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(iSeeCars) – If you visit any gas station, you’ll notice the special, differently-colored pump marked “diesel.” You may have wondered how diesel fuel differs from gasoline, and which vehicles run on diesel fuel. This article will note the differences between diesel and gasoline and will highlight the best diesel cars on the market today.
Diesel Vs. Gasoline:
The basic difference between a diesel engine and a gasoline-powered engine is that in a gas engine, fuel and air is mixed inside a combustion chamber, and ignited by a spark plug. Modern diesel powertrains compress the air first, which causes heat, and when the fuel is added, combustion happens without the use of a spark plug.
Diesel engines are typically heavier and more powerful than gasoline engines, giving them a higher towing capacity, which is why they are commonly found in semi trucks. Diesel engines have less horsepower than their gasoline counterparts, but they have more lb-ft of torque to contribute to their towing prowess and off-road capability. Along with semi and pickup trucks, diesel engines can also be found in SUVs and crossovers when combined with four-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.
Diesel vehicles are usually more fuel-efficient than their gasoline counterparts, though more efficient modern gas engines are creeping up on diesels, especially in hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. A well-maintained diesel engine will usually outlast a comparable gasoline engine. Diesel-powered vehicles are typically more expensive then the gasoline equivalent, while diesel fuel, once much cheaper per gallon that gas, is often comparable in price today.
Diesel engine options aren’t as common as they used to be, partly due to the negative publicity from “Dieselgate” headlines when Volkswagen TDIs were proven to have cheated the EPA emissions certification system. While there are many diesel SUVs and trucks to choose from, there are not any new diesel passenger cars in production, but there are used versions that can be found on the market.
Best Diesel Cars:
Our top three diesel-powered cars – and there aren’t many recent models to choose from, as diesels seem to make more sense in trucks and SUVs – are all from European automakers, where diesel cars are very common due to the high cost of fuel. The full list of cars with diesel engines shows many discontinued models in the U.S. markets, so new car versions aren’t available, but you can still come across these models as used cars. The compact Chevrolet Cruze hatchback or sedan stands out as the only non-luxury vehicle to make the list.
Leading the list of diesel models with an 8.5 rating is the BMW 3-Series with the optional diesel engine, the 328d, as in “d” for diesel. The car is far, far more popular overseas than it was in North America, and they are hard to find. They use 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel engines with an eight-speed automatic transmission.
In second place is another diesel-powered BMW, the larger 5-series with a 7.9 rating. The 535d comes with a 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder and an eight-speed automatic transmission that earns a combined 30 mpg. BMW discontinued the diesel engine for 2019, but 2018 versions and older of the 3-Series and the 5-Series are available with this engine.
Rounding out the top three is the Jaguar XF with a 7.3 rating. The optional Ingenium turbodiesel engine is a 2.0-liter with an eight-speed automatic transmission. You may have to look hard for one – they’re few and far between and were discontinued after the 2019 model year.
Best Diesel SUVs
The best diesel SUVs start with two Jeep models, the 3.0-liter turbodiesel Wrangler Unlimited, with a score of 8.8, and the ecodiesel version of the Jeep Grand Cherokee at 8.3. Both feature a turbo diesel engine and an eight-speed automatic transmission.
The Mazda CX-5 comes next with an 8.3 score. The CX-5 features Skyactiv-D, introduced in the 2019 model year and featuring a 2.2-liter turbocharged engine connected to a six-speed automatic transmission with standard all-wheel drive (AWD).
Best Diesel Trucks
Of the 60 or so 2021 and 2022 new vehicles listed by the EPA’s Fueleconomy.gov website, 32 are pickups, so you’ll have a healthy selection of diesel-powered trucks, both new and used.
Fronting our list is the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with the optional Duramax diesel, and a score of 8.3. The turbomax diesel engine is available in the truck’s LT, RST, LTZ, and High Country trim levels. The nearly identical GMC Sierra 1500, with a score of 8.2, comes in at third place with the same drivetrain specs as the Chevy Silverado. The newer models have a 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder, with a 10-speed automatic transmission. Both models increased their towing capacity by nearly 4,000 pounds for their 2022 redesign.
Slotting into the second position between the pair of GM trucks is the Ford F150 with the optional diesel, also scoring an 8.3. the newest models are powered by a Powerstroke 3.0-liter turbo six-cylinder with a 10-speed automatic transmission. The Powerstroke diesel engine was discontinued after the 2021 model year.
Bottom Line:
If you want a diesel-powered vehicle, these are the best diesel cars you can buy. Diesel-powered vehicles achieve the best fuel economy compared to gasoline engines, and diesel trucks and SUVs can tow and haul considerably more than their base engines. While new diesel passenger cars are no longer readily available in the U.S. market, there are a number of diesel trucks and SUVs to choose from.
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GST on curd, buttermilk: Farmers, cooperatives fear price hike
Officials of cooperatives say that the prices of milk by-products will be increased if GST is raised on dairy machinery and milk machines
The decision of the GST Council in its 47th Meeting held last week in Chandigarh to impose 5% GST on dairy items like “pre- packed, pre-labelled curd, lassi and butter milk” and to increase GST on dairy machinery and milking machines from 12% to 18% has drawn criticism from farmers’ organisations and milk cooperatives. Various cooperatives are waiting for the notification of the Centre to take the next step, while farmers fear that the decision will result in increase in the price of the by-products.
R.S. Sodhi, Managing Director, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) (Amul) said they are waiting for the notification. “We do not have any clarity at the moment. We have seen newspaper reports that GST will be levied on curd and buttermilk. We are waiting for the notification,” he said, adding that the prices of both the products likely to rise if GST is imposed on them.
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The increase in the GST on dairy machinery and milking machines will have a direct impact on the price of milk too. Pradeshik Cooperative Dairy Federation (PCDF) of Uttar Pradesh, the largest milk producing State in the country, will also meet soon to assess the impact of GST on the by-products and the machinery.
“The impact of this will be on the consumers as prices will increase. We have to assess the impact. We will consult with all district unions of farmers and will approach the government after that,” said PCDF general manager Tapesh Yadav.
All India Kisan Sabha’s (AIKS) leader from Western Uttar Pradesh D.P. Singh said the decision will affect farmers directly. “There are a lot of farmers who make curd and buttermilk at their homes and sell it in their neighbourhoods. Such a taxation will affect their livelihood,” Singh said. Farmers’ leader from Shamli Jitender Singh Hudda said decision to increase GST on milking machines will impact the mechanisation of milking processes. “This will further increase the input cost. The government should also think about nutritional requirements of people,” Hudda said.
AIKS leaders Hannan Mollah and Ashok Dhawale said in a statement that the move will adversely affect over nine crore Indian households depending on the dairy sector for their livelihoods and millions of poor consumers who depend on milk and its by-products for nutrition. “Livelihoods of dairy farmers will be threatened and the move to impose high GST on Dairy machinery will hit the small players and especially the cooperative sector. The BJP Government is crushing the rights of States and we are witnessing a centralisation of political authority and capital,” they said.
The AIKS said the GST regime in the last five years has led to fiscal policies that favour the class interests of finance and monopoly houses at the cost of poor peasants and small entrepreneurs. “Recent reports about the impact of the GST regime in Howrah’s foundry industry and Surat’s textile industry clearly demonstrated a consolidation of big players at the cost of medium, small and marginal players in different levels of value chains. The medium and small players either had to exit the business or merge with the bigger players. There are several similar examples from different parts of the country where there was the consolidation of bigger players and the ruin of small players,” Mollah and Dhawale said and urged the Centre to immediately withdraw the recommendations of the GST Council.
The AIKS also called upon dairy farmers across the country to rise in protest by uniting the small entrepreneurs and cooperative sector.
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MYKOLAIV OBLAST, Ukraine — It only took Mykhailo Liubchenko homemade vodka to salvage some of his business.
Liubchenko, 72, farms wheat and sunflowers on the front lines of the Ukraine war's southern campaign. He says he paid off Russian soldiers with samogon — moonshine — so they wouldn't torch his fields or steal his equipment in the early weeks of the war in February.
"They were completely drunk," he says. "They didn't steal anything or destroy anything. The next day our Ukrainian forces pushed them back."
Months later, burned Russian tanks and vehicles still line the farm roads that square his several-thousand-acre plots. Red flags sprout above young sunflower shoots, alerting farmhands to unexploded ordnance left behind. A rocket sits perched on a tree trunk, in what looks like it was once a defensive military position.
"I have 1,000 hectares [2,471 acres] of winter wheat and barley, that I don't know how to harvest. I'll probably just light it on fire," he says. "If I let combines and tractors work, drivers could be blown up because there are still some shells."
Ukraine is considered a breadbasket of Europe and a major exporter of wheat, corn, sunflower and other food. But Russian warships and Ukrainian mines are blocking shipping lanes through the Black Sea. The United Nations warns the blockade will worsen world hunger, which leaves Ukrainian farmers in the middle of a local and global crisis — right as the year's harvest begins.
Negotiations fail to reach result
Attempts by the U.N., Turkey and other parties to negotiate with Russia to let exports ship out of Ukrainian waters have so far failed. Moscow offered to help if the West lifted some of its sanctions and Ukraine cleared its mines around the ports.
Ukraine has been left out of the discussions, but a senior Ukrainian official said it would participate soon and expects the conversations to become more serious in July.
Meanwhile, global food prices have hovered near record highs their rise, even as some commodities, including wheat and corn, have dipped since their peaks.
In another record, up to 323 million people are on the brink of starvation, the Group of Seven global economic leaders warned on Monday, saying that factors including COVID-19 and climate change contributed.
The war in Ukraine "is dramatically aggravating the hunger crisis; it has triggered disruptions of agricultural production, supply chains and trade that have driven world food and fertiliser prices to unprecedented levels for which Russia bears enormous responsibility," the group's statement reads.
European Union officials accuse Russia of using hunger as a weapon, calling its blockade of Ukraine's shipping ports a war crime. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has warned about "the risk of a great famine in the world, especially in Africa."
Exports trickle out
Before the war, Ukraine exported 5 million to 6 million tons of food per month — with more than 90% of it going through Black Sea ports. But in May, Ukraine exported just 1.8 million tons.
"There was a lot of vessels that were scheduled to arrive in Ukrainian ports that just did a U-turn in the Black Sea," after Russia's invasion, says Mark Nugent, senior dry bulk analyst at Braemar Shipping Services.
Last year, Ukraine exported $27.8 billion worth of agricultural goods. It shipped more than 20 million tons of wheat and other cereal grains — 10% of the world total for those commodities. Ukraine is also normally the top producer of sunflower seed, oil and meal, as well as a leading corn exporter.
Before the war, Ukraine exported 5 million to 6 million tons of food per month. But in May, it exported just 1.8 million tons. About half of it goes to Poland, Romania and Hungary by rail.
Ukraine's Agriculture Ministry thinks the maximum amount of exports by land would top out at about 2.2 million tons per month.
These days, about half of Ukraine's food shipments are going to Poland, Romania and Hungary by rail, and much of the rest by trucks. For farmers, it's costlier to ship by road.
"Right now we're preparing our trucks and getting passports for our drivers who don't have them," says Oleksandr Tatarov, a farmer who grows rapeseed, wheat and barley near Bashtanka, Ukraine.
Trucking barley to the ports of Izmail and Reni in southern Ukraine "costs about 50%" of the price Tatarov earns, he tells NPR, as explosions can be heard in the distance.
He says he'll test a truck shipment to those ports, where they could be loaded on barges on the Danube River, but he's heard trucks have waited for weeks to unload.
Almost one-third of Tatarov's nearly 8,600 acres are under occupation or shelling. "We've pulled the curtain on those fields," he says.
The day before he meets NPR, one of his farm garages was hit by a Russian attack. A shell destroyed one of his four food storage facilities.
Running out of space
When the blockade began, Ukraine already had 23.5 million tons of grain and seed in storage, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in June. That left Ukraine's storage capacity about a third full, excluding the silos that are located in Russian-occupied territories.
Now, the Agriculture Ministry anticipates running out of storage capacity by October, expecting a harvest of grains and seeds to be about 60 million tons — half of last year's.
"Part of our storage of facilities are in temporarily occupied territories, part of them were destroyed," Deputy Agriculture Minister Markiyan Dmytrasevych tells NPR. "We understand we'll face a deficit of grain storages. ... The deficit could be 10-15 million tons."
President Biden said the United States would help build temporary facilities in Poland.
Meanwhile, farmers like Tatarov will use massive silo bags to store as much as 200,000 tons of harvested grain and seeds in the fields. Other growers, including Vasily Khmilenko, are searching for bins to rent.
"I've never needed storage before," he says. "The port [in Odesa] is very close to us, so when we harvested, the trucks came straight to the field and took the grain."
Khmilenko says the harvested grain cannot sit in the field uncovered because rain would destroy it. He's negotiating with a company to store his entire yield, which he estimates to be between 400 and 500 tons.
He says he hopes they'll take some grain as payment.
Liubchenko says he has experience demining as a former military colonel. He points out a pile of ordnance he says he removed from his fields. But that was earlier in the season, when the plants were shorter. It would be too dangerous to do that now, he says, because the taller plants obstruct his view of the ground.
He says he'll store as much of his harvest as he can and wait for the blockade to end.
For Khmilenko, if he cannot sell this year, he says he'll be out about $70,000. "If we lose this it will be impossible to rebuild. I paid too much in this business to recover it," he says.
Khmilenko's farm is relatively far from the front lines, and he says he's confident Russian forces will not reach his land.
But the threat of shells, and potential fire from them, continues to haunt him. Russia has increased its shelling and missile attacks in the southern region in recent weeks, including attacks on food storage facilities in Mykolaiv and Odesa.
"The most important thing is that we de-blockade our seaport," Dmytrasevych says. "The only way to do that is to defeat the Russians. So we need weapons, weapons and weapons."
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SCHENECTADY — The Daily Gazette will not print a newspaper on Independence Day.
In an announcement at the top of Satuday's newspaper, the Gazette said it would forgo Monday's newspaper "in observance of the holiday." The newspaper said its online e-edition will be free Monday.
The Gazette did not respond to an inquiry Sunday morning.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police are reportedly investigating a shooting that occurred late Saturday night.
According to city officials, Northwest District officers responded to Grace Street, near the intersection of Niagara Street, just before midnight for a reported shooting. Detectives said a 23-year-old Buffalo man was shot several times in the legs. He was taken to ECMC, where he is reportedly stable.
Anyone with information is asked to call or text the confidential tip line at (716) 847-2255.
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SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — Zhou Guanyu was involved in a frightening first-lap crash Sunday that brought the British Grand Prix to an immediate halt as safety crews attended to the only Chinese driver in Formula One.
Zhou's car slid upside-down across the gravel and his Alfa Romeo seemed to be wedged between fencing and a tire barrier at the first corner. The race was red-flagged and George Russell, one of the drivers involved in the crash, sprinted from his car to the tire barrier to check on Zhou.
“Zhou is conscious, he is talking, there are no fractures,” Alfa Romeo radioed Zhou's teammate Valtteri Bottas.
The FIA said Zhou is under observation in the medical center.
Alex Albon of Williams was also taken to the medical center and then his team said he'd been transferred by helicopter to Coventry Hospital for a precautionary check. Albon had spun into the pit wall after being struck by Sebastian Vettel from behind as drivers tried to avoid the incident involving Zhou.
Russell appeared to be hit from behind at the start and was knocked into Zhou, whose car went flying across a gravel trap and over a tire wall into the retaining fence. The car was skidding on the “halo” which protects the driver's head, then went airborne. It was stuck between the tire wall and the fence, delaying efforts to extricate Zhou.
Russell, who ran from his car to help Zhou, called it “one of the scariest crashes I’ve ever seen.”
Russell was declared out of the race by the FIA because his Mercedes was loaded onto a truck to be taken back to pit lane while he was checking on Zhou. Mercedes protested the call, but the FIA did not budge.
The drivers returned to the pits to await a restart.
After the race was stopped, “several people attempted to enter the track," F1 said in a statement. “These people were immediately removed and the matter is now being dealt with by the local authorities.”
Local police had warned Friday spectators might enter the track as part of a protest. An environmental group called Just Stop Oil said that five of its activists had entered the track and sat down.
The group also tried to disrupt some Premier League soccer games in England in recent months. Just Stop Oil named one of those on the track at Silverstone on Sunday as a protestor who also attached himself to a goal post at a game in March between Everton and Newcastle.
The “halo” device around the cockpit played a prominent role earlier Sunday in a Formula Two race at Silverstone when Dennis Hauger's car landed on top of rival Roy Nissany's car. The incident was reminiscent of a crash in F1 involving Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix last year.
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- When: Sunday, July 3, 2022
- Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
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- Total Goals: Over/Under 2.5 (+112/-135)
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At least five people were killed Sunday when a glacier ruptured in the Italian Alps, local rescue services confirmed.
Eight people were injured during the accident on the Marmolada peak of the eastern Dolomites, according to Italian state television RAI.
Local media described how masses of ice, snow and debris slid down the mountain before hitting the hikers.
"Unfortunately, five people were found lifeless," emergency services spokeswoman Michela Canova told Agence France-Presse, saying that the injured figure "remains a provisional count."
Those hurt, including a person in critical condition, were taken to several hospitals in the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto, according to rescue officials.
It said at least five helicopters and rescue dogs were deployed during the search.
15 hikers nearby during collapse
Emergency dispatchers in northeast Italy tweeted that about 15 hikers
were believed to have been in the area at the time of the collapse.
The Alpine rescue service said in a tweet that a segment of glacier broke off near Punta Rocca (Rock Point), "along the itinerary normally used to reach the peak."
The piece is known as a serac, or pinnacle of a glacier.
It wasn't immediately clear what caused the ice segment to break away and rush down the peak's slope.
However, the intense heat wave gripping Italy since late June could be a factor, Walter Milan, an Alpine rescue service spokesperson told state TV.
Marmolada, towering about 3,300 meters (about 11,000 feet), is the highest peak in the eastern Dolomites.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated shortly.
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(KRON/NEXSTAR) — The Golden State has long been an epicenter for entrepreneurship — but that reputation has been threatened since onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. A variety of economic and social forces came to a head during this time, with many major companies deciding to leave.
A 2021 report by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in August 2021 found that 74 corporate headquarters left California in just the first six months of the year, in addition to 64 companies that moved out in 2020.
Bay Area counties accounted for five of the top 10 counties that saw headquarter migration — with the San Francisco Bay Area leading the way. Many of traditionally Californian companies are now resetting in the Lone Star State.
Who left California?
Tesla Motors: Palo Alto to Austin, Texas — No discussion of companies leaving California would be complete without discussing Tesla. The company officially relocated to the Lone Star State in December 2021, after a conflict between CEO Elon Musk and Alameda County health authorities over COVID-19 rules during the initial lockdown.
“California has been winning for a long time, and I think they’re taking it for granted,” Musk said when announcing the change.
Musk also moved his personal residence to Texas, which lacks a state income tax.
However it appears Musk isn’t done with California as the magnate is seeking to buy San Francisco-based Twitter.
Oracle: Redwood City to Austin — Oracle, namesake of the San Francisco Giants ballpark and the former namesake of the arena that the Golden State Warriors called home, announced its move in December 2020.
Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and Chief Executive Officer Safra Catz were major supporters of former President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reported, and company leaders felt increasingly out of sync with modern Silicon Valley. The world’s third-largest software company’s leaders had also moved its annual conference, OpenWorld, from San Francisco to Las Vegas, and the company was trying to build a younger and cheaper workforce.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise: San Jose to Spring — Hewlett Packard Enterprise moved to the Lone Star State the same month, with its moved announced by Gov. Gregg Abbot (R), as Nexstar’s KRON4 reported at the time.
“As we look to the future, our business needs, opportunities for cost savings, and team members’ preferences about the future of work, we are excited to relocate HPE’s headquarters to the Houston region,” CEO Antonio Neri stated at that time. “Houston is an attractive market to recruit and retain future diverse talent and where we are currently constructing a state-of-the-art new campus. We look forward to continuing to expand our strong presence in the market.”
Charles Schwab Corp.: San Francisco to Westlake — The financial services company merged with TD Ameritrade in 2020, which resulted in a corporate HQ move to Westlake, a suburb of Fort Worth. The move was official on January 1, 2021.
Why?
The Stanford researchers found that the regulatory climate and taxes were big reasons companies chose to make the leap east. Of all U.S. states, CEOs rated California’s tax and regulation policies the worst, including a total of 518 state agencies, boards and commissions.
“Lawmakers in Sacramento continually enact laws that expand civil liability on businesses and
property owners,” the report stated, adding that another factor is that California workers also need more money than workers in other states.
“California employees often have (or demand) elevated wages to meet the high cost of living, excessive housing prices, burdensome income tax rates, expensive utilities, and in some cases payments for private schools to avoid the failing public school systems.,” the researchers stated. “For an employer, labor costs are higher than elsewhere when comparisons are made of charges that include not only wages and salaries but employer-paid statutory benefits and fringe benefits.”
Texas is considered the most entrepreneur-friendly state, and California ranks No. 49 of 50, according to the study. Forbes reported in May that Texas is the state with the most Fortune 500 companies.
Going to Texas
Y Texas, a business resource that tracks corporate relocations to Texas, shows as many as 62 companies moved in during 2021 alone. There have been at least 14 company relocations this year.
So far in 2022, a wave of major corporations have left for the Lone Star State, including construction machinery giant Caterpillar, specialty metals producer Allegheny Technologies (ATI), and fiber sensor solutions company DarkPulse.
Data shows companies relocated from 17 other states, with popular landing sites being Austin, Irving, Houston and Dallas. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/these-companies-left-california-for-texas-during-the-pandemic/ | 2022-07-03T16:20:39Z | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/these-companies-left-california-for-texas-during-the-pandemic/ | false |
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PHOENIX — Phoenix police are investigating a shooting at a bar that left two people dead.
Police say around 1:30 Sunday morning, officers responded to a bar and grill near 48th Street and McDowell Road for a report of a shooting.
They arrived and found a man with a gunshot wound in the parking lot. He was taken to a hospital where he later died from his injuries. His name hasn't been released.
Another man that police believe was involved in the shooting arrived at a hospital later in the morning with multiple gunshot wounds. He also died at the hospital.
A man believed to be involved in the shooting was taken into custody at the scene.
What led up to the shooting remains under investigation. | https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/two-people-dead-after-shooting-at-phoenix-bar | 2022-07-03T16:28:28Z | https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/two-people-dead-after-shooting-at-phoenix-bar | true |
Wacky racers descend on Alexandra Palace for soapbox challenge
Amateur racers from around the world have donned wacky costumes to take part in Red Bull’s Soapbox Race.
Thousands of spectators descended on Alexandra Palace in London on Sunday to witness the annual event.
Around 70 teams of amateur drivers and crews were tasked with creating homemade non-motorised soapboxes to race on the steep downhill course.
One team called Rookie Duckies travelled from Lancashire to take part in the race for the first time with their soapbox called Quack-In-A-Box.
It was inspired by the concept of a jack-in-the-box with a giant duck on a spring and the team members dressed up as a duck and a huge egg.
Melanie Heyworth, Rookie Duckies pilot, told the PA news agency: “We haven’t a clue what we’re doing but we’re here for the laughs.
“We wanted a design that would make people smile, so general silliness, over-the-top costumes and lots of colour were our main objectives.”
“The teams have been great – lots of support, lots of camaraderie.”
Each team consisted of four people – which included one driver, one co-driver and two pit crew.
Many of the crews were inspired by their favourite TV shows and fictional characters from films including Top Gun, Harry Potter and Ghostbusters.
One team called The Handsome Homers included a large doughnut on their bright pink soapbox, called the Pink Lightning, inspired by The Simpsons.
The crew crashed on the first jump as their whole vehicle “exploded”.
“This is our third year doing the Red Bull Soapbox event and we really enjoy it,” Dan, one of The Handsome Homers, told the PA news agency.
“I think we are starting to build a theme of crashing on the first jump which is exactly what we did in 2019 and exactly what we did this year.
“We went over that first jump, nose-hit the ground, the whole thing exploded – polystyrene and pieces of car went everywhere… And we had to pull the entire thing down the hill just like we did in 2019.”
Another team called Rebel Alliance, who are from Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire, said they had been preparing their Star Wars-themed soapbox since 2018.
Called Rebel Alliance X Wing, it had four wings which crossed in an X formation, and the team dressed in Star Wars-themed costumes, including Storm Trooper outfits.
Team member Hayley Claughton, 42, told PA: “Performing in front of cameras, our family and friends is nerve-wracking but very exciting.
“Our soapbox has been in the making since 2018 but Covid got in the way.
“We all loved the Red bull Soapbox competition and figured after so much time apart with lockdown it would be a great project for our three families to work on.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience and a dream of ours.”
Another group, Team Oral Health, are hoping to clean up on the track in their vehicle promoting good dental hygiene, racing in a toothpaste-shaped soapbox called You Know The Drill.
Dressed in scrubs with blue gloves and armed with toothbrushes, they are a team of dentists and hope to encourage people to floss. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10977971/Wacky-racers-descend-Alexandra-Palace-soapbox-challenge.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-03T16:29:31Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10977971/Wacky-racers-descend-Alexandra-Palace-soapbox-challenge.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Morristown, NJ teen charged with sexual assault also ran child porn ring, prosecutors say
MORRISTOWN — A 19-year-old is accused of using the app Telegram to secretly record his teenage victims and distribute videos of their sexual activity to his co-conspirators.
Ruben Gonzalez was arrested on Monday, June 27, according to Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll. The Morristown teenager is charged with operating a child pornography ring between December 2020 and November 2021.
Carroll said Gonzalez secretly recorded his victims engaging in sexual activity using the "screen record" option on his cell phone. The victims, several of whom were underage, were unaware of the recording and did not consent, according to Carroll.
Gonzalez would then use the Telegram app to send these videos to other members of his child porn network, Carroll said. Carroll added that investigators discovered the operation and several videos after examining Gonzalez's cell phone.
Among the new charges, Gonzalez faces one count of second-degree leader of a child pornography network along with 25 other charges. That is in addition to previous accusations that he sexually assaulted at least four teenage victims ranging from 14 to 18 years old.
Prosecutors charged Gonzalez last December with first-degree aggravated sexual assault on a physically helpless victim, eight counts of second-degree sexual assault, and eleven other charges.
Gonzalez is currently being held at the Morris County Correctional Facility. His next detention hearing is July 12.
Includes previous reporting from Erin Vogt.
Rick Rickman is a reporter for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at richard.rickman@townsquaremedia.com
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Families went bananas for Minions this weekend at the movie theater. “ Minions: The Rise of Gru ” brought in an estimated $108.5 million in ticket sales from 4,391 screens in North America, Universal Pictures said Sunday. By the end of the Monday’s July Fourth holiday, it will likely have earned over $127.9 million.
The film is on track to become biggest openings ever for a July Fourth holiday weekend, a record previously held by “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” which made $115.9 million in its first four days in 2011. Including international showings, where “Minions: The Rise of Gru" is playing in 61 markets, its worldwide gross is sitting at $202.2 million through Sunday.
“It's a tremendous debut,” said Jim Orr, Universal's president of domestic distribution. “It’s playing very broadly across North America. Every single market doing extraordinarily well.”
This is just the latest in a string of successes for Universal's family releases, including “Sing 2," which has grossed over $406 million since opening in December, and “The Bad Guys,” which has made over $243 million. “Minions: The Rise of Gru” serves as further proof that family audiences are willing to go back to the movie theater.
“Families feel very comfortable bringing all their kids to the theater,” Orr said. “These results speak for themselves.”
“Minions 2” attracted all ages to the theater, even the very young. According to PostTrak surveys, 12% were under the age of 10.
“For many months there was this idea that family audiences were not going to come back to the theater. We can put that to rest,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore.
The spinoff of the popular “Despicable Me” series was delayed two years because of the pandemic. The sequel to the 2015 film “Minions” was originally slated for a July 2020 release. While many other animated family films opted for streaming or hybrid releases, “Minions,” much like “Top Gun: Maverick,” stayed the course and waited for an ideal time to launch in theaters only. And as with “Top Gun” the wait, it seems, was worth it.
“This became an event. It was a holiday weekend, the release date was perfect, the marketing was spot on,” Dergarabedian said. “And everyone knew this was going to be in theaters only.”
The voice cast features Steve Carell, reprising his role as Gru, Alan Arkin, Michelle Yeoh and Julie Andrews as Gru’s mother. Critics were mixed to positive (it currently has a 72% on Rotten Tomatoes) but audiences were more enthusiastic, giving the Gru origin story an A CinemaScore.
Universal and Illumination have had enormous success with the five “Despicable Me” movies and spinoffs, which date back to 2010 and have earned over $3.7 billion at the global box office.
In second place was “Top Gun: Maverick,” which continues to deliver six weeks in, adding another $25.5 million to its total, which has already surpassed $1 billion. The Paramount Pictures film is still playing in 3,843 locations.
Warner Bros.' “Elvis” took third place, down only 39% in its second weekend in theaters. The Baz Luhrmann film grossed an estimated $19 million through Sunday, bringing its domestic total to $67.3 million.
Fourth and fifth place went to Universal titles as well with “Jurassic World: Dominion" picking up another $15.7 million and the horror movie “The Black Phone” adding $12.3 million through Sunday.
Disney's “Lightyear," meanwhile, tumbled further in its third weekend with an estimated $6.5 million. By Monday, that total should raise to $8.1 million bringing its cumulative earnings to $106.9 million.
Bleecker Street released “ Mr. Malcolm's List ” this weekend on 1,384 screens in the U.S. and Canada. The Regency-era comedy of manners stars Freida Pinto and Zawe Ashton as friends looking to get back at a picky bachelor. The studio estimates that the film will have $851,853 by end of Sunday and over $1 million by end of Monday.
Audiences are also still catching up with A24’s “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” which added an estimated $552,000 from 607 screens, in spite of the fact that it’s also available to rent on demand. The studio’s newer title, “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On,” expanded to 22 screens this weekend and is expected to earn about $308,000 by the end of Monday.
According to Comscore, the weekend as a whole will go down as one of the biggest of the pandemic era. And the momentum is expected to continue with the release of Marvel's “Thor: Love and Thunder” next week.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Tuesday.
1. “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” $108.5 million.
2. “Top Gun: Maverick,” $25.5 million.
3. “Elvis,” $19 million.
4. “Jurassic World: Dominion,” $15.7 million.
5. “The Black Phone,” $12.3 million.
6. “Lightyear,” $6.6 million.
7. “Mr. Malcolm’s List, $851,853.
8. “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” $551,974.
9. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” $390,000.
10. “JugJugg Jeeyo,” $318,000.
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LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — The Lake Havasu Museum of History has punched up its permanent exhibit about the London Bridge with perhaps the largest addition to the exhibit since it was originally installed.
The centerpiece of the addition is the original 12-foot long mylar print of the London Bridge with each stone in the bridge’s façade numbered to allow the bridge to be deconstructed in London and identically reconstructed thousands of miles away in Lake Havasu City.
The piece shows a unique number on every stone that makes up the London Bridge’s façade – at least on one side.
“It’s the document that they used here in Havasu to put all of the stones back in the right spot,” said Jay Coombs, who obtained the print, donated it to the museum and helped create the display for the artifact.
“We titled it ‘The Key to the Puzzle’ and in just a few words that is really what it is. Without that document there would have been no way to know what goes where. It is an important document, and it shows what lengths they went to, to recreate it accurately here. It was important to them to do that,” Coombs said.
According to Coombs, the drawing was done by Jack Barber in the late 1960s. Barber was a Londoner whom Robert McCulloch hired and put in charge of inventory, documenting and shipping the stones, as well as cutting new stones from the original quarry when one was damaged or dropped into the Thames River when the bridge was being disassembled.
Once everything was shipped, the mylar print of the bridge with numbered stones was used by Carl Baker to reassemble the largest antique ever sold once it arrived in Havasu. Baker was McCulloch’s project director for reconstructing the London Bridge, as well as digging out the Bridgewater Channel.
Prior to working for McCulloch, Baker had been employed by Coombs’ father Joe Coombs at Tri-County Engineering – which later became Trico – and Jay Coombs said the two families were pretty close. Although Jay Coombs has not seen Carl Baker Jr. for many years, he said they are still in touch.
That is how the piece found its way back to Lake Havasu City.
“Carl has all of Senior’s stuff, which includes his drawings,” Coombs said. “Carl was nice enough to send it to us.”
Once Coombs received the print from Baker Jr., he reached out to Jim Boatright who owns a framing shop in Havasu in order to get the piece ready to display.
Boatright said he could hardly believe it when Coombs told him he needed help framing a 12-foot long blueprint.
“I have never in my life had to deal with something that big before,” Boatright said. “I didn’t really know if I could do it or not. Getting pieces of material to make a frame that big is the big thing, because you want continuous links. The big thing was obviously the glazing, the glass, or the plastic that we would put over it.”
Boatright ended up accepting the challenge and worked with Coombs to get everything together. He said he managed to build the frame and they found a non-glare Plexiglas to cover the print – because glass would have been too heavy.
But once it was framed Coombs and Boatright had to figure out how to get it to the museum.
“We had to trailer it because it’s too hard to move it. So we had to put gussets in it to make sure that it wouldn’t sag,” Coombs said.
Once it arrived at the museum, Coombs built a wooden stand to display the print – just above the museum’s model of the London Bridge and just below the information panel on the wall.
“It turned out pretty much as I had visualized, fortunately,” Coombs said. “I’m really happy with it.”
Lake Havasu Museum of History Interim Director Jillian Usher said she feels that the addition of the mylar print of the bridge really helps bring the story of the bridge’s relocation to life. She said Baker’s contributions to the project have always been acknowledge in the exhibit but now there are some visuals to go with it.
“I think it adds a little bit more of the awe and wonder to the legend that is the London Bridge, and the meticulous effort they had to put in to bring it here brick by brick,” Usher said. “So much story is told in that one piece because it shows all of the steps. They had to number it, then they had to take it apart, ship it and put it back together. The incredible engineering and mechanics that went into a feat like this has never been done before. It is still the largest antique ever purchased. It wasn’t just moved here, but deconstructed and reconstructed. That is really a big feat that our city should be proud of.”
Usher said the plan is for the picture to be a permanent addition to the London Bridge exhibit, but it isn’t the only addition. Usher said nothing has been removed from the museum’s existing exhibit but they have added several artifacts that have been sitting in the museum’s collections for years.
One of the additions is a collage of photos Coombs had donated years ago of his parents and the McCulloch’s trip to London in May 1968, after McCulloch purchased the bridge. Coombs said they made the trip to get a look at the London Bridge in person, and to attend a celebration of the sale of the bridge at Guildhall in London.
Other artifacts recently added to the exhibit include a copy of a check for the London Bridge in the amount of $246,000 made out to “The Corporation of the City of London” and signed by Robert P. McCulloch and C.V. Wood – dated April 16, 1968. The museum has also added a couple vinyl records featuring the London Bridge that were written in Havasu along with a few artifacts commemorating the original dedication of the London Bridge in Havasu on Oct. 10, 1971 – including a bolo tie, a large coin, and a decorative egg.
Usher said that to her knowledge, this is the largest update to the museum’s London Bridge exhibit since it was originally created. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/London-Bridge-document-now-in-Lake-Havasu-Museum-17282206.php | 2022-07-03T16:34:26Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/London-Bridge-document-now-in-Lake-Havasu-Museum-17282206.php | false |
Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause says her relationship with Australian non-binary singer G Flip has 'no rules or regulations, just love and support'
Chrishell Stause has opened up about her relationship with Australian non-binary musician G Flip.
The 40-year-old Selling Sunset star told US Vogue that their deep connection feels 'unlocked' in a candid interview with the fashion bible.
'It’s when they have the key to your heart, but the walls are down and there are no rules or regulations, just love and support,' she explained to the publication.
Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause (pictured) has gushed over Australian non-binary singer G Flip in an interview with US Vogue
The stunning blonde continued: 'Plus, it ties into real estate, which is actually quite cute!'
Chrishell's revelation comes after G Flip revealed how they met their reality star girlfriend.
The star, real name Georgia Flipo, said it was Dance Monkey hitmaker Tones and I who introduced them.
'Me and Chrishell, we’ve been hanging out a lot, we met through Tones And I,' the 27-year-old told the Herald Sun in May.
The Selling Sunset star told Vogue their dynamic feels 'unlocked' in a candid interview. 'It’s when they have the key to your heart, but the walls are down and there are no rules or regulations, just love and support,' she said
Chrishell - who stars in the music video for G's single, Get Me Outta Here - has not defined her sexuality and previously said she's 'attracted to masculine energy' and 'does not care about the physical form'.
During a four minute Instagram clip earlier this year, Chrishell also stated how she has the utmost respect for her ex-boyfriend Jason Oppenheim, who showed his support in the comments by telling her that it was a 'beautiful video'.
Chrishell and Jason were dating in the most recent series of the real estate reality drama but split due to Jason's reluctance to have children.
Non-binary Australian singer G Flip (left) has revealed that Tones and I introduced them to new girlfriend Chrishell Stause
'Me and Chrishell, we’ve been hanging out a lot, we met through Tones And I,' the 27-year-old told the Herald Sun
Following their split she sparked a relationship with G Flip.
In the caption of the video, Chrishell wrote: 'For those that are open to learning (you're awesome) sex is anatomical and gender is how someone identifies. These two things are often confused.
'There are many more qualified people to speak on this but maybe I can be the bridge to those of you open to understanding. Feel free to tag helpful accounts and I will pin however many it lets me. Thanks for listening.'
Speaking out: Chrishell (pictured here) recently explained how she is attracted to 'masculine energy' after 'confused' fans queried her new relationship with non-binary singer G-Flip | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10978031/Selling-Sunset-star-Chrishell-Stause-opens-relationship-non-binary-singer-G-Flip.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-03T16:37:06Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10978031/Selling-Sunset-star-Chrishell-Stause-opens-relationship-non-binary-singer-G-Flip.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Which USB Wi-Fi adapter for PC is best?
Thanks to modern, high-speed wireless connectivity, most consumers don’t need to run Ethernet cables to every room of their house. The bandwidth provided by relatively recent standards like Wi-Fi 5 is enough to take advantage of the fastest home internet connections, even if you’re lucky enough to have a gigabit-class connection. However, not every PC motherboard has a Wi-Fi controller onboard, and from time to time, a laptop’s wireless chipset can act up or completely break. A USB Wi-Fi adapter is a good workaround for either of those situations.
The best USB Wi-Fi adapter for PC is the TP-Link Archer T9UH because of its clever two-piece design that consists of the dongle and its stand. In real-world testing, it matches or exceeds the actual throughput of just about every other option on the market.
What to know before you buy a USB Wi-Fi adapter for PC
How Wi-Fi versions work
The various Wi-Fi protocols are all backward-compatible and the router sets the ceiling for the version each device will effectively use. What that means is, if you have a Wi-Fi 4 router and a Wi-Fi 5 adapter, you’ll only be able to take advantage of Wi-Fi 4 speeds and features. Similarly, if you have a Wi-Fi 6 router and Wi-Fi 5 adapter, your device will only be able to utilize the Wi-Fi 5 protocol—but if there are other devices on the network with Wi-Fi 6 support, they’ll still see the full benefit of the most recent standard.
For more information, take a look at the BestReviews buying guide for wireless routers.
Size
The constant shrinking of microchips means you can get good performance out of small packages. In years past, some of the best-performing Wi-Fi dongles weren’t small and could get in the way of portable setups. By and large, most models today perform better and are smaller than their predecessors.
On the other side of the coin, beware of “nano” adapters that only stick out a few millimeters from your laptop or PC’s body. They can work, but will have a significantly shorter range across the board. It’s especially important to remember this if you’re using it with a desktop PC, as the interference from certain components inside the PC can cause consistent connection issues.
Make sure you have an open USB slot
Desktop users rarely run out of available USB ports. Laptop owners may not be so lucky. If you want to add a Wi-Fi adapter without using up your only available USB-C port, consider a USB-C hub like the
What to look for in a quality USB Wi-Fi adapter for PC
Wi-Fi 5 connectivity
Wi-Fi 5 models are affordable and well-engineered, so there’s no reason to buy a USB Wi-Fi adapter that’s limited to the Wi-Fi 4 standard. The differences in speed, range and latency between versions 4 and 5 are very significant and you can run into a good deal of slowdowns on the older protocol, especially if your network is crowded or you’re in an area with a congested wireless spectrum.
External antennas
The physical antennas on routers and Wi-Fi adapters aren’t just there for show. Selecting a USB Wi-Fi adapter with external antennas goes a long way toward ensuring you have a consistently long range, which is extremely important if your router’s not near your computer.
Does it plug in directly or have a cable?
If you’re using a laptop, a USB Wi-Fi adapter that plugs into the computer itself can reduce cable clutter and minimize the amount of gear you have to carry. If you’re working with a desktop PC, consider an adapter that has a cable so you can plug it into the PC and leave the module itself on your desk, away from interference-causing electronics and away from signal-blocking furniture.
How much you can expect to spend on USB Wi-Fi adapters for PC
The least-expensive Wi-Fi USB adapters cost around $15 and you can spend up to roughly $75 on something that’s top of the line.
USB Wi-Fi adapter for PC FAQ
Do you need Wi-Fi 6?
A. Probably not. It doesn’t hurt to future-proof your setup by getting a Wi-Fi 6 router, but if your current Wi-Fi 5 router works fine, you might not even notice the difference with the upgraded protocol. There are two reasons for this. One is that for devices to make the most of Wi-Fi 6 features, all or at least most of the devices on the network also need Wi-Fi 6 support. Additionally, the kinds of improvements offered by Wi-Fi 6 aren’t very noticeable to the average user. If you live on the bleeding edge of tech with all recently released devices, use massive amounts of bandwidth on a regular basis or have a bunch of automated Internet of Things devices in your home, then you should consider upgrading to Wi-Fi 6.
Can you install a Wi-Fi expansion card inside your computer instead?
A. Yes, you can. If you’re using a desktop, PCIe cards like the Ubit AX200 are highly effective, with ultra-fast Wi-Fi 6 connectivity and capable Bluetooth 5.1 connectivity. It plugs into one of the small PCIe slots on the motherboard, and most desktops will have one such open slot.
If you’re trying to repair or upgrade a laptop, it’s not quite so straightforward. A miniscule Wi-Fi controller like this one from EDUP will theoretically do the trick, but you’ll have to make sure beforehand that there’s an open M.2 slot to install it in. If you’re working with an older laptop, there’s probably not going to be an M.2 slot inside. For definitive information on laptop Wi-Fi upgrades, contact your laptop’s manufacturer for information.
What are the best USB Wi-Fi adapters for PC to buy?
Top USB Wi-Fi adapter for PC
What you need to know: It’s a full-featured Wi-Fi 5 adapter that offers the best possible speed.
What you’ll love: Features like dual-band connectivity, MU-MIMO and beamforming make this one of the highest-performing choices out there. It comes with a stand that lets you position wherever on your desk gets the best signal, but you can still plug it directly into your PC if you want. It even has a WPS button for quick, secure connections and is backed by a robust two-year warranty.
What you should consider: It’s not cheap and might be a little bulky for some laptop setups.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top USB Wi-Fi adapter for PC for the money
What you need to know: This low-cost option from a reliable manufacturer promises great performance even at long distances.
What you’ll love: A pair of high-gain antennas ensures you don’t have to worry how far you are from your router. It won’t take up much room on your desk and sports advanced technologies like MU-MIMO, which helps manage traffic and allows for low latency and high bandwidth even when there are multiple devices connected to the network. Its theoretical peak bandwidth is easily high enough to accommodate any home internet connection.
What you should consider: Because you’re forced to tether it to a PC using the included cable (it can’t be plugged in directly), it’s not the most portable choice.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This compact option leverages Wi-Fi for a powerful wireless connection.
What you’ll love: It’s about as compact as they get before connection quality starts to suffer and easily small enough to fit in a laptop case, briefcase or purse. It can connect to both 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks and is relatively affordable. Unlike many others its size, it connects quickly and should almost never give you any errors.
What you should consider: It doesn’t have an external antenna, so the range isn’t the best—especially if there are multiple walls between your PC and the router.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Which phonograph record player is best?
The phonograph, or gramophone, has been around since the 1800s and has gone through many changes. The modern record player that record fans look for has many variations and options available. If you seek a retro phonograph or a modern record player, there is a lot to consider first.
If you want modern quality of life features and the vintage look of a classic phonograph, the top choice is the LuguLake Record Player. Its aesthetic is retro and nostalgic, looking like a traditional phonograph. Unlike old-school phonographs, it has newer features that allow it to connect with modern electronic devices.
What to know before you buy a phonograph record player
Do you already have a record collection?
Maybe you have a collection of records, big or small, but do not have a record player that you like to use. If that is the case, you need more than a record player to enjoy your record collection, including the tools to clean your records in top condition.
Do you like modern turntables?
If you do not mind a sleek modern style, newer turntables can be a great way to enjoy records. Some Wi-Fi-enabled turntables can connect with smart home devices and other modern record players can just be more affordable than a vintage phonograph and produce quality sound. If the appearance and design of your record player are not crucial to you, it will be much easier to find one with all the features you want.
Are you an audiophile?
If you collect records, chances are you like the quality of the sound. The problem is that a low-quality speaker can limit the quality of the sound produced while playing. If you care about hearing your records at their best, check that your record player either has a good enough speaker or could connect to better quality speakers before you buy.
What to look for in a quality phonograph record player
Sound
The main reason to get a record player at all is a good sound. The best options have built-in speakers and audio ports for connecting to external speakers and sound systems. Modern phonographs sometimes play more than just records, which makes adaptive audio output methods a must. Some allow users to listen to the radio, CDs and other audio formats in addition to records. Depending on what you have in your collection, you may not need such adaptability.
Connectivity
Modern record players are generally the best option because they can also be Bluetooth-enabled and feature Wi-Fi connectivity. Good record players and turntables have stable Bluetooth connections and allow for wireless music streaming. By connecting a mobile phone or other devices, you can use a record player to play music files that you do not have on a physical record. Having lots of connection options creates an adaptable listening experience.
Recording
Listening to vinyl is only possible with a record player designed to play that format of audio. If you have a collection of music that you wish you could carry everywhere, there is a solution. The best modern record players can record your vinyl collection and turn the audio into file formats like MP3 that can be carried on a USB, stored on your computer and played on tons of devices. Naturally, the sound of the actual record is a different quality, but having a digital copy of your favorite records can be convenient.
How much you can expect to spend on a phonograph record player
You can get good retro-style record players for under $300 and modern record players without the classic phonograph aesthetic for even less. If you want the highest-quality modern turntables or a functional antique phonograph, expect to spend more.
Phonograph record player FAQ
What size record player do you need?
A. It depends on the size of the records you plan to play. There are plenty of turntables that are not full size but can still play larger records. You just have to make sure there is enough space around the record player if the vinyl hangs over the edge. If you do not have much space for storing a record player, you do not need a massive one. There are plenty of compact models that are easier to keep in an apartment or a small room.
When should you replace the needle?
A. The needle or stylus of your record player should only need to be replaced every few years. However, after around 1,000 hours of playing audio, it may need to be replaced too. If a stylus shows any wear, like skipping or slipping while playing music, it also requires replacing. The good news is that many manufacturers will be able to replace a stylus, even if that type of record player’s cartridges have been out of production for years. Newer models will be easier to get replacement parts for, though.
What’s the best phonograph record player to buy?
Top phonograph record player
What you need to know: This vintage-style record player looks like an old phonograph but includes all the modern features required for compatibility with new electronics.
What you’ll love: It has a remote control and can connect via Bluetooth to a mobile device. It can play audio from FM radio signals, stream music from your Bluetooth-enabled devices or play sounds from anything connected to the 3.5mm Aux input. It has audio output ports for connecting other speakers and sound systems, too.
What you should consider: Some users have had issues with needle skipping, but the company includes a 12-month warranty with each purchase.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top phonograph record player for the money
Record Player Bluetooth Turntable With Built-in Speaker
What you need to know: This affordable and adaptable modern turntable has valuable features and fits in easily with most decor and spaces.
What you’ll love: The record player spins at three speeds for different size vinyl. It can connect via Bluetooth to mobile devices. Users can insert a USB stick and record their vinyl music to an audio file. It has multiple audio inputs and outputs for connecting different devices and speakers.
What you should consider: It does not have a retro style or aesthetic, and some users have had issues with the needle not moving steadily and skipping.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Victrola 8-in-1 Bluetooth Record Player
What you need to know: This multimedia entertainment center can play records and help users convert their record collection into audio files that you can hear on any device.
What you’ll love: It comes in five different colors/materials and a retro style in addition to the modern quality of life features. The turntable has three speeds, and the device can record vinyl to a connected USB drive or other devices as an MP3 file. It also has a CD and cassette player. If the built-in stereo speakers do not produce the quality sound you are looking for, it has audio output ports, Bluetooth connectivity and a spot to plug in headphones. The digital display and controls are easy to use.
What you should consider: Some users found that the device does not hold up to consistent long-term use. Some customers were also disappointed by the sound quality of the built-in speakers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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(iSeeCars) – If you visit any gas station, you’ll notice the special, differently-colored pump marked “diesel.” You may have wondered how diesel fuel differs from gasoline, and which vehicles run on diesel fuel. This article will note the differences between diesel and gasoline and will highlight the best diesel cars on the market today.
Diesel Vs. Gasoline:
The basic difference between a diesel engine and a gasoline-powered engine is that in a gas engine, fuel and air is mixed inside a combustion chamber, and ignited by a spark plug. Modern diesel powertrains compress the air first, which causes heat, and when the fuel is added, combustion happens without the use of a spark plug.
Diesel engines are typically heavier and more powerful than gasoline engines, giving them a higher towing capacity, which is why they are commonly found in semi trucks. Diesel engines have less horsepower than their gasoline counterparts, but they have more lb-ft of torque to contribute to their towing prowess and off-road capability. Along with semi and pickup trucks, diesel engines can also be found in SUVs and crossovers when combined with four-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.
Diesel vehicles are usually more fuel-efficient than their gasoline counterparts, though more efficient modern gas engines are creeping up on diesels, especially in hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. A well-maintained diesel engine will usually outlast a comparable gasoline engine. Diesel-powered vehicles are typically more expensive then the gasoline equivalent, while diesel fuel, once much cheaper per gallon that gas, is often comparable in price today.
Diesel engine options aren’t as common as they used to be, partly due to the negative publicity from “Dieselgate” headlines when Volkswagen TDIs were proven to have cheated the EPA emissions certification system. While there are many diesel SUVs and trucks to choose from, there are not any new diesel passenger cars in production, but there are used versions that can be found on the market.
Best Diesel Cars:
Our top three diesel-powered cars – and there aren’t many recent models to choose from, as diesels seem to make more sense in trucks and SUVs – are all from European automakers, where diesel cars are very common due to the high cost of fuel. The full list of cars with diesel engines shows many discontinued models in the U.S. markets, so new car versions aren’t available, but you can still come across these models as used cars. The compact Chevrolet Cruze hatchback or sedan stands out as the only non-luxury vehicle to make the list.
Leading the list of diesel models with an 8.5 rating is the BMW 3-Series with the optional diesel engine, the 328d, as in “d” for diesel. The car is far, far more popular overseas than it was in North America, and they are hard to find. They use 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel engines with an eight-speed automatic transmission.
In second place is another diesel-powered BMW, the larger 5-series with a 7.9 rating. The 535d comes with a 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder and an eight-speed automatic transmission that earns a combined 30 mpg. BMW discontinued the diesel engine for 2019, but 2018 versions and older of the 3-Series and the 5-Series are available with this engine.
Rounding out the top three is the Jaguar XF with a 7.3 rating. The optional Ingenium turbodiesel engine is a 2.0-liter with an eight-speed automatic transmission. You may have to look hard for one – they’re few and far between and were discontinued after the 2019 model year.
Best Diesel SUVs
The best diesel SUVs start with two Jeep models, the 3.0-liter turbodiesel Wrangler Unlimited, with a score of 8.8, and the ecodiesel version of the Jeep Grand Cherokee at 8.3. Both feature a turbo diesel engine and an eight-speed automatic transmission.
The Mazda CX-5 comes next with an 8.3 score. The CX-5 features Skyactiv-D, introduced in the 2019 model year and featuring a 2.2-liter turbocharged engine connected to a six-speed automatic transmission with standard all-wheel drive (AWD).
Best Diesel Trucks
Of the 60 or so 2021 and 2022 new vehicles listed by the EPA’s Fueleconomy.gov website, 32 are pickups, so you’ll have a healthy selection of diesel-powered trucks, both new and used.
Fronting our list is the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with the optional Duramax diesel, and a score of 8.3. The turbomax diesel engine is available in the truck’s LT, RST, LTZ, and High Country trim levels. The nearly identical GMC Sierra 1500, with a score of 8.2, comes in at third place with the same drivetrain specs as the Chevy Silverado. The newer models have a 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder, with a 10-speed automatic transmission. Both models increased their towing capacity by nearly 4,000 pounds for their 2022 redesign.
Slotting into the second position between the pair of GM trucks is the Ford F150 with the optional diesel, also scoring an 8.3. the newest models are powered by a Powerstroke 3.0-liter turbo six-cylinder with a 10-speed automatic transmission. The Powerstroke diesel engine was discontinued after the 2021 model year.
Bottom Line:
If you want a diesel-powered vehicle, these are the best diesel cars you can buy. Diesel-powered vehicles achieve the best fuel economy compared to gasoline engines, and diesel trucks and SUVs can tow and haul considerably more than their base engines. While new diesel passenger cars are no longer readily available in the U.S. market, there are a number of diesel trucks and SUVs to choose from.
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Which soundbars are best for Samsung TVs?
While high-quality smart TVs may feature stunning visuals full of detail and color, the audio quality can only reach a certain level. Those seeking an immersive, theatre-like experience at home will want to invest in a soundbar that can complement both the TV and content of choice.
Samsung is one of the TV industry leaders, and a new purchase likely should be paired with a soundbar. For those who own a more recent QLED TV, investing in a quality soundbar, like Q950A 11.1.4 Channel Soundbar, will create an unparalleled audio experience. However, price, number of channels and even brand are factors when deciding how to best support a Samsung TV with a new soundbar.
What to know before you buy a soundbar for a Samsung TV
Soundbar channels
It’s essential to determine how comprehensive you want your sound to be immediately and what potential there is for growth in the feature. Basic soundbars feature two channels, denoted by the number ‘two’ in the model name on the left and right.
Higher-end options feature a third channel in the center, indicated by a ‘three’ in the name. These options cost more but tend to provide more value. They also typically allow for matching side or rear speakers to be purchased simultaneously or later to create a surround sound system that features five or more audio channels.
Soundbar connections
Recent and new Samsung TV offers multiple connection points for a soundbar, notably HDMI and optical inputs. The ideal connection is an audio return channel HDMI port that allows for high-speed, faithful sound transmission. This input lets the soundbar play audio from the TV and any connected devices, such as a gaming console or Blu-ray player. Some soundbars can be controlled by voice as well.
Do I need a Samsung soundbar for my Samsung TV?
Most soundbars are compatible with most TVs, provided they have a matching connection, such as HDMI or optical port. That means that just because you have a Samsung TV doesn’t necessarily mean you have to have a Samsung soundbar. Some consumers may prefer to stick with a brand they trust, while others may simply want the best value or deal.
However, those who have invested in Samsung’s QLED line of TVs from 2020 or 2021 may prefer a matching Samsung soundbar. Most QLED TVs support Q Symphony, a trademarked Samsung technology that creates spatial sound by playing sound from both the soundbar and the multi-directional TV speakers. The Samsung soundbar buying guide at BestReviews provides more detail about what they offer to Samsung TV owners.
What to look for in a quality soundbar for a Samsung TV
Soundbars with subwoofers
Seeking out soundbars that come with a subwoofer will enhance the deep bass of the content you’re enjoying. Some options include a built-in subwoofer, though most feature a separate unit that connects wirelessly to the soundbar. The presence of a subwoofer in a soundbar, whether it is built-in or external, is denoted by a ‘one’ after the first number in the name. If there is a ‘zero,’ no subwoofer is present.
WiFi and Bluetooth
While the ideal connection between the soundbar and TV is through an HDMI cable, the option to connect devices wirelessly to the soundbar appeals to many users. Most soundbars feature a Bluetooth connection. However, WiFi capabilities offer more convenience and quality, particularly when it comes to playing music through apps.
Dolby Atmos and DTS:X
These two audio formats are among the highest-quality options available. Higher-end soundbars support these two industry leaders. However, you’ll want to make sure the content you are enjoying offers it. That means you’ll need a compatible console, player or subscription to a streaming service that offers it.
How much you can expect to spend on a soundbar for a Samsung TV
While you can purchase a two-channel for under or around $200, those seeking high-fidelity with three or more channels can expect to pay anywhere from $300-$1,000.
Soundbar for a Samsung TV FAQ
What size soundbar should I get?
A. The length of the soundbar should complement the TV. A mid-range TV from around 55-65 inches is well-served by a soundbar between 30-40 inches in length. Those with more than two channels tend to be bigger and are ideal for supplementing larger TVs serving as a home entertainment hub.
Do I really need a soundbar for a brand new smart TV?
A. A quality soundbar will provide better audio than most new TVs; most feature a handful of presets to optimize content as well. They can harness more power to deliver crisp sound and enhance dialogue clarity. The soundbar also is the first step in creating a surround sound system: a 3-channel model with a pair of rear speakers will dramatically alter the audio experience.
What’s the best soundbar for a Samsung TV to buy?
Top soundbar for a Samsung TV
Samsung Q950A 11.1.4 Channel Soudnbar
What you need to know: This expensive, comprehensive set is designed to pair with a QLED Samsung TV for a theatre-quality experience at home.
What you’ll love: This unparalleled surround set features 11 channels, including four upward-firing speakers for immersive audio. It’s compatible with Q Symphony, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. It also optimizes sound based on content.
What you should consider: This large set comes at a prohibitive cost.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top soundbar for a Samsung TV for the money
What you need to know: For those seeking a simple audio boost to their Samsung TV, this two-channel Sony soundbar provides quality at a low price.
What you’ll love: Two channels are supplemented by a built-in subwoofer offering crisp, clear audio. It simulates a seven-channel surround sound system and caters to the latest audio formats while offering Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity.
What you should consider: The depth of bass is limited and though upscaled, the surround sound stimulation isn’t close to the real thing.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: From a trusted name in audio comes this bold and powerful soundbar that can supplement a new or recent Samsung TV.
What you’ll love: This Bose soundbar offers immersive sound, crisp dialogue and deep bass to fill every room. It features Bluetooth, WiFi, Spotify Connect and Apple AirPlay. Easy to control and features Alex and Google Assistant compatibility.
What you should consider: The Bose 700 comes in at a higher-than-average price. Some users may feel compelled to purchase matching speakers for better coverage.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Which Samsung smart TVs are best?
Samsung is a reliable and quality brand if you are looking for a smart TV to add to your home. Depending on the model, they come with many different features (some of which are better than others); however, additional features usually mean a higher price tag.
The top choice for a Samsung smart TV that gives a large audience a 4K view is the Samsung Neo QLED QN85A Series 4K. Consider it if you want a high-quality display for your home theater.
What to know before you buy a Samsung smart TV
Where the TV will be mounted
The space of the room you have in mind and personal preference determines the size of the screen you may want. Consider other decor and how the TV fits in the overall environment. Samsung has a line of Frame series TVs designed to be low profile and blend in as if they were framed pieces of artwork on your wall.
Resolution
The newest resolution is 8K, so there is not much native 8K resolution content out there yet. There is plenty of 4K Ultra HD content and Full HD, though. Depending on what you plan to view on the screen, you may not need the highest resolution available. For more Samsung TV options with different resolutions, look at the BestReviews buying guide.
Smart TV apps
Older smart TVs may not have access to all the newest streaming services and applications, while newer models have access out of the box. If you use newer apps such as those from HBO or Disney, you may prefer a newer Samsung model.
What to look for in a quality Samsung smart TV
Display
Beyond screen-resolution classes, smart TVs do not always display light the same way. Crystal processors for 4K optimize color and details. Samsung’s high-quality QLED models have brighter colors and contrast than OLED. The best options are the Neo QLED TVs, which use faster AI processors to optimize visuals.
Sound
If you are setting up a home theater or already have one, your sound system may be separate from the screen. Some Samsung smart TVs are designed to work well with 3D sound setups, and they usually have good quality sound on their own. Newer smart TVs have object-tracking sound to provide an immersive experience, but if you want the best possible sound, invest in speakers beyond those built into the TV.
Additional features
Samsung’s smart TVs give users access to many apps and quality-of-life conveniences but there are more features to consider. The Frame series blends in and displays a piece of artwork on the screen when you are not using it. Serif models are freestanding, very thin and do not need to be near a wall. Some smart TVs are optimized for screencasting from a mobile device, if that is an important feature for you.
How much you can expect to spend on a Samsung smart TV
Pricing varies based on the size and resolution of the screen. Full HD screens cost less than $1,000 and 4K TVs are about $1,000-$3,000 depending on the size and model. New 8K TVs and the like run more than $3,000 and sometimes, they stretch beyond a $10,000 price tag.
Samsung smart TV FAQ
Do the apps and smart features of a smart TV come with additional costs?
A. That depends on which applications you use. Many popular streaming services, such as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, have paid subscriptions, but you can use all the apps on the smart TV without paying anything as long as you have access to the content. If you could access an app through your computer or other current devices, the smart TV can do the same thing.
Do you need a smart TV to watch streaming services?
A. You can use older TVs or screens that do not have built-in smart functions for viewing your favorite streaming platforms. Devices such as Roku TV, Fire TV and others plug into any TV display. Gaming consoles and computers also can display content on a TV that does not have smart functions. A smart TV has the benefit of convenience, especially when it provides a high-quality experience.
What’s the best Samsung smart TV to buy?
Top Samsung smart TV
Samsung Neo QLED QN85A Series 4K
What you need to know: These 4K Ultra HD screens are great for large households because they come with a variety of popular apps.
What you’ll love: This model has a very user-friendly interface. The QLED display provides high-quality 4K pictures and a built-in gaming mode to optimize the 4K gaming experience. It supports more than 150 live TV channels and major streaming applications. The TV has a wide viewing angle and supports 3D sound for a home theater.
What you should consider: The mobile screen-sharing function of these TVs does not work with iOS mobile devices.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon.
Top Samsung smart TV for the money
What you need to know: These stylish and decorative art-frame TVs allow users to display artwork or images on the wall when the TV is not in use.
What you’ll love: The picture is high-quality 4K. It has many popular applications available and a large selection of artwork to display. It hangs neatly on the wall as if it was a regular picture frame, blending into other pieces of home decor.
What you should consider: Users need to subscribe to access additional art gallery images beyond what is readily available out of the box.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon.
Worth checking out
Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN900A series
What you need to know: This is an 8K smart TV that upscales lower-resolution images to create the best cinematic viewing experience available.
What you’ll love: The QLED display is very bright and features high contrast between light and dark tones. The AI neural networks process video and upscale it to 8K quality without glare. Users can use 3D sound for their home theater with this screen and control the TV with AI voice commands.
What you should consider: This model is not available in as many sizes and even the smallest scale costs more than $4,000.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon.
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ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Brandon Brown wanted a way to change the narrative behind the “Let’s go, Brandon” message after his first career NASCAR victory inadvertently fostered a chant that has been used to insult President Joe Biden.
Brown found that new message thanks to the family of an 8-year-old boy with autism.
Brandon Brundidge of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, was on a spring-break trip to Houston in March and saw signs with the “Let’s go, Brandon” phrase. He believed the signs were meant to encourage him. He consequently started trying activities he’d never attempted before, such as learning to swim and removing the training wheels from his bicycle.
His mother, Sheletta Brundidge, used that story to write a children’s book titled, “Brandon Spots His Sign.” Brown had the cover of Brundidge’s book on the hood of his Camaro for his Xfinity Series race Saturday at Road America.
“To have this come through was like that breakthrough moment for us,” Brown said. “This can be positive. This can be good. It doesn’t have to be hateful or divisive.”
This divisiveness had started after Brown earned his first career NASCAR victory last October.
The crowd at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama chanted “F— Joe Biden” during the winner’s postrace interview. NBC Sports reporter Kelli Stavast incorrectly told Brown the fans were chanting, “Let’s go, Brandon.”
From that point, “Let’s go, Brandon,” became a rallying cry for Biden critics, with signs bearing that message popping up all over. Brown unintentionally found himself in the middle of the firestorm that surrounded these chants.
“I’ve just been hopeful that I could make it a positive, I could have my name back and not have it be so divisive and scary, where it wouldn’t be a political statement for my friends and family to cheer me on during a race,” Brown said.
That’s where the Brundidge family stepped in.
Sheletta Brundidge is the mother of four children, and three of them have autism. She has written children’s books focusing on each of them. She said Brandon often dealt with social anxiety.
That changed after she saw all the “Let’s go, Brandon” signs and assumed people were cheering him on. He suddenly had a whole new attitude and wasn’t nearly as shy about trying new things.
“He literally wanted us to put flags in front of the house (saying), ’Let’s Go Brandon,” Sheletta Brundidge recalled. “I’m like: ‘That’s not going to happen. We’re not putting these flags in front of the house.’”
Brown learned about this book from his mother and invited the Brundidge family to Road America. They met in person for the first time this weekend, and the two Brandons became fast friends.
“It feels like I have a twin brother but who’s older than me,” Brandon Brundidge said.
The Brundidges were giving out copies of “Brandon Spots His Sign” at Road America. The book’s cover design decorated Brown’s car, though he was knocked out of Saturday’s race after getting caught up in a multicar wreck that caused him to get examined and released from the infield care center.
Finally, someone found a way for the “Let’s go, Brandon” chant to unite rather than divide.
“I’m sorry for what you went through all of this past year,” Sheletta Brundidge told Brown on Saturday. “I know it’s been horrible. But I’m so glad it happened because this child would not have this breakthrough (otherwise). He still would be afraid to ride his bike without training wheels. He’s literally walking up to kids and passing out this book. He would have never done that (before).” | https://wgntv.com/news/boy-helps-brown-put-new-spin-on-lets-go-brandon-chant/ | 2022-07-03T17:14:12Z | https://wgntv.com/news/boy-helps-brown-put-new-spin-on-lets-go-brandon-chant/ | true |
Google says it will delete location history data of users visiting abortion clinics
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, Google is stepping up to protect user's location tracking that could trigger legal problems from states banning the termination of pregnancies.
The reversal of Roe vs. Wade could make abortion illegal in more than a dozen states, raising the specter that records about people’s location, texts, searches and emails could be used in prosecutions against abortion procedures or even for medical care sought in a miscarriage.
In a Friday blog post, Google outlined its new policies intended to protect users' privacy when they visit "sensitive" health-related locations, including abortion clinics and domestic violence shelters.
Google will automatically purge location information about users who visit abortion clinics.
"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," Google's Senior Vice President of Core Systems and Engagement, Jen Fitzpatrick, wrote in the blog post.
DEMOCRATS RAISE $80M IN WAKE OF SUPREME COURT ABORTION DECISION
Besides automatically deleting visits to abortion clinics, Google also cited counseling centers, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics, and cosmetic surgery clinics as other destinations that will be erased from users’ location histories.
Users have always had the option edit their location histories on their own, but Google will proactively do it for them as an added level of privacy.
"Today, we're announcing that if our systems identify that someone has visited one of these places, we will delete these entries from Location History soon after they visit. This change will take effect in the coming weeks." Fitzpatrick continued.
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Google will also update its app store protocols about data privacy, "to give people more information about how apps collect, share, and secure their data."
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The pledge comes amid escalating pressure on Big Tech companies to do more to shield the troves of sensitive personal information through their digital services and products from government authorities and other outsiders.
Like other technology companies, Google each year receives thousands of government demands for users’ digital records as part of misconduct investigations. According to the company's internal transparency report, it received nearly 150,000 requests for user data by law enforcement in the first half of 2021 and granted information in 78% of cases.
"We remain committed to protecting our users against improper government demands for data, and we will continue to oppose demands that are overly broad or otherwise legally objectionable." the blog post stated.
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Posted at 05 January on Uncomet blog with some very early 綁定。 Please support 𝝼 鍼.! ! 祝太一幸拱心有顯的一月。茲. Thank.!!! SAN JUAN – Representatives for Ricky Martin have denied allegations that led to a restraining order against the Puerto Rican superstar, who has not been charged with any crime.
Police said Saturday that a judge had issued the order against Martin, but authorities trying to serve the order were unable to find the superstar in the Puerto Rican town of Dorado where he lives. The order was filed under Puerto Rico’s domestic violence law and police spokesman Axel Valencia said he could not provide further details, including who filed the order.
Representatives for Martin described the allegations as “completely false and fabricated,” People magazine reported. It did not name the representatives.
“We are very confident that when the true facts come out in this matter our client Ricky Martin will be fully vindicated,” they told the magazine.
El Vocero, a Puerto Rico newspaper, said the order states that Martin and the other person dated for seven months. The report quotes the order as saying they broke up two months ago, but the petitioner says Martin did not accept the separation and has been seen loitering near the petitioner’s house at least three times.
“The petitioner fears for his safety,” El Vocero quoted the order as saying.
AP has not obtained a copy of the order. | https://www.wsls.com/entertainment/2022/07/03/ricky-martins-camp-denies-restraining-order-allegations/ | 2022-07-03T17:21:48Z | https://www.wsls.com/entertainment/2022/07/03/ricky-martins-camp-denies-restraining-order-allegations/ | true |
NEW YORK — A federal judge has granted bail to a prominent Buffalo developer and other businessmen serving prison time for a bid-rigging scheme related to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion economic redevelopment program.
The justices are expected to take up the case during their next term, which begins in October.
The high court also agreed to hear the related case of Joseph Percoco, a former Cuomo aide convicted in 2018 of accepting more than $300,000 from companies that wanted to gain influence with the Cuomo administration.
It was not immediately clear whether Percoco also would be released on bail.
Among the issues in the case is whether private citizens with official connections may be convicted of honest-services fraud.
Ciminelli was convicted in a pay-to-play conspiracy in which his firm won a development job worth a half billion dollars. Prosecutors called the scheme an “enormous fraud” and said it involved state-funded contracts worth more than $850 million being steered to favored developers.
Also granted bail on Friday were developers Steven Aiello and Joe Gerardi, executives at Syracuse-based COR Development, and Alain Kaloyeros, formerly the president of the State University of New York’s Polytechnic Institute.
Prosecutors said Kaloyeros arranged for Ciminelli and his company LPCiminelli to win a development job in Buffalo worth a half billion dollars.
Cuomo was not charged or accused of wrongdoing, but the criminal proceedings tarnished a program the former governor had made a centerpiece of his efforts to lift the upstate economy. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/key-players-granted-bail-in-buffalo-billion-corruption-case/2022/07/03/7f910aae-faed-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html | 2022-07-03T17:22:26Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/key-players-granted-bail-in-buffalo-billion-corruption-case/2022/07/03/7f910aae-faed-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html | true |
McKinleyville Area Fund distributes funding
The McKinleyville Area Fund awarded $30,000 to nonprofit organizations.
“The McKinleyville Area Fund’s purpose is to support public needs in the McKinleyville area for civic purposes, recreation and nonprofit organizations with special needs,” a news release stated. “Established in 1982, it is the only fund that serves strictly McKinleyville.”
The funds go for community improvements, including:
• Funding for Boy Scout Troop 180 of McKinleyville to attend summer camp and other activities.
• Repair and maintenance of the steps at the Mad River Bluffs for the McKinleyville Land Trust.
• Domain registration and web hosting programs for the McKinleyville Senior Center.
• Support programs for the homeless program sponsored by the United Methodist Church of the Joyful Healer.
• Skate replacement and new roller racers for the McKinleyville MCSD Parks and Recreation.
• Garden supplies, new games and puzzles for the Adult Day Health Care Center of Mad River enjoyed by some 30 McKinleyville residents.
• New team football helmets and other supplies for McKinleyville Youth Football
• Resources for another fun-packed “Winter Express” for some 700 of our young students sponsored by the McKinleyville Lions Club.
McKinleyville pharmacy to open
Redwood Community Pharmacy is hosting a grand opening celebration with the McKinleyville Chamber of Commerce on July 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 1567 City Center Road in the McKinleyville Shopping Center.
The free event features a ribbon-cutting, chili dogs and other refreshments. Raffle prizes include an Echo Show and a Kindle Fire HD8 tablet.
Redwood Community Pharmacy is a partnership of three pharmacists and a business manager who saw a need for better pharmacy practices in McKinleyville.
“We strive to be the most innovative and patient-oriented pharmacy throughout Humboldt County,” a release stated.
The pharmacy will offer free delivery within a seven-mile radius (including Blue Lake), $3.99 delivery from Trinidad to Eureka. It also offers compounded medications, med-sync, compliance packaging, medication drop-off and at-home vaccinations.
Grind Cafe opens at county’s airport
The Humboldt County Department of Aviation announced the opening of the Grind Café at the Humboldt County airport in McKinleyville.
Ramone’s exited the space in April 2020 amid the start of the coronavirus pandemic when few people flew.
Last year, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved a project that the county aviation department used to request proposals to fill the space.
“We are thrilled to welcome The Grind Café to ACV,” said Cody Roggatz, the county aviation director.
The Grind Café will offer a variety of dining options using family recipes and local and organically sourced products. There will be coffee and pastry, grab-and-go sandwiches, salads, soups and limited dine-in meals, alcoholic beverages, and child friendly, vegan and gluten free offerings, the county said in a news release.
“I look forward to creating a convenient, delicious, and memorable experience for travelers passing through, employees working from and residents visiting ACV,” said Gabrielle Long, owner of The Grind Café. | https://www.times-standard.com/2022/07/03/business-briefs-mckinleyville-nonrofits-receive-funding-new-pharmacy-opens/ | 2022-07-03T17:25:25Z | https://www.times-standard.com/2022/07/03/business-briefs-mckinleyville-nonrofits-receive-funding-new-pharmacy-opens/ | false |
I have not been my usual ebullient self of late.
There’s no need to list the multitude of reasons affecting my disposition; you’re going through it too, I’m sure. However, as one thinks about it, now more than any other time through which we’ve lived, it’s essential to find a way to be happier. After all, the disconcerting reality is we don’t know when, how — or if — all this craziness in which the world finds itself is going to end. So, since we’re in it, and we can’t change it to the level any of us would want, how do we best handle it?
Firstly, happiness doesn’t just “happen” to us; we are mostly responsible for and create our attitudes. Granted, it’s easier to manifest a good mood hanging out on a warm beach with someone you love than it is while reading about the war in Europe or trying to scrape together enough money to buy gasoline or groceries. However, to not accept that what we feel is within our control is to be at the whim of everything and anyone that enters your environment; forever a leaf in a stream with no direction of one’s own.
Researchers have suggested that about 50% of one’s happiness is determined by genetics, 10% by life circumstances and 40% by one’s daily activities. Whether those statistics are completely accurate or not, it does reinforce the common belief that at least some of our happiness is within our control. Taking control over that percentage certainly cannot hurt.
One major misconception about people who consider themselves to be happy is that they are joyful, bubbly and cheerful at all times — living in a fantasy world of unicorns and rainbows. That’s wrong, it’s just not how we’re made. Sad experiences are part of life; denying or avoiding them is unhealthy. As much as we don’t like them, they are an essential part of our emotional life and health. Accepting them while learning to develop skills to manage and cope with them, will — in the end — lead to more happiness.
Following are five techniques that have been shown to improve feelings of happiness and well-being.
• Enhance your social connections. Multiple studies have found that social connections, more commonly known as our relationships with friends and family, are the biggest factor affecting happiness. It seems obvious that people with strong relationships are happier than those who are less well-connected. As it turns out, good relationships also keep our bodies healthier and help us live longer. The takeaway: find time to be with people you care about. Connect more often.
• Engage in random acts of kindness. Small acts matter. Smile at a stranger. Make coffee for your spouse. Compliment someone on something they did or how they’re dressed. Deliberately performing random acts of kindness, no matter how minor, helps one feel happier as well as less depressed and anxious. As it turns out, kindness taps into a basic human impulse we have to help others so when you do that, it activates the brain’s reward system. Who would have thought? Anyway, the bottom line is you feel good that you helped someone else feel good.
• Focus on gratitude. Find time every day to be grateful for something, especially when it feels like there’s nothing to be grateful for. Writing down your reasons in a journal is even better. I get it, current conditions might make it harder to be thankful, but taking a few moments to pay attention to reasons why you’re thankful, no matter how small, improves well-being.
• Be mindful. Take a moment and be where your feet are. Periodically, just stop. Let the world spin without you. Breathe. Pay attention to how your body feels. Appreciate your environment; notice your surroundings like you haven’t seen them before. Exercises like meditation, which teach your brain to focus on the present instead of the past or future, also increase feelings of self-acceptance.
“The idea is to be present — don’t judge your emotions, but recognize them,” says Elizabeth Dunn, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia.
• Practice self-compassion. This might be the most challenging item on the list. We are blindingly quick to self-insult and self-punish when dealing with perceived setbacks and failures. On the opposite end of the spectrum, we are equally slow at finding our positives. If you wouldn’t say it to a child, don’t say it to yourself. In addition, excessive self-criticism gets in the way of achieving your goals.
Bottom line: What would your best friend say to you about this situation? Say that to yourself.
Scott “Q” Marcus is the CRP (Chief Recovering Perfectionist) of www.ThisTimeIMeanIt.com and the founder of the inspirational Facebook Group, Intentions Affirmations Manifestations. Join his free online semi-monthly motivation sessions by signing up for his free semi-monthly newsletter at www.thistimeimeanit.com/signup. Note: If you’d like to know more, much of this information was inspired by an article on cnet.com titled “How to Improve Your Happiness, According to Science.” | https://www.times-standard.com/2022/07/03/striving-for-imprefection-how-to-improve-your-happiness-well-being/ | 2022-07-03T17:26:08Z | https://www.times-standard.com/2022/07/03/striving-for-imprefection-how-to-improve-your-happiness-well-being/ | true |
Which golf practice net is best?
Honing a golf swing takes a lot of practice. However, not everyone has the time and money to visit the local driving range to log their practice swings. Golf practice nets offer a convenient alternative for driving or chipping balls at home or in your yard. The top choice for easy set-up, stability and overall quality is the Net Return Pro Series V2 Multi-Golf Net.
What to know before you buy a golf practice net
Ease of use
Not everyone who buys a golf practice net plans to leave it permanently installed. If you frequently will be putting up and taking down the net, look for a lightweight aluminum or fiberglass frame for easy transportation. Some golf practice nets come with a convenient carry bag so all the parts remain together. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions and be patient the first time you assemble the net. It will get easier each successive time.
Durability
Golf practice nets take a beating, so get a net made of durable material that won’t easily fray. Strong polyester is best. The frame should be rust resistant and strong enough to withstand the occasional collision with a club or ball. Some nets are for outdoor use only, while some are only for indoor use. For more information, check out the complete golf practice net guide from Best Reviews.
Stability
Even the sturdiest golf practice nets need a little help to keep from moving around due to wind or the force of a driven golf ball. Some outdoor nets come with ground stakes that securely hold the base in place. Indoor nets can have non-skid rubber padding that makes it harder to slide on inside surfaces.
What to look for in a quality golf practice net
Turf mat
Some golf practice nets include an artificial turf mat typically made from nylon. This is especially helpful indoors to mimic hitting off grass. Turf mats should be durable, so if you see a breakdown in the material, it may be time to look for a higher-quality turf mat.
Ball return
Most golf practice nets have some form of collecting the balls once they hit the net. Some use a slanted design in the center that funnels the balls to the middle then rolls them back to the golfer’s feet.
Bull’s-eye decal
Some golf practice nets have a bright circular decal that gives the golfer a visual to aim for. This can help with aim and follow-through during an actual round of golf.
How much you can expect to spend on a golf practice net
Golf practice nets start around $30 for chipping and less-sturdy nets. Driving nets cost $80-$150 or more based on frame material, overall features and if the net is being used for other sports in addition to golf.
Golf Practice Net FAQ
Can you use a golf practice net for other sports?
A. Some golf practice nets may be multipurpose for soccer, football, lacrosse and other sports. Many are specific for golf balls only. Check with the manufacturer.
How far apart does the net and turf mat need to be?
A. Bigger nets allow for a longer distance between the net and turf mat. Read the manufacturer’s instructions and start off by being as close to the net as possible without impeding your swing. This is especially important with indoor nets since errant golf balls could cause damage.
What’s the best golf practice net to buy?
Top golf practice net
The Net Return Pro Series V2 Multi-Sport Golf Net
What you need to know: This net is solidly constructed and is for indoor and outside use with multiple types of balls.
What you’ll love: There is a patented ball return for convenience. The net easily sets up and comes with a carrying bag.
What you should consider: No turf mat is included. This net is relatively expensive but realistic for the quality, convenience and long-term durability it provides.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top golf practice net for the money
JEF World of Golf Collapsible Chipping Net
What you need to know: For anyone focused on improving their short game, this chipping net has it all.
What you’ll love: This net is easy to set up. It comes with a three-ring bull’s-eye for practicing various chip shots and is affordably priced.
What you should consider: Hook-and-loop straps hold the net in place, so there is the potential for tearing over time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: For the big hitters who want to let loose outside, this net brings the driving range to you.
What you’ll love: This sturdy net assembles easily. It comes with a turf mat and carry bag. A durable three-piece construction stands up to bad weather conditions.
What you should consider: Moving the net might be difficult without a helper. The netting may tear over time with more powerful hitters.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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(The Hill) – Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), who sits on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, said she is “surprised” by federal prosecutors’ reactions to testimony given before the panel this week by Cassidy Hutchinson, who previously served as an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that was aired on Sunday, host Chuck Todd asked Lofgren to react to a story published last week in The New York Times that reported federal prosecutors working on the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 investigation felt blindsided after watching Hutchinson’s testimony and were as surprised by her remarks as those watching it.
Several officials who spoke to the newspaper said that prior to her testimony, prosecutors had not been given transcripts or videos of her past interviews with the committee. Hutchinson spoke to panel investigators behind closed doors four times before testifying in Tuesday’s public hearing.
“You know, I was surprised that the prosecutors were surprised. What are they doing over there? They have a much greater opportunity to enforce their subpoenas than our legislative committee does,” Lofgren told Todd.
Asked if she thought it was a fair characterization that the House panel had blindsided the Justice Department, she said she did not think so.
“We’re not an arm of the Department of Justice. We’re a legislative committee. They have subpoena power. They could subpoena Ms. Hutchinson. I’m surprised they had not done so. We interviewed her four times. I think that’s publicly known at this point. And the fourth interview was very compelling,” she added.
Lofgren’s comments come after Hutchinson gave explosive testimony during a last-minute hearing held by the panel on Tuesday.
Among the most significant pieces of her testimony, she said that both Meadows and Rudy Giuliani sought pardons from former President Trump, that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the car he was in on Jan. 6 in an attempt to get to the Capitol after being informed he could not be taken there and that Meadows told her on Jan. 2 that things could “get real, real bad” on the day the riot ultimately occurred.
Tensions have arisen between the House select committee and the Justice Department, the latter of which has complained its investigation has been hampered by the panel refusing to provide transcripts of witness interviews. | https://www.ksn.com/news/politics/jan-6-panel-member-surprised-by-prosecutors-reaction-to-hutchinsons-testimony/ | 2022-07-03T17:26:54Z | https://www.ksn.com/news/politics/jan-6-panel-member-surprised-by-prosecutors-reaction-to-hutchinsons-testimony/ | false |
The remake bonanza spares few films, and the 1974 “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” redo was in 2005. But I found new insight in the older version this week.
My daughter, 11, had a critique. Not about the quirky bed-bound in-laws, nor the “Cheer up, Charlie” song that always seemed so long in my youth, or the portrayals that wouldn’t pass muster today. Instead she was struck by Grandpa Joe’s harping on Charlie to show him “the gold” every time a Wonka bar fell into the hands of the poor family — which, because of their financial circumstances, was just twice.
When Grandpa Joe would start on his “show me the gold” kick, Charlie’s mom, trying to protect her son from disappointment, would try to shush him.
She reasoned Charlie’s chances were minimal, given the many millions of bars sold, the scarcity of tickets (five) and the scads of people looking for them — many with more opportunities to buy bars given their cash-strapped status. But Joe was unflappably optimistic.
My daughter viewed it from Charlie’s perspective. Wasn’t Grandpa’s jeering only placing unnecessary pressure on Charlie?, she asked, empathizing with the child’s crestfallen expression as he twice opened bars in front of the family, to find no ticket.
I saw it from the adults’ side, the two approaches emblematic of the conflict between hope and resilience that we adults try to give our young ones.
The struggle is real as a parent. Try to arm the kids with practicalities to prepare them for the future — brush your teeth so they won’t hurt you later; work hard so you can realize your goals; be nice to people if you expect them to be nice to you.
We impart our wisdom and lived experience with the hopes that our kids will learn from it. Charlie’s mother was trying to arm Charlie with reasonable expectations — golden tickets are a numbers game, these are the odds. Disappointment is a part of all of our lives and it’s formative, not fatal.
Yet hope is the necessary ingredient that fuels our dreams, and that faith that things will work out is a requirement that they actually do. Willy Wonka brings the world of “pure imagination” to life, and this can’t be done without leaving practicalities behind.
All the same though, he and the moralistic oompa-loompas show this tug-of-war as they take a certain pleasure is punishing both the kids who are lazy, demanding and selfish (and their parents) — but also for not following their rules.
I reckon the overarching theme is to dream amazing dreams, but know you’ll have to work for them.
Spoiler alert: Charlie gets his golden ticket as a reward for his diligence, generosity and kindness.
But his comes by way of a third bar, bought with happenstance money in a sewer grate and opened on the street, away from family influences.
I guess that probably says something, too — that grown-ups tend to think their words are more important than they actually are. | https://www.record-eagle.com/news/allison-batdorff-hope-is-the-golden-ticket/article_8eb3da6a-f70b-11ec-84d4-e79400b0f66e.html | 2022-07-03T17:27:45Z | https://www.record-eagle.com/news/allison-batdorff-hope-is-the-golden-ticket/article_8eb3da6a-f70b-11ec-84d4-e79400b0f66e.html | true |
Andhra Pradesh: Naidu alleges torture of accused in CID custody in fake letter case
TDP president appeals to DGP to suspend officials concerned for violation of apex court orders
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday wrote a letter to Director General of Police K.V. Rajendranath Reddy regarding the “illegal arrest” of Garlapati Venkateswara Rao and Mokarala Sambasiva Rao in a fake letter case.
Mr. Naidu said Mr. Venkateswara Rao was picked up from his house at Dharanikota village of Amaravati mandal in Palnadu district on June 29, while Mr. Sambasiva Rao was arrested from his house in Amaravati.
The CID sleuths had barged into their houses at midnight, Mr. Naidu alleged. Such acts of the CID were posing a grave threat not only to democracy but also to the Constitution, he added.
The two were subjected to most inhuman and brutal custodial torture reminiscent of the jungle raj, Mr. Naidu alleged.
All this was done as the duo allegedly posted on the social media a fake letter in the name of Y.S. Vijayamma that she resigned from the YSRCP, Mr. Naidu said.
“Where is the need to torture the accused in CID custody?” he asked.
In the light of “gross violations” of the Supreme Court order by the CID, it was appropriate to place the officials concerned under suspension with immediate effect, Mr. Naidu said in the letter.
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The Fourth of July will be celebrated on Monday, July 4.
Costco is a favorite among shoppers when it comes to shopping for food in bulk, but will you be able to shop at Costco on the Fourth of July (7/4/2022)?
Is Costco open on the Fourth of July 2022?
Costco will be closed on the Fourth of July.
It will reopen on Monday, July 5.
What are the best Fourth of July 2022 sales?
There are plenty of online sales for the Fourth of July. Here are a few:
- Samsung’s Fourth of July discounts on tech and home appliances
- Walmart’s Fourth of July sale with rollback prices
- Coach’s summer sale with up to 50% sale handbags and clothes
- Amazon’s sale on fashion, tech, home goods and kitchen essentials
- Wayfair’s up to 60% off Fourth of July sale
- Kohl’s Fourth of July sale on select items storewide
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police said Sunday that several people were shot at a Copenhagen shopping mall.
Copenhagen police said that one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Field’s shopping mall, which is close to the city’s airport. Police tweeted that “several people have been hit,” but gave no other details.
Images from the scene showed people running out of the mall, and Denmark’s TV2 broadcaster posted a photo of a man being put on a stretcher. Witnesses said people were crying and hid in shops.
Laurits Hermansen told Danish broadcaster DR that he was in a clothing store at the shopping center with his family when he heard “three-four bangs. Really loud bangs. It sounded like the shots were being fired just next to the store.”
A huge presence of heavily-armed police officers was on hand, with several fire department vehicles also parked outside the mall. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/several-people-shot-at-copenhagen-shopping-mall-police-say/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-07-03T17:38:18Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/several-people-shot-at-copenhagen-shopping-mall-police-say/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | true |
Ostapenko loss leaves just one GS women's champ at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Tatjana Maria pulled off another upset at Wimbledon to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the age of 34 on Sunday.
She'll face not another high-seeded opponent but 22-year-old Jule Niemeier, who is making her All England Club debut, in an all-German showdown for a place in the semifinals.
Heading into the second week at Wimbledon, only two of the top 15 seeds remain in the women´s draw, which has just one Grand Slam champion - Simona Halep - left.
Maria eliminated 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 on No. 1 Court in the fourth round after saving two match points in the second set against her 12th-seeded opponent.
"I always believed that at one point I can show what I can do," said the 103rd-ranked Maria, who ousted fourth-seeded Maria Sakkari in the third round. "I´m happy that today, I mean, I came back when I was down, so I´m proud of myself."
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek is also out of the picture, the two-time French Open champion having lost to Alize Cornet of France in straight sets on Saturday.
Germany's Tatjana Maria celebrates defeating Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko during a fourth round women's singles match on day seven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Halep is the last Grand Slam champion standing on the women's side. The 16th-seeded Romanian won at Wimbledon in 2019 and at the French Open the year before that. She faces fourth-seeded Paula Badosa in the fourth round on Monday.
The 97th-ranked Niemeier advanced by beating Heather Watson 6-2, 6-4 on Centre Court in just her second Grand Slam tournament. The German had eliminated second-seeded Anett Kontaveit in the second round.
Shortly before Roger Federer and other greats took part in a ceremony marking the centenary of Centre Court, Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal by beating Caroline Garcia of France 7-5, 6-2 as the traditional day of rest on the middle Sunday at the All England Club is no more.
The 23-year-old Bouzkova will next face either third-seeded Ons Jabeur or Elise Mertens for a place in the last four.
"There´s no reason why not to keep this going. Kind of believing in myself right now," said Bouzkova, who withdrew from the French Open after testing positive for COVID-19. "Yeah, I just going to go all out again in the quarterfinals."
In the men's draw, two Americans were eliminated. David Goffin of Belgium defeated 23rd-seeded Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (3), 5-7, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 to set up a quarterfinal match against ninth-seeded Cameron Norrie, who advanced with a 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Tommy Paul.
Maria, the oldest woman left in the singles draw, said she's been inspired by her two young daughters.
"I´m now in the quarterfinal of Wimbledon, so it´s really amazing for me," she said. "This means also that you always have to keep going. Doesn´t matter how old you are, doesn´t matter how many kids you have, you just have to keep going and to believe in yourself."
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Germany's Jule Niemeier celebrates defeating Britain's Heather Watson in a women's fourth round singles match on day seven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Switzerland's Roger Federer applaud during a 100 years of Centre Court celebration on day seven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Belgium's David Goffin celebrates defeating Frances Tiafoe of the US in a fourth round men's singles match on day seven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday July 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Frances Tiafoe of the US plays a return to Belgium's David Goffin in a fourth round men's singles match on day seven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday July 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Pacers sign first-round pick Bennedict Mathurin
The Indiana Pacers on Sunday signed guard Bennedict Mathurin, the sixth overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed for Mathurin, who was named the 2021-22 Pac-12 Player of the Year following his sophomore year at Arizona.
Mathurin recorded a team-leading 17.7 points per game for the Wildcats. Arizona was a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and lost to Houston in the Sweet 16.
The 6-foot-7 Mathurin also recorded 5.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
Mathurin averaged 10.8 points per game as a freshman.
--Field Level Media
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Originally published June 30 on on IdahoEdNews.org.The Boise School District’s five school board incumbents are running again.
The trustees made the announcement in a joint news release Thursday, ahead of the district’s Sept. 6 board elections.
The incumbents touted Boise’s track record — including graduation rate numbers that don’t square with the state’s data.
The news release pegs Boise’s graduation rate at 90%, based on the district’s data. But according to the State Department of Education, Boise’s 2021 graduation rate was 81.4%, slightly above the statewide rate of 80.1%.
In an email Thursday, district spokesman Ryan Hill said the 90% figure appears to be based on older graduation rates for Boise’s four high schools. According to state department data for the class of 2021, Boise graduation rates ranged from 82% at Capital High School to 90.6% at Timberline High School.
The incumbents also touted community support for the schools — as evidenced by a $172 million bond issue, which passed with 86% support in 2017.
“Our work is not done, and I pledge to use my leadership experience, business background, and community connections to provide superior college and career opportunities to all our students,” Board President David Wagers said Thursday.
“The Boise School District has a legacy of excellence,” trustee Beth Oppenheimer said.
With Thursday’s announcements, here’s how the Boise elections currently shape up:
- Elected in 2016, Wagers and Oppenheimer will run for six-year terms, along with any challengers who file. All candidates for six-year terms will run on a single ballot, and the top two vote-getters will be elected. Wagers is president of Idaho Candy Co.; Oppenheimer is executive director of the Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children, an early education advocacy group.
- Andy Hawes, an attorney appointed to the board in April 2021, is seeking to serve out the remaining four years of his term. He has one opponent.
- — who has requested to be identified as Neil “Gnome” Mercer on the ballot — filed election paperwork Tuesday.
- Steve Schmidt, an engineer appointed to the board in December, will seek to serve out the final two years of his term. Shiva Rajbhandari, a rising senior at Boise High School,
- , but he has not filed formal paperwork yet.
- Elizabeth Langley, appointed in November 2020, is seeking to finish out the final two years of her term. She is a partner with the Echelon Group, a Boise financial services firm. Todd Kurowski of Boise also filed for the race Thursday.
The candidate filing period runs through July 8.
Most school districts hold trustee elections in November of odd-numbered calendar years. However, Boise operates on a governing charter that predates statehood; this document calls for elections on the first Tuesday in September. That means the Boise trustee election usually falls on the day after Labor Day, as will be the case this year.
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CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — A child is dead and another person is injured after multiple shootings at a party in central Virginia, police said.
Officers were called to an event venue in suburban Richmond on Saturday night for a report of a shooting, local news outlets reported.
Upon their arrival, officers found a juvenile male who had been shot in a bathroom, Chesterfield County Police said in a news release Sunday. The child, whose name and age weren't provided, was pronounced dead at the scene. He appeared to be the intended target of the shooting, police said.
Before police arrived, a sheriff's deputy who was providing security at the party responded to the reported shooting to investigate, according to the news release. The deputy encountered and confronted an individual who was displaying a handgun. The deputy shot the person, who was taken to a hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening. That person was not immediately identified.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Representatives for Ricky Martin have denied allegations that led to a restraining order against the Puerto Rican superstar, who has not been charged with any crime.
Police said Saturday that a judge had issued the order against Martin, but authorities trying to serve the order were unable to find the superstar in the Puerto Rican town of Dorado where he lives. The order was filed under Puerto Rico’s domestic violence law and police spokesman Axel Valencia said he could not provide further details, including who filed the order.
Representatives for Martin described the allegations as “completely false and fabricated,” People magazine reported. It did not name the representatives.
“We are very confident that when the true facts come out in this matter our client Ricky Martin will be fully vindicated,” they told the magazine.
El Vocero, a Puerto Rico newspaper, said the order states that Martin and the other person dated for seven months. The report quotes the order as saying they broke up two months ago, but the petitioner says Martin did not accept the separation and has been seen loitering near the petitioner’s house at least three times.
“The petitioner fears for his safety,” El Vocero quoted the order as saying.
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Several people shot at Copenhagen shopping mall, police say
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police said Sunday that several people were shot at a Copenhagen shopping mall.
Copenhagen police said that one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Field’s shopping mall, which is close to the city’s airport. Police tweeted that “several people have been hit,” but gave no other details.
Copenhagen Mayor Sophie H. Andersen tweeted: “Terrible reports of shooting in Fields. We do not yet know for sure how many were injured or dead, but it is very serious.”
Images from the scene showed people running out of the mall, and Denmark’s TV2 broadcaster posted a photo of a man being put on a stretcher. Witnesses said people were crying and hid in shops.
Laurits Hermansen told Danish broadcaster DR that he was in a clothing store at the shopping center with his family when he heard “three-four bangs. Really loud bangs. It sounded like the shots were being fired just next to the store.”
A huge presence of heavily-armed police officers was on hand, with several fire department vehicles also parked outside the mall.
“One person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at Fields. We currently are not able to say more about the person concerned,” Copenhagen police tweeted. “We have a massive presence at Fields and are working on getting an overview.”
The shopping center is on the outskirts of Copenhagen just across from a subway line that connects the city center with the international airport. A major highway also runs adjacent to Fields.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
7-3-9
(seven, three, nine)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
7-3-9
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Several people shot at Copenhagen shopping mall, police say
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police said Sunday that several people were shot at a Copenhagen shopping mall.
Copenhagen police said that one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Field’s shopping mall, which is close to the city’s airport. Police tweeted that “several people have been hit,” but gave no other details.
Copenhagen Mayor Sophie H. Andersen tweeted: “Terrible reports of shooting in Fields. We do not yet know for sure how many were injured or dead, but it is very serious.”
Images from the scene showed people running out of the mall, and Denmark’s TV2 broadcaster posted a photo of a man being put on a stretcher. Witnesses said people were crying and hid in shops.
Laurits Hermansen told Danish broadcaster DR that he was in a clothing store at the shopping center with his family when he heard “three-four bangs. Really loud bangs. It sounded like the shots were being fired just next to the store.”
A huge presence of heavily-armed police officers was on hand, with several fire department vehicles also parked outside the mall.
“One person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at Fields. We currently are not able to say more about the person concerned,” Copenhagen police tweeted. “We have a massive presence at Fields and are working on getting an overview.”
The shopping center is on the outskirts of Copenhagen just across from a subway line that connects the city center with the international airport. A major highway also runs adjacent to Fields.
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Storage to keep your belongings safe near the water
Summertime means fun in the sand and surf or lounging around the pool with fruity drinks. While shoving an unsuspecting friend into the pool was once a harmless, fun prank, the mainstream adoption of smartphones makes that kind of fun a dangerous prospect.
Fans of kayaking, boating and swimming are no strangers to rugged, waterproof bags. You can find many resilient roll-top bags that can keep electronics safe from complete submersion. There are plenty of other varieties, too, some of which are considerably more stylish and convenient than what you’d normally see tied to an ocean kayak.
Best waterproof bags
Watershed Goforth 10.5L Dry Bag
This transparent 10.5-liter option uses a system of rugged buckles and nylon straps to turn into a tiny duffel bag impervious to leaks. It comes in four colors and has a removable waist belt for the ultimate convenience.
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Fjallraven High Coast Hip Pack
If you only need to store a few essentials, you won’t find anything more compact than this. It comes from one of today’s most popular fashion-forward bag companies and has four understated colors available.
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Hawaii-founded, Oregon-based Dakine makes some of the slickest surf equipment in the world, and this 36-liter backpack is no exception. It’s comfortable, versatile and engineered to carry surfboards up to 15 pounds.
Sold by Amazon and Backcountry
This rugged roll-top bag offers impressive water resistance, and you’ll often see it or similar ones on nearly every canoeing and kayaking trip. It comes in a wide array of bright colors and five sizes from 10 to 55 liters.
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Matador Freerain22 Packable Backpack
It has no frame and minimal padding, making it perfect for stashing in a larger pack or suitcase, only to bust it out for a day hike in the rain. It holds 22 liters and is as lightweight as any day pack you’ll find.
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It’s the most affordable choice for packing sensitive belongings such as smartphones, identification and earbuds without the worry of water damage. You can even use your device’s touch screen while it’s stored away.
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Available in either 15 or 30 liters, this premium dry bag is the perfect size for an excursion on a boat or in a torrential downpour. Its straps are relatively adjustable and it’s about as rugged as they come.
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With up to 105 liters of storage space and a surprisingly reasonable price for such a premium piece of gear, this is a great long-term investment for people who regularly travel on or around the water.
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As long as you won’t be subjecting them to overly harsh conditions or heavy usage, these affordable dry bags do a great job of keeping electronics safe during summer fun. This pack of five includes various sizes from three to 20 liters.
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Fjallraven Ulvo Large Hip Pack
It offers a surprisingly high capacity and is great for everyday use as well as special trips. It’s a touch expensive, but it looks great and is especially well-made.
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Storing your sensitive devices, cash and identification away from damaging moisture doesn’t get any easier than with this rugged and stylish hip pack. While it is waterproof, it’s not meant for long-term submersion).
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Watershed Chattooga 22L Dry Bag
It’s transparent, reasonably sized and has only a single large compartment that’s great for holding oddly shaped devices. The only drawback is that it’s pretty expensive, but you can rest assured that it should last for years with proper care.
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If efficient use of space is your thing, look no further than this streamlined option from a Swedish-inspired designer equipment outfit. It’s especially versatile since you can close it from the top or the side without compromising the protection, and there are various colors and patterns available.
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Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Compression Dry Sack
If you want to maximize the amount of gear you can keep dry while minimizing the space it takes up, this premium choice from respected backpacking manufacturer Sea to Summit has you covered. Its reliable seams and material prevent water ingress while compacting your stuff as much as possible.
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If you’re headed out to sea and need to keep all your belongings safe from salty spray, there are few better options than this one. At 70 liters, it’s great for long trips, and there’s a 105-liter option if you need it.
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In addition to a 23-L capacity and top-of-the-line construction quality and consistency, this one sports an adjustable air bladder that keeps it from sinking. It’s the perfect piece of gear storage for frequent canoe and rafting trips.
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There are a few sizes of this no-nonsense, dependable dry bag available, and they offer the best value when bundled with a matching waterproof phone pouch. It comes in black, blue orange or yellow, and there’s a clear window on the side for easy access and organization.
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Black Diamond Creek Transit 22 Backpack
From a renowned manufacturer of hiking equipment, this reliable backpack offers the quality suspension and high capacity needed for a fun day hike. But it also doesn’t look too far off from a normal backpack, so it’s great for everyday use when you’re not in the great outdoors.
Sold by Amazon and Backcountry
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Which pet camera is best?
Pets of all kinds are more than just an animal. Unfortunately, our pet family members can’t call us on the phone or video chat with us if we are far away. Pet cameras can be the best method to watch over pets or just check on them while away from home.
If you need a solid pet camera that lets users watch out for any kind of animal, the top choice is the Petcube Cam. It allows for continuous indoor surveillance and gives users the ability to consult professional vets conveniently in the companion app on a mobile device.
What to know before you buy a pet camera
Do you have children and pets?
If you do not have kids, a pet camera may be all you are looking to find. However, cameras designed to watch over children could help with pets, too.
What kind of pet do you have?
Depending on the animal, different features may be crucial or unnecessary. Motion detection, for example, is a valuable camera feature that will only be helpful for physically active and mobile pets. If your pet is not very active or cannot move fast enough to activate a motion sensor, that sort of feature will not be very helpful. Consider what you need a pet camera to do before you buy.
Do you have smart home devices?
Some pet cameras integrate with existing smart home technology. This can allow you to connect the camera to other devices in your home, issue voice commands and more. If you own smart home devices, check that a pet camera is compatible with the smart assistant software you already use.
What to look for in a quality pet camera
Audio
The best options have good audio in addition to the video footage. Two-way audio features also allow for communication with a pet even while users are away from home. If you have pets that get nervous or have trouble when you are away, a pet camera with audio communication abilities can help you stay in contact and calm them down.
Video
Beyond decent video resolution, a pet camera needs to capture clear footage at any time. If it is dark in the room or night falls and you want to check in on your pet, a camera with night vision is the best solution. Not all indoor security cameras have the same capabilities, so check that a pet camera will still be able to see your pet in the dark.
Connectivity
A good pet camera easily connects to the internet and stays connected. It is also vital that companion applications and software are easy to use. Check out the features of a mobile app before you buy a pet camera. Some cameras have simple security feeds accessible through an app, but some pet cameras have applications with more extensive features.
How much you can expect to spend on a pet camera
For a simple camera with the features needed to keep an eye on your pets, you can find a pet cam or security camera for $20-$50. More advanced cameras with additional features and smart compatibility can sometimes cost more, depending on the size and quality.
Pet camera FAQ
Can other cameras serve as a pet cam?
A. Yes. You do not necessarily need a dedicated pet cam. If you want to use indoor smart cameras or security cameras, that will work well for monitoring pets. Baby monitors and nanny cameras can also help watch pets. While cameras specifically designed to use with animals are good options, they are not the only options out there for pet lovers.
Do you need two-way communication features?
A. You do not necessarily need two-way audio unless you know that talking to your pets would be helpful. Not all pets will respond to audible commands or just talking, so consider your pets. Setting up your webcam or a cheap camera feed may be all you need to watch your pets. If your animals are soothed or relaxed by hearing your voice, though, two-way audio can be an invaluable feature.
What’s the best pet camera to buy?
Top pet camera
What you need to know: This camera is excellent for around-the-clock home surveillance and watching high-quality footage of your pets while away from home.
What you’ll love: The video feed is full HD resolution and features the ability to zoom. It has night vision and automatically alerts to sound and motion. The camera has two-way audio that lets users talk to their pets through the camera. It can connect with Alexa smart devices to add voice control compatibility. Using the companion app, you can chat with professional vets easily if you think that your pet may need to visit a clinic.
What you should consider: The camera will only work with 2.4GHz Wi-Fi signals and does not support 5GHz, which made some users have difficulty with setup.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top pet camera for the money
What you need to know: This affordable camera detects sound and motion for internal home security or watching pets.
What you’ll love: It has night-vision capabilities, two-way audio and automatically detects anything going on to alert you while away from home. You can view the live-streamed video via the companion app in full HD resolution. It automatically stores up to a year worth of security footage on a cloud server and can record to a micro SD card.
What you should consider: Some users had issues with the instructions and could not get the device to connect to Wi-Fi.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This treat tossing Wi-Fi pet camera has smart device functionality and lets pet lovers interact with their furry friends while away from home.
What you’ll love: It has a Wi-Fi camera that features night vision and two-way audio so users can talk to their pets day or night while away from home to calm them down. The built-in treat dispenser allows users to toss a treat out for pets via the companion app. It is compatible with Alexa devices for adding voice controls. It allows for 160-degree-wide video monitoring that you can access via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connectivity.
What you should consider: You could use it for animals other than dogs, but it is not designed for that, so users have had trouble getting it to respond and record anything other than dog activity or barking. It is pretty expensive.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Jan. 6 committee: More evidence will come in July hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) — More evidence is emerging in the House’s Jan. 6 investigation that lends support to recent testimony that President Donald Trump wanted to join an angry mob that marched to the Capitol where they rioted, a committee member said Sunday.
“There will be way more information and stay tuned,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.
The committee has been intensifying its yearlong investigation into the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, and Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the committee’s vice chair, is making clear that criminal referrals to the Justice Department, including against Trump, could follow.
At least two more hearings are scheduled this month that aim to show how Trump illegally directed a violent mob toward the Capitol on Jan. 6, and then failed to take quick action to stop the attack once it began.
The committee also has been reviewing new documentary film footage of Trump’s final months in office, including interviews with Trump and members of his family.
Kinzinger, in a television interview, declined to disclose the new information he referred to and did not say who had provided it. He said many more details emerged after last week’s testimony from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson and that nothing had changed the committee’s confidence in her credibility.
“There’s information I can’t say yet,” he said. “We certainly would say that Cassidy Hutchinson has testified under oath, we find her credible, and anybody that wants to cast disparagements on that, who were firsthand present, should also testify under oath and not through anonymous sources.”
In a separate interview, another committee member, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said: “We are following additional leads. I think those leads will lead to new testimony.”
In Hutchinson’s appearance before the committee last week, Hutchinson painted a picture of Trump as an angry, defiant president who was trying to let armed supporters avoid security screenings at a rally on the morning of Jan. 6 to protest his 2020 election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.
Legal experts have said Cassidy’s testimony is potentially problematic for Trump as federal prosecutors investigate potential criminal wrongdoing.
“There could be more than one criminal referral,” said Cheney in an interview that aired Sunday. She said the committee will decide later in the process whether to proceed.
Cassidy also recounted a conversation with Tony Ornato, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for operations, who, she testified, said Trump later grabbed at the steering wheel of the presidential SUV when the Secret Service refused to let him go to the Capitol after the rally.
That account was quickly disputed, however. Bobby Engel, the Secret Service agent who was driving Trump, and Ornato are willing to testify under oath that no agent was assaulted and Trump never lunged for the steering wheel, a person familiar with the matter said. The person would not discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
In recent days, the committee has subpoenaed former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and has been seeking more information from Ornato and Engel, who were previously interviewed by investigators.
Committee members hope Cipollone will come forward.
“He clearly has information about concerns about criminal violations, concerns about the president going to the Capitol that day, concerns about the chief of staff having blood on his hands if they didn’t do more to stop that violent attack on the Capitol,” Schiff said. “It’s hard to imagine someone more at the center of things.”
The committee has also been working on setting up an interview with Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She was asked to speak to the committee after disclosures of her communications with Trump’s team in the run-up and day of the insurrection at the Capitol.
Kinzinger appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Schiff was on CBS’ “Face the Nation” and Cheney appeared on ABC’s “This Week.”
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Marine Corps veteran launches nonprofit to help other veterans
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (KOVR) – As the nation celebrates Independence Day, a California veteran wants to remind Americans of the men and women who fight for our freedom.
Marine Corps veteran Brandon Murphy is bringing attention to the crises facing veterans once they return to civilian life, including high rates of suicide and homelessness.
“We’re sick of the number 22,” he said. “We’re sick of hearing that’s the number of veterans committing suicide every day. We’re sick of our brothers and sisters coming back in pieces. I mean, it’s daunting.”
That’s why he’s taking his new business even further.
Murphy just started up an insurance agency in Roseville with two friends, one who’s also a veteran.
A portion of their profits will help launch The Pacific Patriot Foundation, a non-profit helping veterans in need.
“So, we’re going to have a whole team dedicated to doing outreach to those people,” Murphy said. “Calling out, seeing exactly the resources they need and delivering those.”
According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, 13% of the homeless population are veterans.
Roughly 40,000 veterans are on the streets on any given night, which is actually a considerable improvement over the last decade.
Murphy said their work will stretch outside the U.S.
His wife also does mission work in Haiti, where she helps maintain and grow Haitian orphanages.
While the focus of the Pacific Patriot Foundation will be on veterans, it will have benefits beyond the border.
“Whether it’s at home or abroad, we have this calling to serve and we’re going to make sure we do that,” Murphy said.
Part of Murphy’s profits this week will be donated straight to veterans in the Sacramento area.
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KILKENNY, Ireland – Awkward.
That’ll be the tone Monday morning at stately Adare Manor when the game’s stars, be they sanctioned or otherwise, gather for the J.P. McManus Pro-Am. It’s far too easy to imagine an uncomfortable brush as Tiger Woods, who is playing publicly for the first time since the Masters, passes Bryson DeChambeau, who was among the second wave of PGA Tour players to join LIV Golf last week.
Imagine at some point Rory McIlroy, the outspoken front man for the anti-LIV set, offering LIV convert Graeme McDowell or Ian Poulter or Lee Westwood a nervous head nod and nothing more.
It’s an unsettling status quo that professional golf appears bound for as the divide widens by the day (Paul Casey became the latest player to bolt for LIV late Saturday) and the news cycle is only accelerated.
Last week saw the first LIV event on U.S. soil, another seven Tour players added to the list of the excommunicated, and the apparent first of what promises to be a parade of lawsuits, appeals, motions and filings. Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has been clear that there is no path back for those who have been wooed by the deep pockets of the Saudi-backed rival league, but the game will march on.
Here’s what we know, what we think and what might be next:
An alliance. Last week the PGA Tour and DP World Tour announced an enhanced alliance that will now include a direct path to the U.S. circuit for the top 10 finishers each season in Europe. But how far is either side willing to go?
The new agreement didn’t come with any additional co-sanctioned events, like the original deal that will include next week’s Scottish Open and Barbasol Championship as well as the Barracuda Championship.
The deal provides the Tour with additional ownership (now 40 percent) of European Tour Productions and the European circuit gets a valuable marketing partner who was crucial in landing title sponsors for both the Irish Open and the Scottish Open. But where the alliance goes from here remains unclear.
Asked during a player meeting earlier this week if the current alliance was a precursor to an outright merger, European chief executive Keith Pelley appeared to be intentionally vague, “Only if [a merger] makes sense and if [the membership] wanted to do it,” he said.
The enhanced alliance creates a united front at a crucial moment for the sport, but it’s not seamless.
A distinction. Just moments after the opening tee shots were played at the first LIV Golf event last month in London, the PGA Tour announced that its members who defied tournament regulations and played the breakaway circuit were indefinitely suspended. It was a similarly swift response last week when the circuit suspended an additional seven players who were in the field at the second LIV event.
The DP World Tour’s response, however, has been noticeably more nuanced.
Pelley, after weeks, finally ruled on how to handle its members who joined LIV, it was far less definitive than the PGA Tour’s response. The European players were fined (about $105,000) and banned from playing the co-sanctioned events (Scottish Open, Barbasol Championship and Barracuda Championship). According to various sources, the European tour doesn’t have the regulatory license to suspend players indefinitely like the PGA Tour.
As much as Monahan and the Tour would prefer a united front, when it comes to the LIV players it’s not that easy.
A divide. What had been a uniquely golf response among players to the LIV Golf challenge has started to unravel.
The view across the professional ranks had clung to the “independent contractor” notion of live and let live. But as the uncomfortable economic realities have settled in, that tolerance has been tested.
“To be honest most of the players on this side [the DP World Tour] will think that the sanctions are too light, way too light,” Padraig Harrington said at the Horizon Irish Open. “The players would be wanting more.”
Justin Thomas offered a particularly personal response to the expanding divide last week on the No Laying Up podcast.
“It hurts us,” Thomas said. “I heard someone that brought up a good point is they’re saying that I’m sure at some point, you know, some sort of lawsuits will be going and if any of those guys that left to go play the other tour sue the Tour, they’re suing me, they’re suing Rory, they’re suing Tiger, they’re suing every single one of us that they’ve looked in the face, looked in the eyes and played rounds of golf with, played on cup teams with, shared moments, whatever, with and they’re suing us.”
At best, interactions between factions are bound to become tense. At worst, longtime friendships will be replaced by animosity.
An answer. Considering Monahan’s hard line, it’s difficult to imagine an ecosystem where everybody – the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf – can coexist. But if everyone involved were to reach a tipping point, there could exist a path to détente.
According to Monahan, the Tour has not met with representatives from LIV Golf or Golf Saudi, and by all accounts there’s no appetite to start a dialogue. Pelley, however, didn’t dismiss the idea.
“We’re not adverse to working with Golf Saudi in the future,” he told his members at last Tuesday’s player’s meeting. “But that would have to be within the current professional framework.”
While the PGA Tour has made this a moral line that can’t and won’t be crossed, the sensitivities on the European tour appear to offer more flexibility.
“Remember, everybody, depends where you come from the in the world, has a completely different idea. Your idea what's right and wrong is not my idea,” Harrington said. “We are all different and it hugely depends on where you're brought up and your cultures and things like that.”
Any chance of a potential compromise between the established tours and LIV Golf is riddled with non-starters and deal-breakers – not the least of which is LIV’s Greg Norman, who has become more of a Twitter troll than a CEO in recent weeks.
But if there is any chance to find common ground, it will likely be found on this side of the Atlantic. | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/pga-tour-vs-liv-what-we-know-and-what-could-come-next | 2022-07-03T18:38:26Z | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/pga-tour-vs-liv-what-we-know-and-what-could-come-next | true |
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HALTOM CITY, Texas (AP) — A gunman killed two people and wounded four others, including three police officers, before taking his own life in a home in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, police said Sunday.
Haltom City Police Det. Matt Spillane said none of those wounded in the shooting Saturday evening in a residential neighborhood have life-threatening injuries.
Spillane said the officers returned fire after being shot at while responding to a report of gunshots at the home around 6:45 p.m. One officer was hit in both legs, and the other two were shot in the arm. The suspect died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He said the Texas Rangers — the state’s elite police force — would take over the investigation. A motive for the shooting was not immediately clear. Authorities have not released the names of any of the people involved in the attack.
“The main focus is on how and why this happened,” Spillane told The Associated Press.
A woman was found dead inside a house and a man was found dead outside, Sgt. Rick Alexander said , speaking at a news conference late Saturday. A woman who called 911 was also wounded, he said.
The suspect was found with a “military-style rifle” and a handgun, Alexander said.
The incident is one of several in recent days in which law enforcement officers were fired upon while responding to calls.
Three officers were shot dead in eastern Kentucky while trying to serve a warrant. Police took a 49-year-old man into custody late Thursday night after an hours-long standoff at a home in Allen, a small town in the hills of Appalachia. He remains jailed on a $10 million bond charged with two counts of murder of a police officer.
In Chicago, a police officer was hospitalized in serious condition after being shot repeatedly in a Friday morning ambush while answering a domestic disturbance report, police Superintendent David Brown said. A suspect was hospitalized awaiting a psychiatric evaluation and is being held on a $2 million bond. | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/north-texas-shooter-kills-2-wounds-3-cops-takes-own-life/ | 2022-07-03T18:49:25Z | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/north-texas-shooter-kills-2-wounds-3-cops-takes-own-life/ | true |
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Brandon Brown wanted a way to change the narrative behind the “Let’s go, Brandon” message after his first career NASCAR victory inadvertently fostered a chant that has been used to insult President Joe Biden.
Brown found that new message thanks to the family of an 8-year-old boy with autism.
Brandon Brundidge of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, was on a spring-break trip to Houston in March and saw signs with the “Let’s go, Brandon” phrase. He believed the signs were meant to encourage him. He consequently started trying activities he’d never attempted before, such as learning to swim and removing the training wheels from his bicycle.
His mother, Sheletta Brundidge, used that story to write a children’s book titled, “Brandon Spots His Sign.” Brown had the cover of Brundidge’s book on the hood of his Camaro for his Xfinity Series race Saturday at Road America.
“To have this come through was like that breakthrough moment for us,” Brown said. “This can be positive. This can be good. It doesn’t have to be hateful or divisive.”
This divisiveness had started after Brown earned his first career NASCAR victory last October.
The crowd at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama chanted “F— Joe Biden” during the winner’s postrace interview. NBC Sports reporter Kelli Stavast incorrectly told Brown the fans were chanting, “Let’s go, Brandon.”
From that point, “Let’s go, Brandon,” became a rallying cry for Biden critics, with signs bearing that message popping up all over. Brown unintentionally found himself in the middle of the firestorm that surrounded these chants.
“I’ve just been hopeful that I could make it a positive, I could have my name back and not have it be so divisive and scary, where it wouldn’t be a political statement for my friends and family to cheer me on during a race,” Brown said.
That’s where the Brundidge family stepped in.
Sheletta Brundidge is the mother of four children, and three of them have autism. She has written children’s books focusing on each of them. She said Brandon often dealt with social anxiety.
That changed after she saw all the “Let’s go, Brandon” signs and assumed people were cheering him on. He suddenly had a whole new attitude and wasn’t nearly as shy about trying new things.
“He literally wanted us to put flags in front of the house (saying), ’Let’s Go Brandon,” Sheletta Brundidge recalled. “I’m like: ‘That’s not going to happen. We’re not putting these flags in front of the house.’”
Brown learned about this book from his mother and invited the Brundidge family to Road America. They met in person for the first time this weekend, and the two Brandons became fast friends.
“It feels like I have a twin brother but who’s older than me,” Brandon Brundidge said.
The Brundidges were giving out copies of “Brandon Spots His Sign” at Road America. The book’s cover design decorated Brown’s car, though he was knocked out of Saturday’s race after getting caught up in a multicar wreck that caused him to get examined and released from the infield care center.
“I’m sorry for what you went through all of this past year,” Sheletta Brundidge told Brown on Saturday. “I know it’s been horrible. But I’m so glad it happened because this child would not have this breakthrough (otherwise). He still would be afraid to ride his bike without training wheels. He’s literally walking up to kids and passing out this book. He would have never done that (before).” | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/boy-helps-nascar-driver-put-new-spin-on-lets-go-brandon-chant/ | 2022-07-03T18:56:43Z | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/boy-helps-nascar-driver-put-new-spin-on-lets-go-brandon-chant/ | false |
Which self-cleaning litter box is best?
If you own cats, you know they are endlessly entertaining, interactive and occasionally finicky members of the family. Despite loving these pets, most people don’t love regularly cleaning out their dirty litter boxes.
Self-cleaning litter boxes eliminate the hassle by incorporating sensors that can detect when a litter box is being used and cleans up for you when your cat is done. The PetSafe ScoopFree Self-Cleaning Litter Box is the recommended choice because it automatically cleans waste and features great odor control.
What to know before you buy a self-cleaning litter box
How do self-cleaning litter boxes work?
When a self-cleaning litter box detects your cat’s presence, it uses a rake-like device to pull the waste into a trash receptacle, leaving behind clean litter. Once the waste bin or drawer is full, all you have to do is remove it from the litter box and dispose of the waste.
Types
There are two types of self-cleaning litter boxes: automatic and semi-automatic. Automatic self-cleaning litter boxes work by raking the waste into a receptacle that you must regularly empty. Semi-automatic self-cleaning litter boxes usually have a lever you manually turn to filter and separate the waste from the clean litter. Both types work well, but automatic litter boxes typically are more expensive.
Single cat vs. multi-cat
According to experts, a household should have at least one litter box per cat. If you choose to let multiple cats use a single self-cleaning litter box, make sure you increase your cleaning habits accordingly. A self-cleaning litter box doesn’t work miracles, so empty the waste receptacle at least three or four times a week if you have more than one cat.
What to look for in a quality self-cleaning litter box
Sensor vs. timer
Some self-cleaning litter boxes have sensors that detect when your cat is relieving itself and start the cleaning process immediately after. Others operate on an adjustable timer that cleans the litter box periodically throughout the week. If your box has a timer, monitor your cat’s bathroom habits and try not to schedule cleanings for any part of the day that your pet likes to go.
Noise level
Self-cleaning litter boxes tend to make noise during the cleaning process. Look for a manufacturer that tries to reduce generated noise, as a loud litter box can startle a cat and discourage it from using the litter box in the future.
Litter
Most pet owners know cats can be finicky about their litter. If your pet only likes one particular litter brand, make sure it’s going to work with the self-cleaning litter box you choose. Non-clumping litter, for instance, won’t work with many self-cleaning litter boxes because the raking mechanism needs clumps to properly separate the waste. Wet, unclumped litter could damage the inner workings of your litter box.
How much you can expect to spend on a self-cleaning litter box
Most semi-automatic self-cleaning litter boxes cost around $20-$80. Automatic litter boxes typically cost more, ranging from $80-$400.
Self-cleaning litter box FAQ
How do you get your cat to use its new litter box?
A. Start by placing the new litter box next to the old one, filling it with the same kind of litter you always use. After a while, your cat should begin using the new litter box more and more frequently until the old one can be removed.
How often should you empty the litter box waste bin?
A. If you only have one cat using the self-cleaning litter box, you should be emptying the waste bin at least twice a week. Double that amount for every additional cat that uses the box.
What’s the best self-cleaning litter box to buy?
Top self-cleaning litter box
PetSafe ScoopFree Self-Cleaning Litter Box
What you need to know: This automatic litter box comes with sensors and leak protection.
What you’ll love: With a straightforward assembly and streamlined design, this automatic self-cleaning litter box makes disposing your cat’s waste easy. The litter box also features an automatic health counter so you can keep track of how many times your cat goes throughout the day.
What you should consider: This model requires a particular brand of cat litter that pets and pet owners may not like.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top self-cleaning litter box for the money
Pet Zone Smart Scoop Automatic Litter Box
What you need to know: This automatic litter box is affordable and works with any brand of clumping litter.
What you’ll love: This automatic self-cleaning litter box is incredibly quiet, making it a great choice for particularly skittish cats. The box is designed with angled deflectors and fins to keep the litter area free of messes.
What you should consider: Some users report the scraper can miss clumps of litter.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Omega Paw Self-Cleaning Litter Box
What you need to know: This model is a solid, affordable and relatively versatile semi-automatic litter box.
What you’ll love: A great option for pet owners with a smaller budget, this litter box works by incorporating a filtration screen that separates waste from the litter. Users simply rotate the box to sift the litter, then remove the tray to dispose of the waste.
What you should consider: The box is smaller than comparable models, making it unappealing to certain cats.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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WIMBLEDON – If it seems as if there are more empty green seats in the stands at Wimbledon than usual this fortnight, that's because there have been fewer spectators than usual so far.
Through the first six days of main-draw competition at the All England Club, official attendance was listed as 237,927. That is a decrease of 7% from the Week 1 total at the last pre-pandemic edition of the tournament in 2019, which was 256,808.
Removing the last two years from consideration — crowd sizes and ticket sales were limited during Wimbledon in 2021 because of concerns about COVID-19, and the whole event was canceled entirely in 2020 — the 2022 figure is the second-lowest since 2007 (when it was 221,521).
Those numbers are all through the first Saturday of the fortnight. This is the first time the All England Club expanded the planned schedule to a full 14 days by including the middle Sunday, which traditionally has been a day of rest. In the past, organizers decided to add competition on that Sunday on just four occasions — in 1991, 1997, 2004 and 2016 — after there was so much rain in the first week that they needed to scramble to ease a backlog of matches.
On Monday, when asked about prospects for attendance, All England Club CEO Sally Bolton said: “First year of permanent middle Sunday, so we are expecting a record crowd because of that. We’ve got that additional capacity for that day.”
But this year's Day 1 of the tournament got things off to an inauspicious start, with an announced attendance of only 36,603 — down 14% from the 42,517 on Day 1 in 2019, and the lowest since 2007.
Hard to know, of course, exactly what accounts for the decrease. The coronavirus could be a factor; cases are rising in Britain and three of the top 20 men's seeds withdrew after testing positive for COVID-19. There are big names missing: Roger Federer was not in the field for the first time since 1998; the No. 1-ranked man, Daniil Medvedev, and other athletes from Russia and Belarus were barred from competing because of the war in Ukraine; Serena Williams lost in the first round. Inflation's effects might make some people less inclined to spend money on tickets.
In 2016, there was so much rain in the early going that the first round, which is supposed to conclude on Tuesday, did not wrap up until Thursday. The attendance over the first half-dozen days that year was 236,173 — less than 1% below 2022 and the only non-coronavirus-affected total that has been lower since 2007.
In 2007, the total daily seating capacity for the tournament was 33,653; it currently is 37,140. Some courts do not have stands, plus the daily attendance totals include grounds passes, with allow fans to walk around the grounds and watch matches on a large video screen on the outside of No. 1 Court, aside from getting into smaller courts when there are seats available.
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Which art set for kids is best?
Art sets make a great gift for kids and can inspire them to start expressing themselves creatively. Art sets that are specifically designed for children differ from advanced art sets in a couple of key ways, but the most important thing is that they don’t come with any toxic or dangerous art supplies such as oil-based paints or scissors.
Our top pick, the Art 101 142-Piece Wood Art Set, is a great art set for kids since it comes with a variety of supplies. Its wooden carrying case is attractive and organized so that everything has a place.
What to know before you buy an art set for kids
Types of art sets for kids
There are a few different types of art sets for kids online, but art sets can for the most part be divided into two types: mixed-media and specific medium art sets.
Mixed-media art sets are great for beginners because they come with a sampling of art supplies from paints and pencils to crayons. If your child is an aspiring artist, a mixed-media set will give them the options that they’ll need to dabble.
Specific medium art sets are great for those with a bit more artistic skill and only come with supplies suitable to one medium. For example, a paint set will come with a focus on paints, whereas a drawing or sketch set will come with a focus on pencils.
If you’re interested in checking out different art sets for kids, look at our full BestReviews art sets for kids buying guide.
The age range of the art set
When buying an art set for your kid, it’s very important to verify the age range of the set that is listed by the manufacturer. For example, the Crayola Inspiration Art Case is listed as having an age range of 5-15 years old. This is important to take note of so that you know your child will not have their hands on anything potentially harmful to them.
Skill level of the art set
Art sets, even for kids, will come in a variety of different skill levels. Normally, mixed-media art sets are better suited for kids that are just looking to dabble in art and require a lower level of artistic skill to use. Art sets that are made for a specific medium will often come with higher quality art supplies and be a bit more difficult to use.
What to look for in a quality art set for kids
Quality supplies
The main attraction of any art set is, of course, the supplies that it comes with. Keep in mind that art sets marketed to children will normally come with lower quality art supplies, which could be a problem if your child is already at an advanced level.
Organized vs. unorganized cases
Most arts sets for kids come in an organized case, which is great for keeping all of the individual pieces together and in place. Some art sets, however, come in unorganized cases, which means that the set is more akin to a pencil box. You should consider which is best for your kid, but art sets with an organized case are better overall thanks to the added organization and ease of portability.
Washability and clean-up
Any time kids and art cross there is the potential to have a huge mess on your hands. Double-check to see if the art set comes with easy-to-clean supplies to prevent soiled clothes and unsightly paint splashes on walls, furniture or fabrics.
How much you can expect to spend on art sets for kids
Art sets for kids can range from about $15 to $60 depending on size and quality.
Art sets for kids FAQ
Are all art sets safe for children?
A. No. Some art sets, especially those that are more advanced, will contain art supplies that are hazardous or toxic, such as scissors or oil-based paints.
Do I need to supervise my child while they are using an art set?
A. Supervision is never a bad idea, especially considering that some art sets come with paints that are not easy to clean.
What’s the best art set for kids to buy?
Top art set for kids
Art 101 142-Piece Wood Art Set
What you need to know: This art set is well organized, comprehensive and perfect for kids looking to get started in art.
What you’ll love: The set comes with everything your child will need to dabble in a variety of art projects safely.
What you should consider: The quality of the art supplies is not the greatest, but remains perfect for children. If your child is a more advanced artist, consider buying them more advanced supplies.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top art set for kids for the money
What you need to know: This art set comes from Crayola, a household name when it comes to art supplies. It’s perfect for kids who enjoy coloring and drawing.
What you’ll love: This set is particularly great for children since it does not include things like paints and pastels. This is sure to please your kid while also saving you from having to clean up a mess.
What you should consider: The case that it comes in is organized and will not close if all the supplies are not in their correct spot, which could make it more difficult for younger children to use on their own.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
CreativeELF Drawing Stencils Set for Kids
What you need to know: This fun and simple art set is perfect for kids who are just getting into art.
What you’ll love: This set comes with stencils to serve as a drawing guide for your child. It’s a great way to encourage your kid’s creative side without pressuring them to use more advanced art mediums.
What you should consider: This set isn’t the best option for younger kids, as it may be difficult for them to hold the stencils in place and draw at the same time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Hoteliers to write to Centre seeking rollback of GST for rooms below ₹1,000 a day
‘The decision will affect budget tourists, traders from villages and students’
Budget tourists, those appearing for interviews in towns, traders from villages and students who go to universities for contact classes will be affected badly by the Centre’s decision to bring hotels offering rooms below ₹1,000 a day under the ambit of the GST.
Hoteliers said they were taken by surprise and had no inkling of what was in store at the last GST Council meeting.
A hotelier in Chidambaram said many students stayed in non-AC rooms that would cost ₹500 a day for 10-15 days at a time and with their small budgets, they would be hit hard by the decision. “Hotels cannot bear this increase and will have to pass it on to customers. At a time when everyone is recovering from the lockdown due to the pandemic, especially the hotel industry, this decision is very inappropriate,” he said.
There are at least 50 such lodges in Chidambaram cater for low-budget travellers.
Before the GST came into force, the State government had exempted such establishments from taxation. Tamil Nadu Hotels Association president M. Venkadasubbu said the exemption was initially ₹200 a day, then it went up to ₹300, then ₹500 and finally ₹1,000 a day. “The Association is planning to write to the Centre and the GST Council, expressing its concerns. We hope the GST Council will roll back its decision. There are thousands of patients and attendants who stay in such hotels. In Vellore, for instance, there are two streets full of such hotels where the poorest of the poor stay. These hotels would not get any benefit from input tax credit, too, so it is unfair to them,” he said.
Association secretary R. Srinivasan said an estimated 20,000 lodges, hotels and mansions in the State would be affected. Places such as Rameswaram, Madurai, Erode and Kanniyakumari would have hundreds of rooms used by low-budget travellers.
“Tourists belonging to the lower middle classes who visit temples along with families will be affected. There are places that have common bathrooms and restrooms and even lodges that offer mattresses and pillows for overnight stays. All these places will be brought under the ambit of the GST,” he said.
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What guinea pig accessory is best?
Guinea pigs are intelligent and loyal pets that can learn their name and even perform tricks. Some of the most rewarding moments of being a guinea pig owner are the delighted squeaks they make when they are happy. Providing your guinea pigs with accessories will help you bond with them by keeping them happy and squeaking.
There is no better way to bond with your piggie than with some one-on-one playtime. That is why this Small Pet Playpen is our top choice for the best accessory.
What to know before you buy guinea pig accessories
Active for most of the day
You may have noticed that your guinea pig is nearly always awake when you walk by the cage. That is because while they do require sleep, they doze off during the day in a series of naps. They are most active at dusk and dawn, which is good to know for scheduling playtime. Your guinea pig may sleep up to six hours a day. Accessories are a great way of keeping them entertained during their busy day.
Guinea pigs are highly social
Guinea pigs are social creatures that can experience loneliness. In Sweden, it is illegal to own only one guinea pig because they rely on interaction so much. Solitude is not for them, so playing with your guinea pig is an important part of their life. That is why accessories like small pet beds can turn a night in with Netflix into an on-the-couch bonding session with your pet.
Easily stressed
In the wild, guinea pigs are prey animals, so their instincts are to run and hide at the slightest feeling of danger. Loud noises like a television or music frighten them, as do fast movements above their home. Accessories that make them feel safe and secure are great to consider so that your pet feels happy and safe.
What to look for in quality guinea pig accessories
Exploration
Pet guinea pigs are adventurous and love to explore. Accessories like tunnels and boxes with multiple entrances and exits are great at stimulating their sense of exploration and provide great physical activity.
Chewing
Your pet guinea pig needs to chew, and they love to do it. Like most rodents, their teeth never stop growing, so they have a biological urge to chew and grind their teeth down to manageable levels. The best accessory will allow them to satisfy their desire to chew.
Hiding
Don’t be surprised when your guinea pig runs away and hides. It is a perfectly natural response when they get scared. They want to feel safe, and hiding makes them feel happy. An accessory that doubles as a place to hide will accomplish this.
Playing
Guinea pigs love to play and form strong bonds with their owners. Activities like foraging can provide a tasty snack during playtime. Accessories that both you and your pet can interact with will make both parties happy.
How much you can expect to spend on guinea pig accessories
Guinea pig accessories vary in price from $8-$30, depending on the style and size of the item.
Guinea pig accessories FAQ
Is a leash a good accessory for my guinea pig?
A. Guinea pigs get scared very easily and would not do well on a leash. They need access to areas where they can hide and feel safe. Also, they are at higher risk of being stepped on when leashed due to their small size.
Can I leave my guinea pig outside in its playpen alone?
A. Always supervise your guinea pig during playtime, as they can get in trouble fast. They are susceptible to high heat, so long stays outside during the summer is not advised.
What are the best guinea pig accessories to buy?
Top guinea pig accessory
What you need to know: This colorful playpen creates a 36-inch play area for your guinea pig to run around safely during playtime.
What you’ll love: This playpen provides just over 4 square feet of play space for your guinea pig. You can add a second playpen to create a larger area and place your accessories and cage decor inside to create an interactive space for your pet.
What you should consider: There is no top covering, so if you have other animals like dogs or cats, you will need to keep them separated from the play area.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
Top guinea pig accessory for money
Kaytee Cuddle-E-Cup Plush Animal Bed, 10-Inch
What you need to know: The Kaytee Cuddle-E-Cup gives your guinea pig a spot to cuddle up safely while you spend time with your pet.
What you’ll love: This guinea pig accessory is made of padded faux fur, making it super soft and comfortable for your pet. It is machine washable and comes with straps if you want to secure it in your pet’s habitat.
What you should consider: Your pet may chew and pull out the strands of faux fur, so you will need to watch out for that.
Where to buy: Sold by Chewy and Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This fun tunnel can act as an extension in your pet’s cage or as a playtime hide-and-seek activity.
What you’ll love: It can also attach to a larger pet tent made by the same company. The tunnel makes a crinkly sound as your piggie runs through the tunnel for added amusement.
What you should consider: Your pet may not like this item’s crinkly sound, as it may scare them. Other accessories that work with this tunnel are sold separately.
Where to buy: Sold by Chewy and Amazon
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local):
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6:05 p.m.
Cam Norrie became the first British man in five years to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals, beating Tommy Paul in straight sets on No. 1 Court.
The ninth-seeded Norrie was only broken once as he won 6-4, 7-5, 6-4.
He is the first British male quarterfinalist since Andy Murray in 2017 and will face David Goffin of Belgium. Norrie reached a career-high ranking of No. 10 this year but this is the first time he’s been past the third round of a Grand Slam tournament.
The 30th-seeded Paul was playing at Wimbledon for the first time and was trying to reach his second Grand Slam quarterfinal.
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5:35 p.m.
David Goffin reached his second Wimbledon quarterfinal after outlasting Francis Tiafoe in five sets.
The Belgian won 7-6 (3), 5-7, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 on No. 2 Court in a tight contest that lasted 4 hours, 36 minutes. Goffin also reached the quarters in his last Wimbledon appearance in 2019, but missed last year’s tournament with an injury.
Tiafoe called for a physio after winning the third set and was given a pill, then quickly went down 5-1 in the fourth as his first-serve percentage dipped. The No. 23-seeded American held two break points at 5-5 in the fifth set but Goffin saved them both with powerful serves, then converted his first match point in the next game when Tiafoe netted a backhand.
Goffin will face the winner of the match between Cam Norrie and Tommy Paul.
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3:45 p.m.
Jule Niemeier is into the quarterfinals in her first Wimbledon appearance after denying British veteran Heather Watson a spot in the last eight.
The 22-year-old Niemeier, who is playing just her second Grand Slam tournament after losing in the first round of the French Open in May, beat Watson 6-2, 6-4 on Centre Court. The German converted her third match point when Watson netted a backhand.
The 30-year-old Watson was playing in her 43rd major tournament and had reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time.
Niemeier will next face countrywoman Tatjana Maria, who reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the age of 34.
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3:20 p.m.
Tatjana Maria saved two match points in the second set before beating 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko at Wimbledon to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the age of 34.
The 103rd-ranked Maria won 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 on No. 1 Court. The German is the oldest woman left in the singles draw and had only been past the second round once in 34 previous Grand Slam appearances.
She saved two match points at 5-4 in the second set, then had a chance to serve out the match at the same score in the third but was broken. But she broke Ostapenko again and then converted her second match point when the Latvian sent a service return wide.
Maria’s previous best result at a Grand Slam was reaching the third round at Wimbledon in 2015. She lost in the first round in her last eight major appearances. Ostapenko reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 2018.
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2:20 p.m.
Eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer hasn’t given up hope of playing again at the All England Club.
Federer received a standing ovation at a celebration of the centenary of Centre Court.
“I hope I can come back … one more time,” the 40-year-old Federer said from Centre Court, standing alongside other Wimbledon champions.
Federer’s eight Wimbledon titles is a men’s singles record but he is not playing at the grass-court tournament for the first time since his debut in 1999.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion hasn’t played since losing in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon a year ago in his 22nd appearance in the tournament.
He said he didn’t think it would take this long to come back from knee surgery last year. He said: “The knee has been rough on me.”
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12:55 p.m.
Wimbledon has its first quarterfinalist in women’s singles: Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic.
Bouzkova beat Caroline Garcia of France 7-5, 6-2 in a fourth-round match on No. 2 Court to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal.
The 23-year-old Bouzkova will next face either third-seeded Ons Jabeur or Elise Mertens for a place in the semifinals.
Bouzkova upset seventh-seeded Danielle Collins in the first round.
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12:30 p.m.
Roger Federer returned to Wimbledon as the All England Club prepared to celebrate the centenary of Centre Court.
Federer has won eight Wimbledon titles — a men’s singles record — but is not playing at the grass-court tournament for the first time since his debut in 1999.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion was dressed in a dark suit and white sneakers as he walked the grounds toward Centre Court.
Federer said earlier this year that any tournament comeback from his knee surgery last year will not be until at least the late summer.
The 40-year-old Swiss hasn’t played since losing in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon a year ago in his 22nd appearance in the tournament.
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11:15 a.m.
Three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic will be back on Centre Court on Day 7 at Wimbledon as fourth-round play gets started.
The traditional day of rest on the middle Sunday at the All England Club is no more. A British player, Heather Watson, will be first on Centre Court to mark the occasion. She will face Jule Niemeier.
Fifth-seeded Carlos Alcaraz then plays Jannik Sinner, before the top-seeded Djokovic is last in the main stadium against Tim van Rijthoven of the Netherlands.
On No. 1 Court, third-seeded Ons Jabeur will play Elise Mertens.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Tatjana Maria pulled off another upset at Wimbledon to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the age of 34 on Sunday.
She’ll face not another high-seeded opponent but 22-year-old Jule Niemeier, who is making her All England Club debut, in an all-German showdown for a place in the semifinals.
Heading into the second week at Wimbledon, only two of the top 15 seeds remain in the women’s draw, which has just one Grand Slam champion — Simona Halep — left.
Maria eliminated 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 on No. 1 Court in the fourth round after saving two match points in the second set against her 12th-seeded opponent.
“I always believed that at one point I can show what I can do,” said the 103rd-ranked Maria, who ousted fourth-seeded Maria Sakkari in the third round. “I’m happy that today, I mean, I came back when I was down, so I’m proud of myself.”
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek is also out of the picture, the two-time French Open champion having lost to Alize Cornet of France in straight sets on Saturday.
Halep is the last Grand Slam champion standing on the women’s side. The 16th-seeded Romanian won at Wimbledon in 2019 and at the French Open the year before that. She faces fourth-seeded Paula Badosa in the fourth round on Monday.
The 97th-ranked Niemeier advanced by beating Heather Watson 6-2, 6-4 on Centre Court in just her second Grand Slam tournament. The German had eliminated second-seeded Anett Kontaveit in the second round.
Shortly before Roger Federer and other greats took part in a ceremony marking the centenary of Centre Court, Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal by beating Caroline Garcia of France 7-5, 6-2 as the traditional day of rest on the middle Sunday at the All England Club is no more.
The 23-year-old Bouzkova will next face either third-seeded Ons Jabeur or Elise Mertens for a place in the last four.
“There’s no reason why not to keep this going. Kind of believing in myself right now,” said Bouzkova, who withdrew from the French Open after testing positive for COVID-19. “Yeah, I just going to go all out again in the quarterfinals.”
In the men’s draw, two Americans were eliminated. David Goffin of Belgium defeated 23rd-seeded Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (3), 5-7, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 to set up a quarterfinal match against ninth-seeded Cameron Norrie, who advanced with a 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Tommy Paul.
Maria, the oldest woman left in the singles draw, said she’s been inspired by her two young daughters.
“I’m now in the quarterfinal of Wimbledon, so it’s really amazing for me,” she said. “This means also that you always have to keep going. Doesn’t matter how old you are, doesn’t matter how many kids you have, you just have to keep going and to believe in yourself.”
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Which standing desk converter is best?
It’s no secret that long days spent sitting at a desk can negatively impact your health. Studies have shown that this kind of sedentary lifestyle can lead to back pain, weight gain and even an increased risk of heart disease.
To prevent these issues, many people are looking into standing desks. If you lack the space, a standing desk converter is a great alternative. You can position these devices on any conventional work surface and adjust to your height preference. The VIVO 36-Inch Standing Desk Converter is the top pick because it’s durable, adjustable and quick to assemble.
What to know before you buy a standing desk converter
Benefits
- Standing desk converters are typically cheaper, more portable and require less space than a traditional standing desk device.
- Working at a standing desk burns more calories than sitting, thereby reducing your risk of obesity.
- A standing desk can alleviate back pain and improve posture.
- Standing while working can reduce the depressive symptoms and anxiety thought to be caused by excessive sitting time.
- Some research has shown that using a standing desk and reducing sedentary behaviors could increase your life expectancy.
- Standing desk converters can improve productivity, even if you only stand for brief periods throughout the day.
Tips for using a standing desk
For best results when using a standing desk converter, adjust the height of the device so your head, neck and torso are almost completely in line. The desk should allow you to keep your wrists straight and your hands level with your elbows. Your computer monitor should be about an arm’s length away and the top of the screen should be eye level. Try to wear shoes or insoles with comfortable arch support.
At first, you may have trouble working a full day at your standing desk. If this happens, try alternating between sitting and standing throughout the work day, slowly increasing your standing time as your body grows accustomed to the device.
What to look for in a quality standing desk converter
Adjustability
You can easily adjust the height of most standing desk converters with a lever or crank. Consider how tall your existing desk is and make sure the converter you choose can be raised enough to be at eye level.
Construction and portability
Look for a standing desk converter that’s durable enough to accommodate your monitor, keyboard and any other office supplies you want on hand. Most converters are constructed from sturdy materials such as metal and laminate, and often feature multiple surface levels for your keyboard and mouse. If your job requires you to work both at home and at the office, consider a device that’s tough but lightweight enough to collapse and carry with you.
Surface area
Consider everything you’ll need to place on your standing desk and make sure the model you choose has sufficient surface area. Most standing desk converters have a surface area of about 20-70 inches.
How much you can expect to spend on a standing desk converter
The cost of a standing desk converter can vary depending on the size and construction of the device. Most consumers can expect to pay $80-$300 for a high-quality converter.
Standing desk converter FAQ
Are standing desks bad for your knees?
A. Some people may experience knee pain when using a standing desk because they stay in one position for too long. Try walking around or changing your position every hour or so to reduce strain. You can also alternate between standing and sitting throughout the day until you have built sufficient strength in your knees.
Are standing desk converters difficult to set up?
A. Unlike traditional standing desks, standing desk converters are often almost completely assembled straight out of the box. Other models may require minimal assembly, so follow the instructions closely before attempting to use the device.
What’s the best standing desk converter to buy?
Top standing desk converter
VIVO Adjustable 36-Inch Standing Desk Converter
What you need to know: This popular standing desk is spacious, quick to assemble and affordable. It’s available in five color options.
What you’ll love: Backed by VIVO’s solid reputation, this sturdy standing desk has 36 inches of surface area and an integrated keyboard tray. This model uses a unique counterbalance tension design to reach 17 inches of height from the surface of your existing desk.
What you should consider: The built-in keyboard tray is not adjustable, which can be uncomfortable for some users.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top standing desk converter for the money
HUANUO Adjustable Standing Desk Converter
What you need to know: Simple and affordable, this adjustable standing desk converter is ideal for smaller work areas.
What you’ll love: This standing desk converter can support 22 pounds of weight and comes assembled straight out of the box. The budget-friendly device can reach a maximum standing height of 16.1 inches.
What you should consider: The surface area may be too small for some users, and others reported issues with the adjustable-height lever getting stuck.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
FlexiSpot Desk Riser Standing Desk Converter
What you need to know: Versatile and sleek, this converter comes in two color options and five sizes.
What you’ll love: Boasting an ergonomic two-tier design, this popular standing desk converter uses a gas spring system to support up to 33 pounds while reaching nearly 20 inches of height from the surface of your existing desk.
What you should consider: While the device itself is popular, multiple users reported issues with FlexiSpot’s customer service.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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SONDERBORG, Denmark (AP) — Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen overtook Wout van Aert and Peter Sagan at the line to win the third stage of the Tour de France in a photo finish while Van Aert extended his overall lead on Sunday.
Groenewegen got behind record seven-time Tour sprint champion Sagan’s wheel when he was battling with Van Aert, and found a gap to squeeze through and nudge his wheel over the line to win for the BikeExchange–Jayco team.
“I took a lot of wind and my legs were tired but I still had enough to sprint to the line,” Groenewegen said. “Wout van Aert always jokes, saying that if you are not sure of having won, you still claim the victory and you celebrate. That’s what I did (and) I understood I won from the sport directors screaming in the car.”
Groenewegen’s fifth Tour stage win came a day after Fabio Jakobsen’s first. Two years ago, Groenewegen was blamed for a heavy crash at the Tour of Poland that sent Jakobsen flying through roadside crash barriers. Jakobsen was put in an induced coma and needed five hours of surgery on his skull and face.
Although Groenewegen was remorseful over the incident, he was banned from cycling for nine months by cycling’s governing body UCI.
“My family supported me greatly after what happened,” he said. “My new team has put a lot of faith in me and a great train to lead me out. Every victory at the Tour de France is special.”
Three years after his last Tour stage win, the 29-year-old Groenewegen was open-mouthed and emotional as he put his hands over his head. The win was even more special since he crashed nine kilometers out and had to catch the peloton up.
Sagan was cross with Van Aert, meanwhile, muttering angrily and wagging his finger at him after they crossed the line because he found himself boxed to the right and close to the barriers. But there was no contact and Sagan even appeared to lean on Van Aert.
Van Aert picked up a six-second bonus and is now seven seconds ahead of Yves Lampaert and 14 ahead of two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar in the standings. Pogacar’s rival Primoz Roglic, the 2020 Tour runner-up, is seventh overall and stayed nine seconds behind Pogacar.
The stage started in Vejle on the Jutland Peninsula and ended in Sonderborg in southern Denmark after 182 kilometers (113 miles) of flat racing. Groenewegen’s winning time was 4 hours, 11 minutes, 33 seconds. Pogacar and Roglic were nestled in the main pack with finishing positions irrelevant since they all got the same time.
“It’s been quiet for me today, even though flat stages are always nervous and can be dangerous,” Pogacar said. “I wasn’t affected by the crash in the finale. The first three days have gone well.”
Van Aert wore the leader’s yellow jersey for the Jumbo–Visma team after taking it for the first time on Saturday. He also extended his lead in the green jersey contest for best sprinter.
Huge crowds packed the roadsides in sparkling sunshine as the Danish supporters wearing red and white turned out in force. Proudly wearing the best climber’s polka-dot jersey he claimed on Saturday, Danish rider Magnus Cort, who was in the early breakway group on Saturday, pulled away to take a solo lead for 130 kilometers before being caught with about 50 kilometers left.
“I was a little bit surprised to find myself alone in the lead, but it was nice anyway,” Cort said. “I got a big lead as soon as I broke away, but it was hard to keep the peloton at bay.”
Cort wasn’t upset about being caught, after a weekend he’ll never forget.
“I spent an amazing day out there, enjoying the crowds. I knew what to expect after what we experienced yesterday, but it turned out to be even better because I was in the polka dot jersey,” he said. “It was a perfect day. Life-changing? For sure. The Tour de France is such a big race that it goes well beyond the cycling scene. Everything that happens here transcends the general public.”
Cort picked up more points over the three minor climbs — including the Hejlsminde Strand, the lowest of these at 40 meters above sea level — to keep the jersey until Tuesday. He held up three fingers to celebrate with his home fans and then waved to them after the pack swallowed him up.
“These days have been a dream for me,” Cort said. “Huge, unbelievable. I never imagined them this way.”
Several riders fell on a cobblestone section with about 10 kilometers left but got back up to continue.
After a travel day, the riders will tackle five small climbs in the fourth stage on the route from the coastal city of Dunkerque to Calais.
The race ends on July 24 in Paris.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Nick Kyrgios cursed at the Wimbledon chair umpire and asked, “Are you dumb?” He demanded to see a Grand Slam supervisor after questioning why his opponent, Stefanos Tsitsipas, didn’t forfeit their ever-contentious, never-boring match for angrily hitting a ball into the stands after dropping the second set.
Unsatisfied with the response, Kyrgios asked, “What are you talking about, bro?” Then came this: “Bro, bring out more supervisors. I’m not done. Bring ’em all out. I don’t care. I’m not playing until we get to the bottom of this.”
Narrator: He did continue to play Saturday. And the unpredictable, unseeded Kyrgios won 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7) to reach the fourth round at the All England Club for the first time since 2016 — then was criticized by the No. 4-seeded Tsitsipas for having “a very evil side.”
“It’s constant bullying. That’s what he does. He bullies the opponents,” said Tsitsipas, the 2021 French Open runner-up, who also lost to Kyrgios on grass at a tournament in Halle, Germany, last month. “He was probably a bully at school himself. I don’t like bullies.”
There was more, so much more, from underarm serves hit by the Kyrgios — including one between his legs — to the three shots purposely smacked right at him by Tsitsipas. A total of three code violations were called by chair umpire Damien Dumusois, one on Kyrgios for an audible obscenity, and two on Tsitsipas for ball abuse, earning a point penalty.
Told of Tsitsipas’ “bully” comment, Kyrgios laughed and shook his head.
“He was the one hitting balls at me. He was the one who hit a spectator. … I didn’t do anything. Apart from me going back and forth with the umpire, I did nothing toward Stefanos today that was disrespectful, I don’t think,” Kyrgios said at his news conference, wearing a T-shirt with former NBA player Dennis Rodman’s name on it.
“If he’s affected by that today, then that’s what’s holding him back,” Kyrgios said about Tsitsipas. “Because someone can just do that, and that’s going to throw him off his game like that? I just think it’s soft.”
There even was some terrific tennis along the way, with the players combining for 118 winners. It all took 3 hours, 17 minutes, with nary a dull moment, and finished so late that the retractable roof at No. 1 Court was shut and the artificial lights turned on midway through the fourth set.
Tsitsipas held a pair of set points to force a fifth, but Kyrgios saved both, the latter with a half-volley winner after serving-and-volleying on a second serve.
Kyrgios, a 27-year-old from Australia, converted his second match point with a drop shot, then roared. That sort of skill has always been evident from Kyrgios, who twice has been a Grand Slam quarterfinalist. Also long obvious: Kyrgios often appears more interested in entertaining or arguing than in doing whatever it takes to finish on the right side of the score.
On Saturday, during one changeover midway through the fourth set, Kyrgios sat in his chair, barking between bites on a banana. Was he shouting at an official? At the folks seated in his guest box? At himself? Hard to know with him, sometimes.
He was fined $10,000 by the tournament for unsportsmanlike conduct at his first-round match, which he ended by spitting the direction of a spectator he said was heckling him. It is the largest of the 22 prize money penalties issued in Week 1.
Kyrgios has a history of crossing the line during matches. In 2019, he was placed on a six-month probation by the ATP Tour after being fined $113,000 for eight infractions at a tournament. Earlier that season, he was defaulted from a match at the Italian Open after throwing a chair. In 2016, he was suspended by the ATP for not trying to win and for insulting fans during the Shanghai Masters.
His issues with Dumusois began in the first set, when he was disturbed by a reversed call by a line judge and wanted that official removed. Didn’t happen.
“There comes a point where you really get tired of it, let’s say,” said Tsitsipas, a 23-year-old from Greece. “The constant talking, the constant complaining.”
After Kyrgios broke to grab the second set, Tsitsipas swatted a ball with a backhand into the crowd. The ball appeared to ricochet off a wall, but what wasn’t entirely clear was whether it landed on anyone.
Tsitsipas apologized for that afterward, saying it stemmed from frustration created by “all the circus show going on, on the other side of the net.”
“I didn’t hit any people. It did hit the wall, thank God,” he said, and acknowledged he was trying to hit his foe with some other balls aimed right at his body. “For sure I’m never doing that again. It’s my responsibility, for sure.”
That drew just a warning from Dumusois, which didn’t sit well with Kyrgios.
“You can’t hit a ball into the crowd and hit someone and not get defaulted,” Kyrgios said, bringing up the episode at the 2020 U.S. Open involving Novak Djokovic, who was ejected from a match after inadvertently hitting a ball that struck a line judge in the throat.
At one point, Kyrgios told Dumusois: “You don’t know how to play, so how about you don’t tell me how to play? … Bro, the people want to see me, not you.”
They will get another chance to see Kyrgios on Monday, when he faces Brandon Nakashima for a spot in the quarterfinals. Nakashima is one of four American men in the fourth round, the most at Wimbledon since 1999.
The other men’s matches Monday will be 22-time major champion Rafael Nadal against No. 21 Botic van de Zandschulp, No. 11 Taylor Fritz against qualifier Jason Kubler, and No. 19 Alex de Minaur against Cristian Garin.
Nadal’s 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 27 Lorenzo Sonego was nowhere near as off-the-rails as Kyrgios vs. Tsitsipas, but it had its own bit of back-and-forth between the players over etiquette.
Nadal didn’t like that Sonego’s grunts were too loud and stretched out too long. Sonego didn’t like that Nadal beckoned him to talk at the net about it.
Unlike Kyrgios and Tsitsipas, though, they settled their differences in the locker room afterward.
“I have to say,” Nadal said at his news conference, “that I was wrong.”
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Copenhagen shooting: Several people shot in shopping mall; 1 arrested
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Danish police said Sunday that several people were shot at a Copenhagen shopping mall.
Copenhagen police said that one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Field’s shopping mall, which is close to the city's airport. Police tweeted that "several people have been hit," but gave no other details.
Copenhagen Mayor Sophie H. Andersen tweeted: "Terrible reports of shooting in Fields. We do not yet know for sure how many were injured or dead, but it is very serious."
Images from the scene showed people running out of the mall, and Denmark’s TV2 broadcaster posted a photo of a man being put on a stretcher. Witnesses said people were crying and hid in shops.
Laurits Hermansen told Danish broadcaster DR that he was in a clothing store at the shopping center with his family when he heard "three-four bangs. Really loud bangs. It sounded like the shots were being fired just next to the store."
A huge presence of heavily-armed police officers was on hand, with several fire department vehicles also parked outside the mall.
"One person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at Fields. We currently are not able to say more about the person concerned," Copenhagen police tweeted. "We have a massive presence at Fields and are working on getting an overview."
The shopping center is on the outskirts of Copenhagen just across from a subway line that connects the city center with the international airport. A major highway also runs adjacent to Fields. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/copenhagen-shooting-several-people-shot-shopping-mall | 2022-07-03T19:15:15Z | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/copenhagen-shooting-several-people-shot-shopping-mall | true |
2,672 test positive in Tamil Nadu
Active cases go up to 14,504; Chennai reports 1,072 fresh infections
The number of persons under treatment for COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu rose by another 2,672 on Sunday, pushing the tally of active cases to 14,504.
Among the newly infected were two passengers who returned from the Maldives. So far, at least 34,82,775 persons have been infected.
Chennai led the table with 1,072 fresh infections and 6,058 active cases, while the neighbouring Chengalpattu district logged 373 fresh cases. In each of three other districts, more than 100 persons were infected. While in Tiruchi 104 more persons were infected, in Tiruvallur 131 fresh infections were reported and in Coimbatore 145 persons tested positive.
In 11 districts, the number of cases was in single digit, with Tirupattur recording just two infections.
As many as 1,487 persons were declared to have recovered from the infection. So far, 34,30,245 persons have recovered.
The number of those who succumbed to the infection is 38,026.
With the testing of 32,793 persons, 6,60,64,931 persons have undergone the test.
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'I couldn't look at myself in the mirror': Love Island star Siânnise Fudge reveals her secret battle with depression left her underweight and in hospital
Love Island's Siânnise Fudge took to Instagram on Sunday to share heart-breaking news with her fans.
The 27-year-old, who appeared in the ITV2 show back in 2020, revealed her secret battle with depression left her in hospital and underweight.
Siânnise explained that she was finally ready to speak about her struggles over the last year, sharing a snap in her underwear from eight months ago and one today looking happier and healthier.
'I couldn't look at myself in the mirror': Siânnise Fudge, 27, has revealed her secret battle with depression left her underweight and in hospital (pictured earlier this year)
She penned: 'To my amazing family. I have been waiting for the right time to speak about something that I had been living with and couldn't find the courage to share it, but thankfully now I feel ready'.
'I feel I have a responsibility to share this because somehow it might help one of you and that's all I want from this. To give anyone suffering the belief that you can overcome your obstacles in life'.
'This time last year I was suffering with anxiety & depression behind closed doors. This resulted in me having insomnia, extreme mood swings & losing two stone in weight'.
Better than ever: Siânnise explained that she was ready to speak about her struggles over the last year, sharing a snap in her underwear eight months ago (left) one today look happier and healthier (right)
She continued: 'I was insecure, lost all my confidence & I lacked love within myself. I couldn’t bare to look at myself in the mirror because I didn’t recognise myself both physically & mentally. I completely lost myself and I wasn’t sure who I was as a person anymore'.
'It affected my everyday life, my work & my relationships with friends and family. I felt like I wasn’t in control of my body, I lost interest in things I loved the most and I found it impossible to socialise'.
'I would receive messages on social media saying I’m too skinny, I need to eat some burgers and I’ve had to unfollow you because looking at you makes me uncomfortable which was extremely triggering for me'.
Brave: Siannise opened up in a candid and lengthy Instagram post
Going into further detail she wrote: 'I went to hospital twice for checks, and for someone who is terrified of needles I begged them to take my blood and help me'.
'When the doctors came back with my results, they assured me they were all clear and there was nothing physically wrong with me and they told me I was suffering from severe anxiety'.
'I was lost, depressed and unhealthy, but somehow I developed the strength to work on myself'.
Hospital: Going into further detail she wrote: 'I went to hospital twice for checks, and for someone who is terrified of needles I begged them to take my blood and help me' (pictured earlier this year)
Ending on a happier note she wrote: 'I turned every negative comment into fuel and motivation to get better and today I stand here, healed with a healthy mind & a happy heart'.
'I feel beautiful, confident & I love my body now more than ever. I never understood mental health until I experienced it myself and how important it is. I urge everybody to be kind because you never know what someone is going through, everyone has a story. Every cloud has a silver lining, I am living proof of this'.
Fans and famous friends rushed to the comment section to praise the brave reality star.
Pride: Fans and famous friends rushed to the comment section to praise the brave reality star
Fellow Love Islander Kady McDermott wrote: 'Oh Siannise this breaks my heart to read, but I am so glad you’re coming out the other end, you’re literally glowing at the moment and look so so so amazing. Always here and sending so much love xxx'.
While Molly-Mae Hague added: 'You should be so proud of yourself beautiful'.
And Georgia Steele commented: 'Brave girl, well done lovely'.
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Aleksandr Lukashenko sends Statehood Day greetings to Slovenia
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to the people of Slovenia as the country celebrates Statehood Day.
“This special date marks an important stage in the development of the independent and sovereign country. In the conditions when deep dividing lines are once again drawn on the European continent, when the threat of the global armed conflict has become real, solid economic, cultural and humanitarian ties between the friendly peoples remain one of the few effective guarantees which will prevent us from collapsing into total confrontation,” the message of greetings reads.
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that Belarus is interested in the mutually respectful and equal interstate dialogue with Slovenia which smaks its 30th anniversary this year. “I reaffirm our commitment to resuming and developing cooperation for the prosperity of the Belarusian and Slovenian people. I am convinced that by joint efforts we will achieve this noble goal,” the head of state stressed.
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Marine Corps veteran launches nonprofit to help other veterans
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (KOVR) – As the nation celebrates Independence Day, a California veteran wants to remind Americans of the men and women who fight for our freedom.
Marine Corps veteran Brandon Murphy is bringing attention to the crises facing veterans once they return to civilian life, including high rates of suicide and homelessness.
“We’re sick of the number 22,” he said. “We’re sick of hearing that’s the number of veterans committing suicide every day. We’re sick of our brothers and sisters coming back in pieces. I mean, it’s daunting.”
That’s why he’s taking his new business even further.
Murphy just started up an insurance agency in Roseville with two friends, one who’s also a veteran.
A portion of their profits will help launch The Pacific Patriot Foundation, a non-profit helping veterans in need.
“So, we’re going to have a whole team dedicated to doing outreach to those people,” Murphy said. “Calling out, seeing exactly the resources they need and delivering those.”
According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, 13% of the homeless population are veterans.
Roughly 40,000 veterans are on the streets on any given night, which is actually a considerable improvement over the last decade.
Murphy said their work will stretch outside the U.S.
His wife also does mission work in Haiti, where she helps maintain and grow Haitian orphanages.
While the focus of the Pacific Patriot Foundation will be on veterans, it will have benefits beyond the border.
“Whether it’s at home or abroad, we have this calling to serve and we’re going to make sure we do that,” Murphy said.
Part of Murphy’s profits this week will be donated straight to veterans in the Sacramento area.
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It has taken place at thousands of basketball games in Jim Boylen's long career as a player and coach.
Moments before a game begins, the two teams line up on the court for the traditional playing of the national anthem. Often, it's not overly memorable. That won't be the case on Monday. Boylen and a group of USA Basketball players and coaches will hear "The Star-Spangled Banner," on Independence Day, in Havana — a place where few Americans have been and a place where the U.S. anthem is likely not often heard.
“I’ve never done something like this,” Boylen said. “And that’s what we’ve told these guys. This group of guys, they chose to play these two games, on the road, in what I call enemy territory. And they decided to spend the Fourth of July, in Havana, when they didn’t have to do this.”
Relations between the U.S. and Cuba have been strained for decades, although in recent months, President Joe Biden’s administration has announced plans to ease at least some of the tough economic sanctions that have been imposed on the island nation, the Associated Press. | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/a-july-4th-in-cuba-next-for-usa-basketball-world-cup-team | 2022-07-03T19:31:39Z | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/a-july-4th-in-cuba-next-for-usa-basketball-world-cup-team | true |
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Known for her iconic victory pose at the 2019 World Cup in France, Megan Rapinoe's on-field role on the U.S. national team is changing as the team looks to qualify for the 2023 event.
The wily winger is now 36 and admittedly slowing a bit. Off the field, however, Rapinoe is outspoken as ever.
“I feel like I’m really enjoying and appreciating being back here and appreciating this moment and appreciating where I’ve been and how far I’ve come, and just all the people that are that are with me and have been on this journey forever," she said. "I don’t know, I feel really present in this moment.”
Rapinoe is among the veterans who will play in the upcoming CONCACAF W Championship, starting Monday in Monterrey, Mexico. The tournament determines the region's four direct spots in next summer's World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, as well as a berth at the 2024 Olympics.
The team has a bunch of new faces since it won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games, including Sophia Smith, Ashley Sanchez, Alana Cook, Mallory Pugh and up-and-comer Trinity Rodman.
"The thing with Megan is that she is very important for this group. I mean, obviously, this is a younger group that we’re bringing in. There are lots of young players. So her experience going through adversity, going through tough times and getting on top, her mentality -- winning mentality -- her knowledge and understanding, is very valuable for the group," U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski said.
Rapinoe, has scored 62 goals with 72 assists in 189 appearances with the national team since her first call-up in 2006. She scored on a penalty kick in the United States’ victory over the Netherlands in the 2019 World Cup final, and had two goals in the victory over Australia for the bronze in Tokyo last summer.
But along the way she'd been unafraid to use her voice and her platform to call attention to social justice issues. As an out gay woman, she's been especially passionate about LGBTQ issues. But she was also important to the team's success in securing equitable pay with the men's national team.
She's backed up her words with action: She faced blowback for kneeling before two national team matches in 2016 in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL quarterback who knelt during the national anthem to draw attention to racial injustice.
She was among the athletes who signed on to an amicus brief in the lawsuit challenging an Idaho law that banned transgender athletes from participating in school sports.
She sparred with former President Trump on social media while in France at the 2019 World Cup. She proclaimed she wouldn't go to the White House even if invited and Trump countered on Twitter: “Megan should never disrespect our Country, the White House, or our Flag, especially since so much has been done for her & the team.”
And after the recent Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe vs. Wade, she was among the most prominent athletes to denounce the decision rolling back abortion rights.
This week, Rapinoe will be among a diverse group of 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles and actor Denzel Washington, who will be honored with the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Although Rapinoe is currently in Mexico with the team, she'll briefly leave to attend the ceremony Thursday in Washington D.C.
“I just see this as a validation of all of the things that I’ve stood for, not a validation for me, but it’s a validation of LGBTQI-plus rights. It’s validation of the Black Lives Matter movement and the movement against the white supremacist power structure that we have," she said. “It’s a validation of women’s rights and of equal pay and of abortion rights and of trans rights and everything that myself and so many others work so hard for.”
Rapinoe spoke to reporters shortly after she got word of the award, expressing hope that she has given others a roadmap for activism in their own lives.
“For whatever reason, I feel comfortable being out in front and center. I seem to thrive in it a little bit. So, if I can help other people walk in that, step into their power, understand that you don’t have to be me to make a difference. You can make a difference in your family, in your community in your school and in your workplace, whatever it may be.
"I have hopefully been able to set a good example for adults and and kids alike that using your voice and standing up for what is right is never the wrong thing to do.”
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Megan Rapinoe’s presidential honor highlights role as team player
Megan Rapinoe was having lunch with the rest of the women’s national soccer team when her cellphone buzzed. It was the White House, the caller ID said.
Rapinoe chuckled at what she assumed was a prank before showing the phone to teammate Kelley O’Hara.
“You probably need to pick that up,” O’Hara advised.
It might have been the most important assist of O’Hara’s career because when Rapinoe answered after a couple of more rings, the voice at the other end asked her to “please hold for the president of the United States.”
Rapinoe had been chosen to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, becoming the first soccer player and sixth female athlete to be a recipient. Although Rapinoe’s accomplishments on the field have little to do with her receiving an award that recognizes “exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors.”
There were other players in the cafeteria that day who have played more games and scored more goals. There are former teammates who have won more championships.
Marla Messing played huge roles in bringing the 1994 World Cup and 1999 Women’s World Cup to the U.S. and in between helped launched MLS.
Yet none of those women can match Rapinoe’s accomplishments off the field, where she knelt against racism and stood for LGBTQ rights. She has campaigned against gender discrimination and in favor of equal pay, using both the court of public opinion and the court of law.
She even joined her teammates in suing their boss, the U.S. Soccer Federation, a suit that led to a historic revenue-sharing agreement six weeks ago that will see the men’s and women’s national teams compensated equally.
Standing up and speaking out has never been a problem for Rapinoe. Soccer is what she does, but it isn’t who she is.
“It’s literally the point of life to be able to walk in your truth and be who you are,” she said. “I just see this [award] as a validation of all the things that I’ve stood for, not a validation of me.
“My playing career has given me the opportunity to talk about all of these things that really, truly do matter. It’s about validating this push for equality and rights and freedoms for everyone.”
An Olympic gold medalist and two-time World Cup champion, Rapinoe will be focusing on her sport Monday when the U.S. begins play in the CONCACAF W Championship in Monterrey, Mexico, against Haiti. She will miss her team’s second game with Jamaica to travel to the White House for Thursday’s medal of freedom ceremony before returning for the group-play finale next week with Mexico.
The eight-team competition will determine the region’s qualifiers for both the 2023 World Cup and 2024 Paris Olympics. For Rapinoe, who turns 37 on Tuesday, the tournament will likely mark the beginning of the end of her international career. A surprise inclusion on this summer’s roster, she has said she’d like to play in one more World Cup but has said little about her plans beyond that.
Being in the right place at the right time, however, has been a hallmark of her 16-year career.
Once a traditional midfielder, Rapinoe became a winger following the retirement of Abby Wambach in 2015 and flourished, setting career highs for goals twice in the last four years, capturing the Golden Boot and Golden Ball trophies at the last World Cup and winning both the FIFA World Player of the Year trophy and the Ballon d’Or in 2019.
Angel City FC traded for fiery forward Sydney Leroux, a UCLA alum who was an inspiration for Gigi Bryant and was mentored by Kobe Bryant.
Timing has also played big part in Rapinoe’s activism since her emergence as one of the best players on one of the most dominant teams in global sports has taken place as the nation she represents struggles with societal issues such as gay rights, racism, gender equality, white supremacy and abortion.
Many of those causes needed an outspoken champion, and Rapinoe filled that void.
“I knew that it was sort of my calling or my path,” she said. “I was exactly where I was supposed to be. Whenever you walk in your truth like that, whenever you show up for the right things, I think good things happen.”
“Because I’m an athlete and because I play on the U.S. women’s national team,” she added, “I’ve been able to reach a different swath of people than I would without the U.S. women’s national team.”
Using that platform to rally support for social justice has been a tradition with the national team dating to its origins with Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy. When Rapinoe got her call from the president, she was quick to credit the team for the honor, a nod that brought captain Becky Sauerbrunn to tears Sunday.
“It’s pretty on par with Pinoe to get one of the most amazing awards ever and then immediately say it’s a team award,” Sauerbrunn said as she used the sleeve of her warm-up jacket to dab at the tears. “That’s just how she is. This team has always had a legacy of fighting for things off the field to make society better than what it is. And unfortunately, there’s always going to be things that we’re going to be fighting for.
“I’ve known her since I was 15 and she’s always been someone with such a presence and so smart and so open-minded and so open-hearted. She’s just so brave. And I think she’s made everyone around her brave. So the fact that she got this award, yeah, it is a testament to the team. But she’s also such an incredible person.”
On Thursday at the White House, President Biden will give her a medal to prove that.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 3, 2022
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128 PM CDT Sun Jul 3 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Montague and north central Wise Counties through 200 PM CDT...
At 128 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Alvord, or 12 miles north of Decatur, moving north at 10 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...
Forestburg and Sunset.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 196DEG 10KT 3342 9762
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Clay
and east central Archer Counties through 215 PM CDT...
At 131 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Scotland, moving north at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
Scotland, Windthorst and southwestern Lake Arrowhead.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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The Supreme Court’s latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech industry, which went largely unregulated for decades as the government tried to catch up to changes wrought by the internet.
In the 6-3 decision that was narrowly tailored to the Environmental Protection Agency, the court ruled Thursday that the EPA does not have broad authority to reduce power plant emissions that contribute to global warming. The precedent is widely expected to invite challenges of other rules set by government agencies.
“Every agency is going to face new hurdles in the wake of this confusing decision,” said Alexandra Givens, the president and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, a Washington-based digital rights nonprofit. “But hopefully the agencies will continue doing their jobs and push forward.”
The Federal Trade Commission, in particular, has been pursuing an aggressive agenda in consumer protection, data privacy and tech industry competition under a leader appointed last year by President Joe Biden.
Biden’s picks for the five-member Federal Communications Commission have also been pursuing stronger “net neutrality” protections banning internet providers from slowing down or blocking access to websites and applications that don’t pay for premium service.
A former chief technologist at the FTC during President Donald Trump’s administration said the ruling is likely to instill some fear in lawyers at the FTC and other federal agencies about how far they can go in making new rules affecting businesses.
The court “basically said when it comes to major policy changes that can transform entire sectors of the economy, Congress has to make those choices, not agencies,” said Neil Chilson, who is now a fellow at libertarian-leaning Stand Together, founded by the billionaire industrialist Charles Koch.
Givens disagreed, arguing that many agencies, especially the FTC, have clear authority and should be able to withstand lawsuits inspired by the EPA decision. She noted that Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the opinion, repeatedly described it as an “extraordinary” situation.
Givens is among the tech advocates calling for Congress to act with urgency to make laws protecting digital privacy and other tech matters. But she said laws typically stay on the books for decades, and it’s unrealistic to expect Congress to weigh in on every new technical development that questions an agency’s mandate.
“We need a democratic system where Congress can give expert agencies the power to address issues when they arise, even when those issues are unforeseen,” she said. “The government literally can’t work with Congress legislating every twist and turn.”
Empowered by Congress in the 1970s to tackle “unfair or deceptive” business practices, the FTC has been in the vanguard of Biden’s government-wide mandate to promote competition in some industries, including Big Tech, health care and agriculture. A panoply of targets include hearing aid prices, airline baggage fees and “product of USA” labels on food.
Under Chair Lina Khan, the FTC also has widened the door to more actively writing new regulations in what critics say is a broader interpretation of the agency’s legal authority. That initiative could run into stiff legal challenges in the wake of the high court decision. The ruling could call into question the agency’s regulatory agenda — leading it to either tread more cautiously or face tougher and more expensive legal challenges.
Khan “hasn’t really been someone who pursues soft measures, so it may be a damn-the-torpedoes approach,” Chilson said.
University of Massachusetts internet policy expert Ethan Zuckerman said it would be hard to gauge any potential impact of the court’s ruling on existing tech regulation. That’s partly because “there’s just not that much tech regulation to undo,” he said.
He said one target could be the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, “a bête noire for many conservatives.” Big companies such as Facebook parent Meta could also potentially appeal tough enforcement actions on the idea that federal agencies weren’t explicitly authorized to regulate social media.
“We’re in uncharted territory, with a court that’s taking a wrecking ball to precedent and seems hell-bent on implementing as many right-wing priorities as possible in the shortest possible time,” Zuckerman said.
The ruling could dampen the appetite for agencies like the FTC to act to limit harm from artificial intelligence and other new technologies. It could have less effect on new rules that are more clearly in the realm of the agency imposing them.
Michael Brooks, chief counsel for the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, said the ruling isn’t likely to change the government’s ability to regulate auto safety or self-driving vehicles, although it does open the door to court challenges.
For instance, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has clear authority to regulate auto safety from a 1966 motor vehicle safety law, Brooks said.
“As long as the rules they are issuing pertain to the safety of the vehicle and not anything that’s outside of their authority, as long as it’s related to safety, I don’t see how a court could do an end run around the safety act,” he said.
Unlike the EPA, an agency with authority granted by multiple, complex laws, NHTSA’s “authority is just so crystal clear,” Brooks said.
NHTSA could have problems if it strayed too far from regulating safety. For example, if it enacted regulations aimed to shift buyers away from SUVs to more fuel-efficient cars, that might be struck down, he said. But the agency has historically stuck to its mission of regulating auto safety with some authority on fuel economy, he said.
However, it’s possible that a company such as Tesla, which has tested the limits of NHTSA’s powers, could sue and win due to an unpredictable Supreme Court, Brooks said.
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S 24-Pgns: Scientists to train 100 labourers in making green crackers
KOLKATA: The labourers associated with the manufacturing of firecrackers across the state, who have been struggling to meet environmental standards in producing green bazi (crackers), will participate in a two-day training workshop organised by NEERI ( National Environmental Engineering Research Institute) at Maheshtala in South 24-Parganas from Monday. This is for the time in Bengal when scientists from NEERI will impart hands on training to some 100 odd labourers associated with the manufacturing process. They will be coming from different parts of South 24 Parganas like Nangi, Putkhali, Champahati, and other districts like North 24 Parganas, Hooghly, Nadia , East Midnapore etc.
"The main aim of the workshop is to apprise the manufacturers of the right chemical and their composition that should be used for manufacturing of green crackers that causes minimum pollution,"Sukdev Naskar, spokesperson of the Pradesh Atasbazi Byabsayee Samiti said. Sadhana Rayalu, Chief Scientist from NEERI will lead the team of scientists, who will be offering training in the workshop.
Recently, there has been litigation about the use of barium nitrate in manufacturing crackers like Fuljhuri, Rangmashal , tubri etc . However, the manufacturers are not aware of any alternative to barium nitrate, so the training assumes utmost importance.
Tonsinium nitrate which is used in manufacturing of some firecrackers is extremely expensive but it has been found that crackers get damp after a year. So an alternative is badly required. Earlier, the manufacturers have attended a theoretical workshop hosted by NEERI.
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NORTH PLAINS, Ore. (AP) — Branden Grace won LIV Golf’s first stop on American soil, an event that drew critics and protestors alike because of the upstart series’ funding by Saudi Arabia.
Grace closed with a 7-under 65 on Saturday to finish at 13 under in the 54-hole tournament at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. The 34-year-old South African won $4 million.
The fledgling LIV series, fronted by CEO Greg Norman and funded by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, aims to challenge the PGA Tour. It has lured some players, including Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson, with the promise of big signing bonuses, hefty prize purses and fewer events.
Grace beat Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz by two strokes.
“Played flawless golf, played really, really well when I needed to do something special and came up and managed to pull it out,” Grace said. “But just what a great day, it was amazing to come here, this new format, this new everything is amazing and everybody here is having a blast.”
Ortiz, ranked No. 119 in the world, shot a 69. Johnson (71) finished four back with Patrick Reed (67).
The 48-man field in Oregon competed for a $20 million purse, with an additional $5 million prize fund for a team competition. There was no cut and even the last-place finisher earned a payday of $120,000. Charl Schwartzel won the tour’s inaugural event outside of London (and the team portion) and pocketed $4.75 million.
The Four Aces team, led by Johnson, won the team competition at Pumpkin Ridge.
LIV Golf also announced Saturday that English player Pat Casey has joined the series. Casey, 44, has won three times on the PGA Tour and 15 times on the European Tour, and is ranked No. 26 in the world. He has not played a tournament round since March because of injuries.
The PGA Tour has responded to the upstart tour by suspending every active member who competed in the first LIV event. Those who played in Oregon were also suspended unless they resign their tour memberships.
LIV Golf has been dogged by criticism since its inception, well before it came to tiny North Plains, about 20 miles west of downtown Portland.
The city’s mayor and 10 fellow mayors from nearby communities wrote the course’s Texas-based owner weeks ago, objecting that the event did not align with community values because of Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses, including the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
A group of families whose loved ones were killed by the terrorist attack on Sept. 11 came to North Plains on the tournament’s opening day to protest the event. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers on that day in 2001 were Saudi citizens. The group plans a more sizeable demonstration for the next stop at Bedminster in New Jersey.
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon called out the tour for “sportswashing” to detract from Saudi Arabia’s human rights record. Wyden pointed to the 2016 hit-and-run death of 15-year-old Fallon Smart in Portland. A Saudi national was accused in the case but vanished before trial, and U.S. officials believe he was spirited out of the country with the help of the Saudi government. A protestor at the entrance on Friday held a sign that read “Fallon Smart, 2000-2016.”
The players faced tough questions before the tournament about their involvement, with most reciting pat answers and maintaining that golf can be a “force for good.” Others complained about the structure and grind of the PGA Tour.
LIV Golf touts that it’s “golf, but louder.” In addition to the simultaneous team competition, the tournaments feature shotgun starts, interactive fan activities and hip-hop blaring on the driving range.
Crowds on Saturday were better than Thursday and Friday. LIV Golf said it was a sellout, but would not reveal the number of tickets sold.
The tour’s next event is set for July 29-31 at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster. Casey is expected to join at that time.
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Which can opener is best?
As long as they are stored in a cool, clean and dry location and the cans are not dented, rusted or swollen, most canned foods will last for years — at least two, maybe as long as five. This makes them a convenient food to keep on hand for both regular use and as backup stock. However, to access the food in that can, you need a quality can opener.
The best can opener will be easy to use and safe, creating no sharp edges on the can or the lid. The OXO Can Opener has an innovative design that cuts cans on the side instead of the top so there are no jagged edges, and the cans are easier to open.
What to know before you buy a can opener
Different types of can openers
It is possible to purchase an electric can opener, a claw-shaped can opener, a survival can opener or a battery-powered can opener. While each of these has its pros and cons, the focus of this article is on manual can openers. These models clamp to the can and use a twisting motion to slowly move a blade through the can until it can be easily opened.
Open a can from either the top or the side
Most individuals are probably familiar with holding a can opener vertically to puncture the lid of the can and working it around the can until the lid can be removed.
Alternatively, there are can openers that are designed to puncture the side of the can. These models are held horizontally. The benefit of using this type of manual can opener is that it removes the lid without creating a sharp or jagged edge. Additionally, some can openers can be held either vertically or horizontally, so it is up to the user to decide how to open the can.
Always inspect a can before opening
Cans are designed to keep food safe for extended periods of time. When a can is dropped or damaged in any way, however, that can compromise the can’s integrity and allow bacteria into the food, making it unsafe to eat. Therefore, before opening any can, check to make sure there are no dents, creases, buckles or rust. In addition, make sure the can is not bulging, as swollen cans are a sign of spoiled product.
What to look for in quality can opener
Consistent, reliable performance
The best can opener will make a clean cut through the lid or the side of a can on the first try. There shouldn’t be any spots where the can opener didn’t penetrate the can, and the lid should be easy to remove every time.
Ergonomic grips
You want to purchase a can opener with large, cushioned grips that will be easy on your hands. In other words, a design with smooth edges that provides for an anti-slip handgrip is what you should look for in a quality can opener.
Hands-free removal of the lid
The most dangerous part of opening a can is removing the lid, as that is when you are most likely to slice your finger. To keep your hands safe (and out of your food), look for a can opener that has a built-in magnet that snatches up the lid so you don’t have to use your fingers. Alternatively, some can openers come with build-in pliers, so you can grab the lid with the pliers to remove.
Works consistently on cans of all sizes
Many can openers work great on larger-sized cans but struggle or offer inconsistent performance on smaller cans. Browse the product reviews before purchasing to make sure the unit you are considering has no shortcomings in this area.
Warranty
The length of the warranty tells the consumer how much faith the manufacturer has in its own product. For example, if one company offers a one-year warranty and another offers a lifetime warranty, the latter product is the one to purchase as long as the price is reasonable.
How much you can expect to spend on a can opener
For less than $10, you can find a budget model can opener that may not function well or last very long. It’s best to consider models in the $10-$25 price range, as these are both durable and affordable. Models over $25 may have some extra bells and whistles, but typically, they do not perform noticeably better.
Can opener FAQ
How often do I need to clean my can opener?
A. Unfortunately, can openers will rust. However, it’s not necessarily the rust that is the danger — it’s the bacteria that can quickly build upon the can opener that is the concern. Because of this, you should clean your can opener after every use. A dishwasher is not required (or typically recommended) for cleaning, but you simply need to hand wash with hot soapy water and dry thoroughly.
How long does a can opener last?
A. A can opener is a mechanical tool with a blade. Over time, the mechanical part of the tool can wear out and begin to fail, or the blade can become dull. Depending on the build quality of the can opener, this can happen in as little as a year or two. Conversely, some can openers are designed to last for many years. Once your can opener starts to slip while twisting, the blade doesn’t easily penetrate the can or the performance of your can opener becomes inconsistent, it’s time to consider purchasing a new model.
What’s the best can opener to buy?
Top can opener
What you need to know: An innovative can opener that cuts from the side, so there are no sharp edges on the can or the lid.
What you’ll love: This large ergonomic can opener has soft-grip handles, making it easy on your hands. Considering that it also features built-in pliers, touching the lid with your fingers is unnecessary.
What you should consider: Since this can opener doesn’t operate like a traditional model, most users will need to reference the manufacturer’s instructions to learn how it operates.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Bed Bath & Beyond, Home Depot, Kohl’s and Macy’s
Top can opener for the money
Zyliss Lock N’ Lift Can Opener
What you need to know: This is an affordable can opener that includes a number of user-friendly features.
What you’ll love: The can opener locks into place when closed and twists easily to open cans. The built-in magnet and magnet release allow you to remove the can lids without touching them to keep your fingers safer from jagged edges.
What you should consider: While most appreciated the bells and whistles, some felt they made the can opener more complicated to operate.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Bed Bath & Beyond, Macy’s and Wayfair
Worth checking out
KitchenAid Gourmet Multifunction Can Opener
What you need to know: For individuals looking for a durable, well-built, no-frills can opener, this product will satisfy their needs.
What you’ll love: This rugged can opener is manufactured using stainless steel. It has large, ergonomic handles for easy operation and features a built-in bottle opener for added convenience. The model comes with a one-year hassle-free replacement and limited lifetime warranty.
What you should consider: The performance of this can opener is impressive, but there are occasional reports that it’s a bit heavier than expected.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Wayfair
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
0-7-1-4
(zero, seven, one, four)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
0-7-1-4
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WFO SPOKANE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 3, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1218 PM PDT Sun Jul 3 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Douglas,
north central Lincoln, southwestern Stevens, southwestern Ferry and
southeastern Okanogan Counties through 1245 PM PDT...
At 1218 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 13 miles southeast of Nespelem Community to 15
miles northwest of Davenport. Movement was northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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.
Locations impacted include...
Lincoln, Elmer City, Miles, Sherman and Keller.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4796 11809 4769 11831 4800 11897 4808 11897
4808 11885 4814 11884 4822 11887 4828 11873
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 218DEG 22KT 4806 11878 4785 11830
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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AKRON, Ohio — A Black man shot and killed by Akron police officers in a hail of bullets following a vehicle and foot pursuit was unarmed at the time of the shooting, but a shot appeared to have come from the vehicle during the pursuit, and officers said they feared he was preparing to fire when they discharged their weapons, authorities said.
Police on Sunday released video the mayor called "heartbreaking" of the pursuit and shooting of Jayland Walker, 25, while pleading for peace and patience from the community while the state investigation into the shooting continues.
Chief Steve Mylett said officers attempted to stop Walker's car early Monday for unspecified traffic and equipment violations, but less than a minute into a pursuit the sound of a shot was heard from the car and a transportation department camera captured what appeared to be a muzzle flash coming from the vehicle. Mylett said that changed the nature of the case from "a routine traffic stop to now a public safety issue."
Police said a few minutes later the car slowed and Walker emerged from the still-moving vehicle wearing a ski mask and fled on foot. A handgun, a loaded magazine and a wedding ring were found on the seat and a casing consistent with the weapon was later found at the point where officers believed a shot came from the vehicle.
After an unsuccessful attempt to use stun devices, the foot chase continued to a parking lot, at which point a crescendo of bullets can be heard. Mylett said he has watched the video dozens of times and Walker's actions at the time are hard to distinguish, but a still photo seems to show him "going down to his waist area" and another appears to show him turning towards an officer and a third picture "captures a forward motion of his arm."
After the shooting, the officers who fired were kept apart from each other and watched, and arriving investigators walked them individually through the scene, Myett said.
"Each officer independent of each other related that they felt that Mr. Walker had turned and was motioning and moving into a firing position," he said.
Mylett said an officer firing at someone has to be "ready to explain why they did what they did, they need to be able to articulate what specific threats they were facing ... and they need to be held to account." But he said he is withholding judgment on their actions until they give their statements, and he said the union president has told him that all are "fully cooperating" with the investigation.
Police said more than 60 wounds were found on the body but more investigation will be needed to determine exactly how many rounds the eight officers fired and how many times Walker was hit. Officers provided aid, and one can be heard saying he still had a pulse, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, Mylett said.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost vowed a "complete, fair and expert investigation" and cautioned that "body-worn camera footage is just one view of the whole picture – before drawing conclusions, the full review must take place."
The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard practice in such cases.
Walker's family is calling for accountability but also for peace, their lawyers said after the city released the video of the shooting. One of the attorneys, Bobby DiCello, said gunfire from police occurred even after Walker was on the ground, and that police handcuffed him before trying to provide first aid.
"How it got to this with a pursuit is beyond me," DiCello said, adding that Walker's family doesn't know why he fled from police. Walker was grieving the recent death of his fiancee, but his family had no indication of concern beyond that, DiCello said.
"He was sad, but he was getting through it," DiCello said. He said he doesn't know whether the ring found near the gun belonged to Walker.
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Authorities confirm Jayland Walker was unarmed when shot, gun recovered in vehicle after chase
AKRON, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - Officials in Akron, Ohio, released body camera video of Jayland Walker and confirmed he was unarmed when he was shot and killed by police, WOIO reported.
Mayor Dan Horrigan and Police Chief Steve Mylett hosted a press conference Sunday where the footage was shown.
“If Jayland reflects the character of this family, which I continually heard that he did, you raised a good son,” Mylett said as he offered condolences to Walker’s family.
The video’s release comes as demonstrations are taking place around the city, with at least two planned for Sunday. Walker’s family have asked that all demonstrations remain peaceful, saying it is what the 25-year-old would have wanted.
Black Lives Matter Cleveland planned a protest outside the Justice Center. According to Akron NAACP, a march from Quaker Station to Akron City Hall was scheduled immediately after the press conference.
Tensions rose Saturday when police placed barricades in front of department headquarters, in an apparent attempt to keep protestors from the entrance.
The deadly shooting took place June 27 in Akron’s Firestone Park neighborhood after a short pursuit.
Police said a short chase began when a man, later identified as Walker, did not pull over for a traffic stop. According to police, Walker fired a gun from the vehicle before he jumped out and fled.
Mylett confirmed new details Sunday, including that Walker was unarmed when eight officers shot at him. He also said investigators found a gun inside Walker’s vehicle following the chase.
The bodycam video shows Walker, wearing a ski mask, exit the car and run from officers, who unsuccessfully attempt to stop him with a stun-gun.
Several officers begin firing their guns shortly after Walker takes off running, according to the video.
The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office said Walker was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to Mylett, the department does not yet know the number of bullets fired, but the medical examiner’s report suggests there were over 60 wounds to Walker’s body.
The officers involved are on paid administrative leave.
Mylett said the officers involved are fully cooperating with the investigation and have not given statements yet.
He urged the public to remain patient as the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations works to complete their investigation.
Walker’s family and their legal representation were permitted to review the video before it was released to the public.
In a press conference on Thursday, his family called for justice and demanded accountability from the department.
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Vigil to be held for fallen officers
FLOYD COUNTY, Ky (WSAZ) - A vigil is planned Sunday evening to honor three officers killed Thursday during a shootout in the community of Allen, Kentucky.
Community members are urged to come to Prestonsburg High School Sunday, July 3 for a memorial to honor Capt. Ralph Frasure with the Prestonsburg Police Department, Deputy William Petry with the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department and Prestonsburg Police Officer Jacob R. Chaffins.
Funeral arrangements for fallen officers announced
The vigil will take place on the high school football field at 9:30 p.m.
The service will also honor the life of a K9 officer who was also shot and killed during the nearly four hour shootout.
Four others were injured during the exchange of gunfire Thursday.
Names of others injured in mass shooting released
Investigators say officers were attempting to serve an emergency protective order prior to shots being fired at the home along Railroad Street.
Lance Storz, 49, of Allen, has been arrested and is now being held at the Pike County Detention Center on a $10 million cash bond.
Storz faces several charges, including two counts of murder of a police officer. He also faces charges in connection with the death of K-9 Drago who served with the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department. A not guilty plea was entered on Storz’s behalf during a virtual court hearing.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities are pushing back on R. Kelly’s claims that he was placed on suicide watch as a form of punishment last week after a judge sentenced him to 30 years behind bars for using his fame to sexually abuse young girls.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn filed court papers late Saturday saying the disgraced R&B superstar remains on suicide watch “for his own safety” following a psychological assessment.
Kelly’s “current life circumstances undoubtedly bring emotional distress,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Melanie Speight wrote in a court filing.
“He is a convicted sex offender who has been sentenced to spend the next three decades in prison,” she added. “In the immediate future, he faces another federal criminal trial in Chicago for charges related to child pornography.”
Kelly’s attorney filed a lawsuit Friday alleging prison officials placed him on suicide watch at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center “solely for punitive purposes and because of his status as a high-profile inmate,” adding that Kelly has had no thoughts of harming himself.
“Nothing occurred during sentencing that came as a surprise to Mr. Kelly,” attorney Jennifer Bonjean wrote in the lawsuit. “While the conditions of suicide watch may be appropriate for individuals who are truly at risk of hurting themselves, they are cruel and unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment for individuals who are not suicidal.”
Kelly, 55, didn’t give a statement and showed no reaction upon hearing his sentence, which also included a $100,000 fine.
The Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling songwriter was found guilty last year of racketeering and sex trafficking. He has denied wrongdoing, and he plans to appeal his conviction.
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has been under heightened scrutiny since financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself behind bars in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges he sexually abused girls as young as 14 and young women in New York and Florida in the early 2000s.
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Updated July 3, 2022 at 3:31 PM ET
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A gunman opened fire in a Copenhagen shopping mall, one of the largest of its kind in Scandinavia, killing an unspecified number of people and wounding several others on Sunday, police said.
The suspected gunman, who is in custody, is a 22-year-old Danish man who was detained near the Fields shopping mall on the southern outskirts of the capital, said police inspector Søren Thomassen, head of the Copenhagen police operations unit.
"We know that there are several dead" and "several injured," Thomassen told a news conference, adding that terror can't be ruled out. "We do not have information that others are involved. This is what we know now."
He didn't provide any further details on the victims or supsect, or say how many people were killed or wounded. The shopping center is on the outskirts of Copenhagen just across from a subway line that connects the city center with the international airport. A major highway also runs adjacent to Fields, which opened in 2004.
Images from the scene showed people running out of the mall, and Denmark's TV2 broadcaster posted a photo of a man being put on a stretcher. Witnesses said people were crying and hid in shops.
Laurits Hermansen told Danish broadcaster DR that he was in a clothing store at the shopping center with his family when he heard "three-four bangs. Really loud bangs. It sounded like the shots were being fired just next to the store."
Copenhagen Mayor Sophie H. Andersen tweeted: "Terrible reports of shooting in Fields. We do not yet know for sure how many were injured or dead, but it is very serious."
Police said they were first alerted to the shooting at 5:36 p.m. (1536 GMT; 11:36 a.m. EDT). A huge presence of heavily-armed police officers arrived at the scene, with several fire department vehicles also parked outside the mall.
"One person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at Fields. We currently are not able to say more about the person concerned," Copenhagen police tweeted. "We have a massive presence at Fields and are working on getting an overview."
A concert by former One Direction band member Harry Styles was scheduled to be held at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT; 2 p.m. EDT) at the nearby Royal Arena. It was unclear whether the concert would go ahead.
On Snapchat, Styles wrote "My team and I pray for everyone involved in the Copenhagen shopping mall shooting. I am shocked. Love H."
Shortly after the shooting, the royal palace said a reception with Crown Prince Frederik connected to the Tour de France cycling race had been canceled. The first three stages of the race were held in Denmark this year, the palace said in a statement. The reception was due to be held on the royal yacht that is moored in Soenderborg, the town where the third stage ended.
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WFO SPOKANE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 3, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1151 AM PDT Sun Jul 3 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Lincoln
and southern Ferry Counties through 1215 PM PDT...
At 1151 AM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17
miles northwest of Davenport, moving north at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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.
Locations impacted include...
Lincoln, Creston, Sherman and Coffeepot Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 4787 11853 4787 11846 4786 11846 4784 11843
4783 11837 4769 11835 4778 11875 4789 11878
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 178DEG 5KT 4776 11849
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Which soundbars are best for Samsung TVs?
While high-quality smart TVs may feature stunning visuals full of detail and color, the audio quality can only reach a certain level. Those seeking an immersive, theatre-like experience at home will want to invest in a soundbar that can complement both the TV and content of choice.
Samsung is one of the TV industry leaders, and a new purchase likely should be paired with a soundbar. For those who own a more recent QLED TV, investing in a quality soundbar, like Q950A 11.1.4 Channel Soundbar, will create an unparalleled audio experience. However, price, number of channels and even brand are factors when deciding how to best support a Samsung TV with a new soundbar.
What to know before you buy a soundbar for a Samsung TV
Soundbar channels
It’s essential to determine how comprehensive you want your sound to be immediately and what potential there is for growth in the feature. Basic soundbars feature two channels, denoted by the number ‘two’ in the model name on the left and right.
Higher-end options feature a third channel in the center, indicated by a ‘three’ in the name. These options cost more but tend to provide more value. They also typically allow for matching side or rear speakers to be purchased simultaneously or later to create a surround sound system that features five or more audio channels.
Soundbar connections
Recent and new Samsung TV offers multiple connection points for a soundbar, notably HDMI and optical inputs. The ideal connection is an audio return channel HDMI port that allows for high-speed, faithful sound transmission. This input lets the soundbar play audio from the TV and any connected devices, such as a gaming console or Blu-ray player. Some soundbars can be controlled by voice as well.
Do I need a Samsung soundbar for my Samsung TV?
Most soundbars are compatible with most TVs, provided they have a matching connection, such as HDMI or optical port. That means that just because you have a Samsung TV doesn’t necessarily mean you have to have a Samsung soundbar. Some consumers may prefer to stick with a brand they trust, while others may simply want the best value or deal.
However, those who have invested in Samsung’s QLED line of TVs from 2020 or 2021 may prefer a matching Samsung soundbar. Most QLED TVs support Q Symphony, a trademarked Samsung technology that creates spatial sound by playing sound from both the soundbar and the multi-directional TV speakers. The Samsung soundbar buying guide at BestReviews provides more detail about what they offer to Samsung TV owners.
What to look for in a quality soundbar for a Samsung TV
Soundbars with subwoofers
Seeking out soundbars that come with a subwoofer will enhance the deep bass of the content you’re enjoying. Some options include a built-in subwoofer, though most feature a separate unit that connects wirelessly to the soundbar. The presence of a subwoofer in a soundbar, whether it is built-in or external, is denoted by a ‘one’ after the first number in the name. If there is a ‘zero,’ no subwoofer is present.
WiFi and Bluetooth
While the ideal connection between the soundbar and TV is through an HDMI cable, the option to connect devices wirelessly to the soundbar appeals to many users. Most soundbars feature a Bluetooth connection. However, WiFi capabilities offer more convenience and quality, particularly when it comes to playing music through apps.
Dolby Atmos and DTS:X
These two audio formats are among the highest-quality options available. Higher-end soundbars support these two industry leaders. However, you’ll want to make sure the content you are enjoying offers it. That means you’ll need a compatible console, player or subscription to a streaming service that offers it.
How much you can expect to spend on a soundbar for a Samsung TV
While you can purchase a two-channel for under or around $200, those seeking high-fidelity with three or more channels can expect to pay anywhere from $300-$1,000.
Soundbar for a Samsung TV FAQ
What size soundbar should I get?
A. The length of the soundbar should complement the TV. A mid-range TV from around 55-65 inches is well-served by a soundbar between 30-40 inches in length. Those with more than two channels tend to be bigger and are ideal for supplementing larger TVs serving as a home entertainment hub.
Do I really need a soundbar for a brand new smart TV?
A. A quality soundbar will provide better audio than most new TVs; most feature a handful of presets to optimize content as well. They can harness more power to deliver crisp sound and enhance dialogue clarity. The soundbar also is the first step in creating a surround sound system: a 3-channel model with a pair of rear speakers will dramatically alter the audio experience.
What’s the best soundbar for a Samsung TV to buy?
Top soundbar for a Samsung TV
Samsung Q950A 11.1.4 Channel Soudnbar
What you need to know: This expensive, comprehensive set is designed to pair with a QLED Samsung TV for a theatre-quality experience at home.
What you’ll love: This unparalleled surround set features 11 channels, including four upward-firing speakers for immersive audio. It’s compatible with Q Symphony, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. It also optimizes sound based on content.
What you should consider: This large set comes at a prohibitive cost.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top soundbar for a Samsung TV for the money
What you need to know: For those seeking a simple audio boost to their Samsung TV, this two-channel Sony soundbar provides quality at a low price.
What you’ll love: Two channels are supplemented by a built-in subwoofer offering crisp, clear audio. It simulates a seven-channel surround sound system and caters to the latest audio formats while offering Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity.
What you should consider: The depth of bass is limited and though upscaled, the surround sound stimulation isn’t close to the real thing.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: From a trusted name in audio comes this bold and powerful soundbar that can supplement a new or recent Samsung TV.
What you’ll love: This Bose soundbar offers immersive sound, crisp dialogue and deep bass to fill every room. It features Bluetooth, WiFi, Spotify Connect and Apple AirPlay. Easy to control and features Alex and Google Assistant compatibility.
What you should consider: The Bose 700 comes in at a higher-than-average price. Some users may feel compelled to purchase matching speakers for better coverage.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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FIRE ISLAND, N.Y. — Suffolk County officials closed a Long Island beach to swimming Sunday after what they described as an unprecedented shark attack that injured a lifeguard.
The attack happened about 10:15 a.m. at Smith Point Beach. The lifeguard was receiving stitches and in “very good spirits,” Bellone said.
“If you’re going to have an encounter with a shark this is probably the best scenario you could have,” Bellone said, adding the lifeguard received immediate treatment from other officials already engaged in the training. “We have never had an incident like this occur. Hopefully we never will again.”
Bellone said there was an additional shark sighting following the attack, though it was not clear whether it was the same shark.
The beach was closed to swimming the rest of the day but expected to reopen Monday with officials monitoring the water for sharks. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/shark-attacks-long-island-lifeguard-during-training-exercise/2022/07/03/546ada10-fb03-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html | 2022-07-03T20:25:10Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/shark-attacks-long-island-lifeguard-during-training-exercise/2022/07/03/546ada10-fb03-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html | true |
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday that a tourist from the country was killed in a shark attack while vacationing in Egypt, making it the second shark attack death there in recent days.
The Romanian Foreign Ministry said it was working to identify the victim, notify the family and see the body repatriated.
On Saturday, Egyptian authorities closed off a stretch of the country’s Red Sea coastline after the Austrian woman died. They banned water activities including diving, snorkeling, wind surfing and kite sailing. Fishing boats were also banned from the waters off Hurghada.
A video circulated online purported to show the attack that killed the Austrian woman, relatively close to the shore, as seen from a nearby pier. In the video, the water around the swimmer turns red from blood as bystanders on the pier throw a flotation device toward her. It remained unclear how she was able to get to the shore.
Shark attacks have been relatively rare in Egypt’s Red Sea coastal region in recent years. In 2020, a young Ukrainian boy lost an arm and an Egyptian tour guide lost a leg in a shark attack. In 2010, a spate of shark attacks killed one European tourist and maimed several others off Sharm el-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula, across the Red Sea from Hurghada.
Egypt’s Red Sea resorts, including Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, are some of the country’s major beach destinations and are popular with European tourists. Divers are drawn by the steep drop-offs of coral reefs just offshore that offer a rich and colorful sea life.
A spokeswoman for Egypt’s Ministry of Environment declined to comment when asked about the second death.
Authorities have in recent years sought to revive the vital tourism sector, battered by years of instability and, more recently, the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/romanian-woman-killed-in-2nd-egypt-shark-attack-in-days/2022/07/03/23a2e622-fb01-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html | 2022-07-03T20:26:56Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/romanian-woman-killed-in-2nd-egypt-shark-attack-in-days/2022/07/03/23a2e622-fb01-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html | true |
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A gunman opened fire inside a busy shopping mall in the Danish capital on Sunday, killing several people and wounding several others, police said.
A 22-year-old Danish man was arrested after the shooting, Copenhagen police inspector Søren Thomassen told reporters, adding there was no indication that anyone else was involved, though police were still investigating.
He said it was too early to speculate on the motive for the shooting, which happened in the late afternoon at Field’s, one of the biggest shopping malls in Scandinavia, located on the outskirts of the Danish capital. When the shots rang out, some people hid in shops while others fled in a panicked stampede, according to witnesses.
“It is pure terror. This is awful,” said Hans Christian Stoltz, a 53-year-old IT consultant, who was bringing his daughters to see Harry Styles perform at concert scheduled for Sunday night near the mall. “You might wonder how a person can do this to another human being, but it’s beyond … beyond anything that’s possible.”
Thomassen gave no specific casualty count beyond saying several people were dead and several wounded. He said the suspect was an “ethnic Dane,” a phrase typically used to mean someone is white.
Danish broadcaster TV2 published a grainy photo of the alleged gunman, a man wearing knee-length shorts and a tank top and holding what appeared to be a rifle in his right hand.
Images from the scene showed people running out of the mall, and TV2 posted a photo of a man being put on a stretcher. After the shooting, an enormous contingent heavily-armed police officers patrolled the area, with several fire department vehicles also parked outside the mall.
Laurits Hermansen told Danish broadcaster DR that he was in a clothing store at the shopping center with his family when he heard “three, four bangs. Really loud bangs. It sounded like the shots were being fired just next to the store.”
The shopping center is on the outskirts of Copenhagen just across from a subway station for a line that connects the city center with the international airport. A major highway also runs adjacent to the mall.
It was not clear if Styles’ concert, scheduled at the nearby Royal Arena, would go ahead.
On Snapchat, Styles wrote: “My team and I pray for everyone involved in the Copenhagen shopping mall shooting. I am shocked. Love H.”
Shortly after the shooting, the royal palace said a reception with Crown Prince Frederik connected to the Tour de France cycling race had been canceled. The first three stages of the race were held in Denmark this year. The reception was due to be held on the royal yacht that is moored in Soenderborg, the town where the third stage ended.
The shooting came a week after a mass shooting in neighboring Norway, where police said a Norwegian man of Iranian origin opened fire during an LGBTQ festival, killing two and wounding more than 20. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/several-dead-in-copenhagen-mall-shooting-suspect-arrested/ | 2022-07-03T20:32:05Z | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/several-dead-in-copenhagen-mall-shooting-suspect-arrested/ | false |
By C.Hearn September.1.18\tno © SUN\nSUNY News reports: Students will participate as team coaches and clinician with coaches training for five and four year colleged/scholar teams along to play for NORML/ASR in national tournament November at Hofner and Woffins Field, Pittsburgh with 42 collegess with a 21 college team as winner playing again national in November and S LYNCHBURG, Va. – Lynchburg police have charged a man for impersonating a police officer in a stabbing investigation.
On Saturday around 10:30 p.m., officers were called to Alabama Avenue for a stabbing.
A man, 35, was found with several stab wounds to his leg. He was taken to the hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
Sheldon Lydell Page, Jr., 28, of Shipman was arrested on scene and charged with the following, according to police:
- Malicious wounding
- Public intoxication
- Impersonation of a law enforcement officer
Page was taken to the Lynchburg Adult Detention Center and is being held without bond.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Officer Ruble at (434) 455-6060 ext. 604 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 798-5900. Enter an anonymous tip online at http://p3tips.com or use the P3 app on a mobile device.
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Dogged by inflation: On Price rise and policy measures
July 04, 2022 00:15 ISTPolicymakers must focus on easing price pressures so as not to derail recovery
Two recent sets of macro-economic data — the Government’s Index of Eight Core Industries for May, and S&P Global’s survey-based Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector for June — posit an economy where industrial momentum is being weighed down by relentless price pressures. Provisional output in May across the eight core industries, spanning coal to electricity, grew by an average 18.1% from the corresponding month in 2021, when the COVID-19 pandemic’s second wave had badly disrupted economic activity. Core output growth was led by double-digit year-on-year expansions in refinery products, electricity, steel and coal, which together account for three-fourths of the index. The four sectors bearing weights of about 28%, 20%, 18% and 10%, respectively, posted expansions of 16.7%, 22%, 15% and 25.1%, respectively. Cement and fertilizers, too, saw robust growth of 26.3% and 22.8%. However, on a sequential basis, growth in output over April 2022’s levels was significantly slower, reflecting the ‘optical illusion’ created by low production in the year-earlier period. While the index as a whole registered month-on-month growth of 2.6%, petroleum products expanded 1.9%, electricity grew by 1.5%, and steel by a relatively healthier 5%. Disconcertingly, cement, a key building material that reflects activity levels in the job-intensive sectors, actually saw output shrink 3.2% from the preceding month.
The more up-to-date June PMI data separately show price pressures dampened manufacturing growth to the slowest pace in nine months. June’s PMI reading eased to 53.9, from 54.6 in May, amid a broad-based slowdown in orders, production, exports and input buying as customers cut back on spending amid inflation worries. Inflation, in fact, so dominates companies’ assessment of the outlook that it depressed business confidence to the lowest level in 27 months. A majority 95% of the purchasing managers at the approximately 400 manufacturing companies polled by S&P Global cited the elevated price pressures as the main reason why they foresee no change in output from current levels in the year ahead. The silver lining in the survey, though, is that manufacturers reported their first shortening of input lead times since the onset of COVID-19, a positive augury for businesses’ ability to scale up production quickly once demand revives. The onus is on policymakers to ensure that both monetary and fiscal action is focused on reining in inflation. Anything less risks affecting recovery. | https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/dogged-by-inflation-the-hindu-editorial-on-price-rise-and-policy-measures/article65596527.ece/amp/ | 2022-07-03T20:35:36Z | https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/dogged-by-inflation-the-hindu-editorial-on-price-rise-and-policy-measures/article65596527.ece/amp/ | true |
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE) –The 4th of July weekend drew crowds to Shaver Lake, and as the holiday weekend kicked into high gear, Fresno County Sheriff deputies were making the rounds on the water, ensuring everyone was enjoying themselves safely.
“We have two boats out right now. A little bit later this afternoon we’ll have four boats out,” said deputy Corey Holston. “Lots of people on the shore.”
Deputies will be patrolling Fresno County lakes and rivers throughout the long weekend. They’ll be looking out for people who are not following lake patterns, riding in the front or in the back of a vessel where they can fall off and get ran over by the boat, speeding, not wearing a life jacket in the water or on a jet ski, or boating under the influence.
“Majority of [citations], we have a lot of renters that come from out of town and don’t know the local rules and regulations,” explained Holston.
He’s also checking for boater ID cards. The age requirements changed this year.
“This year is up to 45, next year it’ll be up to 50. It increases in age until 2025. At that point, everybody will be required to have it.”
Law enforcement will be on the lookout for anyone in distress, too.
On Saturday, the boat patrol saved the day for a man and a woman on a small fishing boat.
“The waves came over the back and started to take on water, sinking,” said Holston.
Deputies spent about 30 minutes bailing out water while other patrols blocked incoming waves.
“We were able to put the fishing boat on a pontoon boat from [Camp] Edison and we transported it back to shore.”
Deputy Holston said these vessels can be dangerous.
“We’ve had numerous fatalities related to those boats, capsizing and sinking.” | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-news/boating-in-fresno-co-over-the-holiday-weekend-what-you-need-to-know-to-avoid-citations/ | 2022-07-03T20:42:29Z | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-news/boating-in-fresno-co-over-the-holiday-weekend-what-you-need-to-know-to-avoid-citations/ | true |
Attorneys seeking NFL documents investigating Deshaun Watson
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Attorneys for multiple women suing Deshaun Watson over allegations of sexual misconduct are seeking the documents from the NFL’s investigation into the former Houston Texans quarterback.
PREVIOUS: Deshaun Watson to meet with NFL disciplinary officer: AP sources
According to the motion filed Friday by the women’s attorneys, Tony Buzbee and Cornelia Brandfield-Harvey, the legal team seeks any and all reports and files from the NFL’s investigation into Watson, including recorded interviews, witness statements, and communications. The notice of intention to take deposition by written questions also asks for photographs and "any other type of documents in your files and/or documents regarding the investigation of Deshaun Watson."
MORE: All eyes on NFL’s pending decision regarding Deshaun Watson
Watson, who was later traded to the Cleveland Browns, has denied any wrongdoing and vowed to clear his name.
A hearing with NFL disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson, a retired judge, ended last week in Delaware. Robinson is expected to rule before the Browns open training camp late next month on whether the 26-year-old violated the league’s personal conduct policy and whether to impose discipline.
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Two people who were in attendance during last week’s hearing told The Associated Press that the NFL insisted on an indefinite suspension, while Watson’s legal team argued there’s no basis for that punishment.
Last month, Watson settled 20 of 24 lawsuits accusing him of sexual misconduct when he played for the Texans.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.fox29.com/news/attorneys-seeking-nfl-documents-investigating-deshaun-watson | 2022-07-03T20:45:40Z | https://www.fox29.com/news/attorneys-seeking-nfl-documents-investigating-deshaun-watson | true |
Authorities arrested at least one person suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between noon Saturday and noon Sunday, booking records show.
The person booked and the counts against him:
- Caleb Vlahos, 33, 00520 Avenue B, Port Allen, first-offense DWI and improper lane usage. | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_547b3018-fb0d-11ec-ae63-6f6af369baa9.html | 2022-07-03T20:46:56Z | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_547b3018-fb0d-11ec-ae63-6f6af369baa9.html | true |
(NewsNation) — Russia may have given “oligarchs” a bad name, but other countries have them, too. They’re private citizens who are unbelievably rich, unbelievably powerful and seemingly unavailable to their fellow citizens.
This week NewsNation’s “Banfield” did a deep dive into the oligarchy of America, which has more of these people than any other country on earth. NewsNation’s Brian Entin spoke with former employees of the oligarchs, journalists and technology experts about these mysterious billionaires.
Elon Musk: $221.4 billion net worth
“Banfield” started with the world’s richest individual, Elon Musk.
“Elon sleeps in the factory in his sleeping bag,” Joe Justice, a former Tesla employee, said. “Elon is accessible. If you’re also working on the most important thing, then Elon is there. You can always email, or chat, or message Elon. Or walk over.”
The Tesla and SpaceX owner is also trying to buy Twitter in a $44 billion deal.
Twitter’s board has recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed $44 billion sale of the company to billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to a regulatory filing last week.
“I think it is way too much power,” Dr. Nolan Hidgon, the author of “The Anatomy of Fake News,” said. “Historically, wealthy individuals have bought media platforms to manufacture consent from the public, for their economic and political interests.”
Jeff Bezos: $135.3 billion net worth
The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, was the first human to reach a net worth of $100 billion and $200 billion. From 1990 to 1994, Bezos worked for one of the most successful hedge funds on Wall Street for D.E. Shaw & Co., New York.
Its founder, David Shaw, tasked Bezos with figuring out what could be sold on the internet for the highest profit. Bezos pitched the idea of books, which is how Amazon began.
“Bezos built this empire on the strength of starting with books, but he understood early on that he was aiming to be the so-called ‘Everything Store.’ Eventually, he could become this sort of middle merchant between the factories of the world and the households of the world,” New York Times Global Economics Correspondent Peter S. Goodman said on “Banfield.”
Bezos stepped down as CEO in July 2021, handing over the reins as the company navigated the challenges of a world fighting to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.
“He’s one of the wealthiest men to ever live in the entire world. He’s doing that, it seems, by cutting costs when it comes to average entry-level employees. There were all these reports about Amazon employees trying to unionize, just to get some basic rights. To get breaks,” New York Post Business Reporter Lydia Moynihan said. “He seems like he’s the kind of person who’s willing to do whatever it takes to maintain his empire.”
“There’s no question that Bezos has very unapologetically set up a pressure cooker environment where he’s extraordinarily demanding,” Goodman added.
Bill Gates: $124.1 billion net worth
Bill Gates, the billionaire whose squeaky clean image has taken a beating, is now buying a lot of farmland.
He’s purchased 270,00 acres so far in the United States, and his latest purchase was 2,000 acres in North Dakota. Apparently the neighbors there are furious.
The college dropout and software pioneer was the richest man in the world, from 1995-2009.
“I think the fact that he is the largest owner of farmland illustrates that it’s not a baseless conspiracy, or slippery slope, to say that unless stopped, oligarchs will continue to accumulate as much wealth and resources as possible. Until, theoretically, there’s nothing left for everybody else,” Dr. Nolan Higdon said on “Banfield.”
Similar to management under Bezos, Gates has also been described as an angry and difficult boss in his early Microsoft days.
“He was very combative. He didn’t even really want to talk to anybody but senior management. He would say things like, ‘That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.’ These guys don’t get to the top by being like Mr. Rogers. You can’t get to the top by being a nice guy,” Dana Kennedy, the national writer for The New York Post, said.
In 2021, Bill and Melinda Gates announced their divorce, however, they said they would continue their foundation. The Gates Foundation said the ex-couple would continue to work as co-chairs for a two-year trial period and after that time, if the arrangement unravels, Melinda would step down.
“I think they do give money to causes that a lot of people would advocate for, but the reality is a lot of that money goes to policy papers, lobbying and ways of him influencing lawmakers,” Higdon said. “The proof really needs to be in the outcome. What are the outcomes of this funding? It’s just a way for Gates to expand his influence and to improve his public image.”
Mark Zuckerberg: $55.5 billion net worth
Mark Zuckerberg was a billionaire by the age of 23, and the computer program that he and his Harvard roommates launched in 2004, Facebook, has 2.9 billion active monthly users. Facebook, now known as Meta, owns 94 companies, including Instagram, Whatsapp and Oculus VR.
Facebook is among the several social media apps that may be subject to lawsuits in California if children become addicted to their apps.
“The way that Facebook, and other social media platforms, make money is by keeping us addicted, right? The more time that we all spend on these platforms, the more money they can make from advertisers. It’s just that simple,” Associate Professor at Hofstra University Kara Alaimo said.
US Sun reporter Charlotte Edward said there’s a lot we don’t know about Zuckerberg. He spends $27 million a year just on security to keep him and his family safe.
“This is a man that has big plans for the world. He’s investing billions right now in the metaverse and he’s creating this new virtual reality that he thinks we’re going to live in in the next 10 years,” Edwards said.
“I think the real problem is these tech guys are very clever on a certain kind of mathematical level, a certain abstract level, but they have no feeling about how human beings actually are,” social trends expert Joel Kotkin said.
Kotkin says that Zuckerberg believes that the future of humanity is the metaverse.
“It’s a really serious issue. And I think one that people have to pay attention to is this the vision we want, and think about the fact that he and his offspring, and people around them, are going to have enough money to fund nonprofits for the next 100 years, which will shake public perceptions and policies to their desire,” Kotkin added.
Larry Ellison: $49.3 billion net worth
Larry Ellison is the co-founder of Oracle Corporation, which has major customers including Netflix, eBay, and LinkedIn.
Oracle is the third-largest software company in the world, but not a lot of Americans are aware.
“He’s trying to be noncontroversial, and intentionally so. He wants to stay off the radar. Oracle is not known among average Americans. It’s not as flashy as Amazon or Tesla or SpaceX,” New York Post reporter Mary Jacob said.
Ellison got his start by building databases for the CIA.
“The actual origin of Oracle came from a research paper that he founded at IBM. He took the risk,” said Build Your Wealth Quotient Author David Friedman.
“Structurally, Oracle is a B2B company. It serves businesses, not consumers. I think he just cares about winning. I don’t know if he cares about whether people know it or not,” Friedman added.
Baylor University Assistant Professor Luke Winslow also weighed in on the conversation and said that oligarchy is about bridging economic and political power.
“I think what oligarchs are primarily concerned with is if the processes, by which they bridge economic and political power, are well-known. That’s the most important thing for maximizing their wealth,” Winslow said. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/american-oligarchs-inside-the-minds-of-the-countrys-wealthiest-people/ | 2022-07-03T21:01:01Z | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/american-oligarchs-inside-the-minds-of-the-countrys-wealthiest-people/ | true |
(NEXSTAR) – Massachusetts reported the U.S.’s first case of the monkeypox virus in May in a man who had recently traveled to Canada. Now, roughly a month and a half later, the 2022 outbreak has spread to 30 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A total of 460 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Of those states reporting monkeypox cases, the CDC’s data shows 10 have reported 11 or more cases since May. California has the highest case count at 95 with New York close behind at 90. Illinois and Florida have each reported just over 50 cases.
Twenty states have yet to report a case of monkeypox, including five across the Northern Plains and five in the South. The interactive map below shows the state-by-state case count with the most recent data from the CDC.
Monkeypox, clinically known as orthopox, has sickened people for decades in central and west Africa, but until May, the disease had not been known to cause significant outbreaks in multiple countries at the same time and involving people with no travel links to the continent.
It was first discovered in 1958 in monkeys being kept for research. It was found in humans 12 years later in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a child in a rural rainforest region where smallpox had since been eradicated, the World Health Organization explains.
People with monkeypox often experience symptoms like fever, body aches and a rash; most recover within weeks without needing medical care.
More than 5,000 monkeypox cases have been reported from 51 countries worldwide that don't normally report the disease, according to the CDC.
Scientists warn anyone who is in close physical contact with someone who has monkeypox or their clothing or bedsheets is at risk of infection. Vulnerable populations like children and pregnant women are thought more likely to suffer severe disease.
Some experts and advocates are warning the Biden administration is responding too slowly to the monkeypox outbreak, leaving the U.S. at risk of losing control of the disease. David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors, said three areas in particular have been slow: "streamlining testing, making vaccines available, streamlining access to the best therapeutics."
Last week, the White House said it plans to send out thousands of vaccine doses to combat the monkeypox outbreak it faces.
The Associated Press and Nathaniel Weixel contributed to this report. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/these-states-have-reported-the-most-monkeypox-cases-cdc-data/ | 2022-07-03T21:03:37Z | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/these-states-have-reported-the-most-monkeypox-cases-cdc-data/ | false |
WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 3, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
254 PM CDT Sun Jul 3 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Archer
and northeastern Baylor Counties through 345 PM CDT...
At 254 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles southwest of Dundee, moving north at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and 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...
Dundee, Lake Diversion and Lake Kickapoo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3361 9886 3361 9904 3380 9911 3380 9885
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 173DEG 7KT 3369 9896
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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Shark attacks Long Island lifeguard during training exercise
Published: Jul. 3, 2022 at 3:49 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
FIRE ISLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Suffolk County officials have temporarily closed a Long Island beach to swimming after what they described as an unprecedented shark attack that injured a lifeguard.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said the lifeguard had been playing the victim during a training exercise Sunday when the shark bit him in the chest and hand.
He said the lifeguard was receiving stitches but in “very good spirits,” Bellone said.
The attack happened about 10:15 a.m. at Smith Point Beach.
The beach was closed to swimming for the rest of the day but expected to reopen Monday with officials monitoring the water.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wagmtv.com/2022/07/03/shark-attacks-long-island-lifeguard-during-training-exercise/ | 2022-07-03T21:06:04Z | https://www.wagmtv.com/2022/07/03/shark-attacks-long-island-lifeguard-during-training-exercise/ | true |
(WJHL) – Trailing the leader by a single stroke with four holes to play in Sunday’s Final Round of the Irish Open, Adrian Meronk kicked his game into high gear. A pair of birdies and an eagle in that final stretch gave way to a six-under, 66, as the Polish-born golfer claimed his first victory on the DP World Tour.
A former member of the ETSU men’s golf team, Meronk shot a 68 or better in each of his four rounds throughout the week, finishing the tournament at 20-under par.
Seamus Power, another former Buccaneer, made the cut at the Irish Open, but finished tied-30th with a score of seven-under par.
Meronk earns not only his first win on the former European Tour, but becomes the first Polish player to win a tournament on the tour.
With the victory, Meronk has earned a spot at the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland. The prestigious event will be held from July 14-17. | https://www.wjhl.com/sports/college-sports-2/etsu-bucs/etsu-alum-adrian-meronk-claims-historic-irish-open-victory/ | 2022-07-03T21:08:47Z | https://www.wjhl.com/sports/college-sports-2/etsu-bucs/etsu-alum-adrian-meronk-claims-historic-irish-open-victory/ | false |
WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 3, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
254 PM CDT Sun Jul 3 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Archer
and northeastern Baylor Counties through 345 PM CDT...
At 254 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles southwest of Dundee, moving north at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and 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...
Dundee, Lake Diversion and Lake Kickapoo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3361 9886 3361 9904 3380 9911 3380 9885
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 173DEG 7KT 3369 9896
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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NEW YORK (AP) — Eduardo Escobar homered for the third straight game, Carlos Carrasco rebounded from a pair of poor starts and the New York Mets topped the Texas Rangers 4-1 on Sunday.
Starling Marte went deep for the second consecutive day and Jeff McNeil hit an RBI double to help the NL East leaders take two of three in the interleague series, giving them 15 wins in their last 20 home games.
The victory was No. 1,600 as a major league manager for Buck Showalter, who beat one of his former teams to pass Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda for 22nd place.
Jonah Heim homered for the second consecutive day for the Rangers, his 12th of the season. He began the day tied with Atlanta backstop Travis d'Arnaud for most in the majors as a catcher.
Carrasco (9-4) struck out eight and walked one in 5 2/3 innings. He was coming off consecutive losses to Houston, which tagged him for a combined 11 runs and 10 hits over 6 2/3 innings.
The 35-year-old right-hander was lifted with two on and high-fived his infielders on the mound before clapping into his glove as he walked off to a standing ovation from the crowd of 25,241.
Joely Rodríguez retired Kole Calhoun, who homered twice and knocked in four runs Saturday, to end the inning. The left-hander also worked a hitless seventh with two strikeouts before Adam Ottavino pitched a perfect eighth.
Edwin Díaz, the NL reliever of the month for June, got three outs for his 18th save in 21 tries. With two runners on, he whiffed Mitch Garver and got Leody Taveras on a fly ball to end it.
A mistake by Texas triggered a quick Mets rally in the fourth.
Pete Alonso struck out to start the inning, but the pitch got away from Heim behind the plate. His throw to first was into the runner, arriving just before Alonso, and the ball ticked off the mitt of Nathaniel Lowe, who reached for it tentatively with Alonso approaching.
The burly slugger hustled to second base as the ball rolled into right field. Heim was charged with an error, the first for the Rangers in six games. They had committed only one in 13 games since June 17 — fewest in the majors during that span.
McNeil laced the next pitch from Jon Gray (4-4) for a tiebreaking double, and Escobar drove an 0-2 fastball into the Texas bullpen in right-center for his ninth home run to make it 4-1.
The switch-hitting third baseman was pumped up as began his trot. He homered in all three games of the series, including a three-run shot in a 4-3 victory Friday night.
Marte homered on an 0-1 pitch in the first inning for the second straight day.
Gray gave up four runs, three earned, and six hits with seven strikeouts and one walk in 5 2/3 innings. He won his previous three starts, and Texas had won nine straight games started by Gray and teammate Martín Pérez, who beat the Mets on Saturday.
MOVIN' ON UP
New York promoted 20-year-old catcher and DH Francisco Álvarez from Double-A Binghamton to Triple-A Syracuse. Rated one of baseball's top prospects, Álvarez was batting .277 with 18 homers, 47 RBIs and a .922 OPS in 67 games at Double-A. With the Mets getting little offensive production at catcher and DH, he could be considered for a second-half callup to the majors.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mets: RHP Jacob deGrom was set to throw about 25 pitches and two innings Sunday night in his first minor league rehab start for Class A St. Lucie. The two-time Cy Young Award winner has been sidelined all season because of a stress reaction in his right scapula that caused inflammation. ... Backup outfielder Travis Jankowski (broken left hand) is taking batting practice on the field and could begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Syracuse soon.
ROSTER MOVES
The Mets put LHP David Peterson on the paternity list and recalled RHP Colin Holderman from Triple-A Syracuse.
UP NEXT
Rangers: Begin a three-game series in Baltimore on Monday afternoon with RHP Dane Dunning (1-6, 4.09 ERA) facing Orioles RHP Dean Kremer (2-1, 1.29). Dunning, receiving little run support this season, is winless in his last 11 starts. He is 0-5 with a 5.58 ERA on the road this year and has only one career win away from home, in September 2020 with the White Sox at Pittsburgh. Texas has lost his past eight starts.
Mets: RHP Taijuan Walker (6-2, 2.72 ERA) pitches Monday night in the opener of a three-game series at Cincinnati, which has the worst record in the National League. Hard-throwing rookie RHP Hunter Greene (3-9, 5.72) goes for the Reds. Walker fired 7 1/3 shutout innings of four-hit ball last Wednesday against Houston.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Escobar-homers-again-Carrasco-pitches-Mets-past-17282523.php | 2022-07-03T21:14:00Z | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Escobar-homers-again-Carrasco-pitches-Mets-past-17282523.php | false |
Effective: 2022-07-01 20:10:00 EDT Expires: 2022-07-01 21:00:00 EDT Urgency: Immediate Severity: Severe Certainty: Observed Instruction: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Target Area: Broome; Chenango The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northwestern Broome County in central New York Southwestern Chenango County in central New York * Until 900 PM EDT. * At 810 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Whitney Point, or 8 miles southeast of Marathon, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include Coventry, Greene, Oxford, Whitney Point, Lisle, Brisben, Smithville Flats, Nineveh, South Oxford and Smithville Center. HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2652371544215/cortland-weather-outlook-thursday-june-30 | 2022-07-03T21:23:09Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2652371544215/cortland-weather-outlook-thursday-june-30 | false |
Guardians fourth. Franmil Reyes homers to center field. Owen Miller strikes out swinging. Andres Gimenez called out on strikes. Ernie Clement strikes out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Guardians 1, Yankees 0.
Guardians eighth. Steven Kwan singles to left field. Amed Rosario singles to center field. Steven Kwan to third. Gabriel Arias reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield, tagged out at second, Jose Trevino to Anthony Rizzo. Amed Rosario to second. Steven Kwan out at home. Franmil Reyes singles to center field. Amed Rosario scores. Owen Miller reaches on error. Franmil Reyes to second. Throwing error by Gleyber Torres. Andres Gimenez grounds out to shallow infield, DJ LeMahieu to Anthony Rizzo.
1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Guardians 2, Yankees 0. | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/N-Y-Yankees-Cleveland-Runs-17282524.php | 2022-07-03T21:23:14Z | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/N-Y-Yankees-Cleveland-Runs-17282524.php | false |
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