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Grace Jones, 74, puts on a flamboyant display and covers her famous features with a mask at the Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak show in London
Grace Jones put on a flamboyant display on Tuesday evening as she attended the Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show at the Roundhouse in Camden, London.
The music legend, 74, donned a chic black suit for the outing, covering her famous features with a face mask emblazoned with the words 'Be Your Own Hero'.
The Fashion Freak Show showcases Jean Paul Gaultier’s iconic fashion with an all-singing, all-dancing cabaret.
Having fun: Grace Jones, 74, put on an animated display and covered her famous features with a mask at the Jean Paul Gaultier show in London on Tuesday
The actress layered the pleated ensemble over a blouse and completed the look with an oversized paperboy hat.
Slipping her feet into comfy moccasins the star carried her belongings in a graphic printed handbag.
Despite being inside glamorous grace shielded her eyes behind shades before later removing them to showcases her stunning brown eyes.
Chic: The music legend donned a chic black suit for the outing, covering her famous features with a face mask
Stylish: The actress layered the pleated ensemble over a blouse and completed the look with an oversized paperboy hat
The star accentuated the features with over drawn eye liner as well as painting her nails a bright red.
Grace struck numerous playful poses before heading inside to watch the mucha anticipated show.
Also at the swanky event was former X Factor star Diana Vickers, 30, who set pulses racing in the revealing black bodysuit which she teamed with an oversized white blazer.
Drama: Despite being inside glamorous grace shielded her eyes behind shades before later removing them to showcases her stunning brown eyes
Joker: The star accentuated the features with over drawn eye liner as well as painting her nails a bright red
The songstress completed her stylish look with a black headscarf which she wore loosely over her cascading blonde locks.
Diana slipped her elegant pins into fishnet tights as she added extra height with a pair of black heels.
The podcast host opted for a glamorous palette of make-up with lashings of mascara as she carried her belongings in a colourful crochet bag with acrylic strap.
Mask: The Covid conscious star wore a mask with the words 'Be your own hero'
Excuse me! The star strutted her stuff through the London venue to get to her seat in the auditorium
She was joined by dancer Abbie Quinnen, 25 who turned heads in a plunging back mini dress.
Abbie, who is dating former Strictly professional AJ Pritchard, showcased some major side boob in her plunging ensemble which also featured dramatic ruffle detailing at the shoulder.
The statuesque stunner added a pop of colour to the look in towering hot pink platform heels which drew attention to her long toned legs.
Leggy: Also at the swanky event was former X Factor star Diana Vickers, 30, who set pulses racing in the revealing black bodysuit which she teamed with an oversized white blazer
Chic: Diana looked gorgeous in the bodysuit a teaming the bodysuit with an oversized white blazer
The blonde beauty let her luscious locks fall in a gentle curl as she accessorised with a simple pendant necklace.
Former Love Island star and singer Samira Mighty, 26, also made an appearance donning brightly printed shirt dress.
When asked by MailOnline if she would ever consider collaboration with fellow reality star and musician Wes Nelson she appeared open to the idea.
She said: 'Possibly, maybe. Wes is smashing it, we’re both doing our own things so it will be great to meet halfway really'.
Saucy: Abbie showcased some major side boob in the ensemble which also featured dramatic ruffle detailing at the shoulder
Man of the hour: The Fashion Freak Show showcases Jean Paul Gaultier’s (pictured) iconic fashion with an all-singing, all-dancing cabaret
Bright: Former Love Island star and singer Samira Mighty, 26, also made an appearance donning brightly printed shirt dress
When asked about Adam Collard entering the villa following their time together on the show back in 2015 she said: I was just so shocked cos I was talking to him only a couple of days before'.
Adding: 'He kept it so quiet. He’s actually doing so well. He was a good guy before, it’s just TV isn’t it?'
Jean Paul Gaultier: Fashion Freak Show is in London Until August 28.
Wow: The incredible show is in London until August 28 | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11030089/Grace-Jones-74-puts-animated-display-Jean-Paul-Gaultier-London.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-20T01:06:05Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11030089/Grace-Jones-74-puts-animated-display-Jean-Paul-Gaultier-London.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
By Erik Evenson, Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl Director of Communications
Continuing to support local educators and education initiatives through the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl’s philanthropic endeavor 1st & Give, the bowl will donate a total of $36,000 to local education and teachers in 2022.
With support from the College Football Playoff Foundation’s Extra Yard for Teachers and a Louisiana Department of Revenue grant, the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl will donate $26,000 to local teachers through Donors Choose during Extra Yard for Teachers Week (Sept. 17-Sept. 24) and another $10,000-$5,000 to one school each from Caddo and Bossier Parishes – during bowl week in December.
“We look forward to once again partnering with Extra Yard for Teachers to fund education-related projects throughout this region of the state, and to continue what we started last year by funding Donors Choose requests of area teachers. We all have a hand in helping to educate the next generation and this is our way of contributing,” said Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl Executive Director Missy Setters.
“We also partnered with the Louisiana Department of Revenue through a grant that will allow us to increase the impact our organization will have on education initiatives in 2022.”
Funding for Local Teachers
In September during Extra Yard for Teachers Week, the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl will fund $26,000 worth of teachers’ initiatives on DonorsChoose.org
In 2021, the bowl donated a total of over $11,000 to local teachers through Donors Choose and that will more than double this year.
To be eligible for funding from the Independence Bowl, teachers will need to post their initiatives on DonorsChoose.org by Friday, August 19.
Educators from Caddo, Bossier, DeSoto, Red River and Webster Parishes are eligible for the funding. Education projects posted on Donors Choose by the deadline will then be evaluated by an independent committee.
On the Extra Yard for Teachers Big Day on Tuesday, September 20, the Independence Bowl will fund the chosen initiatives totaling $26,000 and host a celebration of those teachers and local education. The details of the celebration will be announced at a later date.
Along with funding, each teacher who receives funding from the bowl will receive two game tickets to the 2022 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl in December, and the teachers will be recognized at the game.
Grand Prizes to Local Schools
In addition to the $26,000 that will be donated to local teachers, the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl will also award two schools, one from Caddo Parish and one from Bossier Parish, with $5,000 apiece during bowl week in December.
The schools will be awarded the grand prize based on submissions from each school about a plan or program to promote teacher retention, recruitment or recognition.
Schools will be required to submit their projects or programs by Friday, October 28. More details on the guidelines will be announced at a later date. All project submissions will be judged by an independent committee, and the winning schools will be recognized during bowl week.
Independence Bowl Survey
The Independence Bowl is conducting a survey about both the Independence Bowl Foundation and Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl in order to improve the organization. The bowl asks that fans, both locally and regionally, complete the survey and provide feedback on various aspects of the Foundation and bowl. To complete the brief survey, visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/2022_Independence_Bowl_Survey. | https://bossierpress.com/independence-bowl-to-donate-36000-to-education-in-2022/ | 2022-07-20T01:06:42Z | https://bossierpress.com/independence-bowl-to-donate-36000-to-education-in-2022/ | true |
'They needed to change the narrative!' Love Island viewers claim Luca and Dami were 'told to apologise to Tasha by producers' after they left her in tears with Snog, Marry, Pie challenge
Love Island fans were left furious on Tuesday evening convinced that show's producers forced Dami Hope and Luca Bish to apologise to fellow contestant Tasha Ghouri after a game on the show got out of hand.
Fans accused the pair of 'bullying' the blonde beauty with tensions boiling over during the 'snog, marry, pie' challenge.
Tasha was the left visually upset after both boys pushed cream pies into her face during the supposedly light hearted game, with fellow Islanders later agreeing things went 'too far'.
'Producers told them to!': Love Island viewers have claimed that Luca and Dami were told to apologise to Tasha by producers after she broke down following the 'Snog, Marry Pie' game
Forced to give reasons why they were choosing to pie her, Dami claimed that the bikini clad stunner 'rides on Andrew's coattails'.
Viewers rushed to Twitter to accuse the two men of ganging up on Tasha with one writing: 'Dami and Luca are actual bullies'.
While another added: 'Dami and Luca are bullying Tasha made me remember my own bullies and now I can't watch the show without being traumatised'.
Splat: Forced to give reasons why they were choosing to pie her Dami claimed that the bikini clad stunner 'rides on Andrew's coattails' (Luca pictured 'pieing' Tasha)
Two! Both men decided to splat a cream pie in the bikini clad stunners face
And a third wrote: 'That was disgusting what the bully boys did to Tasha, I worry for her mental health, they think they are so big and funny, they need binging down, get them out'.
Later in the show, two men apologised to Tasha with Brighton based fishmonger Luca admitting he was 'out of line'.
He said: 'I do actually genuinely feel bad right now for what I said and I'm sorry'. Luca said.
Unimpressed: Viewers rushed to Twitter to accuse the two men of ganging up on Tasha with one writing: 'Dami (pictured) and Luca are actual bullies'
Bullying: Another wrote: 'Dami and Luca are bullying Tasha made me remember my own bullies and now I can't watch the show without being traumatized'
Echoing his words Dami agreed saying: 'I do support you and Andrew and obviously we have our opinions about everything that happened'.
He continued: 'I have said to you I thought you always get away with everything so I just thought it would be funny to say 'you always get away with everything well you're not getting away with this pie'.
Before adding: 'I don't want it to be like I'm ganging up on you. I actually want us to be friends.'
Sorry: Later in the two men apologised to Tasha with Brighton based fishmonger Luca (pictured) admitting he was 'out of line
Hugging it out: Tasha hugged both men and they agreed to draw a line under the situation, however fans were left unconvinced the apologies was genuine
Tasha hugged both men and they agreed to draw a line under the situation, however fans were left unconvinced the apologies was genuine.
Saying that bosses intervened to avoid a 'bullying scandal' one wrote: 'Producers told Dami and Luca they needed to change the narrative QUICK'.
While another added: 'These apologies from Dani and Luca, deffo the producers' [sic].
And third commented: 'Dami and Luca only said sorry to Tasha because the prodcuers told them to'.
No way: Tasha hugged both men and they agreed to draw a line under the situation, however fans were left unconvinced the apologies was genuine
While fourth said: 'Luca isn't sorry, he's just aware it makes him look like a bully'.
And a fifth agreed: 'Well I'm sure you know from the last episode producers have told Dami and Luca to apologise'.
And a sixth added: 'Convinced Love Island producers told Luca and Dami to apologise to Tasha'.
MailOnline have contacted representatives for ITV and Love Island for comment.
Quick: Saying that bosses intervened to avoid a 'bullying scandal' one wrote: 'Prodcuers told Dami and Luca they needed to change the narrative QUICK'
It comes after Luca's family took to Instagram Stories on his account on Monday to say they don't condone his behaviour towards partner Gemma Owen.
Fans had called for Gemma to break off her relationship with the fishmonger, after he raged at her for 'flirting' with Billy Brown on Sunday night's show.
And his family have said that while he would be 'embarrassed' by his actions and will no doubt apologise, he doesn't deserve the abuse he has been getting.
'We don't condone his behaviour': Luca family took to Instagram on Monday to address the Love Island star's reaction to Gemma Owen 'flirting' with Billy Brown the night before
They say his behaviour is not reflective of the boy they 'know and love at home' but noted that his Love Island experience is an intense one.
They wrote: 'I want to apologise on behalf of Luca for his insensitive reaction on last night's episode. I know that when he watches it back, he will be embarrassed and deeply apologetic.
'We as his family don't condone his behaviour last might, but we do understand he is in an intense environment where his actions are heightened. Last night was not reflective of the boy we all know and love at home.
Addressing: Luca's family urged people to note that he is in an intense environment and doesn't deserve to receive abuse but were aware that his behaviour towards Gemma was not acceptable
'Please be aware death threats and nasty comments totally overstep the mark and something we has a family should not have to ensure, for this reason we have turned off the comments and messages.
'For all those who have sent messages checking in on us, we would like to thank you very much and we see you.'
Luca was left seething after watching Gemma have a chat with Billy during Casa Amor, prompting him to question the strength of their relationship.
Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub.
Shock: Luca was left seething after watching Gemma have a 'flirty' chat with Billy during Casa Amor, prompting him to question the strength of their relationship | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11030235/Love-Island-viewers-claim-Luca-Dami-told-apologise-producers.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-20T01:06:59Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11030235/Love-Island-viewers-claim-Luca-Dami-told-apologise-producers.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Mississippi native receives presidential appointment to the North American Wetland Conservation Council
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - President Joe Biden’s Administration appointed a Mississippi native to work on the North American Wetlands Conservation Council and help preserve America’s wetlands.
“Never in a million years did I think, you know, time in a duck blind, time in a boat, time with my dad would have resulted in what we see today,” Alex Littlejohn said.
Mississippi is known for its vast bio-diversity and abundant natural wetlands that outdoorsmen from all over the country come to explore. Alex Littlejohn is one of those sportsmen.
“It was just an easy thing for my dad to pack me up in the jeep, and off to the delta we went for deer hunting. We fished; we did, you know, we did it all, but I don’t know. I always felt a connection to duck hunting,” Littlejohn said.
Now, the Oxford native and Mississippi State alum will help protect those wetlands.
“U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through NAWCC issues two grant cycles every year. They call a small grant a larger grant, and through those grant cycles, projects are awarded that look to protect or restore vital wetland habitats,” Littlejohn explained.
For several years, Littlejohn has been the State Director of the Nature Conservancy, where he’s helped protect and preserve Mississippi’s diverse wetlands. With his appointment to the Conservation Council, he’ll be covering habitats all over the country.
“NAWCC plays a very large role and likely has been one of the most successful programs ever enacted by Congress or conservation. They’ve had a $6 billion impact through NAWCC. That’s real money and 31 million acres impacted, enhanced, restored, or protected,” Littlejohn said.
Littlejohn said it’s an overwhelming honor to represent Mississippi in such a way, and he hopes he can leave a lasting impact for those who enjoy the outdoors.
“If the appointment does shed light on the impact that you can have, as a kid from Mississippi, then I’ll take great pride in that. At the end of the day, I just consider myself a kid from North Mississippi that that is just living a dream, and absolutely having a ball doing it and enjoying it every step of the way,” Littlejohn said.
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Mets' deGrom sim game delayed amid mild shoulder soreness
NEW YORK (AP) - Mets ace Jacob deGrom pushed back a simulated game scheduled for Tuesday after experiencing muscle soreness in his right shoulder.
New York said deGrom's soreness was mild and the right-hander's live batting practice was delayed to Thursday "out of an abundance of caution."
The two-time Cy Young Award winner has been sidelined since spring training with a stress reaction in his right scapula. He made his third minor league rehab start last Thursday, pitching four innings of one-run ball for Triple-A Syracuse. He has been expected to return shortly after the All-Star break.
The Mets say he played catch Monday and Tuesday before opting not to face hitters at the team's spring complex in Florida.
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FILE - New York Mets' Jacob deGrom delivers a pitch during the first inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in New York. New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom is finally ready to begin a minor league rehab assignment. Sidelined by injuries since last July, the two-time Cy Young Award winner is scheduled to start Sunday night, July 3, 2022 for Class A St. Lucie against the Jupiter Hammerheads.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11030289/Mets-deGrom-sim-game-delayed-amid-mild-shoulder-soreness.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-20T01:09:47Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11030289/Mets-deGrom-sim-game-delayed-amid-mild-shoulder-soreness.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
US authorities offer £4100 for man accused of shooting Lady Gaga´s dogwalker
The US Marshals Service are offering a reward of 5,000 dollars (£4,100) for information leading to the arrest of a man involved in the attempted murder of Lady Gaga’s dog-walker.
James Howard Jackson, 19, is also one of three men charged with stealing two of the popstar’s French bulldogs in February 2021.
Jackson is being sought by authorities after he was erroneously released from custody on April 6 2022, following a clerical error.
He is alleged to have shot dog walker Ryan Fischer with a .40-caliber handgun while the victim was walking the dogs in Los Angeles.
Mr Fischer sustained a through-and-through gunshot wound to his chest and was transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in LA.
Following the shooting, two of Gaga’s pets were stolen by the attackers.
Police arrested five people in April 2021 in connection with the attack, two of whom were charged as accessories after the fact.
Jackson, along with Jaylin White, 19 and Lafayette Whaley, 27, were all charged with one count of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and second-degree robbery.
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Major Crime Team has requested the US Marshals Service’s assistance to find and arrest Jackson.
The US Marshals said Jackson should be considered as “armed and dangerous” and urged anyone with information on his whereabouts to report it to police immediately. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11030279/US-authorities-offer-4100-man-accused-shooting-Lady-Gaga-s-dogwalker.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-20T01:10:07Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11030279/US-authorities-offer-4100-man-accused-shooting-Lady-Gaga-s-dogwalker.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Louisiana water park named 2nd in the nation for affordability and more in Shreveport business news
Hello, Shreveport. In the news this week, a Shreveport water park was ranked second in the nation for affordability and a state building could fall into the hands of local government agency. For more business in the Shreveport-Bossier area, check out Business in the 318.
Shreveport water park ranked 2nd in the country for affordability
Shreveport's Splash Kingdom was recently named the second most affordable water park in the country.
HomeToGo created the 2022 Water Park Index, ranking the top 50 water parks in the U.S. based on affordability. The methodology of this index was the cost of admission, parking, locker rental and local lodging.
Splash Kingdom ranked second with ticket prices at $24.95, parking free, locker rate at $10 and local lodging at $55.51, for an overall cost of $90.46.
LSU Health Shreveport hosted AHEAD program
The School of Allied Health Professions at LSU Health Shreveport is finished off its second week of the Allied Health Education and Discovery (AHEAD) program.
This annual five-day program is offered by the School of Allied Health Professions and allows Louisiana high school students to participate in a week of education pertaining to the healthcare field.
The AHEAD experience is an opportunity for students to refine their interests and take the steps required to achieve their career goals.
To learn more about the students who participated in this program, click here.
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health host a NICU reunion
On Sunday, July 17, CHISTUS NICU hosted its 37th annual NICU reunion.
CHRISTUS NICU center is comprised of a Level II, Level III and Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care unit. This center cares for a wide range of babies who are born prematurely, with low birth weights and with multiple medical problems.
The CHISTUS NICU staff was there to hug and reunite with those miracle babies they worked with and nurtured.
CHRISTUS NICU center offers the highest level of specialized care for premature and critically ill infants.
Louisiana bill would give state building to Shreveport agency
The former Federal Courthouse and Office Building at 500 Fannin Street commonly known as the Waggoner Building will soon get a new lease on life after Rep. Cedric B. Glover and Sen. Robert Mills forged a region-wide coalition to revamp this downtown Shreveport problem.
House Bill 773, which was passed in the House would transfer its current office building to the Shreveport Implementation and Redevelopment Authority.
The bill would lead the state to transfer its current office building to the Shreveport Implementation and Redevelopment Authority. The state getting 30% of the future sale price.
The Senate committee is scheduled to vote on this bill this week.
To learn more about the Waggoner Building, click here.
What you need to know about back to school bash
With school starting in less than three weeks Healthy Blue, SporTran and SPAR are hosting a Back to School Bash Saturday, July 23.
This bash will include community vendors, free snow cones and limited free school supply kits. SporTran said the free school supply kits will be given on a first come, first served basis.
The bash will begin at 11 a.m. at the Hattie Perry Recreation Center and will end at 1 p.m.
Be on the lookout for Thursday and Sunday for Life in the 318 and The 318 to catch up on all the best stories you might have missed.
Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/money/2022/07/20/ahead-program-and-more-shreveport-business-news/10097447002/ | 2022-07-20T01:13:05Z | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/money/2022/07/20/ahead-program-and-more-shreveport-business-news/10097447002/ | true |
Delta plane grounded at LAX after reported issue with landing gear
LOS ANGELES - A Delta flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles blew out two tires when it landed at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday afternoon.
Delta flight 515 took off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport shortly after noon Eastern and was heading to LAX when a call came in of an airplane emergency shortly after 1 p.m. Pacific, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The flight was 55 minutes late taking off and was about shave off about 30 minutes during the flight, according to flightaware.com.
Passengers of the flight took to Twitter to describe the flight.
"We start our short final onto the runway. We touchdown (maybe a little fast) when all of a sudden POW BAM right landing gear fumbles the bag and we pop 2 tires on the right," Sara Margarett posted on her Twitter account. "Everyone freaks out and we skidded to a stop somewhere between hell and a runway."
Passengers spent at least an hour, possibly two on the ground in Los Angeles as crews tried to make quick repairs.
Eventually, stairs were brought over to the plane and they were able to disembark.
Some photos posted on social media showed the plane's landing gear with completely shredded tires.
Fire crews were standing by nearby, but according to LAFD, there had not yet been any medical or fire problems.
Later Tuesday, a Delta spokesperson released the following statement: "Thanks to the flight crews’ handling during the landing process, Delta flight 515 operating from Atlanta arrived safely and came to rest on the taxiway after a possible issue with some of its tires at Los Angeles International Airport. Customers were deplaned and bused to the terminal. We sincerely apologize to our customers for the inconvenience."
No injuries were reported. | https://www.fox29.com/news/delta-plane-grounded-at-lax | 2022-07-20T01:15:09Z | https://www.fox29.com/news/delta-plane-grounded-at-lax | false |
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Relatives and friends wept Tuesday at courtroom video that showed Dominga “Minga” Irene Pesqueda Estrada, 33 being run over by a pickup on the side of a road early on Sept. 5, 2020.
David James Estrada Jr., then 30, was behind the wheel, authorities said, and is now on trial for murder in her death.
San Antonio police found her unresponsive and mortally injured — with Estrada at her side — near a bus stop in a grassy area beyond a curb in the 7400 block of Spur Valley Street on the Southwest Side.
At the time, witnesses told authorities they saw a pickup run her over about 2:30 a.m. as she walked along the street. Authorities questioned Estrada, who goes by James. They charged him with murder after determining that the pickup was his, accusing him of intentionally killing Minga Estrada.
Estrada has pleaded not guilty and his lawyers, in an opening statement, said the death was an accident.
Testifying for the state Tuesday on the second day of the trial, San Antonio police Det. Maria Salazar, a traffic investigator at the time of the crash, walked the jury through surveillance video that was taken from a nearby home.
Of three videos collected that night, one captured a dark pickup moving alongside a woman walking by the road, Salazar said. When the vehicle pulled up beside her, she walked away from it. The pickup then veered left toward her, accelerated and struck the woman. After a few minutes, it sped off in the opposite direction.
Relatives and friends of Minga Estrada gasped and wept as prosecutors Kristen Mulliner and Oscar Peña showed the video in court. James Estrada looked down at the defense table and wiped his eyes as he sat with his attorneys, Alex Scharff and Adrian Flores.
The couple’s friends, Maria Gamboa and her brother, Raul Gamboa, testified earlier that the Estradas had been together that night, socializing at the Gamboa’s house on Spur Valley. James Estrada came back minutes after they left, without Minga, and appeared “freaked out” in the front yard, as Raul Gamboa put it.
“I said, ‘Where’s Minga?’ but he couldn’t respond, like he was in a daze,” Raul Gamboa testified. “Then he takes off, running down the street, away from the house.”
Gamboa said he told his sister to get her SUV and they drove a short distance to find James Estrada cradling his ex-wife in his arms between some shrubs and the curb on Spur Valley.
“She was just lying there,” breathing heavily, Gamboa said. “He was telling her, ‘Don’t leave me.’”
Scharff questioned both Gamboas about the demeanor of James and Minga Estrada at their home. Each said the couple seemed fine and were not arguing. They said the Estradas drank and played pool with Raul Gamboa and his girlfriend hours before the crash, but left before 2:30 a.m. because Minga had to go to work that morning.
Later Tuesday, San Antonio police Det. Paul Davila described crime scene photographs taken of the front driver’s side bumper of the blue pickup that James Estrada drove. One image was of a hand print, another of blood. A third showed blood on the underside of the pickup on the oil pan skid plate.
Other images showed blue paint on a speed bump near where the body was found, and the victim’s broken cellphone near a puddle of blood in the grassy area near a damaged street sign.
At the trial’s opening Monday, jurors were shown video from police body cameras that showed Minga Estrada struggling to breathe as James Estrada hovered over her and called her “baby.” He became angry when EMTs would not allow him to accompany her to the hospital.
She never regained consciousness while en route to University Hospital and was pronounced dead at 3:15 a.m.
If convicted, Estrada, now 32, faces up to life in prison.
Staff photographer Kin Man Hui contributed to this report.
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Sometimes a title just doesn’t help a movie.
Not that directors Anthony and Joe Russo had much choice in titling “The Gray Man,” their new Netflix spy thriller starring Ryan Gosling — they’re adapting the novel of the same name, about a shadowy CIA assassin on the run. Still, it’s hard not to think of the title when contemplating the overall effect of a film that spares no expense to entertain, yet ends up feeling a little aimless, perplexingly bland, and — what’s the word we’re looking for? Oh yes. Gray.
This is a bit of a shame when you’re spending a reported $200 million. And it’s not that we can’t see where the money went. First of all Gosling, even with his charisma deliberately hampered here — call it the “graying” process — is still worth watching. But also, rarely has global mayhem seemed quite so luxurious as in this venture, which takes us from Bangkok to Baku, from Vienna to Croatia to Prague to France's stunning Chateau de Chantilly, from winding cobblestone streets to grand castles and up to the skies, too — all in chase of one man.
The action is certainly impressive. Let’s take just one scene the Russos have dubbed a “movie within a movie” — and maybe they weren’t referring to the budget, but this shootout reportedly cost $40 million. In a picturesque Prague square, Gosling’s character remains handcuffed to a bench — rather calmly, given the circumstances — as he confronts waves upon waves of assassins (and perhaps all available film extras and vehicles on the European continent.)
Then there’s the midair scene where Gosling battles attackers who suddenly get orders to kill him mid-flight, leading to a sequence involving fires and explosions and parachuting and anything else you can imagine. If you’re like me, you may start to wonder: Will this costly manhunt reach the moon? I mean, we know Gosling has experience landing on the lunar surface — also calmly. And what's one more location shoot?
But this isn’t “First Man,” this is GRAY man. “You’d exist in the gray,” CIA handler Donald Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton) tells Gosling’s character, then a young prison inmate looking at decades in a cell for murder, in a flashback. He'll win a get-out-of-jail-free card if he’ll agree to the whole covert assassin thing.
Now it’s 18 years later and Sierra Six, or Six for short (because 007 was taken, he quips) is on the job. He’s in Bangkok, along with helper Dani (Ana de Armas, appealing but underused) to kill someone at a New Year’s bash, directed remotely by his current boss, Denny Carmichael (Regé-Jean Page of “Bridgerton,” sadly given a cardboard role here, as is Jessica Henwick as his colleague). He’s about to use his enormous weapon when he notices a small child nearby. “Cleared for collateral,” he's told. But Six won’t take the risk, and ends up making the kill the old-fashioned way.
But before the man expires, he informs Six he’s actually on the same team, and hands him a drive with compromising information about their colleagues. “You’re probably next,” he says.
Now Six is on the run. He's good at escaping (witness the park bench, and the airplane.) Enter LLoyd Hansen, the most sadistic of freelance killers, whom we meet while torturing someone. Lloyd is such a meanie even the CIA didn’t want him fulltime, but they need him now. Everything's extreme about Lloyd, starting with his mustache. Evans has fun being fiendish, and gets a few good lines along with some real clunkers, one of the catchier being: “You wanna make an omelet? You gotta kill some people.” But honestly, the torture scenes … did we need that? Really?
Meanwhile, we learn through another flashback that Six has a close relationship with Fitzroy’s young niece, Claire (the lovely 13-year-old Julia Butters from “Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood.”) Claire, who's lost her parents, has a heart problem and needs a pacemaker — an important plot point.
Other notable supporting players include Alfre Woodard in a too-brief turn as a key Six ally and Dhanush as another expert killer called in for help. The expressive Butters gives, though, the most empathetic performance — to be fair, nobody else is fully redeemable, no matter what fancy diploma they have (“We all went to Harvard together” is a line the university’s PR team might want to immediately protest.)
And yes, Gosling’s Six is attached to Claire, but the man's an assassin for hire, so it's hard to root for him. And unlike the increasingly superhuman Tom Cruise in “Mission: Impossible,” a franchise this movie perhaps seeks to emulate, we don’t even get to root for Gosling in a heroic battle against the dark force of aging — he’s two decades younger than Cruise.
Speaking of looking good, which Gosling still can't help but do, there’s a Ken Doll reference here — perhaps a nod to his upcoming turn in the new Barbie film. If you catch it, you may find yourself imagining what he’ll look like in blond hair and a goofy grin.
To paraphrase The Muppets, it’s not easy being gray.
“The Gray Man,” a Netflix release, has been rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America “for intense sequences of strong violence, and strong language. “ Running time: 126 minutes. Two stars out of four.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Nick Saban has been vocal about his issues with the status quo in name, image and likeness deals and their use in recruiting.
But it’s not like Alabama’s coach and his players haven’t benefited, too. Saban said Crimson Tide players have made more than $3 million in NIL money.
“The biggest concern is how does this impact and affect recruiting?” he said Tuesday at the Southeastern Conference Media Days. “On the recruiting trail right now, there’s a lot of people using this as inducements to go to their school by making promises they may or may not be able to keep in terms of what players are doing.
“I think that is what can create a competitive balance issue between the haves and have-nots. We’re one of the haves. Don’t think that what I’m saying is a concern that we have at Alabama because we’re one of the haves.”
The $3 million figure stands out for another reason: Very few schools have shared details about how much their athletes make on NIL deals, but the number is growing since it could be seen as a way to show recruits another benefit to signing. Earlier this year, Ohio State said its athletes had earned $2.98 million over the first six months of the NIL era.
The touchy topic boiled over in the offseason after Saban singled out Texas A&M and other schools for using the NIL deals in recruiting. Aggies coach Jimbo Fisher fired back at his former boss and denied any wrongdoing in his program, which landed the No. 1 recruiting class in the country.
“I think they both kind of illustrate the frustration of how things are right now,” Mississippi State coach Mike Leach said. “It’s not sustainable, so something’s going to change.”
Leach says as things stand “college athletes have more privileges than anybody at any other professional level.”
“Go up to your next favorite NFL guy, say: ‘Hey, I heard in the NFL they’re going to have unmitigated free agency, 365, 24/7. And, by the way, there’s not going to be any salary cap or draft, you’re just going to have bidding wars,’” Leach said. “Just watch the expression on their face. Don’t look at anything else or write down any notes because the expression on their face will be well worth it.”
YOUNG’S APPROACH
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young says he can’t afford to rest coming off his Heisman Trophy-winning season. That is, after all, old news.
“I don’t feel like I’m a finished product by any means,” Young said. “I have a lot of stuff I want to keep getting better at.
“The way I look at it, it’s an award that celebrates the past, which is an honor, but it doesn’t entitle me to anything in the future.”
Young is trying to join Archie Griffin (1964 and 1965) as the only two-time Heisman winner.
SHANE’S STYLE
Shane Beamer didn’t let any of his fellow SEC coaches upstage him at media days, not even Alabama’s Saban.
South Carolina released a hype video on social media of Beamer ahead of his appearance at the podium. It showed Beamer swaggering into a team meeting room to Soulja Boy’s “Turn My Swag On” earlier Tuesday in Columbia. Players wiped his brow, handed him a Gamecocks cap (which he placed on backward) and some shades.
Beamer showed off a few moves while players held up lights in the background.
“Walked in, changed clothes, knocked it out in three takes,” he said later in Atlanta. “Had a lot of fun doing it as well. I was a little bit taken aback because one of our players thought I needed to hear the song so I knew what the song was and I knew what the words were. I’m not that old. I know who Soulja Boy is. I know some of the words to that song. It was an easy ask.”
VANDY’S WRIGHT MOVE
Mike Wright enters preseason camp as Vanderbilt’s starting quarterback.
Coach Clark Lea said he informed Wright and former starter Ken Seals of that decision after spring practices.
“It’s all about moving the ball,” Lea said. “One way to do that is with a mobile quarterback. Mike Wright is one of the best in the country in that respect.
“We want him to develop as a total quarterback, which he is. He’s demonstrated leadership abilities, too. We’re excited for him to enter the fall as our starting quarterback. He knows that he has to earn that every day. That’s part of our covenant.”
Wright flashed his personality and sartorial style, enthusiastically discussing his suit purchased in Atlanta and sporting a red carnation.
“I’m a big fashion guy,” he said, giving a shout-out to his suit guy.
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TWIN FALLS — Spring rain storms will have made a big difference when Magic Valley farmers harvest their crops this fall.
That moisture has kept many southern Idaho reservoir levels from dwindling badly this growing season but will not be enough to take all water worries from farmers.
Jeremy Dalling with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Upper Snake Field Office says May’s above-normal precipitation made a “huge” difference in reservoir levels and reduced irrigation demand.
The upper Snake River system was about 50% full — which is 71% of average.
Projections before the spring rains were dire. In early April, the reservoir system was at 59% capacity, and Jackson Lake and Palisades Reservoir, two of the headwater reservoirs of the Snake River, were not expected to fill.
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Prospects have improved, but farmers aren’t out of the woods yet, Dalling said.
“The big take for me is that we are still well below normal, but we are much better off than we were projecting,” he said. “We are still running short, so could use some added precipitation.”
Many reservoirs are expected to be almost empty at the end of the growing season, with American Falls Reservoir expected to be at about 10% and Palisades Reservoir expected to be about 5-10% full.
“It’s still kind of up in the air for us,” Twin Falls Canal Co. general manager Jay Barlogi.
Because of the dire water outlook at the start of the planting season, the canal company reduced deliveries to a five-eighths inch per share. Water managers delayed deliveries in hopes of extending water supplies to the end of the irrigation season.
Right now, “it could go either way for us,” Barlogi said, adding that some farmers are worried water rights might be cut further.
“One-hundred-degree days don’t make it any easier,” Barlogi said.
Magic Reservoir near Shoshone had about 18,000 acre-feet of water in storage Tuesday, about 9.5% of its 191,500 acre-feet capacity, Big Wood Canal Co. manager Kevin Lakey said.
The canal company plans to shut off on the evening of July 24, giving farmers about 70 days’ worth of irrigation water. That compares to an exceptionally short 2021 season when irrigation water was shut off in early June, after 27 days of water. An average irrigation season lasts 140 to 150 days.
This year, farmers relying on water from Magic Reservoir were likely able to get two cuttings of alfalfa or a crop of small grains.
“If they were growing wheat, barley or oats, they should be able to make it,” Lakey said.
Lakey said in the advent of fall moisture, the canal company might turn on the gates for a short time in early September.
“That would help with stock water or irrigating trees,” he said.
Besides the wet spring, crop selection has played a big part in irrigation water lasting as long as it has, Barlogi and Dalling agreed, meaning more wheat was planted and less corn and sugar beets.
“There is a lot more grain on the project,” Barlogi said.
He encouraged farmers to do all they can to conserve water.
Crops so far look good but are a little behind schedule from the spring’s cooler weather, Barlogi said. He expected grain harvest to begin in earnest in about 10 to 14 days.
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FOIX, France -- Hugo Houle had never won a race in his 12 years as a professional but on Tuesday the Canadian prevailed on the sport's biggest stage, realizing his dream of celebrating a Tour de France victory in memory of his late little brother.
Houle's brother, Pierrick, died in 2012 after a hit-and-run accident and the Israel Premier Tech rider had set a goal of winning a race he and his brother watched on television when they were kids.
"My brother was hit-and-run in a small village where we lived. At eight in the evening he went for a run and never came back," Houle, on the verge of tears, told reporters after winning the 16th stage of the Tour.
"We went looking for my brother and found him three hours later. They were doing a cardiac massage. I took his hand and I saw blood going from his ears and nose. It left a big hole in my life."
On Tuesday, Houle went solo from the day's breakaway, initially to set up a later attack from compatriot and teammate Michael Woods but he was never caught.
He had an advantage of more than one minute in the last kilometer, which gave him time to fully enjoy his maiden victory before pointing to the sky as he crossed the line in tears.
"It was a dream for my brother; I wanted to win a stage in his honor. Crazy emotions, even better as I had the time to enjoy it," the 31-year-old said.
"If I would have had to write down a dream of how I wanted to win a stage, that's the scenario I would have written."
"My brother was my biggest fan. When things like this happen, it takes a few months to move forward. After it happened, I was on Paris-Roubaix and I had no idea what I was doing there."
His then AG2R-La Mondiale team extended his contract, despite Houle not being able to perform at his best following his brother's death.
"They were really understanding," said Houle, who rode as a domestique within the French team until 2017.
Last week, he took third place in the 13th stage in St Etienne, which fueled his belief that he could achieve his dream.
"It gave me more motivation, because I took that place from a breakaway full of strong riders."
On Tuesday, Houle finally raised his arms in celebration before being congratulated by Woods and another Canadian rider, Antoine Duchesne from the Groupama-FDJ team. | https://www.unionleader.com/sports/houle-wins-tour-stage-in-memory-of-late-brother/article_319fd6d5-84e7-5197-bac3-88d059e3764a.html | 2022-07-20T01:28:31Z | https://www.unionleader.com/sports/houle-wins-tour-stage-in-memory-of-late-brother/article_319fd6d5-84e7-5197-bac3-88d059e3764a.html | true |
2 teens shot in East Harlem: NYPD
NEW YORK - The NYPD is on the hunt for the gunman who shot two teenagers in East Harlem on Tuesday afternoon.
The shooting happened around 4:20 p.m. near 112 East 128th Street.
Police say that a 14-year-old boy was shot in the head, and a 15-year-old was shot in the leg.
Both victims were rushed to Harlem Hospital. The 14-year-old's injuries are said to be life-threatening.
Police say they are looking for a man who was wearing a grey sweatshirt and blue jeans, who fled westbound on 128th Street after the shooting.
An investigation into the shooting is ongoing. A motive is currently unknown.
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Over 5,000 OTACA Tequila bottles digitized with Identiv's tap-and-go NFC in pilot launch
FREMONT, Calif., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Identiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE), global digital security and identification leader in the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced the successful completion of the pilot launch of Identiv's near field communication (NFC)-enabled smart packaging for OTACA Tequila. With over 5,000 bottles of tequila successfully digitized during the pilot launch, OTACA plans to ramp its production plans with Identiv to an additional 50,000 bottles of Reposado tequila in the first quarter of 2023.
In October 2021, Identiv announced a collaboration with OTACA Tequila to expand smart packaging innovations with NFC-enabled authentication, transparency, customer loyalty, and brand awareness. High-performing NTAG 210u NFC tags power the new smart packaging solution attached to the top of OTACA Tequila bottles. OTACA is the first spirits company to fully digitize its product offerings with NFC.
"From the proof of concept to pilot and now the upcoming production phase, our collaboration with OTACA has delivered significant results," said Amir Khoshniyati, VP and GM, Transponders, Identiv. "The market demand for OTACA continues to grow. Our NFC tags on OTACA Tequila bottles are propelling global sales by facilitating re-orders, while delivering unparalleled insights into consumer habits and behaviors," added Khoshniyati.
"We have worked hard to create a highly personalized experience for our OTACA Tequila customers," said Anthony Accetta, CEO and Founder, OTACA Tequila. "Each purchased bottle maps a journey, inviting a digital touchpoint with product provenance and authentication upon every consumer NFC tag tap. We're looking forward to further growth with Identiv, including plans to expand with Anejo," stated Accetta.
The NFC tag, combined with blockchain technology, strengthens the validity of the tequila's origins. A true artisanal sipping spirit, OTACA Tequila has been recently recognized for multiple awards including 2022 Sip Awards Double Gold, 2021 Cigar and Spirits Magazine World Spirits competition, and 2022 Spirits Business Awards Gold, Tequila and Mezcal Masters category.
Identiv's NFC-enabled solutions feature a complete portfolio of tags and form factors allowing customers and partners of wine and spirits, high-end luxury goods, and sports jerseys to create their own NFC products, ecosystems, and experiences. Identiv is recognized for offering the highest quality NFC tags with innovative known designs, global scale, and depth of converting and encoding capabilities. Shop the portfolio at shop.identiv.com. For custom options, contact transponder_sales@identiv.com or +1 888-809-8880.
About Identiv
Identiv, Inc. is a global leader in digitally securing the physical world. Identiv's platform encompasses RFID and NFC, cybersecurity, and the full spectrum of physical access, video, and audio security. Identiv is a publicly traded company, and its common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC in the U.S. under the symbol "INVE". For more information, visit identiv.com.
About OTACA Tequila
OTACA Tequila is a boutique agave spirits brand made from 100% Blue Weber agave piñas grown in the lowlands — Mexico's gateway to the blue agave region of the Jaliscan Lowlands. Each hand-selected agave piña is harvested once it reaches its optimum maturity after eight years and then fermented, twice filtered, and twice distilled through a proprietary chilling process. The result is a pristine, ultra-smooth sipping tequila presenting the purest expression of agave's natural flavors. For more information, visit otacatequila.com.
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EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene is on a global stage right now for the World Athletics Championships, and the University of Oregon is seizing the moment to launch an initiative aimed at increasing gender equality in the world of track and field.
On Tuesday morning, University of Oregon president Michael Schill and World Athletics president Sebastian Coe held a forum called "Out of the blocks" to discuss strategies to get more women into leadership positions.
Women currently hold only 20% of leadership roles in NCAA division I and II athletic programs, according to Schill.
Coe previously served in British politics and saw gender inequality problems in sports while in office, and he said it was something he tried to address when he became chairman of the organizing committee for the Olympic games in London in 2012.
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"In London, we had more women in positions of seniority in the organizing committee than we had in men, we had the first woman of director of communications," he said.
Former Olympians were on hand Tuesday's forum, including Sanya Richards Ross, who worked her way up from the track to the broadcasting booth, where she worked with NBC during the Rio games in 2016.
"That gave me tremendous confidence to use my unique experiences to use in another way to my sport," Ross said.
Ximena Restrepro, the first female Vice President of World Athletics, also attended the forum and said track and field needs to create more opportunities for women.
"We need more men to help us get there, and we need more women to get out of their comfort zone and embrace challenges," she said.
The partnership with World Athletics will give the University of Oregon a chance to look to see what the organization has done over the years in terms of pursuing gender equality both on and off the field.
Coe said he hopes to see women hold forty percent of executive or leadership roles in track and field by 2025. | https://www.kgw.com/article/sports/track/university-oregon-gender-equality-track-and-field/283-70b50133-b960-4a38-8511-27301cd2370a | 2022-07-20T01:48:40Z | https://www.kgw.com/article/sports/track/university-oregon-gender-equality-track-and-field/283-70b50133-b960-4a38-8511-27301cd2370a | false |
GREENWOOD, Ind. (WXIN) — Within 15 seconds of a gunman opening fire inside a mall in Greenwood, Indiana, Elisjsha Dicken was able to step in and prevent further deaths.
Police say Dicken was shopping with his girlfriend Sunday at the Greenwood Park Mall when he stopped at a cookie counter close to the mall’s main thoroughfare.
When the gunman exited the restroom, beginning his shooting spree, police say what Dicken did was heroic.
Armed with a handgun, police say Dicken engaged the shooter from a distance.
Police say he was very proficient and tactically sound. Dicken started making his way towards the gunman, motioning for people to leave behind him. The gunman tried to retreat back into the restroom, but Dicken continued on, shooting the suspect until he fell.
When police arrived, they say Dicken approached mall security, telling them that he was the one that neutralized the shooter. He waited with security until police arrived.
Police took him to the Greenwood Police Department while they watched the security video and spoke with other witnesses to confirm what Dicken told them. During the whole process, police say Dicken fully cooperated.
Police say Dicken managed to save lives despite having no police training or military background.
“Our city, our community, and our state is grateful for his heroism in this situation,” said Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers.
Police also confirmed that Dicken was carrying a gun under the constitutional carry law that went into effect July 1.
While mass shootings have become a common occurrence in the United States, they rarely end the way the Greenwood Park Mall did, data show. Less than 3% of the active attacks in the U.S. between 2000 and 2021 were stopped by a civilian returning fire, according to the Associated Press, which cited a study from the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas Sate University.
Such attacks ended far more frequently with bystanders subduing the gunman or police killing the attacker, according to a breakdown of the center’s national data cited by the New York Times.
Dicken has retained the Law Office of Guy Relford to act as his spokesperson. In a statement, Relford called Dicken a “true American hero.”
I am proud to serve as Eli Dickens’ attorney and spokesperson. He is a true American hero who saved countless lives during a horrific event that could have been so much worse if not for Eli’s courage, preparedness and willingness to protect others. Because we want to respect the on-going criminal investigation by the Greenwood Police Department and take time to honor the three innocent lives lost, we won’t be making any substantive comments on Sunday’s events until after the authorities’ investigation is closed. In the interim, we ask that you respect the privacy of Eli and his family.
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RESTON, Va., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, was recently awarded a follow-on contract to support the Navy's Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems Directorate. The single award, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract holds an approximate value of $291 million. It includes a one-year base period of performance with four additional one-year option periods. Work will be performed worldwide.
"We are honored to continue our long-standing relationship with PEO IWS," said Will Johnson, Leidos Senior Vice President, Logistics and Mission Support. "This award will enable Leidos to accelerate our support of their critical mission through modernization, domain expertise and innovation."
Through this contract, Leidos will perform a range of support services, including shipboard modernization, curriculum development, training conduct, depot support, technical data, maintenance planning and management.
Headquartered in Washington D.C., the Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems Directorate develops, delivers and sustains operationally dominant combat systems for the U.S. Navy.
About Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil and health markets. Leidos' 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $13.7 billion for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. For more information, visit www.leidos.com.
Certain statements in this announcement constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These statements are based on management's current beliefs and expectations and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. These statements are not guarantees of future results or occurrences. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements, or industry results to be different from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, further delays in our performance under the DES contract, including due to protests at the United States Court of Federal Claims, costs associated with intervening in and defending against further protests and any delays associated with such protests or any resulting corrective action, loss of the DES contract award, further award delays, including due to protests at the United States Court of Federal Claims, costs associated with defending against protests and any associated delays, loss of the contract award, and the "Risk Factors" set forth in Leidos' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and other such filings that Leidos makes with the SEC from time to time. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Leidos does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statements were made.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Palombi wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Maryland's 5th Congressional District.
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Wadsworth tire store burglary suspect wanted, police say
Published: Jul. 19, 2022 at 9:07 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
WADSWORTH, Ohio (WOIO) - The man suspected of burglarizing Clarks Corners Tire store is on the loose, Wadsworth Police confirmed, and officers need help identifying him.
The burglary happened at 1136 High Street on July 11, according to police.
Take a close look at the surveillance photos of the suspect shared by Wadsworth Police:
Call Ofc. Seiler at 330-334-1511 or cseiler@wadsworthcity.org and reference case #22207057 if you can identify this suspect.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Kweisi Mfume wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Maryland's 7th Congressional District.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Steny Hoyer wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Maryland's 5th Congressional District.
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American forward Haji Wright is staying with Turkey's Antalyaspor, agreeing Tuesday to a three-year contract.
The 24-year-old from Los Angeles spent last season at Antalyaspor on loan from the Danish club SønderjyskE. He scored 14 goals in 32 league matches and had a seven-game scoring streak that ended in May’s season finale.
His play earned a callup to the U.S. national team, and Wright made his first three international appearances. He scored in his debut, an exhibition against Morocco on June 1.
Wright played for the U.S. at the 2015 Under-17 World Cup alongside Christian Pulisic and Tyler Adams.
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Thailand is largely regarded as a conservative, deeply religious country, with a military prone to intervening in politics and a king for whom “revered worship” is stipulated in the constitution. It’s also the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis and the first in Southeast Asia to move toward legalizing same-sex unions. Such developments stand out in a region where gay sex is illegal in many countries and some impose the death penalty for drug offenses. Among those cheering the moves in Thailand are the vital tourism industry.
1. Is smoking weed really legal in Thailand now?
Yes. Since June 9, cannabis -- also known as marijuana, pot or weed -- is no longer listed as a banned substance under Thailand’s Narcotics Act. However, the government says the decriminalization is intended for medical purposes only. It has repeatedly sought to discourage recreational use, though that will be difficult to enforce as there is no law that explicitly prohibits it. The government has warned that smoking pot in public could violate the country’s public health law, which states that a cannabis smell or smoke is a public nuisance. It has also moved since decriminalization to restrict its use to adults 20 and over and to ban it in schools and for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. Although all parts of the cannabis plants of any potency are legal now, cannabis extracts that contain more than 0.2% of the psychoactive component, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), remain illegal.
2. What’s happening with gay marriage?
Thailand’s House of Representatives passed several bills relating to rights of same-sex couples in June. The bill backed the Cabinet stops short of actual marriage. Instead, same-sex partners would be able to register a civil union, jointly manage assets and inherit upon death, and adopt children together. The House also passed one proposed by the opposition Move Forward Party that’s known as the marriage equality bill. It would amend Thailand’s Civil and Commercial Code to remove references to sex or gender in the official definition of marriage. The bills still require additional votes in the House and Senate before any could become law; no dates have been set. One opposition lawmaker noted that Thailand doesn’t necessarily have to choose between the two options. Precedents have been set in countries like France where couples -- same-sex or opposite -– are able to enter into a civil partnership or get married.
3. Why is the government doing this?
Despite a 2014 military coup -- one of many over the years -- the government has been gradually moving in a generally more progressive direction with regards to cannabis and LGBTQ rights, though the reasons vary.
• The civil union bill was approved in principle in 2018 by the junta’s cabinet under Gen. Prayuth Chan-Ocha, who had ousted the civilian government. It followed years of pressure from civil society and some government officials for Thailand to advance human rights and modernize to keep up with changing social norms.
• Also in 2018 the junta-appointed parliament approved the medical use of marijuana, citing health benefits, and that limited measure took effect in early 2019. The push for broader legalization came later that year, after the first post-coup election. The Bhumjaithai Party of construction tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul had promoted cannabis as a cash crop and promised to legalize household cultivation. When the party came in fifth and joined the coalition government, Anutin became health minister. He claimed his decree removing cannabis from the narcotics list as a victory for his party.
4. Who’s benefiting?
Local businesses and household growers, for starters. In no time, many dispensaries have popped up in Bangkok to sell cannabis buds, many of which are locally sourced. Long lines of customers stretch into the sidewalks of bustling streets. Some well-known restaurant brands have started selling cannabis-infused food and drinks, not to mention many other small businesses. It’s expected that cannabis farming will become more robust once a bill being considered to regulate the growing, importing and exporting and sale of cannabis is passed. The tourism sector, still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, is also looking to take advantage of the developments to boost Thailand’s brand as an LGBTQ-friendly destination and one of the world’s biggest centers for gender change and medical and wellness tourism.
5. What’s the overall status of LGBTQ in Thailand?
As a predominantly Buddhist country that remained so amid the arrival of Islam and Western colonialism in centuries past, Thailand doesn’t doesn’t have a legacy of laws against homosexuality or sodomy like some of its neighbors. But despite its reputation for having a relaxed attitude toward gender and sexual diversity, LGBTQ activists say there is a long way to go to achieve equality. Same-sex unions performed elsewhere aren’t recognized. Thus, foreigners married to Thai nationals are eligible for non-immigrant spousal visas only if they are of the opposite sex, and same-sex spouses of expatriate workers in Thailand are not eligible for dependent visas. Thai nationals can’t legally change their gender or title on national identification documents to reflect their identity. Many LGBTQ activists have also complained about discrimination when it comes to employment decisions. While there is a degree of LGBTQ visibility in the entertainment industry, including at nightclubs and on television talk shows, they are still largely underrepresented in other roles in society.
6. How does this fit into the broader Thai landscape?
Thai society can at times seem outdated and riddled with tight rules on the one hand, tolerant and free-wheeling on the other. There is no official state religion but monks are highly respected. The monarchy is considered society’s “spiritual pillar” and any criticism is prohibited as a matter of national security, with violations punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The 2019 election was billed as an end to five years of military rule, yet not much changed: Prayuth returned as prime minister with the help of a military-backed party and the military-appointed Senate. Crackdowns on dissidents and government critics made headlines during unprecedented youth protests in 2020, which called for the king’s power and wealth to be curbed and more democracy introduced. On other fronts, cities and resorts like Bangkok and Pattaya are known as centers of the Southeast Asian sex trade, despite the fact that prostitution has been illegal in Thailand since 1960. Some lawmakers are working on legalizing casinos, seeking to generate jobs, attract foreign investment and boost tourism. The parliament is also considering a bill that would open up the alcohol market, currently dominated by big corporations, to smaller players and homebrewers.
7. How does this fit with the rest of Asia?
Thailand seems to be a trailblazer for the rest of Asia. Some neighbors such as Singapore penalize possession, consumption and trafficking of cannabis with hefty fines, prison terms or even the death penalty. In Malaysia, which also has tough drug laws, a parliamentary caucus is looking into policies for medical use of cannabis. Taiwan is the only Asian jurisdiction that legally recognizes same-sex marriage. Vietnam allows same-sex couples to have symbolic weddings but doesn’t recognize the marriage. Hong Kong doesn’t allow it, but does permit gay expatriate workers to bring their spouses in on dependent visas. Meanwhile, in other places like Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, sexual relations between people of the same sex are outlawed.
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VESTAL, NY – Ethan Homler, rising senior for Binghamton University’s men’s soccer team, has taken his talents to the international level.
Homler is in Israel competing in the 21st World Maccabiah Games for team USA’s men’s soccer team in the open division.
The World Maccabiah Games are an international Jewish and Israeli multi-sport event held every 4 years.
Homler talked about how special it feels to wear the team USA jersey and represent the country at such a significant global event.
“It’s unbelievable,” Homler said. “You get a huge sense of pride. There’s many countries that are participating in this event so being able to be there, represent and be the example of what Americans are like. It’s great, I love it.”
What makes this experience even more special for Homler is that he is following in his fathers footsteps, who played in the games in 1989.
“Since I’ve been growing up my father has scrapbooks of his soccer history,” Homler said. “And he has a big scrapbook of his time playing in Israel in the Maccabiah games. He told me how great of an experience it was and that someday he hoped that I would tryout and make the team and it happened and I couldn’t be happier.” | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/local-sports-2/bus-ethan-homler-competes-in-maccabiah-games/ | 2022-07-20T02:21:20Z | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/local-sports-2/bus-ethan-homler-competes-in-maccabiah-games/ | false |
Oakland to pay $360K to settle lawsuit by council member
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland City Council is set to vote Tuesday on whether to approve a $360,000 settlement with a former council member who filed a lawsuit alleging the city and police violated his civil rights when officers threw him face-down inside City Hall in an incident he said racially motivated.
Wilson Riles, who was a member of the Oakland City Council from 1979 to 1992, filed a lawsuit against the Oakland Police Department in 2020 alleging that his 2019 arrest was the result of “racist” police officers who tackled the then-73-year-old to the ground. Riles was arrested on charges of obstructing a public officer and battery of a police officer after he entered a restricted area of the zoning department that was for employees only and refused to leave.
Riles’ arrest came after a long dispute with staff at the city’s planning department over the use of a sweat lodge to conduct Native American ceremonies in the backyard of his Oakland home.
Riles said that when he left the zoning department, he was confronted by five police officers who grabbed him, twisted his arm and tackled him to the ground. He was booked at Santa Rita Jail, but posted bail, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
“I am the most peaceful person there is,” he said after the incident. “There was no intent on my part to be violent in any way. They thought the only answer to that was to bring the police in to drag me out? It makes no sense.”
The city denied any wrongdoing and did not admit to Riles’ allegations.
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UGA Alumni Association names latest 40 Under 40
Business owners in Athens are among those honored in this year’s list of 40 under 40, the annual recognition of University of Georgia alumni who have enjoyed success before the age of 40. Pharmacist Kevin Florence owns ADD Drug Store in Athens. Andrew Rasmussen heads Rasmussen Wealth Management. They and the other honorees will be recognized during the 12th annual 40 Under 40 Awards set for September at UGA.
From UGA Media Relations…
The University of Georgia Alumni Association has unveiled the 40 Under 40 Class of 2022. This year’s outstanding group includes three Emmy winners, a NASA discipline expert, an iHeartRadio host, Twitter’s head of U.S. policy, an NBC Today Show producer and a Marvel Studios screenwriter.
40 Under 40 celebrates the personal, professional and philanthropic achievements of successful UGA graduates under the age of 40. The honorees will be recognized during the 12th annual 40 Under 40 Awards Luncheon Sept. 9 in the Tate Student Center on campus.
“We are excited to unveil this year’s class of 40 Under 40 and celebrate their many accomplishments in Athens this September,” said Meredith Gurley Johnson, executive director of alumni relations. “These young alumni exemplify leadership in their communities and industries across the country. I continue to be amazed by their accomplishments.”
Nominations for 40 Under 40 were open from February to April, and more than 600 nominations were received. Honorees must have attended UGA and uphold the Pillars of the Arch, which are wisdom, justice and moderation. Additional criteria are available on the UGA Alumni website.
“From movie sets to medical facilities, this year’s class of alumni uphold the Pillars of the Arch and the spirit of UGA across all sectors,” said Johnson. “Early in their careers, these graduates are leaders in solving some of the greatest challenge we face. We are exceptionally proud and cannot wait to welcome them back home to Athens.”
The 2022 Class of 40 Under 40, including their graduation year(s) from UGA, city, title and employer, are:
AdeSubomi O. Adeyemo (BS ‘11, PharmD ‘15, MPH ‘16) Stone Mountain, Georgia; epidemic intelligence service officer, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Maria Augutis (BS ‘14, MA ‘15) Stockholm, Sweden; meteorologist, Swedish Television & StormGeo
Latasha V. Barnes (AB ‘05, AB ‘05) Atlanta; owner and managing attorney; The Barnes Law Office, LLC
Maranie Brown (BSFCS ‘12) Smyrna, Georgia; vice president, BlackRock
Nathan Bruno (BBA ‘09) Spring, Texas; executive vice president of sales and commercial excellence, Mattress Firm
Lael Chappell (BBA ‘06) New York, New York; director of insurance distribution, Coalition
Kayla E. Cooper (AB ‘05, JD ‘08) Augusta, Georgia; senior staff attorney, City of Augusta
Emily Curl (ABJ ‘14) New York, New York; digital and social host, iHeartRadio
Candace Alynn Hill Duvernay (AB ‘06, JD ‘09) Jonesboro, Georgia; managing partner, Hill Duvernay and Associates, LLC
Dustin Dyer (BSAE ‘06) Merritt Island, Florida; GN&C discipline expert, NASA
Christina L. Faust (BS ‘09, MS ‘09) Glasgow, Scotland; research fellow, University of Glasgow
Kevin Florence (PHARMD ‘09) Athens, Georgia; pharmacist and owner, ADD Drug Store
Matthew Scott Fowler (AB ‘14) Woodstock, Georgia; relationship management executive, REPAY - Realtime Electronic Payments
Jake Goodman (BSA ‘15, MBA ‘20) Miami, Florida; psychiatry resident doctor, Jake Goodman MD
Lauren Culbertson Grieco (ABJ ‘09) Washington, D.C.; head of U.S. public policy, Twitter
Kristen Henderson (BBA ‘11) Atlanta; vice president, Goldman Sachs
Shayla Hill (BBA ‘08) Tucker, Georgia; senior design program manager, MongoDB
Christie Johnson (ABJ ‘07) Chapin, South Carolina; director of White House bookings, CNN
Kenneth L. Johnson, Jr. (BSED ‘05) Atlanta; co-director of the Governor’s School Leadership Academy, Governor’s Office of Student Achievement
Leo Chris Kasuya (BBA ‘14) Marina Del Rey, California; director, strategy and new ventures, office of CEO, Irresistible Foods Group
Samaad Wes Keys (PHD ‘14) Decatur, Georgia; program officer, postsecondary success Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Min Y. Lee (BBA ‘06) Charlottesville, Virginia; chief operating officer, University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlotte Lucas (BSFCS ‘05) Charlotte, North Carolina; owner and principal designer, Charlotte Lucas Design
Brandon Martin (BBA ‘14) Atlanta; founder and CEO, Close Ties Leadership Program
Mia Catharine Mattioli (BSBE ‘08) Atlanta; environmental engineer, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Joel L. McKie (BSA ‘05, JD ‘08) Atlanta; partner, Hall Booth Smith., P.C.
Drew McKown (BS ‘07) Athens, Georgia; physician, Athens Pulmonary
Juan J. Mencias (BBA ‘15) Atlanta; chief financial officer, Georgia Diamond Corporation, Ascot Diamonds
Chad Mumm (ABJ ‘08) Studio City, California; chief creative officer, Vox Media Studios, Vox Media Inc.
Brendan F. Murphy (AB ‘05, AB ‘05, JD ‘08) Marietta, Georgia; chief magistrate judge, Magistrate Court of Cobb County
ValaRae Partee (BSENVE ‘14) Atlanta; associate environmental engineer, Brown and Caldwell
Andrew Rasmussen (BBA ‘05, MED ‘09) Athens, Georgia; owner and advisor, Rasmussen Wealth Management
Anna Daniel Reddish (BSA ‘08, MADS ‘09) Atlanta; university relations liaison, IDEXX
John Rossow (BSFR ‘12, MPH ‘17, DVM ‘18) Atlanta; public health veterinarian, U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Rachel Santos (BSA ‘10) Bishop, Georgia; director of sales and industry relations, Premium Peanut
Kevin Schatell (ABJ ‘16) New York, New York; producer, NBC’s TODAY Show
Johnelle Simpson II (AB ‘16, BBA ‘16) Athens, Georgia; attorney, Fortson, Bentley, and Griffin, P.A.
Alton M. Standifer (PHD ‘21) Athens, Georgia; deputy chief of staff, University of Georgia
Grant Thomas (AB ‘15, MBA ‘20) Sandy Springs, Georgia; director, Governor’s Office of Health Strategy and Coordination
Michael Waldron (ABJ ‘10) Atlanta; screenwriter, Disney, Marvel Studios and STARZ
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In new pictures, the “Hello” songstress sports a silk blue set and black shades, while Paul coordinates with his lady with a multi-colored sweater as they boarded a yacht.
The pair was all smiles as they made their way around Porto Cervo. Adele, 34, and Paul, 40, are vacationing following the singer’s first large-scale performance in five years. Last week, Adele took the stage at London’s Hyde Park, where she performed some of her biggest hits, and songs from the latest album, 30. On hand for the big show was Paul, and Adele's ex-husband, Simon Konecki.
Adele and Paul’s relationship has been going strong since 2021. The GRAMMY-winning singer and the sports agent have had numerous date nights at restaurants, basketball games, and famous friend’s weddings.
In a recent interview, the “Easy on Me” singer shared that her beau is the reason that she has become less of a homebody and spends more time out with friends.
“I think now that the relationship that I’m in, he’s like, ‘If you want to go to that restaurant, you should go and try the food at that restaurant, and if you want to go to this birthday party, then you should be going,'” she told BBC Sounds Dessert Island Disc host Lauren Laverne about Paul’s words of encouragement. “You can’t miss out on these things, what’s the worst that could happen?’”
When it comes to expanding her family, Adele -- who shares 9-year-old Angelo with Konecki -- said that she is open to having more children. "I definitely would like a couple more kids," Adele told Laverne during the interview. "It would be wonderful if we can."
"If not, I've got Angelo," she continued. “I just want to be happy."
Adele went on to share that she has changed in "every single way" since becoming a mom, gushing, "Good, bad, strange. I love being a mom."
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England white-ball captain Jos Buttler pointed out the team's inability to find breakthroughs as the reason behind the Three Lions's 62-run defeat at the hands of South Africa in the first ODI at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street on Wednesday.
South Africa opted to bat and posted a mammoth total of 333 for the loss of five wickets, thanks to Rassie van der Dussen's 134, Aiden Markram's 77 and Janneman Malan's 57. The trio hammered England bowlers, who failed to get breakthroughs.
In reply, England started off well with a 102-run opening partnership by Jason Roy (43) and Jonny Bairstow (63). However, after the dismissal of Joe Root for 86, England collapsed as Anrich Nortje took a four-wicket haul, while Tabraiz Shamsi and Aiden Markram picked two each.
Reflecting on England's performance, captain Buttler said: "Tough day. The efforts were outstanding to field first in that heat. It was a good toss to win and we couldn't find those breakthroughs. A fantastic partnership. You need to take wickets to stem the flow in this format but they ran well and put us under pressure.
"We never quite managed to impose ourselves and the wicket got slower and lower, and tougher to time the ball. It wasn't through lack of trying. Those two at the top are explosive players but South Africa read the conditions well and were smart with the way they bowled."
STOKES AND MORGAN
When asked whether there is pressure on senior players after the retirements of Eoin Morgan and Ben Stokes, Buttler said: "We've been improving through the games we've played and we're missing experienced guys, but that creates opportunities for others. Very confident in the team. From all England fans, we want to say thank you for all that he's (Stokes) done for this team. He's been a fantastic ambassador in ODI cricket and we'll miss him."
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07:00 AM IST: Amid the massive protests against the unprecedented economic crisis in the island nation, Sri Lanka is slated to conduct elections today to get a new President to succeed former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, and MPs Dullas Alahapperuma and Anura Kumara Dissanayake filed their nominations yesterday to become Sri Lanka’s ninth President. Earlier, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa withdrew his nomination. The winner will be announced tomorrow. Rajapaksa, who fled the country on July 13 amid the protests, sent his resignation late on July 14, which was accepted by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on July 15. The same day, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was handpicked by Rajapaksa, took charge as the acting President.
Sri Lanka economic crisis LIVE updates: Island nation to elect new Prez today; Wickremesinghe, 2 other MPs in fray
New Delhi | July 20, 2022 07:50 IST
Sri Lanka economic crisis: Amid the massive protests against the unprecedented economic crisis in the island nation, Sri Lanka is slated to conduct elections today to get a new President to succeed former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, and MPs Dullas Alahapperuma and Anura Kumara Dissanayake are in the race to become Sri Lanka’s 9th President. Earlier, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa withdrew his nomination. The winner will be announced tomorrow. Stay with India Today for the LIVE updates on the Sri Lanka economic crisis.
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Atlantic County election officials help the NAACP run its national officers election Tuesday at the Atlantic City Convention Center.
Edward Lea photos, Staff Photographer
Bernard McNair, of Connecticut, offers his thoughts on the day’s NAACP board member election. “I definitely see it as the past vs. the future,” he said.
ATLANTIC CITY — The Atlantic County Superintendent of Elections’ office had employees and 10 voting machines hard at work at the Atlantic City Convention Center on Tuesday.
But don’t worry. City residents didn’t miss an election.
It was a service provided to the NAACP National Convention, during which a new national board member was selected.
“It’s part of the statute, that we can also run outside elections,” said Superintendent of Elections Maureen Bugdon. “We have done union elections ... and elections for political party leaders.”
As a government entity, Bugdon said, the office charges only what is needed to recoup costs. It is not a revenue-generating service, she said.
Deputy Superintendent of Elections Audrey Miles, who joined the office in April, said the NAACP election was her first for an independent group.
Audrey Miles, of Brigantine, was approved by the state Senate as deputy superintendent of el…
“It’s interesting — it’s different,” Miles said. “It’s not as coordinated when somebody else is running the election.”
The NAACP is handling all but the machine elements of it, they said.
“We’ll run the tapes as soon as they close (voting),” Miles said of the totals for the candidates on each of the machines. “We will print the tickets, present them and they will do the tally and make the announcement.”
Incumbent Alice A. Huffman, of Sacramento, California, started out in 1999 as president of the California-Hawaii NAACP. She was being challenged by Atlanta NAACP chapter President Richard Rose for a seat on the 66-member board. Rose has not served on the board before.
Delegates streamed in to cast their ballots when voting opened at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
“Rose breathed new life into the chapter in Atlanta,” said Jennifer Seibert, co-chair of the health and welfare committee of the NAACP chapter in Oakland, California. “It’s exciting to see how we decide. Do we go with the tried and true, or the new?”
“I definitely see it as the past vs. the future,” said Bernard McNair, of Bridgeport, Connecticut. “I think his (Rose’s) grassroots efforts are more beneficial for what we are looking for.”
Bugdon and Miles said they are happy to serve the public in a different way.
“It’s great to showcase our new voting machines to the public,” Bugdon said.
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Atlantic County election officials help the NAACP run its national officers election Tuesday at the Atlantic City Convention Center.
Bernard McNair, of Connecticut, offers his thoughts on the day’s NAACP board member election. “I definitely see it as the past vs. the future,” he said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-county-voting-machines-help-with-national-naacp-board-election/article_f47138f4-0794-11ed-b36d-33084e2b955a.html | 2022-07-20T02:31:50Z | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-county-voting-machines-help-with-national-naacp-board-election/article_f47138f4-0794-11ed-b36d-33084e2b955a.html | true |
Morning Digest | China steps up LAC air drills as talks stall; Sri Lankan Parliament to directly elect President today, and more
July 20, 2022 07:43 ISTA select list of stories to read before you start your day
China steps up LAC air drills as talks stall
China on Tuesday defended its stepped-up military activity near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) as “normal”, amid concerns from India on Chinese aircraft flying close to the contested areas even as border talks remain in a stalemate. After Chinese aircraft flew close to contested areas along the LAC, India scrambled aircraft in response and also raised the matter with the Chinese side, according to reports.
Sri Lanka to witness three-way contest for Presidency
Sri Lanka will witness a three-cornered race for Presidency on Wednesday, as the island awaits a new leader and government after an astounding people’s uprising ousted Gotabaya Rajapaksa last week. Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe; the formerly Rajapaksa-aligned, and now independent Dullas Alahapperuma; and the leftist Anura Kumara Dissanayake were on Tuesday nominated by parties in Parliament, a day ahead of the poll through a secret ballot.
Rishi Sunak tops new vote to edge closer to final spot in British PM race
Former U.K. Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, held on to his lead in the Tory contest after the fourth round of voting on Tuesday sent former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch out of the race with 59 votes from fellow Tory MPs. Mr. Sunak (42) won 118 votes, a gain of three since the third round of voting on Monday night. Trade minister Penny Mordaunt came in second with 92 votes, a gain of 10 votes since Monday, followed by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss who got 86 votes.
Sri Lanka failed to show fiscal prudence, India’s help unprecedented: Jaishankar
The Centre told the all-party meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka that “fiscal prudence and responsible governance” are the lessons the country has to learn from the crisis in the neighbouring country and that there should not be a “culture of freebies”. When asked about whether the aid to Sri Lanka was being equitably distributed in the country’s northern areas as well, Mr. Jaishankar said that the government had been coordinating to ensure this.
Parliament disrupted on Day 2 over price rise and GST on new items
The second day of the Monsoon session of Parliament had to be adjourned without any substantial business transpiring as both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Tuesday witnessed disruptions and protests over price rise and the newly imposed goods and services tax (GST) on essential commodities.
In 2021, over 1.6 lakh Indians renounced citizenship
Over 1.6 lakh Indians renounced their citizenship in 2021, highest in the past five years, according to information provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Over 78,000 Indians acquired U.S. citizenship, the highest among all other countries, by giving up Indian citizenship. India does not allow dual citizenship. As many as 362 Indians living in China also acquired Chinese citizenship.
Shiv Sena splits in the Lok Sabha as 12 MPs join rebel camp
Following the revolt of Shiv Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde in Maharashtra last month, the party’s Lok Sabha group was split wide open on Tuesday after 12 of the party’s 19 Lok Sabha MPs moved over to the rebel Shinde camp, dealing another body blow to Uddhav Thackeray’s dwindling Sena faction. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday named rebel Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale as the leader of the party in the Lower House of Parliament.
Judge sets October trial for Musk-Twitter takeover dispute
Elon Musk lost a fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a Delaware judge on Tuesday set an October trial, citing the “cloud of uncertainty” over the social media company after the billionaire backed out of a deal to buy it. Twitter had asked for an expedited trial in September, while Mr. Musk’s team called for waiting until early next year because of the complexity of the case.
Uphaar cinema fire: Delhi Court orders release of Sushil, Gopal Ansal in evidence tampering case
A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered the release of real estate tycoons Sushil and Gopal Ansal against the jail term already undergone by them in a case of tampering with evidence in the case related to the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire, which had claimed 59 lives. The court, however, upheld the fine of ₹2.25 crore imposed on each Sushil and Gopal Ansal and ₹ 3 lakh each on the other two by the magisterial court earlier.
Nearly 160 world leaders plan to attend U.N. September meeting
A very high number of heads of state and government—157—say they plan to attend September’s first totally in-person gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020.
RBI said to help Indian rupee steady after record-low seven sessions in a row
India's central bank intervened in the currency market on Tuesday to help the rupee steady slightly after the unit weakened to 80.05 per dollar, notching a record low for a seventh successive session.The Reserve Bank of India has been intervening in both the spot and forwards markets to slow the rupee's fall and has taken several measures in recent weeks to boost foreign fund inflows.
WHO's methodology for estimating COVID-19 deaths unscientific, says Centre
The mathematical modeling approach adopted by the WHO to project excess mortality estimates related to COVID-19 suffers from erroneous assumptions and is unscientific and India had registered its strong objection to this methodology, the government informed Parliament on July 19.
Railways turns to Google Maps to allot nearer exam centres for candidates
For the first time, the Railways will leverage ‘Google maps’ to ensure that almost all the candidates are allotted an examination centre within 300 kilometres of their home for the upcoming exam scheduled on July 30. The decision came after several candidates raised concerns about the Railways fixing centres for RRB-NTPC exams far away from their location.
Lulu Mall row: Yogi Adityanath orders strict action against those disturbing communal harmony
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath responded to the Lulu Mall controversy by directing the Lucknow administration to take strict action against those trying to disturb communal harmony and obstruct people from doing their work. Tension broke out around the mall, inaugurated by Mr. Adityanath on July 10, after a video showing some people offering namaz on its premises went viral.
Decision on GST hike taken after all States’ consent: Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 19 clarified the GST Council has exempted from Goods and Service Tax (GST), all food items including wheat, pulses, rice, maize, when sold loose, and not pre-packed or pre-labelled. The Finance Minister further said that it was a unanimous decision by the GST Council. All states were present in GST Council when this issue was presented by the Group of Ministers on Rate Rationalisation in the 47th meeting held in Chandigarh on Jun 28, 2022.
China threatens 'strong measures' if Pelosi visits Taiwan
China will take “resolute and strong measures” should the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi proceed with reported plans to visit Taiwan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. A visit by Ms. Pelosi would “severely undermine China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, gravely impact the foundation of China-U.S. relations and send a seriously wrong signal to Taiwan independence forces," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijiang said at a daily briefing.
U.K. has warmest-ever night, braces for record-smashing heat
Millions of people in Britain woke from the country's warmest-ever night on July 19 and braced for a day when temperatures are forecast to hit 40° Celsius (104° Fahrenheit), as a heat wave scorching Europe wallops a country more used to mild weather and rain. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/morning-digest-july-20-2022/article65659545.ece/amp/ | 2022-07-20T02:35:07Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/morning-digest-july-20-2022/article65659545.ece/amp/ | false |
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
1-8-3-3, Fireball: 6
(one, eight, three, three; Fireball: six)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
1-8-3-3, Fireball: 6
(one, eight, three, three; Fireball: six) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Evening-game-17316174.php | 2022-07-20T02:56:51Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Evening-game-17316174.php | false |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "SuperCash" game were:
11-14-18-19-24-34, Doubler: N
(eleven, fourteen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-four, thirty-four; Doubler: N)
¶ Maximum prize: $350,000 | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-SuperCash-game-17316160.php | 2022-07-20T02:57:09Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-SuperCash-game-17316160.php | true |
Gifts any book lover will appreciate
Shopping for a book lover? If you’ve already given plenty of books over the years, you might be looking for options that don’t simply contribute to their ever-growing library.
For bibliophiles, reading is an immersive experience, so gifts that help set the stage for peaceful reading sessions, like candles or a bottle of wine, are a great idea. You can also choose practical options, like bookmarks and bookends, that can be used on a daily basis. If you don’t know the recipients’ taste, a gift card for e-books and audiobooks is ideal.
How to choose gifts for book lovers
There are many gift options for bibliophiles worth exploring, and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the choices. However, you might find it easy to narrow down options if you know if the recipient prefers e-books or physical books.
Gifts for Kindle readers
If you’re shopping for an Amazon Kindle user, consider giving an Amazon gift card that allows them to choose a book themselves. Amazon gift cards are available in physical form, or they can be delivered digitally via email or text.
Kindles also provide access to audiobooks through Audible, which requires a membership to access its extensive listening catalog of audiobooks, podcasts and Audible Originals. Audible Gift Memberships, which are delivered electronically, start at $15 and run as high as $150.
If you don’t want to get a gift card for the book lover, consider accessories to upgrade their reading experience. A Flippy Soft Lap Stand allows for hands-free reading and has onboard storage options. It’s made with a slip-resistant suede cover to prevent Kindles from sliding off. The soft, lightweight lap stand has three viewing angles for e-readers and tablets to make for easy reading. Alternatively, protective Kindle covers are affordable, practical gifts. The popular Finite Stand Case for Kindle Paperwhite is made with premium synthetic leather and has a built-in kickstand. The portfolio-style case is available in over 20 colors and patterns.
Gifts for readers who love physical books
Some readers are still partial to physical books, and it comes as no surprise that many of them boast large personal libraries. For these readers, look for gifts that augment their bookshelves.
Bookends never seem to go to waste in a booklover’s home, and they can be used on virtually any shelf or desk. Shikaman Metal Bookends, which spell out “book” in block lettering, have non-slip bottoms to stabilize sprawling rows of heavier books. They are available in four colors to go with a variety of color schemes.
If you are looking for a bigger gift or if your bibliophile just moved, a bookcase is a great option. The Sauder Barrister Lane Bookcase draws inspiration from card catalogs of yesteryear. It’s sustainably made from engineered wood and recycled materials, and it is available in five finishes.
More best gifts for book lovers
A top reads bucket list
Enno Vatti Top Reads of All Time Scratch-Off Poster
This colorful scratch-off poster features the top 100 reads of all time, which includes titles like “The Great Gatsby” and “Fight Club.” Once readers finish each book on the poster, they can scratch off the gold foil to reveal a unique icon or badge.
Sold by: Amazon
A set of magnetic bookmarks
Rather than using index cards or old receipts, readers can hold their place with magnetic bookmarks. The slender design of this five-piece collection won’t break the spine of books or damage pages.
Sold by: Amazon
An elegant pair of bookends
Oenophilia Scroll Rack Bookends
Wine and reading often go hand-in-hand, which makes this ornate pair of bookends a popular gift option. The set holds up to six wine bottles and features a sophisticated black metal frame that complements any shelf or desk.
Sold by: Macy’s
A literary tea collection
Rejects from Studios Novel Teas
This novelty English Breakfast gift set snagged the #14 spot on Oprah’s Holiday List in 2019. It comes with 25 individually-tagged tea bags that feature literary quotes from authors and their literary works.
Sold by: Amazon
A reading journal
“Reading Journal: For Book Lovers” by Potter Gift
While Goodreads is a convenient way to keep track of books you’ve read, many readers enjoy logging titles the old-fashioned way. This hard-bound reading journal has 160 pages with plenty of writing space to share thoughts about each book— good, bad or otherwise.
Sold by: Amazon
A refreshing jar candle
Yankee Candle Mediterranean Breeze Large Jar Candle
If a book lover you know can’t enjoy as much beachside reading as they’d like, this Yankee Candle is the next-best option. Mediterranean Breeze features a warm, seaside fragrance profile with notes of soft citrus blossoms and amber. It burns for as long as 110 to 115 hours.
Sold by: Amazon
A personal library kit
Knock Knock Original Personal Library Kit
This create-your-own library kit includes classic circulation paraphernalia, including a date stamp, checkout cards and self-adhesive book pockets for 20 books. It’s a popular choice for bibliophiles of all ages.
Sold by: Amazon
A wine subscription
It’s easy to dive into a good book with a fine glass of wine. Winc is a wine subscription service that carefully curates shipments to appeal to a wine lover’s distinct palate. They’re known for their robust wine library, which also includes vegan and seasonal wines.
Sold by: Winc
A cozy throw
Koolaburra by UGG Bella Faux Fur Throw
This bestselling throw by Koolaburra by UGG keeps readers warm and cozy no matter where they read, whether it’s in bed, on the couch or perched in their favorite reading chair. The throw is made with soft, synthetic Micromink and comes in five colors.
Sold by: Kohl’s
A book about card catalogs
“The Card Catalog” by the Library of Congress
Even if you’re shying away from giving books, this title belongs in every bibliophile’s collection. Written by the Library of Congress, it details the history and origins of the card catalog. The book, available in hardcover, includes more than 200 full-color images from archives.
Sold by: Amazon
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LINCOLN–(NU Athletics July 19)–The Nebraska women’s basketball team will face an old foe in its 2022-23 regular-season non-conference finale, when the Huskers play host to Kansas at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
The game, which will feature a pair of 2022 NCAA Tournament teams, will mark the second trip to Lincoln for the Jayhawks since Nebraska left the Big 12 Conference following the 2010-11 season. The Huskers defeated Kansas, 58-52, on Dec. 5, 2018.
Coach Amy Williams and Nebraska return five starters from a team that went 24-9 a year ago, including 11-7 in the Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Freshman of the Year Alexis Markowski (12.8 ppg, 8.0 rpg) is expected to lead the Huskers inside along with two-time All-Big Ten forward Isabelle Bourne (11.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg). The Big Red backcourt features explosive All-Big Ten guards Jaz Shelley (13.1 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 5.0 apg) and Sam Haiby (11.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.9 apg), along with 2021-22 freshman Allison Weidner (Humphrey, Neb.). The backcourt has been strengthened by the addition of Maddie Krull (Omaha, Neb.) during the offseason. Krull was a two-year starter at South Dakota, and the Millard South grad helped the Coyotes to the 2022 NCAA Sweet Sixteen.
Kansas is coming off a 21-10 season that included an 11-7 Big 12 mark and culminated with a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Jayhawks knocked off Georgia Tech in the opening round at Stanford, before falling to the Cardinal in the second round. The 2021-22 campaign marked the first 20-win season for the Jayhawks since 2012-13.
Coach Brandon Schneider enters his eighth season leading Kansas after guiding the Jayhawks to their first postseason bid since 2013. Schneider was the 2022 Big 12 Coach of the Year, as KU produced a 14-game improvement in the win column last season after going 7-18 in 2020-21.
The Jayhawks are expected to bring four returning starters and an impact transfer with them to Lincoln in December. Returning first-team All-Big 12 guard Holly Kersgieter (13.4 ppg, 4.7 rpg) and honorable-mention All-Big 12 guard Zakiyah Franklin (12.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 4.0 apg) headline the Jayhawk backcourt. Ioanna Chatzileonti (9.9 ppg, 5.6 rpg) and Taiyanna Jackson (8.9 ppg, 8.1 rpg) add size and strength inside. Jackson earned a spot on the Big 12 All-Defensive team after the 6-6 center set the school record with 95 blocked shots. The Jayhawks also expect to be bolstered by the addition of Wyvette Mayberry, a two-year starter at Tulsa who averaged 14.1 points per game while hitting 43 percent of her three-pointers a year ago.
Nebraska has faced Kansas on the hardwood in women’s basketball more than any other opponent in school history (83 games) and those matchups have continued despite the two programs no longer sharing the same conference.
The Huskers rolled to a 66-49 win over the Jayhawks at Allen Fieldhouse on Dec. 6, 2017, opening a two-game home-and-home series between the two schools in 2017-18 and 2018-19.
In Nebraska’s first season as a Big Ten Conference member, the Huskers met Kansas in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament in Little Rock, Ark., falling 57-49.
Over the last 33 games in the series, which dates back to Nebraska Coach Amy (Gusso) Williams’ senior season in 1997-98, the Huskers own a 23-10 advantage over Kansas. However, in the all-time series, the Jayhawks carry a 50-33 edge over the Big Red.
Fans interested in joining Nebraska’s season ticket wait list can sign up now on Huskers.com. Applications submitted before Aug. 1 provide fans priority access to 2022-23 season tickets.
Nebraska’s Big Ten Conference home schedule will include marquee matchups with Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Northwestern, Michigan State, Penn State, Wisconsin and Illinois.
Dates for Nebraska’s remaining non-conference home games will be announced in the coming days. | https://www.kfornow.com/husker-womens-basketball-nebraska-to-play-kansas-in-lincoln-this-upcoming-season/ | 2022-07-20T03:04:56Z | https://www.kfornow.com/husker-womens-basketball-nebraska-to-play-kansas-in-lincoln-this-upcoming-season/ | true |
Royals select 10 new players, six are pitchers
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The 2022 MLB Draft is now concluded so let’s look at the Royals latest draft picks.
The Royals drafted three high schoolers, a two player and six pitchers:
11th Round, 325th pick, David Sandlin, (Oklahoma)
12th Round, 355th pick, Jack Pineda, (Baylor)
13th Round, 385th pick, Ryan Ramsey, (Maryland)
14th Round, 415th pick, Bean Sears, (Houston)
15th Round, 445th pick, Javier Vaz, (Vanderbilt)
16th Round, 475th pick, Cooper McKeehan, (BYU)
17th Round, 505th pick, Chazz Martinez, (Oklahoma)
18th Round, 535th pick, Milo Rushford, (Walden Grove High School, AZ)
19th Round, 565th pick, Tommy Szczepanski, (Garber High School, Michigan)
20th Round, 595th pick, Austin Charles, (Stockdale High School, California)
Pineda is a SS, Vaz is a OF, Rushford is a OF, and Charles is a two way player.
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(KRON) — Credit card skimmers have been found at multiple locations throughout the Bay Area over the course of the last week.
The Petaluma Police Department said they have recently found ATM credit card skimmers at four different locations. This past Saturday technicians working on two ATMs at a Bank of America location in downtown Petaluma found skimmers there.
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On Monday, the police department said that three more locations in Petaluma were found to have ATM skimmers. All skimmers that were found had been attached to credit card readers.
In some cases, the police found cameras pointed at the keypads apparently to record people’s pin numbers as they were putting them in. The police department said thieves will get the credit card information and pin numbers to make fraudulent purchases.
Last Friday in Sunnyvale, the Sunnyvale Police Department found skimmers at a Chevron-7-Eleven location along El Camino Real. Now the police department is offering some advice for people who might be using ATMs.
Check the ATM to make sure that all the pieces are snug and fit properly. Avoid using a machine if anything is loose, looks unusual, or is sticking out.
Many locations, like 7-Eleven will have security tape. It is a little piece of red tape over the card reader. If that tape looks like it’s been tampered with in any way, you may want to avoid that machine as well.
Finally, keep an eye on your credit card history. Check to see if there are any unusual purchases happening. | https://www.kron4.com/news/credit-card-skimmers-found-around-the-bay-area/ | 2022-07-20T03:08:40Z | https://www.kron4.com/news/credit-card-skimmers-found-around-the-bay-area/ | false |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
7-1-8, Fireball: 4
(seven, one, eight; Fireball: four)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
7-1-8, Fireball: 4
(seven, one, eight; Fireball: four) | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Three-Evening-game-17316175.php | 2022-07-20T03:11:23Z | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Three-Evening-game-17316175.php | false |
Guests will have the opportunity to experience close encounters with animals during driving safaris and a walking safari experience. Here, guests are participating in a giraffe feeding that overlooks the Savanna Safari. Animals pictured here include giraffe, ostrich, scimitar-horned oryx and eland. Rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created by PGAV
This conceptual map shows what guests might expect when they come to WildCare Park. There are plans for a 60-acre Nature Adventure Zone, 63 acres of Woodland Safari, 101 acres of Savanna Safari, and 61 acres of the Kent Family Conservation and Animal Science Center. Rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created by PGAV
Guests can book a special event at the WildCare Park event center where they can take in the views of the 101-acre Savanna Safari while also feeding giraffes. Other animals shown in this rendering include Grevy’s zebra, greater kudu, scimitar-horned oryx, eland and ostrich. Rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created by PGAV.
The St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park Kent Family Conservation and Animal Science Center will devote approximately 61 acres to conservation breeding of endangered and critically endangered species that have declining wild populations. Barns and pastures will be constructed to accommodate all medium-to-large ungulate species to be flexible to any species that might need WildCare Park’s conservation support in the future. Animals shown in this rendering include mountain bongo, addax and Przewalski’s horse. Rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created Karoo Design Visualization
Families can rediscover nature surrounded by native Missouri wildlife flora and fauna in the Nature Play Area. Rendering courtesy of the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created by PGAV.
The concept for a 101-acre Savanna Safari area includes a place where guests could enjoy viewing approximately 100 animals in a natural grassland habitat from a safari vehicle. The animals, as shown here, could include Grevy’s zebra, addax, giraffe, sable antelope, ostrich and eland.
Rendering by PGAV for St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park
Some of the existing buildings on what used to be the Emerald Greens golf course will be repurposed as part of the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park as seen on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The St. Louis Zoo bought the golf course in September of 2018 and is in the process converting the land to the WildCare Park featuring different safari experiences, a “zooseum”, and nature adventure area geared toward kids. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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The manicured grass of the fairways and greens on what used to be the Emerald Greens golf course have been replanted with grasses more suitable to grazing animals as seen on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The St. Louis Zoo bought the golf course in September of 2018 and is in the process converting the land to the WildCare Park featuring different safari experiences, a “zooseum”, and nature adventure area geared toward kids. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
David Carson
This existing building on what used to be the Emerald Greens golf course will be repurposed as conservation headquarters at the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park as seen on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The St. Louis Zoo bought the golf course in September of 2018 and is in the process converting the land to the WildCare Park featuring different safari experiences, a “zooseum”, and nature adventure area geared toward kids. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
David Carson
Morning light illuminates a deer on what used to be the green on the first hole of the Emerald Greens golf course on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The St. Louis Zoo bought the golf course in September of 2018 and is in the process converting the land to the WildCare Park featuring different safari experiences, a “zooseum”, and nature adventure area geared toward kids. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
David Carson
The manicured grass of the fairways and greens on what used to be the Emerald Greens golf course have been replanted with grasses more suitable to grazing animals as seen on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The St. Louis Zoo bought the golf course in September of 2018 and is in the process converting the land to the WildCare Park featuring different safari experiences, a “zooseum”, and nature adventure area geared toward kids. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
David Carson
The St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park Kent Family Conservation and Animal Science Center will devote approximately 61 acres to conservation breeding of endangered and critically endangered species that have declining wild populations. Six species of hoofed mammals will be present initially – Grevy’s zebra and addax will be the first two species to arrive in 2023. Four other species – Przewalski’s horse, mountain bongo, Somali wild ass and roan antelope – will arrive over the next few years. Five conservation barns and up to 12 pastures ranging in size from 2.5 to 15 acres will be devoted to conservation breeding efforts. Animals shown in this rendering include Grevy’s zebra and road antelope. Rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created Karoo Design Visualization.
Yes, there will be safaris where you can spot giraffes and white rhinos from the comfort of open-air vehicles.
Yes, there will be an 11-story observation tower with views of mighty rivers and the Gateway Arch.
Yes, there will be glamping in three-season structures where you can hear the braying of zebras at night and have morning coffee before feeding a giraffe breakfast.
Zoo officials on Tuesday revealed details for its 425-acre St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park in the Spanish Lake area, which they purchased in 2018. They estimate the $230 million park will open to the public entirely in 2027.
Its first animals, Grevy’s zebras and addax, will arrive next year and live in a pilot conservation pasture within view of the Kent Family Conservation and Animal Science Center.
Fencing for those areas is going up now, along with the work of converting a golf course turf to native grasses fit for the animals. The land was once home to the 18-hole Emerald Greens golf course, as well as a meeting and recreation area for the the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562.
“Look at this. You can see our baby grass in little rows. It’s so strong!” said Martha Fischer, general curator of the WildCare Park, driving a golf cart on a tour Thursday. She laughed. “Sorry. I’m so proud. I’m like the proud grass mother.”
In a separate phone interview, WildCare Park Director Jo-Elle Mogerman also fawned over the “baby grass,” which includes sideoats grama, little bluestem, Virginia wildrye and eastern gamagrass. But the animals, especially the hooved mammals they will welcome first, will need that grass to graze on and survive. “It seems small, but that’s a real first step,” Mogerman explained.
The zoo plans to pay for the park via donations, funding from Proposition Z, which passed in St. Louis County in 2018, cash reserves and the large part of a $135 million borrowing package that zoo officials plan to approach the Missouri Finance Development Board about Tuesday.
Because of Prop Z, St. Louis County residents will be able to enter the park for free and enjoy its basic attractions, such as the woodland safari, savanna safari, a walking safari, a nature adventure play area and a "zooseum." Other amenities will cost extra. City residents and residents in other counties will have to pay for admission and extras.
Zoo officials chose animals based on what would live and thrive here, what is endangered or otherwise needs help, and what will not hunt or be hunted by native wildlife. Some animals will come from the zoo, but most will come from other accredited facilities. At least 17 species are on their initial list.
They are adding Grevy’s zebra and addax first because they know those animals well, with Przewalski’s horse, mountain bongo, Somali wild ass and roan antelope arriving next. Five conservation barns and several pastures totaling about 60 acres will be devoted to conservation breeding efforts and will include about 60 animals.
About 100 acres near the entrance and southern end will be devoted to a savanna safari, with about 100 animals. About 60 more acres to the north will be a woodland safari, including about 40 animals such as white rhinos and elands, a type of antelope.
There will also be a 60-acre nature adventure area geared toward kids as well as a walking safari where guests can explore on foot to see different animals.
“Like on a safari, being able to have the animals drive the storytelling for that day — that’s what going to be the cool and amazing part of it,” Fischer said. Guests can work together to spot roaming and hiding animals, and they may have to wait in their vehicle if a white rhino decides to sunbathe in the roadway.
The existing, Brutalist-style auditorium will be home to a science and the natural history zooseum, as well as a gift shop and membership desk. The building will have a new, attached restaurant.
Nearby, the zoo will build an events center, which can be rented for weddings and proms with views of the giraffes on the savanna. A round clubhouse already on the property will be renovated to offer 360-degree views.
Leslie Garner, the zoo's director of architecture and construction, said her team is working on the architecture style of new buildings. Workers demolished a few buildings they couldn’t use, including an apartment building near the entrance.
“We’re kind of playing with building of economy plus nature plus kind of a nod to Africa,” she said. “The goal is to have the buildings kind of be secondary to nature and the views.”
The observation tower, called an “Aerobar,” is made by a company called Aerophile, which also makes tethered hot air balloons. The North County property is too windy for a loose balloon, but not for an 11-story tower with a balloon encased in a metal structure.
Guests sit in chairs that lift up in the air with a counter in front of them, and guests can take in the view while the circle rotates and an interpreter in the center explains the bigger natural picture. If guests want refreshments, a bar will be nearby at the base for the ascent or at the top, depending on the model planners choose.
“You should be able to see the confluence as well as the Arch,” Mogerman said. “You’ll be able to see all around you. You can see the greenery and the landscape, and we’ll help people understand that St. Louis was founded because of these assets.”
Mogerman, who came to St. Louis in 2019 after a career at Shedd Aquarium and Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, said that she was surprised by the natural beauty of the area.
“That’s not the narrative you hear about North County,” she said.
The WildCare Park is situated between Spanish Lake Park and the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area, and sits along the Mississippi Flyway, an important migratory route for birds. Since acquiring the land in 2018, workers have studied which animals live there and have seen foxes, a bobcat, coyotes, slides made by otters, five species of bats, turtles, salamanders and lots of deer, eagles, herons, pelicans and turkeys, who like to come up to the headquarters building and fight with themselves in the reflective windows.
Officials expect the project will create about 1,000 construction jobs and about 100 full- and part-time jobs at the park.
For now, the zoo employees will continue to get excited over the baby grass.
“It represents the new in WildCare Park,” explained Fischer. “It’s just the first step, in the very many steps we’re going to have to take.”
First look: Renderings of plans for The St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park, and photos of it now
Guests will have the opportunity to experience close encounters with animals during driving safaris and a walking safari experience. Here, guests are participating in a giraffe feeding that overlooks the Savanna Safari. Animals pictured here include giraffe, ostrich, scimitar-horned oryx and eland. Rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created by PGAV
From a safari vehicle, guests can enjoy viewing approximately 60 animals in a 63-acre natural wooded habitat called the Woodland Safari. Animals pictured here include white rhino and eland. Rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created by PGAV
This conceptual map shows what guests might expect when they come to WildCare Park. There are plans for a 60-acre Nature Adventure Zone, 63 acres of Woodland Safari, 101 acres of Savanna Safari, and 61 acres of the Kent Family Conservation and Animal Science Center. Rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created by PGAV
Guests can book a special event at the WildCare Park event center where they can take in the views of the 101-acre Savanna Safari while also feeding giraffes. Other animals shown in this rendering include Grevy’s zebra, greater kudu, scimitar-horned oryx, eland and ostrich. Rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created by PGAV.
Guests are immediately immersed in nature upon entry to WildCare Park and can chose their own adventure, including going up an 11-story high safari observation tower. Rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created by PGAV.
The St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park Kent Family Conservation and Animal Science Center will devote approximately 61 acres to conservation breeding of endangered and critically endangered species that have declining wild populations. Barns and pastures will be constructed to accommodate all medium-to-large ungulate species to be flexible to any species that might need WildCare Park’s conservation support in the future. Animals shown in this rendering include mountain bongo, addax and Przewalski’s horse. Rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created Karoo Design Visualization
Families can rediscover nature surrounded by native Missouri wildlife flora and fauna in the Nature Play Area. Rendering courtesy of the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created by PGAV.
The concept for a 101-acre Savanna Safari area includes a place where guests could enjoy viewing approximately 100 animals in a natural grassland habitat from a safari vehicle. The animals, as shown here, could include Grevy’s zebra, addax, giraffe, sable antelope, ostrich and eland.
Guests could be taken 11 stories up in the air in an observation tower for views of the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park, the St. Louis skyline, and the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
Some of the existing buildings on what used to be the Emerald Greens golf course will be repurposed as part of the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park as seen on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The St. Louis Zoo bought the golf course in September of 2018 and is in the process converting the land to the WildCare Park featuring different safari experiences, a “zooseum”, and nature adventure area geared toward kids. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
The manicured grass of the fairways and greens on what used to be the Emerald Greens golf course have been replanted with grasses more suitable to grazing animals as seen on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The St. Louis Zoo bought the golf course in September of 2018 and is in the process converting the land to the WildCare Park featuring different safari experiences, a “zooseum”, and nature adventure area geared toward kids. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
The manicured grass of the fairways and greens on what used to be the Emerald Greens golf course have been replanted with grasses more suitable to grazing animals as seen on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The St. Louis Zoo bought the golf course in September of 2018 and is in the process converting the land to the WildCare Park featuring different safari experiences, a “zooseum”, and nature adventure area geared toward kids. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
This existing building on what used to be the Emerald Greens golf course will be repurposed as conservation headquarters at the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park as seen on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The St. Louis Zoo bought the golf course in September of 2018 and is in the process converting the land to the WildCare Park featuring different safari experiences, a “zooseum”, and nature adventure area geared toward kids. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Demo on a few buildings and preparations for building the perimeter fence continue as work on the of the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park progresses on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The St. Louis Zoo bought the golf course in September of 2018 and is in the process converting the land to the WildCare Park featuring different safari experiences, a “zooseum”, and nature adventure area geared toward kids. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Morning light illuminates a deer bounding into the woods near what used to be the first hole of the Emerald Greens golf course on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The St. Louis Zoo bought the golf course in September of 2018 and is in the process converting the land to the WildCare Park featuring different safari experiences, a “zooseum”, and a nature adventure area geared toward kids.
Morning light illuminates a deer on what used to be the green on the first hole of the Emerald Greens golf course on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The St. Louis Zoo bought the golf course in September of 2018 and is in the process converting the land to the WildCare Park featuring different safari experiences, a “zooseum”, and nature adventure area geared toward kids. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
The manicured grass of the fairways and greens on what used to be the Emerald Greens golf course have been replanted with grasses more suitable to grazing animals as seen on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The St. Louis Zoo bought the golf course in September of 2018 and is in the process converting the land to the WildCare Park featuring different safari experiences, a “zooseum”, and nature adventure area geared toward kids. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
This existing building from what used to be the Emerald Greens golf course will be repurposed as the canopy clubhouse with an attached giraffe feeding deck at the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park, as seen on Thursday, July 14, 2022.
The St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park Kent Family Conservation and Animal Science Center will devote approximately 61 acres to conservation breeding of endangered and critically endangered species that have declining wild populations. Six species of hoofed mammals will be present initially – Grevy’s zebra and addax will be the first two species to arrive in 2023. Four other species – Przewalski’s horse, mountain bongo, Somali wild ass and roan antelope – will arrive over the next few years. Five conservation barns and up to 12 pastures ranging in size from 2.5 to 15 acres will be devoted to conservation breeding efforts. Animals shown in this rendering include Grevy’s zebra and road antelope. Rendering courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park; created Karoo Design Visualization. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/safaris-glamping-and-a-tower-ride-st-louis-zoo-reveals-details-of-wildcare-park/article_abce0bd6-21c8-574e-bcab-4901ca555aa4.html | 2022-07-20T03:14:03Z | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/safaris-glamping-and-a-tower-ride-st-louis-zoo-reveals-details-of-wildcare-park/article_abce0bd6-21c8-574e-bcab-4901ca555aa4.html | true |
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Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department investigating fatal crash
Published: Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:53 PM MDT|Updated: 35 minutes ago
SHOSHONE, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatal crash in Shoshone.
According to Sheriff Rene King, a vehicle went off the road and into a canal at 620 North, 148 East at approximately 2:44 p.m. on Tuesday.
The Lincoln County Sheriff, Lincoln County EMS and the Shoshone City Fire Department all responded.
Notifications are still being made and we don’t have an identification as of yet.
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Workers in the United Kingdom are struggling with the biggest drop in pay in more than two decades, as surging food and energy prices take a giant bite out of wages.
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Real pay — workers' wages that take inflation into account — slumped by 2.8% between March and May compared to the same time last year, according to data released Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics.
That's the fastest decline since the ONS began keeping records in 2001.
Earlier this month, U,K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned after a series of ethics scandals proved too costly for the government to brush off. His successor, which is currently being decided, faces a daunting set of economic and financial challenges.
For months, rising global energy and commodity prices — worsened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine — have helped stoke global inflation. The world's fifth-largest economy has been one of the hardest hit among the world's wealthiest nations.
U.K. consumer prices hit a 40-year high of 9.1% in May, the highest among the G7 leading economies — and is forecast to climb above 11% later this year despite a series of interest rate hikes.
And households are feeling the strain. Eye-watering energy and grocery bills have thrown Britons into the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades. The Bank of England predicts that disposable incomes will suffer their second biggest decline this year since records began in 1964.
Grocery bill inflation hit nearly 10% in the four weeks ending on July 10, according to data from research firm Kantar released on Tuesday. That means that Britons can expect to spend an additional £454 ($545) this year on food and essentials.
Energy bills, which rose by 54% in April, are estimated to top £3,000 ($3,603) per year for millions of households from October, according to energy research firm Cornwall Insight. That's when the government next adjusts a price cap that limits the amount suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy.
Boris Johnson's government has promised £400 ($480) in grants per family to help out the millions of people struggling to pay their energy bills. It also bowed to pressure last month and unveiled a £5 billion ($6 billion) tax on the windfall profits of oil and gas companies.
High inflation, combined with damaging Brexit policies, have sapped the nation's growth. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development forecast last month that the U.K. economy was heading to stagnation, with zero growth in GDP forecast for 2023. That would be the worst performance in the G7 next year.
The pound has also been hammered this year, losing 11% of its value against the U.S. dollar, which will likely make it more expensive to import goods.
But there is one bright spot. Hiring is continuing apace last month, preliminary ONS data showed, with the number of people on payroll growing 3% compared to a year ago. | https://www.kcci.com/article/uk-workers-suffer-biggest-pay-drop-two-decades/40651010 | 2022-07-20T03:39:33Z | https://www.kcci.com/article/uk-workers-suffer-biggest-pay-drop-two-decades/40651010 | false |
WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT
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* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to
110 expected.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Logan, Payne, Oklahoma, Lincoln and
Tillman Counties. In Texas, Wilbarger and Baylor Counties.
* WHEN...1 PM to 8 PM CDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat and humidity will significantly
increase the potential for heat related illnesses,
particularly for those working or participating in outdoor
activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 106 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of central, northern, northwest and southwest
Oklahoma and northern Texas.
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The FBI and Justice Department recently disrupted the activities of a hacking group that was sponsored by the North Korean government and that targeted U.S. hospitals with ransomware.
The agencies were able to recover half a million dollars in ransom payments. That's according to Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. She revealed new details of the attacks during a speech in New York on Tuesday.
She encouraged organizations hit by ransomware to report the crime to law enforcement, both so that officials can investigate and so that they can help victim companies try to get ransom payments back.
In one case, Monaco said, a Kansas hospital that paid a ransom last year after being attacked by ransomware also contacted the FBI, which traced the payment and identified China-based money launderers who assisted the North Korean hackers in cashing out the illicit proceeds. The FBI recovered half a million dollars, including the entire ransom payment from the hospital, the Associated Press reported. | https://www.kxxv.com/news/national/us-disrupts-north-korean-hackers-that-targeted-hospitals | 2022-07-20T03:40:56Z | https://www.kxxv.com/news/national/us-disrupts-north-korean-hackers-that-targeted-hospitals | false |
WASHINGTON — Despite a year of disruptions, students largely made academic gains this past year that paralleled their growth pre-pandemic and outpaced the previous school year, according to new research released Tuesday from NWEA, a nonprofit research group that administers standardized tests.
Gains across income levels partially closed the gap in learning that resulted from the pandemic, researchers found. But students in high-poverty schools had fallen further behind, making it likely they will need more time than their higher-income peers to make a full recovery.
The results are a measured sign of hope for academic recovery from COVID-19. But sustained effort and investment in education remain crucial.
“These signs of rebounding are especially heartening during another challenging school year of more variants, staff shortages, and a host of uncertainties. We think that speaks volumes to the tremendous effort put forth by our schools to support students,” Karyn Lewis, director of the Center for School and Student Progress at NWEA, and the study's co-author, said in a statement.
The study used data from more than 8 million students who took the MAP Growth assessment in reading and math during the three school years impacted by COVID. Those numbers were then compared with data from three years before the pandemic.
The study found that if rebounding occurs at the same pace it did in the 2021-2022 school year, the timeline for a full recovery would likely reach beyond the 2024 deadline for schools to spend their federal funds.
For the average elementary school student, researchers projected it would take three years to reach where they would have been without the pandemic. For older students, recovery could take much longer. Across grade levels, subject and demographic groups, the exact timeline can vary widely and researchers found most students will need more than the two years where increased federal funding is available.
Some of the most successful interventions for students involved increasing instructional time, ranging from more class time, intensive tutoring, or high-quality summer programming, said Lindsay Dworkin, senior vice president for policy and communications at NWEA. But those initiatives can be costly and complex, and districts may hesitate to implement them when recovery funds have a fast-approaching deadline to be spent.
“The funding expires in such a short amount of time that districts are really struggling with, ‘What can I do that will be big and impactful and I only need to do for two years?’” Dworkin said in an interview. “I think if they knew that there would be more federal money coming and that it would be sustained, that would make all the difference both in the kind of creativity we would see from states and districts."
Dworkin also said that while the study looked at national trends, understanding the unique and specific local context was essential to figuring out how to best support children in schools. In addition to variation across student groups, districts that share similar characteristics, such as demographics and poverty levels, still showed large variation in student outcomes.
“If you are a district leader, there’s just no national story that is going to tell you enough about your district context, without the hard work of digging into the data and understanding what it says and then tailoring the interventions to match," Dworkin said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/nation-world/study-student-gains-covid-learning-gap/507-640f2cb9-4017-4499-8621-f22d3258875f | 2022-07-20T03:42:16Z | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/nation-world/study-student-gains-covid-learning-gap/507-640f2cb9-4017-4499-8621-f22d3258875f | true |
WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Norman OK
946 PM CDT Tue Jul 19 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to
110 expected.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Logan, Payne, Oklahoma, Lincoln and
Tillman Counties. In Texas, Wilbarger and Baylor Counties.
* WHEN...1 PM to 8 PM CDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat and humidity will significantly
increase the potential for heat related illnesses,
particularly for those working or participating in outdoor
activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 106 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of central, northern, northwest and southwest
Oklahoma and northern Texas.
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Centre cuts windfall tax on petrol, diesel, ATF
New Delhi July 20, 2022 08:46 ISTThe decision comes amid a decline in international rates.
The government on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, slashed the windfall tax on petrol, diesel, jet fuel and crude oil following a decline in international rates.
It scrapped a ₹6 a litre tax on export of petrol and reduced the same on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) from ₹6 a litre to ₹4. Besides, the tax on diesel has been reduced to ₹11 from ₹13 per litre, according to Finance Ministry notifications.
Further, the ₹23,250 per tonne additional tax on crude oil produced domestically has been cut to ₹17,000 per tonne.
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RICHMOND, Va (WRIC) — 12 days after a female sheriff’s deputy working at the city’s jail was reportedly assaulted by a male inmate, the head of city council’s public safety committee is calling for transparency into the incident.
Councilwoman Reva Trammell told 8News she wonders why Sheriff Antionette Irving has not publicly commented or shared details about Sakeem Jamar Bell allegedly assaulting Deputy S. Cole on July 7; both Bell and Cole are named in an internal report.
“What is going on in there,” Trammel asked in an interview with 8News Tuesday.
Bell’s attorney told 8News his client was sent to Central State Hospital, a mental institution in Dinwiddie.
Trammell said she has requested Irving attend the upcoming public safety committee meeting next Tuesday. The one agenda item up for discussion regards the process for “securing mentally ill inmates and the safety of other inmates and personnel.”
“I think if she’s got nothing to hide and if she wants some help or needs some help, she would show up and tell us exactly what is going on,” Trammel added.
Irving and a staffer have not responded to 8News’ multiple requests for comment over the past 11 days.
Why hasn’t Bell been charged despite being directly accused of the assault nearly two weeks ago?
8News legal analyst Russ Stone shared two possibilities that may provide an answer, but without confirmed details, one can only speculate.
“It very well could be that the police, or the sheriff’s office, is simply holding off until they make sure they are dealing with a person that is competent and therefore, able to go through the court proceeding,” Stone said.
Despite this, Stone said there “no real reason why” the sheriff’s office couldn’t share some details of the assault, but he speculated Bell’s ongoing sentence at the jail may be why specifics of the case are not being shared.
“It may be that the government just feels they have some additional time, ‘there’s no reason to rush anything because he is not going anywhere for the time being. We can place our charges at a later date.’ That’s possible, but again, it is speculation,” Stone said.
After 8News first report on the situation Monday, Irving was again sent a request for comment Tuesday but she provided no response.
We again requested information from the sheriff today, still, no response. | https://www.wric.com/news/richmond-councilmember-sheriff-should-answer-to-jail-inmate-assault-on-deputy/ | 2022-07-20T03:48:51Z | https://www.wric.com/news/richmond-councilmember-sheriff-should-answer-to-jail-inmate-assault-on-deputy/ | false |
Dems slam 'Lucy Manchin' for blocking climate legislation, but don't want to kick him out of party
Dem Rep. Levin said he's angry at Manchin for blocking climate legislation this month, but added retaliating would be 'foolish'
The left is angry with Sen. Joe Manchin for rejecting climate-related provisions in a reconciliation bill Democrats hope to pass this month – but Democrats in Congress say they have no appetite for major retaliation against him.
"I don't think it's very wise to kick him out of the party right now and hand the gavels over to the Republicans," Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich., said of the idea of kicking Manchin out of the party. "In our anger, we don't want to be foolish."
Levin was responding to calls from some, including former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich, for Manchin to lose his chairmanship of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and to be run out of the party.
Reich said in a recent Substack post that Democrats wouldn't really lose anything if Manchin were to switch parties to the GOP in reaction to such a move. "They already lost control over the Senate," he said.
But even with Democrats emphasizing that climate change action Manchin refused to vote for this month is key to fighting grave climate threats, multiple House Democrats tamped down on any calls for acting against Manchin.
"I'm not too interested in that, to tell you the truth," Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said. "I mean, I'm interested in getting us unified, not just among the Democrats, but among Democrats and Republicans."
Raskin added that climate change is a "civilizational threat" and a "threat to our national security." He said President Biden should take "whatever actions we can," using executive action.
Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., said, "no," when asked about suggestions to remove Manchin from his chairmanship of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and from the Democratic Party. But he also noted that Manchin has said he's open to potentially revisiting climate legislation later this year.
MANCHIN SAYS HE WON'T SUPPORT CLIMATE, TAX PROVISIONS IN SWEEPING DEMOCRATIC BILL
"My understanding is what he talked about was a delay," Lieu said. "And you have to talk to him for additional information what he means by that."
Manchin said in a Friday interview on West Virginia's MetroNews Talkline with Hoppy Kercheval that he could be open to passing climate and energy elements of reconciliation later this year if inflation appears to be slowing.
"Political headlines are of no value to the millions of Americans struggling to afford groceries and gas as inflation soars to 9.1%," Manchin spokesperson Sam Runyon said last week. "Senator Manchin believes it’s time for leaders to put political agendas aside, reevaluate and adjust to the economic realities the country faces to avoid taking steps that add fuel to the inflation fire."
BIDEN WHITE HOUSE REPORTEDLY FUMING OVER MANCHIN: ‘TRYING THEIR HARDEST NOT TO SHOW IT’
Despite Manchin's explanations, Levin and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., lit into him for blocking legislation supported by most in the party.
"To me, Joe Manchin is Lucy. He's not Joe Manchin anymore. He's Lucy Manchin. I don't think the ‘Peanuts’ characters had last names. So all of a sudden I'm calling Lucy from Peanuts, Lucy Manchin," Levin said. "All he does is put the football down over and over. And then as soon as Charlie Brown, like his whole Democratic team, comes to kick the ball, he picks it up and laughs. And then he does it again and again."
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"It's unfortunate that one man can kill legislation that will save our planet and… save our world, save our people," Jayapal said. "We think it's important for the president now to take executive action. That's not going to be enough. And we can't lead the world when we have one person on our side who's… killing all of that legislation."
Jayapal did not answer a question from Fox News Digital about whether she would support kicking Manchin out of the party. Levin further accused Manchin of negotiating in bad faith on legislation Democrats have been pursuing for over a year.
"I'm disgusted by the behavior of Joe Manchin over many, many months. He has not been honest. He has not been forthcoming. He has not kept his word. So I'm furious at him," he said.
But if Democrats can just get more members in the Senate, Levin said, "A skunk in the picnic like Joe Manchin, nobody would even remember him… Let him complain and whine about everything and keep, you know, moving the goalposts. It wouldn't matter." | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-slam-lucy-manchin-blocking-climate-legislation-dont-want-kick-him-out-party | 2022-07-20T03:48:51Z | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-slam-lucy-manchin-blocking-climate-legislation-dont-want-kick-him-out-party | true |
GUANGZHOU, China, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China (Guangzhou) International Building Decoration Fair ("CBD Fair (Guangzhou)" and "the Fair") was back from July 8 to 11, bringing together the design, decoration, and construction professionals to visit a vast exposure of the latest products and services. The 24th CBD Fair (Guangzhou) features top-notch companies from various segments of the home construction and decoration industry and continues to serve as the industry bellwether that plays an essential role in fueling and transforming the development of the sector.
CBD Fair 2022 built on its previous success to continue establishing itself as the world's NO.1 trade fair in the industry. The largest offline expo of the year held in China saw a plethora of milestones in terms of the scale and number of attendees, hosting 80 high-end forums and welcoming over 120,000 professional visitors over the four days. With an exhibition hall spanning over 300,000 square meters, the mega trade show attracted more than 1,200 companies that showcased solutions, products, and services that cover the entire supply chain, driving the growth of China's domestic market.
With holistic upgrades for its four main exhibition areas that provide innovative designs as well as customized, smart, and systematic solutions, CBD Fair raised the bar on safety, hygiene, and high-quality event experiences. The Fair also organized 30 designed-dedicated exhibitions, forums, and salons, creating a platform designed to share innovative ideas and foster creative exchange among designers.
Targeting the needs of exhibitors who are seeking to expand their distributors and franchisees networks, CBD Fair 2022 also launched a new initiative that invited around 20 top-tier marketplaces to bring more distributors and franchisees to the exhibition.
In addition to displaying the latest industry innovations and boosting business opportunities, CBD Fair 2022 is also instrumental in rejuvenating economic development in the post-pandemic world. The home construction and decoration industry is a pillar of China's economic development given its industrial chains cover manufacturing, building, consumption, and circulation, accounting for a substantial proportion of China's economic growth. The rapid and full recovery of the key industry players is critical for supply chain stability. The Fair helps China maintain a strong economic momentum by accelerating the work and production resumption of the businesses that are essential for the country's economic rebound.
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Two more IU pitchers from Central Indiana taken in MLB draft's final day
Indiana's pitching staff struggled for most of 2022, posting a Big Ten-worst 7.04 earned run average, but three of their most reliable arms were still taken in this week's Major League Baseball draft. The Hoosiers had no position players drafted, which allows them to keep together a core of an offense that finished fourth in the conference with 427 runs scored in a 27-32 season.
After right-hander Jack Perkins was taken in the fifth round by the Oakland Athletics on Monday, fellow right-handers Bradley Brehmer of Decatur Central and Reese Sharp of University High School were both taken by the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday. Brehmer was taken in the 12th round with the No. 347 overall pick. Sharp went in the 20th and final round with the No. 587 overall pick.
Brehmer, a 6-6, 205-pounder and two-time all-state pick at Decatur Central, was previously taken by the Orioles in the 23rd round in 2018. He spent three seasons at Wright State, earning second-team All-Horizon League honors in 2019 and 2021, before transferring to Indiana this season. He posted a 5-4 record and 5.30 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 74 2/3 innings, finishing his career with a complete-game victory in Indiana's upset of Illinois in the Big Ten tournament.
Sharp, who helped University to a Class A state championship in 2019 and was drafted in the 28th round by the San Francisco Giants that year, posted a 3-6 record and 6.42 ERA in relief this season, but struck out 76 batters in 54 2/3 innings. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/college/iu/2022/07/19/mlb-draft-2022-orioles-pick-iu-pitchers-bradley-brehmer-reese-sharp/65377652007/ | 2022-07-20T04:01:32Z | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/college/iu/2022/07/19/mlb-draft-2022-orioles-pick-iu-pitchers-bradley-brehmer-reese-sharp/65377652007/ | true |
North Dakota Securities Commissioner Karen Tyler has ordered a Fargo man to stop doing business as an investment adviser after an examination of his business revealed alleged violations of state securities laws.
Authorities say Jeremy Carlson and his firm Jamieson Capital Financial LLC took custody of investor funds, acted as an unregistered broker-dealer and agent, breached fiduciary duty, and engaged in fraudulent practices.
Tyler said Carlson took custody of nearly $18 million in client funds, which is prohibited under the North Dakota Securities Act. He and others were paid a 3% commission on the sales, and $338,000 plus management fees he was charging as an investment adviser went to Carlson and his own company, the commissioner said.
Carlson without Health Department approval used $3.9 million in investor funds to acquire ownership in a medical marijuana business. He also used a cryptocurrency exchange not allowed in the U.S., paid management fees to unregistered advisers of a private fund, and engaged in borrowing and lending activity involving private funds he controlled that was not approved in investor documents.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
2-1-4
(two, one, four)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
2-1-4
(two, one, four) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-game-17316273.php | 2022-07-20T04:04:07Z | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-game-17316273.php | true |
Meghan Markle has drawn comparisons to Duchess Kate after the pair were snapped wearing a near-identical outfit just two months apart.
The Duchess of Sussex stepped out for a swanky dinner with Prince Harry at Robert DeNiro’s New York restaurant Locanda Verde this week.
But it was her monochrome outfit which set tongues wagging among royal watchers.
Meghan wore a sleeveless black jumpsuit with a white edging. She paired the outfit with strappy black stiletto sandals and a bold red clutch bag.
The jumpsuit, designed by Gabriela Heart, which retails for more than $7000.
The outfit is strikingly similar to a gown wore by Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, just weeks ago at the premiere of Top Gun Maverick in May.
Kate rubbed shoulders with the movie’s star Tom Cruise wearing a $4700 floor-length black gown with a near-identical white off-the-shoulder neckline.
The Roland Mouret was initially designed with a sheer back which exposed bra straps, as well as an under-arm cutout, but Kate had the outfit altered to create a more conservative look.
But while the Duchesses appear to share similar tastes, the same can’t be said for their husbands.
Prince William sported a classic black tuxedo to accompany Kate to the premiere.
Meanwhile, Prince Harry sported a more casual look for dinner, wearing grey pumps with blue jeans and a shirt, which he wore unbuttoned at the collar.
The couple dined after Harry’s United Nations speech, during which he challenged people to adopt Nelson Mandela’s spirit of hope and leave a better future for children.
The prince cited the inspiration of the anti-apartheid leader on his own life and his memories of his late mother, Princess Diana.
During the speech, he told how a photo on his wall of Diana meeting Mandela in 1997, just five months before her death, is “in my heart every day”. | https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/royal-family/meghan-markle-wears-black-and-white-jumpsuit-similar-to-dress-duchess-kate-wore-to-top-gun-premiere-c-7584430 | 2022-07-20T04:10:47Z | https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/royal-family/meghan-markle-wears-black-and-white-jumpsuit-similar-to-dress-duchess-kate-wore-to-top-gun-premiere-c-7584430 | false |
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The agencies were able to recover half a million dollars in ransom payments. That's according to Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. She revealed new details of the attacks during a speech in New York on Tuesday.
She encouraged organizations hit by ransomware to report the crime to law enforcement, both so that officials can investigate and so that they can help victim companies try to get ransom payments back.
In one case, Monaco said, a Kansas hospital that paid a ransom last year after being attacked by ransomware also contacted the FBI, which traced the payment and identified China-based money launderers who assisted the North Korean hackers in cashing out the illicit proceeds. The FBI recovered half a million dollars, including the entire ransom payment from the hospital, the Associated Press reported. | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/us-disrupts-north-korean-hackers-that-targeted-hospitals | 2022-07-20T04:11:33Z | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/us-disrupts-north-korean-hackers-that-targeted-hospitals | false |
While the vast majority of Massachusetts residents had health insurance during the pandemic, many found health care to be increasingly unaffordable and inaccessible.
According to the Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey, a statewide survey of 5,000 people conducted by the Center for Health Information and Analysis, 2.4 percent of state residents were uninsured in 2021, a low number in line with rates from recent years.
Those numbers are markedly lower than the national uninsured rate, which has hovered closer to 10 percent in the last several years. Yet still, health insurance was inaccessible for some. Nearly half of uninsured respondents said the cost was a reason they were uninsured, and 20.6 percent said they didn’t know how to get insurance.
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Even for those who have insurance, 41 percent of respondents said they had trouble affording health care.
“Massachusetts continues to be the state with the lowest uninsured rate in the nation,” said Christine Loveridge, manager of research for the Center for Health Information and Analysis. “And yet, two-fifths of residents report they and their families experienced affordability issues in the last 12 months.”
Affordability was a particular challenge for Black residents; 50.8 percent of respondents who identified as non-Hispanic Black said they or their family had problems paying for care. Additionally, 54.9 percent of Hispanic residents reported affordability issues in their families. Comparatively, only 37.9 percent of white residents had affordability challenges for themselves and their families.
Affordability issues were not restricted to those with the lowest incomes. Instead, those with moderate family incomes struggled the most with costs, according to the survey, likely because of eligibility thresholds for government insurance.
According to the report, 31 percent of residents said that they or a family member went without needed health care services in the last 12 months due to cost, with most of these residents reporting unmet dental care or specialist care needs. That’s up from 2019, when 27 percent of residents reported having an unmet health care need due to cost.
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“Most dental and vision care are not commonly covered by medical insurance, and specialist care often carries higher copays and coinsurance than general medical care,” the report said. “These types of care may also be costly for the uninsured.”
The pandemic posed unique challenges as well. Nearly 41 percent of respondents said that they had difficulty accessing care over the last 12 months because of the pandemic — because their provider was closed, or that it felt unsafe to travel to or attend a visit with a health care provider.
Simbad Sanchez, from Waltham, has experienced many of the affordability issues firsthand. Uninsured since he left his job to start his own business four years ago, Sanchez initially felt he wouldn’t need insurance because he didn’t smoke or drink.
However, he started to feel something was wrong last year. Needing to see a doctor, he went searching for health insurance and discovered the robust coverage he once had was too expensive. He attempted to sign up for a cheaper option, but was surprised when the bills started coming in from his doctor without any insurance deductions.
He will also have to pay out-of-pocket for dental work, after breaking a tooth last week. As for medication, he has been relying on unused pills from his mom to control his blood sugar and has been going without his cholesterol medication.
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“My daughter is studying to be an ER doctor. I’m working hard to give her that dream,” he said. “I explained to her, ‘Oh my, what’s happened? Like an orange, [insurance] wants to squeeze, to see how much money they can get.’ ”
Jessica Bartlett can be reached at jessica.bartlett@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @ByJessBartlett. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/20/metro/affordability-issues-plague-massachusetts-health-care-market/ | 2022-07-20T04:11:39Z | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/20/metro/affordability-issues-plague-massachusetts-health-care-market/ | false |
Cal Fire is relaunching night flying operations. It's already a game-changer for fighting fires
Earlier this month, a 'Cal Fire Hawk' crew flew the very first night mission, making water drops on the Electra Fire in Amador and Calaveras counties. Getting to that point took years of planning and training.
Earlier this month, a 'Cal Fire Hawk' crew flew the very first night mission, making water drops on the Electra Fire in Amador and Calaveras counties. Getting to that point took years of planning and training.
Earlier this month, a 'Cal Fire Hawk' crew flew the very first night mission, making water drops on the Electra Fire in Amador and Calaveras counties. Getting to that point took years of planning and training.
When fighting a large wildfire, one of Cal Fire's greatest tools is the ability to fight fires from the air. But until recently, air attacks on wildfires were limited to daylight hours due to safety concerns.
Now, thanks to advanced aviation technology, along with careful development and training, California's fire management agency is preparing to fully relaunch night flying operations throughout the state.
Earlier this month, the Northern California area got a glimpse of just how beneficial night flying can be.
Benjamin Berman, chief helicopter pilot and helicopter program manager for Cal Fire, said the proof of concept came from a wildfire that burned earlier in July, prompting evacuations in Amador and Calaveras counties.
KCRA 3 was covering the Electra Fire on July 7 when we caught on camera a "Fire Hawk" helicopter reloading water from Lake Tabeaud in the middle of the night.
"There were a few fires that slopped over the primary containment and we were able to pick those up on night vision goggles," Berman said.
Without the Fire Hawk and its crew, those spot fires may have continued to burn throughout the night.
Berman said that adding this tool is a game-changer for Cal Fire.
"As we've seen the last few years, the fires have just gotten bigger and bigger to the point where we're getting these megafires, so we have to stay ahead of that," Berman said.
But getting a crew ready to night fly doesn't happen overnight. Each one of Cal Fire's 12 new Fire Hawks took over a year to build. That includes construction in Poland, a paint job in Texas and special equipment installations in Colorado.
These helicopters will be stationed at bases throughout the state. After a year of flight training during the day, crews can begin rigorous night training. That includes time in a flight simulator, two weeks in a classroom and logging flight hours at night with a training pilot.
A big part of that training is learning to communicate as a team. The Cal Fire Hawk has a much more complex instrument set-up than its predecessor, the Huey. Crew teams themselves are also larger.
Berman likens each crew to a football team.
"The front seat captain — they call the play. They're the quarterback. The pilot, they're like the running back: They run the ball," Berman said.
A third crew member sits behind the front seat captain and frequently leans out of the helicopter, getting eyes on everything happening on the ground below.
Training helps crews learn new flight procedures, but more than anything, they have to relearn old habits that were developed as a result of years of flying air attacks during the day. Many of those habits have become muscle memory, not unlike how we get used to driving our cars.
"Now we're taking all that away from them and putting them in something completely different and they have to relearn a lot of things. And sometimes relearning things is harder than learning them initially," Berman said.
Like all of Cal Fire's tools, the Fire Hawk will be used strategically, when incident commanders determine that night flying can give crews an advantage or that fire conditions are particularly threatening to lives and property.
But while it will give firefighters a big boost, night flying technology is not foolproof.
If smoke or fog is too thick, night vision goggles will not work. That's because the goggles amplify visible light coming from terrain features or the fire itself. If smoke masks those features, they can't be seen, making flying conditions dangerous day or night.
Excessive winds would also ground the Fire Hawk, and likely other aircraft because air attacks would likely be less effective.
Berman said that Cal Fire is about halfway through bringing its 12 Fire Hawks online. He expects full readiness sometime next year with the timeline being heavily dependent on the demands of this fire season.
"The night flying capability of the Fire Hawk will make an impact, but it's all a piece of the entire puzzle when it comes to fighting a fire," Berman said. "It's always the firefighters on the ground that actually beat these fires." | https://www.kcra.com/article/calfire-relaunching-night-flying-operations-wildfires/40657946 | 2022-07-20T04:16:29Z | https://www.kcra.com/article/calfire-relaunching-night-flying-operations-wildfires/40657946 | false |
Two vicious roaming pit bulls maul an elderly woman on a quiet street - as residents are warned to stay indoors until the dogs are captured
- Elderly woman savagely attacked by two roaming pit bulls in Adelaide
- Jo Howski and her husband rushed to aid 78-year-old being violently attacked
- Dogs fled to church carpark where they are living with a homeless man
- The 78-year-old woman had a torn calf and wounds to her hands
- Council say they are investigating but are yet to positively identify the animals
Residents of a leafy suburb in Adelaide are being urged to stay inside after two 'American bull terrier-looking dogs' attacked an elderly woman.
Jo Howski, from Clarence Park in the city's inner suburbs, said she and her husband rescued a 78-year-old woman from a vicious attack just before 6 pm on Monday evening.
Ms Howski, her partner John and three young children had just arrived home from swimming training to find the woman being savaged by two dogs on their fence that appeared to be bull terriers.
'She was in shock, bleeding from both hands and both legs. We basically ran and got first aid gear, got a chair and sat her down,' Ms Howski told Daily Mail Australia.
'She had a large tear to her left calf, a skin flap. She was bleeding with wounds to both limbs and both hands.'
Pictured: The caravan where locals believe two pit bulls live who attacked an elderly woman and left her requiring surgery
Jo Howski, from Clarence Park in the city's inner suburbs, said she and her husband rescued a 78-year-old woman from a vicious attack just before 6pm on Monday evening
Ms Howski said they were only alerted to the attack after hearing an 'awful scream' and 'aggressive animal noises'.
A man that happened to be driving past the attack as it occurred had pulled over and managed to fight the dogs off the elderly woman prior to Ms Howski and her family reaching her.
The two brown dogs then ran away down the street to Church of the Trinity and to a caravan at the back of the church's carpark that they believe belongs to a rough-sleeping person.
The mother-of-three said the elderly woman had been attacked from behind while walking home from the shops.
'She didn't even see them coming. She went to the shops, was walking home with her Woolies bags and was attacked from behind,' Ms Howski told Daily Mail Australia.
The two brown dogs then ran away down the street to Church of the Trinity and to a caravan at the back of the carpark that they believe belongs to a rough-sleeping person
The mother said she feared for her own family's safety, saying the victim could have been her seven-year-old had they arrived home any earlier.
'We've got three young kids. They missed the attack by a minute, they were playing outside,' Ms Howski said.
The 78-year-old woman's family say she is having surgery today.
Ms Howski says she has since heard from two other local residents who have been attacked by the dogs and has visited the church to inform them of the incidents.
She claims there is in-fighting between South Australia Police and the City of Unley Council over whose role it is to seize the animals.
'We have no issues with the rough-sleeping people being there, the church should have families staying in the carpark. We just want the dogs removed,' Ms Howski told Daily Mail Australia.
'I went to the church to see if I could hear the dogs. I don't think they've been taken yet. There's some argy-bargy between police and the council over who has authority to act.'
Ms Howski said they were only alerted to the attack after hearing an 'awful scream' and 'aggressive animal noises' (stock image)
The church has been contacted for a comment.
The City of Unley told Daily Mail Australia the dogs were yet to be positively identified, and they were still investigating whether the dogs living at the church were involved in the attack.
'No dogs were found to be wandering at large when our inspectors investigated, and no dogs have been seized at this point. Some dogs which have been suspected of the attack were with their owner and restrained when this was reported,' a spokesperson said.
'There are no dogs roaming the streets – the safety of our community is paramount and we are taking this situation very seriously and following a process to identify the responsible dogs as quickly as possible.'
SA Police confirmed the elderly woman had been taking to hospital for treatment with 'injuries not considered life-threatening.'
'Officers spoke to the owner of the dogs nearby, after she had brought the dogs under control,' a spokesperson said.
'The matter is now being investigated by the local council.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11030245/Vicious-roaming-dogs-maul-elderly-woman-quiet-Australian-street.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-20T04:25:31Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11030245/Vicious-roaming-dogs-maul-elderly-woman-quiet-Australian-street.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Cops raid squalid housing commission home where little Charlie, six, was found dead in her nappy in a suspected case of child neglect
- Police have visited housing commission home where Charlie, six, found dead
- Major crime detectives launched search of Munno Para property on Wednesday
- Charlie was found unresponsive at home in Adelaide's north on Friday morning
- Six-year-old's tragic death has become the focus of a major police investigation
Police have raided the housing commission home where little Charlie, six, was found dead 'paper white' in her nappy in a suspected case of criminal neglect.
Major crime detectives visited the Munno Para home in Adelaide's northern suburbs on Wednesday as Charlie's death becomes the subject of a major investigation.
The six-year-old was found unresponsive in her family's home in the early hours of Friday morning after her mother raised the alarm.
Police have stormed the housing commission home (pictured) where little Charlie, six, was found dead in her nappy in a suspected case of criminal neglect
The six-year-old (pictured) was found unresponsive in her family's housing commission home in the early hours of Friday morning after her mother raised the alarm
Charlie's five siblings have since been removed from the house and placed in the care of the state as the investigation continues.
Officers spoke to Charlie's mother on Wednesday morning before she left the property to allow detectives to carry out their search.
The home is surrounded by overgrown grass and littered with various items including old appliances, children's toys and a mattress.
It comes as court documents reveal that despite being exposed to drug abuse and domestic violence, Charlie and her siblings were allowed to stay in the home.
Documents revealed the family were known to at least three government agencies - including the Department of Child Protection.
In January last year, Charlie and her siblings watched their 'drug-fuelled' father stab their mother multiple times - including to the neck - at the Munno Para home.
But despite the children witnessing the horrifying attack - and their father's history of domestic violence and drug use - authorities did not remove them.
Charlie's aunt - wearing a pink hoodie with a slogan that read 'but did you die? #mumlife' - lashed out at media when she was asked how her mother was feeling.
The grass at home was overgrown and the yard littered with kids toys and miscellaneous items
Charlie's aunt - wearing a pink hoodie with a slogan that read 'but did you die? #mumlife' - lashed out at media when she was asked how her mother was feeling
'How do you think she's feeling? Her daughter just died in her arms! Of course she's upset,' she said outside the home on Tuesday.
One neighbour, Bec, told Daily Mail Australia the girl's mum had raised the alarm late at night and described the efforts of those who tried to save Charlie's life.
'It was about 1am and we were about to go to sleep, and we heard this banging on the door.
'Charlie's mum was screaming "Charlie isn't breathing!" so we raced over there.
'She was on the floor in a nappy and she was paper white ... and when I touched her she was stone cold and her eyes were open and fixated on the ceiling.
'We did everything to try and get Charlie to breathe.'
Bec's sister desperately tried to resuscitate Charlie with the pair noticing something in the girl's mouth when they rolled her onto her side.
Debris, including an old mattress, bedding, and unused rabbit hutch, were seen in the yard
The cause of Charlie's death is still unknown, but a neighbour said Charlie had something in her throat when she died (family home, pictured)
They frantically tried to clear her airway, before rolling her onto her back, and trying CPR again. Paramedics arrived soon after and worked on Charlie for half an hour.
Bec said: 'Paramedics were able get the breathing tube in after a lot of suction, but even though they managed to get air into her lungs, her heart didn't want to start.
'They pronounced her dead in hospital, but she was gone before that.'
The mother-of-five said the image of Charlie on the floor wearing a nappy, dying on the floor, paper-white and stone-cold is burned into her mind.
Bec and her sister tried to keep Charlie's siblings away from the horrific scene. They were distraught over what was happening to their sister.
When asked about the cause of death, Bec said she didn't know whether she choked to death or whether there were health issues going on that no one knew about.
However, she noted that no one saw Charlie for the last few weeks of her life because she was suffering a mystery illness - noting the girl and her siblings never looked healthy and often had head lice.
Charlie (pictured) died on the floor of her mother's house in an alleged case of criminal neglect
Eighteen months ago, police were called to the home after Charlie's father attacked her mother, his partner of 18-years, during a fight while he was under the influence of methylamphetamine.
During a sentencing hearing in February, the court heard he had been a habitual user of the drug for many years and, after quitting, relapsed on the night of the attack.
The fight started in the bedroom before moving to the front yard, where the mother was stabbed three times.
'It (the attack) occurred in front of the house and was witnessed by at least one civilian, who had to pull the defendant away from the victim not once, but twice,' a prosecutor told the District Court.
The father was initially charged with attempted murder before pleaded guilty to the downgraded offence of causing harm with intent.
He was sentenced in March this year to five years and six months in jail with a non-parole period of three years and six months.
Four years ago, he was also sentenced for aggravated assault for slapping the same victim in the face.
Pictured: The front of the house Charlie died in, which has a single swing out the front
The house Charlie died in was surrounded by junk - old toys, a tent, bikes and a disused freezer
Now, investigators will probe what other interactions they had with the family in the years leading up to Charlie's death.
Charlie's uncle, who cannot be named for legal reasons, expressed disbelief about what had happened.
'It's f***ed,' he said. 'I didn't find out on Friday - I found out she died on Monday.'
SA Deputy Police Commissioner Linda Williams on Tuesday said the six-year-old's living conditions were 'poor' and said it was too early to determine if her death could have been prevented.
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OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — There is a lot that goes into a new library.
Omaha’s new proposed library doesn’t just have more space for books.
Its plans also include things like a one-of-a-kind storage and retrieval system, reimagined green spaces and even broadcast equipment for public access television.
The features all add up to make a state-of-the-art library and one that will come with a significant price tag.
“It's looking like it's going to be at least $140 million in total and up to $150 million,” said Rachel Jacobsen, President of Heritage Services.
Jacobsen and Heritage Services will be a part of the Community Information Trust or CIT that includes the City of Omaha and DoSpace, which currently occupies the 72nd and Dodge location where the new library would be built.
Right now the new library only exists in concept images and schematics and Jacobsen said they won’t be able to move forward without funding.
Most of that funding will come from private donors but Jacobsen is asking the city to pitch in $20 million for the new library.
“Until we get the approvals and commitments from all of the different entities we aren’t going to formally ask for pledges. All of that fundraising work is going to happen over the next year, a long with the next phases of building design and our goal would be to fundraise 85, at least 95% of our goal before we break ground next summer,” said Jacobsen.
The new library will also have to come with a new operating budget for OPL and city council members want to make sure that future funding won’t forget about existing library branches.
“As one who thinks the library has been traditionally underfunded, I think its important to have this conversation so if we are taking on a substantial new asset then other library branches or other libraries in our system aren’t suffering or there is supplanting going on. I know that’s definitely the expectations of donors when they make a contribution like this,” said Pete Festersen, Omaha City Council president.
Tuesday’s council meeting was just a public hearing and the city council won’t vote on whether or not to approve the $20 million in funding until their next meeting.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
2-1-4
(two, one, four)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
2-1-4
(two, one, four) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-game-17316273.php | 2022-07-20T04:28:11Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-game-17316273.php | true |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Evening" game were:
04-06-11-20-25-27-29-35-37-41-52-55-59-61-62-65-68-71-74-79, BE: 20
(four, six, eleven, twenty, twenty-five, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty-five, thirty-seven, forty-one, fifty-two, fifty-five, fifty-nine, sixty-one, sixty-two, sixty-five, sixty-eight, seventy-one, seventy-four, seventy-nine; BE: twenty) | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Evening-game-17316236.php | 2022-07-20T04:29:09Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Evening-game-17316236.php | false |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta blew two tires Tuesday while landing at Los Angeles International Airport but nobody on board was hurt, although two runways at the busy airport were closed for several hours, authorities said.
Delta Flight 515 landed safely shortly after 1 p.m., authorities said.
The plane “came to rest on the taxi way after a possible issue with some of its tires,” Delta said in a statement. It didn’t indicate what caused the problem.
Photos on Twitter showed two shredded tires.
“We touchdown (maybe a little fast) when all of a sudden POW BAM right landing gear fumbles the bag and we pop 2 tires on the right,” Sara Margarett said in tweets. “Everyone freaks out and we skidded to a stop somewhere between hell and a runway.”
Margarett said they were kept on the plane for an hour before being bused to the terminal.
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By JAY COHEN
AP Sports Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — Ben Kennedy is thinking big. As in big cities, big ideas and big plans.
That’s how NASCAR and Chicago got together.
Kennedy played an instrumental role in NASCAR bringing an unprecedented street race to downtown Chicago during its 75th season in yet another radical change to its once staid schedule.
“We want to be bold and innovative as we think about new venues and new concepts that we’re going to,” said Kennedy, the 30-year-old great-grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France. “This is No. 1 on the list for us right now, and it’s certainly going to be the most anticipated event of our season and one of the biggest sporting events in our country in 2023.”
The Cup Series will race against the backdrop of Lake Michigan and Grant Park next July 2 as part of a three-year deal with the city of Chicago. It will be paired with an IMSA sports car race the day before, as well as music and entertainment options located along the 12-turn, 2.2-mile street course.
“The opportunity to bring something so unique as NASCAR to the city of Chicago, and I think it’s going to be one of those iconic race courses … we couldn’t pass up that opportunity,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday during an outdoor press conference announcing the event.
The course will include Lake Shore Drive, Michigan Avenue and South Columbus Drive, where the start/finish line and pit road will be located directly in front of Buckingham Fountain. It will pass through Grant Park and approach the northern edge of Soldier Field — site of the only other Cup Series race to take place in downtown Chicago, in 1956.
Kennedy said NASCAR will be the promoter, which typically means the party responsible for all costs of producing the race. Asked about the price tag for the city, Lightfoot responded: “We’ll be working out the details on this with NASCAR. Once we have those specifics, we’ll be happy to share them with you.”
The Chicago announcement comes after NASCAR’s successful January exhibition race inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum that will return for a second running in 2023. Kennedy told The Associated Press he began working on both the Coliseum and Chicago street race in 2019.
It’s part of NASCAR’s sweeping changes to its oval-heavy schedule, first by adding both a dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway and additional road courses and now a completely new concept. It sounds as if it plans to keep going, too.
“We want to continue to explore new markets,” Kennedy said. “We’ve talked a lot about the Pacific Northwest. We’ve talked a lot about the Northeast area. That’s an important market for us. But even internationally as well.
“I don’t know that they’ll be a day, at least in the short term, that we’ll go necessarily overseas. But there might be an opportunity for us sometime in the future to go north of the border up to Canada or go to Mexico.”
NASCAR last month confirmed the Coliseum would return next January, but the rest of the 2023 schedule has yet to be announced. The Chicago street course will replace the road course race at Road America on the Cup schedule.
Road America in Wisconsin hosted the Cup Series the last two seasons on the same weekend. By moving into downtown Chicago, NASCAR keeps a race in the Midwest region while returning to a coveted market. NASCAR ran 19 Cup races at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, a 45-mile drive from downtown.
NASCAR had tried to build interest in the market and even made Chicagoland the opening race of the playoffs in 2011. But the track was simply too far from downtown to attract a new audience and NASCAR pulled out after the 2019 season.
“This is a top-three market for us, worldwide frankly, for NASCAR fans,” Kennedy said.
The decision to hold a race in downtown Chicago presents all sorts of logistical challenges for NASCAR, mostly centered around the safety of drivers and fans. Kennedy said NASCAR had design, development, competition and asphalt experts look at the surface, and he felt the roads were in “really good condition” when he drove around Grant Park on Tuesday.
“It’ll be a lot of fun to figure out what it’s going to take to be successful here,” said Bubba Wallace, who drives for 23XI Racing — which is co-owned by former Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan. “We’re going to be turning left and right, going past iconic landmarks, and just the sounds of the engines roaring and reverberating off the buildings here, it’s going to be a lot of fun.”
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AP Auto Racing Writer Jenna Fryer contributed to this report.
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Jay Cohen can be reached at https://twitter.com/jcohenap
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
2-1-4
(two, one, four)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
2-1-4
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Commentary: All-Star Game is jewel but World Series is real gem
Jackie Robinson, Rachel Robinson, Mookie Betts, Clayton Kershaw and Shohei Ohtani, all before the second pitch of the All-Star Game.
Jewels of the diamond, all.
The All-Star Game is what Major League Baseball likes to call one of its “jewel events.” In too many cities, the All-Star Game celebration marks an unofficial end to the season.
It has been 11 years since the team that played host to the All-Star Game advanced to the playoffs.
The Dodgers, of course, advance to the playoffs every year. This year should be no different. The World Series is a “jewel event” too, and it just might be here, for what would be the fourth time in six years.
As Garrett Cooper looked around the National League clubhouse Tuesday at Dodger Stadium, he glanced at the lockers of all the Dodgers.
“They’ve got, what, nine All-Stars in that lineup over there?” Cooper asked.
Six, but point taken. The All-Star Game here is a pleasant summer diversion along the road to October. If a Dodgers fan forgets to take a moment to appreciate a run of what should be 10 consecutive postseason appearances, the non-Dodger All-Stars are happy to remind you.
On a night when many of the greatest players in Dodgers history are recognized and celebrated, Clayton Kershaw makes the most of his long-awaited All-Star Game moment.
Cooper plays for the Miami Marlins, but he grew up here. He went to Loyola High, 10 minutes from Dodger Stadium.
“I don’t really look at it as, ‘Oh man, L.A. is in it again, or New York is in it again, or Boston is in it again,’” Cooper said. “You spend some money and you sign some guys, that’s the expectation in those big markets.”
The Marlins have advanced to the playoffs once in the last 10 years. The Dodgers could go 10 for 10, and then what?
“L.A. is probably going to be in the playoffs for the next five to 10 years,” Cooper said.
This, to quote our dearly beloved Tommy Lasorda, “is not that [bleeping] easy.”
The Chicago Cubs were supposed to do this. The Cubs were terrible. They made four consecutive playoff appearances, including the 2016 World Series championship. Now they are terrible again.
“Not to knock anything, but it’s hard to win a World Series,” Kyle Schwarber told me. “You’ve been covering the Dodgers forever. It took how long until 2020?”
Point taken, and 32 years. Schwarber, an All-Star for the Philadelphia Phillies this year, played on those Cubs playoff teams. What does he see the Dodgers doing so right?
“You look at the players they have in the room every single year,” he said. “It’s good players. They develop well, too. The market is great. The market is huge out here. They are able to go out and do some things that maybe some other teams are not able to do.
“That is what you want as a player. You want an ownership that’s going to go out there and want you to win.”
It is money, sure, but it is not just money. The batting order the Dodgers have used most often this season includes three players acquired in the draft, three acquired in minor league deals and three stars imported from elsewhere. When mlb.com ranked the game’s top 100 prospects this month, the Dodgers had six, more than any other NL team.
“You can relate it to whatever you want,” San Diego Padres All-Star Joe Musgrove said. “You can say, the more money you spend, the better performance. You can say, the more money you spend, the better players you get, the better product you have on the field.
“It’s ultimately performance.”
The Arizona Diamondbacks finished 55 games out of first place last season. They are 21 games out at the break this season. They have one postseason appearance in the last 10 years; the Dodgers swept them out of the playoffs.
The MLB All-Star Game is returning to Dodger Stadium for the first time since 1980. Here’s our coverage:
The Diamondbacks’ All-Star representative, Joe Mantiply, does not mind what the Dodgers have done, and continue to do.
“I think it sets a good standard,” he said. “They lay the groundwork for what it takes to compete.”
And, apparently, to expand the geographical horizons of their fan base.
The Diamondbacks’ average attendance has fallen 27% since 2018. Since the Dodgers rule the National League West, does everyone in Arizona despise the Dodgers?
Well, no. When the Dodgers play there, Mantiply said with a laugh, they are not booed by the fans in attendance.
“They’re mostly Dodgers fans,” he said.
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Welcome back to the most wonderful Wordle guides on the World Wide Web this Wednesday, Wordle Warriors!
Every now and then before we get started on the guide itself, I’ll ramble on about this or that—complain about the division in our country and culture and marvel at how something as simple as a word game can bring us together; or turn the entire intro into a poem; or talk about the etymology of this word or that.
And sometimes, when the fancy strikes, I’ll talk about some of the cool things that happened on this day in history. For instance, Wednesday, July 20th . . . .
- In 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the surface of the moon.
- In 1944, German military leaders attempted—and failed—to assassinated Adolph Hitler in the July Plot. This was later made it into a pretty good Tom Cruise movie called Valkyrie (Operation Valkyrie was actually just one part of the larger plan).
- Today is also the birthday of musician Carlos Santana (1947), actress Natalie Wood (1938) and author Cormac McCarthy (1933).
Okay, let’s take a look at today’s Wordle now that we’ve gotten our history lesson out of the way!
Today’s Wordle #396 Hint & Answer
Naturally, there are spoilers ahead. A hint first and then the solution. You’ve been warned.
The Hint: When you say something blatantly obvious or obnoxiously inconsequential, you’re being [ ].
The Answer:
So my first guess—drake—essentially got the exact same correct letters in green that Wordle Bot’s precious crane would have gotten. Either guess would have been equally good, narrowing the remaining possible solutions down to just 30. You might think I came up with drake because of the rapper but I was actually thinking about dragons, which are sometimes referred to as drakes. To get the excellent early game Drake’s Sword in Dark Souls you have to shoot a dragon in the tail dozens and dozens of times.
From here, World Bot says I should have guessed pinto which is probably a good idea. It would have gotten me the ‘T’ green on guess #2. The problem is, I like to play ‘hard mode’ where you have to use the letters you’ve gotten so I went with prone. This slashed my choices to 10.
At this point, with the ‘A’ and ‘O’ out of the game, I wanted to think of something that included an ‘I’ and I simply thought of ‘T’ as the starting letter. I thought tripe at first but the ‘P’ was out of play. Trite was a natural second choice and turned out to be the right guess on #3, with fully 9 other words to choose from. I am the champion of the world!
The other remaining possible guesses were: bribe, crime, grime, tribe, trice, brute, creme, truce and write. I even beat Wordle Bot this time. The bot guessed in four: crane, pivot, tribe, trite. Ha! Take that!
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton homered in his Dodger Stadium homecoming, Byron Buxton followed with another drive and the American League won its ninth straight All-Star Game, beating the National League 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Fans rooting for a tie score after nine innings so they could see a first-time home run derby decide it instead of extra innings didn’t get their wish.
Instead, the back-to-back homers in the fourth inning were the difference as the AL boosted its overall edge to 47-43-2.
Nine-time All-Star Clayton Kershaw got the first start of his career for the NL in his home ballpark, with the Dodgers hosting for the first time since 1980. Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani pounded out the game's first hit on Kershaw's first pitch.
Framber Valdez of Houston got the win, tossing a scoreless third inning.
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AL starter Shane McClanahan of Tampa Bay gave up two runs and four hits. The first-time All-Star, who owns a MLB-leading 1.71 ERA, had allowed four hits or fewer in his last seven starts.
McClanahan combined with 10 other pitchers on the five-hitter. Emmanuel Clase struck out the side in the ninth to earn the save. Austin Riley’s single in the eighth was the NL’s only hit after the first inning.
Facing 11-game winner Tony Gonsolin of the Dodgers, Stanton's impressive 457-foot, two-run shot landed in the left-field pavilion, not far from where the L.A. native watched games as a youngster.
It ended his career 0 for 7 skid in the game and at 111.2 mph, it was the hardest-hit homer in an All-Star Game tracked by Statcast. Also scoring was José Ramírez, tying the game 2-all.
Four pitches later, Buxton went deep to give the AL a 3-2 lead against a clearly frustrated Gonsolin, who took the loss.
Ohtani led off for the AL as the designated hitter. Interviewed moments before the start, the Japanese superstar admitted he was going to swing. He cracked a 91-mph fastball into center field on the first pitch.
“I was definitely swinging a hundred percent,” Ohtani said through a translator. “Kershaw has really good command.”
His hit snapped an 0 for 8 streak as a hitter against Kershaw. Last year, Ohtani was the starting pitcher and led off as the DH in the AL’s 5-2 win at Denver. He didn’t pitch this year so he can start Friday in the Angels’ first game after the break at Atlanta.
“I mean, you can’t throw the first pitch of an All-Star Game as a breaking ball,” Kershaw said. “You kind of had to give him a heater there, I think just for everything. Had to do it.”
But the three-time NL Cy Young Award winner had the last word. Kershaw fired a pickoff throw to first that caught Ohtani off the bag.
“Honestly, I didn’t know quite know what to throw yet. Sometimes I throw over there for a second to be convicted with the pitch,” Kershaw said. “I wasn’t trying to pick him off. I was trying to delay the game for a bit, but it worked out.”
Then Yankees slugger Aaron Judge went down swinging. After Rafael Devers walked, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounded into a fielder's choice, and Kershaw walked off to applause from the appreciative crowd.
“I tried to take a minute at the beginning to take it all in and look around, which I usually never do,” Kershaw said. “It kind of calmed everything down for me and then I had a lot of fun.”
The NL wasted no time in taking its first 2-0 lead in 10 years. Styling in yellow spikes and alternate yellow and red sleeves, Ronald Acuña Jr. led off the bottom of the first with a ground-rule double to left and scored on Mookie Betts' single. Paul Goldschmidt hit a solo homer with two outs.
In between runs, AL second baseman Andrés Giménez made a defensive stop on Manny Machado and followed with a dazzling behind-the-back toss to shortstop Tim Anderson, who threw to first to complete the double play.
A sellout crowd of 52,518 filled Dodger Stadium two years after the third-oldest ballpark in the majors was supposed to host before the game was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
HERE’S TO YOU, MS. ROBINSON
Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts, with all of the other All-Stars bunched behind him, led the crowd in sending out 100th birthday wishes to Rachel Robinson. On his 1-2-3 count, the crowd and players shouted “Happy birthday, Rachel!” The widow of Jackie Robinson didn’t travel from her home in New York. She visited Dodger Stadium in April on Jackie Robinson Day to mark the 75th anniversary of her husband breaking baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Jackie Robinson’s achievement was honored with on-field comments by Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington and a presentation on the video boards.
FIRST PITCH
Backed by a mariachi band, Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela tossed out the ceremonial first pitch. Fittingly, first-time All-Star Alejandro Kirk of Toronto served as catcher. Kirk and Valenzuela were both born in Mexico. Fernandomania gripped the Dodgers in 1981, when the left-hander won Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young Award in helping LA win the World Series.
FASHION CRITICS
The reviews were mostly negative for the second straight year on the All-Star uniforms. The AL wore dark gray uniforms that blended into plate umpire’s black shirt and dark gray pants. The NL wore all-white uniforms. Both had gold lettering. Fans were critical on social media, with “atrocious” a frequent critique. Last year, MLB went away from wearing traditional jerseys, which met with heavy online criticism.
MIC’ED UP MANOAH
Alek Manoah, Toronto’s expressive right-hander, wore a microphone and earpiece while pitching the second inning, engaging in an entertaining conversation with Fox analyst and Hall of Famer John Smoltz. “How hard am I throwing?” Manoah asked early. He also sought scouting reports on Joc Pederson and Acuña Jr. Manoah did fine, striking out three and also plunking Jeff McNeil with a pitch. A lot of players were mic’ed up. Fans heard Yankees teammates Aaron Judge and Stanton talking back and forth while playing the outfield, and Yankees batterymates Nestor Cortes and Jose Trevino talking while working together.
THE SHIFT IS STILL ON
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman batted in the third to the now familiar chants of “Freddie! Freddie!” Even in the exhibition game, an extreme shift was on and he was thrown out from right field. Home Run Derby champion Juan Soto got thrown out by the third baseman playing much closer to second base to end the fifth. Next season, the shift is going away.
TAKING IT EASY
Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully, the voice of the Dodgers for 67 years before retiring in 2016, watched the game from his Los Angeles home. The Bronx-born 94-year-old began calling games when the franchise was located in Brooklyn and followed the team west ahead of the 1958 season.
UP NEXT
The regular season resumes with six games on Thursday, including Aaron Judge, Stanton and the Yankees playing a doubleheader at Houston. The Yankees own the best record in the majors at 64-28. Jose Altuve, Yordan Álvarez and the Astros have the second-best mark in the AL at 59-32. Also, it will be Freeman, Betts, Trea Turner and the Dodgers, topping the NL at 60-30, hosting the Giants.
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SINGAPORE, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amber Group remains committed to the overall growth of its business following a successful USD$200 million Temasek-led Series B+ round announced earlier this year. Valued at USD$3 billion, Amber Group operates from a position of strength amid volatilities in the global market. In recent weeks, the company has made significant moves to bolster business resilience and safeguard investors' assets and trust in the company.
Amid ongoing market uncertainty, Amber Group reiterated its commitment to democratizing financial opportunity through a landmark five-year partnership agreement with leading football club Atlético de Madrid. In addition to being the Official Global and Main Partner of Atlético de Madrid starting from the 2022/2023 season, Amber Group is the exclusive Official Digital Wealth and Digital Lifestyle Partner of Atlético de Madrid.
WhaleFin, the company's flagship digital asset platform, serves as the preferred digital asset gateway for Atlético de Madrid's fans, with its logo featured on the front of Atlético de Madrid's football kits this season. Amber Group also has exclusive rights to establish 'Atletiverse', a virtual space co-created by Atlético de Madrid and Amber Group's Web3 platform Openverse. Fans can expect one-of-a-kind fan experiences, and engage with like-minded fans from all over the world in the metaverse.
WhaleFin will also partner with the Atlético de Madrid Foundation to support public education campaigns around sustainability and conservation, and fund key initiatives and research projects in the region.
The partnership agreement was commemorated in a ceremony to kickstart the new football season at the Metropolitan Stadium, Madrid on Sunday, 17 July. For a recap of the ceremony and an exclusive look into 'Atletiverse', you may view it here.
Amber Group announced that it had secured comprehensive insurance coverage for its wallet infrastructure from A-rated insurance provider Arch Syndicate 2012 of Lloyd's of London and insurtech firm OneDegree. This is additionally supported by a multi-year reinsurance partnership with Munich Re. The company is set to continue building out a comprehensive global insurance plan that aggregates to over USD$100 million in coverage, protecting digital assets held in its wallet infrastructure on behalf of clients.
Amber Group acquired Celera Markets Limited, a fully licensed financial group by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong. The acquisition represents a significant milestone for Amber Group as it continues to strengthen its product portfolio, bridging the gap between traditional and digital finance globally. Through this acquisition, Amber Group has secured five types of SFC licence - Type 1, 2, 4, 5 and 9 - which allows the company to carry out a broad range of services that include advising on and dealing in securities and futures contracts as well as providing asset management services.
Amber Group ranked among the top 5, recording a >90 score in the financial services category of the risk-scoring metric by Risktrail, the crypto-focused AML platform of blockchain analytics firm Hoptrail. Based on a select number of key criteria, that includes the number of licensing and registrations worldwide, Amber Group was found to have exceeded its industry peers with 12 regulatory licences, including the licenses in HK, registrations with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), the U.S. Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN), the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA), and a member of the Swiss Financial Services Standards Association (VQF). This reflects the company's lasting commitment to compliance, security, and most importantly, investor protection as it strives to continue building trust and confidence in digital assets.
Amber Group is proud to welcome Benjamin Bai as its Chief Legal Officer. Having won numerous prestigious accolades such as the World's Top 300 IP Strategists and World's 50 Most Influential People in IP 2020, Benjamin brings over 25 years of unparalleled experience and knowledge in legal and compliance to Amber Group. A former Vice President and Chief IP and International Litigation Counsel at Ant Group, Benjamin's wealth of experience spanned roles having led a global team to secure the largest blockchain patent filings and grants globally as well as focusing on high-stake IP litigation and licensing for international law firms such as Jones Day and Allen & Overy.
Amber Group most recently rolled out an NFT function on WhaleFin, in an update to its flagship digital asset platform. The latest function integrates the functionality of NFTs as digital assets on WhaleFin, and enables users to easily deposit, withdraw, and display their NFTs on the app.
Amber Group is a leading digital asset platform operating globally with offices in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The firm provides a full range of digital asset services spanning investing, financing, and trading. Amber Group is backed by prominent investors including Sequoia, Temasek, Paradigm, Tiger Global, Dragonfly, Pantera, Coinbase Ventures, and Blockchain.com.
For more information, please visit www.ambergroup.io.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
03-10-18-19-34
(three, ten, eighteen, nineteen, thirty-four)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
03-10-18-19-34
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Methanol was found in the blood of the 21 teenagers who died last month in a bar in South Africa’s city of East London, according to a health official. Methanol — often called wood alcohol — is a toxic chemical and if ingested even small amounts of it can be fatal. Here’s a look at what is known.
WHAT HAPPENED IN SOUTH AFRICA?
The teenagers died at the Enyobeni tavern in East London’s Scenery Park township in the early hours of June 26, shocking the country and resulting in several investigations by the police and liquor license authorities. Many of the teens, ranging in age between 13 and 17, were found dead in the tavern, their bodies slumped across tables and couches and collapsed on the dance floor, according to officials. Final toxicology reports will show if the levels of methanol were fatal and South Africa’s police will determine whether anyone will face criminal charges for the 21 deaths, national police minister Bheki Cele has said.
WHY IS METHANOL SO POISONOUS?
Methanol is a colorless liquid used industrially in antifreeze and paint remover. It’s toxic to humans. Public health expert Professor Sue Goldstein, from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, warned that ingesting even small amounts of methanol can be lethal. Methanol is sometimes used in making illicit alcohol, she said.
“The one used in normal liquor is ethanol. There is a slight difference in name, but the difference is huge in that methanol is poison.
“These are early stages, but we don’t know if there was homemade alcohol there perhaps and the levels of methanol which were found in the people who died,” said Goldstein. Methanol can cause blindness and can cause brain and organ damage. Drinking even small amounts can lead to death, say experts. The toxic effects of methanol are often delayed so if poisoning is identified early an antidote can be given to reduce deaths.
IS METHANOL BLAMED FOR OTHER DEATHS?
Yes. Because methanol is cheap it has been used in making illegal alcoholic drinks, sometimes called moonshine. Other incidents of suspected methanol poisoning in South Africa were in May and June 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown when liquor sales were banned. Police reported that a man had died in the small town of Brakpan, far east of Johannesburg, from organ failure caused by homemade liquor bought from an illegal trader. Seven people died in the Western Cape province after consuming homemade alcohol which was laced with methanol, said police.
WHAT ABOUT OTHER COUNTRIES?
Outbreaks of methanol poisoning have occurred around the world. Even though consumption of methanol can easily be fatal, it accounts for less than 1% of all alcohol-related deaths, according to the World Health Organization. The medical charity, Doctors Without Borders, established a special Methanol Poisoning Initiative in 2012, to help create effective responses to outbreaks of methanol poisoning and to make an effective antidote more widely available.
ARE THERE OTHER INCIDENTS IN WHICH METHANOL HAS CAUSED MULTIPLE DEATHS?
In Iran in March 2020, methanol was included in an illegal remedy for COVID-19, resulting in the deaths of nearly 300 people, according to official reports. An Iranian doctor helping the country’s Health Ministry told The Associated Press at the time that the problem was even greater, giving a death toll of around 480 with 2,850 people sickened. Fake remedies spread across social media in Iran, where people were deeply suspicious of the government after it downplayed the COVID-19 crisis before the disease overwhelmed the country.
In the United States, four people died in Arizona and New Mexico in August 2020 after drinking hand sanitizer which had methanol in it. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration had earlier issued a warning about a Mexican-made hand sanitizer gel that was dangerous because it had large amounts of methanol. The FDA said the methanol “can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested.”
In northern India, 79 people died from bootleg liquor in three separate incidents in February 2019. Post mortems found that the liquor contained methanol.
In the Russian city of Irkutsk, at least 49 people died after drinking a counterfeit bath lotion containing methanol in December 2016. Officials found that the lotion contained deadly levels of methanol and antifreeze. Police found an underground facility that made the counterfeit lotion, and seized 500 liters (132 gallons) of it at about 100 shops in Irkutsk, according to the Tass news agency. Poisonings caused by cheap surrogate alcohol are a regular occurrence in Russia, but the Irkutsk case was much larger, said authorities at the time. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/explainer-methanol-in-south-africa-teen-deaths-often-fatal/ | 2022-07-20T05:04:53Z | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/explainer-methanol-in-south-africa-teen-deaths-often-fatal/ | false |
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Not much into walking now without my little white girl to keep me company.
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That’s beautiful and unusual for the word. So sorry for your loss.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — When fugitive 1980s Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was arrested in Mexico last week, it stirred up old, terrible memories for Lannie Walker, the daughter of American writer John Clay Walker.
While Caro Quintero was only ever sentenced in Mexico for the killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena and Mexican pilot Alfredo Zavala Avelar in 1985, his gang apparently killed as many as six U.S. citizens in the western city of Guadalajara around the same time.
John Clay Walker, then 36 and a writer who had moved to Guadalajara to finish a book, was one of them.
“We were both very glad to hear that (Caro Quintero) had been captured, and it also brought back a lot of trauma for us,” said Lannie Walker. “My sister and I have lost almost 40 years with our father, there is nothing that can make up for that.”
The U.S. writer and his friend Alberto Radelat, a dental student from Fort Worth, Texas, had walked into “The Lobster,” a high-end Guadalajara seafood restaurant, to celebrate Walker’s planned return to the United States.
They did not know that Caro Quintero and his companions were holding a private party in a back room of the restaurant.
“Our father was an American citizen with no involvement in the Mexico-United States drug war, he was an innocent bystander that unwittingly became caught in the crosshairs of a dangerous drug cartel,” said Lannie Walker. “They began questioning my father and Al, asking them what they knew about the drug enforcement agents in Mexico, what they knew about the investigation. My father knew nothing, he was an innocent writer. They tortured him with an icepick for an hour.”
Mike Vigil, the DEA’s former chief of international operations, said “Caro Quintero was one of those individuals that because he now had power, he had wealth, he crossed the line many times in terms of the people that he killed."
Describing what occurred at the restaurant, Vigil said “they looked out and they saw the two Americans and they immediately through their paranoia as well thought that they were DEA agents. They took him into the back and stabbed to death.”
The bodies of Radelat and Walker were found wrapped in carpet in June 1985, nearly five months after they disappeared.
In December 1984, two young American couples were walking door to door in Guadalajara, trying to spread their faith as Jehovah’s Witnesses. The four were abducted and never seen again.
Two state police officials later said that they helped kidnap and kill the couples on the order of Caro Quintero and fellow capo Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo. They apparently inadvertently knocked on Fonseca Carrillo’s door as they proselytized.
Vigil, who was in Mexico and worked on Camarena's case at the time, explained why the investigation focused on the killing of the DEA agent.
“I think that the DEA concentrated on the Kiki Camarena case and then the drug trafficking charges. I don’t think that the DEA, it was not that they weren’t interested in the other murders, but, you know, that probably would have fallen into the jurisdiction of maybe another agency,” Vigil said.
“One of the things that we were really focused on was bringing these individuals to justice simply because the DEA is committed that if one of the agents is murdered, we will hunt these people down to the end of the earth and not spare any expenditure, any resources or any activity that we have to do to get the job done,” he said.
Lannie Walker says that “if Caro Quintero is extradited to the U.S. and is convicted and punished here, that would be a small amount of justice."
They likely will not come quickly. Caro Quintero's lawyers filed measures with the court - and the judge agreed - that would ensure he goes through the full extradition process and will have the possibility of the corresponding appeals if necessary. Extradition for former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman took a year.
“We do have hope," she said. "But we are very aware of how the Mexican government and the Mexican judicial system has worked, you know, as far as our fathers’ case is concerned up until now. So we do have hope but we are nervous that what happened in 2013 could happen again.” | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Forgotten-US-victims-of-Mexican-drug-lord-want-17316291.php | 2022-07-20T05:09:44Z | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Forgotten-US-victims-of-Mexican-drug-lord-want-17316291.php | true |
Atop the metal frame of a power substation overlooking the Kanawha River at Belle, a pair of adult ospreys stood watch over a large nest assembled from hundreds of sticks airlifted to the site, occasionally issuing a succession of chirps and whistles unique to the species.
Inside the nest, their three offspring peered up at their parents, or took in the urban landscape below, occasionally stretching and flapping their almost-ready-for-flying wings.
It’s a scene that couldn’t be glimpsed anywhere in West Virginia as recently as four decades ago, after widespread use of the insecticide DDT and unchecked stream pollution caused the North American osprey population to plummet, starting in the 1950s.
DDT entering the ospreys’ food chain and being absorbed in their tissue caused their egg shells to thin and break before incubation was complete. Stream pollution caused steep declines in fish populations, creating poor habitat for osprey, who rely almost entirely on fish as a food source.
No nesting osprey pairs were known to exist in West Virginia as recently as 1981, according to a survey by the Raptor Research Foundation.
A reintroduction effort got underway in the state by the end of the 1980s, starting at Tygart Lake. Six-week old chicks from places where osprey were more abundant, such as the Chesapeake Bay area, were taken to sites near the lakeshore. There, they were fed and sheltered in screened boxes and allowed to acclimate to their new surroundings. When they matured to the point that they were able to fly, they were released.
The Tygart Lake project was followed by a similar reintroduction effort at Blennerhassett Island in the Ohio River in Wood County. From 1989 to 1995, 62 young ospreys were released from a remote site on the island by volunteers from the Wildlife Enhancement Committee at DuPont’s Washington Works plant, in cooperation with the state Division of Natural Resources.
By 1994, three nesting pairs of osprey — all products of the reintroduction effort — had been documented in the state. Since then, their numbers have slowly but steadily ticked upward, aided by improvements in habitat brought about by a ban on DDT and passage of the Clean Water Act, both of which took place in 1972.
While human activity may have caused the osprey population to decline, the fish-eating raptor has learned how to use some components of our technology to their advantage. Unlike bald eagles, who continue to build their nests in trees and are less tolerant of human presence, the majority of the nation’s osprey nests now take shape on human-built foundations.
In West Virginia, those include “utility poles, cell towers, bridges, power stations, dams and other human infrastructure,” according to State Ornithologist Rich Bailey. “Anecdotally, it seems that they’re really liking cell towers, with bridges coming in second.”
In addition to being located atop a power transmitting structure, the Belle nest site is bordered by the Chemours chemical plant and a residential area, two blocks off DuPont Avenue.
According to Bailey, ospreys in West Virginia “are now regularly nesting along the entire length of the Ohio River wherever suitable platforms exist. The same would apply to the Kanawha River from Kanawha Falls to the Ohio. Elsewhere in the state, their occurrence is more local, such as the pairs using platforms (built specifically for osprey nesting) at Stonewall Jackson Lake.”
Since the osprey no longer is listed as a species of greatest conservation need, the Division of Natural Resources is not required to conduct surveys to monitor populations in the state.
“We just make note of nest locations as they’re reported,” Bailey said. “We’ve officially documented 18 nest sites to-date, but this is almost certainly a big underestimate.”
Along the Kanawha River in recent years, osprey pairs have built nests atop a cell phone tower at Montgomery, on the Kanawha Falls Bridge near Glen Ferris, on a railroad trestle at Gauley Bridge and on a communications tower in the vicinity of the Winfield Lock and Dam.
The Belle nest was built last year by the adult ospreys now watching over it, according to birder Rick Gregg.
“I didn’t see any babies in the nest last year, but they made up for it in 2022,” said Gregg of Belle.
In 2020, Gregg said, “the same pair nested on top of a very tall light tower at Marmet Locks,” on the same shoreline, a short distance downstream.
“The top of that tower is rounded, so the sticks for the nest would mostly slide off,” Gregg said. “I didn’t do a scientific count, but for every 50 or 100 sticks they put up there only one or two would stay. It took an inordinately long time to build the nest.”
Gregg said he suspects bald eagles frequently seen using elevated perches on the Belle side of the locks while stalking fish may have chased the osprey from their precarious nest site, prompting the move to the nearby power substation tower.
The move turned out to be a blessing for the osprey pair, Gregg said, because it made possible “a huge decrease in the amount of time it took to construct their new nest.”
Gregg said he saw clashes between the osprey pair and the bald eagle couple on the Belle side of the lock and dam complex last year and earlier this year. “I haven’t seen the eagle pair for some time now,” he said. “I don’t know where they nest.”
Once fledged, the young Belle ospreys are expected to remain dependent on their parents for feeding for another 10 to 20 days, according to Bailey. “After that point, they exert their independence and disperse,” he said.
Ospreys, also known as fish hawks or sea hawks, can be found in every continent but Antarctica, living along coastlines, rivers and lakes. They can often be seen flying over water, hovering and then plunging claws-first into the water to catch fish in their talons, according to the Audubon Field Guide.
Ospreys are smaller than bald eagles and larger than red tailed hawks, with wingspans averaging about 5 feet. Their backs and wing tops are brown and their heads, breasts and bellies are white.
The raptors migrate south in the fall, with most East Coast ospreys wintering in South America. | https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/putnam_news/tower-of-power-is-home-sweet-home-for-belle-osprey-family/article_6eaf9eb6-7dce-5823-b430-7a8cd49df1b7.html | 2022-07-20T05:17:17Z | https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/putnam_news/tower-of-power-is-home-sweet-home-for-belle-osprey-family/article_6eaf9eb6-7dce-5823-b430-7a8cd49df1b7.html | false |
LAS VEGAS — Tiffany Hayes had a season-high 31 points, Rhyne Howard scored 24 and the Atlanta Dream knocked off the Las Vegas Aces 92-76 on Tuesday night.
A’ja Wilson scored eight of her 22 points to get Las Vegas (18-8) within 58-52 at the 5:55 mark of the third quarter. Hayes, AD Durr and Aari McDonald buried 3-pointers from there and Atlanta took a 70-56 lead into the final period.
Hayes opened the fourth with two 3-pointers and a three-point play to push the lead to 79-56, and the Dream cruised to the finish.
Jackie Young had 18 points and Kelsey Plum scored 17 for the Aces. Wilson added 10 rebounds for a double-double.
Candace Parker had nine points, nine rebounds and five assists for the Dream. Hayes sank 11 of her 14 shots.
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Almost half of 16-25-year-olds have gone to bed hungry in the last year, according to research laying bare the “devastating” impact of food insecurity on young people.
A lack of food is having a long-term impact on young people’s health and future prospects as they bear the brunt of the cost-of-living crisis, the youth homelessness charity Centrepoint warned.
The charity commissioned Opinium to poll 2,000 16 to 25-year-olds over the UK between March and April.
It found 49% of respondents had gone to bed hungry in the past 12 months, while 54% have struggled to buy food.
Almost a quarter (23%) had been forced to miss work or education due to a lack of food.
Some 31% said bills were the main reason for them skipping meals, followed closely by the cost of rent (30%), and feeding their children (29%).
Almost half (45%) of the young people polled said their income is not enough to get by on.
Earlier this month, celebrity chef and Centrepoint ambassador Aldo Zilli visited Centrepoint’s Dean St centre in Soho, central London, for a cooking session with young people who have experienced homelessness.
The chef, who spent a period of time homeless abroad, met Ashanti, a young person being supported by the charity.
The 19-year-old became homeless after becoming estranged from her family, but in the past year has found stable accommodation in west London.
She told the PA news agency: “I feel as though I walk into a shop and immediately I can see: ‘OK, this used to be way cheaper and now it’s so much more money.’
“And especially with the Universal Credit cut, it makes it 10 times harder because you’re noticing the price change and you just can’t afford it.
“So a lot of the time I will find myself not eating, and it has resulted in me not having the best health.”
Ashanti said she has low iron, which affects her energy and makes it hard to get out of bed and to work, and brittle bones, which has “got a lot to do with what I’m eating and what I’m not eating”.
She added: “Because of my energy I find myself staying at home 95% of the time, which I wouldn’t say is normal for somebody my age to be missing out on so much.”
She cooked a tomato and tuna pasta dish she usually makes on her £15 to £20-a week food budget, and then Zilli cooked chicken fajita wraps to show the difference an extra bit of money would make to young people’s nutrition.
The chef told PA that “lots of young people are struggling to survive and to eat a decent meal, which nobody deserves”.
He said: “Nutrition is really important, and a lot of foods that they are eating is not even good enough for them.
“The cost of living – it’s not rocketed, it’s trebled. So, you know, we can’t expect to live with the same wage that we used to earn.
“We can’t expect these kids now to have a little bit of money and pretend that they are right. They’re not.”
Heather Paterson, Centrepoint’s senior dietitian, said the Government must increase Universal Credit for all claimants.
She said: “The futures of young people are at significant risk because of this injustice, and I’m not surprised that so many young people feel they have no other choice but to skip school, college or work.
“This is causing them to miss opportunities that will improve their quality of life overall.
“At Centrepoint we’re seeing first-hand that hunger, malnourishment and dehydration causes exhaustion, and young people are struggling to focus and concentrate. Additionally, the stress of worrying about where food will come from next, is debilitating.
“In the longer term, not having access to a regular balanced diet has serious consequences on all of the bodies systems; from gut health to heart strength, and mental health.
“No-one’s immune system should be tested like this. This way of living is simply not sustainable.”
A Government spokesman said: “We recognise people are struggling with rising prices which is why we are protecting the eight million most vulnerable families with at least £1,200 of direct payments, starting with the £326 Cost of Living payment currently being distributed.
“We’re making work pay. Through our £37 billion support package we are saving the typical employee over £330 a year through a tax cut this month while allowing people on Universal Credit to keep £1,000 more of what they earn.
“Also, in April we significantly increased the National Living Wage to a record high. And we continue to provide tailored help for young people through the DWP Youth Offer – wrap-around support over a 13-week Youth Employment Programme, delivered through over 190 Jobcentres and 159 Youth Hubs open across the country.
“Meanwhile, the most vulnerable in England are being supported by the Government’s Household Support Fund – which was boosted by £500 million – to help pay for essentials.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3510805/almost-half-of-young-people-have-gone-to-bed-hungry-in-last-year-centrepoint/ | 2022-07-20T05:30:14Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3510805/almost-half-of-young-people-have-gone-to-bed-hungry-in-last-year-centrepoint/ | false |
Manipur bans tourist activities in view of spike in new COVID-19 cases
The ban order will remain in force till the situation improves.
In a bid to tackle the fresh spike of COVID-19 cases in Manipur the government has banned all kinds of tourism activities from Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Besides assembly of persons in tourism-related activities is banned. Officials said that the ban order shall remain in force till the COVID-19 situation improves.
Those who are running some home stays in the Loktak lake, one of the largest fresh water lake in the northeast, have been instructed to demolish the Manipur-style thatched houses where meals and other services are available.
Tourists’ entry to parks, gardens, cultural heritage sites, temples and hotels are banned from today. The restritions would hlep to reduce fresh infections, heath officials said.
For over two months Manipur did not have any fresh COVID-19 positive cases. Since the situation had improved considerably the government and private isolation centres were shut down. However, the State is witnessing a fresh spike in cases in recent times.
Director of Health Services, Khoirom Sashikanta said, “We are getting reports of nearly 100 persons getting infected with COVID-19 every day. Besides two deaths were reported in the past few days. The government takes a serious view of the fresh spike. Educational institutes which had been reopened after months of closure are being closed down in a phased manner:.
Thermal scanning
The official also disclosed that the State has started doing thermal scanning of the passengers coming to Manipur from Assam and other states. However so far no infected bus and private car passenger has been found at Mao gate entry point. He also said that such scanning will be done at other entry points including Imphal international airport.
So far 2,021 persons in Manipur have died of COVID-19 infection. The government has renewed the advisory to wear masks and follow all COVID-19 protocols.
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Dan Cox, backed by Trump, wins Maryland GOP governor primary
Dan Cox, a far-right state legislator endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican primary for Maryland governor on Tuesday, defeating a moderate rival backed by outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan.
Cox will face the winner of the Democratic primary in the November general election. The top Democratic candidates include former U.S. Labor Secretary and Democratic Party chair Tom Perez, bestselling author Wes Moore and state Comptroller Peter Franchot.
Despite being a win for Trump, Cox's victory over former Hogan Cabinet member Kelly Schulz could be a blow to Republican chances to hold on to the seat in November. Hogan, who was prohibited from running for a third consecutive term, was a rare two-term Republican governor in a heavily Democratic state, and he had endorsed Schulz as the successor to his bipartisan style of leadership.
The Republican primary was viewed as a proxy battle between Trump and Hogan, who offered vastly different visions of the party's future as they consider 2024 campaigns for the White House. Hogan, one of Trump's most prominent GOP critics, urged the party to move on from his divisive brand of politics, while Trump spent much of his post-presidency lifting candidates who embrace his election lies.
Cox has said President Joe Biden's victory shouldn't have been certified, called former Vice President Mike Pence a "traitor" and sought unsuccessfully to impeach Hogan for his pandemic policies.
Democrats, too, saw Cox as an easier opponent in a general election, with the Democratic National Committee plowing more than $1 million behind an ad intended to boost Cox in the Republican primary. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/dan-cox-backed-trump-wins-maryland-gop-governor-primary/40659443 | 2022-07-20T05:38:16Z | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/dan-cox-backed-trump-wins-maryland-gop-governor-primary/40659443 | true |
Netflix plans to buy Australian animation studio Animal Logic - the makers behind Happy Feet and The Lego Movie
Streaming giant Netflix has announced plans to buy Australian animation studio, Animal Logic.
The Sydney company is globally famous among filmmakers for producing the computer generated technical wizardry behind award-winning family favourites as Happy Feet and The Lego Movie.
The move will boost Netflix's ambition to become a player in the lucrative world of digital animation.
Streaming giant Netflix has announced plans to buy Australian animation studio, Animal Logic Picture: Rose Byrne and friends in a scene from Peter Rabbit with animation from Animal Logic
In a joint statement, Netflix and Animal Logic announced the planned purchase is subject to regulatory approvals.
The buyout will not include the company's production brand Animal Logic Entertainment.
Netflix Vice President of Studio Operations Amy Reinhard explained in a statement the company has been investing heavily in digital animation in the past few years.
'This furthers our commitment to building a world-class animation studio,' she said of the planned purchase.
Animal Logic produced the animation for the box office hit Happy Feet (pictured), which grossed US $384.3million worldwide by 2008 (AU$ $5,062,641.50 in 2022)
Animal Logic will continue under its own brand and leadership once Netflix completes the deal.
Zareh Nalbandian, co-founder and CEO said, 'after 30 years of producing great work with great people, this is the perfect next chapter for Animal Logic.'
'Our collective experience and talent will open new doors for all our teams and will empower a new level of creativity in animation.'
Zareh Nalbandian, co-founder and CEO said, 'after 30 years of producing great work with great people, this is the perfect next chapter for Animal Logic'
Netflix and Animal Logic are already working together on a slate of computer-animated projects including The Magician's Elephant and The Shrinking of the Treehorns from director Ron Howard (Solo: A Star Wars Story).
Founded in Sydney in 1991, Animal Logic has also won worldwide industry acclaim for its innovative special effects which featured in The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge! and The Matrix.
The company boasts animation teams based in Los Angeles and Vancouver, Canada.
Besides special effects and animation the company has produced feature films under its Animal Logic Entertainment brand including Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoole and Peter Rabbit 1 & 2. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11030395/Netflix-plans-buy-Australian-animation-studio-Animal-Logic.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-20T05:39:18Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11030395/Netflix-plans-buy-Australian-animation-studio-Animal-Logic.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Former New England Patriots cornerback and two-time Super Bowl champion Asante Samuel made headlines this week.
Samuel's moment in the spotlight came after he claimed that Tom Brady was the reason his former team was a dynasty. He added that legendary head coach Bill Belichick hasn't played a significant role in the team's success.
During his appearance on the "I Am Athlete" podcast, Asante Samuel said:
“All of this (creative) stuff is working because of Tom! But that ain’t how we won … It’s one X-factor—it’s Tom. This is the truth … It’s because of Tom because guess what? Tom goes [somewhere else] and just wins a Super Bowl.”
He added:
“That’s not a credit right there to him? With COVID, no practice—‘I go and win a Super Bowl!’”
He also claimed that Belichick benched players to ensure they did not hit performance-related bonuses:
“You know me and Belichick don't see eye to eye. He tried to bench me. You know Tom, Troy Brown gonna play nickelback. I'm on the bench. This is just Belichick - ain't no reason why.”
Samuel added:
“He want to hold you back, he don't want you to get your money ... that's true. Yeah, um, so I'm gonna speak all facts I tell no lies that ain't on my profile.”
Samuel isn't the only one who holds this belief. Former Patriots star Rob Gronkowski also claimed that the team benched players when they were close to reaching milestones that would kick in their incentives. Gronkowski made the statement during an appearance on "The Jimmy Kimmel Show."
However, Patriots fan and host of "Do Your Pod," Jerry Thornton, came to Belichick's defense. Thornton claimed Asante Samuel is holding on to a grudge against his former head coach and tweeted:
"No Patriot has held a grudge against Belichick like Asante Samuel. If he held onto Eli's INT, there'd be 7 banners and a 19-0 season."
Reliving Asante Samuel's infamous play for the Patriots in Super Bowl 42
The interception Thornton mentioned in his tweet was in reference to Samuel's botched play in Super Bowl 42.
Late in the game, the New York Giants trailed 14-10 against the undefeated Patriots. With just over a minute left and facing a 2nd and 5 from around midfield, Giants quarterback Eli Manning threw a hopeful pass that went straight to Samuel. However, the latter failed to intercept it.
On the next play, Manning escaped the clutches of two Patriots defenders and threw a pass deep downfield that looked destined to be an interception or incompletion. But wide receiver David Tyree managed to beat Rodney Harrison to the ball, caught it and controlled it with his helmet to extend the drive.
The Giants marched down the field to score the game-clinching touchdown and cause the biggest upset in Super Bowl history. The "Helmet Catch" has since gone down into NFL folklore as one of the greatest plays in Super Bowl history.
But none of it would have been possible if Asante Samuel hadn't let an easy interception slip from his grasp. | https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-no-patriot-held-grudge-belichick-nfl-analyst-blasts-asante-samuels-calling-bill-belichick | 2022-07-20T05:43:23Z | https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-no-patriot-held-grudge-belichick-nfl-analyst-blasts-asante-samuels-calling-bill-belichick | true |
New Zealand launches new investor migrant visa
By Lucy Craymer
WELLINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) - The New Zealand government said on Wednesday that it had created a new investor migrant visa to attract experienced, high-value investors to invest in domestic businesses.
The new Active Investor Plus visa will replace the old investment visa categories and would require migrants to make investments in New Zealand businesses, Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash said in a statement.
He said the old visas had often resulted in migrants investing in shares and bonds rather than directly into New Zealand companies.
"We want to encourage active investment into New Zealand, which generates more high-skilled jobs and economic growth compared to passive investment," Nash said.
Eligibility criteria for the new visa includes a minimum NZ$5 million ($3.1 million) investment and only 50% of that can be invested in listed equities. The visa category will open on 19 Sept. 19 2022.
($1 = 1.6033 New Zealand dollars) (Reporting by Lucy Craymer; Editing by Stephen Coates) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11030581/New-Zealand-launches-new-investor-migrant-visa.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-20T05:43:35Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11030581/New-Zealand-launches-new-investor-migrant-visa.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
While many musicians spent a good deal of time during the pandemic thinking, stressing and even obsessing over how they’d survive without being able to tour (and if they would ever be able to tour again) John Ondrasik spent little time writing or thinking about music.
He found himself spending his days in a whole different line of work.
“We have a family business that’s been in our family since the ‘40s out here. It’s a manufacturing business. It’s a million miles away from the music business,” Ondrasik, who performs and records under the band name Five For Fighting, said during a phone interview.
“And my dad, being 83, had to quarantine. So I was thrust into the role of managing the business through the pandemic, not just economically, but health-wise. We have 300 employees, many of them I grew up working with and they’re like family. And we were at ground zero for COVID out here, so my focus really was let’s get the business through the pandemic and let’s get our people as healthy as possible. It was probably the most challenging two years of my life, and the pressures were certainly much different than anything I’d experienced in the music business. But fortunately, we got through it.”
The business is called Precision Wire Products Inc. and its employees make shopping carts. That meant working from home was not an option for the vast majority of employees, and as an essential business, it was staying operational regardless of what was happening with COVID. Ondrasik felt obligated to keep the business humming.
“Economically, many of these folks are older. They’re in their 50s, 60s, 70s, and if Precision Wire goes down, they don’t have another option,” he said. “So there was a lot of pressure to keep the jobs there for them and try to keep them as safe as possible with COVID.
“It’s funny, in my keynotes, I talk about ‘Superman’ and how my Superman, he doesn’t want to be Superman. He doesn’t want to be everything for everyone because if you’re everything for everyone, there’s nothing left for yourself. And for the first time in my life, I actually lived my song.
“I understood very quickly that I had better take care of myself first because if I go down, the whole ship goes down with me. So it was illuminating, but we got through it.”
“Superman (It’s Not Easy)” of course, was the song that put keyboardist/singer Ondrasik on the music map. Released on his second album as Five For Fighting, 2000′s “America Town,” “Superman” slowly gained momentum and then accelerated after Ondrasik performed the song as part of a Concert for New York City, honoring its first responders and other heroes following the terrorist attacks that brought down the city’s Twin Towers. The song became something of an anthem for first responders and the military and eventually reached No. 2 on the adult contemporary chart.
The next Five For Fighting album, 2004′s “The Battle For Everything,” gave Ondrasik his first No. 1 song at adult contemporary radio in “100 Years.”
The two hit songs have remained familiar to music fans ever since, and have essentially given Ondrasik a long-term career.
Five for Fighting will play ArtsQuest’s Musikfest Cafe July 27.
“That’s probably why I never had another hit like that. I mean, ‘The Riddle’ (from the 2006 album “Two Lights”) was a popular song. ‘Chances’ (from the 2009 album “Slice”) was a popular song, but they certainly weren’t ‘100 Years’ and ‘Superman,” Ondrasik said. “And I think maybe once I had those two (megahit) songs, maybe I got a little comfortable. But it also allowed me to not just be beholden to try and write a hit song so I could make another record. And I do realize that and I don’t take it for granted.”
In fact, Ondrasik hasn’t made a Five For Fighting album since 2013′s “Bookmarks,” and only in the past year or so has he come out with any new music — specifically two very topical and timely songs.
The first of those songs, “Blood On My Hands,” arrived last year shortly after the botched pullout from the Afghanistan War, in which the United States failed to evacuate some of its citizens and allies who remained in Afghanistan.
Ondrasik, who considers himself neutral politically and is actively involved in a wide range of pro-veteran/military causes, was so angered by America failing to fulfill its promise of no man left behind that he wrote the dark and tense ballad “Blood On My Hands” as a scathing rebuke of the evacuation.
The other song, the recently released “Can One Man Save The World” is a solo piano tribute to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his steely resolve to defend his country against Russia’s attack.
“Many people perceive these songs as political songs. And to me, they’re not,” Ondrasik said “I’ve said before, if there was a different president and Afghanistan went the same way, the song would remain the same, only the names would change.
“I’m not a person who desires to write these types of songs. But at the same time, I do think we are in a critical time in our history and having generational events. I also grew up on the great protest songs of the ‘60s. Some of my greatest influences were protest songs. They spoke truth to power.
“I’ve always kind of put my worldview into my music kind of passively because the last thing I want is to lecture people. I get very annoyed with celebrities and even musicians who like to stand on their soapbox and lecture people. I’m just one person with an opinion. But the Afghanistan debacle, I think, was so egregious from a moral standpoint of abandoning our citizens and our allies — it was a song that was going to happen no matter what. I had to say it.
“The Ukraine song was a little different,” Ondrasik said. “I think it’s not quite as divisive politically. But how can you not be inspired by President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people fighting for all the values we treasure?”
Ondrasik isn’t promising that the two new songs mean he’s about to write a flood of new music. But after going years feeling he had nothing much to say lyrically, the creative spark is showing renewed signs of life.
For now, though, Ondrasik is happy just to go out on tour again. He did a spring run of dates with a string quartet, which has been his format of choice for about a decade now. But this summer he’s plugging in and returning to a rock band format.
“My agent called me and said — he’d been asking me for years — do you want to get out there and do the rock tour and get back in the bus?” Ondrasik said. “And I said ‘Yes.’ You know, being locked down for two years, I have such wonderful memories of being on the road with my friends. And I do think playing these quartet shows for so long, I was looking for something new.”
FIVE FOR FIGHTING WITH THE VERVE PIPE
When: 7:30 p.m. July 27
Where: ArtsQuest’s Musikfest Cafe
How much: $39-$75
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TRUSSVILLE, Ala. — William R. “Bill” Wills, 68 years old, of Trussville, Alabama, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at home. His wife Laura was him.
William was born on Jan. 21,1954, in South Bend Indiana. The son of the late Richard and Martha (Fox) Wills.
He graduated from LaSalle High School in South Bend and then attended Tri- State (Trine) University in Angola, Indiana.
He worked for the Steuben County Sheriff’s Department as a Deputy, as well as the D.A.R.E officer.
He married Laura Meyer on May 3, 1985, and she survives.
Bill held many fun jobs after retiring from the Sheriff’s department. Among these were two Harley Davidson shops. Bill loved his Harleys and took many cross-country trips. He and his wife were able to do lots of traveling and living in different areas, with a favorite being New Mexico, where they lived for four years.
He was a member of Faith Community Fellowship Church (FCF) in Trussville. He loved serving others and embracing his faith. Bill participated in several missions’ trips while there.
More than anything, Bill loved his children and grandchildren. “To the moon and the stars and the grocery store.”
Surviving is his wife, Laura Wills; children, Charles (Crystal) Wills, of Madison Wisconsin, Patsy Wills, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Mary (Curt) Hand, of Sycamore Illinois; grandchildren, Tyler Wills, of Trussville, Alabama, Parker and Preston Hand, Emma Delgadillo and Grant and Charlotte Wills. Also surviving is his sister, Joan Grover, of Hines City, Florida; and his father-in-law, Robert Meyer, of Hicksville, Ohio.
Bill was preceded in death by his beloved daughter, Sarah.
Bill was cremated, with a Memorial Service held at FCF on Friday June 30, 2022.
For those wishing to express their sympathy, Bill had requested donations be made to the FCF church’s sponsored orphanage in Costa Rica, where he did many of his mission trips, to build the orphanage. FCF 7660 Gadsden Highway, Trussville AL 35173. | https://www.kpcnews.com/obituaries/article_a343bc16-939f-5e96-b9b9-2a3aac5a20be.html | 2022-07-20T05:46:28Z | https://www.kpcnews.com/obituaries/article_a343bc16-939f-5e96-b9b9-2a3aac5a20be.html | false |
Popular tourist spot Norfolk Island is about to run out of basic groceries and needs '12 Boeing 737s' a month to replenish supplies
- Norfolk Island's supermarket Foodland has run desperately low on grocery items
- Store owner Geoff Bennett penned a letter to breakdown the 'worsening crisis'
- He said he needs '12 Boeing' planes delivering stock every month to fix the issue
- Mr Bennett added a series of pics from his store showing nearly empty shelves
Norfolk Island is critically low on grocery items as an outraged supermarket owner claims the island would need '12 Boeing 737s' per month to replenish needed stock.
The popular tourist destination, which is located 1,600 kilometres north-east of Sydney, has been plagued by freight issues.
The island's supermarket Foodland receives stock from ships or airfreight services.
But owner Geoff Bennett claims his store has only received 23.5 out of 200tonnes of food delivered in the past month.
Norfolk Island's major supermarket Foodland has run desperately low on grocery items due to freight issues
Foodland supermarket owner Geoff Bennett has penned a letter with accompanying pictures of bare shelves, revealing just how bad the 'crisis' has become for the island's residents
Mr Bennett wrote a letter to the Department of Infrastructure Regional Development and Cities and Norfolk Island Regional Council on the 'crisis', stressing that stock in his warehouse had been 'exhausted'.
He also added a series of photographs taken inside his store showing Foodland's bare shelves, revealing just how bad the situation has become for angered residents.
'This is far and away the worst situation Foodland has been in since we launched 50+ years ago, and we are now really struggling,' he said.
'Staff stand-downs and shorter trading hours decisions are imminent.'
Mr Bennett explained that his store 'requires between 150-200tonnes of groceries airfreighted per month when the ship is not operating' and that he has only received '23.5 tonnes in the last 4 weeks!'
He said that the holding stock in Foodland's warehouse has been 'almost completely exhausted' and that the supermarket needs about 600tonnes of groceries in the next two shipments to match demand.
'Truth is, we CANNOT be assured of getting 600 tonnes on either of the next 2 ships, such is the island-wide demand for cargo. So we are going to have to rely upon ad hoc airfreight to top-up for the rest of 2022!!'
'Foodland would need to access 10-12 Boeing 737s per month for Foodland cargo alone, to keep up with demand and rebuild the necessary back-up (holding) stock that such an isolated entity is 'obliged' to carry,' he said.
Mr Bennett wrote that supply issues have also affected Norfolk Island's building suppliers, bakeries and Norfolk's Liquor Bond bottleshop.
The Foodland owner suggested Norfolk Island, one of Australia's self-governing external territories, stops taking in tourists until stock levels are replenished.
Norfolk Island (pictured right, in red) is located 1,600 kilometres north-east of Sydney
Norfolk Island has experienced stock issues in the past. Due to the island's rough coastline, large ships have to dock at least one kilometre out and deliver supplies via long boats
Norfolk Island has experienced stock issues with grocery items in the past.
In March 2021, ships were unable to deliver items to the island due to a long spell of rough seas which prevented cargo ships from being able to dock.
It caused stock levels to plummet and the price of groceries to rise to extraordinary levels.
Offloading stock has proven to be a hazardous exercise on Norfolk Island due to the rough coastline which requires large ships to anchor at least a kilometre off-shore.
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Gems and jewelry worth millions of dollars were stolen from an armored truck parked at a rest stop near Los Angeles Monday, officials said, setting off a multi-agency investigation.
The heist unfolded between 2:00 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. at a Flying J rest stop and gas station near Lebec, California, about 80 miles north of Los Angeles, the LA County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.
A tractor trailer operated by Brinks was transporting the high-value items from a jewelry show in San Mateo to another show in Pasadena, according to Arnold Duke, head of the International Gem & Jewelry Show.
"I've been doing this professionally for 45 years and never have we had anything remotely close to this," Duke told CNN.
Sixteen merchants were affected in the theft of 20 large footlockers that weigh about 100 pounds each, Duke said. The lockers held gemstones, Rolex watches and thousands of loose diamonds, some of which were priced close to $500,000 each wholesale. Some custom, one-of-a-kind finished pieces were also stolen from the truck, Duke added.
"The sheer quantity of gems and jewelry wouldn't fit in one car," Duke said. "It's a staggering amount of jewelry and for it to be left alone is unconscionable."
Some of the smaller merchants involved lost about $700,000 in merchandise, while larger corporations lost merchandise valued at up to $12 million, according to estimates from Duke.
But Brinks said the insurance numbers don't indicate a loss nearly that high.
"According to the information the customers provided to us before they shipped their items, the total value of the missing items is less than $10 million. We are working with law enforcement and we will fully reimburse our customers for the value of their assets that were stolen, in accordance with the terms of our contract," Brinks told CNN in a statement.
Duke said many jewelers don't insure what they are shipping at full value as the cost of the insurance can be extremely high, and they rely on the safety precautions taken by Brinks trucks and their drivers.
"Many merchants know a lot of the drivers on a first name basis," said Duke.
One merchant told CNN 30 years of his life's work was stolen in the heist. He didn't share his name nor the name of his businesses with CNN over concerns of being targeted again.
He expressed that he was "emotional" and "speechless" and wants "Brink's to answer" to him after losing some collectables and unique pieces in the theft.
The FBI is assisting the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in the ongoing criminal investigation into the theft. No suspects were identified as of Tuesday.
Duke said shared with federal authorities videotapes of people attending the jewelry shows in hopes of finding a lead on suspicious behavior. He noted that the Rolex watches and many of the diamonds have serial numbers that can make them readily traceable if found.
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Tracking lifestyle consumption drivers & trends across Asia
HONG KONG, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia's leading brand distributor and operator Bluebell Group released today the second volume of the "Asia Lifestyle Consumer Profile". Based on an Asia-wide survey covering 2,100 premium lifestyle consumers across 6 markets - Mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia (Singapore and Malaysia) – the study outlines five leading consumer personas and sheds light on evolving trends shaping consumption across premium and luxury segments including fashion, accessories & footwear, beauty, fragrance & make-up, active lifestyle and jewellery & watch.
"Last year we launched the first edition of the Asia Lifestyle Consumer Profile to understand the differences and commonalities in consumer outlooks across Asia", said Bluebell Group President and CEO, Ashley Micklewright. "With this second volume, keeping in mind the different post-COVID policies in each market, we explore the evolution of these trends and of the main consumer personas in Asia, and dive deeper into some of the biggest opportunities for lifestyle retail, from Instagram preferences to the growing appetite for niche brands, second-hand products and eco-conscious desires."
Movers and shakers (updates from 2021)
- Across all markets in Asia, consumers are increasingly showing interest in niche brands that fewer people know about, but that offer great style and quality. The biggest year-on-year increases in consumer interest for this brand category are found in Mainland China (+34%), Taiwan (+31%) and Japan (+31%).
- Second-hand products are also slowly winning hearts, again with a year-on-year increase in consumer openness across all markets, led by the largest increase in interest from Japan (+22%) and Taiwan (+26%).
- Meanwhile, demand for brand experiences (through events, tech, entertainment, gaming) continues to grow, with the highest year-on-year increases in consumer interest in Japan (+27%) and Hong Kong (+8%).
- More unequal across Asia, we see interest in home entertainment & home spa gaining traction in Japan (+7% interest year-on-year), while losing ground in South Korea (-11%) and South-East Asia (-8%).
- Finally, interest in products associated with healthy / active lifestyle is down overall, with the biggest year-on-year decreases in interest in South Korea (-8%) and Taiwan (-6%).
Channels of Influence:
Social media, websites and friends & family are the most influential channels for brand preference and purchase decisions
For all product categories, social media remains the most effective channel for brands to engage and inspire consumers to purchase their products: 44% of consumers count it among the channels that have the most influence on them (Fig. 1). This is followed by official websites (31%) and recommendations by friends or family (27%). Interestingly, international celebrities are said to be more influential than local celebrities.
Different channels enjoy different levels of influence across Asia
When considering all categories of premium goods, South Korean consumers are the most likely to feel influenced by social media and online blogs and reviews (60% and 34% respectively, while consumers in South-East Asia are the most likely to feel influenced by the in-store environment (26%). Magazines & Newspapers enjoy the greatest popularity among Hong Kong consumers.
Instagram: not just in the West
On average, social media is found to be the most influential channel in Asia (selected by 44% of respondents). Instagram seems to be gaining traction, even in markets across Asia that have strong local social media channels. Mainland China, South Korea and Taiwan count the highest percentage of followers on Instagram (84%, 81% and 76% respectively, Fig. 2), while Japan counts the lowest (54%). Digging deeper into Instagram, consumers across most markets show almost equal interest in local and/or international accounts (Fig. 3), except for Japan and Hong Kong, where Instagram followers are significantly more interested in local accounts (45% and 30%, respectively) than international ones.
Consumer personas
Against this backdrop of evolving consumer sentiment and behaviours, Bluebell Group has updated five broad consumer personas driving consumption trends across Asia in 2022.
- Experientialist: From culture to entertainment and content, "immersion" is the name of the game for experientialists who want to feel part of a brand's universe.
- Neophilist: From niche brands to mix & matched products and the rising pre-owned market, neophilists are drawn to originality.
- Traditionalist: Traditionalists look for the quintessential luxury shopping experience: big names, in-store service and a sense of status.
- Idealist: Idealists want to feel good about their purchase, and care about brands' ethics and values – but may still be driven by other priorities.
- Comfort-me-ist: From their body to their home, consumers are paying attention to clean and natural options to feel healthier and more comfortable.
To download the full report, please visit https://www.bluebellgroup.com/market-insights/.
About Bluebell Group
Bluebell Group has pioneered building successful brands in Asia since 1954. As Asia's partner of choice, Bluebell Group is present in Japan, South Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan, Macau SAR, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and Australia.
The Group's distribution network includes flagship stores, shop-in-shops, counters, its own multi-brand concepts, as well as a highly selective wholesale network, together with both direct e-commerce and marketplaces, covering both domestic and Travel Retail.
The Group operates across multiple product categories: Accessories, Footwear, Apparel, Fragrance, Beauty, Gourmet, Jewellery, Watches, Eyewear and Tobacco.
A family-owned group, Bluebell Group today has over 3,800 employees, 650 points-of-sale, US$2b in turnover.
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Dan Cox, a far-right state legislator endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican primary for Maryland governor on Tuesday, defeating a moderate rival backed by outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan.
Cox will face the winner of the highly competitive Democratic primary in the November general election. Wes Moore, a bestselling author backed by Oprah Winfrey, had an early lead Tuesday night, with the focus starting to turn to mail ballots that won’t be counted until later in the week.
Despite being a win for Trump, Cox’s victory over former Hogan Cabinet member Kelly Schulz could be a blow to Republican chances to hold on to the seat in November. Hogan, who was prohibited from running for a third consecutive term, was a rare two-term Republican governor in a heavily Democratic state, and he had endorsed Schulz as the successor to his bipartisan style of leadership.
Cox has been a thorn in Hogan's side over the last few years, suing over the governor's stay-at-home orders and regulations in the early days of the pandemic and seeking unsuccessfully to impeach him for COVID-19 orders Cox called “restrictive and protracted.”
Cox alluded to his fight with Hogan in his victory speech Tuesday night, telling a cheering crowd: “We will never again give over our bodies, our churches and our businesses to a lockdown state.”
The Republican primary was viewed as a proxy battle between Trump and Hogan, who offered vastly different visions of the party’s future as they consider 2024 campaigns for the White House. Hogan, one of Trump’s most prominent GOP critics, urged the party to move on from his divisive brand of politics, while Trump spent much of his post-presidency lifting candidates who embrace his election lies.
One of those candidates was Cox, who organized busloads of protesters to Washington for the “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Cox has also said President Joe Biden’s victory shouldn’t have been certified, called former Vice President Mike Pence a “traitor."
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Democrats were likely giddy over Cox's win in the Republican primary. The Democratic Governors Association plowed more than $1 million behind an ad intended to boost Cox, seeing him as an easier opponent in November.
It could potentially take days, or even longer, to determine the winners in the most closely contested races, including the Democratic primary for governor. Maryland law prohibits counties from opening mail ballots until the Thursday after election day.
In another top race Tuesday, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen beat back a primary challenge just months after suffering a minor stroke. He is favored in November to win a second term.
Voters were also picking nominees for an open seat in the state's eight-member congressional delegation. And the daughter of the state's former attorney general was vying for her father's old job.
Ten candidates in all were seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. Tom Perez, a former U.S. labor secretary and former Democratic Party chair, had support from labor unions, while Moore, the former CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation, an anti-poverty organization, was endorsed by the state’s teachers union and the two top Maryland legislative leaders, House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson.
Another top candidate, state Comptroller Peter Franchot, who comfortably won four races to be the state’s tax collector, brought significant name recognition to the primary.
Voter Laura Kretchman, a 41-year-old high school teacher, said Moore's endorsement by the Maryland State Education Association helped her choose him. She said she's impressed by Moore's accomplishments after rising above childhood challenges and being raised by a single mom.
“I teach children at a school that also come from difficult upbringings, so I’d like to see maybe what he can bring to helping those students that are struggling and challenged,” said Kretchman, an Annapolis resident.
Other voters said they preferred a long resume of government service. Curtis Fatig, a 67-year-old voter in Annapolis, settled on Perez, who also worked on the Montgomery County Council, as Maryland's secretary of labor and as the assistant attorney general for civil rights in Obama's administration.
“He’s not a newcomer,” said Fatig.
At an elementary school in Silver Spring, many Democrats said they cast a ballot for governor with an eye toward November’s general election.
Retired high school teacher Tom Hilton, 75, said he viewed the Democratic primary field as “kind of a toss-up” but ultimately picked Franchot.
“Mainly for the financial parts,” Hilton said. “I think he’ll be a little bit more attuned to having a more secure financial future for Maryland.”
Cox's victory on Tuesday serves as a win for Trump, who has a mixed endorsement record in this year's midterm elections. But in such a heavily Democratic state, his candidate faces an uphill battle heading into the fall.
Trump's endorsement helped Cox earn 22-year-old Cameron Martin's vote.
“The main reason was because he was endorsed by Trump,” Martin said, adding that he feels like Cox shares his Republican values and that "he will best represent me.”
Maryland's only open congressional seat is in the 4th Congressional District, a heavily Democratic Black-majority district. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Anthony Brown is leaving to run for attorney general. Former Rep. Donna Edwards, who previously held the seat, trailed former county prosecutor Glenn Ivey in early results in Tuesday's Democratic primary.
The Democratic primary for attorney general turned into a battle between former Gov. Martin O'Malley's wife, Katie Curran O'Malley, who is a former Baltimore judge and the daughter of former Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr., and Brown, O'Malley's lieutenant governor who lost the 2014 governor's race to Hogan. Brown had an early lead in the race.
The two were vying to replace Democratic Attorney General Brian Frosh, who is retiring. Maryland hasn't had a Republican attorney general in nearly 70 years.
In other races, candidates were on the ballot for all 188 seats in the Maryland General Assembly, which is controlled by Democrats.
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LUND, Sweden, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Record high order intake
- Record high order intake of SEK 14.4 billion with continued strong demand in most end-markets.
- Organic sales growth of 9 percent despite supply chain challenges.
- Stable adjusted EBITA margin of 16.5 percent.
- Cash flow negatively impacted by volume growth and inventory build-up.
Summary
Second quarter
Order intake increased by 10 percent* to SEK 14,421 (12,183) million.
Net sales increased by 10 percent* to SEK 11,852 (9,975) million.
Adjusted EBITA**: SEK 1,959 (1,738) million.
Adjusted EBITA margin**: 16.5 (17.4) percent.
Result after financial items: SEK 1,576 (1,231) million.
Net income: SEK 1,152 (985) million.
Earnings per share: SEK 2.75 (2.32).
Cash flow from operating activities: SEK 192 (1,421) million.
Impact on adjusted EBITA of foreign exchange effects: SEK 90 (-30) million.
Impact on result after financial items of comparison distortion items: SEK - (-204) million.
First six months
Order intake increased by 16 percent* to SEK 27,676 (22,387) million.
Net sales increased by 11 percent* to SEK 22,467 (18,944) million.
Adjusted EBITA**: SEK 3,775 (3,268) million.
Adjusted EBITA margin**: 16.8 (17.3) percent.
Result after financial items: SEK 2,836 (2,714) million.
Net income: SEK 2,084 (2,097) million.
Earnings per share: SEK 4.97 (4.96).
Cash flow from operating activities: SEK 959 (2,384) million.
Impact on adjusted EBITA of foreign exchange effects: SEK 130 (-100) million.
Impact on result after financial items of comparison distortion items: SEK -327 (-192) million.
Return on capital employed (%) **: 19.1 (18.0).
Net debt to EBITDA, times **: 1.09 (1.14).
* Excluding currency effects. ** Alternative performance measures.
Outlook for the third quarter
"We expect demand in the third quarter to be somewhat lower than in the second quarter."
Earlier published outlook (April 26, 2022): "We expect demand in the second quarter to be somewhat lower than in the first quarter."
The Q2 2022 report has not been subject to review by the company's auditors.
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BEIJING (AP) — One person has died in a gas explosion that injured 12 others at a six-story residential building in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, state media said Wednesday.
A trapped person who had been pulled out on Tuesday at 5:40 p.m., more than 10 hours after the morning blast, had weak vital signs and died after being taken to a hospital, according to a Tianjin Daily report posted by the Tianjin government on social media.
The search was continuing for three others who remained missing, the report said. The injuries to the other 12 are not life-threatening, it said.
The explosion occurred around 7:15 a.m. in the city's Beichen District. Photos of the scene showed upper stories of the building caved in with the roof still intact, but no obvious damage to neighboring units.
Tianjin, a major port and manufacturing hub, is less than an hour by high-speed train from Beijing and has long been one of China’s most developed and international cities.
The cause of the explosion remains under investigation, but it appears to point to the deterioration of infrastructure following more than three decades of breakneck economic growth. The building was built in the 1980s, the Tianjin Daily reported.
China’s Ministry of Emergency Management called for determining the cause as quickly as possible and a comprehensive screening to identify gas leak risks and prevent such accidents in the future, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
China is replacing decades-old infrastructure, with natural gas lines used for cooking, heat and power generation a particular concern. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/1-dead-12-injured-in-Tianjin-gas-explosion-in-17316319.php | 2022-07-20T06:16:18Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/1-dead-12-injured-in-Tianjin-gas-explosion-in-17316319.php | true |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ivana Trump, an icon of 1980s style, wealth and excess and a businesswoman who helped her husband build an empire that launched him to the presidency, is set to be celebrated at a funeral Mass in New York City on Wednesday following her death last week.
Ivana's three children with former President Donald Trump — Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric — are expected at the Wednesday afternoon gathering at St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church on Manhattan's Upper East Side. It wasn't clear whether the ex-president would join them.
Trump’s family announced Thursday that the 73-year-old had died at her Manhattan home. Authorities said the death was an accident, with blunt impact injuries to her torso as the cause.
“We all want to remember Ivana as the vibrant, sociable person she was,” said R. Couri Hay, a longtime friend of Trump’s who planned to attend the service.
Ivana and Donald Trump met in the 1970s and were married from 1977 to 1992. In the 1980s, they were a power couple, and she became well known in her own right, instantly recognizable with her blond hair in an updo and her glamorous look.
Ivana Trump also took part in her husband's businesses, managing one of his Atlantic City casinos and picking out some of the design elements in New York City's Trump Tower.
Their very public divorce was ugly, but in recent years they were friendly. Ivana Trump an enthusiastic supporter of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and said they spoke on a regular basis. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Ivana-Trump-s-life-to-be-celebrated-at-a-funeral-17316343.php | 2022-07-20T06:16:55Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Ivana-Trump-s-life-to-be-celebrated-at-a-funeral-17316343.php | false |
Netherlands' agricultural success based on its pioneering farming methods is now again at the forefront of food innovation thanks to its cultured meat ecosystem.
Delft-based Meatable, one of the country’s cultured meat companies, has just unveiled its first fully cultured product: a pork sausage, said to ‘even produce the signature sizzle in the pan’. After its Series A funding in 2021 where it raised $47 million, Meatable has worked on its commercial launch refining its process to grow cultivated meat using its opti-ox™ technology, so that it only needs one single cell sample to then replicate meat tissues.
Meatable decided to create sausages to satisfy potential customers in Europe and the US, where Germany alone comprising around 27% of the total volume of sausages consumed worldwide. However the newly made sausage seems to be just the first on a long list of possible products the company wants to deliver: “We want to tailor the products to the market that we want to enter since not everybody likes the same type of products. For that we are doing market investigation on what is resonating with people,” said Daan Luining, co-founder and CTO of Meatable.
Earlier in May, the Dutch government placed $61 million funds to help the foodtech industry to thrive: “One of the reasons the Dutch government decided to invest in cultured meat is because we have a large agricultural sector, which needs to diversify, and everybody knows it,” continued Luining. Thanks to their greenhouses and agritech the Netherlands is one of the world's largest agricultural producers, exporting $67 billion worth of vegetables, fruit, meat and dairy products each year. However the intensive agriculture model of the Netherlands, makes it reach the highest livestock concentration in the European Union, heavily impacting on the country’s emissions production: “The biggest win we're gonna make is on methane reduction for cows or ammonia for pigs,” said Luining about the production of their cultivated products.
It takes only a few weeks to grow Meatable’s sausages, while traditional farming will require more time and more natural resources in order to be produced. However, according to the life cycle assessments conducted by researchers of the Dutch University of Delf, cultivated pork or chicken meat can only have a lower footprint than traditional farming, if producers will be using renewable energy to power their bioreactors.
The potential health benefits of cultivated meat are that these products can be modelled to the requests of consumers, having better nutritional values, added vitamins and minerals while containing less dangerous fat, and no antibiotics, used on animals within industrial farming. But first they have to be checked. Earlier this month a panel discussion at the European Parliament in Brussels between policymakers, cultured meat and agriculture stakeholders underlined the need for the products to be safe for consumption. Before being available on the EU market any new “novel food” must pass an health check via the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) which can take a minimum of 18 months.
When asked whether the company will soon submit their request to the EU body a spokesperson for Meatable responded that 'In our own research as well as in other surveys all indicate taste as the key driver for continued consumption. Once we are completely satisfied - which we believe given current developments will go fast - we will start our filing process'. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/danieladelorenzo/2022/07/20/dutch-cultivated-meat-company-meatable-reveals-its-pork-sausages/ | 2022-07-20T06:17:14Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/danieladelorenzo/2022/07/20/dutch-cultivated-meat-company-meatable-reveals-its-pork-sausages/ | true |
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NARVA, Estonia (AP) — For weeks Natalya Zadoyanova had lost contact with her younger brother Dmitriy, who was trapped in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.
Russian forces had bombed the orphanage where he worked, and he was huddling with dozens of others in the freezing basement of a building without doors and windows. When she next heard from him, he was in tears.
“I’m alive,” he told her. “I’m in Russia.”
Dmitriy Zadoyanov was facing the next chapter of devastation for the people of Mariupol and other occupied cities: Forcible transfers to Russia, the very nation that killed their neighbors and shelled their hometowns almost into oblivion.
Nearly 2 million Ukrainians refugees have been sent to Russia, according to both Ukrainian and Russian officials. Ukraine portrays these journeys as forced transfers to enemy soil, which is considered a war crime. Russia calls them humanitarian evacuations of war victims who already speak Russian and are grateful for a new home.
An Associated Press investigation based on dozens of interviews has found that while the picture is more nuanced than the Ukrainian government suggests, many refugees are indeed forced to embark on a surreal trip into Russia, subjected along the way to human rights abuses, stripped of documents and left confused and lost about where they are.
The abuses start not with a gun to the head, but with a poisoned choice: Die in Ukraine or live in Russia. Those who leave go through a series of what are known as filtration points, where treatment ranges from interrogation and strip searches to being yanked aside and never seen again. Refugees told the AP of an old woman who died in the cold, her body swollen, and an evacuee beaten so severely that her back was covered in bruises.
Those who “pass” the filtrations are invited to live in Russia, and often promised a payment of about 10,000 rubles ($170) that they may or may not get. Sometimes their Ukrainian passports are taken away, and the chance of Russian citizenship is offered instead. And sometimes, they are pressured to sign documents denouncing the Ukrainian government and military.
Those with no money or contacts in Russia — the majority, by most accounts — can only go where they are sent, eastward, even to the sub-Arctic. More than 1,000 are as far away as Khabarovsk and Vladivostok, a 10-day train journey to the edge of the Pacific Ocean, according to people the AP spoke with who saw multiple trains arrive over the weeks of the war.
However, the AP investigation also found signs of clear dissent within Russia to the government narrative that Ukrainians are being rescued from Nazis. Almost all the refugees the AP interviewed spoke gratefully about Russians who quietly helped them escape through a clandestine network, retrieving documents, finding shelter, buying train and bus fare, exchanging Ukrainian hryvnia for Russian rubles and even lugging the makeshift baggage that holds all that remains of their pre-war lives.
The investigation is the most extensive to date on the transfers, based on interviews with 36 Ukrainians mostly from Mariupol who left for Russia, including 11 still there and others in Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Georgia, Ireland, Germany and Norway. The AP also drew on interviews with Russian underground volunteers, video footage, Russian legal documents and Russian state media.
The story of Zadoyanov, 32, is typical. Exhausted and hungry in the basement in Mariupol, he finally accepted the idea of evacuation. The Russians told him he could board a bus to either Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine or Rostov-on-Don in Russia.
They lied. The buses went only to Russia.
Along the way, Russian authorities searched his phone and interrogated him on why he was baptized and whether he had sexual feelings toward a boy in the camp. A man from Russian state television wanted to bring him to Moscow and pay him to denigrate the Ukrainians, an offer he declined. People with video cameras also asked arriving children to talk about how Ukraine was bombarding its own citizens.
“It was 100 percent a tactical pressure,” Zadoyanov said. “Why children? Because it is much easier to manipulate them."
Then he, five children and four women were taken to the train station and told their destination would be Nizhny Novgorod, even deeper into Russia, 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from the Ukrainian border. From the train, Zadoyanov called his sister Natalya in Poland. Her panic rose.
Get off the train, she told him. Now.
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A DELIBERATE STRATEGY
The transfer of hundreds of thousands of people from Ukraine is part of a deliberate and systemic strategy, laid out in Russian government documents.
An “emergency mass order” describes the “distribution” of 100,000 Ukrainians to some of the most remote and impoverished regions of Russia. None was to be sent to the capital, Moscow.
The AP verified through interviews with refugees, media reports and official statements that Ukrainians have received temporary accommodation in more than two dozen Russian cities and localities, and were even taken to an unused chemical plant in the Bashkortistan region, 150 kilometres (100 miles) from the nearest major town. One refugee, Bohdan Honcharov, told the AP that about 50 Ukrainians he traveled with were sent to Siberia, so far away that they effectively disappeared with little chance of escape.
A Ukrainian woman also said her elderly parents from Mariupol were sent to Russia and told to move to Vladivostok, at the other end of the country. Russian border authorities did not let her father out of Russia because he still had Soviet citizenship from the old times, along with Ukrainian residency documents.
Many Ukrainians stay in Russia because while they are technically free to leave, they have nowhere to go, no money, no documents or no way to cross the distances in a sprawling country twice the size of the United States. Some fear that if they return, Ukraine will prosecute them for going to the enemy — a fear encouraged by Russian officials.
Others speak Russian, with family there and ties that they feel are stronger even than their links to Ukraine. One woman told the AP that her husband was Russian and she felt more welcome in Russia.
Lyudmila Bolbad’s family walked out of Mariupol and ended up in Taganrog in Russia. The family speaks Russian, and the city of Khabarovsk, nearly 10,000 kilometers from Ukraine, was offering jobs, special payments for moving to the Far East and eventual Russian citizenship. With nothing left to lose, they took the 9-day train trip across some of the world’s most deserted territory to a city far closer to Japan than Ukraine.
Bolbad and her husband found work in a local factory, much as she was doing in the Azovstal steel mill back in Mariupol. Little else has gone as they’d hoped.
They handed over their Ukrainian passports in exchange for promises of Russian citizenship without hesitation, only to discover that landlords would not rent to Ukrainians without a valid identity document. The promised payments to buy a home are slow to come, and they are stranded with hundreds of others from Mariupol in a rundown hotel with barely edible food. But Bolbad plans to stay in Russia, and thinks Ukraine would label her a traitor if she went back.
“Now we are here ... we’re trying to return to a normal life somehow, to encourage ourselves to start our life from scratch,” she said. “If you survived (the war), you deserve it and need to move forward, not stop.”
Russia’s reasons for deporting Ukrainians are not entirely clear, according to Oleksandra Matviichuk, the head of the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine. One goal appears to be to use the refugees in propaganda to sell Russians on the Ukraine war by pressuring them to testify against Ukraine.
“(Ukrainians in) the Russian Federation are extremely vulnerable,” she said. “Russia tries to use these people in a quasi-legal war against Ukraine to collect some testimonies from people who have no right to say no because they are afraid for their safety.”
The deportation of local civilians from occupied territories also clears the way for Russians to replace them with loyalists, as was the case in Crimea, Matviichuk said. And Russia may want Russian-speaking Ukrainians to populate its own isolated regions with depressed economies.
Ivan Zavrazhnov describes the terror of being in Russia and not knowing where he would wind up. A producer for a pro-Ukrainian television network in Mariupol, he made it through filtration only because officials never bothered to plug in his dead cell phone. He managed to escape, and ended up on the docked ferry Isabelle in the city of Narva in Estonia with about 2,000 other Ukrainians, nearly all of whom left Russia.
“This is some kind of incomprehensible lottery – who decides where and what,” he said. “You understand that you are going, as it were, into the mouth of a bear ... an aggressor state, and you end up on this territory. ... I did not have the feeling that I was safe in Russia.”
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STOPPED FOR FILTRATION
Refugees on the way to Russia are interrogated at multiple stops, in what both Russians and Ukrainians call “filtration.” Each time, some are weeded out.
They are fingerprinted and photographed, which the Ukrainian government calls the collection of biological information. Some are stripped of their clothing, and those with tattoos, wounds or bruises from munitions come under special scrutiny. Phones are confiscated and sometimes connected to computers, raising fears that tracking software is installed.
The Kovalevskiy family left Mariupol after eating cold scraps of food in an unlit basement and watching sores fester on their unwashed skin. At their first filtration, they held their breaths and thought fearfully of the photo and video the eldest daughter had transferred from her phone to a flash drive hidden among their belongings.
It never crossed her mind to delete her contacts. When a Russian soldier searched her phone, he stopped at the one listed as “Commander” and pulled her aside.
She explained that the “commander” was not a military connection but the head of the youth camp where she worked for two years. The explanation was satisfactory — this time. But they did not know how many more times they would be interrogated — Human Rights Watch has identified 14 filtration points in Ukrainian territory controlled by Russian forces.
The next stop was Vynohradne, named for its vineyards but now one of the mass grave sites established by Russia for Mariupol's thousands of dead. The tent there was freezing and suffocatingly crowded, and the smell of rotting flesh clung to their nostrils. An old woman died overnight in the minus 9-degree (15 degrees Fahrenheit) temperatures, her body swelling.
The mother, Viktoria Kovalevska, peered outside to the tent next door and saw a wooden crate that a soldier had dropped to the ground. Inside were severed limbs.
Finally, the family reached the Russian city of Taganrog. When questioned by Russian officials about why they had left their hometown, the mother could no longer restrain herself.
“We did not leave; we were deported,” she replied testily. “We were loaded into cars by the military and taken away.”
Dozens of people from Mariupol were then given free train passage to two Russian cities: Volgograd, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) to the east, or Penza, twice as far.
“You go where you’re told,” they heard.
The Kovalevskiy family was among the lucky ones – they made it through the filtrations.
At an interrogation in Donetsk, a Mariupol policewoman was blindfolded and taken to Yolonevska, she told the AP. There, she saw military personnel and civilians taken for reasons that ranged from taking photographs of military equipment to running down the street in a panic. Some were beaten, and one woman's back was covered with bruises. She heard others died.
She was blindfolded again, handcuffed and taken to the Rostov region in Russia. She asked where they were going. “Somewhere,” they said, and ordered her to be silent.
She was told that evacuees in Russia would be seen as traitors and get a prison term of 10 years if they returned to Ukraine. She was finally set free in a prisoner exchange, and found her way back to Ukraine anyway.
“They psychologically influence people,” she said. “Many of the detainees who are released are simply afraid to return to Ukraine after hearing such stories.”
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IDENTITIES IN QUESTION
The Ukrainian refugees in Russia sometimes lose their identities along with their homes.
Some leave their Ukrainian documents behind. Others have their Ukrainian passports confiscated and are offered Russian citizenship or refugee status. Many end up in limbo without paperwork, and only 55,502 have received temporary asylum, according to Russia’s human rights ombudsman, Tatiana Moskalkova. The others have uncertain legal standing in a country where they are often seen as the enemy.
Along with giving up their own documents, Ukrainian refugees are sometimes pressured to sign papers holding the Ukrainian government or military responsible for the war.
Eighty-year-old Valentina Bondarenko still doesn’t know what she signed. When soldiers in white armbands burst into the Mariupol basement, she climbed out of the window, kicking over the cup holding her dentures.
She was taken with a few other elderly women on a bus through filtration in three Ukrainian towns, and then to Taganrog in Russia. Her next stop, she was told, would be Perm, 2,100 kilometers (1,300 miles) away.
There were only enough Ukrainian passengers that day to fill four of the train’s 10 cars. So the train was cancelled. She ended up in a town near the Georgia border that her family had never heard of, in a dormitory with 50 others from Mariupol.
She called her adult children still in Ukraine, coughing every few minutes. They were frantic. Increasingly distraught, Bondarenko asked migration officials how she could get out.
“There’s only one way open, which is to apply for Russian citizenship, submit an application, receive all the documents and when you get your passport you can go wherever you want,” they told her.
They asked everyone with Ukrainian passports to hand them over to start the process. So she did. Then came a residency application and a document that an official would not let her examine.
“There’s nothing to read here, and we’re running late,” he told her.
“What is written here?” Bondarenko persisted.
“Everything we talked about,” came the reply. She signed. Her passport was returned to her a few days later.
Many evacuees don’t realize they have the right to refuse to sign documents and the right to leave Russia, according to Tanya Lokshina, author of an upcoming Human Rights Watch report on forced deportations. HRW and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties documented multiple cases where Ukrainians like Bondarenko were pressured into signing paperwork, including documents accusing Ukraine’s military of war crimes.
“When you are there and they have the power and you’re basically in their hands, you don’t know what’s going to happen,” Lokshina said. “So many people sign just because they are afraid.”
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ANGELS WHO CAME FROM HEAVEN
For Ukrainians trying to escape, help often comes from an unexpected source: Russians.
On a recent day in Estonia, a Russian tattoo artist easily hefted the suitcases of a Mariupol family into the trunk of a waiting car. The matriarch sat in front, seemingly oblivious to the car’s Russian license plates or unsurprised at underground help from another Russian.
The tattoo artist, who asked that his name be withheld because he still lives in Russia, was the last in a chain of volunteers that stretched 1,900 kilometers (1,100 miles) from Taganrog and Rostov to Narva, the Estonian border town. He boards in St. Petersburg a couple of times a week to accompany refugees to Finland and sometimes Estonia. There is always at least one Ukrainian family that needs an extra pair of strong arms, if nothing else.
“They are disoriented. ... You need to meet them at one station and take them to another station, because otherwise people get lost,” he said. “It’s clear they’re not psychologically equipped.”
He said Russians involved in helping Ukrainians leave know each other only through Telegram, nearly all keeping anonymous “because everyone is afraid of some kind of persecution.” Some of the loose groups are set up with chatbots to protect identities.
“I can’t stop it,” he said of the war and the forcible transfers of Ukrainians to Russia. “This is what I can do. ... Shooting at people, this is normal in the 21st century, with old Soviet pieces of iron? This is utter nonsense.”
The volunteers face a slew of challenges. Those in Penza in Russia shut down their efforts because of anonymous threats that included slashed tires, the Russian symbol Z painted in white on a windshield and graffiti on doors and gates calling them the likes of “Ukro-Nazi” helpers.
Another Russian volunteer, who also communicated with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said they faced logistical and bureaucratic hurdles thrown up by the Russian government, such as travel documents lost or taken by administrators.
“They had organizational problems, but they created an amazing chain to help Ukrainian refugees,” she wrote in a message to AP.
Leaving Russia is still often dependent on luck and an official’s whims. Some Russian border guards let people through with just their Ukrainian national identity; others insist upon an international passport. In at least one case, a family wasn’t allowed to travel without a Russian passport. Armed men search the refugees in a final “filtration” and disembark a passenger or two.
For Zadoyanov, Bondarenko, Kovalevska and many others, the lifeline out of Russia was Russians.
After talking with his sister Natalya, Zadoyanov got off the train to Nizhny Novgorod. Natalya Zadoyanova found local people through church contacts inside Russia to take her brother and the others away from the station. They ended up at a church where they got food, shelter and eventually the first steps in finding a way out of Russia. Zadoyanov is now in the country of Georgia.
For Bondarenko, the elderly woman from Mariupol who signed unknown papers, her children in Ukraine found volunteers to help. One arrived at Bondarenko’s dormitory and demanded her release, saying the law protected a refugee’s freedom of movement. He took her to a hotel, with the room pre-paid for two nights. The third night, she stayed at the home he shared with his Ukrainian wife.
The couple bought her sneakers, clothes and food for the trip to come.
“We are against the war, against Putin,” they told her.
In St. Petersburg, another volunteer met her at the train, took her to his apartment for the night and helped her get to the bus station.
“At the Russian border, no matter what, do not tell them you want to return to Ukraine,” he warned her. “Say you are going to Estonia to visit family.”
It took about 90 minutes to pass the Russian side of the border. At one point, guards checked passports. Bondarenko’s noted Mariupol as her hometown, and they pulled her aside and asked what her destination was.
“I won’t lie. I want to return to Ukraine, to my children,” she answered, torn between defiance and fear. She was asked to wait and imagined the worst.
She didn’t know it, but she was already in Estonia. The guard returned with a giant smile and an even bigger box filled with food and water.
Bondarenko finally joined her children in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod on May 20, having paid nothing for a 4,300-kilometer (2,600-mile) journey organized from start to finish by volunteers.
Viktoria Kovalevska persuaded a bus driver at a detention center in Russia to hide the family on board.
“We sat like mice. ... I closed the curtains,” she said.
After about an hour, the driver said, “Let’s go.” When the family emerged from their hiding spot in Rostov, two taxis arrived for them and their bags. They were given hot soup and a way to finally wash their stained, charred clothes, and stayed up until 3 a.m. doing laundry.
Train tickets materialized to St. Petersburg, where other volunteers bought a suitcase to replace their fraying bags. Then it was a near-seamless trip to Estonia. Kovalevska warned her daughters to say nothing when they were roughly asked at the crossing why they wanted to leave Russia.
“You can get a bullet in the forehead and not tell the whole truth about what happened, or you can wait and later say everything as it was,” she told the girls.
The whole journey took four days.
Her memories of Mariupol are a nightmare — the torso of a woman in the street, her daughter stepping in human brains smeared on the ground, the hunger and cold that she feared would kill them more painfully than bombs. But her memories of Russia are laced with the unexpected, surreptitious kindness they received from Russian volunteers.
“I would love to say their names,” said Kovalevska, her face lighting up. “And I would tell them all, you are like angels who came from heaven and sheltered us with your wings. ... Because there was no hope. None.”
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Anastasiia Shvets and Elizaveta Telnaya contributed from Lviv, Ukraine. Oleksandr Stashevskyi contributed from Kyiv, Ukraine. Mstyslav Chernov contributed from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Sophiko Megrelidze contributed from Tblisi, Georgia. Cara Anna reported from Kviv and Sarah El Deeb reported from Beirut, Lebanon. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-mouth-of-a-bear-Ukrainian-refugees-sent-to-17316381.php | 2022-07-20T06:39:53Z | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-mouth-of-a-bear-Ukrainian-refugees-sent-to-17316381.php | true |
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WILKES-BARRE — The ninth person charged in a multi-county methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking ring will join other alleged participants at their preliminary hearings later this month.
Carlos Vasquez, 31, of Wilkes-Barre, was arraigned Tuesday by District Judge Joseph J. Carmody in Luzerne County Central Court on 10 counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and one count each of being an employee of a corrupt organization, conspiracy to participate in a corrupt organization and criminal use of communication facility. He was jailed at the county correctional facility for lack of $500,000 bail.
Vasquez was the last person charged by the agents with the state Office of Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation that involved the arrest of Hanover Township police officer Kevin Eugene Davis, 27, in June.
Court records say Davis’ property at 131 N. Meade St. in Wilkes-Barre was used to store and package methamphetamine, fentanyl and marijuana. Davis remains suspended without pay in Hanover Township.
Vasquez, of Scott Street, Wilkes-Barre, is described in a 200 page affidavit as a higher-up in the trafficking ring led by Gerinardo Emilio Rivera, 52, of Delaware Street, Plains Township, and Ramon Severino Fernandez, 39, of Northampton Street, Kingston.
Agents in the affidavit say Vasquez and Rivera communicated via cellular phone nearly 200 times within six months, discussing drug prices and supply shipments.
The six-month investigation resulted in the seizure of 10 pounds of methamphetamine worth more than $600,000, 27 pounds or 63,000 doses of fentanyl, 10 pounds of marijuana and more than $15,000 cash.
Court records say the illegal drugs came from an unnamed Mexican drug source.
Assisting in the investigation were the Luzerne and Lackawanna counties district attorney offices, police in Plains Township, Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Pittston and Pittston Township, Luzerne County Drug Task Force, state police and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations.
The nine people arrested are scheduled for preliminary hearings later this month.
Reach Ed Lewis at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TLEdLewis | https://www.timesleader.com/news/1566306/ninth-suspect-in-drug-sweep-arraigned | 2022-07-20T06:41:00Z | https://www.timesleader.com/news/1566306/ninth-suspect-in-drug-sweep-arraigned | true |
Three electrocuted after touching electric fence near Marakkanam
They came into contact with the fence at 10 p.m. while going for hunting hares
Three persons were electrocuted to death after they stepped on an electric fence that was illegally erected by a farmer at Vanniper near Marakkanam in the district on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Murugadass, 45, Venkatesh, 44, and Subramani, 40 of the same area.
According to the police, the electric fence was erected by Padmanabhan to prevent wild boars from damaging his crops. The incident occurred at 10 p.m. The trio went for hunting hares when they came into contact with the electric fence. The trio died on the spot. The Brammadesam police have registered a case.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — European Parliament Vice President Nicola Beer met with Taiwan’s leader Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday and called for China to open a “mutual and respectful dialogue” with the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory.
She reaffirmed support for Taiwan’s right to determine its own future amid Chinese threats to annex the island by force, saying Beijing should “refrain from its threatening gestures” and not destroy the island’s prosperity.
“Taiwan deserves to play this role as a global, strategic, responsible and reliable international partner to the full,” Beer told Tsai.
“Only the Taiwanese people can decide on Taiwanese future,” Beer said, adding that China should “take an active and constructive part in maintaining and securing the current status quo based on mutual and respectful dialogue.”
In her comments, Tsai hailed growing economic relations between Taiwan and the EU and the passage of 20 resolutions in the European Parliament since the start of 2021 favorable to Taipei.
“On behalf of the people of Taiwan, I would like to take this opportunity to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Vice President Beer,” Tsai said.
Beer is one of 14 vice presidents of the European Parliament, whose members are elected from the EU’s 27 member states and which exercises legislative, budgetary and oversight powers over the bloc’s executive, the European Commission. Its members are known for taking independent stances on foreign relations, human rights and the environment.
Beer’s visit is the latest in a series of increasingly active moves by European and American politicians to counter China’s aggressive assertions of its global clout, including a relentless drive to isolate Taiwan diplomatically.
Beijing cut off all contacts with Taipei following Tsai’s initial 2016 election over her refusal to acknowledge that Taiwan is a part of China and her efforts to build an independent Taiwanese identity.
On Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian condemned Beer’s Taiwan visit and the European Parliament’s adoption of pro-Taiwan resolutions.
“This is a grave breach of the one-China principle and has poisoned the atmosphere for China-Europe relations,” Zhao said, referring to China’s insistence that Taiwan has no right to independent diplomatic recognition.
“We urge the EU to earnestly abide by the one-China principle and be prudent on Taiwan-related issues so as to avoid serious disruptions to China-EU bilateral relations,” Zhao told reporters.
China routinely threatens economic and diplomatic retaliation over such visits, although its actual response is often muted. One exception is Lithuania, from which China withdrew its ambassador and severed trade links after the Baltic nation broke with diplomatic custom by agreeing that a Taiwanese representative office in its capital of Vilnius — a de facto embassy — would bear the name Taiwan instead of Chinese Taipei, which other countries use to avoid offending Beijing.
At the same daily briefing, Zhao warned that China would take “resolute and strong measures” should the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi proceed with reported plans to visit Taiwan.
Pelosi, who is second in line to the presidency, is due to visit Taiwan in August, according to a report in the Financial Times.
She would be the highest-ranking American lawmaker to visit the close U.S. ally in 25 years.
A visit by Pelosi would “severely undermine China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, gravely impact the foundation of China-U.S. relations and send a seriously wrong signal to Taiwan independence forces,” Zhao said, without offering details on what actions China might take.
The White House and State Department have issued no official statements on Pelosi’s planned visit, which stands to further disrupt relations between Washington and Beijing that have deteriorated to their worst level in decades amid disputes over trade, China’s human rights record, its support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/european-parliament-vp-urges-renewed-china-taiwan-dialogue/2022/07/20/4e317a1e-07f1-11ed-80b6-43f2bfcc6662_story.html | 2022-07-20T06:53:13Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/european-parliament-vp-urges-renewed-china-taiwan-dialogue/2022/07/20/4e317a1e-07f1-11ed-80b6-43f2bfcc6662_story.html | false |
In the last two weeks, Pune recorded a hike in dengue fever with 50 new cases being reported. As per the reports, as many as 200 cases of dengue and 72 of chikungunya have been confirmed by the health department of the Pune Municipal Corporation since January.
However, no deaths have been reported so far due to dengue. Around 972 suspected cases of dengue have been detected in the city from January to July.
The laboratory tests confirmed the viral infection in 193 cases. At the same time, the city has recorded 11 cases of H1N1 virus (swine flu) infection this year.
Due to seasonal changes, diseases such as influenza, and dengue, among others, are spreading across the city.
HOW DENGUE SPREADS
Dengue fever is mainly spread by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes. Usually, a mosquito becomes infected when it bites a person who has dengue in his or her blood. Direct spread of dengue from one person to another does not occur.
Symptoms of this disease include high fever, severe headache, pain behind the eye, joint pain, and muscle pain.
Some people also suffer from dengue hemorrhagic fever, which requires proper treatment by a doctor. It may also lead to loss of appetite, persistent vomiting, high fever, headache, difficulty breathing, and abdominal pain.
Sometimes, this also leads to shock and circulatory failure.
While there is no specific treatment for dengue, if a person becomes severely ill due to the virus, they are treated with intravenous fluids and oxygen therapy. | https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/pune/story/pune-dengue-cases-tally-rises-check-here-1977737-2022-07-20 | 2022-07-20T07:03:39Z | https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/pune/story/pune-dengue-cases-tally-rises-check-here-1977737-2022-07-20 | true |
The objects are inanimate of course, but the allure is alive and well.
July 12, I fulfilled a lifelong dream by visiting the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. — the cradle of America’s pastime in all its glory.
For various reasons, from means to life circumstances, making the six-hour trek to central New York wasn’t in the cards until this summer.
Instead of the kid paging through “Total Baseball” and playing the dice game “Superstar Baseball,” it was a 42-year-old still enamored by the history of the game.
If you’ve never been to Cooperstown, please do so. It is well worth the effort.
Before getting to the museum, some travel tips: From Northeast Ohio, it’s a longer drive by 15-20 minutes, but taking Interstates 86 and 88 toward central New York is a more leisurely alternative than the New York Thruway (I-90). The scenery is beautiful, and it’s not a toll road like I-90.
Also, Cooperstown offers a trolley service into downtown from three parking areas, which alleviates congestion. For $2, you get an all-day pass. Traveling from the south, I took State Route 28 north to the Blue parking lot outside town. The trolley starts at 8:30 a.m. and passes through at half-hour intervals.
Even during the summer, as long as it’s not induction weekend, you can time it so there aren’t droves of people. My plan of attack was to get there at 9 a.m. as the museum opened, which proved wise.
That 8:30 a.m. trolley ride into town was comprised of me and a couple from Pennsylvania who were Phillies’ fans. The trolley drops you off in front of the Hall of Fame, and I walked through a smooth line into the museum right at 9.
There’s guidance you should start a Hall of Fame visit on the second floor with the main displays, which I missed.
It wound up being a blessing in disguise, though.
Because on the first floor is the Hall of Fame gallery with the plaques.
For several minutes, I had the gallery all to myself.
Talk about a memory for a lifetime.
The plaques are in chronological order, with the original 1936 class featuring Babe Ruth on a back wall.
You glance through each plaque, and there’s an aura to each one.
You’re blown away by the greatness, even if it’s marked in words and a picture on a display.
Satchel Paige. Josh Gibson. Roberto Clemente. Mickey Mantle. Willie Mays. Hank Aaron.
Ruth. Christy Mathewson. Walter Johnson. Honus Wagner.
Then the all-timers from when I was younger: Ken Griffey Jr. Tony Gwynn. Cal Ripken.
It goes on and on.
There’s also a soft spot for the legends who passed through Cleveland.
Once you get to the second floor, the memorabilia fun commences.
There’s everything from the “Constitution and Bylaws” of the “Louisville Base Ball Club” from 1858 to one of the first attempts at a baseball board game in 1893, endorsed by 19th century Hall of Fame catcher Charles “Chief” Zimmer.
There’s a jersey for the original Cincinnati Red Stockings, and you wonder how they could play the game, albeit in its infancy, in such heavy material. A docent was overheard recounting the disastrous time when manufacturer A.G. Spalding convinced the National League players at different positions should have different-colored uniforms. Thankfully, that nightmare was over after one year.
They also have a baseball from the Red Stockings’ unbeaten 1869 season, which held up remarkably well.
Ruth has his own area, highlighted by artifacts from his transcendent career, including his Yankees’ No. 3 jersey, his glove from the 1926 World Series and the bat he used to bash 28 of his 60 home runs in 1927 as part of “Murderer’s Row.”
There’s trophies and sweaters and medals and cleats and baseballs and bats and proclamations and contracts. Lou Gehrig’s key ring is out there, for crying out loud.
One treasure out of which I personally got a kick was a time-worn glove.
The description card read: “According to Jane Mathewson, Christy Mathewson’s widow, this was Matty’s ‘favorite baseball mitt.'”
One of the greatest pitchers ever, and there is his “favorite” mitt.
There was a Negro League display and a spot honoring the time when Paige struck out Ted Williams in 1951.
They even have full lockers for Wagner, Ruth, Aaron and Stan Musial.
A modern-day display had a stack of VHS copies of baseball movies — yes, including “Major League.”
Every team, era and facet imaginable is covered throughout the three-story museum.
It ends with a look at record-breakers and championship teams, with everything from Cy Young‘s Cleveland jersey to World Series rings to a ball from Corey Kluber‘s complete game win over the Tigers as part of the then-Indians’ record 22-game win streak in 2017. That matched a mark with the 1875 Boston Red Stockings, in its own way showing lineage.
You’re struck by the shared experience. Even though people may be there with backgrounds supporting other teams and various walks of life, the awe of history on display is universal.
Yes, in the end they are trinkets, equipment and memorabilia.
But it’s more than that.
It’s the memory it invokes of how you fell in love with the game in the first place.
Going to the ballpark.
Watching on TV.
Reading about the heroes of yesteryear.
Reliving the great moments on our own local sandlot.
And, maybe, reading “Total Baseball” and playing “Superstar Baseball” as a kid.
On the way out of Cooperstown, I was back on the trolley with the same driver and an older gentleman. The driver remarked how the trolley had been notably slow, a fact for which I was grateful while watching the crowd control for an impatient afternoon throng.
Seeing my Guardians’ T-shirt, they asked about the name’s origin. Being the diligent Clevelander, I explained about the Hope Memorial Bridge and the “Guardians of Transportation.” They wondered about the name change and how it was being accepted back home. My response, about as fairly as it could be expressed, was it continues to be a process.
They wished me well as I was dropped off at my car, and I continued my vacation toward Vermont.
You will never forget if you go to Cooperstown.
The objects don’t talk suffice it to say, but the allure carries through.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is located in Cooperstown, N.Y. Tickets are $28 and can be purchased at baseballhall.org. Timed entry is required. | https://www.news-herald.com/2022/07/19/if-you-havent-visiting-cooperstown-at-least-once-is-a-must-for-any-baseball-fan-opinion/ | 2022-07-20T07:04:25Z | https://www.news-herald.com/2022/07/19/if-you-havent-visiting-cooperstown-at-least-once-is-a-must-for-any-baseball-fan-opinion/ | false |
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