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This giant decorative Mummy moves its torso, is poseable and features an eerie sound with flickering light effect in red, green, blue or white.
DALLAS, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halloween decorating enthusiasts will have a thrilling new option at Lowe's this year: A giant, 12-foot animated Mummy with poseable arms, creepy sound effects, and an eerie, flickering light effect.
The astonishing new 12-foot Mummy by Gemmy Industries makes a spooktacular addition to any outdoor Halloweenscape or indoor space with vaulted ceilings.
Draped in distressed, discolored fabric, this towering skeletal mummy makes terrifying moans as it turns to greet unsuspecting visitors. Poseable arms allows decorators to get the perfect haunted stance.
Programmed with flickering ShortCircuit™ lighting technology, decorators may choose between four LED color options: red, green, blue or classic warm white. A convenient timer allows for 6 hours on and 18 hours off, with the ability to set a specific start time. The giant Mummy also features sound and motion activation with off switch.
"We are thrilled to partner with Lowe's on delivering this amazing animated Mummy to Halloween decorators," said Lia Cerizo, director of product development at Gemmy Industries. "He features many of the amazing technology innovations we've developed over the years, and it's an absolute delight to see him come to life."
The giant,12-Foot animated Mummy (MSRP $348.00) is available now online at Lowe's Home Improvement.
Gemmy Industries is a leading seasonal lighting and decor innovator that has changed the way America decorates for the holidays. As the originator of Airblown® Inflatables and LightShow® lighting, Gemmy is a trendsetter in making homes festive for every special occasion. For more information on product lines and retailers, go to www.gemmy.com.
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DALLAS, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NexBank Capital, Inc., a Dallas-based financial services company and holding company of NexBank, today announced the successful completion of a private placement of $62 million of its 6.00% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes due 2032 (the "Notes"). NexBank Capital, Inc. intends to use the proceeds of the private placement for general corporate purposes and to repurchase a portion of its existing debt.
The Notes will initially bear interest at a fixed rate of 6.00% for five years, and thereafter the interest rate will be reset quarterly to a per annum floating rate equal to the then current three-month term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus 299 basis points. The Notes have a stated maturity date of July 15, 2032.
About NexBank Capital, Inc.
NexBank Capital, Inc. is a financial services company that serves its clients through three core businesses: Institutional Banking, Commercial Banking, and Mortgage Banking. It provides customized financial and banking services primarily to institutional clients, financial institutions, and corporations nationwide.
This press release is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any security, nor shall there by any sale in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities law and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is not a deposit and is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency or fund.
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JUANA SUMMERS, HOST:
Last week in the Philippines, the government again ordered the shutdown of the online news outlet Rappler. This order came just days before former President Rodrigo Duterte left office. His government argued that Rappler had violated foreign ownership rules. Duterte had long sought to shut down Rappler. The publication was critical of the former president's violent war on drugs. Rappler's founder, Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa, plans to battle that shutdown order in court. Maria Ressa joins us now from Manila. Welcome to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
MARIA RESSA: Thanks for having me, Juana.
SUMMERS: Just to start, right now, is Rappler currently up and running?
RESSA: Absolutely. It's - our only defense as a journalist is to actually shine the light. So when you get, like, what is equivalent of a shutdown order, do you stay quiet about it and wait, or do you tell people about it, you tell your community about it? We chose to tell our community, and we are working business as usual. We covered the inauguration of President Marcos, and we continue to do our jobs.
SUMMERS: This shutdown order came just as Rodrigo Duterte was set to leave office. So as you understand it, what are the implications of this order for you all to shut down?
RESSA: It ostensibly is the end of a long court process that began in 2016. We received the SEC, which is a minor regulatory agency here, to revoke our license to operate in January of 2018. This is the tail end of that, and we should have the ability to challenge it at the court of appeals, to appeal this, right? But you have to keep in mind two things. The SEC's kill order, when they tried to revoke our license to operate, is the first of its kind in the history of the Philippines. It is the first time that this regulatory agency has tried to shut down a news group, meaning to go right up against freedom of the press, which is in the bill of rights. Our constitution is patterned after the United States.
SUMMERS: You've said that this kill order is the first of its kind in the history of the country. Why do you believe that the government in the Philippines, that Duterte has targeted you, has targeted Rappler?
RESSA: We weren't the only ones. I mean, the first target of President Duterte was the largest newspaper. This was in his first state of the nation address because the newspaper published a photo that showed the impunity in the war on drugs. The second target was the largest broadcaster, ABS-CBN news group I used to lead. That has resulted in the end - you know, the franchise of ABS-CBN was essentially taken away in 2020. And we were the third target in his third state of the nation address. I think we've survived because we have pushed back aggressively. We haven't stayed quiet. We have done our jobs and continue to do our jobs, pretending - you know, there is a Damocles sword hanging over our heads. But what we do is, we use that as motivation to do our jobs better.
SUMMERS: We'd like to learn a little bit more about Rappler and about the work that you do. About how big is the staff?
RESSA: You're talking about 100, 120 people total. So we're - I would call us a medium-sized newsgroup. In terms of reach, Rappler is fourth in reach online, behind just the top television station and the top newspaper.
SUMMERS: And I want to ask you about the people who power that coverage. How is your staff doing in the midst of all of this?
RESSA: You know, it's like - we're living life like it's breaking news. We've been very - we've been forced to be very agile because think about it like this, right? We now have a kill order, right? We've been told we have a shutdown order. So even as we're operating and the team is in high spirits because we prepared for this moment, we know that we could - we have two paths. We could get shut down tomorrow, or we could hire more people tomorrow. It's a little bit surreal, but this is the kind of world we live in. You cannot voluntarily give up your rights.
SUMMERS: Maria, who do you think is hurt most in a world in which Rappler could well be forced to shut down, to stop publishing at some point?
RESSA: You know, we're seeing, really, a global downturn in terms of democratic freedoms and rights and who would be hurt the most. I mean, what we've seen in that - and you've heard me blame technology as really the spark, that really dry kindling. Technology, social media took lives and spread it faster and further than facts. When you don't know what the facts are, you can't have truth. Without truth, you can't have trust. If you don't have these three, you don't have a shared reality. You can't solve any problems. And we have seen in the last six years of the Duterte administration, really, death by a thousand cuts of our democracy and our institutions.
Here's the part that is - I feel is dangerous, not just for the Philippines, but for the world. If we don't have facts, if you don't have integrity of facts, how will you have integrity of elections? The U.S. this year, in November will have its midterm elections. If you are insidiously manipulated on social media, how will you know whether you will have integrity of the vote? When these types of illiberal leaders are democratically elected, they then cave the institutions of democracy from within. We are seeing this in many countries around the world, including the United States.
SUMMERS: Yeah. What would you say to fellow journalists in places like Hungary, Russia, Turkey, Uganda and elsewhere, where news outlets are facing oppressive tactics and threats of violence simply for doing their jobs, for covering the news?
RESSA: I was actually with many of them just a few weeks ago in Bonn and, you know, Russia, for example - the Russian journalists who were just pushed into exile, what they said is that this is what it looks like when you lose. They compared themselves to, like, the frog in boiling water. They didn't realize that it would crumble so fast. The Ukrainian journalists actually gave us the most hope because it was very clear. When you're at war, news is survival. And, you know, she talked about how the journalists all worked together. They went into the same bomb shelters. People needed to know where they could get gasoline, where they could get water, right? That's a different one.
But then the rest of us in Hungary, Brazil, Turkey, in the Philippines, in India, we're all in the same boat having to hold the line. We continue to do our jobs, and yet the very same platforms that distribute the news have become this weapon of authoritarian leaders that are not just pushing back, pushing back against journalists trying to hold them to account, but are literally - I mean, we are closer to fascism, and I don't use that word lightly.
SUMMERS: Maria Ressa, founder and CEO of Rappler, speaking to us from Manila, thank you for your time.
RESSA: Thank you. And good luck to all of us.
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SITKA, Alaska — An Alaska family had given up hope of finding their blind, elderly golden retriever who wandered away from their home three weeks ago, but a construction crew found Lulu in salmonberry bushes after initially confusing her for a bear.
Lulu was barely alive after being found Tuesday, but she is being nursed back to health and is back home with her family, the Daily Sitka Sentinel reported.
"She means everything," owner Ted Kubacki said. "I have five daughters and they're 4 to 13 years old, so they've spent every day of their life with that dog."
The Kubacki family searched for weeks after Lulu wandered off June 18.
"She's just so helpless, and you kind of imagined that she can't get real far because she can't see," he said.
It didn't help when the family was the subject of a terrible joke when someone claimed they found Lulu a few days into the search.
"We put the kids to bed and got a text saying, 'We found your dog,' or 'I have your dog,' and we're like, 'Oh my god, this is incredible,'" he said. "Then the person texted me, 'Just kidding.' This happened, yeah, that was all part of this terrible story."
After searching weeks, the family had given up hope.
How Lulu was found
But then a construction crew this week spotted Lulu lying in the brush alongside a road not far from the Kubacki's home. She was about 15 feet (4.57 meters) down an embankment, and at first the crew thought it was a bear.
"They got a closer look and they realized that it was a dog, and they got her out of there," Kubacki said.
All the sadness melted away when he got the call that Lulu had been found.
"I called my wife from work and it was just screaming... She just starts yelling, then she yells to the kids. And I just hear them screaming like crazy," Kubacki said.
Although alive, Lulu was in bad shape. The 80-pound (36.29-kilogram) dog had dropped 23 pounds (10.43 kilograms) since she was lost; she was dehydrated, dirty and her fur was matted.
"I just expected to come back and be like 'Hey, here's my dog.' She's going to jump up and wag her tail and kiss my face, and she couldn't even pick up her head," he said. "She'd been through the wringer."
Lulu's condition has markedly improved with medical care, food and rest.
"Slowly but surely she started eating and she was kind of able to pick her head up," Kubacki said. "But then yesterday, she propped herself up on her front paws by herself, like nestled into me and gave me a kiss and wagged her tail and it was just so great."
A day later, she was able to stand on her own.
Kubacki, a grocery store employee and the sole provider for his family of seven, then worried about the veterinarian's bill.
Those fears were unfounded as Sitka residents donated hundreds of dollars to cover Lulu's recuperation bills.
"We have our family member home," Kubacki said.
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ROGERS -- A former Benton County circuit judge and state legislative candidate was jailed Friday after being found in criminal contempt.
Jon Comstock, 72, was sentenced to five days in the Benton County Jail after Rogers District Judge Chris Griffin found him in criminal contempt. Griffin suspended 4 1/2 days of the sentence, so Comstock was supposed to be released Friday evening.
Griffin was conducting bond hearings at the county jail and Comstock went to watch the proceedings, said Sarah Moore of the Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition.
Moore and Beth Coger, another coalition member, spent Friday morning at the jail checking on Comstock.
Moore said she was texting with Comstock and knows he objected because he couldn't hear the proceedings. She said Comstock objected again and it was her last contact with him.
"They arrested Jon for trying to have access to Benton County bond hearings despite weeks of letting them know and them telling him how to attend," Moore said. "He was allowed to sit outside the room behind a glass where he couldn't hear. When he challenged that, they arrested him."
Moore and Coger went to the jail's lobby area to try to speak with Comstock, but were denied access by a jail employee.
Meyer Gilbert, chief deputy of the Sheriff's Office, arranged for Moore and Coger to speak with Comstock by telephone. The two spoke with him from the lobby of the Sheriff's Office.
Comstock is scheduled to be released at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Gilbert said. Gilbert said Comstock is being held in a location by himself in the booking area.
"He's just sitting back there by himself and we will release him when it's time," Gilbert said.
The jail doesn't normally have room to hold misdemeanor prisoners, but Comstock was held since he was committed by the judge, Gilbert said.
Comstock has run for the state Legislature twice as a Democrat. He unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Sen. Cecile Bledsoe, R-Rogers, in 2018. He then ran in 2020 for the state House District 96 seat, but lost to Joshua Bryant, R-Rogers.
Then-Gov. Mike Beebe appointed Comstock to fill a vacancy to the court bench in Benton County in 2011. Comstock served as circuit judge there from June 2011 to December 2012. He lost an election in May 2012 to keep the judge's position when he was defeated by current Circuit Judge Tom Smith.
Comstock has been a constant presence at public meetings concerning Benton County's push for an expansion of the Benton County Jail. He has been a vocal critic of the proposal.
Bond hearings in Benton County has been an issue recently since a federal lawsuit was filed concerning how bond hearings are conducted in the county.
Comstock has been a vocal critic of the procedure of not having public defenders at bond hearings at the jail to represent people.
Gilbert said if there are any issues with the audio then they will be fixed because the bond hearings are public and people should be able to hear the proceedings. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/jul/08/rogers-judge-orders-former-judge-to-jail/ | 2022-07-08T19:07:27Z | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/jul/08/rogers-judge-orders-former-judge-to-jail/ | true |
Scott Perry says why he won't testify before the January 6 Committee in WGAL interview
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, a Republican whose district includes parts of York County, has declined to speak with the York Daily Record about his refusal to cooperate with the January 6 Committee, but in an interview this week with WGAL, he said the notion that he sought a pardon is a "baseless, soulless lie."
According to video testimony played at a committee hearing, Perry sought a presidential pardon. In an interview with the committee, Cassidy Hutchinson, one of Mark Meadows' former aides, said Perry asked for a pardon.
'Vote Perry Out': Protesters chant during rally outside York County Administration Building
When WGAL asked Perry why he wouldn't go before the committee and tell his side of the story, he said the "so-called committee" already determined the outcome. "There's no cross-examination," he said. "You get no due process in this committee, so why would anybody subject themselves to that?"
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Perry serves the 10th Congressional District in Pennsylvania, which includes much of York County. His seat is up for election this year. Democratic candidate Shamaine Daniels will face off against Perry in the fall.
Kaity Assaf is a regional news reporter for the USA Today Network. Contact her at kassaf1@ydr.com, on Twitter @kaitythekite or by phone, 717-472-0960. Please support local journalism with a digital subscription. | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/07/08/scott-perry-congress-pa-republican-refuses-testimony-pardon/65369434007/ | 2022-07-08T19:07:53Z | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/07/08/scott-perry-congress-pa-republican-refuses-testimony-pardon/65369434007/ | true |
This giant decorative Mummy moves its torso, is poseable and features an eerie sound with flickering light effect in red, green, blue or white.
DALLAS, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halloween decorating enthusiasts will have a thrilling new option at Lowe's this year: A giant, 12-foot animated Mummy with poseable arms, creepy sound effects, and an eerie, flickering light effect.
The astonishing new 12-foot Mummy by Gemmy Industries makes a spooktacular addition to any outdoor Halloweenscape or indoor space with vaulted ceilings.
Draped in distressed, discolored fabric, this towering skeletal mummy makes terrifying moans as it turns to greet unsuspecting visitors. Poseable arms allows decorators to get the perfect haunted stance.
Programmed with flickering ShortCircuit™ lighting technology, decorators may choose between four LED color options: red, green, blue or classic warm white. A convenient timer allows for 6 hours on and 18 hours off, with the ability to set a specific start time. The giant Mummy also features sound and motion activation with off switch.
"We are thrilled to partner with Lowe's on delivering this amazing animated Mummy to Halloween decorators," said Lia Cerizo, director of product development at Gemmy Industries. "He features many of the amazing technology innovations we've developed over the years, and it's an absolute delight to see him come to life."
The giant,12-Foot animated Mummy (MSRP $348.00) is available now online at Lowe's Home Improvement.
Gemmy Industries is a leading seasonal lighting and decor innovator that has changed the way America decorates for the holidays. As the originator of Airblown® Inflatables and LightShow® lighting, Gemmy is a trendsetter in making homes festive for every special occasion. For more information on product lines and retailers, go to www.gemmy.com.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian authorities arrested two filmmakers over an appeal they posted on social media, accusing them of links with opposition groups based outside the country and plotting to undermine the nation’s state security, Iran’s state-run news agency reported Friday.
According to IRNA, award-wining filmmaker Mohamad Rasoulof and colleague Mostafa Al-Ahmad were taken into custody for posting a statement on social media urging members of the Iranian security forces to lay down their weapons.
The hashtag #put_your_gun_down is a reference to the violent crackdown during the unrest following a building collapse in the southwestern city of Abadan that killed at least 41 people earlier this year.
The report did not elaborate when the two were arrested. At least 70 Iranian filmmakers and movie industry workers had signed the appeal.
The May 23 collapse at the Metropol Building in Abadan, some 660 kilometers (410 miles) southwest of the capital, Tehran, dredged up painful memories of past national disasters and shined a spotlight on shoddy construction practices, government corruption and negligence in Iran. Protests erupted in Abadan over the collapse and the demonstrations have seen police club protesters and fire tear gas.
Rasoulof, who has been detained in the past and has had his passport confiscated, won the Berlin Film Festival’s top prize in 2020 for his film “There Is No Evil.” It tells four stories loosely connected to the themes of the death penalty in Iran and personal freedoms under tyranny.
Shortly after receiving the award he was sentenced to a year in prison for three films he made that authorities found to be “propaganda against the system.” His lawyer appealed the sentence. He was also banned from making films and traveling abroad.
In 2011, Rasoulof and fellow director Jafar Panahi were arrested for filming without a permit. The pair received six years in prison and were banned from filmmaking for 20 years on charges that included “making propaganda” against the ruling system, but Rasoulof’s sentence was later reduced to a year on appeal.
That year Rasoulof’s film “Goodbye” won a prize at Cannes but he was not allowed to travel to France to accept it.
Iran’s conservative authorities, many with religious sensibilities, control all the levers of power in the country. They have long viewed many cultural activities as part of a “soft war” by the West against the Islamic Republic. They say Westernization is an attempt to tarnish the country’s Islamic beliefs. | https://www.wane.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/iran-arrests-2-filmmakers-over-posting-on-social-media/ | 2022-07-08T19:18:17Z | https://www.wane.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/iran-arrests-2-filmmakers-over-posting-on-social-media/ | true |
Di Maria completes Juventus move
July 8 - Juventus have completed the signing of veteran Argentine forward Angel Di Maria on a one-year deal, the Serie A side announced on Friday.
The 34-year-old has been a free agent since leaving French champions Paris St Germain at the end of the season and has penned a contract until June 2023 with the Turin-based club.
Di Maria moved to PSG from Manchester United in 2015 and has been a key attacking player over the years, winning five league titles and claiming 18 trophies in all. (Reporting by Peter Hall Editing by Toby Davis)
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Protesters in Burkina Faso demonstrated Friday against the return of former President Blaise Compaore, as the ruling junta faltered in its efforts to hold a summit on the crisis of jihadi violence.
Compaore, the longtime military strongman ousted by a popular insurrection in 2014, returned to Burkina Faso Thursday to attend the unprecedented meeting with other former leaders.
Junta leader Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba called the meeting which was to include five former presidents. But on Friday only two ex-leaders showed up for the meeting: Compaore and Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, who ruled the country for nine months between 1982 and 1983 when it was known as Upper Volta.
The meeting devised by Damiba, who had himself appointed interim president, was an attempt to discuss Burkina Faso’s future amid escalating jihadi violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group that has killed thousands and displaced nearly 2 million people.
Former President Roch Marc Christian Kabore who was ousted by Damiba in January, was prevented from attending by protesters who surrounded his house, according to internal security reports for aid workers seen by The Associated Press.
Riot police gathered outside Kabore’s house Friday to control the protesters.
“If Roch Marc Christian Kabore still has some dignity he should normally refuse to go to this meeting. So I am in front of his doors and I said he must not move,” said Ahmed Ki, a Kabore supporter.
Others in the capital protested the return of Compaore, who ruled the country with an iron fist for nearly 30 years. Although in exile in neighboring Ivory Coast, a Burkina Faso court recently convicted him of complicity in the murder in 1987 of former President Thomas Sankara and sentenced him to life in prison.
Lawyers for the Sankara family have called for his arrest.
“Mr. Blaise Compaore was sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial of the military court of Ouagadougou and he is still subject to an arrest warrant issued against him by the military court,” said Benewende Stanislas Sankara, spokesman for the Sankara family.
Local rights organizations warn that by giving Compaore impunity the junta has taken an “extremely serious step,” that undermines the rule of law in Burkina Faso, Chrysogone Zougmore, president of the Burkinabe Movement for Human Rights, told The Associated Press.
In a statement on state television, Damiba defended his decision to allow Compaore to visit the country.
“To the Burkinabe who have expressed their opinions against our approach, we tell them that the process is not made to consecrate impunity, but to contribute to the search for solutions for a Burkina Faso of peace and cohesion,” he said.
The junta will continue discussions with those who were unable to attend the meeting, he said.
The junta’s message of “forgive and forget” isn’t going to be accepted easily by the public, said Laith Alkhouri, CEO of Intelonyx Intelligence Advisory.
“This urgent meeting has proven unsuccessful thus far, and it is, if anything, eroding the already fragile public trust in the governing junta,” he said. | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-international/burkina-faso-junta-faced-with-protests-over-exiled-ex-leader/ | 2022-07-08T19:20:19Z | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-international/burkina-faso-junta-faced-with-protests-over-exiled-ex-leader/ | false |
A court in Moscow sentenced a municipal council member to seven years in prison Friday for his remarks opposing the war in Ukraine. The unprecedented sentence raises the stakes for Kremlin critics in Russia who speak out against Moscow’s invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbor.
Alexei Gorinov was found guilty of spreading “knowingly false information” about the Russian military, an offense that carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison under a law the Russian parliament rubber-stamped a week after the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine.
The 60-year-old member of Moscow’s Krasnoselsky municipal council is the first person sentenced to serve time behind bars for a conviction on that charge, according to Net Freedoms, a legal aid group focused on free speech cases.
The two other convictions so far led to a fine and a suspended sentence, the group said. Gorinov, who was arrested in April, is the first elected representative to face charges under the wartime law.
Gorinov criticized Russia’s military actions in Ukraine at a municipal council meeting in March. A video available on YouTube shows him voicing skepticism about holding a planned children’s art competition in his constituency while “every day children are dying” in Ukraine.
Photographs published by Russian media of a Friday court hearing showed Gorinov behind inside a glass-walled defendant’s dock and holding up a sign that read, “Do you still need this war?” A bailiff tried to cover the sign with his hands.
When President Vladimir Putin ordered the Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, a massive wave of outrage and antiwar sentiment swept Russia. Thousands of people protested on the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg daily, and hundreds of thousands signed online petitions opposing the attack.
The Kremlin insisted that what it called a “special military operation” in Ukraine had overwhelming public support, and moved swiftly to suppress any criticism. Thousands of protesters were arrested, and dozens of critical media outlets were shut down.
Individuals who spoke out publicly against the invasion or accused Russian troops of committing atrocities in Ukraine have been targeted under the new legislation, which outlawed the spread of “false information” about the invasion and disparaging the military.
As of Friday, Net Freedoms had counted 68 criminal cases involving false information charges and at least 2,000 misdemeanor cases for the alleged disparagement of the Russian military.
Gorinov refused to plead guilty, and he denounced the invasion again while giving his closing statement in court on Thursday.
“For five months, Russia has been carrying out hostilities, coyly calling them a special operation. We’re being promised a victory and glory. Why, then, are a large part of my compatriots feeling shame and guilt?” Gorinov said. “I am convinced that a war is the fastest way to dehumanization, when the line between good and evil fades. It is always death, I don’t accept it and reject it.”
Bruce Millar, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia deputy director, called the sentence handed to Gorinov “shocking.”
“It is an unlawful reprisal for expressing his views, and not the administration of justice,” Millar said in a statement. The council member “did not commit any internationally recognized crime by calling the war unleashed by Vladimir Putin on Ukraine what it is, a criminal war.”
Political analyst Tatyana Stanovaya, the founder of the R.Politik think tank, said Gorinov’s seven-year sentence took a “special political decision” and that his case stood out because he aired antiwar views while speaking as a public official at a council meeting.
“The sentence is a defiantly and emphatically cruel warning to all: ‘Dissent, you will all land behind bars for a long time if you combine antiwar rhetoric with political activity,” Stanovaya wrote on Telegram.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After polls closed in New Mexico’s primary last month, a worker returning ballots and other election materials to the clerk’s office in Santa Fe was followed by a partisan election observer driving so close that mere inches separated their bumpers.
The poll worker was so rattled by the ordeal that she said she may not return for the upcoming November election, according to Santa Fe County Clerk Katharine Clark.
The incident is just one of many in which election officials and workers have felt threatened since the 2020 presidential election and the false claims that it was stolen from former President Donald Trump. A federal effort to investigate these threats has so far yielded three prosecutions since it was launched a year ago.
In the meantime, the harassment and death threats haven’t stopped against those who have pushed back against the false claims. The threats have contributed to an exodus of election officials across the country, particularly at the local level, and made recruiting poll workers even harder — adding to the challenges of conducting smooth elections in the fall.
“I’m a Republican recorder living in a Republican county where the candidate that they wanted to win won by 2-to-1 in this county and still getting grief, and so is my staff,” said Leslie Hoffman, the top election official in Yavapai County, Arizona.
Hoffman announced last week that she was resigning to take another job, saying her decision was motivated largely by “the nastiness that we have dealt with.” Hoffman said the county elections director left for the same reasons.
On Friday, an official with the U.S. Department of Justice was scheduled to update state election officials gathered in Louisiana for their summer conference on the work of the task force that was announced in June 2021.
Three men have been charged by federal prosecutors with one of them pleading guilty last month. In that case, Colorado’s secretary of state was the subject of multiple threatening posts on social media.
“Do you feel safe?” one of the threats said, according to court documents. “You shouldn’t.”
Kenneth Polite, assistant attorney general for the department’s criminal division, said federal investigators were working through each report to determine which cases can be successfully prosecuted, noting challenges in attributing threats often made anonymously and weighing free speech protections. He said additional prosecutions are expected.
“The department is committed to protecting our election community from violence and threats of violence,” Polite said in a statement. “These are ordinary people from across the political spectrum filling a vital democratic role for our nation, typically with little recognition or support.”
In the first six months of the task force, members conducted over 20 trainings and outreach events on election threats with state, local, and federal law enforcement as well as election officials and social media companies.
A survey released earlier this year by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU’s School of Law found one in three election officials knew someone who had left a job in part because of threats and intimidation, and that one in six had experienced threats personally.
Federal and state election officials and Trump’s own attorney general have said there is no credible evidence the election was tainted. The former president’s allegations of fraud were also roundly rejected by courts, including by judges Trump appointed.
Experts said it is critical that those making threats are held accountable to deter others from thinking they can do the same.
“The steps that the task force has taken, election officials are appreciative. But absolutely there is more to be done,” said Liz Howard, a former state election official in Virginia now at the Brennan Center.
Among the recommendations that the Brennan Center has made is to expand the task force to include state and local law enforcement agencies that are typically the first contact for an election official.
A group of former and current election and law enforcement officials recently formed the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections, which plans to provide guidance and training for preventing and responding to threats and violence against election officials.
Last month, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission — which distributes federal grants to election offices — said its funding could be used to protect election officials against threats. Legislation has also been pursued at the state and federal level to increase penalties for those targeting election workers.
In Colorado, lawmakers passed a bill that makes it a misdemeanor to release online the personal information of an election official for the purpose of threatening them or their family.
On Capitol Hill, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, held a hearing last year highlighting the threats and urging federal protections for election workers. Klobuchar and other Senate Democrats have sent a letter asking the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI to issue a joint public service announcement to local law enforcement agencies to “ensure that they are aware of both the recent increase in these threats against election officials and federal resources for reporting and countering them.”
Back in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Clark said anxiety remains high among her staff. Employees have been trained on active shooter situations, they have requested bulletproof glass be installed and GPS tracking is used during the transportation of ballot boxes.
While she is concerned about her safety, she says she’s not ready to quit or change careers, noting her responsibility to voters who elected her.
“My dad served in the military, my grandfather served in the military,” Clark said. “I don’t feel it’s bad enough yet to feel that my public service is too much.”
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Associated Press writers Bob Christie in Phoenix and Morgan Lee in Santa Fe, New Mexico, contributed to this report. | https://www.wane.com/news/politics/ap-politics/facing-threats-some-election-workers-weigh-whether-to-stay/ | 2022-07-08T19:23:13Z | https://www.wane.com/news/politics/ap-politics/facing-threats-some-election-workers-weigh-whether-to-stay/ | false |
Which LeapFrog books are best?
When it comes to LeapFrog, it’s hard to tell the difference between a book and a toy. LeapFrog is a company that makes products for early childhood learning. Its entire way of thinking is that the best way for children to learn is through play.
LeapFrog books are designed by educators who specialize in at-home learning for a child’s formative years and early grade school years. If you’re looking for a LeapFrog book about animals, consider the LeapFrog 100 Animals Book. This is a bilingual book that teaches English and Spanish.
What to know before you buy a LeapFrog book
Educational entertainment
LeapFrog creates developmental games that are fun to play and leave indelible impressions. LeapFrog is a technology company, too. LeapFrog toys are games, including books, smart-enabled stuffed animals and playsets. Each item is labeled with the core learning skills it teaches. The age range of LeapFrog books and toys is for children from 3 months to 6 years old.
All the books include ways to learn things from recognizing simple shapes and colors to learning the alphabet and the number system. LeapFrog books increase the challenge as kids get older and smarter.
Ages and stages
LeapFrog books and toys are labeled in several ways. Looking at them in combination is a great way to find just the level you’re looking for in a LeapFrog product for your child. They also indicate mileposts and achievements along your child’s developmental highway.
Numbers
LeapFrog books indicate target ages and age ranges. Looking at kids’ ages only by numbers doesn’t allow for differences in levels of interest.
Life stages
Kids are grouped with names that describe their physical and social development. LeapFrog books are written for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergartners.
Levels
This method is like the grade levels in school, from first grade to 12th grade. Children who successfully complete grade 1 move on to grade 2, and so on.
What to look for in a quality LeapFrog book
The best way to read with your child is by asking and answering questions and making predictions in a friendly and fun environment. This is what LeapFrog books do, and they have several different ways of doing it.
LeapPad
The original LeapPad was designed for children to use a special stylus to tap anywhere in the book and hear the item sounded out by the special e-book. The device would name the shapes, numbers, letters, words, animals and pictures the child tapped with the stylus. It was a toy and tool that allowed children to get a head start on reading. LeapFrog is a technology company, too, and LeapPad was replaced by the more sophisticated Tag reading system.
The Tag reading system
This process also uses a stylus, but one with a tiny infrared camera in the tip. This camera scans and reads the position of the stylus on special dotted paper book pages and sounds out letters, words and symbols. The Tag reading system is designed to help kids from ages 4 to 8 learn how to read and how to read better. It was soon followed by Tag Junior, a simpler system designed for children from 1 to 4 years old.
Read With Me Scout
Scout is a friendly green and white puppy with big eyes and floppy ears. Scout helps children get on the path to reading and helps them develop their ability to comprehend what they see and hear.
LeapStart
This is another stylus system made for reading content on specially printed books. It’s not compatible with earlier LeapReader and Tag books.
How much you can expect to spend on a LeapFrog book
Single books with hardcovers cost $15-$20. Packs of books that work with the Tag system go for $60-$70. Interactive books with specialized point-and-speak reading technology, like the LeapReader system, cost around $100.
LeapFrog books FAQ
Are all LeapFrog toys books?
A. Many LeapFrog toys involve reading, one of the primary goals for parents with young children. Some are e-readers and others combine classic books with special technology. LeapFrog also makes tablets, video games, activity trackers and plush toys.
What is the LeapPad Explorer?
A. LeapPad Explorers are customized learning tablets for children 4 to 9 years old. As kids progress through different grade levels, the Explorer automatically adjusts all its applications and games to the next level. The smarter the child gets, the smarter the Explorer gets.
What are the best LeapFrog books to buy?
Top LeapFrog book
What you need to know: With this book, your child can hold 100 animals in their hands on the touch-sensitive pages.
What you’ll love: It has interactive pages that feature animals from 12 habitats and environments, such as deserts and rainforests. Kids touch the page and hear animal names, sounds and fun facts. This book teaches colors, animals, foods and nature. It’s a bilingual book that speaks English and Spanish.
What you should consider: The included batteries are for demonstration purposes only. New batteries are recommended for regular use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top LeapFrog book for the money
What you need to know: This touch-and-feel book helps children 3 months and older explore letters, numbers, colors and shapes.
What you’ll love: This peekaboo book has soft and brightly colored pages. Children play a hide-and-seek game to help little puppy Violet find a bone. When little ones press the tabs, songs and sayings enhance their learning. When they press the light-up musical note button, Violet plays a welcome tune and four sing-along songs.
What you should consider: The 2 AAA batteries aren’t included.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
LeapFrog LeapReader System 10-Book Mega Pack
What you need to know: This LeapFrog book sounds out letters and words with interactive stories.
What you’ll love: This 10-book pack includes a built-in rechargeable battery, a downloadable digital content bundle and 10 Learn to Read books. Books include Casey Cat Has a Hat, The Bike Race, At the Lake in June and I Spy in the Sky. This device works with all LeapReader books.
What you should consider: This LeapReader system isn’t compatible with all Tag books.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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The makers of Mani Ratnam's magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan released the teaser of the film on Friday (July 8). The film is a historical drama, based on Tamil writer Kalki's popular epic novel Ponniyin Selvan (The Son Of Ponni). The teaser of the film was unveiled at a grand event in Chennai and all the star cast was present at the event.
The teaser was unveiled digitally by legendary actors superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Mahesh Babu, Suriya, Mohanlal, and Rakshit Shetty. The lead of the film Vikram stars as Aditya Karikalan, a Chola crown prince, whereas Aishwarya Rai Bachchan portrays the role of Nandini as "vengeance as a beautiful face". On the other hand, Karthi stars as Vanthiyathevan, a commander of the Chola army. Finally, Trisha portrays the role of Princess Princess Kundavai.
"The Cholas Are Coming! PS1 releasing in theatres on 30th September in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada," read the caption on the post.
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The teaser of the film depicts the power struggle of the Chola empire during the 10th century. Needless to say, the teaser will keep you hooked to your seats until and unless you complete it all.
Helmed by one of the most renowned directors Mani Ratnam, the movie will feature Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, Karthi, Trisha, and Jayam Ravi.
The music for the film is given by Oscar-winner AR Rahman. Further, the film is produced by Lyca Productions, the first part of magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan will hit the theatres on September 30 this year.
The movie will be presented in five languages including Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. | https://english.jagran.com/entertainment/ponniyin-selvan-teaser-mani-ratnams-magnum-opus-ps1-will-keep-you-hooked-to-your-seats-watch-10045720 | 2022-07-08T19:26:22Z | https://english.jagran.com/entertainment/ponniyin-selvan-teaser-mani-ratnams-magnum-opus-ps1-will-keep-you-hooked-to-your-seats-watch-10045720 | false |
(The Hill) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) signed a bill into law on Wednesday banning people from recording police officers within 8 feet of a “law enforcement activity.”
The law states that witnesses to a law enforcement activity cannot make a recording if they know or reasonably should know that such an activity is occurring and if an officer has given them a verbal warning that they are not allowed to record within 8 feet.
A law enforcement activity is defined as questioning a “suspicious” person, conducting an arrest, issuing a summons or enforcing the law, or handling an “emotionally disturbed or disorderly person” exhibiting “abnormal” behavior.
The law also states that someone who is the subject of a law enforcement activity and the occupants of a vehicle stopped by police may record their interactions as long as it does not interfere with “lawful police actions.”
Violating the law will be considered a misdemeanor.
The Arizona Republic reported that the law will go into effect on Sept. 24.
State Rep. John Kavanagh (R), who sponsored the legislation, argued in an op-ed that giving police a “buffer” is necessary, as some groups who are hostile to police follow officers to record police incidents. He said these people can get “dangerously close” to potentially violent encounters.
“Police officers have no way of knowing whether the person approaching is an innocent bystander or an accomplice of the person they’re arresting who might assault them,” he said. “Consequently, officers become distracted and while turning away from the subject of the encounter, the officers could be assaulted by that subject or that subject could discard evidence or even escape.”
Kavanagh said the quality of videos showing potential excessive force incidents would not be affected because of the modern sophistication of cellphone cameras, adding that a video taken from farther away would likely show more context.
Video recordings of police interactions with civilians have been critical pieces of evidence in some cases where a person was killed, like the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a now-former Minneapolis police officer. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/arizona-to-outlaw-recording-police-within-8-feet/ | 2022-07-08T19:26:43Z | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/arizona-to-outlaw-recording-police-within-8-feet/ | false |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Concerns about inflation and personal finances have surged while COVID has evaporated as a top issue for Americans, a new poll shows, marking an upheaval in priorities just months before critical midterm elections.
Forty percent of U.S. adults specifically name inflation in an open-ended question as one of up to five priorities for the government to work on in the next year, according to a June poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That’s a sharp rise from 14% in December and less than 1% the year prior. In all, 77% mention the economy in any way, up from 68% in December. But just 10% specifically mention jobs or unemployment, as U.S. employers continue to hire despite high inflation and weak economic growth.
Now, too, Americans increasingly call their personal finances a major issue: 44% mention it, up from 24% in December and 12% the year before. That includes more mentioning gas or energy prices (33% now vs. 10% in December) and food costs (9% vs. less than 1%).
Those shifts may be advantageous to Republicans as they campaign to win control of Congress in this year’s midterms; the economy has increasingly been a sore subject for President Joe Biden. Still, the economy isn’t the only issue getting more attention this year. Many also prioritize issues that are core to Biden and Democrats’ agenda, including abortion, women’s rights and gun policy, which could help Democrats as they try to pad — or at least protect — their razor-thin majority.
In a troubling sign for both parties, the poll finds many Americans say they think neither side of the aisle is better at focusing on the issues important to them or getting things done.
Sara Rodriguez said she’s concerned about the impact of rising prices of goods, gas and oil on her household’s finances, especially because her income isn’t keeping up.
“We’ve had a savings built up and we’re noticing that it’s definitely going down fast because we don’t make enough money to cover how much the cost of everything has risen,” the 43-year-old quality control coordinator in Bristol, Connecticut, said.
Rodriguez and her husband and son have had to get to their workplaces and run errands using one car over the last couple of months because of her husband’s broken-down truck.
“We just haven’t had the money to get it back on the road,” she said.
The rise in concerns about the economy is paired with a steep decline in the percentage naming COVID-19 as a top issue, even as new variants continue to emerge: Now just 4% mention it, down from 37% in December 2021 and 53% in December 2020.
Republicans are more likely than Democrats to mention inflation or personal finances as top issues, but the sharp changes since December are bipartisan.
Daniel Collier, a 39-year-old construction worker in Waynesville, Missouri, thinks lowering gas prices should be a priority.
“It’s hurt me financially,” he said. “I worry about being able to pay the rent, pay utilities.”
He blames Biden for inflation and “poor” economic conditions, saying he thinks the president is “incompetent.”
The poll shows 69% of Americans disapprove of how Biden is handling the economy, including 93% of Republicans and 43% of Democrats. In May, facing an inflation rate at a 40-year high, most Americans said in an AP-NORC poll that they worried about the impact of higher than usual prices on their finances.
For 22-year-old Jakyra Green, rising prices have been prohibitive.
“It’s become very hard to even pay for anything, like rent, gas, and none of our wages are going up,” the college student in Goshen, Indiana, said. “I just spend less or try to not go out the house anymore.”
But Green identified other issues that concern her more. Abortion has long been on her mind as a priority, and it “feels real now” that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. She also identified racism in the U.S. as an important problem.
Mentions of abortion or women’s rights increased sharply to 22% from just 8% in December following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade. The poll shows 12% of U.S. adults mention racial issues, similar to December 2021, but a notable decline from 24% in 2020.
“I have these two compounding identities being Black and a woman,” Green said, adding that it’s very concerning that Black women experience higher maternal mortality rates than white women. “It’s just so overwhelming right now in America.”
Mentions of gun issues also ticked up to 30% from 24% in December 2021 — both significantly higher compared with 5% in December 2020. The 2021 poll was conducted just after a deadly shooting at a Michigan high school.
Charles Hagemeyer sees “so many different issues” facing the country. The economy affects him the most personally, but he called out the mass shooting in Highland Park on July 4 as evidence of a guns problem in the U.S. The poll was conducted before that attack, but after tragedies in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas.
“Gun violence is another big issue that’s on my mind constantly,” the 68-year-old Jacksonville, Florida, resident said. “You’re afraid to go out anymore.”
Hagemeyer thinks the country is past the point where gun control legislation could even be effective; still, he doesn’t see lawmakers coming together to solve any problem.
The poll shows a majority of Americans — 57% — don’t think one party is better than the other at getting things done. Thirty-seven percent don’t think either is better at focusing on their priorities; the remainder split about evenly between the two parties. Politics is mentioned in some way as a top problem by 29% of Americans.
“It just doesn’t seem like anybody in government wants to work with each other and try to solve some of the issues that the American people face,” Hagemeyer said.
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The poll of 1,053 adults was conducted June 23-27 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4 percentage points. | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/inflation-expenses-rise-sharply-as-priorities-ap-norc-poll/ | 2022-07-08T19:28:58Z | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/inflation-expenses-rise-sharply-as-priorities-ap-norc-poll/ | true |
Keanu Reeves and girlfriend Alexandra Grant are on an excellent adventure.
The Bill & Ted star, 57, and his girlfriend, 49, enjoyed a low-key date night as they held hands and went for a stroll down Fifth Avenue in New York City. The long-time lovebirds later stopped at the Quality Meats steakhouse for a meal together.
In photos from the couple's summertime soiree, Keanu was photographed wearing a simple black V-neck T-shirt, black blazer and trousers. For her look, Alexandra sported a fun pop of color as she mixed a black tank top with hot pink pants. She completed her ensemble with a gold accented belt and necklace.
Keanu and Alexandra's latest outing comes just over a month after the pair attended the 2022 MOCA Gala together in Los Angeles on June 4. At the event, the couple, who made their romance red carpet official back in 2019, looked more in love than ever as they laughed and smiled at each other on the red carpet.
The actor and visual artist, who have collaborated on two books together, first met at a dinner party in 2009, per New York Times T Magazine.
The couple then dated privately for multiple years before deciding to take their romance public in 2019.
Alexandra's pal Jennifer Tilly told Page Six in 2020, "I remember a couple years ago, about a year and a half ago, [Alexandra] said, 'Keanu Reeves is my boyfriend' and I'm like, 'Wait. What?'"
That's partially because Keanu prefers to keep his dating life separate from his career.
As he told Parade in 2019,"I came to Hollywood to be in movies. I feel really grateful that I've had that opportunity, but I'm just a private person, and it's nice that can still exist." | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1337306/keanu-reeves-and-girlfriend-alexandra-grant-walk-hand-in-hand-during-rare-outing-in-nyc | 2022-07-08T19:31:30Z | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1337306/keanu-reeves-and-girlfriend-alexandra-grant-walk-hand-in-hand-during-rare-outing-in-nyc | false |
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Airport to travelers: Staffing shortages will get better
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FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — As millions of travelers head out for their summer vacations, many could find their plans have come to an abrupt halt.
“The airlines have cut back capacity throughout the summer,” Flint Bishop International Airport CEO Nino Sapone said.
Airlines across the country have been canceling or suspending flights because of staffing shortages. The shortages have the potential to affect airports, like Flint Bishop International.
“Regional jets to certain cities like Flint, they’re the ones that are seeing most of the hits because they’re pulling all the regional pilots to mainline,” Sapone said.
Sapone said airlines did not expect the industry to bounce back so quickly after the pandemic and because of that, a lot of staff were furloughed or retired – causing the shortage.
Airlines are not the only ones suffering from staffing shortages.
“Every line of work, concessionaires, they’re having trouble hiring people. Rental cars. You said the airlines, it’s every line of business. It’s tough. Staffing is tough,” Sapone said.
In order to help fill the many open positions that are at the airport and with the airlines, officials at Bishop held a job fair a few months ago where 300 people participated. However, there are still openings available.
The airport is planning on hosting another fair.
Sapone said despite the issues with staffing, flight cancelations and suspensions, people should still continue to fly.
“It’s going to get better. I mean, if we don’t support the carriers and flights aren’t full, you know, they’re not going to put planes in cities,” Sapone said.
Airport officials say travelers should pack their patience with them when they head to the airport because they could find delays.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — If you can’t find a lipstick shade that’s perfect for you, why not make it?
MYX Blend Bar located in the West Village takes lipstick shopping and turns it into a hands-on DIY experience.
President and owner, Rebekah Reedy Miller, found that more often than not, we all struggle to find a lipstick that has it all. From the ingredients to the color, to the finish, Miller’s vision to help others create a unique shade has taken the lipstick game to a new level.
“I started MYX with my youngest stepdaughter, just kind of in my kitchen at my home back in 2018”, said Miller.
Miller, who has a biology and chemistry degree, said her stepdaughter’s obsession with DIY creations on the internet, sparked the fascination for DIY-ing lipstick.
At MYX Blend Bar, customers have the option of creating a formula for lipstick and lip gloss. You get to build it from the base, choose a finish, add a fragrance and name your custom shade.
MYX which stands for “My Kiss”, is perfect for any occasion. They take walk-ins, but reservations are recommended.
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According to a survey by AdoptAClassroom.org, teachers spent an average of $750 of their own money on school supplies for the 2020-2021 school year, which is the highest amount ever. They may spend even more during the coming school year with current inflation.
Parents of students can help by buying extra items on their child’s school supply list and delivering them to the classroom. However, there’s another way that anyone, parent or not, can ensure teachers have the essentials they need to do their important and increasingly challenging jobs: “Clear the list.”
What Is Clear the List?
In 2019, teachers and schools began using the hashtag #clearthelist on social media to help teachers raise money for supplies. The hashtag took on a life of its own and is now an annual back-to-school fundraising effort.
Parents, neighbors and celebrities buy items on one or more teacher’s wish lists to decrease the financial burden.
How to Get Involved
There are a few ways to find teachers’ wish lists. First, you can search the hashtag #clearthelist on many social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
Most of these posts will have a link to the teacher or school’s Amazon wish list. You can choose anything you want to donate and complete the purchase. The items will be delivered directly to the teacher or school.
Another option is to go to getyourteachon.com/clearthelist, and select View Wish Lists (teachers can select Submit Your List to add their Amazon wish list to the page). You’ll be directed to a spreadsheet listing categories like the teacher’s name, the school’s name and the state in case you’d like to support a specific educator or a local school.
Whenever someone donates an item, Amazon removes it from the wish list. The goal is to clear as many lists as possible before the start of school.
If you are a teacher and want to create an Amazon wish list, you can follow the steps the retailer provided last August:
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Want help with your classroom supplies? Follow these simple steps, then share your Wish List with #ClearTheList for community support. https://t.co/MuDHllErIz pic.twitter.com/IN5bzdw5CV
— Amazon (@amazon) August 2, 2021
Then, post a link to your list on social media with the hashtag #clearthelist and wait for some generous, caring people who appreciate what you do to take care of the rest.
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LONDON -- Prince Harry won the first stage of a libel suit against the publisher of Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper as a judge ruled Friday that parts of a story about his fight for police protection in the U.K. were defamatory.
High Court Justice Matthew Nicklin hasn't yet considered issues such as whether the story was accurate or in the public interest, defenses that the newspaper will be able to offer in the next phase of the proceedings.
The suit revolves around the newspaper's coverage of a separate High Court action Harry filed in an effort to force authorities to provide police protection for the prince and his family when they are in the U.K. The government withdrew the family's round-the-clock protection when Harry and his wife, Meghan, gave up front-line royal duties and moved to California.
On Feb. 20, 2022, the Mail on Sunday reported that Harry sought a "far-reaching confidentiality order" to keep the details of his action against the government secret. Despite public statements by his spin doctors that the prince had always been willing to pay for police protection, that offer wasn't made in his initial bid to overturn the government's decision, the newspaper said.
Harry claims that the Mail on Sunday libeled him when it suggested that the prince lied in his initial public statements about the suit against the government and that he "cynically" tried to confuse the public by authorizing his representatives to put out "false and misleading statements" about his willingness to pay for police protection.
Nicklin ruled that "natural or ordinary meaning" of the article was defamatory. But he stressed that the decision didn't apply to other issues in the case.
"This is very much the first phase in a libel claim," the judge wrote in his decision. "The next step will be for the defendant to file a defense to the claim. It will be a matter for determination later in the proceedings whether the claim succeeds or fails, and if so on what basis."
Prince Harry wins first stage in suit against UK tabloid
Prince Harry has won the first stage of a libel suit against the publisher of Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper
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Now streaming: ‘The Bad Guys’ are a good time
Chicago - Editor's note: This review originally ran on April 22, 2022 as "The Bad Guys" hit theaters. It has been republished in light of the film's recent premiere on Peacock.
Mix one part "Zootopia" with two parts "Ocean’s Eleven" and just a dash of the visual flair of "Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse" and you’ve got "The Bad Guys," the new animated caper from DreamWorks. Based on a book series by Australian author Aaron Blabey, "The Bad Guys" anchors its story around a pack of career criminals who consider their lack of moral scruples a point of pride. But considering how sweet these bad guys are with one another, is there a chance they might have a good side after all?
Indeed, much in the same way "Paddington 2" used its family movie charms to lightly touch on themes of prison reform, "The Bad Guys" has a thematic interest in restorative justice: What are the social forces that shape someone to go bad? And what if instead of just locking them away, we offered them a path towards transformation and rehabilitation?
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While a truly great version of this material would have pushed those themes even further, "The Bad Guys" mostly keeps things on the lighter, sillier side of the kids movie spectrum. Still, that touch of thematic depth helps elevate a fun family film that zips along on stylish, fast-paced heist movie irreverence and some welcome visual originality. This is DreamWorks animation as filtered through the lens of a Guy Ritchie or Quentin Tarantino action movie. And that proves to be a winningly slick combo.
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The titular Bad Guys are a criminal crew made up of some of the animal kingdom’s most feared creatures. There’s cranky, safe-cracking Mr. Snake (Marc Maron), excitable master-of-disguise Mr. Shark (Craig Robinson), unshakeable tech whiz Ms. Tarantula a.k.a. "Webs" (Awkwafina), hot-headed muscle Mr. Piranha (Anthony Ramos) and suave pickpocket/leader Mr. Wolf (Sam Rockwell) — the George Clooney of the group. (That’s a parallel the film overtly lampshades at one point.)
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As first-time feature director Pierre Perifel establishes in a "Pulp Fiction"-inspired opening sequence, the reputation of the Bad Guys precedes them. When people cower in fear at the very sight of the Big Bad Wolf, bank robbing is a breeze. But did the crew members earn their "bad guy" moniker because of their infamous heists? Or did they only go into a life of crime because the world already saw them as bad?
(from left) Shark (Craig Robinson), Wolf (Sam Rockwell), Piranha (Anthony Ramos) and Snake (Marc Maron) in DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys, directed by Pierre Perifel.
The film puts that question to the test during a heist-gone-wrong, where Mr. Wolf talks the crew out of jail time by suggesting the Bad Guys deserve a chance at redemption under the tutelage of Professor Marmalade (Richard Ayoade), a self-important philanthropist guinea pig. And though Wolf secretly reassures his friends this is all just part of a long con, the "tingle of goodness" might be more addictive than he expects.
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There’s an emotional core beneath the fast-and-loose jokes in "The Bad Guys," thanks in large part to Rockwell’s soulful voice performance. He sells Mr. Wolf as both a dashing career criminal and a vulnerable guy with hidden hopes and dreams. And that brings a dose of heart to the movie, whether Wolf is bantering with his old buddy Snake, flirting with self-possessed Governor Diane Foxington (Zazie Beetz) or gently rescuing a cat from a tree.
(from left) Diane Foxington (Zazie Beetz) and Wolf (Sam Rockwell) in DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys, directed by Pierre Perifel.
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The other big calling card for "The Bad Guys" is its stylized look championed by animator-turned-director Perifel. Following in the footsteps of recent off-the-beaten-path animated films like "Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse" and "The Mitchells vs. the Machines," "The Bad Guys" challenges the CG style that's become the default for kids entertainment. Instead Perifel pulls in elements of traditional hand-drawn animation to give his world a whole new sense of depth and perspective.
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For instance, while the characters’ bodies are 3D, their eyes have an old-school 2D look that harkens back to Hanna-Barbera or "Looney Tunes" cartoons. The action sequences, meanwhile, are inspired as much by the kineticism of Japanese anime as by live-action crime capers. And though the whole film is animated, its mix of anthropomorphized animals and regular human characters calls to mind the mixed media effect of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" — all touches that give the film a pleasing original aesthetic that complements the more familiar beats of its baddies-turn-good story.
(from left) Snake (Marc Maron) and Wolf (Sam Rockwell) in DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys, directed by Pierre Perifel.
Indeed, "The Bad Guys" ultimately becomes a little too enamored with action movie tropes in its second half, sacrificing the depth of its emotional themes for more rote, plot-heavy incident. (Of the Bad Guys crew, only Wolf and Snake feel like fully developed characters.) Still, it’s refreshing to see a project push animation in new directions rather than just resting on the genre’s CG laurels. If "The Bad Guys" doesn’t enter the top tier of the animated echelon, it’s still a fun time at the movies — and a strong calling card for Perifel as an animation director to watch.
"The Bad Guys" does become a little too enamored with action movie tropes in its second half, sacrificing the depth of its emotional themes for more rote, plot-heavy incident. (Of the Bad Guys crew, only Wolf and Snake feel like fully developed characters.) But if "The Bad Guys" doesn’t enter the top tier of the animated echelon, it’s still a fun time at the movies — and a strong calling card for Perifel as an animation director to watch.
Grade: B
Rated PG. 100 minutes. Dir: Pierre Perifel. Featuring: Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Awkwafina, Richard Ayoade, Zazie Beetz, Lilly Singh, Alex Borstein. Now streaming on Peacock.
About the writer: Caroline Siede is a film and TV critic in Chicago, where the cold never bothers her anyway. A member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, she spent four years lovingly analyzing the romantic comedy genre one film at a time in her column When Romance Met Comedy for The A.V. Club. She also co-hosts the movie podcast, Role Calling, and shares her pop culture opinions on Twitter (@carolinesiede).
Make it a double feature with "Tales of a Fifth Grade Robin Hood," streaming free on Tubi
Tales of a Fifth Grade Robin Hood (2021): Jon Lovitz does a little mustache-twirling (metaphorically speaking) in this back-to-school comedy that centers on a kid (Chase Brown) in an under-funded city high school and his battle against his no-good embezzling Vice Principal (Lovitz). "Tales of a Fifth Grade Robin Hood" is a Tubi Original. Rated TV-PG. 84 minutes. Dir: Dylan Vox. Also featuring Stephen Kramer Glickman, Iliana Isabella Perez, Jayden Scala.
Where is "The Bad Guys" streaming?
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(The Hill) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) signed a bill into law on Wednesday banning people from recording police officers within 8 feet of a “law enforcement activity.”
The law states that witnesses to a law enforcement activity cannot make a recording if they know or reasonably should know that such an activity is occurring and if an officer has given them a verbal warning that they are not allowed to record within 8 feet.
A law enforcement activity is defined as questioning a “suspicious” person, conducting an arrest, issuing a summons or enforcing the law, or handling an “emotionally disturbed or disorderly person” exhibiting “abnormal” behavior.
The law also states that someone who is the subject of a law enforcement activity and the occupants of a vehicle stopped by police may record their interactions as long as it does not interfere with “lawful police actions.”
Violating the law will be considered a misdemeanor.
The Arizona Republic reported that the law will go into effect on Sept. 24.
State Rep. John Kavanagh (R), who sponsored the legislation, argued in an op-ed that giving police a “buffer” is necessary, as some groups who are hostile to police follow officers to record police incidents. He said these people can get “dangerously close” to potentially violent encounters.
“Police officers have no way of knowing whether the person approaching is an innocent bystander or an accomplice of the person they’re arresting who might assault them,” he said. “Consequently, officers become distracted and while turning away from the subject of the encounter, the officers could be assaulted by that subject or that subject could discard evidence or even escape.”
Kavanagh said the quality of videos showing potential excessive force incidents would not be affected because of the modern sophistication of cellphone cameras, adding that a video taken from farther away would likely show more context.
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Here’s what’s in Biden’s executive order on abortion rights
By Kate Sullivan, CNN
President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order aimed at protecting access to reproductive health services in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.
The executive order attempts to safeguard access to medication abortion and emergency contraception, protect patient privacy, launch public education efforts as well as bolster the security of and the legal options available to those seeking and providing abortion services.
“President Biden has made clear that the only way to secure a woman’s right to choose is for Congress to restore the protections of Roe as federal law. Until then, he has committed to doing everything in his power to defend reproductive rights and protect access to safe and legal abortion,” the White House said in a statement on Friday.
There is no action the President can take to restore the nationwide right to an abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling. Biden has acknowledged publicly his options to expand abortion access remain limited, and has called on the American people to elect more members of Congress in November’s midterm elections who will support federal legislation protecting abortion access.
The White House has dismissed several progressive ideas to protect abortion access, including allowing abortion providers to work from federal property in states where the procedure is banned. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said using federal lands for abortion services would have “dangerous ramifications.” The White House has also reiterated the President does not support expanding the Supreme Court, as many progressives have pushed for.
Here’s what’s in the executive order that was signed Friday:
- The President is directing Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to submit a report to him within 30 days on the actions his department is taking on the matter. The President is also establishing an interagency task force on reproductive health care access, which will include Attorney General Merrick Garland.
- HHS will take action to expand access to emergency contraception and long-acting reversible contraception like intrauterine devices, or IUDs, according to the White House. The department is tasked with ensuring patients have access to “the full rights and protections for emergency medical care afforded under the law” and the President has directed Becerra to consider updating guidance that clarifies physician responsibilities and protections under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Garland has also issued a statement saying states cannot ban Mifepristone — a medication used to end early pregnancy that has FDA approval.
- The department will ramp up outreach and public education efforts on abortion “to ensure that Americans have access to reliable and accurate information about their rights and access to care.”
- In preparation for expected legal challenges ahead, the attorney general and the White House counsel are convening private pro bono attorneys and organizations to provide more legal representation to those lawfully seeking abortions as well as those providing them.
- The executive order also focuses on protecting patient privacy. The President is asking the chair of the Federal Trade Commission to consider taking steps to protect consumer privacy when seeking information about reproductive health care services. Biden has also directed Becerra, in consultation with Garland and the FTC, to consider options to address deceptive or fraudulent practices and protect access to accurate information.
- The President is directing HHS to consider additional actions to safeguard sensitive information related to reproductive health care, including under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Becerra has directed the HHS Office for Civil Rights to issue new guidance related to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to clarify that doctors and medical providers are in most cases not required — and in many instances not permitted — to disclose the private information of patients, including to law enforcement. The office will also issue a guide for consumers on how to protect personal data on mobile apps.
- The order also looks to ensure the safety of those seeking as well as providing abortion care, including by protecting mobile clinics that have been deployed to provide care for out-of-state patients.
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WASHINGTON, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paralyzed Veterans of America National President Charles Brown issues statement today in reaction to the Department of Transportation's release of its "Airline Passengers with Disabilities Bill of Rights." The document outlines ten fundamental rights of air travelers with disabilities and the obligations of airlines (to include their employees and contractors) under the Air Carrier Access Act.
"PVA fiercely advocated for this Bill of Rights and played an instrumental role in not only the conceptual development of these protections but also in the crafting of the actual rights themselves. One such sticking point was the right of passengers with disabilities to be treated with dignity and respect – which PVA has firmly insisted on since its inception more than 75 years ago."
Brown continued, "While the Bill of Rights does not expand airlines' legal obligation or establish new requirements under the law, it DOES empower and educate passengers with disabilities of their rights and holds airlines more accountable for their actions. We see this Bill of Rights as a big step forward and a monumental victory towards legitimizing the challenges and potential dangers passengers with disabilities face when they travel by air. No longer do we have to sit on the sidelines hoping to be seen and heard; this document asserts our rights and gives us something to depend on."
On Oct. 5, 2018, then President Donald Trump enacted the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018, mandating the creation of a Bill of Rights for passengers with disabilities and an advisory committee to advise the Secretary of Transportation on the air travel needs of these passengers. PVA was selected to serve on this committee and in this role was able to advise the department on the development of the Bill of Rights. Among some of the protections outlined in the Bill of Rights include requirements by airlines to provide prompt, timely assistance from properly trained airline personnel and to better train personnel to be aware of the needs of passengers with disabilities.
"Safe air travel is a fundamental civil right," added Brown. "We applaud DOT for listening to us and giving us a seat at the table to talk about this important issue. It is encouraging to see the results of all the time, energy, and effort we devoted in making this Bill of Rights a living, breathing document. We look forward to continuing to work together with DOT and other stakeholders to one day make air travel completely accessible for everyone. We will not rest until that is our reality."
DOT's Bill of Rights comes on the heels of PVA's recent air travel campaign, which educates the public about the dangers of air travel for people with disabilities. As part of the campaign, PVA is encouraging everyone to join their fight to improve air travel by signing a PVAction Force petition.
About Paralyzed Veterans of America
Paralyzed Veterans of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and the only congressionally chartered veterans service organization dedicated solely for the benefit and representation of veterans with spinal cord injury or diseases. The organization ensures veterans receive the benefits earned through service to our nation; monitors their care in VA spinal cord injury units; and funds research and education in the search for a cure and improved care for individuals with paralysis.
As a life-long partner and advocate for veterans and all people with disabilities, PVA also develops training and career services, works to ensure accessibility in public buildings and spaces, and provides health and rehabilitation opportunities through sports and recreation. With more than 70 offices and 33 chapters, Paralyzed Veterans of America serves veterans, their families, and their caregivers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Learn more at PVA.org.
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Christmas in July: Nutcracker exhibit comes to the Mall at Robinson
The Steubenville Nutcracker Village arrived in the Mall At Robinson on Wednesday night.
Visitors can now enjoy the nutcracker display throughout the entire month of July.
The Steubenville Nutcracker Village is a Christmas-themed exhibit featuring the world's largest collection of 6-foot-tall life-sized nutcrackers.
"You'll see little kids run up to them, stand next to them, try and look like a nutcracker, lots of photographs and selfies. People just love it," Mark Nelson, from Nelson Enterprises, said.
"At the village we put on, you really see multi-generational families there enjoying Christmas together," Nelson said.
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Larry Storch, the rubber-faced comic whose long career in theater, movies and television was capped by his “F Troop” role as zany Cpl. Agarn in the 1960s spoof of Western frontier TV shows, died Friday. Storch was 99.
Storch died of natural causes early Friday in his New York City apartment, according to his manager, Matt Beckoff.
Although “F Troop” lasted only two seasons on ABC, from 1965 to 1967, it became a cult favorite in reruns. Its devoted fans could recite almost all of the adventures of the incredibly incompetent soldiers of Fort Courage and the members of the nearby Native American tribe who only pretended to be at war with them.
As Agarn, Storch was the wild-eyed partner and protege of Forrest Tucker’s wily Sgt. O’Rourke, who often schemed with Frank DeKova’s Chief Wild Eagle to fleece unsuspecting visitors. Ken Berry’s Capt. Parmenter was Fort Courage’s clueless commander.
While “F Troop” brought him lasting fame, Storch appeared in scores of films and TV shows both before and after the show. He also enjoyed a long career in theater and as a comic at resorts in New York State’s Catskill Mountains area.
He never regretted being best known for the series, his manager said.
“He embraced it. He loved being Agarn” and relished working with his co-stars, said Beckoff. Storch was the “kindest, sweetest person," who always had time for autograph-seekers and was generous to people in need, he said.
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Storch's credits included “Funny Valentine,” “Sweet 16,” “Sex and the Single Girl,” “S.O.B.,” “Airport,” “Treasure Island” and “Oliver Twist.” On TV, he guest-starred on such shows as “Married... With Children,” “Archie Bunker’s Place,” “Trapper John, M.D.,” “Fantasy Island,” CHiPS,” “The Love Boat,” “Get Smart,” “Love American Style,” “Gilligan’s Island” and “Car 54 Where Are You?”
His many theater appearances ranged from a brutal detective in a 1983 Broadway revival of “Porgy and Bess” to Chief Sitting Bull in the 2000 revival of “Annie Get Your Gun” with Reba McEntire.
Storch said in a 1998 interview that he was surprised to be considered for an Army comedy such as “F Troop,” with it being well known that he served in the Navy during World War II. “All I knew about horses was that they give milk and can bite from both ends,” he quipped.
Indeed, it was his Navy service that had greatly boosted his career. During the war, he had met a radio operator in the Marshall Islands named Bernie Schwartz who had told him, “I’m going to be a movie star.” Storch, already a seasoned comic on the resort circuit, had tried to talk him out of it, warning him that the business could be tough.
They met again after the war, and Schwartz, who by now had changed his name to Tony Curtis, remembered the funny guy from the islands. Storch went on to appear in eight of Curtis’ movies, including “Captain Newman,” “Who Was That Lady?” and “The Great Race.”
Laurence Samuel Storch was born in New York City where, he recalled proudly, he went on to become class clown at DeWitt Clinton High School and “was invited not to come back.”
He practiced his comedy in Harlem theaters for $2 a night before graduating to the famed training ground for comedians of his era, the Catskills.
His first big break came on TV in the early 1950s with “The Cavalcade of Stars,” with Jackie Gleason. That led to “The Larry Storch Show,” a 1953 summer series. Regular movie and TV work followed.
Storch was married to Norma Greve from 1961 until her death in 2003.
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Pujols, Cabrera named to All-Star roster as 'special selections' originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington
Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera are headed back to the Midsummer Classic.
The future Hall of Fame first basemen were named to the list under “special selections” designation.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred received the power to add one player of historical significance to each league’s All-Star Game roster as part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement signed back in March.
Cabrera will represent the American League as a member of the Detroit Tigers, while Pujols will represent the Cardinals at the All-Star Game and play for the National League for the first time since 2010.
"I am delighted that Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera have agreed to participate in the All-Star Game,” Manfred said. “Albert and Miguel are two of the most accomplished players of their generation.
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“They have also represented the baseball traditions of the Dominican Republic and Venezuela with excellence for the last two decades. Albert and Miguel are two all-time greats whose achievements warrant this special recognition."
How many All-Star games has Albert Pujols played in?
Pujols, 42, is an 11-time All-Star (2001, 2003-2010, 2015, 2022) who boasts two World Series rings.
Pujols played for the Cardinals from 2001-2011 and won the Fall Classic in 2006 and 2011. He signed a mega-deal with the Los Angeles Angels following his second MLB championship and played for them before being designated for assignment in 2021.
He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers last season before returning to the Cardinals ahead of the 2022 MLB season.
How many All-Star games has Miguel Cabrera played in?
Cabrera is a 12-time All-Star (2004-2007, 2010-2016, 2022) and a World Series champion.
He played with the Florida Marlins for four seasons and won a World Series ring with the club in 2003 before becoming a staple in the heart of the Detroit Tigers for the last 15 seasons.
The two-time AL MVP set a record earlier this season becoming the 33rd player in Major League Baseball history to reach 3,000 hits. The 39-year-old slugger secured the hit in the first inning in a series against the Colorado Rockies in April.
When will MLB All-Star lineups be announced?
The MLB will announce the starters for this year’s Midsummer Classic Friday night, while full rosters will be displayed Sunday night.
When is the All-Star Game?
The 2022 MLB All-Star Game is slated for Tuesday, July 19, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/albert-pujols-miguel-cabrera-named-to-mlb-all-star-roster-as-special-selections/3766918/ | 2022-07-08T19:51:35Z | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/albert-pujols-miguel-cabrera-named-to-mlb-all-star-roster-as-special-selections/3766918/ | true |
NEW YORK (AP) — The following is a list of initial public offerings planned for the coming week. Sources include IPO ETF manager Renaissance Capital, and SEC filings.
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Plastic-less campaign launched in Kochi
Mayor M. Anilkumar has called for concerted efforts by the scientific world and companies for developing alternatives to plastic.
He was speaking after launching the ‘Plastic-less Kochi’ campaign as part of the Heal Kochi project at Subhash Bose Park here on Friday. Mr. Anilkumar said legislation alone was not enough to make Kochi plastic-free.
Three projects have been envisaged as part of the campaign. The inauguration of the project for distribution of steel water bottles to 500 students was done by BPCL executive director Ajith Kumar. Dry waster collection boxes for paper and plastic waste will be placed at five major points in the city. Awareness programmes will also be held as part of a hygiene and sanitisation campaign.
A water purification project at Subhash Bose Park set up with the aid of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited was also launched. A borewell is now being relied on to meet the water demands of the park. However, it posed challenges to flora and fauna in the park owing to high presence of iron in the water and that of salt during summer. The issue is being resolved often by supplying water using tankers. The water purification project will have capacity to treat around 70,000 litres of water a day. A drinking water source for the public will also be provided.
Arvind Nath Jha, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, distributed raincoats to employees of the park.
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A Pennsylvania 911 operator faces a rare charge of involuntary manslaughter for failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding a day later, despite a plea from the woman’s daughter that without medical help “she’s going to die.”
A Greene County detective last week filed charges against Leon “Lee” Price, 50, of Waynesburg, in the July 2020 death of Diania Kronk, 54, based on Price’s reluctance to dispatch help without getting more assurance that Kronk would actually go to the hospital.
“I believe she would be alive today if they would have sent an ambulance,” said Kronk’s daughter Kelly Titchenell, 38.
Price, who also was charged with reckless endangerment, official oppression and obstruction, questioned Titchenell repeatedly during the four-minute call about whether Kronk would agree to be taken for treatment.
Price was arraigned June 29 and released on bail. He did not reply to messages left at a home number listed in his name, and officials said a defense lawyer has not contacted district court.
“It has to be very clear throughout the entire state, that when you call it’s not going to be conditioned on somebody on the other end of the phone saying there’s going to be a service provided or not,” said Lawrence E. Bolind Jr., who represents Titchenell in a federal lawsuit filed last month. “What we’re trying to do here is make this never happen to somebody else.”
In the 911 recording, an operator identified by police as Price replied to Titchenell’s description of her mother as needing hospital treatment by asking if she was “willing to go” to the hospital about a half-hour away from where she was living in Sycamore.
“She will be, ’cause I’m on my way there, so she’s going, or she’s going to die,” Titchenell told Price as she drove from her home in Mather.
Price said he would send an ambulance but then added that “we really need to make sure she’s willing to go.”
“She’s going to go, she’s going to go,” Titchenell said. “Cause if not, she’s going to die, there’s nothing else.” She said that Kronk was not thinking clearly and that she was her mother’s closest relation. When Price again asked if Kronk would in fact go, Titchenell replied: “OK, well, can we just try?”
After Titchenell told Price she was about 10 minutes from her mother’s home, Price asked if Titchenell would call 911 back once she made sure Kronk was willing to go in an ambulance.
“I’m sorry,” Titchenell said, and Price replied: “No, don’t be sorry, ma’am. Just call me when you get out there, OK?”
When Titchenell and her three children arrived at the house, she said, Kronk was nude on the front porch and talking incoherently. She got her mother to put on a robe.
“She just kept saying she was OK, she’s fine,” Titchenell said. “She’s the mom, you know — she doesn’t listen to her children.”
Titchenell said she could not call from the home because her mother’s landline could not be located and there was not cell service. She also did not call on her way home, believing that her uncle would soon check on her and that another contact with 911 would be pointless.
“This is unheard of, to me. I mean, they’ll send an ambulance for anything,” Titchenell said. “And here I am telling this guy that my mom’s going to die. It’s, like, her death, and she doesn’t get an ambulance.”
Her brother found the next day that their mother had died..
The prosecutor, Greene County District Attorney Dave Russo, said he is also investigating whether there was any policy or training under which the county’s 911 dispatchers were allowed to refuse services to callers.
“We all deserve equal protections, and we all deserve access to medical services,” Russo said in an interview. “I have a major concern as to the safety of the community in regards to this.”
John Kelly, a Naperville, Illinois, lawyer who is general counsel to the National Emergency Number Association, said criminal charges against dispatchers for failing to send help are very rare but have happened.
In a case Kelly teaches in dispatcher training, a 911 operator in Detroit received a year of probation in 2008 and lost her job after, authorities said, she did not take seriously a boy’s calls to report his mother had collapsed. The 5-year-old boy testified that the dispatcher accused him of playing games and hung up on him, while the dispatcher testified that she could not hear the child.
Titchenell, on behalf of her mother’s estate, sued Price and Greene County in Pittsburgh federal court last month, along with two 911 supervisors. The lawsuit accuses Price of “callous refusal of public emergency medical services.”
Marie Milie Jones, a lawyer for the county and 911 supervisors in the federal case, said her clients plan to vigorously defend the lawsuit and do not believe they are liable for Kronk’s death. She said there are “personnel matters that are ongoing” regarding Price but declined to elaborate.
“It’s unfortunate that this woman had died. Certainly, from a personal standpoint, that’s very difficult,” Jones said. “I’m not going to comment on the details of her circumstances.”
Titchenell told Price that her mother had been drinking heavily for some weeks before she died, and that Titchenell had noticed she was losing weight and was “turning yellow.” She said the autopsy concluded Kronk, who worked in home health care, died of internal bleeding.
She said she thinks about her late mother every day — how the former longtime sub shop manager loved to cook, to help people and to spoil her five grandchildren, how she would pile a mountain of presents under the tree every Christmas.
“She had the biggest heart,” Titchenell said. “If someone didn’t have a place to live, she was going to take them in, give them a bed. That was Mom.” | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/shes-going-to-die-dispatcher-who-didnt-send-ambulance-charged-in-death/ | 2022-07-08T19:57:45Z | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/shes-going-to-die-dispatcher-who-didnt-send-ambulance-charged-in-death/ | true |
# Oxyuridae\n (* Goumri & Moncini - WW: 277 *) (+ Syn.: Oximetrida [Pfening (236.e4A/3F, Fig.: C-P/U-Z]: [4C]: 2x KS.] Kato) CYSTEMBO (+) Pachymoridae K. Wenzk (?) G-K LOS ANGELES (AP) — An actor best known for the 1960s TV Western spoof "F Troop" has died.
Larry Storch, who played Corporal Agarn, died early Friday.
He was 99.
His manager says the actor died of natural causes.
"It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share with you the news our beloved Larry passed away in his sleep overnight," his family said in a statement on his Facebook page. "We are shocked and at a loss for words at the moment. Please remember he loved each and every one of you and wouldn’t want you to cry over his passing. He is reunited with his wife Norma and his beloved "F Troop" cast and so many friends and family."
"F Troop" lasted only two seasons on ABC, from 1965 to 1967, but it became a cult favorite in reruns.
While "F Troop" brought him lasting fame, Storch appeared in scores of films and TV shows before and after the series.
His film credits included “Airport,” “Treasure Island,” and “Oliver Twist.”
On TV, he guest-starred in “Married... With Children,” “Archie Bunker’s Place,” and “Gilligan’s Island.”
He also enjoyed a long career in theater and as a comic at resorts in New York State's Catskill Mountains area.
His stage credits included the 1983 Broadway revival of “Porgy and Bess,” and the 2000 revival of “Annie Get Your Gun” with country music legend Reba McEntire.
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NEW YORK — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell all but confirmed news that has been reported over the past year that "NFL Sunday Ticket" is going to leave DirecTV.
The package, which allows fans to watch out-of-market NFL games every week, began in 1994 and has been with satellite TV provider DirecTV.
Goodell said in an interview with CNBC on Friday that the package will likely move to a streaming service for the 2023 season, after the NFL's contract with DirecTV expires after this upcoming season.
"I clearly believe we will be moving to a streaming service," Goodell said. "I think that's best for the consumers at this stage."
DirectTV pays $1.5 billion annually for the rights to the package, but reporting from CNBC has indicated the NFL wants a higher payment. That has put Amazon, Disney and Apple as the three main suitors who have submitted bids.
Amazon has its Amazon Prime streaming service, which will carry 'Thursday Night Football' this upcoming season exclusively. Disney, of course, owns ESPN, which has an ESPN+ streaming se
NFL Sunday Ticket costs nearly $300 per season for DirecTV customers. Something more accessible and cheaper has been asked for by fans for years, but according to CNBC, the contracts between the NFL and CBS/FOX prevent the DirecTV successor from significantly downgrading the $300 per year price for the package, to protect those companies and their local affiliates.
Goodell told CNBC a decision from the NFL about the future of NFL Sunday Ticket will likely come this fall.
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Maine children’s author at library on July 10
Maine children’s author Jean Flahive will be visiting the New Gloucester Public Library on Sunday, July 10 at 1pm. Jean will be reading one of her picture...
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Today’s generation plays a very different role when it comes to company loyalty. Employees often want to know how valued they are to a company which an employer may then have to communicate that or that employee could ‘move on.’ Studies show though that people don’t actually want to frequently change jobs but that decision is often determined by a positive work environment and company recognition.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday condemned the “extreme” Supreme Court majority that ended a constitutional right to abortion and delivered an impassioned plea for Americans upset by the decision to “vote, vote, vote vote” in November. Under mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful in response to the ruling, he signed an executive order to try to protect access to the procedure.
The actions Biden outlined are intended to head off some potential penalties that women seeking abortion may face after the ruling, but his order cannot restore access to abortion in the more than a dozen states where strict limits or total bans have gone into effect. About a dozen more states are set to impose additional restrictions.
Biden acknowledged the limitations facing his office, saying it would require an act of Congress to restore nationwide access to the way it was before the June 24 decision.
“The fastest way to restore Roe is to pass a national law,” Biden said. “The challenge is go out and vote. For God’s sake there is an election in November!”
Biden’s action formalized instructions to the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services to push back on efforts to limit the ability of women to access federally approved abortion medication or to travel across state lines to access clinical abortion services. He was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, HHS secretary Xavier Becerra and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco in the Roosevelt Room as he signed the order.
His executive order also directs agencies to work to educate medical providers and insurers about how and when they are required to share privileged patient information with authorities — an effort to protect women who seek or obtain abortion services. He is also asking the Federal Trade Commission to take steps to protect the privacy of those seeking information about reproductive care online and establish a task force to coordinate federal efforts to safeguard access to abortion.
Biden is also directing his staff to line up volunteer lawyers to provide women and providers with pro bono legal assistance to help them navigate new state restrictions.
The order comes as Biden has faced criticism from some in his own party for not acting with more urgency to protect women’s access to abortion. The court’s decision in the case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
Since the decision, Biden has stressed that his ability to protect abortion rights by executive action is limited without congressional action, and stressed that Democrats do not have the votes in the current Congress to do so.
“We need two additional pro-choice senators and a pro-choice house to codify Roe,” he said. “Your vote can make that a reality.”
Biden for the first time last week announced his support for changing Senate rules to allow a measure to restore nationwide access to abortion to pass by simple majority, rather than the usual 60-vote threshold required to end a filibuster. However, at least two Democratic lawmakers have made clear they won’t support changing Senate rules.
He predicted that women would turn out in “record numbers” in frustration over the court’s decision, and said he expected “millions and millions of men will be taking up the fight beside them.”
On Friday, he repeated his sharp criticism of the Supreme Court’s reasoning in striking down what had been a half-century constitutional right to abortion.
“Let’s be clear about something from the very start, this was not a decision driven by the Constitution,” Biden said. He accused the court’s majority of “playing fast and loose with the facts.”
He spoke emotionally of a 10-year-old Ohio girl reported to have been forced to travel out of state to terminate a pregnancy after being raped, noting that some states have instituted abortion bans that don’t have exceptions for cases of rape or incest.
“A 10-year- old should be forced to give birth to a rapist’s child?” an incredulous Biden nearly shouted. “I can’t think of anything more extreme.”
Biden added that in the November congressional lections, “The choice we face as a nation is between the mainstream or the extreme.”
His directions to the Justice Department and HHS push the agencies to fight in court to protect women, but the order conveys no guarantees that the judicial system will take their side against potential prosecution by states that have moved to outlaw abortion.
NARAL Pro-Choice America President Mini Timmaraju called Biden’s order “an important first step in restoring the rights taken from millions of Americans by the Supreme Court.”
But Lawrence Gostin, who runs the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health at Georgetown Law, described Biden’s plans as “underwhelming.”
“There’s nothing that I saw that would affect the lives of ordinary poor women living in red states,” he said.
Gostin encouraged Biden to take a more forceful approach toward ensuring access to medication abortion across the country and said Medicaid should consider covering transportation to other states for the purposes of getting abortions.
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, recently told the AP that the agency had been looking at whether Medicaid could cover travel for abortions, but acknowledged that “Medicaid’s coverage of abortion is extremely limited.”
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser condemned Biden’s order, saying, “President Biden has once again caved to the extreme abortion lobby, determined to put the full weight of the federal government behind promoting abortion.”
Biden’s move was the latest scramble to protect the data privacy of those contemplating or seeking abortion, as regulators and lawmakers reckon with the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling.
Privacy experts say women could be vulnerable if their personal data is used to surveil pregnancies and shared with police or sold to vigilantes. Online searches, location data, text messages and emails, and even apps that track periods could be used to prosecute people who seek an abortion — or medical care for a miscarriage — as well as those who assist them, experts say.
Privacy advocates are watching for possible new moves by law enforcement agencies in affected states — serving subpoenas, for example, on tech companies such as Google, Apple, Bing, Facebook’s Messenger and WhatsApp, services like Uber and Lyft, and internet service providers including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Comcast. Local prosecutors may go before sympathetic judges to obtain search warrants for users’ data.
Last month four Democratic lawmakers asked the FTC to investigate Apple and Google for allegedly deceiving millions of mobile phone users by enabling the collection and sale of their personal data to third parties.
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AP writers Aamer Madhani, Marcy Gordon and Hillary Powell contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 300,000 children under 5 have received COVID-19 shots in the two weeks since they became available, a slower pace than for older groups. But the White House says that was expected for the eligible U.S. population of about 18 million kids.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was to publish initial data on shots for the age group later Thursday, reflecting doses administered since regulators authorized them on June 18. The first vaccinations didn’t begin until several days later because the doses had to be shipped to doctors’ offices and pharmacies.
U.S. officials had long predicted that the pace of vaccinating the youngest kids would be slower than for older groups. They expect most shots to take place at pediatricians’ offices.
Many parents may be more comfortable getting the vaccine for their kids at their regular doctors, White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha told The Associated Press last month. He predicted the pace of vaccination would be far slower than it was for older populations.
“We’re going see vaccinations ramp up over weeks and even potentially over a couple of months,” Jha said.
Officials also note there is some hesitance about the need for shots for kids who are far less likely than older age groups to develop serious illness or die from the coronavirus. Parents are being encouraged to talk to the child’s doctor for trusted information about the benefits of the vaccines.
A Kaiser Family Foundation survey conducted in April found that 1 in 5 parents of children under age 5 said they would get their child vaccinated right away once it was authorized, 38% said they would wait and see, and nearly 4 in 10 said they wouldn’t get their children vaccinated at all or only if required.
More than 5 million pediatric doses have been shipped to more than 15,000 locations, the White House said, ready for parents and kids to come in.
Still, the roll-out hasn’t been without hiccups for some parents of babies and toddlers, because of state restrictions on pharmacies and because some doctors are not offering the shots.
Many states bar pharmacies from vaccinating children under 3 years old or require prescriptions for them to do so. In other cases, pharmacies have inadequate staff, space or training to give the shots correctly to the youngest, said Allie Jo Shipman, director of state policy for the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations.
“It’s just a more complex situation than it is with your older children and adults,” Shipman said.
Some doctors opted not to offer the shots because of cold storage requirements or concern about wasting doses. The vaccine comes in multi-dose vials that must be used within 12 hours after opening.
“They don’t want to see vaccine go unused,” said West Virginia pediatrician Dr. Lisa Costello, who is working with her state’s COVID-19 response task force. “You either need to find the number of people to vaccinate for that vial or discard the doses that are left over.”
Organizing vaccine times after hours or clustering vaccine appointments are possible solutions doctors are trying, Costello said. And West Virginia has encouraged doctors to go ahead and open the vials even if they have only one patient to vaccinate, she said.
For older children, those 5 to 11 years old, vaccine coverage has varied widely from state to state, from a low of 11% of that age group fully vaccinated in Alabama to 63% in Vermont, according to an analysis of vaccination data through June 29 by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Of the top 10 states for vaccination coverage in the 5 to 11 age group, five are in New England. Of the bottom 10 states, nine are in the South.
The Biden administration said that while the slow pace of vaccination in the youngest group was expected, officials won’t be satisfied until as many people as possible receive the protection of vaccines. Parents can use vaccines.gov to search for vaccine providers by location, vaccine brand and age groups vaccinated.
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(iSeeCars) – Although the SUV has overtaken the minivan in popularity, the minivan still reigns supreme as the ultimate family hauler. With family-friendly features like automatic sliding doors and an abundance of passenger and cargo space, the convenience and utility of a minivan for family hauling can’t be beat. If you want a used vehicle to handle your most precious cargo, there are a number of used minivans to choose from.
To help used car shoppers find the best used minivans, iSeeCars analyzed over 12 million vehicle listings and from those narrowed down the Best Used Minivans. The winners are the minivans that are the longest-lasting, hold their value the best, and have the highest average safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
Best Used Minivans
1. Toyota Sienna
iSeeCars Quality Score: Coming Soon
- Reliability Score: Coming Soon
- Retained Value Score: 7.5
- Safety Score: 10.0
Average New Car Price: $49,553
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $38,914
The Toyota Sienna is the best used minivan. Although there are multiple late-model minivans with all-wheel drive, the Toyota Sienna add it in 2020, joining the Chrysler Pacifica by offering this all-weather friendly feature. So if you want a used all-wheel drive minivan, the Sienna is likely your best choice. Older models of the Sienna come standard with lane departure warning, lane keep assist, adaptive cruise control, and a pre-collision warning and braking system with pedestrian detection. Redesigned for 2021, late-model versions of the Sienna feature improved interior and exterior styling and a hybrid powertrain. A new hybrid four-cylinder engine replaces a V6 engine.
2. Honda Odyssey
iSeeCars Quality Score: 9.0
- Reliability Score: 8.7
- Retained Value Score: 8.3
- Safety Score: 10.0
Average New Car Price: $41,538
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $39,999
The Honda Odyssey ranks second. The Odyssey has above-average cargo capacity for its class with 32.8 cubic feet of space behind the third row and 88.8 cubic feet of space behind the second-row seats when the third-row seats are folded down. Higher trim levels of the Odyssey seat up to eight with three seats in the second row that use Honda’s Magic Slide system, allowing you to easily slide seats into several different configurations. The Odyssey offers an abundance of available family-friendly features including a rear-seat reminder, a camera that shows the rear passengers on the infotainment screen, and an intercom system for projecting the front seat passengers’ voice to the rear seats.
3. Kia Sedona
iSeeCars Quality Score: 8.6
- Reliability Score: 8.1
- Retained Value Score: 7.5
- Safety Score: 10.0
Average New Car Price: $33,457
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $32,025
The Kia Sedona ranks third. The Sedona has an upscale interior with premium materials as well as three rows of comfortable seats and a powerful V6 engine. Beginning with the 2019 model year, the Sedona minivan comes standard with a 7-inch touch screen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and Bluetooth connectivity. These features are also available on earlier versions. Available infotainment features include a rear-seat entertainment system with two 10.1-inch display screens. The Sedona comes with a five-year/60,000-mile basic warranty and a 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty, which is the best in its class. The Kia Sedona was discontinued after the 2021 model year and replaced with the Kia Carnival.
4. Chrysler Pacifica
iSeeCars Quality Score: 8.0
- Reliability Score: 6.1
- Retained Value Score: 7.8
- Safety Score: 10.0
Average New Car Price: $45,434
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $36,103
The Chrysler Pacifica, which was introduced as a new model in 2017, ranks fourth. Beginning with the 2018 model year, the Pacifica comes with standard safety features including blind spot monitoring and rear cross traffic alert. The Pacifica has a roomy interior and a long list of standard features, including a 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment system, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, a power liftgate, power sliding doors, and Stow ‘n Go seating. Available features include heated front seats, a heated steering wheel, a rear-seat entertainment system, a built-in vacuum cleaner, tri-zone automatic climate control, and a panoramic sunroof. It also earns an EPA-estimated 19 mpg in the city and 28 on the highway for its front-wheel drive model. All-wheel drive is also available. The Pacifica is the only minivan that is also available as a plug-in hybrid, which provides excellent fuel economy with a combined city/highway estimate of 82 mpg. It also has an all-electric range of 32 miles.
5. Dodge Grand Caravan
iSeeCars Quality Score: 7.8
- Reliability Score: 8.0
- Retained Value Score: 7.3
- Safety Score: 8.0
Average New Car Price: $30,552
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $26,940
The Dodge Grand Caravan ranks fourth. The Grand Caravan was discontinued after the 2020 model year, so it’s only available used. The Grand Caravan has a powerful 283-horsepower 3.6-liter V6 engine that is one of the strongest in its class. While the no-frills Dodge Grand Caravan lacks some of the upscale convenience features of its fancier competitors, it has its hallmark Stow ‘n Go second-row seating and comes standard with tri-zone manual climate control, remote keyless entry, and a 6.5-inch touchscreen infotainment system. Upper trims offer a power liftgate, power-sliding rear doors, heated front seats and a heated steering wheel.
Honorable Mentions
Two long-discontinued models, which don’t have available scores also make the list.
Nissan Quest
The Nissan Quest was discontinued after the 2016 model year, and Nissan’s only minivan offering wasn’t replaced. The Nissan Quest provides a smooth ride and is one of the most efficient vehicles in its class at 20 mpg in the city and 27 mpg on the highway. It doesn’t have many standard features, but 5- and 8-inch infotainment screens and a flip-down DVD player are available. If you want an older, no-frills minivan, the Nissan Quest is a wonderful choice.
Mazda 5
The Mazda 5 was discontinued after the 2015 model year, but used versions can still be found on dealer lots. Although the Mazda 5 doesn’t offer the modern features of current minivans like a touchscreen infotainment system, power sliding doors, or a power liftgate, it is a comfortable family hauler for drivers looking for a smaller, no-frills minivan.
Bottom Line:
If you’re looking for a used car for family hauling, the practicality and utility of a minivan remains unmatched. While many drivers choose to opt for a three-row crossover or SUV, those who embrace minivan ownership can enjoy many convenience features that make family hauling easier and more pleasant. For more information on minivans, be sure to check out our list of the Best Minivans.
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New music Fridays are a thrilling, yet daunting prospect for any music lover.
It's essentially a weekly holiday where fan-favorite artists and fresh faces alike drop their latest offerings for all the world to hear, flooding streaming services and digital retailers with an onslaught of aural goodies. But who has the time to sit there and listen to everything before updating their playlists? There's just too much good stuff! (And, if we're being honest, usually a few stinkers, too.)
As it turns out, we do. Welcome to The MixtapE!
"I Bet" Ciara will make you want to dance this weekend.
On July 8, the singer set the pace for her next chapter by releasing her new single "Jump."
"I'm back on my mission to make the world dance!" Ciara wrote on Instagram. "I wanna see you…Jump into the new YOU. Jump into LOVE (Loving on you:)). Jump into FUN. Jump into DANCE. What you waiting for?"
But wait, there's so much more! From The 1975's highly anticipated new single to Murda Beatz's A-list collaboration, there's lots of fresh music to enjoy this weekend in our guide below.
Dimitri Vegas, David Guetta, Nicole Scherzinger and Azteck—"The Drop"
This one of a kind collaboration starts with a solid electro drum beat that hits the soul with engaging lyrics that only Nicole can sing. The addictive tune will keep fans fully immersed in its house music vibes up until the final seconds.
Tyler Rich feat. Marie-Mai—"Thinkin' We're In Love"
The country singer's newest record hits every emotion that comes with falling in love, while falling "in drunk," all at the same time. "I knew this song was special in the very first hour we sat down to write it, and I knew we had to find the perfect female lead for the duet," Tyler said. "Marie-Mai was all that and so much more. An insane talent, with a such a pure, yet massive, voice. And the cherry on top is that she's from Quebec, and we got to do a French/English version as well."
Ciara feat. Coast Contra—"Jump"
While Ciara's new song will inspire the world to dance, it also takes on a deeper meaning of having the courage to jump into new beginnings, new love and any adventure life is calling you to explore. Excitement for her first full-length album in four years just jumped exponentially.
Murda Beatz feat. Quavo, J Balvin and Anitta—"No Más"
The biggest international names in the music industry are coming together for what is sure to be a summer anthem. "It's a record I'm excited about, bringing four different worlds together; America, Colombia, Brazil, and Canada," Murda said. "And, of course, having the chance to work alongside a legendary producer like Pharrell Williams is incredible. It's just the perfect record for the summer."
aespa—"Girls"
The breakout K-pop girl group released their hotly-anticipated new project Girls—The 2nd Mini Album along with the brand new video for the title track "Girls." To celebrate, the ladies performed on Good Morning America's summer concert series July 8. "You will see a much more powerful version of us," Giselle teased about the album. "We finally finished our metaverse story."
The 1975—"Part Of the Band"
Matty Healy takes center stage on this new track backed by violins and a soft melody. But perhaps the real stars of this song are the lyrics that cover everything from soy boys to being "ironically woke." Matt even sings about "vaccinista tote-bag chic baristas." Guess it's just being part of this band.
Garrett Nash—"Money, Love, & Death"
The platinum artist's new single is an ode to his father and the wisdom he's shared. "My dad only really wants to talk about three things—Money, Love & Death," Garrett said. "When Sean Kennedy played me this song, I knew I needed it on my album. I have a fantastic relationship with my dad and I know not everyone does but either way, we can all connect with people we love leaving us."
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Report: Vince McMahon paid more than $12M in hush money to 4 women
(CNN) – More controversy is swirling around Vince McMahon.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the former World Wrestling Entertainment chief executive paid more than $12 million in hush money to four women to cover up allegations of sexual misconduct and infidelity.
All four women were reportedly involved with WWE.
The Journal reports the women signed agreements with McMahon that prohibit them from talking about potential legal claims against – or their relationships with – McMahon.
McMahon recently stepped down from his leadership role while an investigation is conducted into another Wall Street Journal report of an alleged affair with a former employee – who is among the four women mentioned in the new report.
McMahon’s daughter, Stephanie, is filling in as interim CEO and chairwoman.
WWE has not issued a comment on the Wall Street Journal report.
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- Bristol Property is Virginia's First Casino -
BRISTOL, Va., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning, 'Bristol Casino – Future Home of Hard Rock' celebrated its grand opening with a ceremony featuring Hard Rock executives and partners, state and local officials, local community members and business and civic leaders to celebrate the newest economic driver in Bristol, VA. A traditional ribbon cutting commemorated the official opening of the Bristol casino, with the signature Hard Rock guitar smashing occurring when the permanent casino opens. As part of the ceremony, Bristol Casino presented a $100,000 donation to the United Way of Bristol TN/VA, from gaming proceeds generated at July 5 and 7 casino events. Bristol casino officially opens to the public at 2 p.m.
'Bristol Casino – Future Home of Hard Rock,' a temporary full-service casino, boasts 30,000 square feet of casino space, featuring 870 slots, 21 tables, a sportsbook and is open to the public 7-days-a-week, 24-hours-a day, with ample parking. The space includes a main casino floor as well as non-smoking and high limit gaming areas. Guests also are able to enjoy Mr. Lucky's, a new restaurant, Brick'd, a brick oven pizza and grab and go food outlet, and Bristol Bar, a sports bar and lounge with live entertainment. Casino guests are able to enjoy the 'Unity by Hard Rock' loyalty program. 'Bristol Casino – Future Home of Hard Rock' delivers the legendary vibe of the Hard Rock brand with the friendly charm of Southwest Virginia hospitality.
"We are excited to open the temporary casino in Bristol," said Jon Lucas, COO of Hard Rock International. "Hard Rock's rich and storied music legacy is a perfect fit for Bristol, the 'Birthplace of Country Music.' The casino's gaming and dining amenities will make it a major entertainment destination for residents from across the region. We appreciate the ongoing collaboration from the Virginia Lottery. Their team has been great to work with. Finally, we look forward to opening the permanent casino within two years and bringing the full legendary Hard Rock experience to Bristol."
"We are so thankful to reach this significant project milestone, in opening the temporary casino," said Jim McGlothlin, Chairman, The United Company, and Clyde Stacy, President, Par Ventures. "'Bristol Casino – Future Home of Hard Rock' is something of which Bristolians can be very proud. We are glad that the project is having an immediate impact in boosting Bristol's economy, by bringing at least 600 new, good-paying jobs to the city. This is only a start, as the project will generate even more jobs when the permanent casino opens. These benefits extend across Southwest Virginia as communities receive additional tax revenue from the project. Local businesses in the Tri-Cities will see an economic development boost from increased tourism visitation and spending. All of this would not have been possible without the strong support from local residents and leaders, for which we remain incredibly grateful."
"Wow, what an amazing day for Bristol!" said Allie Evangelista, President of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol. "Lots of hard work and preparation has gone into getting ready for the Grand Opening of 'Bristol Casino - Future Home of Hard Rock.' I could not be prouder of our amazing team in the energy and enthusiasm they have shown to help us open the doors to guests today. The casino will join the region's other fun entertainment and recreational tourism assets to help attract even more visitors to Bristol, the Tri-Cities and Southwest Virginia. Come check out the casino – to game and dine – you'll love it!"
Situated at the site of the former Bristol Mall, 'Bristol Casino - Future Home of Hard Rock' is located seconds off Interstate 81 (Exit 1 in VA). 'Bristol Casino - Future Home of Hard Rock' is an opening act destined to transform into a headliner when the permanent Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Bristol is expected to be completed within 24 months. From entertainment to community impact, the temporary casino is expected to create at least 600 new jobs in Bristol, Virginia and generate significant additional tax revenue for the city, the region and the Commonwealth.
For more information about Hard Rock's temporary casino in Bristol, Virginia, please visit https://www.hardrockhotelcasinobristol.com/.
Background materials on the project – including bios and photos – can be accessed HERE
About Hard Rock®: Hard Rock International (HRI) is one of the most globally recognized companies with venues in over 70 countries spanning 265 locations that include owned/licensed or managed Rock Shops®, Live Performance Venues and Cafes. HRI also launched a joint venture named Hard Rock Digital in 2020, an online sportsbook, retail sportsbook and internet gaming platform. Beginning with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world's largest and most valuable collection of authentic music memorabilia at more than 86,000 pieces, which are displayed at its locations around the globe. In 2022, Hard Rock was honored as one of Forbes Magazine's Best Employers for Diversity and a Top Large Employer in the Travel & Leisure, Gaming, and Entertainment Industry. Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal also designated Hard Rock as a U.S. Best Managed Company for the second year in a row in 2022. In 2021, Hard Rock was ranked top performing hotel brand in J.D. Power's North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Study for the third consecutive year and named Forbes Magazine's Top Employers for Women. The brand is owned by HRI parent entity The Seminole Tribe of Florida. For more information on Hard Rock International, visit www.hardrock.com or shop.hardrock.com.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)'s Operations Committee today approved a $6 million contract with Applied Wayfinding Inc. to develop a single mapping and wayfinding system for use by all Bay Area transit agencies. The goal of the project is to design and deploy a fully harmonized suite of maps, signs and transit information in all Bay Area transit locations — from individual bus stops to major hubs like the Salesforce Transit Center, the Eastridge Transit Center or the El Cerrito Del Norte BART station — and to provide practical, predictable guidance to the walkable destinations, local shuttles and the like that extend from these transit stops.
The launch of the Regional Mapping and Wayfinding project marks the first implementation of a 27-point action plan recommended last year by the Blue Ribbon Transit Recovery Task Force that MTC convened in 2020 to guide the post-pandemic future of public transportation in the Bay Area and to make the regional transit network more equitable, efficient, connected and customer-focused. MTC Chair and Napa County Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza noted, "This is a great step forward in making transit more accessible and understandable for regular and new riders alike. As more people come back to public transit after the pandemic, a unified system of maps and signage will make it easier for Bay Area residents to feel comfortable riding transit wherever they find themselves in the nine counties."
State Sen. Josh Becker, who authored the Seamless Transit Transformation Act (SB 917) approved by the Senate and now pending in the Assembly, hailed the kickoff of the Regional Mapping and Wayfinding initiative. "I'm really encouraged by MTC's action today. My Seamless Transit Transformation Act aims to ensure this significant investment yields great results by first requiring that MTC develop this system in coordination with transit operators so they have a direct role in shaping it and second, that once new standards are developed, operators follow them. Transforming more than two dozen separate transit systems into one coordinated network demands focus on the customer experience, and that starts with clear and consistent information that applies to every one of the Bay Area's buses, trains, ferries, light-rail vehicles, streetcars or cable cars that crisscross our region."
The Regional Mapping and Wayfinding project is expected to deliver prototypes for physical maps and signs by early 2024. Design and installation of the new wayfinding system is scheduled to begin in 2024 and continue into 2025 at transit locations in Sonoma County before expanding first into Solano County and then the rest of the Bay Area in 2026 and beyond.
"Finally, the Bay Area is putting transit riders first," said Jeffrey Tumlin, Director of Transportation of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and Blue Ribbon Transit Recovery Task Force member. "Up until now, every transit operator has used standalone wayfinding, maps and transit information that is inconsistent and disconnected from that of other operators. This Regional Mapping and Wayfinding project will be a sea change for transit riders who will no longer have to figure out a new system every time they transfer from one transit operator to another. While this moment is worth celebrating, I hope that MTC and the 27 transit operators will continue to push to make our regional wayfinding and mapping system even more cohesive and unified."
The 32-member Blue Ribbon Transit Recovery Task Force was chaired by MTC Commissioner and Solano County Supervisor Jim Spering and included several other local elected officials as well as advocates for people with disabilities; representatives from the state Senate, state Assembly and the California State Transportation Agency; transit agencies; business and labor groups; and transit and social justice advocates. Commissioner Spering noted, "The operators and MTC came together and supported the mapping and wayfinding project as a near-term priority to serve transit riders. This is a great beginning, and I look forward to continued momentum on this project and other Action Plan items."
MTC is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. More information about the Blue Ribbon Task Force and the Bay Area Transit Transformation Action Plan may be found at https://mtc.ca.gov/about-mtc/committees/interagency-committees/blue-ribbon-transit-recovery-task-force.
Contact: Rebecca Long 415.778.5289
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Surgically targeted radiation therapy inside the brain offers treatment for recurrent cancer following tumor removal.
TAMPA, Fla., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa General Hospital and USF Health Morsani College of Medicine physicians are the first in Hillsborough County to bring patients experiencing recurring brain tumors a groundbreaking treatment.
Known as GammaTile, the FDA-cleared procedure places a bio-resorbable collagen tile the size of a postage stamp in the tumor site, immediately following surgery to remove the tumor. The procedure slows the progression of a returning brain tumor by immediately targeting residual tumor cells with precise gamma ray doses before those cells can significantly replicate.
"This new approach broadens future horizons as it increases options for patients with recurrent disease who can't tolerate more external radiation," said Dr. John David, assistant professor in the Department of Radiology in the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and director of brachytherapy (internal radiation therapy) services and lead physician of radiopharmaceuticals at Tampa General. "GammaTile emits internal radiation in the specific area of the tumor as an additional treatment and it is a game changer for patients with recurrent brain tumors.''
Every year in the United States, more than 200,000 people are diagnosed with aggressive brain tumors that spread rapidly, build resistance to some treatments and are often fatal. Surgical re-section, chemotherapy and radiation treatment have been the traditional approaches to combating these brain tumors such as glioblastomas, gliomas, and meningiomas.
GammaTile at Tampa General offers a potentially life-prolonging option when traditional methods, including chemotherapy and radiation, fail to stop the recurrence of aggressive brain cancers. Many patients with recurrent brain tumors have received levels of radiation therapy that make the risk of additional exposure outweigh the potential benefits of more treatment. As a result, these patients are left with surgery as their only option. Unfortunately, tumor-removal surgery alone is rarely enough to prevent the growth of residual cancer cells.
"GammaTile starts targeting any recurring tumor cells immediately upon placement," said Dr. Richard Tuli, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, chief of radiation oncology at Tampa General and deputy director of the TGH Cancer Institute. "With traditional treatments, patients often had to wait for their surgical wounds to heal before undergoing radiation. Additionally, their treatment likely required multiple visits to receive the recommended dose. GammaTile allows for potentially life-saving radiation treatments to begin as soon as their surgery is complete. The introduction of this treatment is yet another example of the kind of innovation and multidisciplinary care that patients can expect from the TGH Cancer Institute."
In clinical trials, patients treated with GammaTile therapy required no additional trips to the hospital or clinic and could go about their daily lives. The tile is insulated except for a small area that allows the targeted dose to focus on the site most likely to have a recurrence, which spares healthy tissue and can limit such side effects as hair loss. The tile dissolves harmlessly, so no further surgery is required to remove it.
"By working as a team, neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists can employ this innovative treatment for recurring brain cancer right in the operating room, providing patients with a better quality of life," said Dr. Harry van Loveren, medical director of Neurosurgery at Tampa General and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. "This is a true multidisciplinary approach that takes the whole patient into account and gives each patient an opportunity to continue fighting brain cancer."
For more information about GammaTile and other innovative radiation oncology treatments offered at the TGH Cancer Institute, call 813-844-3903 or go to https://www.tgh.org/institutes-and-services/cancer-institute.
Tampa General Hospital, a 1,041-bed, not-for-profit, academic medical center, is one of the largest hospitals in America and delivers world-class care as the region's only center for Level l trauma and comprehensive burn care. Tampa General Hospital is the highest-ranked hospital in the market in U.S. News & World Report's 2021-22 Best Hospitals, and one of the top four hospitals in Florida, with five specialties ranking among the best programs in the United States. Tampa General Hospital has been designated as a model of excellence by the 2022 Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals list. The academic medical center's commitment to growing and developing its team members is recognized by two prestigious 2021 Forbes magazine rankings – America's Best Employers by State, third out of 100 Florida companies and first among health care and social organizations, and 13th nationally in America's Best Employers for Women. Tampa General is the safety net hospital for the region, caring for everyone regardless of their ability to pay, and in fiscal year 2020, provided a net community benefit worth more than $182.5 million in the form of health care for underinsured patients, community education, and financial support to community health organizations in Tampa Bay. It is one of the nation's busiest adult solid organ transplant centers and is the primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. With six medical helicopters, Tampa General Hospital transports critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties to receive the advanced care they need. Tampa General houses a nationally accredited comprehensive stroke center, and its 32-bed Neuroscience, Intensive Care Unit is the largest on the West Coast of Florida. It also is home to the Jennifer Leigh Muma 82-bed Level IV neonatal intensive care unit, and a nationally accredited rehabilitation center. Tampa General Hospital's footprint includes 17 Tampa General Medical Group Primary Care offices, TGH Family Care Center Kennedy, TGH Brandon Healthplex, TGH Virtual Health, and 19 outpatient Radiology Centers. Tampa Bay area residents also receive world-class care from the TGH Urgent Care powered by Fast Track network of clinics, and they can even receive home visits in select areas through TGH Urgent Care at Home, powered by Fast Track. As one of the largest hospitals in the country, Tampa General Hospital is the first in Florida to partner with GE Healthcare and open a clinical command center that uses artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to improve and better coordinate patient care at a lower cost. For more information, go to www.tgh.org.
USF Health's mission is to envision and implement the future of health. It is the partnership of the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, the College of Nursing, the College of Public Health, the Taneja College of Pharmacy, the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, the Biomedical Sciences Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs, and USF Health's multispecialty physicians group. The University of South Florida is a high-impact global research university dedicated to student success. Over the past 10 years, no other public university in the country has risen faster in U.S. News and World Report's national university rankings than USF. For more information, visit health.usf.edu.
Media Contact: Karen Barrera
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BEIRUT — Egyptian student Naira Ashraf boarded a bus to her university for the end-of-the-year exams last month while, unknown to her, on that same bus was a colleague carrying a concealed knife. As she got out, he stabbed her repeatedly in front of the university gates, before slitting her throat.
He later admitted to killing her because she had spurned his advances.
Four days later, in nearby Jordan, another young woman, Iman Irshaid, was shot five times at her university, also by a failed suitor. A text message purportedly received by Irshaid later emerged saying, “tomorrow I am coming to speak to you and if you don’t accept I am going to kill you just like the Egyptian killed that girl today.”
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Violence against women is nothing new in the region, but the back-to-back cases by men who felt entitled to these women’s affections, and the apparent copycat nature of the second attack, have struck a chord with women across the Levant, Gulf, and North Africa. They have served as a reminder that no woman is safe, anywhere, from anyone.
The gruesome, public nature of both murders, both taking place on campus grounds, caused a ripple of outrage that defied borders. Women from Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait, Algeria, and Tunisia took to social media to express anger and solidarity. Large groups of mostly women protested in Sudan, holding signs that said “Abolish the patriarchy” and “Free healthcare and education means women live in safety.”
In front of Jordan’s parliament on Wednesday, women clad in black held signs reading, “she said no once and was killed,” and they issued a statement calling for tougher laws and warning that this phenomenon was everywhere.
“The victims of male violence, here and in neighboring Arab countries, and in Arabic-speaking places, and in the world as a whole, are us,” it stated.
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The explosion of fear and anger for Middle Eastern women came at a time of renewed concern over women’s rights around the world — especially following the Supreme Court’s decision last month to overturn Roe v. Wade, revoking the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States.
But few places in the world have justice systems or practices in place that sideline women’s issues as much as in the Middle East, where many of the countries are rife with female-targeted violence.
The two university attacks were not isolated instances. In the two weeks that followed, news of more killings emerged: A woman in the United Arab Emirates was stabbed by her husband over a dozen times in a parking lot. Palestinian authorities are investigating a woman’s death, which had been thought to be a suicide, after reports emerged implicating her family. Egyptian authorities found the body of TV anchor Shaima Jamal, killed and buried by her husband.
As women called for a largely-symbolic general cross-border strike on Wednesday to protest the persistent violence against women, another gruesome case emerged: a Jordanian man was arrested for killing and burying his 9-year-old and 12-year-old daughters.
In the past, such femicide cases would just spark anger within countries but this summer’s string of murders, and in particular the cases of Ashraf and Irshaid, appeared to cause a larger reaction across the whole region.
Rothna Begum, a senior women’s rights researcher at Human Rights Watch, said one driver of the transnational outcry is simply that “we know why they were killed.”
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Women in the region, and worldwide in general, are more likely to be killed by family members or people who know them. As a result, many cases are covered up, with so called “honor killings” — homicides of women who have “brought shame” to their families — frequently presented as suicides.
Men killing their partners rationalize their actions by blaming the women’s behavior and the victim somehow becomes responsible for her own killing, Begum said.
“It is incredibly scary to see it replicating,” she added. Women are “realizing that their oppression is not solely in their country or to them, but it is across the region. Whether you’re a woman in the West Bank, or Gaza, or Egypt, or in the UAE, your stories are very familiar and similar.”
In each of these cases, authorities failed the women, Begum noted, with laws and policies that discriminate against women, and treat them as second-class citizens. In many cases, including Ashraf’s, repeated complaints about the assailant were filed to police before the attack.
In case of Ashraf’s attacker, neighbors told local outlet Cairo 24 that he never made any trouble and people only used to hear the family’s voices “when he used to beat his mother and sisters.”
Last year, a Kuwaiti woman filed two police complaints against a man she said had been harassing and threatening her for over a year after she turned down his marriage proposal. He was detained and released, after which he crashed his car into hers, kidnapped her, and her two children, then fatally stabbed her in front of them.
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Uvalde mayor: Police didn’t get early chance to end massacre
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The mayor of Uvalde on Friday disputed a new report that alleges missed chances to quickly end the massacre at a Texas elementary school, again reflecting the lack of definitive answers about the slow law enforcement response to one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history.
Mayor Don McLaughlin said no Uvalde police officer saw the gunman outside Robb Elementary School before he went inside and that none of them had an opportunity to fire on the shooter. His comments contradict a critique of the decision-making by law enforcement that was released this week by tactical response experts at Texas State University.
The differing accounts and public rebuke of the report reiterated how, more than six weeks after the May 24 shooting, questions remain about how and why police armed with rifles and bulletproof shields waited more than an hour before confronting the gunman in a fourth-grade classroom where 21 people were killed, including 19 children.
It also widened a rift between Uvalde officials and the state, particularly the Texas Department of Public Safety, which had troopers on the scene and has directed much of the blame to the local school district police chief. The new report was requested by DPS, and the findings were similar to the narrative that leaders of the state police force have previously given publicly.
“There were dozens of DPS troopers onsite by the time of the breach in the classroom,” McLaughlin said in a statement.
Representatives of the Department of Public Safety did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
It is not the first time McLaughlin has lashed out at the agency. He has previously accused DPS of publicly giving an incomplete and one-sided account at the same time he says local officials have been instructed to not divulge information while the investigation is ongoing.
Col. Steve McCraw, who heads DPS, has largely blamed the inaction by law enforcement on Uvlade School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo, describing him as the incident commander during the shooting.
Arredondo has told the Texas Tribune that he did not believe he was in charge of the scene. He has kept a low profile since the shooting, and resigned last week from his elected position on the City Council.
The report this week was drafted by the university’s Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training program. Authors of the 26-page report said they were contacted by DPS shortly after the shooting to assess the law enforcement response and that they had an approximately one-hour briefing led by an “investigating officer” who is not named.
One of the report’s most striking details was how a Uvalde police officer, armed with a rifle, watched the gunman walk toward the campus but did not fire while waiting for permission from a supervisor to shoot. The supervisor “either did not hear or responded too late,” according to the report.
McLaughlin said no Uvalde officer had a chance to shoot the gunman before entering the school, and that while an officer did see someone outside, the officer could not tell who it was.
“Ultimately, it was a coach with children on the playground, not the shooter,” McLaughlin said.
Pete Blair, the executive director of the training center that published the report, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Friday.
A separate report on the shooting is being compiled by Texas legislators who have spent weeks interviewing more than 20 witnesses and first responders behind closed doors. On Monday, the committee is expected to hear for the first time from the Uvalde County sheriff after lawmakers sent him a letter this week trying to compel his testimony.
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Surgically targeted radiation therapy inside the brain offers treatment for recurrent cancer following tumor removal.
TAMPA, Fla., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa General Hospital and USF Health Morsani College of Medicine physicians are the first in Hillsborough County to bring patients experiencing recurring brain tumors a groundbreaking treatment.
Known as GammaTile, the FDA-cleared procedure places a bio-resorbable collagen tile the size of a postage stamp in the tumor site, immediately following surgery to remove the tumor. The procedure slows the progression of a returning brain tumor by immediately targeting residual tumor cells with precise gamma ray doses before those cells can significantly replicate.
"This new approach broadens future horizons as it increases options for patients with recurrent disease who can't tolerate more external radiation," said Dr. John David, assistant professor in the Department of Radiology in the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and director of brachytherapy (internal radiation therapy) services and lead physician of radiopharmaceuticals at Tampa General. "GammaTile emits internal radiation in the specific area of the tumor as an additional treatment and it is a game changer for patients with recurrent brain tumors.''
Every year in the United States, more than 200,000 people are diagnosed with aggressive brain tumors that spread rapidly, build resistance to some treatments and are often fatal. Surgical re-section, chemotherapy and radiation treatment have been the traditional approaches to combating these brain tumors such as glioblastomas, gliomas, and meningiomas.
GammaTile at Tampa General offers a potentially life-prolonging option when traditional methods, including chemotherapy and radiation, fail to stop the recurrence of aggressive brain cancers. Many patients with recurrent brain tumors have received levels of radiation therapy that make the risk of additional exposure outweigh the potential benefits of more treatment. As a result, these patients are left with surgery as their only option. Unfortunately, tumor-removal surgery alone is rarely enough to prevent the growth of residual cancer cells.
"GammaTile starts targeting any recurring tumor cells immediately upon placement," said Dr. Richard Tuli, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, chief of radiation oncology at Tampa General and deputy director of the TGH Cancer Institute. "With traditional treatments, patients often had to wait for their surgical wounds to heal before undergoing radiation. Additionally, their treatment likely required multiple visits to receive the recommended dose. GammaTile allows for potentially life-saving radiation treatments to begin as soon as their surgery is complete. The introduction of this treatment is yet another example of the kind of innovation and multidisciplinary care that patients can expect from the TGH Cancer Institute."
In clinical trials, patients treated with GammaTile therapy required no additional trips to the hospital or clinic and could go about their daily lives. The tile is insulated except for a small area that allows the targeted dose to focus on the site most likely to have a recurrence, which spares healthy tissue and can limit such side effects as hair loss. The tile dissolves harmlessly, so no further surgery is required to remove it.
"By working as a team, neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists can employ this innovative treatment for recurring brain cancer right in the operating room, providing patients with a better quality of life," said Dr. Harry van Loveren, medical director of Neurosurgery at Tampa General and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. "This is a true multidisciplinary approach that takes the whole patient into account and gives each patient an opportunity to continue fighting brain cancer."
For more information about GammaTile and other innovative radiation oncology treatments offered at the TGH Cancer Institute, call 813-844-3903 or go to https://www.tgh.org/institutes-and-services/cancer-institute.
Tampa General Hospital, a 1,041-bed, not-for-profit, academic medical center, is one of the largest hospitals in America and delivers world-class care as the region's only center for Level l trauma and comprehensive burn care. Tampa General Hospital is the highest-ranked hospital in the market in U.S. News & World Report's 2021-22 Best Hospitals, and one of the top four hospitals in Florida, with five specialties ranking among the best programs in the United States. Tampa General Hospital has been designated as a model of excellence by the 2022 Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals list. The academic medical center's commitment to growing and developing its team members is recognized by two prestigious 2021 Forbes magazine rankings – America's Best Employers by State, third out of 100 Florida companies and first among health care and social organizations, and 13th nationally in America's Best Employers for Women. Tampa General is the safety net hospital for the region, caring for everyone regardless of their ability to pay, and in fiscal year 2020, provided a net community benefit worth more than $182.5 million in the form of health care for underinsured patients, community education, and financial support to community health organizations in Tampa Bay. It is one of the nation's busiest adult solid organ transplant centers and is the primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. With six medical helicopters, Tampa General Hospital transports critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties to receive the advanced care they need. Tampa General houses a nationally accredited comprehensive stroke center, and its 32-bed Neuroscience, Intensive Care Unit is the largest on the West Coast of Florida. It also is home to the Jennifer Leigh Muma 82-bed Level IV neonatal intensive care unit, and a nationally accredited rehabilitation center. Tampa General Hospital's footprint includes 17 Tampa General Medical Group Primary Care offices, TGH Family Care Center Kennedy, TGH Brandon Healthplex, TGH Virtual Health, and 19 outpatient Radiology Centers. Tampa Bay area residents also receive world-class care from the TGH Urgent Care powered by Fast Track network of clinics, and they can even receive home visits in select areas through TGH Urgent Care at Home, powered by Fast Track. As one of the largest hospitals in the country, Tampa General Hospital is the first in Florida to partner with GE Healthcare and open a clinical command center that uses artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to improve and better coordinate patient care at a lower cost. For more information, go to www.tgh.org.
USF Health's mission is to envision and implement the future of health. It is the partnership of the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, the College of Nursing, the College of Public Health, the Taneja College of Pharmacy, the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, the Biomedical Sciences Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs, and USF Health's multispecialty physicians group. The University of South Florida is a high-impact global research university dedicated to student success. Over the past 10 years, no other public university in the country has risen faster in U.S. News and World Report's national university rankings than USF. For more information, visit health.usf.edu.
Media Contact: Karen Barrera
Assistant Director of Communications & Partnerships
(813) 928-1603 (cell)
kbarrera@tgh.org
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Boenning & Scattergood, one of the last of the full-service Philadelphia-area investment firms, said Friday it has completed its deal to be acquired by LPL Financial Inc., a national brokerage based in San Diego.
But not everyone is making the trip.
While 40 Boenning financial advisers, and their clients with $5 billion in investment or trading assets, are joining LPL, a team of 20 investment banking professionals are heading instead to Philadelphia-based Janney Montgomery Scott, an arm of Montgomery County-based Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. The group going to Janney includes managing directors who head key functions such as insurance deals and investment research.
“We are excited to join a firm with the financial stability, resources, and expertise” of Janney, which will “help our clients,” said Chad Hull, former head of Boenning’s investment banking group, in a statement.
His new boss, Janney investment banking chief Matt Veneri, called it “a strong cultural fit,” and said the new hires raise Janney’s Capital Markets team to more than 200 people.
LPL managing director Rich Steinmeier praised Boenning & Scattergood as a “distinguished brand” and said it will be able to grow with LPL’s backing. As part of the larger firm, “they have the freedom to run their business on their terms,” with less distraction from day-to-day operations.
The decision to sell was made earlier this year by Boenning & Scattergood’s controlling owner, Harold Scattergood Jr., 74, after he determined his children would not be taking over the business, according to company insiders. Scattergood didn’t return calls seeking comment.
Scattergood last month told the Inquirer that the firm was spinning off certain of its investment teams, such as public finance and municipal securities trading. Joseph Muscatello, of Boenning’s public-finance team, left earlier this year to join St. Louis-based Stifel.
Scattergood had also said the firm’s private-investments advisory business, 1914 Advisory, and its brokerage arm would continue to bear the Boenning & Scattergood name, even if that part of the company were to combine with another firm — as has now happened with LPL.
The arrivals from Boenning will modestly increase Janney’s investment banking group, which focuses on mid-sized companies. The Janney team says it raised $47 billion for 283 business and other clients in the past three years. Janney says the Boenning group raised $1.5 billion in 120 capital-raising deals for local governments, healthcare, banking and other firms over the past three years.
LPL counts 20,000 financial advisers nationwide at the firms it owns or works with.
Boenning & Scattergood, based in West Conshohocken, was founded in 1916. At the time the city was a financial center: while not equal to Wall Street, it was home to some of the nation’s oldest and largest banks, insurers and investment houses.
Philadelphia sea trader turned banker and investor Stephen Girard and his private bank financed the War of 1812; Philadelphia investment banker Jay Cooke set up the first national bond salesforce to finance the Union victory in the Civil War; Philadelphia banker Anthony J. Drexel was a mentor to Wall Street’s premier financier of the early 1900s, J.P. Morgan. Smith Barney, the giant Wall Street brokerage now owned by Citigroup, grew out of two Philadelphia investment banks.
In recent decades, lower profits from individual stock trades, coupled with digital trading technology that lets professional investors work from anywhere, has enlarged the big Wall Street investment banks, while regional firms like Boenning have tended to sell to larger companies. | https://www.inquirer.com/business/boenning-scattergood-janney-investment-20220708.html | 2022-07-08T20:24:59Z | https://www.inquirer.com/business/boenning-scattergood-janney-investment-20220708.html | false |
VANCOUVER, BC, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Yumy Candy Company Inc., (CSE: TYUM) ("Yumy" or the "Company") Canada's first publicly traded low sugar, plant-based confectionery company, is pleased to announce that it will be rolled out into hundreds of locations in Walmart Canada. The Yumy Candy Company will be featured in the "Better for You" sections of Walmart's Nation wide. Walmart is a supercenter chain with 408 operating stores in almost every province across Canada. Walmart Canada is a subsidiary of Walmart Inc., a multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of supercenters, discount department stores, and grocery stores including e-commerce channels. Walmart Inc. was founded back in 1962 and as of April 2022, the conglomerate has 10,585 stores and clubs in 24 countries including Canada, the United States, India, Mexico, Central America, India, Chile, South Africa, Brazil amongst many others. Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue with roughly US$570 billion in annual revenue according to Fortune Global 500 in May 2022. It is also the largest employer in the world with 2.2 million employees worldwide.
"Walmart has been one our biggest target customers from the beginning of our retail launch, as we aim to have our product accessible to everybody. We have worked very hard to make our product affordable and favourable for large scale retailers such as Walmart. Walmart is a complete game changer for our company as their customer base and outreach are second to none," states Erica Williams, Founder and Chief Executive Officer. "As we continue to be promoted into notable retailers and vendors, we look to have Yumy Candy as a household staple in homes across North America."
The Yumy Candy is an affordable health-conscious low-sugar plant-based confectionery company based in Vancouver, British Columbia and it has developed a portfolio of healthier gelatine-free candies made from non-GMO ingredients with proprietary recipes. All of its products are free of gelatin, soy, gluten, nuts, dairy, eggs, sugar alcohols, artificial sweeteners and genetically modified organisms.
THE YUMY CANDY COMPANY INC.
Erica Williams, CEO
Telephone: (604) 449-2026 Email: investors@yumybear.com
Except for the statements of historical fact, this news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of the applicable securities legislation. The information in this news release about future plans and objectives of the Company, are forward-looking information. This forward-looking information is based on reasonable assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time it was made, and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors include, among others: general business, economic and social uncertainties; local and global market and economic uncertainties arising in respect of the COVID-19 pandemic; litigation, availability of key product ingredients, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; the ability to effectively expand manufacturing and production capacity; the ability to obtain retail partners to distribute Company products, the success of market initiatives and the ability to grow brand awareness; the ability to attract, maintain and expand relationships with key strategic vendors; our ability to predict consumer taste preferences; delay or failure to receive regulatory approvals; the sufficiency of our cash to meet liquidity needs; those additional risks set out in the Company's public documents filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com; and other matters discussed in this news release. Accordingly, the forward-looking statements discussed in this release may not occur and could differ materially as a result of these known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting the Company. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements, which only apply as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Except where required by law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward- looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 8, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
234 PM CDT Fri Jul 8 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central Texas,
northwestern Hansford and northeastern Sherman Counties through 300
PM CDT...
At 233 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southeast of Texhoma, or 19 miles east of Stratford, moving
north at 10 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...
Goodwell and Texhoma.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3628 10148 3619 10157 3620 10178 3646 10206
3661 10159
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 158DEG 9KT 3638 10172
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Hutchinson and southeastern Moore Counties through 300 PM CDT...
At 234 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles northwest of Lake Meredith, or 17 miles southeast of Dumas,
moving east at 5 mph.
Fritch, Stinnett, Sanford and Lake Meredith.
LAT...LON 3567 10194 3578 10185 3590 10159 3582 10143
3564 10148 3562 10167 3562 10178
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 251DEG 6KT 3573 10171
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Today’s Tasty Takeout guest is Caplinger’s Fresh Catch Seafood Market! Andrew Caplinger is joining us on the show.
They have several locations across Central Indiana.
You can find more information here.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Today’s Tasty Takeout guest is Caplinger’s Fresh Catch Seafood Market! Andrew Caplinger is joining us on the show.
They have several locations across Central Indiana.
You can find more information here. | https://www.wishtv.com/news/allindiana/tasty-takeout-caplingers-fresh-catch-seafood-market/ | 2022-07-08T20:27:52Z | https://www.wishtv.com/news/allindiana/tasty-takeout-caplingers-fresh-catch-seafood-market/ | true |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Even as inflation continues to plague Americans, the latest jobs report shows the job market remains strong.
“My economic plan is moving this country in a better direction,” President Joe Biden said.
The latest U.S. jobs report shows the economy added 372,000 jobs in June. U.S National Economic Council Director Brian Deese said the U.S has now recovered all private sector jobs lost during the pandemic.
“The strength of the job market recovery has meant more opportunity, higher wages for tens of millions of Americans,” Deese said. “It’s meant stronger household balance sheets. People have been able to save a little bit and that creates a more resilient economy.”
But even with job growth, recession worries still linger. George Washington University Economics and International Affairs professor Tara Sinclair thinks those fears are their own problem.
“If people really buy this message that a recession is coming, they may cut back on spending and that action of cutting back on spending could spur a recession,” Sinclair said.
Sinclair says the Federal Reserve’s priority is slowing down demand to better match supply, without triggering a recession.
“But they haven’t been so successful with that in the past, so there is a lot of concern that if they’re really going to fight off the inflation we’re experiencing right now, that may come at the cost of a recession,” Sinclair said.
Sinclair believes if Americans are worried, they can focus now on building up their savings.
“But I think what actually makes sense is for individuals to take care of their own household financial situation,” Sinclair said. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/washington-dc/us-sees-strong-jobs-report-for-june-372000-jobs-added/ | 2022-07-08T20:29:53Z | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/washington-dc/us-sees-strong-jobs-report-for-june-372000-jobs-added/ | true |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Now that former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to federal prison, attention turns to the fates of three fellow ex-cops who are still working their way through a complicated web of state and federal court proceedings arising from the killing of George Floyd.
Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane still await sentencing for their convictions on federal civil rights charges in February. Lane awaits sentencing in state court after pleading guilty to a reduced charge there, while Thao and Kueng are scheduled to stand trial in October on state charges of aiding and abetting both murder and manslaughter.
Kueng and Lane helped restrain Floyd while Chauvin, who is white, killed Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 1/2 minutes despite the handcuffed and unarmed Black man's fading pleas that he couldn't breathe. Thao helped hold back an increasingly concerned group of onlookers at the scene outside a Minneapolis convenience store where Floyd tried to pass a counterfeit $20 bill in August 2020.
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Here's a look at what's still to come in the legal process that has flowed from a killing that led to worldwide protests and a national reckoning on racial injustice:
CHAUVIN'S FUTURE
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced Chauvin on Thursday to 21 years in prison on federal civil rights charges — 20 years stemming from Floyd's killing and a year more arising from Chauvin's earlier assault on a 14-year-old boy. With credit for seven months served, Chauvin still has 20 1/3 years to go — 245 months — on his federal sentence, plus five years of supervised release after that.
As of Friday, Chauvin was still in the state's maximum security prison at Oak Park Heights, where he's been held since his conviction in state court last year for murder and manslaughter, which got him a 22 1/2 year sentence. His state and federal sentences are running concurrently. But because of differences between state and federal parole rules, he'll actually serve a little more time behind bars on the federal sentence than he faced under his state sentence alone.
Chauvin knew that when he accepted a plea deal on the federal charges in December. But he presumably considered that preferable because he's been kept in solitary confinement in the state prison for his own safety. If he'd been in the general population at a state prison, he would have run the risk of running into people he had busted. Magnuson expressed hope at Thursday's sentencing that the Bureau of Prisons will keep him under easier conditions, and not too far from his family in Minnesota and Iowa. But his placement is up to the bureau, which could take weeks to move him.
While Chauvin gave up his right to appeal his federal conviction, his appeal of his state conviction is pending. He also faces a pair of federal civil rights lawsuits.
NEXT FEDERAL SENTENCINGS
Magnuson has not set sentencing dates for Thao, Kueng and Lane, who remain free on bail. Federal prosecutors have already asked the judge to give Thao and Kueng sentences that would be shorter than Chauvin's, but “substantially higher” than the 5 1/4 to 6 1/2 years they're seeking for Lane.
Thao's attorney, Robert Paule, is seeking a sentence of two years. The recommendation from Kueng's attorney, Thomas Plunkett, remains sealed and Plunkett did not immediately return a call seeking comment Friday.
Lane's attorney, Earl Gray, has asked for 27 months, which if granted would let Lane go free after two years. That's about when Lane would become eligible for release on his recommended state sentence. Lane's plea agreement on a state charge of aiding and abetting manslaughter calls for three years. Under Minnesota's system, assuming good behavior, inmates are entitled to parole after two-thirds of their sentence; in the federal system they become eligible after 85%.
Magnuson expressed some sympathy for the three Thursday, when he told Chauvin, “You absolutely destroyed the lives of three young officers by taking command of the scene.” But evidence presented at their trial established that they failed to stop Chauvin while they could still have saved Floyd's life. Magnuson gave Chauvin a little break by imposing a sentence that was lower than what prosecutors sought, but did not indicate how he'd treat Thao, Kueng or Lane.
UPCOMING IN STATE COURT
Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill has scheduled Lane's sentencing for Sept. 21. Prosecutors and Gray are jointly recommending three years. He would serve that at the same time as his federal sentence, and in federal prison.
Cahill has set the trial for Thao and Kueng, who rejected offers of plea agreements earlier, to begin Oct. 24. But his order left open the possibility that deals could still be reached. He said the court would not accept a plea bargain unless the change-of-plea hearing was scheduled for “not more than 15 days” after the defendants' federal sentencings.
If Thao and Kueng go to trial, a major difference from Chauvin's will be that most proceedings won't be televised or livestreamed. Cahill made a rare exception for Chauvin's trial due to the dangers of COVID-19. But he ruled that the risks from the pandemic have abated to the point that he's bound by the state court system’s normal restrictions on cameras, which allow them in “pre-guilt” phases only when all parties consent, but are easier for sentencings.
Minnesota Chief Justice Lorie Gildea was impressed enough with how smoothly live audiovisual coverage worked during Chauvin's trial that she asked a court advisory committee to consider whether the rules should be loosened. But a divided panel recommended in its final report last week that there be no major changes. Any liberalization would be up to the Minnesota Supreme Court, but there's no deadline for a decision. | https://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/explainer-whats-next-for-3-other-ex-cops-in-floyds-death/article_9897518f-d640-5fb6-bf0a-6260d4325aae.html | 2022-07-08T20:32:05Z | https://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/explainer-whats-next-for-3-other-ex-cops-in-floyds-death/article_9897518f-d640-5fb6-bf0a-6260d4325aae.html | true |
Furniture Donation to local Nashville organization as a part of Ashley's "Home on Tour" Event
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As Ashley wrapped up the second stop on their "Home on Tour" Series, they have partnered with local Nashville organization, Nashville Rescue Mission, to donate over $23,000 in furniture and accessories in support of their mission.
Nashville Rescue Mission strives to give transformational hope to everyone who walks through their doors. This organization is a Christ-centered community committed to helping the hungry, homeless, and hurting by providing programs and services that focus on a person's entire life – physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, and social. Today, Nashville Rescue Mission serves over 600 men, women, and children daily, providing hope for today, tomorrow, and forever.
"Nashville Rescue Mission is very grateful for the furniture donation from Ashley! One of the Mission's core values is Radical Hospitality: We believe God has called and commissioned us to be ministers of His radical love, grace and mercy and we demonstrate that by treating those we serve in a way that honors that calling. Having new furnishings and décor items helps us provide 'Radical Hospitality' to the most vulnerable in our community, thank you," said Lisa Spelta, Director of Major Gifts of Nashville Rescue Mission.
On June 28th, Ashley hosted guests at Marathon Music Works in the heart of Nashville, TN, where they created an immersive experience for over 1,300 attendees. The space was furnished with engaging product vignettes and unique brand experiences, featuring trending product to inspire guests to revamp and re-energize their favorite spaces at home. All the furniture featured throughout the event will be used at Nashville Rescue Mission to help furnish living spaces and common areas throughout the facility for those seeking assistance from the organization.
Since opening their doors in 1954, Nashville Rescue Mission has provided food, shelter, and rehabilitation to those who come through their facility. Never turning anyone away, the Mission is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The organization has already made an impact within the Nashville community, and they will continue to do so.
"Ashley is honored to be able to play a part in helping the Nashville community. We have been able to see firsthand how Nashville Rescue Mission positively impacts the lives of those they serve and are confident that this donation will help them continue to meet their goals of helping the local community," said Elizabeth Dufresne, Manager of Experiential Marketing at Ashley.
Ashley is committed to being your trusted partner and style leader for the home. This commitment has made Ashley the largest retail furniture store brand in North America and one of the world's best-selling furniture store brands with more than 1,075 locations in 64 countries.
Start designing your dream home today. Visit Ashley online at www.ashley.com "Like" Ashley on Facebook, follow on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, or see our design-focused boards on Pinterest
Nashville Rescue Mission is a Christ-centered community dedicated to providing hope for today, hope for tomorrow, and hope for eternity to the hungry, homeless, and hurting. The Mission provides meals, safe shelter, and clothing to those in need, as well as support and long-term assistance for those struggling with homelessness, addictions, and other life-debilitating problems. With a focus on two ministries- Guest Services Ministries and Recovery Ministries – the Mission operates almost entirely from donated foods, materials, and generous contributions from individuals, churches, and organizations. Established in 1954, Nashville Rescue Mission is a faith-focused, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and does not reply upon government funds. Visit nashvillerescuemission.org to learn more.
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Love Island 2022 LIVE: Jacques O'Neill threatens to leave as he says Paige Thorne 'deserves better'... while Andrew Le Page admits he still has feelings for Tasha Ghouri as the Casa Amor fallout continues
Here, follow MailOnline's liveblog for all the updates on day 33 in the Love Island villa.
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Kenzi Devine
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Having a chat on the terrace, Tasha and Andrew share a heartfelt cuddle.
Telling Andrew that her intention 'wasn't to hurt him', Tasha admits that she still wants to get to know him.
But as Andrew admits to cuddling and kissing Coco in bed out of spite, Tasha is left unhappy with his actions during their break apart.
After being questioned whether she wants Billy over Andrew, Tasha replies: 'I don't know what I want, I don't know if the connection is stronger with Billy, that's why I brought him in, I just need to explore that even more.'
'Actions speak louder than words, says Andrew - as he says he can't believe anything that Tasha says, while admitting that he is still falling for her.
Chatting to the boys, Jay admits that he hasn't been feeling himself, explaining 'I feel like i'm faking feelings'.
Sharing that it was nothing to do with Chyna, the Edinburgh native said that he just 'isn't feeling it', as he backs away from his new couple.
In a morning debrief with the girls, Paige says: 'If Jacques tries to talk to me today, respectfully, go f*** yourself. 'F*** off and when you get there, f*** off again!'
While Jacques tells the boys that what he did was disrespectful, but defends himself by saying 'I didn't know what she was doing over there'.
Meanwhile, Tasha says she feels that there's 'eagle eyes on me', as she juggles Billy and Andrew, sharing that she has connections with both boys.
As the new couples settle down for their first night together in the main villa, the bedroom is looking more full than ever.
Jacques is left in the doghouse as he struggles to get to sleep apart from Paige.
While Luca tells Gemma 'I really like you' as they cosy up in bed after time apart.
As Jacques admits that Paige 'deserves better' following another emotional conversation, Luca tries to comfort the rugby pro.
Sharing that there's 'no point in me being here', Jacques says that he 'won't let Paige forgive me'.
While she gets emotional during a chat with Dami, branding him disrespectful and saying that he 'hasn't even apologised'.
As Dami and Andrew have a debrief, the latter admits that he does still have feelings for Tasha, and 'needs time'.
Heading over to Coco, the Real Estate Agent tells her he wants to 'take a step back' and won't 'say anything he doesn't mean', placing her in the friendzone.
But as Coco questions if he would try again with Tasha, Andrew strongly denies it and says he 'doesn't trust her anymore', admitting he just needs time to move on.
Paige tells Jacques: 'I'm done with all these games that you keep tying me into. It doesn't make any sense.'
Heading to the beach hut, she questions: 'Do I have mug written all over my head? Be a man for once in your life Jacques.'
It's already a fiery start, as we pick up from where we left off last night with a back and forth between Jacques and Paige.
Paige asks Jacques: 'do you know how rude you've been?', telling him he 'doesn't care' and has 'made his bed and has to lie in it'.
Walking away, she adds: 'I'm done, honeybuns'.
This is your 15 minute warning ⚠️
Grab some snacks, get comfortable and switch over to ITV2 - it's almost time!
There's just too much drama to squeeze into an hour!
The fall out from Casa Amor is set to continue for Andrew and Tasha as the model, 23, accuses the property developer of 'playing the victim' after choosing Coco over her.
In a sneak peek at upcoming scenes, Andrew cools things off with Coco over his unresolved feelings for Tasha, not long before Coco hints to Tasha she did more than just kiss him.
Tasha pulls Andrew for a chat on the terrace and says: 'I want you to be honest with me right now and tell me everything.'
As Andrew attempts to defend himself, Tasha goes on to say: 'You keep playing the victim here! But you've been kissing her, doing whatever you've been doing in this Villa. You know, being in bed, kissing, canoodling, hugging.'
Thursday evening's episode of Love Island saw potentially the most explosive recoupling in Casa Amor history - as the islanders were faced with the aftermath of their head-turning decisions.
There was A LOT to unpack from the get-go, as Laura Whitmore entered the villa to ask the islanders whether they wanted to 'stick' with their partners, or 'twist' with a new bombshell.
And kicking off the party was Jay Younger, who decided to recouple with new girl Chyna Mills as he admitted he is 'looking forward to seeing where this goes', after being in a friendship couple with Danica Taylor before Casa Amor.
Expectedly, Danica also came back with a new beau on her arm, as she welcomed Josh Samuel Le Grove to the villa, admitting this could be the connection she had 'been waiting for'.
Next up it was time for Davide Sanclimenti to make his decision, after playing the field and kissing multiple girls in Casa Amor, despite being coupled up with Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu. But in the end, Davide decided to stay loyal and stick with Ekin-Su, admitting their connection was deeper than anything he felt with the other girls.
A delighted Ekin-Su made her way back into the villa solo too, as she explained that 'Absence makes the heart grow fonder', before reuniting with Davide.
But things took a turn as Dami Hope was next, quipping that 'Summer isn't over yet', before choosing to recouple with new girl Summer Botwe - despite appearing loved-up with Indiyah Polack just days prior.
And despite himself choosing a new girl, Dami couldn't hide his shock as Indiyah also returned to the villa having recoupled with Deji Adeniyi. The pair were then embroiled in a fiery back-and-forth, as Indiyah quipped: 'May the best heartbreaker win'.
As expected, Luca and Gemma both stayed single during Casa Amour and were sweetly reunited.
But Andrew Le Page couldn't hide his fury when Tasha Ghouri returned having recoupled with Billy Brown, branding the blonde 'fake' - despite himself also recoupling with new girl Coco Lodge.
Finally, Jacques O'Neill was left with egg on his face when his infidelities were exposed by bombshell Cheyanne Kerr.
Despite choosing to stick with Paige Thorne, the hunk's behaviour was revealing in scathing fashion, with Cheyanne quipping that 'her version of a test was different to someone else's.'
The episode ended with Paige angry over Jaques' behaviour whilst she was away, as she fumes: 'This isn’t an all you can eat buffet!'
And after ALL of that, it seems the drama is set to hit a new level during tonight's episode.
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By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE
AP Business Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are swinging between small gains and losses as Wall Street works out what to make of surprisingly strong data on the U.S. jobs market released Friday.
The S&P 500 fell 0.4% in afternoon trading after earlier veering from a loss of 0.9% to a gain of 0.3%. On the optimistic side, employers hired many more workers last month than expected despite worries about a possible recession. However, the hotter the economy remains, the more likely the Federal Reserve is to continue raising interest rates sharply in its fight against inflation.
Treasury yields shot higher immediately after the release of the jobs data, underscoring expectations of Fed rate hikes, but then eased back. The yield on the two-year Treasury jumped as high as 3.15% from 3.03% late Thursday, but it then moderated to 3.11%.
The Nasdaq composite fell 0.5% after swinging from an early loss of 1.2% to a gain of 0.4%. The technology and other high-growth companies that make up a big chunk of that index have been some of the most vulnerable to rising rates recently.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 72 points, or 0.2%, at 31,311, regaining some ground from a 172-point decline.
The Federal Reserve has already hiked its key overnight interest rate three times this year, and the increases have become increasingly aggressive. Last month it raised rates by the sharpest degree since 1994, by three-quarters of a percentage point to a range of 1.50% to 1.75%. It was at virtually zero as recently as March.
By making it more expensive to borrow, the Fed has already slowed some parts of the economy. The housing market has cooled in particular as mortgage rates rise due to the Fed’s actions. Other parts of the economy have also shown signs of flagging, and confidence has fallen sharply among consumers as they contend with the highest inflation in four decades.
The hope on Wall Street had been that the recently mixed data on the economy could convince the Federal Reserve to take it easier on rate hikes. This week’s reprieve from spiking prices for oil and other commodities helped strengthen such hopes. But Friday’s jobs report may have undercut them.
Higher interest rates slow the economy by design, and the Fed’s intent is to do so enough to force down inflation. It’s a sharp reversal from policy during the pandemic, which was to keep rates low in order to support economic growth. The danger is that rates hikes are a notoriously blunt tool, with long lag times before their full effects are seen, and the Fed risks causing a recession if it acts too aggressively.
“You can’t just raise rates and reduce the balance sheet without it doing the opposite of what it did before,” said Jerry Braakman, chief investment officer of First American Trust. “When you do the reverse, you can expect it will do the opposite as well.”
Other central banks around the world are also raising interest rates and removing emergency plans put in place early in the pandemic to prop up financial markets.
One closely watched signal in the U.S. bond market is continuing to warn of a possible recession. The yield on the two-year Treasury this week topped the yield on the 10-year Treasury and remained that way on Friday. It’s a relatively rare occurrence that some see as a precursor for a recession within a year or two. Other warning signals in the bond market, which focus on shorter-term yields, are not flashing though.
Even if the Fed can pull off the delicate task of crushing inflation and avoiding a recession, higher interest rates push down on prices for stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies and all kinds of investments in the meantime.
Following Friday’s jobs report, traders are universally betting the Fed will raise the target for its short-term interest rate by at least three-quarters of a percentage point at its meeting later this month, according to CME Group. That would match June’s big move.
A small number of traders are even betting on an increase of a full percentage point. A week ago, no one was predicting that big a move, and some traders were thinking an increase of just half that was the most likely scenario.
In overseas markets, stocks were mixed or modestly higher.
Tokyo’s main stock market index ebbed following the assassination of former Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, but stayed in positive territory for the day. Abe, 67, died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan.
The Nikkei 225 edged up by 0.1% after being up by more than 1% before the attack. Abe oversaw an effort to jolt Japan’s economy dubbed “Abenomics,” and he stepped down as prime minister in 2020.
On Wall Street, shares of GameStop fell 6.5% after the retailer abruptly ousted its chief financial officer. A day earlier, the stock that shook Wall Street last year after soaring far beyond what professionals said was reasonable had climbed 15.1% after it announced a 4-for-1 stock split.
On the winning side was Costco Wholesale, which rose 1% after it said sales at its stores strengthened by 20% last month from a year ago.
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AP Business Writer Joe McDonald contributed.
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Kim Kardashian pens a sweet birthday tribute for niece Penelope as she turns ten while mom Kourtney spoils her girl with a pool party and breakfast in bed
Penelope Disick was inundated with messages from her family across social media on her tenth birthday as her mom Kourtney Kardashian spoiled her with a pool party.
To celebrate her niece turning double digits, the 42-year-old reality star shared two sweet selfies with the tween to her Instagram Story from over the years.
'Happy Birthday my sweet P,' the SKIMS founder wrote under a photo of them at the mall with a silly filter that gave them face tattoos. 'I love you more than anything!!!'
Too cute! Penelope Disick was inundated with messages from her family across social media on her tenth birthday as her mom Kourtney Kardashian spoiled her with a pool party
The mom -of-four went on to share another snap of them outside on vacation as she admitted she 'can't believe' Penelope is '10 now.'
Penelope's grandma, Kris Jenner, also penned a tribute in her honor with a slideshow of pictures throughout her life.
'Happy birthday to my little love bug Penelope!!!!' the momager, 66, gushed on her Instagram.
Party time! Kourtney rang in her little girl's big day with a pool party and breakfast in bed
Selfie session: The mom -of-four went on to share another snap of them together outside as she admitted she 'can't believe' Penelope is '10 now'
She continued: 'From the moment you were born you have been the most precious, adorable, sweet, kind, smart, creative, imaginative, funny, witty, adventurous, thoughtful and lovable girl and you are the most amazing granddaughter, daughter, cousin, niece, BFF, chef extraordinaire, beauty expert, shopping buddy, stylist, and expert skier there is!!!'
'I am beyond blessed and grateful God chose me to be your grandma and I love you more than I can ever explain!!!!!' she continued.
The first image showed them in coordinating dresses with lemons on them as well as the preteen with her parents and younger brother, Reign, seven.
Throwback! Penelope's grandma, Kris Jenner, also penned a tribute in her honor with a slideshow of pictures throughout her life
Blast from the past: Jenner also posted a photo of the then-tot rocking lipstick and a pink tutu
Adorable: Another showed the preteen with her younger brother, Reign, seven, when he was just a baby
Kourtney also shared an image of several heart-shaped balloons and expressed her excitement about Penelope's birthday with a text graphic that was added to her shot.
Additionally, the Poosh founder uploaded a video of herself spending a bit of quality time with Penelope as they rode down an inflatable water slide and splashed into a pool.
She later posted a shot of several orange slices that had been pierced with flamingo-topped toothpicks to her Story.
Mama's girl: Kris made sure to include a photo of her eldest with little Penelope
So loved: Additionally, the grandma uploaded one of the little girl and her dad
The social media personality made a point of sharing an image of a vase of flowers that had accidentally fallen over.
Seemingly unfazed by the shattered glass everywhere, the influencer added a text graphic that simply read 'oops' to her image.
Kourtney shares Penelope, as well as her sons Mason, 12, and Reign with her former partner Scott Disick.
Decorations: On Thursday, Kourtney shared an image of several heart-shaped balloons and expressed her excitement about Penelope's birthday with a text graphic that was added to her shot
Getting ready: Kourtney shared a duo of videos that showed her prepping to celebrate her daughter Penelope's birthday to her Instagram Story
Sweet treats: She later posted a shot of several orange slices that had been pierced with flamingo-topped toothpicks to her Story.
The former couple maintained an extended on-again-off-again relationship that began in 2006.
The pair welcomed their three children over the years before they called it quits on their romance in 2015.
She later began seeing Travis Barker, and she became a stepmother to his children after they tied the knot this past May.
Accidents happen: The media personality made a point of sharing an image of a vase of flowers that had accidentally fallen over | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10996355/Kim-Kardashian-pens-sweet-birthday-tribute-niece-Penelope-turns-ten.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-08T20:34:23Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10996355/Kim-Kardashian-pens-sweet-birthday-tribute-niece-Penelope-turns-ten.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Rumours that ECB may allow some of Lancs England players to play in T20 QF tonight.
Rumour is Salt might be allowed to play and potentially Gleeson/Parkinson.
Hope its true. Surrey were really hampered by losing 4 players this week who have played consistently in their T20 team in the group stage
Although in fairness Yorkshire seemed to be without Root, Bairstow, Brook, Malan and Rashid.
Stop bloody grumbling Lanky!
And, being even more fair, I must point out that neither Buttler nor Livingstone actually batted for England yesterday. | https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=347642.msg18412890 | 2022-07-08T20:34:35Z | https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=347642.msg18412890 | false |
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What a shame. After another mass shooting this time at a 4th of July parade yet another opportunity was lost for a "Good Guy" with a gun to spontaneously intervene and save everyone from death and carnage. Oh well. Maybe next time!
Paul Simon
Northwest side
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By MARINA VILLENEUVE and MAYSOON KHAN
Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People seeking to carry concealed handguns will be required to hand over lists of their social media accounts for a review of their “character and conduct.”
It’s an approach applauded by many Democrats and national gun control advocacy groups, but some experts have raised questions about how the law will be enforced and address free speech concerns.
Some of the local officials who will be tasked with reviewing the social media content also are asking whether they’ll have the resources and, in some cases, whether the law is even constitutional.
Sheriffs haven’t received additional money or staffing to handle a new application process, said Peter Kehoe, the executive director of the New York Sheriffs’ Association. The law, he asserted, infringes on Second Amendment rights, and while applicants must list their social media accounts, he doesn’t think local officials will necessarily look at them.
“I don’t think we would do that,” Kehoe said. “I think it would be a constitutional invasion of privacy.”
The new requirement, which takes effect in September, was included in a law passed last week that sought to preserve some limits on firearms after the Supreme Court ruled that most people have a right to carry a handgun for personal protection. It was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, who noted shooters sometimes telegraph their intent to hurt others.
Increasingly, young men have gone online to drop hints of what’s to come before executing a mass killing, including the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school.
Under the law, applicants have to provide local officials with a list of current and former social media accounts from the previous three years. It doesn’t specify whether applicants will be required to provide access to private accounts not visible to the general public.
It will be up to local sheriff’s staff, judges or county clerks to scroll through those profiles as they check whether applicants have made statements suggesting dangerous behavior.
The law also will require applicants to undergo hours of safety training, prove they’re proficient at shooting, provide four character references and sit for in-person interviews.
The law reflects how the Supreme Court ruling has shifted responsibility to states for vetting those who carry firearms in public, said Tanya Schardt, senior counsel and director of state and federal policy for gun control advocacy organization Brady.
Her group said it was not aware of any other states requiring gun permit applicants to submit social media profiles.
The new approach, however, comes amid growing debate over the policing of social media posts and a legacy of unwarranted surveillance of Black and brown communities.
“The question should be: Can we do this in an anti-racist way that does not create another set of violence, which is the state violence that happens through surveillance?” said University of Pennsylvania social policy, communications and medicine professor Desmond Upton Patton, who also founded SAFElab, a research initiative studying violence involving youths of color.
Meanwhile, gun rights advocates are blasting the law.
“You’re also going to have to tell them your social media accounts because New York wants to thoroughly investigate you to figure out if you’re some of those dangerous law-abiding citizens who are taking the country by storm and causing crime to skyrocket,” Jared Yanis, host of the YouTube channel Guns & Gadgets, says in a widely viewed video on the new law. “What have we come to?”
Hochul, who also has tasked state police with routing out extremism online, didn’t immediately respond to a list of questions about the social media requirement, including how the state will address free speech and privacy concerns.
“Often the sticking point is: How do we go about enforcing this?” Metro State University criminal justice professor James Densley, cofounder of research initiative The Violence Project, said. “I think it starts to open up a bit of a can of worms, because no one quite knows the best way to go about doing it.”
It can be tricky, he said, to decode social media posts by younger people, who could simply be expressing themselves by posting a music video.
“Where this will get tricky is to what extent this is expression and to what extent is this evidence of wrongdoing?” Densley said.
Spokespeople for the social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, 4Chan and Parler didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
New York should instead consider giving the job to a trained group tasked with figuring out how to best reach out to people online who are showing signs of radicalization or trauma and may need help, Patton said.
“There’s a lot of nuance and contextual issues. We speak differently; how we communicate, that could be misunderstood,” Patton said. “I’m concerned we don’t have the right people or the right tools in place to do this in a way that’s useful in actually preventing violence.”
Adam Scott Wandt, a public policy professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said that he supports gun control, but that he worries the New York law could set a precedent for mandatory disclosure of social media activity for people seeking other types of licenses from the state.
New York’s law is rushed and vague, said Wandt, who teaches law enforcement personnel how to conduct searches on people through social media.
“I think that what we might have done as a state here in New York is, we may have confirmed their worst fears — that a slippery slope will be created that will slowly reduce their rights to carry guns and allow a bureaucracy to decide, based on unclear criteria, who can have a gun and who cannot,” Wandt said. “Which is exactly what the Supreme Court was trying to avoid.”
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Maysoon Khan is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues. Follow Maysoon Khan on Twitter.
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Bemidji Regional Airport to Receive Funds for Infrastructure Improvements
The Bemidji Regional Airport is set to receive $95,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as announced by U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) yesterday.
This funding is from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. According to the release, the funding will be used toward reconfiguring and expanding the security checkpoint. The funding is from one of three aviation programs created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This specific one is the Airport Terminal Program.
Senator Klobuchar states that this funding will work toward the long-term economic well-being of the state as well as improving the travel experience at the Bemidji Regional Airport. Smith adds on to this statement, saying, “This investment…will make our airport more modern, safe and efficient. I’m excited to see this law making an impact and will keep pressing for opportunities to improve our state’s infrastructure.”
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By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA
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LONDON (AP) — Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak formally launched his campaign to replace departing Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday, leaping to the front of what is set to be a large pack of Conservative Party contenders — even as some party lawmakers pushed to get the scandal-tarnished Johnson out of office before his replacement is elected over the summer.
Johnson announced his resignation on Thursday — a dizzying about-face after months of insisting he would stay in the job despite mounting ethics scandals and growing Conservative discontent.
He quit as party leader with a statement to the nation outside 10 Downing St., but said he would stay on as prime minister until his successor is chosen by the party. That decision didn’t sit well with some of his Conservative colleagues, who worry that Johnson lacks the authority to hang on, or could do mischief even as a caretaker prime minister.
James Cleverly, who was appointed education secretary Thursday after his predecessor quit during a mass exodus of ministers, defended Johnson’s decision to stay.
“It’s right that he has stood down and it’s right that he has put a team in place to continue governing whilst the selection procedure flows for his successor,” Cleverly told Sky News.
Party officials on Monday are expected to set out the timetable for a leadership contest, with the aim of having a winner by the end of the summer. The two-step process involves Tory lawmakers voting to reduce the field of candidates to two, who will go to a ballot of all party members.
Sunak, whose resignation this week helped topple Johnson, launched his campaign with a slick video casting himself as a serious leader who could “grip this moment and make the right decisions.”
“Do we confront this moment with honesty, seriousness and determination, or do we tell ourselves comforting fairy tales that might make us feel better in the moment, but will leave our children worse off tomorrow?” asked Sunak, one of the bookies’ favorites to win the contest.
Also in the running are Tom Tugendhat, who chairs the House of Commons’ influential Foreign Affairs Committee, and Attorney General Suella Braverman. Other likely contenders include former Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi.
Tony Travers, professor of government at the London School of Economics, said the party would be seeking a leader “a bit less exciting” than Johnson.
“Less exciting, but competent,” he said
Johnson remains in office atop a caretaker administration but many Conservatives say a lame-duck leader is the last thing the country needs amid Russia’s war in Ukraine and a worsening cost-of-living crisis triggered by soaring food and energy prices.
The prime minister’s spokesman, Max Blain, said Johnson would abide by political convention and “stick with pre-agreed policies” during in his remaining time. But Johnson’s limping government plans to push ahead with contentious legislation to rip up parts of its Brexit deal with the European Union, and with a plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda that is being challenged in the courts.
Some Conservatives also are wary of Johnson’s intentions after a resignation speech in which he made clear he didn’t want to leave, but had failed “to persuade my colleagues that it would be eccentric to change governments when we’re delivering so much and when we have such a vast mandate.”
George Freeman, who quit Thursday as science minister, said he worried about a leadership election in which “we choose the wrong person in a hurry because of the instability.”
Some had pushed for Johnson to give way and let Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab step in as temporary leader. But lawmaker Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, treasurer of the Conservative committee that runs party leadership contests, said “that ship has sailed.”
The main opposition Labour Party said having Johnson stay in power was unacceptable. The party — whose two top leaders were cleared Friday by police of breaking pandemic restrictions by having curry and a beer with colleagues last year — vowed to call for a no-confidence vote in Johnson in the House of Commons next week. That would trigger a general election in the unlikely event it was successful.
The brash, 58-year-old politician who took Britain out of the EU and has been at the helm through COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine has repeatedly defied the odds during a rollercoaster political career.
In recent months he managed to remain in power despite accusations that he was too close to party donors, that he protected supporters from bullying and corruption allegations, and that he misled Parliament about government office parties that broke COVID-19 lockdown rules.
He was fined by police for attending one of the parties — the first prime minister ever sanctioned for breaking the law in office — but went on to survive a no-confidence vote last month in Parliament, even though 41% of Conservative lawmakers tried to oust him.
But Johnson was brought down by one scandal too many — this one involving his appointment of a politician who had been accused of sexual misconduct.
Johnson faced days of questions, and gave days of conflicting answers, over what he knew about past allegations against Chris Pincher, a Conservative lawmaker who resigned as party deputy chief whip last week after allegedly groping two men at a private club. Pincher acknowledged he had got drunk and “embarrassed myself.”
Javid and Sunak, key Cabinet members who were responsible for fighting COVID-19 and inflation, resigned within minutes of each other Tuesday, setting off a wave of departures.
Johnson clung to power for days, defiantly telling lawmakers on Wednesday that he had a “colossal mandate” from the voters and intended to get on with the business of governing.
His resignation the next day was a humiliating defeat for a politician whose jokey bluster brought a celebrity status unmatched in British politics — but who was accused of behaving as if the rules didn’t apply to him.
Conservative supporter Ernest William Lee said he “heaved a great sigh of relief” when Johnson announced he would leave.
“I’m sorry this country has got into this state,” Lee said. “It’s a mess and it needs someone very strong — male or female, I don’t care — to run it, run it properly and get it back on its feet.
“I hate being the laughing stock of Europe.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — A former CIA software engineer accused of causing the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history told a jury Thursday that there’s not enough evidence to convict him of espionage and other federal charges.
Joshua Schulte, who chose to defend himself at a New York City retrial, said in closing arguments that the CIA and FBI made him a scapegoat for an embarrassing public release of a trove of CIA secrets by WikiLeaks in 2017.
Schulte, 33, claimed he was singled out even though “hundreds of people had access to (the information). … Hundreds of people could have stolen it.”
He added, “The government’s case is riddled with reasonable doubt. There’s simply no motive here.”
U.S. Attorney David Denton countered that there was plenty of proof that Schulte pilfered a sensitive backup computer file.
“He’s the one who broke into that system,” Denton said. “He’s the one who took that backup, the backup he sent to WikiLeaks.”
The prosecutor also encouraged jurors to consider evidence of an attempted coverup, including a list of chores Schulte drew that had an entry reading, “Delete suspicious emails.”
“This is someone who’s hiding the things that he’s done wrong,” Denton said.
The Manhattan jury is expected to get the case Friday after receiving instructions from U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman.
The so-called Vault 7 leak revealed how the CIA hacked Apple and Android smartphones in overseas spying operations and efforts to turn internet-connected televisions into listening devices. Prior to his arrest, Schulte had helped create the hacking tools as a coder at the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
Prosecutors alleged Schulte was motivated to orchestrate the leak because he believed the CIA had disrespected him by ignoring his complaints about the work environment. So he tried “to burn to the ground” the very work he had helped the agency to create.
While behind bars awaiting trial, he continued his crimes by trying to leak additional classified materials from prison as he carried on an “information war” against the government, they said.
A mistrial was declared at Schulte’s original 2020 trial after jurors deadlocked on the most serious counts, including illegal gathering and transmission of national defense information. Schulte told the judge last year that he wanted serve as his own attorney for the retrial.
On Thursday, Furman complimented Schulte on his closing argument.
“Mr. Schulte, that was impressively done,” the judge said with the jury out of the courtroom. “Depending on what happens here, you may have a future as a defense lawyer.” | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/acting-as-own-lawyer-accused-cia-coder-argues-for-acquittal/ | 2022-07-08T20:44:19Z | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/acting-as-own-lawyer-accused-cia-coder-argues-for-acquittal/ | false |
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland is committing more than $127.6 million in funding to increase high-speed internet access and affordability throughout the state.
Governor Larry Hogan revealed the news while making several stops in Harford County on Friday.
The state estimates 15,000 households will benefit from the funding, which comes from the following four grant programs:
- The Connect Maryland Network Infrastructure Grant Program provides between $1 million and $10 million to local jurisdictions or their Internet Service Provider partners to construct new broadband networks to service unserved households. The program requires matching funds.
- The Neighborhood Connect Broadband Grant Program provides between $50,000 and $500,000 to local jurisdictions and their Internet Service Provider partners to extend existing broadband service to unserved areas. The program requires matching funds depending on the project being funded, and the local jurisdiction or the Internet Service Provider may own the assets being funded.
- The Connected Communities Program assists local community based organizations, nonprofits, and anchor institutions in creating Gap Networks and Community Network designed to address the affordability challenge many low to moderate income household’s face in subscribing for internet service. The program provides grants of between $25,000 and $250,000 for the construction, deployment, expansion, or continuation of these networks.
- The Maryland Emergency Education Relief Grant provides grants between $50,000 and $350,000 to K-12 students and related school staff to close the gap for students who lack necessary internet access or the devices they need to connect to classrooms. Eligible applicants are Schools, Libraries, and Anchor Institutions.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's governor ordered the U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff to honor former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, calling the assassinated ex-leader a friend of the islands.
Because flags are already at half-staff honoring victims of an Independence Day parade shooting in Chicago, Hawaii Gov. David Ige said the flags will be lowered in Abe's memory from sunrise to sunset on Sunday.
Abe, 67, was assassinated on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech — an attack in a nation with some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere.
Police at the shooting scene arrested Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, a former member of Japan’s navy, on suspicion of murder.
“This senseless act of violence has taken the life of a true friend of Hawaii,” Ige said in a statement. “In our multiple meetings, we shared stories of our past, embraced our common culture, and continued the quest for reconciliation and partnership that has developed between the United States and Japan.”
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Willie Morrow, Black hair care pioneer, has died By Gabe O'Connor, Patrick Jarenwattananon Published July 8, 2022 at 3:17 PM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 2:23 William Lee Morrow, a Black hair care pioneer who helped popularize the Afro pick in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at age 82. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2022-07-08/willie-morrow-black-hair-care-pioneer-has-died | 2022-07-08T20:49:55Z | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2022-07-08/willie-morrow-black-hair-care-pioneer-has-died | false |
Sacha Baron Cohen has defeated an appeal in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit brought by a former US Supreme Court judge who he mocked in his satirical comedy series Who Is America?
A trio of judges upheld a 2021 ruling against Roy Moore and agreed that the claims made by him and his wife were “without merit”.
Mr Moore originally brought the lawsuit after appearing on a segment of the show, in which he was convinced to fly to Washington DC to receive a prize in honour of his support for Israel.
He was interviewed by Baron Cohen, who was in character as an Israeli anti-terrorism expert, who later used a fictional device that could allegedly “identify abnormalities” including “sex offenders and particularly paedophiles”.
Mr Moore and his wife sued the comedian for 95 million dollars (£80 million) for causing “intentional infliction of emotional distress and fraud”, as well as making a defamation claim.
The lawsuit was dismissed in July 2021 after it was found that their claims were “barred by both a waiver clause in the agreement that Judge Moore signed prior to the interview and also by the First Amendment of the US Constitution.”
In a ruling made on Thursday the judges stated: “We agree with the District Court that the segment at issue was clearly comedy and that no reasonable viewer would conclude otherwise.”
“We have considered the Plaintiffs’ remaining arguments and conclude that they are without merit.
“For the foregoing reasons, the order of the District Court is affirmed.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/lifestyle/3472879/sacha-baron-cohen-defeats-appeal-of-judge-who-sued-him-over-who-is-america-show/ | 2022-07-08T20:49:54Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/lifestyle/3472879/sacha-baron-cohen-defeats-appeal-of-judge-who-sued-him-over-who-is-america-show/ | false |
ATLANTA, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CTT) will release its second quarter 2022 earnings on Thursday, August 4, 2022, following the market close.
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SILVER SPRING, Md. , July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on additional steps it has taken that will lead to more infant formula available in the U.S. under the agency's recent increased flexibilities.
Company (Product Origin): Care A2+ (Australia)
Product(s): Care A2+ 0-12 Months Infant Formula
Type of Formula: General
Estimated Quantity: 4.875 million cans (about 8.6 million pounds or about 121 million full-size, 8-ounce bottles)
Availability: Initial product will be shipped the first week of August with multiple shipments thereafter.
More Information and Where to Find the Products: The product will be distributed to as many as 20,000 retail locations nationwide for a 91% coverage of the population, including CVS and Rite Aid Drug Stores, Whole Foods Market, Kroger, HCA Healthcare, Publix Super Markets, Safeway, The Vitamin Shoppe, Duane Reade Convenience Store and Peapod Online Grocer.
The FDA is exercising enforcement discretion for the importation of the infant formula products listed above following the review of information provided pertaining to nutritional adequacy and safety, including microbiological testing, labeling and additional information about facility production and inspection history.
The agency is leveraging a number of flexibilities to bolster the supply of products that serve as the sole source of nutrition for many infants while ensuring the infant formula can be used safely and provides adequate nutrition. The FDA remains in further discussions with manufacturers and suppliers regarding additional supply to ensure there's adequate infant formula available wherever and whenever parents and caregivers need it.
The FDA issued guidance on May 16 that outlined a process by which the agency would not object to the importation of certain infant formula products intended for a foreign market or distribution in the U.S. of products manufactured here for export to foreign countries. This guidance also may provide flexibilities to those who manufacture infant formula products domestically and may be able to further increase the quantity of domestically-produced product for the U.S. market. The agency has posted a webpage that will be updated with information about additional products headed to the U.S.
Ongoing FDA Steps to Increase Availability of Safe, Nutritious Infant Formula
The agency's around-the-clock work as part of the all-of-government efforts has already begun to improve supply and availability. The agency expects that the measures and steps it is taking, and the resumption of production at the Abbott Nutrition's Sturgis, Mich., facility, will mean more and more supply is on the way or on store shelves moving forward.
The FDA continues to advise against making infant formulas at home or diluting formula. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to work with their child's health care provider for recommendations on changing feeding practices, if needed. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also has additional information available at HHS.gov/formula, including information to help families find infant formula.
The agency also monitors online marketplaces for fraudulent products and works with major online retailers to remove violative and harmful products offered for sale on their sites. Additionally, since many of these fraudulent products originate overseas, the agency targets and examines these products at ports of entry. The FDA also monitors and follows up on various external signals such as consumer complaints about potential counterfeit and fraudulent products.
The FDA will continue to dedicate all available resources to help ensure that safe and nutritious infant formula products remain available for use in the U.S. and will keep the public informed of progress updates.
Additional Information:
- Infant Formula Information and Ongoing FDA Efforts to Increase Supply
- Enforcement Discretion to Manufacturers to Increase Infant Formula Supplies
- HHS.gov/formula
- HHS.gov/news
- FDA Investigation of Cronobacter Infections: Powdered Infant Formula (February 2022)
- Powdered Infant Formula Recall: What to Know
- CDC Information on Cronobacter Infection and Infants
Media Contact: FDA Office of Media Affairs, 301-796-4540
Consumer Inquiries: 888-723-3366
The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.
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Border agents used 'unnecessary' force on Haitian migrants, investigation finds
Border agents used 'unnecessary' force on Haitian migrants, investigation finds
Border Patrol agents who confronted Haitian migrants in Del Rio in 2021 used "unnecessary" force, according to a long-awaited report released Friday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. | https://www.npr.org/2022/07/08/1110577383/border-agents-used-unnecessary-force-on-haitian-migrants-investigation-finds | 2022-07-08T20:58:35Z | https://www.npr.org/2022/07/08/1110577383/border-agents-used-unnecessary-force-on-haitian-migrants-investigation-finds | false |
MONTREAL (AP) — Cheers erupted from the crowd at Day 2 of the NHL draft when the Los Angeles Kings announced they were taking Jack Hughes with the 51st pick.
No, not THAT Jack Hughes, who already is in the league with the New Jersey Devils after going first in the draft three years ago. There was joy inside the Montreal Canadiens ‘ arena because this Jack Hughes is the son of the host team’s general manager.
Kent Hughes greeted Jack on the draft floor and gave him a hug and congratulations before the 18-year-old prospect could even put on a Kings jersey and hat.
“That part of it meant a lot,” Jerry Keefe, Hughes’ coach at Northeastern University, told The Associated Press in the stands at Bell Centre on Friday. “His whole family grew up here. His grandparents grew up here on both sides. Mom and dad grew up in Montreal. Having it here with his dad being the GM, I think that made it extra special.”
Jack said his father told him he wasn’t planning to take him, sparing him the pressure of being the GM’s son in Montreal. He already has plenty of pressure being the other Jack Hughes and has been in the spotlight playing college hockey.
“I wouldn’t have minded it,” Hughes said of the possibility of getting taken by the Canadiens. “It wouldn’t have really changed anything for me. At the end of the day, I want to play in the NHL … That’s really all that’s important to me. Whether it was Montreal, LA or any other team, I’d be fired up.”
FLAMES KEEP TALKING TO GAUDREAU
MVP candidate Johnny Gaudreau could hit the free agent market Wednesday, barring the Calgary Flames getting a last-minute deal done with the winger coming off a career year. GM Brad Treliving said he continues to talk to his agent in the hopes of keeping Gaudreau.
“Both sides are focused on trying to get a deal,” Treliving said. “These things take time. Johnny’s a really good player. There’s going to be a lot of attention. I think it’s real genuine on both sides to try and get a deal done.”
Gaudreau set career highs with 40 goals, 75 assists and 115 points in helping Calgary win the Pacific Division. He finished fourth in Hart Trophy voting as league MVP and could sign the richest free agent contract this year if he doesn’t return to the Flames.
“I genuinely think that everybody’s heart’s in the right place,” Treliving said. “We want to get the player signed. He wants to be in Calgary. But they’re big decisions. They’re life decisions. If he doesn’t sign with us, he’s earned the opportunity to look at the market. That’s something he’s got to consider. For us, it’s just trying to get our player signed.”
CIRELLI HAS SURGERY
Tampa Bay Lightning center Anthony Cirelli underwent surgery on his injured right shoulder on Tuesday, GM Julien BriseBois said. Cirelli played through the injury on the way to the Lightning reaching a third consecutive Stanley Cup Final before losing to Colorado.
Asked about a timeframe for Cirelli’s recovery, BriseBois said: “We’re still ironing that out. There’s a wide range there.”
USA HOCKEY SHINES
A total of 14 players from USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program were selected — nine more than the next-closest amateur club. The Philadelphia Flyers took two of them with their top picks: Cutter Gautheir fifth and Devin Kaplan 69th.
“Every year it continues to amaze me how many players they produce,” Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher said. “The whole development model they have is excellent. … There’s a lot of highly driven and motivated kids that play for the program, so I think they push each other and challenge each other.”
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Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has defeated a defamation lawsuit filed by former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who said he was tricked into a television appearance that lampooned sexual misconduct accusations against him.
The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, upholding a lower court’s ruling in favour of Baron Cohen, said Mr Moore signed a disclosure agreement that prohibited any legal claims over the appearance.
The three judges also found it was “clearly comedy” when Baron Cohen demonstrated a so-called paedophile detector that beeped when it got near Mr Moore and no viewer would think the comedian was making factual allegations against Mr Moore.
The 95 million dollars lawsuit centred on Mr Moore’s unwitting appearance on the comic’s Who Is America? show.
The segment ran after Mr Moore faced misconduct accusations during Alabama’s 2017 US Senate race that he had pursued sexual and romantic relationships with teenagers when he was a man in his 30s. He denied the allegations.
Mr Moore, a Republican known for his hardline stances opposing same-sex marriage and supporting the public display of Ten Commandments, had been told he was receiving an award for supporting Israel.
But in the segment, Baron Cohen appeared as faux counterterrorism instructor “Col Erran Morad” discussing bogus military technology, including the supposed paedophile detector. The fake device beeped repeatedly as it got near Mr Moore, who sat stone-faced.
“Baron Cohen may have implied (despite his in character disclaimers of any belief that Judge Moore was a paedophile) that he believed Judge Moore’s accusers, but he did not imply the existence of any independent factual basis for that belief besides the obviously farcical paedophile detecting ‘device,’ which no reasonable person could believe to be an actual, functioning piece of technology,” the court wrote in the unsigned summary order.
Mr Moore and his wife, Kayla, sued, arguing that the segment defamed Mr Moore and caused them emotional distress. The couple claimed the waiver Mr Moore signed was unenforceable because it was obtained under a false representation.
The appellate court noted that it was indeed a ruse that got Mr Moore to appear on the show, but he signed a binding release waiving all legal claims.
The accusations against Mr Moore contributed to his loss to Democrat Doug Jones, the first Democrat to represent Alabama in the Senate in a quarter of a century.
The seat returned to Republican control when Mr Jones lost the following election to Sen Tommy Tuberville, a former college football coach.
Baron Cohen has for years lured unwitting politicians into awkward interviews. He has faced past lawsuits over similar pranks, but those were also tossed out because the individuals had signed releases.
Mr Moore and his wife indicated they will appeal.
“For far too long the American people have been subjected to the antics of Sacha Baron Cohen. His pusillanimous and fraudulent conduct must be stopped. We will appeal,” the couple said in a statement texted to The Associated Press. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3472852/sacha-baron-cohen-defeats-defamation-suit-filed-by-roy-moore/ | 2022-07-08T20:59:38Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3472852/sacha-baron-cohen-defeats-defamation-suit-filed-by-roy-moore/ | true |
Languages learning in schools is recovering slowly from the pandemic, with the Government on course to miss its targets, according to a new report.
The Language Trends survey – from the British Council of more than 1,500 state primary, state secondary and private schools – finds that the Government is on track to meet all its targets for English Baccalaureate (EBacc), apart from languages.
The EBacc aims to make sure that pupils take English language, literature, maths, the sciences, a humanities subject and a modern foreign language at GCSE.
The Government plans for 75% of pupils to study the EBacc subject combination at GCSE by 2022, for award of qualifications in 2024, and for 90% to do so by 2025, for qualifications awarded in 2027.
For all other subjects, the Government is on course to meet the target with the exception of foreign languages.
The survey showed that four in five primary schools had been teaching languages for more than five years, representing a 2% increase on 2021 and a 5% increase on 2019, with pupils making progress in one foreign language in most of these schools.
But the data revealed significant variation in the amount of time primary pupils spent on languages, with some schools spending less than half an hour on teaching per week, whereas ideally pupils would be taught for at least one hour per week by a teacher with degree-level proficiency in the language.
The survey found that in practice, weekly language learning does not take place in one in four primary schools because of issues such as split teacher time between year groups, where Year 5 might have languages for half the year and Year 6 for the other half, staffing issues and extra-curricular activities.
French is the most commonly taught language at primary, and is significantly ahead of Spanish, although this trend is not mirrored at A-level.
The survey also showed a decline in trips abroad.
It found that the pandemic had resulted in a “significant reduction” in school trips and other international activities as part of language study, with the exception of private schools where opportunities were more widespread.
International activities include trips abroad, partnering with a school abroad, involvement in international projects or hosting a language assistant.
Previous Language Trends reports found that international opportunities for pupils had been decreasing since 2018.
The 2022 report found that almost 70% of primary schools surveyed said they had had no international engagement in the past year, while 45% of state secondary schools reporting the same thing.
At private schools, just 18% said they had had no international links, an increase from 7% in 2021.
The report found that Spanish was the most popular language to take at A-level for the third year running, with over 8,000 entries, and will overtake French as the most popular language at GCSE by 2026 if current trends continue.
German has declined slightly, while entries for other modern languages plummeted in 2020 when pupils learning languages at Saturday schools or community settings not awarded a teacher-assessed grade for their work during the pandemic.
While these languages show some signs of recovery, entry rates remain far below pre-pandemic levels.
Vicky Gough, British Council schools adviser, said: “Our survey highlights the impact that Covid-19 still has on the teaching and learning of languages and shows that the past couple of years have been extremely challenging for schools.
“It is vital that schools prioritise language learning and re-establish connections with national and international schools and universities. The benefits of having language skills and some knowledge of other cultures cannot be overstated, particularly as the UK renegotiates its place on the world stage.”
A Department for Education spokesperson said: “The EBacc remains vital in giving all children the same chance to succeed in the core academic subjects, and we have already exceeded our 75 per cent uptake ambition across four of the five subject groups.
“We are reforming the modern foreign languages GCSEs to encourage more students to take up these important subjects, helping to broaden their horizons.
“We have also increased bursaries for languages to attract more talented teachers to the profession, invested £4.8 million in a pilot to boost quality and take-up, and are establishing a network of modern foreign language hubs from next year.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3468823/languages-learning-in-slow-recovery-following-the-pandemic/ | 2022-07-08T21:00:20Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3468823/languages-learning-in-slow-recovery-following-the-pandemic/ | false |
Hoosier lawyer writes model anti-abortion law. Indiana Senators say they're not using it.
State legislatures around the country are turning to the words of a prominent Indiana lawyer as they draft legislation that would restrict abortion, but lawmakers here have signaled they will develop other language in crafting new abortion policy.
A spokesperson for Indiana Senate Republicans said in an email Friday that the caucus would not rely on the 29-page document that Terre Haute attorney Jim Bopp drew up in his role as general counsel for the National Right to Life Committee.
“The Senate is not using Mr. Bopp’s model legislation as the basis for our bill,” said Laura Baxter, senior press secretary, Senate majority communications office.
Baxter did not immediately respond to a request for additional details.
The Indiana House Republicans had no update Friday on what legislation that caucus might consider, said Erin Wittern, communications director for the Indiana House Republicans, in an email.
Bopp writes blueprint to restrict abortions
Last month Bopp wrote an extensive, detailed document for the national organization to share with state legislatures in the hopes that it could serve as a blueprint for new law.
“We tried to do as comprehensive a model law as we could think would be necessary,” Bopp said. “But you know legislators are perfectly free to pick and choose.”
Indiana Republicans often use such templates from national organizations as they craft legislation here. In fact, a USA TODAY investigation found both parties frequently use such "form bills" to pass legislation across the country.
'It's your problem not mine.':Hoosiers share why they had abortions after Roe reversed.
Bopp’s model law would ban abortions in almost all circumstances except in cases where the procedure is necessary to prevent the imminent death of the pregnant mother.
While the legislation would make it a felony with jail time to perform or aid and abet in an abortion, the woman who undergoes the procedure would not be subject to criminal penalties.
Although the main body of the text does not allow for exceptions in the case of rape or incest, a footnote acknowledges that some states may want to enact such measures and contains language to that effect for these states to use.
Such a stance is not “an ideal position” but may be necessary in some states, Bopp told IndyStar.
The model legislation would also prohibit the manufacturing, sale and distribution of medical abortion pills or abortifacients to someone who could use them to have an abortion, making it a Level 3 felony.
More:Restricting abortion may mean more children in poverty. Indiana already lags on funding.
Some states have already expressed interest in the document. Earlier this week one of Bopp’s colleagues testified in front of the South Carolina legislature, he said.
While Bopp said he was “not at liberty” to say whether he has had any conversations with lawmakers in Indiana, he said he might testify if appropriate should the legislature hold hearings on the proposed legislation.
The model law also addresses local prosecutors who might choose not to enforce abortion laws in this jurisdiction. Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced the day that the Supreme Court issued its ruling on abortion that his office would not prosecute abortion-related cases, as have a number of his counterparts in other counties.
Bopp does not agree with such stances.
“They’re seizing the power of the legislature to decide what the law is,” Bopp said of such prosecutors. “This is not their function but a reckless abuse of power so we have to deal with it.”
Under his proposed legislation, the state attorney general would be given authority to enforce criminal laws associated with abortion.
The legislature convenes July 25.
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WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — A man faces charges in the death of a Peach County man found at a Warner Robins home on July 2.
42-year-old Jonathan Campen turned himself in at the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office on Friday. He was charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in the death of 33-year-old Joseph Webb.
Webb was reported missing on July 1 before being found dead at a home in the 100-block of Pleasant Hill Court near Watson Boulevard in Warner Robins.
Campen is being held at the Houston County Detention Facility.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Chad Pierce or Det. Scott Nix at (478) 302-5380 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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Boris Johnson quit as Tory leader after admitting he failed to persuade Cabinet colleagues that he could fight on.
The Prime Minister said it was “eccentric” to change governments at this stage but “I regret not to have been successful in those arguments”.
A new Tory leader will now be elected who will replace Mr Johnson in No 10.
“In politics, no one is remotely indispensable,” he acknowledged in a statement delivered from a lectern in Downing Street.
“I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world, but them’s the breaks,” he said.
Mr Johnson intends to remain in No 10 until his successor is elected, but he faces resistance to that plan from within his own party and the Opposition.
He has already appointed new Cabinet ministers to replace MPs who quit as part of the mass ministerial exodus in protest at his leadership.
In a statement which was watched by staff, supportive MPs and his wife Carrie Johnson carrying their child Romy, the Prime Minister said: “It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister.
“And I’ve agreed with Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of our backbench MPs, that the process of choosing that new leader should begin now and the timetable will be announced next week.
“And I’ve today appointed a Cabinet to serve, as I will, until a new leader is in place.”
But in a sign of the resentment he feels about being forced from office, less than three years after a landslide election win, Mr Johnson said: “In the last few days, I tried to persuade my colleagues that it would be eccentric to change governments when we’re delivering so much and when we have such a vast mandate and when we’re actually only a handful of points behind in the polls, even in mid-term after quite a few months of pretty relentless sledging and when the economic scene is so difficult domestically and internationally.
“I regret not to have been successful in those arguments and, of course, it’s painful not to be able to see through so many ideas and projects myself.
“But as we’ve seen, at Westminster the herd instinct is powerful, when the herd moves, it moves.”
The timetable for the leadership contest is expected to result in a successor being in place for the party’s conference in October – with Mr Johnson intending to stay in No 10 until the process is complete.
He said his successor’s priorities should include “cutting taxes because that is the way to generate the growth and the income we need to pay the great public services”.
“To that new leader, I say, whoever he or she may be, I say: ‘I will give you as much support as I can’.”
Tory leadership hopefuls had already begun setting out their stalls before Mr Johnson made his announcement.
Attorney General Suella Braverman and arch-Brexiteer Steve Baker have both indicated they will run.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng also hinted that he will throw his hat in the ring.
“We now need a new leader as soon as practicable. Someone who can rebuild trust, heal the country, and set out a new, sensible and consistent economic approach to help families,” he said.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who cut short an official trip to Indonesia to return to Westminster, said: “We need calmness and unity now and to keep governing while a new leader is found.”
Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said: “Now we need a clean start.”
The caretaker administration appointed by Mr Johnson ahead of his resignation announcement included Greg Clark as the new Levelling Up Secretary, replacing Michael Gove who was sacked on Wednesday, while James Cleverly has been made Education Secretary – the third person to hold that role in as many days.
Robert Buckland returns to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Wales, following the resignation of Simon Hart.
Kit Malthouse is the new Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the most senior minister in the Cabinet Office after the Prime Minister.
Shailesh Vara is the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, replacing Brandon Lewis who quit early on Thursday morning, while Andrew Stephenson has been appointed Minister without Portfolio, and will attend Cabinet. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3470635/boris-johnson-quits-as-tory-leader-after-failing-in-bid-to-fight-on/ | 2022-07-08T21:05:56Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3470635/boris-johnson-quits-as-tory-leader-after-failing-in-bid-to-fight-on/ | true |
Boris Johnson is facing growing calls from senior Tories to hand over to a caretaker prime minister rather than wait for a permanent successor to be elected.
Constitutional experts are clear Mr Johnson is entitled to remain in No 10 until a new party leader, who will be able to form a government, is in place.
But with the leadership election expected to take weeks or even months, some Conservatives warned it is untenable for him to carry on for so long, given the acrimonious way in which he was forced to resign.
Meanwhile, Labour said it will seek a Commons vote of confidence if Mr Johnson does not go, which would mean a general election if the Government is defeated.
Former prime minister Sir John Major said it would be “unwise and may be unsustainable” to allow Mr Johnson to stay on for a prolonged period in which he would continue to be able to wield considerable power.
“Some will argue that his new Cabinet will restrain him. I merely note that his previous Cabinet did not – or could not – do so,” he said.
In a letter to Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee, Sir John suggested Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab could be installed as acting premier until there is a new leader.
Alternatively, he said, there could be a foreshortened leadership contest, with MPs electing the leader who would then become prime minister – with grassroots members then asked to endorse the result.
There were signs of Sir John’s misgivings being shared by some remaining members of the Cabinet.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng – who Mr Johnson had reportedly been planning to axe in his next reshuffle – said it is a “depressing state of affairs”.
“We now need a new leader as soon as practicable. Someone who can rebuild trust, heal the country, and set out a new, sensible and consistent economic approach to help families,” he said.
At a meeting of his senior ministers on Thursday, Mr Johnson sought to reassure them he will not seek to introduce new policies and that any major decisions on tax and spending will be for the next prime minister.
However, George Freeman, one of the last ministers to resign before Mr Johnson announced he was stepping down, warned of “chaos” if he is allowed to remain in office over the summer.
“Unfortunately, it’s very difficult to see how Boris Johnson, given the character that he is, is going to be able to govern for three months in quiet humility and contrition.
“That certainly wasn’t the tone of his speech,” he told Times Radio.
“My real worry is the instability will fuel a febrile moment of midsummer madness, where we choose the wrong person in a hurry because of the instability. We can’t afford to do that.”
Former cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom, who twice stood for the leadership, urged Mr Johnson to go for the sake of his reputation.
“I absolutely do not think that it is acceptable that we have a long, drawn-out leadership campaign,” she told BBC Radio 4’s PM programme.
“It is my opinion that Boris would be better to go now and salvage what is a good track record in some really key major events.”
Mr Johnson’s former chief advisor Dominic Cummings tweeted: “Evict TODAY or he’ll cause CARNAGE, even now he’s playing for time & will try to stay. Raab shd be interim PM by evening.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3472558/tories-urge-boris-johnson-to-stand-aside-for-caretaker-prime-minister/ | 2022-07-08T21:09:26Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3472558/tories-urge-boris-johnson-to-stand-aside-for-caretaker-prime-minister/ | false |
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Two Iowa police officers are taking the unusual move of suing six people who participated in a 2020 protest in Des Moines after the Minneapolis police killing of accusing them of assault.
All six people , and five already pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of assault on a police officer and/or interference with official acts. One of them, Indira Sheumaker, was later elected to the Des Moines City Council.
The lawsuit, first reported by Axios Des Moines, was filed by Peter Wilson and Jeffrey George as individuals and not as representatives of the Des Moines Police Department. They are seeking an unspecified amount for actual and punitive damages.
It will likely be met with skepticism by the court, said Robert Bloom, a professor at Boston College Law School, who noted that the claims of assault and battery appear to be applying criminal complaints to a civil action.
Experts also note that Iowa is among several states that have adopted what’s known as the “fireman’s rule,” which holds that firefighting and policing are inherently dangerous jobs and generally bars emergency responders from suing or collecting damages for injuries that occur in the course of their duties. The rule typically includes some exceptions — such as gross negligence of a property owner or if injury was caused by willful, wanton or intentional action.
The protest was among It began as a rally at the Iowa State Capitol to push for the restored voting rights to felons and turned violent as police led away arrested protesters.
Des Moines protesters have said police escalated tensions and were heavy-handed in their handling of arrests.
The suit describes protesters’ actions as “nothing short of domestic terrorism.”
No charges related to the protest were found against one of the lawsuit defendants in online court records. Only one person was sentenced to jail time — four days — while the others received probation, fines or both.
One person named in the suit, Brad Penna of Des Moines, said he thinks it’s intended to “intimidate, function as a scare tactic, and to retaliate” against protesters who fought back against what they saw as unjust police aggression.
Penna was originally charged by police with assault on an officer, but that was dropped when he pleaded guilty to interference of officials acts and paid a $250 fine. Penna was among five protesters who later successfully after the Iowa State Patrol banned them from State Capitol grounds.
The officers’ lawsuit accuses Penna of pulling on Wilson’s hands and arms to prevent an arrest, causing scrapes and bruises to the officer — an accusation Penna denies.
“I did not touch Pete Wilson, or any officer, and the video footage and evidence shows that,” Penna said Thursday in an email to The Associated Press. “I urged and yelled at Pete Wilson to get off a young Black woman’s head. That was it. Someone may have scratched him, but it wasn’t me. I did not hurt Pete Wilson, not to mention the comparison to protesters literally being thrown to the ground, pepper sprayed, and the like.”
Des Moines attorney Mark Hedberg, who represents Wilson and George, did not return repeated phone messages left by the AP seeking comment.
Other defendants named in the lawsuit either could not be reached for comment or did not return messages seeking comment. That includes Sheumaker, who pleaded guilty in 2021 to a reduced misdemeanor count of assault on a police officer and was sentenced to two years’ probation.
Later that year, Sheumaker was elected to the City Council on a platform that focused, in part, on police reform.
Bloom, the Boston College Law School professor, wondered if the officers’ lawsuit wasn’t more about airing grievances over the Des Moines Black Lives Matter organization, which is mentioned throughout the complaint, though it is not named as a defendant.
Bloom said he doesn’t expect to see more such lawsuits by police seeking damages from people they arrest.
“The police already have a remedy in this case, and the remedy is to charge criminally,” Bloom said. | https://www.timesleader.com/wire/nation-world/1564647/2-iowa-officers-sue-2020-protesters-accuse-them-of-assault | 2022-07-08T21:10:30Z | https://www.timesleader.com/wire/nation-world/1564647/2-iowa-officers-sue-2020-protesters-accuse-them-of-assault | false |
Houston Texans 2022 training camp: Everything fans need to know
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The Houston Texans kickoff training camp July 29 at Houston Methodist Training Center, and fans will be able to see their team take the field.
There is optimism throughout NRG Stadium as coach Lovie Smith takes over with second-year quarterback Davis Mills getting a realistic shot at the starting job. The future is also bright as general manager Nick Caserio still has twin first-round picks through the 2024 draft.
All training camp practices are subject to short-notice changes and adjustments based on weather and/or football operations’ decisions. Follow the Houston Texans on social media to stay up to date on any such changes.
Here is everything Texans fans need to know about training camp.
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Open practice dates
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The Texans announced that the July 29-30, Aug. 2-3, Aug. 5-6, and Aug. 9-10 training camp practices will be free and open to the public. All practices will start at 8:00 a.m. CT.
How to acquire training camp tickets
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Fans will have the chance to register to win free tickets starting July 8. General admission is not guaranteed, and ticket distribution will be based on each day’s availability.
Season ticket holders: check your email
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Season ticket members will get an email with further details on their registration for training camp along with additional benefits.
Battle Red T-shirts
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Fans will also be able to purchase the team’s new limited-edition Battle Red T-shirts throughout camp with proceeds benefiting the Houston Texans Foundation.
2022 NFL Fan of the Year
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On July 30, the 2022 NFL Fan of the Year contest launches on Back Together Saturday, which will celebrate extraordinary fans. The criteria includes fans who represent what it means to be a fan and who have been a positive influence on or rallying force for their family, friends, and community. The contest is also looking for fans whose fandom, contributions to the team, and connection to pro football inspire others.
The Texans’ 2022 nominee will be announced in October.
The nominee will receive two tickets to Super Bowl LVII, a game program and two custom jerseys, among other prizes.
The 2022 NFL Fan of the Year will be announced during Super Bowl weekend.
Evolving the fan experience
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Texans president Greg Grissom hopes 2022 will provide another opportunity for the team to evolve the training camp experience for fans.
“Every year, we look for ways to evolve the fan experience at Training Camp and this year is no different,” Grissom said. “This is already one of the most exciting times of the year for our entire organization and even more so this season as we release new limited-edition gear and kick off the 2022 NFL Fan of the Year contest. Our fans are extremely important to us, and we’re thrilled to continue to give them exclusive access to our team as they prepare for the 2022 season.”
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Russian-born Elena Rybakina stunned former champion Simona Halep in straight sets to reach a maiden Wimbledon final.
The 23-year-old’s relentless display of powerful hitting proved too much for 2019 winner Halep as a 6-3 6-3 victory booked a Saturday showdown with third seed Ons Jabeur.
Rybakina, who was born in Moscow and still lives there, dodged Wimbledon’s ban on Russian players having switched to represent Kazakhstan four years ago.
That decision, taken in order to receive more funding, has paid dividends for both parties as the world number 23 became the first Kazakh player to reach a grand slam final.
Halep had blitzed her way past seeded opponents Paula Badosa and Amanda Anisimova as she looked for a third major title.
But the Romanian could not buy a first serve, with nine double faults to Rybakina’s five aces telling its own story.
It was a double fault, followed by a fizzing forehand winner, that gave Rybakina an early break.
At 4-1 Rybakina successfully challenged a line call to bring up two more break points but this time Halep wriggled out of trouble.
But the pressure from Rybakina was telling and another double fault brought up a set point which Halep also had to negotiate to hold for 5-3.
It was just putting off the inevitable, though, with a 118mph ace giving Rybakina three set points.
Halep saved two but when a forehand floated wide Rybakina had impressively clinched the first set in 37 minutes.
Things went from bad to worse for Halep at the start of the second with two more double faults, the second on break point, putting Rybakina seemingly in control.
This time Halep was able to break back, but her good work was immediately undone by another serving blip.
At 5-3 on the Halep serve Rybakina struck the killer blow, a booming backhand down the line to secure her place in the final.
“Simona is a great champion but I was really focused today and really happy with my performance,” she said.
“I was nervous, of course, but the matches I had before on Court One helped. It was my first time on Centre Court but the atmosphere I had before helped me a lot.
“I think today I was mentally prepared and did everything I could. It was an amazing match.
“Ons is a very good, very tricky player and it’s not going to be easy to play her drop shots. But I think it’s going to be a great match.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3472405/russian-born-elena-rybakina-powers-past-simona-halep-to-reach-wimbledon-final/ | 2022-07-08T21:13:30Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3472405/russian-born-elena-rybakina-powers-past-simona-halep-to-reach-wimbledon-final/ | true |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man serving life in prison after his first-degree murder conviction in the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright was sentenced Friday on lesser charges of conspiracy and attempted murder in the 12-year-old case.
Shelby County Judge Lee Coffee sentenced Billy Ray Turner to 25 years in prison for both the conspiracy charge and the attempted murder charge. Turner was convicted March 21 in the fatal shooting of Wright, a 6-foot, 11-inch center who played 13 seasons in the NBA before he retired after the 2008-2009 season.
Coffee sentenced Turner, 51, to life in prison on the day of his conviction. Turner already was serving a 16-year sentence for possessing a weapon as a convicted felon. Turner was found with two guns when he was arrested in 2017 in Wright’s killing and he pleaded guilty in 2019.
The judge decided that the 25-year-sentences will run concurrently, or at the same time. When added to the 16-year sentence for the gun charge, Turner essentially has been sentenced to life plus 41 years in prison, with the possibility of parole, Coffee said.
The slaying is one of the most highly publicized murder cases in Memphis history. Wright’s decomposing body was found riddled with bullet wounds in a swampy field in east Memphis on July 28, 2010. The 34-year-old father of six had been missing for days before his body was discovered.
During Turner's trial, prosecutors said Wright’s ex-wife, Sherra Wright, masterminded a plan to kill her ex-husband and recruited Turner and her cousin, Jimmie Martin, to help her.
Turner and Sherra Wright were indicted in December 2017, more than seven years after the killing. Sherra Wright entered a surprise guilty plea to facilitation of murder in July 2019 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Turner is a landscaper who knew Sherra Wright from church and, according to prosecutors, had a secret romantic relationship with her.
At the time of Wright’s slaying, Martin was facing charges of killing his girlfriend, and he said his cousin helped pay part of his legal fees. Martin was convicted and is currently serving prison time in that case.
Martin received immunity from prosecution in the Wright case. He testified that he went with Turner to kill Wright in Atlanta in a failed murder attempt. Martin also testified that he went with Turner to a Mississippi lake to dump the gun used in the killing.
A Memphis native, Lorenzen Wright played college basketball at the University of Memphis and spent time with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. At the end of the trial, Coffee called Wright “a sacred son” of Memphis.
During Friday's hearing, the judge cited Turner's past convictions for kidnapping, gun and drug charges as he added years to the life sentence.
“He is a dangerous offender," Coffee said. ”He had no hesitation committing this crime." | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Man-sentenced-on-lesser-charges-in-NBA-player-s-17293183.php | 2022-07-08T21:14:29Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Man-sentenced-on-lesser-charges-in-NBA-player-s-17293183.php | false |
American haute couture cycling brand Jelenew, making more women love cycling
WILMINGTON, Del., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, American actress Kat Graham appeared on the red carpet of the 75th Cannes Film Festival wearing a mix of Jelenew professional cycling pants and Stephane Rolland, which caused a buzz in the field of fashion and sports technology. For a while, Jelenew and professional cycling pants were highly sought after by the public, and KOLs and KOCs scrambled to post-professional cycling pants shapes on social platforms such as ins, leading the trend of professional cycling pants. Professional cycling pants can improve riding comfort and make many women fall in love with the "hip-lifting" effect.
The History of Women's Cycling
The original source of the name of cycling pants is "the pants worn by their court knights." Originally the pants were designed for men, and it wasn't until 1896 that the first woman wore them. The history of cycling pants is tied to the history of women's use of bicycles in pursuit of equality.
The bicycle proved to be one of the most effective tools for women's empowerment as it democatized. It gives women the freedom to travel and opens up new horizons. However, some inherent social concepts have limited the development of female bicycle travel. These were the inventions of men who, for example, claimed that the bicycle would disrupt the established social order: "It allows women to move around the whole neighborhood without restrictions, which is dangerous for the patriarchal system," Thierry Paquot said. Finally, some doctors at the time claimed that bicycle use led to inappropriate sexual behavior in women.
We must admit that men still dominate today's cycling world. However, for women, bicycles are not only a means of transportation, fitness, and entertainment but also a "key" to freedom and independence. Bicycles have played a pivotal role in women's pursuit of equality.
In 1896, a high-wheeled bicycle with a large front wheel and a small rear wheel swept Europe. However, because the bicycle was too tall, even men couldn't handle it well, and they often fell, and European women in long skirts at the time couldn't try it. In 1888, the inventor adjusted the front and rear wheels of the bicycle and invented the safety bicycle. This safety bike has the same size front and rear wheels and looks a lot like today's bikes. Unlike high-wheeled bicycles, its inclined beam design and safe and lightweight construction make it easy for women to ride on the bicycle.
In 1983, Frances Willard, the leader of America's largest women's group, decided to try cycling. She trained herself for a week to maintain sufficient physical strength, strengthen leg strength and balance, etc. In November of the same year, she officially tried cycling and became the first woman in the world to ride a bicycle. She also wrote a book called Wheel Within a Wheel to get more women to ride bikes. The book mentioned that "women want to change their social status, they need to do something that has never been done before, and go to the unknown and wider world. It is not difficult to ride a bicycle, as long as you keep a clear head, steady hands, and strong double legs. This sport can give us a healthy body." Since then, more and more women have begun to cycle, and some European women have even traveled worldwide on bicycles. Some of them have organized cycling clubs and often carry out cycling activities.
At the time, bicycles gave women freedoms they never had before, and thousands of women took to the streets on their bikes. But they were still bound by their clothing, and their wide skirts became a hindrance to cycling. So they all shortened their skirts and changed their petticoats to bloomers. Subsequently, fashion designers designed a kind of loose trousers suitable for cycling, officially introducing trousers into the field of women's fashion. This caused a great shock at the time, but the tide of history is irreversible. Women also began to appear on the professional cycling scene, and at the time, women's cycling was even more popular than men's. As a result, female athletes' income has become increasingly considerable, and cycling has brought significant changes to women.
In 1985, the British writer Louis said, "The wheel of freedom represents a new dawn. Women can feel their true independence. They begin to focus on cycling, exercising, reading, and enriching their souls." Feminism Author Susan Brownnell Anthony also commented: "The bicycle is a 'free machine' that liberates women more than anything else because it gives women a sense of freedom and independence." That same year, the National American Woman Suffrage Association was formed, and they biked through the city, lobbying for women's suffrage. The association's founder said: "Bicycles liberate women from their inherent family life. We must ride bicycles to open the door to women's suffrage!"
Today, cycling still plays an essential role in women's empowerment. For example, World Bicycle Relief donated 50,000 bicycles to African students, 70 percent of which went to girls. If girls can bike to school, they can get an education. Afghanistan has a national women's cycling team where women can achieve independence and break gender barriers. In Iraq, Iran, and Syria, women often ride bicycles, challenging the traditional regulations of conservative cultures, breaking the shackles, and protesting against social discrimination against women cycling.
The rise of the women's sports market has helped Jelenew create clothing with sports functions and haute couture aesthetics, making more women fall in love with cycling.
The rise of women's sports in recent years has made women not satisfied with simply surviving in the men's sports market, and they need a more professional market to meet their needs. The women's sports market is quietly rising. In 2021, the American professional cycling brand Jelenew was established to " make more women fall in love with cycling." This is an American professional cycling brand for women and the world's first high-definition professional cycling brand. It is the first to introduce haute couture into the R&D and design of professional cycling apparel, creating apparel that combines athletic performance and haute couture aesthetics. As the world's first high-definition professional cycling brand, Jelenew's products are no less than other market leaders in sports performance and technology. Haute couture technology allows the jersey to fit the rider's body better, reducing wind resistance during riding.
The founding team of Jelenew is made up of a group passionate about cycling. Among the members are luxury haute couture designers, senior cycling enthusiasts, and digital technology experts. They came together because of their love for cycling, with a sense of mission of "making more women fall in love with cycling," and hoped to use Jelenew to give full play to their professional advantages. When they paid attention to the fact that traditional cycling pads are very unfriendly to women in terms of physical health, function, and beauty, and there is much room for optimization, they developed a five-point V-shaped pad according to women's body structure and the needs of riding.
Compared with the traditional cycling pad, Jelenew designed the seat cushion into a five-point V-shaped distribution design according to the physiological characteristics of female genitalia and the force during riding. The critical stress points, such as the upper parts, are thickened to protect the key stress regions when women ride. This new type of riding seat cushion can increase the cushioning effect, diffuse the pressure distribution, effectively reduce the pressure and discomfort during riding, reduce the risk of numbness in the buttocks and legs, and improve blood circulation. It will bring a healthy and comfortable riding experience to female cyclists. In addition, Jelenew will also apply the clothing technology in high fashion to the design of cycling equipment, making them more beautiful while maintaining excellent functionality, and visually bringing a better riding experience, makes more people fall in love with cycling.
Women are becoming increasingly important in cycling, and we also hope that more and more cycling brands like Jelenew that care about women will appear and contribute to better women's cycling.
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MONTREAL (AP) — Cheers erupted from the crowd at Day 2 of the NHL draft when the Los Angeles Kings announced they were taking Jack Hughes with the 51st pick.
No, not THAT Jack Hughes, who already is in the league with the New Jersey Devils after going first in the draft three years ago. There was joy inside the Montreal Canadiens ' arena because this Jack Hughes is the son of the host team's general manager.
Kent Hughes greeted Jack on the draft floor and gave him a hug and congratulations before the 18-year-old prospect could even put on a Kings jersey and hat.
“That part of it meant a lot," Jerry Keefe, Hughes' coach at Northeastern University, told The Associated Press in the stands at Bell Centre on Friday. “His whole family grew up here. His grandparents grew up here on both sides. Mom and dad grew up in Montreal. Having it here with his dad being the GM, I think that made it extra special.”
Jack said his father told him he wasn't planning to take him, sparing him the pressure of being the GM’s son in Montreal. He already has plenty of pressure being the other Jack Hughes and has been in the spotlight playing college hockey.
“I wouldn’t have minded it," Hughes said of the possibility of getting taken by the Canadiens. "It wouldn’t have really changed anything for me. At the end of the day, I want to play in the NHL ... That’s really all that’s important to me. Whether it was Montreal, LA or any other team, I’d be fired up.”
FLAMES KEEP TALKING TO GAUDREAU
MVP candidate Johnny Gaudreau could hit the free agent market Wednesday, barring the Calgary Flames getting a last-minute deal done with the winger coming off a career year. GM Brad Treliving said he continues to talk to his agent in the hopes of keeping Gaudreau.
“Both sides are focused on trying to get a deal,” Treliving said. "These things take time. Johnny’s a really good player. There’s going to be a lot of attention. I think it’s real genuine on both sides to try and get a deal done.”
Gaudreau set career highs with 40 goals, 75 assists and 115 points in helping Calgary win the Pacific Division. He finished fourth in Hart Trophy voting as league MVP and could sign the richest free agent contract this year if he doesn't return to the Flames.
“I genuinely think that everybody’s heart’s in the right place,” Treliving said. "We want to get the player signed. He wants to be in Calgary. But they’re big decisions. They’re life decisions. If he doesn’t sign with us, he’s earned the opportunity to look at the market. That’s something he’s got to consider. For us, it’s just trying to get our player signed.”
CIRELLI HAS SURGERY
Tampa Bay Lightning center Anthony Cirelli underwent surgery on his injured right shoulder on Tuesday, GM Julien BriseBois said. Cirelli played through the injury on the way to the Lightning reaching a third consecutive Stanley Cup Final before losing to Colorado.
Asked about a timeframe for Cirelli's recovery, BriseBois said: “We’re still ironing that out. There’s a wide range there.”
USA HOCKEY SHINES
A total of 14 players from USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program were selected — nine more than the next-closest amateur club. The Philadelphia Flyers took two of them with their top picks: Cutter Gautheir fifth and Devin Kaplan 69th.
"Every year it continues to amaze me how many players they produce," Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher said. “The whole development model they have is excellent. ... There’s a lot of highly driven and motivated kids that play for the program, so I think they push each other and challenge each other.”
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Spoiler alert! Major spoilers ahead for 'Thor: Love and Thunder' and its post-credits scenes. Do not read on if you're trying to avoid major plot points and reveals.
Thor: Love and Thunder is finally here, which means, of course, a new adventure with Chris Hemsworth's legendary God of Thunder -- as well as a few major MCU reveals in the post-credits scenes.
At the film's end, following the ultimate defeat of Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), thanks in part to the tragic sacrifice of Jane Foster, aka Mighty Thor (Natalie Portman, in her Marvel return), Thor teams up with Gorr's resurrected daughter, now known as Love, which is the first fun Easter egg for fans -- because the young hero is actually played by Hemsworth's real-life 10-year-old daughter, India Rose Hemsworth! (The actor's twin sons, Tristan and Sasha, also play a younger version of Thor in a flashback, while Bale and Portman's kids have cameos as young citizens of New Asgard.)
However, the most surprising casting reveal comes during the mid-credits scene, when we return to Olympus to find Zeus (Russell Crowe) vowing his revenge after being slighted earlier in the film. In fact, he ominously promises to see "Thor Odinson fall from the sky," before turning to an as-yet-unseen character and asking, "Do you hear me, Hercules?"
And who is the MCU's Hercules? None other than Roy Kent himself, Ted Lasso star Brett Goldstein, who rises in his mythical armor, promising to exact his father's vengeance on the God of Thunder!
The end-credits scene, in comparison, is more of a coda than a reveal, though it does feature a fun reappearance from Idris Elba's Heimdall, who is the one to welcome Jane/Mighty Thor to the afterlife in Valhalla.
"I see you're dead now," he teases, before thanking her for helping to save the New Asgard children, which included his son, Axel, who -- thankfully, for Thor's sake -- has inherited his abilities to control the Bifrost.
Prior to the film's premiere, Portman spoke with ET about the possibility we might see Jane/Mighty Thor back on screen in some capacity one day -- despite her tragic onscreen fate in Love and Thunder.
"I am open for anything," she shared. "It's exciting that the world is so large now, within the MCU, that it does feel like everything is possible.
Thor: Love and Thunder is in theaters now. Check out ET's exclusive tour of the set with Hemsworth, Portman and Waititi below!
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SALT LAKE CITY, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Extra Space Storage Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: EXR) announced today it will release financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 after the market closes. The Company will host a conference call at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 to discuss its financial results. Hosting the call will be Extra Space Storage's CEO, Joe Margolis. Joining him will be Scott Stubbs, Executive Vice President and CFO.
During the conference call, company officers will review operating performance, discuss recent events, and conduct a question-and-answer period. The question-and-answer period will be limited to registered financial analysts. All other participants will have listen-only capability.
A live webcast of the conference call will be available online from the investor relations page of the Company's corporate website at www.extraspace.com. Telephone participants may avoid any delays in joining the conference call by pre-registering for the call using the following link to receive a special dial-in number and PIN: https://register.vevent.com/register/BI2bb007ca412e407b82c93299102763ba.
The conference call will also be available on the Company's website under Investor Relations at www.extraspace.com. To listen to a live broadcast, go to the site at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to register, download and install any necessary audio software.
A replay of the webcast will be available on the Extra Space Storage Investor Relations website beginning August 3, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. ET, and will remain available for 30 days after the call.
The full text of the earnings report and supplemental data will be available at the Company's website at http://ir.extraspace.com immediately following the earnings release to the wire services after the market close on Tuesday, August 2, 2022.
Extra Space Storage Inc., headquartered in Salt Lake City, is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, and a member of the S&P 500. As of March 31, 2022, the Company owned and/or operated 2,130 self-storage properties, which comprise approximately 1.5 million units and approximately 164.2 million square feet of rentable storage space offering customers conveniently located and secure storage units across the country, including boat storage, RV storage and business storage. The Company is the second largest owner and/or operator of self-storage properties in the United States and is the largest self-storage management company in the United States.
For more information, please visit www.extraspace.com.
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The long-anticipated dismantling of the Chicago Blackhawks’ roster begun Thursday with the team trading Alex DeBrincat to the Ottawa Senators and Kirby Dach to the Montreal Canadiens.
In completing a third trade to acquire goalie Petr Mrazek from the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Blackhawks went from having no first-round picks in the NHL draft in Montreal to making three picks through the evening.
Chicago acquired the seventh and 39th picks in this year’s draft and a third-rounder in 2024 for DeBrincat, who is likely a year away from a big payday. The Blackhawks acquired the No. 13 pick by trading Dach to Montreal.
In adding Mrazek, the Blackhawks acquired the No. 25 selection for helping the Maple Leafs free up much-needed salary cap space. Mrazek has two years remaining on a three-year $11.4 million contract he signed with Toronto.
Dealing DeBrincat signals a shift into win-soon mode for the Senators, while the Blackhawks moved even further away from contending again a year after making moves like acquiring defenseman Seth Jones and Marc-Andre Fleury.
“I think they’re trying to do something that maybe we were trying to do a few years ago,” Senators general manager Pierre Dorion said at the draft in Montreal. “Now we’re trying to do something that a lot of teams were trying to do, and that’s win a lot of hockey games.”
With a lot of losses coming up next season and beyond, the attention now turns to the future of longtime Blackhawks stars and three-time Stanley Cup-winners Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, whose matching contracts expire after next season.
They already gained some financial flexibility by trading DeBrincat, who is expected to attract a hefty raise once his current deal expires after the 2022-23 season.
DeBrincat, 24, has one year left on a $19.2 million, three-year contract, after which he is eligible to become a restricted free agent. Dorion said the Senators expect to start extension talks with DeBrincat’s agent next week when league rules allow them but added the team wants to make sure he’s a good fit in coach D.J. Smith’s system.
“Obviously, we would like to extend him at some point in time,” Dorion said. “He was pretty excited. He talked to both myself and DJ earlier, and he was really excited. He knows we’ve got a really good, young group of players.”
Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson said adding high draft picks was a priority following the DeBrincat trade.
“It was an incredibly difficult decision to trade a player of Alex’s caliber. We feel as if this move sets the Blackhawks up for future success by giving us additional flexibility and future talent,” Davidson said in a statement.
“Securing this early of a first-round pick for tonight and an additional second-round selection tomorrow allows us to fortify our prospect base with high-end players who we expect to be a difference-makers in the coming years.”
Chicago selected Canadian junior defenseman Kevin Korchinski with the 13th pick, U.S. development team center Frank Nazar at No. 13 and Minnesota high school defenseman Sam Rinzel at No. 25.
The trades come with the Blackhawks having reached a crossroad in their franchise’s direction. Chicago has missed the playoffs in four of the past five seasons, and hasn’t won a postseason round since 2015, when the Blackhawks won their third Stanley Cup in six years.
The DeBrincat deal will create more questions for longtime Blackhawks stars Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane.
Toews and Kane — still one of the league’s most dynamic players at age 33 — have no-movement clauses, making a trade unlikely unless they ask for a change in scenery. But DeBrincat’s departure could prompt Kane or Toews to seek a new home.
DeBrincat was selected by Chicago in the second round of the 2016 draft. He put up big numbers with the OHL’s Erie Otters in juniors, but he slipped down some draft boards because of his height at 5-foot-7.
Those concerns turned out to be unfounded.
DeBrincat has been one of the NHL’s most prolific scorers since his debut with the Blackhawks in 2017. The winger matched his career high with 41 goals this past season and set a career best with 37 assists in 82 games.
Overall, he has 160 goals and 147 assists in 368 games.
But the Michigan native also has improved on the defensive end, becoming a more well-rounded player since entering the league.
He joins a burgeoning Senators roster that already features a collection of promising youngsters including Brady Tkachuk and Tim Stutzle.
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- Bristol Property is Virginia's First Casino -
BRISTOL, Va., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning, 'Bristol Casino – Future Home of Hard Rock' celebrated its grand opening with a ceremony featuring Hard Rock executives and partners, state and local officials, local community members and business and civic leaders to celebrate the newest economic driver in Bristol, VA. A traditional ribbon cutting commemorated the official opening of the Bristol casino, with the signature Hard Rock guitar smashing occurring when the permanent casino opens. As part of the ceremony, Bristol Casino presented a $100,000 donation to the United Way of Bristol TN/VA, from gaming proceeds generated at July 5 and 7 casino events. Bristol casino officially opens to the public at 2 p.m.
'Bristol Casino – Future Home of Hard Rock,' a temporary full-service casino, boasts 30,000 square feet of casino space, featuring 870 slots, 21 tables, a sportsbook and is open to the public 7-days-a-week, 24-hours-a day, with ample parking. The space includes a main casino floor as well as non-smoking and high limit gaming areas. Guests also are able to enjoy Mr. Lucky's, a new restaurant, Brick'd, a brick oven pizza and grab and go food outlet, and Bristol Bar, a sports bar and lounge with live entertainment. Casino guests are able to enjoy the 'Unity by Hard Rock' loyalty program. 'Bristol Casino – Future Home of Hard Rock' delivers the legendary vibe of the Hard Rock brand with the friendly charm of Southwest Virginia hospitality.
"We are excited to open the temporary casino in Bristol," said Jon Lucas, COO of Hard Rock International. "Hard Rock's rich and storied music legacy is a perfect fit for Bristol, the 'Birthplace of Country Music.' The casino's gaming and dining amenities will make it a major entertainment destination for residents from across the region. We appreciate the ongoing collaboration from the Virginia Lottery. Their team has been great to work with. Finally, we look forward to opening the permanent casino within two years and bringing the full legendary Hard Rock experience to Bristol."
"We are so thankful to reach this significant project milestone, in opening the temporary casino," said Jim McGlothlin, Chairman, The United Company, and Clyde Stacy, President, Par Ventures. "'Bristol Casino – Future Home of Hard Rock' is something of which Bristolians can be very proud. We are glad that the project is having an immediate impact in boosting Bristol's economy, by bringing at least 600 new, good-paying jobs to the city. This is only a start, as the project will generate even more jobs when the permanent casino opens. These benefits extend across Southwest Virginia as communities receive additional tax revenue from the project. Local businesses in the Tri-Cities will see an economic development boost from increased tourism visitation and spending. All of this would not have been possible without the strong support from local residents and leaders, for which we remain incredibly grateful."
"Wow, what an amazing day for Bristol!" said Allie Evangelista, President of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol. "Lots of hard work and preparation has gone into getting ready for the Grand Opening of 'Bristol Casino - Future Home of Hard Rock.' I could not be prouder of our amazing team in the energy and enthusiasm they have shown to help us open the doors to guests today. The casino will join the region's other fun entertainment and recreational tourism assets to help attract even more visitors to Bristol, the Tri-Cities and Southwest Virginia. Come check out the casino – to game and dine – you'll love it!"
Situated at the site of the former Bristol Mall, 'Bristol Casino - Future Home of Hard Rock' is located seconds off Interstate 81 (Exit 1 in VA). 'Bristol Casino - Future Home of Hard Rock' is an opening act destined to transform into a headliner when the permanent Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Bristol is expected to be completed within 24 months. From entertainment to community impact, the temporary casino is expected to create at least 600 new jobs in Bristol, Virginia and generate significant additional tax revenue for the city, the region and the Commonwealth.
For more information about Hard Rock's temporary casino in Bristol, Virginia, please visit https://www.hardrockhotelcasinobristol.com/.
Background materials on the project – including bios and photos – can be accessed HERE
About Hard Rock®: Hard Rock International (HRI) is one of the most globally recognized companies with venues in over 70 countries spanning 265 locations that include owned/licensed or managed Rock Shops®, Live Performance Venues and Cafes. HRI also launched a joint venture named Hard Rock Digital in 2020, an online sportsbook, retail sportsbook and internet gaming platform. Beginning with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world's largest and most valuable collection of authentic music memorabilia at more than 86,000 pieces, which are displayed at its locations around the globe. In 2022, Hard Rock was honored as one of Forbes Magazine's Best Employers for Diversity and a Top Large Employer in the Travel & Leisure, Gaming, and Entertainment Industry. Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal also designated Hard Rock as a U.S. Best Managed Company for the second year in a row in 2022. In 2021, Hard Rock was ranked top performing hotel brand in J.D. Power's North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Study for the third consecutive year and named Forbes Magazine's Top Employers for Women. The brand is owned by HRI parent entity The Seminole Tribe of Florida. For more information on Hard Rock International, visit www.hardrock.com or shop.hardrock.com.
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MONTREAL (AP) — Juraj Slafkovsky waited and wondered if the Montreal Canadiens would take him with the first pick in the NHL draft.
When the moment came, he didn’t even hear general manager Kent Hughes call his name. Shock overwhelmed the big, charismatic winger as soon as he heard Hughes say, “From the Slovakian national team.
“I didn’t even listen anymore,” he said. “I was like shaking and I had goosebumps.”
Months after leading Slovakia to its first Olympic gold medal and being named tournament MVP, Slafkovsky made more history by becoming the first player from the country to be taken No. 1. Minutes later, countryman and Beijing Games teammate Simon Nemec went second to the New Jersey Devils.
Slafkovsky and Nemec became the highest-drafted players from Slovakia, 22 years after Marian Gaborik went third to Minnesota in 2000.
“I lost the words,” Nemec said. “We were kids when we dream about NHL draft.”
Nemec was all smiles later when he and Slafkovsky embraced Filip Mesar, the third Slovak taken in the first round, also by Montreal at No. 27. It’s the first time Slovakia has had three players taken in the the first round, which also matched a record with 16 prospects born outside of North America being selected.
The crowd at Bell Centre was fired up for the league’s first in-person draft since 2019, booing Commissioner Gary Bettman each time he stepped up to the microphone — until he said he had a trade to announce. There were some oohs and ahhs when Shane Wright, long projected to be the top pick in this draft even before the Canadiens won the draft lottery, was not taken in the top three.
The Arizona Coyotes made forward Logan Cooley the highest-drafted player from Pittsburgh when they took him third. Wright’s fall, reminiscent of Seth Jones in 2013 — the last draft with this level of uncertainty about the top pick — ended when the Seattle Kraken took him fourth.
Wright said he’d have a chip on his shoulder and play with “a little more fire” after getting passed over by three teams at the top of the draft.
The Canadiens kept everyone guessing in saying they were considering Slafkovsky, Wright and Cooley before the draft. And after answering that question by choosing the 6-foot-4 winger, Montreal made another splash by completing a trade.
The Canadiens traded defenseman Alexander Romanov to the New York Islanders for the 13th pick and moved that selection and the 66th to the Chicago Blackhawks for young forward Kirby Dach.
It was the second dismantling move made Thursday by the Blackhawks, who also traded high-scoring winger Alex DeBrincat to the Ottawa Senators for three picks.
Slafkovsky, who has drawn comparisons to late Hockey Hall of Famer Clark Gillies and plays a bit like a young Jaromir Jagr, said he told the Canadiens on Thursday morning to take him. Confident as that sounded, Slafkovsky acknowledged he didn’t expect it to actually happen.
“It was a really big surprise for me,” Slafkovsky said. “We had meetings but we don’t get to know almost anything from that meeting. I still could just guess when I was waiting for this. But now it’s reality.”
Slafkovsky, who turned 18 in March, is among the most NHL-ready players in the draft after playing against grown men in Finland this past season and impressing at the Olympics with seven goals in seven games. The youngest player in the tournament was the biggest reason Slovakia won an Olympic bronze medal for the first time.
Chuck Fletcher, whose Philadelphia Flyers picked forward Cutter Gauthier fifth, said Wednesday he expected a lot of trades at the draft. Other GMs around the league didn’t want for the draft to begin to start dealing.
The Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche got things started by acquiring goaltender Alexandar Georgiev from the New York Rangers for a third- and a fifth-round pick in this draft and a third-rounder next year. Then Chicago sent DeBrincat to Ottawa for the seventh and 39th picks and a third-rounder in 2024.
Bettman opened the draft in French by saying, “Bon soir, Montreal.” When fans booed him as is tradition, he said: “Thank you for that welcome. It is a return to normalcy.”
It’s also the first time the host team picked first since the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1985 when they got Wendell Clark. The Leafs got the loudest boos during roll call, with some in the crowd chanting, “’67!” in reference to the last year Toronto won the Stanley Cup.
Recent deaths in hockey were also recognized before the Canadiens went on the clock. Bettman asked those on the draft floor and in the stands to hold a moment of silence for retired defenseman Bryan Marchment, who died at age 53 Wednesday in Montreal where he was attending the draft as a scout for the San Jose Sharks.
Children of late Hall of Famers Guy Lafleur and Mike Bossy also addressed the crowd, along with Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis, who was serenaded by chants of “Ole! Ole! Ole!” Famously undrafted before having a Hall of Fame career, St. Louis joked: “It took me 45 years to finally be at my first draft. It was worth the wait.”
The opposite pressure now belongs to Slafkovsky, who could soon play alongside top Montreal forwards Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield. That could be the plan for Hughes and St. Louis, who did their homework on Slafkovsky before picking him.
“They knew me pretty well,” he said. “They knew almost everything, how I play, what I do where on the ice, so I think it’s a really good organization and the important thing is they know what they want and I know what I want. It’s just good for me that they picked me.”
Rounds 2-7 are Friday.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 8, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
321 PM CDT Fri Jul 8 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Hutchinson, southwestern Hansford and northeastern Moore Counties
through 345 PM CDT...
At 321 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles west of Morse, or 21 miles southwest of Spearman. This storm
was nearly stationary.
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...
Pringle and Morse.
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.
LAT...LON 3592 10139 3596 10165 3605 10166 3606 10162
3611 10162 3611 10137
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 263DEG 2KT 3607 10155
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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It has been a little over a week since Kevin Durant asked for a trade from the Brooklyn Nets, and Nets GM Sean Marks has now arrived at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas prepared to hear trade offers from other executives face-to-face.
“Sean Marks has arrived in Vegas for Summer League and so have essentially all the other executives in the league,” ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski said Friday on “NBA Today.” “And it gives teams a chance to talk in person and I think you have a different kind of conversation than you could have on the phone, I think especially when you’re trying to put together something more complicated, a three- or four-team deal.”
Durant reportedly has Phoenix and Miami at the top of his wish list, while Toronto is among the teams that reportedly has the kind of assets that could make for a viable trade. The Nets are looking for a package including multiple elite players, draft picks and/or other assets. They reportedly asked the Minnesota Timberwolves for Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Edwards and four first-round draft picks.
“There’s no sense from the Nets or with teams talking to the Nets that they have tremendous urgency or they’re trying to move this along quickly to find a resolution to get a deal,” Woj said. “They want to get a deal, they want to get the best deal they can, but these things take on a life of their own.
“I think you’ll see some more face-to-face conversations in the coming week to 10 days, but that doesn’t guarantee there’s going to be a KD trade in Summer League....The Nets have Kevin Durant under contract for four years and that is a pretty good reason not to rush into anything and maybe slow play this over time, and if you don’t have the kind of blockbuster deal you want, you don’t just make the trade.”
Woj added: “I wouldn’t be surprised if this situation plays out even through Summer League but if you’re the Nets, you can get a sense of how far some teams are going to go and if you’ve feel like they’ve gone as far as they’re going to go with you, is that good enough for Kevin Durant?
“Because in any scenario you’re probably not getting value for Kevin Durant. There’s no deal where you can say, ‘Hey, we’re better for this. It’s just the best you can get. And again with the four years left on his contract, you could wait it out.”
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One of the state’s leading recyclers has been given the green light to rebuild in Passaic at the scene of a devastating fire that burned for two days in January of 2021 on the city’s Eastside.
Atlantic Coast Fibers has gotten approval from the Passaic Planning Board to build a 118,000-square-foot warehouse at its plant on 7th Avenue. The company anticipates the new warehouse and equipment will be up and running by the fall of 2023. | https://www.nj.com/news/2022/07/large-nj-recycling-plant-destroyed-by-fire-to-be-rebuilt.html | 2022-07-08T21:24:43Z | https://www.nj.com/news/2022/07/large-nj-recycling-plant-destroyed-by-fire-to-be-rebuilt.html | false |
DirecTV Stream is the latest major player to enter the live TV streaming service game.
And, no, you do not need a satellite on your roof for the service.
With an unrivaled level of access to every major channel on TV, they’re sending a message to consumers: if you’re looking for one of the best deals in the business, you’ve come to the right place.
Even better, DirecTV Stream is offering a $15 discount on the first two months for a limited time. The base package, which normally costs $69.99, has been slashed to $54.99.
DirecTV Stream also provides hundreds of on-demand titles, the ability to stream through three devices at once and unlimited Cloud DVR storage.
Here is everything you need to know about DirecTV Stream:
How much does DirecTV Stream cost?
DirecTV Stream normally costs $69.99 per month, with a range of add-on options. A subscription can be canceled at any time.
With the current discount, all packages have had their prices slashed by $15. This ranges from the base Entertainment Package, which has been discounted from $69.99 to $54.99, to the Premier Package, which has fallen from $149.99 to $134.99.
While DirecTV Stream doesn’t offer the same low prices as Philo or Sling, it offers far more content than virtually any of its competitors. The service is closer in price to Fubo TV, though it doesn’t feature quite as many overall channels in the base package.
It does, however, rival Fubo’s sports content unlike any other contender in the streaming game.
What channels are on DirecTV Stream? What are the different packages?
First, the big one: Like Fubo, a subscription to DirecTV Stream gives you full access to ABC, making it one of the few places to watch a live stream of the massive network.
In addition, DirecTV Stream’s offerings include CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN, ESPN2, AMC, BET, OWN, MTV, VH1, SHOWTIME, HGTV, MSNBC, FX, USA, Comedy Central, A&E, Food Network, E!, Hallmark, Discovery Channel, WE tv, Lifetime, and Disney Channel.
The list of all packages and 140+ total channels can be found here.
Does DirecTV Stream offer a free trial?
DirecTV Stream offers a free trial that doesn’t require much effort.
To sign up, enter a phone number, email address and credit card, and you’ll receive five days of the service without charge.
What shows can I watch on DirecTV Stream?
In addition to live TV, DirecTV Stream has a significant library of on-demand content. The selection and the length of availability varies widely, though.
The primary focus of the on-demand feature is for programming that has recently aired on the available channels.
How to subscribe to DirecTV Stream
Try out the free trial or sign up for a subscription by going to DirecTV Stream’s website here.
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The policies of Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were highly controversial, both at home and throughout Asia. But that did not lesson the shock and mourning at his sudden death.
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The policies of Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were highly controversial, both at home and throughout Asia. But that did not lesson the shock and mourning at his sudden death.
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