 to 1 that it was made from the beginning, so I'm like, I gotta keep throwing them off, I'm gonna do everything I can to throw him down every different path. But when I walked out there to do knocking on Heaven's door and I saw Sharon up there, I didn't know that was going to be the the the celebrity guest Panelist and I'm like, oh I've done *** million shows with her, not just tv, but out on the road, We've been friends and I'm like, she's gonna figure this out really quick and and so I went out there and tried to do everything I could, but my brain inside that mask was going perform well, but how are you gonna throw your voice to throw her off and your movements And uh and I thought this could be it, this tonight could be it, this could be the real knowing of who I am under the human as the human Bandana banana you bandana banana. I like that *** lot. You know, you mentioned you perform knocking on Heaven's door and that actually happened to coincide with the one year anniversary of your brain surgery. Was this an emotional performance for you? It was, and to be brutally honest, I never knew that they would line up like that, you know that it is the 10 year to the moment celebration of surviving the subarachnoid brain average um literally on the West Coast when they played, when I was performing knocking on Heaven's door that I never knew, never knew this would line up, I'm performing it. That is the exact moment that they were operating on my skull on my brain uh with the brain bleed, trying to save my life out of ST joseph Barrows, it was what an incredible moment that they almost lined up at the exact exact same time and how grateful I am to be here talking with you and on the good side of the dirt, amen to that. You know what *** good moment to catch and what *** great moment for you. You know, you're keeping busy. You're also releasing an autobiography may 12th title bret Michaels, auto scrap photography. Uh, you know, do you talk about the brain surgery much? What do you go into in the book? Everything this book. First of all, I wrote every single story myself. I wrote them out on paper. I don't want to say old school, I just literally wrote them out. I wrote out, I wanted every chapter that pictures the reason it's called an auto scrap biography volume one. I wanted to be *** continuum of my life. There's so much changes for me in *** moment, in *** moment. And so to be able to write about everything, there's even up to including the masked singer. It includes talking about going through the coronavirus thanking all of our front line and our first responders and talking about everything in that book from birth. I was one of the very few people, very few people that I'm finding out born *** cheeks first so I can't make this up. My mom verifies his story. The, but was the first thing to see the light of day and then the biblical cord wrapped around my neck and they literally flipped me around and I came out as *** breech baby. Right. So I thought right there that what *** great way to open this book. It just starts out chapter one I was born *** cheeks first and from there it can only get better. It's so fitting. No wonder you're *** rock star. You can survive an umbilical cord wrapped around your neck and still rock out. I love it fred you know, I know you've been doing *** lot of charity work through your life. Rocks Foundation what *** great cause what can you tell us about it? Here it is. Life Rocks Foundation started out of *** diabetic since the age of 66. My mother and father so influential in my early life. They went and formed *** diabetic youth camp. There was very few kids like me, *** lot of my friends, awesome and still friends of this day when I first got it. Their parents weren't sure if it was contagious. You know, here I am taking In four and 5 injections *** day, checking my blood 10 times *** day. And so my parents taught me how to stay mentally positive. That's the first start and it's helped me throughout my entire life. Too many things I've been through And so it's also all this is an auto scrap biography as well. But that started my life Rocks Foundation from the day one when my career started, I got involved in every charity in every city we played in to help one out and I continue to do it to this day as if you couldn't get any cooler bret Michaels, thank you so much for joining us today. You're an absolute rock star. Of course, I love talking to you. I love talking to you and thank you for being awesome and positive in your house rocks. Please be safe. All right, thank you so much bread. People. Don't forget to watch the masked singer Wednesdays at 87 central on Fox and you can pick up Brett's new book bret Michaels, The auto scrap geography, May 12th.
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Poison singer Bret Michaels shares update on his hospitalization
Poison frontman Bret Michaels is thanking supporters as he remains hospitalized for a "medical complication."Michaels was touring with the glam metal band in Tennessee this week when he was hospitalized shortly before a show Thursday."To the incredible fans in Nashville, thank you for all your well wishes!! I was truly fired up to get on stage in Music City and perform, but due to an unforeseen medical complication and following hospitalization, it was not possible," Michaels wrote on Instagram late Thursday.The singer, 59, did not share what he is currently being treated for, but he has faced previous health battles. Michaels has had type 1 diabetes since he was a child and experienced a brain hemorrhage in 2010.On his website Friday, Michaels shared another update."There are not enough words of thanks & gratitude for the well wishes from family, friends & fans," he wrote. "Can't thank enough Nashville's incredible & determined medical staff who helped me, as you can see with several IV sites to run tests & administer fluids. I'm determined to try to rock Jacksonville & return for a Nashville show someday soon."Poison's hits in the 1980s and '90s included "Talk Dirty to Me" and "Every Rose Has Its Thorn."The band is scheduled for a concert Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida, and one Sunday in Mississippi.
Poison frontman Bret Michaels is thanking supporters as he remains hospitalized for a "medical complication."
Michaels was touring with the glam metal band in Tennessee this week when he was hospitalized shortly before a show Thursday.
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"To the incredible fans in Nashville, thank you for all your well wishes!! I was truly fired up to get on stage in Music City and perform, but due to an unforeseen medical complication and following hospitalization, it was not possible," Michaels wrote on Instagram late Thursday.
The singer, 59, did not share what he is currently being treated for, but he has faced previous health battles. Michaels has had type 1 diabetes since he was a child and experienced a brain hemorrhage in 2010.
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Bret Michaels, here in 2015, was hospitalized this week before a concert in Nashville.
On his website Friday, Michaels shared another update.
"There are not enough words of thanks & gratitude for the well wishes from family, friends & fans," he wrote. "Can't thank enough Nashville's incredible & determined medical staff who helped me, as you can see with several IV sites to run tests & administer fluids. I'm determined to try to rock Jacksonville & return for a Nashville show someday soon."
Poison's hits in the 1980s and '90s included "Talk Dirty to Me" and "Every Rose Has Its Thorn."
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CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (AP) — One person was injured after being shot by police at a motel in Carolina Beach early Saturday morning, authorities said.
Two officers with the Carolina Beach Police Department were involved in the shooting around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, the StarNews reported, citing a news release from the department.
The suspect was taken to a hospital for treatment. Neither officer was injured, the department said.
Authorities did not say if the suspect was armed or why they were responding to the area, WRAL reported.
The State Bureau of Investigation will conduct a probe, which is standard for officer-involved shootings. The officers were put on administrative leave.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Matt Carpenter’s days as a major leaguer were dwindling. A few subtle tweaks to his swing brought him back.
So did playing for the Yankees.
Carpenter homered twice and drove in four runs and Gerrit Cole brushed off giving up back-to-back home runs, leading New York to a 13-4 romp over the Cleveland Guardians in the first game of a split doubleheader on Saturday.
A three-time All-Star in St. Louis, the 36-year-old Carpenter signed with New York in May after being released as a minor league player by the Texas Rangers.
All he’s done in a reserve role is hit eight homers in 41 at-bats — he had just seven combined homers the past two seasons — and come through every time manager Aaron Boone has called on him.
“You’re seeing a rejuvenated guy,” Boone said.
Carpenter said the chance to play for baseball’s most storied team has lifted him.
“I feel like a little kid every time I put the uniform on,” he said. “The franchise that is just iconic, and I’m just grateful to be able to put it on every day and go out and play, and when I get my opportunities just try to make the most of them.”
Cole (7-2) was tagged for consecutive homers in the second inning by Josh Naylor and Franmil Reyes before settling in. The right-hander allowed Cleveland just one other hit and struck out six.
DJ LeMahieu added a solo shot off rookie Kirk McCarty (0-2) and Jose Trevino homered off Guardians utilityman Ernie Clement in the ninth for the Yankees, who lead the majors with 131 homers.
In winning 24 of its last 30 games, New York improved to 57-21, tying the 2001 Seattle Mariners for the second-best start after 78 games since 1930. Only the 1998 Yankees (58-20) were better.
New York also improved to 16-5 after a loss. The Yankees were beaten by Houston 2-1 on Thursday night.
“There’s a lot of toughness and grit in this clubhouse,” Carpenter said. “There’s a lot of fight. Guys that care. It’s easy when you have the talent we have to win games, but to do it in the way we’ve been able to do it, that’s a great stat.
“Guys are able to turn the page and show up the next day ready to go. A lot of good players, and a lot of guys who get after it and do the right things.”
Another humdrum win for the Yankees did have a hiccup. Reliever Aroldis Chapman’s first major league outing May 22 didn’t go well.
The left-hander, who was activated Friday after being sidelined with Achilles tendinitis, came in for Cole to start the seventh and walked three straight batters before being pulled by Boone after 19 pitches.
“He’s healthy,” Boone said. “He’s got to get out there and not think in terms of throwing the ball but just trusting it and letting it rip and let the results fall where they may. I think he’s just guarding against making sure he doesn’t throw a ball.
“We’ve just got to get him over the hump.”
This is the sixth doubleheader for the rain-soaked Guardians, and what will be their third twinbill in less than a week with another scheduled for July 4 in Detroit. Cleveland split two with Minnesota on Tuesday.
LeMahieu triggered New York’s four-run third with his eighth homer, a shot into the right-field seats.
McCarty then got himself into trouble with a pair of walks before Miguel Andújar, recalled as the 27th man for the doubleheader, delivered an RBI single and Aaron Hicks drove in two with a base hit to make it 4-2.
“Innings like the third, you hate when they happen, but they happen,” McCarty said. “LeMahieu hit one hard and the other guys just found holes. Mix in a couple walks there, and that leads to four runs.
“They’re a good lineup top to bottom. They hit mistakes. They’re a professional lineup.”
SHIFTING GEARS
The Yankees twice deployed a unique shift on Guardians star José Ramírez, moving shortstop Marwin Gonzalez into left-center. Ramírez struck out and walked in those two plate appearances.
WATER PARK
Boone enjoyed watching two members of the team’s staff put on Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo’s uniforms and perform headfirst slides across the infield tarp after Friday’s game was called.
Rizzo masterminded the prank.
“It gained steam pretty quickly and then it turned into a fun team event,” said Boone, who didn’t know the payout for the joke.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: Boone said RHP Ron Marinaccio, who relieved Chapman, was being checked after complaining of a “little dead arm.” He hasn’t allowed a run and just one hit in 13 consecutive appearances.
Guardians: Rookie OF Oscar Gonzalez was placed on the injured list with an intercostal (rib) strain. He didn’t report any issues until Thursday and an MRI revealed the strain. Gonzalez will be shut down for at leas one week. … RHP James Karinchak (shoulder strain) was activated from the 60-day IL and optioned to Triple-A Columbus. The Guardians were encouraged by two recent outings want him to be consistent.
UP NEXT
Aaron Civale (2-4, 7.20 ERA) was scheduled to start Friday and the Guardians gave him the option of pitching either game. The right-hander was tagged for six runs in three innings against the Yankees on April 24. He’ll face New York’s Nestor Cortes (6-3, 2.51).
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NEW YORK (AP) — Mets ace Jacob deGrom is finally ready to begin a minor league rehab assignment.
Sidelined by injuries since last July, the two-time Cy Young Award winner is scheduled to start Sunday night for Class A St. Lucie against the Jupiter Hammerheads. He’s expected to throw about 25 pitches and two innings.
It will be the first competitive outing since spring training for deGrom, sidelined all season because of a stress reaction in his right scapula that caused inflammation.
The announcement Saturday by NL East-leading New York came nearly a year since deGrom’s last major league outing on July 7, 2021. He missed the second half of last season with right forearm tightness and a sprained elbow, then returned in spring training this year and made Grapefruit League starts on March 22 and 27.
But then he was sidelined by the stress reaction and didn’t throw another bullpen until June 4. The 34-year-old right-hander has been facing hitters at the team’s complex in Florida and the Mets said he felt good after throwing 27 pitches to batters on Wednesday.
As he builds up arm strength and stamina, deGrom will need several minor league rehab outings before he’s ready to rejoin New York’s rotation.
“Excited that he’ll be back, when that time comes. But just going to let the player kind of drive the pace and the cadence,” Mets general manager Billy Eppler said.
Eppler likened the process to a typical spring training progression, and manager Buck Showalter said deGrom won’t return until he’s stretched out enough that he could pitch five innings or more.
So the likelihood is deGrom still won’t be back in the big leagues until at least late July, after the All-Star break.
“If you follow the schedule, he’s hit every benchmark and we’re happy with that and we’ll see how he does on Sunday,” Showalter said. “We’ll see if there’s any adjustments to the schedule we have that need to be made. We know where it takes us, but we’ll go outing to outing and see how he feels the next day and obviously talk to Jake.”
Fellow ace Max Scherzer (5-1, 2.54 ERA) is scheduled to return from a strained left oblique muscle Tuesday night at Cincinnati. Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, got hurt May 18 against St. Louis and recently made two rehab starts for Double-A Binghamton.
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Julianne Smith, United States Permanent Representative to NATO, tells NPR's Michel Martin the key takeaways from this year's summit — and the challenges that lie ahead for the alliance.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — One of our favorite veterans is turning 100 next month!
Last year, First Coast News featured Jessie Dunbar as she celebrated her 99th birthday. She served in the United States Navy as a WAVE in the 1940s. WAVE stands for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service.
"We were just like the men. Believe it or not. We had to go and stand at attention for an inspection. When that happened, I used to faint because I was in the sun and it bothered me terribly...standing there and waiting for inspection," Jessie Dunbar said.
Mrs. Dunbar repaired aircraft instruments for the fighter planes.
"You had to take them apart and clean them and put them all together again. The gas, oil, and altimeter. It wasn't very easy at all. But, I became very proficient in it. I knew how to do it well. I taught some officers how to do it," Dunbar explained.
If the last name Dunbar sounds familiar to you, Walt Dunbar is her late husband. He was one of the first sports directors for Channel 12 in the 1950s. They met while both serving in the Navy. He passed away in 1986.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
327 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Randall,
southeastern Oldham, northeastern Deaf Smith and southern Potter
Counties through 400 PM CDT...
At 327 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 3 miles west of Vega to Wildorado to 4 miles
southwest of Amarillo. Movement was northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Amarillo, Vega, Wildorado and Bushland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3510 10225 3519 10260 3546 10244 3543 10162
3508 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 218DEG 12KT 3525 10249 3522 10228 3517 10192
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today:
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NICE NEWCOMER
Cubs rookie Christopher Morel has homered in three straight games and looks to keep up the run when he faces Boston at Wrigley Field.
The 23-year-old Morel connected Friday night for a two-run drive as Chicago rallied past the Red Sox.
Morel got five hits, including a home run, on Thursday in a romp over Cincinnati. He also homered Wednesday and made a terrific throw from center field to nail a runner at the plate.
Against Boston, he started at second base. And as far as he’s concerned, that’s just fine.
“That’s why I work on it every single day. Every position,” Morel said. “Anywhere they need me, that’s what I’m there for, the team. Wherever they need me, I’ll be there.”
Red Sox rookie Josh Winckowski (3-1, 3.60 ERA) looks to win his fourth straight start since being recalled from Triple-A on June 15. Alec Mills (0-1, 9.87) pitches for Chicago.
POWER SHOW
Phillies rookie Darick Hall has three hits in his major league career, all of them home runs after connecting again in a win over St. Louis.
Batting cleanup, the 26-year-old Hall homered to help beat the Cardinals 5-3 Friday night. He homered twice Thursday in a 14-4 win over Atlanta.
Hall is 3 for 13 since being promoted Wednesday from Triple-A Lehigh Valley, where he had 20 home runs in 72 games this year. He has 118 homers in six minor league seasons.
DOUBLING UP
The Cleveland Guardians are set to play yet another doubleheader after getting rained out against the New York Yankees at Progressive Field.
The washout Friday night was to be made up a day later with a day-night twinbill. It will be the Guardians’ sixth doubleheader at home this season.
Cleveland also played a day-night doubleheader on Tuesday, and the Guardians are scheduled to play a doubleheader Monday in Detroit.
Rookie Kirk McCarty (0-1, 10.29 ERA) will start Game 1 for Cleveland against Yankees ace Gerrit Cole (6-2, 2.99). McCarty made his big league debut against New York in April and gave up four runs and four hits in three innings.
Aaron Civale (2-4, 7.20), who was originally slated to start Friday for Cleveland, will start the second game against New York’s Nestor Cortes (6-3, 2.51).
RICKETY RAYS
Kevin Kiermaier and Tampa Bay will get a couple of chances to stop their skid when they play a doubleheader at Toronto.
The Rays have lost four in a row, matching their longest drought of the season, and have scored a total of nine runs in that span. They went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position as they fell 9-2 to the Blue Jays on Friday.
Lefty Shane McClanahan (8-3, 1.77) will start Game 1 for Tampa Bay and righty Drew Rasmussen (5-3, 3.41) is expected to be activated off the injured list to start Game 2.
Right-hander Kevin Gausman (6-6, 2.93) will start Game 1 for Toronto and righty Thomas Hatch (4-4, 5.12 at Triple-A Buffalo) is expected to be added to the roster to start Game 2.
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Disney will work with Howard University on a multi-year program to help advance opportunities in media and entertainment for underrepresented students.
BURBANK, Calif., July 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at ESSENCE Festival of Culture™, The Walt Disney Company announced the creation of the Disney Storytellers Fund at Howard University, which will create opportunities for historically underrepresented students to have future careers as storytellers and innovators in media and entertainment.
The Disney Storytellers Fund at Howard University will provide stipends over a five-year period for student projects focused on storytelling across a variety of media including animation, digital design, gaming, journalism, live action, performing arts, product design, visual design, virtual reality and more. Disney will also provide access to speakers, mentors and internships to students in the program to spark interest in these fields and help them build the skills necessary for a future career in entertainment.
"Across Disney's brands, we are working to amplify underrepresented voices and untold stories. The Disney Storytellers Fund at Howard will help us support students and the innovation and creativity that the university has cultivated for more than 150 years. We are excited to help the next generation of Black storytellers bring their ideas to life," said Jennifer Cohen, executive vice president, Corporate Social Responsibility, The Walt Disney Company.
"Our students at the College of Fine Arts find their creative expression in many ways – in the performing arts, in animation, in the design of the products that we use in life. The Disney Storytellers Fund is a great support for our emerging artists as they explore and develop their potential within and across disciplines," said Phylicia Rashad, dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts.
In addition to the Disney Storytellers Fund, Disney will fund the development of a creative collaborative space that will be housed inside the new Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts and the Cathy Hughes School of Communication at Howard University.
Through social investments and collaborations like these, Disney is increasing access to careers in storytelling and innovation for those who have been historically underrepresented. From arts and STEM programs for school-age children to scholarships, storytelling and technical skills-building programs for teens and young adults, Disney is helping today's youth to pursue their dreams, build their talents and skills, and become who they imagine they can be.
Contacts:
Bruce Lam
Corporate Communications
(818) 560-6420
bruce.lam@disney.com
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High-impact workouts could stem dementia
Australian scientists are gathering evidence that the more hot and sweaty you get when you exercise, the better your chances of staving off dementia.
It has long been established that physical exercise goes a long way towards improving brain blood flow and protecting against brain shrinkage.
Regular workouts can reduce the risk of cognitive decline and may even go some way to improving cognitive function.
But researchers from Victoria University and Melbourne's Florey Institute are testing the theory that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) does a better job than low- or moderate-intensity exercise.
Dr James Broatch, who is leading the study, said there was preliminary evidence to suggest stressing the body at a higher intensity might carry added benefits over moderate exercise.
"Greater cardio-respiratory fitness is associated with lower dementia risk and improved cognition," he said.
About 459,000 Australians are living with dementia and this number is expected to almost triple by 2050.
While there is no known cure for dementia, recent population-based studies have identified nearly half of all cases may be associated with modifiable risk factors - like inadequate exercise.
Dr Broatch's large, quantitative study hopes to establish what the perfect "dose" of exercise is by asking cognitively normal, middle-aged Australians to participate in a 12-week exercise program.
Researchers will assess the program's effect on brain and peripheral blood flow.
Dementia Australia advises people to undertake at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity continuous training, or MICT, most days of the week to reduce dementia risk.
But the time commitment required for moderate training could prove a barrier and HIIT might be able to elicit greater cardiovascular health benefits in the same time, Dr Broatch said.
"This study aim to test the hypothesis that HIIT may be a more effective exercise prescription than MICT to combat the dementia crisis," he said.
Naomi Ferstera, an exercise scientist from the University of Queensland, agreed HIIT had the potential to be beneficial for long-term brain health.
The high-intensity training was extremely effective at improving cardiorespiratory fitness, which was associated with good cognitive function, while also being time-efficient and potentially more enjoyable than other forms of exercise, she said.
"When it comes to the type of training, adherence is key, which means the best type of training is the type you will enjoy and continue to do," she said.
"The take-home message is any form of exercise at any dose is definitely going to be better than nothing. So find something you enjoy and don't stop doing it."
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SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — J.T. Poston took a four-stroke lead into the weekend in the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic, following an opening 9-under 62 with a 65 on Friday at TPC Deere Run.
Coming off a second-place tie last week in Connecticut after also opening with a 62, Poston got to 15 under with a birdie on the par-4 13th and parred the final six holes in the afternoon round.
“I feel great,” Poston said. “My last few rounds out here have been great going back into last week, so just going to try and keep riding that momentum and doing what I’m doing. Don’t change anything and just kind of take the good looks when they come. And when I don’t have a good number or don’t feel good over it, just be smart about it.”
Poston was a stroke off the tournament 36-hole record set by Steve Stricker in his 2010 victory.
Denny McCarthy was second at 11 under after a 65, also playing in the afternoon after rain delayed play in the morning.
“Got to make birdies,” McCarthy said. “No other way around it at this place. You can’t just coast around making pars around here.”
Christopher Gotterup, the former Rutgers player in the field on a sponsor exemption, had a 67 to match Matthias Schwab (65), Emiliano Grillo (64) and Chris Naegel (66) at 10 under.
“It was an interesting day,” Gotterup said. “Definitely a bit of an up-and-down day compared to yesterday, where I was kind of more on cruise control.”
Poston won the 2019 Wyndham Championship for his lone PGA Tour title. Last week in the Travelers Championship, he followed the opening 62 with rounds of 70, 67 and 64 to finish two stroke behind Xander Schauffele.
“Last week, the one thing I think I learned after playing well Thursday was to try and keep the pedal down,” Poston said. “I think this golf course may yield a few more birdies than last week, but at the same time, you got to go out there and hit some golf shots to stay aggressive. I was able to do that, which is nice.”
Iowa native Zach Johnson, the 2012 winner, was 4 under after opening 69-69 in his 20th consecutive start in the event.
“Today was much more manageable and gettable,” Johnson said. “Yesterday, I putted better probably as a whole.”
Defending champion Lucas Glover missed the cut by a stroke, shooting 74-66.(backslash) | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/jt-poston-opens-4-stroke-lead-in-john-deere-classic/ | 2022-07-02T22:13:51Z | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/jt-poston-opens-4-stroke-lead-in-john-deere-classic/ | false |
WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
447 PM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Ulster
and central Dutchess Counties through 530 PM EDT...
At 447 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
New Paltz, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Poughkeepsie, New Paltz, Pawling, Hyde Park, Pleasant Valley,
Highland, Millbrook, Modena, Fairview, Red Oaks Mill, Wingdale, Dover
Plains, High Falls, Myers Corner, Tillson, Hopewell Junction,
Beekman, Lloyd, Gardiner and Tuckers Corner.
This includes Interstate 87 near exit 18.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead
to localized poor drainage flooding. Do not drive your vehicle
through flooded roadways.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
east central New York.
LAT...LON 4165 7423 4177 7421 4183 7419 4178 7352
4156 7353
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 275DEG 31KT 4173 7412
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Fairfield County in southern Connecticut...
Southwestern New Haven County in southern Connecticut...
Eastern Putnam County in southeastern New York...
* Until 700 PM EDT.
* At 559 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pawling,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind
damage to trees and power lines.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
New Fairfield around 605 PM EDT.
Danbury and Brookfield around 615 PM EDT.
Newtown and Bethel around 620 PM EDT.
Redding around 625 PM EDT.
Monroe around 635 PM EDT.
Shelton and Trumbull around 640 PM EDT.
Seymour and Derby around 645 PM EDT.
Milford and Stratford around 650 PM EDT.
Orange around 655 PM EDT.
New Haven around 700 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A 35-year-old New York man is facing trespassing and stalking charges after authorities said he entered two New York City residences linked to the famed singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.
Police say the suspect, who was arrested Friday, entered one of the residential buildings, located in the city's Tribeca neighborhood, on March 26. He walked “through an unlocked door and remained unlawfully" before fleeing on foot when security told him to leave, investigators said.
On June 12, the same man entered another residential building linked to Swift, located on the same street, and “made threats through the intercom toward a 32 year-old female,” according to a spokesperson for the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information.
Swift, 32, has had prior issues with alleged stalkers. In 2018, police said a man broke into her Tribeca townhouse and took a nap. That same year, a Colorado man was arrested outside a Beverly Hills home owned by Swift with a knife, a rope and ammunition. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Man-found-at-Taylor-Swift-properties-faces-17281527.php | 2022-07-02T22:24:09Z | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Man-found-at-Taylor-Swift-properties-faces-17281527.php | true |
WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
549 PM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Dutchess
County through 615 PM EDT...
At 549 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hopewell Junction, or 8 miles northwest of Lake Carmel, moving east
at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Pawling, Fishkill, Hopewell Junction, Wingdale, Red Oaks Mill, Myers
Corner, East Fishkill, Beekman, Stormville, Baker Corner, South
Dover, Swartoutville, Green Haven, Clove Valley, Poughquag, Lomala,
Pecksville, Pleasant Ridge, Clove and Wiccopee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
east central New York.
LAT...LON 4166 7388 4168 7352 4153 7353 4150 7391
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 275DEG 32KT 4156 7378
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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WINGET UPDATE: Doenges wins Friday thriller, play at 8 p.m. Saturday; other game reports
Sometimes, you just got to keep plugging away.
That proved to be the secret of victory Friday night for the Bartlesville Doenges Ford Indians.
Trailing 2-0 through four innings, the Indians grinded back on the opening day of the 63rd Annual Glen Winget Baseball Tournament to grab a 3-2 win against Springfield (Mo.) Kickapoo.
Bill Doenges Memorial Stadium/Rigdon Field is the site of the four-day even that wraps up Monday.
Jace Thompson laced a thunderous double to left field to drive home Luke Fox for the winning run.
In the top of the seventh, S. Lewellen zinged a line drive single to center field to try to spark a Kickapoo rally with one out.
But, Indian relief pitcher Daniel Barham bore down like a diamond-tipped drill.
He struck out the next two batters — on three pitches each — to nail down the win.
Alan Covarrubias and Josh Weber also had turned in sweltering pitching outings for the Indians.
For Kickapoo, Brian Wamsher drove in two runs — one in two different innings — to give his team a boisterous bid for victory.
But, the Indians drew inspiration from the electricity of their fans and the flowing energy from the home ambiance of the Doenges mystique.
In other Friday tourney games, Three Rivers thumped the Bartlesville United Linen Braves, 9-1; Bryant (Ark.) outlasted the Fort Smith (Ark.) Sportsman team, 5-3; Springfield (Mo.) HIllcrest knocked off three-time finalist in the last three years, Mountain Home (Ark.) Lockeroom, 2-1; and the Southern Elevation Purple outlasted the Oklahoma Mudcats, 7-2.
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SATURDAY'S CONTESTS
Early on Saturday, Southern Elevation improved to 2-0 in the tourney by knocking off Springfield (Mo.) HIllcrest, 10-2.
In other scheduled games Saturday
Mountain Home took on the Mudcats, the Braves face Kickapoo at 3 p.m., Three Rivers and Bryant collide at 5:30 p.m. and the Indians and Fort Smith clash at 8 p.m.
A fireworks show is planned at approximately 10:30 p.m., immediately following the Indians-Fort Smith contest.
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GAME REPORTS
Following are summaries of other Friday and Saturday games.
More-detailed reports are planned in the Winget tourney follow-up next Tuesday.
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Three Rivers 9, United Linen Braves 1
For several innings, the Bartlesville United Linen Braves contended for what could have been an amazing upset.
But, the Three Rivers Bandits — one of the favorites to challenge for a semifinal spot — finished on a strong gust of offense to win.
The Braves trailed by only one run, 2-1, through three-and-a-half-innings against a Three Rivers team with college-aged veterans.
The Bandits increased their lead to 5-1 in the bottom of the fourth, allowing the Braves to hang around on the periphery of a what would have been a doable comeback.
Three Rivers put the game away, however, with four runs in the bottom of the sixth to evoke the run-rule victory.
The run-rule goes into effect if one of the teams leads by eight runs after the fifth inning.
The Braves (12-15) made solid contact with the ball, led by Jaxon Zaun with a double and Christian Hernandez with two singles.
In the top of the third, Daygan West drove home Zaun for the Braves run.
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Southern Elevation Purple 7, Oklahoma Mudcats 2
Twice Southern Elevation put itself within a whisper of whisking away with a run-rule win.
But, a baserunning miscue and the lack of a clutch hit forced the game to go the limit and allowed the ‘Cats to break up the shutout with a two-run uprising in the seventh.
Truth was that other than a couple hiccups Southern Elevation roared to victory.
Blayde Wilkerson led the attack with three singles and a RBI, followed by Braden Harper and Jace Brandenburg with two hits and a RBI each.
Starting Elevation pitcher Tyler Stelly allowed only three hits and one walk in five shutout innings.
Mayson Thomas finished up the final two innings while facing an inspired Mudcat squad.
In the top of the seventh, nine-hole hitter Carter Simpson beat out in infield single to fuel the Mudcats last-gasp sting.
Ethan Bowen drove home Simpson, on a two-out hit; Tyler Winery than singled home Bowen.
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Southern Elevation Purple 10, Springfield Hillcrest 2
In a game of first-day winners, the Purple burst out to a 9-0 lead in the first two innings and never looked back.
Braden Harper crushed a two-run homer to help jump-start the Purple’s assault out of the gate.
Wilkerson added a triple and a single and drove in two runs.
Jaxon Lee and Thomas also both triples and Lathan Ferris added a double.
Zach Metford gave the Purple another quality start on the bump. He allowed only two hits and one walk — and no runs — in 3.0 innings. Blake Storts finished up the final two innings.
Hillcrest reliever Ethan Lewis shut town the Purple in the final 2.1 innings, giving up just three hits, no walks and one run.
Braxton Baker and Kannan Brayfield drove in a run apiece for Hillcrest. | https://www.examiner-enterprise.com/story/sports/local/2022/07/02/look-winget-tourney-results-through-friday-early-saturday/7796837001/ | 2022-07-02T22:28:44Z | https://www.examiner-enterprise.com/story/sports/local/2022/07/02/look-winget-tourney-results-through-friday-early-saturday/7796837001/ | true |
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa Bay area high schooler is sticking it to the competition as a finalist in a contest that challenges students across the U.S. to make prom ensembles out of Duck Tape for a chance to win a college scholarship.
Grace Vaughn, of Trinity, Florida knows it takes creativity, commitment, and a whole lot of duck tape to make it as a finalist the Duck brand’s Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest.
According to the company, Vaughn stood out from other contestants with her Yin and Yang dress that took 45 rolls of Duck tape and 143 hours of labor to create.
The dress, which has opposing yet complimentary black and white sides, represents the balance of healthy habits like yoga and meditation with day-to-day stress.
Vaughn’s said she hopes her black and white fit-and-flare style Duck Tape dress can “be the start” of a career in fashion.
Now that Vaughn made it as a finalist in the top 10, it’s up to the public to vote to decide who will be crowned the winners of the 2022 Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest.
Voters have until July 13 to cast their vote. The two entrants – one dress and one tux – who receive the most votes will be named the Grand Prize winners and will each receive a $10,000 college scholarship.
The eight runners-up will each receive $500 scholarships and Duck brand prize packs valued at $100. | https://www.wfla.com/news/pasco-county/trinity-teen-competes-for-scholarship-with-dress-made-of-duck-tape/ | 2022-07-02T22:51:24Z | https://www.wfla.com/news/pasco-county/trinity-teen-competes-for-scholarship-with-dress-made-of-duck-tape/ | true |
The Stella McCartney £2,000 handbag that began life as a mushroom and £115 Nike trainers made from pineapple: Perfect for virtue-signalling stars, this latest fashion trend is inspired not by catwalks of Milan but by the fruit and veg aisle!
With its supple, black exterior, chunky gold-and-silver chain and discreet magnetic clasp, it looks and feels like any other ‘It’ bag coveted by celebrities and wealthy shoppers the world over. But what makes this £1,995 half-moon clutch so groundbreaking is that no cow was harmed to make its leather.
The must-have Stella McCartney accessory began life as a mushroom – one that was cultivated in a huge indoor farm in the Netherlands before its fibrous ‘roots’ were turned into a durable, ultra-desirable fabric.
When the Frayme Mylo goes on sale on Thursday, it will set a new fashion watermark as the world’s first handbag made entirely from mushrooms.
McCartney, 50, says her design – which has an initial limited-edition run of 100 – will help shoppers make ‘conscious choices’.
When the Frayme Mylo goes on sale on Thursday, it will set a new fashion watermark as the world’s first handbag made entirely from mushrooms
McCartney, 50, says her design – which has an initial limited-edition run of 100 – will help shoppers make ‘conscious choices’
‘I want to make it easier for people to make responsible fashion moves, while never compromising on beauty or desirability,’ she says.
The Prince of Wales, a fellow devotee of sustainable farming is already a fan. He and McCartney discussed her vegan range at the Cop26 climate change summit in Glasgow last November, and he reportedly found her exhibition ‘enlightening and inspiring’.
Motivated by her late mother Linda, a passionate animal rights activist, McCartney has not used fur, leather or any animal skins in her label since it launched in 2001. Now the rest of the fashion industry is following her commitment to sustainable, cruelty-free fashion with a trend that is set to revolutionise how clothes are produced, and hugely reduce the industry’s impact on the planet.
Following McCartney’s ground-breaking mushroom bag, animal-free belts, bags, wallets and shoes will follow from next year, by the likes of Hermes, high street chain H&M and French luxury giant Kering, which controls prestigious brands such as Gucci, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga and Bottega Veneta.
And the menu of materials being used to make them reads like a shopping list from the fruit and vegetable section at Sainsbury’s: as well as mushrooms, clothes will soon be spun from pineapples, apples, bananas and coconuts – even grapes left over from winemaking.
Pioneering bio-tech companies are committed to the same cause of sustainable fashion, but shun the label ‘vegan leather’ and instead make the material from cells taken from cows and fish and cultivated in a lab. Silicon Valley firm VitroLabs – which is backed by Kering and Hollywood actor and environmental campaigner Leonardo DiCaprio – is taking cell samples from living cows and turning them into leather in a San Francisco laboratory.
The process is similar to brewing: cells grown inside vats of nutrient-rich liquid are then spread out on racks where, over four weeks, they form into hide-like textiles.
Announcing his investment in May as part of a £39 million funding round, DiCaprio said: ‘Cell-cultivated leather rivals the qualities of animal leather while having a positive impact on climate change.
‘The level of research and refinement done to bring this product to life makes this an exciting industry moment.’
Fashion made from pineapple fibres, by a company called Pinatex are now in vogue
VitroLabs’ chief executive, former fashion designer Ingvar Helgason, believes that growing leather in a lab is the future of the fashion industry.
Not only will it prevent cows, pigs and goats being slaughtered for the hides that are in such demand by luxury fashion houses, but it will also use less water and harmful chemicals in the tanning process.
Helgason says: ‘The opportunity for alternative materials is huge. We see it as the size of the leather goods industry, worth $400 billion (£330 billion) globally. Any technology takes time to scale up, but the consumer demand is there and brands are responding to that.’
McCartney’s mushroom bag is made from mycelium – the fine, branch-like fibres that act like roots as they sprawl through soil.
They are turned into a material called Mylo by California-based Bolt Threads, which is also developing mushroom products with Kering, Danish label Ganni, and sportswear brands Lululemon and Adidas.
Its fungi are cultivated on vertical indoor farms in the Netherlands that are powered by renewable energy and take up a fraction of the land required to rear a cow for its leather.
Producing the base material for the textile takes less than two weeks, compared to several years it can take to raise cattle.
Jamie Bainbridge, Bolt Threads’ vice-president of product development, says: ‘The mycelium grows into a foamy layer on huge trays – imagine a big bag of smashed marshmallows.
‘We then process and dye that sheet of mycelium, and it becomes the Mylo material that gets used to make footwear, handbags, wallets, phone cases and other gorgeous products.’
Other brands piling in to this already crowded field include Ananas Anam, which makes Pinatex fabric from waste pineapple fibres
A team of around two dozen scientists – including physicists and chemical biologists – are trying to perfect the formula for Mylo to make it even more hard-wearing.
Bolt Threads has created prototype mushroom trainers for Adidas, and eventually hopes to produce clothing made from the mycelium fibres, following the unveiling last year of a sample outfit of black corset top and trousers – which was modelled for McCartney by US actress and musician Paris Jackson.
Hermes, the maker of the Birkin and Kelly handbags, has closely followed the fungi-fabric trend. It is working with US firm MycoWorks to make its Victoria bag from another mushroom-based material, Reishi.
MycoWorks’ chief executive, Matt Scullin, says: ‘From the Stone Age and the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, great eras in human history have been described by a key material. We are in the early days of the Biomaterials Age… and MycoWorks and our partners are leading the new materials revolution.’
Other brands piling in to this already crowded field include Ananas Anam, which makes Pinatex fabric from waste pineapple fibres bought from farmers in the Philippines.
It has been used to make Paul Smith and £115 Nike trainers, upholster a chair by designer Tom Dixon, and decorate the Hilton hotel chain’s first-ever ‘vegan suite’, on London’s South Bank.
And eco-brand Pangaia, based in the capital, uses fibres from bananas, pineapples, bamboo and even nettles and seaweed as an alternative to cotton.
Next month, Stella McCartney plans to unveil a range of shoes and bags made partly from grape fibres, as well as the fruit skins and stalks discarded during winemaking. Fashionistas convinced that sustainable fashion is a good look will no doubt drink to that. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10976661/The-Stella-McCartney-2-000-handbag-mushroom-Nike-trainers-pineapple.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-02T22:51:28Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10976661/The-Stella-McCartney-2-000-handbag-mushroom-Nike-trainers-pineapple.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Michigan State University offering Adulting 101 summer course
EAST LANSING, Mich. (Gray News) - Michigan State University is offering students the opportunity to take an Adulting 101 course over the summer.
The classes are scheduled for every Tuesday starting July 12 through Aug. 2.
According to the university, the Adulting 101 program helps teenagers and young adults demystify the obscure reality of being an “adult” through engaging educational sessions. Each session will contain important life skills and tools necessary to live independently.
The summer classes are scheduled to be held virtually at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and run for one hour.
Michigan State shared the Adulting 101 schedule:
July 12: Getting Organized
Learn about various digital tools to help you stay organized. We will discuss how to make a to-do list, keep an organized calendar, reduce clutter, and find things faster.
July 19: Home Food Preservation
Learn what blanching is, what foods need to be blanched and why, what foods freeze well, and what foods don’t. These tips will help you preserve your food and save money.
July 26: Informed Renter
Know your rights and responsibilities as a tenant. We will talk about the rental process from finding a place to live to moving out.
August 2: Healthy U
How to keep yourself healthy now and in the future? Learn some strategies and ways to advocate for your wellness, stay mentally, and physically healthy as you transition into adulthood.
Registration is currently open until Aug. 1.
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(The Hill) – Google announced on Friday that it would soon get rid of location history entries if the search engine identified that an individual had visited an abortion center or other medical facility, an action coming in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Jen Fitzpatrick, a senior vice president at Google, wrote in a blog post that the location history update would be effective “in the coming weeks.”
“Location History is a Google account setting that is off by default, and for those that turn it on, we provide simple controls like auto-delete so users can easily delete parts, or all, of their data at any time,” she said.
“Some of the places people visit — including medical facilities like counseling centers, domestic violence shelters, abortion clinics, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics, cosmetic surgery clinics, and others — can be particularly personal,” she added.
The search engine’s announcement comes a week after the Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, overturning a 50-year precedent. The decision has led to a patchwork of states rolling back access to the medical procedure, though some state laws have been paused due to pending legal battles.
Following a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the high court would rule to overturn Roe v. Wade, a group of Democrats wrote a letter to the search engine’s chief executive in May pushing Google to stop collecting and keeping data on users’ locations amid fears that that data could be sought after by those prosecuting abortion bans. | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/google-says-it-will-eliminate-location-history-entries-if-it-identifies-abortion-center-medical-facility-visits/ | 2022-07-02T22:56:21Z | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/google-says-it-will-eliminate-location-history-entries-if-it-identifies-abortion-center-medical-facility-visits/ | true |
CINCINNATI (AP)Max Fried is making his case for an All Star Game roster spot along with a bunch of his teammates.
Fried won his eighth straight decision following a loss in his first two outings, allowing one run over seven innings in Atlanta Braves’ 9-1 rout of the woeful Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.
The 28-year-old left-hander was 3-0 with a 2.16 ERA in June for the World Series champions.
”Just kind of embracing who I am as a pitcher,” Fried said. ”Just trying to mix speeds and get soft contact and not always chase a strikeout.”
Although Fried acknowledged he didn’t have his best stuff, the Reds were no problem. He gave up five hits with four strikeouts and no walks. After allowing Tommy Pham’s RBI single in the third, Fried retired 10 in a row and 11 of his last 13.
Austin Riley put Atlanta ahead to stay with his team-high 19th homer, a two-run shot in the first inning. Dansby Swanson added a three-run homer for the Braves, who are 22-6 since the start of June and 3 1/2 games behind the NL East-leading New York Mets.
”Their lineup took over the game,” Reds manager David Bell said. ”You have to look at what Fried did for them. He really was able to shut us down.”
Ronald Acuna Jr., the top All Star vote-getter in the National League, was back in the Braves lineup after fouling a pitch off his left foot last Saturday and missing four games. He went 2 for 3 as a designated hitter and was hit by pitches twice.
Riley hit a two-run homer in the first off Mike Minor (1-5), Riley’s first long ball since he hit two against Washington on June 15. Riley added a run-scoring single in the ninth against Jeff Hoffman.
Minor allowed two runs and six hits in six innings, his first quality start this season. Atlanta piled on seven runs off Cincinnati’s bullpen, which entered with a 5.69 ERA – nearly a run higher than any other team. Swanson homered off Joel Kuhnel.
”With the bullpen we have to keep working with our guys, stay with them,” Bell said. ”This game is tough and it seems like an eternity when you’re going through it, but it can turn around in a hurry.”
In the eighth, Adam Duvall had an RBI double and Orlando Arcia hit a two-run single against Luis Cessa.
”Mike was doing a good job against us, keeping everybody off balance,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. ”This is one of them ballparks you never feel comfortable. It’s like you just got to keep scoring because you never really feel good about any kind of a lead here. Seen a lot of them vanish over the years, so that was nice we kept adding on.”
HISTORICALLY BAD
Cincinnati has lost nine straight at Great American Ball Park and is an NL-worst 26-50. It’s the worst home losing streak at the stadium, which replaced Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field in 2003. The Reds lost eight straight at home in 2015 and nine straight in May-June 2001 at the old stadium.
TRAINERS ROOM
The Reds expect to remove LHP Nick Lodolo (back strain) from the injury list and hand him the start Tuesday against the Mets. He’s been out since late April.
MOVES
Braves: Activated RHP Silvino Bracho after acquiring him from Boston for cash. Bacho pitched a scoreless ninth Friday night. … Optioned RHP Jesus Cruz to Triple-A Gwinnett.
Reds: Transferred rehab assignment of of RHP Justin Dunn from Class-A Dayton to Triple-A Louisville.
UP NEXT
The Braves send RH Spencer Strider (3-2, 3.02 ERA) against Reds RHP Tyler Mahle (3-6, 4.53 ERA) on Saturday. Strider allowed five hits through six scoreless innings in a loss to the Dodgers last Sunday. Mahle tied his season high in going 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs and four hits in Sunday’s win at San Francisco.
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One person is dead after a semi-truck powered by jet engines crashed while racing two planes at an air show in Battle Creek, Mich., on Saturday afternoon.
The Battle Creek Police Department confirmed the death on Facebook. The crash at the Battle Creek Executive Airport is under investigation.
The Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival's Facebook page said the rest of the day's show had been canceled.
The crash of the Shockwave Jet Truck took place during the show's pyrotechnic portion when planned explosions were going off, but the crash itself appeared to be accidental, according to attendee Michael Mullet.
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Mullet said that as the truck — which is powered by three jet engines mounted on the back — sped down the runway, he saw a small explosion toward the rear of the vehicle shortly before it drove into the flames from one of the pyrotechnic explosions.
Videos shot by Mullet and other witnesses show that by the time the truck emerges from the flames, the truck appears to be skidding before rolling several times.
Mullet said he "didn't see any relation" between the pyrotechnic explosion and the small explosion on the Shockwave. He said he has seen the jet truck in shows several times before, when everything would go off "without a hitch."
Suze Gusching, a spokesperson for the air show, told the Battle Creek Enquirer that the truck driver was "doing his show and going down the runway," then "he passed by the explosion, and his truck had exploded."
According to the air show's schedule, the Shockwave Jet Truck was scheduled to perform Saturday afternoon. The racing team's website advertises it as "the world's only triple engine jet truck," a modified semi equipped with three engines, originally from a U.S. Navy plane, giving it 36,000 horsepower. It can travel at more than 350 miles per hour and frequently races planes at air shows, the website said.
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Disney will work with Howard University on a multi-year program to help advance opportunities in media and entertainment for underrepresented students.
BURBANK, Calif., July 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at ESSENCE Festival of Culture™, The Walt Disney Company announced the creation of the Disney Storytellers Fund at Howard University, which will create opportunities for historically underrepresented students to have future careers as storytellers and innovators in media and entertainment.
The Disney Storytellers Fund at Howard University will provide stipends over a five-year period for student projects focused on storytelling across a variety of media including animation, digital design, gaming, journalism, live action, performing arts, product design, visual design, virtual reality and more. Disney will also provide access to speakers, mentors and internships to students in the program to spark interest in these fields and help them build the skills necessary for a future career in entertainment.
"Across Disney's brands, we are working to amplify underrepresented voices and untold stories. The Disney Storytellers Fund at Howard will help us support students and the innovation and creativity that the university has cultivated for more than 150 years. We are excited to help the next generation of Black storytellers bring their ideas to life," said Jennifer Cohen, executive vice president, Corporate Social Responsibility, The Walt Disney Company.
"Our students at the College of Fine Arts find their creative expression in many ways – in the performing arts, in animation, in the design of the products that we use in life. The Disney Storytellers Fund is a great support for our emerging artists as they explore and develop their potential within and across disciplines," said Phylicia Rashad, dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts.
In addition to the Disney Storytellers Fund, Disney will fund the development of a creative collaborative space that will be housed inside the new Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts and the Cathy Hughes School of Communication at Howard University.
Through social investments and collaborations like these, Disney is increasing access to careers in storytelling and innovation for those who have been historically underrepresented. From arts and STEM programs for school-age children to scholarships, storytelling and technical skills-building programs for teens and young adults, Disney is helping today's youth to pursue their dreams, build their talents and skills, and become who they imagine they can be.
Contacts:
Bruce Lam
Corporate Communications
(818) 560-6420
bruce.lam@disney.com
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A year removed from his sensational return to Manchester United, it appears that football icon Cristiano Ronaldo could be on the move again.
Ronaldo reportedly told the club he would like to leave during the current summer transfer window if a suitable offer arrives, according to multiple reports.
The 37-year-old forward is reportedly looking to play in the UEFA Champions League, which United failed to qualify for this past season. The Red Devils finished in sixth place in the English Premier League, 13 points from the exclusive top four.
United is currently in rebuilding mode having recently brought on Erik ten Hag from AFC Ajax as their new manager and are searching for upgrades in the open market. The club have yet to make an official signing this summer, though reports from journalist Fabrizio Romano say the addition of 22-year-old left-back Tyrell Malacia is nearly official.
According to David Ornstein of The Athletic, Bundesliga side Bayern Munich and Serie A club Napoli are among the clubs who have interest. Paris Saint-Germain, the club where Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar play, are not currently interested in pursuing the Portuguese star this window, reports Ornstein.
Ronaldo led United with 18 goals in 30 Premier League games last season. He also deposited six goals in seven Champions League appearances, but Atletico Madrid eliminated his side 2-1 on aggregate in the Round of 16.
It was his first year back with the club since 2009, when he left for Real Madrid in a transfer worth $103 million, according to Transfermarkt. Juventus then acquired him in 2018 for a fee worth $128.7 million before he returned to Old Trafford last year for $16.5 million. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/reports-cristiano-ronaldo-tells-manchester-united-he-wants-to-leave/3289014/ | 2022-07-02T23:14:05Z | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/reports-cristiano-ronaldo-tells-manchester-united-he-wants-to-leave/3289014/ | true |
Jul 2
Museum Of Northern Arizona Heritage Festival Jul 2 — Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 N. Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff. 928-774-5213. 9 a.m.- July 3, 4 p.m., $20. More than a market, the Heritage Festival is an unparalleled opportunity to experience the diverse Indigenous cultures of the Colorado Plateau region, which has been inhabited for thousands of years. Begun in 1930 as the Hopi Craftsmen Show, the Heritage Festival has gone through many changes over the years. For 2022 the Heritage Festival returns bigger and better than ever, making room to include the Acoma, Apache, Diné (Navajo), Havasupai, Hualapai, Pai, Ute, Yavapai, and Zuni. In one weekend visitors can taste Hopi Piki bread, play Zuni games, enjoy traditional dances and music, and gain insights during talks by cultural experts. The 2022 will spread across the beautiful museum campus in view of the sacred San Francisco Peaks. With an expanded artist market and mainstage performances under tents outdoors, there will be plenty of space and fresh air. https://go.evvnt.com/1170440-0.
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Yoga @ The Arb Jul 2 — The Arboretum at Flagstaff, 4001 S. Woody Mountain Road, Flagstaff. 928-814-3378. 9 a.m.-10 p.m., $15 to $20. Member: $15 | Non-member: $20 including admission to The Arb for the day Yoga instructor, Cristina Bowen, has been teaching yoga since 2004. She began her practice in Colorado, and did her formal training in Phoenix before moving to Japan where she continued her teaching and deepening her practice. She has trained all over Asia; from Bali to Bhutan and has experienced Yoga on many levels. Her most recent move brought her back to our mountains. Yoga accompanies her everywhere she goes and she loves sharing it with others. Come experience Yoga at The Arb!. https://go.evvnt.com/1119808-0.
Science Saturday: Junior Naturalists Jul 2 — Willow Bend Environmental Education Center, 703 E. Sawmill Road, Flagstaff. 9:30-11:30 a.m., Explore the plants and wildlife of Willow Bend Gardens at our Junior Naturalist Science Saturday. Make a nature journal and practice sketching outdoors, learn how to go birding, identity plants in our garden, make nature art and more! We will also show your family how to use the iNaturalist app to explore nature in your own neighborhood. This event will have hands-on activities for all ages. https://go.evvnt.com/1191881-0.
Movies On The Square: the Greatest Showman Jul 2 — Heritage Square, Flagstaff. 4 p.m.- July 3, 7 a.m., Movie night in downtown Flagstaff featuring games, performers, and popcorn. https://go.evvnt.com/1122390-0.
Land That I Love: Celebrating America Through Music Jul 2 — Fort Tuthill County Park, 2446 Fort Tuthill Loop, Flagstaff. 5:30-7 p.m., This concert is a fun way to celebrate live music and our country! Join us at the fairgrounds for this FREE event where you can enjoy the music, grab a snack from a food truck, walk through the Military Museum, and celebrate with friends and family. Bring a lawn chair, no ticket required. https://go.evvnt.com/1179890-0.
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers: The Orpheum Theater Jul 2 — Orpheum Theater – Flagstaff, 15 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff. 7-11 p.m., RCPM returns to Flagstaff on July 2. When a band can make a Tuesday night feel like a Saturday. When a packed house can sing every word of every song on the set list. When fans drive four hours on a Wednesday to see their favorite band and still have to be at work by 8am. That’s when you know something special is happening. https://www.bandsintown.com/t/103381336?app_id=y5t04gz269&came_from=287&utm_medium=api&utm_source=partner_api&utm_campaign=ticket.
Shawn Lee Stamps Band @ZOOFEST Country Music Festival Jul 2 — The Museum Club, 3404 E. Route 66, Flagstaff. 8 p.m. The 2nd annual Zoofest Country Music Festival is right around the corner, and ticket sales are about to be LIVE! With a lineup including Jeremy Bowman, Shawn Lee Stamps, Stateline, Hopi Clansmen, Lonesome Playboys, Zookeepers, Lightning rock country band, Greg Spary, Levin Rube, Ron & Jay, and more, this is not a festival you are going to want to miss! https://www.bandsintown.com/t/103372246?app_id=y5t04gz269&came_from=287&utm_medium=api&utm_source=partner_api&utm_campaign=ticket.
Jul 3
Flagstaff Community Market Jul 3 — Flagstaff City Hall, 211 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff. 928-853-2382. 8 a.m.-noon, Flagstaff Community Farmers Market celebrates it's 22nd season celebrating and supporting community & the hard work of it's regional small growers and small businesses. Visit the market to meet your growers and makers! Enjoy breakfast in a beautiful outdoor setting.. taste the flavor of Flagstaff!. https://go.evvnt.com/1090365-0.
Jul 4
2022 Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce Independence Day Parade Jul 4 — Flagstaff. 928-774-4505. 9-11 a.m., We are excited to announce our 2022 Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce Independence Day Parade, Sponsored by PEPSI and Desert Financial Credit Union! Join us for what was voted the best Independence Day Parade in Arizona! If you would like to participate in the parade, please contact the Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce. All are welcome! The parade will follow the usual route around Historic Downtown Flagstaff. Starting at Elm & Beaver, it will go south down Beaver, turn left on Aspen to San Francisco and north on San Francisco back to Elm. https://go.evvnt.com/1190439-0.
A Flag Fourth Jul 4 — Pepsi Amphitheater, Fort Tuthill County Park, Flagstaff. 928-774-5107. 3-5 p.m., The FSO is back on July 4 for our annual Flag Fourth concert! This family-friendly patriotic pops concert is perfect for all ages, free of charge, and open to the public. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and sunscreen and join us for the perfect Flagstaff Independence Day celebration with live music.
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MLB Expanded Pitching Comparison
For Games of Sunday, July 3
NOTE: Only games with one or both pitchers designated are listed below
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TEAM REC-Team's Record in games started by today's pitcher.
CAR-Career record versus this opponent.
VS OPP-Pitcher's record versus this opponent. | https://www.mrt.com/sports/article/MLB-Expanded-Pitching-Comparison-17281508.php | 2022-07-02T23:21:20Z | https://www.mrt.com/sports/article/MLB-Expanded-Pitching-Comparison-17281508.php | true |
The Palestinian Authority says it has given the bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to American forensic experts.
The move takes a step toward resolving a standoff with Israel over the investigation into her death. Abu Akleh, a veteran correspondent who was well known throughout the Arab world, was fatally shot while covering an Israeli military raid on May 11 in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinians, along with colleagues who were with her, say she was killed by Israeli fire. Israel says its troops were in a battle with Palestinian gunmen, and it's unclear who fired the fatal shot.
It says the bullet must be inspected to understand what happened.
“We are confident and certain of our investigations and the results we have reached,” said Palestinian attorney general, Akram al-Khateeb. | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/palestinians-give-bullet-that-killed-journalist-to-us-team | 2022-07-02T23:21:27Z | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/palestinians-give-bullet-that-killed-journalist-to-us-team | false |
Microstrategy scoops up 480 bitcoins amidst market downturn
Microstrategy purchased 480 bitcoins worth $10 million, bringing its total holding to 129,699
By Shashank Bhardwaj
Image: Shutterstock
The current market downturn isn’t dampening long-term prospects for Bitcoin, as whales continue to accumulate the crypto. Microstrategy announced on Wednesday that it has added 480 bitcoins to its kitty for approximately $10 million. The purchases were made between May 3 and June 28 at an average price of $20,817 per coin.
The Microstrategy tweet read, “ MicroStrategy has purchased an additional 480 bitcoins for ~$10.0 million at an average price of ~$20,817 per #bitcoin. As of 6/28/22 @MicroStrategy holds ~129,699 bitcoins acquired for ~$3.98 billion at an average price of ~$30,664 per bitcoin. $MSTR.”
Microstrategy’s total bitcoin holdings after the new acquisition come down to 129,699, which are worth $3.98 billion and an average price per bitcoin of $30,664. At the time of writing Bitcoin is trading at $19,385, down by 3 percent from the previous day, more than $10,000 less than the average acquisition price paid by the business intelligence firm. Data provided by Bitcoin Treasuries shows that Microstrategy’s BTC holdings still sit at $1.4 billion net unrealised loss.
The purchase reaffirms Microstrategy CEO, Michael Saylor’s bullish outlook on the largest crypto by market cap despite the recent slump. The information was also disclosed in an 8-K filing with the US SEC. Microstrategy now holds the largest corporate holding of Bitcoin. Saylor had earlier revealed on Twitter that his company had no plans of offloading BTC holdings and will ‘HODL through adversity.’
Saylor reaffirmed Microstrategy's plan to keep holding Bitcoin amidst rumours of a risked margin call in case Bitcoin price slumped below $21,000. Saylor, on the other hand, waved off the rumour as a ‘nothing issue.’The first quarter revenue for the firm was around $119.3 million, of which the gross profit was $93.6 million.
Shashank is the founder of yMedia. He ventured into crypto in 2013 and is an ETH maximalist. Twitter: @bhardwajsh
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‘It feels like war in Texas. Abortion is the tip of the iceberg in America’
Angry citizens are asking why the Supreme Court has deprived women of control over their own bodies, while teenagers are still free to buy semi-automatic rifles
The grassy knoll, the sixth floor of the former Texas School Book Depository, from where the fatal shot was fired, and the two crosses on the road that mark where President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was hit almost 60 years ago are all in clear view from the window of Maureen Buckley’s Dallas café.
“The killing of Kennedy made everyone in Texas and in America really angry,” she said. “And now we’re angry again. Angry, angry, angry.”
That anger stems from the decision late last month by the US Supreme Court to extinguish after almost 50 years a women’s constitutional right to an abortion.
In more than half of the American states, almost all dominated by the Republican Party, abortion access is to be severely restricted | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/it-feels-like-war-in-texas-abortion-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-in-america-wz953hxnb | 2022-07-02T23:23:15Z | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/it-feels-like-war-in-texas-abortion-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-in-america-wz953hxnb | true |
'One of the funniest unseen bits ever': Love Island fans in stitches as boys prank girls with fake text and Davide dresses up as new Islander 'Abby'
Love Island fans were left in hysterics on Saturday night, as Unseen Bits aired a clip of the boys playing a prank on the girls in the villa.
The boys grouped together to plan a hilarious trick, by pretending that Jay had received a text that read: 'Hi boys, please meet Abby and Immi at the front door #toomanygirls.'
They excitedly ran up the stairs and proceeded to dress up Davide as a pretend new girl, Abby - complete with pink dress and high heels.
Hilarious: Love Island fans were left in hysterics on Saturday night, as Unseen Bits aired a clip of the boys playing a prank on the girls in the villa
Unfortunately for the boys, the girls remained unconvinced, declaring: 'It's so obvious!'
Ekin-Su soon sussed out their plan, telling the girls: 'I know what they're going to do, one of them is going to dress up as a girl. Put hair extensions in, wear one of our outfits, put on some heels and go hi I'm Imogen!'
But they were still left shocked when Davide came strutting out in his getup, saying: 'Hi girls! Is there anyone in the villa?'
Meet Abby! The boys grouped together to plan a hilarious trick, by pretending that Jay had received a text that read: 'Hi boys, please meet Abby and Immi at the front door #toomanygirls'
Funny: They excitedly ran up the stairs and proceeded to dress up Davide as a pretend new girl, Abby - complete with pink dress and high heels
As the group fell about laughing, Davide added: 'Anyone was expecting a tan brunette?'
Charlie Radnedge stood and introduced himself to Davide, who hugged him and said: 'I'm Abby'.
Charlie asked 'Abby' what her type was, to which Davide quipped: 'I don't like blondes, sorry'.
Figured it out: Unfortunately for the boys, the girls remained unconvinced, declaring: 'It's so obvious!'
Later in the Beach Hut, the boys gathered around and asked what Abby's top three were, with Davide hilariously going: 'Well... Davide.'
Viewers also loved the bit, and rushed to Twitter to voice their amusement at the boys' antics.
One praised: 'Nah davide is the funniest lad to ever be in the villa'.
Am I your type on paper? Charlie Radnedge stood and introduced himself to Davide, who hugged him and said: 'I'm Abby'
A second echoed: 'Davide had me in stitches or shell I say Abby...he looks hot either way...'
Another added: 'One of the funniest unseen bits ever'.
Someone else chimed in, saying: 'I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING DAVIDE KILLS ME MAN'.
And a fifth agreed, tweeting: 'Davide carrying the show in more ways than one. Brilliant.'
Hysterical: Viewers also loved the bit, and rushed to Twitter to voice their amusement at the boys' antics | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10976801/Love-Island-fans-stitches-boys-prank-girls-fake-text-Davide-dresses-Abby.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-02T23:23:49Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10976801/Love-Island-fans-stitches-boys-prank-girls-fake-text-Davide-dresses-Abby.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Man in critical condition after being shot in the chest in central Wichita
Published: Jul. 2, 2022 at 5:49 PM CDT|Updated: 36 minutes ago
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Wichita Police Department confirms that one man was shot multiple times in the chest just after 5 p.m. near east 12 street and north broadway.
He is in critical condition but is expected to survive. He was transported to a nearby hospital for his injuries.
We have a crew headed to the scene. The incident is still under investigation.
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Uvalde Schools’ Police Chief Resigns from City Council
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde school district’s police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
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Chief Pete Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News Friday that his resignation is “the best decision for Uvalde.”
He was elected to the District 3 council position on May 7 and sworn in on May 31.
The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety told a Senate hearing last month that Arredondo made “terrible decisions” as the massacre unfolded on May 24 , and that the police response was an “abject failure.” | https://k2radio.com/uvalde-schools-police-chief-resigns-from-city-council/ | 2022-07-02T23:27:00Z | https://k2radio.com/uvalde-schools-police-chief-resigns-from-city-council/ | false |
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Willow and Rylei Bell, 4 and 2 years old, were some of the most enthusiastic Armed Forces River Parade attendees on Saturday, jumping while waving miniature U.S. flags at floats that slowly traveled by the Arneson River Theatre downtown.
The girls, decked out in matching blue dresses with red and white stars, were just a couple among hundreds of people who lined the river walk for the free event meant to honor men and women in all branches of the U.S. armed forces. They had a front row seat at the theater to the parade and to two bands — the Top Flight Air Force Band of the West and 78th Army Band — that played on the stage across the river.
Their mother, Leianna Bell, 32, shielded herself from the heat with an umbrella as she joined in her kids’ excitement, cheering as floats went by.
The three were some of the first to arrive Saturday morning since husband and father William Bell Jr., 33, was in the parade. Leianna Bell said she used some of the time to talk to her daughters about what military service is.
“They liked the music, and I thought it was a nice, cool atmosphere,” Leianna Bell said. “I let them be free-spirited. They were just jumping and having a good time.”
William Bell was on the STRAPS Grand Marshal float, which had a replica of the Liberty Bell at its center, in line with the parade theme of “Let Freedom Reign.” STRAPS, which stands for South Texas Regional Adaptive and Para Sports, is a division of Morgan’s Wonderland that runs paralympic-style sports primarily for wounded service members and veterans.
The retired Marine Corps sergeant, who plays wheelchair basketball with STRAPS, said he enjoyed being part of the festivities.
“It’s not about me,” William Bell said when asked what the parade and this 4th of July weekend mean to him. “It’s about who came before me.”
Leianna Bell and her daughters sat in front of 75 airmen and 25 Navy sailors who attended the parade in uniform.
This was the 10th Armed Forces River Parade and would have been the 11th had the pandemic not caused a cancellation in 2020, according to Maggie Thompson, director of River Walk operations for Visit San Antonio. This year’s event featured 19 floats.
The event used to be held on Armed Forces Day, which falls on the third Saturday of May, but Thompson said organizers decided to change it to the Fourth of July weekend starting last year because they felt it would bring out more families to honor the military.
Though the parade also used to be televised, it now is recorded by organizers and posted online afterward.
Armed Forces Day was established under President Harry Truman and first observed in 1950. Before that, Thompson said each military branch was celebrated individually rather than collectively on one day.
It became a national holiday in 1961 to be celebrated on the third Saturday of May under President John F. Kennedy.
Tennesseans Stacy Harrell and Tim Harrell, both 37, sat on the river near Dolorosa Street with their kids Jace, 5, and Riley, 11. The group is on vacation and made Saturday’s parade a stop on their way to Crystal Beach.
“My grandmother was from this area and my grandfather was in the Air Force, so I thought this would be a special way that we could honor them,” Stacy Harrell said.
Janet Sanchez, founder and president of Esposas Militares Hispanas, danced alongside others in the organization as their float with a gold spinning globe weaved through downtown. It’s been about seven years since her organization last participated in this parade. This was the group’s third time being in the parade.
Her organization supports Hispanic military spouses by offering several services, including providing English classes.
Sanchez, who served in the military and whose husband retired from the Army, said the parade means a lot to people who serve in the military and their spouses alike.
“For us to go down the river and see all the support, it warms our hearts as a military spouse because we know we have a community that can support us in any time of need,” Sanchez said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A 35-year-old New York man is facing trespassing and stalking charges after authorities said he entered two New York City residences linked to the famed singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.
Police say the suspect, who was arrested Friday, entered one of the residential buildings, located in the city’s Tribeca neighborhood, on March 26. He walked “through an unlocked door and remained unlawfully” before fleeing on foot when security told him to leave, investigators said.
On June 12, the same man entered another residential building linked to Swift, located on the same street, and “made threats through the intercom toward a 32 year-old female,” according to a spokesperson for the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information.
Swift, 32, has had prior issues with alleged stalkers. In 2018, police said a man broke into her Tribeca townhouse and took a nap. That same year, a Colorado man was arrested outside a Beverly Hills home owned by Swift with a knife, a rope and ammunition.
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VADNAIS HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — The bodies of three young children and a woman believed to be their mother have been recovered from a Minnesota lake, and authorities say the deaths are being investigated as a triple murder-suicide.
Meanwhile, the body of the children’s father was found at a different location hours earlier. Names had not been released as of Saturday afternoon. The children, all under the age of 5, were two boys and a girl.
The chain of events began Friday morning when the man’s body was found at a mobile home park in the town of Maplewood, near Minneapolis. Police determined that the woman had left with the children, and a search began.
Maplewood Police Lt. Joe Steiner said the woman’s car was found near Vadnais Lake around 4 p.m. Friday. The shoes of the children were found on the shore.
The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office said the body of the first child was recovered from the lake around 7:30 p.m. Friday. The second child’s body was found just after midnight. The woman’s body was found around 10:40 a.m. Saturday, and the body of the third child was found around 11 a.m.
The bodies were taken to a medical examiner.
“The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating this incident as a possible triple murder-suicide,” a news release said.
“There’s nothing more tragic than the loss of young children,” Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said at a news conference on Friday.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Appalachian League is nearing the midway point of its second season in its current format. For some fans, the college wood-bat league structures is still new to them.
But, for ETSU shortstop Ashton King, the Doughboys are all he’s known the last two summers.
The Knoxville native has grown accustomed to TVA Credit Union Ballpark and some of the other things that come with being a Doughboy. Although, some things have changed from last year to this year.
There are new teammates to meet and form relationships with, despite there being a handful of familiar Blue and Gold faces in the clubhouse.
Some things remain the same – like the infielder’s approach to making the most out of his time spent at the Appalachian League level.
“Perfect your craft all year long – just trying to stay consistent with your work ethic and just trying to get better at the game every day – trying to get reps in is the big key for summer ball,” King said. “Just getting better every day so that way you’re ready to roll when school ball comes around.”
King is hoping to make another jump in the spring of 2023, as he did this past season at ETSU. He raised his batting average to .293 and his RBI total to 36, all while leading the team in doubles with 22. | https://www.wjhl.com/sports/local-sports/appy-league/king-hoping-appy-league-experience-carries-into-senior-season/ | 2022-07-02T23:38:32Z | https://www.wjhl.com/sports/local-sports/appy-league/king-hoping-appy-league-experience-carries-into-senior-season/ | false |
CHICAGO (AP) — Allie Quigley scored 19 points to lead five Chicago players scoring in double figures, Candace Parker added 14 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and the Sky never trailed in their 91-75 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Saturday.
The game was a rematch of last season’s WNBA Finals that Chicago won. The Sky have won both meetings between the teams this season.
Chicago (15-5) has won five games in a row and eight of its last nine to move into a tie with the Las Vegas Aces atop the league standings.
Kahleah Copper had 12 points, Rebekah Gardner scored 11 and Emma Meesseman 10 for Chicago.
Parker hit a 3-pointer and then found Courtney Vandersloot for a layup to give Chicago a 9-2 lead and the Sky closed the first quarter with a 23-5 run to make it 32-12 when Dana Evans hit a 3 at the buzzer.
Skylar Diggins-Smith led the Mercury with 25 points and four steals. Diamond DeShields added 21 points and nine rebounds in 22 minutes of action and Sophie Cunningham finished with 12 points. Diana Taurasi finished with a season-low two points on 1-of-6 shooting.
Phoenix (9-12) had its three-game win streak — which matched the Mercury’s longest of the season — snapped and lost for the first time since the franchise and 2012 WNBA MVP Tina Charles, who signed a free-agent contract with the club in February, mutually agreed to part ways on June 25.
The Sky are 12-3 this season when scoring at least 80 points.
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SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — J.T. Poston made up for two back-nine bogeys with an eagle on the par-5 17th, shooting a 4-under 67 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the John Deere Classic.
Trying to complete a wire-to-wire victory after tying for second last week in the Travelers Championship in Connecticut, Poston made a 13 1/2-foot eagle putt on 17.
“That was huge kind of going into tomorrow,” Poston said about the eagle. “I wasn’t quite as sharp today off the tee and had to play a little defensive into some of the greens. Nice to put two good swings on there and make that putt to kind of capitalize and get some ground back that I had lost.”
He had a 19-under 194 total at TPC Deere Run.
Playing partner Denny McCarthy birdied the final two holes for a 66 to join Scott Stallings (64) and Emiliano Grillo (65) at 16 under.
“Was nice to finish that way,” McCarthy said. “Nice to make a putt on 18. Nice to see something go in going into tomorrow. It’s a good feeling to kind of feel like I got something out of round, birdieing the last two.”
Poston opened with rounds of 62 and 65 to take a four-stroke lead, then played the front nine in 3 under Saturday with birdies on Nos. 2, 5 and 8. He dropped a stroke on the par-3 12th, birdied the par-4 14th and bogeyed the par-4 15th before making the big putt on 17.
From Hickory, North Carolina, the 29-year-old Poston won the 2019 Wyndham Championship for his lone PGA Tour title.
“Just trying to stay patient and composed,” Poston said. “I’m not trying to get too ahead of myself. Just trying to take it one hole at a time. Being in this position, I’m trying to focus especially on the shot in front of me and do the best I can and go from there.”
Stalling birdied Nos. 15-17.
“Look forward to the opportunity.” Stallings said. “Today was a big step in the right direction to tomorrow.”
Grillo birdied four of the last five.
“Everybody is in the same situation,” Grillo said. “Everybody wants to win. Everybody wants to make the most out of it. Definitely going to be a tough battle tomorrow.”
Iowa native Zach Johnson, the 2012 winner, was 8 under after a 67 in his 20th consecutive start in the event. He also eagled 17. | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Poston-eagles-17th-takes-3-shot-lead-in-John-17281568.php | 2022-07-02T23:49:54Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Poston-eagles-17th-takes-3-shot-lead-in-John-17281568.php | false |
WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
520 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Johnson
County through 545 PM CDT...
At 520 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Keene, moving southwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Burleson, Cleburne, Keene, Joshua, Alvarado, Godley, Cross Timber,
Cleburne State Park, Rio Vista and Briaroaks.
This includes Interstate 35W between mile markers 22 and 33.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3250 9726 3239 9713 3222 9738 3220 9759
3220 9761 3247 9762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 062DEG 12KT 3239 9737
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
636 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Cimarron and north central Dallam Counties through 715 PM CDT...
At 636 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles east of Felt, or 16 miles south of Boise City, moving northeast
at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern
Cimarron and north central Dallam Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3643 10251 3643 10278 3671 10277 3671 10216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 222DEG 20KT 3650 10255
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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Toddler dies after falling from Manhattan balcony
NEW YORK - A 3-year-old boy has died after falling from a Manhattan highrise on Saturday afternoon.
According to the NYPD, at around 11 a.m. police responded to a report of a person falling from a balcony at a building located on Third Avenue near East 12rd Street in Harlem.
The toddler reportedly fell from the building's 29th floor onto scaffolding located near the 3rd floor. It is unclear if he fell from a balcony or an open window.
EMS responded and took the boy to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
"We believe the child exited through a window, but exactly how that occurred is under investigation at the time," a police spokesperson told The Associated Press. The apartment is located in the Taino Towers residential complex in Harlem.
New York City law requires owners of buildings with three or more apartments to install window guards if a child age 10 years or younger lives there or if a tenant or occupant requests them. It's unclear whether window guards were installed in this particular apartment.
The spokesperson said the child's death is under "active investigation" and police are speaking with two individuals who were inside the apartment when the boy fell.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
6-6-1-6, FIREBALL: 3
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
6-6-1-6, FIREBALL: 3
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Economy Minister Martin Guzman submitted his resignation Saturday, acting at the end of a week in which Argentina's currency hit an all-time low against the dollar and truck drivers staged protests over shortages of diesel fuel.
Guzman announced on Twitter that he had sent a multi-page resignation letter to President Alberto Fernandez.
“With the deep conviction and confidence in my vision of the path that Argentina should follow, I will continue to work and act for a more just, free and sovereign homeland,” Guzman wrote.
With the Argentine peso sliding against the dollar, the government on Tuesday made it harder to acquire dollars to pay for imports. It acted as the dollar bought 239 pesos in the informal market used by citizens and companies to bypass official channels.
Argentina has suffered for years from a shortage of dollars, which stems partly from the distrust of Argentines in their own currency amid high inflation. Prices have risen nearly 30% this year, and analysts predict inflation could rise above 70% for all of 2022.
The work stoppages by truck drivers have disrupted economic activity, including the delivery to ports of grain, which is one of Argentina's main imports.
On Wednesday, the government said it was trying to increase the availability of diesel by allowing more biofuel to be mixed into the fuel and also by suspending the import tax on diesel.
Argentina produces diesel but not in sufficient quantities for its needs and depends on imports, with world prices rising because of disruptions by the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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DHS to ramp up security assistance in Qatar for World Cup
Posted/updated on: July 2, 2022 at 6:30 pm(WASHINGTON) -- Attending the World Cup in November? The Department of Homeland Security will be on hand to help make sure the soccer tournament is safe and secure, according to a senior department official.
"We are committed to working closely with Qatar to make sure the world can enjoy a safe and secure World Cup," Rob Silvers, the under secretary for strategy, police and plans at DHS, told ABC News in an interview. "We're are going to be providing security support to our partner and we're going to be doing that in a range of ways."
Silvers said he is headed to Qatar this week to shore up those security partnerships.
One of the ways is by providing Transportation Security Agency (TSA) personnel to provide baggage screening support for people attending the matches.
"We're going to host a delegation from Qatar at a U.S. airport to show them our airport security practices here because obviously they are expecting a large number of visitors and we want to help them on that front," Silvers explained.
The department has experience with large scale sporting events domestically, with the U.S. Secret Service taking the lead on security every February at the Super Bowl.
The Secret Service will be on sight helping out the Qataris at the World Cup.
"We're going to have our Secret Service providing support on protective details and on major event security coordination," Silvers said.
Silvers also explained they are providing cyber resources through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
The DHS official told ABC News there is no credible threat to the World Cup but "it's a large and prominent gathering, and we should always be prepared from a security perspective."
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DANVILLE, Pa. — Tucked away in backyards and parks around Danville are gardens of all shapes and sizes. the annual Danville garden tours encourage people to stop to take in the beauty of nature.
"It's very soothing to the soul and the mind when you are sitting out here looking at the birds and looking at all of the plants," said Mary Susan Umbriac, Danville.
The garden tours typically happen during the Danville Heritage Festival in September, but this year the organizer decided to switch it up
"By September most plants are done blooming and so this year it worked out that we changed the date, as you can see most of the stuff is in full bloom right now," said Umbriac.
People spent the day taking a stroll through each garden on the list.
Bob and Mary Susan Umbriac have spent four decades creating their backyard paradise. Their landscape was a vision brought to life with lots of patience and dedication; building many elements like a covered bridge by hand.
"What's the good of having something that is beautiful and not share it? Some of the gardens on the tour are just absolutely magnificent," said Bob Umbriac.
There are 11 stops on the garden tour and people tell us it's easy to want to spend the day at just one.
"I hope to get to another one or two in during my time frame but the day goes by goes by fast, I spent way more time than I was expecting at each one because they are just so lovely," said Jane Brockman, Sunbury.
Laura Santucci-Burley is participating for the first time. She tells Newswatch 16 that she enjoys meeting other people who are as interested in gardening as a way to share new ideas.
"I hope they have ideas and inspirations and things to motivate them to do things for their own gardens. But also share knowledge and also they share knowledge with me so it is beneficial for both of us," said Burley, Northumberland.
The Danville Heritage Festival officially gets underway September 9th and runs through the 11th.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gavin Sheets doubled twice and drove in two runs, and the Chicago White Sox held on for a 5-3 victory against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
Dylan Cease allowed one run in five innings for his third consecutive win. The major league leader in strikeouts per nine innings, Cease (7-3) had only four against San Francisco – his fewest since May 24 – and overcame LaMonte Wade Jr.’s home run leading off the first to improve to 4-1 in seven road starts.
Tanner Banks followed Cease with two scoreless innings. Joe Kelly retired three hitters and Kendall Graveman pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
Tim Anderson added two hits for Chicago. Yoán Moncada and Leury García each drove in runs as the White Sox beat the Giants for the 10th time in 12 games.
San Francisco scored a run in the ninth and had the tying runners on base with two outs before Graveman got Mike Yastrzemski to ground out.
After Anderson’s infield single leading off the fourth, Andrew Vaughn reached on a fielding error by Giants first baseman Brandon Belt. Sheets followed with a double over the head of left fielder Joc Pederson after Pederson initially broke in on the ball. Moncada followed with an RBI single past a drawn-in infield.
García, who delivered the game-winning hit in Friday’s 1-0 win, drove in a run with a fielder’s choice grounder in the sixth. A second run scored on the play when shortstop Donovan Walton’s throw sailed over the head of pitcher Logan Webb, who was covering first base.
Webb (7-3) allowed six hits and five runs (three earned) in six innings. He struck out five and walked one.
Wade homered on Cease’s second pitch of the game – on LaMonte Wade Jr. Bobblehead Day at Oracle Park. It’s the third career leadoff home run for Wade.
The Giants have lost 9 of 12.
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: RHP Liam Hendriks (forearm strain), who threw a simulated game on Friday, is expected to be activated from the Injured List on Monday. … OF Adam Engel (right hamstring strain) continues to do some running and has not suffered any setbacks.
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Chicago RHP Lucas Giolito (4-4, 5.19 ERA) faces San Francisco for the first time since 2017 when he allowed five runs in 5 1/3 innings. Giolito has one victory in his previous six starts overall. Giants manager Gabe Kapler has not named a starter for Sunday’s game.
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'This isn't tennis': Wimbledon fans brand Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas's bad-tempered Court 1 clash 'embarrassing', with one exclaiming 'Roger Federer would never act like that'
- Wimbledon fans have branded the bad-tempered Court 1 clash 'embarrassing'
- Nick Kyrgios lost his cool after Stefanos Tsitsipas smashed a ball into the crowd
- The fiery Nick Kyrgios lost the first set but recovered superbly to take the next
- The Australian raged at the umpire for not having disqualified his opponent
- Both players were given code violations and Tsitsipas was docked a point
- Kyrgios eventually won in four sets to reach the fourth round of the tournament
Wimbledon fans have branded Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas's bad-tempered Court 1 clash 'embarrassing', with one exclaiming 'Roger Federer would never act like that'.
The Wimbledon crowd has been split over whether they enjoyed a drama-filled match between two fiery players who picked up three code violations between them.
Australia's Nick Kyrgios was cautioned for swearing, while Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas breached the rules twice for smashing the ball away into the crowd.
The pair's Court 1 spectators booed loudly in scenes expected of a football match, and those leaving described the game as everything from 'embarrassing' to 'absolutely incredible'.
Wimbledon fans have branded Nick Kyrgios (pictured) and Stefanos Tsitsipas's bad-tempered Court 1 clash 'embarrassing'
Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (pictured) breached the rules twice for smashing the ball away into the crowd
Retired Asda event coordinators from Birkenhead, Merseyside, Wendy Dewhurst, 69, and Carol Morton, 68, said that they are hearing impaired but the crowd was so loud it even felt 'booming' to them.
Ms Dewhurst said she thought Kyrgios was 'play-acting' and lying on the ground for minutes after a fall 'like a football player'.
Ms Morton agreed, adding: 'It was just a grudge match, and it could have been nasty.
'I had a message from my daughters when we were there, and they said 'it's getting like a football match' too.
'It was naughty. This isn't tennis.
'Roger Federer would never act like that. It was like Ilie Nastase. The crowd was booing, that never used to happen.'
Tennis coaches and brothers Alex and Will Page, both from Twickenham, said the players' intense dislike for one another was clear from the side-lines.
'It was a fiery encounter,' they said. 'Kyrgios, he definitely battled, and he came through, clearly.
'He's a really aggressive player which I think is really good.'
'Roger Federer would never act like that' one spectator said about the sportsmen's behaviour
When asked what they thought of Tsitsipas striking the ball at spectators, Alex called it 'embarrassing'.
'The code violation was absolutely necessary,' he added.
'You can't be hitting the ball out of anger, especially at Wimbledon.'
Teacher Pippa Gribben, 51, and her daughter Evie Gribben, 18, both from Clevedon, North Somerset, said they loved the drama.
Mrs Gribben said: 'It was absolutely incredible — players playing at the top of their game, a bit of tension, a bit of code violation, the crowd love that.
'I felt Kyrgios really got under Tsitsipas' skin, which he's really good at.
'I was hoping we'd have a fifth set, but it ended brilliantly.'
Miss Gribben said that she enjoyed the game more than she would have being on Centre Court watching grand slam great Rafael Nadal, who was playing at the same time.
The tennis players were involved in one of the most bitter matches to ever grace the hallowed grass of Wimbledon
'I wanted Kyrgios to win,' she said. 'You could tell there was a lot of tension between them from the first set.
'I wouldn't trade it for the Nadal match, it was an amazing match.'
Tallulah Belle, 48, a teacher from Hackney in north-east London, said the obvious tension between the players sparked battles among the crowd over who they wanted to win.
She said: 'I like Kyrgios when he's playing, not when he's having a temper tantrum, but my sister-in-law who was beside me was for Tsitsipas, so we were having our own battle, every point.
'I just find him an exciting player. If you get rid of the ego, he's really talented.
'Tsitsipas plays sick tactics and so does Kyrgios, so they were well matched today.
'No-one wants a straightforward match, drama makes it exciting.
The Australian demanded the No 4 seed be disqualified for smashing a ball into the crowd and the Greek admitted deliberately trying to hit his 'evil' opponent
'I think Kyrgios plays to the cameras.
'If there's no drama then I don't think he can pull out his best tennis. It fires him up to have drama.'
Ms Belle added that she thought the amount of booing was 'unnecessary'.
The tennis players were involved in one of the most bitter matches to ever grace the hallowed grass of Wimbledon, after the Australian demanded the No 4 seed be disqualified for smashing a ball into the crowd and the Greek admitted deliberately trying to hit his 'evil' opponent.
In a heated and acrimonious third-round clash on Court One, Kyrgios and Tsitsipas received warnings from the umpire and regularly aired their frustration — both at officials and each other — before the animosity spilled over into the post-match press conference.
Nick Kyrgios raged at the umpire after he refused to default his opponent Stefanos Tsitsipas
Stefanos Tsitsipas had tried to keep his cool throughout but lost it at the end of the second and subsequently lost the third set
Tsitsipas did not hold back in his opinion of Kyrgios, slamming the world No 40 as a 'bully' who had an 'evil' side to him.
'It's constant bullying,' the Greek said. 'He was probably a bully at school. I don't like bullies. He has a very evil side to him.'
Kyrgios had said he 'loved' Tsitsipas and had 'huge respect' for him in his on-court interview after his 6-7, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 win but hit back at his opponent in response to the bullying comment.
'I'm not sure how I bullied him. He was the one that was hitting balls at me,' he said. 'He was the one who hit a spectator. Apart from going back and forth with the umpire, I did nothing disrespectful towards him.
'The circus was all him today. He's got some serious issues. I'm liked in the locker room, he is not.'
The two did shake hands at the net after the match but it was a cursory one at best, with Tsitsipas quickly heading off court.
A foul-mouthed Kyrgios had labelled the umpire a 'disgrace' after he refused to default Tsitsipas, who hit a backhand into the stands which narrowly missed a female spectator after losing the second set.
'Are you dumb?' Kyrgios said. 'That's a default, bro.'
When the umpire declined to bend to his requests, Kyrgios — who has proven to be his usual controversial self during the first week of Wimbledon after a number of high-profile incidents including rows with umpires and crowd members — briefly refused to play as he continued to demand Tsitsipas be thrown out of the tournament.
'Is that a default or what? He just hit the ball at the f****** crowd,' said Kyrgios. 'Are you dumb? So you can hit a ball at the crowd, hit someone and not get defaulted?
'You're a disgrace. You change the rules whenever you want.
'Give me all the supervisors. I'm not playing until we get to the bottom of it.'
Some of his antics clearly frustrated Stefanos Tsitsipas who became dragged into the saga
The umpire appeared to explain to Kyrgios, who himself has hit a crowd member with a rogue ball during his career, that he could not default Tsitsipas because the ball did not actually hit anyone.
The No 4 seed received a code violation warning for his behaviour before he later received another code violation and had a point deducted when he once again hit the ball away in frustration — which he later admitted he was aiming at Kyrgios.
After Kyrgios brought out another underarm serve during the third set, the Greek clearly grew even more infuriated and hit the ball away just feet below the first row of spectators behind the baseline.
The umpire called Kyrgios and Tsitsipas over and spoke to them to try and settle proceedings as the match threatened to descend into a farce, with both players feeling as though the world was against them.
The pair shared a cursory handshake at the net after the end of a tense and acrimonious match
Tsitsipas apologised for losing control but said it was frustrating that the umpires did not come down harder on the Australian.
'I wish we could all come together and put a rule in place. I don't know. Something about talking. Why would you be talking while you're playing? It makes no sense,' he said.
'Every single point that I played today I feel like there was something going on on the other side of the net.
'That's his way of manipulating the opponent and making you feel distracted, in a way. There is no other player that does this. There is no other player that is so upset and frustrated all the time with something.
'I really hope all us players can come up with something and make this a cleaner version of our sport, have this kind of behaviour not accepted, not allowed, not tolerated.'
Tsitsipas admitted he had tried to hit Kyrgios with a smash in the third set.
'I was aiming for the body of my opponent but I missed by a lot, by a lot,' he said. 'I'm not used to play this way. But I cannot just sit there, act like a robot and act like someone that is completely cold and ignorant.
Tsitsipas became dragged into the saga with the umpire and his opponent and his tennis suffered as a result
'Because you're out there doing your job, and you have noise coming from the other side of the court for no absolute reason.'
Former players Pat Cash and John Lloyd, who were commentating on the match for the BBC, believed Kyrgios was lucky to avoid being defaulted for his antics.
After Kyrgios had sealed victory, Cash — who was hardly well behaved during his own playing days — said his fellow Aussie 'should not have even been on the court'.
Lloyd was also angry with Kyrgios' behaviour and questioned the spirit in which he had played the match.
The Australian was fined just over £8,000 for the spitting incident during his first round match with Paul Jubb on Tuesday. Kyrgios accused the supporter in whose direction he spat at of being disrespectful to him during his narrow win in five sets.
Kyrgios had earlier become furious with the umpire in his meeting with Tsitsipas after one of his shots was called out at a crucial stage in the first set.
Tsitsipas grew more and more frustrated as Kyrgios claimed back-to-back sets on Court One
'It's 5-5 all bro, it's 5-5 all bro. So get a new one, get a new umpire,' he ranted.
'Bro, you're supposed to make the right call, you don't get credit unless you make the right call. You just say sorry and it's all good? It's f***ing... why don't you just get a new referee? He's got one line to call bro.'
Tsitsipas had tried to keep his cool while Kyrgios raged throughout the first set but it all came to a boil at the end of the second when he hit the ball away. Clearly, the hostility and frustration was still running deep within Tsitsipas as he subsequently dropped the third set.
In the fourth, having lost on Tsitsipas' serve to go down 3-2 in the set, Kyrgios turned his frustration to his team at the other end of the court.
Kyrgios in conversation with an official demanding that Tsitsipas be defaulted
He demanded to know why they hadn't 'changed anything' from the first set after Tsitsipas saw out his service game with consummate ease.
The fourth set went the distance with Kyrgios eventually prevailing 9-7 in a tie-break to ensure he would advance to the fourth round.
The match is likely to be the subject of much debate in the coming days, with pundits and other players alike likely to have a lot to say about the behaviour of the Australian in particular.
It was perhaps not a surprise to see the match play out the way it did. Kyrgios' antics are well-known but Tsitsipas has also had his share of controversy.
The Greek infamously launched an epic tantrum at the ATP Cup in 2020 when he lost to Kyrgios, hitting his coach and narrowly missing his own father with wayward balls — and getting a lecture from his mother for his behaviour.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek was unbeaten since February and sure seemed unbeatable, compiling 37 consecutive match wins and six consecutive tournament titles.
She’s never quite been as comfortable on grass courts as other surfaces, though, and a mistake-filled Saturday sent Swiatek out of Wimbledon in the third round with a 6-4, 6-2 loss to 37th-ranked Alize Cornet of France.
“I know I didn’t play good tennis. I was pretty confused about my tactics,” said Swiatek, a two-time French Open champion who has never advanced past the fourth round at the All England Club. “For sure, it wasn’t a good performance for me.”
It was not just the match’s winner that was unexpected. It was also just how one-sided this 1-hour, 33-minute encounter was.
“This kind of match is what I’m living for, it’s what I’m practicing for every day,” Cornet said. “It really drives me. I knew I could do it. Somehow, I had this belief.”
No woman had won as many matches in a row as Swiatek since Martina Hingis also put together a run of 37 in 1997.
But right away, it seemed, this would not be Swiatek’s day.
“I didn’t know what to do,” she said.
Neither, several hours later, did fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas, who grew frustrated by what he called a “circus” atmosphere and “bullying” tactics by Nick Kyrgios, who cursed and argued his way to a 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7) victory.
Kyrgios repeatedly berated chair umpire Damien Dumusois and insisted that Tsitsipas should be defaulted for hitting a ball into the stands near fans after dropping the second set at No. 1 Court.
There was some simultaneous contentiousness across the way at Centre Court, too, although to a much lesser degree, as 22-time major champion Rafael Nadal beat No. 27 seed Lorenzo Sonego 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. Nadal objected to Sonego’s elongated grunts and called him up to the net to discuss it; Sonego objected to that sort of face-to-face confrontation.
Afterward, Nadal apologized, saying he shouldn’t have tried to engage his opponent that way.
On a chilly, windy afternoon at No. 1 Court, Swiatek quickly fell behind 3-0 and of Cornet’s first 14 points, nine came via unforced errors off the racket of the 21-year-old player from Poland. Only one came via a winner produced by Cornet herself.
Normally so crisp with her shots, calm with her demeanor, Swiatek was not exactly at ease in either sense. After one missed forehand return, she swatted the toes of her right shoe with her racket.
By the end, Swiatek had made 33 unforced errors — a whopping 26 more than Cornet. And Swiatek’s strong forehand produced nine winners, only two more than Cornet amassed.
This is not the first surprising result Cornet has come up with at the All England Club. The only other time she reached the fourth round at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament came in 2014, when she eliminated major singles champion Serena Williams.
“I have no words right now. It reminds me of the time I beat Serena on the same court, eight years ago exactly,” Cornet said. “This court is a lucky charm for me.”
When the match ended — appropriately enough, with Swiatek dumping a forehand into the net — Cornet raised her arms and smiled as wide a smile as can be.
Cornet is a 32-year-old who reached her first quarterfinal in 63 appearances at majors by getting that far at the Australian Open in January. Now she’s a win away from getting that far again, facing unseeded Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia next.
“I’m like good wine,” Cornet said. “Good wine always ages well.”
Tomljanovic, a quarterfinalist a year ago at the All England Club, eliminated 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
In a contest between two young Americans — and a rematch of the 2017 U.S. Open junior final — No. 20 seed Amanda Anisimova came back to top No. 11 Coco Gauff 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1 at Centre Court.
Gauff, who is 18 and lost to Swiatek in the final at Roland Garros last month, led 3-0 at the start, before the 20-year-old Anisimova’s forceful baseline game eventually began to hold sway. Anisimova took that opening set to a tiebreaker, which she then led 4-1, but Gauff grabbed the next half-dozen points.
That could have been trouble for Anisimova. She didn’t let it derail her. Instead, she kept taking control of groundstroke exchanges while also doing a fantastic job of handling Gauff’s serve, which reached 123 mph Saturday.
In all, Anisimova won more than half of Gauff’s service games and saved 10 of the 13 break points she faced.
After entering 2022 with a record of 11-23 in three-setters, Anisimova has gone 13-6 this season, leading the tour for the most victories in matches that go the distance.
When Anisimova closed out the victory, she dropped to her back on the court, covering her face with both hands, then rose to blow kisses to the crowd and wiped away tears.
Next for Anisimova is a match against Harmony Tan, who is making her Wimbledon debut and defeated Williams in the first round last Tuesday.
Other women’s fourth-round matches Monday will be No. 17 Elena Rybakina vs. Petra Martic, and 2019 champion Simona Halep against No. 4 Paula Badosa, who got past two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova 7-5, 7-6 (4).
A total of four American men are into the round of 16 at the All England Club for the first time since 1999 after victories Saturday by No. 11 Taylor Fritz and unseeded Brandon Nakashima. They join No. 23 Frances Tiafoe and No. 30 Tommy Paul, who advanced a day earlier.
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MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — The New York Police Department arrested a Brooklyn man Friday for stalking and trespassing on two separate occasions.
His victim, according to Rolling Stone? Pop star and New York City resident Taylor Swift.
Police did not confirm if Swift lives in the buildings 35-year-old Joshua Christian allegedly entered on March 26 and June 12. Swift and her team have also not made any comments on the incident.
During the first incident, Christian reportedly walked into an unlocked Tribeca residence and remained in the building’s lobby unlawfully. Eventually, he was told to leave by security, police said.
Three months later, Christian is said to have entered another nearby building. While inside, he “made threats through the intercom toward a 32 year-old female,” according to police.
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NICE, France (AP) — Tourism is booming again in France — and so is COVID-19. French officials have “invited” or “recommended” people to go back to using face masks but stopped short of renewing restrictions that would scare visitors away or revive antigovernment protests.
From Paris commuters to tourists on the French Riviera, many people seem to welcome the government’s light touch, while some worry that required prevention measures may be needed.
Virus-related hospitalizations rose quickly in France over the past two weeks, with nearly 1,000 patients with COVID-19 hospitalized per day, according to government data. Infections are also rising across Europe and the United States, but France has an exceptionally high proportion of people in the hospital, according to Our World in Data estimates.
French government spokesperson Olivia Gregoire has said there are no plans to reintroduce national regulations that limit or set conditions for gathering indoors and other activities.
“The French people are sick of restrictions,” she said Wednesday on channel BFMTV. “We are confident that people will behave responsibly.”
France’s parliamentary elections last month resulted in President Emmanuel Macron losing his majority in the national legislature, while parties on the far right and the far left that had protested his government’s earlier vaccine and mask rules gained seats.
After the prime minister this week recommended that people resume wearing masks on public transportation, commuter Raphaelle Vertaldi said, “We need to deal with the virus, but we can’t stop living because of it.”
Vertaldi, who was boarding a train in Boussy-Saint-Antoine south of Paris, said she opposed mandatory mask use but would cover her mouth and nose again, if the government requires it.
Hassani Mohammed, a postal worker in Paris, didn’t wait for the government to decide. He masks up before his daily commute. With his wife recovering from surgery and two children at home, he does not want to risk contracting the coronavirus a third time.
“I realized that the pandemic does not belong to the past,” Mohammed said.
Masks have been contentious in France. Early in the pandemic, the French government suggested masks weren’t helpful. It ultimately introduced some of Europe’s toughest restrictions, including an indoors and outside mask mandate that lasted more than a year, along with strict lockdowns.
A Paris court ruled Tuesday that the French government failed to sufficiently stock up on surgical masks at the start of the pandemic and to prevent the virus from spreading. The administrative court in Paris also ruled that the government was wrong to suggest early on that that masks did not protect people from becoming infected.
The government lifted most virus rules by April, and foreign tourists have returned by land, sea and air to French Mediterranean beaches, restaurants and bars.
In the meantime, French hospitals are struggling with long-running staff and funding shortages. Local officials are contemplating new measures, including an indoor mask mandate in some cities, but nothing that would curb economic activity.
French tourism professionals expect a booming summer season despite the virus, with numbers that may even surpass pre-pandemic levels as Americans benefit from the weaker euro and others rediscover foreign travel after more than two years of a more circumscribed existence.
On the French Riviera, a slow economic recovery began last summer. But with attendance at gatherings still capped, social distancing rules and travel restrictions in place a year ago, most visitors to the area were French.
A tour guide and electric bicycle taxi driver in Nice described her joy at seeing foreign visitors again. During France’s repeated lockdowns, she transported essential workers, and took people to hospitals, to care for elderly relatives or for PCR tests.
Now, passengers on her bike from the U.S., Australia, Germany, Italy or beyond reach for the hand disinfectant taped to the barrier between the passenger and driver’s seats. She said she still diligently disinfects the bike before each ride, “like it’s 2020.”
A retired couple from the U.K. visited France this week on their first trip abroad since pandemic travel restrictions were lifted. They started with a cruise down the River Rhône – face masks were mandatory on the ship – and ended with a few days on the Mediterranean.
“It’s been delightful from start to finish,” said Ros Runcie, who was in Nice with her husband, Gordon. “Everyone is so pleased to see you, everyone is really polite and nice to visitors.”
Sue Baker, who was traveling with her husband, Phil, and the Runcies, observed: “It feels very much like pre-2020.”
Asked about the possible return of French mask rules, Phil Baker said, “Masks are a bit uncomfortable, especially in the heat.”
But his wife added, “If it means we can still go on a holiday, we’ll put them back on without hesitation.”
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Le Deley reported from Boussy-Saint-Antoine, France.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to hit four straight home runs in the first inning when Nolan Arenado, Nolan Gorman, Juan Yepez and Dylan Carson connected against Philadelphia on Saturday.
The Cardinals tied the MLB record for any inning with four in a row. It was the first time they had done it, and the 11th time overall in big league history.
After Phillies starter Kyle Gibson got the first two outs, Paul Goldschmidt singled before Arenado’s two-run shot to left field on a slider started the long ball onslaught. Arenado’s drive came a night after he hit for the cycle for the second time in his career in St. Louis’ 5-3 loss to Philadelphia.
Gorman followed by driving a 2-1 cutter into the seats in right field. Then Yepez fouled off a 1-2 pitch before clearing the fence in left field to mark the first time since Sept. 19, 2002, that the Cardinals hit three homers in a row.
Carson finished the amazing power display by connecting on a 1-0 sinker that hit the facing of the second deck in right field on the first pitch he saw.
The last team to homer in four consecutive at-bats was the Chicago White Sox, who did it on Aug. 16, 2020, against the Cardinals.
Gibson had allowed just nine homers in 80 1/3 innings entering Saturday.
The home crowd gasped when Lars Nootbaar followed Carlson and made solid contact on a flyball that was caught in deep left field but well shy of the warning track to end the inning.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Garland’s rapid rise to elite NBA status is complete.
Cleveland’s All-Star point guard agreed Saturday to a five-year, $193 million contract extension, his agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports told the Associated Press.
Garland’s deal is the largest in franchise history, and locks up a player the Cavs believe can get them back among the league’s top teams.
The fifth overall pick in 2019, Garland has quickly developed into one of the game’s best all-around guards. Last season, he averaged 21.7 points and 8.6 assists in 68 games while helping the Cavs win 22 more games than the previous season.
The 22-year-old Garland has improved statistically each season, but beyond that, he has grown as a leader for a rising Cleveland team that just missed the playoffs last season. He’s one of the team’s core pieces along with All-Star center Jarrett Allen and forward Evan Mobley.
Garland agreed to the same deal that another elite young guard, Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies, struck earlier in the week as the majority of the league’s offseason business began getting underway.
Garland’s extension begins in the 2023-24 season and, for now, would see him making just over $33 million in the first year and escalating steadily, all the way to $44 million in 2027-28.
If he makes an All-NBA team this coming season — meaning he would have to be selected as one of the top six guards in the league, unless the league changes its voting structure before then — the numbers get even bigger, going from “max” to “supermax.”
In that scenario, Garland would start out making $40 million in 2023-24, and be due almost $53 million in 2027-28.
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AP NBA Writer Tim Reynolds contributed to this report.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
636 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Cimarron and north central Dallam Counties through 715 PM CDT...
At 636 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles east of Felt, or 16 miles south of Boise City, moving northeast
at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern
Cimarron and north central Dallam Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3643 10251 3643 10278 3671 10277 3671 10216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 222DEG 20KT 3650 10255
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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